JP2014065451A - Vehicle open tray attachment structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle open tray attachment structure which prevents a tray from being removed by an occupant pulling the tray without increasing the number of components and deteriorating the visual quality.SOLUTION: An engaged piece 1j is formed at a portion 1i of an instrument panel 1 which is located between a box opening part 1a for housing a glove compartment 2 and a tray opening part 1b for storing an open tray 3. A lower surface engagement claw 6k which engages with the engaged piece 1j is integrally formed with a portion of a lower surface 6c' of the open tray 3 which may be visually checked from the box opening part 1a when the glove compartment 2 is opened and is located close to the tray opening part 1b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure in which a glove box is provided on an instrument panel (hereinafter referred to as instrument panel) of a vehicle and an open tray is attached above the glove box.

  As a structure for attaching an open tray that opens to the vehicle interior side to the instrument panel, there is a conventional structure in which an engaging claw provided on the periphery of the tray opening is engaged with an engaged hole of the instrument panel core (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

In addition, there is a glove box provided on the instrument panel, a concave box that is opened and closed by an extension of the glove box lid is disposed above the glove box, and the bottom of the concave box is coupled to the PP member with a screw. (For example, see Patent Document 2)

JP 2010-137589 A JP 2001-71819 A

  By the way, in the open tray, a protruding ridge portion is formed on the lower side portion of the opening on the vehicle interior side of the tray, and the protruding ridge portion is provided with an assist grip for maintaining the posture of the occupant. There is a case of pulling. When the open tray is fixed to the instrument panel only with the engaging claws provided at the periphery of the tray opening as in the conventional structure of Patent Document 1, when the occupant pulls the ridge, the tray is particularly configured. If the resin being softened by heat, the tray may come off from the instrument panel.

On the other hand, as described in Patent Document 2, if the back bottom portion of the open tray is screwed to the vehicle body member, it is possible to prevent the passenger from easily coming off even if the passenger pulls. However, in this case, the number of parts increases, and a problem that the appearance looks worse because the screws can be seen from the vehicle interior side arises.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional situation, and has an open tray mounting structure for a vehicle that can prevent the tray from coming off due to the occupant pulling without increasing the number of parts and without deteriorating the appearance. The issue is to provide.

The present invention relates to an arrangement in which an open tray having a ridge portion for restricting popping-out of stored items is disposed above a glove box of an instrument panel at a lower side portion of an opening on the vehicle interior side, and provided at an opening peripheral portion of the open tray. In an open tray mounting structure for a vehicle that engages a mating portion with an engaged portion formed on an instrument panel,
When an engaged portion is formed in a portion of the instrument panel between a box opening for accommodating the glove box and a tray opening for accommodating the open tray, and the glove box on the lower surface of the open tray is opened. An engaging portion that engages with the engaged portion is integrally formed at a portion that is visible from the box opening and close to the tray opening.

  According to the open tray mounting structure for a vehicle according to the present invention, the engaging portion is located at a portion near the tray opening on the lower surface of the tray, that is, a portion close to the ridge formed on the lower side of the opening on the inside of the tray. When the occupant grips and pulls the ridge, the engaging part and the engaged part will oppose the pulling force at the position where the largest pulling force is applied, and open. It is possible to reliably prevent the tray from coming off from the instrument panel.

  Also, since the open tray is prevented from coming off by the engaging portion integrally formed on the lower surface of the open tray and the engaged portion on the instrument panel side, there is no need to provide separate parts such as screws, and the number of parts can be increased. There is no deterioration in appearance.

  Furthermore, since the engaging part was formed in the part that can be visually recognized from the box opening when the glove box is opened on the lower surface of the open tray, when removing the open tray, by inserting a hand from the box opening, The engagement of the engaging portion with the engaged portion can be easily released, and the removal operation of the open tray can be easily performed.

It is a front view of the instrument panel to which the open tray mounting structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a cross-sectional side view of the open tray mounting structure. It is a front view of the design panel mounting state of the open tray. It is a top view of the design panel mounting state of the open tray. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view (cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 3) of the open tray mounting structure. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view (cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 3) of the open tray mounting structure. FIG. 4 is a sectional side view of the open tray mounting structure (sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 3). FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional front view (cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 3) of the open tray mounting structure.

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

  1 to 8 are views for explaining an open tray mounting structure for a vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, left and right mean left and right when the vehicle front is viewed from the vehicle interior side.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a resin instrument panel disposed in the front part of the passenger compartment. The instrument panel 1 has openings for attaching various instruments and the like. A box opening 1a for attaching a resin-made glove box 2 is formed at the lower left side of the instrument panel 1, and a tray opening 1b for attaching a resin-made open tray 3 is formed on the upper side thereof. On the upper side, an airbag opening 1c for attaching the airbag 4 is formed. 1d is a meter opening for attaching a meter panel, 1e is an air conditioning opening for attaching an air outlet of an air conditioner, etc., and 1f is an audio opening for attaching an audio device or the like.

