JPH09328023A - Bracket for inpanel reinforcement, inpanel reinforcement using this bracket and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inpanel reinforcement usefully increasing rigidity, in order to contribute to a direction protecting an occupant small suppressing the other vehicle from biting in a car room in the case of side collision. SOLUTION: Each bracket 2' in both ends of a frame pipe 1 is provided with two mounting surface parts mutually of different direction for fixedly tightening respectively relating to an inner panel of a front pillar and its cowl panel, also relating to a main mounting surface part 21 for fixing to the inner panel in the inside, for connecting the frame pipe in a butt shape, plate-shaped frame pipe connection members (25, 26, 27, 28), extended over a vertical direction relating to the mounting surface part, are vertically provided by one or more in an upper half side of a frame pipe surface and by one or more in a lower half side, also along a surface of this frame pipe, one side part extended in an axial direction is welded relating to the frame pipe.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an instrument panel reinforcement including a frame pipe horizontally installed between left and right front pillars of a vehicle via a bracket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a frame pipe, that is, a reinforcement is laterally provided on the back side (front side of a vehicle) of an instrument panel in a vehicle between left and right front pillars via a bracket. Such instrument panel reinforcement had a structure as shown in FIG.
That is, the frame pipe 101 is connected to the left and right front pillars 115 and 117 through the left (here, driver's seat side) bracket 102 and the right (here, passenger side) bracket 103, respectively, and is provided side by side. The brace 10 has two left and right lower end sides fixed to the floor of a vehicle body (not shown) near the center thereof.
The upper ends of 4, 105 were joined. Knee panels 106 and 107 on the driver side and the passenger side are brackets 118 and 11 extending from the frame pipe 101, respectively.
9, 120, 121 and brackets 122, 123 extending from the braces 104, 105 were fixedly attached.
The frame pipe 101 includes a steering column mounting portion 1 including a body connecting portion 109 for fixing to a vehicle body (not shown) and a steering support 110.
08 is provided.

In such a conventional instrument panel reinforcement, when a vehicle collides with another vehicle from the side, the colliding vehicle bites into the passenger compartment to a greater or lesser extent, but through the front pillar at that time. Regarding the rigidity of the instrument panel reinforcement against the bending force applied, it was always expected to improve.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to prevent the other vehicle from biting into the passenger compartment when the vehicle collides with the other vehicle from the side and protect the occupant. Therefore, it is to provide an instrument panel reinforcement with advantageously increased rigidity.

[0005]

The instrument panel reinforcement bracket according to the invention of claim 1 as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems includes an instrument panel reinforcement made of a frame pipe on the left and right front sides of a vehicle body. In the instrument panel reinforcement brackets provided at both ends of the frame pipe for horizontal installation between the pillars, the main mounting surface portion for fixing to the panel surface of the front pillar and the cowl side panel of the front pillar are fixed. An auxiliary mounting surface portion that forms a bent surface portion that is integral with the main mounting surface portion,
The frame pipe extends upright in the up-down direction with respect to the main mounting surface portion and extends in the axial direction along the surface of a frame pipe in which one side is arranged substantially in abutment with the main mounting surface portion. And a plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member provided with at least one member on each of the upper half side and the lower half side of the surface of the frame pipe.

In the present invention, when referring to the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member in the up-down direction, it means the direction in which the front pillar extends, and accordingly, when referring to the plate-like frame pipe connecting member above or below. Of the directions in which the pillars extend, it refers to the direction that is generally upward or the direction that is generally downward. Further, that the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member extends vertically with respect to the main mounting surface portion and stands upright means that the plate-shaped connecting member is substantially perpendicular to the main mounting surface portion and vertically. It is meant to be erected vertically or vertically so as to have a tilt component in at least the vertical direction.

