JP7363569B2 - Vehicle interior assembly structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle interior assembly structure in which a panel material serving as a vehicle interior is assembled from the front and rear directions of the vehicle so as to cover a body equipped with electronic equipment.

As this type of panel material, an instrument panel is described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2. This well-known instrument panel is a panel material located below the windshield and in front of the front seats of the vehicle interior, and is assembled to cover the body of the vehicle interior equipped with electronic equipment from above. It is arranged as follows. For example, in Patent Document 1, a head-up display as an electronic device is fixed to the upper side of a cross car beam (an example of a body) extending in the vehicle width direction, and is exposed to the outside through an opening formed in an instrument panel. There is. Also in Patent Document 2, a head-up display device is disposed above an instrument panel core (an example of a body). The instrument panel of Patent Document 2 is provided with a relatively large opening for attachment and detachment to facilitate attachment and detachment of the head-up display device, and this opening for attachment and detachment is covered with a cover for the head-up display.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-169805 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-52291

By the way, a panel material such as an instrument panel is assembled into a vehicle interior from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to cover the upper side of the body of the vehicle interior. However, if the body is equipped with electronic equipment as in the known technology, there is a risk that the electronic equipment will become a hindrance and prevent smooth assembly of the panel materials. However, as in the technique of Patent Document 2, after the instrument panel is assembled, the head-up display device can also be installed through the attachment/detachment opening. However, limiting the assembly procedure in this way is not necessarily preferable in consideration of efficient assembly of panel materials. The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned points, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a panel material for the interior of a vehicle interior so as to cover a body equipped with electronic equipment at the front and rear of the vehicle. The purpose is to assemble smoothly from any direction.

As a means for solving the above problems, a vehicle interior assembly structure according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a vehicle interior assembly structure in which a panel material serving as the interior of a vehicle interior is assembled from the vehicle front and rear directions so as to cover the upper side of a body provided with electronic equipment. This is a structure for assembly. In this type of vehicle interior assembly structure, it is desirable that the panel material be smoothly assembled from the front and rear directions of the vehicle so as to cover the body while avoiding interference with electronic equipment. Therefore, in the present invention, at least one of the panel material and the body is provided with a guide structure that guides the panel material from the front-rear direction of the vehicle to a predetermined assembly position. The guide structure is configured to guide the panel material in a direction different from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to avoid electronic equipment in the process of guiding the panel material to a predetermined assembly position. In the present invention, at least one of the panel material and the body is provided with a guide structure that guides the panel material from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to a predetermined assembly position. The guide structure then guides the panel material in the other direction to avoid the electronic equipment, making it possible to guide the panel material to a predetermined assembly position while avoiding interference with the electronic equipment as much as possible. ing.
Further, the guide structure of the vehicle interior assembly structure of the first invention includes a guide member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward the assembly position, and a guide protrusion that slidably abuts on the guide member. The member and the guide protrusion are provided separately on the panel material and the body. The guide member is provided with a guide protrusion that guides the panel material upward in the other direction by letting the guide protrusion ride on it, and when the guide protrusion is placed on the guide protrusion, the height of the panel material is increased. The position is set to be the same as the height of the top end of the electronic device or higher than the height position of the top end. The guide structure of the present invention is configured to guide the panel material to a predetermined assembly position by sliding the guide protrusion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the guide member. In the process of guiding the panel material to a predetermined assembly position, by positioning the guide protrusion on the guide protrusion, the height position of the panel material becomes equal to or higher than the height position of the top end of the electronic device. This makes it possible to more reliably avoid interference.

The vehicle interior assembly structure of the second invention is the vehicle interior assembly structure of the first invention, in which the panel material is located at the front end facing the electronic device during assembly and on the opposite side from the front end. The distal end portion is provided movably in the other direction from the proximal end portion as a starting point. In the present invention, since the tip of the panel material facing the electronic device is movable in the other direction during assembly work, it is possible to more reliably guide this tip in the other direction using the guide structure. can.

