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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K35/00—Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
  • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
  • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
  • B62D25/14—Dashboards as superstructure sub-units
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K37/00—Dashboards
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K37/00—Dashboards
  • B60K37/10—Arrangements for attaching the dashboard to the vehicle
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
  • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
  • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
  • F16B5/0628—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship allowing for adjustment parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the sheets or plates
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
  • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
  • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
  • F16B5/0635—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
  • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
  • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
  • F16B5/0664—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship at least one of the sheets or plates having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features

Definitions

• Assembly part for connecting a dashboard to a body part of a vehicle
• the present disclosure relates to an assembly part for connecting a dashboard to a body part of a vehicle.
• Parts are known for assembling two components of a vehicle, such as, for example, assembly parts for connecting a dashboard to the body of a vehicle.
• the existing solutions do not allow precise adjustment of the parts to one another, which leads to assembly clearances between the parts. Mounting clearances are particularly undesirable because of the vibrations and noise they generate.
• the existing assembly parts do not allow the elements to be easily assembled together and easily disassembled once mounted in the vehicle.
• the present disclosure improves the situation.
• An assembly part for connecting a dashboard to a body part of a vehicle, the assembly part comprising: a first male part adapted to engage with the dashboard, and a second female part adapted to come into engagement with the body part of the vehicle by an approximation movement between said female part and said body part, said approximation movement being unidirectional and adjustable, the male part being substantially flat and extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end in contact with the female part to a second free end in the form of a hook, the male part and / or the female part being configured to prevent a translational movement between the dashboard and the body part when the male part is engaged with the dashboard and the female part is engaged with the body part.
• connection between the female part and the body part can only be adjusted in the direction of approach. It is also not possible to separate the assembly part and the body part from each other. This makes it possible to minimize the connection play between the dashboard and the vehicle body and the vibrations of the dashboard when the vehicle is in motion.
• the assembly part may further comprise two side walls arranged on either side of the male part to prevent a translational movement between the assembly part and the dashboard, and in which the male part comprises two side edges each joining the first end of the male part to the second end of the male part, each of the edges comprising a protuberance, and the side walls each comprise an opening cooperating respectively with a protuberance of the male part to limit movement of the second end of the male part relative to the side walls.
• the second end of the male part can also be movable substantially perpendicularly to a mean plane of said male part.
• the side walls can be arranged in a plane perpendicular to the male part and each extend from the female part to a free end of the side wall, and the second end of the male part and the free end of the side wall can form facing abutment surfaces delimiting a space suitable for receiving a part of the dashboard in order to block the dashboard in translation in the longitudinal direction relative to the assembly part.
• the female part can also include a base and two branches substantially perpendicular to the base, the branches and the base defining a space for receiving the body part.
• at least one of the two branches may include a toothed zone adapted to cooperate with a toothed zone of the body part to prevent a translational movement between the assembly part and the body part in the opposite direction of the body. movement of ruzement.
• one of the two branches may include a support part intended to be supported on the body part.
• the assembly part may comprise an elastic stopper to keep the male part in engagement with the dashboard, the elastic stopper being arranged on the male part or on the dashboard and putting in contact respectively with the dashboard or the male part.
• the present invention also relates to an assembly comprising a vehicle body part and an assembly part as described above.
• the invention further relates to a vehicle comprising an assembly part as described above, an instrument panel and a body part, the assembly part connecting the dashboard to the body part.
• Figure 1 shows a sectional view of an assembly consisting of the dashboard and the body part assembled together by the assembly part according to one embodiment.
• Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the assembly according to another embodiment.
• Figure 3 shows a view from another perspective of the assembly part of Figure 2.
• Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the assembly in a view identical to that of Figure 1.
• Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the assembly in a view identical to that of Figure 1 and Figure 4.
• FIG. 1 illustrates the assembly part 10.
• the assembly part 10 connects the dashboard 12 on the one hand, to a body part 14 on the other hand.
