JP2023122415A - Meter unit attaching structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a meter unit attaching structure that improves flexibility on design of a meter hood portion, and has no fear of transformation of a meter hood when attaching a meter to an instrument panel.SOLUTION: In a meter unit attaching structure in which a meter unit is attached to a meter attaching opening portion of an instrument panel, the instrument panel has an instrument panel body, a meter hood portion that is molded on an upper part of the meter attaching opening portion integrally with the instrument panel body, an upper attaching portion that is protrusively attached with an upper reference pin forming an upper edge of the meter attaching opening portion, and a lower attaching portion that is protrusively provided with a lower reference pin forming a lower edge of the meter attaching opening portion. The meter unit is inserted and fixed in the upper reference pin and the lower reference pin.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a meter mounted on an instrument panel of a vehicle.

Conventionally, an instrument panel assembled to a vehicle is provided in the front part of the vehicle interior, and a meter unit equipped with gauges indicating the current vehicle status is attached to the driver's seat side (for example, Patent Document 1).

In a conventional instrument panel, a meter unit is attached to a meter mounting opening that is a concave portion or an opening provided on the driver's seat side. Above the meter mounting opening, a meter hood covering the upper side of the meter is arranged so as to protrude toward the driver's seat. As described above, in the conventional instrument panel, the instrument panel main body and the meter hood portion are configured separately, and the assembly of the meter unit to the instrument panel main body is performed as follows.

First, the meter unit is inserted and fixed into the meter mounting opening of the instrument panel. Next, a meter hood section formed separately from the instrument panel main body is mounted above the meter mounting opening so as to cover the upper side of the meter unit. Finally, a surface decorative member is attached to the tip of the meter hood.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-232163

However, the conventional structure for attaching the meter unit to the meter attachment opening of the instrument panel has the following problems.

When the meter hood is formed separately from the instrument panel as in the past, a certain amount of rigidity is required to prevent the meter hood from breaking or deforming when the meter hood is attached to the instrument panel. do. Therefore, the meter hood, which is formed separately from the instrument panel, has a restriction in design that it cannot be formed into a thin shape that may break or transform, and there is a risk that the degree of freedom in designing the meter hood will be reduced. there were.

Further, when the instrument panel and the meter hood are integrally formed in order to solve the above-described problem, the meter hood can be made thinner because there is no need to attach the meter hood to the instrument panel. However, if the meter hood portion is formed thin, there is a risk that the meter hood portion will deform due to the weight of the meter unit when the meter unit is attached.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a meter unit that improves the degree of freedom in designing the meter hood portion and prevents the meter hood from deforming when the meter is attached to the instrument panel. It is intended to provide a mounting structure.

A first aspect of the present invention is a meter unit mounting structure in which a meter unit is mounted in a meter mounting opening of an instrument panel, wherein the instrument panel includes an instrument panel main body and a meter mounting opening above the meter mounting opening. A meter hood molded integrally with the instrument panel body, an upper mounting section with an upper reference pin that forms the upper edge of the meter mounting opening, and a lower reference pin that forms the lower edge of the meter mounting opening. The meter unit is inserted and fixed to the upper reference pin and the lower reference pin.

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a hood bracket having a protruding upper reference pin is disposed on the back surface of the meter hood portion.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the lower reference pin is provided with an upwardly inclined portion that is an upwardly inclined surface from the top to the base, and the upper reference pin is provided with a downwardly inclined portion that is an upwardly inclined surface from the top to the base. and