In the vehicle interior assembly structure of the third invention, in the vehicle interior assembly structure of the first invention or the second invention , the guide member is provided on the body so as to be adjacent to or close to the electronic device. In the present invention, the guide member is stably disposed on the body and is disposed adjacent to or close to the electronic device. Therefore, the guide member makes it possible to guide the panel material provided with the guide protrusion to a predetermined assembly position while more reliably avoiding interference with the electronic device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to smoothly assemble the panel material that forms the interior of the vehicle interior from the front and back directions of the vehicle so as to cover the body in which electronic equipment is provided. Further, according to the first invention, the panel materials can be assembled more reliably and smoothly. Moreover, according to the second invention, the panel materials can be assembled more smoothly . According to the third invention, the panel material can be assembled more reliably and smoothly.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the front of the vehicle. FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the vehicle compartment corresponding to the section taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1. FIG. It is a schematic perspective view of a head-up display and a guide member. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a head-up display and a guide mechanism. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the instrument panel viewed from the back side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the guide member viewed from above. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the guide member viewed from below. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vehicle compartment showing the instrument panel in the initial stage of assembly. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vehicle compartment showing the instrument panel guided upward. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vehicle compartment showing the instrument panel in the latter stage of assembly. FIG. 3 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of the vehicle interior showing a movement trajectory of the instrument panel.

Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11. 1, 2, and 8 to 11, for convenience, arrows indicating the longitudinal direction, lateral direction, and vertical direction of the vehicle are shown as appropriate, and only in FIG. 2 are hatched lines showing cross sections of each member. There is. In addition, in FIGS. 3 to 7, arrows indicating the front-rear direction, left-right direction, and up-down direction of each member are appropriately illustrated with reference to the state in which each member is assembled to a vehicle.

[Structure of the front part of the vehicle]
Before explaining the interior assembly structure of the vehicle, an outline of the front portion of the vehicle 2 will first be explained. At the front of the vehicle 2 shown in FIG. 1, an engine hood 3 is provided which covers the engine room ER in an openable and closable manner, and front doors 4a and 4b are provided on both left and right sides of the vehicle body behind the engine hood 3. Furthermore, front pillars 5a and 5b are erected on the front side of each front door 4a and 4b, respectively, and the front portion of a roof panel (not shown) is supported by the left and right front pillars 5a and 5b. A windshield 6 is provided at a position surrounded by the left and right front pillars 5a, 5b and the roof panel.

Further, in the front part of the vehicle interior R shown in FIG. 2, a cowl panel 7 that supports the lower end of the windshield 6 and a dash panel 8 that partitions the engine room ER and the vehicle interior R are plate-shaped interior parts. It is covered by an instrument panel 20. Here, the dash panel 8 is provided in the form of a vertical wall extending in the vehicle width direction (left and right direction) so as to partition the engine room ER and the vehicle interior R, and both ends in the vehicle width direction are arranged between the left and right front pillars. ing. The upper end of this dash panel 8 is bent forward, and the cowl panel 7 is fixed to the front edge thereof. The cowl panel 7 is provided in the shape of a horizontal wall extending in the vehicle width direction, and both ends in the vehicle width direction are fixed to an upper member (not shown) that constitutes an upper side wall of the engine room ER. The cowl panel 7 includes a ceiling part 7a that serves as the ceiling of the engine room ER, and a step part 7b which is raised one step higher at the front end position of the ceiling part 7a.The lower part of the windshield 6 is supported from the rear side by this step part 7b. ing. Further, a head-up display 10 that projects various information onto the windshield 6 is disposed above the ceiling portion 7a of the cowl panel 7. A portion of the head-up display 10 (a light projection aperture 13 to be described later) is exposed to the outside through a window 21 provided on the right side of the instrument panel 20, as shown in FIG.