• the assembly part 10 comprises a male part 16 and a female part 15.
• the assembly part 10 is first clipped onto the dashboard 12, then the assembly formed by the assembly part 10 and the dashboard 12 is fixed to the body part 14. More precisely, the assembly part 10 is clipped onto the dashboard 12 by the male part 16 and the assembly formed by the assembly part 10 and the dashboard 12 is fixed to the body part 14 by the female part 15.
• the body part 14 can be the body itself or an attached part fixed to the body, for example welded or clipped onto the body.
• the mark illustrated in Figures 1-3 represents the vertical direction Z, the longitudinal direction X and the transverse direction Y.
• the following elements are described with reference to these directions X, Y and Z, when the dashboard 12 is assembled to the body part 14 by means of the assembly part 10, that is to say in normal condition of use of the vehicle 50 equipped with the edge 12.
• the dashboard 12 comprises an outer surface 11, accessible to a user in normal condition.
• the elements under the outer surface 11 are in practice not accessible to a user of the vehicle 50 in normal condition.
• the dashboard 12 comprises in particular a vertical part 12C and two side parts 12D.
• the vertical part 12C is rectangular and extends mainly in the transverse direction Y.
• the vertical part 12C comprises a first opening 12A.
• the first opening 12A extends mainly in the transverse direction Y.
• the first opening 12A is rectangular.
• the first opening 12A is delimited vertically, in height by an upper edge 45 and a lower edge 44. The distance between the upper edge 45 and the lower edge 44 defines a height 43. Further, as illustrated in FIG.
• the dashboard 12 may comprise, on either side of the vertical part 12C, a side part 12D.
• the dashboard 12 thus comprises two side parts 12D, which extend mainly in the longitudinal direction X, that is to say perpendicular to the vertical part 12C.
• the side parts 12C are substantially rectangular.
• the assembly formed by the vertical part 12C and the side parts 12C form a “U”.
• the dashboard 12 includes a second opening 12B.
• the second opening 12B is accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle 50 when the dashboard 12 is attached to the body for normal use of the vehicle 50.
• the second opening 12B corresponds to a hole in a demisting grille.
• the female part 15 is in the form of a "U", and comprises a base 15A and two branches 15B perpendicular to the base 15A.
• the base 15A extends mainly in the transverse direction Y while the branches 15B extend mainly in the longitudinal direction X. In the transverse direction Y, one of the branches 15B is located above the other branch 15B.
• the branches 15B can therefore be qualified as “upper branch” and “lower branch”.
• the branches 15B and the base 15A delimit a space 30 receiving the body part 14. More precisely, the branches 15B comprise an internal surface 31 on the side of the space 30, that is to say facing the space. 30.
• the internal surface 31 comprises an attachment zone 32 for engaging with the body part 14.
• each of the two or only one of the two internal surfaces 31 comprises an attachment zone 32.
• the fastening zone 32 is located on the internal surface of the lower branch 15B,
• the fastening zone 32 can for example constitute a toothed zone 32, which comprises for example saw teeth 36, and hooks the body part 14.
• the toothed zone 32 is arranged in the space 30.
• the body part 14 may comprise a shape, with saw teeth 35, complementary to that of the zone. fixing 32.
• the fixing zone 32 makes it possible to maintain the panel 12 on the body 14, by blocking the translational movements along the X axis that may occur between the dashboard 12 and the body 14.
• each sawtooth 36 of the area fixing 32 consists of an oblique part 33 and a straight part 34.
• the oblique part 33 increases in the direction longitudinal X.
• the straight part 34 extends parallel in the vertical direction Z.
• the complementary sawtooth shape 35 of the body part 14 comprises teeth of which the oblique parts 37 and the straight parts 38 are complementary to those of the body part 14. fixing zone 32 of the female part 15.
• the oblique part 37 of the saw teeth 35 of the body part 14 increases in the longitudinal direction X.
