JPH11247511A - Lock structure for opening/closing body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the economical efficiency of production and the fitting workability of a lock structure to a car body, in the lock structure provided to retain the closure of a glove box for instance openably/closably pivoted by an instrument panel of the car. SOLUTION: This lock structure is provided with a base plate 30 in which screw inserting holes corresponding to fitting screw insertion holes 27 formed in a fitting piece 24 for a striker are bored and a U-shaped fitting rod 32 for the striker is protruded, pinching plates 31 turned back at the back end of the base plate 30 and separately arranged against the protruded face and the opposite face of the fitting rod 32 for the striker of the base plate 30 to pinch the fitting piece 24 in cooperation with the base plate 30, and burring holes 35 corresponding to the screw insertion holes, are formed in the pinching plates 31.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lock structure provided for maintaining a closed state of, for example, a glove box which is pivotally supported by an instrument panel of an automobile, and more particularly to a lock structure for the lock structure. The present invention relates to a lock structure of an opening / closing body which can improve the production economics and the workability of mounting on a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 7, for example, a bucket type glove box 2 installed in a mounting space formed in an instrument panel 1 of an automobile is used to keep the glove box 2 closed. A lock mechanism 3 is provided. The general structure of the lock mechanism 3 is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a hook member 5 is rotatably supported via a support shaft 4 on the glove box 2 side. A striker 6 corresponding to the hook member 5 is attached to the opening edge of the glove box attachment opening formed in the above, and the bucket type glove box 2 is closed by the engagement action between the striker 6 and the hook member 5. The glove box 2 can be opened with respect to the instrument panel 1 by maintaining the state and rotating the hook member 5 to release the engagement between the hook member 5 and the striker 6. I have.

Further, the mounting structure of the striker 6 to the instrument panel 1 is formed in a U-shaped side surface on a mounting piece 7 protruding in a tongue shape at the glove box mounting opening edge of the instrument panel 1. While holding a plurality of sheet metal spring nuts 8
Screw holes 9 formed in these spring nuts 8
And the respective spring nuts 8 are positioned so that the screw insertion holes 10 formed in the mounting piece 7 match.
Next, the striker 6 is brought into contact with the lower surfaces of the spring nuts 8, and the screw insertion holes 11 provided in the striker 6 and the screw holes 9 of the spring nut 8 are formed.
The striker 6 is attached to the instrument panel 1 by aligning each of the screw insertion holes 10 of the attachment piece 7 and screwing the attachment screws 12 from the screw insertion holes 11 toward the screw holes 9. Things.

[0004]

However, in the mounting structure of the striker 6 to the instrument panel 1, a plurality of spring nuts 8 are provided in addition to the striker 6.
Therefore, when the striker 6 is mounted on the instrument panel 1, the number of parts used for mounting the striker 6 is large, and the cost is low. In attaching the striker 6 to the instrument panel 1, first, while positioning the plurality of spring nuts 8 on the attachment pieces 7, the striker 6 is applied to the spring nuts, and further, the work of screwing in the attachment screws 12 is performed. Since the work must be performed, the work of attaching the striker 6 to the instrument panel 1 is troublesome, and the workability of the installation is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and has a structure in which a conventional striker and a spring nut are integrally formed to reduce the number of parts for attaching the striker to an instrument panel. Its primary purpose is to increase economic efficiency.

