Glove box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11713000-B2
Application number	US-202117557453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2021
Priority date	Aug 6, 2021
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A glove box includes a cover that has an empty space in a dashboard of a vehicle in a state in which a front surface thereof is open, housing that is located in the empty space of the cover in a state in which one open surface thereof is covered, has a storage space therein, and selectively opens or closes the open front surface of the cover through a preset transfer trajectory, and a plurality of transfer links that are arranged between two outer ends of the housing and two inner ends of the cover and provide a transfer trajectory of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glove box comprising:
a cover that has an empty space in a dashboard of a vehicle in a state in which a front surface of the cover is open;
a housing that is located in the empty space of the cover in a state in which one open surface of the housing is covered, has a storage space therein, and selectively opens or closes the front surface of the cover through a preset transfer trajectory; and
a plurality of transfer links that are arranged between two outer ends of the housing and two inner ends of the cover and configured to provide a transfer trajectory of the housing,
wherein the transfer links include a first link part and a second link part that have first ends rotatably connected to an inner lower part of the cover and second ends rotatably connected to an outer upper part of the housing, the first and second link parts having different mounting angles.

2. The glove box of claim 1 , wherein:
the first link part and the second link part are spaced apart from each other; and
the first end of the first link and the first end of the second link are rotatable in parallel at a same level.

3. The glove box of claim 2 , wherein:
the first link part and the second link part are spaced apart from each other; and
the second end of the first link part and the second end of the second link part are rotatable at different levels.

4. The glove box of claim 3 , wherein the second end of the second link part is located at a relatively lower level than the second end of the first link part.

5. The glove box of claim 3 , wherein the second end of the second link part is located at a relatively higher level than the second end of the first link part.

6. The glove box of claim 3 , wherein the first link part includes:
a first connecting bar;
a first hinge shaft that connects a first end of the first connecting bar to the inner lower part of the cover; and
a first movable shaft that connects a second end of the first connecting bar to the outer upper part of the housing.

7. The glove box of claim 6 , wherein the second link part includes:
a second connecting bar that is mounted and rotatable at a different angle from the first connecting bar;
a second hinge shaft that is disposed to be parallel to the first hinge shaft at a same level, is spaced apart from the first hinge shaft, and connects a first end of the second connecting bar to the inner lower part of the cover; and
a second movable shaft that connects a second end of the second connecting bar to the outer upper part of the housing, and
wherein a central part extending rearward is disposed between two ends of the second connecting bar in a lengthwise direction, and a guide protrusion protruding laterally to be slidably coupled to an arch-shaped guide hole included in a side wall of the cover is disposed in the central part.

8. The glove box of claim 1 , wherein the housing is transferred along an arch-shaped guide hole included in a side wall of the cover and configured to open or close the front surface of the cover.

9. The glove box of claim 1 , wherein a rotation angle at which the housing is opened is set according to angles and position differences at which the second ends of the first and second link parts are mounted on the cover.

10. A glove box comprising:
a cover that is built in a dashboard of a vehicle in a state in which a front surface of the cover is open;
a housing that is accommodated in a state in which one open surface of the housing is covered by the cover and selectively opens or closes the open front surface of the cover through a preset rotational trajectory;
a plurality of transfer links that are arranged between two outer ends of the housing and two inner ends of the cover and configured to provide a rotational trajectory of the housing; and
an elastic member configured to correct rotation of the transfer link,
wherein the elastic member has a first end coupled to the plurality of transfer links and a second end coupled to the cover.

11. The glove box of claim 10 , further comprising a locking member that is connected between the cover and the housing to selectively lock the housing from the cover.

12. The glove box of claim 10 , wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring.

13. The glove box of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of transfer links include a first link part and a second link part having first ends rotatably connected to an inner lower part of the cover and second ends rotatably connected to an outer upper part of the housing, and
the first and second link parts are mounted at different angles.

14. The glove box of claim 13 , wherein the first link part includes:
a first connecting bar;
a first housing shaft that connects a first end of the first connecting bar to the inner lower part of the cover;
a first movable shaft that connects a second end of the first connecting rod to an outer upper part of the housing; and
a link fixing protrusion that protrudes in a lengthwise direction of the first connecting bar and connects the first connecting bar to the first end of the elastic member.

15. The glove box of claim 14 , wherein the second link part includes:
a second connecting bar that is mounted and rotatable at an angle different from that of the first connecting bar;
a second hinge shaft that is disposed to be parallel to the first hinge shaft at a same level, is spaced apart from the first hinge shaft, and connects a first end of the second connecting bar to the inner lower part of the cover; and
a second movable shaft that connects a second end of the second connecting bar to the outer upper part of the housing.

16. The glove box of claim 15 , wherein a central part extending rearward is disposed between two ends of the second connecting bar in a lengthwise direction, and
a guide protrusion protruding laterally to be slidably coupled to an arch-shaped guide hole included in a side wall of the cover is disposed in the central part.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jae Whoan

Classifications

• B60R7/06 Primary

  mounted on or below dashboards · CPC title

• B60R2011/0005

  Dashboard · CPC title

• B60R2011/0087

  around two axes · CPC title

• E05D15/46

  with two pairs of pivoted arms · CPC title

• E05Y2900/538

  Interior lids · CPC title