JPH0891103A - Console box door lock structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [Purpose] The lock part to the console box is integrally molded with one die of the console box door. A recess 20 into which a finger can be inserted is provided at a front edge 18 or a lower edge of a side wall corresponding to a hinge member of a console box door, and left and right side plates 22 and a rear plate 23 are provided on an inner side surface corresponding to the recess 20. The bottom plate 24 and the bottom plate 24 form a convex support portion 21 having a hollow portion 25, and the rear plate 2 of the convex support portion 21 is formed.
3 is provided with a support piece 26 that extends downward, and extends from the lower end of the support piece 26 toward the recess 20 and has a locking piece 28 that locks with the locking part of the console box on the lower surface and is a flexible lever. The piece 27 is integrally formed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lock structure for a console box door attached to a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a console box 1 and a console box door 2 of this type are made by injection molding a synthetic resin material. One end of the door 2 is hinged to the box 1 as shown in FIGS. A lock member 5 is attached so as to be openable and closable (not shown), and a lock member 5 is attached to the rotation end side so as to be closed. In order to attach the lock member 5, tubular screw receivers 3 are vertically provided at predetermined intervals on the rotating end side of the door 2 as shown in FIG. Are attached by mounting screws 4. As shown in FIG. 8, the lock member 5 is formed with a mounting portion 6 having a mounting hole 7 mounted on the screw receiver 3 and a lever portion 8 having flexibility in a bent shape from the mounting portion 6. The locking claw 1 which is releasably locked with the locking portion 1a formed on the box 1 side.
A locking piece 9 having 0 is formed, and the spring member 1 for urging the lever portion 8 toward the locking side is formed substantially at the center of the mounting portion 6.
1 is attached. The lock member 5 formed in this manner is attached to the screw receiver 3 by the attaching screw 4.

[0003]

However, since the conventional console box door 2 has a construction in which the lock member 5 is formed separately and is attached to the screw receiver 3, the number of steps required for the step of assembling the lock member 5 is reduced. In addition, there is a problem that the cost is increased, and that the diameter of the base portion of the screw receiver 3 becomes large, which causes a sink mark S on the front surface side of the door 2 at the same portion to impair the external appearance. 5 to the screw receiver 3 with the mounting screw 12 is the same mounting screw 1
Since it is installed while being screwed by 2, the screw receiver 3 or the mounting hole 7 may be damaged.
If the tightening force due to 2 is large, it will rotate idly, resulting in poor tightening, and if the tightening is loose, there will be problems such as looseness in the lock and abnormal noise. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the lock portion to the console box can be integrally formed by one die of the console box door, and the conventional lock member assembling process can be performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lock structure for a console box door that can eliminate the above.

[0004]

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a lock structure for a console box door which is attached to a console box via a hinge member so as to be openable and closable. A concave portion into which a finger can be inserted is provided on the front edge corresponding to the member or on the lower edge side of the side wall, and a convex support portion having a hollow portion is formed on the inner surface corresponding to this concave portion by the left and right side plates, the rear plate and the bottom plate. A support piece is formed by extending the rear plate of the convex support portion downwardly, and extends from the lower end of the support piece toward the recess, and engages with the engagement portion of the console box on the lower surface. 1 is a lock structure of a console box door configured to integrally form a flexible lever piece having a piece.

[0005]

With the above construction, the conventional assembling process of the lock member can be eliminated and the assembling of the console box door to the console box can be saved.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a console box 1 with a console box door 15 (hereinafter simply referred to as a door) attached, and FIG. 2 is a door. Sectional view of the front edge 18 side of 15,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front edge 18 side as seen from below.
The door 15 is made of a synthetic resin material by a gas injection method, and has a top plate 16 and left and right side walls 17.
The front edge 18 and the rear edge 19 form a lid opening downward, and the left and right side walls 17 are formed with hollow portions 17a to be extremely thick.

Further, a concave portion 20 into which a finger of a hand can be inserted is formed in a predetermined range of the lower edge on the front edge 18 side. Two
3 and the bottom plate 24 form a convex support portion 21 having a hollow portion 25 having a substantially triangular shape, and the hollow portion 25 has a front edge 18
The left and right side walls 1 through a hollow portion (not shown) formed in the
7 is communicated with the hollow portion 17a.

Further, the rear plate 23 is extended downward by a predetermined length (a position substantially flush with the lower edge of the door 15) to support the support piece 2.
6 is formed, a lever piece 27 extending toward the recess 20 side is formed at the lower end of the support piece 26, and a gap 30 opening to the recess 20 side is formed between the support piece 26 and the bottom plate 24. The lower surface 27a of the piece 27 is formed substantially in the same direction as the lower edge of the door 15, the upper surface 27b is formed in an inclined shape, and the base side of the lever piece 27 is formed in a tapered cross section to provide elasticity. A locking piece 28 having a locking claw 29 at the lower end for locking the locking portion 1a of the console box 1 is formed at a predetermined position in the center of the lower surface of the lever piece 27.

