JP2003182634A - Vehicular cabin structuring component supporting device in automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate fitting vehicular cabin structuring component to a vehicular body, in an automobile. <P>SOLUTION: A vehicular cabin structuring component 9 is disposed in a front end portion side of a vehicular cabin 2. A pair of right and left supporting means 10, 10 is provided, which supports both end portions of the vehicular cabin structuring component 9 in a width direction of the vehicular cabin 2 at front pillars 3. Each supporting means 10 comprises a supported portion 30 formed at each end portion lower edge of the vehicular cabin structuring component 9, a supporting element 21 projecting from the front pillar 3 and supporting the supported portion 20 from a lower side, and a fastener 22 fastening each end portion of the vehicular cabin structuring component 9 to the front pillar 3. Each supported portion 20 is formed to linearly extend in a back- and-forth direction. The supported portions 20 can forwardly slide to the supporting elements 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle interior component supporting device for supporting a vehicle interior component such as an instrument panel arranged in a vehicle interior of a vehicle body on a vehicle body. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a supporting device constructed as follows.

That is, the body of an automobile is generally a pair of left and right front pillars arranged on the front side of a passenger compartment inside the body and a pair of front pillars extending in the width direction and the vertical direction of the body. And a dash panel that forms the front surface of the vehicle compartment, the vehicle compartment components are disposed on the front end side of the vehicle compartment, and the ends of the vehicle compartment components in the width direction of the vehicle body are connected to the front pillars. There is provided a pair of left and right support means for supporting the.

The vehicle compartment component includes a component body arranged at a front end of the vehicle compartment and a projecting body projecting forward from the component body. The projecting body includes the dash panel. It is fitted in a through hole formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction.

The component body is an instrument panel or the like for supporting instruments, and the projecting body is an air distribution duct or the like in an air conditioner.

Further, each of the supporting means is formed with a fitting recess formed at a lower edge of each end of the vehicle interior component and with the fitting recess protruding from the front pillar to be fitted into the fitting recess. A support body that supports components and a fastener that fastens each end of the vehicle interior component to the front pillar are provided.

In the above construction, when assembling the vehicle compartment components to the vehicle body, first of all, the vehicle compartment components are moved from the upper side to the lower front side with respect to the respective supports. The fitting recesses of these vehicle interior constituent parts are respectively fitted to the supports corresponding to the fitting recesses. Next, when the respective end portions of the vehicle interior component are fastened to the front pillars by the fasteners, the assembling work is completed.

[0008]

By the way, according to the above-mentioned conventional technique, when carrying out the assembling work, the vehicle compartment constituent parts are moved from the upper side to the lower front side with respect to the respective support bodies, Moreover, it is necessary to fit the fitting recesses of the passenger compartment component to the respective supports, and thus the passenger compartment component is moved toward the respective supports without any guidance. Moreover, the work of fitting is complicated, that is, the assembling work is complicated.

Further, at the time of assembling the above-mentioned passenger compartment component, the moving direction of the passenger compartment component toward the front lower side and the axial direction of the through hole penetrating the dash panel in the front-rear direction are defined as follows. Since they intersect at a large intersection angle in a side view, during the assembling work, the work of fitting the protruding body of the vehicle interior component into the through hole tends to be complicated, and in this respect also, the assembling work is complicated. Become.

In the above case, if the size of the through hole is made larger, the work of fitting the protrusion into the through hole becomes easier. This is not preferable because the rigidity of the dash panel is reduced and vibration may occur during traveling.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to make it easy to assemble a vehicle interior component to a vehicle body in an automobile.

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A vehicle interior component supporting device for an automobile according to the present invention for solving the above problems is as follows. It should be noted that the reference signs added to the respective terms in this section do not limit the technical scope of the present invention to the contents of the below-mentioned "Embodiment of the Invention".

According to the first aspect of the invention, the vehicle body 1 has a passenger compartment 2 thereof.
A pair of left and right front pillars 3, which are arranged on the front side of the
3 and a dash panel 4 that is installed on these front pillars 3 and 3 and forms the front surface of the vehicle compartment 2. A vehicle compartment component 9 is arranged on the front end side of the vehicle compartment 2 to A pair of left and right supporting means 10 for supporting the respective end portions of the vehicle interior component 9 in the width direction of the vehicle on the front pillars 3,
10, the supporting means 10 project from the supported pillars 20 formed on the lower edges of the ends of the vehicle interior component 9 and the front pillars 3 to support the supported parts 20 from below. A vehicle compartment component supporting device in an automobile, comprising: a support body 21 that supports the fastener; and a fastener 22 that fastens each end of the vehicle compartment component 9 to each of the front pillars 3,

Each of the supported portions 20 is formed so as to extend substantially linearly in the front-rear direction, and each of the supported portions 20 is slidable forward with respect to each of the support members 21. is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the center of gravity 29 of the vehicle interior component 9 is located at a middle portion of the support 21 in the front-rear direction.

The invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 1 or 2.
In addition to the above invention, the vehicle compartment component 9 includes a component body 12 arranged at a front end of the vehicle compartment 2 and a projecting body 13 projecting forward from the component body 12. In a vehicle compartment component supporting device in an automobile, the projecting body 13 is fitted into a through hole 14 penetrating the dash panel 4 in the front-rear direction,

The projection 13 is fitted into the through hole 14 in accordance with the forward movement of the passenger compartment component 9 due to the sliding of the supported portions 20 with respect to the supports 21. .

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of an automobile, and arrow Fr indicates the front of the automobile. Further, the left and right described below means the width direction of the vehicle body 1 toward the front.

The interior space of the vehicle body 1 is a passenger compartment 2. The vehicle body 1 is provided on a pair of left and right front pillars 3 and 3 arranged on the left and right sides of a front portion of the vehicle compartment 2, and is erected on the left and right front pillars 3 to form a front surface of the vehicle compartment 2. And a dash panel 4 for A door opening 5 for a side door is formed at a side portion of the vehicle body 1 behind each of the front pillars 3, and a front window 6 is provided at a front portion of the vehicle body 1 above the dash panel 4. There is.

A passenger compartment component 9 is arranged on the front end side of the passenger compartment 2, and the passenger compartment component 9 in the width direction of the vehicle body 1 is arranged.
There is provided a pair of left and right support means 10, 10 for removably supporting the respective end portions of the front pillars 3 on the front pillars 3.

The vehicle compartment component 9 comprises a component body 12 arranged at the front end of the vehicle compartment 2 and a projecting body 13 which projects from the component body 12 forward in a substantially horizontal direction. , The protrusion 13 is the dash panel 4 described above.
Is fitted in a through hole 14 that penetrates through in a substantially horizontal direction in the front-rear direction.

Component body 12 of the vehicle interior component 9
Is a pillar-to-pillar member 16 made of a circular pipe extending in the width direction of the vehicle body 1 between the left and right front pillars 3, 3.
A flange 17 fixed to each end of the pillar-to-pillar member 16 in the width direction of the vehicle body 1, and a resin instrument panel 18 supported by the pillar-to-pillar member 16 to support instruments. An air conditioner 19 supported by the pillar-to-pillar member 16 is provided. Each of the flanges 17 constitutes a part of each end of the component body 12 of the vehicle interior component 9, and the outer surface of each of the flanges 17 in the width direction of the vehicle body 1 is the inner surface of each of the front pillars 3. On the other hand, it is slidable in the front-rear direction, whereby the vehicle compartment component 9 is positioned with respect to the vehicle body 1 in the width direction of the vehicle body 1. Further, the projecting body 13 is an air circulation duct projecting forward from the air conditioner 19.

Each of the supporting means 10 is a supported portion 20 formed at the lower edge of the flange 17 in the component body 12 of the vehicle interior component 9, and each of the front pillars 3.
A support member 21 projecting from the support member 20 to support the supported portions 20 from below, and a fastener 22 for detachably fastening the flanges 17 of the component body 12 to the front pillars 3; Pillar to pillar member 1
The left and right front pillars 3, 3 are coupled to each other by the flange 6 and the flange 17 to reinforce the front portion of the vehicle body 1, and the pillar-to-pillar member 16 supports a steering column (not shown).

Each of the supported portions 20 is formed so as to extend substantially linearly in the front-rear direction, and each of the supported portions 20 is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to each of the support members 21. With sliding, each of the vehicle compartment components 9 can be moved substantially in the front-rear direction.

Supported portions 20 are formed on the lower edges of the front and rear portions 25 and 26 of the flange 17, respectively. On the other hand, each of the support members 21 has a pair of front and rear shaft-shaped support members 27, 28 protruding from each of the front pillars 3, and these support members 27, 28 include front and rear portions 25, 25 of the respective flanges 17. The supported parts 20 of 26 are supported.

In a side view of the vehicle body 1, the center of gravity 29 of the vehicle interior component 9 is located at a midway portion of the support 21 in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the center of gravity 29 is located between the front and rear guide bodies 32, 32 of the support body 21, so that the vehicle compartment component 9 is located in front of the support body 21 and at the rear support member 27. , 28 are supported in a stable state.

Shallow recesses 30 are formed at the rear ends of the supported portions 20 of the front and rear portions 25 and 26 of the flange 17, respectively, and these recesses 30 are formed in the support members 27. , 28 are fitted in and removed from each other.

The front portion 25 of the flange 17 projects forward from the rear portion 26, and the upper edge of the front portion 25 is substantially the same as the supported portion 20 at the lower edge of the front portion 25 in a side view of the vehicle body 1. It extends substantially linearly in the front-back direction so as to be parallel. Guide body 32 protruding from the front pillar 3
Are arranged near the upper edge of the front portion 25 of the flange 17.

The front portion 25 of the flange 17 projects forward, and the projecting end portion is shaped like an arrow tip in a side view of the vehicle body 1. The upper and lower edge portions of the arrow tip shape have upper and lower guide portions 3 respectively.
3, 34 are formed.

In the above structure, when the vehicle interior component 9 is positioned at a predetermined position of the vehicle body 1 and the vehicle interior component 9 is fastened to the vehicle body 1, first, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
The vehicle compartment component 9 is moved forward from the rear of the vehicle. By this forward movement, the vehicle compartment component 9 is fitted between the left and right front pillars 3, 3 to position the vehicle body 1 in the width direction, and the outer surface of the flange 17 is attached to each front pillar 3. Slide forward against the inner surface.

Next, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4, the front portion 25 of each flange 17 of the vehicle interior component 9 is placed between the front support member 27 of the support body 21 and the guide body 32. Insert it. At this time, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
The upper guide portion 33 (or the front support member 27 from the rear thereof to the lower guide portion 3 of the front portion 25 of the flange 17).
4) comes into contact, the upper guide portion 33 is moved relative to the guide body 32 with the forward movement of the vehicle interior component 9.
(Or, with respect to the front support member 27, the lower guide portion 3
4) slides, and the front portion 25 of each flange 17 is fitted between the front support member 27 and the guide body 32 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.

In the above state, the supported portion 20 of the supporting means 10 is temporarily placed on the front and rear supporting members 27 and 28 of the support 21, and the supported portion 20 is placed on the front and rear supporting members 27 and 28. On the other hand, the vehicle interior component 9 is moved forward so as to slide forward.

When the vehicle compartment component 9 is moved forward to a predetermined position by the sliding, the projection 13 of the vehicle compartment component 9 is fitted into the through hole 14. In addition, when the vehicle compartment component 9 is moved forward to a predetermined position, as shown in FIGS.
4 As shown by the solid line and the three-dot chain line, the recesses 30 are fitted to the front and rear support members 27 and 28, and this fitting allows further forward movement of the passenger compartment component 9. It is stopped and positioned at a predetermined position.

Therefore, if the flanges 17 of the component body 12 at the respective ends of the vehicle interior component 9 are fastened to the front pillars 3 by the fasteners 22 of the supporting means 10, the vehicle for the vehicle body 1 is obtained. The assembling work of the chamber component 9 is completed.

That is, as described above, when the passenger compartment component 9 is moved forward while attempting to assemble the passenger compartment component 9 to the vehicle body 1, the passenger compartment component 9 is attached to the support 21. Since the simple movement of being guided and simply moving forward and substantially parallel moving forward, the work of assembling the vehicle interior component 9 to the vehicle body 1 can be facilitated accordingly.

Further, as described above, the center of gravity 29 of the vehicle interior component 9 is located midway in the front-rear direction of the support 21.

Therefore, in the assembling work, when the passenger compartment component 9 is moved forward to the predetermined position, the passenger compartment component 9 itself remains stable on the support 21. Supported.

Therefore, it is not necessary to apply an external force to the passenger compartment component 9 in order to stably support the passenger compartment component 9 on the support body 21 at a predetermined position of the vehicle body 1. As a result, the work of assembling the vehicle interior component 9 to the vehicle body 1 can be facilitated.

Further, as described above, the vehicle interior component 9
Is a component body 12 arranged at the front end of the vehicle compartment 2.
And a projecting body 13 projecting forward from the component body 12 and the projecting body 13 is fitted into a through hole 14 penetrating the dash panel 4 in the front-rear direction. In the component support device,

With the forward movement of the vehicle interior component 9 due to the sliding of the supported portions 20 with respect to the supporting bodies 21, the projecting bodies 13 are fitted into the through holes 14.

Therefore, when the vehicle compartment component 9 is moved forward in the assembling work, the projection 13 of the vehicle compartment component 9 is automatically fitted into the through hole 14 in accordance with the forward movement. Therefore, it is not necessary to pay attention to this insertion work, so
As a result, the assembling work becomes easy.

Although the above is based on the illustrated example, the concave portion 3
0, at least one of the guide body 32, the upper guide portion 33, and the lower guide portion 34 may be omitted.

[0044]

The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle body includes a pair of left and right front pillars disposed on the front side of the vehicle compartment, and a dash panel that is installed on the front pillars and forms the front surface of the vehicle compartment. A vehicle compartment component is arranged on the front end side of the vehicle compartment, and a pair of left and right support means for supporting each end of the vehicle compartment component in the width direction of the vehicle compartment on each of the front pillars is provided, Each of these supporting means includes a supported portion formed at a lower edge of each end of the vehicle interior component, a support body projecting from each of the front pillars to support each of the supported portions from below, and each of the front portions. In a vehicle compartment component supporting device in an automobile, comprising a fastener for fastening each end of the vehicle compartment component to a pillar

Each of the supported portions is formed so as to extend substantially linearly in the front-rear direction, and each of the supported portions is slidable forward with respect to each of the support bodies.

For this reason, when the assembling work of locating the vehicle compartment component at a predetermined position of the vehicle body and fastening the vehicle compartment component to the vehicle body, first,
The vehicle compartment components are moved forward from the rear of the left and right supports. Next, the supported portion of the supporting means is temporarily placed on the support, and the vehicle interior component is moved forward so that the supported portion slides forward with respect to the support.

By the sliding, the vehicle compartment constituent parts are moved forward to a predetermined position, where the respective ends of the vehicle compartment constituent parts are fastened to the front pillars by the fasteners of the supporting means. Then, the work of assembling the vehicle interior components to the vehicle body is completed.

That is, as described above, when the passenger compartment component is moved forward while attempting to assemble the passenger compartment component to the vehicle body, the passenger compartment component is guided by the support body and simply forward. Since the vehicle moves, the work of assembling the vehicle interior constituent parts to the vehicle body can be facilitated accordingly.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the center of gravity of the vehicle interior component is located midway in the front-rear direction of the support.

Therefore, in the assembling work, when the vehicle compartment component is moved forward to the predetermined position, the vehicle compartment component itself is stably supported on the support. .

Therefore, it is not necessary to apply an external force to the vehicle interior component in an attempt to stably support the vehicle interior component at the predetermined position of the vehicle body with respect to the support body. The work of assembling the vehicle interior components to the vehicle body can be performed more easily.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the vehicle interior component is
A component body arranged at the front end of the vehicle compartment, and a projecting body projecting forward from the component body,
In this vehicle body component supporting device in an automobile, wherein the projecting body is fitted into a through hole penetrating the dash panel in the front-rear direction,

With the forward movement of the vehicle interior component by sliding of the supported portions with respect to the support bodies, the projecting bodies are fitted in the through holes.

Therefore, in the assembling work, when the passenger compartment component is moved forward, the protrusion of the passenger compartment component is automatically fitted into the through hole with the forward movement. It is not necessary to pay attention to this fitting work, so that the assembling work becomes easier accordingly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state where a vehicle interior component is assembled to a vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a vehicle body and a vehicle interior component.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a partially enlarged operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car body 2 passenger compartment 3 front pillars 4 dash panel 9 Cabin components 10 Supporting means 12 component body 13 Projection body 14 through holes 20 Supported part 21 Support 22 Fastener

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle body comprising a pair of left and right front pillars arranged on a front side of a vehicle compartment, and a dash panel installed on the front pillars to form a front surface of the vehicle compartment. A vehicle compartment component is arranged on the front end side of the compartment, and a pair of left and right support means for supporting each end of the vehicle compartment component in the width direction of the vehicle compartment on each of the front pillars is provided. A supported portion formed at a lower edge of each end of the vehicle interior component, a support body protruding from each front pillar to support each supported portion from below, the vehicle for each front pillar In a vehicle compartment component supporting device for an automobile, comprising a fastener for fastening each end of a chamber component, each of the supported parts is formed to extend substantially linearly in the front-rear direction, and each of the supported parts is formed. For each of the above supports Cabin component supporting apparatus in a motor vehicle which is adapted for sliding forward and. 2. The vehicle compartment component supporting device for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the center of gravity of the vehicle compartment component is located at an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the support. 3. The vehicle interior component includes a component body arranged at a front end portion of the vehicle compartment, and a projecting body projecting forward from the component body, and the projecting body is the dash panel. In a vehicle compartment component supporting device in an automobile adapted to be fitted into a through hole penetrating in the front-rear direction, with the forward movement of the vehicle compartment component by sliding of each of the supported parts with respect to each of the support, The vehicle interior component supporting device for an automobile according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protrusion is fitted in the through hole.