Storage device for vehicle

• US 7,712,814 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kamioka, Toshikazu, Matsui, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Engle; Patricia L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Romain; Pinel E
• Application Number:
  US12/243,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.1, 296/37.8, 296/37.12, 296/187.01, 296/187.05, 163/87
• US Class Current: 296/37.8
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/045 associated with the instrument panel or dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

A vehicular storage device provided in opposed relation to a passenger seat. A convex part, protruding from a rear surface of a lid in a direction opposite from a vehicle occupant, has a deformation allowance part that deforms when an impact is applied to the convex part.

Claims

1. A vehicular storage device, comprising:

a lid disposed in opposed relation to a vehicle occupant;

a convex part protruding from a rear surface of the lid in a direction opposite from the vehicle occupant; and

a shaft part provided on the convex part for swingably supporting the lid as the lid moves between an open position and a closed position,

wherein the convex part has a deformation allowance part for allowing deformation when a load of a predetermined level or greater is applied to the convex part.

2. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the shaft part is provided at a distal end of the convex part, and the deformation allowance part has a chevron shape notched to open downwardly at a center portion of the convex part.

3. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the lid is arranged such that distances from left and right ends of the lid to the vehicle occupant are different, and the deformation allowance part is formed on the convex part which is provided on that one of right and left ends of the lid which has a shorter distance to the vehicle occupant.

4. A storage device for a vehicle comprising:

a swingably supported lid;

a first convex part having a first length and protruding from a rear surface of the lid toward a front of the vehicle, the first convex part having a deformation allowance part for allowing deformation to the first convex part when a load of a predetermined level or greater is applied to the first convex part; and

a second convex part having a second length and protruding from the rear surface of the lid toward the front of the vehicle,

wherein the first length of the first convex part is greater than the second length of the second convex part.

5. The storage device of claim 4 further comprising:

a first shaft part provided at a distal end of the first convex part for swingably supporting the lid; and

a second shaft part provided at a distal end of the second convex part for swingably supporting the lid,

wherein the deformation allowance part has a chevron shape notched to open downwardly at a center portion of the first convex part.