JPH11189098A - Roof console box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate deformation of a cover by an influence of load by a stored object particularly at a high temperature, while avoiding increasing of a cost and weight in a roof console box. SOLUTION: In this roof console box, a cover 14 concurrently serving as a storage case can be opened/closed around a rotary shaft 18 relating to a main unit 10 of the console box, by this cover 14, load of a stored object 30 is supported. Here, a protrusion 22 engaged with a side of the main unit 10 in a condition locked by closing the cover 14 relating to an edge part on the side of the rotary shaft 18 of the cover 14 is integrally resin-molded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roof console box mounted on a roof in a vehicle interior of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional roof console box. The main body 40 of the console box shown in this drawing is assembled on the roof side in the vehicle interior, and the opening of the main body 40 is opened and closed by a lid 44. That is, the lid 44 is supported on the main body 40 so as to be openable and closable by a pair of left and right rotation shafts 48, and the opposite side of the rotation shafts 48 is a push-open type lock member 50 when the lid 44 is closed. Locked to prevent opening.

A pocket 46 is integrally formed inside the lid 44, and the lid 44 also serves as a storage case. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, when the stored items 30 are placed inside the console box, the load of the stored items 30 is applied to the lid 44. The lid 44 locked in the closed state is a three-point support by the pair of rotation shafts 48 and the lock member 50, and thereby supports the load of the storage object 30.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-104182 discloses that
There is disclosed a technique in which a lid having an eyeglass holder is attached to a concave portion formed in a roof of a vehicle so as to be freely opened and closed by a hinge (integral hinge).

[0005]

The roof console box lid 44 shown in FIG. 5 supports the load of the storage object 30 by the three-point support structure as described above, and the thickness of the lid 44 is 2.5 mm. Therefore, the edge a on the opposite side of the lock member 50 may come down with respect to the main body 40 as shown by a virtual line in FIG. In particular, at high temperatures, the edge a of the lid 44 is significantly deformed downward, and a gap is formed between the lid 44 and the main body 40, thereby deteriorating the appearance.

When the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned publication is applied to the roof console box lid 44, even the integral hinge, which is a thin resin molded part, is deformed by the load of the storage object 30 and the thermal effect under high temperature. And lid 44
May be further remarkably lowered with respect to the main body 40.

Therefore, it is conceivable to form the lid 44 with a resin material which is not easily deformed by a large load or thermal influence, or to use a lid which is a mechanical combination of a resin material and a metal plate. This, in turn, increases the cost or weight of the roof console box.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to prevent the lid from being deformed by the influence of the load of the stored items, particularly at high temperatures, while avoiding an increase in the cost and weight of the roof console box.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A roof console box having a structure in which a lid also serving as a storage case can be opened and closed around a rotation axis with respect to a console box main body, and the load of stored items is supported by the lid. On the other hand, when the lid is closed and locked, a projection that engages with the main body side is integrally formed of resin.

Therefore, when the lid is closed and locked, the load of the stored items is also supported by the projections, thereby preventing the cost or weight of the roof console box from being increased and, particularly, the storage at high temperatures. The deformation of the lid due to the load of the object can be eliminated.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a roof console box, a plan view of the roof console box as viewed from the inside, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The console box main body 10 shown in these drawings is a resin molded product, and is assembled to a roof (not shown) in the vehicle compartment such that the upper side of FIG. 3 is located in the roof. This body 1
Numeral 0 has an opening 11 for taking in and out of the storage object 30 shown in FIG. 3 (A), and this opening 11 is opened and closed by a lid 14.

The lid 14 is a resin molded product in which a pocket 16 is integrally formed on the inside thereof, and has a role of opening and closing the opening 11 of the main body 10 and a role as a storage case for storing the storage object 30. ing. A housing 12 for covering the inside of a lid 14 as a storage case is fixed to the main body 10.

The lid 14 is supported on the main body 10 by a pair of left and right rotating shafts 18 so that the opening and closing operation can be performed. When the cover 14 is closed, the opposite side of the rotation shaft 18 of the cover 14 is locked by a lock member 20 provided on the housing 12. The lock member 20 is of a push-open type, and has a cover 14 shown in FIG.
The lock is released by pressing the portion b indicated by the imaginary line or its vicinity, and the lid 14 is opened.

A projection 22 is integrally formed with the lid 14 at the edge opposite to the lock member 20 by resin molding. The projection 22 is adapted to engage with the edge of the main body 10 in a state where the lid 14 is closed and locked. As shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C, the thickness t1 of the projection 22 is about 1.2 mm, the thickness L2 of the lid 14 is about 50 mm, and the projection S1 is about 50 mm. About 3.
It is set to 5 mm, and the overlap margin S with the edge of the main body 10 is set.
2 is about 2.0 mm.

When the roof console box is used, the lock by the lock member 20 is released by pressing a part of the lid 14 as described above, and the lid 14 is drawn by a virtual line in FIG. Can be opened as shown. In this state, after a predetermined storage object 30 is put in the pocket 16 of the lid 14, the lid 14 is closed again so that the lid 14 is locked by the lock member 20 so as not to be opened.

The lid 1 thus locked in the closed state
Numeral 4 is supported on the side of the main body 10 by not only three-point support by a pair of rotation shafts 18 and a lock member 20 but also by engagement of the protrusion 22 with an edge of the main body 10. Therefore, the load of the storage object 30 applied to the lid 14 also serving as the storage case is supported by the projection 22 in addition to the three-point support, and the downward deformation of the lid 14 with respect to the main body 10 is prevented. Can be suppressed.

Therefore, for example, even under severe conditions such as a vehicle parked under the scorching sun in the summer, when the temperature inside the vehicle reaches 85 ° C., the lid 14 may be slightly deformed integrally with the main body 10. Also, only the lid 14 is the main body 10
It is possible to avoid large deformation. For this reason, the appearance of the roof console box is impaired, or the occurrence of a functional failure relating to the opening / closing operation of the lid 14 is eliminated.

Second Embodiment FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a roof console box according to a second embodiment. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a lock lever 21 that is rotatable on the front surface of the main body 10 is provided instead of the push-open lock member 20 that opens by pressing the lid 14 as in the first embodiment. It is intended for roof console boxes. Also in this case, the same function as that of the first embodiment can be obtained by integrally forming the projection 22 on the lid 14.

In the state where the lid 14 is closed and locked as described above, the load of the storage object 30 is supported by the projection 22 in addition to the three-point support by the pair of rotating shafts 18 and the lock member 20. The lid 14 can be prevented from being deformed due to the load of the storage object 30 particularly at high temperatures, while suppressing an increase in cost or weight of the roof console box.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a roof console box.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the roof console box as viewed from the inside.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a roof console box according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional roof console box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body 14 Lid 18 Rotation axis 22 Projection 30 Stowage

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roof console box having a structure in which a lid also serving as a storage case is openable and closable about a rotation axis with respect to a main body of the console box, and the load of stored items is supported by the lid. For the shaft side edge,
A roof console box in which a projection that engages with the main body when the lid is closed and locked is integrally formed of resin.