• the straight part 38 of the saw teeth 35 of the body part 14 extends parallel in the vertical direction Z.
• the shape of the saw teeth of the fixing zone 32 and of the body part 14 makes it possible to block the movement in the positive direction in the longitudinal direction X.
• the movement in the negative direction in the longitudinal direction X remains authorized, this allowing in particular to slide the assembly part 10 (the negative direction in the longitudinal direction X) on the body part 14 during assembly ge of the dashboard 12 with the vehicle body.
• the sawtooth shape presented here is particularly advantageous because it makes it possible to best adjust the distance between the hook 16B of the male part 16, detailed below, and to limit the assembly clearances between the assembly part. 10 and the body part 14.
• the disassembly (that is to say the movement of the assembly part 10 in the positive direction in the longitudinal direction X) is not possible except using a disassembly tool which is described below.
• the branch 15B comprises a support part 15C.
• This support part 15C is designed to rest on the body part 14.
• the support part 15C is located between the free end of the upper branch 15B and the base 15A, for example towards the middle of the branch. 15B in the longitudinal direction X.
• the bearing part 15C ensures the permanent support of the female part 15 on the body part 14, in order to prevent the teeth of the female part 15 and of the body part 14 become detached and weaken the connection between these two parts 14, 15.
• the bearing part 15C causes a reduction in height in the vertical direction Y of the space 30.
• the space 30 of the female part 15 is larger at its opening formed by its free end in order to facilitate the introduction of the body part 14 in the female part 15 then narrows in the area of the bearing part 15C.
• the male part 16 is substantially flat.
• the male part 16 extends in the longitudinal direction X.
• the male part 16 extends from a first end 16A to a second end 16B.
• the first end 16A is in contact with the female part 15. More precisely, the first end 16A is in contact with the base 15A of the female part 15.
• the first end 16A extends in the same transverse direction Y as the base 15A.
• the second end 16B is free.
• the second end 16B is in the form of a hook.
• This mean plane P16 is the plane which extends between the first end 16A and the second end 16B of the male part 16, in the longitudinal directions X and transverse Y.
• the mean plane P16 divides the male part 16 into two parts substantially equal in the vertical direction Z.
• the mean plane P16 can thus be qualified as a midplane.
• the mean plane P16 also corresponds to a plane defined when the male part 16 is stationary. In other words, if the male part 16 is movable relative to the constituent elements of the assembly part 10, the mean plane P16 remains fixed relative to the movement of the male part 16.
• the male part 16 is elastically deformable.
• elastically deformable it is understood that the male part 16 is sufficiently rigid to retain its own shape without the aid of any support, and sufficiently flexible to bend under the action of a force applied for example on the second end. 16B.
• the second end 16B When the dashboard 12 is assembled to the body part 14, the second end 16B is housed in the first opening 12A of the dashboard 12.
• the second end 16B is in the form of a hook, which allows the movement of the second end 16B in the opening 12A in the positive direction in the longitudinal direction X but which blocks this same movement in the negative direction in the longitudinal direction X.
• the second end 16B comprises a vertical surface 40 and an inclined surface 42.
• the vertical surface 40 extends parallel to the vertical direction Z and is located opposite the base 15A of the female part 15.
• the inclined surface 42 decreases in the longitudinal direction X, from the vertical surface 40.
• the second end 16B has a height 41 measured according to the vertical direction Z slightly less than the height 43 of the opening 12A, also measured in the vertical direction Z.
• the second end 16B rests on the upper edge 45 of the first opening 12A, and the vertical surface 40 of the second end 16B constitutes an abutment surface 24 against which the dashboard 12 abuts, which blocks the movement of the second end 16B in the first opening 12A in the direction negative in the longitudinal direction X.
• the dashboard 12 In order to detach the dashboard 12 from the body (and from the assembly part 10 fixed to the body part 14), it is possible to use a thin and long tool, such as for example a screwdriver, through the second opening 12B to press on the second end 16B.
