JP3952717B2 - Instrument panel disassembly jig - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to solutions-body jig instrument panel for use in the body of an automobile discarded remove the instrument panel is a large-sized resin parts.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, in the dismantling of automobiles, it has become mainstream to collect many parts for resource recycling, and in particular, the collection of resin parts is regarded as important. To remove the instrument panel, which is a large plastic part, from the vehicle body when collecting resin parts, use an appropriate tool such as an impact wrench to connect the vehicle body to the instrument panel, ie bolts, nuts, machine screws And the connecting parts such as clips were removed, and the instrument panel was removed from the car body.
[0003]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-64501 discloses a method for disassembling an automobile in which a manipulator having a gripping claw is used, and a resin-fitted part such as an instrument panel is grasped by the gripping claw and forcibly removed from the vehicle body. ing.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the dismantling of a conventional instrument panel as described above, bolts and nuts which size is different, if all the coupling components such as machine screws or clips removed manually, a great deal of labor and time of course At the same time, it is difficult to increase the working efficiency, which causes a problem that the rebound to the recycling cost increases. Further, in the case of using a manipulator, there is a problem that a large-scale facility is indispensable and the recycling cost becomes very high, and it has been a problem to solve such a problem.
[0005]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-described conventional problems, and can easily remove the instrument panel from the vehicle body in a short time, and improve work efficiency and reduce recycling costs. and its object is to provide a solution-body jig of the instrument panel as possible.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An instrument panel disassembly jig according to the present invention is a jig for disassembling an instrument panel of an automobile provided with at least a driver's seat airbag mounted on a steering wheel. A pressure receiving part facing the airbag's airbag bulging part and a latching part that hooks up and down the instrument panel are integrally provided , and the pressure receiving part has a spring steel arm part extending up and down. In addition, the upper and lower ends of the arm portion are provided with latching portions , and the above configuration is used as means for solving the conventional problems.
[0008]
Also, disassembling jig of the instrument panel according to the present invention, as claimed in claim 2, a structure having a pressure receiving portion which faces the bulging portion of the airbag assistant's seat, as claimed in claim 3, A over arm The latching portion is provided so that the position of the latching portion can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and the above configuration is a means for solving the conventional problems.
[0013]
[Effects of the Invention]
The disassembling jig of the instrument panel according to claim 1 of the present invention, upon disassembling the instrument panel of a motor vehicle with at least the driver's seat airbag mounted to a steering wheel, the jig and the operation of the air bag Remove the instrument panel from the car body.
[0014]
In other words, the pressure receiving portion of the jig is opposed to the airbag bulging portion of the steering wheel, the upper latching portion of the jig is latched to the blowout port of the defroster in the instrument panel, and the lower end portion of the instrument panel Hook the lower latching part of the jig. When the airbag is artificially operated after setting the jig in this way, the driver's seat airbag is mounted on the steering wheel supported on the steering member side, which is a structural material on the vehicle body side. At the same time that the jig is pressed at the pressure receiving portion by the airbag that is inflated and deployed, the instrument panel on which each latching portion of the jig is latched is forcibly removed from the vehicle body.
Further, in the above instrument panel disassembly jig, the upper and lower hooks are provided on the arm part extending vertically from the pressure receiving part, so that the pressing force by the inflating and deploying airbag is increased and lowered from the pressure receiving part. The instrument panel is efficiently transmitted to the latching portion, and the instrument panel can be removed from the vehicle body more reliably. In addition, since the arm part is made of spring steel, the jig can be easily attached to the instrument panel by utilizing the elasticity of the arm part, and the jig can be attached without using other fixing means. In addition, it is possible to cope with a plurality of types of instrument panels having slightly different sizes.
