KR101655662B1 - A flap assay for a vehicle's cup holder - Google Patents

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KR101655662B1
KR101655662B1 KR1020150042614A KR20150042614A KR101655662B1 KR 101655662 B1 KR101655662 B1 KR 101655662B1 KR 1020150042614 A KR1020150042614 A KR 1020150042614A KR 20150042614 A KR20150042614 A KR 20150042614A KR 101655662 B1 KR101655662 B1 KR 101655662B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
    • B60N3/10—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
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    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
    • B60R7/04—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space, e.g. using racks
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a flap assembly provided to a cup holder. The present invention enables a flap housing to be easily mounted in and separated from a cup holder main body. The present invention comprises the flap housing (210), a flap (220), and a flap spring (230).

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a flap assembly for a car cup holder,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a flap assembly provided in a cup holder, which is one of the console parts inside a car, and more particularly, to a flap assembly in which a flap housing provided with a flap (FLAP) To a flap assembly of an automotive cup holder.

Generally, the cup holder of the automobile is installed in a sliding manner to be drawn in or drawn out to a center fascia panel on which audio, air conditioner control panel, and the like are installed, or is exposed to the follower console tray between the gearshift selector lever and the console box.

The housing space of the cup holder is configured to have a certain size, but recently, it has been adopted as a structure capable of introducing any beverage container of any diameter, and it can firmly support the outer diameter surface of the beverage container so as not to be shaken by vibration of the vehicle As shown in Fig.

The cup holder capable of pulling the beverage container irrespective of the diameter of the beverage container is formed with a support member accommodating portion at four positions on the four sides of the cup holder housing having the cup accommodating portion, And a support member which is drawn out to the outside of the inlet through which the container is drawn by the elastic force of the spring is operatively mounted.

 That is, the support member is always protruded to the inside of the inlet port by the elastic force of the spring. When the beverage container is drawn, the support member is pushed by the beverage container and is compressed into the receiving portion while compressing the spring. The member closely supports the peripheral surface of the beverage container.

However, in the conventional cup holder, the beverage container to be introduced into the inlet portion may have a shape in which the intermediate portion is concavely curved (for example, a cola bottle) or a shape in which the diameter of the bottom portion is wide (for example, When the beverage container is detached, the leading end of the supporting member is caught on the concave portion or the bent portion of the beverage container, and thus the beverage container can not be smoothly separated from the beverage container. The supporting point of the supporting member which is in close contact with the peripheral surface of the beverage container differs depending on the size of the beverage container to be introduced, and in the case of the beverage container of a large size, There has been a problem in that the inside of the automobile is contaminated by the contents contained in the beverage container.

The applicant of the present invention has found that a cup receiving portion is formed inside a cup holder housing and a supporting portion rotatably coupled to a supporting member for pulling in and out of the cup receiving portion is formed on the outer side of the cup receiving portion, Wherein a torsion spring is provided between the support portion and the support member so as to allow the support portion drawn out to the outside of the cup accommodating portion to enter the cup accommodating portion by its own elastic force to hold the beverage container, The first pin and the second pin are slidingly moved downward in accordance with the outer diameter and shape of the beverage container into and out of the cup accommodating portion, A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed on the upper and lower portions of the support portion so as to be guided by the support portion, That the torsion spring bar is proposed for an automobile cup holder, characterized in that the right and left with two circular double-twist twisting shape that the ring directly to the tension (Patent No. 10-0837086)

However, the above-mentioned prior invention has a problem that the supporting point is lowered during the cup or cap receiving process, which makes it difficult to stably support the cup or the cap.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the applicant of the present application filed a patent application in Korean Utility Model Application No. 20-2013-1487,

 A flap housing fixed to one side of a storage space portion provided in the cup holder main body, provided with a flap access portion at the front side, an arc-shaped rotation guide hole at both sides thereof, and a straight guide hole at both sides below; A rotation support protrusion inserted into and coupled to the rotation guide hole is provided on both upper and lower rear portions of the flap housing, A flap provided with a straight support projection; And a flap spring installed between the flap housing and the flap to elastically support the flap, wherein the flap has a support projection at the front upper portion and the front lower portion to support the two points, And the straight guide hole, the flap assembly of the automobile cup holder configured in the parallel direction is rotated, and the flap is rotated up and down according to the determined locus, so that the cup or the can can be easily inserted into or drawn out from the cup holder storage space , When the cup or the can is inserted into the cup holder storage space, the flap is supported at a constant height without changing the support point, and the support point is provided at two positions above and below the flap, .

