JP7112981B2 - car cup holder - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder that is installed in the interior of a vehicle and that accommodates and holds beverage containers such as PET bottles.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a cup holder for accommodating and holding a beverage container is provided in a center console or the like of a vehicle such as an automobile.
The cup holder disclosed in Patent Document 1 below includes a bottomed container-shaped holder body that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall and can hold a beverage container, and the beverage container can be inserted from above the holder body. It has become. A light-emitting device is provided on the back side of the bottom wall to illuminate the inside of the holder body, and a through hole is formed in the bottom wall for passing light from the light-emitting device. A light guide plate is installed on the upper surface of the bottom wall so as to cover the entire bottom wall. The light guide plate has a reflecting portion on its upper surface for reflecting light incident from below into the light guide plate, and has a light emitting portion along the peripheral portion of the bottom wall. A light shielding member is provided on the upper surface of the light guide plate to cover the light guide plate except for the light emitting portion. Light from the light emitting device is incident on the light guide plate through the through hole of the bottom wall, reflected by the reflecting portion, guided to the light emitting portion, and emitted to illuminate the inside of the holder body.

JP 2015-229455 A

In the above-described cup holder, the holder body has the shape of a container with a bottom, and the light guide plate is installed on the upper surface of the bottom wall. Therefore, the bottom of the cup holder is multi-layered and heavy. In addition, it is necessary to form a through hole in the bottom wall of the holder main body for passing light from the light emitting device, and this through hole needs to be aligned with the reflecting portion of the light guide plate.

In order to solve at least one of the above problems, a cup holder for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a holder body having a peripheral wall and upper and lower openings; and a light emitting device disposed on the back side of the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is provided as a light guide plate for guiding light from the light emitting device to a desired location.

According to the above configuration, openings are provided at the top and bottom of the holder body, and the bottom plate that closes the opening on the lower side also serves as a light guide plate. be able to.

Preferably, the bottom plate is provided with a light-emitting portion that emits light guided through the bottom plate into the holder main body along the edge of the lower opening.
According to the above configuration, the light emitting part is provided along the opening edge of the lower opening, thereby avoiding the beverage container to be accommodated. The light emitted from the light-emitting portion illuminates the peripheral wall of the holder body to highlight the lower opening edge, and illuminates and reveals the contained beverage container. As a result, even when the interior of the vehicle is very dark, such as at night, the visibility of the arrangement position of the cup holder and the beverage container in the cup holder can be enhanced. Also, the decorative effect of the cup holder can be enhanced.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the vehicle cup holder with illumination which simplified the structure can be provided.

1 is a perspective view of a center console provided with a vehicle cup holder according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a top view which expands and shows the cup holder of the same center console. It is an exploded perspective view of the same cup holder. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2; FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part taken along line VV of FIG. 2; FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 2; FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the holder body of the vehicle cup holder according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

[First embodiment]
A cup holder for a vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cup holder 1 is provided in a center console 2 separating a driver's seat and a passenger's seat in an automobile. As shown in FIG. 3, the cup holder 1 includes a holder body 10, a bottom plate 20, a light emitting device 30, a shielding plate 40, and a partition 50. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the holder body 10 has a peripheral wall 11 that is open in the vertical direction and has a tubular shape. The peripheral wall 11 has a substantially rectangular cross-section with rounded corners, and a bridge 13 is provided between the central portions of the pair of walls forming the long sides so as to straddle the lower opening 12, as shown in FIG. 2, a partition 50 is arranged to divide the interior of the holder body 10 into two. Thereby, two container housing spaces 14 , 14 are formed in the holder main body 10 .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the partition 50 includes two flaps 51 that press and hold the beverage container 3 in the holder body 10 and a pair of upright walls 52 facing the container housing spaces 14 . have. These standing walls 52 are opposed to each other and connected at the top. As shown in FIG. 3, fitting protrusions 53 projecting toward the opposing standing wall 52 are provided at the lower portions of both sides of each standing wall 52 . The partition 50 is attached to the holder body 10 by fitting the fitting protrusions 53 into fitting recesses 11 a provided in the lower part of the long side portion of the peripheral wall 11 of the holder body 10 . In this attached state, as shown in FIG. 4, the partition 50 hides from above the bridging portion 13 arranged directly below it.

