JP2013063779A - Vehicle interior component - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle interior component capable of suppressing effect on a cabin space for an occupant.SOLUTION: The vehicle interior component includes: a supporter 46 including a bag storage recess part 61 for storing an airbag bag element 16 and a light storage recess part 64 for storing a lighting device 30 above the bag storage recess part 61 so that they are toward inside the cabin; and a vehicle inside cover 23 for covering the airbag element 16 stored in the bag storage recess part 61 of the supporter 46 inside the vehicle cabin.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle interior part disposed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle.

  In recent automobiles, equipment for improving safety and equipment for improving comfort are often used. As an example, there is a technique in which direct illumination and indirect illumination are provided on a roof portion in the vehicle interior in order to improve comfort in the vehicle interior space (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3959917

  By the way, as described above, when a lot of equipment for improving safety and equipment for improving comfort are adopted, if the arrangement relationship is not rationalized, the passenger's room space in the passenger compartment is reduced. There is a possibility.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle interior part capable of suppressing an influence on a passenger's room space.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a bag body housing recess (for example, a bag body housing recess 61 in the embodiment) for housing an airbag bag body (for example, the airbag bag body 16 in the embodiment). A support (e.g., an illumination housing recess (e.g., illumination housing recess 64 in the embodiment) for housing the illumination device (e.g., the illumination device 30 in the embodiment) above the bag housing recess (e.g., the vehicle interior side). A base 46) in the embodiment, and a vehicle interior side cover (for example, the roof side garnish 23 in the embodiment) that covers the airbag bag accommodated in the bag accommodating recess of the support body on the vehicle interior side. It is characterized by.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the airbag bag body is accommodated in the bag body accommodating recess of the support, and the lighting device is accommodated in the illumination accommodating recess above the bag body accommodating recess of the support. Since the airbag bag body accommodated in the recess is covered with the vehicle interior side cover, the lighting device can be rationally arranged, and the influence on the passenger's room space can be suppressed. Further, the support body, the airbag bag body, the vehicle interior side cover, and the lighting device can be integrated, and the mounting operation can be facilitated. In addition, since the bag housing recess and the illumination housing recess face the vehicle interior side, the accessibility to the airbag bag and the lighting device during maintenance is improved.

1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. 1 is a side view showing a vehicle interior of a vehicle to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. 2 which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. 2 which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the airbag module of one Embodiment of this invention.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, for the sake of convenience of description, the description will be made using the direction of the state of being attached to the vehicle.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the vehicle 10 as viewed obliquely from the right rear. The vehicle 10 has an upper edge of a door opening 14 opened and closed by a side door 13 on both sides of a roof 12 of the vehicle body 11. A pair of left and right roof side rails 15 are provided so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a long airbag bag that is deployed in a curtain shape in the vehicle interior on the vehicle interior side of these roof side rails 15. The bodies 16 are respectively disposed along the roof side rails 15.

  An inflator 17 that introduces gas and inflates and deploys the airbag bag body 16 is provided at the rear part of each airbag bag body 16 in the vehicle front-rear direction. The airbag bag body 16 and the inflator 17 each have an airbag. A device 18 is configured.

  FIG. 2 is a view of the position of the right roof side rail 15 shown in FIG. 1 from the vehicle interior side. The vehicle interior side of the roof side rail 15 is the front and rear of the roof lining 22 covering the vehicle interior side of the roof 12. A terminal portion extending along the direction, and a roof side garnish (front cover, vehicle interior side cover) 23 along the vehicle front-rear direction disposed adjacent to the roof lining 22. A design surface on the vehicle interior side at the position of the roof side rail 15 is formed. 2 is a front pillar garnish that covers the front pillar 25 shown in FIG. 1 on the vehicle interior side, and 26 in FIG. 2 covers the rear pillar 27 shown in FIG. 1 on the vehicle interior side. It is a rear pillar garnish.

  There is a gap along the vehicle front-rear direction between the terminal portion of the roof lining 22 and the roof side garnish 23, and a long lighting device 30 along the vehicle front-rear direction is disposed so as to fill the gap. . Further, the roof side garnish 23 has two openings 31 on the front and rear sides thereof, and an assist grip (sub-cover) 32 is disposed so as to close the openings 31. The assist grip 32 is of a retractable type that includes a base 33 provided so as to close the opening 31 and an assist grip body 34 that is gripped by a passenger and can be pulled out from the base 33.

