JP2014221597A - Assembly structure of instrument panel and a-pillar garnish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assembly structure of an instrument panel and an A-pillar garnish, capable of maintaining a fitting region between the instrument panel and the A-pillar garnish and maintaining the good external view of the instrument panel.SOLUTION: An assembly structure includes: a lower panel 2; an upper panel 3; and an A-pillar garnish 5. An inner bent portion 52 of the A-pillar garnish 5 and a parting end 31 of the upper panel 3 in a lateral direction abut against each other so as not to generate a height difference. An upward bent end portion 21 is formed in a rear side end portion of the lower panel 2, and a downward bent end portion 32 overlapping the upward bent end portion 21 is formed in a rear side end portion of the upper panel 3 so as not to generate a gap between the rear side end portion of the lower panel 2 and the rear side end portion of the upper panel 3 in a vehicle inner side view.

Description

  The present invention relates to an assembly structure of an instrument panel and an A pillar garnish.

An instrument panel on which instruments, switches, and the like are arranged is provided in front of the front seat in the interior of the automobile. A front lower end portion of an A pillar garnish disposed between the windshield and the side glass is assembled to the left and right ends of the instrument panel.
For example, in the mating structure of the pillar garnish in Patent Document 1, in the mating portion between the lower end edge of the pillar garnish and the instrument panel, a fitting piece provided on the lower end edge of the pillar garnish and the side edge of the instrument panel The engagement structure with the mounting hole provided in is devised. And it suppresses that the lower end side of a pillar garnish floats upwards, and controls the position shift of the thickness direction of a pillar garnish, and makes the external appearance of the fitting part favorable.

JP 2004-25965 A

  However, in the assembly portion between the left and right end portions of the instrument panel and the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish, the assembly height position varies due to variations in molding accuracy and the like generated in each part. In particular, in the A pillar garnish, the upper position where the ceiling portion is located is a reference for the assembly in order to match the assembly position with the ceiling portion. On the other hand, since the instrument panel matches the assembly position with the floor portion, the lower side where the floor portion is located is a reference for assembly. Therefore, when variation occurs in the assembly of the A pillar garnish and the instrument panel, it becomes difficult to keep the appearance of the instrument panel favorable. In addition, in patent document 1, only the external appearance of the fitting part of the lower end edge of a pillar garnish and an instrument panel is made favorable, and the device which makes the external appearance of an instrument panel favorable is not made | formed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and is an assembly of an instrument panel and an A pillar garnish that can keep the fitting portion between the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish and the appearance of the instrument panel in good condition. It was obtained by trying to provide a structure.

One aspect of the present invention is a lower panel constituting a part of an instrument panel of an automobile,
A part of the instrument panel of the automobile together with the lower panel, and an upper panel disposed on the upper side with respect to the lower panel;
A pillar garnish that is assembled to the body of the automobile and disposed between the windshield and side glass of the automobile,
The front lower end of the A pillar garnish is fitted into an inner bent portion that is bent inward in the left-right direction of the automobile, and a fitting portion that is provided inside the upper panel at the inner bent portion. To be fitted
The end portion of the inner bent portion and the parting end portion in the left-right direction in the upper panel are abutted with each other,
The rear-side end portion of the lower panel and the rear-side end portion of the upper panel overlap each other when viewed from the passenger compartment, and have an assembly structure of an instrument panel and an A-pillar garnish.

In the assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A-pillar garnish, an error in the assembly height generated at the assembly part between the left and right ends of the instrument panel and the front lower end of the A-pillar garnish is the instrument panel. The device is designed not to adversely affect the appearance of the surrounding area.
Specifically, a part of the instrument panel is configured by using a lower panel and an upper panel, and the upper panel is assembled to an A-pillar garnish assembled to the body of an automobile. And the positional relationship with respect to A pillar garnish is being fixed by the fitting of a fitting part and a to-be-fitted part. Further, an inner bent portion that is bent inward in the left-right direction of the automobile is formed at the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish, and an end portion of the inner bent portion and a left-right parting end in the upper panel The parts are butted against each other. Thereby, the external appearance of the vicinity of the edge part of the inner side bending part in A pillar garnish can be made favorable.