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the meter unit mounting structure in which the meter unit is mounted in the meter mounting opening of the instrument panel, the instrument panel includes the instrument panel main body and the meter mounting opening. The meter hood is formed integrally with the instrument panel body, the upper mounting section has an upper reference pin that forms the upper edge of the meter mounting opening, and the lower reference forms the lower edge of the meter mounting opening. Since the meter unit is inserted and fixed to the upper reference pin and the lower reference pin, restrictions on the design of the meter hood can be reduced and the degree of freedom in design can be improved. In particular, the meter hood, which is molded integrally with the instrument panel body, is placed above the meter mounting opening in the instrument panel body. can improve. In addition, due to the configuration in which the meter unit is attached and fixed to the lower reference pin of the lower mounting portion and the upper reference pin of the upper mounting portion, the weight of the meter unit is supported by the lower reference pin and the load applied to the upper reference pin is reduced. , the load applied to the meter hood is reduced, and the risk of metamorphosis of the meter hood can be reduced as much as possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the degree of freedom in designing the meter hood can be further improved by arranging the hood bracket with the upper reference pin protruding on the rear surface of the meter hood. That is, since the meter unit is engaged with the upper reference pin provided on the hood bracket, the meter unit can be attached to the meter mounting opening regardless of the shape of the meter hood. can improve.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lower reference pin is provided with an upwardly inclined portion that is an upwardly inclined surface from the top to the base, and the upper reference pin is provided with a downwardly inclined portion that is an upwardly inclined surface from the top to the base. Therefore, the meter unit can be easily attached to the meter mounting opening by simply pushing the meter unit into the meter mounting opening along each inclined surface without applying a load to the meter hood.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the instrument panel concerning embodiment of this invention, (a) is a figure which shows only an instrument panel main body, (b) is a figure which shows the state which attached the meter unit. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a meter mounting opening according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (a) is a view showing the meter mounting opening as viewed from below, and (b) is a view with a meter unit mounted; It is a figure which shows a state. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a reference pin for attaching a meter unit according to the embodiment of the present invention, where (a) is a view showing an upper reference pin and (b) is a view showing a lower reference pin; It is a front view showing a meter unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram showing a procedure for attaching the meter unit to the meter attachment opening according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. ) is a diagram showing a state in which the meter unit is engaged with each reference pin. FIG. 4 is a schematic end view showing a state in which the meter unit according to the embodiment of the present invention is engaged with an upper reference pin; FIG. 4A is a schematic end view showing a state in which the meter unit according to the embodiment of the present invention is engaged with a lower reference pin, FIG. ) is a diagram showing a state in which the meter unit is pushed in from the state of (a), and (c) is a diagram showing a state in which the meter unit is further pushed in from the state of (b). It is a figure which shows the process of attaching the meter unit concerning embodiment of this invention to an instrument panel main body.

Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), the instrument panel P according to the present embodiment includes an instrument panel main body 10 supported by lateral beams extending in the vehicle width direction at the front of the vehicle, and an instrument panel. and a meter unit 20 attached and fixed to the panel body 10 .

As shown in FIG. 1(a), the instrument panel body 10 is a horizontally long member extending in the vehicle width direction at the front of the vehicle, and has a meter mounting opening 11 at a position facing the driver's seat.

The meter mounting opening 11 is an opening-shaped portion provided for inserting and fixing the meter unit 20 . As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the meter mounting opening 11 includes an upper mounting portion 30 that supports the upper portion of the meter unit 20, a lower mounting portion 40 that supports the lower portion of the meter unit 20, have

As shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b), the upper mounting portion 30 includes a meter hood portion 31 projecting from the upper surface near either the left or right end of the instrument panel body 10 and a meter hood portion 31 projecting toward the rear of the vehicle. 31 and a hood bracket 35 disposed on the rear surface thereof.

Meter hood portion 31 is a portion that shields the light irradiated onto the surface of meter unit 20 in order to improve the visibility of meter unit 20 . The meter hood portion 31 has a meter hood main body 32 connected to the instrument panel main body 10 and a light blocking portion 33 vertically provided at the tip of the meter hood main body 32 .

The meter hood main body 32 has a trapezoidal shape in a plan view, and is gradually narrowed from the base end portion connected to the instrument panel main body 10 to the distal end portion of the meter hood main body 32 . That is, the meter hood main body 32 has a trapezoidal base with a long side on the base end side, which is a connecting portion with the instrument panel main body 10 , and a short side on the tip side. At the center of the back surface of the meter hood main body 32, there are a substantially box-shaped engaging protrusion 34 protruding downward, and beams 38 extending in the front-rear direction near the left and right ends of the meter hood main body 32. are doing. The engaging projection 34 has mounting holes in the left-right central portion and substantially in the central portion of the front end portion. Moreover, the beam portion 38 has a mounting hole in the front-rear approximately central portion. The hood bracket 35 is fastened and fixed to the meter hood main body 32 using fasteners such as screws in the mounting holes of the engaging projections 34 and the beams 38 .

The light shielding portion 33 is a member for shielding the meter unit 20 from light, and is vertically provided at the tip of the meter hood main body 32 . The light blocking portion 33 is bent substantially at right angles to the meter hood main body 32 and functions as a canopy for the meter unit 20 . The light shielding portion 33 is a projecting portion that bulges rearward and is formed to have a substantially constant thickness.

