JP4293452B2 - Vehicle storage box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage box for a vehicle, such as a console box, which is arranged to store an object such as an accessory in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle such as an automobile.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vehicle storage box as described above includes a box main body for storing an object to be stored, an opening for putting the object to be stored in the box main body, and a box main body so as to cover the opening. And a lid attached to the. Usually, this lid is pivotally attached to the box body via a hinge attached to the end thereof, and the box body is rotated by rotating the lid relative to the box body about the hinge. It is comprised so that opening part of can be opened and closed. However, in the case of such a storage box for a vehicle, since the turning radius when the lid is opened and closed is almost equal to the length of the lid, the lid is large, for example, by increasing the accommodation amount of the box body. The turning radius also increased with time, and the operability was inferior. In particular, in the case of a console box, it is required to increase the capacity, but on the premise that the lid is opened and closed when seated, the operability must be improved and its design is difficult. It was something.

Therefore, recently, a storage box for a vehicle has been provided that allows the lid body to move relative to the box body by combining a plurality of operations without depending on the rotation. For example, in the storage container with a lid described in Patent Document 1, a lid (described as “opening / closing lid” in Patent Document 1) is connected to a box body (described as “container body” in Patent Document 1) via a link. By attaching, the movement of the lid with respect to the box body is performed by sliding (sliding) and rotating. In addition, the storage box described in Patent Document 2 engages the guide body of the box body (described as “main body” in Patent Document 2) with the lid body through the slide portion, and each of the lid body and the box body. By pivotally supporting the arm member, the movement of the lid with respect to the box body is performed by sliding and turning. Further, the vehicle storage box described in Patent Document 3 slides to a position where the upper surface opening is half-opened with respect to the box body, rotates to the position where the upper surface opening is fully opened, and the upper surface opening is It is configured to be stationary at the half-open position. In addition, for example, as in the storage box opening / closing control device described in Patent Document 4, a device that electrically opens and closes the lid by using an electric drive source such as a motor has been proposed.
JP 2000-159251 A JP 2001-180385 A JP 2003-95022 A JP-A-2-267038

  By the way, in the said conventional storage box for vehicles, since the thing of patent documents 1-3 performs all the opening-and-closing operation | movement of a cover body manually, it cannot be said that operability is generally suitable, and is still improving. It was something that left room. That is, since the operator manually operates the lid body in connection with the opening / closing operation, there is a possibility that the operator is forced to have an uncomfortable posture due to a difference in physique or a seating position. In particular, when the lid is turned to the open position, depending on the operator, it is extremely impossible to turn the arm up and down while twisting the body backward (the waist, shoulders, elbows and wrists are seated almost simultaneously) It is necessary to perform the operation in a moving posture.

  On the other hand, the device described in Patent Document 4 is preferable in terms of operability as compared with a device in which the lid is electrically operated by a drive source, so that the operator is not forced to be in an uncomfortable posture and all opening and closing operations are performed manually. However, since electric power is required to operate the drive source, the lid cannot be opened / closed when the vehicle power is off, which is not very convenient. In addition, the storage box that performs all the opening / closing operations of the lid body with electric power also includes a problem that the cost (part unit price) increases as the drive source is mounted.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular storage box that can improve the operability related to opening and closing of the lid without requiring electric power.

In order to achieve the above object, the vehicle storage box according to claim 1 is attached to the box body so as to cover the box body, an opening provided in the box body, and the opening. And an opening / closing device for moving the lid relative to the box body between an open position where the opening is opened and a closed position where the opening is closed. A storage box for a vehicle, wherein the opening / closing device includes a slide mechanism for sliding the lid relative to the box body so as to shift or align the lid with respect to the opening; A turn mechanism for rotating the lid relative to the box body so as to move the lid away from or close to the opening, and when the lid is in the open position, The lid is rotated by the turn mechanism after being slid, and the lid is slid by the slide mechanism after the lid is rotated by the turn mechanism in the closed position. A sliding aid for applying a biasing force to the lid body to slide the lid body to the closed position or the open position; and the turn mechanism pivots the lid body to the open position. And a turn assisting tool for applying an urging force to the lid body, and the turn assisting tool provides an urging force for rotating the lid body to the open position even when the lid body slides. And holding the urging force for sliding the lid to the closed position or the open position even when the lid is rotating, and the opening / closing device includes the turn assist A slide guide means for guiding the sliding of the lid while resisting the urging force of the lid, and a turn guide means for guiding the rotation of the lid while resisting the urging force of the slide assisting tool. It is summarized as having .

