JPH0127966Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an improvement of a glove box support device for supporting a glove box disposed on an instrument panel of an automobile body, for example.

Generally, an instrument panel located in front of the front seat of an automobile includes various instruments and storage for small items such as a glove box.
As this glove box, holders 1 as shown in FIG. 1 are attached to the attachment parts of the glove box formed on the vehicle body side, for example, on both sides of the opening of the instrument panel, and holders 1 as shown in FIG. The rotating shaft 3 is rotatably held by the bearing part 1a of the holder 1, and the free end side of the glove box body 2 is supported so as to be openable and closable from the open position where it is tilted forward to the closed position where it is pulled up. are known. Further, a notch 4 is formed in the bearing portion 1a of the holder 1, through which the rotating shaft 3 can be attached and detached when the glove box main body 2 is rotated to the open position. Therefore, the glove box body 2
When the glove box body 2 is rotated to the open position, it can be easily attached to and detached from the attachment part on the vehicle body, and when the glove box body 2 is rotated to the closed position, it is locked by an appropriate locking mechanism. Thus, the glove box body 2 is removably locked in the closed position. However, with the conventional configuration described above, when an impact force is applied to the vehicle body, such as in the case of a rear-end collision, the rotation shaft 3 of the glove box body 2 tends to come off from the holder 1, which poses a safety problem. It was hot.

This idea was devised in consideration of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to prevent the pivot shaft of the glove box from coming off the holder even when an impact force is applied to the vehicle body, thereby increasing safety. An object of the present invention is to provide a glove box support device that can improve the performance of the glove box.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. In Figures 2 to 5, 1
1 is an instrument panel on the vehicle body side, and 12 is a glove box body. This instrument panel 11 has an opening for attaching a glove box, and holders 13 shown in FIG. 3 are attached to both sides of the lower end of this opening. This holder 13 has a substantially ring-shaped bearing portion 1.
4, and a notch 15 for attachment and detachment is formed in the bearing portion 14 diagonally upward toward the inside of the vehicle interior. The glove box main body 12 is formed by a front plate 16, side plates 17, 17 (only one side plate 17 is shown), and a back plate 18, and has an open top surface. Furthermore, rotating shafts 19 shown in FIG. 4 are attached to the lower ends of both side plates 17, 17 of the glove box main body 12, respectively. The rotation shaft 19 of the glove box body 12 is rotatably held by the bearing part 14 of the holder 13, and the free end side (upper end side) of the glove box body 12 is moved forward from the open position. This free end side is supported so as to be openable and closable up to the closed position where it is pulled up. Furthermore, the rotation shaft 19 of the glove box body 12 is connected to the holder 1.
3 through a notch 15 so that it can be attached and detached. Furthermore, a holder 1 is attached to this rotation shaft 19.
A substantially L-shaped engaging pawl 20 is provided at a position away from the fitting portion 19a with the bearing portion 14 of No. 3. Further, a stopper 21 is provided protruding from the lower end of the outer peripheral surface of the bearing portion 14 of the holder 13 . This stopper 21 is extended to a position where it engages with the engaging pawl 20 when the glove box main body 12 is moved to the closed position. When the glove box main body 12 is rotated to the closed position, the engaging pawl 20 engages with the stopper 21 from the side opposite to the inside of the vehicle. Further, as the glove box main body 12 is rotated from the closed position shown in FIG. 2 to the open position shown in FIG. 5, the engaging pawl 20 is rotated clockwise in FIG. It is starting to deviate from the
In this state, the rotation axis 1 of the glove box body 12
9 can be attached to and detached from the holder 13 via a notch 15. The glove box main body 12 is adapted to be removably locked by an appropriate locking mechanism when it is rotated to the closed position.

Therefore, in the case of the above structure, the engaging claw 20 is placed on the rotating shaft 19 side of the glove box body 12, and the engaging claw 20 is placed on the holder 13 side when the glove box body 12 is rotated to the closed position. Since the stopper 21 that engages with the glove box body 12 is provided, if an impact force is applied to the vehicle body such as in a rear-end collision while the glove box body 12 is held in the closed position, the engaging pawl on the glove box body 12 side 20 hits the stopper 21, and the rotating shaft 19 of the glove box body 12 hits the bearing part 1 of the holder 13.
It is designed to reliably prevent it from falling out of 4. Therefore, when an impact force is applied to the vehicle body, there is no risk that the glove box main body 12 will come off from the mounting portion on the vehicle body side and hit an occupant in the vehicle interior, thereby improving safety. Furthermore, when the glove box main body 12 is rotated to the open position, the engaging pawl 20 is disengaged from the stopper 21, so that the glove box main body 12 can be rotated relative to the holder 13 while the glove box main body 12 is in the open/close position. The shaft 19 can be easily attached and detached.

It should be noted that this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of this invention.

As explained above, according to this invention, an engaging pawl is provided on the rotating shaft of the glove box body, and a stopper is provided that engages with the engaging pawl when the glove box body is rotated to the closed position. This stopper can prevent the glove box main body from coming off from the holder when an impact force is applied to the vehicle body while the glove box main body is held in the closed position.
Safety can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of a conventional example, Figs. 2 to 5 show an embodiment of this invention, and Fig. 2 shows a state in which the glove box main body is held in the closed position. 3 is a perspective view showing the holder, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the rotation axis of the glove box main body, and FIG. 5 shows the glove box main body held in the open position. It is a side view of the important part shown. 12... Glove box body, 13... Holder, 15... Notch, 19... Rotating shaft, 20...
...Engaging claw, 21...Stopper.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A holder is attached to the mounting portion of the glove box formed on the vehicle body side, and rotation shafts provided at both lower ends of the glove box body are rotatably held by this holder, and the free ends of the glove box body are rotatably held by the holder. The glove box body is supported so as to be openable and closable around the pivot shaft from an open position where the side is tilted forward to a closed position where the glove box is pulled up. In a glove box support device in which a notch is formed for attaching and detaching a shaft, an engaging pawl is provided on the rotating shaft of the glove box main body, and the engaging pawl is provided in the glove box main body when the glove box main body is rotated to a closed position. A glove box support device characterized in that the holder is provided with a stopper that engages with the mating claw and prevents the glove box main body from coming off from the holder when an impact force is applied to the vehicle body.