JPS5854272Y2 - Vehicle glove box opening/closing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an opening/closing device for a kangal-type glove box that is built into an instrument panel of a vehicle so as to be openable and closable.

An instrument panel is provided in front of a front seat of a vehicle, and a glove box is built into the instrument panel so as to be openable and closable.

In a Kangaru-type glove box, the box is formed into a box shape with an open top and generally triangular sides, and is pivotally connected to the instrument panel at its bottom so as to be openable and closable.

It is known that such a glove box has a button that temporarily stops the glove box when the glove box is in a half-open state on the way from a fully closed state to a fully open state in order to prevent the button from hitting the passenger's knee when the glove box is opened.

A conventional device capable of performing such a glove box opening movement is composed of a stopper arm that swings with the opening movement of the glove box, a spring whose elastic force increases as the stopper arm swings, etc. The stopper arm and spring are assembled on the instrument panel side, which makes it difficult to assemble the mechanism that temporarily holds the glove box in a partially opened position.

The present invention was developed in order to effectively solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.The purpose of the present invention is to control the opening/closing movement of the glove box from a fully closed state to a stopped half-open state and then to a fully open state. A vehicle glove box opening/closing device that maintains safety while also assembling a mechanism to stop and hold the glove box in a half-open state on the glove box side, and therefore, the installation of the mechanism can improve workability. It is a place that provides.

In order to achieve this objective, the present invention provides two parts on the side of the glove box that are spaced apart in the opening and closing direction of the glove box.
the upper end of the arm is pivotally attached to the side surface of the glove box, and the lower end of the arm located between the two stopper parts is provided with a protruding part that protrudes laterally; The frame passes a spring between the side of the glove box and the arm that urges the protrusion to come into contact with the stopper on the opening side of the glove box in the fully closed state, and the spring's elastic force pushes the protrusion into the instrument when it is in the half-open state. When the glove box is brought into contact with the flange of the panel, the balance between the elastic force and the weight of the glove box forces the glove box to remain half-open, and when the glove box is further opened, the elastic force of the spring is exerted by the suppressing action of the protrusion by the seven lunges. The arm swings against this, and when the glove box is fully opened, the protruding part is sandwiched between the flange and the stopper part on the glove box closing side.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the instrument panel, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the glove box in a half-open state, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the glove box taken along line 3--3 in FIG.

Instrument panel 1 installed in front of the front seat of the vehicle
Instruments 11. An opening 13 is provided together with the steering handle 12, and a kangal-type glove box 14 having a box-like shape with an open top is installed in the opening 13.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the glove box 14 has a substantially triangular side surface, but the side surface shape is not limited to this.

The glove box 14 (ri) is pivotally connected to the instrument panel 10 by a pin 15 on the lower side, and is opened and closed about the pin 15, and the opening operation is provided on the surface of the glove box 14 shown in FIG. The driver is threatened by pulling the handle 16 toward the rear of the vehicle.

On the side surface 14a of the glove box 14, there are two stopper parts 17, 1 spaced apart in the opening/closing direction of the glove box 14.
8 is provided protrudingly, and an arm 19 is provided with a pin 2 on the side surface 14a.
0, the upper end is pivotally attached and swingably attached, and as specifically shown in FIG. 3, the side surface 14a and the side surface 14a
The arm 19 is sandwiched between the arm 19 and a guide plate 22 fixed with screws 21.degree. 21, so that the arm 19 can swing freely in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle around a pin 20.

Lower end of arm 19 (stopper parts 17, 18 of ri2fB)
A protrusion 23 is provided at the lower end of the arm 19 and protrudes laterally, and in the illustrated example, the protrusion 23 is a rubber roller rotatably attached to the lower end of the arm 19 with a pin 24. There is.

A spring 25 is provided on the side surface 14a of the glove box 14, and the spring 25 is a coil spring having two extension parts 25b and 25c extending from a coil part 25a. Side 14
a, and the other extending portion 25c (ri arm 19
It is attached to the back side of the lower end.

In this way, the arm 19 is always resiliently biased toward the rear of the vehicle, that is, in the opening direction of the glove box 14, by the spring 25 that is passed between the side surface 14a of the glove box 14 and the arm 19, and the protruding portion 23 is attached to the glove box 14. When in the fully closed state, it is in elastic contact with one of the stopper portions 11 provided on the open side.

