Device for openably supporting a lid and a cup holder utilizing the device

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a lid opening / closing support mechanism for opening / closing the lid of a cup holder provided in a center console of an automobile, and a cup holder.

【0002】

[Conventional technology]

It has been conventionally known to provide a cup holder on the center console of an automobile, and this conventional cup holder is simply formed by forming a recess on the upper surface of the center console without providing a lid (lid) to form a cup holder. In such a cup holder without a lid, dust tends to collect, so some cup holders are provided with a lid. The cup holder provided with the lid is a uniaxial type in which the lid is rotated by only one rotation shaft to open and close depending on the method of attaching the lid, and the cup holder is lowered when the lid is closed. There is a slide type that slides the lid upward once and then opens it.

【0003】

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, among the cup holders provided with such a lid, in the uniaxial type, the lid rotates around one rotation axis, so that the trajectory drawn by the tip of the lid becomes large and the lid It is necessary to take a large space for opening and closing, and it cannot be said that it is suitable for installation in a center console that requires space saving. Also, with the slide type, even if the lid is flush with the surroundings, the lid can be opened smoothly without interfering with the surrounding members, but since the lid slides upward once, it is a uniaxial type. As mentioned above, it is necessary to take a large space above the cup holder, and the mounting portion thereof is naturally limited.

【0004】

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lid opening / closing support mechanism and a cup holder that can take a small space for opening / closing the lid.

【0005】

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the lid opening / closing support mechanism of the present invention rotates on the first rotating shaft provided on the side surface of the lid and the first rotating shaft, and has a notch on the tip side and a shaft wearing passage. An arm member having a hole, an arc-shaped guide hole formed in a side surface of the lid along the locus of the tip of the arm member when the arm member rotates on the first rotation axis, and a lid. A first support member that protrudes like a shaft from the lid and inserts a guide hole and a notch at the tip of the arm member, moves along the guide hole according to the opening and closing of the lid, and comes into contact with one end of the guide hole when the lid is fully opened. It protrudes from the lid in a shaft shape, inserts the guide hole and the shaft wearing through hole at the tip of the arm member, moves along the guide hole according to the opening and closing of the lid, and comes into contact with the other end of the guide hole when the lid is almost closed. 2 When the lid opening / closing support mechanism has a support member and an urging force applying member that applies urging force to the first support member in the direction of the upper edge of the guide hole, and the opening degree of the lid is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle. The first support member is urged to one end side of the guide hole by an urging force and rotates on the first rotation axis via the arm member to fully open the lid, and when the opening of the lid is equal to or less than a predetermined angle, the first The support member is urged to the concave side provided in the guide hole by the urging force and rotates along one side surface of the notch of the arm member with the second support member in contact with the other end of the guide hole as the second rotation axis. It is characterized in that the lid is fully closed. Further, the cup holder of the present invention has a cup holder main body which has a cup storage portion inside and can be installed so that the lower surface is formed to suit the condition of the installation surface and the upper surface is a horizontal opening surface. It is characterized by having a lid that can be opened and closed with respect to the opening on the upper surface of the cup holder body, and a lid opening / closing support mechanism for supporting the lid body on the cup holder body so as to be openable and closable. Is.

【0006】

[Action]

As described above, according to the lid opening / closing support mechanism of the present invention, the first support member rotates on the first rotation axis when the opening degree of the lid is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle to fully open the lid, and the lid is opened. When the opening degree of the body is equal to or less than a predetermined angle, the lid body can be fully closed by rotating along one side surface of the notch of the arm member with the second support member in contact with the other end of the guide hole as the second rotation axis. Therefore, the turning radius when opening and closing the lid can be made smaller than when rotating only on the first rotating shaft (one rotating shaft). Further, according to the cup holder of the present invention, since the lower surface is formed so as to match the condition of the installation surface, the entire cup holder can be installed horizontally, and the lid opening / closing support mechanism is provided with two rotation shafts. Therefore, the space for opening and closing the lid can be reduced and the cup holder can be miniaturized.

