JP2008179309A - Instrument panel structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instrument panel structure for an automobile provided with a display device in the upper part and an on-vehicle component thereunder, capable of inhibiting increase of the height of the upper face of an instrument panel even if the display device is enlarged. <P>SOLUTION: The display device 20 is constituted of a display part 20a facing the surface of the instrument panel 1 and a display control part 20b arranged in the vehicle front side of the display part 20a and with its lower end positioned above the lower end of the display part 20a, and the on-vehicle component 50 is disposed utilizing the space in the vehicle front of the display part 20a and below the display control part 20b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an instrument panel structure of an automobile, and belongs to the technical field of an interior structure of an automobile.

  Typically, an operation device for controlling the air conditioner and an audio device are arranged at the center of the vehicle instrument panel in the vehicle width direction so as to face the surface of the instrument panel. The main body and duct of the air conditioner are arranged.

  As a structure of such an instrument panel, for example, in Patent Document 1, a display device (display 80 in Patent Document 1) is disposed at the upper portion of the center portion of the instrument panel in the vehicle width direction so as to face the surface thereof. And the structure which has arrange | positioned the air conditioner in the downward direction is disclosed.

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  By the way, although the specific structure of the display apparatus of patent document 1 is unknown, such a display apparatus is arrange | positioned on the instrument panel surface, for example, the display part with thin thickness in the front-back direction, and the vehicle of this display part In some cases, the display control unit is provided on the front side and controls the display of the display unit. On the other hand, in recent years, in order to display various information on the display unit, there is a demand for increasing the size of the display unit by expanding the vertical width and the width in the vehicle width direction. However, when the display device has the above-described structure and an air conditioner is disposed below the display device as described in Patent Document 1, the following problem occurs.

  That is, displaying various information means that the amount of information displayed on the display unit is increased, the display is complicated, and the display control unit is also enlarged. As a result, the thickness of the entire display device increases in the vertical direction and increases in depth (vehicle longitudinal length). Therefore, when the display device thus enlarged is to be arranged above the air conditioner without changing the arrangement of the air conditioner, the upper end position of the display device becomes higher than before, and as a result, the instrument panel The height of the upper surface of the upper part of the vehicle will also increase, which will affect the design of the front part of the passenger compartment. Note that this problem is not limited to the air conditioner, and may occur when various in-vehicle components are disposed below the display device.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an instrument panel structure for an automobile in which a display device is provided in the upper portion and an in-vehicle component such as an air conditioner is provided below the display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure capable of suppressing an increase in the height of the upper surface of the substrate.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is configured as follows.

  First, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is an automotive instrument panel structure in which a display device is provided at an upper portion and an in-vehicle component is provided below the display device, and the display device includes an instrument. The display unit facing the panel surface and a display control unit provided on the vehicle front side of the display unit and having a lower end positioned above the lower end of the display unit, and the in-vehicle component includes the display unit It is arranged using the space below the display control unit in front of the vehicle.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the first aspect, a control board constituting the display control unit is arranged substantially horizontally.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the in-vehicle component is an air conditioner having an air conditioner body and a duct, and the duct. Is arranged using the space.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the third aspect, the duct extends from the upper part of the air conditioner body to the vehicle front side of the display device through the space. It is a differential duct.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the instrument panel structure for an automobile according to the fourth aspect, an upper portion of the air conditioner main body is a cylindrical blower unit in a side view of the vehicle. Is extended from the vehicle rear side of the blower unit to the vehicle front side along the upper surface of the unit in the space.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the first or second aspect, the in-vehicle component is a control unit.

  Next, the effect of the present invention will be described.

  First, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the display device is provided with the display unit facing the instrument panel surface, the vehicle front side of the display unit, and the lower end is positioned above the lower end of the display unit. Since it is comprised with the display control part, a space will be produced under the display control part on the vehicle rear side of the display part. And since the vehicle-mounted parts are arranged using this space, even when the arrangement height of the vehicle-mounted parts is the same as the conventional one, it is suppressed that the upper end position of the display device becomes high, and as a result, the instrument panel An increase in the height of the upper upper surface is suppressed. In addition, since only the lower end of the display control unit is raised, a necessary amount of the vertical width of the display unit can be secured.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the control base configuring the display control unit is arranged substantially horizontally, the vertical width of the display control unit is reduced. Therefore, the space can be sufficiently secured.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, even when the vehicle-mounted component is an air conditioner having an air conditioner main body and a duct, the air conditioner main body may be disposed below the display unit of the display device. The duct can be disposed without reducing the cross-sectional area using the space. Therefore, deterioration of the air conditioning performance is suppressed.

