Glove box for a motor vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a glove compartment (1) for a motor vehicle (17), comprising a housing (2) which delimits a storage space (3), and comprising a drawer which can be pivoted relative to the housing (2) about a rotational axis (5) between a closed position and an open position. In order to improve the glove compartment functionally and / or with regard to its storage volume, the drawer is designed as a partial drawer (4).

Description

The invention relates to a glove box for a motor vehicle, having a housing which delimits a storage space, and having a drawer which is pivotable relative to the housing about an axis of rotation between a closed position and an open position. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle having such a glove box.German laid-open specification DE 10 2016 203 059 A1 discloses a glove compartment arrangement for a motor vehicle having a first storage compartment which is formed as part of a movable drawer and having a second storage compartment which is not part of the movable drawer, wherein the first storage compartment can be closed by a hinged lid which is formed as a movable drawer and is articulated via an articulated lever to an axis of rotation of a storage compartment module. The German laid-open specification DE 10 2014 107 913 A1 discloses a cover arrangement of a storage compartment accommodated in a cavity provided in an instrument panel of a vehicle on the passenger side next to an airbag chute, the cavity having an opening, the cover arrangement comprising: a storage compartment cover having an outer shape adjacent to the opening of the cavity when the cover is in a closed position, and a hinge mechanism for rotating the cover from the closed position to an open position such that the cover, when in the open position, is accommodated in the cavity, the hinge mechanism having a hinge with a single axis of rotation extending through or near a center of gravity of the cover.It is an object of the invention to improve a glove box for a motor vehicle, having a housing which delimits a storage space, and having a drawer which is pivotable relative to the housing about an axis of rotation between a closed position and an open position, functionally and / or with regard to its receiving volume.The object is achieved in a glove box for a motor vehicle, having a housing which delimits a storage space, and having a drawer which can be pivoted relative to the housing about an axis of rotation between a closed position and an open position, in that the drawer is designed as a partial drawer. The term partial charge means that the charge claimed is not a complete charge. The intentionally incomplete embodiment of the drawer as a partial drawer enables the realization of a larger storage space in the glove box, since no or at least less double wall thicknesses are required in comparison to a glove box with a complete drawer.A preferred embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the partial drawer comprises a cover which closes a housing opening when the partial drawer has assumed its closed position. When the partial tray has assumed its open position, the housing opening is released from the cover. The cover is advantageously designed in one piece with the partial charging.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the partial drawer has a base section which has the shape of a circular arc in cross section. The bottom section, which is circular-arc-shaped in cross section, represents a bottom of the partial tray. However, the bottom portion of the partial load is advantageously arranged outside the housing of the glove box when the partial load is in its closed position. When the partial tray is in its open position, the bottom portion of the partial tray is advantageously also arranged outside the housing and advantageously prevents objects from falling down if they are or are to be accommodated in the storage space of the glove box. The corresponding circular arc advantageously extends coaxially to the axis of rotation of the partial tray.A further preferred embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the housing has a bottom portion which has the shape of a circular arc in cross section and is adapted to the bottom portion of the partial drawer. This easily prevents objects from being caught between the partial tray and the housing when the partial tray is closed.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the bottom portion of the partial drawer and the bottom portion of the housing are designed and arranged relative to the axis of rotation such that a distance between mutually facing surfaces of the bottom portions remains constant when the partial drawer is pivoted between its closed position and its open position. Thus, an undesired clamping of objects between the two base sections is particularly effectively reliably prevented.A further preferred embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the bottom portion of the partial tray is combined with an intermediate floor body arranged above the bottom portion of the partial tray and above the bottom portion of the housing. According to one exemplary embodiment, the intermediate floor body is formed from a more rigid material and is hinged, for example, to the cover of the partial drawer. Above means in particular, with regard to the bottom sections, that the false bottom body closes a resulting gap between the lid, the partial tray and the bottom section of the housing when opening the lid of the partial tray, in order to avoid undesired jamming of objects when closing the lid.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the partial charging device has at least one side section arranged outside the housing. The side section is advantageously designed and arranged in such a way that the side section prevents objects from falling out of the housing opening when the partial drawer is opened. The partial tray advantageously has two side sections arranged outside the housing in order to prevent objects from dropping out undesirably on both sides when the partial tray is open.A further preferred embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the side portion is formed from a flexible material. The flexible material is advantageously arranged and designed such that it folds, at least partially, when the cover is closed. When the cover is opened, the side section made of the flexible material prevents objects from dropping out in an undesirable manner.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the axis of rotation of the partial load is arranged outside the stowage space. The axis of rotation of the partial tray is intentionally arranged outside the stowage space and also outside the housing. Presumed disadvantages of this arrangement of the axis of rotation are deliberately accepted in this case.