US 12,435,549 B2
Opening and closing apparatus for glove box and glove box assembly including the same
Young Min Cho, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,295.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0093668 (KR), filed on Jul. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027348 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. E05B 83/30 (2014.01); B60R 7/06 (2006.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 83/30 (2013.01) [B60R 7/06 (2013.01); E05B 85/103 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An opening and closing apparatus, the opening and closing apparatus comprising:
a knob unit disposed on a glove box provided in a cockpit module, the knob unit being configured to be exposed when the glove box is in an open state and not exposed when the glove box is in a closed state;
a rod unit coupled to the cockpit module through the glove box, the rod unit being configured to fix or release the glove box to or from the cockpit module in conjunction with a movement of the knob unit; and
a rotator including a first contact portion and a second contact portion disposed in different directions to connect the knob unit and the rod unit, the rotator being configured to move the rod unit by receiving a rotational force generated through the knob unit,
wherein the rotator comprises:
a rotating portion configured to support the first contact portion and the second contact portion; and
a second pin coupled to the rotating portion, the second pin being configured to provide a center of rotation about which the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the rotating portion are configured to be rotated.