  3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the side of the roof 12 of the vehicle body 11 in the vehicle width direction has a metal roof 12 and the above-described roof having a metal closed cross-section structure joined to the roof 12. And an air bag module (vehicle interior part) 40 including the air bag device 18 and the lighting device 30 described above is attached to an inner panel 38 constituting the vehicle interior side of the roof side rail 15. Yes. Here, a rubber seal member 42 that seals the gap between the door opening 14 and the side door 13 shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the lower edge of the roof side rail 15.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the airbag module 40 includes a metal bracket 45 for attachment to the inner panel 38 and a synthetic resin base (back cover, support) that is assembled to the bracket 45 at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. Body) 46, the above-described airbag device 18 disposed on the vehicle interior side of the base 46 and assembled to the bracket 45, and the vehicle interior side of the airbag bag body 16 of the airbag device 18 with the upper portion assembled to the bracket 45. The above-described roof side garnish 23 made of synthetic resin and the above-described lighting device 30 assembled on the upper side of the roof side garnish 23 of the base 46 are provided.

  The airbag module 40 is attached to the inner panel 38 at the bracket 45 in a state where these are assembled in advance and integrated. In this attached state, the illumination device 30 is disposed between the airbag bag body 16 and the roof lining 22. As shown in FIG. 3, the roof side garnish 23 is fixed to a bracket 45 with bolts 49 screwed to the weld nut 48, and the base 46 is bolted to the bracket 45 to the weld nut 50. It is fixed at 51. Although not shown, the airbag device 18 also has a support piece at the upper portion of the airbag bag body 16 fixed to the bracket 45 with bolts or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the bracket 45 is located on the vehicle interior side with respect to the mounting plate portion 55 between the predetermined mounting plate portions 55 and a plurality of mounting plate portions 55 attached to the inner panel 38 on the outside of the vehicle compartment. A plurality of the support plate portions 56 formed so as to be located at the upper edge of the support plate portion 56 and projecting toward the interior of the vehicle interior in parallel with the support plate portion 56. A hinge joint portion (joint portion) 57 and an engagement plate portion 58 formed between the predetermined attachment plate portions 55 so as to be located closer to the vehicle interior side than the attachment plate portion 55. is there.

  The base 46 is formed such that a bag body housing recess 61 for housing the airbag bag body 16 is recessed in the lower part of the base 46 so as to be recessed toward the outer side of the vehicle compartment. A fixed plate portion 62 to be fixed is formed. The fixing plate portion 62 is formed with an insertion hole 63 into which the mounting plate portion 55 at an intermediate position of the bracket 45 fixed on the support plate portion 56 is inserted.

  Further, the base 46 is formed on the upper side of the fixed plate portion 62 so that an illumination housing recess 64 for housing the lighting device 30 above the bag housing recess 61 is recessed in the vehicle exterior direction. On the upper side of the housing recess 64, a step-like engagement step portion 65 for engaging the terminal portion of the roof lining 22 with the vehicle interior side is formed. The bag housing recess 61 and the illumination housing recess 64 are open toward the vehicle interior side. Further, the base 46 has a contact plate portion 66 that protrudes from the lower end edge of the bag housing recess 61 toward the outside of the vehicle compartment, and is engaged with the contact plate portion 66 as shown in FIG. A groove 67 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the roof side garnish 23 is curved so that the upper side is substantially flat and the upper side is inclined so as to be positioned on the vehicle interior side, and the lower side is positioned on the vehicle interior side. Main plate portion 70 constituting the design surface of the main plate portion 70, and a fixed plate portion 71 extending upward from the intermediate position on the upper side of the main plate portion 70 so as to be parallel to the main plate portion 70 after protruding outward from the vehicle compartment. The fixing plate portion 71 is fixed to the hinge coupling portion 57 of the bracket 45 with a bolt 49. In the roof side garnish 23, the main plate portion 70 covers the airbag bag body 16 housed in the bag body housing recess 61 on the vehicle interior side.

  Further, the roof side garnish 23 has an engaging claw portion 72 projecting upward on the lower side of the main plate portion 70, and the lower side of the main plate portion 70 is in contact with the contact plate portion 66 of the lower portion of the base 46. At the engagement claw 72, the engagement claw 72 is engaged with the engagement groove 67 at the bottom of the base 46 so as to be detachable. Thus, with the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46 engaged with each other's lower portions and the respective upper portions attached to the bracket 45, the bag body accommodating recess 61 and the roof side garnish 23 have a substantially cylindrical shape, The airbag bag body 16 is accommodated inside thereof. A roof side garnish 23 that covers the interior side of the airbag bag body 16 and a base 46 that covers the exterior side of the airbag bag body 16 are coupled to each other via a hinge coupling portion 57 of the bracket 45 so as to be swingable. The roof side garnish 23 and the base 46 constitute a cover body 74 that covers the interior of the airbag bag body 16 and forms a design surface.