  Further, the fitting between the fitting portion of the upper panel and the fitting portion of the A pillar garnish is performed on the back side of the upper panel, and the fitting portion and the fitting portion cannot be visually recognized from the outside. . Therefore, this fitting part and to-be-fitted part are not exposed, and the appearance of the vicinity of the bent end part of the inner bent part in the A pillar garnish can be improved.

  Further, the height position of the front lower end of the A pillar garnish may vary due to variations in molding accuracy of the A pillar garnish, upper panel, and the like. In this case, the upper panel follows the change in the height position of the A pillar garnish by the fitting between the fitting portion and the fitted portion, and the end portion of the inner bent portion and the parting end portion of the upper panel protrude. The combined state is maintained. In this case, however, the height position of the upper panel varies depending on the variation of the height position of the A pillar garnish.

At this time, since the lower panel is provided separately from the upper panel, the lower panel is not affected by the change in the height position of the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish. The rear side end of the lower panel and the rear side end of the upper panel overlap each other when viewed from the vehicle interior, and the rear side end of the upper panel is higher than the rear side end of the lower panel. It can be displaced in the direction.
Further, since the rear side end portion of the lower panel and the rear side end portion of the upper panel overlap each other when viewed from the vehicle interior, a positional deviation in the height direction occurs between the lower panel and the upper panel. Can be made inconspicuous. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the instrument panel including the lower panel and the upper panel from deteriorating due to the change in the height position of the upper panel.

  Therefore, according to the assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish, the fitting portion between the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish and the appearance of the instrument panel can be kept good.

The perspective view which shows the assembly structure of the instrument panel and A pillar garnish concerning an Example. The perspective view which shows the fitting part of the upper panel and A pillar garnish concerning an Example. The perspective view which shows A pillar garnish concerning an Example. The perspective view which shows the lower panel concerning an Example. The perspective view which shows the upper panel concerning an Example. Sectional drawing which shows the fitting site | part of A pillar garnish and an upper panel concerning the Example in the state seen from the left-right direction of the motor vehicle. Sectional drawing which shows the fitting site | part of A pillar garnish and an upper panel concerning the Example in the state seen from the front-back direction of the motor vehicle. Sectional drawing which shows the fitting site | part of A pillar garnish and an upper panel concerning the Example in the state seen from the up-down direction of the motor vehicle.

A preferred embodiment of the assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish described above will be described.
The said instrument panel can arrange | position the said lower panel and the said upper panel in the top | upper surface part ahead with respect to an instrument panel main body, and can comprise it. Further, the lower panel can be integrated with the instrument panel body. In this case, the instrument panel can be constituted by an instrument panel main body and an upper panel in which the lower panel is integrated.

Further, in the assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish, an upper bent end portion bent upward is formed at a rear side end portion of the lower panel, and a rear side of the upper panel is formed. The end portion may be formed with a lower bent end portion that is bent downward and overlaps in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper bent end portion.
In this case, it is possible to easily form a state in which the rear side end portion of the lower panel and the rear side end portion of the upper panel overlap each other when viewed from the vehicle interior.

The lower bent end of the upper panel may overlap the rear of the upper bent end of the lower panel.
In this case, when the instrument panel is viewed from the interior of the automobile, the appearance of the parting line between the front end portion of the lower panel and the rear end portion of the upper panel can be improved.

Further, at the end in the left-right direction of the upper bent end of the lower panel, a curved bent end that bends backward in a curved shape, and from the curved bent end toward the outside in the left-right direction. An extended left and right bent end portion is formed, and a rear side portion of the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish protrudes downward and is disposed so as to overlap the vehicle interior side with respect to the curved bent end portion. A curvilinear projecting end portion and a left and right projecting end portion extending from the rear end of the curvilinear projecting end portion in the left-right direction and overlapping with the left and right bent end portions on the vehicle interior side are formed. It may be.
In this case, the appearance of the fitting portion between the rear side portion of the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish and the left and right end portions of the lower panel can be improved.

