JPH02128498A - Car radio fitting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the fitting of a car radio in working efficiency by a method wherein the front end of a radio main body is made to bear on an opening and the rear is arranged at an inserting hole through an engaging piece, and a garnish is fixed to a dashboard by fastening, and the rear of the garnish is fixed through the intermediary of a bracket. CONSTITUTION:The front end of a radio main body 24 is made to bear on the upper and the lower edge of an opening 14 through a plate spring 38, and a front control panel 32 is fixed to a center garnish as making it protrude outside from the opening 14, Then, the rear of the radio main body 24 is arranged at an inserting hole 25 and a garnish 12 is fixed to an instrument panel 1 by fastening. Thereafter, the rear of the radio main body 24 is fixed to the instrument panel 1 from the inside of a glove box 3 through the intermediary of a bracket 34. By this setup, a fitting operation can be improved in working efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a car radio that is mounted on an instrument panel of an automobile.

b. Prior Art Conventionally, various car radios have been installed approximately in the center of an automobile's instrument panel, depending on the type of vehicle to which it is applied. These car radios are installed by inserting them into mounting holes formed in the instrument panel and fixing the rear part of the radio body to the back side of the instrument panel with screws or the like.

By the way, if a user wishes to specify and equip a commercially available car radio according to his/her preference, the dealer etc. may install a specific car radio in place of the genuine car radio in order to meet the user's request. shall be attached to the ment panel.

Problems to be Solved by the C0 Invention However, with the conventional car radio mounting structure, especially when installing a car radio at a dealer, the instrument panel must be removed or the installation work must be done in a narrow work space. Because you have to do
The installation work is complicated, the assembly workability is poor, the number of work steps is increased, and work efficiency cannot be improved.

The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and its object is to provide a car radio mounting structure that can eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks.

d. Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides an insertion slot for inserting the radio main body on the front side of the instrument panel adjacent to the glove box,
A garnish covering the insertion slot is formed separately from the instrument panel, and an opening is provided in the garnish. A bracket is provided on the rear surface of the radio body, and a resilient engagement member is provided on the front end of the radio body. A fitting piece is provided in a protruding manner, and the engagement piece presses the front end of the radio main body into the opening of the garnish, and the rear part of the radio main body is placed in the insertion opening to fasten the garnish to the instrument panel. The car radio is mounted by tightening and fixing the rear part of the radio body from inside the glove box to the instrument panel via the bracket.

e. Examples Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on illustrated examples.

1 to 6 show a car radio mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel that is assembled to the vehicle body on the indoor side, and the front surface of this instrument panel 1 has a functional component surrounded by a groove 3 adjacent to a glove box 2 in the central part. A mounting portion 4 for use is provided. A wiring port 5 for an optional meter is formed on the upper surface of this functional parts mounting section 4, and a lower insertion part for a ventilation louver unit 6, a radio mounting section 9 for a car radio 8, and a heater control unit 10 are formed on the front surface. The insertion ports 11 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction.

The functional component mounting portion 4 is attached to the instrument panel 1.
It is covered by a center garnish 12 formed separately from the garnish 12. Therefore, the garnish 12 is formed in a shape corresponding to the mounting portion 4, and the mounting portions of each functional component 6.8.10 are provided on the front surface. Openings 13, 14, and 15 are formed facing each other. A plurality of protrusions 17 having elongated holes 16 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction on both left and right sides of the functional component mounting portion 4, and corresponding to the protrusions 17 are provided on both sides of the garnish 12. A recess 19 having a screw insertion hole 18 is provided, and the garnish 12 is formed by overlapping the screw insertion hole 18 with the elongated hole 16 and screwing together the screw 20 and the plate-shaped neck 1-21, thereby forming the functional component mounting portion 4. It is tightened and fixed. The plate-shaped nut 21 is used in a bent state, and has a locking piece 22 at one end with a substantially triangular cross section that engages with the threaded portion of the screw 20.
is formed by cutting and raising a part diagonally upward, and an insertion hole 23 through which the screw 20 is inserted is bored at the other end.

An insertion opening 25 into which the radio body 24 of the car radio 8 is inserted is provided on the front surface of the radio mounting portion 9, and the rear opening has a U-shaped cross section extending toward the front of the vehicle as shown in FIG. The portion 26 is integrally formed. Furthermore, a notch 28 into which a screw 27 is inserted is formed in the side wall of the tightening portion 26 facing the glove box 2 side. on the other hand,
The glove box 2 is formed as an integral box opening/closing type having an opening 29 on the top surface, and is rotatably attached to the instrument panel 1 by clips 30 inserted on both left and right sides. Therefore, the instrument panel 1 to which the glove box 2 is attached is recessed toward the front of the vehicle body, and the glove box 2 is mounted on this concave surface.
A mounting opening 31 is provided for inserting the rear part of the holder.

The car radio 8 includes a radio body 24 and a front operation panel 3.
2, and the outer shape of the front operation panel 32 is garnish I.
It is formed larger than the opening 14 of No. 2.

A bracket 34 is provided on the rear surface of the radio main body 24 and is fixed by a screw 33. The lower end of the bracket 34, which extends downward from the radio main body 24, overlaps with the notch 28 of the tightening part 26. A mounting piece 36 having a screw hole 35 is formed. The mounting piece 36 is formed by bending the lower end of the bracket 34 inward at a substantially right angle, and a welding nut 37 is fixed to the inner surface of the mounting piece 36 in correspondence with the screw hole 35.