The bracket according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a fastening means or the like directly with respect to the inner panel of the front pillar and the cowl side panel thereof, or indirectly through another bracket having increased rigidity. Two mounting surface portions, which are continuous in different directions from each other for fixing by the fixing means, are provided, and the frame pipe is substantially abutted against the main mounting surface portion for fixing to the inner panel side. In order to connect with each other, a plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member arranged so as to extend in the vertical direction,
The frame pipe is erected upright on the main mounting surface so as to have one or more on each of the upper half side and the lower half side of the frame pipe, and the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member is axially arranged along the surface of the frame pipe. The one side portion extending to is joined to the frame pipe by joining means such as welding. Therefore, the bracket is coupled to the front pillar of the vehicle body with sufficient rigidity, and the coupling between the bracket and the frame pipe is at least in the plane including the frame pipe 1 and extending substantially along the extending direction of the front pillar. The rigidity with respect to the bending force acting at is significantly increased by sufficiently utilizing the rigidity of the frame pipe itself. Therefore, the instrument panel reinforcement using this bracket has a rigidity with respect to a bending force which is received from the front pillar via the mounting surface portion of the bracket and which acts at least in the plane including the frame pipe and extending substantially in the extending direction of the front pillar. This can be remarkably improved to contribute to a direction in which a collision object is less likely to bite into the vehicle interior in the case of a side collision, and the steering resonance suppression performance is also improved with the improvement in the rigidity of the instrument panel reinforcement.

An instrument panel reinforcement bracket according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the instrument panel reinforcement bracket according to the first aspect, a part of the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member is formed also as an auxiliary mounting surface portion. To do. According to the bracket of the invention of claim 2, the shape, particularly the width dimension can be reduced, and the main mounting surface portion, the auxiliary mounting surface portion, and the plate frame pipe connecting member of the bracket are all formed by bending one sheet metal. It becomes possible to easily and robustly manufacture.
Furthermore, since part of the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member is also formed as an auxiliary mounting surface portion, the rigidity of mounting on the front pillar via the bracket of the instrument panel reinforcement, that is, the rigidity with respect to bending force on the frame pipe is The bending strength is significantly improved irrespective of the direction of the surface on which the bending force acts, and the torsional rigidity is also improved.

The instrument panel reinforcement of the third aspect of the invention is characterized by comprising a frame pipe using the instrument panel reinforcement bracket of the first aspect. The instrument panel reinforcement of the invention of claim 3 has the same action and effect as those of the instrument panel reinforcement bracket of the invention of claim 1.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing instrument panel reinforcement according to the third aspect, in which the frame pipe is substantially attached to the main attachment surface portion at a predetermined position of the main attachment surface portion of the bracket. A frame pipe guide portion, which is held in a butting shape and is displaceable in the butting direction, is previously formed on the main mounting surface portion, and at this portion, the distance between the main mounting surface portions of the left and right brackets is set to the frame pipe. Is adjusted according to the distance between the left and right front pillars of one vehicle body to be actually attached, and then the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member of the bracket and the frame pipe are joined.

According to the production method of the instrument panel reinforcement of the invention of claim 4, the instrument panel reinforcement can be produced as a part of the assembling to the vehicle body, and the instrument panel reinforcement is always provided horizontally between the front pillars of any of the bodies. You can

The components of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention are usually made of metal, preferably steel.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention is shown in FIGS. In addition,
1 is an overall front view of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the left side bracket of the first embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a left side portion of the first embodiment,
FIG. 4 is a side view of an essential part for explaining the structure of the brace part in the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a steel frame pipe 1 has a steel left bracket 2 at its left (here, driver's side) end and a steel left side bracket (here, passenger side) also made of steel. The left and right brackets 2 and 4 are provided with the right side bracket 4 and the left and right front pillars 15 and 17, respectively.
Against fixing means, preferably welding means or bolts
The frame pipe 1 is laterally provided between the front pillars by being fixed by fastening means including nut means, caulking means, rivet means, etc., here, bolt and nut means. Also, the left and right brackets 2, 4 described above
The lower side of the frame pipe mounting position of is lengthened,
On the lower end side, a sub-frame pipe 7, which is also made of steel and has a smaller diameter than the frame pipe 1, is located on the vehicle compartment side (vehicle rear side) with a steering column (not shown) attached to the steering support 14 interposed therebetween. It is installed horizontally. Further, the frame pipe 1 and the sub-frame pipe 7 are provided in a portion near the center of the frame pipe 1.
And a left brace 8 and a right brace 9 made of steel, respectively, are vertically connected to each other. The lower ends of the braces 8 and 9 are fixed to the floor of the vehicle body (not shown). The frame pipe 1 has a steering column mounting portion 12, a body connecting portion 13 for fixing to a vehicle body (not shown), and the steering support 1.
4 is provided.