[0015]
The instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 2 of the present invention corresponds to disassembly of an instrument panel of an automobile equipped with a passenger airbag in addition to the driver airbag. When the jig is set in the same manner as 1 , the pressure receiving part of the jig is also made to face the airbag bulging portion in the dashboard. When the airbag is artificially actuated, the passenger seat airbag is attached to the steering member, which is a structural material on the vehicle body side, so that the jig is pressed at the pressure receiving portion by the airbag that is inflated and deployed instantaneously. At the same time, the instrument panel on which each latching portion of the jig is latched is forcibly removed from the vehicle body.
[0017]
In the instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 3 of the present invention, since the latching portion is provided so that the position of the arm portion can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the arm portion, the size of the instrument panel ( In particular, the position of the latching portion with respect to the arm portion is adjusted according to the vertical size), and the jig is attached to the instrument panel.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
According to disassembling jig of the instrument panel according to claim 1 of the present invention, without requiring a new power source for dismantling, operation of the simple structure and an air bag having a pressure receiving portion and hook portion The instrument panel, which is a large plastic part, can be removed from the vehicle body very easily and in a short period of time using a small amount of labor, which can greatly increase work efficiency and reduce recycling costs. Can be realized. In addition, the disassembly jig has a simple structure, is relatively lightweight, can be manufactured at low cost, and is very easy to handle. Furthermore, since the airbag is processed simultaneously with the removal of the instrument panel, it is possible to contribute to higher efficiency of the entire automobile dismantling work and further reduction of recycling costs.
Further, according to the instrument panel disassembly jig, the force of the airbag that is inflated and deployed can be efficiently transmitted to the latching portion, and the instrument panel can be removed more reliably. Moreover, by adopting the spring steel arm part in the jig, it can be easily attached to and detached from the instrument panel, and a reliable mounting state on the instrument panel can be maintained with the jig alone. Thus, the working efficiency can be further improved, and a plurality of types of instrument panels having slightly different sizes can be removed with only one jig.
[0021]
According to the instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 2 of the present invention, the same effect as in claim 1 can be obtained, and the driver seat and passenger seat airbags can be used. Thus, the entire instrument panel can be removed more reliably, and further improvement in work efficiency can be realized.
[0023]
According to the instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 3 of the present invention, the same effect as in claim 1 or 2 can be obtained, and the position of the latching portion relative to the arm portion can be adjusted. As a result, the applicable range has been expanded for instrument panels that vary in size (particularly in the vertical direction) depending on the vehicle model, etc., and various instrument panels can be removed with just one jig. Can contribute to further reduction in recycling costs.
[0024]
【Example】
Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a description will be given of an embodiment of a solution-body jig of the instrument panel according to the present invention.
[0025]
A disassembly jig 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 removes an instrument panel IP, which is a large resin part, in an automobile having a driver's seat airbag and a passenger's seat airbag. A jig 2, two passenger seat jigs 3 and 3 arranged at a predetermined interval, and a connecting member 4 for connecting them are provided, and the structure thereof is very simple.
[0026]
The driver's seat jig 2 is a belt-shaped spring steel formed into a substantially C shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the instrument panel IP including the steering wheel SH, and is formed on the airbag bulging portion AR of the steering wheel SH. The opposing pressure receiving portion 2A and the arm portions 2B, 2B extending vertically above and below are integrally provided, and the tip of each arm portion 2B is bent inward, so that these are the upper and lower latching portions 2C, 2C. It is said.
[0027]
The passenger's seat jig 3 corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the instrument panel IP in front of the passenger's seat, and is similarly formed of a strip-shaped spring steel in a substantially C shape, facing the airbag bulging portion AL of the dashboard. The pressure receiving portion 3A and the arm portions 3B and 3B extending vertically are integrated with each other, and the tip of each arm portion 3B is bent inward to form upper and lower hooking portions 3C and 3C. Yes.
[0028]
The connecting member 4 is formed by appropriately bending a band-shaped steel material in accordance with the arrangement of the driver's seat jig 2 and the passenger's seat jig 3 with respect to the instrument panel IP. It is connected to tools 2 and 3.