It is a second object of the present invention to improve the workability of mounting the striker by enabling the striker to position the striker with respect to the instrument panel by the striker itself.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an opening / closing body mounting opening of an instrument panel for pivotally supporting an opening / closing body such as a bucket type glove box. A striker mounting piece which is expenditure formed at the edge of the part and has a mounting screw insertion hole, and a mounting screw which has a screw insertion hole corresponding to the mounting screw insertion hole and is inserted into the screw insertion hole. In a lock structure of an opening / closing body having a striker for locking an opening / closing body which is screwed to the striker mounting piece, the striker has a U-shape with a screw insertion hole corresponding to the mounting screw insertion hole. A substrate having the striker locking rod protruding therefrom, and a back end of the substrate folded back in a U-shape to face the opposite surface of the substrate from the striker locking rod protruding surface, and oppose the substrate. Cooperatively provided holding plates that sandwich the striker mounting piece, and even more 該挟 holding plates, and characterized by a lock structure of the opening and closing member provided with a burring hole corresponding to the screw insertion hole.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the second object, in addition to the first aspect, a striker inserted into the striker contact surface is inserted into the striker contact surface of the striker mounting piece. It is characterized in that it is a lock structure of an opening / closing body provided with guide ribs for regulating the positions of both left and right ends parallel to the direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first and second aspects, when the striker is held between the striker mounting pieces on the inner surface of the holding plate, the elastic cutout is engaged with the contact surface of the striker mounting piece. It is characterized in that it is a lock structure of an opening / closing body in which a raising claw is projected.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a part of an in-vehicle instrument panel. The instrument panel 21 has a glove box mounting opening 22 which pivotally supports a bucket type glove box so as to be openable and closable. Edge 23 of this glove box mounting opening 22
In addition, a striker mounting piece 24 in the form of a rectangular tongue is expendable integrally with the instrument panel 21.

On one side of the striker mounting piece 24,
A pair of left and right guide ribs 25 for regulating the insertion position of the striker described later is formed. The planar shape of the pair of guide ribs 25 is an inclined rib 25A whose interval width gradually narrows along the insertion direction of the striker, and a position regulating rib 25B extending in the depth direction from the deep end of the inclined rib 25A. 26 is a striker mounting piece 24
Are formed at the back end of the base, and a direction regulating protrusion 27 for regulating the direction of the inserted striker, and 27 are mounting screw insertion holes through which mounting screws 28 for screwing the striker are inserted.

A striker 29 is attached to the striker attachment piece 24. The striker 29
As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, a substantially rectangular flat substrate 30 formed of a metal plate, and a back end of the substrate 30 folded back into a U-shape to be opposed to the substrate 30 at a distance. Board 31
Are integrally formed. At the center of the outer surface of the substrate 30, a striker locking rod 32 formed in a substantially U-shape is attached. Further, at the left and right sides of the substrate 30, the respective mounting screw insertion holes are provided. Each screw insertion hole 33 corresponding to 27 is formed. The width L of the substrate 30 is the same as that of the striker mounting piece 24.
When the striker 29 is inserted into the striker mounting piece 24 by setting the distance M to be substantially equal to the mutual interval M between the pair of position regulating ribs 25B provided on the side of the striker 29, the both end surfaces of the striker 29 are in contact with the position regulating rib 25B and the striker 29 is positioned in the left-right direction.

In the center of the holding plate 31, there are formed elastic cutting and raising claws 34 which are cut and raised toward the inner surface thereof. Each burring 35 corresponding to the insertion hole 33 is formed.

The above is the description of the striker 29 according to the present embodiment.
The mounting of the striker on the instrument panel 21 will be described. First, the striker mounting provided on the instrument panel 21 is provided between the substrate 30 and the holding plate 31 constituting the striker 29. The striker 29 is inserted into the striker mounting piece 24 so that the piece 24 is inserted.

At the time of insertion, both side edges of the striker 29 are guided by the inclined ribs 25A and the position regulating ribs 25B provided on the striker mounting piece 24, and the mounting position of the striker 29 with respect to the striker mounting piece 24 in the left-right direction. Is regulated. Further, the insertion position of the striker 29 with respect to the striker mounting piece 24 is regulated by the leading edge of the striker 29 (the front edge of the substrate 30) being brought into contact with the direction regulating projection 26.
Screw hole 33 and burring hole 35 provided in
Correspond to the mounting screw insertion holes 27 provided in the striker mounting piece 24.

When the insertion of the striker 29 into the striker mounting piece 24 is completed, the striker 29
The tip of the elastically raised and raised claw 34 provided on the striker attachment piece 24 is engaged with the striker attachment piece 24, so that the engagement of the striker 29 prevents the striker 29 from coming off, and the striker 29 is positioned at a predetermined position relative to the striker attachment piece 24. Is positioned.

