JP4867645B2 - Glove box structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a glove box structure.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a glove box for storing small items and the like has been installed in the interior of an automobile. This glove box is installed so that it may be fitted in the opening part provided in the instrument panel installed in the front surface of the vehicle interior of a vehicle. The glove box and the instrument panel are coupled by screwing a pivotable mounting portion installed at the lower part of the glove box to the instrument panel. For this reason, the glove box can be opened and closed with respect to the instrument panel. Openings are formed in the left and right side walls on the back wall side of the glove box, and by inserting a stopper member into the opening from the inside of the glove box and projecting outward, this fitting type stopper when the glove box is fully opened Is caught on the instrument panel. Thereby, the glove box is restricted so as not to open beyond a predetermined opening. An example of such a glove box is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

JP 11-192894 A

  However, in the glove box disclosed in Patent Document 1, the opening degree of the glove box when fully opened is limited by a fitting-type stopper, and the glove box is replaced when a fuse installed on the back of the glove box is replaced. When removing the glove box, the fitted stopper must be pulled out and removed, so that the workability is poor and the glove box cannot be easily removed.

  In addition, in the structure in which the opening of the glove box is limited by the fitting type stopper, an opening for installing the fitting type stopper must be provided, but this opening is provided on the side wall of the glove box. The fitting stopper cannot be positioned on the vehicle front side of the rear wall of the vehicle, and it is necessary to give the fitting stopper a certain thickness to ensure the strength of the fitting stopper. Sometimes the opening surface at the top of the glove box cannot be fully utilized.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a glove box structure that can be easily detached and can ensure the maximum opening surface when fully opened.

The glove box structure according to the present invention for solving the above problems is
A container-like glove box,
A glove box installation member on the vehicle body side that attaches the glove box so that it can be opened and closed;
It is separate from the glove box and has a lever part and a hook part, is formed in an L shape, and is attached to the glove box via a rotating shaft provided between the lever part and the hook part. With a stopper,
The stopper is disposed so that the rotation shaft extends in the vertical direction in the vicinity of a corner formed by the side wall and the back wall of the glove box, and the hook portion abuts against the glove box installation member and the glove and restricting state for restricting the box opening, and a release state in which the stop part is not restricted to opening of the glove box without contact with the glove box installation member, wherein the stop part and the said glove box installation member While rotating between the side wall of the glove box, the lever portion is configured to be switched by rotating between the side wall of the glove box and the back wall of the glove box.

The glove box structure according to the present invention for solving the above-described problems has a communication port that communicates the inside and outside of the glove box on the side wall or the back wall of the glove box, and the stopper is rotatably attached to the communication port. The hanging part extends from the communication port to the outside of the glove box and can be engaged with the glove box installation member in a restricted state of the stopper , and the lever part extends from the communicating port into the glove box to the side wall in the restricted state of the stopper. It is configured to be engageable.
Preferably, the rotation shaft of the stopper is provided inside the glove box.
According to this structure, the protrusion amount in the released state of the stopper can be suppressed, and the capacity of the glove box can be secured.

Glove box structure according to the present invention for solving the aforementioned problem, lever portion and characterized in that along the side wall of the glove box in the restricted state of the stopper extends in the back wall in the opposite direction of the glove box To do.
Preferably, the rotation axis of the stopper is provided at the corner.
According to this configuration, it is possible to further secure an opening surface when the glove box is fully opened, and to suppress a protruding amount when the stopper is released, thereby securing a capacity of the glove box.

According to the glove box structure according to the present invention , a container-like glove box, a glove box installation member on the vehicle body side that attaches the glove box so that the glove box can be opened and closed , and an angle formed by the side wall and the back wall of the glove box It is arranged so as to extend in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the part, and it regulates the opening degree of the glove box without contacting the glove box installation member, and the regulation state that abuts the glove box installation member and regulates the opening degree of the glove box An L-shaped stopper that can be switched by rotating between the side wall of the glove box and the glove box installation member and between the side wall of the glove box and the back wall of the glove box. By providing, the glove box can be easily detached.

