Console device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9776572-B2
Application number	US-201615208357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device includes a console box provided with a container portion having an open top and a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion. A clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of a lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device comprising:
a console box provided with a container portion having an open top; and
a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion, wherein
a clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of a lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid, and
a communication path is provided adjacent to the clearance and outside of an interior of the container portion, the communication path being configured to supply the conditioned air to the clearance.

2. The console device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the console box and the lid is provided with a duct allowing conditioned air to reach behind the seat and a rear seat air outlet allowing conditioned air supplied from the duct to flow out toward a rear seat, and
the duct is provided with at least one supply hole allowing conditioned air flowing in the duct to be supplied to the clearance.

3. The console device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the upper end of the lateral surface of the console box and the lateral end of the lid is provided with an arc portion having an arc outer periphery in a vertical section in a vehicle width direction.

4. The console device according to claim 2 , wherein
at least one of the upper end of the lateral surface of the console box and the lateral end of the lid is provided with an arc portion having an arc outer periphery in a vertical section in a vehicle width direction.

5. The console device according to claim 1 , wherein the console box includes a pair of side panel portions standing opposite to each other on the vehicle floor and each provide the lateral surface of the console box, and a box body provided between the pair of side panel portions to be shiftable in a vehicle anteroposterior direction with respect to the vehicle floor and having the container portion.

6. The console device according to claim 1 , wherein the clearance is provided in a vehicle anteroposterior direction.

7. The console device according to claim 6 , wherein the clearance has a slit shape extending in the vehicle anteroposterior direction.

8. The console device according to claim 2 , wherein the duct and the rear seat air outlet are provided at the console box.

9. The console device according to claim 3 , wherein the arc portion shapes the clearance expanding in a vehicle height direction toward an outer end in the vehicle width direction.

10. The console device according to claim 9 , wherein the arc portion is provided at each of the upper end of the lateral surface of the console box and the lateral end of the lid.

11. The console device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the console box and the lid is provided with a duct having at least one supply hole allowing conditioned air flowing in the duct to be supplied to the clearance via the communication path.

12. A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device comprising:
a console box provided with a container portion having an open top, the console box including:
a pair of side panel portions standing opposite to each other on the vehicle floor that provide a lateral surface of the console box, the side panel portions each include an outer panel that provide a design surface of the console box and an inner panel attached to an inner surface of the outer panel; and
a box body provided between the pair of side panel portions to be shiftable in a vehicle anteroposterior direction with respect to the vehicle floor and having the container portion; and

a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion, wherein
a clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of the lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid, wherein
at least one of the console box and the lid is provided with a duct allowing conditioned air to reach behind the seat and a rear seat air outlet allowing conditioned air supplied from the duct to flow out toward a rear seat, the duct is provided between the outer panel and the inner panel, the duct is provided with at least one supply hole allowing conditioned air flowing in the duct to be supplied to the clearance, and
the duct and the rear seat air outlet are provided at the console box.

13. A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device comprising:
a console box provided with a container portion having an open top, the console box including:
a pair of side panel portions standing opposite to each other on the vehicle floor that provide a lateral surface of the console box; and
a box body provided between the pair of side panel portions to be shiftable in a vehicle anteroposterior direction with respect to the vehicle floor and having the container portion; and

a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion, wherein
a clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of a lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid,
the lid is provided on the box body to open and close the container portion, and
the lateral end of the lid projects outward in the vehicle width direction from a lateral surface of the box body.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Mizobata Hiroshi
• Kato Yasuhiro
• Akaike Fumitoshi

Classifications

• B60H1/246

  located in the interior of the vehicle or in or below the floor · CPC title

• B60R7/04 Primary

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

• B60R11/00

  Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60R2011/0007

  Mid-console · CPC title