JP4110871B2 - Lid opening / closing mechanism for vehicle compartment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lid opening / closing mechanism for a container in a vehicle such as an automobile.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There are various types of (small) container structures such as console boxes provided on the instrument panel of automobiles. Among them, the opening of the box can be opened and closed by rotating the lid. There is a known lid raising type (small) container.
[0003]
For example, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the center panel portion of the instrument panel 100 is located below the center ventilator 101, and a lid jumping type between the audio operation unit 102 and the air conditioner operation unit 103. The (small) container 104 is provided, and the inlet / outlet port 105a of the box body 105 is opened / closed by a lid 107 that can be rotated around a pivot 106 (see JP-A-11-192893, etc.).
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the lid flip-up type (small) container 104 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 7, the lid 107 opens and closes along a rotation axis of one axis (the pivot axis 106). Therefore, in particular, the audio operation unit 102 must be disposed above the (small) case 104 in order to escape the rotation trajectory C of the upper edge of the lid 107, and a large space is formed between the (small) case 104 and the audio operation unit 102. There was a problem that a dead space was created and the instrument panel 100 could not be made compact and compact, and a decorative frame 100a was required.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a lid opening / closing mechanism for a vehicle case that can open and close a lid in a small space and can increase the degree of design freedom by a structure that opens and closes by a biaxial rotation locus.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a lid opening / closing mechanism for a vehicle case according to the present invention includes a box main body fitted in a panel mounting hole, a flip-up type lid for opening / closing the entrance / exit of the box main body, A piece member for assisting the opening / closing operation of the lid, and the piece member is pivotally supported with respect to the box body via a first shaft fixed to the piece member and the piece member with respect to the piece member. The lid is pivotally supported via a second shaft fixed to the lid, and the lid and the piece member are integrally rotated about the first shaft from the fully closed state to the half open state of the lid. In addition, from the half-open state to the fully-open state, only the lid is rotatable about the second shaft, and the first guide means for guiding and regulating the lid from the fully-closed state to the half-open state of the lid; Whether the lid is in the half-open state of the lid A second guide means for guiding and regulations to the fully open state, the provided further, the first axis is arranged on the exit access opening side of the second axis, the half-open state and the second axis from the fully closed state In this range, the second shaft is positioned closer to the center of the previous box body than the fully closed state in the half open state to the fully open state .
[0007]
The first guiding means, the box is formed on the side wall of the body, the half open said bridge member from the tip the fully closed state of the second shaft that freely penetrate rotate while being fixed to the lid is slidably fitted in a range of, an arc-shaped groove or through hole of the tip end of the second shaft rotatably supporting a range of fully open state from the half open state, the second guiding means, An arcuate groove or through hole formed on a side surface of the piece member and slidably fitted to a third shaft fixed to the lid is characterized in that it is characterized in that
Further, the second guide means is an arc-shaped through hole, and the tip of the third shaft is formed on the side surface of the box body through the arc-shaped through hole so that the third shaft extends over the entire third shaft. It is slidably fitted into a V-shaped groove or through hole that guides and regulates from a closed state to a fully open state.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a lid opening / closing mechanism for a vehicle case according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0009]
[Example]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a center panel portion of an instrument panel showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main part, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the operation in a fully closed state, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the fully open state.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 1, the center panel portion of the instrument panel 1 is provided with a lid raising type (small) container 4 positioned between the audio operation unit 2 and the air conditioner operation unit 3. An opening / closing port 5a of the box body 5 fitted in the mounting hole 1a of the ment panel 1 is opened and closed by a flip-up type lid 6 via a lid opening / closing mechanism described later.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2, the lid opening / closing mechanism has pieces 7 for assisting the opening / closing operation of the lid 6 arranged outside the side wall of the box body 5, and the pieces 7 are formed in the side wall of the box body 5. The lid 6 is pivotally supported by a first support hole 8 via a first shaft 9 fixed to the same piece 7, and the lid 6 is connected to a second support hole (pivotal support hole) 10 formed in the same piece 7. The lid 6 is pivotally supported via a second shaft 12 fixed to the first bearing arm 11 of the lid 6, and the lid 6 and the piece 7 are united from the fully closed state to the half open state of the lid 6. While rotating about the shaft 9, only the lid 6 is configured to be rotatable about the second shaft 12 from the half-open state to the fully-open state.