According to the glove box structure according to the present invention, the stopper has a rotational axis of the stopper located near the corner formed by the side wall and the back wall of the glove box, so that the opening surface when the glove box is fully opened is maximized. Can be secured to the limit.

According to the glove box structure of the present invention, when the stopper communicates with the inside and outside of the glove box, the restriction state and the release state of the stopper can be switched from the inside of the glove box, and the glove box can be easily attached and detached.

According to the glove box structure according to the present invention, the lever portion extends in the opposite direction to the inner wall of the glove box along the side wall of the glove box in the restricted state of the stopper. When the box installation member comes into contact, a force is applied to the lever portion in a direction to engage with the side wall, and the stopper can be prevented from being released.

  An embodiment of a glove box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view of the glove box according to the present invention when fully opened, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the glove box case according to the present invention as viewed from the back wall side, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the glove box according to the present invention from the back wall side. 4 is a perspective view of the hanging portion of the glove box case according to the present invention as viewed from the back wall side, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the stopper mounting portion of the glove box according to the present invention as viewed from the outside of the glove box. 6 is a perspective view of the stopper mounting portion of the glove box according to the present invention as seen from the inside of the glove box, FIG. 7 is a side view of the glove box according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is indicated by AA in FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 7, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the stopper in a stopper restricting state according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a stopper release state according to the present invention. Perspective view of the stopper of time, FIG. 12 is a side view of the vehicle interior front according to the present invention.

  First, an outline of the glove box structure according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, an instrument panel 2 is installed in front of the passenger compartment. A steering wheel 10, a combination meter 11, and the like are installed on the driver's seat side (right side in FIG. 12) of the instrument panel 2. A car navigation 12, an air conditioner console 13, and the like are installed in the center of the instrument panel 2 in the vehicle width direction (the center in FIG. 12). On the passenger seat side (the left side in FIG. 12) of the instrument panel 2, a resin glove box 1 capable of storing small items, vehicle verification, and the like is installed.

  The glove box 1 is normally closed as shown in FIG. 12, and when the lever 14 is pulled toward the front side, the lock mechanism 15 is released and the glove box 1 is opened as shown in FIG. It is possible. The glove box 1 is attached to the instrument panel 2 via a resin-made glove box case 16 (glove box installation member) having a frame shape as shown in FIG.

  A shaft portion 17 to which the glove box 1 is attached is formed at the lower portion of the glove box case 16, and the shaft portion 17 is formed at the lower portion of the back wall 1b (surface on the vehicle front side) of the glove box 1 as shown in FIG. Opening and closing operations are possible by connecting the formed connecting portions 18 by fitting them as shown in FIG.

  Next, the structure of the principal part of the glove box 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 4, the side wall on the back wall 1b side of the glove box 1 exceeds the predetermined opening by being hooked on the hanging part of the glove box case 16 (glove box case hanging part 19) when the glove box 1 is fully opened. A rotary stopper 3 is installed to restrict the glove box 1 from being opened.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper 3 (see FIG. 4) is attached to a stopper attachment portion 20 (communication port) provided at a corner near the center of the back wall 1 b of the glove box 1. As shown in FIG. 5B, the stopper mounting portion 20 is formed with a central rotary bearing 21 that is in contact with the central portion in the vertical direction of the rotation axis P of the stopper 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the stopper mounting portion 20 is formed with a vertical rotation bearing 22 that is in contact with the upper and lower portions of the rotation axis P of the stopper 3.

  When the stopper 3 is installed on the stopper mounting portion 20, as shown by the broken lines with arrows in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the central rotary shaft 23 of the stopper 3 and the central rotary bearing 21 of the glove box 1 6A and 6B, the vertical rotation shaft 24 of the stopper 3 and the vertical rotation bearing 22 of the glove box 1 are in contact with each other, as shown by broken lines with arrows. Mounted on.

