JP2003002059A - Storage device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage device for vehicle capable of certainly releasing a lock even if any position of a door is pushed at the storage device provided with a push open type lock mechanism. SOLUTION: The push open type storage device 10 has a retainer 20, a door 30, a lock mechanism, a seal member 50 and a plate 60. The seal member 50 is supported to the door 30 side of the retainer 20 and the door 30 and has a seal part 51 contacted with a periphery edge part 21a of a storage part 21 of the retainer 20 when the door 30 is positioned at a closed position. The seal part 51 has a contact part 52 contacted with the periphery edge part 21a of the storage part 21 of the retainer 20 when the door 30 is positioned at the closed position; and a stroke absorbing part 53 deformed itself when the door 30 is pushed into a push-in position from the closed position. The plate 60 is arranged at the door 30 side displaceably against the door 30.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle storage device. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vehicle storage device 1 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a retainer 2 having a housing portion 2a, a door 3 rotatably mounted on the retainer 2, and a door 3 that is automatically locked when the door 3 is closed and pushed in from the locked position. A push-open type lock portion for releasing the lock, a plate spring type plate 5 attached to the door 3, and a seal member attached to the plate 5 and which comes into contact with the opening peripheral portion 2b of the housing portion 2a of the retainer 2 when the door 3 is closed. And 6. The plate 5 is made of metal when the vehicle storage device 1 is a vehicle ashtray device. When the door 3 in the closed position is pushed in to release the lock, the plate 5 deforms itself to generate a pushing stroke (from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 9 to the position indicated by the dotted line, the plate 5 causes a pushing stroke). . When the door 3 is closed, the seal member 6 comes into contact with the opening peripheral edge 2 b of the housing 2 a of the retainer 2. [0003] However, the conventional vehicle storage device 1 has the following problems (problems). When the plate 5 is made of metal, the spring force (restoring force, repulsive force) of the plate 5 is large. Therefore, when the door 3 is pushed in, the repulsive force applied to the door 3 from the plate 5 is large. As a result, when the lock is provided only on one side surface of the vehicle storage device 1 in the vehicle left-right direction, when the vehicle left-right direction end portion of the door 3 on which the lock portion is not provided is pushed in, When the door 3 is deformed, the stroke for unlocking on the side of the door 3 on which the lock portion is provided may become insufficient, and the door 3 may not be unlocked (the door may not be opened). SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle storage device having a push-open type locking mechanism, in which the door can be reliably unlocked by pressing any position of the door (a stroke amount for unlocking can be reliably obtained).
A storage device for a vehicle is provided. [0004] The present invention to achieve the above object is as follows. A retainer, a door, a lock mechanism, a seal member, and a plate, wherein the retainer has an accommodation portion, and the door is at a position beyond the open position and the closed position of the retainer. The lock mechanism is rotatably mounted between a certain push-in position and constantly biased in the opening direction, and the lock mechanism locks the door when the door is in the closed position and pushes the door from the closed position. A push-open type for unlocking by pushing the seal member into a position, wherein the seal member is supported on the door side of the retainer and the door, and the opening of the accommodation portion of the retainer when the door is in the closed position. A sealing portion for contacting a peripheral portion, the sealing portion closing the door when the door is in the closed position, and a contact portion for contacting an opening peripheral portion of the receiving portion of the retainer; It has a stroke absorbing portion is itself when pushed into the push-in position deformed from the plate is displaceably arranged relative to the door to the door side, the storage device for vehicles. In the vehicle storage device of the present invention, the stroke required for locking / unlocking is given not by the spring deformation of the plate but by the deformation of the seal portion of the seal member (for example, a rubber seal member). When the sealing member is made of a soft resin (for example, rubber), the spring force (restoring force, repulsion force) of the stroke absorbing portion of the sealing portion is caused by deforming the metal plate to generate a pushing stroke. Less than the spring force of the plate. Therefore, when the door is pushed in, the repulsive force applied to the door from the seal member is
It is smaller than the conventional repulsive force applied from the plate to the door. As a result, even when the lock portion is provided only on one side surface of the vehicle storage device in the vehicle left-right direction and the door is pushed in at the vehicle left-right end on the side where the lock portion is not provided. However, the door is not deformed, or the amount of deformation is negligible even if it is deformed. Therefore, the unlocking stroke can be reliably taken at the vehicle left-right end on the side where the locking portion is provided, the unlocking can be reliably performed, and the door can be opened. 1 to 4 show a storage device for a vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is applicable to the first and second embodiments of the present invention. 6 and 7 show a vehicle storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Example 1 of the present invention and Example 2 of the present invention
The same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the first and second embodiments of the present invention. First, portions common to the first embodiment of the present invention and the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 5, for example. Vehicle storage device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention
1 has a retainer 20, a door 30, a lock mechanism 40, a seal member 50, and a plate 60, as shown in FIGS. In the embodiment of the present invention, a case where the vehicle storage device 10 is a vehicle ashtray device installed on an instrument panel which is an interior member of the vehicle will be described as an example. However, the installation location of the vehicle storage device 10 is not limited to the instrument panel. Also,
The vehicle storage device 10 is not limited to a vehicle ashtray device. The retainer 20 is made of, for example, resin.