  According to the said structure, since the opening / closing apparatus provided with a slide mechanism and a turn mechanism is provided, the turning radius at the time of rotation of a cover body can be made small. Further, due to the urging force applied from the slide assisting tool, the lid body slides toward the closed position or the open position without requiring electric power. And the cover body rotates toward an open position by the urging | biasing force provided from a turn auxiliary tool, without requiring electric power. Note that the rotation of the lid toward the open position can be an operation that may impose an unreasonable posture for the operator. Accordingly, the lid can be moved by the biasing force applied from the slide assist tool and the turn assist tool. As a result, the operability related to opening and closing of the lid can be made suitable without requiring electric power.

Further , by providing the slide guide means and the turn guide means, the lid body cannot be slid due to the urging force from the turn assisting tool, or the lid body is rotated by being influenced by the urging force from the slide assisting tool. It becomes possible to suppress the occurrence of problems such as immobility. As a result, the lid can be suitably slid and rotated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle storage box according to the first aspect , wherein the slide assisting tool applies a biasing force to the lid body so as to slide the lid body to the closed position. And the opening / closing device attempts to slide the lid to the closed position by the slide assisting tool and to rotate the lid to the open position by the turn assisting tool. The gist is to have an antagonistic part for antagonizing the urging force to be antagonized.

  According to the above configuration, when the lid is moved to the open position or the closed position by providing the antagonistic portion, the biasing force by the slide assisting device and the biasing force by the turn assisting device cancel each other at the antagonistic portion. Will be able to. As a result, it is possible to easily grasp the location where the movement of the lid body switches from sliding to turning or from turning to sliding, for example, due to the reduced response due to the biasing forces canceling each other.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicular storage box according to the first or second aspect , wherein the opening / closing device includes the lid by the slide mechanism between the open position and the closed position. The gist of the invention is that it has continuous moving means for continuously performing sliding of the body and rotation of the lid by the turn mechanism.

  According to the above configuration, by providing the continuous moving means, the lid body can be moved from sliding to turning or from turning to sliding without stopping in the middle, and the operability can be improved. .

The invention of the storage box for a vehicle according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the movement restricts movement of the lid relative to the box body at the closed position. And an operating device for operating the restricting device to release the restriction, and the operating direction of the operating device is the same as the sliding direction of the lid when the open position is set. Is the gist.

  A general operator tends to sensiblely try to move the lid in the operation direction of the operation device. For this reason, for example, when the operation direction and the sliding direction of the lid are orthogonal, the operator pulls up the lid even though the lid is only allowed to slide. There is a high possibility of trying to rotate. On the other hand, according to the said structure, it becomes possible to grasp | ascertain easily the motion of a cover body in the case of setting it as an open position from the operation direction of an operating device. As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of an operation error. Note that the “same direction” in this claim means “not just a completely matched direction”, for example, rearward with respect to the rear, forward with respect to the front, etc. In addition, it is assumed that “including substantially the same direction” as diagonally forward with respect to the front.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operativity which concerns on opening / closing of a cover body can be made suitable, without requiring electric power.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the vehicle storage box of the present invention is embodied in a vehicle console box will be described. In the following description, the traveling direction (forward direction) of the vehicle will be described as the front (front of the vehicle). Unless otherwise specified, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the following description are the same as the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the vehicle traveling direction. Furthermore, the rotation or rotation direction is based on the case seen from the left side in the vehicle traveling direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (a), an instrument panel 11 is provided in the front part of the interior of the automobile. A console 13 is provided on the floor panel 12 in the passenger compartment so as to extend rearward from the center of the instrument panel 11. Although not particularly shown, the console 13 is disposed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. A console box 14 is provided at the rear of the console 13. The console box 14 is configured such that an operator who is seated in a driver seat or a passenger seat operates as an operator and the operator operates in the seated state.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the console box 14 includes a box main body 16 having a substantially long rectangular box shape, and a lid body 17 disposed at an upper end portion of the box main body 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the box body 16 includes a storage portion 18 having a bottomed square box shape. The upper portion of the storage portion 18 is an opening 19 that opens at the upper end of the box body 16, and the interior of the storage portion 18 is a storage space 20. The box body 16 is configured to store an object to be stored such as an accessory in the storage space 20 through the opening 19 of the storage unit 18.

