Glove box on vehicular instrument panel
Abstract
A glove box for the upper surface of an automobile dashboard whereby it may be positioned close to the driver. The glove box lid is pivotally supported by arms extending down either side to swing forwardly for opening. A hook is pivotally support adjacent an arm and weighted to swing into engagement with the arm to prevent opening of the lid during abrupt deceleration. A toggle spring assists in maintaining the lid in either the open or closed position.
- Inventors:
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- Saitama, JP
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865662
- Patent Number(s):
- 4552399
- Assignee:
- Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E05 - LOCKS E05B - LOCKS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- glove; box; vehicular; instrument; panel; upper; surface; automobile; dashboard; whereby; positioned; close; driver; lid; pivotally; supported; arms; extending; swing; forwardly; hook; support; adjacent; arm; weighted; engagement; prevent; abrupt; deceleration; toggle; spring; assists; maintaining; closed; position; pivotally supported; glove box; upper surface; closed position; instrument panel; /296/292/
Citation Formats
Atarashi, Kazuya. Glove box on vehicular instrument panel. United States: N. p., 1985.
Web.
Atarashi, Kazuya. Glove box on vehicular instrument panel. United States.
Atarashi, Kazuya. Tue .
"Glove box on vehicular instrument panel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865662.
@article{osti_865662,
title = {Glove box on vehicular instrument panel},
author = {Atarashi, Kazuya},
abstractNote = {A glove box for the upper surface of an automobile dashboard whereby it may be positioned close to the driver. The glove box lid is pivotally supported by arms extending down either side to swing forwardly for opening. A hook is pivotally support adjacent an arm and weighted to swing into engagement with the arm to prevent opening of the lid during abrupt deceleration. A toggle spring assists in maintaining the lid in either the open or closed position.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1985},
month = {1}
}
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