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the axis of rotation of the partial drawer is arranged below a lower edge of the housing in a vehicle height direction. A vehicle longitudinal direction is also referred to as the x direction. A vehicle transverse direction is also referred to as the y direction. The vehicle height direction is also referred to as the z direction. Here too, the presumed disadvantage is accepted, which arises with regard to the downward pivoting movement of the partial load from the claimed arrangement of the axis of rotation.A further preferred exemplary embodiment of the glove box is characterized in that the axis of rotation of the partial drawer is arranged offset forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the lower edge of the housing. The axis of rotation of the partial tray is advantageously arranged such that the cover of the partial tray assumes an angle of approximately fifty degrees with respect to a horizontal in its closed position. In the open position of the partial load, the cover advantageously assumes an angle of approximately ten degrees with respect to the horizontal. The resulting pivoting angle of the partial load between its open position and its closed position of approximately forty degrees has proven to be particularly comfortable with regard to the glove box as claimed.The invention also relates to a motor vehicle having a glove box described above. In the motor vehicle, the glove box is preferably integrated into an instrument panel or an instrument panel. In this case, the glove box is preferably arranged in a known manner on a passenger side.The invention optionally also relates to a partial charging device and / or a housing for a glove box described above. The partial charging and the housing can be sold separately.Further advantages, features and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description, in which various exemplary embodiments are described in detail with reference to the drawing. The following are shown: FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a glove box of a motor vehicle with a partial load in its closed position; FIG. 2 shows the glove box from FIG. 1 with the partial charge in its open position; FIG. 3 shows a perspective illustration of a housing of the glove box with the partial load in its closed position; FIG. 4 shows an enlarged illustration of a detail from FIG. 2 with two base sections and an axis of rotation of the partial tray; and FIGS. 5 to 8 are views similar to FIGS. 1 to 3 in accordance with further exemplary embodiments.FIGS. 1 to 4 show a glove box 1 in various views and positions. The glove box 1 comprises a housing 2 which delimits a storage space 3. The glove box 1 is integrated on a passenger side into an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, which is indicated only by a reference sign 17 in FIG. 1.A vehicle front-rear direction extends in a horizontal direction in FIG. 1. A vehicle transverse direction extends in FIG. 1 perpendicular to the plane of the drawing. A vehicle height direction extends in the vertical direction in FIG. 1.The housing 2 comprises an upper housing wall section 21, a front housing wall section 22 with respect to the forward direction of travel of the motor vehicle 17 and a lower housing wall section 23. the lower housing wall section 23 of the housing 2 is connected to a base section 9 of the housing via an angular connecting section 24.The housing 2 comprises a housing opening 7, which can be closed by a cover 6 of a partial drawer 4. In FIG. 1, the housing opening 7 of the housing 2 is closed by the cover 6. In FIG. 2, the cover 6 is pivoted downward about an axis of rotation 5, so that the housing opening 7 is exposed by the cover 6.A portion of the housing 2 which is open per se between the upper housing wall portion 21 and the housing opening 7 is, as is indicated in FIG. 1 by a line with a hatching, closed in the installed state of the glove box 1 by an interior part 16 of the motor vehicle 17, which is not illustrated in detail. The interior part 16 is, for example, an instrument panel or a component of the instrument panel.The cover 6 is part of the partial load 4 which, as is indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2 by a double arrow 18, can be pivoted about the axis of rotation 5 between its closed position shown in FIG. 1 and its open position shown in FIG. 2. In addition to the cover 6, the partial tray 4 comprises a bottom section 8 which, in the cross section shown, has the shape of a circular arc. The circular arc shape of the bottom section 8 is adapted to a complementarily shaped shape of the bottom section 9 of the housing 2 of the glove box 1.In FIG. 2, a dashed line indicates that the partial tray 4 has a side portion 11 in addition to the cover 6 and the bottom portion 8. The side section 11 laterally delimits a free space 12 which results in front of and below the housing opening 7 when the partial drawer 4 is opened. In Fig. 2, it can be seen how the side portion 11 and the bottom portion 8 of the opened partial tray 4 prevent objects from dropping or dropping undesirably when the partial tray 4 is opened.In the perspective illustration of FIG. 3, it can be seen that the partial load 4 comprises a further side section 10. The side portion 10, like the side portion 11, is arranged on the other side of the partial charging 4 outside the housing 2. The perspective illustration of FIG. 3 lacks the interior part 16 only indicated in FIG. 1, thus enabling a view into a storage space 3, although the glove box 1 in FIG. 3 is closed by the partial load 4 with the cover 6.FIG. 4 shows a detail from FIG. 2 with the two base sections 8, 9 of the partial tray 4 and of the housing 2 enlarged together with the axis of rotation 5 and the double arrow 18. Two mutually facing dimension arrows, one of which intersects the axis of rotation 5, measure a distance 13 between mutually facing surfaces 14, 15 of the base sections 8, 9.The distance 13 advantageously remains constant when the partial tray 4 is pivoted between its open position and its closed position. Furthermore, the distance 13 is made as small as possible in order to avoid undesired jamming of objects during opening and closing of the partial drawer 4.It can also be seen in FIG. 3 that objects remain in the storage space 3 in their horizontal position when the partial load 4 is opened. In contrast to designs of glove boxes with a complete load, objects in the storage space 3 do not have to be turned along when the partial load 4 is pivoted. This significantly reduces the risk of objects being tipped out by the partial load 4 in contrast to a complete load.FIGS. 5 and 6 show an exemplary embodiment in which an additional false floor body 25 is combined with the floor section 8 of the partial load 4. The intermediate floor body 25 is connected at a connection point 26 to the cover 6 of the partial tray 4. A free end 27 of the intermediate floor body 25 projects into the housing 2 both when the drawer 4 is closed and when it is open.It can be seen from a combination of FIGS. 5 and 6 that the intermediate floor body 25 prevents a resulting gap between the cover 6 of the partial tray 4 and the housing opening 7 when the partial tray 4 is opened. For this purpose, the intermediate floor body 25 is arranged above the floor sections 8 and 9. Here, with respect to the intermediate floor body 25, above means optionally also in front of the floor sections 8, 9, as can be seen in FIG. 5.It is shown in FIGS. 7, 8 that the side section 10 can also be formed from a flexible material 30. The flexible material 30 folds or collapses upon closing the partial tray 4 as seen in Fig. 7. It can be seen in FIG. 8 that the flexible material 30 of the side section 10 reliably prevents objects from falling laterally out of the opened glove box 1. For this purpose, the flexible material 30 is fixed to both the housing 2 and the partial tray 4.Reference numerals denote reference numerals1 Glove box 2 Housing 3 Storage space 4 Partial load 5 Axis of rotation 6 Cover 7 Housing opening 8 Base section 9 Base section 10 Side section 11 Side section 12 Free space 13 Distance 14 Surface 15 Surface 16 Interior part 17 Motor vehicle 18 Double arrow 21 Housing wall section 22 Housing wall section 23 Housing wall section 24 Connecting section 25 Intermediate base body 26 Connection point 27 Free end 30 Flexible materialReferences included in the specificationThis list of documents cited by the applicant has been produced in an automated manner and is only included for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent application or utility model application. The DPMA does not take any adhesion for any faults or omissions.Patent Literature citedDE 10 2016 203 059 A1

