Glove box for vehicle

• US 20030129418A1
• Filed: 01/06/2003
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Tamura, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 6,786,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0051 Knees
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/045 associated with the instrument panel or dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/265 1 mil or less

Abstract

In a vehicle glove box including a main body provided movably to an instrument panel, a lid portion provided to the main body on the interior side and forming a closed section with a surface of the main body on the interior side, and a reinforcing member of a substantially plate-like shape extending across the closed section in the width direction of the main body, a plurality of support portions provided to the main body on the interior side in the form of protrusions which extend toward the interior. These support portions support a peripheral surface of the reinforcing member, so that the reinforcing member can be thus provided to the main body to form an integral structure. In this way, it is possible to provide the glove box which can be assembled through a simple and easy assembling process and thereby reduce the burden to an operator.

Claims

1. A glove box for a vehicle and adapted to be opened and closed at an opening portion of an instrument panel facing a passenger compartment within the vehicle, comprising:

a main body movably provided to said instrument panel;

a lid portion provided to said main body on an interior side and forming a closed section with a surface of said main body on the interior side thereof; and

a reinforcing member of a substantially plate-like configuration extending in a widthwise direction of said main body,

wherein a plurality of support portions are provided to said main body on the interior side thereof, thereby forming protrusions extending toward the interior for supporting a peripheral surface of said reinforcing member.

2. The glove box according to claim 1,

wherein each of said plurality of support portions of said main body is given with a tilt in a direction to be spaced apart from said reinforcing member toward the interior;

and

wherein said peripheral surface of said reinforcing member is given with the tilt in a direction to be brought into close contact to said support portions, said tilt being toward the interior in correspondence with the tilt given to each support portion.

3. The glove box according to claim 1, wherein said main body, said reinforcing member, and said lid portion are all made of a resin and assembled integrally by welding.

4. The glove box according to claim 2, wherein said main body, said reinforcing member, and said lid portion are all made of the resin and assembled integrally by welding.

5. The glove box according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing member is formed into a grid-like structure having pores extending in the thickness direction thereof.

6. The glove box according to claim 2, wherein said reinforcing member is formed into a grid-like structure having pores extending in the thickness direction thereof.

7. The glove box according to claim 3, wherein said reinforcing member is formed into the grid-like structure having pores extending in the thickness direction thereof.

8. The glove box according to claim 5, wherein said reinforcing member is provided with bonding portions to be connected with said lid portion, said bonding portions being formed on one side of the reinforcing member and facing said lid portion.

9. The glove box according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing member is provided on an upper side of said lid portion.

10. The glove box according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing member is formed in such a manner that a size in the thickness direction is lessened in a downward direction.