The retainer 20 has a housing 21 as shown in FIG. The housing 21 may be provided directly on the retainer 20 or may be provided on a box 22 detachably attached to the retainer 20 (in the illustrated example of the present invention, the housing 21 is provided on the box 22). Case is shown). The door 30 is made of, for example, resin. The door 30 opens and closes the storage section 21 of the retainer 20. Door 3
0 is the open position 30a and the closed position 30b as shown in FIG.
Is rotatably attached to the retainer 20 between the pushing position 30c and the pushing position 30c. The rotation axis 30d of the door 30 extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The door 30 is moved to the closed position 30 by a spring (not shown).
b to the open position 30a. The door 30 has an outer door 31 and an inner door 32, as shown in FIG. The outer door 31 forms a design surface of the door 30. The inner door 32 is fixedly attached to the outer door 31 from the back side of the outer door 31. Inner door 32
Prevents the back surface of the outer door 31 from being seen when the door is opened. The inner door 32 is provided with a not-shown claw on the inner door 32 and a not-shown claw receiving portion on the outer door 31, and the claw of the inner door 32 is engaged with the claw receiving portion of the outer door 31. It may be attached to the outer door 31 or may be attached to the outer door 31 using a screw or the like (not shown). The lock mechanism 40 automatically locks when the door 30 is closed, locks the door 30 when the door 30 is at the closed position 30b, and pushes the door 30 from the closed position 30b to the pushed-in position 30c. It is a push-open type that releases the lock. The seal member 50 is made of, for example, rubber. However, the sealing member 50 is not limited to the rubber 0, and may be a resin having excellent flame retardancy and being soft and elastic. The seal member 50 includes the retainer 20 and the door 30.
(In the first embodiment of the present invention, the seal member 50 is directly supported by the door 30,
In the second embodiment of the present invention, the seal member 50 is supported by the door 30 via the plate 60). Seal member 50
Has a seal portion 51 that comes into contact with the opening peripheral portion 21a of the housing portion 21 of the retainer 20 when the door 30 is at the closed position. The seal portion 51 has a contact portion 52 that comes into contact with the opening peripheral portion 21a of the housing portion 21 of the retainer 20 when the door 30 is in the closed position, and a seal portion 52 that pushes the door 30 from the closed position to the pushed position. Has a stroke absorbing portion 53 that deforms to generate a pushing stroke.
The contact portion 52 and the stroke absorbing portion 53 may be formed integrally, or may be formed separately and irremovably attached. The contact portion 52 is always in contact with the opening peripheral portion 21a when the door 30 is at the closed position, the pushed position, and between them. Stroke absorber 53
When the door 30 is in the closed position 30b, the pushed-in position 30c, or between them, the door 30 is not in a free state (a state where no spring force is generated, that is, a state where the distance from the free length is zero) but is in a state where a spring force is generated. is there. The plate 60 is made of metal or hard resin having fire resistance and heat resistance. The plate 60
The retainer 20 and the door 30 are disposed on the door 30 side. The plate 60 is floatingly supported by the door 30,
The door 30 can be displaced. Next, Embodiment 1 of the present invention and Embodiment 2 of the present invention
The operation of the common part will be described. The stroke required for locking / unlocking is given not by the spring deformation of the plate 60 but by the deformation of the sealing portion 51 of the rubber sealing member 50. When the seal member 50 is made of a soft resin (for example, rubber), the spring force (restoring force, repulsive force) of the stroke absorbing portion 53 of the seal portion 51 deforms a metal plate to generate a pushing stroke. Is smaller than the spring force of the plate when Therefore, the door 30
Is pressed from the seal member 50 to the door 30 is smaller than the conventional repulsive force applied to the door from the plate. As a result, when the lock mechanism 40 is provided only on one side surface of the vehicle storage device 10 in the vehicle left-right direction, and the door 30 is pushed in at the vehicle left-right direction end on the side where the lock mechanism 40 is not provided. However, the door 30 is not deformed, or has a negligible amount of deformation even if it is deformed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably take the unlocking stroke at the lateral end of the vehicle on the side where the lock mechanism 40 is provided, to reliably release the lock, and to open the door 30. Next, parts unique to each embodiment of the present invention will be described. In Embodiment 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the seal member 50 is directly supported by the door 30 (attached to the door 30). The sealing portion 51 of the sealing member 50 has a U-shaped cross section when the stroke absorbing portion 53 is not deformed, the U-shaped bottom is the contact portion 52, and the leg rising from the bottom is the stroke absorbing portion. 5
3. The plate 60 is supported by the seal member 50. For the support, for example, a nail is provided on the plate 60,
This is performed by providing a hole in the seal member 50 on which the claw of the plate 60 is hooked, and hooking the claw of the plate 60 in the hole of the seal member 50. The plate 60 includes the sealing member 5.