  The glove box 2 has a box-like shape having a bottom wall 2c, a peripheral wall 2b erected around the bottom wall 2c, and an upper end opening 2a. A back corner portion 2d between the bottom wall 2c and the peripheral wall 2b is supported by a support portion 1a 'of the instrument panel 1 via a hinge member (not shown) so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction. When the handle 1n arranged on the vehicle interior side of the peripheral wall 2b is pulled toward the front, the glove box 2 is released from a lock mechanism (not shown) and pivots toward the front, so that articles can be taken in and out in this state. it can.

  The airbag 4 includes an airbag module 4a including an inflator and a bag body, and a lid member 4b that closes the airbag opening 1c. A bracket 4c attached to the bottom of the airbag module 4a is fastened and fixed to the support bracket 5a by bolts 5b, and the support bracket 5a extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the open tray 3 in the vehicle. It is fixed to the PP member 5 spanned between the left and right pillar members.

  The open tray 3 includes a box-shaped tray body 6 having a horizontally long tray opening 6a that opens to the vehicle interior side, and a design panel 7 that is mounted so as to cover an end surface of the tray body 6 on the tray opening 6a side. Has been.

The design panel 7 has a substantially flat plate shape having an outer shape that closes the tray opening 1 b of the instrument panel 1, and has a panel opening 7 a that is set to have substantially the same shape as the tray opening 6 a of the tray body 6. .

The tray main body 6 has a vertically divided structure composed of an upper tray half 6b and a lower tray half 6c. The upper and lower tray halves 6b and 6c abut the mating surfaces 6f and 6g of the two tray halves, and a plurality of engaging claws 6d formed on the upper tray half 6b. They are combined and integrated by engaging with a plurality of engaging holes 6e formed in the body 6c. An illumination lamp 9 is disposed on the upper tray half 6b.

The tray body 6 and the design panel 7 are coupled by screwing screws 8a from the flange 6h formed on the peripheral edge of the tray opening 6a of the tray main body 6 into the boss 7b formed on the peripheral edge of the panel opening 7a of the design panel 7. Has been.

On the lower side of the tray opening 6a and the panel opening 7a of the open tray 3, a ridge portion 3a for restricting the container W such as canned beverage or tissue paper from jumping out to the vehicle interior side is formed. The protrusion 3a bends and extends the lower edge 6i of the lower tray half 6c upward, and extends the lower edge 7c of the panel opening 7a of the design panel 7 upward. 7c is connected by screws 8a as described above.

The open tray 3 engages an instrument panel engaging hole 1g formed in the instrument panel 1 with a panel engaging claw 7d formed on the back surface of the design panel 7 so as to protrude toward the front of the vehicle. By engaging a tray engaging claw 6j formed so as to protrude toward the front of the vehicle at the opening edge of the tray main body 6 with an instrument panel engaging hole 1h formed in the instrument panel 1, the instrument panel 1 It is attached to the periphery of the tray opening 1b.

Here, the panel engagement claw 7d and the instrument panel engagement hole 1g, and the tray engagement claw 6j and the instrument panel engagement hole 1h insert the open tray 3 into the tray opening 1b of the instrument panel 1 and press it forward. The engagement strength is set so that the engagement is released by pulling backward, and the engagement is released and the open tray 3 can be removed to the vehicle interior side.

  On the lower side of the lower half half 6c of the tray main body 6, a non-pullable engaging portion is formed. This engaging portion is composed of a lower surface engaging claw 6k formed integrally with the lower surface 6c 'of the lower tray half 6c, and an engaged piece 1j engaged therewith.

The lower surface engaging claw 6k has an engaging surface 6m substantially orthogonal to the insertion direction a when the open tray 3 is attached / detached, and is substantially at the center in the vehicle width direction of the lower surface 6c ′ and the glove box When 2 is rotated to the front side and opened, it is located at a site that is visible from the box opening 1a and further closer to the tray opening 1b.

The engaged piece 1j is formed in a portion 1i of the instrument panel 1 between a box opening 1a that accommodates the glove box 2 and a tray opening 1b that accommodates the open tray 3. The engaged piece 1j extends forward of the vehicle along the insertion direction a, and the engaging surface 6m of the lower surface engaging claw 6k is engaged with the front end surface 1k.