The details of the instrument panel reinforcement of the first embodiment will be further described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The left side bracket 2 and the right side bracket 4 are basically bilaterally symmetrical in addition to the bilaterally symmetrical shape, and therefore the left side portion of the reinforcement will be mainly described.

The bracket 2 (4) is mainly formed by sheet metal working and is formed into a generally groove-like shape so as to increase the rigidity against bending force, and the longitudinal direction of the groove substantially coincides with the extending direction of the front pillar. Used in posture. Further, the width dimension of the groove type is selected to be smaller than the outer diameter of the frame pipe 1 to be attached. The frame pipe 1 can be fitted to a predetermined portion relatively above the surface portion 21 forming the bottom of the groove when the instrument panel reinforcement is assembled in a state in which the frame pipe 1 is abutted to the surface portion 21 from a direction substantially orthogonal to the surface portion 21. Frame pipe guide portion 2 including left and right arc-shaped guide pieces 22 and 23
4 (discussed further below). Further, the groove type is provided with side walls which are substantially parallel to each other and are substantially orthogonal to the bottom surface portion 21, and one of the side walls has a surface portion 25 and a surface portion 26.
And the other side wall is composed of a face portion 27 and a face portion 28. The surface portion 25 and the surface portion 26 are the arc-shaped guide pieces 2
2, the surface portion 27 and the surface portion 28 are formed continuously with the arc-shaped guide piece 23 interposed therebetween, or substantially continuously with a slight gap between each member. The surface portions 25 and 26 forming the side wall on the one side are formed to have a height higher than that of the surface portions 27 and 28 forming the side wall on the other side for the convenience of contacting an auxiliary mounting surface to the front pillar described later. ing. Part of each of the surface portions 25 and 26 forming the side wall on the one side is the arc-shaped guide 22.
The side portion that is in contact with or close to the side portion and the side portion that is a side portion of each of the surface portions 27 and 28 that form the side wall on the other side are in contact with or close to the arc-shaped guide 23.
The end portion is fitted into the guide portion 24 so that it extends axially along the surface of the frame pipe 1 in which the predetermined mounting position and the predetermined mounting direction are held, and is joined to the frame pipe by welding here. It The groove-shaped side wall surface portions 25 and 27 correspond to two plate-shaped frame pie joint members provided on the upper half side of the frame pipe surface of the bracket of the present invention. The surface portion 26 and the surface portion 28 forming the side wall of the bracket of the present invention,
It corresponds to two plate-shaped frame pipe connecting members provided on the lower half side of the surface of the frame pipe. The groove-shaped bottom surface portion 21 forms the main mounting surface portion of the bracket of the present invention, and is more preferably in direct surface contact with the inner panel 15a (17a) of the front pillar 15 (17) here, It is attached and fixed by the fastening means. Further, the surface portion 2 forming the side wall having a higher height of the one side.
5 and the surface portion 26 form the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member of the bracket of the present invention as described above, and at the same time form an auxiliary mounting surface portion of the bracket of the present invention, and the front pillar 1
The cowl side panel 15a (17a) of 5 (17) is more preferably in direct surface contact here, and is attached and fixed auxiliary by the fastening means.
The fastening means is here a mounting bolt that is provided at a predetermined position and is inserted into the insertion holes 29, 29, 29, 29 of the mounting bolt.

The frame pipe guide portion 24 is
More precisely, with the left and right arc-shaped guide pieces 22 and 23, surface portions 25, 26, 27 and 28 that form the side walls of the groove.
Of the frame pipe 1 and the side portion to be welded and joined together later, and one end side of the frame pipe 1 is fitted into the frame pipe guide portion 24 at the time of assembly so that the frame pipe 1 has a predetermined mounting position with respect to the surface portion 21. The predetermined mounting direction is maintained, and only the distance between the left and right surface portions 21 can be adjusted as needed.

