JPH10236232A - Car floor console - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide an automobile floor console that can be attached to and detached from the floor from above even if it has a drawer storage box inside the console body. SOLUTION: The rear console 14 has a holder case 26 inside a shell 24, and a cup holder 22.
Is stored in the holder case 26. The holder case 26 is fixed to the shell 24 and has a concave portion 44 at a lower portion thereof. The shell 24 is fixed to the bracket 28a by fastening the concave portion 44. Also,
An opening 30 is provided in the shell 24, and an access window 58 is provided in the holder case 26. When the cup holder 22 is pulled out, an access passage formed through the opening 30 and the access window 58 is opened. When the driver D is inserted through the access passage, the driver D can access the screw 54.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor console for a motor vehicle which has improved workability and utility for attaching and detaching to and from a body floor.

[0002]

2. Related Art A console box, that is, a floor console, is mounted on a floor tunnel between left and right front seats of an automobile. The floor console covers the gearshift and parking brake operating devices that protrude above the floor, not only ensuring the aesthetics of the vehicle interior, but also ensuring storage space and useful interior parts that can be used as an occupant's armrest. It is.

[0003] Some floor consoles are divided into a front console that covers from the instrument panel to the vicinity of the parking brake lever, and a rear console that is disposed behind the front console and is used as a storage box or an armrest. For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-104843 discloses a floor console having a slide box that can be pulled out at a portion corresponding to a rear console. In this floor console, since there is a slide box, fixing to the floor cannot be performed inside the floor console, and left and right side walls of the floor console are fixed to the floor.

[0004]

The utility of the floor console described above is further enhanced by a drawer type slide box. However, as described above, the floor console is disposed between the left and right front seats, and the side wall is fixed to the floor. Can not perform the fastening work of the side wall. Therefore, when it is necessary to remove the floor console for maintenance purposes, the front seat must be removed first.

The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable attachment / detachment to / from a floor from the inside even if a drawer-containing storage box is built-in. An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile floor console.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle floor console according to a first aspect of the present invention has a bracket provided on a floor of a vehicle and a mounting portion to the bracket. A console body to be fixed to the bracket, a storage portion retractably stored in the console body, fastening means for fastening the mounting portion to the bracket, and a storage portion provided on the console body when the storage portion is pulled out. Only an access portion that allows access of the fastening tool to the fastening means from above the console body.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, first, the bracket is fixed to the floor between the left and right seats. The console body is fixed to the floor via the bracket when the mounting portion is fastened to the bracket by fastening means. At this time, the storage portion of the console main body is in the pulled-out state, and the fastening tool can access the fastening means from above the console main body through the access portion. When the fastening operation of the mounting section is completed, the storage section is stored in the console body.

In the case of the floor console of an automobile according to the present invention, the access portion comprises an access passage opened on the upper surface of the console body, and an openable / closable lid for closing an open end of the access passage. In this case, the access of the fastening tool is performed in a state where the lid of the access portion is opened and the upper end of the access passage is opened. When the fixing of the console body is completed, the upper end opening of the access passage is closed by the lid.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a floor console of an automobile will be described below with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, a part of the interior of a vehicle 1 is shown from a side. Note that only the right seat 2R, which is the driver's seat, is shown among the left and right front seats, and the left seat, which is the passenger seat, is not shown.

As is known, the floor panel 4 of the automobile 1
Is formed with a floor tunnel 6 extending in the front-rear direction at the center in the width direction of the vehicle body, that is, between the left and right front seats. An interior carpet 8 is attached to the floor panel 4 and the floor tunnel 6. A floor console assembly is disposed on the floor tunnel 6, and the floor console assembly is positioned between the left and right front seats. The floor console assembly includes a front console 12 and a rear console 14 that is the subject of the present invention. The front console 12 extends rearward from the instrument panel and includes a housing for a shift lever 16 and a parking brake lever 18. ing. The rear console 14
It has a box shape extending from the rear end of the front console 12 along the floor tunnel 4 and protruding above the front console 12. The rear console 14 has a storage box formed therein and a cup holder 22 built therein. The storage box 20 is open at the upper surface of the rear console 14, and the cup holder 22 can be pulled out from the front of the rear console 14. If a lid with cushion is provided on the upper surface of the rear console 14 so as to be openable and closable, the lid can be used as an occupant armrest when the storage box 20 is closed.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the rear console 14. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rear console 14 in a state where the rear console 14 is attached to the floor panel 4. Hereinafter, the rear console 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, the rear console 14 mainly includes a shell 24 serving as a console main body, a cup holder 22, a holder case 26 for storing the cup holder 22, and a pair of front and rear brackets 28a and 28b.

