Vehicular console box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9981589-B2
Application number	US-201514609955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2015
Priority date	Feb 4, 2014
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A vehicular console box includes a console body that is open on an upper side and that is attached to a floor panel of a vehicle. The console body includes a bottom portion that is positioned on an upper surface of the floor panel and sidewall portions that each stand from a corresponding one of two ends in a vehicle width direction of the bottom portion. The sidewall portions include rails that extend in a front-rear direction, the rails supporting a drink holder so that the drink holder is slidable in the front-rear direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular console box, comprising:
a console body having an opened upper portion, the console body being attached to a floor panel of a vehicle;
the console body including
a bottom portion positioned on an upper surface of the floor panel, and
sidewall portions each standing from a corresponding one of two ends of the bottom portion located in a vehicle width direction;

rails extending in a front-rear direction, the side wall portions including the rails; and
a drink holder supported by the rails slidably along the front-rear direction,
wherein the bottom portion includes a front portion, a rear portion and a substantially vertical step portion at a border between the front portion and the rear portion, the rear portion having a height lower than the front portion,
the front portion of the bottom portion includes a bottom portion side container support formed therein in a concave manner, the bottom portion side container support being capable of supporting a tall beverage container that is larger than a short beverage container that is supported by the drink holder,
the console body further comprises a front chamber above the front portion as a front storage space and a rear chamber above the rear portion as a rear storage space,
the drink holder includes a holder side container support formed therein, the holder side container support being capable of supporting the short beverage container,
the holder side container support and the bottom portion side container support have a substantially circular shape in plan view, and
a diameter of the bottom portion side container support is larger than a diameter of the holder side container support.

2. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the respective rails protrude from an inner surface of a corresponding one of the sidewall portions.

3. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , further comprising upper rails disposed above the rails and extending in the front-rear direction; and
a tray supported by the upper rails slidably along the front-rear direction.

4. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the drink holder is detachably supported by the rails.

5. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the holder side container support includes a recess with a bottom.

6. A vehicle comprises the vehicular console box according to claim 1 .

7. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the drink holder includes a flange extending horizontally from the holder side container support,
wherein the flange includes a bottom surface contacting an upper surface of the rails.

8. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion side container support is disposed at a position located on a front side of a center of the front portion in the front-rear direction.

9. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the step portion is disposed at a substantial middle of the bottom portion in the front-rear direction.

10. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion side container support has a truncated cone shape tapered toward a bottom.

11. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the drink holder is configured to slide such that the holder side container support slides to a position right above the bottom portion side container support.

12. The vehicular console box according to claim 1 , wherein the drink holder is configured to slide such that the holder side container support slides to a position right above the bottom portion side container support such that respective top portions of the short beverage container and the tall beverage container are positioned at the substantially same place with respect to a vertical direction, the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Senda Ryusaku

Classifications

• B60R2011/0007

  Mid-console · CPC title

• B60N3/107 Primary

  with different elements of fixed geometry · CPC title

• B60R7/04 Primary

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

• B60N2/78

  post or panel mounted · CPC title