Storage box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11766970-B2
Application number	US-201917048145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2019
Priority date	Apr 17, 2018
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

The storage box includes: a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side; a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening; a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening; first shafts provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid; a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid; and a guide including first rails guiding the first shafts and second rails guiding the second shafts, to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation. The second rails include slope portions guiding the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage box comprising:
a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side;
a lid body including a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening, and a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening;
a support member including at least one first shaft provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid, and a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid; and
a guide including at least one first rail configured to guide the at least one first shaft, and a second rail configured to guide the second shaft, the guide being configured to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation, wherein
the at least one first rail includes a straight portion configured to guide the at least one first shaft to a vehicle rear side, and an arc portion configured to guide the at least one first shaft to a vehicle lower side, and
the second rail includes a slope portion configured to guide the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position, and a guide portion extending continuously from the slope portion and configured to guide the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to the fully-opened position.

2. The storage box according to claim 1 , wherein
the slope portion is formed in a straight shape, and the guide portion is formed in a shape obtained by combining a straight shape and a plurality of arcs different in curvature.

3. The storage box according to claim 1 , wherein
the slope portion is formed in a straight shape, and the guide portion is formed in a shape obtained by combining a plurality of arcs different in curvature.

4. The storage box according to claim 1 , further comprising a lock mechanism configured to bring the movable lid into a locked state at a half-opened position.

5. The storage box according to claim 4 , wherein
the first shafts are provided as a pair so as to be movable in a vehicle left-right direction, and
the lock mechanism includes a pair of lock holes provided in the first rails so as to correspond to the half-opened position of the movable lid, a pair of first energizing members respectively energizing the pair of first shafts outward in the vehicle left-right direction, and a release lever configured to release a locked state between the pair of first shafts and the lock holes against energization forces of the first energizing members.

6. The storage box according to claim 1 , further comprising an arm having a proximal end pivotably supported and a distal end provided so as to come into contact with the movable lid or the second shaft provided to the movable lid, wherein
the arm is configured to push the movable lid back to the fully-closed position from the fully-opened position.

7. The storage box according to claim 6 , further comprising a second energizing member energizing the arm from the fully-opened position toward the fully-closed position of the movable lid.

8. The storage box according to claim 7 , further comprising a damper device configured to reduce a pivoting speed of the arm.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Fukui Naoyuki

Classifications

• B60R7/04 Primary

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N3/12

  of receptacles for cigarettes or the like · CPC title

• B60R2011/0007

  Mid-console · CPC title

• B60N2/79 Primary

  Adaptations for additional use of the arm-rests · CPC title

• E05B83/32

  for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats · CPC title