  The lid body 17 is formed in a rectangular box shape that opens downward, and is disposed so as to cover the opening 19. A hinge member 21 is provided at the rear of the lid body 17. The hinge member 21 includes a base panel 22 housed in the lid body 17 and a pair of left and right shaft support legs 23 projecting from the bottom surface of the base panel 22. The shaft support leg 23 is formed in a substantially T shape in a side view, and is pivotally attached to the box body 16 via a rotation shaft 24.

  On the other hand, in the hinge member 21, the base panel 22 is formed in a shallow dish shape, and the slide pins 25 are provided so as to be lined up one after the other on the left and right side surfaces on the outer surface. . Slide grooves 26 are respectively provided in the inner surface of the lid 17 so as to extend in the front-rear direction so as to have a positional relationship corresponding to the slide pins 25. The hinge member 21 is slidably attached to the lid body 17 by inserting each slide pin 25 of the base panel 22 into the slide groove 26 of the lid body 17.

  The base mechanism 22 in the hinge member 21, the slide pins 25 and the like, and the slide grooves 26 and the like in the lid body 17 constitute the slide mechanism of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, this slide mechanism enables the lid 17 to slide (slide) with respect to the hinge member 21 pivotally attached to the box main body 16, whereby the lid 17 is moved relative to the box main body 16. It is to be slid. As shown in FIG. 4, when the lid 17 is slid rearward by the slide mechanism, the lid 17 is displaced with respect to the opening 19 and opens a part (front) of the opening 19. When the lid 17 is slid forward by the slide mechanism, the lid 17 is aligned with the opening 19 and closes the entire opening 19.

  The turn mechanism of the present embodiment is configured by the base panel 22, the shaft support leg 23, and the like in the hinge member 21 and the rotation shaft 24 and the like of the box body 16. As shown in FIG. 5, the turn mechanism enables the hinge member 21 pivotally attached to the box body 16 to be turned (turned) so that the lid body 17 to which the hinge member 21 is attached is attached to the box body 16. It is made to rotate with respect to. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the lid 17 is rotated upward by the turn mechanism, the lid 17 is separated from the opening 19 and opens the entire opening 19. When the lid 17 is rotated downward by the turn mechanism, the lid 17 approaches the opening 19 and closes a part (rear part) of the opening 19.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the storage portion 18 that is housed in the box body 16, guide grooves 27 are provided in the left and right side walls. The guide groove 27 includes a slide guide 28 that extends linearly in the front-rear direction and a turn guide 29 that extends substantially diagonally rearward and upward. A free guide 30 extending in an arc shape is provided between the slide guide 28 and the turn guide 29 so as to connect them. Furthermore, a stopper guide 29 a extending in the front-rear direction (horizontal direction) is provided at the rear end of the turn guide 29. In the left and right side walls of the lid body 17, inverted triangle-shaped arms 31 are respectively provided at the lower ends. A guide pin 32 protrudes from the lower end of these arms 31 on the outer surface. The guide pins 32 of the arms 31 are slidably inserted into the guide grooves 27, respectively.

  A guide means is configured by the guide groove 27 in the box body 16 and the arm 31 and the guide pin 32 in the lid body 17. This guide means guides the sliding or rotation of the lid 17 when the lid 17 is slid or rotated with respect to the box body 16. In the guide means, the slide guide 28 of the guide groove 27 constitutes the slide guide means of this embodiment. When the lid 17 is slid by the slide mechanism, the slide guide 28 guides the slide of the lid 17 so that the lid 17 slides in the front-rear direction, and the lid 17 is rotated by the turn mechanism. Is to regulate. On the other hand, in the guide means, the turn guide 29 of the guide groove 27 constitutes the turn guide means of the present embodiment. When the lid 17 is rotated by the turn mechanism, the turn guide 29 guides the rotation of the lid 17 so that the lid 17 rotates in the vertical direction, and the lid 17 by the slide mechanism. The slide is regulated.

