Glove box damper arrangement for vehicle

• US 5,275,456 A
• Filed: 06/23/1992
• Issued: 01/04/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ishii, Toru, Terai, Takehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Pedder, Dennis H.
• Application Number:
  US07/903,101
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.9, 296/37.12, 16/78, 16/85, 312/319.2, 312/319.3, 224/282, 280/732, 49/386
• US Class Current: 296/37.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A damper arrangement for a glove box of an automotive vehicle is mounted separately from the glove box compartment in a space between other components mounted in an instrument panel of the vehicle. A pulley is mounted separate from both the glove box damper and the glove box compartment. A wire connects the glove box damper to a movable member associating the glove box compartment with a glove box lid via the pulley.

Claims

1. A damper arrangement for a reclosable compartment installed in an instrument panel of a vehicle comprising:

a steering member extending laterally behind said instrument panel, said steering member having an air bag module mounted thereon;

a compartment installed in said instrument panel such that one side thereof is open to the outside of said instrument panel;

a compartment lid, installed at said open side of said compartment and pivotally attached to a lower side of said open side so as to be swingably movable for opening and closing said compartment;

a movable connecting member connecting said compartment and said compartment lid at one side thereof;

damping means mounted in said instrument panel, said damping means being mounted to said steering member in a space in said instrument panel;

a pulley mounted to said steering member on to the side of said compartment on which said movable connecting member is provided; and

flexible connecting means connected between said damping means and said connecting member via said pulley.

2. A damper arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said space exists between a cooling unit, said steering member, said air bag module and said compartment.

3. A damper arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said air bag module is mounted on said steering member by means of a bracket mounting which includes, at each side thereof, a first inverted L-shaped bracket attached to said steering member at a first corresponding bracket of said steering member and a reversed inverted L-shaped second bracket, at an elevation higher than said first bracket, attached to said steering member at a second corresponding bracket thereof.

4. A damper arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said damping means is of cylindrical construction including a coil spring and a piston within said cylindrical construction, said flexible connecting means being connected to said piston.

5. A damper arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flexible connection means is a wire.