Moreover, the said fitting part of the said upper panel and the said to-be-fitted part of the said A pillar garnish may be provided in the multiple places in the front-back direction of the said motor vehicle.
In this case, the fitting state between the left and right end portions of the upper panel and the front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish can be further strengthened.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the assembly structure of the present example constitutes a part of the instrument panel 1 of the automobile together with the lower panel 2 that constitutes a part of the instrument panel 1 of the automobile and the lower panel 2. An upper panel 3 disposed on the side, and an A-pillar garnish 5 that is assembled to a vehicle body and disposed between a windshield 61 and a side glass 62 of the vehicle.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, the front lower end 51 of the A pillar garnish 5 includes an inner bent portion 52 that is bent inward in the left-right direction W of the automobile, and a left-right direction of the inner bent portion 52. At the end portion 521 of W, a fitted portion 56 that is fitted into the fitting portion 36 provided inside the upper panel 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the end portion 521 of the inner bent portion 52 and the parting end portion 31 in the left-right direction W of the upper panel 3 are abutted with each other. As shown in FIG. 4, an upper bent end portion 21 that is bent upward is formed at the rear side end portion of the lower panel 2. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower bent end portion of the upper panel 3 is bent downward and overlapped in the front-rear direction L with respect to the upper bent end portion 21 when viewed from the vehicle interior. 32 is formed.

Hereinafter, the assembly structure of this example will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the lower panel 2 and the upper panel 3 constitute the top surface portion of the interior part located at the foremost side in the vehicle interior. The upper panel 3 is disposed on the upper side of the top surface portion, and the lower panel 2 is disposed on the lower side of the top surface portion. The upper panel 3 is located at the front end portion of the instrument panel 1 and is disposed rearward from the position where the lower end portion of the windshield 61 is disposed.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the lower bent end 32 of the upper panel 3 overlaps the rear of the upper bent end 21 of the lower panel 2. The upper bent end 21 of the lower panel 2 is hidden inside the lower bent end 32 of the upper panel 3 and is not visible from the vehicle interior side. A step is formed with respect to the surface of the lower panel 2 by the lower bent end portion 32 of the upper panel 3 when viewed from the vehicle interior side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an air outlet (defroster) 35 through which air-conditioned air is blown toward the windshield 61 is formed in the front side portion of the upper panel 3. In addition, a speaker bezel 34 that covers the surface of the output portion of the speaker is disposed on the front side portion of the parting end portion 31 in the left-right direction W in the upper panel 3 of this example. A disposition notch 33 for disposing the speaker bezel 34 is formed at the front side portion of the upper panel 3 in the left-right direction W.

As shown in FIG. 2, a part of the parting end 31 in the left-right direction W of the upper panel 3 is formed by an end 341 in the left-right direction W of the speaker bezel 34. The inner bent portion 52 of the A pillar garnish 5, the parting end portion 31 in the left-right direction W of the upper panel 3 and the end portion 341 in the left-right direction W of the speaker bezel 34 are abutted with each other. The indoor side surface 522 of the inner bent portion 52 of the A pillar garnish 5 is substantially the same as the indoor side surface 311 of the parting end portion 31 of the upper panel 3 and the indoor side surface 342 of the end portion 341 of the speaker bezel 34. A surface is formed.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a flange end 53 bent downward is formed at the end 521 of the inner bent portion 52 in the A pillar garnish 5. The parting end 31 and the end 341 are abutted against the flange end 53.

As shown in FIG. 1, the instrument panel 1 of this example is configured by disposing an instrument panel main body 4 below the lower panel 2. The instrument panel 1 is formed by assembling a lower panel 2, an upper panel 3, and an instrument panel body 4 to each other. The instrument panel body 4 is used as a base part on which instruments, switches, an image display device and the like are provided. In the instrument panel body 4, an upper panel portion 41 that forms the top surface portion of the instrument panel 1 together with the upper panel 3 is formed on the rear side with respect to the lower panel 2 and the upper panel 3.
The lower panel is assembled to the instrument panel body 4 and is not directly assembled to the A pillar garnish 5.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the A pillar garnish 5 is provided as an interior part in the A pillar disposed between the windshield 61 and the side glass 62 in the main body of the automobile. The front lower end portion 51 of the A pillar garnish 5 has a front side portion 511 that abuts against a parting end portion 31 in the left-right direction W of the upper panel 3, and a rear side portion 512 that is an end portion 22 in the left-right direction W of the lower panel 2. 23. The inner bent portion 52 of the A pillar garnish 5 is formed in the front side portion 511 of the front lower end portion 51.

