FR2486465A1 - DASHBOARD ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - Google Patents

Abstract

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A DASHBOARD HAVING AN UPPER WALL EXTENDING ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD, A BOTTOM WALL FORMING A HOLLOW STRUCTURE WITH THE UPPER WALL AND AN INSTRUMENT PASSENGER PLACED TOWARD AN END OF THE DASHBOARD , THE UPPER WALL OF THE DASHBOARD HAVING AT LEAST ONE PART HINGED AROUND A LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO THE DASHBOARD CLOSE TO THE FRONT END OF THE WALL TO PIVOT UP TO ALLOW ACCESS TO A SHAPED STORAGE COMPARTMENT IN THE DASHBOARD BELOW THE ARTICULATED PART OF THE UPPER WALL. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION, A RESTRICTED OPENING IS PROVIDED IN COMPARTMENT 13, 14 BETWEEN THE ARTICULATED PART 17, 18 AND THE LOWER WALL WHEN THIS ARTICULATED PART 17, 18 OF THE DASHBOARD 10 IS AT ITS LOWER NORMAL POSITION TO ALLOW ACCESS RESTRICTED TO COMPARTMENTS 13, 14 WITHOUT RAISING PART 17, 18. THE INVENTION APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.

Description

The present invention relates to tables

vehicle board.

  The present invention relates to a vehicle dashboard to extend across the interior of the vehicle at the forward end of the passenger compartment, the dashboard having an upper wall for extending along the lower edge of the passenger compartment. windshield of the vehicle, a lower wall to form a hollow structure with the top wall and a cockpit for the instruments placed towards one end of the dashboard for Stre arranged in front of the driver, the upper wall of the dashboard having at least one portion articulated about a longitudinal axis at the dashboard near the front edge of the wall to pivot upward from a normal lower position to provide access to a storage compartment formed in the dashboard below the hinged portion of the upper wall, and according to the invention, a restricted opening is provided in the compartment between the hinged portion and the wall i lower when the articulated part of the de-tord array is at its normal and lower position, to allow restricted access to the

  compartment without raising the upper wall part.

  The invention will be better understood and other purposes,

  characteristics, details and advantages of it appear

  more clearly in the explanatory description

  which will follow with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings given solely by way of example illustrating an embodiment of the invention and in which: - Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention; and - Figures 2 and 3 are views similar to Figure 1 but showing parts of the invention in

different positions.

  A vehicle dashboard is placed rearward of a windshield 11 and in front of the driver and passenger seats, and extends across the width of the interior of the vehicle. The end of the dashboard located in front of the driver's seat includes a bonnet or cockpit instrument panel 12 carrying a

  or more instruments and / or switches (not shown).

  Between the side of the instrument housing and the opposite side of the vehicle are two storage or storage compartments 13, 14 in contiguous relationship but separated by a longitudinally extending vertical wall 15. The first compartment 13 is shallower and smaller than the second compartment 14 and comprises a shallow recess 16 having a wedge cut which is formed in the flat base of the compartment 13 for the

  storage of small items such as coins.

  Each compartment has a cover 17, 18 quiestrespective-

  articulated near the front edges to fixed panels 19 forming the front part of the dashboard. The covers 17, 18 may be of molded plastic material having an appropriately non-reflective textured outer surface or the outer surface may be upholstered and covered with a mattress.

  likewise having non-reflective properties.

  your. In the lowered position, the covers 17, 18 form a sensitive part of the upper surface of the dashboard and therefore have a shape and finish appropriate to conform to the overall design of the dashboard, where a space is provided. vertical relatively narrow having about 5 cm between the underside of the rear edge of each cover and the top of a transverse rail 20, forming part of the rear walls of the compartments 13, 14 to provide limited access to each or both compartments. An open shelf 21 having a shallow rear wall portion 22 is spaced below

  of the dashboard and extends transversely to the vehicle.

  As can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, to have better access to the storage compartments, the cover 17 and / or the cover 18 can be tilted upwardly around the hinges or hinges, and held in this open position by providing appropriate holding devices (not shown) which may comprise a simple support arrangement for example. In FIG. 2, the cover 17 for the first storage compartment is only lifted, and thus offers, among other things, an additional shelf on which can be placed for example a container containing a beverage for which a recess 23 for locating the base of the container can to be provided in the base of the

compartment.

  Various modifications can be made to the modes

  described without departing from the scope of the invention.

