OVERHEAD CONSOLE AND A COUPLING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A temporal engaging portion is provided at a bin. Therefore, by engaging a bin-side arm with a bin-side engaging portion and temporally engaging a panel-side arm with the temporal engaging portion after elastically deforming the panel-side arm, a torsion spring can be set to the bin before the bin is coupled with a panel. The bin set with the torsion spring is inserted into a recess of the panel. During rotation of the bin toward a closed position, a temporal engagement of the panel-side arm with the temporal engaging portion is released, and upon being released, the panel-side arm is elastically sprung-back to be finally engaged with the panel-side engaging portion. As a result, by only coupling the bin set with the torsion spring with the panel, the bin and the torsion spring can be coupled with the panel so that coupling work is improved.

主权项

1. An overhead console comprising:
(a) a panel including a bearing and a panel-side engaging portion; (b) a bin including a rotatable shaft rotatably supported by the bearing and a bin-side engaging portion, the bin being rotatably coupled with the panel so as to be rotatable between an open position and a closed position; and (c) a torsion spring including a coil portion, a panel-side arm finally engaged with the panel-side engaging portion after coupling the bin with the panel and a bin-side arm regularly engaged with the bin-side engaging portion, the torsion spring biasing the bin in an opening direction relative to the panel after coupling the bin with the panel, wherein a temporal engaging portion is provided at the bin, the panel-side arm of the torsion spring being temporally engaged with the temporal engaging portion before coupling the bin with the panel, the panel-side arm of the torsion spring having been released from a temporal engagement with the temporal engaging portion after coupling the bin with the panel.