[Vehicle interior assembly structure]
The interior assembly structure IM shown in FIG. 2 is for assembling the instrument panel 20, which corresponds to the panel material of the present invention, into the passenger compartment R (predetermined assembly position shown in FIG. 2) from the vehicle longitudinal direction. It is a structure. This instrument panel 20 is arranged at a predetermined assembly position so as to cover the upper side of the cowl panel 7 and dash panel 8, which correspond to the body of the present invention. Further, the instrument panel 20 is in contact with the windshield 6 via a weather strip 20E attached to the front end thereof. Note that both ends of the instrument panel 20 in the vehicle width direction can be assembled between the left and right front pillars. A portion of the head-up display 10, which is an electronic device provided on the cowl panel 7, is exposed to the outside through a window 21 provided in the instrument panel 20. In this type of configuration, when assembling the instrument panel 20 from the front and back directions of the vehicle, the head-up display 10 on the cowl panel 7 may become an obstacle and prevent smooth assembling work. Therefore, in the interior assembly structure IM of this embodiment, the instrument panel 20 can be smoothly assembled to the body (7, 8) provided with the head-up display 10 from the front and rear directions of the vehicle using the guide structure GM, which will be described later. did. Hereinafter, each structure of the interior assembly structure IM and the method of assembling the instrument panel 20 will be described in detail.

[Head-up display (electronic equipment)]
Here, the head-up display 10 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is installed on the cowl panel 7 as described above. As shown in FIG. 3, the head-up display 10 has a box-shaped housing portion (11, 12) forming its main body, and a plurality of mounting brackets 15-18. Here, the housing portion is formed of a rear portion 11 and a front portion 12 having different left and right dimensions. The rear part 11 of the casing part is formed into a substantially rectangular shape with small left and right dimensions when viewed from above, and the front part 12 of the casing part is formed into a substantially rectangular shape with relatively large left and right dimensions. The front part 12 of the housing part is provided with a receiving part 12b formed by protruding outward in a step-like manner on the left and right side surfaces thereof. Some can be supported. Further, the rear portion 11 of the housing portion protrudes rearward from the front portion 12 of the housing portion, and the upper surface 11a of the rear portion 11 of the housing portion extends rearward generally horizontally. Further, at the rear end of the rear part 11 of the housing part, there is provided an inclined surface part 110a that gradually slopes downward toward the rear.

Further, a light projection opening 13 is formed on the upper surface 12a of the front part 12 of the casing shown in FIGS. 13b) forms a three-dimensional curved surface that gradually becomes higher. A light-transmitting protective cover 14 is attached to the light projection opening 13, and the light from the display light generator (not shown) installed in the casings 11 and 12 is passed through the protective cover 14 to the front. The configuration is such that the image is projected onto the glass 6. Further, the rear edge 13a of the light projection aperture 13 protrudes upward to a greater extent than the front edge 13b, and forms the upper end of the head-up display 10. The rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13 protrudes upward from the upper surface 11a by a protrusion dimension (T0), when the height position H0 of the upper surface 11a of the rear part 11 of the housing section is taken as a reference.

Further, mounting brackets 15, 16 (17, 18) are provided on the left and right positions of the housing portion 11 (12) shown in FIG. 3, respectively. Each of the rear mounting brackets 15 and 16 is a plate-shaped part that extends downward from the left and right lower ends of the rear part 11 of the housing and then projects outward, and has an insertion hole H in the outwardly projecting part. is provided. Each of the front mounting brackets 17 and 18 is a plate-shaped portion that projects outward from the left and right lower ends of the front portion 12 of the housing, and an insertion hole H is provided in the outwardly projecting portion.

[Instrument panel and guide structure]
The instrument panel 20 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a rectangular plate member that is elongated in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIG. 2, this instrument panel 20 has a front end to which the weather strip 20E is attached, which is a tip end 20a, and a rear end located on the opposite side, which is a base end 20b. Further, the skeleton portion of the instrument panel 20 is made of a resin with appropriate flexibility, and the tip portion 20a can be moved by bending in the vertical direction starting from the base portion 20b. It has become. In the interior assembly structure IM of this embodiment, the instrument panel 20 is guided from the rear to the front by the guide structure GM, so that it is placed at a predetermined assembly position shown in FIG. 2 and adjacent to the windshield 6. I'll keep it. Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, this guide structure GM is composed of a pair of guide protrusions 30 and 35 and a guide member 40, which will be described later. The pair of guide protrusions 30 and 35 are provided on the instrument panel 20 as shown in FIG. 5 (for convenience, the weather strip is omitted from the illustration).