Further, on both sides of the upper and lower surfaces of the front end portion of the radio main body 24,
Leaf springs 38, which are screwed engagement pieces, are provided, and these leaf springs 38 are placed at positions where their front ends abut against the upper and lower edges of the opening 14 when the radio main body 24 is assembled to the garniture 12. It is arranged. The front end of the leaf spring 38 is bent into a dogleg shape to provide elasticity, and is placed away from the upper and lower surfaces of the radio main body 24.

Next, a procedure for installing the above-mentioned car radio 8 will be described. First, the front end of the radio main body 24 is brought into pressure contact with the upper and lower edges of the opening 14 by the leaf spring 38, and the front operation plate 32 is fixed to the center garnish 12 with the front operation plate 32 protruding outward from the opening 14 (Fig. 3). and Figure 5). Also, it is fixed to the garnish 12 like the other louver unit throats 6 and heater control units 10.

Next, while inserting the rear parts of the louver unit 6, heater control unit 10, and radio main body 24 into the insertion lower 11 and the insertion opening 25 of the radio mounting part 9,
The outer circumferential end of the garnish 12 is fitted into the groove 3 of the functional component mounting part 4 from the front side of the instrument panel l, and the plate-shaped nut 21 is bent and stacked with the protrusion 17 in between. In this state, insert the screw 20 into the screw insertion hole 18. Insert through the insertion hole 23 and the long hole 16, and connect the threaded portion of the screw 20 and the locking piece 22 of the plate nut 21.
The garnish 12 is tightened and fixed to the functional component mounting portion 4 by engaging with the garnish 12 (see FIG. 6). Accordingly, the functional component mounting portion 4 is covered with the garnish 12.

Thereafter, the opening 29 is placed on the front side of the instrument panel 1 by rotating the glove box 2 toward the indoor side, and the clip 30 is pulled out from the instrument panel 1 and the glove box 2 to open the glove box 2. Remove from instrument panel 1. Then, tighten the screw 27 inserted through the mounting port 31 by screwing it into the welding nut 37 through the notch 28 of the part 26 and the screw hole 35 of the mounting piece 36, and then screw it into the welding nut 37.
4 by tightening and fixing the rear part of the car to the tightening part 26.
Attach radio 8 to instrument panel 1.

In this embodiment, the center garnish 12 with the front end of the radio main body 24 fixed by the plate spring 38 is tightened and fixed to the functional parts mounting part 4, and the screw 27 inserted from the mounting opening 31 after removing the glove box 2 is used. Radio body 2
By tightening and fixing the rear part of 4 to the tightening part 26 of the radio mounting part 9 via the mounting piece 36 of the bracket 34, the car
Since the radio 8 is installed, even an optional car radio can be easily installed by removing the garnish 12 and glove box 12 without removing the entire instrument panel 1.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

For example, the shapes of the radio mounting portion 9° center garnish 12 and bracket 34 in the previously described embodiments are not limited to those shown in the figures, but can be selected as appropriate depending on the shape of the instrument panel 1 and the shape of the car radio 8 to be attached. It goes without saying that it can be done.

f. Effects of the invention As mentioned above, the car radio mounting structure according to the present invention has the following features:
By tightening and fixing the garnish to the instrument panel with the front end of the radio body fixed with the engagement piece, and tightening and fixing the rear part of the radio body from inside the glove box to the instrument panel via the bracket, the car can be installed. Since the radio is attached, by removing the garnish and glove box, an optional car radio can be easily and securely installed at a dealer, etc. outside the assembly line, greatly reducing work time and making assembly easier. The number of steps can be reduced, and the efficiency of installation work can be improved. Furthermore, with the mounting structure of the present invention, the garnish that is easy to attach and detach allows
Since it covers the mounting parts of functional parts including the radio, various optional parts other than car radios can be easily mounted on the instrument panel, improving the appearance of the instrument panel and increasing the freedom of design. It is possible to increase the commercial value of automobiles.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the car radio mounting structure according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the instrument panel near the functional parts mounting part, and FIG. is a perspective view of the car radio, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the center garnish with the front end of the radio body fixed, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the radio mounting part as seen from the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view showing the center garnish attached to the instrument panel. 1... Instrument panel, 2... Glove box, 3... Concave groove, 4...
・Mounting part for functional parts, 8...Car radio, 9
...Radio mounting part, 12...Center garnish, 14...Opening part,
16...Long hole, 17...Protrusion piece, 1
8... Screw insertion hole, 19... Recess, 20
．． 27... Screw, 21... Plate nut, 24... Radio body, 25... Insertion port, 26... Tightening part, 28... Notch, 29... Opening, 30 ...
Clip, 31...Mounting port, 34...
・Bracket, 35...Screw hole, 36
...Mounting piece, 37...Welding nut, 38
...Plate spring.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An insertion opening into which the radio body is inserted is provided adjacent to the glove box on the front surface of the instrument panel, a garnish covering the insertion opening is formed separately from the instrument panel, and an opening is provided in the garnish; A bracket is provided on the rear surface of the radio body, and an elastic engagement piece is provided protruding from the front end of the radio body, and the engagement piece presses the front end of the radio body into contact with the opening of the garnish. , placing the rear part of the radio body in the insertion slot, tightening and fixing the garnish to the instrument panel, and tightening and fixing the rear part of the radio body from inside the glove box to the instrument panel via the bracket. A car radio mounting structure characterized in that a car radio is mounted by.