  According to the invention of claim 4, when the duct is a differential duct extending from the upper part of the air conditioner main body to the front of the display device, the cross-sectional area of the differential duct is increased using the space. They can be arranged without being reduced. Therefore, deterioration of the differential performance is suppressed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the upper part of the air conditioner main body is a cylindrical blower unit as viewed from the side of the vehicle, the differential duct is disposed in the space from the rear of the blower unit. Thus, the deterioration of the differential performance is further suppressed because it extends forward along the upper surface of the unit.

  According to the invention of claim 6, when the on-vehicle component is a control unit, the height of the upper surface of the upper portion of the instrument panel is ensured while ensuring the required amount of vertical width of the display unit of the display device. It can suppress becoming high.

  Hereinafter, an instrument panel structure for an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of an automotive instrument panel 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an end view taken along line AA of FIG. In FIG. 2, the right side of the cowl portion 2 and the dash panel 3 is the vehicle compartment 4, and the left side is the engine room 5.

  The instrument panel 1 is fixed to the vehicle body side via an instrument panel frame, instrument panel rain, etc. (not shown) at a position separated from the dash panel 3 toward the rear of the vehicle, that is, in the front part of the passenger compartment 4. The steering handle 11 and the instrument 12 are arranged in front of the front seat (driver's seat).

  Various devices can be arranged in the space between the instrument panel 1 and the dash panel 3 using the instrument panel frame, instrument panel rain, and the like. For example, a display device 20 capable of displaying various information, an audio device 30, and an air-conditioning operation device 40 for operating an air-conditioning device 50, which will be described later, are arranged on the instrument panel 1 in the center in the vehicle width direction. It arrange | positions so that it may face a passenger | crew side through formed opening part 1a, 1b, 1c.

  An air conditioner 50 is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction of the space between the instrument panel 1 and the dash panel 3 below the display device 20 and on the vehicle front side of the audio device 30 and the air conditioning operation device 40. Has been. A main body 51 of the air conditioner 50 (hereinafter referred to as an air conditioner main body 51) is fixed to the vehicle body side via an instrument panel or a bracket, and a heater 52 and a cooler 53 for cooling are provided below the main body 51. ing. The upper part of the air conditioner main body 51 is a cylindrical blower unit 54 as viewed from the side of the vehicle in which the blower fan is accommodated.

  The air conditioner 50 includes ducts 55 and 55 extending obliquely upward and rearward from the air conditioner main body 51 to openings 1d and 1d formed in the instrument panel 1 above the opening 1b for the audio device 30. A duct 56 extending downward to the vicinity of the feet of the seat occupant, ducts 57 and 57 extending in the vehicle width direction to the openings 1e and 1e formed in the instrument panel 1 in the vicinity of both side windows, and the windshield 6 on the instrument panel 1 A windshield diff duct 58 that extends to the front of the vehicle up to an opening 1f that extends in the vehicle width direction and is formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the vehicle, and a side glass diff duct (not shown) that extends to the vicinity of the side window in the vehicle width direction. Direct the cold and warm air toward the passenger, windshield, and side glass as shown by the arrows through the duct. It has been blown can be configured. The air conditioner main body 51 is provided with a switching valve (not shown) that switches the air blowing state from these ducts.

  Here, the display device 20 includes a display unit 20a facing the surface of the instrument panel 1 and a display control unit 20b provided on the vehicle front side of the display unit 20a. Various information such as battery status and alarm can be displayed.

  The display unit 20a includes a display element 21 having a thin front and rear thickness, such as a liquid crystal panel, and a case 22 that accommodates the display element 21. The display element 21 has a vertical height and a vehicle width direction length so as to display a large amount of information as described above.

  The display control unit 20b includes a control base 23 that controls display of the display element 21 of the display unit 20a, and a case 24 that houses the control base 23. The control board 23 is arranged substantially horizontally so that the vertical width of the case 24 of the display control unit 20b can be made as small as possible. Thus, the upper surface of the case 22 of the display unit 20a and the case of the display control unit 20b are arranged. The lower surface (lower end) of the case 24 of the display control unit 20b is located above the lower surface of the case 22 of the display unit 20a. Note that the case 23 and the case 24 may be formed integrally or individually.

  The windshield differential duct 58 of the air conditioner 50 extends through the space X below the display control unit 20b in front of the display unit 20a. Specifically, it extends along the upper surface of the unit 54 from the rear side of the blower unit 54 to the front side of the display device 20 while being smoothly curved.