A hood bracket 35 is provided on the rear surface of the meter hood main body 32 of the meter hood portion 31 configured as described above.

Hood bracket 35 is for fixing the upper portion of meter unit 20 to meter hood portion 31 . The hood bracket 35 includes a bracket main body 35a, engaging portions 35b, 35b extending to the left and right of the bracket main body 35a, fastening portions 35e provided near the center of left and right ends of the bracket main body 35a, and the bracket main body 35a. It has an upper reference pin 36 projecting from the rear end and an upper mounting hole 37 drilled in the vicinity of the upper reference pin 36 at the rear end of the bracket body 35a.

The bracket main body 35a is formed in a bottomed cylindrical box having a substantially square shape in plan view, and has side walls 35d, 35d, 35d, 35d on the front, rear, left, and right. Left and right side wall surfaces 35d, 35d of the bracket main body 35a are provided with engaging portions 35b, 35b formed in a substantially crank shape when viewed from the front. A fastening portion 35e for fastening to the meter hood body 32 is provided in the center of the rear wall surface 35d of the bracket body 35a. Further, upper reference pins 36, 36 protrude from the rear wall surface 35d of the bracket body 35a in the vicinity of the fastening portion 35e in the left-right direction, and upper mounting holes 37, 37 are formed in the vicinity of the upper reference pin 36. are doing.

The engaging portion 35b and the fastening portion 35e have mounting holes having substantially the same diameter as the mounting holes of the engaging protrusions 34 projecting from the back surface of the meter hood body 32 . The hood bracket 35 is attached to the back surface of the meter hood main body 32 by fixing the engaging portions 35b and the fastening portions 35e to the mounting holes of the engaging protrusions 34 disposed on the back surface of the meter hood main body 32 with fasteners such as screws. Fixed.

As shown in FIG. 3(a), the upper reference pin 36 has a pin body 36a projecting toward the rear of the vehicle and auxiliary projections 36b, 36b provided on the left and right side surfaces of the pin body 36a. .

The pin body 36a includes a horizontal support portion 36c located on the upper side, a downwardly inclined portion 36d formed in a downwardly inclined shape from the distal end side to the proximal end side of the pin body 36a located on the lower side, and the support portion 36c. and a top portion 36e connecting the tip portion of the descending slope portion 36d in a substantially semicircular shape, and are formed in a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the side.

The auxiliary protrusion 36b has a substantially semicircular shape when viewed from the front and extends from the base end portion of the pin body 36a to the vicinity of the top portion 36e. The auxiliary protrusion 36b is formed in a substantially semi-pyramidal shape in which the vertical width and the horizontal width are gradually narrowed from the base end to the tip end. As a result, when the upper reference pin 36 is inserted through an upper support hole 21a provided at the upper end of the meter unit 20, which will be described later, the auxiliary projection 36b can be easily inserted without being caught by the opening peripheral edge of the upper support hole 21a. In addition, the meter unit 20 after being inserted into the upper reference pin 36 can be prevented from swinging to the left and right.

An upper mounting hole 37 is formed in the vicinity of the upper reference pin 36 constructed in this manner. The upper mounting hole 37 is a female screw with a thread formed inside the hole, and is configured so that a fastener such as a screw can be screwed into it. The upper portion of the meter unit 20 can be fixed to the hood bracket 35 by screwing a screw inserted through the upper mounting hole 21 b of the meter unit 20 into the upper mounting hole 37 .

The lower mounting portion 40 is disposed below the meter mounting opening 11, as shown in FIG. 1(a). The lower mounting portion 40 includes a lower frame 41 formed integrally with the instrument panel main body 10, mounting support portions 42, 42 disposed below left and right ends of the lower frame 41, and a mounting support portion 42. and a lower mounting hole 44 drilled in the vicinity of the lower reference pin 43 .

The lower frame body 41 is a prismatic body extending in the left-right direction and having a substantially square shape in vertical cross section. A lower reference pin 43 and a lower mounting hole 44 are provided near the left and right ends of the lower frame 41 .

As shown in FIG. 3(b), the lower reference pin 43 has a pin body 43a protruding rearward and auxiliary protrusions 43b, 43b protruding from the left and right side surfaces of the pin body 43a.