  For example, the covers 17, 18 can be fixed against violation, to the compartments, providing a mutual locking arrangement which can be placed on the vertical wall 14. In addition, the access space between the covers 17, 18 and the upper rail 22 may be covered by providing for hanging walls along the rear edges of the covers, these walls being hinged to form narrow and pivoting flaps which still allow limited access to the compartments, and a means

  appropriate blocking or locking may be provided.

  The prediction of a space, whether provided with a pivoting flap or not, between the articulated upper part

  of the dashboard and the lower wallprovides

  to allow small items to be brought in or out of the compartment without raising the top

articulated dashboard.

  The illustrated embodiment of the invention applies to a left-hand drive vehicle, but it will be readily appreciated that the present invention can also be applied to a right-hand drive vehicle,

  by simply reversing the illustrated arrangement.

Claims (4)

  1. Dashboard to expand across   inside a vehicle at the front end of the compartment   passenger compartment, said dashboard having an upper wall extending along the lower edge of the vehicle windshield, a top wall to form a shallow structure with the top wall and a bottom wall. cockpit of instruments placed towards one end of the dashboard to face the pipe, the upper wall of said dashboard having at least   a part articulated around a long axis stretching   dinalement dashboard near the front end of said wall to pivot upward from a lower normal position to provide access to a storage compartment formed in said dashboard below the part articulated of said upper wall, characterized in that a restricted opening is provided in the compartment (13, 14) between the articulated part (17, 18) and the upper wall when said articulated part (17, 18) of said instrument panel (10 ) is at its lower normal position to allow restricted access to said compartment (13, 14) without   raising said upper wall portion (17, 18).   2. Dashboard according to claim 1, characterized in that the restricted opening in said compartment is formed by a gap formed between the hinged upper wall portion (17, 18) and the   lower wall of the dashboard (10).   3. Instrument panel according to claim 2, characterized in that a flap is mounted articulated in the space on the hinged upper wall portion near its rear edge, said flap being movable to allow restricted access to said compartment .   4. Dashboard according to any one of the claims   IsTnbea% s el: eo puenb eavalg uoTTsod eus q eaneTa:, ne ToteuI op GaI: eu el jalaoddns smod umv; o a pioq op n'eaTqe npeaneane.UT 9th% ed el a ,. neTaapns ToamI op aTqred el sex ': suaq Sep e egnSnruoo aguluao ap sgoxeip uo% oe çu eun puaidmoo eoeoi ue-% u'% u ': u opeXom al onb ao ue, s s sep enb eo aue PSTiqqoeauo saeueopaod sUOTeoTpUOax sep enbuoolenb euni: uoTes paoq op nezlqe; * 8 ngoGu * e no uos; Toq op sueTdTog: sep JToaoea.od (? 69!) Ea, uo ue mueeapTAp gz a suom neip, znoc jse pioq ep nreaTqe TpeT suep xne eilueap 'c:' n @p; uçom A number of countries have been selected by the European Union, which is now under way. uoTes pzoq op nrelqej, 'I * ep9Tofid OZ (ç1) uolFe gs Bl years;% uom! uoS epssuqse uoTsTuod and q paoq op.naelqe% nP emzneT.zpdne Toaed ap saT; ed xnep sap e "ooTq eps. Togse.omsel enb ao ueTeToToToPueaaX tHeoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ue ps; Tizoeio 6seuepqod suoTIeoTpueAea sep enbuooTnb and a p oqle pioq ep nseeqee tg At eassTaqe uoTITsoo, nel '% uos seaqaTup 8eo puenb pzoq ep aeelq-e IT'pnp (81 * x) seeTnoTe eneTaxdne Toaxed op O0tT%. aed x negnbsn% nnq and sae% epuejps (51) uoTIeaedps eiTpeT * aeaedEs salt inod (a1 'ú1) s; uemT! ,, ndmoo slTpsae avzue pioq op neelqel% Tpnp eneTjau eT% ed and B anoad ese (51) elnoT, ., eA uoTIuadgs euninb ao ee satioedsae seae'noTae sema ,, aedns saeTad saeTpsep snossep a paoq op neelql ITPaT su * ep s, udd uos (ffL 'u1) uaeT -aedwoo xnep anb eo ue' (8 'ILl) aego-s-ego e saeTnoT..e seT.a: ed xnep ap enA, nod jsa pioq op nBelqu% % Tpnp aeneaTins Toasdd ul enb oo .-% io-eao Osaeueppod sUOTI S9M9gM3