As shown in FIG. 2, a boss portion 1m is formed so as to be continuous with the engaged piece 1j, and the boss portion 1m is fixed to the instrument panel bracket 1p with screws 8b. The instrument panel bracket 1b is fixed to a support bracket 5d fixed to the PP member 5 with bolts 5c. In this way, the boss 1m and thus the engaged piece 1j are firmly supported so as to be able to prevent movement in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

In order to attach the open tray 3 according to this embodiment to the instrument panel 1, first, the tray body 6 and the design panel 7 are coupled with the screws 8 a. Subsequently, the tray body 6 is inserted into the tray opening 1b of the instrument panel 1 and pushed forward, whereby the panel engagement claw 7d of the design panel 7 and the tray engagement claw 6j of the tray body 6 are respectively connected to the instrument panel. 1 is engaged with the instrument panel engaging holes 1g and 1h. At the same time, the lower surface engaging claw 6k formed on the lower surface 6c 'of the lower tray half 6c moves over the tip of the engaged piece 1j and moves forward, and the engaging surface 6m of the lower surface engaging claw 6k is moved forward. It engages with the front end surface 1k of the engaged piece 1j.

In order to smoothly attach and detach the airbag 4, it is desirable to remove the open tray 3, whereby the fixing bolt 5 b can be easily tightened or removed by the tool T. In this case, in a state where the glove box 2 is rotated to the open position or removed, the lower surface engaging claw 6k is pushed upward by hand to thereby engage the engaging surface 6m and the front end surface 1k of the engaged portion 1j. Release the engagement. As a result, the open tray 3 can be removed from the tray opening 1b of the instrument panel 1 to the vehicle interior side.

As described above, according to the mounting structure of the open tray 3 according to the present embodiment, the engaging surface 6m of the lower surface engaging claw 6k of the lower tray half 6c and the front end surface 1k of the engaged piece 1j on the instrument panel 1 side are opened. Since it is engaged so as to receive the force in the attaching / detaching direction “a” of the tray 3, the open tray 3 will not easily come off even if the occupant pulls the protruding portion 3 a toward the vehicle interior side.

In addition, the lower surface engagement with the lower surface half 6c 'of the lower surface 6c' near the tray opening 1b, that is, the region close to the ridge 3a formed on the lower side of the tray opening 6a of the tray body 6 on the vehicle interior side. Since the claw 6k and the engaged piece 1j are formed, when the occupant grips and pulls the protruding portion 3a, the lower surface engaging claw 6k and the engaged portion are close to the grip portion and at the position where the largest pulling force acts. Since the piece 1j opposes the pulling force, it is possible to reliably prevent the open tray 3 from being detached from the instrument panel 1.

Further, since the engaged piece 1j that engages with the lower surface engaging claw 6k is connected to the PP member 5 via the boss portion 1m and the brackets 1p and 5d, the support rigidity of the engaged piece 1j can be increased. In this respect, the open tray 3 can be prevented from coming off the instrument panel 1.

  Further, since the open tray 3 is prevented from coming off by the lower surface engaging claws 6k and the engaged pieces 1j integrally formed on the lower surface 6c 'of the open tray 3, it is not necessary to provide other parts such as screws and the number of parts. It does not cause an increase in the appearance or deterioration of appearance.

  Furthermore, since the lower surface engaging claws 6k and the engaged pieces 1j are formed in the portion of the lower surface 6c 'of the open tray 3 that is visible from the box opening 1a when the glove box 2 is opened, the open tray 3 is removed. In this case, by pushing up the lower surface engaging claw 6k upward by hand, the engagement of the lower surface engaging claw 6k with the engaged piece 1j can be easily released, and the removal operation of the open tray 3 is easily performed. be able to.

Moreover, in the said Example, since the open tray 3 was comprised with the tray main body 6 and the design panel 7, the restriction | limiting on the mold structure at the time of resin molding can be suppressed, and the freedom degree in design can be expanded. Furthermore, since the tray body 6 has a two-part structure of the upper tray half 6b and the lower tray half 6c, the degree of freedom in design can be further expanded.

3 Open tray 3a ridge 1 instrument panel 1a box opening 1b tray opening 1g, 1h instrument panel engaging hole (engaged part formed on instrument panel)
1i Part 1j between instrument panels Engagement piece (engaged part)
2 Glove box 6a Tray opening 6c 'Lower surface 6j, 7d Tray engaging claw, panel engaging claw (engaging portion of the opening peripheral edge of the open tray)
6k Lower surface engaging claw (engaging part)
W storage

Claims (1)

An open tray having a ridge portion for restricting the pop-out of stored items on the lower side of the opening on the vehicle interior side is disposed above the glove box of the instrument panel, and the engaging portion provided on the peripheral edge of the opening of the open tray is provided on the instrument panel. In the open tray mounting structure of the vehicle to be engaged with the engaged portion formed in
An engaged portion is formed in a portion between a box opening for accommodating the glove box and a tray opening for accommodating the open tray of the instrument panel,
When the glove box is opened on the lower surface of the open tray, an engaging portion that engages with the engaged portion is integrally formed at a portion that is visible from the box opening and close to the tray opening. An open tray mounting structure for a vehicle characterized by the above.

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