However, since the flap assembly is installed in the cup holder body in a detent manner, it is difficult to separate the flap assembly from the cup holder body after the flap assembly is installed in the cup holder body. It is necessary to replace the entire cup holder when a failure occurs, thereby unnecessarily requiring a large amount of repairing cost, and also increasing the number of workings, resulting in an increase in the manufacturing cost when the cup holder is manufactured.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a cup holder which can easily store and draw a cup or a can in a storage space provided in a main body of an automobile cup holder, The flap assembly of the cup holder can be easily detached from the cup holder body so that the flap assembly can be detached from the cup holder body when the flap assembly is defective, Flap assembly.

In order to achieve the above object, the flap assembly of the automobile cup holder of the present invention is provided with a flap entrance portion 211 at the front, an arc-shaped rotation guide hole 212 at both sides, A flap housing 210 provided with a hole 213; A rotation support protrusion 222 inserted into the flap inserting portion 211 of the flap housing 210 and provided with a support protrusion 221 at the front and inserted into the rotation guide hole 212 at both rear upper portions, And a straight support protrusion (223) inserted into and coupled to the linear guide hole (213) is formed at the lower rear part of both sides of the flap (220). And a flap spring 230 installed between the flap housing 210 and the flap 220 to elastically support the flap 220,

The elastic body part 240 may be formed on the wall surface of the flap housing 210 so that the elastic body part 240 is formed on the wall surface of the flap housing 210, A first hook 241 positioned at an upper portion of the cutout groove 244 and joined to and separated from a housing rib 110 formed in the cup holder body 100, And a housing protrusion 242 which is elastically deformed by a pressing force so that the first hook 241 is engaged with and detached from the housing rib 110. [

Further, the housing protrusion 242 is formed with a support rib 243, which breaks only when an external force is applied to the first housing 241 so that the first hook 241 is separated from the housing rib 110 to perform an operation, 1 hooks 241 are separated from the housing ribs 110 so as not to malfunction.

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The flap 220 is provided with a support protrusion 221 on its front upper portion and its front lower portion to support two points. The rotation guide hole 212 and the linear guide hole 213 are formed in a parallel direction .

The flap assembly of the automobile cup holder of the present invention is configured such that the first hook of the elastic body formed on the wall surface of the flap housing is inserted so as to be held in the housing rib formed in the holder body so that the assembly of the flap assembly on one side of the cup holder body When the flap assembly that has been assembled into the cup holder body is defective and only the flap assembly is to be separated from the cup holder body, the operator applies pressure to the housing protrusion of the elastic body assembly, 1 hook can be detached from the housing rib to separate the flap assembly from the cup holder body, so that when the flap assembly is defective, the flap assembly can be removed from the cup holder body and replaced and repaired, Of course, the flap assembly may be separated from the cup holder body, Also has effects such as that become airborne operation is the production cost is reduced during manufacture of the cup holder is reduced.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the flap is rotated upward and downward according to a predetermined trajectory, it becomes very easy to insert or pull out the cup or the can into the cup holder storage space. When the cup or the can is inserted into the cup holder storage space The flap is supported at a constant height without changing the support point, and the support point is provided at two positions above and below the flap, so that it is possible to more stably support the cup or the can.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the flap assembly of the present invention is assembled to a cup holder body;
2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A '
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the flap assembly of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a side view of the flap assembly of the present invention
5 is an exploded perspective view showing the assembled state of the flap assembly of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A 'in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the flap assembly of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the flap assembly of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the assembled state of the flap assembly of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a side view showing the flap assembly of the present invention.

1 to 5, the flap assembly 200 of the automobile cup holder of the present invention is provided with a flap access portion 211 at the front, an arc-shaped rotation guide hole 212 at both sides, A flap housing 210 provided with a straight guide hole 213; A rotation support protrusion 222 inserted into the flap inserting portion 211 of the flap housing 210 and provided with a support protrusion 221 at the front and inserted into the rotation guide hole 212 at both rear upper portions, And a straight support protrusion (223) inserted into and coupled to the linear guide hole (213) is formed at the lower rear part of both sides of the flap (220). And a flap spring 230 installed between the flap housing 210 and the flap 220 to elastically support the flap 220.

The elastic body part 240 is further provided on a wall surface of the flap housing 210 in which the rotation guide hole 212 and the linear guide hole 213 are formed.

The elastic body part 240 includes a cutout groove 244 formed along the longitudinal direction of the wall surface of the flap housing 210 and a cutout groove 244 formed at an upper portion of the cutout cutout 244, A first hook 241 coupled to and separated from the rib 110 and a housing protrusion 242 elastically deformed by a pressing force such that the first hook 241 is engaged with and separated from the housing rib 110 .

The housing protrusion 242 is formed with a support rib 243 that is broken only when an external force is applied to the housing protrusion 242 so that the first hook 241 is separated from the housing rib 110 to be operated. 1 hook 241 is detached from the housing rib 110 to prevent malfunction.

The flap 220 is provided with a support protrusion 221 at the front upper portion and the front lower portion to support the two points. The rotation guide hole 212 and the linear guide hole 213 are formed in a parallel direction do.

