JP6129529B2 - Console door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a console door of a vehicle center console, for example. More specifically, the present invention relates to a console door including an inner member, an outer member, and a cushion member that constitutes the upper surface side of the outer member.

  A center console mounted between a driver's seat and a passenger seat in a vehicle interior of a vehicle generally includes a console body and a console door that opens and closes an upper opening of a storage portion of the console body. . And in a center console, since a passenger | crew uses as an armrest, the cushioning property is given to the upper surface of the console door.

FIG. 8 shows an example of such a console door. That is, the console door 110 includes an inner member 120, an outer member 130, and a cushion member 140 that constitutes the upper surface side of the outer member 130. The cushion member 140 has a structure in which the surface of the foamed resin material 150 is covered with the skin material 160.
In the console door 110 shown in FIG. 8, the cushion member 140 is supported from below by the base material 200 and is fastened to the base material 200. More specifically, the foamed resin material 150 is provided on the base material 200, so that its supporting rigidity is ensured. The skin material 160 covers the foamed resin material 150 and is fastened in a state in which the peripheral edge is wound on the inner surface side of the base material 200.
For example, Patent Document 1 is disclosed as a prior art related to this type of console door.

JP 2009-67105 A

  In the configuration of the console door 110 shown in FIG. 8, the base material 200 is indispensable in order to support the cushion member 140 and fasten the peripheral edge of the skin material 160, and the cost burden is unavoidable.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to secure the support rigidity of the cushion member and to provide a basis for the cushion member that has been required to fasten the periphery of the skin material in the cushion member. It is to abolish the material and reduce the cost.

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
And the inner member, and the outer member, a console door comprising a cushion member constituting the upper surface of the outer member, the cushion member has its upper surface is exposed from the outer member foaming resin material is covered with a skin material a body portion that will be supported by the inner member while a flange portion overhanging skin material from the outer periphery of the main body portion includes a by a pin which is penetrated through the flange portion of the cushion member flange portion of the cushion member inner It is fastened to the member and the outer member.

The console door is composed of an inner member, an outer member, and a cushion member that constitutes the upper surface side of the outer member. The cushion member is covered with a foamed resin material with a skin material, and the upper surface is formed from the outer member. A main body portion that is supported by the inner member in an exposed state, and a collar portion in which the skin material and the foamed resin material protrude from the outer periphery of the main body portion, and the top surface of the foamed resin material is covered by the back surface of the skin material. The flange portion of the cushion member is fastened to the inner member and the outer member by a pin passing through the flange portion of the cushion member.

  More preferably, the flange portion of the cushion member is fastened while being sandwiched between the inner member and the outer member.

More preferably, the cushion member is an integrally molded product of a foamed resin material and a skin material.

In the present invention, without impairing the appearance of the co Nsorudoa heretofore can be eliminated base cushion member that was required. As a result, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Moreover, in a collar part, a skin material and a foamed resin material can be fastened in the state put together with respect to the inner member and the outer member. Thereby, the flutter of a foaming resin material can be suppressed and positioning of a skin material and a foaming resin material becomes easy.

Further, when assembling the cushion member, a fastening means such as a tucker or an adhesive is not required. Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be further reduced.

In addition, after the foamed resin material and the skin material are individually molded and then joined together with an adhesive or the like, the manufacturing operation can be simplified.

The perspective view of the console box provided with the console door which concerns on this invention. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a console door in Embodiment 1. FIG. The perspective view which looked at the outer member of the console door in Example 1 from the back surface side. The perspective view showing the assembly state of the console door in Example 1. FIG. Sectional drawing of the VV arrow direction of FIG. Sectional drawing of the VI-VI arrow direction of FIG. Sectional drawing which represented the console door in Example 2 corresponding to FIG. Sectional drawing of the console door in a prior art.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Example 1
First, Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a center console mounted between a driver's seat and a passenger seat inside a vehicle (mainly an automobile) includes a console body 1 and a console door 10. The console body 1 includes a cup holder 15 and a storage portion (not shown). The console door 10 is attached to the console body 1 so that the upper end opening of the storage portion can be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the console door 10 includes an inner member 20, an outer member 30, and a cushion member 40.
First, the inner member 20 will be described. The inner member 20 is made of synthetic resin. The inner member 20 has a generally rectangular shape as a whole. 2 and FIG. 5A, the inner member 20 includes a substantially rectangular base portion 22 extending in the horizontal direction, and bases 22 at both ends of the base portion 22 in the short direction. An inner wall portion 24 that hangs substantially vertically from the edge of the portion 22, a bottom wall portion 26 that extends horizontally outward from the outer edge of the inner wall portion 24, and an outer wall portion 28 that rises upward from the outer edge of the bottom wall portion 26. Consists of.

