SLIDING TYPE GLOVE BOX

Abstract

A sliding type glove box including a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom includes: a pair of outer rails arranged under the storage part and fixedly mounted to the housing; inner rails having lengths shorter than lengths of the outer rails and provided at the outer rails to move therealong, each of the inner rails being connected to a first-side bottom surface of the storage part in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a support part supporting a bottom surface of the storage part by being in contact with the bottom surface of the storage part.

Claims

1. A sliding type glove box comprising a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom, the glove box comprising: a pair of outer rails arranged under the storage part and fixedly mounted to the housing; inner rails having lengths shorter than lengths of the outer rails and provided at the outer rails to move therealong, each of the inner rails being connected to a first-side bottom surface of the storage part in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a support part supporting a bottom surface of the storage part.

2. The glove box of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a pair of coupling frames allowing the outer rails to be mounted thereto, respectively, and the support part supports the bottom surface of the storage part while being arranged between the pair of coupling frames.

3. The glove box of claim 2, wherein the support part comprises a pair of support frames arranged in horizontal directions intersecting longitudinal directions of the coupling frames and connected to the coupling frames, the support frames being provided by being spaced apart from each other and in surface contract with the bottom surface of the storage part; and rollers provided rotatably between the pair of support frames and in rolling contact with the bottom surface of the storage part.

4. The glove box of claim 3, wherein the support part supports the first-side bottom surface of the storage part in the longitudinal direction thereof when the storage part is withdrawn from the inner space of the housing, and supports a second-side bottom surface of the storage part in the longitudinal direction thereof when the storage part is received in the inner space of the housing.

5. The glove box of claim 4, wherein when the storage part is withdrawn from the inner space of the housing, the inner rail moves from a first end of the outer rail in a longitudinal direction thereof to a second end of the outer rail in the longitudinal direction thereof, and only a portion of a first side of the storage part in the longitudinal direction thereof is received in the inner space of the housing and a remaining portion of the storage part in the longitudinal direction thereof is exposed to an outside of the housing.

6. The glove box of claim 2, wherein the support part comprises rollers provided rotatably at the inner rails, respectively, and in rolling contact with the bottom surface of the storage part.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] The above and other objectives, features, and other advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0024] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a sliding type glove box according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a storage part according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage part seen from a bottom portion thereof when an inner rail is arranged at a first side of an outer rail in a longitudinal direction thereof according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the storage part seen from the lower part when the inner rail is arranged at a second side of the outer rail in the longitudinal direction thereof according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG. 7 is a sectional view illustrating the storage part withdrawn from the housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a support part according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; and

[0032] FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a conventional sliding type glove box.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0033] Advantages and features of the present disclosure, and a method of achieving the advantages and features will become apparent with reference to embodiments described later in detail with the accompanying drawings.

[0034] However, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms. The embodiments are provided to make the present disclosure complete, and to fully inform the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs, and the present disclosure is defined only by the scope of the claims.

[0035] Hereinafter, a sliding type glove box according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. In describing the sliding type glove box of the present disclosure, detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations are omitted so as not to obscure the subject matter of the present disclosure.

[0036] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a sliding type glove box according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a storage part according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage part seen from a lower part thereof when an inner rail is arranged at a first side of an outer rail in a longitudinal direction thereof according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the storage part seen from the lower part when the inner rail is arranged at a second side of the outer rail in the longitudinal direction thereof according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 7 is a sectional view illustrating the storage part withdrawn from the housing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; and FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a support part according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 8, the sliding type glove box 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may largely include: the housing 110 mounted to an instrument panel (not shown), and the storage part 120 provided in inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom.

[0038] As described above, the housing 110 may be considered to be a component mounted to the instrument panel and, as illustrated in FIG. 2, may have space in which the storage part 120 can be received.

[0039] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, the storage part 120 may have a box shape having an open upper part and may be mounted in the inner space defined by the housing 110.

[0040] In addition, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 7, the sliding type glove box 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a pair of outer rails 130 arranged under the storage part 120 and fixedly mounted to the housing 110; inner rails 140 having lengths shorter than lengths of the outer rails 130 and provided to move along the outer rails 130, each of the inner rails being connected to a first-side bottom surface of the storage part in a longitudinal direction thereof; and the support part 150 supporting the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0041] The outer rail 130 may be considered as a component mounted in the inner space defined by the housing 110, and may have a U-shaped cross section. For reference, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the outer rail 130 is illustrated to be separated from the housing 110 in FIG. 1 such that the configuration of the outer rail 130 is easily grasped.

[0042] The outer rail 130 is provided as a pair of outer rails provided in the inner space of the housing 110 by being spaced apart from each other and may be arranged under each of the opposite sides of the storage part 120 in a width direction thereof.

