JP3723419B2 - Instrument panel coupling device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for coupling an instrument panel to a vehicle body.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, fasteners such as bolts and screws that can be repeatedly attached and removed have been used to fix an instrument panel with an instrument panel or operation panel to the vehicle body. It was common to do this from the inside of the ment panel.
[0003]
In order to insert a tool inside the instrument panel, it is forced to work in a narrow space.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In other words, according to the conventional structure of the instrument panel mounting portion with respect to the vehicle body, the assembling work is extremely troublesome, and the reduction of man-hours in the production line is hindered.
[0005]
In recent years, from the viewpoint of industrial waste treatment and resource reuse, industrial products tend to be configured to be separable according to materials, but dismantling has not been easy according to the conventional structure.
[0006]
The present invention has been devised to solve such problems of the prior art, and its main purpose is to connect an instrument panel that can facilitate the assembling work and the detaching work for the vehicle body. To provide an apparatus.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve such an object, according to claim 1 of the present invention , as a coupling device for an instrument panel, a plurality of latches (17) and a force that are held by a holder (16) so that the tip of the instrument panel can protrude and retract. It is connected to each of a plurality of latches via a transmission member ( for example , the Bowden cable 10 in the embodiment), and consists of one latch operation handle (9) that gives the plurality of latches a retracting movement, and is fixed to the vehicle body side. a locking mechanism (8) that, it was decided to provide those with receiving portion which is fixed to the instrument panel side to engage the respective tip and each of the plurality of latches and (19).
[0008]
According to this, the instrument panel is fixed to the vehicle body only by engaging the front end of the latch and the receiving portion. In addition, a plurality of latches can be operated simultaneously with one operating handle.
[0009]
In particular, if the force transmission member is a Bowden cable, the degree of freedom in the relative positions of the handle and the latch when a plurality of latches are simultaneously operated with one handle is increased.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0011]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view around an instrument panel constructed according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a front beam 2 for connecting the inner surfaces of a front side panel inner (not shown) of the vehicle body is extended at a position facing the upper portion of the dashboard 1 of the vehicle body. An instrument panel support bracket 3, an operation panel support bracket 4, an air conditioner duct 5, a passenger airbag device 6, and the like are fixed to the front beam 2. A coupling bracket 7 for the front side panel inner provided at the left and right ends of the front beam 2 is provided with a lock mechanism 8 for fixing an instrument panel, which will be described later, and an operation panel fixed to the center of the front beam 2. The support bracket 4 is provided with an operation handle 9 for operating the lock mechanism 8. The two lock mechanisms 8 and one operation handle 9 are connected by a Bowden cable 10 as a force transmission member.
[0012]
Further, a plurality of locating pins 11 for positioning an instrument panel, which will be described later, are provided at appropriate positions of members connected to the upper edge of the dashboard 1 and the front beam 2.
[0013]
The entire instrument panel 12 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material. An instrument panel mounting portion 13 is opened on the right side as viewed in the figure, and an operation panel mounting portion 14 of an audio device or an air conditioner is opened in the center. ing. A boss 15 having a hole into which the locating pin 11 is inserted is formed on the back surface thereof, that is, the surface facing the dashboard 1.
[0014]
2 and 3, the lock mechanism 8 includes a holder 16 fixed to the coupling bracket 7 at both ends of the front beam 2, and a latch 17 incorporated in the holder 16 so as to be slidable in the vehicle width direction. It is made up of. Further, the operation handle 9 incorporates, for example, a rotary motion / linear motion conversion mechanism 18 using an eccentric cam. When the operation handle 9 is rotated, the two Bowden cables 10 extended from the rotary motion / linear motion conversion mechanism 18 to the left and right are simultaneously driven in both directions by pushing and pulling according to the rotation direction of the operation handle 9. By this force, the tips of the two latches 17 are made to appear and disappear from the holder 16 at the same time .
[0015]
Although not shown in the drawing, the connection portion between the Bowden cable 10 and the latch 17 incorporates a known lost motion mechanism, and the latch 17 is spring-biased in the protruding direction, and is operated in the unlocking direction. When the handle 9 is rotated, a traction force is applied to the Bowden cable 10 and the latch 17 is immersed in the holder 16 against the spring force. When the operation handle 9 is turned in the locking direction, a pushing force is applied to the Bowden cable 10 and a spring force is applied in the protruding direction, so that the latch 17 protrudes from the holder 16. When a pushing force is directly applied to the latch 17 in this projecting state, the spring 17 contracts and the latch 17 can be immersed in the holder 16 even when the Bowden cable 10 is in the projecting position.
[0016]
Now, when assembling the instrument panel 12 configured as described above to the dashboard 1, when the operation handle 9 is turned to the locked position and the instrument panel 12 is pressed to the dashboard 1 side as it is, the dashboard is first displayed. The plurality of locating pins 11 provided on the one side and the holes of the bosses 15 provided on the back surface of the instrument panel 12 are fitted, and the instrument panel 12 is positioned with respect to the dashboard 1 (vehicle body).
[0017]
If the instrument panel 12 is further pushed in as it is, the taper surface at the tip is pushed by the edge of the receiving portion 19 formed on the back surface of the instrument panel 12, and the latch 17 is retracted. When the leading end of the latch 17 is received by the receiving portion 19, the latch 17 cannot be immersed unless the operating handle 9 is rotated to the unlocking side to apply a traction force to the Bowden cable 10. State is maintained.
[0018]
Since the opening of the operation panel mounting portion 14 for accessing the operation handle 9 is closed by attaching the operation panel after the instrument panel 12 is fixed to the dashboard 1, it is usually not easy to unlock. .
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the instrument panel can be coupled / disassembled to the vehicle body only by displacing the latch in the vehicle body width direction by rotating the operation handle. In addition to the improvement, a great effect can be achieved. In addition, since the separation work at the time of dismantling is simplified, it is effective for simplification of industrial waste treatment and promotion of resource reuse.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view partially showing a relationship between an instrument panel and a dashboard according to the present invention in a transparent manner.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a top view of the apparatus of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dashboard 4 Operation panel support bracket 8 Lock mechanism 9 Operation handle 10 Bowden cable 11 Locate pin 12 Instrument panel 15 Boss 16 Holder 17 Latch 19 Receiving part

Claims (2)

A vehicle body comprising a single latch operation handle that is connected to each of the plurality of latches via a plurality of latches and a force transmission member that are held by a holder so that the front end of the plurality of latches can be projected and retracted, and that causes the plurality of latches to appear and retract. A locking mechanism fixed to the side,
Binding device of the instrument panel, characterized in that it comprises a receiving portion which is fixed to the instrument panel side so as to receive the respective tips of the plurality of latches individually. The instrument panel coupling device according to claim 1, wherein the force transmission member is a Bowden cable .

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