Damper assembly for a glove box

• US 7,144,060 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2003
• Issued: 12/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Keun-chul
• Primary Examiner(s): GUTMAN, HILARY L
• Application Number:
  US10/744,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20050104401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,077 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.12
• US Class Current: 296/37.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A damper assembly for a glove box includes a fixing member attached to the rear part of a glove box, the fixing member having a fitting protrusion, and a damper having a fitting piece, through which the fitting protrusion is inserted, whereby the number of the parts of the damper assembly is reduced. The fixing member of the damper assembly is made of a plastic material, whereby instability of the glove box is prevented when the glove box is opened or closed.

Claims

1. A damper assembly of a glove box, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a plastic material and fixed to the rear part of the glove box, the fixing member having a fitting protrusion formed of the plastic material unitarily and in one piece with the fixing member at one side of the fixing member, the fitting protrusion including a tip portion extending longitudinally from an end of a shaft of the fitting protrusion, the tip portion having a diameter greater than a diameter of the shaft;

a damper having a protruding fitting piece extending from one exterior side of the damper, the protruding fitting piece of the damper including a through hole,

wherein the through hole is configured to receive the tip portion of the fitting protrusion.

2. The damper assembly according to claim 1, further comprising:

a main body of the fixing member having a substantially rectangular prismatic shape and formed integrally with the one side with which the fixing member is formed; and

a plurality of substantially planar support braces formed integrally with the fixing member and each orthogonal to both the one side of the fixing member and the substantially rectangular prismatic shape of the main body of the fixing member,

wherein the damper is an air damper configured to contain air in an interior of the air damper.

3. The assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the fixing member is fixed to the rear part of the glove box by screws.

4. A damper assembly of a glove box, comprising:

a fixing member formed of a plastic material and fixed to the rear part of the glove box, the fixing member having a fitting protrusion formed unitarily and in one piece with the fixing member at one side of the fixing member;

a damper having a fitting piece extending from one exterior side thereof, the fitting protrusion being fitted in the fitting piece of the damper so that the damper is fixed to the fixing member; and

an opening in the fitting piece of the damper,

wherein the fitting protrusion has a substantially conical shape, a narrow end of which is insertable into the fitting piece of the damper, and

wherein the fitting protrusion has a broad end which prevents the fitting protrusion from disengaging the fitting piece of the damper after the fitting protrusion is inserted into the fining piece such that the broad end passes completely through the opening of the fitting piece of the damper.

5. The assembly as set forth in claim 4, wherein the fixing member is fixed to the rear part of the glove box by screws.