JPH0514911Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

This invention relates to a mounting structure for an automobile stereo, and more specifically, it is an improved structure that allows the stereo to be easily mounted to a console bracket that serves as a stereo support member, and greatly improves the workability. Regarding.

[Prior art and its problems]

In recent years, many cars are equipped not only with radios but also with stereos, in response to consumers' increasing preference for luxury goods. In this case, these devices are usually installed on an instrument panel located at the front of the vehicle interior. For example, in the stereo mentioned above, in the middle part of the instrument panel reinforcement located at the bottom of the back of the instrument panel,
A downwardly extending distal end of the instrument panel is supported via a console bracket having an inverted concave cross section that covers both outer surfaces or the upper surface of the stereo. The assembly is carried out by, for example, matching the two pairs of left and right ear pieces protruding from both outer surfaces of the console bracket with the two pairs of left and right bracket pieces protruding from both outer surfaces of the stereo. hand,
Insert the stereo into the inside of the console bracket, align the tapping holes and screw through holes formed in the ear pieces and the bracket pieces, respectively, and insert the tapping screws that have passed through the screw through holes into the tapping holes. This is done by screwing the By the way, in the above structure, with the stereo inserted into the console bracket, the bracket piece and the ear piece are screwed together so that the ear piece on the console bracket side corresponds to the bracket piece on the stereo side. Since the screws are designed to be held in place, the worker must hold the stereo with one hand so that the tapping holes on both pieces correspond to the screw holes, while tightening the screws with the other hand. No. In this case, since the stereo has a certain amount of weight, it is quite difficult for the worker to hold it in one hand and hold it in a fixed position while tightening the screws with the other hand. The physical burden increases. Moreover, if you put a lot of force into one hand when tightening the screws, it is difficult to maintain a constant holding force with the other hand holding the stereo, and sometimes The position of the stereo changes, and as a result, the tapping hole and the screw hole become misaligned, which often makes screwing work difficult. Therefore, it is disadvantageous in terms of work efficiency and causes a decrease in productivity. This idea was devised under the above circumstances, and allows the stereo to be easily attached to the console bracket without having to hold it in a fixed position while carrying it in one hand. The object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for an automobile stereo that can greatly improve the ease of assembly.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problem, this invention takes the following technical measures. That is, this invention includes a console bracket attached to the lower part of an instrument panel, and a stereo supported by the console bracket, the console bracket being formed to cover both outer sides or the top surface of the stereo, The stereo has an ear piece protruding from its outer surface, and the stereo has a bracket piece protruding from its outer surface substantially corresponding to the console bracket, and when inserted into the console bracket. , a mounting structure for an automobile stereo which is fixed by screwing to the stereo side bracket piece or the console bracket side ear piece, wherein the stereo side bracket piece is attached to the lower side of the ear piece of the console bracket. The present invention is characterized in that a supporting piece is integrally formed to support the lower surface of the console bracket and to guide the stereo side bracket piece to a position corresponding to the console bracket side ear piece.

[Action and effect]

On the lower side of the ear piece of the console bracket, a support piece that supports the lower surface of the stereo side bracket piece is integrally extended, so when installing the stereo, the bracket piece of the stereo is placed on the support piece. Just insert the stereo into the console bracket. At this time, the support piece is adapted to guide the stereo side bracket piece to a position corresponding to the console bracket side ear piece, so that the stereo can be inserted into the console bracket as described above. By doing so, the stereo side bracket piece and the console bracket side ear piece will automatically correspond to each other, and it will be possible to screw them together. In this way, the mounting position of the stereo is defined by simply placing the stereo side bracket piece on the console bracket side support piece and inserting the stereo into the console bracket, which is compared to the conventional example. This makes the positioning work easier. Furthermore, at the time when the above positioning is completed, the lower surface of the stereo side bracket piece is supported by the console bracket side support piece, so when the above screwing is done,
It is no longer necessary to carry the stereo in one hand and hold it in a fixed position as in the conventional case, and as a result, there is no fear that the stereo position will shift unexpectedly, and the stereo side bracket piece or the console bracket can be fixed. A screw can be easily screwed into the side ear piece. Therefore, the work content is greatly simplified and the physical burden placed on the worker is reduced. As a result, work efficiency can be dramatically increased, and productivity can be expected to increase.