  In the guide means, the free guide 30 of the guide groove 27 is provided to connect two different operations of sliding the lid body 17 with respect to the box body 16 and rotating the lid body 17. That is, the free guide 30 guides both sliding and rotation of the lid body 17. When the lid body 17 slides with respect to the box body 16, the movement is converted into rotation, and the lid When the body 17 is rotating, the movement is converted into a slide (see FIGS. 3, 4 and 5). In addition, the free guide 30 performs the slide of the lid body 17 by a slide mechanism, and the rotation of the lid body 17 by a turn mechanism continuously by connecting two different operations of sliding and rotating the lid body 17. The continuous movement means is configured.

  And the opening / closing apparatus of this embodiment is comprised by said slide mechanism, a turn mechanism, a guide means, etc. FIG. With this opening / closing device, the lid body 17 closes the box body 16 with a closed position (see FIG. 2) for closing the entire opening 19 and an open position (FIG. 6) for opening the entire opening 19. ).

  On the left and right sides of the front end of the lower surface of the lid body 17, lock arms 33 having an inverted triangular shape are respectively projected. Lock pins 34 project from the outer surfaces of the lock arms 33. The lock pin 34 is configured to be able to appear and retract on the outer surface of the lock arm 33. Further, although not particularly illustrated, lock holes are provided on the left and right side walls of the storage portion 18 so as to have a positional relationship corresponding to the lock pin 34 when the lid 17 is in the closed position. . The lock arm 33, the lock pin 34, the lock hole, and the like constitute the restriction device of the present embodiment. This restricting device restricts the movement of the lid 17 from the closed position by inserting the lock pin 34 into the lock hole with the lock pin 34 protruding from the outer surface of the lock arm 33.

  A push button 35 is attached to the front end surface of the lid body 17 as an operation device for operating the restriction device. The push button 35 is pushed toward the inside of the lid body 17 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), so that the lock pin 34 is inserted into the lock arm 33, and the closing position of the lid body 17 by the regulating device is reduced. The movement restriction from is released. When the movement restriction of the lid body 17 is released by the push button 35, the direction in which the push button 35 is pressed is the rear, and is the same as the sliding direction when the lid body 17 is in the open position. Therefore, the lid 17 can be slid using the operating force for pressing the push button 35.

  In the guide means, the stopper guide 29a of the turn guide 29 locks the guide pin 32 reaching the stopper guide 29a. The stopper guide 29a constitutes an open holding means for holding the lid body 17 in the open position. And this open | release holding | maintenance means is suppressing the movement of this cover body 17, when the cover body 17 tends to move from an open position.

  In the slide mechanism, a drum 36 is pivotally supported in the base panel 22. A belt-like constant load spring 37 is fixed to the drum 36, and an intermediate portion of the identification load spring 37 is wound on the peripheral surface of the drum 36. The other end of the constant load spring 37 is fixed to the inner surface of the rear end of the lid body 17. The drum 36, the constant load spring 37, and the like constitute the slide assisting tool of this embodiment. In this sliding aid, when the lid 17 is moved with respect to the base panel 22, that is, when the lid 17 is slid from the closed position to the open position, the constant load spring 37 is unwound from the drum 36. As a result, the elastic force is accumulated. Further, when the lid 17 is slid from the open position to the closed position by utilizing the fact that the constant load spring 37 is rewound onto the drum 36 by the accumulated elastic force, the slide assisting tool An urging force is applied to 17. When the lid body 17 is rotated, the sliding of the lid body 17 is restricted by the turn guide 29, so that the slide assisting tool is held in a state where the elastic force is accumulated.

  In the turn mechanism, a torsion coil spring 38 is attached to the shaft support leg 23 so as to surround the rotating shaft 24. One end of the torsion coil spring 38 is fixed to the shaft support leg 23, and the other end is fixed to the inner surface of the box body 16. The torsion coil spring 38 and the like constitute the turn assist tool of the present embodiment. The turn assisting tool constantly urges the pivot support 23 by the elastic force of the torsion coil spring 38 so as to rotate the pivot support 23 clockwise with respect to the box body 16 (in FIGS. 2 to 7). ing. Therefore, by this turn assist tool, the urging force is always applied so that the lid body 17 is rotated upward, that is, to the open position. When the lid body 17 is slid, the rotation of the lid body 17 is restricted by the slide guide 28, so that the turn assisting tool is held in a state where the elastic force of the torsion coil spring 38 is accumulated. The

Next, the operation of the console box 14 will be described.
Now, as shown in FIG. 2, the lid 17 is disposed in a closed position that covers the entire opening 19 when the console box 14 is not used, and the opening 19 is completely closed. It is blocked. When the console box 14 is used from this state, the vehicle occupant (operator) first presses the push button 35 to cancel the movement restriction of the lid 17 by the lock pin 34. Next, the operator manually pushes the lid 17 rearward while using the operating force when pushing the push button 35, thereby bringing the lid 17 into the box body 16 as shown in FIG. 3. Slide backwards. At this time, since the lid 17 is moved relative to the base panel 22, the constant load spring 37 is unwound from the drum 36. Elastic force is accumulated.