[0043] The inner rail 140 is a component moving along the longitudinal direction of the outer rail 130, and may be connected to the bottom surface of the storage part 120. Accordingly, the storage part 120 may be rectilinearly reciprocated along the longitudinal direction of the outer rail 130 by the movement of the inner rail 140.

[0044] Meanwhile, as described above, the inner rail 140 is connected to the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof. Accordingly, as illustrated in FIG. 6, when the inner rail 140 moves from a first side of the outer rail 130 in a longitudinal direction thereof to a second side thereof in the longitudinal direction, the storage part 120 may be moved such that a portion of a second side of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof is exposed to the outside of the housing 110.

[0045] Contrarily, when the inner rail 140 moves from the second side of the outer rail 130 in the longitudinal direction thereof to the first side in the longitudinal direction, the storage part 120 may be moved such that the storage part 120 is received in the housing 110.

[0046] As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, the support part 150 is arranged between coupling frames 111 of the housing 110 and may support the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0047] For reference, each of the coupling frames 111 of the housing 110 may be considered as a component coupled to the outer rail 130. The coupling frame 111 may be provided as a pair of coupling frames located at the inner bottom part of the housing 110 by being spaced apart from each other.

[0048] The support part 150 may include: a pair of support frames 151 arranged in horizontal directions intersecting longitudinal directions of the coupling frames 111 and connected to the coupling frames 111, the support frames being provided by being spaced apart from each other and in surface contract with the bottom surface of the storage part 120; and rollers 152 provided rotatably between the pair of support frames 151 and in rolling contact with the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0049] The pair of support frames 151 may be arranged between the pair of coupling frames 111, and the opposite ends of each of the support frames 151 in a longitudinal direction thereof may be connected to the pair of coupling frames 111, respectively.

[0050] In addition, each of the support frames 151 is provided to have height higher than the height of the coupling frame 111 and may be in surface contact with the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0051] The rollers 152 are in rolling contact with the bottom surface of the storage part 120 such that the storage part 120 is easily moved and, together with the support frames 151, function to support the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0052] In other words, when the storage part 120 moves to be opened or closed, the rollers 152 are in rolling contact with the bottom surface of the storage part 120 such that the storage part 120 is easily moved. Furthermore, when the storage part 120 stops, the rollers 152, together with the pair of support frames 151 for supporting the storage part 120, may support the bottom surface of the storage part 120.

[0053] The support part 150 configured as described above is located at the second side portion of the housing 110 in the longitudinal direction thereof and functions to support the second-side bottom surface or first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof.

[0054] That is, when the storage part 120 is withdrawn from the inner space of the housing 110, the support part 150 may support the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof. Contrarily, when the storage part 120 is received in the inner space of the housing 110, the support part 150 may support the second-side bottom surface of the storage part in the longitudinal direction thereof.

[0055] As illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the storage part 120 is moved to be withdrawn from the inner space of the housing 110, the remaining portion of the storage part 120 except for the portion of the first side of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof is exposed to the outside of the housing 110. In this case, only the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction is connected to the inner rail 140, so although the storage part 120 is withdrawn from the housing 110, the outer rail 130 or the inner rail 140 is not be exposed to the outside of the housing 110. Accordingly, the outer rail 130 or the inner rail 140 is not exposed to the outside to prevent the exterior beauty of the glove box from deteriorating.

[0056] However, the longitudinal portion of the storage part 120 exposed to the outside of the housing 110 is not supported by a separate member, so pressure due to the weight of goods is intensively transmitted to the portion of the first side of the storage part 120 relatively not exposed to the outside of the housing 110. That is, pressure due to the weight of goods is intensively transmitted to the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 connected to the inner rail 140.

[0057] Accordingly, the support part 150 is provided such that the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof can withstand pressure due to the weight of goods. The support part 150 is in contact with a portion of the bottom surface of the storage part 120 not connected to the inner rail 140 and functions to prevent the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 from being deformed or damaged due to the weight of goods.

[0058] Accordingly, in the glove box 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, although the storage part 120 is slidably withdrawn from the housing 110 to open the storage part 120, the rails are not exposed to the outside so as to prevent the deterioration of the exterior beauty of the glove box 100. Particularly, the disadvantage that the force of supporting the weight of the storage part 120 is reduced by this rail-hiding structure is compensated by the support part 150 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, thereby maintaining durability of the glove box.

[0059] Although the specific embodiments according to the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0060] For example, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the support part 150 is described and illustrated in the drawings to be provided at the bottom part of the housing 110 with the support part 150 connected to the coupling frames 111 of the housing 110, but is not limited thereto.

[0061] As illustrated in FIG. 8, the support part 150 is embodied as a roller and is provided to be rotatable at the inner rail 140 and thus may support the first-side bottom surface of the storage part 120 in the longitudinal direction thereof.

[0062] Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be defined by being limited to the embodiments described above, but should be defined not only by the scope of the claims to be described later, but also by equivalents to the scope of the claims.