KR102145962B1 - Armrest device for reducing vibration noise - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a vibration noise reduction type armrest apparatus. According to the present invention, the vibration noise reduction type armrest apparatus includes: an armrest panel installed to be rotatable on one side of a storage box provided in a vehicle to open or close an upper opening part of the storage box, and in which an arm of a passenger is rested; a plurality of protrusion parts protruding from a lower surface of the armrest panel into the storage box at a distance from an open end of the storage box; and a damper part embedded in the protrusion parts to press and touch the open end to reduce a flow noise of the protrusion parts caused by vehicle vibrations. According to the present invention, the plurality of protrusion parts protruding from a lower surface of the armrest panel into the storage box at a distance from the open end of the storage box and a damper part embedded in each of the protrusion parts to be operated to press and touch the open end through an elastic force are easily prepared in a simple combination structure. Therefore, the apparatus is capable of smoothly opening or closing the armrest panel without causing a sense of difference, and avoiding an excessive number of working processes or costs during manufacture while effectively reducing wide vibrations to the armrest panel as well as narrow vibrations, thereby minimizing the generation of vibration noises.

Description

Armrest device for reducing vibration noise {ARMREST DEVICE FOR REDUCING VIBRATION NOISE}

The present invention relates to a vibration noise reduction armrest device, and more particularly, an armrest that covers an opening of a storage box provided in a vehicle and reduces the flow noise due to vehicle vibration of the armrest to allow the arm of the occupant to be mounted. It relates to the device.

In general, a storage box such as a console box for temporarily storing items is provided between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of a vehicle, and the upper portion of the storage box serves as a lid and at the same time, the occupant of the vehicle seated on the seat can comfortably put his arm on it. Armrests are installed so that

In particular, the armrest is of importance in that it is a configuration that reduces the driver's fatigue by providing a driver who drives a long distance to change gears while raising his arm.

However, since the conventional armrest is constructed to open and close the storage box by simply rotating relative to the storage box, it is structurally vulnerable to vehicle vibration that inevitably occurs when the vehicle is running or idling.

The vulnerability of the armrest to such vehicle vibration is that when the vehicle vibration occurs, the armrest vibrates relative to the storage box based on the construction part, and vibration noise such as frictional sound and collision sound, that is, noise due to vibration (Buzz· Squeak · Rattle Noise, hereinafter referred to as "BSR") is caused.

At this time, vibration noise (BSR) in the vehicle sharpens the nerves of the driver or occupant, increases the risk of safety accidents, and acts as a factor that degrades the emotional quality and reliability of the vehicle, which is increasingly important, so the vibration noise (BSR) test Is recently recognized and adopted as one of the important requirements of product quality in many countries.

As a solution to this vibration and noise problem, the armrest 5 structure as shown in FIG. 6 has been proposed. According to this, the armrest 5 simply protrudes toward the storage box 10 from the bottom surface of the storage box. Vibration noise is structurally minimized through one or more nipple-type protrusions 20 that regulate the left and right flow of the armrest 5 by an end.

However, the nipple-shaped protrusion 20 described above has a distance of approximately 1 mm to 2 mm from the sidewall end of the storage box 10 in order not to interfere or interfere with the smooth closing operation of the armrest 5 with respect to the storage box ( Gap) There was a problem that the vibration of the armrest 5 of less than 1mm cannot be regulated because it is bound to be protruding.

Therefore, there is a need for research and development on an armrest structure that can more efficiently prevent or attenuate the occurrence of vibration noise (BSR) without requiring excessive man-hours or costs in manufacturing.

An object of the present invention is that the opening and closing operation of the armrest for the vehicle storage box is performed smoothly and without a sense of heterogeneity, and the occurrence of vibration noise can be more efficiently prevented or attenuated without incurring excessive labor or cost in manufacturing. It is to provide a vibration noise reduction armrest device.

The object is, an armrest panel which is rotatably installed on one side of a storage box provided in a vehicle to open and close an upper opening of the storage box, and on which an arm of the occupant is mounted; A plurality of protrusions protruding into the storage box from a lower surface of the armrest panel at a distance from the open end of the storage box; And a damper part installed in the protrusion so as to pressurize the open end to attenuate the flow noise of the protrusion due to vehicle vibration.

The damper unit includes: a pressing unit protruding toward the open end and pressing and contacting the open end; And a coil spring provided inside the protrusion to provide an elastic force so that the pressing unit pressurizes contact with the open end.

The pressing part may be formed such that a contact surface that comes into contact with the open end is formed inclined inward so that the armrest panel is smoothly inserted into the opening when the armrest panel is rotated with respect to the opening.