• the male part 16 being elastically deformable, the force exerted on the second end 16B by the tool causes the inclination of the male part 16 downwards in the vertical direction Z.
• the height 41 of the second part 16 being less than the height.
• height 43 of the first opening 12A, the second end 16B can pass through the first opening 12A (that is to say move in the negative direction in the longitudinal direction X), which unlocks the assembly part 10 of the dashboard 12.
• the assembly part comprises two side walls 20, illustrated for example in Figures 1 to 3.
• the side walls 20 are arranged on either side of the male part 16. More precisely, the side walls 20 are arranged in a plane P20 perpendicular to the male part 16 and each extend from the female part 15 to a free end of the side wall 22.
• Each side wall 20 comprises a passage 21.
• the passage 21 is suitable for receiving a protuberance 18 of the male part 16.
• the side walls 20 prevent translational movements between the assembly part 10 and the dashboard 12 and therefore indirectly prevent translational movements between the dashboard 12 and the body part 14. In particular, side walls 20 block the translational movement in the transverse direction Y and the translational movement in the positive direction along the longitudinal direction X.
• the side walls 20 extend perpendicularly to the male part 16, from the base 15A of the female part 15 towards the second end 16B of the male part 16.
• the side walls 20 are fixed to the female part 15, on the other hand, they are not fixed to the male part 16, which allows the male part 16 to 'be movable relative to the side walls 20.
• the second end 16B of the male part 16 is movable perpendicularly to a mean plane P16 of said male part 16 relative to the side walls 20 and to the female part 15.
• the movement of the male part 16 relative to the side walls 20 is limited by the protuberance 18 which is engaged in the passage 21.
• the side walls 20 are shorter than the male part 16. This difference in length delimits a space 25 capable of receiving a part of the dashboard 12, and in particular the vertical part 12C of the dashboard 12.
• the dashboard 12 can thus be inserted vertically between the side walls 20 and the second end 16B of the male part 16.
• the side parts 12D of the dashboard 12 enclose the assembly part 10. More precisely, the side parts 12D surround the side walls 20 and the male part 16 of the assembly part 10. The translational movement in the Y direction of the assembly part 10 is thus limited by the side parts 12D of the dashboard 12. Moreover, as can be understood from Figure 2, the side walls 20 serve also as a guide to the correct introduction of the male part 16 into the first opening 12A, being blocked on either side by the side parts 12D.
• the male part 16 comprises two side edges 17 arranged laterally on either side. Each of the two side edges 17 extends between the first end 16A and the second end 16B. Each side edge 17 faces one of the two side parts 20.
• each side edge 17 comprises a protuberance 18.
• Each protuberance 18 cooperates with the passage 21 of the side part 20 facing the corresponding side edge 17. The protuberance 18, by being housed in the passage 21, limits the vertical movement in the Z direction of the male part 16 relative to the female part 15 when a force is applied to the second end 16B of the male part. This prevents in particular the breaking of the male part 16 from the rest of the assembly part 10, that is to say the male part 16 from becoming detached from the female part 15.
• the assembly part further comprises an elastic stop 26, illustrated in Figures 4 and 5.
• This elastic stop 26 can be integrated into the male part ( Figure 4) or the board. edge 12 (figure 5).
• the resilient stop 26 participates in maintaining upward (in the vertical direction Y) of the male part 16 so that the latter rests on the upper edge 45 of the first opening 12A of the dashboard.
• the elastic stop 26 brings the male part 16 into contact with the dashboard 12.
• the elastic stop 26 is for example in the form of a hollow pin, sufficiently deformable to be able to release the hook 16B from the first opening 12A and thus detach the dashboard 12 from the body.
• the elastic stopper is arranged on the underside of the male part 16, facing a part of the dashboard 12 arranged in the longitudinal direction.
• the elastic stopper is inversely arranged on the part of the dashboard 12 arranged in the longitudinal direction, facing the underside of the male part 16.

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