A rectangular flap accommodating portion 52a is formed in the central portion of each standing wall 52 of the partition 50 to accommodate at least a portion of the flap 51 . The flap 51 is rotatably supported in the upper portion of the flap accommodating portion 52a about a rotation axis extending in the lateral direction of the holder body 10, and is urged by a coil spring 54 in a protruding direction.

The bottom plate 20 functions as a bottom portion that supports the beverage container 3 accommodated in the holder body 10 and as a light guide plate that guides the light 6 incident from the light emitting device 30 to a desired location.
The bottom plate 20 is installed below the peripheral wall 11 and closes the lower opening 12 of the holder body 10 . The bottom plate 20 has a planar shape that is smaller than and similar to the lower opening 12 . The bottom plate 20 is made of a light-transmitting light-guiding resin material such as acrylic or polycarbonate. The bottom plate 20 of this embodiment is colorless and transparent.

A plurality of locking claws 21 are provided on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 20 . In this embodiment, two are provided on one container housing space 14 side and three are provided on the other side. A plurality of locking portions 15 are provided on the lower portion of the peripheral wall 11 of the holder body 10 so as to project into the lower opening 12 corresponding to the locking claws 21 . Each locking portion 15 is formed with a locking hole 15a. The bottom plate 20 is attached to the holder body 10 by locking the locking claws 21 in the locking holes 15a. As a result, the cup holder 1 has a bottom portion for supporting the contents, and each container accommodating space 14 can accommodate the beverage container 3 .

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, since the bottom plate 20 is slightly smaller than the lower opening 12, a gap 4 is formed between the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 20 and the peripheral wall 11 over the entire circumference. This gap 4 is provided as a drainage path for the cup holder 1 . The upper surface (surface on the front side) of the bottom plate 20 has a slope that becomes lower toward the outer peripheral edge.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of holding plate portions 22, 22 for holding the light emitting device 30 are provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate 20 on one container housing space 14 side. The holding plate portions 22, 22 are arranged away from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 20, and each have a locking hole 22a. The light emitting device 30 is attached to the bottom plate 20 by locking the locking claws 30a, 30a provided on both side wall surfaces of the light emitting device 30 in the locking holes 22a, 22a of the holding plate portions 22, 22, respectively. ing. A light bulb, an LED (light emitting diode), or the like is used as the light source 31 of the light emitting device 30 . As the light source 31, a light source having a desired emission color may be adopted as necessary. In this embodiment, the light emitting device 30 is arranged off the center of the bottom plate 20 in order to avoid the duct 5 provided in the center console 2, as shown in FIG. can be any arrangement as long as it is away from the

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an incident portion 25 is provided at a position between the pair of holding plate portions 22, 22 on the lower surface of the bottom plate 20. As shown in FIGS. As the incident portion 25, a truncated cone-shaped lower bottom surface that tapers downward from the lower surface of the bottom plate 20 is provided. The incident part 25 faces the light source 31 of the light emitting device 30 and causes the light 6 to enter the bottom plate 20 . A reflecting portion 23 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 at a position directly above the incident portion 25 . The reflecting portion 23 diffusely reflects the light 6 incident from the light source 31 into the bottom plate 20 . The reflecting portion 23 of this embodiment is formed by forming a mortar-shaped recess on the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 . As the reflecting part 23, the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 may be covered with a resin film whose surface is not microscopically flat and diffuses the light striking the surface in all directions. etc. may be subjected to surface roughening treatment.

The upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate 20 serves as a light emitting portion 24 . The light emitting part 24 is arranged along the opening edge 12a of the lower opening 12 of the holder body 10 shown in FIG. 3, and as shown in FIG. It is designed not to be covered. The light emitting portion 24 emits the light 6 diffusely reflected by the reflecting portion 23 and propagated through the bottom plate 20 to the outside of the bottom plate 20 . Fine irregularities are formed on the surface of the light-emitting portion 24 by embossing or the like. As a result, part of the light 6 propagating through the bottom plate 20 is scattered and uniformized and emitted from the surface of the light emitting portion 24 into the holder main body 10, causing the surface of the light emitting portion 24 to emit light. In this embodiment, the light-emitting portion 24 is formed higher than other portions of the bottom plate 20, but may be formed at the same height or lower.