A subframe pipe mounting portion 30 for laterally installing the subframe pipe 7 is formed on the front side of the elongated portion of the bracket 2 (4) below the frame pipe mounting portion. There is. The sub-frame pipe mounting portion 30 is a recess formed by bending a part of the surface portion 28 forming one side wall of the groove type into a semi-cylindrical surface shape of a cylinder whose outer diameter is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the sub-frame pipe 7. The sub-frame pipe 7 is provided with an end portion of
After being arranged along the recess 31, the final fixed state is obtained by welding or the like between the surface portion forming the recess 31.

The brace 8 (9) is used here in a posture in which a groove-shaped member having a U-shaped cross section faces the bottom surface 81 and the surface portion 21 forming the bottom of the bracket 2, and the upper end of the brace 8 (9) corresponds to the frame pipe 1. The portion that is welded and intersects with the sub-pipe frame 7 has a surface portion 82 forming a side wall located on the vehicle rear side of the groove-shaped member in a direction substantially orthogonal to the sub-frame pipe 7.
Is formed by pressing and bending into a substantially semi-cylindrical surface shape so as to be able to receive approximately half of the above, and a final fixed state is obtained by welding or the like between the concave portion 83 and the sub-frame pipe 7 received in the concave portion 83. .

The instrument panel reinforcement of the first embodiment is a groove type which is manufactured by bending brackets attached to both ends of the frame pipe mainly by sheet metal working, and the width of the groove type is the outside of the frame pipe to which it is attached. A dimension smaller than the diameter is selected, the surface portion that contacts the bottom of the groove die is the main mounting surface portion of the present invention, and the surface portions that contact both side walls of the groove die are the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member of the present invention and one side thereof. Since the surface portion that comes into contact with the side wall of is the auxiliary mounting surface portion of the present invention, the following actions and effects are obtained. That is, the bracket is downsized.

A total of four plate-shaped frame pipe couplings, two of which are provided on the upper half side of the frame pipe surface and two of which are provided on the lower half side of the surface of the bracket that contacts both side walls of the groove type. Since the member is formed, a strong plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member that is completely integrated with the mounting surface portion of the bracket can be easily obtained.

The inner panel 15a (1) of the front pillar 15 (17) is formed by the surface of the bracket that contacts the bottom of the groove.
7a) to form a main mounting surface part for mounting and fixing,
Since the surface portion of the groove-shaped one side wall formed with the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member is also used as an auxiliary mounting surface portion for mounting and fixing to the cowl side panel 15b (17a) of the front pillar, both mounting surface portions are mutually robust. With coupling, the rigidity of the attachment to the front pillar via the bracket of the instrument panel reinforcement, that is, the rigidity of the bending force with respect to the frame pipe is significantly improved regardless of the direction of the surface on which the bending force acts, The torsional stiffness is also improved and is easily obtained.

In the above embodiment, the bracket 2 (4)
Since the frame pipe guide portion 24 is provided at a predetermined position of the surface portion 21 forming the main mounting surface portion, the following operation / effect is achieved. In other words, if necessary, adjust the distance between the main mounting surface parts of the left and right brackets according to the actual distance between the left and right front pillars of one vehicle body to be actually assembled at the site before producing the instrument panel reinforcement. It is easy to

Further, in the above embodiment, the subframe pipe 7 is provided on the lower end side of the left and right brackets 2 and 4, and the braces 8 and 9 are provided between the frame pipe 1 and the subframe pipe 7, respectively, by a suitable method, That is, by providing the subpipe so as to absorb the collision energy of the lower limb of the occupant at the time of a head-on collision, the following actions and effects are achieved. That is, it is possible to reduce damage to the lower limbs of the human body during a frontal collision as much as possible, and the rigidity of the instrument panel reinforcement is further enhanced.

In the first embodiment described above, the sub-pipe frame 7 is provided laterally on the lower end side of the brackets 2 and 4, but this is indispensable for the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention. It goes without saying that it is not a thing. A second embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention is shown in FIG. Note that FIG.
(A) is a perspective view of a main part of the second embodiment,
(B) is a perspective view of the bracket. Further, members given the same reference numerals as those used in FIGS. 1 to 4 showing the first embodiment are the same functional members, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted.