  As shown in FIG. 4, at the end in the left-right direction W of the upper bent end 21 in the lower panel 2, a curved bent end 22 that bends backward in a curved shape and a left and right from the curved bent end 22. A left and right bent end portion 23 formed outward in the direction W is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, projecting end portions 54 and 55 projecting downward are formed on the rear side portion 512 of the front lower end portion 51 of the A pillar garnish 5. The protruding end portions 54 and 55 are directed to the outside in the left-right direction W from the curved protruding end portion 54 that is disposed so as to overlap the vehicle interior side with respect to the curved bent end portion 22 and the rear end of the curved protruding end portion 54. And a left and right protruding end portion 55 that is disposed so as to overlap the vehicle interior side with respect to the left and right bent end portion 23.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the lower bent end portion 32 of the upper panel 3 and the curved protruding end portion 54 of the A pillar garnish 5 are formed in a state of being connected in the left-right direction W. The lower bent end portion 32 of the upper panel 3 and the curved protruding end portion 54 of the A pillar garnish 5 are disposed so as to overlap the vehicle interior side from the upper side with respect to the upper bent end portion 21 of the lower panel 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 and the fitted portion 56 of the A pillar garnish 5 are provided at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction L of the automobile. The fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 is formed at the parting end portion 31 in the left-right direction W of the upper panel 3. The fitted portion 56 of the present example includes a main fitted portion 561 formed to protrude inward in the left-right direction W at the rear side position at the end portion 521 (flange end portion 53) of the inner bent portion 52, and the main fitted portion 561. It is composed of a plurality of (two in this example) sub-fitting portions 562 formed in the front-rear direction L at a position on the front side of the fitting portion 561. Further, the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 includes a fitting portion that fits into the main fitted portion 561 and a fitting portion that fits into the plurality of sub fitted portions 562.
Further, the sub mated portion 562 in the A pillar garnish 5 is fitted to the end portion in the left-right direction W of the lower panel 2. Thereby, the movement to the left-right direction W of the lower panel 2 is controlled.

  FIG. 6 shows a portion where the main fitted portion 561 of the A pillar garnish 5 and the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 are fitted as seen from the left-right direction W of the automobile. FIG. 7 shows a portion where the main fitted portion 561 of the A pillar garnish 5 and the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 are fitted as seen from the front-rear direction L of the automobile. FIG. 8 shows a portion where the main fitted portion 561 of the A pillar garnish 5 and the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 are fitted, as viewed from the vertical direction H of the automobile. Further, the upper panel 3 is formed by attaching a skin material 302 to a surface of the resin base 301 on the vehicle interior side.

  The instrument panel 1 of this example is configured by using a lower panel 2, an upper panel 3, and an instrument panel main body 4. The upper panel 3 is assembled to an A-pillar garnish 5 assembled to a main body of an automobile. ing. The positional relationship of the upper panel 3 with respect to the A pillar garnish 5 is fixed by the fitting of the fitting portion 36 and the fitted portion 56. In addition, the end 521 of the inner bent portion 52 in the A pillar garnish 5, the parting end 31 in the left-right direction W in the upper panel 3, and the end 341 in the left-right direction W in the speaker bezel 34 are in abutment with each other. Thus, substantially the same surfaces 522, 311 and 342 are formed. Thereby, the external appearance of the vicinity of the end 521 of the inner bent portion 52 in the A pillar garnish 5 can be improved.

  Further, the fitting between the fitting portion 36 of the upper panel 3 and the fitted portion 56 of the A pillar garnish 5 is performed on the back side of the upper panel 3, and the fitting portion 36 and the fitted portion 56 are It cannot be seen from the outside. Therefore, this fitting part 36 and the to-be-fitted part 56 are not exposed, and the appearance of the vicinity of the end 521 of the inner bent part 52 in the A pillar garnish 5 can be improved.

  Further, the height position of the front lower end portion 51 of the A pillar garnish 5 may vary due to variations in molding accuracy of the A pillar garnish 5, the upper panel 3, and the like. In this case, the upper panel 3 follows the change in the height position of the A pillar garnish 5 by fitting the fitting portion 36 and the fitted portion 56, and the end portion of the inner bent portion 52 in the A pillar garnish 5. The state in which the parting end portion 31 of the upper panel 3 and the end portion 341 of the speaker bezel 34 are abutted with each other is maintained. However, in this case, the height position of the upper panel 3 varies according to the variation of the height position of the A pillar garnish 5.