The pressing unit may include a contact end of an elastic material that is elastically deformed and presses the open end; And a support plate whose one end is supported by the coil spring and the other end is coupled to the contact end.

The vibration noise reduction armrest device includes a first magnetic body constituting the support plate, and a first magnetic body that is buried in the open end where the first magnetic body and the attractive force act to reduce friction between the open end and the pressing part. 2 It may further include a friction preventing unit including a magnetic body.

The contact end and the support plate may be integrally combined through double injection using a high elastic material and a low elastic material, respectively, or may be integrally combined through insert injection using a high elastic material and a ferromagnetic material acting magnetic force, respectively.

According to the present invention, a plurality of protrusions protruding from the lower surface of the armrest panel into the interior of the storage box at a distance from the open end of the storage box, and a damper part internally installed in each of these protrusions and operating to pressurize the open end by elastic force are simplified. As it can be easily provided with a single coupling structure, the armrest panel can be opened and closed smoothly and without a sense of heterogeneity, and extensive vibration for the armrest panel as well as a narrow range without requiring excessive manufacturing labor or cost. It is possible to effectively reduce even the vibration of the vibration, thereby minimizing the generation of vibration noise.

1 is a perspective view showing an open state of a vibration noise reduction armrest device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of a protrusion and a tamper provided in area A of FIG. 1.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB shown in FIG. 1.
4 is a view showing step-by-step operation of the damper part during the closing operation of the armrest panel shown in FIG. 1.
5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a vibration noise reduction armrest device according to a modified example of the present invention.
6 is a view showing the armrest vibration noise reduction structure according to the prior art.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in describing the present invention, a description of a function or configuration that is already known will be omitted in order to clarify the gist of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing an open state of a vibration noise reduction armrest device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a protrusion and a tamper part provided in area A of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 Is a cross-sectional view taken along the cut line BB shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a view showing step-by-step operation of the damper part during the closing operation of the armrest panel shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a modification of the present invention It is a partial cross-sectional view of the vibration noise reduction armrest device according to, Figure 6 is a view showing the armrest vibration noise reduction structure according to the prior art.

In the description and claims of the invention, the upper (upper), lower (lower), left and right (lateral or lateral), front (front, front), rear (fold, rear), etc., which refer to directions, etc. For convenience of explanation, it is determined based on the relative position between the drawings and the configuration, and unless otherwise limited, the front mentioned below is the direction in which the target surface to be illuminated is located, and the opposite direction is the rear. Will be referred to as.

The vibration noise reduction armrest device 100 according to the present invention enables a smooth and heterogeneous opening and closing operation of the armrest with respect to the vehicle storage box 10, and the vibration noise is reduced without incurring excessive labor or cost in manufacturing. It is an invention devised to prevent or attenuate occurrence more efficiently.

Herein, the vibration noise includes flow noise generated between members moving relative to each other in a state spaced apart from each other, and friction noise generated between members moving relative to each other in close contact with each other, as mentioned below. It is a concept that encompasses all noise caused by relative movement.

In order to specifically implement the functions or actions as described above, the vibration noise reduction armrest device 100 according to the present invention includes an armrest panel 110, a protrusion, as shown in FIGS. 120) and a damper unit 130, and the like, and as shown in FIG. 5, a modified example further including a friction prevention unit 140 may be provided.

Hereinafter, each of the above-described configurations will be described in detail.

First, the armrest panel 110 is a plate-shaped component made to open and close the opening 12 of the storage box 10 so that the occupant's arm can be directly mounted, and is mounted on the vehicle as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. The upper opening 12 of the storage box 10 is opened and closed by being rotatably installed on one side of the storage box 10 provided.

At this time, the storage box 10 is a box-shaped component having a storage space of a certain size installed in the vehicle to temporarily store or furnish the items possessed by the occupants or items that can be commercially used in the vehicle. It may be configured to include an opening 12 communicating with the internal accommodation space, and a side wall 14 provided with an open end 16 that forms the opening 12 and the internal accommodation space and contacts an armrest to be described later. .

Such a vehicle storage box 10 is not particularly limited as long as it performs an in-vehicle storage function in the structure as described above, but as an example, a console box provided between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of the vehicle, a glove box provided in front of the passenger seat, or It may be a rear storage box provided in the front or center of the rear row seat of the vehicle.

The armrest panel 110 in a shape covering the entire opening 12 formed in the storage box 10 as described above, as shown in FIG. 1, is stored in a state in which a predetermined elastic force is applied to maintain an open state when unlocked. It can be hinged with one side of (10).