The shielding plate 40 is provided above the bottom plate 20 so as to cover the bottom plate 20 except for the light emitting section 24 . The shielding plate 40 is made of rubber or the like, and has elasticity and light shielding properties. The shielding plate 40 protects the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 and prevents the light 6 propagating through the bottom plate 20 from being emitted from the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 other than the light emitting portion 24 to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a raised portion 41 is provided on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the shielding plate 40 except for the long side portion in plan view.

In the cup holder 1 configured as described above, the peripheral wall 11 of the holder main body 10, the bottom plate 20 provided below the peripheral wall 11, and the flap 51 of the partition 50 accommodate the beverage container 3 inserted from above. can hold.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the light emitting device 30 is turned on, the light 6 from the light source 31 enters the bottom plate 20 from the incident portion 25, strikes the reflecting portion 23, and is diffusely reflected in the bottom plate 20. It propagates while repeating reflections on the front and back surfaces of . The light 6 guided through the bottom plate 20 toward its outer peripheral edge is emitted from the light emitting portion 24 into the cup holder 1 . As a result, the light-emitting portion 24 emits light to illuminate the peripheral wall 11 of the holder body 10 and make the opening edge 12a of the lower opening 12 stand out. In addition, the beverage container 3 accommodated in the holder body 10 is illuminated and exposed. Therefore, even when the interior of the vehicle is very dark, such as at night, the visibility of the arrangement position of the cup holder 1 and the beverage container 3 accommodated therein can be enhanced. Moreover, the decorative effect of the cup holder 1 can be enhanced.

In the beverage container 3 accommodated in the cup holder 1, water droplets condensed on the outer surface may flow down, or the beverage may spill into the cup holder 1 due to vibrations during travel or other factors. At this time, the liquid 7 (shown only in FIG. 6), such as water droplets and beverages, flows over the shielding plate 40 toward the peripheral wall 11 of the holder main body 10 due to the slope formed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 that decreases toward the outer peripheral edge. As shown in FIG. 6 , the liquid is discharged below the cup holder 1 through the gap 4 (drainage path) between the bottom plate 20 and the peripheral wall 11 . Thereby, it is possible to prevent the liquid 7 from accumulating in the cup holder 1 . The slope of the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 enhances the drainage of the cup holder 1 .

Even if the liquid 7 flows into the light emitting part 24, it is discharged from the adjacent gap 4 (drainage path), so that the illumination effect is not hindered. On the shielding plate 40, the liquid 7 is mainly discharged from the long side portions in plan view without the protuberances 41. Therefore, the liquid 7 is difficult to flow into. Further, since the light emitting device 30 is installed away from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 20 having the gap 4 (drainage path), even if the liquid 7 is discharged from the gap 4, the light emitting device 30 may be exposed to water or may be exposed to water. You can prevent it from breaking down.

According to the above-described embodiment, in the cup holder 1 with illumination, the holder main body 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape without the bottom wall, and the bottom plate 20 closing the lower opening 12 also serves as a light guide plate, thereby simplifying the structure. , thus facilitating manufacturing. Further, by installing a separate bottom plate on the holder main body 10 without a bottom wall and providing a drainage path in the cup holder, liquid such as spilled beverages can be prevented from accumulating in the cup holder.

[Second embodiment]
FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, locking portions 15 for attaching the bottom plate 20 to the holder body 10 are arranged not only on the peripheral wall 11 but also on the bridging portion 13 below the partition 50 .

7 is a bottom view of the holder body 10. FIG. Depending on the form of the cup holder 1, it may be necessary to provide a functionally necessary structure below the peripheral wall 11, or there may be other parts around it, which limits the installation space of the locking portion 15. In some cases, the installation position of the receiving locking portion 15 cannot be ensured. In this case, this embodiment copes with this by providing the locking portion 15 in the bridge portion 13 .

The bridging portion 13 is formed with a slightly wider width than in the first embodiment, but is formed to a size that is hidden by the partition 50 when the partition 50 is attached to the holder main body 10 .