【0007】

[Example]

Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The cup holder 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided on the center console 4 between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and includes a box-shaped cup holder body 2 mounted in the center console 4 in a submerged state. A cup via a lid opening / closing support mechanism 50,50 having its main portions 5,5 at one corner of the front side and rear side facing each other of the cup holder main body 2, and a lid opening / closing support mechanism 50,50. It is composed of a lid 3 that is pivotally attached to the holder body 2 and can be opened and closed with respect to the upper surface opening of the cup holder body 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the cup holder main body 2 has a step on the lower surface 21 to match the installation surface condition on the center console 4 side in order to make the upper surface a horizontal open opening surface, and cups and bottles are provided inside. , Cup storage parts 20, 20 for storing the lower half of cans, etc. are formed in two places in the length direction, and mounting members 13 for fixing the cup holder body 2 to the center console 4 at each corner of the outer circumference of the side wall. ... is provided. In addition, stoppers 15 and 15 that the lid 3 comes into contact with when fully closed are fitted and fixed to the through holes 14 and 14 provided at the two corners of the upper end surface.

【0008】

As described above, the main portions 5, 5 of the lid opening / closing support mechanisms 50, 50 are formed on the front side and the rear side of the cup holder main body 2 facing each other. The main portion 5 is formed in a region surrounded by a right-angled partition wall 51 erected at one corner of a side surface and a curved portion 52 connecting both ends of the right-angled partition wall 51 in an arc shape, and is an abbreviation for the right-angled partition wall 51. For the first rotating shaft 55 that rotatably attaches one end of the arm member 6 and the spring that rotatably attaches one end of the spring 7 from the intersecting angle portion 53 forming 90 ° toward the curved portion 52. A support shaft 56 is projected, and an arc-shaped guide hole 57 is formed between the spring support shaft 56 and the above-mentioned curved portion 52 along the curved portion 52. Further, at a position slightly deviated from the center of the guide hole 57 to one end side, the upper edge side of the guide hole 57 is recessed toward the curved portion 52 side to form a sub guide hole (recess) 58. A guide wall having the same height as the right-angled partition wall 51 is formed on the periphery of the guide hole 57 and the sub-guide hole 58.

【0009】

The lid 3 covering the upper surface opening of the cup holder main body 2 is a plate formed in accordance with the shape and size of the upper surface opening, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, one of the long sides 35 The side is thick enough to be easily hung with a finger when opening and closing, and the back surface is provided with convex portions 30, 30 along each short side at a position slightly inside the other long side 36 side from the center. Two through holes 31 and 32 are bored in parallel in the convex portion 30 in the same direction as the length direction of the lid 3. The through hole 31 is a through hole on the long side 35 side, and the through hole 32 is a through hole on the long side 36 side. A first support member 33 and a second support member 34, which are composed of a seat and a shaft portion, are inserted into these through holes 31 and 32, and the two shaft portions are projected outward to make the seat a convex portion. It is brought into contact with the side surface of 30 and fixed. Then, these shaft portions are inserted into the guide hole 57 and the other end side of the arm member 6.

【0010】

The arm member 6 has the same configuration except that the front side and the rear side of the cup holder main body 2 are symmetrical in shape and the front side arm member 6A is provided with the spring pressing member 65. Therefore, here, only the configuration of the front side arm member 6A will be described, and the description of the rear side arm member 6B will be omitted. The front arm member 6A has a thin plate shape in which the width gradually increases from one end side to the other end side, and the one end side thereof is fitted with the first rotating shaft 55 and rotatably attached to the shaft. A through hole 61 is bored, and on the other end side formed wide, a notch 62 through which the shaft portion of the first support member 33 is inserted and a notch 62 through which the shaft portion of the first support member 33 is inserted are fitted into the shaft portion of the second support member 34. There is a through hole 64 for movably shafting. Further, as described above, the spring pressing member 65 extends to one side end portion 66 of the front side arm member 6A.

【0011】

The spring (biasing force applying member) 7 is formed by spirally winding an elastic material of a streak, and under a normal no-load state, as shown in FIG. 10, a spiral urging force generating portion 71. The two ends 72 and 73 extend by a predetermined angle around the center.