  The lid 17 at the time of sliding is guided by the slide guide 28 and the guide pin 32 and is displaced rearward with respect to the opening 19. At this time, since the upward biasing force by the torsion coil spring 38 is constantly applied to the lid body 17, the guide pin 32 is slid on the inner surface of the slide guide 28. For this reason, when the lid 17 is slid, the load due to the sliding is transmitted to the operator via the lid 17. Thereafter, when the lid body 17 is further slid and the guide pin 32 reaches the free guide 30, the movement of the lid body 17 guided by the free guide 30 and the guide pin 32 is gradually changed from slide to rotation. Is done. When the lid body 17 is guided by the free guide 30, since the force for restricting the rotation of the lid body 17 is weakened, the load caused by the sliding transmitted to the operator is also weakened.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the guide pin 32 exceeds the center of the free guide 30, the load due to the sliding is eliminated. At this time, instead of the load, an urging force to rotate the lid 17 upward is transmitted to the operator, so that the so-called “response” at the time of operation is drastically reduced. When the operator who senses the change in the “response” releases his / her hand from the lid 17, the lid 17 is urged by the torsion coil spring 38 as shown in FIG. 5, and the turn guide 29 and the guide pin 32. Is automatically rotated upward while being guided. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the guide pin 32 reaches the stopper guide 29a, the lid body 17 that is rotated upward and separated from the opening portion 19 is separated from the entire opening portion 19 when the guide pin 32 reaches the stopper guide 29a. The opening 19 is in a fully opened state where it is completely opened. The lid 17 in the open position is stopped and held in the open position when the guide pin 32 is locked to the stopper guide 29a and a biasing force is applied from the torsion coil spring 38.

  After using the console box 14 with the lid 17 in the open position, when the lid 17 is again in the closed position, the operator first holds the tip of the lid 17 and then twists the lid 17 to the torsion coil spring 38. It is manually rotated downward while resisting the urging force. At this time, the lid 17 is guided by the turn guide 29 and the guide pin 32, approaches the opening 19, and the slide assisting device is in a state where the elastic force by the constant load spring 37 is accumulated. A biasing force is applied to the front by the assisting tool. For this reason, the guide pin 32 is slid on the inner surface of the turn guide 29, and when the lid body 17 is rotated, a load caused by the sliding is transmitted to the operator via the lid body 17. Thereafter, when the lid 17 is further rotated and the guide pin 32 reaches the free guide 30, the movement of the lid 17 guided by the free guide 30 and the guide pin 32 is converted from rotation to slide. The

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the guide pin 32 exceeds the center of the free guide 30, the load due to the sliding is eliminated. At this time, instead of the load, an urging force for sliding the lid 17 forward is transmitted to the operator, so that “response” during operation is drastically reduced. When the operator who senses this change in “response” releases his / her hand from the lid 17, the lid 17 is urged by the slide assisting tool as shown in FIG. It is slid forward automatically while being guided. As shown in FIG. 2, the lid body 17 that is slid forward and aligned with the opening 19 is disposed at a closed position that covers the entire opening 19, and the opening 19 is fully blocked. It becomes a state.

  When the operator releases his / her hand from the lid 17 at the center of the free guide 30, the lid 17 is slid forward by the slide assisting tool, that is, an urging force to be directed to the closed position, It is in a state where an urging force toward the opening position is applied to turn upward by the turn assisting tool. In this case, the urging force toward the closed position and the urging force toward the open position are forces applied in directions opposite to each other and antagonize, so that the lid body 17 is stationary. That is, the free guide 30 antagonizes the urging force that tries to slide the lid 17 to the closed position by the slide assisting tool and the urging force that tries to rotate the lid 17 to the open position by the turn assisting tool. Constitutes an antagonistic part. Then, the slide guide 28 and the turn guide 29 are connected via the antagonistic portion, and a slide auxiliary tool and a turn auxiliary tool that urges the lid body 17 in opposite directions to each other are provided. A continuous moving means for continuously moving is configured.