[Guide protrusion]
A pair of guide protrusions (left guide protrusion 30, right guide protrusion 35) shown in FIG. It is set up separately. These guide protrusions 30 and 35 are formed at a distance L1 rearward from the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20, with their positions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle generally coinciding, and are located slightly in front of the window 21. It is located in Here, since the left guide protrusion 30 and the right guide protrusion 35 have generally the same basic configuration, the details will be explained below using the left guide protrusion 30 as an example. The left guide protrusion 30 shown in FIG. 4 has a substantially inverted trapezoidal side surface shape, and protrudes downward from the lower surface 20c of the instrument panel 20 by a protrusion dimension (T1). The lowermost bottom edge 31 of the left guide protrusion 30 extends in the front-rear direction in a state generally parallel to the lower surface 20c of the instrument panel 20. Further, a rear edge portion 32 and a front edge portion 33 are formed at the front and rear ends of the bottom edge portion 31 so as to be approximately symmetrical in the front and back, and the rear edge portion 32 and the front edge portion 33 are inclined in a direction away from each other. and is connected to the lower surface 20c.

[Guide member]
Further, the guide member 40 shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7 is formed in a substantially U-shape with an open front when viewed from above, and has a rear plate portion 41 forming the front portion thereof; It has a left plate part 42 and a right plate part 43 extending forward from left and right. Here, the rear plate part 41 constitutes the rear part of the guide member 40 and extends in the left-right direction, and its upper surface gradually curves downward as it goes rearward. Further, a left plate part 42 having appropriate left and right dimensions extends forward from the left end of the rear plate part 41, and furthermore, a left flange 42a forming the left surface of the guide member 40 is provided at the rear of the left edge of the left plate part 42. extends downward. Further, from the right end of the rear plate part 41, a right plate part 43 having appropriate left and right dimensions extends forward, and furthermore, at the rear of the right edge of the right plate part 43, there is a right flange 43a forming the right surface of the guide member 40. extends downward. A receiving plate part 44 extending left and right is fixed between the left plate part 42 and the right plate part 43 at a substantially intermediate position in the front-rear direction.

Further, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 7, the guide member 40 has a head-up position by a pair of left and right rear pillars 45, 46 and a pair of left and right front pillars 47, 48 provided on the back side (lower side) thereof. It is arranged in the casing parts 11 and 12 of the display 10. Each of the rear pillar parts 45 (46) is a columnar part that projects downward from the rear back side of the left plate part 42 (right plate part 43), and is a columnar part that projects downward from the rear back side of the left plate part 42 (right plate part 43). 16). Each of the front pillars 47 (48) is a columnar part that projects downward from the back side of the front part of the left plate part 42 (right plate part 43), and corresponds to the front mounting bracket 17 of the front part 12 of the housing part. (18) is formed at a position where it can be inserted. The external dimensions of each of the pillars 45 to 48 gradually increase from the lower tip toward the top, and the pillars can be inserted into the insertion holes H of the mounting brackets 15 to 18 up to the middle.

When disposing the guide member 40 shown in FIG. 3, the guide member 40 is moved downward from the upper position of the casing parts 11, 12 so as to surround the rear side and left and right sides of the casing parts 11, 12. (See the guide member indicated by the two-dot dashed line in FIG. 3). At this time, each of the pillar parts 45 to 48 of the guide member 40 is pushed into the insertion hole H of the corresponding mounting bracket 15 to 18, and the receiving plate part 44 passed between the right plate part 43 and the left plate part 42 is inserted. is applied to the upper surface 11a of the rear part 11 of the casing. The rear plate portion 41 of the guide member 40 is arranged adjacent to the rear side of the rear portion 11 (sloped surface portion 110a) of the housing portion. Further, the left plate portion 42 extends in the front-rear direction adjacent to the left side of the housing portions 11 and 12. At this time, the left flange 42a provided at the rear part of the left plate part 42 covers the rear part 11 of the casing part from the outside, and the front side of the left plate part 42 is supported by the receiving part 12b of the front part 12 of the casing part. . Further, the right plate portion 43 extends in the front-rear direction adjacent to the right side of the housing portions 11 and 12. At this time, the right flange 43a provided at the rear part of the right plate part 43 covers the rear part 11 of the casing part from the outside, and the front side of the right plate part 43 is supported by the receiving part (12b) of the front part 12 of the casing part. be done. In this way, the guide member 40 is stably disposed on the head-up display 10 that forms a part of the body, and is in a state generally adjacent to the casing parts 11 and 12.