  The roof side garnish 23 is attached to the bracket 45, and as shown in FIG. 5, two adjacent mounting plate portions 55 located in the middle of the front side of the bracket 45, and a rear middle of the illustration not shown. The above-described two front and rear openings 31 are formed to expose two adjacent mounting plate portions located on the vehicle interior side. The above-described engagement plate portion 58 is formed between the mounting plate portions 55 of the bracket 45, and the engagement plate portion 58 is also exposed to the vehicle interior side through the opening 31. A plurality of engagement holes 76 are formed in these engagement plate portions 58. The above-described assist grip 32 is disposed so as to fill the opening 31 of the roof side garnish 23 and cover the bracket 45 exposed from the opening 31, and at this time, as shown in FIG. Engaging claws 77 formed on the base 33 engage with these engaging holes 76.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper end edge of the roof side garnish 23 and the assist grip 32 is between the bag housing recess 61 and the illumination housing recess 64 of the base 46 and protrudes toward the vehicle interior. As described above, the illumination device 30 is disposed in the illumination accommodating recess 64 that is in contact with the roof side garnish 23 and is not covered with the roof side garnish 23. As shown in FIG. 5, the illumination device 30 illuminates a long optical fiber (light guide) 80 accommodated on the bottom side of the illumination accommodation recess 64 and the vehicle interior side of the optical fiber 80. A light-transmitting long cover 81 fitted in the housing recess 64 and a light source 82 including an LED or the like that is fixed to one end of the optical fiber 80 and emits light into the optical fiber 80. Yes. When the light source 82 irradiates the optical fiber 80 with light, the entire optical fiber 80 emits light and illuminates the vehicle interior via the cover 81.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the end portion of the roof lining 22 is engaged below the engaging stepped portion 65 above the illumination accommodating recess 64, and in that case, the illumination The roof side garnish 23 and the assist grip 32 below the housing recess 64 form an optical path space 84 for the lighting device 30 to emit light toward the passenger compartment between the roof lining 22 and the roof lining 22. Note that the lighting device 30 is in a position that is difficult to see directly from the occupant seated by the roof side garnish 23 and the assist grip 32, and illuminates the interior of the vehicle as so-called indirect lighting.

  Here, the light source 82 extends to the outside of the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46, and is provided on the rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction similar to the inflator 17 extending to the outside of the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46. The inflator 17 is disposed adjacent to the inflator 17.

  When the above airbag module 40 is attached to the roof side rail 15, the airbag module is configured such that the engagement step portion 65 of the base 46 is engaged with the roof lining 22 previously attached to the vehicle body. After mounting 40 close to the roof side rail 15, the mounting plate portions 55 at both front and rear ends of the bracket 45 projecting from both sides in the length direction of the roof side garnish 23 are attached to the inner panel 38 of the roof side rail 15 with bolts 86. Fix it. At this time, the bolt 86 is screwed into the weld nut 87 of the inner panel 38. Further, the intermediate mounting plate portion 55 of the bracket 45 is fixed to the inner panel 38 with bolts 86. At this time, a tool and a bolt 86 are inserted through the opening 31 of the roof side garnish 23, and the bolt 86 is screwed into the weld nut 87 of the inner panel 38. Further, the mounting plate portion 89 of the inflator 17 is fixed to the rear pillar 27 shown in FIG. 1 with bolts 90, and the mounting piece portion 91 of the light source 82 is fixed to the rear pillar 27 with bolts 92.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the assist grip 32 is attached so as to be engaged with the engagement hole 76 of the bracket 45 by the engagement claw 77 to close the opening 31, and the vehicle interior from the opening 31. The bracket 45 including the mounting plate portion 55 exposed to the surface is covered with the assist grip 32. The mounting plate portions 55 at the front and rear ends of the bracket 45 protruding from the roof side garnish 23 of the airbag module 40, the inflator 17, and the light source 82 are covered by the front pillar garnish 24 and the rear pillar garnish 26 that are attached thereafter. .

  When the airbag bag body 16 is deployed, the roof side garnish 23 is pressed by the airbag bag body 16 bulging downward and the hinge claw portion 72 is removed from the base 46 while the hinge coupling portion 57 is opened. The airbag bag body 16 is deployed in the vehicle interior from the lower opening of the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46 thus formed. To do. When the airbag side bag body 16 swings due to the bulging, the roof side garnish 23 has its upper edge entering the optical path space 84 to ensure a swing angle.