The pin body 43a includes a horizontal support portion 43c positioned above the pin body 43a, an upward slope portion 43d connected to the tip side of the support portion 43c above the pin body 43a, and a horizontal support portion 43d below the pin body 43a. and a horizontal portion 43e extending rearward in a shape, and a top portion 43f having a substantially semicircular shape in a side view, connecting the tip portion of the upward slope portion 43d and the tip portion of the horizontal portion 43e.

As shown in FIG. 3(b), the upward slope portion 43d includes a first upward slope portion 43d1 connected to the top portion 43f and a second upward slope portion disposed between the first upward slope portion 43d1 and the support portion 43c. and a portion 43d2. The first ascending slope portion 43d is formed as an inclined surface that slopes upward from the tip portion to the base end portion of the pin body 43a. The second ascending inclined portion 43d2 is formed as an inclined surface that is inclined upward from the distal end portion to the proximal end portion of the pin body 43a in the same manner as the first ascending inclined portion 43d1. The inclination angle of the second upward slope portion 43d2 is formed more gently than that of the first upward slope portion 43d1. By forming the upwardly inclined portion 43d into two inclined portions with different inclination angles in this manner, the mounting load applied to the meter hood main body 32 when the meter unit 20 is mounted in the meter mounting opening 11 can be reduced. That is, when the meter unit 20 is attached to the meter mounting opening 11, by decreasing the inclination angle of the second upward slope portion 43d2, the meter unit 20 is displaced from the second upward slope portion 43d2 to the support portion 43c. The vertical displacement of the unit 20 is reduced, the distance by which the meter hood body 32 of the meter hood portion 31 is pushed up (or pulled down) is shortened, and the displacement load when the meter hood body 32 moves up and down is reduced. The burden on the base can be reduced.

Auxiliary protrusions 43b are provided on the left and right side surfaces of the pin body 43a formed in this way.
Auxiliary protrusion 43 b is a lateral swing restricting portion of meter unit 20 that functions to restrict lateral swing of meter unit 20 when meter unit 20 is engaged with lower reference pin 43 . The auxiliary projecting portion 43 b has a substantially semi-cannonball shape obtained by cutting the cannonball in half in the longitudinal direction, and the tip side (warhead side) is provided on the top portion 43 f side of the lower reference pin 43 . The auxiliary projection 43b has a total length from the base to the tip that is substantially the same as the length of the support 43c.

Lower attachment holes 44, 44 are formed in the vicinity of the lower reference pin 43 constructed in this way. The lower mounting hole 44 is a female threaded portion used to fix the meter unit 20 supported by the lower reference pin 43 to the instrument panel body 10 . The meter unit 20 , which will be described later, is fixed after being inserted into the meter mounting opening 11 through the lower mounting hole 44 .

The meter unit 20 is inserted through the meter mounting opening 11 of the instrument panel body 10 having the upper mounting portion 30 and the lower mounting portion 40 as described above.

As shown in FIG. 4, the meter unit 20 has a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front with the upper side shorter than the lower side. Lower mounting brackets 22, 22 protrude near the left and right ends of the lower side.

One of the upper mounting brackets 21 has an upper support hole 21a which is substantially rectangular in front view and has an upper mounting hole 21b formed in the vicinity of the upper support hole 21a. The other upper attachment bracket 21 has an upper support reference hole 21c which is substantially circular in front view and is provided in the bracket, and an upper attachment hole 21b which is drilled in the vicinity of the upper support reference hole 21c.

The upper support hole 21a has a substantially square shape when viewed from the front, and has a vertical width approximately equal to the vertical width of the base end of the pin body 36a of the upper reference pin 36, and a horizontal width of the upper reference pin 36. The auxiliary protrusions 36b, 36b arranged on the left and right sides of the main body 36a are formed longer than the length between the circular arc apexes of the base end portions of the main body 36a. That is, the upper support hole 21a is formed so that it can swing only in the horizontal direction when the upper reference pin 36 is inserted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper support hole 21a is configured such that the lower side 21a1 of the opening gradually expands from the rear side of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle. That is, the upper support hole 21a is configured to have a maximum opening on the front side of the upper mounting bracket 21 and a minimum opening on the rear side. Thereby, the upper support hole 21a has a structure in which the upper reference pin 36 can be easily inserted. More specifically, in the upper support hole 21a, the shape of the opening lower portion is configured to be upwardly inclined from the front surface side to the rear surface side, and the lower portion of the pin main body 36a of the upper reference pin 36 is inclined downward from the distal end portion to the proximal end portion. The upper reference pin 36 can be easily inserted through the upper support hole 21a without being caught by the upper support hole 21a. The thickness of the upper support hole 21a is approximately the same as the length of the support portion 36c of the upper reference pin 36, which is approximately half the total length of the support portion 36c. That is, when the upper reference pin 36 is inserted through the upper support hole 21a, the support portion 36c of the upper reference pin 36 reliably contacts and supports the minimum opening of the upper support hole 21a. As a result, the risk of the meter unit 20 being attached and fixed at a predetermined attachment position and swinging up and down can be reduced as much as possible.

