JP6150695B2 - Harness holding structure for vehicle instrument panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a harness holding structure for a vehicle instrument panel in which a harness formed by bundling a plurality of electric wires is routed along a pillar from a side portion of an instrument panel (hereinafter abbreviated as instrument panel). .

  When mounting an instrument panel on a car body in an automobile, a harness arranged in advance in the instrument panel is routed along the front pillar through the side of the instrument panel, and connected to a room lamp, antenna, etc. .

  When the instrument panel is assembled, if the harness hangs down, it may interfere with the pillar and damage the pillar or the harness. For this reason, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a structure that prevents the harness from drooping by forming a holding portion that temporarily holds the harness upright in the side portion of the instrument panel. Yes.

JP 2011-143797 A

  By the way, although the conventional holding structure can prevent damage due to hanging of the harness, it can only hold the harness in an upright state. Therefore, when the harness and the pillar intersect in the vehicle front-rear direction, the instrument panel There is a concern that the harness interferes with the pillar when assembled, and the pillar is damaged or the harness is bent and damaged. In particular, in the case of an automobile having a design in which the pillars are inclined toward the inside of the vehicle, it is easy to interfere with the pillars only by raising the harness, and countermeasures in this respect are necessary.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said conventional condition, and makes it a subject to provide the harness holding structure of the instrument panel for vehicles which can prevent that a harness interferes with a pillar at the time of mounting of an instrument panel.

The present invention provides a harness holding structure for an instrument panel for a vehicle in which a harness is routed along a pillar through a vehicle width direction side portion of the instrument panel.
Stepped down a concave portion having a vertical wall portion extending downward on the side portion of the instrument panel so as to be lower than a general surface of the instrument panel and a horizontal wall portion extending outward from the vertical wall portion. Formed into a shape,
The lateral wall portion includes a first notch portion that is notched toward the inside from the outside of the vehicle, and a second notch that is notched toward the front or rear of the vehicle continuously to the first notch portion. And
The outer side of the second notch is positioned higher than the inner side and is positioned lower than the general surface,
The harness is positioned and held by bringing the harness into contact with the outer and inner sides and the upper edge of the vertical wall from the first notch through the second notch.

  According to the harness holding structure according to the present invention, a recess having a vertical wall portion on the side portion of the instrument panel and a horizontal wall portion extending outward from the vehicle following the vertical wall portion is formed in a stepped shape. A second notch extending forward or backward is formed following the first notch, and the outer side of the second notch is positioned higher than the inner side and lower than the general surface. The harness was positioned and held by abutting the harness from the first notch part through the second notch part to the outer side part and the upper edge part of the vertical wall part.

  With this configuration, the harness can be positioned and held at an angle corresponding to the pillar angle, and when the instrument panel is mounted on the vehicle body, the harness can be routed without interfering with the pillar, and the pillar is damaged. And damage due to bending of the harness can be prevented.

  That is, since the inclination angle of the harness can be adjusted by changing the height dimension between the outer side portion with which the harness contacts and the upper edge portion of the vertical wall portion, the angle with respect to the pillar can be adjusted. Thereby, it can respond also to the vehicle type of the design in which a pillar inclines inside a vehicle, and can aim at commonization of an instrument panel. Here, the said height dimension will be preset for every vehicle model at the time of shaping | molding of an instrument panel.

  In the present invention, since the instrument panel can be assembled to the vehicle body with the harness positioned and held, the harness connecting work and the instrument panel assembling work can be easily performed, and workability can be improved.

It is the front view seen from the vehicle interior of the instrument panel holding the harness by Example 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing (II-II line cross section of FIG. 1) of the front pillar by which the said harness was wired. It is a perspective view of the recessed part formed in the side part of the said instrument panel. It is a perspective view of the said recessed part. It is a side view of the said recessed part. It is a top view of the said recessed part. It is a front view of the said recessed part.

