JPH11245737A - Console tower - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cover a clearance groove of a cover with a movable cover plate not to interfere with a lock mechanism attached to a hinge arm when the cover is closed. SOLUTION: A cover plate 20 formed with a driven lever 25 is provided in a cover plate main body 20A having a front face part and an upper face part for covering a clearance groove 9 for a hinge arm 8 formed in a front face and an upper face of a base end part of a cover 5 with a storing part in its open position. A midway position of the driven lever 25 is pivoted on the hinge arm 8 to turn the cover plate main body 20A to a side way in a direction orthogonal to the hinge arm 8. A driven piece 28 fitted into a slotlike cam 31 provided near a front face side part of the cover 5 is formed in a lower end part of the driven lever 25. A shape of the cam 31 is formed to turn the cover plate main body 20A from a position to cover the clearance groove 9 in its open position to a clearance position of a side way not to interfere with lock mechanisms 13, 14 turned to an upper side of the tip of the hinge arm 8 in its closed position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a console tower which is provided upright at a rear end portion of a console box of an automobile so as to accommodate an image apparatus and has a cover for covering a front surface thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a console tower of this kind. A console tower 3 is provided at the rear end of a console box 1 of a motor vehicle so as to house an image device, for example, a television 2, and the like. , Its tower body 3a
The lid 5 is rotatably supported by a hinge arm 8 (FIG. 6) projecting rearward from a closed position in a vertical direction to an open position in a horizontal direction, and covers the front of the television 2.
Comes with.

As shown in FIG. 6, a lid 5 has an inner box 5b having a storage portion 5c for storing a mobile phone or the like.
Is screwed to the outer cover 5a.
The side frame 5g of the outer cover 5a is hinged rotatably with a pin 8b to a hinge arm 8, which is screwed to the tower body 3a with a bolt 8a. Is rotated. In addition to covering the front of the image display device such as the television 2, when the storage portion is configured in this manner, the height of the storage portion is increased, and accordingly, the hinge arm 8 protruding rearward from the tower main body 3 a correspondingly. It is necessary to support both sides of the front surface 5d of the base end of the inner box 5b and the upper surface 5e.
In addition, the front side 5f of the outer cover 5a is provided on the front side 5f so as not to interfere with the hinge arm 8 when rotating to the closed position.
An escape groove 9 is formed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, a locking mechanism for locking the closed position and the open position of the lid 5 has a circular hinge arm tip 10 formed on the hinge arm 8 behind the lid 5. It is installed next to it. That is, in the circumferential portion of the hinge arm tip 10 with respect to the hinge center point,
A link arm 13 formed with engagement grooves 11 and 11a for open lock and close lock, and provided with a lock pin 13a at the upper end protruding to the side orthogonal to the hinge arm 8; A link arm 14 which is manually operated so as to rotate the arm in the front-rear direction is provided continuously. The link arm 13 is the hinge arm tip 1
Side frame 5g of the outer cover 5a adjacent to the rear of the outer cover 5a
The pin 13b is pivotally supported on the lower end of the lock pin 13b in the front-rear direction so that the lock pin 13a is detachably engaged with the engagement grooves 11, 11a. The link arm 14 is hinged at its front end to the lock pin 13a, and its rear end is
The shaft 17b pivotally supported on the side of the lever a is bent upward and pivotally attached to the distal end of a lever 15. The shaft 17b extends laterally, is rotatably attached to a bracket 16 attached to the rear end of the outer cover 5a, and is connected to a handle 17 that projects upward through an opening 17a. Thus, when the handle 17 is manually operated rearward, the link arm 13 is rotated in a direction away from the hinge arm distal end portion 10 via the link arm 14 and is unlocked. A spring (not shown) for urging in the locking direction is mounted on the bracket 16 and the link arm 13.

[0005]

Since the inside of the lid 5 configured as described above is visible through the escape groove 9 and is not preferable in appearance, it is conceivable that the cover plate is attached to the hinge arm 8 and hidden. However, when the lid 5 is closed from the open position in the vertical direction, the link arms 13 and 14 connected to the hinge arm tip 10 also move upward along the periphery thereof in conjunction with each other, so that the cover plate is closed. Will interfere.

In view of the foregoing, the present invention provides a console in which a cover plate is covered with a movable cover plate so as not to interfere with a lock mechanism attached to a hinge arm when the cover is closed. The purpose is to provide a tower.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, there is provided a tower body which is provided upright at a rear end portion of a console box of an automobile so as to house an image device. A hinged arm is provided at the end of the hinge arm protruding rearward, and is rotatably supported from a vertical closed position to a horizontal open position. In a console tower, a lock mechanism that locks the lid with a storage unit in an open position and a closed position by engaging with the distal end of a hinge arm is connected to a lid with a storage unit adjacent to the rear end of the hinge arm. A cover plate body having a front surface portion and an upper surface portion for covering a hinge arm escape groove formed on a front surface and an upper surface of a base end portion of the lid with a storage portion at an open position; A cover plate formed with,
The intermediate position of the driven lever is pivotally supported by the hinge arm so as to rotate the cover plate body to the side in the direction perpendicular to the hinge arm, and is provided at the lower end of the driven lever, on the front surface or in the vicinity thereof. A follower engaged with the slot-like cam is formed, and the shape of the slot-like cam that drives the follower is from the position covering the hinge arm escape groove at the open position to the position above the hinge arm tip at the closed position. The cover plate body is formed so as to rotate to the side escape position which does not interfere with the lock mechanism that has rotated.