【0012】

When the first and second support members 33, 34, arm member 6, and spring 7 of the lid 3 described above are assembled to the main portion 5 to form the lid opening / closing support mechanism 50, first, the first and second supports The members 33 and 34 are inserted into the guide holes 57 of the main part 5 to protrude from the guide holes 57, and then a load is applied to the spring 7 to narrow the angle between the ends 72 and 73 slightly. 72, 73 are rotatably attached to the first support member 33 and the support shaft 56 for the spring to assemble the spring 7, and then the first support member 33 is inserted into the notch 62 of the arm member 6 and the arm is also inserted. The first rotating shaft 55 and the second supporting member 34 are rotatably attached to the through holes 61 and 64 of the member 6, and the arm member 6 is assembled. When configured in this way, the spring 7 is urged in a direction in which the first support member 33 is constantly pressed against the upper edge of the guide hole 57 with the spring support shaft 56 as a fulcrum. Further, the first and second support members 33 and 34 move while being guided by the guide hole 57 or the sub guide hole 58 as the lid 3 is opened and closed, and the lid 3 of the second support member 34 is fully closed. The sub-guide hole 58 is formed at a position corresponding to the first support member 33 at the time when it is in contact with one end side of the guide hole 57 in the front, and the first support member 33 is in the fully open state of the lid 3. Will come into contact with the other end side of the guide hole 57.

【0013】

The action of opening and closing the lid 3 in the lid opening / closing support mechanism 50 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 15. First, the neutral state of the lid 3 will be described. When the lid 3 is in a state as shown in FIG. 11, that is, when the lid 3 is opened so that the first rotating shaft 55, the spring support shaft 56, and the first support member 33 are in a straight line, the spring 7 The urging force (torsion spring force) does not act in the opening direction or the closing direction of the lid body 3, and the lid body 3 stops at a predetermined angle and maintains a neutral state. When the lid 3 is closed as much as possible from this neutral state and the opening degree of the lid 3 is set to a predetermined angle or less, the urging force of the spring 7 acts on the first support member 33 with the spring support shaft 56 as a fulcrum. As a result, the lid 3 is forcibly closed. At the start of this operation, the first support member 33 and the second support member 34 rotate around the first rotation shaft 55 via the arm member 6 and move along the guide hole 57. Due to this movement, the lid 3 also operates in the closing direction with the first rotation axis 55 as the fulcrum. After that, before the lid 3 is fully closed, the second support member 34 comes into contact with one end of the guide hole 57, so that the first support member 33 receiving the urging force of the spring 7 newly replaces the second support member 34. It moves along the side surface 63 of the notch 62 as a proper rotation axis (second rotation axis) and enters the sub guide hole 58. By moving from the guide hole 57 to the sub guide hole 58, the lid 3 also operates in the closing direction with the second support member 34 in contact with one end of the guide hole 57 as a fulcrum, and the lid 3 is in a fully closed state. (Figs. 13 and 14). When the lid 3 is fully closed, a urging force in the X direction is always acting on the first support member 33 with the second support member 34 in contact with one end of the guide hole 57 as a new fulcrum. The lid 3 is in a tightly closed state.

【0014】

On the other hand, when the lid 3 is further opened from the above neutral state and the opening degree of the lid 3 is set to a predetermined angle or more, the urging force of the spring 7 acts on the first support member 33 with the spring support shaft 56 as a fulcrum. , The lid 3 is forcibly opened, and the first support member 33 and the second support member 34 rotate around the first rotation shaft 55 via the arm member 6 along the guide hole 57. Move in the open direction. Due to this movement, the lid 3 also moves in the opening direction with the first rotation axis 55 as the fulcrum, and the lid 3 is fully opened (Fig. 15). When the lid 3 is fully opened, a urging force in the Y direction is always acting on the first support member 33 with the first rotation shaft 55 as a fulcrum, so that the lid 3 is forcibly opened. ..

