FR3093681A1 - Support system for an adapted electronic device in a vehicle glove box - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a support system for an electronic device intended to be fitted on a glove box in a vehicle cabin, comprising a rotary arm (3) configured to deploy from the glove box, the system further comprising at least one keeper (8A, 8B) having a retracted position, in which the cover (9) is adapted to close the storage cavity (7) without leaving any space between the cover (9) and said storage cavity ( 7), and a deployed position, in which the cover locking means (9) configured to engage in said at least one keeper (8A, 8B) so as to leave the glove box ajar. Abstract figure: Figure 4

Description

Support system for an electronic device adapted in a vehicle glove box

The invention relates, in general, to supports for portable electronic devices, in particular mounted in motor vehicles.

More specifically, the invention relates to an electronic device support comprising a deployable rotary arm and remote latches, the assembly being fitted to a vehicle glove box, the system being adapted to be folded up in the glove box and allowing maintaining the glove box in the ajar position when the system is deployed.

Today, portable electronic devices like tablets and cell phones are often used in vehicles. Most of the time, these portable electronic devices do not have a support integrated into the vehicle or are coupled to a support fixed on the dashboard or the center console of the vehicle. This last type of support lacks robustness and also risks falling and breaking, for example during a sudden stop or a turn of the vehicle.

A vehicle dashboard equipped with a portable electronic device support device containing a frame for holding a portable electronic device that can be moved between an operational position and a stowed position is known in particular. In this case, the support clings to the dashboard, reducing the space available on it.

Patent DE 102006045323 A1 describes a rail associated with the upper part of a glove box in a motor vehicle, on which an arm accompanied by a support can be fixed, to allow an electronic device to be installed in front of the user.

However, such a solution has drawbacks because, in particular, it does not allow the arm to be folded in order to store it in the glove box.

The invention therefore aims to solve these drawbacks by proposing a support system for a portable electronic device adapted to a glove box, which allows deployment of a rotary arm in the passenger compartment and folding of the arm in the glove box. gloves.

Thanks to the system according to the invention, the glove box is kept half open when the arm is deployed and is nominally closed when the arm is stored.

To this end, the present invention relates to a support system for an electrical appliance intended to be fitted to a glove box in a vehicle passenger compartment, comprising a rotary arm configured to deploy from the glove box towards the passenger compartment, the glove box having a cover for closing a storage cavity, the system further comprising at least one support for at least one latch, said at least one latch having a retracted position, in which, the rotary arm being folded in the storage cavity, the lid is adapted to close the storage cavity without leaving a space between the lid and said storage cavity, and a deployed position, in which, the rotary arm being deployed out of the storage cavity , the lid is adapted to be folded down so as to close the storage cavity leaving a space between the lid and said storage cavity, to allow passage of the deployed rotary arm, the lid having blocking means configured to engage in said at least one latch so as to leave the glove box ajar.

Advantageously, the system comprises a base intended to be fixed in the storage cavity of the glove box, in which the rotary arm comprises a translating segment, capable of translating in a guide of the base, an intermediate segment mounted pivoting relative to the translating segment and a receiving segment pivotally mounted relative to the intermediate segment and intended to receive the electronic device.

Advantageously, said at least one support for at least one latch comprises a support and a latch, the support being intended to be fixed to an internal wall of the storage cavity of the glove box and the latch being configured to rotate 90 ° so as to move said keeper from the folded position to the deployed position, and vice versa.

Advantageously, the system comprises, at the free end of the reception segment, a support for receiving the electronic device.

Advantageously, the system comprises an electronic device attachment element adapted to be attached to the electronic device and to be clipped onto the receiving support.

Advantageously, the storage cavity comprises two striker supports and two strikers, respectively on each side of the storage cavity.

Advantageously, the system comprises at least one anti-vibration wedge placed at the mechanical interface between the rotary arm and the storage cavity.

Advantageously, the system comprises a bolt for locking the rotary arm once deployed, said bolt being configured to block the pivot between the translating segment and the intermediate segment when, at the end of a rotational movement of the intermediate segment around said pivot, the bolt is found vis-à-vis an opening in the end of the intermediate segment belonging to said pivot, opening in which engages the bolt, pushed by a spring which is compressed when the rotary arm is in the folded position.

The present invention also relates to a glove box assembly comprising a storage cavity, a cover and a support system for an electronic device as briefly described above, fixed in said storage cavity.

The present invention also relates to a vehicle comprising a dashboard with a glove box arranged in the dashboard, said vehicle further comprising a support system for an electrical appliance as briefly described above, said support system of an electronic device being fitted to said glove box.