[0012]
As the first guiding means for guiding and regulating the lid 6 and the piece 7 from the fully closed state to the half-opened state, the tip of the second shaft 12 fixed to the lid 6 is the second support hole 10 of the piece 7. Are formed in the side wall of the box body 5 so as to be slidably fitted therethrough.
[0013]
Further, as a second guiding means for guiding and regulating the lid 6 from the half-open state to the fully-open state, a tip of a third shaft 15 fixed to the lid 6 via a second bearing arm 14 is slidably fitted. An arcuate through hole 16 is formed on the side surface of the piece 7.
[0014]
In the illustrated example, the third shaft 15 is formed long enough to slidably fit into a V-shaped through-hole 17 formed on the side wall of the box body 5, and the through-hole 17 prevents the fully closed state. The tip of the third shaft 15 is guided and regulated until it is fully opened, but the through-hole 17 is not provided unless the operating strength and smoothness are impaired. The guide / regulation may be performed only by the through hole 16.
[0015]
Due to such a configuration, when the lid 6 is fully closed, the lid opening / closing mechanism is in a state as shown in FIG. That is, the second shaft 12 of the lid 6 is positioned at the upper end of the arc-shaped through hole 13 on the side wall of the box body 5, and accordingly, the third shaft 15 of the lid 6 is the lower end of the arc-shaped through hole 16 of the piece 7. And it is located in the upper end of one (left in the figure) hole 17a of the V-shaped through hole 17 on the side wall of the box body 5. This fully closed state is held by a spring member (not shown) so as to prevent inadvertent opening due to vehicle vibration or the like.
[0016]
If the upper part of the lid 6 is pressed to open the lid 6 from the fully closed state, the lid 6 is integrated with the piece 7 until the half-open state as shown in FIG. Rotate about the first shaft 9 of the piece 7 fitted to 8. That is, the second shaft 12 of the lid 6 moves to the lower end of the arc-shaped through-hole 13, and the third shaft 15 of the lid 6 is positioned at the lower end of the arc-shaped through-hole 16 along with this. It is located at the junction of one hole 17a and the other (right in the figure) hole 17b of the V-shaped through hole 17.
[0017]
If the upper portion of the lid 6 is further pressed from this half-open state, only the lid 6 is rotated about the second shaft 12 as shown in FIG. That is, while the second shaft 12 of the lid 6 is positioned at the lower end of the arc-shaped through hole 13, the third shaft 15 of the lid 6 is formed between the arc-shaped through hole 16 and the V-shaped through hole 17. It moves to the upper end of the other hole 17b. This fully open state is held by a spring member (not shown) so that it is prevented from being inadvertently closed due to vehicle vibration or the like.
[0018]
On the other hand, since it is obvious that the operation from the fully open state to the fully closed state is the reverse of the operation from the fully closed state to the fully open state described above, description thereof will be omitted.
[0019]
In this way, the lid 6 of the (small) container 4 operates with the first shaft 9 as the rotation center from the fully closed state to the half open state, and operates with the second shaft 12 as the rotation center from the half open state to the fully open state. Therefore, the rotation trajectory of the upper edge of the lid 6 is C ₁ and C ₂ as shown in FIG. For this reason, the amount of protrusion of the rotation locus is much smaller than that of the conventional rotation locus C (see FIG. 7).
[0020]
As a result, the lid 6 can be opened and closed in a small space, the conventionally used decorative frame 100a (see FIG. 7) and the like are no longer required, the instrument panel 1 can be made compact and compact, and the degree of design freedom can be expanded. Can do.
[0021]
Further, the opening / closing operation of the lid 6 is reliably guided and regulated by the above-described guide members such as the second shaft 12 and the third shaft 15, the arc-shaped through holes 13 and 16, and the V-shaped through hole 17. Therefore, the operation is performed smoothly.