【0015】

In the above description, since the spring 7 is commonly used for both the front side and the rear side lid opening / closing support mechanism 50, the end portion 73 on the upper end side of the spring 7 is shown in FIG. 16 on the front side. As shown in FIG. 17, the spring support shaft 56 is pivotally attached, and the rear side is pivotally attached to the first support member 33 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when opening and closing the lid 3, it is necessary to always press the upper end side of the spring 7 toward the side surface of the cup holder body 2. Therefore, on the front side, the spring pressing member 65 provided on the arm member 6 is used, and on the rear side, one side end portion 66 of the arm member presses the upper end side of the spring 7. In this way, the spring 7, which requires a lot of man-hours to manufacture and is expensive, is used as a common part, and the arm member 6 that can be manufactured relatively easily and inexpensively is divided into two types, the front side arm member 6A and the rear side arm member 6B. , The lid opening / closing support mechanism 50 can be assembled at a lower cost.

【0016】

As described above, in this embodiment, when the opening degree of the lid body 3 is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle, the first support member 33 is rotated by the first rotation shaft 55 to fully open the lid body 3, and the lid body 3 is opened. When the degree is equal to or less than a predetermined angle, the first support member 34 is brought into contact with one end of the guide hole 57, and the second support member 34 is used as the second rotation axis to rotate along one side surface 63 of the notch 62 to rotate the lid 3 Because the lid 3 is fully closed, the lid 3 is opened and closed by two rotation axes, and the rotation radius when opening and closing the lid is smaller than when rotating only by the first rotation axis (one rotation axis) 55. It can be easily installed even in a narrow installation space. Further, since the lower surface of the cup holder 1 in this embodiment is formed so as to match the condition of the installation surface, the entire cup holder can be installed horizontally, and the lid opening / closing support mechanism 50 described above is adopted. Since two rotating shafts are provided, the space for opening and closing the lid can be reduced to reduce the size of the cup holder, and it can be installed even in a narrow center console.

【0017】

[Effect of the invention]

As described above, according to the lid opening / closing support mechanism of the present invention, the lid is opened and closed by two rotation axes, so that when the lid is opened and closed, the lid is opened and closed as compared with the case where the lid is rotated by only one rotation axis. The turning radius can be reduced, and it can be easily installed even in a narrow installation space. Further, according to the cup holder of the present invention, since the lower surface is formed so as to match the condition of the installation surface, the entire cup holder can be installed horizontally regardless of the condition of the installation surface, and two rotations are further performed. Since the lid opening / closing support mechanism having a shaft is adopted, the space for opening / closing the lid can be reduced to reduce the size of the cup holder, and it can be installed even in a narrow center console.

[Simple explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1]

It is a perspective view of a center console.

[Figure 2]

It is a perspective view from the front side of a cup holder.

[Fig. 3]

It is a perspective view from the front side of a cup holder main body.

[Fig. 4]

It is a side view of the front side of a lid body.

[Fig. 5]

It is a perspective view from the front side of a lid body.

[Fig. 6]

It is a front view of the front side arm member.

[Fig. 7]

It is a side view of the front side arm member.

[Fig. 8]

It is a front view of the rear side arm member.

[Fig. 9]

It is a side view of the rear side arm member.

[Fig. 10]

It is a perspective view of a spring.

[Fig. 11]

It is a figure for demonstrating the action of opening and closing a lid.

[Fig. 12]

It is a figure for demonstrating the action of opening and closing a lid.

[Fig. 13]

It is a figure for demonstrating the action of opening and closing a lid.

[Fig. 14]

It is a figure for demonstrating the action of opening and closing a lid.

[Fig. 15]

It is a figure for demonstrating the action of opening and closing a lid.

[Fig. 16]

It is a figure which shows the pressing state of the spring on the front side.

[Fig. 17]

It is a figure which shows the pressing state of the spring on the rear side.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 cup holder 2 Cup holder body 3 lid 4 Center console 5 Main part of lid opening / closing support mechanism 6 Arm member 7 spring 20 cup storage 33 1st support member 34 Second support member 50 Lid opening / closing support mechanism 55 1st rotation axis 56 Support shaft for spring 57 Guide hole 58 Secondary guide hole (recess)