The invention will be better understood on reading the following description, given solely by way of example, and referring to the accompanying drawings given by way of non-limiting examples, in which identical references are given to similar objects. and on which:

is a schematic representation of a device according to the invention, installed on a glove box, in the open position;

is a schematic representation of a device according to the invention, without electronic apparatus, fixed in a glove box storage cavity, the cover of the glove box being omitted;

is a schematic representation, side view, of the device according to the invention, alone, during deployment;

is a schematic representation, side view, of the device according to the invention, in the deployed position.

It should be noted that the figures expose the invention in detail to implement the invention, said figures can of course be used to better define the invention if necessary.

In the following, the invention is described mainly in the context of an implementation in a motor vehicle. However, the implementation of the device according to the invention in any land vehicle is also covered by the present invention.

Figures 1 to 4 show a portable electronic device support system 1 according to the invention, fitted to a vehicle glove box, said glove box being partially visible.

A portable electronic device, for example a tablet, is intended to be fixed on the portable electronic device support system 1 and is adapted to be oriented so as to face the passenger in order to facilitate the viewing of the screen of display. The portable electronic device support 1 comprises for example a receiving support 2.

The portable electronic device can be clipped onto the receiving support 2 of the portable electronic device support 1. According to the embodiment shown, an electronic device fixing element 40 can provide an intermediary function, by being fixed to the electronic device, for example clipped, on the one hand, and being fixed, for example clipped, on the receiving support 2, on the other hand.

The portable electronic device support system 1 comprises locking interfaces, in other words strikers 8A, 8B movably mounted in respective striker holders.

According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2, the latches 8A, 8B are arranged on either side of a storage cavity 7 arranged in the dashboard, in other words a storage compartment, closed by a glove box cover 9.

Each striker 8A, 8B has two positions. In a first position, called retracted, the latches are oriented such that their locking end is located downwards. In a second position, called offset, the locking ends are oriented towards the outside of the glove box, in particular turned at 90° with respect to the orientation that they have in the retracted position.

More specifically, the locking ends of the latches 8A, 8B are arranged, in an offset position, so as to allow engagement of complementary locking means belonging to the storage cavity 7 of the glove box, such that said cavity storage 7 is locked in said latches 8A, 8B, while leaving the glove box ajar. In other words, there remains, in the locked position of the storage cavity 7 in the latches 8A, 8B in the offset position, a space between the cover 9 and the storage cavity 7.

Said space is adapted to allow passage of the rotary arm 3 in the deployed position.

According to the invention, the electronic device support system 1 comprises a base 6. The base 6 is fixed in the storage cavity 7 of the glove box, for example on an internal upper face of said storage cavity 7 and a portion of the rotary arm 3 is mounted in translation relative to said base 6.

Indeed, the rotary arm 3 has a translation segment 31, an intermediate segment 32 and a reception segment 33, said segments being pivotally mounted. Thus, the translating segment 31 is mounted capable of translating in a guide, in particular a rail, arranged in the base 6, the intermediate segment 32 is pivotally mounted relative to the translating segment 31 and the receiving segment 33 is pivotally mounted relative to to the intermediate segment 32 and intended to include the reception support 2.

In practice, the support system 1 of an electronic device according to the invention operates as follows, with reference to Figures 1 to 4.

Starting from a folded position of the system, in which the rotary arm 3 is folded into the glove box, to deploy the system, the glove box is opened by tilting the cover 9.

Once the glove box is open, the support system 1 of an electronic device according to the invention is accessed.

As mentioned above, the strikers 8A, 8B have a retracted position in which their fixing end is turned towards the inside of the glove box, for example downwards. To place the latches 8A, 8B in an offset position, they are rotated so as to make them protrude, in other words prominent, with respect to the storage cavity 7.

For example, the strikers 8A, 8B are configured so that when one presses with the fingers on each side of the striker support 8A, 8B, one disengages a spring system locking the striker 8A, 8B in the retracted position and one rotates 90° outward from the storage cavity 7 before releasing the pressure to lock, thanks to the spring system, the striker plate 8A, 8B in the offset position.

After handling, the locking ends of the latches 8A, 8B protrude outside the storage cavity 7 of the glove box. Thus, when the cover 9 is closed, the complementary locking means, provided on the outer surfaces of said cover 9, which are configured to cooperate with the locking ends of the latches 8A, 8B, are locked in said locking ends of latches 8A, 8B, in remote position. The glove box is thus kept in the half-open position.

Preferably, a gripping zone is provided on the rotating arm 3, to allow the deployment of said rotating arm 3.

To deploy the rotary arm 3, the rotary arm 3 is made to perform a translation vis-à-vis the base 6. Thus, the translating segment 31 slides in the guide of the base 6. Arrived at the end of the stroke of the translation of the translation segment 31, the intermediate segment 32 pivots around an axis at the junction between the translation segment 31 and said intermediate segment 32.

For example, the gripping zone, on the rotary arm 3, is located at the level of the reception zone 2 located at the end of the reception segment 33 of the rotary arm 3.