  At this time, since the lower panel 2 is provided separately from the upper panel 3, the lower panel 2 is not affected by the change in the height position of the front lower end portion 51 of the A pillar garnish 5. The lower bent end portion 32 of the upper panel 3 can be displaced in the height direction H with respect to the upper bent end portion 21 of the lower panel 2 (this misalignment is indicated by an arrow X in FIG. 6). ). Further, the curved protruding end portion 54 and the left and right protruding end portions 55 of the A pillar garnish 5 are displaced in the height direction H with respect to the curved bent end portion 22 and the left and right bent end portions 23 of the lower panel 2. Can do. The upper bent end portion 21 and the lower bent end portion 32, the curved bent end portion 22 and the left and right bent end portions 23, the curved protruding end portion 54, and the left and right protruding end portions 55 are arranged on the vehicle interior side. Since they overlap each other when viewed from the side, it is possible to make the positional deviation in the height direction H between the lower panel 2 and the upper panel 3 inconspicuous. And it can prevent that a clearance gap produces between the rear side edge part of the lower panel 2, and the rear side edge part of the upper panel 3 seeing from the vehicle interior side.

The height direction H of the upper bent end 21 and the lower bent end 32, the curved bent end 22, the left and right bent end 23, the curved protruding end 54, and the left and right protruding end 55. The overlap amount at is set to an amount that does not eliminate the overlap even when an error occurs in which the height position of the front lower end portion 51 of the A pillar garnish 5 is highest.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the instrument panel 1 including the lower panel 2 and the upper panel 3 from being deteriorated due to the change in the height position of the upper panel 3.

  Therefore, according to the assembly structure of the instrument panel 1 and the A pillar garnish 5 of this example, the fitting part of the instrument panel 1 and the A pillar garnish 5 and the appearance of the instrument panel 1 are kept good. Can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Lower panel 21 Upper bending end part 22 Curved bending end part 23 Left and right bending end part 3 Upper panel 31 Parting end part 32 Lower bending end part 36 Fitting part 4 Instrument panel main body 5 A pillar Garnish 51 Front lower end portion 52 Inner bent portion 521 End portion 54 Curved protruding end portion 55 Left and right protruding end portions 56 Fit portion

Claims (5)

A lower panel that forms part of the instrument panel of an automobile,
A part of the instrument panel of the automobile together with the lower panel, and an upper panel disposed on the upper side with respect to the lower panel;
A pillar garnish that is assembled to the body of the automobile and disposed between the windshield and side glass of the automobile,
The front lower end portion of the A pillar garnish is engaged with an inner bent portion that is bent inward in the left-right direction of the automobile, and a fitting portion that is provided inside the upper panel at the inner bent portion. To be fitted
The end portion of the inner bent portion and the parting end portion in the left-right direction in the upper panel are abutted with each other,
An assembly structure of an instrument panel and an A-pillar garnish, wherein a rear-side end portion of the lower panel and a rear-side end portion of the upper panel overlap each other when viewed from the vehicle interior. An upper bent end that is bent upward is formed at the rear side end of the lower panel,
2. The instrument according to claim 1, wherein a lower bent end portion that is bent downward and overlaps in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper bent end portion is formed at a rear side end portion of the upper panel. Assembly structure of panel and A pillar garnish.   The assembly structure of an instrument panel and an A pillar garnish according to claim 2, wherein the lower bent end portion of the upper panel overlaps with the rear side of the upper bent end portion of the lower panel. . In the left and right end portions of the upper bent end portion of the lower panel, a curved bent end portion that bends backward in a curved shape, and a right and left extending from the curved bent end portion toward the outer side in the left and right direction A bent end is formed,
A curved protruding end that protrudes downward and overlaps the vehicle interior side with respect to the curved bent end, on the rear side portion of the front lower end of the A pillar garnish, and the curved protruding end A left and right projecting end portion extending from the rear end of the left and right direction toward the outside in the left-right direction and disposed so as to overlap the vehicle interior side with respect to the left and right bent end portion is formed. Assembly structure of the described instrument panel and A pillar garnish.   The said fitting part of the said upper panel and the said to-be-fitted part of the said A pillar garnish are provided in the multiple places in the front-back direction of the said motor vehicle, The any one of Claims 1-4 characterized by the above-mentioned. An assembly structure of the instrument panel and the A pillar garnish described in the item.

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