The above arm 19, protrusion 23, spring 25, etc. constitute a mechanism that stops and holds the glove box 14 in a half-open state, and since this mechanism is assembled to the glove box 14 as described above, the assembly process is easy. It is something that can be done.

As shown in FIG. 2, a flange 28 is formed diagonally on the instrument panel 10 with a gap through which the stopper portion 17 can pass from the side surface 14a of the glove box 14.
When the glove box 14 is in a fully closed state (r12 stopper parts 17, 18 (r)
That is, it is located on the closed side of the glove box 14.

Next, the operation will be explained based on FIG.

In Fig. 4, the glove box 14 and the stopper part 17°1
8. For each member of the arm 19, protrusion 23, and spring 25, when the glove box 14 is fully closed, add -1 to the code indicating the member, -2 when it is half open, and V'i-3 when it is fully open. is attached.

When the glove box 14-1 is in the fully closed state, the protruding portion 23-1 contacts the stopper portion 17-1 as described above, and when the glove box 14-2t is opened in the half-open state 1, the protruding portion 23-2 comes into contact with the stopper portion 17-1. comes into contact with the flange 28 of the instrument panel 10, and the protrusion 23-2 (ri
7 langes 28 with the elastic force of the spring 25-2, the elastic force of the spring 25-2 and the glove box 14-
2, the glove box 14-2 maintains a half-open state, and the -! It temporarily stops at state 1.

The glove box 14- resists the elastic force of the spring 25-2.
2 is further opened, the protruding part 23-2 receives a pressing force from the flange 28, so the arm 19-2 is swung in the direction of closing the glove box, and the protruding part 23-3 contacts the flange 28 while closing the glove box. 14-3 becomes fully open.

At this time, the protruding portion 23-3 is held between the flange 28 and the stopper portion 18-3 on the glove box closing side, and the center of gravity of the glove box 14-3 shifts to the right in FIG. 4 compared to when the glove box 14-3 is in the half-open state. Therefore, the rotation moment of the glove box 14-3 about the pin 15 is generated by the spring 25.
-3 becomes larger than the elastic force of the button, and the glove box 14-3 is moved by the stopper part 18- through the protruding part 23-3.
The fully open state is maintained by the locking action of step 3.

When closing the glove box, the operation is reversed, and just by pushing it up lightly, it goes from a half-open state to a fully closed state.

As the arm 19 swings during the process between the half-open state and the fully open state of the opening/closing movement described above, the protrusion 23 moves while contacting the flange 28, but as described above, the protrusion 23
When the roller is a freely rotatable roller, the movement is performed while the roller is rolling, the roller is made of rubber, the flange 28 (ri is made of synthetic resin integral with the instrument panel 10, and the roller is made of rubber). Since the moving distance is short, the glove box can be opened and closed smoothly without producing noise such as rubbing between the protrusion 23 and the flange 28.

The above device according to the present invention can also be provided on both left and right sides of the glove box.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, the mechanism consisting of the arm, protrusion, spring, etc. for stopping and holding the glove box in a half-open state is assembled on the glove box side, so the glove box can be attached to the instrument panel. The assembly work efficiency is improved, such as the ability to assemble the mechanism into the glove box before assembly, and the assembly work between the instrument panel and the glove box becomes easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the instrument panel, Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the glove box in a half-opened state, and Fig. 3 shows the button on line 3-3 in Fig. 1. FIG. 4 is a side view showing opening and closing movements of the glove box. In the drawing, 10 is the instrument panel, 14 is the glove box, 14a is the side surface, 17 and 18 are the stopper parts,
19 is an arm, 23 (/'i protrusion, 25 is a spring, 28
is a flange.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A Kangaru-type glove that is shaped like a box with an open top, and is installed in a vehicle's instrument panel so that it can be opened and closed from the bottom, and changes from a fully closed state to a half-open state when stopped, and then to a fully open state. In the box, two stopper parts are provided on the side surface of the glove box at a distance in the opening/closing direction, and the upper end of the arm is pivotably pivoted to the side surface, and the stopper part is located between the two stopper parts. A protrusion protruding laterally is provided at the lower end of the arm, and a spring is passed between the side surface and the arm to bias the protrusion into contact with the stopper part on the glove box opening side when in the fully closed state. A flange is formed on the instrument panel with which the protrusion comes into contact when the instrument panel is in the half-open state, and the protrusion is sandwiched between the flange and the stopper on the glove box closing side when the arm swings when the instrument panel is fully open. Vehicle glove box opening/closing device.