The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the steel bracket 5 has an L-shape having a relatively short length, and one surface portion 51 of the bracket 5 and the other surface portion 52 which is continuous with the bracket 51 and is bent at a substantially right angle are respectively formed according to the present invention. A main mounting surface portion that is mounted and fixed to the inner panel of the front pillar by fastening means and an auxiliary mounting surface portion that is also mounted and fixed to the cowl side panel of the front pillar by fastening means, and the main mounting surface portion. On the above-mentioned one surface portion 51 of the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member 53, which is in the shape of a quadrangle in which two upper sides are inclined with respect to the bottom side for the upper half side of the surface of the frame pipe 1,
53 and two plate-shaped frame pipe coupling members 53 'and 53' each having the same shape as the above for the lower half side.
Steel plate-shaped frame pipe coupling members 53, 53, 5
3 ′ and 53 ′ are dedicated members independent of the surface portion 52 serving as the auxiliary mounting surface portion of the bracket 5 and extend substantially vertically and are erected by welding. In this embodiment also, the bracket 5
A frame pipe guide portion 56 including left and right arcuate guide pieces 54 and 55 for helping to hold the frame pipe 1 in a predetermined position in a predetermined direction is provided on a surface portion 51 forming a main mounting surface portion of the above. In addition, the surface portion 51 forming the main mounting surface portion
2 at a predetermined position and 2 at a predetermined position of the surface portion forming the auxiliary mounting surface portion, a total of four insertion holes 59, 59, 59, 59 for the mounting bolts as the fastening means are provided. .

In the instrument panel reinforcement of the second embodiment, the bracket 5 is connected to the front pillar of the vehicle body with sufficient rigidity, and the bracket and the frame pipe are connected, especially the frame. The rigidity with respect to the bending force acting in the plane including the pipe 1 and extending substantially along the extending direction of the front pillar is remarkably enhanced by sufficiently utilizing the rigidity of the frame pipe itself.

A third embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention is shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 6A is a perspective view of an essential part of the third embodiment, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of the bracket. Further, members given the same reference numerals as those used in FIGS. 1 to 5 showing the first and second embodiments are the same functional members, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

The third embodiment differs from the second embodiment in the following points. That is, the upper side of the upper half of the surface of the frame pipe 1 which is erected by welding on one surface portion 61 of the L-shape forming the main mounting surface portion of the steel bracket 6 has two upper sides on the bottom side. A quadrangular plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member 63 inclined with respect to
63 and two pieces of plate-shaped frame pipe connecting members 63 'and 63' having the same shape as the above for the lower half side, respectively.
A number of steel plate-shaped frame pipe coupling members 63, 63,
63 ′ and 63 ′ are arranged as planes that are inclined radially from the mounting position center of the frame pipe 1, and thus are inclined in the vertical direction, and the frame pipe guide portion 66 is arranged radially in the above four points. The end face of each side portion which is axially extended along the surface of the frame pipe 1 of the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member and is then welded to the frame pipe is used as it is at the predetermined position of the surface portion 61 of the frame pipe 1 in the predetermined direction. Is formed so that the central axis faces the predetermined direction at the predetermined position and the diameter is more accurately equal to the outer diameter of the frame pipe 1 so as to be held so as to be displaceable in the axial direction while being held at It is a point formed by doing. The other surface portion 62, which is continuous with one surface portion 61 of the L-shape forming the main mounting surface portion of the bracket 6 and is bent at a substantially right angle, serves as an auxiliary mounting surface portion, and the surface portion 61 serving as the main mounting surface portion. 2 at a predetermined position and 2 at a predetermined position of the surface portion 62 which is an auxiliary mounting surface portion, a total of four insertion holes 69, 69, 69 for mounting bolts as fastening means to the front pillar. , 69.

In the instrument panel reinforcement of the third embodiment, the bracket 6 has a sufficient rigidity to be coupled to the front pillar of the vehicle body, and the bracket 6 and the frame pipe 1 are rigid to be coupled. That is, the rigidity with respect to the bending force with respect to the frame pipe 1 is significantly increased regardless of the direction of the surface on which the bending force acts.

