Structure of glove box

• US 7,114,969 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2005
• Issued: 10/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Sugisaki, Toshiaki, Yamada, Tomiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUONGCHI T
• Application Number:
  US11/078,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20050215080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 439/157, 439/372, 439/364, 439/559, 439/557, 296/37.12
• US Class Current: 439/157
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62905 comprising a camming member H01R13/62933 and H01R13/641 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6315 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/26 for vehicles

Abstract

A structure of a glove box, including a glove box body having a rear wall extending near a dash-panel and a temporary connector holding part provided on an opposite portion of the rear wall opposing to a connector mounting opening provided in the dash-panel the temporary connector holding part having a temporary connector holding bracket provided on the opposite portion of the rear wall and the temporary connector holding bracket having a connector containing concave portion and a connector engaging portion.

Claims

1. A structure of a glove box, wherein a first connector connected with an end of a harness wired in an engine room and a second connector connected with an end of a harness wired in a vehicle interior are temporarily held through a connector mounting opening provided in a dash-panel separating the engine room and the vehicle interior, the structure comprising:

a glove box body having a rear wall extending near the dash-panel; and

a temporary connector holding part provided on a portion of the rear wall opposed to the connector mounting opening,

wherein the temporary connector holding part includes a temporary connector holding bracket attached to the rear wall for temporarily holding the second connector,

wherein the temporary connector holding bracket has a connector engaging portion that engages with the second connector, and

wherein the connector engaging portion comprises a connector engaging pawl.

2. The structure of a glove box according to claim 1,

further comprising a harness clamping part provided near the temporary connector holding part of the glove box body.

3. A structure of a glove box, wherein a first connector connected with an end of a harness wired in an engine room and a second connector connected with an end of a harness wired in a vehicle interior are temporarily held through a connector mounting opening provided in a dash-panel separating the engine room and the vehicle interior, the structure comprising:

a box-shaped glove box body having a rear wall extending near the dash-panel; and

a temporary connector holding part provided on a portion of the rear wall opposed to the connector mounting opening,

wherein the temporary connector holding part includes a counter sunk portion provided in the rear wall and a temporary connector holding bracket attached to the counter sunk portion of the rear wall for temporarily holding the second connector, and

wherein the temporary connector holding bracket has a connector containing concave portion that contains the second connector.

4. A structure of a glove box, wherein a first connector connected with an end of a harness wired in an engine room and a second connector connected with an end of a harness wired in a vehicle interior are temporarily held through a connector mounting opening provided in a dash-panel separating the engine room and the vehicle interior, the structure comprising:

a box-shaped glove box body having a rear wall extending near the dash-panel; and

a temporary connector holding part provided on a portion of the rear wall opposed to the connector mounting opening,

wherein the temporary connector holding part includes a counter sunk portion provided in the rear wall and a temporary connector holding bracket attached to the counter sunk portion of the rear wall for temporarily holding the second connector, and

wherein the temporary connector holding bracket has a connector engaging portion that engages with the second connector.