[0022]
Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the arc-shaped through hole 13 and the V-shaped through hole 17 may be grooves. Further, when the third shaft 15 is guided and restricted only by the arc-shaped through hole 16, the through hole 16 may be a groove. Furthermore, the lid 7 may be arranged inside the side wall of the box body 5 to constitute a lid opening / closing mechanism.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the box body that is fitted into the panel mounting hole, the flip-up type lid that opens and closes the entrance / exit of the box body, and the piece member that assists the opening and closing operation of the lid The piece member is pivotally supported with respect to the box body via a first shaft fixed to the piece member, and the lid is fixed to the lid with respect to the piece member. The lid is pivotally supported through two shafts, and the lid and the piece member are integrally rotated around the first shaft from the fully closed state to the half open state of the lid, and from the half open state to the fully open state. Only the lid is rotatable about the second axis, and the first guiding means for guiding and regulating the lid from the fully closed state to the half open state of the lid; and the lid from the half open state of the lid Second guidance that guides and regulates to the fully open state And stage, the provided further, the first axis is arranged on the exit access opening side of the second axis, the second axis is moved together with the bridge member in a range of a half-open state from the fully closed state, In the half-open state to the full-open state, the second shaft is configured to be positioned closer to the center side of the box body than the fully-closed state. In addition to being able to open and close, the conventional decorative frame and the like are unnecessary, and the degree of freedom in design can be expanded.
[0024]
The first guide means is formed on a side wall of the box body, and is fixed to the lid, and the tip of the second shaft that passes through the piece member in a rotatable manner is in a half-open state from the fully closed state. is slidably fitted in a range of, an arc-shaped groove or through hole of the tip end of the second shaft rotatably supporting a range of fully open state from the half open state, the second guiding means, Since the third shaft formed on the side surface of the piece member is an arc-shaped groove or through hole in which a third shaft fixed to the lid is slidably fitted, the opening and closing operation of the lid is the first and second guide means. Is performed smoothly.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a center panel portion of an instrument panel showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main part.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the operation in the fully closed state.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the operation in a half-open state.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation in the fully opened state.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a center panel portion of a conventional instrument panel.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the same.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Audio operation part 3 Air-conditioner operation part 4 (Small) Case 5 Box main body 6 Lid 7 Piece 8 1st support hole 9 1st axis | shaft 10 2nd support hole (pivotal support hole)
11 rotation trajectory of the first bearing arm 12 second shaft 13 arc-shaped through hole 14 second bearing arm 15 the third shaft 16 through holes C ₁ of arc-shaped through hole 17 V-shaped, C ₂ lid upper edge

Claims (3)

A box body fitted in the panel mounting hole;
A flip-up type lid that opens and closes the entrance / exit of the box body,
A piece member for assisting the opening and closing operation of the lid,
The piece member is pivotally supported with respect to the box body via a first shaft fixed to the piece member, and the lid is fixed to the piece member via a second shaft fixed to the lid. Pivoted,
From the fully-closed state to the half-open state of the lid, the lid and the piece member are integrally rotated about the first axis, and only the lid is centered on the second axis from the half-open state to the fully-open state. Can be rotated and none,
First guide means for guiding and regulating the lid from the fully closed state to the half open state of the lid;
A second guide means for guiding and regulating the lid from the half-open state to the fully-open state of the lid; and
Further, the first shaft is disposed closer to the inlet / outlet than the second shaft, and the second shaft is moved together with the piece member in the range from the fully closed state to the half open state, and from the half open state to the fully open state. The lid opening / closing machine for the vehicular compartment characterized in that the second shaft is positioned closer to the center side of the previous box body than in the fully closed state The first guide means is formed on a side wall of the box body, is fixed to the lid, and the end of the second shaft that passes through the piece member in a rotatable manner is in a range from the fully closed state to the half open state. Is an arcuate groove or through hole that is slidably fitted and supports the tip of the second shaft so as to be rotatable in the range from the half-open state to the fully-open state,
Said second guide means is formed on a side surface of the bridge member, the claims third axis which is fixed to the lid, characterized in that an arc-shaped groove or a through hole is fitted slidably The lid opening / closing mechanism for the vault for vehicles according to 1 .   The second guide means is an arc-shaped through hole, and a tip of the third shaft is formed on a side surface of the box body through the arc-shaped through hole, and the third shaft is in the fully closed state. 3. The lid opening / closing mechanism for a vehicular compartment according to claim 2, wherein the lid opening / closing mechanism is slidably fitted into a V-shaped groove or through hole that guides and regulates from a fully open state to a fully open state.

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