Glove box apparatus

• US 11,518,314 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Issued: 12/06/2022
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jae Whoan, Son, Dong Il, Kang, Chang Woo, Eom, Tae Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Romain, Pinel E
• Application Number:
  US16/664,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 296 3712
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0043 for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A glove box apparatus may include: a fixed part fixed to a vehicle body, and having a guide rail installed at a side surface thereof; a housing having a protrusion part moved along the guide rail, and configured to open/close the fixed part; a sensor part configured to sense a contact with the protrusion part; and a driving part configured to move the housing to open/close the fixed part, and move the housing toward the fixed part when the contact between the sensor part and the protrusion part is released.

Claims

1. A glove box apparatus comprising:

a fixed part fixed to a vehicle body, and having a guide rail installed at a side surface thereof;

a housing having a protrusion part moved along the guide rail, and configured to move the housing toward or away from the fixed part;

a sensor part configured to sense a direct contact with the protrusion part; and

a driving part configured to move the housing toward or away from the fixed part, and move the housing toward the fixed part when the direct contact between the sensor part and the protrusion part is released.

2. The glove box apparatus of claim 1, wherein the guide rail has a guide groove for guiding the movement of the protrusion part released from the contact with the sensor part.

3. The glove box apparatus of claim 2, wherein the guide groove is formed upward on one side of the guide rail.

4. The glove box apparatus of claim 3, wherein when the protrusion part is moved to the guide groove, the contact between the protrusion part and the sensor part is released.

5. The glove box apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor part comprises:

a sensor body mounted on the guide rail; and

a contact part having one end mounted on the sensor body and another end spaced apart from the sensor body, and elastically deformed by pressurization of the protrusion part.

6. The glove box apparatus of claim 5, wherein the protrusion part comprises:

a protrusion body moved along the guide rail or the guide groove; and

a pressurization protrusion mounted on the protrusion body so as to pressurize the contact part.

7. The glove box apparatus of claim 6, wherein the protrusion body has an outer diameter smaller than the width of the guide rail, and the pressurization protrusion has an outer diameter larger than the width of the guide rail.

8. The glove box apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sensing switch part mounted on the housing, and configured to sense separation between the housing and the fixed part.

9. The glove box apparatus of claim 1, wherein the guide rail is formed in a curved shape.

10. The glove box apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driving part is configured to move the housing between being moved toward the fixed part and being moved away from the fixed part.