The shell 24 is formed of a hollow box, and forms the entire outer shape of the rear console 14. At the rear of the shell 24, the above-described storage box 20 is integrally formed. The upper surface of the front surface of the shell 24 is inclined, and an opening 30 is formed in the inclined surface. The switch panel 29 can be fitted into the opening 30.

An inner flange 31 is provided on the inner wall of the shell 24.
The inner flange 31 is located in the shell 24 on the front side of the storage box 20, extends along the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall of the storage box 20, and has a vertically long rectangular shape. Two upper lugs 32 are formed symmetrically on the left and right long sides of the inner flange 31, and these upper lugs 32 protrude into the shell 24. In addition, each upper lug 3
2 has an insertion hole 33 formed therein.

The holder case 26 is formed of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped with front and rear openings.
Is slidably stored and can be pulled out from the front opening. Two lower lugs 34 are respectively provided on the upper surface of the holder case 26 from the left and right side edges thereof so as to correspond to the upper lugs 32. Screw holes 35 are formed in these lower lugs 34, respectively. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3, the holder case 26 overlaps the lower lug 34 with the upper lug 32 from below, and screws the screw 36 into the screw hole 35 of the lower lug 34 through the insertion hole 33 of the upper lug 32, thereby forming the shell 24. Can be screwed on.

A holder slot 38 is opened below the inner flange 31 at the lower part of the front surface of the shell 24. When the holder case 26 is fixed in the shell 24, the front opening 40 of the holder case 26, That is, the front surface of the cup holder 22 is matched with the holder slot 38. Accordingly, the cup holder 22 can be pulled out of the shell 24 via the holder slot 38.

The bottom plate 42 of the holder case 26 is integrally formed with a concave portion 44 for attaching the rear console 14, and the concave portion 44 projects downward. Here, when the cup holder 22 is pulled out, the concave portion 44
The cup holder 22 is disposed at a position separated from the rear end and exposed in the holder case 26. The top plate 56 of the holder case 26 faces the recess 44 so as to face the access window 5.
8 are formed, and a holder case 26 is provided in the shell 24.
Is attached, the opening 30, the access window 58, and the concave portion 44 of the shell 24 are located in substantially the same vertical line.

At the bottom of the recess 44, two insertion holes 46 are formed at appropriate intervals on the left and right. Similarly, two insertion holes 48 are formed on the bottom of the storage box 20 on the left and right sides. The brackets 28a and 28b have bolt holes 50 and 52 corresponding to the insertion holes 46 and 48, respectively. The front and rear brackets 28a and 28b are formed of unequal side angle members, and both of the brackets 28a and 28b are welded on the floor panel 4. In addition, each bracket 2
When the shell 24 is placed so as to cover the floor tunnel 6, the mounting surface of the front bracket 28a supports the bottom of the concave portion 44, and the upper surface of the mounting surface 8a, 28b The mounting surface 28 b is set to support the bottom of the storage box 20. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
By fastening the storage box 20 to the bracket 28b with the screws 54, the shell 24 can be fixed to the floor panel 4 via the brackets 28a and 28b.

Here, the fastening of the concave portion 44 and the storage box 20 to the brackets 28a and 28b will be described in detail. As described above, when attaching and detaching the rear console 14 to and from the floor panel 4, there is no need to remove the left and right front seats in advance if the operation can be performed from above the rear console 14.

Since the storage box 20 is open upward, fastening and removal operations in the storage box 20 can be performed without any problem. That is, as is apparent from FIGS. 2 and 3, the driver can access the screw 54 through the inside of the storage box 20. On the other hand, in order to perform fastening and removal in the concave portion 44, first, the cup holder 22 is pulled out to the front, and in this state, as shown in FIG. Through the opening 30 of the holder case 26 and the access window 58 of the holder case 26, the bottom of the concave portion 44 can be visually recognized. That is, an access passage from the opening 30 of the rear console 14 to the bottom of the concave portion 44 is secured straight. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the driver D can be inserted together with the screw 54 through the access passage, and the concave portion 44 can be fastened to the bracket 28a by the screw 54. After this, the opening 30 of the shell 24
, A switch panel 29 is fitted therein, and the switch panel 29 closes the opening 30. The switch panel 29 is provided with operation switches for auxiliary equipment of the vehicle.