The flap assembly 200 of the automobile cup holder of the present invention having the above-

The first hooks 241 of the elastic body part 240 formed on the wall surface of the flap housing 210 are hooked on the housing ribs 110 formed on the cup holder body 100 to attach the flap assembly 200 Is maintained.

In this case, when the flap assembly 200 is a defective product, a failure occurs, or the flap assembly 200 is detached from the cup holder body 100, replacement work for the flap assembly 200 must be performed. The support ribs 243 formed on the housing protrusions 242 are broken and the first hooks 241 are separated from the housing ribs 110 by the incision grooves 244, Is elastically deformed and moved inward of the flap housing.

After the first hook 241 is separated from the housing rib 110 as described above, the worker lifts the flap assembly 200 to separate the flap assembly 200 from the cup holder body 100 do.

When the new flap assembly 200 is to be coupled to the cup holder main body 100 separated as described above, it is possible to fit the flap assembly 200 such that the first hawk is fitted to the housing rib 110 So that the flap assembly 200 is maintained in a state of being coupled to the cup holder body 100.

At this time, the first hooks 241 are separated from the housing ribs 110 by the support ribs 243 formed on the housing protrusions 242, so that the first hooks 241 do not malfunction

When the flap assembly 200 assembled in the cup holder body 100 is defective and the flap assembly 200 is to be separated from the cup holder body 100, The first hook 241 is separated from the housing rib 110 to separate the flap assembly 200 from the cup holder body 100 by applying pressure to the housing protrusion of the flap assembly 100 The flap assembly 200 is detached from the cup holder main body 100 and can be replaced and repaired so that the repairing cost can be reduced and the flap assembly 200 can be removed from the cup holder main body 100. [ The work cost is reduced even in replacement repair, and the manufacturing cost for manufacturing the cup holder is reduced.

The flap 220 elastically supported by the flap spring 230 protrudes forward of the flap entrance 210 of the flap housing 210 when the cup or can is not housed in the cup holder body 100, The rotation support protrusions 222 and the linear support protrusions 223 of the flaps 220 are held in front of the rotation guide holes 212 of the flap housing 210 and in front of the linear guide holes 213. [

When the cup or the can is received in the cup holder body 100 in the initial state, the upper support protrusion 221 of the flap 220 is pressed by the cup or the can so that the rotation support protrusion 222 of the flap 220, The entire flap 220 is pushed toward the flap housing 210 by a subsequent closing force so that the entire flap 220 moves horizontally toward the flap housing 210. [

When the cup or can is received in the cup holder body 100, the flap 220 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction about the straight support protrusion 223 and the upper support protrusion 221 of the flap 220 and the lower The support protrusion 224 presses and supports the cup or the can that is housed in the same vertical line.

In the flap assembly 200 of the automobile cup holder of the present invention, since the flaps 220 are vertically rotated and moved back and forth, the cups and cans can be easily stored or taken out, and the flaps 220 Since the support protrusions 221 of the flaps 220 are provided at the upper and lower two positions, it is possible to more stably support the cup or the can, It is possible to prevent the can from being conducted.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. .

100: cup holder body 200: flap assembly
210: flap housing 211: flap access part
212: rotation guide hole 213: linear guide hole
220: flap 221: support protrusion
222: rotation supporting projection 223: linear supporting projection
230: flap spring 240: elastic body fitting
241: first hook 242: housing projection
243: support ribs 244: incision groove

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A flap housing 210 provided with a flap access portion 211 at a front side thereof, an arc-shaped rotation guide hole 212 at both sides thereof, and a linear guide hole 213 at both sides below the flap housing 210; A rotation support protrusion 222 inserted into the flap inserting portion 211 of the flap housing 210 and provided with a support protrusion 221 at the front and inserted into the rotation guide hole 212 at both rear upper portions, And a straight support protrusion (223) inserted into and coupled to the linear guide hole (213) is formed at the lower rear part of both sides of the flap (220). And a flap spring 230 installed between the flap housing 210 and the flap 220 to elastically support the flap 220,
The elastic body part 240 may be formed on the wall surface of the flap housing 210 so that the elastic body part 240 is formed on the wall surface of the flap housing 210, A first hook 241 positioned at an upper portion of the cutout groove 244 and joined to and separated from a housing rib 110 formed in the cup holder body 100, And a housing protrusion (242) elastically deformed by a pressing force such that the first hook (241) is engaged with and separated from the housing rib (110).
delete The support rib (243) is formed in the housing protrusion (242) so that the housing protrusion (242) is broken only when an external force is applied to the first housing Wherein the flap assembly comprises: The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flap (220) is provided with a support projection (221) at the front upper portion and the front lower portion to support two points, and the rotation guide hole (212) And wherein the flap assembly is formed in a parallel direction.
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