[Explanation of Examples]

An embodiment of this invention is shown below in Figures 1 to 5.
This will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings. As illustrated in FIG. 5, a stereo 2 is provided on an instrument panel 1 that is to be disposed at the front of a vehicle interior. That is, as can be clearly seen from FIGS. 1 and 5, the stereo 2 is mounted on a console bracket that is supported at an intermediate portion of an instrument panel reinforcement (not shown) disposed at the bottom of the back surface of the instrument panel 1. 3
mounted on. As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2,
The stereo 2 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and projecting portions are provided on the right and left outer surfaces 2a, 2b of the stereo 2, substantially corresponding to the ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8 on the console bracket 3 side, which will be described later. It has two pairs of left and right bracket pieces 4, 4, 5, 5, and each bracket piece 4, 4, 5, 5 has screw holes 4a, 4a, 5a, 5a into which the tapping screws 6 are inserted. each formed. In this case, each of the bracket pieces 4 and 5 is attached to each of the outer surfaces 2 of the stereo 2.
The formation positions at a and 2b are stepped so that they are slightly different in the height direction of the stereo 2, and are inclined in side view. On the other hand, as detailed in FIGS. 1 and 2,
The console bracket 3 is connected to the stereo 2.
The cross section formed to cover both outer surfaces 2a, 2b or upper surface 2c of is U-shaped with an open bottom,
Moreover, two pairs of left and right ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8 are protruded from both outer surfaces 3a, 3b, substantially corresponding to the bracket pieces 4, 4, 5, 5 on the stereo 2 side, respectively. Like the bracket pieces 4 and 5, the ear pieces 7 and 8 are set at slightly different heights in the height direction of both side surfaces 3a and 3b of the console bracket 3, and are set to have an inclined shape when viewed from the side. There is. Further, the ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8 have tapping holes 7a, 7a, 7a, 7a, 7a, 7a, 7a, 7a, 8a, 7a, 8a, 7a, 8a, 5a, 4a, 5a, 4a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 5a, 4a, 4a, 5a, 5a, 5A, 5A, A 8a and 8a are formed, respectively. In addition, both sides 3 of the console bracket 3 mentioned above
a, 3b, on the lower end side approximately in the middle thereof,
Notches 3c and 3d, which are generally trapezoidal in side view, are formed, and when the stereo 2 is inserted into the console bracket 3, the front end side bracket pieces 4, 4 are inserted into the notches 3c, 3d. It is made so that it can correspond to the console bracket side ear pieces 7, 7 through it. Further, on the lower side of each of the ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8 of the console bracket 3, the bracket pieces 4, 7, 8, of the stereo 2 are attached at the time of assembly.
Two pairs of left and right support pieces 9, 9, 10, 10 supporting the lower surfaces 4b, 4b, 5b, 5b of 4, 5, 5 are integrally extended, respectively. Figures 1 and 2
As can be clearly seen from the figure, each of the support pieces 9, 9,
10, 10 are made to protrude toward the entrance side of the console bracket 3 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the protruding direction of each of the ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8, so that the stereo 2 is connected to the console. When inserted into the bracket 3, each bracket piece 4, 4, 5, 5 of the stereo 2 can be guided to a position corresponding to each ear piece 7, 7, 8, 8 of the console bracket 3. and the inner support piece 7 of the console bracket 3,
As shown in FIG. 2, the protruding length L of the console bracket 7 is set to be longer than the protruding length M of the entrance side support pieces 8, 8 of the console bracket 3 to some extent.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, with the front bracket pieces 4, 4 of the stereo 2 placed on the inner support pieces 7, 7 of the console bracket 3, the console bracket 3 can be opened at the entrance. The rear end bracket pieces 5, 5 of the stereo 2 can be placed on the side support pieces 8, 8. The stereo 2 is inserted into the console bracket 3 through the screw holes 4a of each of the bracket pieces 4, 4, 5, 5.
4a, 5a, 5a to each of the above ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8
The console bracket 3 is fixed to the console bracket 3 by screwing the tapping screws 6 into the tapping holes 7a, 7a, 8a, 8a, respectively. In this case, as described above, the bracket pieces 4, 5 and the ear pieces 7, 8 are located on the outer surfaces 2a, 2b of the stereo 2 and the outer surfaces 3a, 3b of the console bracket 3, respectively. While these are arranged in a slightly stepped manner in the height direction and in an inclined manner in a side view, the inner support pieces 9, 9 of the console bracket 3 are
The protrusion length L is the entrance side support pieces 10, 10.
The protrusion length M is made longer than the projection length M to ensure that the stereo 2 is inserted into the console bracket 3 so that the bracket pieces 4 and 5 correspond to the ear pieces 7 and 8, respectively. This is to make it easier. Therefore, when assembling the stereo 2, first pass the stereo pieces 4, 4 on the front end side of the stereo 2 through the notches 3c, 3d of the console bracket 3. , furthermore, a support piece 9 on the inner back side of the console bracket 3,