In the guide member 40 shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the left guide surface 50 is formed by the upper surface of the rear plate part 41 and the upper surface of the left plate part 42, and the upper surface of the rear plate part 41 and the upper surface of the right plate part 43 form the left guide surface 50. A right guide surface 55 is formed. These left and right guide surfaces 50 (55) are arranged separately on the right and left sides of the head-up display 10, and are capable of sliding on the corresponding guide protrusions 30 (35) of the instrument panel 20 shown in FIG. can be supported. Here, the left guide surface 50 and the right guide surface 55 shown in FIG. 6 are formed symmetrically and have generally the same configuration, so the details will be described below using the left guide surface 50 as an example. Explain.

The left guide surface 50 shown in FIG. 4 is arranged in a portion from the rear of the rear part 11 of the housing of the head-up display 10 to the front part 12 of the housing. This left guide surface 50 is bent so that its vertical height varies, and a rear guide portion 51, a raised guide portion 52, and a front guide portion 53 are formed in series. Here, the rear guide portion 51 is a portion forming the rear portion of the left guide surface 50, and projects rearward from the rear portion 11 of the housing portion so as to receive the left guide protrusion 30. The rear guide portion 51 is generally formed by the curved upper surface of the rear plate portion 41, and gradually curves upward as it goes from the rear to the front. The height position of the upper end of the rear guide part 51 roughly matches the height position H0 of the upper surface 11a of the rear part 11 of the housing part, and there is a left guide protrusion halfway up and down the rear guide part 51. A contact point 51a is set where 30 first comes into contact. This contact point 51a is set at a distance L2 backward from the rear part 11 of the housing, and the distance L2 is the distance L1 between the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 and the left guide protrusion 30. (L1<L2). Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the left guide protrusion 30 comes into contact with the contact point 51a first, and the left guide protrusion 30 may accidentally contact the rear part 11 of the casing. You can avoid the situation as much as possible.

[Guide raised area]
Further, the front side of the rear guide portion 51 shown in FIG. 4 extends generally horizontally at a height H0 of the upper surface 11a of the rear portion 11 of the housing portion, and then is connected to the guide raised portion 52. This raised guide portion 52 is a raised portion of the left guide surface 50 that is bent upward, and is located at the uppermost side of the left guide surface 50 . The guide raised portion 52 is formed into an upwardly convex trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side, and includes an upper side portion 52a located at the uppermost side, a rear side portion 52b extending downward from the front and rear ends of the upper side portion 52a, and a rear side portion 52b extending downward from the front and rear ends of the upper side portion 52a. It is composed of a front side portion 52c. The guide raised portion 52 is formed at a distance L3 backward from the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13, and the distance L3 is between the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 and the left guide protrusion 30. It is larger than the distance L1 (L1<L3). Therefore, the left guide protrusion 30 rides on the guide raised portion 52 before the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 comes into contact with the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13.

The upper side 52a of the guide raised portion 52 shown in FIG. can be done. The upper side 52a of the guide raised portion 52 extends forward to a position where the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 passes over the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13, as will be described later. The upper side portion 52a of the guide raised portion 52 is in a state of protruding upward from the upper surface 11a by a protrusion dimension (T2) when the height position H0 of the upper surface 11a of the rear portion 11 of the housing portion is taken as a reference. . The protrusion dimension (T2) of the upper side 52a of this guide raised portion 52 is less than the protrusion dimension (T0) of the rear edge 13a of the light projection port 13, so that the guide raised portion 52 does not protrude excessively upward. It is set. Referring to FIGS. 4 and 9, by placing the left guide protrusion 30 on the guide protrusion 52, the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 is lifted by the sum of these protrusion dimensions (T1+T2). and be guided upwards. Therefore, in this embodiment, the sum of the protruding dimensions (T1+T2) of the left guide protrusion 30 and the guide raised portion 52 is set behind the light projection aperture 13 so that the tip portion 20a can overcome the rear edge 13a of the light projection aperture 13. It is set to be larger than the protrusion dimension (T0) of the edge 13a.

