Glove box
AssigneeKojima Industries Corporation
InventorJunya Suzuki
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Abstract
A glove box includes: an outer unit turning to open and to close; a lock unit that locks a closed state of the outer unit; a lock mechanism that includes an operation unit, an interlocking unit, and a base unit; an inner unit that closes an inner wall of the outer unit; a fitting portion that assembles the inner wall of the outer unit and the lock mechanism; and a receiving seat portion that receives the lock unit. Further, the inner unit has an inclined portion inclined to an inside of the inner unit from the inner wall side of the outer unit toward the through hole, and the inclined portion is in sliding contact with a distal end of the lock unit in a longitudinal direction when the outer unit and the inner unit are assembled.
Claims6
A glove box comprising:
- an outer unit that is freely turnably provided in a vehicle compartment and turns to open and to close;
- a lock unit that locks a closed state of the outer unit in a releasable manner, the lock unit having a rod shape;
- a lock mechanism that includes an operation unit that unlocks the closed state of the outer unit, an interlocking unit that interlocks the operation unit and the lock unit, and a base unit to which the operation unit and the interlocking unit are provided;
- an inner unit that closes an inner wall of the outer unit to which the lock unit and the lock mechanism are assembled, the inner unit having a through hole through which the lock unit can protrude and retract;
- a fitting portion that assembles the inner wall of the outer unit and the lock mechanism to each other in a linear direction;
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- a receiving seat portion that receives the lock unit, the receiving seat portion being formed in a recessed shape opened in the linear direction,
- wherein the inner unit has an inclined portion inclined to an inside of the inner unit from the inner wall side of the outer unit toward the through hole, and
- the inclined portion is in sliding contact with a distal end of the lock unit in a longitudinal direction when the outer unit and the inner unit are assembled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.