A thick portion 24a is formed on the rear plate 23 side of the bottom plate 24 in the gap 30 between the lever piece 27 and the bottom plate 24, and a spring member is formed on the opening side of the thick portion 24a. Slit-shaped insertion hole 31 for inserting and locking 32
The spring member 3 is formed in the same insertion hole 31 and has a substantially C-shape, and has a claw 34 cut and raised on the insertion portion 33 side.
2 is inserted and locked, and the lever piece 27 is biased by the spring member 32.

Next, the establishment of the integration of the door 15 and the lock member by the molding die will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the molding portion of the front edge 18 of the molding die. 5 is a perspective view showing the door 1
5, the gap portion 3 formed by the bottom plate 24 of the convex support portion 21, the support piece 26, and the lever piece 27 is integrally formed in the lever piece 27.
0 (undercut) and lever piece 27 and locking piece 28
And an undercut portion between the locking claw 29,
Explaining the molding of this undercut portion, this door 15 is molded by the gas injection method, and the top plate 16, left and right side walls 17, front edge 1 of this door 15 are formed.
8 and the outer surface (design surface) of the rear edge 19 are formed by the fixed mold 35, and the inner surface of the door 15 is formed by the movable mold 36. The left and right side walls 17 and the front edge 18 are formed by gas injection. Although it is formed in an extremely thick shape having the hollow portions 17a and 25, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the outer shell by this gas injection, and it is possible to eliminate sink marks on the design surface, The weight can be reduced.

The undercut portion is molded by the slide core 37, and the undercut portion is arranged opposite to the slide cores 38a and 38b and the movable mold 3.
6 and the insertion hole 31 of the undercut portion is formed in the slide core 37. Slide cores 37, 38a arranged in this way,
When the mold is opened, 38b is slid by, for example, an angular pin, a fluid pressure cylinder, an inclined cam or the like to form an undercut portion, and the lever piece 27 is formed integrally with the convex support portion 21.

The front edge 18 of the door 15 formed in this way
On the side, since the lever piece 27 having the locking piece 28 is integrally formed on the convex support portion 21 formed on the inner side, the number of parts can be reduced and the conventional lock member can be obtained. Since the molding and assembling steps can be eliminated and the lock member can be integrally molded with one die, the number of production steps can be shortened and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to eliminate breakage, looseness, damage due to over-tightening, etc. due to the mounting screw 4, and to improve the appearance because the mounting screw 4 is not present when the door 15 is rotated.

In the above embodiment, the convex support portion 21 integrally formed with the lever piece 27 having the engaging piece 28 is provided on the front edge 18 side, but the invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which the console box 1 is laterally opened and closed to the left and right. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the gap member 30 is provided with the spring member 32 as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the spring member 32 can be omitted by selecting a resin material (polyacetal or the like), for example. You can

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of parts can be reduced and the conventional molding and assembling steps of the lock member can be eliminated, and one die can be used. With this, the lock member can be integrally formed, so that the number of production steps can be shortened and the cost can be reduced. Further, it is possible to eliminate breakage caused by the mounting screw, looseness, damage due to over-tightening, and the like, and since the mounting screw is not present when the console box door is rotated, the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a console box door is attached to a console box.

FIG. 2 (a) is a sectional view of a front edge side of a console box door. (b) It is a perspective view of a spring member.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front edge side of the console box door as viewed from below.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of molding by a mold on the front edge side of the console box door.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of forming an undercut portion by a die on the front edge side of the console box door.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view in which a console box door is attached to a conventional console box.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a front edge side of a conventional console box door.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional lock member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 15 Console Box Door 18 Front Edge 20 Concave 21 Convex Supporting Part 22 Side Plate 23 Rear Plate 24 Bottom Plate 25 Hollow Part 26 Supporting Piece 27 Lever Piece 28 Locking Piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lock structure for a console box door that is attached to a console box via a hinge member so as to be openable and closable, and a finger can be inserted into a front edge or a lower edge side of a side wall corresponding to the hinge member of the console box door. And a concave supporting portion having a hollow portion is formed by the left and right side plates, the rear plate and the bottom plate on the inner surface corresponding to the concave portion, and the rear plate of the convex supporting portion is extended downward. A structure in which a protruding support piece is provided, and a flexible lever piece is integrally formed that extends from the lower end of the support piece toward the recess and has a locking piece that locks with the locking portion of the console box on the lower surface. The lock structure of the console box door.