The protrusion 120 is a component provided to regulate a wide range of vibrations of the armrest while providing a mounting space to be provided with a damper 130 to be described later, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, A distance from the open end 16 of the storage box 10 is formed to protrude from the lower surface of the armrest panel 110 into the interior of the storage box 10.

The protrusion 120 may be composed of a combination body including a first body 122 and a second body 124 so that the damper 130 may be installed therein.

At this time, one of the first body 122 and the second body 124 is formed integrally with the above-described armrest panel 110, and the other is made of a separate material, and the protrusion 120 is formed by mutual hook coupling. Can be formed.

However, in the present invention, the first body 122 is formed integrally with the armrest panel 110, as shown in FIG. 2, and the pressing part 132 of the damper part 130 to be described later is at the open end 16 A through hole 122a may be formed so as to protrude toward ).

In addition, the second body 124 is formed separately from the armrest panel 110, and a support for uniformly guiding the elastic deformation and restoration of the coil spring 134 to be described later and limiting the protruding operation distance of the pressing unit 132 A coupling hook 124b for fastening the pin 124a and the first body 122 may be formed.

In the process of coupling the first body 122 and the second body 124 as described above, the damper unit 130 can be easily and quickly installed with a simple structure.

The damper unit 130 attenuates or prevents the flow noise caused by vehicle vibration generated between the above-described protrusion 120 and the open end 16 formed at a distance from the open end 16 of the storage box 10. As a component provided in the protrusion 120 for, if it is a means that can be freely deformed by pressing the open end 16 without interfering or interfering with the opening and closing operation of the armrest panel 110 to the storage box 10 Anything is fine.

Here, the flowing noise may be noise generated when the protrusions 120 spaced apart from the open end 16 collide with the open end 16 or the open end 16 collides with the protrusion 120. .

This damper unit 130 is configured to include a pressing unit 132 and a coil spring 134, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, in order to concretely implement the pressing contact and free deformation as described above. Can be.

At this time, the pressing part 132 is a component that is installed in the protrusion 120 to pressurize the open end 16 and protrudes toward the open end 16 and reciprocates, and the contact end 132a and the support plate 132b ), etc.

The contact end 132a is elastically deformed to increase adhesion with the open end 16 and primarily buffer the flow between the protrusion 120 and the open end 16 due to vehicle vibration. As a component that directly presses, it can be made of an elastic material such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber, silicone or urethane.

This contact end (132a), as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the contact surface (132c) in contact with the open end (16) may be formed inclined to the inside (inside the storage box 10), which When the armrest panel 110 is rotated with respect to the opening 12, the pressing portion 132 naturally retracts into the protrusion 120 and is smoothly inserted into the opening 12.

The support plate 132b is a component made of an inelastic material different from the above-described contact end 132a in order to transmit the elastic force of the coil spring 134 to be described later to the contact end 132a without loss, and one end of the coil spring It is supported by (134), the other end may be made of a structure coupled to the contact end (132a).

Specifically, the support plate 132b has a concave groove formed on the side in contact with the coil spring 134, which will be described later, so that the coil spring 134 can be stably supported between the contraction and restoration of the coil spring 134, and the support plate 132b The outer periphery of the through hole (122a) is caught by the above-described through-hole (122a) and the locking jaw to prevent the separation or separation of the pressing portion 132 may be formed to expand.

The coil spring 134 is provided inside the protrusion 120 to provide an elastic force so that the above-described pressing part 132 presses and contacts the open end 16, while providing an elastic force to the contact end 132a of the above-described elastic material. It is a component provided to secondaryly buffer the flow between the protrusion 120 and the open end 16 that are primarily buffered by this.

The coil spring 134 is a support plate of the pressing unit 132 in a state seated on the support pin 124a of the second body 124 within the protrusion 120 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 ( It stably supports 132b) and provides elasticity.

The damper unit 130 having the structure as described above is adjacent to the open end with the protrusion 120 according to the closed rotation of the armrest panel 110 as shown in Fig. 4 (a). In a state in contact with the opening end as shown in b), it is naturally compressed into the protrusion 120 and enters into the opening 12 according to the guidance of the contact end 132a (inclined contact surface 132c). ), by pressing and supporting the open end by the elastic force of the compressed coil spring 134, it is possible to fundamentally suppress the flow between the protrusion 120 and the open end.

The friction preventing unit 140 is a damper unit 130 (pressurized) in close contact with each other in a state in which the flow between the protruding unit 120 and the open end 16 due to vehicle vibration is prevented or reduced by the damper unit 130 described above. It is a component additionally provided to reduce frictional noise generated by friction between the portion 132 and the open end 16.