Further, the front side portion 52c of the guide raised portion 52 shown in FIG. 4 is inclined downward and forward, and is connected to the front guide portion 53. The front guide portion 53 is a portion forming the front portion of the left guide surface 50, and extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction to the front portion 12 of the housing portion. In this embodiment, the front side portion 52c of the guide raised portion 52 is extended relatively downward, thereby making the height position of the front guide portion 53 relatively low. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the height of the instrument panel 20 temporarily becomes higher at the guide raised portion 52, but after this, the height of the instrument panel 20 reaches the guide portion 51 and the height of the predetermined assembly position is increased. It is returned to position H1.

[Instrument panel assembly work]
Next, the assembly work of the instrument panel 20 using the interior assembly structure IM will be explained with reference to FIGS. (shown). Here, the instrument panel 20 shown in FIG. 8 is held at its base end 20b by a jig (not shown), so that the instrument panel 20 faces the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a generally horizontal state. Therefore, the instrument panel 20 in this state is moved from the rear position of the cowl panel 7 and the dash panel 8 toward the front so as to cover the upper sides thereof. At this time, the height position H1 of the instrument panel 20 is set to be the height position H1 at a predetermined assembly position. When the instrument panel 20 is moved forward at the height position H1, the distal end portion 20a may interfere with the head-up display 10, which may impede smooth assembly work.

Therefore, the interior assembly structure IM is provided with a guide structure GM that guides the instrument panel 20 from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to a predetermined assembly position, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5. Then, the instrument panel 20 is guided upward (in the other direction) by the guide structure GM so as to avoid the head-up display 10, and is guided from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to a predetermined assembly position. Therefore, below, the function of the guide structure GM will be explained using the left guide protrusion 30 and the left guide surface 50 of the guide member 40 as an example.

In this interior assembly structure IM, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 11, by moving the instrument panel 20 forward at the height position H1, the left guide protrusion 30 is first attached to the guide member 40. You can hit it. That is, the abutting point 51a of the rear guide portion 51 of the left guide surface 50 is set at a distance L2 rearward from the rear portion 11 of the housing portion, as described above. Therefore, push the instrument panel 20 forward and slide the left guide protrusion 30 forward and upward while being guided by the rear guide portion 51, and adjust the height position of the upper surface 11a of the rear part 11 of the housing. Let it run up to H0. The tip 20a of the instrument panel 20, on which the left guide protrusion 30 is formed, is guided upward in front of the rear part 11 of the housing, and is placed in an upper position so as to deviate from the rear part 11 of the housing. To go.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, the left guide protrusion 30 passes through the horizontal portion of the rear guide portion 51 to reach the guide raised portion 52, and runs further upward along the guide raised portion 52. Going up. As described above, this guide raised portion 52 is set at a position spaced backward from the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13 by a distance L3 (L1<L3). Therefore, the left guide protrusion 30 can be placed on the guide raised portion 52 before the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 comes into contact with the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13. Then, by placing the left guide protrusion 30 on the guide raised portion 52, the tip portion 20a of the instrument panel 20 is guided upward by the sum of these protrusion dimensions (T1+T2). As described above, the sum of the protruding dimensions of the left guide protrusion 30 and the guide raised portion 52 is set to be greater than or equal to the protruding dimension of the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13 (T1+T2≧T0). Therefore, the tip portion 20a of the instrument panel 20 is guided by the left guide protrusion 30 and the guide raised portion 52 (guide structure GM) to a height position H2 where it can get over the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13. Become. Then, the left guide protrusion 30 is slid forward along the upper side 52a of the guide raised portion 52. By doing so, the tip end 20a of the instrument panel 20 on which the left guide protrusion 30 is formed can be guided forward beyond the rear edge 13a of the light projection opening 13. At this time, the distal end portion 20a of the instrument panel 20 can be flexibly deformed (moved) upward from the proximal end portion 20b shown in FIG. It can be guided in the upward direction.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the left guide protrusion 30 slides downward along the front side 52c of the guide raised portion 52 and reaches the front guide portion 53, so that the instrument panel 20 is lowered to a predetermined height position H1. Then, by further pushing the instrument panel 20 forward and moving the left guide protrusion 30 to the front of the front guide portion 53, the instrument panel 20 reaches the predetermined assembly position shown in FIG. Furthermore, by lowering the instrument panel 20 to a predetermined height position H1, the window portion 21 is placed directly above the light projection opening 13 of the head-up display 10.