When the zero stroke absorbing portion 53 is deformed, it is displaced with respect to the door 30. In the first embodiment of the present invention, since the plate 60 is supported by the seal member 50, the plate 60 can be inclined in any direction with respect to the door 30. Therefore, even if the retainer 20 is deformed during molding, the deformation of the retainer 20 can be absorbed by tilting the plate 60 with respect to the door 30. In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the seal member 50 is supported by the plate 60 (attached to the plate 60). The cross-sectional shape of the sealing portion 51 of the sealing member 50 is
a and a cross-sectionally bent side portion 51b provided on the upper surface of the rectangular parallelepiped portion 51a. Sectional rectangular parallelepiped part 51a
Is a solid section. The lower end of the cross-sectionally bent side portion 51b is connected to the rectangular parallelepiped portion 51a, and the upper end of the bent-side cross-sectional shape portion 51b is a free end that is not connected to the door 30 or the plate 60. Sectional rectangular parallelepiped part 5
The bottom of 1a is the contact portion 52, and the cross-sectional bent side shape portion 51b
Are the stroke absorbing portions 53. The plate 60 is hooked on the door inner 32 and the door outer 31.
And the door inner 32 can be displaced. The plate 60 is displaced with respect to the door 30 when the stroke absorbing portion 53 of the seal member 50 is deformed. In the second embodiment of the present invention, since the plate 60 is displaceably hooked to the door inner 32 with respect to the door 30, the plate 60 can be inclined in any direction with respect to the door 30. Therefore, the retainer 20
When the plate 60 is deformed at the time of molding, the deformation of the retainer 20 can be absorbed by the plate 60 being inclined with respect to the door 30. According to the first aspect of the invention, the stroke required for locking / unlocking is determined not by the spring deformation of the plate but by the sealing portion of the sealing member (for example, a rubber sealing member). Deformed. When the seal member is made of a soft resin (for example, rubber), the spring force (restoring force, repulsive force) of the stroke absorbing portion of the seal portion is
It is smaller than the spring force of the plate when the pushing stroke is caused by deforming the metal plate. Therefore, when the door is pushed in, the repulsive force applied to the door from the seal member is smaller than the conventional repulsive force applied to the door from the plate. As a result, even when the lock portion is provided only on one side surface of the vehicle storage device in the vehicle left-right direction and the door is pushed in at the vehicle left-right end on the side where the lock portion is not provided. However, the door is not deformed, or the amount of deformation is negligible even if it is deformed. Therefore, the unlocking stroke can be reliably taken at the vehicle left-right direction end on the side where the lock portion is provided,
The lock can be released securely and the door can be opened.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the storage device for a vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the door is in a closed position (solid line) and when the door is in an open position (2).
FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle storage device according to the first embodiment of the present invention when a door is at a pushed-in position. FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the seal portion of FIG. 3 and its vicinity. FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view showing a positional relationship between an open position, a closed position, and a pushed position of a door, which is applicable to both the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the vehicle storage device according to the second embodiment of the present invention when the door is at a closed position. FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing the seal portion of FIG. 6 and its vicinity. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a lid, a seal member, and a plate of a conventional vehicle storage device. FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a conventional vehicle storage device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle storage device 20 Retainer 21 Storage portion 21a Opening peripheral portion 22 Box 30 Door 30a Open position 30b Close position 30c Push-in position 31 Outer door 32 Inner door 40 Lock mechanism 50 Seal member 51 Seal portion 52 Contact portion 53 Stroke absorbing part 60 Plate

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A retainer, a door, a lock mechanism, a seal member, and a plate, wherein the retainer has an accommodation portion, and the door is the retainer. At a position beyond the open position and the push-in position beyond the closed position, and is always urged in the open direction, and the lock mechanism is provided when the door is at the closed position. A push-open type that unlocks the door by locking the door and pushing the door from the closed position to the pushed position, wherein the seal member is supported on the door side of the retainer and the door, and the door is closed. When the door is in the closed position, the seal portion contacts the opening edge of the retainer housing when the door is in the closed position. It has a contact portion that contacts, and a stroke absorbing portion that deforms when the door is pushed from the closed position to the pushed position, and the plate is disposed on the door side so as to be displaceable with respect to the door. Storage device for vehicles.