Glove box damper system

• US 20040051334A1
• Filed: 12/30/2002
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hyung-Sang
• Granted Patent: US 6,749,242 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/37.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

Disclosed is a structure of a damper of a glove box provided at the assistant'"'"'s seat of an automobile, and more particularly a damper system of a glove box comprising fastening holes formed at side walls of the glove box, plates provided with through holes to be aligned with the fastening holes, a binding groove formed at one side of each plate, a fixing groove formed at the other side of each plate, a plate spring joined with the binding groove and the fixing groove, and protrusions provided at both sides of the glove box so that the plate spring can be fixed when the glove box pivots by the hinge, in which when the glove box pivots, the plate springs contact the protrusions, whereby the weight of the glove box can be reduced.

Claims

1. A damper system of a glove box comprising:

fastening holes formed at side walls of the glove box;

plates provided with through holes to be aligned with the fastening holes;

a binding groove formed at one side of each plate;

a fixing groove formed at the other side of each plate;

a plate spring joined with the binding groove and the fixing groove; and

protrusions provided at both sides of the glove box so that the plate spring can be fixed when the glove box pivots by the hinge.

2. The damper system of the glove box according to claim 1, wherein the binding groove and the fixing groove have heights different each other, whereby the plate spring has a tilt.