The upper support reference hole 21c drilled in the other upper mounting bracket 21 has a substantially circular shape when viewed from the front, and its vertical width is formed to have a diameter substantially equal to the vertical width of the base end of the pin body 36a of the upper reference pin 36. The left and right widths are formed to have substantially the same length as the arc apexes of the base ends of the auxiliary protrusions 36b, 36b provided on the left and right sides of the pin body 36a of the upper reference pin 36, respectively. Further, the upper support reference hole 21c is configured such that the lower side 21c1 of the opening gradually expands from the rear surface side to the front surface side, similarly to the upper support hole 21a. As a result, the upper support reference hole 21c has a structure in which the upper reference pin 36 can be easily inserted. More specifically, in the upper support hole 21c, the shape of the lower part of the opening is configured to slope upward from the front side to the rear side, and the lower part of the pin body 36a of the upper reference pin 36 slopes downward from the tip to the base end. With this configuration, the upper reference pin 36 can be easily inserted through without being caught by the periphery of the opening of the upper support reference hole 21c. Further, the thickness of the upper support reference hole 21c is formed to be approximately the same thickness as the length of approximately half the total length of the support portion 36c of the upper reference pin 36. As shown in FIG. That is, when the upper reference pin 36 is inserted through the upper support reference hole 21c, the support portion 36c of the upper reference pin 36 reliably contacts and supports the minimum opening of the upper support reference hole 21c. As a result, the risk of the meter unit 20 being attached and fixed at a predetermined attachment position and swinging up and down can be reduced as much as possible.

The upper attachment hole 21b is formed in a substantially circular shape in a front view, and is configured so that a screw or the like can be inserted therethrough. The upper mounting hole 37 of the hood bracket 35 is positioned in front of the upper mounting hole 21b in the state where the upper reference pin 36 is inserted through the upper supporting holes 21a and 21c of the meter unit 20 and supported. The meter unit 20 can be screwed to the hood bracket 35 through the hole 21b.
In this embodiment, the upper support hole 21a on the left side is configured to have a substantially rectangular shape in front view, and the upper support hole 21c on the right side is configured to have a substantially circular shape in front view. The invention is not limited to this form, and the forms of the left and right upper support holes may be interchanged. That is, the upper support hole 21a on the left side may be configured to have a generally circular shape when viewed from the front, and the upper support reference hole 21c on the right side may be configured to have a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front.

The lower mounting bracket 22 has a substantially rectangular shape in a front view, and has a lower support hole 22a and a lower mounting hole 22b drilled in the vicinity of the lower support hole 22a.

The lower support hole 22a is an opening having a substantially square shape when viewed from the front. It is formed larger than the width connecting the tops of the arcs. That is, the lower support hole 22a is formed sufficiently large relative to the maximum width of the lower reference pin 43 in the vertical and horizontal directions, and is sized to allow the lower reference pin 43 to be easily inserted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower support hole 22a is configured such that the opening shape gradually expands from the rear side toward the front side. That is, the lower support hole 22a is configured to have a maximum opening on the rear surface side of the lower mounting bracket 22 and a minimum opening on the rear surface side. As a result, the lower support hole 22a has a maximum opening when the lower reference pin 43 is inserted, so that the lower reference pin 43 can be easily inserted. Further, the thickness of the lower support hole 22a is formed to be shorter than the total length of the support portion 43c of the lower reference pin 43. As shown in FIG. That is, when the lower reference pin 43 is inserted through the lower support hole 22a, the support portion 43c of the lower reference pin 43 reliably contacts and supports the minimum opening located on the rear side of the lower support hole 22a. As a result, the meter unit 20 is supported at a predetermined height by the support portion 43c of the lower reference pin 43. As shown in FIG.