In this way, the instrument panel 20 shown in FIG. 2 is assembled in the vehicle compartment R at a predetermined assembly position so as to cover the upper sides of the cowl panel 7 and the dash panel 8. Further, the instrument panel 20 is brought into contact with the windshield 6 via the weather strip 20E attached to the leading end 20a thereof. In the instrument panel 20 placed at a predetermined assembly position, the light projection port 13 of the head-up display 10 is exposed to the outside through the window portion 21, and various information is transmitted to the windshield 6 through the light projection port 13. It becomes possible to project to. The left guide protrusion 30 protrudes from the lower surface 20c of the instrument panel 20 between the windshield 6 and the head-up display 10. This left guide protrusion 30 functions as a rib that reinforces the front portion of the instrument panel 20 placed at a predetermined assembly position. Note that the instrument panel 20 can be removed by following the above-mentioned assembly procedure in reverse, and this removal work can also be smoothly performed using the guide structure GM.

As explained above, in this embodiment, the guide structure GM that guides the instrument panel 20 (panel material) from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to a predetermined assembly position is connected to the instrument panel 20 and the head-up display 10 (part of the body). It is set up in Then, the guide structure GM guides the instrument panel 20 in the other direction so as to avoid the head-up display 10 as an electronic device, thereby guiding the instrument panel 20 while avoiding interference with the head-up display 10 as much as possible. , it is possible to guide it to a predetermined assembly position. In particular, the guide structure GM of this embodiment has a configuration in which the guide protrusions 30 and 35 are slid in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the guide member 40, thereby guiding the instrument panel 20 to a predetermined assembly position. In the process of guiding the instrument panel 20 to a predetermined assembly position, by positioning each of the guide protrusions 30 and 35 on the guide raised portion 52, the height position of the instrument panel 20 is adjusted to that of the head-up display 10. Since the height is at least the height of the upper end, it is possible to more reliably avoid such interference. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the instrument panel 20 serving as the interior of the passenger compartment R of the vehicle 2 is smoothly assembled from the front and rear directions of the vehicle so as to cover the body (7, 8) in which the head-up display 10 is provided. be able to.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the tip 20a of the instrument panel 20 facing the head-up display 10 is movable in the other direction during assembly work, the tip 20a is moved by the guide structure GM. It can reliably guide you in the other direction. In this embodiment, the guide member 40 is stably arranged on the head-up display 10 that forms a part of the body, and is arranged adjacent to or close to the head-up display 10. By arranging the guide member 40 adjacent to the head-up display 10 in this manner, the guide mechanism GM can more reliably guide the instrument portion that may interfere with the head-up display 10 in the other direction. Therefore, the guide member 40 makes it possible to guide the instrument panel 20 provided with the guide protrusions 30 and 35 to a predetermined assembly position while more reliably avoiding interference with the head-up display 10. It has become.

The vehicle interior assembly structure of this embodiment is not limited to the embodiment described above, and may take various other embodiments. In this embodiment, although the configuration of the guide structure GM is illustrated, it is not intended to limit the configuration of the guide structure. For example, the guide structure can be composed of a guide member provided on the panel material and a guide protrusion provided on the body. Furthermore, wheels can be provided as a guide structure on at least one of the panel material and the body. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a wheel is provided on the lower surface of the panel material and the panel material rides over the electronic device while rotating the wheel. Further, the arrangement position of the guide mechanism can be changed as appropriate; for example, the guide member can be provided at an appropriate position on the body, such as a dash panel or a cowl panel. The guide mechanism can be configured to guide the panel material in other appropriate directions, such as upward or in the vehicle width direction, depending on the configuration of the electronic device. For example, by arranging the guide surface vertically and applying the guide protrusion from the vehicle width direction, the panel material on which the guide protrusion is formed can be guided in the vehicle width direction (other direction). Note that the guide protrusion can be formed into a rectangular shape such as an inverted trapezoid, or an arc shape such as a semicircle or a semiellipse. Further, a plurality of guide members (such as a guide surface) and a single guide protrusion may be formed. Although the sum of the protruding dimensions of the guide protrusion and the guide raised portion is larger than the protruding dimension of the rear edge of the light projection aperture in this embodiment, it can also be made equal to the protruding dimension of the rear edge of the light projection aperture. By doing this, when the guide protrusion is placed on the guide protrusion, the height of the panel material is set to be the same as or higher than the height of the top of the electronic device. be able to.