[0029]
Here, on the driver's seat side, as shown in FIG. 3, a driver's seat airbag module MR including an inflator, a bag, and the like is mounted at the center of the steering wheel SH. The steering column SC to which the steering wheel SH is mounted is supported by a steering member SM that is a vehicle body side structural member disposed in the vehicle body left-right direction on the back side of the instrument panel IP. On the passenger seat side, as shown in FIG. 4, a passenger seat airbag module ML is mounted inside the dashboard. The passenger seat airbag module ML is connected to the steering member SM.
[0030]
That is, both the driver airbag and the passenger airbag are fixed to the vehicle body B side. The instrument panel IP is also fixed to the vehicle body B with bolts, nuts, clips, etc. [0031]
As shown in FIG. 3, the dismantling jig 1 has the pressure receiving portion 2A of the driver's seat jig 2 opposed to the airbag bulging portion AR of the steering wheel SH, and the upper latching portion 2C is set to the outlet DF of the defroster. And the lower latching portion 2C is latched to the lower end portion of the instrument panel IP.
[0032]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the pressure receiving portion 3A of each passenger seat jig 3 is opposed to the airbag bulging portion AL of the dashboard, and the upper hooking portion 3C is hooked to the outlet DF of the defroster. The lower hook 3C is hooked to the lower end of the instrument panel IP.
[0033]
At this time, since the dismantling jig 1 is made of spring steel, both the driver's seat jig 2 and the passenger's seat jig 3 are easily deformed so that the upper and lower latching portions 2C and 3C are separated from each other. Moreover, it can be mounted in a short time, and thereafter, the mounting state is maintained with only the jig 1. Further, even when the vertical dimension of the instrument panel IP is slightly different depending on the vehicle type or the like, it can cope with this.
[0034]
After the disassembly jig 1 is mounted as described above, the ignition lead wires to the airbag modules MR and ML are connected to the processing power source, and the driver seat side and the passenger seat are energized artificially. The side airbag is actuated as shown in phantom lines in FIGS. Then, since the airbags (airbag modules MR and ML) are fixed to the vehicle body B, the pressure receiving portions 2A and 3A of the jigs 2 and 3 are shown in FIG. Simultaneously with being pressed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4, the instrument panel IP on which the upper and lower hooks 2 </ b> C and 3 </ b> C are hooked is forcibly removed from the vehicle body B.
[0035]
At this time, since the disassembling jig 1 is provided with the upper and lower hooking portions 2C and 3C on the arm portions 2B and 3B extending vertically from the pressure receiving portions 2A and 3A, the pressing force by the airbag that is inflated and deployed is reduced. Since the pressure receiving parts 2A and 3A are efficiently transmitted to the upper and lower latching parts 2C and 3C, the instrument panel IP is more reliably removed.
[0036]
Thus, the solution-body jig 1 of the instrument panel in the above embodiment utilizes the jig 1 and the operation of the air bag very simple structure, very easily and in a short time a large with less effort The instrument panel IP, which is a resin part, can be removed from the vehicle body B. More specifically, the bolts and nuts are removed manually to remove the instrument panel requires about 10 to 15 minutes of time, but according to those 該解-body jig 1, in about 1 minute The instrument panel IP can be removed.
[0037]
As a result, the work efficiency can be greatly increased, and the recycling cost can be reduced. Further, since the airbag processing is performed simultaneously with the removal of the instrument panel IP, the efficiency of the entire automobile dismantling operation can be improved and the recycling cost can be further reduced.
[0038]
FIG. 5 is a view for explaining another embodiment of the instrument panel disassembly jig according to the present invention. The disassembly jig 10 shown in FIG. A body latching member 12 is provided so that its position can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the arm portion 11.
[0039]
Two bolts 13 and 13 are passed through the tip of the arm portion 11 at a predetermined interval in the width direction, and a nut (not shown) is screwed to each bolt 13. The latching member 12 integrally has an adjustment part 14 that follows the arm part 11 and a bent part 15 that latches on the instrument panel. The adjustment part 14 includes a set of two bolt insertion holes 16. Are provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the arm portion 11.