  Four coupling pins P1 are individually provided along the longitudinal direction of the inner member 20 on the bottom wall portions 26 at both ends in the short direction of the inner member 20 (see FIG. 2). Further, three coupling pins P <b> 2 are individually provided near both ends in the longitudinal direction of the base portion 22 of the inner member 20 so as to be substantially along the short direction of the inner member 20.

Next, the cushion member 40 will be described. The cushion member 40 has a structure in which the skin material 60 is covered with the foamed resin material 50 (see FIGS. 2, 5, and 6).
The skin material 60 has a convex cross-sectional shape (see FIGS. 5 and 6), a substantially rectangular ceiling portion 60a extending substantially horizontally, and the outer periphery of the ceiling portion 60a along the outer periphery thereof. A peripheral wall portion 60b that hangs vertically and a flange portion 60c that projects horizontally upward from the lower edge along the lower edge of the peripheral wall portion 60b. In the following description, regarding the skin material 60, the surface to be bonded to the foamed resin material 50 will be described as the back, and the opposite surface will be described as the table.

The foamed resin material 50 is made of urethane, for example. The foamed resin material 50 has a convex cross-sectional shape having a predetermined thickness at the bottom (see FIGS. 5 and 6). The foamed resin material 50 is constituted by a rectangular parallelepiped main part 50a and a thick flange part 50b extending horizontally from the outer peripheral lower part along the outer peripheral lower part of the main part 50a. Spread like. The foamed resin material 50 is continuously formed from the backbone 50a to the flange 50b.
Of the basic part 50a of the foamed resin material 50, the shape of the part protruding above the upper surface of the flange part 50b matches the shape of the space formed by the ceiling part 60a of the skin material 60 and the back surface of the peripheral wall part 60b. Is set to Further, the length over which the flange portion 50b of the foamed resin material 50 projects is set to coincide with the length with which the flange portion 60c of the skin material 60 projects.

In the foamed resin material 50, the outer surface of the base portion 50a that protrudes from the upper surface of the flange portion 50b is covered with the ceiling portion 60a of the skin material 60 and the back surface of the peripheral wall portion 60b, and the upper surface of the flange portion 50b is covered. The outer surface 60 is covered with the back surface of the flange 60c (see FIGS. 5 and 6).
In the following description, the core portion 50a of the foamed resin material 50, the ceiling portion 60a of the skin material 60, and the peripheral wall portion 60b will be described together as the main body portion 42 of the cushion member 40. Further, the flange portions 50 b and 60 c of the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 will be described as the flange portions 44 of the cushion member 40.

  In the present embodiment, the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 are integrally formed using a mold (not shown). The molding procedure is as follows. First, in the mold open state of the mold, the skin material 60 is installed along the surface forming the cavity. Subsequently, mold clamping is performed, and the foamed resin material 50 before foaming is poured into the cavity. When foaming of the foamed resin material 50 is completed, the cushion member 40 in which the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 are integrated is completed.

  The flange portion 44 of the cushion member 40 is provided with a plurality (14) of through holes H1 and H2 that vertically penetrate the flange portion 60c of the skin material 60 and the flange portion 50b of the foamed resin material 50 (see FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 6). Four through holes H1 are individually provided along the longitudinal direction of the cushion member in the flange portions 44 provided at both ends of the cushion member 40 in the short direction. Three through holes H2 are individually provided along the short direction of the cushion member in the flange portions 44 provided at both ends of the cushion member 40 in the longitudinal direction.

  Next, the outer member 30 will be described. The outer member 30 is made of synthetic resin. The outer member 30 is suspended substantially vertically from the outer edge of the upper wall portion 32 at both ends in the short direction of the upper wall portion 32 (see FIG. 2) and the upper wall portion 32 whose outer peripheral shape is formed in a substantially rectangular shape. A long side wall portion 36 (see FIGS. 2 and 5), and a short side wall portion 38 suspended substantially perpendicularly from the outer edge of the upper wall portion 32 at both longitudinal ends of the upper wall portion 32 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). 6). The upper wall portion 32 includes a substantially rectangular opening 34 at the center thereof. The central opening 34 is set to a size that can surround the peripheral wall 60b of the skin material 60 in the assembled state (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 6). The height of the short side wall portion 38 is set to about half of the height of the long side wall portion 36.