In a state where the cover with the storage portion is opened, the driven lever is driven by the cam which is interlocked with the opening of the cover with the storage portion, whereby the cover plate main body is positioned at a position where the escape groove is covered. When the lid with the storage section is rotated in the vertical direction and closed, the driven lever follows the rotation of the cam,
The cover plate body is rotated to the escape position where it escapes from the escape groove to the side orthogonal to the hinge arm and opens upward.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A console tower of a console box of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The storage section 5c described above with reference to FIGS.
The escape groove 9 of the attached lid 5 is formed along the upper surface 5e and the curved front surface 5d of the inner box 5b and the front side portion 5f of the outer cover 5a at the open position of the lid 5. As shown in FIG.
And a cover plate 20 integrally formed with a driven lever 25 downward at a front portion of a cover plate main body 20A having an upper surface portion 22 and is covered at an open position.

The driven lever 25 is rotatable in a direction perpendicular to the hinge arm 8, that is, inward toward the other hinge arm 8, so as to be rotatable.
The hinge bracket 19 extends downward from the side of the line OA and is bent outward at an intermediate position, and is hinged by a pin 27 to a hinge bracket 19 projecting to the side of the hinge arm 8 at its end. Further, by extending downward from the hinge connection position, the lower end of the driven lever 25 is attached to the front side 5f.
Slot-like cam 31 provided near the inner side along
Is formed as a follower 28 that engages with That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cam 31 faces the front side portion 5f at a slight distance, is formed on a cam member 31A provided on the side surface of the outer cover 5a, and is directed downward. It is slanted so that it gradually goes inward.

The opening and closing operation of the lid 5 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. Cover plate 20
2 is occupied by the pin 27 with the lid 5 opened, and the follower 28 occupies the lower end portion displaced inward of the cam 31, thereby occupying the closed position shown in FIGS. That is, in the open state, the cover plate 20 covers the clearance groove 9 and the link arm 13 occupies the connecting position next to the hinge arm tip 10 and the lock pin 13
a is engaged with the engagement groove 11a to lock the open position.

When the handle 17 is unlocked by operating the handle 17 in this open state, and the lid 5 is turned to the vertically upper closed position, the link arms 13 and 14 are also turned upward in conjunction with it. At this time, the cam 31 also rotates downward, thereby gradually rotating the follower 28 outward with the pin 27 as a fulcrum, and rotating the upper surface portion 22 inward from the escape groove 9 to the escape position. Position (see FIG. 4). As a result, the rotation path above the hinge arm tip 10 of the link arms 13 and 14 is opened, and interference between these lock mechanisms and the cover plate 20 is avoided.

Such a cover plate is also provided symmetrically on the side opposite to the lid 5. Assuming that the distance from the hinge point of the hinge arm to the top surface of the lid is not shorter than the distance from the front surface of the lid, the cover plate on the side without the lock mechanism may be a fixed type without a driven lever. it can.

[0014]

According to the movable cover plate of the present invention, when the lid with the storage section is opened without opening the lid with the storage section without interfering with the lock mechanism connected continuously to the rear end of the hinge arm. It becomes possible to cover the escape groove formed on the front surface and the upper surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a console tower according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a front end portion of the console tower lid when the hinge arm of the cover is opened, and FIG. 2A is a side view and FIG. 2B is a plan view.

3A and 3B show a front side portion of the lid. FIG. 3A is a perspective view of an escape groove portion in an open state, and FIG. 3B is an exploded perspective view of a cam portion.

4A and 4B show a front end portion of the console tower lid in a closed state of a hinge arm, wherein FIG. 4A is a side view and FIG. 4B is a schematic plan view.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the console tower.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the present configuration of the lid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Console box 3 Console tower 5 Lid 5d Front of lid 5e Upper surface of lid 5f Front side of lid 8 Hinge arm 9 Relief groove 10 Hinge arm tip 20 Cover plate 20A Cover plate main body 25 Follower lever 28 Follower 31 Slot cam

Claims (1)

[Claims] A tower body standing upright at a rear end of a console box of an automobile so as to house an image apparatus is provided at a front end of a hinge arm projecting rearward from a vertically closed position. A lid with a storage section that is rotatably supported at the horizontal open position and covers the front of the image apparatus is attached, and a lid with a storage section next to the tip of the hinge arm is attached to the hinge arm tip. In a console tower in which a lock mechanism that locks the lid with the storage unit in the open position and the closed position by engaging is provided, a relief for a hinge arm formed on the front surface and the upper surface of the base end portion of the lid with the storage unit. A cover plate body having a front part and a top part that covers the groove at the open position, a cover plate having a driven lever formed downward, and a halfway position of the driven lever, A slot-like cam provided at the lower end of the driven lever, at the front surface or in the vicinity thereof, at the lower end of the driven lever so as to rotate the bar plate body in a direction orthogonal to the hinge arm; And the shape of the slot-like cam that drives the follower is such that the shape of the slot-shaped cam covers the hinge arm relief groove from the open position to the closed position, A console tower, which is formed so as to rotate the cover plate body to the lateral relief position that does not interfere with the lock mechanism that has rotated upward.