Glove box bin bumper stops

• US 10,131,283 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Roychoudhury, Raj S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morrow, Jason S
• Application Number:
  US15/276,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20180086274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 296 3712
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A storage compartment for a vehicle glove box includes at least one bumper stop defined by a resilient tab disposed on a storage compartment sidewall, the resilient tab including a cam face, a stop face, and a finger tab accessible from an interior of the storage compartment. The cam face may define an arcuate configuration. The stop face is carried by the finger tab whereby a deflecting force applied to the finger tab deflects the stop face from a retaining position to a releasing position. The storage compartment sidewall defines an aperture disposed to provide access to the finger tab from an interior of the storage compartment. Vehicle glove boxes including the described storage compartment are provided.

Claims

1. A storage compartment for a vehicle glove box, comprising at least one bumper stop defined by a resilient tab disposed on a storage compartment sidewall, the resilient tab comprising a cam face, a stop face, and a finger tab accessible from an interior of the storage compartment, the finger tab being adapted for deflection to release the storage compartment.

2. The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the cam face defines an arcuate configuration.

3. The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the stop face is carried by the finger tab whereby a deflecting force applied to the finger tab deflects the stop face from a retaining position to a releasing position.

4. The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the stop face defines an angled surface extending between the cam face and the finger tab.

5. The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the storage compartment sidewall includes an aperture disposed to provide access to the finger tab from an interior of the storage compartment.

6. The storage compartment of claim 5, wherein the finger tab is disposed at a spaced distance from an interior surface of the cam face to define a cavity.

7. The storage compartment of claim 1, including a pair of resilient tabs defining bumper stops disposed on opposed storage compartment sidewalls.

8. A vehicle including the storage compartment of claim 1.

9. A glove box for a vehicle, comprising:

a storage compartment displaceable between an open position and a closed position; and

at least one bumper stop defined by a resilient tab integrally formed in a storage compartment sidewall, the resilient tab comprising a cam face, a stop face, and a finger tab accessible from an interior of the storage compartment, the finger tab being adapted for deflection to release the storage compartment.

10. The glove box of claim 9, wherein the cam face defines an arcuate configuration.

11. The glove box of claim 9, wherein the stop face is carried by the finger tab whereby a deflecting force applied to the finger tab deflects the stop face from a retaining position to a released position.

12. The glove box of claim 9, wherein the stop face defines an angled surface extending between the cam face and the finger tab.

13. The glove box of claim 9, wherein the storage compartment sidewall includes an aperture disposed to provide access to the finger tab from an interior of the storage compartment.

14. The glove box of claim 13, wherein the finger tab is disposed at a spaced distance from an interior surface of the cam face to define a cavity.

15. The glove box of claim 9, including a pair of resilient tabs defining bumper stops disposed on opposed storage compartment sidewalls.

16. A vehicle including the glove box of claim 9.

17. A glove box for a vehicle, comprising:

a storage compartment displaceable between an open position and a closed position, the storage compartment being defined by at least opposed sidewalls and a floor; and

a pair of bumper stops each defined by a resilient tab integrally formed in each opposed storage compartment sidewall, the resilient tab comprising an arcuate cam face, an angled stop face, and a finger tab accessible from an interior of the storage compartment;

the opposed sidewalls including an aperture disposed to provide access to the finger tab from an interior of the storage compartment, the finger tab being adapted for deflection to release the storage compartment.

18. The glove box of claim 17, wherein the angled stop face extends between the arcuate cam face and the finger tab.

19. The glove box of claim 17, wherein the finger tab is disposed at a spaced distance from an interior surface of the arcuate cam face to define a cavity.

20. A vehicle including the glove box of claim 17.