  In the assembled state shown in FIG. 4, the outer member has a surface facing outward and a surface facing inward. On the back surface of the outer member 30 (see FIG. 3), a plurality (14) of coupling bosses B1 and B2 are provided on the upper wall portion 32 so as to surround the central opening 34. In the vicinity of the two long sides forming the inner periphery of the upper wall portion 32, four coupling bosses B1 are individually provided along the long sides. In addition, in the vicinity of the two short sides forming the inner periphery of the upper wall portion 32, three coupling bosses B2 are individually provided along the short sides.

  The inner member 20, the outer member 30, and the cushion member 40 described above are assembled as shown in FIG. The inner member 20 and the outer member 30 are integrally coupled with an appropriate coupling structure (not shown) with the cushion member 40 sandwiched therebetween. In the assembled state of the console door 10, the inner member 20 is located below, the outer member 30 is located above, and the cushion member 40 is located between the inner member 20 and the outer member 30.

  In the assembled state of the console door 10, the cushion member 40 constitutes the upper surface side of the outer member 30. That is, the cushion member 40 has an upper portion of the main body portion 42 exposed from the opening 34 of the outer member 30 (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 6). Essentially, the ceiling 60 a and the upper part of the peripheral wall 60 b of the skin material 60 in the cushion member 40 are exposed from the opening 34 of the outer member 30. The lower part of the main body part 42 and the flange part 44 of the cushion member 40 are located inside the outer shell formed by the upper wall part 32, the long side wall part 36, and the short side wall part 38 of the outer member 30.

The outer shell shape by the outer member 30 will be specifically described.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the upper wall portion 32 of the outer member 30 has an inner circumference located in the vicinity of the center in the height direction of the circumferential wall portion 60 b of the skin material 60, and slightly outward from there. It extends diagonally downward. Here, although the upper wall part 32 of the outer member 30 is located above the collar part 60c of the skin material 60, the height which does not touch this collar part 60c is maintained. The outer periphery of the upper wall portion 32 of the outer member 30 is located outside the outer periphery of the flange portion 44 of the cushion member 40. Lower ends of the long side wall portion 36 and the short side wall portion 38 that are suspended from the upper wall portion 32 of the outer member 30 are respectively directly outside the outer wall portion 28 of the inner member 20 and in the longitudinal direction of the base portion 22 of the inner member 20. It is located just outside of both ends (see FIGS. 5 and 6). As shown in FIG. 5, the long side wall portion 36 of the outer member 30 and the outer wall portion 28 of the inner member 20 are parallel to each other by the height of the outer wall portion 28 of the inner member 20.

  The cushion member 40 is supported from below by the inner member 20 inside the outer shell by the outer member 30 as described above. The cushion member 40 has a main body portion 42 supported from below by the base portion 22 of the inner member 20 in the longitudinal direction (see FIG. 6). The cushion member 40 has a main body portion 42 supported from below by the base portion 22 of the inner member 20 with respect to the short side direction, and the flange portion 44 protrudes outside the base portion 22. It is located above the bottom wall portion 26 of the inner member 20 (see FIG. 5).

The position of the cushion member 40 is fixed by connecting pins P1 and P2 provided on the inner member 20 and connecting bosses B1 and B2 provided on the outer member 30. In the assembled state, the coupling pins P1 and P2 provided on the bottom wall portion 26 and the base portion 22 of the inner member 20, the coupling bosses B1 and B2 provided on the upper wall portion 32 of the outer member 30, and the flange of the cushion member 40 The through holes H1 and H2 provided in the portion 44 are positioned on the same straight line in the vertical direction (see FIGS. 5 and 6).
In the assembled state, the position of the cushion member 40 is fixed by coupling the coupling pins P1, P2 of the inner member and the coupling bosses B1, B2 of the outer member through the through holes H1, H2 of the cushion member. The state of this coupling is shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. More specifically, the cushion member 40 is fixed to the inner member 20 and the outer member 30 in a state where the flange portion 44 is sandwiched by the mating surfaces of the base portions of the coupling pins P1 and P2 and the coupling bosses B1 and B2. ing.

  In the above-described configuration, the cushion member 40 is supported by the inner member 20, and the flange portion 44 of the cushion member 40 is fastened to the inner member 20 and the outer member 30, so that the appearance of the console door 10 is not impaired so far. The base material of the cushion member 40 that has been required can be eliminated. As a result, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In the above-described configuration, the foamed resin material 50 constituting the cushion member 40 is continuously formed up to the collar portion 60c of the skin material 60, whereby the skin material 60 and the foamed resin material 50 are formed in the collar portions 50b and 60c. Can be fastened together with the inner member 20 and the outer member 30. Thereby, the flutter of the foamed resin material 50 can be suppressed, and positioning of the skin material 60 and the foamed resin material 50 is facilitated.

