JPS6118709Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a vehicle ashtray in which an inner case is slidably fitted into an outer case.

Generally, an ashtray used in the front seat of a vehicle is constructed by combining an outer case 1 made of metal and an inner case 2 made of synthetic resin such as phenolic resin, as shown in Figures 1 to 3. There is.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the outer case 1 has guide rail portions formed at both ends in the width direction by bending flaps attached to the front half side in the length direction of the outer case 1. 3 is provided. Further, a guide protrusion 4 and a hole 5 for a rivet are provided at the position where the leaf spring is fixed in the outer case 1.

The inner case 2 is held by the guide rail section 3 and slidably fitted into the outer case 1 via the guide rail section 3, and the rear end plate of the inner case 2 is attached to the rear end of the guide rail section 3. It can be pulled out to the position where it touches.

Furthermore, inside both guide rail parts 3,
A leaf spring 6 is interposed between the lower surface of the outer case 1 and the upper surface of the end edge of the inner case 2.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, this leaf spring 6 is formed into a substantially W-shape when viewed from the side, and the central portion is formed flat to facilitate attachment to the outer case 1. Holes 7 for rivets are provided. Further, the leaf spring 6 is inserted into a hole 5 provided in the outer case 1 and a hole 7 provided in the leaf spring 6 itself, and then fixed to the outer case 1 by a caulked rivet 8.

The inner case 2 is brought into frictional contact with the guide rail portion 3 by the leaf spring 6, and can be slid with a predetermined pulling force and pushing force.

In addition, the guide rail part 3 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
As shown in the figure, the U for the caulking tool of the rivet 8 is
A letter-shaped notch 9 is formed.

However, as mentioned above, in the conventional vehicle ashtray, the plate spring 6 is fixed to the outer case 1 by the rivet 8 inside the guide rail part 3, and the hole 5 provided in the outer case 1 is fixed to the plate spring 6 inside the guide rail part 3.
After inserting the rivet 8, the guide rail portion 3 gets in the way during the process of setting the leaf spring 6 on the rivet 8, resulting in poor workability. In addition, if the overall ashtray is to be made shallow without reducing the effective volume of the ashtray in order to save space and resources, the height h between the outer case 1 and the guide rail portion 3 will inevitably be low. As a result, there is a drawback that the workability of setting the leaf spring 6 on the rivet 8 is further reduced.
Furthermore, in order to increase the amount by which the inner case 2 can be pulled out, as shown in FIG. 9 cannot be formed, and for this reason, it is necessary to use a caulking tool with a complicated structure or to increase the thickness of the outer case 1, which also has the disadvantage of increasing weight and cost.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional vehicle ashtrays, and to easily mount a leaf spring on the outer case with a simple swage tool, even in cases where a notch for a swage tool cannot be provided in the guide rail due to strength reasons. To provide an ashtray for a vehicle that can be fixed to a vehicle and avoid increases in weight and cost.

The feature of the present invention is that the rear half side of the leaf spring is divided into a spring piece and a fixed piece in the width direction, and the fixed piece is formed in a length that projects from the rear end of the guide rail part.
A fixing piece is fixed to the outer case at a position away from the guide rail portion, and a leaf spring is attached via this fixing piece, and with this configuration, the above object can be achieved reliably.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

7 to 9 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which the front half side 12 and the rear half side of the leaf spring 11 are formed in different shapes.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the rear half side of the leaf spring 11 is divided into a spring piece 13 and a fixed piece 14 in the width direction. The fixing piece 14 is formed in such a length that it protrudes from the rear end of the guide rail section 3 when the leaf spring 11 is set, and the rear end of the fixing piece 14 is formed to have a wide width. Piece 14
A hole 15 for a rivet is provided at the rear end. Further, the front half side 12 of the leaf spring 11 and the spring piece 13 are formed in a substantially symmetrical shape when viewed from the side,
The fixing piece 14 is formed in a shape capable of supporting the front half side 12 of the leaf spring 11 and the spring piece 13 in equilibrium.

On the other hand, at both ends of the outer case 1 in the width direction,
As shown in FIG. 7, a hole 10 for a rivet is provided at a position away from the rear end of the guide rail portion 3.

Furthermore, the narrow spring piece 13 formed on the rear half side of the leaf spring 11 is formed into an arc shape, as shown in FIG. 8, and reinforced to approximately the same strength as the front half side 12 of the leaf spring 11. has been done.

In this first embodiment, a rivet 16 is inserted into the hole 10 provided in the outer case 1, and the fixing piece 14 of the leaf spring 11 is inserted into the rivet 16.
The hole 15 provided in the outer case 1 is fitted into the guide protrusion 4 provided in the outer case 1.
After positioning the leaf spring 11 using the above steps, the rivet 16 is caulked using a caulking tool (not shown), and the leaf spring 11 is fixed to the outer case 1 via the fixing piece 14, as shown in FIG. .