FIG. 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention. Note that FIG. 7A is a perspective view of an essential part of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view of the bracket. The bracket 2'of the instrument panel reinforcement has substantially the same shape and structure as the bracket 2 used in the instrument panel reinforcement of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, but below the frame pipe attachment portion of the bracket. Is a bracket which is not particularly elongated, that is, the mounting bolt hole 29 provided on the lower side of the bracket 2 of FIG.
It is a bracket that does not have a sub-pipe frame so that it ends up to the vicinity. In FIG. 7, members given the same reference numerals as those used in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 showing the second embodiment are the same functional members, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

It is apparent that the instrument panel reinforcement of the fourth embodiment also has the same operation and effect as those of the instrument panel reinforcement of the first embodiment. A test piece / invention product in which a frame pipe having the same shape as the frame pipe 1 used for the instrument panel reinforcement of the above-mentioned embodiment is attached by a predetermined method using the bracket 2'and the conventional product shown in FIG. Conventional bracket having the same shape and structure as the bracket 102 used in the instrument panel reinforcement, that is, the frame pipe used in the above test piece for the bracket composed of the cylindrical portion having the flange portion protruding outward on the outer peripheral portion, Using a test piece and a conventional product in which frame pipes having the same shape and dimensions were combined and attached by a predetermined method, the rigidity of the combined body of each bracket and the frame pipe was compared. That is, the mounting bolts are mounted in the respective predetermined postures when the bracket of each test piece is sufficiently stable and is substantially rigid and the vertical direction is regarded as the extending direction of the front pillar. The predetermined attachment used was carried out, and a vertically downward load was applied centering on a point on the frame pipe at a certain distance from the bracket, and the amounts of displacement at the points at that time were compared. The result is shown in FIG. It can be seen from FIG. 8 that the rigidity of the bracket using the bracket of the fourth embodiment of the present invention is remarkably enhanced as compared with the rigidity of the conventional bracket.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a first embodiment of an in-panel reinforcement of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bracket of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an essential part for explaining the structure of the brace portion in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a main part of a second embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the bracket according to the embodiment of (A) above.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a main part of a third embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of the bracket according to the embodiment of (A) above.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a main part of a fourth embodiment of the instrument panel reinforcement of the present invention, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view of the bracket of the above embodiment of (A).

FIG. 8 is a result of an experiment carried out to compare the rigidity of the instrument panel reinforcement according to the present invention and the conventional instrument panel reinforcement.

FIG. 9 is an overall front view showing a conventional instrument panel reinforcement.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frame pipe 2, 4, 5, 6 ... Bracket 24, 56, 66 ... Frame pipe guide part 53, 53 ', 63, 63' ... Plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member 7 ... Sub-frame pipe 8, 9 ... Brace

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An instrument panel reinforcement bracket provided at both ends of a frame pipe for laterally installing an instrument panel reinforcement made of a frame pipe between left and right front pillars of a vehicle body, with respect to an inner panel surface of the front pillar. A main mounting surface for fixing, an auxiliary mounting surface for forming a bent surface integral with the main mounting surface for fixing to the cowl side panel of the front pillar, and a vertical direction with respect to the main mounting surface. Extending vertically and extending in the axial direction along a surface of a frame pipe arranged so that one side portion is substantially abutted against the main mounting surface portion and joined with the frame pipe. A plate-shaped frame pie provided with one or more each on the upper half side and the lower half side of the surface of the frame pipe. A bracket for instrument panel reinforcement, comprising: 2. The instrument panel reinforcement bracket according to claim 1, wherein a part of the plate-shaped frame pipe coupling member is formed also as an auxiliary mounting surface portion. 3. An instrument panel reinforcement comprising a frame pipe using the instrument panel reinforcement bracket according to claim 1. 4. The method for producing the instrument panel reinforcement according to claim 3, wherein the frame pipe is held substantially in abutting shape with respect to the main mounting surface portion of the bracket at a predetermined position of the main mounting surface portion in the abutting direction. Is a frame pipe guide portion that can be displaced is formed in advance on the main mounting surface portion, and at this portion, the distance between the main mounting surface portions of the left and right brackets is determined by the left and right sides of one vehicle body to which the frame pipe is actually mounted. The method for producing an instrument panel reinforcement, which comprises adjusting the plate-shaped frame pipe connecting member of the bracket and the frame pipe after adjusting the distance according to the distance between the front pillars.