US 12,330,592 B2
Glove box opening and closing apparatus and glove box assembly comprising the same
Ju Han Shin, Yongin-si (KR); and Dong Nyung Jin, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,692.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0107266 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067097 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 7/06 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glove box opening and closing apparatus comprising:
a knob rotatably coupled to a glove box and configured to be disposed at one of a first position and a second position;
a rotator configured to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the knob; and
at least one rod configured to move in conjunction with the rotation of the rotator,
wherein the rotator includes a link in contact with the knob,
an interlocking surface is formed on the link, and
a contact area of the interlocking surface changes as the knob moves from the first position to the second position,
wherein the knob includes:
a first housing coupled to the glove box;
a knob body in the first housing; and
a rotating shaft which connects the first housing and the knob body and is a rotation center of the knob body wherein the knob body includes a pressing protrusion which protrudes from a part of the first housing in a direction from the first housing toward the rotator and of which an end portion is in contact with the interlocking surface.