The effects exhibited by the embodiment will be described below.
-According to console box 14 of an embodiment, an opening and closing device provided with a slide mechanism and a turn mechanism is provided. For this reason, first, the lid 17 is slid with respect to the box body 16, and then the lid 17 is rotated, whereby the turning radius when the lid 17 is rotated can be reduced. In addition, when the lid body 17 is only slid and the opening 19 is opened largely, the lid body 17 protrudes greatly to the rear of the box body 16, and the lid body 17 interferes with the rear seat. It will occur. In addition, by providing the slide assist tool, the lid 17 can be automatically slid without requiring electric power in the closed position. Furthermore, by providing the turn assisting tool, the lid 17 can be automatically rotated without requiring electric power when it is in the open position where the operator is most likely to be forced. . Therefore, the operability related to opening and closing of the lid body 17 can be made suitable without requiring electric power.

  In addition, since the slide guide 28 and the turn guide 29 are provided, even when the lid 17 is urged by the turn assisting tool and the slide assisting tool, The sliding of the lid 17 during rotation can be restricted. For this reason, the lid 17 can be suitably slid and rotated.

  Conventionally, there is no such thing as a slide assist tool, turn assist tool, etc. that urges the movement of the lid body 17, and the movement of the lid body 17 between the closed position and the open position is temporarily performed by a regulating device. By stopping, etc., I was able to grasp where the movement changed. However, in this conventional case, the regulating device is released each time the lid body 17 is operated between the closed position and the open position, that is, in the semi-closed position or the semi-open position where the opening 19 is partially closed or opened. It must be inferior in operability. The console box 14 of the present embodiment is provided with a free guide 30 as an antagonistic portion between the slide guide 28 and the turn guide 29, so that the biasing force by the slide assisting tool and the attaching by the turn assisting tool when the lid 17 is moved. It becomes possible to cancel each other's power. Therefore, without stopping the movement of the lid body 17, a place where the movement of the lid body 17 is switched from the slide to the rotation or from the rotation to the slide in order to reduce the response by canceling the urging forces. It can be easily grasped.

  In addition, the continuous movement means is provided by combining the slide assist tool and the turn assist tool, the slide guide 28, the turn guide 29, and the free guide 30. Therefore, without stopping the movement of the lid body 17 in the middle, it is possible to realize continuous movement of the lid body 17 from the slide or from the rotation to the slide, and to improve the operability. Can do.

-For example, when the operating device is a lever having an operation configuration that causes the lever to move upward, the operator may attempt to rotate the lid 17 upward based on the operating direction of the lever. The console box 14 of the present embodiment is provided with a push button 35 as an operation device, and the movement direction of the lid body 17 can be easily grasped by aligning the operation direction with the sliding direction of the lid body 17. For this reason, generation | occurrence | production of the mistake at the time of movement operation of the cover body 17 can be suppressed, and the operativity can be improved further.
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In addition, the said embodiment can also be changed and actualized as follows.

  The push button 35 is not limited to the front end of the lid body 17 and may be provided on the upper surface. Further, when provided on the upper surface of the lid 17, a lever or the like that is operated by pulling in the sliding direction of the lid 17 may be used. Furthermore, not only a button and a lever, but the lid body 17 may be configured as an operating device by pressing the lid body 17 itself to release the regulation by the regulation device. In addition, an existing button, lever, or the like that can be given only the function of releasing the restriction by the restriction device may be provided.

  The slide 17 is slid by arranging the slide guide 28 and the turn guide 29 apart from each other, or by restricting the movement of the lid 17 by the regulating device at a portion where the movement of the lid 17 is switched. And turning may be performed intermittently.

-For example, the antagonistic portion may be omitted by configuring the shape of the free guide 30 to be L-shaped, U-shaped, or the like.
-Regardless of the slide guide 28, the turn guide 29, etc., for example, a lock mechanism for locking the drum 36 may be provided so as to resist the urging force of the slide assist tool or the turn assist tool.