  As shown in the sectional view of FIG. 8 shown by AA in FIG. 7, the rotation axis P of the stopper 3 is located inside the corner portion formed by the side wall and the back wall of the glove box 1, and the central portion of the stopper 3. The rotary shaft 23 and the central rotary bearing 21 of the glove box 1 are in contact with each other. The stopper 3 is rotatable around the rotation center A as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

  When the stopper 3 is in a restricted state, the hooking portion of the stopper 3 (hereinafter referred to as the stopper hooking portion 25) extends to the outside of the glove box so as to be hooked on the glove box case hooking portion 19 by the hooking margin L. At this time, the lever portion 26 of the stopper 3 extends in the direction opposite to the back wall along the side wall, and the fixed claw portion 27 formed at the tip of the lever portion 26 is formed on the side wall side of the glove box 1. The restricted state of the stopper 3 is reliably maintained by being caught in the insertion hole 28.

  As described above, since the opening degree of the glove box 1 is regulated by the stopper hooking portion 25 being hooked on the glove box case hooking portion 19, the stopper hooking portion 25 vigorously contacts the glove box case hooking portion 19. Even if the lever portion 26 comes into contact, the lever portion 26 receives a force in a direction to engage with the fixed claw portion insertion hole 28, and therefore, the lever portion 26 and the fixed claw portion insertion hole 28 are prevented from being disengaged, and the stopper 3 is restricted. The state is reliably maintained. Further, even when the stopper hooking portion 25 is in a half-hanging state where it is not in a restricted state, the stopper 3 is automatically in a restricted state, so that the labor required for mounting the glove box 1 can be reduced.

  Further, in the released state shown as the stopper 3 ′ in FIG. 8, since there is a clearance C between the hook portion 25 ′ of the stopper 3 ′ and the glove box case hook portion 19, the glove box 1 is removed from the glove box case 16. At the time of detachment or the like, the hanging portion 25 ′ of the stopper 3 ′ and the glove box case hanging portion 19 do not interfere with each other.

As the cross-sectional view of FIG. 9 indicated by B-B in FIG. 7, the rotation axis P of the stopper 3 is located in the corner of the inner glove box 1, the upper and lower vertical rotary shaft 24 and the glove box 1 of the stopper 3 The rotary bearing 22 is in contact. The stopper 3 is rotatable about the rotation center A. When the stopper 3 is in a restricted state, the stopper 3 is in contact with the inner surface of the side wall 1s of the glove box 1 at the support portion 29 formed on the lever portion 26. Further, when the stopper 3 ′ is released, the stopper hooking portion 25 ′ is positioned in the vicinity of the side wall 1 s of the glove box 1. Therefore, since the rotating shaft P is located inside the glove box 1, the protruding amount of the hooking portion 25 'can be suppressed in the released state of the stopper 3', thereby increasing the capacity of the glove box 1. Can do.

Here, the shape of the stopper 3 itself will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 6A, the stopper 3 has a substantially L shape. The stopper hooking portion 25 has a curved surface T at which it comes into contact with the glove box case 16. On the opposite surface, ribs 30 for reinforcement are provided at the upper and lower side end portions. With these structures, the stopper hooking portion 25 has sufficient rigidity.