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Claims

Glove box (1) for a motor vehicle (17), having a housing (2) which delimits a storage space (3), and having a drawer which can be pivoted relative to the housing (2) about an axis of rotation (5) between a closed position and an open position, characterized in that the drawer is designed as a partial drawer (4).Glove box according to claim 1, characterised in that the partial drawer (4) comprises a cover (6) which closes a housing opening (7) when the partial drawer (4) has assumed its closed position.Glove box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the partial drawer (4) has a base section (8) which has the shape of a circular arc in cross section.Glove box according to claim 3, characterised in that the housing (2) has a bottom section (9) which has the shape of a circular arc in cross-section and is adapted to the bottom section (8) of the partial drawer (4).Glove box according to claim 4, characterised in that the bottom section (8) of the partial drawer (4) and the bottom section (9) of the housing (2) are designed and arranged relative to the axis of rotation (5) such that a distance (13) between mutually remote surfaces (14, 15) of the bottom sections (8, 9) remains constant when the partial drawer (4) is pivoted between its closed position and its open position.Glove box according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the bottom portion (8) of the partial tray (4) is combined with an intermediate floor body (25) arranged above the bottom portion (8), the partial tray (4) and above the bottom portion (9) of the housing (2).Glove box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the partial load (4) has at least one side section (10) arranged outside the housing (2).Glove box according to claim 7, characterised in that the side portion (10) is formed from a flexible material (30).Glove box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the axis of rotation (5) of the partial load (4) is arranged outside the storage space (3).Glove box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the axis of rotation (5) of the partial drawer (4) is arranged below a lower edge of the housing (2) in a vehicle height direction.Glove box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the axis of rotation (5) of the partial drawer (4) is arranged offset forwards in a vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the lower edge.Motor vehicle (17) having a glove box (1) according to one of the preceding claims.

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