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US 9,850,692 B2Granted
Glove box for an automobile
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorMyoung Seok Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a glove box for an automobile. The glove box for an automobile includes a glove box door which is open/closed; a first lock rod including an end protruding to a side of the glove box door in the glove box door to lock the side of the glove box door; and a second lock rod including an end protruding to an opposite side of the glove box door in the glove box door to lock the opposite side of the glove box door.
Claims15
A glove box for an automobile, comprising:
- a glove box body hinged on an instrument panel having an opening, the glove box including:
- a glove box door which is positionable to open and close the opening of the instrument panel, and
- a receptacle fixed at a rear of the glove box door so as to be inserted into or withdrawn from the opening as the glove box door is positioned to close or open the opening;
- a first lock rod located in the glove box door and including a first end protruding from a first side of the glove box door so as to lock the first side of the glove box door to the instrument panel when the glove box door is positioned to close the opening and to unlock the first side of the glove box door from the instrument panel, allowing the glove box door to be positioned to open the opening;
- and
- a second lock rod located in the glove box door and including first end protruding from a second side of the glove box door opposite to the first side so as to lock the second side of the glove box door to the instrument panel when the glove box door is positioned to close the opening and to unlock the second side of the glove box door from the instrument panel, allowing the glove box door to be positioned to open the opening,
- wherein an assembly positioning groove is formed in the first lock rod, an assembly positioning protrusion is formed on the second lock rod, when the first and second lock rods are assembled to the glove box door, the assembly positioning protrusion is inserted into the assembly positioning groove so that an assembly position of the first lock rod and an assembly position of the second lock rod are determined, and
- wherein the assembly positioning protrusion is located outside the assembly positioning groove so as to not face the assembly positioning groove when the first and second lock rods are operated to move away from their respective assembly positions such that their respective first ends protrude from the first and second sides of the glove box door, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.