The lower attachment hole 22b is formed in a substantially circular shape in a front view, and has a diameter substantially the same as that of the lower attachment hole 44 of the lower frame 41. As shown in FIG. As a result, when the meter unit 20 is fixed to the lower mounting hole 44 with the screw body inserted through the lower mounting hole 22b, the meter unit 20 can be fixed without being displaced.

The instrument panel main body 10 and the meter unit 20 are configured as described above. The procedure for inserting and fixing the meter unit 20 into the meter mounting opening 11 of the instrument panel main body 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. It is explained below.

As shown in FIG. 8, the procedure for attaching the meter unit 20 to the meter attachment opening 11 of the instrument panel body 10 includes three steps: a lower alignment step S1, an insertion step S2, and a fastening step S3. It consists of

The lower positioning step S1 is a step for aligning the left and right lower mounting holes 22b, 22b of the meter unit 20 with the left and right lower reference pins 43, 43. As shown in FIG.
In the lower positioning step S1, the operator attaches the lower mounting bracket 22 of the meter unit 20 to the mounting support portions 42, 42 projecting near the left and right ends of the lower mounting portion 40, as shown in FIG. 5(b). , 22 are brought into contact with each other. At this time, the meter unit 20 is arranged in a state in which the upper mounting bracket 21 of the meter unit 20 is inclined toward the driver, that is, is arranged in an upward inclination from the lower part to the upper part of the meter unit 20 . As described above, the lower positioning step S1 is performed when the lower mounting brackets 22, 22 of the meter unit 20 are mounted on the mounting support portions 42, 42, and the meter unit 20 is mounted with an upward slope from the bottom to the top. , and shifts to the insertion step S2.

The insertion step S2 is a step of inserting the lower reference pin 43 and the upper reference pin 36 into the lower mounting hole 22b and the upper mounting hole 21b of the meter unit 20 to support and fix the meter unit 20 with the respective reference pins.

The insertion step S2 includes a first contact step S2-1 in which the front upper opening edge portion 22a1 of the lower mounting hole 22b is brought into contact with the first upward inclined portion 43d1 of the lower reference pin 43, and a second upward inclined portion of the lower reference pin 43. A second contact step S2-2 in which the front upper opening edge portion 22a1 of the lower mounting hole 22b is brought into contact with 43d2; and an upper insertion step S2-4 for inserting the upper reference pin 36 through the upper attachment hole 21b. Note that the meter unit lower locking step S2-3 and the upper inserting step S2-4 are performed substantially simultaneously.

In the first contact step S2-1, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the operator first moves the lower end of the lower mounting bracket 22 of the meter unit 20 to the upper surface of the mounting support portion 42 (see FIG. 6). (a)), with the lower end of the lower mounting bracket 22 in contact with the mounting support 42, the upper side of the meter unit 20 is directed forward of the vehicle with the contact portion of the mounting support 42 of the lower mounting bracket 22 as a base point. Rotate. This first contact step S2-1 ends when the front upper opening edge portion 22a1 of the lower support hole 22a of the meter unit 20 contacts the first upward inclined portion 43d1 of the lower reference pin 43, and the next second contact step S2-1 ends. Move to step S2-2.

Next, in the second contact step S2-2, the operator moves the front upper opening edge 22a1 of the lower support hole 22a of the meter unit 20 to the first upward slope of the lower reference pin 43, as shown in FIG. 7(b). While contacting the portion 43d1, the meter unit 20 is rotated so that the upper mounting bracket 21 of the meter unit 20 is displaced from the inclined state to the vertical state. At this time, the lower end of lower mounting bracket 22 is separated from the surface of mounting support portion 42 , and meter unit 20 is supported by lower reference pin 43 .

Further, the front upper opening edge 22a1 of the lower support hole 22a slides forward along the inclined surface of the first upwardly inclined portion 43d1 of the lower reference pin 43 and reaches the second upwardly inclined portion 43d2. That is, the weight of the meter unit 20 is supported by the lower reference pin 43 while the front upper opening edge portion 22a1 moves from the first upward slope portion 43d1 to the second upward slope portion 43d2.

Next, in the meter unit lower locking step S2-3, as shown in FIG. 7C, the operator performs a displacing operation of rotating the upper portion of the meter unit 20 forward with the lower support hole 22a as a rotation reference. While continuing, the lower support hole 22 a is further moved to the base side of the lower reference pin 43 . That is, the inner peripheral surface of the lower support hole 22a of the meter unit 20 is supported by the support portion 43c of the lower reference pin 43 in contact therewith. Note that the meter unit 20 is supported by the lower reference pin 43 and the upper reference pin 36 at the same time.