  In the above-described configuration, since the flange portion 44 of the cushion member 40 is clamped in a state of being sandwiched between the inner member 20 and the outer member 30, in the assembly of the cushion member 40, a fastening means such as a tucker or an adhesive is used. do not need. Therefore, the production cost can be reduced.

  In the above-described configuration, in the cushion member 40, the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 are integrally molded. Thus, after the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 are individually molded, they are bonded with an adhesive or the like. Compared with joining, the production work can be simplified.

(Example 2)
Next, Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment, a part of the configuration of the console door 10 described in the first embodiment is different, and only the different portions will be described below. In FIG. 7, parts having the same functions as those in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment.

In Example 1, the foamed resin material 50 was formed by the backbone 50a and the flange 50b. Instead of this form, in Example 2, as shown in the entire cross-sectional view of FIG. 7A, the foamed resin material 50 is only the backbone 50a. Here, the bottom surface of the core portion 50 a of the foamed resin material 50 is set at the same position as the collar portion 60 c of the skin material 60.
The main body portion 42 of the cushion member 40 includes a backbone portion 50a of the foamed resin material 50, and a ceiling portion 60a and a peripheral wall portion 60b of the skin material 60 covering the outer surface thereof. The flange portion of the cushion member 40 is configured only by the flange portion 60 c of the skin material 60. In the flange portion of the cushion member 40, through holes H1 and H2 that vertically penetrate the flange portion 60c of the skin material 60 are provided. The through holes H1 and H2 are installed at the same position as in the first embodiment.

  In the assembled state, the coupling pins P1 and P2 of the inner member and the coupling bosses B1 and B2 of the outer member are coupled to each other through the through holes H1 and H2 provided in the flange portion of the cushion member 40, thereby positioning the cushion member 40. Is fixed. The state of this connection is shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. More specifically, the cushion member 40 is fixed to the inner member 20 and the outer member 30 in a state where the flange portion is sandwiched by the mating surfaces of the base portions of the coupling pins P1 and P2 and the coupling bosses B1 and B2. Yes.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the following reference examples may be realized.

  In the embodiment described above, the cushion member 40 is fixed in a state of being sandwiched between the coupling pins P1, P2 of the inner member 20 and the coupling bosses B1, B2 of the outer member 30. Instead of this form, the flange portion 44 of the cushion member 40 is secured to the inner surface side of the inner member 20 or the outer member 30, that is, to the upper surface of the inner member 20 or the back surface of the outer member 30. It is good also as a structure fastened by.

  In the embodiment described above, the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 are integrally formed by a mold. Instead of this form, the foamed resin material 50 and the skin material 60 may be formed separately and joined together by fastening means such as an adhesive.

  The console door 10 can also be applied to console boxes other than the center console. By applying this configuration, it is possible to eliminate the base material of the cushion member that has been conventionally required for various types of vehicle interior parts, and to reduce the manufacturing cost.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Console door 20 Inner member 30 Outer member 40 Cushion member 42 Main-body part 44 Gutter part 50 Foamed resin material 50a Core part 50b Gutter part 60 Skin material 60a Ceiling part 60b Peripheral wall part 60c Gutter part

Claims (4)

A console door comprising an inner member, an outer member, and a cushion member constituting the upper surface side of the outer member,
The cushion member
A body portion that will be supported by the inner member with its top surface is exposed from the outer member foaming resin material is covered with the skin material,
And a collar portion with a skin material protruding from the outer periphery of the main body ,
A console door in which a flange portion of the cushion member is fastened to an inner member and an outer member by a pin passing through the flange portion of the cushion member . A console door comprising an inner member, an outer member, and a cushion member constituting the upper surface side of the outer member,
The cushion member
A body portion supported by the inner member in a state where the foamed resin material is covered with the skin material and the upper surface thereof is exposed from the outer member;
The skin material and the foamed resin material project from the outer periphery of the main body, and the upper surface of the foamed resin material is covered with the back surface of the skin material, and
A console door in which a flange portion of the cushion member is fastened to an inner member and an outer member by a pin passing through the flange portion of the cushion member . The console door according to claim 1 or 2,
A console door in which the flange portion of the cushion member is clamped between the inner member and the outer member. A console door according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The cushion member is a console door that is an integrally molded product of foamed resin material and skin material.

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