The rotation of the intermediate 32 and reception 33 segments around the respective pivots, that is to say around the pivots located respectively between the intermediate segment 32 and the translation segment 31 on the one hand, and between the reception segment 33 and the intermediate segment 32 on the other hand, allows the deployment of the rotary arm 3 towards the outside of the glove box and then upwards, so that a portable electronic device can be fixed on the reception area 2 , for example via an intermediate fixing element 40 .

Arrived at the end of its deployment, the rotary arm 3 is held in position by a locking means.

For example, a spring expands in a guide of the base 6 to push a bolt 5 secured to the translating segment 31, said bolt 5 blocking the pivot between the translating segment 31 and the intermediate segment 32, when the intermediate segment 32 is deployed, the bolt 5 being inserted into a cavity of the pivot to block the rotation.

Finally, the lid 9 is folded down to engage additional locking means provided on the lid 9 in the latches 8A, 8B in the offset position, the lid 9 thus being locked in the half-open position of the glove box.

To fold the support system 1 of an electronic device according to the invention, the cover 9 of the latches 8A, 8B is released in the offset position in order to open the glove box. The rotary arm 3 is pulled outwards to release the bolt 5 from the cavity provided in the intermediate segment 32, at the level of the pivot, and the rotation of the rotary arm 3 is initiated downwards, so as to fold the segment of reception 33 and the intermediate segment 32 towards the inside of the glove box. The receiving segment 33 and the intermediate segment 32 fold up, then the translating segment 31 is translated towards the bottom of the storage cavity 7 by compressing any spring.

According to one embodiment, anti-vibration shims are also provided to absorb the vibrations of the rotary arm 3, in particular when the vehicle in which the system is installed is running.

The anti-vibration blocks are arranged on at least one segment of the rotary arm, in particular on the intermediate segment 32, to form the mechanical interface between the rotary arm 3 and the storage cavity 7 of the glove box.

Claims (10)

Support system for an electronic device (1) intended to be fitted to a glove box in a vehicle interior, comprising a rotary arm (3) configured to deploy from the glove box to the passenger compartment, the gloves having a cover (9) for closing a storage cavity (7), the system further comprising at least one support for at least one keeper (8A, 8B), said at least one keeper (8A, 8B) having a retracted position, in which, the rotating arm (3) being folded into the storage cavity (7), the cover (9) is adapted to close the storage cavity (7) without leaving any space between the cover (9) and said storage cavity (7), and an extended position, in which, with the rotary arm (3) being extended out of the storage cavity (7), the cover (9) is adapted to be folded down so to close the storage cavity (7) leaving a space between the cover (9) and said storage cavity (7), to leave the passage of the deployed rotary arm (3), the cover (9) having locking means configured to engage in said at least one strike (8A, 8B) so as to leave the glove box ajar. A support system for an electronic device (1) according to claim 1, comprising a base (6) intended to be fixed in the storage cavity (7) of the glove box, in which the rotary arm (3) comprises a translating segment (31), capable of translating in a guide of the base (6), an intermediate segment (32) mounted to pivot relative to the translating segment (31) and a receiving segment (33) mounted to pivot relative to the segment intermediate (32) and intended to receive the electronic device. Support system of an electronic device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one support of at least one keeper (8A, 8B) comprises a support and a keeper (8A, 8B), the support being intended to be fixed to an internal wall of the storage cavity (7) of the glove box and the keeper (8A, 8B) being configured to rotate 90 ° so as to pass said keeper (8A, 8B) from the stowed position to the deployed position, and vice versa. An electronic device support system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising, at the free end of the receiving segment (33), a receiving support (2) of the electronic device. An electronic device support system (1) according to the preceding claim, comprising an electronic device fixing element (40) adapted to be fixed to the electronic device and to be clipped onto the receiving support (2). Support system for an electronic device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the storage cavity (7) comprises two striker supports and two strikers (8A, 8B), respectively on each side of the storage cavity. storage (7). Support system for an electronic device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one anti-vibration wedge arranged at the mechanical interface between the rotary arm (3) and the storage cavity (7). An electronic device support system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a bolt (5) for locking the rotary arm (3) when deployed, said bolt (5) being configured to lock the pivot between the translating segment (31) and the intermediate segment (32) when, at the end of a rotational movement of the intermediate segment (32) around said pivot, the bolt (5) is found opposite an opening provided in the end of the intermediate segment (32) belonging to said pivot, opening into which the bolt (5) engages, pushed by a spring which is compressed when the rotary arm (3) is in the folded position. Glove box assembly comprising a storage cavity (7), a cover (9) and a support system for an electronic device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, fixed in said storage cavity (7). Vehicle comprising an instrument panel with a glove box fitted in the instrument panel, said vehicle further comprising a support system for an electronic device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, said support system for an electronic device (1) being fitted on said glove box.