Further, in this embodiment, the instrument panel 20 is illustrated as the panel material, and the head-up display 10 is illustrated as the electronic device, but this is not intended to limit the configurations of the panel material and the electronic device. For example, the panel material may be a rear shelf disposed behind a rear seat, and the rear shelf is assembled at a predetermined assembly position while being moved from the front of the vehicle to the rear of the vehicle. Note that the instrument panel can also be moved from the front of the vehicle to the rear of the vehicle and placed at a predetermined assembly position before the windshield is placed. Further, the panel material may be configured such that a hinge portion is provided between the tip end portion and the base end portion, and the tip portion is moved in the other direction with this hinge portion as a boundary. Examples of electronic devices include various displays and sensors.

2 Vehicle 3 Engine hoods 4a, 4b Front doors 5a, 5b Front pillar 6 Windshield ER Engine room R Vehicle interior 7 Cowl panel (body of the present invention)
8 Dash panel (body of the present invention)
7a Ceiling part of the dash panel 7b Step part 10 of the dash panel Head-up display (electronic device of the present invention)
11 Rear part 11a of the casing part Upper surface 110a of the rear part of the casing part 12 Front part 12a of the casing part Upper surface 12b of the front part of the casing part Receiving part 13 Light projection aperture 13a Rear edge of the light projection aperture (this invention top of electronic equipment)
13b Front edge of light projection opening 14 Protective covers 15, 16 Rear mounting brackets 17, 18 Front mounting bracket 20 Instrument panel (panel material of the present invention)
20E Weather strip 20a Instrument panel tip 20b Instrument panel base end 20c Instrument panel lower surface 21 Window IM Vehicle interior assembly structure GM Guide structure 30 Left guide protrusion 31 Bottom edge of left guide protrusion Part 32 Rear edge 33 of left guide protrusion Front edge 35 of left guide protrusion Right guide protrusion 40 Guide member 41 Rear plate 42 Left plate 42a Left flange 43 Right plate 43a Right flange 44 Receiving plate 45 , 46 Rear column parts 47, 48 Front column part 50 Left guide surface 51 Rear guide part 51a Contact point 52 Guide raised part 52b Rear part 52a Upper part 52c Front part 53 Front guide part 55 Right guide surface

Claims (3)

In a vehicle interior assembly structure in which a panel material for the vehicle interior is assembled from the front and rear directions of the vehicle so as to cover the upper side of a body equipped with electronic equipment,
At least one of the panel material and the body is provided with a guide structure that guides the panel material to a predetermined assembly position from the vehicle longitudinal direction,
The guide structure is configured to guide the panel material in a direction different from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to avoid the electronic device in the process of guiding the panel material to a predetermined assembly position ,
The guide structure includes a guide member that extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward the assembly position, and a guide protrusion that slidably abuts on the guide member, and the guide member and the guide protrusion are , provided separately for the panel material and the body,
The guide member is provided with a guide protrusion that guides the panel material upward in the other direction by riding the guide protrusion, and when the guide protrusion is placed on the guide protrusion, the guide protrusion is placed on the guide protrusion. A vehicle interior assembly structure, wherein the height position of the panel material is set to be the same as or higher than the height position of the upper end of the electronic device. The panel material has a distal end portion that faces the electronic device during assembly, and a proximal end portion located on the opposite side of the distal end portion, and the distal end portion has a distal end portion that faces the electronic device when assembled, and the distal end portion has a distal end portion that is located on the opposite side from the distal end portion. The vehicle interior assembly structure according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle interior assembly structure is provided so as to be movable in the direction. 3. The vehicle interior assembly structure according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is provided on the body so as to be adjacent to or close to the electronic device .

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