  According to this embodiment described above, since the lighting device 30 is disposed between the airbag bag body 16 and the roof lining 22, the lighting device 30 can be reasonably disposed, The influence on the living room space can be suppressed. Moreover, since the airbag bag body 16, the cover body 74 including the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46, and the lighting device 30 are integrated into the airbag module 40, the attachment work can be facilitated. Moreover, the impression of the illuminating device 30 can make the appearance deterioration due to the parting line generated between the cover body 74 and the roof lining 22 inconspicuous. Moreover, since the illuminating device 30 will be arrange | positioned above the airbag bag body 16, the illuminating device 30 can be arrange | positioned, without affecting the expansion | deployment performance of the airbag bag body 16. FIG.

  Further, since the light source 82 and the inflator 17 of the lighting device 30 are disposed adjacent to each other on the same side in the vehicle front-rear direction, these power supply systems can be shared, and the wiring and connection work of the power supply system can be facilitated. .

  Further, since the airbag bag body 16 and the cover body 74 made up of the roof side garnish 23 and the base 46 are assembled on the vehicle body side, the attachment work can be facilitated.

  Further, the airbag bag body 16 is attached to the vehicle body with the bracket 45 exposed from the opening 31 of the roof side garnish 23 constituting the cover body 74, and then the assist grip 32 is disposed in the opening 31 to mount the bracket 45. Since the cover is covered, the mounting work can be facilitated and the appearance after the mounting is not impaired. Further, since the attachment point to the vehicle body can be provided on the cover body 74 side, the airbag module 40 can be attached after the roof lining 22 is assembled, and the degree of freedom of assembly is improved.

  Further, the lighting device 30 is mounted on the base 46 covering the outer side of the airbag bag 16 while supporting the roof side garnish 23 that covers the inner side of the airbag bag 16 through the hinge coupling portion 57. Since it is provided, assembly becomes easy. Moreover, if the airbag bag body 16 is arrange | positioned on the basis of the base 46, the positional relationship of the airbag bag body 16 and the illuminating device 20 can be maintained constant, and these relative position shifts can be decreased.

  In addition, the roof side garnish 23 enters the light path space 84 of the illumination device 30 between the roof lining 22 and the roof side garnish 23 when the airbag bag body 16 swings due to the bulge. It can be swung.

  The airbag bag body 16 is housed in the bag body housing recess 61 of the base 46, the lighting device 30 is housed in the illumination housing recess 64 above the bag body housing recess 61 of the base 46, and is housed in the bag body housing recess 61. Since the airbag bag body 16 is covered with the roof side garnish 23, the lighting device 30 can be rationally arranged, and the influence on the passenger's room space can be suppressed. Further, since the bag housing recess 61 and the illumination housing recess 64 are directed toward the vehicle interior side, accessibility to the airbag bag 16 and the lighting device 30 during maintenance is improved.

  The lighting device 30 described above may be divided into a plurality of parts in the vehicle front-rear direction or partially shielded so that the illumination pattern is an intermittent pattern.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Car body 15 Roof side rail 16 Air bag bag body 17 Inflator 18 Air bag apparatus 22 Roof lining 23 Roof side garnish (front cover, vehicle interior side cover)
30 Illumination device 31 Opening 32 Assist grip (sub cover)
40 Airbag module (car interior parts)
45 Bracket 46 Base (back cover, support)
57 Hinge joint (joint)
58 Engaging plate 61 Bag housing recess 62 Fixing plate 64 Illumination housing recess 74 Cover body 80 Optical fiber (light guide)
81 Cover 82 Light source 84 Light path space

Claims (3)

A support body provided with a bag housing recess for housing an airbag bag body, and an illumination housing recess for housing the lighting device above the bag housing recess, toward the vehicle interior side;
A vehicle interior part comprising a vehicle interior side cover that covers the airbag bag body accommodated in the bag body accommodation recess of the support body on the vehicle interior side.   2. The vehicle interior part according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of the vehicle interior side cover enters an optical path space on the vehicle interior side of the illumination accommodation recess when the airbag bag body swings due to expansion. . An inflator for inflating the airbag bag body is provided;
The illumination device includes a light guide that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction and a light source provided at one end of the light guide,
The vehicle interior component according to claim 1, wherein the light source and the inflator are disposed on the same side in the vehicle front-rear direction.

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