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Granted Patent B2
US 11,766,962 · App. 16/905,984 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

On-vehicle storage device

Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakakibara (Kiyosu, JP); Kohei Yoshida (Kiyosu, JP); Yu Hishida (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60N3/103
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Patent No.
US 11,766,962
App. No.
16/905,984
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an on-vehicle storage device 1 that includes: a storage box 2 including a box body 20 having a storage space 21 and having an upward-facing opening 22 , and a box peripheral portion 25 disposed at a peripheral edge of the opening 22 ; and a design panel 3 disposed on an upper side of the storage box 2 and having a window portion 32 facing the opening 22 , and a design window frame portion 35 that is disposed at a peripheral edge of the window portion 32 and that faces the box peripheral portion 25 . The design window frame portion 35 and the box peripheral portion 25 are slidable relative to each other in a first direction intersecting an up-down direction while engaging with each other. The storage box 2 and the design panel 3 are combined with each other by sliding in the first direction.

Claims (19)

1. An on-vehicle storage device comprising:

a storage box including a box body having a storage space and having an upward-facing opening, and a box peripheral portion disposed at a peripheral edge of the opening; and

a design panel disposed on an upper side of the storage box, the design panel configured to have a window portion facing the opening, and a design window frame portion that is disposed at a peripheral edge of the window portion and that faces the box peripheral portion, wherein

the design window frame portion and the box peripheral portion are slidable relative to each other in a first direction intersecting an up-down direction while engaging with each other,

the storage box and the design panel are combined with each other by sliding in the first direction,

the window portion defines a hole through which the storage space of the storage box communicates with the outside of the on-vehicle storage device when the storage box and design panel are combined with each other, and

a connecting wall of the design window frame portion or an engaging wall of the design window frame portion comprises an easily-deformable portion at which a thickness of the engaging wall or a thickness of the connecting wall is reduced.

2. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the design window frame portion includes

a design wall that covers an upper surface of the box peripheral portion,

the engaging wall that covers a lower surface of the box peripheral portion, and

the connecting wall that extends in the up-down direction and connects between the design wall and the engaging wall.

3. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the design window frame portion engages with the box peripheral portion while being elastically deformed.

4. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking element configured to inhibit the storage box and the design panel from moving relative to each other in a direction opposite to a combining direction in the first direction.

5. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the easily-deformable portion is disposed at the connecting wall.

6. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the easily-deformable portion is disposed at the engaging wall.

7. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of an outer shape of the window portion is tapered from an upper side of the window portion toward a lower side of the window portion, and the lower side of the window portion is connected to the opening.

8. The on-vehicle storage device according to claim 2 , wherein

the box peripheral portion has a plurality of projections disposed at positions which face the design wall of each of the plurality of elastically-deformable portions, and

a sum of a thickness of the box peripheral portion and a height of a projection of the plurality of projections is greater than a distance between the design wall and the engaging wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: SAKAKIBARA, YASUHIRO; YOSHIDA, KOHEI; HISHIDA, YU
To: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052985/0457 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-129492 · Jul 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210009022A1 · Jan 14, 2021
Cited By (1)
US 12,441,225