Next, the mounting screw 28 is inserted into each of the screw insertion holes 33 of the striker 29 and then the striker mounting piece 2.
By screwing the striker 29 into the burring hole 35 of the striker 29 through the attachment screw insertion hole 27 provided on the striker 4, the striker 29 can be screwed to the striker attachment piece 24.

Therefore, according to the striker 29 having the above structure, the burring hole 35 is integrally formed in the striker 29 itself, so that the spring nut, which is a separate component shown in the conventional example, is not used. The economics associated with the reduction of points are enhanced.

Further, when the striker is inserted into the striker attachment piece 24, the positioning of the striker 29 to the striker attachment piece 24 can be performed with one touch by the guide rib 25 and the direction regulating projection 26 provided on the striker attachment piece 24. The striker 29, which has been positioned, can be elastically cut and raised.
4 temporarily stops the striker mounting piece 24 by the locking action on the striker mounting piece 24, so that the work of attaching the striker 29 to the striker mounting piece 24 becomes easy and smooth, and the workability of the mounting operation is greatly improved.

[0021]

As described above, according to the locking structure of the opening / closing body according to the present invention, the structure for attaching the striker 29 to the striker attachment piece 24 provided on the instrument panel can be simplified. In addition, since the number of mounting parts can be reduced, the economic efficiency is greatly improved, and the workability of mounting the striker 29 to the striker mounting piece 24 can be greatly improved.

Further, the temporary holding property is high, so that the striker 29 can be reliably prevented from dropping during the temporary holding. Further, since the striker 29 is positioned by the guide rib 25 provided on the striker mounting piece 24, there is no need to position the mounting screw insertion hole 27 for positioning, and the hole diameter can be formed without increasing the accuracy of the hole diameter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a striker mounting piece and a striker showing an embodiment of a lock device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of only a striker according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of only a striker according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of only a striker according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of only a striker according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a glove box and an instrument panel.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory sectional view showing a conventional lock device.

FIG. 9 is an exploded explanatory view of a conventional lock device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Instrument panel 22 ... Glove box attachment opening 23 ... Edge 24 ... Striker attachment piece 25 ... Guide rib 25A ... Inclined rib 25B ... Position regulation rib 26 ... Orientation regulation protrusion 27 ... Mounting screw insertion hole 28 ... Mounting screw 29 ... Striker 30 ... Substrate 31 ... Nipping plate 32 ... Striker retaining rod 33 ... Screw insertion hole 34 ... Elastically cut and raised claw 35 ... Burring hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] An instrument panel (21) for pivotally supporting an opening and closing body such as a bucket type glove box so as to be openable and closable.
A striker mounting piece (24) which is expenditure-formed at the opening (23) of the opening / closing body mounting opening and has a mounting screw insertion hole (27), and a screw insertion corresponding to the mounting screw insertion hole (27). Hole (33), and the screw insertion hole (3
In the lock structure of the opening / closing body provided with the opening / closing body locking striker (29) screwed to the striker mounting piece (24) by the mounting screw (28) inserted through 3), the striker (29) A board (30) formed by forming a screw insertion hole (33) corresponding to the mounting screw insertion hole (27) and projecting a U-shaped striker locking rod (32); The back end of 30) is folded back into a U-shape to face the opposite surface of the substrate (30) from the protruding surface of the striker locking rod (32), and to oppose the striker in cooperation with the substrate (30). An opening / closing body characterized in that a holding plate (31) for holding a piece (24) is provided, and the holding plate (31) is further provided with a burring hole (35) corresponding to the screw insertion hole (33). Lock structure. 2. A striker contact surface of a striker mounting piece (24) has guide ribs (25) for regulating the positions of left and right ends parallel to the insertion direction of the striker (29) inserted into the striker contact surface. 2. The locking structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. When the striker (29) is held between the striker mounting pieces (24) on the inner surface of the holding plate (31), the elastic cut-out is engaged with the contact surface of the striker mounting pieces (24). 3. The locking structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, wherein a hook is protruded.