Two engaging portions 15 are spaced apart from each other on the side of the bridging portion 13 facing one of the container housing spaces 14 (the left side in FIG. 7), and are arranged close to the peripheral wall 11 . One engaging portion 15 is provided at a position away from the peripheral wall 11 on the side of the bridging portion 13 facing the other container accommodating space 14 (the right side in FIG. 7). When viewed from the lateral direction of the bridging portion 13, in the longitudinal direction of the bridging portion 13, one locking portion 15 on the other side is positioned between the two locking portions 15, 15 on the one side. .

Two locking portions 15, 15 are provided in the arc portion of the lower portion of the peripheral wall 11 on one longitudinal end side (left side in FIG. 7) of the holder body 10, and the arc portion on the other end side (right side in FIG. 7). is also provided with two locking portions 15, 15. Accordingly, four engaging portions 15 are provided on one container accommodating space 14 side, and three engaging portions 15 are provided on the other container accommodating space 14 side, and protrude into the lower opening 12 . Locking claws 21 are provided on the lower surface (not shown) of the bottom plate 20 at positions corresponding to the locking claws 15 a of the locking portions 15 .

According to the above-described embodiment, even when there is a restriction on the space for installing the locking portion 15 used for mounting the bottom plate 20 , by providing the locking portion 15 to the bridge portion 13 , the bottom plate 20 can be attached to the holder main body 10 . allows the installation of

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the invention.
In the above embodiment, the light-emitting portion is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate, but it may be provided at any location on the bottom plate.
In the above embodiment, the bottom plate and the shielding plate are formed as separate members, but they may be integrally formed by two-color molding.
In the above embodiment, fine unevenness is formed on the surface of the light emitting part by embossing or the like. Application of paint, marking with a pen, vapor deposition, sputtering, attachment of a tape or film with high light reflectance, or the like may be used, and surface roughening treatment such as blasting, etching, or electric discharge machining may be used. Also, the corners of the outer periphery of the back side of the bottom plate may be chamfered to guide the light upward.
It is not necessary to provide a bridging portion that straddles the lower opening.
In the above embodiment, the gap (drainage path) between the peripheral edge of the bottom plate and the peripheral wall of the holder main body is formed over the entire circumference, but may be formed intermittently.
The light-emitting device is placed away from the gap (drainage path) on the outer periphery of the bottom plate, but depending on the location, the light-emitting device may be covered with packing to avoid being exposed to water.
The shielding plate may not be provided with the raised portion.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a cup holder that is installed in the interior of a vehicle to accommodate and hold a beverage container.

1 cup holder 2 center console 3 beverage container 4 gap (drainage path)
7 liquid 10 holder main body 11 peripheral wall 11a fitting recess 12 lower opening 12a opening edge 13 bridging portion 14 container housing space 15 locking portion 15a locking hole 20 bottom plate 21 locking claw 22 holding plate portion 23 reflecting portion 24 light emitting portion 25 Incidence Part 30 Light Emitting Device 31 Light Source 40 Shielding Plate 41 Protruding Part 50 Partition 51 Flap 53 Fitting Protrusion

Claims (3)

a holder body having a peripheral wall and having upper and lower openings;
a bottom plate installed on the lower part of the peripheral wall and closing the lower opening of the holder body;
and a light emitting device arranged on the back side of the bottom plate,
the bottom plate is provided as a light guide plate that guides light from the light emitting device to a desired location ;
A bridging portion is provided at the lower portion of the peripheral wall of the holder body so as to straddle the lower opening,
A plurality of locking portions are provided on the bridging portion and the lower portion of the peripheral wall so as to protrude into the lower opening. A cup holder for a vehicle, wherein the detent claws are respectively engaged . The front surface of the bottom plate is provided with a reflecting portion that diffusely reflects light incident on the bottom plate from the light emitting device into the bottom plate,
2. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting device is held by the bottom plate at a position facing the reflecting portion on the back side of the bottom plate. 3. The bottom plate according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate is provided with a light-emitting portion along the edge of the lower opening for emitting light guided through the bottom plate into the holder body. car cup holder.

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