  Next, the operation and effect of the instrument panel structure according to the present embodiment will be described.

  First, the display device 20 includes a display unit 20a facing the surface of the instrument panel 1, and a display control unit 20b provided on the vehicle front side of the display unit 20a and having a lower end higher than the lower end of the display unit 20a. Since it is comprised, the space X will arise below the display control part 20b in the vehicle front of the display part 20a. And since the air conditioner 50 (vehicle-mounted parts) is arrange | positioned using this space X, even if the arrangement | positioning height of the air conditioner 50 is the same as before, it is suppressed that the upper end position of the display apparatus 20 becomes high. As a result, an increase in the height of the upper surface of the upper portion of the instrument panel 1 is suppressed. Moreover, since only the lower end of the display control unit 20b is raised, a necessary amount of the vertical width of the display unit 20a can be secured.

  Further, since the control base 23 of the display control unit 20b is arranged substantially horizontally, the vertical width of the display control unit 20b is reduced. Therefore, the space X can be sufficiently secured.

  Further, when the in-vehicle component disposed below the display device 20 is the air conditioner 50 having the air conditioner main body 51 and the differential duct 58 extending from the upper portion of the air conditioner main body 51 to the front of the display device 20 in the vehicle. Even if the air conditioner main body 51 is disposed below the display unit 20a of the display device 20, the differential duct 58 is used (through) the space X below the display control unit 20b in front of the display unit 20a in the vehicle. The cross-sectional area of the duct 58 can be extended to the vehicle front side of the display device 20 without being reduced, and deterioration of the differential performance is suppressed.

  Further, the differential duct 58 extends forward from the rear side of the cylindrical blower unit 54 in the space X while smoothly curving along the upper surface of the unit 54 in the side view of the vehicle. It is suppressed.

  Next, an instrument panel structure according to the second embodiment will be described.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the blower unit 54 'of the air conditioner 50' is slightly smaller than the first embodiment, and the differential duct 58 'is on the vehicle front side. Is located. And the control unit 60 for vehicle control is arrange | positioned as vehicle-mounted components of Claim 1 using the space X below the display control part 20b ahead of the vehicle of the display part 20a of the display apparatus 20. FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment including the display device 20 and the like, and the description thereof is omitted. According to the second embodiment, even when the control unit 60 as the in-vehicle component is disposed on the inner upper portion of the instrument panel 1, a necessary amount of the vertical width of the display unit 20a of the display device 20 is secured. However, it is possible to suppress the height of the upper surface of the upper portion of the instrument panel 1 from increasing.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where the vehicle-mounted components according to claim 1 are the air conditioner 50 and the control unit 60 for vehicle control has been described. The invention can be widely applied even when the in-vehicle component is other than these.

  The present invention can be widely applied to an instrument panel structure of an automobile in which a display device is provided at an upper portion and an in-vehicle component is provided below the display device.

1 is a front view of an instrument panel structure for an automobile according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is an end elevation which follows the AA line of FIG. It is a figure equivalent to FIG. 2 concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 20 Display apparatus 20a Display part 20b Display control part 23 Control base 50 Air conditioner (vehicle-mounted components)
51 Air Conditioner Main Body 54 Blower Unit 58 Windshield diff duct (duct, diff duct)
60 Control unit (on-vehicle parts)
X space (the space below the display control unit in front of the display unit)

Claims (6)

An automotive instrument panel structure provided with a display device at the top and provided with in-vehicle parts below the display device,
The display device includes a display unit facing the instrument panel surface and a display control unit that is provided on the vehicle front side of the display unit and whose lower end is located above the lower end of the display unit.
The vehicle-mounted component is disposed in front of the display unit using a space below the display control unit in front of the vehicle. In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1,
An instrument panel structure for an automobile, wherein a control board constituting the display control unit is arranged substantially horizontally. In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1 or 2,
The in-vehicle component is an air conditioner having an air conditioner body and a duct,
An automotive instrument panel structure, wherein the duct is disposed using the space. In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 3,
An instrument panel structure for an automobile, wherein the duct is a differential duct extending from an upper portion of an air conditioner main body through the space to a vehicle front side of the display device. In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 4,
The upper part of the air conditioner main body is a cylindrical blower unit in a vehicle side view,
An instrument panel structure for an automobile, wherein the differential duct extends from the vehicle rear side of the blower unit to the vehicle front side along the upper surface of the unit in the space. In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1 or 2,
An automotive instrument panel structure, wherein the in-vehicle component is a control unit.

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