In the vehicle ashtray of the first embodiment, the fixing portion 14 formed on the leaf spring 11 is fixed using a rivet 16 at a position away from the guide rail portion 3 provided on the outer case 1, and the leaf spring 11, the leaf spring 11 can be easily fixed to the outer case 1 with a simple caulking tool even if a notch for a caulking tool cannot be provided in the guide rail portion 3 due to strength reasons. be able to.
As a result, it is not necessary to form the outer case 1 from a thick material and provide a notch for a caulking tool in the guide rail portion 3.

In addition, in this embodiment, the narrow spring piece 13 on the rear half side of the leaf spring 11 is formed into an arc shape, and the leaf spring 1
Since it is reinforced to approximately the same strength as the front half side 12 of the spring piece 1, it is possible to prevent the narrow spring piece 13 from decreasing its spring force and from traveling such as breaking.

The other structures and functions of this embodiment are the same as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 above.

Next, FIGS. 10 and 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the fixing piece 14 of the leaf spring 11 is inserted into the cut-up part 17 and fixed to the outer case 1. That's what I do.

As shown in FIG. 10, the cut-and-raised portion 17 is attached to the fixed piece 1 of the leaf spring 11 at a position away from the rear end of the guide rail portion 3 in the outer case 1.
4 is formed in a shape that allows the end portion of the outer case 1 to be inserted from the center portion in the width direction of the outer case 1 toward the end portion.

On the other hand, at the end of the fixing piece 14 of the leaf spring 11, as shown in FIG. 10, a step 19 is formed which fits into a space 18 formed by cutting and raising the cut-and-raised portion 17.

Thus, the end of the fixed piece 14 of the leaf spring 11 is attached to the cut-and-raised portion 17 formed on the outer case 1.
As shown by the arrow in FIG. 10, the fixing piece 14 is inserted into the outer case 1 from the center to the end, and is inserted into the space 18 formed by cutting and raising the cut-and-raised part 17. After fitting and positioning the step portion 19, the cut and raised portion 17 is caulked in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. 10 using a caulking tool. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the fixing piece 14 of the leaf spring 11 is fixed to the outer case 1, and the plate spring 11 is attached via the fixing piece 14.

In this embodiment, a space 18 formed by cutting and raising the cut-and-raised portion 17 and a plate spring 1 are provided.
Since the plate spring 11 is positioned by the stepped portion 19 formed at the end of the fixed portion 14 of the outer case 1, there is no need to provide a guide projection for positioning on the outer case 1.

Note that the other configurations and functions of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

According to the present invention described above, one half of the leaf spring is divided in the width direction into the leaf spring and the fixed piece, the fixed piece is formed in a length that projects from the rear end of the guide rail part, and the fixed piece is A fixing piece is fixed to the outer case at a position away from the rail part, and the leaf spring is attached via this fixing piece, so for strength,
Even in a case where a notch for a caulking tool cannot be provided in the guide rail portion, the leaf spring can be easily fixed to the outer case with a simple caulking tool.

Further, according to the present invention, there is no need to form the outer case from a thick material and provide a notch in the guide rail portion, which has the advantage of avoiding an increase in overall weight and cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 show a conventional vehicle ashtray, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire ashtray, FIGS. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional views taken along lines a-a' and b-b' in FIG. 1,
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the outer case and its accessories from the back, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the outer case from the back when the guide rail portion is short and it is not possible to form a notch for the crimping tool. Figs. 7 to 9 show the main parts of the first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly,
Fig. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line c-c' in Fig. 10, Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring in an assembled state, Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 show the main part of the second embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the outer case and the leaf spring before assembly, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the same in an assembled state. 1 ...... outer case, 2 ...... inner case, 3
...... guide rail portion, 10 ...... rivet hole provided in outer case, 11 ...... leaf spring, 12
. . . front half of the leaf spring, 13... spring piece on the rear half of the leaf spring, 14... fastening piece, 15... rivet hole provided in the fastening piece, 16... rivet, 17... raised portion formed in the outer case, 18... cavity formed by cutting and raising the raised portion, 19... step formed in the fastening piece and fitting into the cavity.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. Guide rail portions are formed at both ends in the width direction of a metallic outer case, and the inner case is slidably fitted to the outer case via the guide rail portions, and A leaf spring is interposed between the outer case and the inner case inside the rail part, and the leaf spring brings the inner case into frictional contact with the guide rail part, so that the inner case can be slid with a predetermined pulling force and pushing force. In the ashtray, one half of the leaf spring is divided in the width direction into a spring piece and a fixed piece, and the fixed piece is formed in a length protruding from the rear end of the guide rail part, and the guide rail An ashtray for a vehicle, characterized in that a leaf spring is attached to the outer case through a fixing piece at a position separate from the outer case. 2 The spring piece on the rear half side of the leaf spring is reinforced to have almost the same strength as the front half side of the leaf spring. Vehicle ashtray.