STORAGE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20090091152A1
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kamioka, Toshikazu, Matsui, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 7,712,814 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/37.8
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/045 associated with the instrument panel or dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A vehicular storage device provided in opposed relation to a passenger seat. A convex part, protruding from a rear surface of a lid in a direction opposite from a vehicle occupant, has a deformation allowance part that deforms when an impact is applied to the convex part.

Claims

1. A vehicular storage device, comprising:

a lid disposed in opposed relation to a vehicle occupant;

a convex part protruding from a rear surface of the lid in a direction opposite from the vehicle occupant; and

a shaft part provided on the convex part for swingably supporting the lid, wherein the convex part has a deformation allowance part for allowing deformation when a load of a predetermined level or greater is applied to the convex part.

2. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the shaft part is provided at a distal end of the convex part, and the deformation allowance part has a chevron shape notched to open downwardly at a center portion of the convex part.

3. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the lid is arranged such that distances from left and right ends of the lid to the vehicle occupant are different, and the deformation allowance part is formed on the convex part which is provided on that one of right and left ends of the lid which has a shorter distance to the vehicle occupant.