Glove compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9517810-B2
Application number	US-201514628915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A glove compartment includes a case main body; a lid body connected to the case main body by a hinge; and a lock mechanism locking the lid body to the case main body at a closed position relative to the case main body. The lock mechanism includes a fixation claw fixed to the lid body; and a movable claw slidably attached to the case main body. When the movable claw is located in an engagement position engaged with the fixation claw, the lid body is locked to the case main body. When the movable claw slidingly moves to a release position disengaging from the fixation claw, the lid body can be opened. A shielding wall is provided, which partially shields the movable claw relative to an outside when the lid body is located at the closed position, so as to prevent a theft of housed articles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glove compartment provided in a vehicle and capable of storing an article, comprising:
a case main body defining a storage chamber for storing the article;
a lid body connected to the case main body by a hinge to open and close an opening of the storage chamber, and forming one portion of an outline of the vehicle;
a lock mechanism for locking the lid body relative to the case main body at a closed position closing the opening of the storage chamber,
wherein the lock mechanism includes:
a fixation claw provided in one of the case main body or the lid body;
a movable claw provided in another of the case main body or the lid body to be displaceable between an engagement position engaging with the fixation claw and a release position disengaging from the fixation claw; and
an operation member displacing the movable claw from the engagement position to the release position; and

a shielding wall disposed in the case main body or the lid body in such a way as to be positioned on an inner side more than the outline of the vehicle which the lid body forms, and near the movable claw on an outline side more than the movable claw when the lid body is located at the closed position; and
the lock mechanism further includes an urging member urging the movable claw toward the engagement position, and in at least one of the fixation claw and the movable claw, an inclined face is provided, which, when the lid body is displaced toward the closed position, collides against another of corresponding fixation claw and movable claw to displace the movable claw into the release position against an urging force of the urging member.

2. A glove compartment according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding wall is integrally formed with the fixation claw.

3. A glove compartment according to claim 1 , wherein the fixation claw and the movable claw respectively include abutment faces wherein when the movable claw is located at the engagement position, at least one portion abuts against each other, and at least one of both abutment faces forms a projection piece extending along a displacement direction of the movable claw.

4. A glove compartment according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle, and an outer surface of the lid body forms one portion of an outer outline of a cowl of the motorcycle.

5. A glove compartment provided in a vehicle and capable of storing an article, comprising:
a case main body defining a storage chamber for storing the article;
a lid body connected to the case main body by a hinge to open and close an opening of the storage chamber, and forming one portion of an outline of the vehicle;
a lock mechanism for locking the lid body relative to the case main body at a closed position closing the opening of the storage chamber,
wherein the lock mechanism includes:
a fixation claw provided in one of the case main body or the lid body;
a movable claw provided in another of the case main body or the lid body to be displaceable between an engagement position engaging with the fixation claw and a release position disengaging from the fixation claw; and
an operation member displacing the movable claw from the engagement position to the release position; and

a shielding wall disposed in the case main body or the lid body in such a way as to be positioned on an inner side more than the outline of the vehicle which the lid body forms, and near the movable claw on an outline side more than the movable claw when the lid body is located at the closed position; and
the lock mechanism is provided in the case main body, and the movable claw is slidably provided in a direction approximately parallel to an axis line of the hinge on a side facing the hinge of the opening.

6. A glove compartment according to claim 5 , wherein the fixation claw includes a plurality of fixation claw pieces provided at an interval in the direction approximately parallel to the axis line of the hinge, and the movable claw includes a plurality of movable claw pieces provided at an interval respectively in a long connection member slidably extending in the direction approximately parallel to the axis line of the hinge in such a way as to correspond to the plurality of fixation claw pieces.

7. A glove compartment according to claim 6 , wherein the operation member includes:
a push button disposed at a position defining one portion of the outline of the vehicle;
a conversion mechanism converting a movement of the push button into a sliding movement of the connection member; and
a movable lock piece provided to be displaceable into the case main body to selectively restrict a movement of the push button.

8. A glove compartment according to claim 5 , wherein the case main body includes a flange where the lock mechanism is provided, on a marginal edge on a side facing the hinge,
the movable claw protrudes upward from a hole provided in the flange, and
the flange and a marginal edge on a side facing the hinge of the lid body respectively face in a direction orthogonal to the flange when the lid body is located in the closed position.

Assignees

• Nifco Inc
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukumoto Mitsuru
• Maeda Rui

Classifications

• B62J9/21

  above or alongside the front wheel, e.g. on the handlebars · CPC title

• B62K19/46 Primary

  Luggage carriers forming part of frame (luggage carriers per se B62J7/00) · CPC title

• B60R2011/0096

  Theft prevention of articles · CPC title

• B62J9/003

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic