JP2005035378A - Vehicle interior equipment supporting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle interior equipment supporting structure for efficiently carrying out installation work. <P>SOLUTION: The number of parts is reduced by making the structure to mount a knee panel 4 in an intermediate part in the vertical direction of a bracket 11 by fastening an upper end part of the bracket 11 on an instrument panel reinforcement 3, by tightening an upper end part of a holder 12 on a lower end part of the bracket 11 by a bolt 13, and by retractably inserting a stick 7 of a parking brake in the holder 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle interior equipment support structure.

  In recent years, there is a vehicle in which a load absorbing member called a knee panel is installed on the lower side of an instrument panel so that a leg portion of a passenger sitting on a front seat faces the knee panel (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  Further, as a general parking brake (parking brake operation device) applied to a vehicle, there is a stick type (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a conventional cabin equipment support structure. In this cabin equipment support structure, the upper end portion of a bracket 1 formed by press-molding a metal plate, and a bracket obtained by bending the metal plate into a gate shape. 2 are fixed to the instrument panel reinforcement 3 so that these brackets 1 and 2 are aligned in the vehicle width direction, and the knee panel 4 is fastened to the lower end portion of one bracket 1 with a bolt (not shown). The upper end portion of the holder 5 is fastened to the middle portion of the other bracket 2 by a bolt 6 and a walking brake stick 7 is inserted into the holder 5 so as to be able to be pushed and pulled.

  The displacement of the walking stick 7 is transmitted to the parking brake by a cable. When the driver pulls the lever 8 at the end of the walking stick 7 toward the rear side of the passenger compartment, the parking brake is activated. Further, the stick 7 is restrained to the brake operating position by the ratchet mechanism.

After that, when the driver holds the lever 8 and displaces it around the shaft, and the restraint of the stick 7 by the ratchet mechanism is released, the stick 7 is pulled back to the brake release position on the front side of the passenger compartment, and the parking brake is released. become.
JP-A-7-61306 Toyota Technical Association, “Automotive Glossary” revised edition, Toyota Motor Corporation, December 27, 1988, p. 281

  However, in the conventional vehicle interior equipment support structure, the brackets 1 and 2 having different support targets are fixed to the instrument panel reinforcement 3 respectively, so that the assembling work cannot be performed efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a passenger compartment support structure capable of efficiently performing an assembling operation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the passenger compartment support structure according to claim 1 is provided with a bracket in an instrument panel reinforcement, and an operation stick for a parking brake and a knee panel for load absorption are attached to the bracket. ing.

  In the passenger compartment support structure according to claim 2, the bracket is formed in a box shape and is fixed to the instrument panel reinforcement at least at two places.

  In the vehicle interior equipment support structure according to the first aspect, both the operation stick and the knee panel are supported on the instrument panel reinforcement by the same bracket to reduce the number of parts.

  In the passenger compartment support structure according to claim 2, the rigidity of the operation stick support portion is improved by using a box-shaped bracket.

  According to the passenger compartment support structure of the present invention, the following various excellent effects can be obtained.

  (1) In the passenger compartment support structure according to claim 1, since both the operation stick and the knee panel are supported by the instrument panel reinforcement by the same bracket, the number of parts can be reduced and the assembly work can be achieved. Can be performed efficiently.

  (2) In the passenger compartment support structure according to claim 2, the rigidity of the operation stick support portion is improved by using the box-shaped bracket.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a first example of an embodiment of a vehicle interior equipment support structure according to the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 denote the same parts.

  In this vehicle interior equipment support structure, the upper end portion of the bracket 11 is fixed to the reinforcement 3, the upper end portion of the holder 12 is fastened to the lower end portion of the bracket 11 with a bolt 13, and the parking brake stick 7 is attached to the holder 12. Further, the knee panel 4 is fastened to a middle portion in the vertical direction of the bracket 11 by a bolt (not shown).

  The bracket 11 is formed by press-molding a metal plate, and the displacement of the stick 7 is transmitted to a parking brake via a cable.

  That is, since both the parking brake stick 7 and the knee panel 4 are supported by the reinforcement 3 by the same bracket 11, the number of parts can be reduced and the assembling work can be performed efficiently.

  In addition, since the stick 7 and the knee panel 4 are close to each other, they have not been mounted at the same time. Therefore, even if the stick 7 and the knee panel 4 use the bracket 11, the entire process is hindered. Does not occur.

  FIG. 2 shows a second example of the embodiment of the vehicle interior equipment support structure according to the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 denote the same parts.

  In this vehicle interior equipment support structure, the upper end portion of the bracket 14 is fixed to the reinforcement 3, the upper end portion of the holder 15 is fastened to the lower end portion of the bracket 14 with a bolt 16, and the parking brake stick 7 is attached to the holder 15. Further, the knee panel 4 is fastened to a middle portion in the vertical direction of the bracket 14 with a bolt (not shown).

  The bracket 14 is a metal plate assembled in a box shape, and the displacement of the stick 7 is transmitted to a parking brake via a cable.

  That is, since both the parking brake stick 7 and the knee panel 4 are supported by the reinforcement 3 by the same bracket 14, the number of parts can be reduced, and the assembling work can be performed efficiently.

  Moreover, since the box-shaped bracket 14 is used, the rigidity of the support part of the stick 7 can be improved.

  Further, since the stick 7 and the knee panel 4 are close to each other, they have not been mounted at the same time. Therefore, even if the stick 7 and the knee panel 4 use the bracket 14, the entire process is hindered. Does not occur.

  It should be noted that the vehicle compartment equipment support structure of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  It can be applied to various types of vehicles having instrument panel reinforcement.

It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the 1st example of embodiment of the compartment equipment support structure of this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the 2nd example of embodiment of the compartment equipment support structure of this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows an example of the conventional vehicle interior equipment support structure.

Explanation of symbols

3 Instrument panel reinforcement 4 Knee panel 7 Walking stick (operation stick)
11 Bracket 14 Bracket

Claims (2)

  A vehicle compartment equipment support structure, wherein a bracket is provided on an instrument panel reinforcement, and an operation stick for a parking brake and a knee panel for load absorption are attached to the bracket.   The vehicle interior equipment support structure according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is formed in a box shape and is fixed to the instrument panel reinforcement at least two places.

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