Console box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12377787-B2
Application number	US-202318165971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2023
Priority date	Mar 11, 2022
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A console box includes a box body, storage, a side table, a shaft, a shaft support arranged above the storage, and a rotation stopper. The storage is located in a side portion of the box body with respect to a widthwise direction of a vehicle seat. The side table is vertically movable between a storage position and an intermediate position. The shaft is located at a lower end of the side table when in the upright state. The shaft support rotatably supports the shaft so that the side table rotates about the shaft away from the box body in the widthwise direction from the intermediate position to a usage position. The rotation stopper restricts rotation of the side table beyond the usage position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A console box set between adjacent vehicle seats, the console box comprising:
a box body;
storage located in a side portion of the box body with respect to a widthwise direction of the vehicle seats and including an upper end with an opening;
a side table including a surface defining a working surface, wherein the side table is vertically movable between a storage position where the side table is stored in an upright state and an intermediate position where the side table is exposed upward from the storage in the upright state;
a shaft located at a lower end of the side table when in the upright state, wherein the shaft extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seats;
a shaft support arranged above the storage, wherein the shaft support rotatably supports the shaft so that the side table rotates about the shaft away from the box body in the widthwise direction from the intermediate position to a usage position where the working surface faces upward; and
a rotation stopper that restricts rotation of the side table beyond the usage position, wherein:
the side table includes a table bracket having a contact surface;
the console box further includes a bracket cover disposed in the storage, the bracket cover including the shaft support and the rotation stopper;
the shaft support contacts the shaft at the intermediate position and the usage position to rotatably support the shaft;
the rotation stopper contacts the contact surface at the usage position to restrict rotation of the side table; and
the bracket cover is fixed in the storage.

2. The console box according to claim 1 , wherein:
the table bracket is formed from sheet metal; and
the bracket cover is formed from sheet metal.

3. The console box according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vertically movable retainer disposed in the storage, the retainer assisting vertical movement of the side table between the storage position and the intermediate position, and the retainer assisting rotation of the side table between the intermediate position and the usage position,
wherein the retainer includes an upper end coupled by the shaft to the side table in a foldable manner.

4. The console box according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a vertical rail arranged in the storage and including a vertical guide groove extending in a vertical direction,
wherein the retainer includes a pin moved vertically in the vertical guide groove.

5. A console box set between adjacent vehicle seats, the console box comprising:
a box body;
storage located in a side portion of the box body with respect to a widthwise direction of the vehicle seats and including an upper end with an opening;
a side table including a surface defining a working surface, wherein the side table is vertically movable between a storage position where the side table is stored in an upright state and an intermediate position where the side table is exposed upward from the storage in the upright state;
a shaft located at a lower end of the side table when in the upright state, wherein the shaft extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seats;
a shaft support arranged above the storage, wherein the shaft support rotatably supports the shaft so that the side table rotates about the shaft away from the box body in the widthwise direction from the intermediate position to a usage position where the working surface faces upward;
a rotation stopper that restricts rotation of the side table beyond the usage position; and
a vertically movable retainer disposed in the storage, the retainer assisting vertical movement of the side table between the storage position and the intermediate position, and the retainer assisting rotation of the side table between the intermediate position and the usage position, wherein:
the retainer includes an upper end coupled by the shaft to the side table in a foldable manner;
the rotation stopper includes a spring that surrounds the shaft and rotates integrally with the side table about the shaft, and an engagement portion arranged on the retainer outward from the spring in a radial direction of the shaft; and
the spring includes an elastic deformation portion that contacts the engagement portion at the usage position to restrict rotation of the side table beyond the usage position, and elastically deforms in a radial direction of the shaft and moves beyond the engagement portion to permit rotation of the side table.

6. The console box according to claim 1 , wherein:
the side table closes the opening at the usage position;
the console box further comprises a center table arranged on the box body at a location adjacent to the opening in the widthwise direction; and
the center table includes an upper surface that is flush with the working surface of the side table at the usage position.

7. The console box according to claim 6 , wherein the center table is slidable in the front-rear direction relative to the box body.

8. The console box according to claim 7 , further comprising:
an arm rest disposed above the center table of the box body, wherein the arm rest is slidable in the front-rear direction and covers at least a rear end of the center table from above.

9. The console box according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a hinge arranged on the box body,
wherein the center table and the arm rest are each coupled to the hinge in a manner so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Watanabe Hiroto
• Mizuno Masanori
• Kodama Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B60N3/001

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60N2/79

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

• B60N3/002

  of trays · CPC title

• B60R7/04 Primary

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

• B60R7/06 Primary

  mounted on or below dashboards · CPC title