In order to specifically implement the above functions or actions, the friction prevention unit 140 according to a modification of the present invention includes a first magnetic body 142 and a second magnetic body 144, as shown in FIG. It can be made including.

At this time, the first magnetic body 142 is a component in which the attractive force acts in a relationship with the second magnetic body 144 to be described later, and is provided in the form of a support plate 132b coupled to the contact end 132a described above. Can be.

And the second magnetic body 144 is a component that attenuates the friction between the open end 16 and the pressing portion 132 through the action of the attractive force with the first magnetic body 142, the first magnetic body 142 It may be buried in the open end 16 within the range in which the and magnetic force acts.

The first magnetic body 142 and the second magnetic body 144 may be a pair of permanent magnets that attract each other, or one may be a ferromagnetic material such as steel, and the other may be a permanent magnet.

On the other hand, the contact end (132a) and the support plate (132b) of the vibration noise reduction armrest device 100 according to the present invention are integrally combined through double injection using a high elastic material and a low elastic material, respectively, or each high elastic material It can be integrally combined through insert injection using a ferromagnetic material in which and magnetic force acts.

Integration of the contact end (132a) and the support plate (132b) through double injection or insert injection, while the contact end (132a) is the support plate ( It is to improve the manufacturing quality of the pressing unit 132 by accurately and firmly installed and fixed to 132b), and briefly explaining each manufacturing method is as follows.

First, the integration of the contact end 132a and the support plate 132b through double injection is to form a support plate 132b by first injecting an inelastic synthetic resin into the cavity of a molded injection mold, and then moving the injection mold or core. After the second cavity is formed, the contact end 132a is formed by secondary injection of an elastic synthetic resin.

At this time, the low-elastic synthetic resin is PC (Polycarbonate), ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) PP (ABS), which has excellent high strength, chemical resistance, scratch resistance, heat resistance, earthquake resistance and moldability, and can manufacture products of accurate standards. Polypropylene), PE (Polyethylene) or PS (Polystyrene) may be used.

In addition, the high elastic synthetic resin may be a resin including at least one of silicone, synthetic rubber, polyurethane (PU), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), or polyvinylchloride (PVC).

Next, integration of the contact end 132a and the support plate 132b through insert injection is performed by inserting the first magnetic body manufactured in the form of the support plate 132b into the injection mold and then inserting silicone, synthetic rubber, PU or foaming resin, etc. It can be achieved by forming the contact end (132a) in a manner that injects into the cavity of the mold-closed injection mold.

Of course, not by the double injection or insert injection method as described above, each is formed separately and can be combined through a predetermined coupling means (fusion, adhesion, rivet or screw fastening, etc.).

Previously, although specific embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is self-evident to those who have. Therefore, such modifications or variations should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or point of view of the present invention, and the modified embodiments should be said to belong to the claims of the present invention.

5: Armrest 10: storage box
12: opening 14: side wall
16: open end 20: nipple-shaped projection
100: vibration noise reduction armrest device
110: armrest panel 120: protrusion
122: first body 122a: through hole
124: second body 124a: support pin
124b: coupling hook 130: damper part
132: pressing part 132a: contact end
132b: support plate 132c: inclined contact surface
134: coil spring 140: friction prevention part
142: first magnetic body 144: second magnetic body

Claims (3)

An armrest panel rotatably installed on one side of a storage box provided in the vehicle to open and close an upper opening of the storage box, and to mount an arm of the occupant; A plurality of protrusions protruding into the storage box from a lower surface of the armrest panel at a distance from the open end of the storage box; And a damper part installed in the protrusion to pressurize the open end to attenuate the flow noise of the protrusion due to vehicle vibration,
The damper part,
A pressing portion protruding toward the open end and pressingly contacting the open end; And a coil spring provided inside the protrusion to provide an elastic force so that the pressing unit pressurizes contact with the open end,
The pressing part,
A contact end of an elastic material that is elastically deformed and pressurizes the open end; And a support plate whose one end is supported by the coil spring and the other end is coupled to the contact end. The method of claim 1,
The vibration noise reduction armrest device,
A friction preventing unit comprising a first magnetic body constituting the support plate, and a second magnetic body buried in the open end where the first magnetic body and the attractive force act to reduce friction between the open end and the pressing part. Vibration noise reduction armrest device comprising a. ◈ Claim 3 was abandoned upon payment of the set registration fee. The method of claim 1,
The contact end and the support plate,
They are combined integrally through double injection using high elastic material and low elastic material, respectively,
Vibration noise reduction armrest device, characterized in that the high-elastic material and the magnetic force acting on a ferromagnetic material is integrally combined through insert injection as a material.

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