  An opening 31 is provided in the central portion of the lever portion 26 of the stopper 3 so that the central rotary bearing 21 of the glove box 1 does not interfere when the stopper 3 is in a restricted state. A support portion 29 that is in contact with the inner surface of the side wall 1s of the glove box 1 in the restricted state is formed. A fixed claw portion 27 is formed at the end of the lever portion 26 of the stopper 3.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, when the stopper 3 is in a restricted state, the hooking portion 25 of the stopper 3 is substantially perpendicular to the side wall 1s of the glove box 1 and substantially parallel to the back wall 1b of the glove box 1. It has become. 10B, when the stopper 3 is in the restricted state, the support portion 29 of the stopper 3 is in contact with the side wall 1s of the glove box 1, and the fixed claw portion 27 is inserted into the fixed claw portion of the glove box 1. It is inserted into the hole 28 and hung.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, when the stopper 3 is in the released state, the hooking portion 25 of the stopper 3 is located in the vicinity of the outer side wall 1 s of the glove box 1. Further, as shown in FIG. 11B, when the stopper 3 is released, the lever portion 26 of the stopper 3 is not in contact with the glove box.

Thus, according to the glove box structure according to the present embodiment, the glove box 1 can be easily detached. Further, since the opening of the glove box 1 is regulated by the rotary stopper 3 being hooked on the glove box case 16, the stopper 3 is in a half-hanging state that is not in the regulated state. However, when the glove box 1 is fully opened, the stopper 3 automatically enters the restricted state and is applied to the glove box case 16, so that the labor required for mounting the glove box 1 can be reduced.

It is a perspective view at the time of full opening of the glove box concerning the present invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the glove box case which concerns on this invention from the back wall side. It is the perspective view which looked at the glove box concerning the present invention from the back wall side. It is the perspective view which looked at the hanging part of the glove box case concerning the present invention from the back wall side. It is the perspective view which looked at the stopper attaching part of the glove box concerning the present invention from the outside of the glove box. It is the perspective view which looked at the stopper attaching part of the glove box which concerns on this invention from the inner side of the glove box. It is a side view of the glove box concerning the present invention. It is sectional drawing in the cross section shown by AA in FIG. It is sectional drawing in the cross section shown by BB in FIG. It is a perspective view of the stopper at the time of the stopper control state concerning the present invention. It is a perspective view of the stopper at the time of the stopper release state concerning the present invention. It is a side view of the vehicle interior front according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glove box 2 Instrument panel 3 Stopper 10 Steering wheel 11 Combination meter 12 Car navigation 13 Air-conditioner console 14 Lever 15 Lock mechanism 16 Glove box case (glove box installation member)
17 Shaft part 18 Coupling part 19 Glove box case hanging part 20 Stopper mounting part (communication port)
21 Central rotary bearing 22 Vertical rotary bearing 23 Central rotary shaft 24 Vertical rotary shaft 25 Stopper hooking portion 26 Lever portion 27 Fixed claw portion 28 Fixed claw portion insertion hole 29 Support portion 30 Rib 31 Opening portion

Claims (3)

A container-like glove box,
A glove box installation member on the vehicle body side that attaches the glove box so that it can be opened and closed;
It is separate from the glove box and has a lever part and a hook part, is formed in an L shape, and is attached to the glove box via a rotating shaft provided between the lever part and the hook part. With a stopper,
The stopper is disposed so that the rotation shaft extends in the vertical direction in the vicinity of a corner formed by the side wall and the back wall of the glove box, and the hook portion abuts against the glove box installation member and the glove and restricting state for restricting the box opening, and a release state in which the stop part is not restricted to opening of the glove box without contact with the glove box installation member, wherein the stop part and the said glove box installation member A glove that is configured to rotate between a side wall of the glove box and to be switched by rotating the lever portion between a side wall of the glove box and a back wall of the glove box. Box structure. A communication port for communicating the inside and outside of the glove box on the side wall or the back wall of the glove box;
The stopper is rotatably attached to the communication port, and the hook portion extends from the communication port to the outside of the glove box and can be engaged with the glove box installation member in a restricted state of the stopper , and the lever glove box structure according to claim 1, part is characterized by being configured to engage the side wall in a restricted state of extending out to the stopper in the glove box from continuous opening. The glove box structure according to claim 2, wherein the lever portion extends in a direction opposite to the back wall of the glove box along the side wall of the glove box in a restricted state of the stopper.

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