[0040]
Here, in the drawings, a case where two sets of bolt insertion holes 16 are provided in three locations is illustrated, but the number is not limited to a natural number. Further, the above configuration can be applied to both the upper and lower latching portions in the driver's seat jig 2 and the passenger's seat jig 3 described with reference to FIG.
[0041]
The disassembly jig 10 described above selectively connects the latch member 12 and the arm portion 11 using the bolt insertion holes 16 in the latch member 12, so that the pressure receiving portion and the latch portion outside the figure are connected. The length can be changed. In other words, the applicable range of the instrument panel having different vertical dimensions depending on the vehicle type or the like is expanded, and various instrument panels can be removed with only one jig 10.
[0042]
Note that the instrument panel disassembly jig according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. For example, the instrument panel can be removed from a left-hand drive automobile. When performing, what used each jig | tool 2,3 to the left-right reverse arrangement | positioning will be used. In addition, as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 1, by providing the plate-like pressure receiving portions 21 and 22, it is possible to secure a large pressure receiving area for the airbag and make the removal of the instrument panel even more reliable, It is also possible to separate the jigs 2 and 3 from each other.
[0043]
FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a reference example of the instrument panel disassembly jig according to the present invention. Note that the same components as those in the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0044]
In this embodiment, the side ventilator grill GS and the center ventilator grill GC shown in FIG. 1 are destroyed, and ducts are removed to form an opening 30 in the instrument panel IP. Alternatively, the opening 30 is formed by partially destroying the instrument panel IP.
[0045]
Next, the traction means passed through the opening 30 is hooked on the main harness MH arranged along the steering member SM. The main harness MH has a structure in which power cords of various electrical components are bundled and covered with a tube, has a sufficient strength, and is recovered as a copper material. Further, the traction means of this embodiment includes a wire 32 having a hook 31 at the tip, and a winch (not shown) for winding the wire 32.
[0046]
When the main harness MH is pulled rearward by winding the wire 32 with a winch, the main harness MH has sufficient strength as described above, so that the instrument panel IP is forced from the vehicle body B together with the main harness MH. To be removed.
[0047]
Such an instrument panel disassembly jig can remove the instrument panel IP from the vehicle body B very easily and in a short time using the main harness MH, and at least an air bag on the passenger seat side. It is suitable for removal of an instrument panel in a vehicle that is not mounted or a vehicle in which an air bag has already been operated, and can also be implemented in combination with the disassembly method described in the previous embodiment.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a mounting state of a jig in an embodiment of a disassembly jig for an instrument panel according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the disassembly jig shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the driver's seat side in a state where a disassembly jig is mounted.
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the passenger seat side in a state where a disassembly jig is mounted.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part.
FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view for explaining a reference example of the instrument panel disassembly jig according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
AR AL Airbag bulging part B Car body IP Instrument panel MH Main harness SH Steering wheel SM Steering member 1 10 Disassembly jig 2A 3A Pressure receiving part 2B 3B 11 Arm part 2C 3C Hanging part 12 Hanging member (Hanging part) )
30 opening 31 hook (traction means)
32 wires (traction means)

Claims (3)

A jig for disassembling a vehicle instrument panel having at least a driver's seat airbag mounted on a steering wheel, a pressure receiving portion facing an airbag bulging portion of the steering wheel, and upper and lower parts of the instrument panel It is provided with a latching part that latches on the body , the pressure receiving part has an arm part made of spring steel extending up and down, and a latching part is provided at the upper and lower ends of the arm part. Instrument panel disassembly jig.   The instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 1, further comprising a pressure receiving portion facing a bulging portion of the passenger seat airbag.   The instrument panel disassembly jig according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a latching portion is provided so as to be adjustable in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion with respect to the arm portion.

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