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

  FIGS. 1 to 7 are views for explaining a harness holding structure for an instrument panel for a vehicle according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the terms front and rear and left and right mean front and rear and left and right as viewed in the forward direction of the vehicle.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel disposed in front of a vehicle in a front seat (not shown) of an automobile. The instrument panel 1 is formed in a generally curved shape that bulges toward the vehicle interior side. The instrument panel 1 is provided with a meter unit such as a speedometer, an air conditioner unit, an operation panel, and the like. Reference numeral 1a denotes a cluster mounting hole.

  The instrument panel 1 is disposed between left and right front pillars 2 and 2 extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and is attached to a pillar member (not shown) that spans and is coupled to the left and right front pillars 2. .

  The left and right front pillars 2 have a lower half 2a extending substantially vertically, and an upper half 2b extending obliquely inward in the vehicle width direction following the lower half 2a. The vicinity of the upper end of the instrument panel 1 is located at the boundary between 2b and the lower half 2a. The upper half 2b is inclined with respect to the vertical line C by an angle θ (about 20 degrees in the present embodiment) toward the inside of the vehicle.

  In the instrument panel 1, a main harness 3 connected to a power source (not shown) is disposed along the pillar member. The main harness 3 is a bundle of a large number of wires, and a part of the main harness 3 is connected to the meter unit, the air conditioner unit, and the like.

  A harness 4 branched from the main harness 3 is routed along the front pillar 2 through the left and right side portions 1b and 1b of the instrument panel 1, and a room lamp (not shown) is connected via a connector 6. The roof side harness 5 is connected to an antenna or the like.

  The harness 4 is attached and fixed to the vehicle interior side surface 2 c of the front pillar 2 via a clip member 8. A pillar garnish 9 is disposed on the inner side surface 2c of the front pillar 2 so as to cover the harnesses 4 and 5 (see FIG. 2). FIG. 1 shows a state before the harnesses 4 and 5 are attached to the front pillar 2.

  On the left and right side portions 1b in the vehicle panel direction of the instrument panel 1, recesses 1c and 1c are formed in a stepped shape so as to be lower than the general surface a of the instrument panel 1, respectively. The left and right recesses 1c have the same structure. Here, the general surface a means the vehicle interior design surface of the instrument panel 1.

  The recess 1c is bent downwardly following the general surface a of the instrument panel 1 and extends while inclining so as to slightly extend outward from the vehicle, and the lower end of the vertical wall 1d. And a lateral wall portion 1e that is bent and extends outward.

  Engagement holes 1f and 1f to which the lower end portion of the pillar garnish 9 is attached are formed in the front end portion and the rear end portion of the horizontal wall portion 1e. A bolt 10 for attaching the instrument panel 1 to the above-described pillar member is disposed on the rear side portion of the front engagement hole 1f of the lateral wall portion 1e.

  The lateral wall portion 1e has a first cutout portion 1g cut out from the outer side in the vehicle width direction toward the inner side, and a cutout toward the rear of the vehicle following the inner end portion of the first cutout portion 1g. The formed second notch portion 1h is formed.

  A vertical rib 1k extending upward is formed on the outer edge of the outer side portion 1i of the second notch portion 1h, and the vertical rib 1k enhances the rigidity against the external force of the recess 1c.

  The outer side part 1i of the second notch part 1h is bent upward so as to be positioned higher than the inner side part 1j and lower than the general surface a.

  The inner side portion 1j is formed to be bent in a substantially V shape in a side view. Thus, a gap s through which the harness 4 can be inserted is formed between the outer side portion 1i and the inner side portion 1j in a side view of the vehicle (see FIG. 5).

  The outer side 1i is formed so as to be displaced toward the inner side 1j in plan view. Specifically, when viewed from above, the gap s1 between the inner edge 1i ′ of the outer side part 1i and the outer edge 1j ′ of the inner side part 1j is formed to be smaller than the gap s (see FIG. 6).

  The height h of the vertical wall 1d of the recess 1c is set so that the holding angle θ ′ of the harness 4 substantially coincides with the inclination angle θ of the front pillar 2 (see FIGS. 5 and 7). Specifically, the height dimension h between the upper edge 1d ′ of the vertical wall 1d with which the harness 4 abuts and the inner edge 1i ′ of the outer side 1i with which the harness 4 abuts is the holding angle θ ′. It has been adjusted to be. Here, the height dimension h of the vertical wall portion 1d is set in advance according to the pillar angle for each vehicle type. Incidentally, the holding angle θ ′ increases as the height dimension h is reduced.