On the other hand, when it is necessary to remove the rear console 14 due to the maintenance of the automobile, the access panel can be secured by removing the switch panel 29 and pulling out the cup holder 22. . Then, the driver D is inserted through the access passage, and the screw 54 of the concave portion 44 is loosened and removed, whereby the fastening of the concave portion 44 to the bracket 28a can be released.

The above-mentioned access passage is provided in the holder case 2
6, the access passage does not need to be secured on the side of the holder case 26, and the width of the holder case 26, that is, the cup holder 22, does not decrease due to the access passage. . Further, since the access passage extends straight, the operation of the driver D becomes easy.

Next, the cup holder 22 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 is a plan view, and FIG. 7 is a side view. 6 and 7 show a state in which the cup holder 22 is pulled out from the holder case 26, that is, a state in which the cup holder 22 is used as a cup holder. The main body of the cup holder 22 is formed from a frame box 60 formed of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped. The frame box 60 also serves as a slider frame when the entire cup holder 22 slides inside the holder case 26. That is, as is clear from FIGS. 6 and 7, the frame box 60 has a width and a height that fit into the inner surface of the holder case 26, and the gap between the outer surface of the frame box 60 and the inner surface of the holder case 26. Has a small gap. 6 and 7 show a state in which the frame box 60 is pulled out as far as possible. The frame box 60 is engaged with the holder case 26 via a stopper mechanism (not shown) at this position. It has become. Therefore, normally, the frame box 60 is not completely pulled out of the holder case 26. However, the stopper mechanism can be released from the outside of the shell 24. If the stopper mechanism is released, the frame box 60 can be completely pulled out from the holder case 26, that is, it can be pulled out.

A handle 62 is attached to the front end face of the frame box 60, and the rear end face is open.
Further, when the frame box 60 is pulled out to the maximum, the portion of the frame box 60 exposed to the outside has no side walls and bottom wall, and the top plate 64 of the portion is not provided.
Is provided with a pair of left and right substantially semicircular notches 66. Therefore, the above-described portion of the frame box 60 is a connecting portion that connects between the front end surface and the rear end portion. A pair of left and right guide arms 68 are provided below the connection portion, and the base ends of the guide arms 68
Can be turned in the horizontal direction via the. Further, a tray 76 is disposed below the connection portion. The tray 76 is connected to a rear end of the frame box 60 via a hinge 78, and is rotatable up and down around the hinge 78. . More specifically, the tray 76 includes a plate 76p for placing the hinge arm 76a and the cup C thereon.
As shown in FIG. 7, the hinge arm 76a is bent upward from the plate 76p. Further, the hinge 78 stops rotating downward at an angle at which the plate 76p is horizontal.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the pair of left and right guide arms 68 is rotated so as to protrude to the side of the frame box 60, the respective guide arms 68 arc above the tray 76. Together with the cutout 66, it forms an annular retaining ring. Therefore, the cup C can be inserted into these annular holding rings from above, and the cup C can be placed on the tray 76. That is, the cup holder 22 can hold the two cups C on the left and right while being pulled out from the holder case 26.

On the other hand, from the state shown in FIG.
When the cup holder 22 is pushed into the holder case 26 through the
Abut on the left and right opening side ends of the holder slot 38 and rotate inwardly about the pin 70, as shown in FIG.
There is no danger of sinking below the connection portion and hindering the storage of the cup holder 22.

Further, the cup holder 22 is provided in the holder case 2.
When the tray 76 is pushed into the tray 6, the hinge arm 76a of the tray 76 also comes into contact with the lower end of the opening of the holder slot 38,
As shown in FIG. 9, the cup holder 2 is pivoted upward via a hinge 78 and is housed in the frame box 60, and
It does not hinder the storage of 2. In addition, cup holder 2
When the second box 2 is used, the frame box 60 is pulled out from the state shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 through the handle 62 to the position where the above-described stopper mechanism operates. Then, if the left and right guide arms 68 are turned outward and opened, the cup C can be held as described above. In addition, tray 7
Since the tray 6 is naturally rotated downward by its own weight, the tray 76 is brought into the state shown in FIG. Also, the left and right guide arms 68
If a biasing force is applied to the outside by using a torsion coil spring, these guide arms 68 are also brought into the state shown in FIG. 6 only by pulling out the frame box 60 by the biasing force.