  In the slide assisting tool, the other end of the constant load spring 37 is fixed to the front end of the lid body 17 so that the lid body 17 is urged by the slide assisting tool when sliding in the open position. It may be configured. When comprised in this way, operation of the cover body 17 when it is set as an open position can be made fully automatic.

  The slide assisting tool may be configured by an elastic body such as synthetic rubber, a compression spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, or the like as long as it can apply an urging force when the lid body 17 slides. In addition, the turn assisting tool may be configured by an elastic body such as synthetic rubber, a compression spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, a constant load spring, or the like as long as it can apply a biasing force when the lid body 17 is rotated.

  The vehicle storage box is not limited to the console box 14 of the embodiment, but may be a rear console box provided in the rear seat, or may be various accessory cases such as a glove box provided in the instrument panel 11.

(A) is a perspective view of the periphery of a console in a vehicle compartment, (b) is a perspective view showing a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which obstruct | occluded the opening part with the console box of embodiment. The side simplified view which shows the state which a cover body slides in a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which operation | movement of a cover body transfers to a rotation from a slide. The side simplified view which shows the state which a cover body rotates in a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which opened the opening part with the console box of embodiment. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which the operation | movement of a cover body transfers from rotation to a slide.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 ... Console box as a storage box for vehicles, 16 ... Box main body, 17 ... Cover body, 19 ... Opening part, 21 ... Hinge body which comprises slide mechanism and turn mechanism, 22 ... Base which comprises slide mechanism and turn mechanism Panels, 23... Shaft supports constituting the turn mechanism, 24... Rotating shaft constituting the turn mechanism, 25. Slide pin constituting the slide mechanism , 26. Slide groove constituting the slide mechanism, 28. Constituting slide guide, 29 ... turn guide constituting turn guide means, 30 ... free guide constituting antagonistic part, 31 ... guide arm constituting slide guide means and turn guide means, 32 ... slide guide means and turn guide means Guide pin 33, 33 ... Lock arm constituting the regulating device, 34 A lock pin constituting a regulating device, 35 a push button constituting an operation device, 36 a drum constituting a slide assisting tool, 37 a constant load spring constituting a slide assisting tool, 38 a twist constituting a turn assisting tool Coil spring.

Claims (4)

A box main body, an opening provided in the box main body, and a lid attached to the box main body so as to cover the opening; and the opening is open to the box main body A vehicle storage box provided with an opening and closing device for moving between an open position to be closed and a closed position in which the opening is closed;
The opening / closing device includes a slide mechanism for sliding the lid with respect to the box body so as to shift or align the lid with respect to the opening, and the lid with respect to the opening. A turn mechanism for rotating the lid with respect to the box body to be separated or approached, and when the lid is in the open position, the lid is slid by the slide mechanism and then turned by the turn mechanism. When the cover is rotated and the closing position is set, the lid is rotated by the turn mechanism and then slid by the slide mechanism.
The slide mechanism includes a slide assisting tool for applying a biasing force to the lid body to slide the lid body to the closed position or the open position, and the turn mechanism includes the lid body as described above. It has a turn assisting tool for applying a biasing force to the lid body to be rotated to the open position ,
The turn assisting tool holds an urging force for rotating the lid body to the open position when the lid body slides, and the slide assisting tool closes the lid body when the lid body rotates. Or hold the urging force to slide to the open position,
The opening / closing device includes a slide guide means for guiding the sliding of the lid while resisting the biasing force by the turn assisting tool, and the rotation of the lid while resisting the biasing force by the slide assisting tool. A vehicle storage box comprising turn guide means for guiding the vehicle. The slide assisting tool is for applying an urging force to the lid so as to slide the lid to the closed position, and the opening / closing device moves the lid to the closed position by the slide assisting tool. An antagonizing portion for antagonizing an urging force to be slid and an urging force to rotate the lid to the open position by the turn assisting tool. The vehicle storage box according to 1. The opening / closing device includes continuous movement means for continuously sliding the lid by the slide mechanism and rotating the lid by the turn mechanism between the open position and the closed position. The vehicular storage box according to claim 1, wherein the vehicular storage box is provided. A regulating device for regulating movement of the lid relative to the box body at the closed position and an operating device for operating the regulating device to release the regulation are provided, and the operating direction of the operating device is the opening. The vehicular storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the storage box is in the same direction as the sliding direction of the lid when the position is set .

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