Next, in the upper insertion step S2-4, the operator inserts the upper reference pin 36 into the upper support hole 21a of the upper mounting bracket 21 to support the meter unit 20 with the upper reference pin 36, as shown in FIG. do.
The operator rotates the upper portion of the meter unit 20 toward the front of the vehicle in the order indicated by reference numerals A to C in FIG. It is supported and fixed to the hood portion 31 .
6 correspond to the first contact step S2-1, the second contact step S2-2, and the meter unit lower locking step S2-3. The upper front opening edge 22a1 of the lower support hole 22a is in contact with the first upward slope portion 43d1. The upper side of the meter unit 20 is shown in contact with the inclined portion 43d2, and reference character C indicates a state in which the upper reference pin 36 is inserted through the upper support hole 21a of the upper mounting bracket 21. As shown in FIG.

Next, in the fastening step S3, the operator inserts and supports the upper support hole 21a and the lower support hole 22a of the meter unit 20 into the upper reference pin 36 and the lower reference pin 43 as shown in FIG. 5(b). Fasteners such as screws are inserted through the upper mounting holes 21b, 21b and the lower mounting holes 22b, 22b and screwed into the upper mounting hole 37 and the lower mounting hole 44 to attach the meter unit 20 to the upper mounting portion 30 and the lower mounting portion. 40.

In this way, the meter unit 20 is fixed in the fastening step S3 through the lower alignment step S1, the insertion step S2, and the upper reference pin 36, while the weight of the meter unit 20 is supported by the lower reference pin 43. By aligning the fastening positions of the meter unit 20 and fastening the meter unit 20 to the upper mounting portion 30 and the lower mounting portion 40 with fasteners such as screws, the weight of the meter unit 20 is not transmitted to the meter hood portion 31. The meter unit 20 can be fixed.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments, known inventions, and the configurations in which the respective configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments are replaced with each other are changed. Configurations in which each configuration is replaced with each other, etc. are also included. Moreover, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but extends to matters described in the claims and their equivalents.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 instrument panel body 11 meter mounting opening 20 meter unit 21 upper mounting bracket 21a upper support hole 21b upper mounting hole 21c upper support reference hole 22 lower mounting bracket 22a lower support hole 22b lower mounting hole 30 upper mounting portion 31 Meter hood portion 32 Meter hood body 33 Light shielding portion 34 Engagement projection 35 Hood bracket 35a Bracket body 35b Engagement portion 35d Side wall surface 35e Fastening portion 36 Upper reference pin 36a Pin body 36b Auxiliary projection 36c Support portion 36d Inclined portion 36e Top 37 Upper attachment hole 38 Beam 40 Lower attachment 41 Lower frame 42 Attachment support 43 Lower reference pin 43a Pin main body 43b Auxiliary projection 43c Support 43d Inclined portion 43d1 First upward inclined portion 43d2 Second upward inclined portion 43e Horizontal Part 43f Top 44 Lower mounting hole P Instrument panel S1 Lower alignment process S2 Insertion process S2-1 First contact process S2-2 Second contact process S2-3 Meter unit lower locking process S2-4 Upper insertion process S3 Fastening process

Claims (3)

In the mounting structure of the meter unit in which the meter unit is mounted in the meter mounting opening of the instrument panel,
The instrument panel is
instrument panel body,
a meter hood portion integrally formed with the instrument panel main body above the meter mounting opening;
an upper mounting portion projecting an upper reference pin forming an upper edge of the meter mounting opening;
a lower mounting portion projecting a lower reference pin forming a lower edge of the meter mounting opening;
A mounting structure for a meter unit, wherein the meter unit is inserted through and fixed to the upper reference pin and the lower reference pin. 2. A mounting structure for a meter unit according to claim 1, wherein a hood bracket having said upper reference pin projecting therefrom is provided on the rear surface of said meter hood portion. The lower reference pin is provided with an upwardly inclined portion that is an upwardly inclined surface from the top to the base,
3. The mounting structure of a meter unit according to claim 1, wherein the upper reference pin is provided with a downwardly inclined portion that is downwardly inclined from the top to the base.

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