JPS6024660Y2 - Vehicle console box - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a console box for a vehicle having a storage section.

As a conventional console box for a vehicle, there is one shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-2042).

For example, a console box 1 of a passenger car is made of resin and is placed between the left and right front seats S, and consists of a console box main body 2 in which small items are stored, and instruments (not shown) attached to the main body 2.

A storage section 3 is formed in the box body 2, and the storage section 3 is open upward and consists of left and right walls 3X in the vehicle width direction X, front and rear walls 3y in the vehicle longitudinal direction Y, and a bottom section 4. It is molded integrally with the opening edge 6, and a lid 7 is attached to the opening edge 6 via a hinge 7a so as to be openable and closable.

This console box main body 2 is manufactured by filling a space 13 formed by combining an upper mold 11 and a lower mold 12 as shown in FIG. 3 with resin.

The lower mold 12 has left and right walls 3X% open end edges 6 and outer walls 5.
It has a tapered portion 12a that forms a .

The tip width d1 of the tapered portion 12a is a dimension obtained by subtracting the product wall thickness from ft1ID2 of the opening end edge 6 of the console box main body 2.

The storage capacity of the storage compartment 3 of the console box body 2 must be increased, and the seat area of the seat S, especially the left and right width, must be increased in order to improve seating comfort. It was necessary to satisfy conflicting demands within certain dimensions.

This can be solved by narrowing the width D1 of the opening edge 6 within limited dimensions.

However, narrowing this width Di also reduces the value of the inner dimension d□, which means that the tapered part 12 of the lower mold 12
a becomes thinner.

The lower mold 12 having the tapered portion 12a is repeatedly subjected to, for example, injection pressure during molding.
There is a risk of cracking and destruction due to repeated fatigue.

Therefore, the width D□ of the opening edge 6 has to be kept below a certain dimension, and it has not been possible to meet the demand for increasing the storage volume and seat area, especially the left and right width.

On the other hand, in the vehicle longitudinal direction Y, dimensional restrictions are loose,
Even if ft1ID2 of the opening edge 6 was made thicker, there was almost no problem.

This idea was made by paying attention to the problems of the conventional console box body. By adopting a structure consisting of an inner fitting member having an inner circumferential wall whose lower end abuts and which is disposed around the opening periphery of the console box body, the molded product does not break and the seat area can be reduced. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a console box that increases the storage capacity of the storage compartment while ensuring the storage capacity of the storage area.

This invention will be explained below based on the drawings.

4 to 6 are diagrams showing an embodiment of this invention.

Components or parts that are the same as or equivalent to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals and their explanations will be omitted.

In the figure, 10 is the main body of the console box, and the storage part 1
5 and an outer wall 5.

This storage section 15 includes a bottom member 16 that is connected only by the front and rear walls 3y and has a substantially horizontal surface, a lower end 23a is in contact with the bottom member 16, and the console box main body 1
The inner fitting member 20 has an inner circumferential wall 23 disposed around the opening periphery 17 of the opening.

To explain this internal fitting member 20 in more detail, the inner peripheral wall 23 is open at the bottom and has a lower end 23a;
It has a flange 21 at the upper end, and the flange 21 is fitted onto a shelf 8 formed at the opening periphery 17 which is the upper end of the outer wall 5 of the console box main body 10.

Next, manufacturing and assembly of this console box main body 10 will be explained.

FIG. 6 shows the storage section 15 of the console box main body 10.
This shows a cross-sectional view of the molded product used in manufacturing.

The upper mold 31 and the lower mold 32 are combined to form a space 33a and a space 33c.

This space 33a is located on the outer wall 5, and the space 33c is located on the bottom member 16.
Each corresponds to a part of the console box main body 10.

A portion 33b indicated by a two-dot chain line is a position corresponding to the inner circumferential wall 23 of the internal fitting member 20 when the internal fitting member 20 is assembled to the console box main body 10.

The mold 31.32 shown in FIG. 6 does not have a space in the chain double-dashed line portion 33b, so when resin is injection molded using this mold 31.32, the resulting console box body 10 is similar to the conventional console box. The bottom member 16 does not have walls such as the left and right walls 3x of the main body 2, and is connected only by the front and rear walls 3y.
is formed.

Therefore, the dividing line between the upper mold 31 and the lower mold 32 is as shown in FIG. 32
The inside of a has a draft angle.

Due to such a mold division structure, it is possible to use a lower mold 32 in which the tip width d3 of the protruding portion 32a is wider than the tip width d1 of the conventional tapered portion 12a.

On the other hand, the inner fitting member 20 that constitutes the side surface of the storage compartment 15 has no bottom and an inner circumferential wall 23 that expands upward, and is manufactured using a mold (not shown) using normal mold division. Ru.

Therefore, the storage section 15 does not have the left and right walls 3X, and the front and rear walls 3
The bottomless internal fitting member 20 is assembled to the console box main body 10 having a shape in which the bottom member 16 is connected only by y so that the lower end 23a of the inner circumferential wall 23 is in contact with the bottom member 16.

The inner width and outer width D3 of the opening edge 17 of the assembled console box main body 10 are equal to those of the opening edge 6 of a conventional console box even if the tip width d3 of the protrusion 32a of the lower mold 32 is wide. It is narrower than the inner width d1 and the outer width D1.

As explained above, according to this invention, a console box structure is created in which a storage section is formed by attaching an inner fitting member having an inner peripheral wall to a bottom member that is connected only by the front and rear walls of the console box main body. The present invention provides a console box in which the storage capacity of the storage compartment can be increased without sacrificing the area of the seat area, especially the left and right width, and the protruding part of the mold can be made thicker so that the mold will not be destroyed. can be shared.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the storage section of a conventional console box, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows the parts shown in Fig. 2. FIG. 4 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the console box according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the molded product.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line V, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the molded portion shown in FIG. 2.10...Console box body, 3,1
5... Storage compartment, 3X... Left and right walls, 3
y...Front and rear walls, 4, 16...Bottom member,
20...Inner fitting member, 23...Inner peripheral wall,
23a...lower end, S...sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] In a vehicle console box in which a storage section is formed in a console box body and is arranged between front seats that are spaced apart from each other, the storage section is located on the front and rear walls of the console box body. 1. A console box for a vehicle, comprising: a bottom member connected to the bottom member; and an inner fitting member having a lower end abutting the bottom member and having an inner circumferential wall disposed around the opening of the console box body. .