According to the floor console of the embodiment described above, the switch panel 29 is removed and the cup holder 22 is removed.
The opening 30 of the shell 24 and the access window 58
Then, through the inside of the holder case 26, the insertion hole 46 or the screw 54 of the concave portion 44 can be visually recognized, and the screw 54 or the driver can be accessed from directly above the hole. Therefore, the operation of attaching and detaching the rear console can be performed from above. Further, the concave portion 44 can be provided at various positions with respect to the holder case 26 as long as the access passage is secured as described above. For example,
The position and the number of the screw holes 46 can be freely changed, and the maintainability can be improved by selecting the positions. In addition, the mounting point of the screw 54 is
6, the width of the cup holder 22 can be set wide within the limited width of the floor console.

Further, since the cup holder 22 is provided with the guide arm 68 that opens left and right when pulled out and the tray 76 that opens downward, the two cups can be stably held in the lateral direction. These can be compactly stored in the holder case 26 as described above when the cup holder 22 is pushed in, so that the utility of the floor console can be improved.

The present invention can be modified in addition to the above embodiment. Referring to FIG. 10, holder case 2
6 and a modified example of the concave portion 44 are shown. The other components are the same as in the above-described embodiment. First, as is clear from the figure, the holder case 26 'has no mounting portion formed. The holder slot 38 'of the shell 24 is formed to have a size in which the outside of the holder case 26' fits. Further, the inner flange 31 is not provided in the shell 24, and an inner bottom 31 'is provided instead. The level of the upper surface of the inner bottom 31 'coincides with the lower end of the holder slot 38' and the bottom surface of the storage box 20, and partitions the inside of the shell 24 up and down. The holder case 26 ′ is
It is fastened while placed on the upper surface of 1 '. A lug 3 is provided at the lower end of the side surface of the holder case 26 as in the embodiment.
4 ′ are formed, and the holder case 26
It is fastened to the inner bottom 31 'via 4'. Note that no lugs are formed on the inner bottom 31 ', and only insertion holes are formed.

A concave portion 44 'is formed in the inner bottom 31', and its position with respect to the bracket 28a is the same as in the above-described embodiment. The access window 58 of the holder case 26 'is formed not only on the top plate 56 but also on the bottom plate 42. Therefore, when the cup holder 22 is pulled out as shown in FIG. 10, the driver D can connect the opening 30 of the shell 24 and the upper and lower access windows 5 of the holder case 26 '.
The screw 54 can be accessed via 8. In this case, the same cup holder 22 as in the above-described embodiment can be used.

[0031]

As described above, according to the floor console of an automobile of the first aspect, even if the console main body is provided with a retractable storage portion such as a cup holder,
The console main body can be attached and detached from above without the storage section interfering with the fastening tool. At this time, the fastening operation of the mounting portion can be performed from directly above via the access portion. Therefore, the workability of attaching and maintaining the floor console can be greatly improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the access passage can be closed by the lid after the fastening operation is completed. Therefore, concealing the access part with a lid when it is not necessary to use it is advantageous in terms of the appearance processing of the floor console of the car, and using a switch panel for this lid can improve the function of the floor console. It can also be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the interior of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing each part of the floor console of the automobile according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rear console along the front-rear direction.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a rear console.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which a screwdriver is made to access a screw via an access passage.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a use state of the cup holder.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a use state of the cup holder.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state where the cup holder is stored.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a state where the cup holder is stored.

FIG. 10 is a view showing another embodiment of the rear console.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Floor Panel 22 Cup Holder 24 Shell 26 Holder Case 28a Bracket 29 Switch Panel 30 Opening 44 Mounting Portion 46 Screw Hole 54 Screw 58 Access Window

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bracket provided on a floor of a vehicle, comprising a mounting portion to the bracket, a console body to be fixed to the bracket via the mounting portion, and a drawer into the console body. A stored storage portion, fastening means for fastening the mounting portion to the bracket, provided on the console body, and only when the storage portion is pulled out, the access of the fastening tool to the fastening means is performed by the console body. A floor console for an automobile, comprising: an access portion allowed from above. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the access portion comprises an access passage opened on an upper surface of the console body, and an openable and closable lid for closing an open end of the access passage. Floor console.