9, and insert the tip of the upper stereo 2 into the console bracket 3 (Fig. 3). Next, lift the rear end of the stereo 2 slightly and insert it into the rear end. Piece 5, 5
are placed on the support pieces 10, 10 on the entrance side of the console bracket 3 (Fig. 4), and the rear end of the stereo 2 is placed inside the console bracket 3, so that each bracket piece 4 on the stereo side , 4, 5, 5 correspond to the console bracket side ear pieces 7, 7, 8, 8, so that the stereo 2 can be easily accommodated in the console bracket 3. In the illustrated example, reference numerals 11 and 12 indicate attachment pieces for connecting the console bracket 3 to other members not shown. In the above configuration, console bracket 3
When installing the stereo 2, the following steps are performed. First, as shown in FIG. 3, insert the bracket pieces 4, 4 on the front end side of the stereo 2 through the notches 3c, 3d of the console bracket 3, and place them on the support pieces 9, 9 on the inner back side of the console bracket 3. Then, insert the tip of the stereo 2 into the console bracket 3. Next, as can be clearly seen from FIG. 4, the bracket pieces 5, 5 on the rear end side of the stereo 2 are placed on the support pieces 10, 10 on the entrance side of the console bracket 3, and the stereo 2 The middle part or the rear end of the console bracket 3 is inserted into the console bracket 3. At this time, since the protruding length L of the inner support pieces 9, 9 of the console bracket 3 is longer than the protruding length M of the entrance side support pieces 10, 10, as described above, When inserting the rear end of the stereo 2 into the console bracket 3, the front bracket pieces 4, 4 of the stereo 2 come into contact with the inner ear pieces 7, 7 of the console bracket 3. Therefore, it is avoided that its entry is obstructed. Also, the support pieces 9, 9, 10, 10 of the console bracket 3 allow the bracket pieces 4, 4, 5, 5 of the stereo 2 to be attached to the ear pieces 7, 7,
8, 8, the position of the stereo 2 is defined, and the screw through hole 4 on the stereo 2 side is guided.
a, 4a, 5a, 5a and the tapping holes 7a, 7a, 8a, 8a on the side of the console bracket 3 overlap, respectively, so that the positioning work is omitted. Finally, the tapping screws 6 inserted through the screw holes 4a, 5a of the bracket pieces 4, 5 are screwed into the tapping holes 7a, 8a of the ear pieces 7, 8. At this time, the bracket pieces 4, 4, 5, 5 on the side of the stereo 2 are attached to the lower surfaces 4b, 4, respectively.
b, 5b, 5b to the console bracket 3 above.
Since the stereo 2 is supported by the side support pieces 9, 9, 10, and 10, screwing operations can be performed without having to carry the stereo 2 in one hand. The stereo 2 will be fixed to the console bracket 3 as shown. Therefore, assembly becomes very easy and the working time is significantly reduced. Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made. For example, the form of the console bracket 3 in the above example is not specified and is set according to the form of the stereo 2. Further, the configuration of the screwed portion is, for example, a bolt inserted through the through holes 4a, 5a of the bracket pieces 4, 5 on the stereo 2 side into the female screw portions provided on the ear pieces 7, 8 on the side of the console bracket 3. The screw shaft portions may be screwed together. Furthermore, both outer surfaces 2a and 2b of the stereo 2
The protruding positions and inclination angles of the bracket pieces 4 and 5 on the upper side, as well as the protruding positions and inclination angles of the ear pieces 7 and 8 on both outer surfaces 3a and 3b of the console bracket 3, are the same as those of the console bracket 3. The stereo 2 is designed so that the stereo 2 can be installed efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of this invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing the stereo installed on the console bracket, Figures 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams, and Figure 5 is the stereo. It is a perspective view of an instrument panel provided with. 1...Instrument panel, 2...Stereo, 2a, 2b...Outside surface, 2c...Top surface, 3...
... Console bracket, 3a, 3b ... Outer surface, 4, 4, 5, 5 ... Bracket piece, 4b, 5
b... Lower surface, 6... Screw, 7, 7, 8, 8... Ear piece, 9, 9, 10, 10... Support piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] The device includes a console bracket attached to the lower part of the instrument panel and a stereo supported by the console bracket, the console bracket being formed to cover both outer surfaces or the top surface of the stereo. and an ear piece protruding from its outer surface, while the stereo has a bracket piece protruding from its outer surface substantially corresponding to the console bracket, and is inserted into the console bracket. In a car stereo mounting structure in which a screw is screwed to the stereo side bracket piece or the console bracket side ear piece to fix the stereo in place, the stereo is attached to the lower side of the ear piece of the console bracket. A mounting structure for an automobile stereo, characterized in that a support piece is integrally formed to support the lower surface of the side bracket piece and guide the stereo side bracket piece to a position corresponding to the console bracket side ear piece. .