  The harness 4 passes through the space between the first cutout portion 1g to the outer side portion 1i of the second cutout portion 1h and the lateral side portion 1j, and the inner edge 1i 'and the inner side portion of the outer side portion 1i. It is positioned and held at the holding angle θ ′ by coming into contact with three points of the outer edge 1j ′ of 1j and the upper edge 1d ′ of the vertical wall 1d.

  In order to route the harness 4, the harness 4 is mounted in the concave portion 1 c of the instrument panel 1 as described above and is positioned and held. In this state, the instrument panel 1 is mounted at the assembly position between the left and right front pillars 2. Then, the harness 4 is routed along the vehicle interior side surface 2 c of the front pillar 2, the harness 4 is connected to the roof side harness 5 through the connector 6, and is attached and fixed to the front pillar 2 by the clip member 8. . Together with this harness connection work, the instrument panel 1 is assembled to the aforementioned pillar member.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the side wall 1b of the instrument panel 1 has the vertical wall 1d extending downward so as to be positioned lower than the general surface a of the instrument panel 1, and the vehicle exterior side following the vertical wall 1d. A recess 1c having a lateral wall portion 1e extending in a step-like manner is formed, and a second notch portion 1h extending rearward is formed in the lateral wall portion 1e following the first notch portion 1g, and the second notch The outer side part 1i of the part 1h is formed so as to be positioned higher than the inner side part 1j and lower than the general surface a. The harness 4 is in contact with the inner edge 1i 'of the outer side 1i, the outer edge 1j' of the inner side 1j, and the upper edge 1d 'of the vertical wall 1d through the first notch 1g and the second notch 1h. To hold the positioning.

  With this configuration, the harness 4 can be positioned and held at a holding angle θ ′ corresponding to the inclination angle θ of the front pillar 2, and when the instrument panel 1 is mounted between the left and right front pillars 2, The harness 4 can be routed without interfering with the front pillar 2. Thereby, the damage by the damage of the front pillar 2 and the bending of the harness 4 can be prevented.

  That is, the height h of the vertical wall portion 1d and the gap s1 in a plan view between the inner edge 1i 'of the outer side portion 1i and the outer edge 1j' of the inner side portion 1j are defined as a holding angle θ of the harness 4. By setting so that ′ substantially coincides with the inclination angle θ of the front pillar 2, the holding angle θ ′ of the harness 4 can be arbitrarily adjusted, so that the angle with the front pillar 2 can be adjusted. Thus, by setting the height dimension h of the vertical wall portion 1d and the gaps s1, s in advance according to the pillar inclination angle θ for each vehicle type, it is possible to share the instrument panel.

  In this embodiment, since the instrument panel 1 can be assembled while the harness 4 is positioned and held, the wiring operation of the harness 4 and the assembly operation of the instrument panel 1 can be easily performed, and the workability can be improved accordingly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 1b Side part 1c Recess 1d Vertical wall part 1e Horizontal wall part 1g 1st notch part 1h 2nd notch part 1i Outer side part 1j Inner side part 2 Front pillar 4 Harness a General surface

Claims (1)

In the harness holding structure of the instrument panel for a vehicle in which the harness is routed along the pillar through the vehicle width direction side portion of the instrument panel,
Stepped down a concave portion having a vertical wall portion extending downward on the side portion of the instrument panel so as to be lower than a general surface of the instrument panel and a horizontal wall portion extending outward from the vertical wall portion. Formed into a shape,
The lateral wall portion is a first notch portion that is notched from the outside to the inside of the vehicle,
A second cutout portion formed in a cutout toward the front or rear of the vehicle continuously to the first cutout portion;
The outer side of the second notch is positioned higher than the inner side and is positioned lower than the general surface,
Positioning and holding the harness by bringing the harness from the first cutout portion through the second cutout portion into contact with the outer and inner side portions and the upper edge portion of the vertical wall portion. Harness holding structure for instrument panels.

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