JPH10194010A - Fitting structure of resin molded parts for vehicular instrument panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fitting structure of resin molded parts for vehicular instrument panel capable of positioning it in the clip width direction and the pressing-in direction, having less shrinkage produced on the surface of the resin molded parts by a rib and capable of increasing degree of freedom in designing the resin molded parts. SOLUTION: Regarding a resin molded parts fitting structure, which has a second fitting piece 5 provided on the back side of a meter cluster hood 2 fitted on an instrument panel 1, a second clip 7 fitted in a plate of the second fitting piece 5 by pressing it therein, and the meter cluster hood 2 fitted thereto by inserting the second clip 7 into an assembly hole 9 in the instrument panel 1, an engagement hole 13 is provided on the plate of the second fitting piece 5 and a pair of right and left pawls 12 are provided on the second clip 7 in an erecting manner, while the second clip 7 is fitted to the second fitting piece 5 by hooking the pawls 12 in the inner circumferential surface of the engagement hole 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a resin molded part of an instrument panel for a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various small parts have been mounted on an instrument panel of a four-wheeled vehicle. For example, a meter cluster hood is provided at a meter location such as a speedometer, and a garnish and an instrument are provided at a location such as an air conditioning outlet. Resin molded parts such as an instrument panel main cover are mounted on upper left and right portions of the instrument panel main body.
These resin molded parts are usually attached to the instrument panel by clips and screws.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show a garnish 51 attached to a location such as an air-conditioning outlet. A garnish 51 is provided with a flange portion 51a around the back side thereof. Clip 5 inside 51a
2 is provided. The mounting piece 53 includes a flat plate portion 54 and the plate portion 54.
The clip 52 is formed by a pair of positioning ribs 55 opposed to each other at regular intervals on the left and right sides of the upper surface. To be attached to the mounting piece 53.

[0004] The garnish 51 is attached to the mounting piece 5.
3 is attached to the instrument panel by inserting it into a mounting hole provided at a location such as an air-conditioning air outlet of an instrument panel (not shown) and temporarily fixing the other portion with a screw.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional mounting structure for resin molded parts, as shown in FIG.
Although the positioning of the clip 52 in the width direction can be performed by a pair of positioning ribs 55, since there is no positioning in the pushing direction, there is a problem that the mounting accuracy of the clip 52 is poor. In addition, since the plate thickness of the attachment piece 53 of the garnish 51 to which the clip 52 is attached is large, and the plate thickness is further increased by the positioning rib 55 in the width direction, the upper surface of the resin molded component such as the garnish 51 Sink had occurred. Therefore, the mounting position of the clip 52 must be provided at a position where sink is unlikely to occur, and the degree of freedom in designing the resin molded part is limited.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to enable positioning of a clip in a width direction and a pushing direction, and generation of sink marks on the surface of a resin molded part due to ribs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a resin molded part of an instrument panel for a vehicle, which has a small number of components and can increase the degree of freedom in designing the resin molded part.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a mounting piece is provided on the back surface side of a resin molded component mounted on an instrument panel. In the mounting structure of the resin molded part of the vehicle instrument panel, the clip is inserted into the mounting hole provided in the instrument panel while the clip is inserted into the mounting part by pushing the clip into the plate part, and the resin molded part is mounted. An engagement hole is provided in the plate portion of the mounting piece, and a pair of right and left claws are provided on the clip so as to be erected, and these claws are hooked on the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole to thereby attach the clip to the mounting piece. It is attached to.

Further, in the present invention of claim 2, a convex rib is provided on the plate portion of the mounting piece in claim 1.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of a mounting structure for a resin molded part of a vehicle instrument panel according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel to be mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body on the inside of a vehicle of a four-wheeled vehicle. The instrument panel 1 has resin molded parts of various small parts attached thereto. That is, a meter cluster hood 2 is mounted on a meter location such as a speedometer of the instrument panel 1 located in front of the driver's seat side, and a resin molded component such as a garnish 3 is mounted on a location such as an air conditioning outlet. Since the mounting structure of these resin molded parts is almost the same, only the meter cluster hood 2 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of first and second mounting pieces 4 and 5 are provided on the back side of the meter cluster hood 2 so as to protrude toward the instrument panel 1. First and second clips 6, 7 are respectively attached to the first and second mounting pieces 4, 5, and these clips 6, 7 are attached to the instrument panel 1 respectively.
The meter cluster hood 2 is attached to the instrument panel 1 by inserting it into the assembling holes 8 and 9 provided in the instrument panel 1. The first attachment piece 4 and the first clip 6 are the same as those of the related art, and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the second mounting piece 5 includes a flat plate portion 10 and a plurality of (three in the figure) integrally formed on the upper surface side of the plate portion 10. The protruding ribs 11 extend in the front-rear direction, and are opposed to each other at regular intervals and arranged in parallel. Due to the presence of the convex ribs 11, the second mounting piece 5 can have the thickness g applied to the mounting portion as the thickness at the tip of the convex portion and the other portions can be concave portions. Is minimal.

The plate portion 10 of the second mounting piece 5
An engaging hole 13 is formed at the installation position of the convex rib 11 located at the center for engaging a pair of claw portions 12 provided on both right and left sides of the second clip 7.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the engagement hole 13 is
2 is hooked on the inner peripheral surfaces on the left and right sides, respectively.
It has a function of positioning the clip 7 in the width direction and the pushing direction.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the second clip 7 is an upper and lower piece 1 formed by bending a single panel in the middle.
4 and 15 and a tongue piece 16 formed by cutting out an intermediate portion of the upper piece 14 in a flat U-shape. A second mounting piece is provided between the tongue piece 16 and the lower piece 15. 5
Are arranged. Also, the second clip 7
Are formed on the right and left sides of the tongue piece 16 by cutting and raising a part of the tongue piece 16 downward. The rear end of the upper piece 14 is provided with a locking portion 17 that is folded upward to engage with the inner peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9.

Second clip 7 according to the embodiment of the present invention
In order to attach to the second mounting piece 5, first, the second clip 7 is held so that the upper piece 14 is located on the convex rib 11 side of the plate portion 10 of the second mounting piece 5. Therefore, the directionality of the second clip 7 is determined by the convex rib 11, and FIG.
The second clip 7 is not pushed into the mounting piece 5 in the state shown in FIG. 2 and the second clip 7 is turned over and pushed. Next, when the second clip 7 is pushed into the plate portion 10 while the plate portion 10 is disposed between the tongue piece 16 and the lower piece 15, the pair of claw portions 12
The second clip 7 is attached to the second mounting piece 5 in a state where the second clip 7 is positioned in the width direction and the pushing direction (FIG. 6).
See).

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible based on the technical idea of the present invention. is there.

For example, the engaging hole 13 in the above-described embodiment is formed as a round hole because the tightening hole of the meter cluster hood 2 is used. In this case, it is more effective to form the engaging hole 23 in a square hole as shown in FIG. Further, the mounting structure of the present invention,
It can be applied to other resin molded parts such as the garnish 3.

[0018]

As described above, the mounting structure of the resin molded part of the vehicle instrument panel according to the present invention has a mounting piece provided on the back side of the resin molded part mounted on the instrument panel. The clip is inserted into the mounting hole provided in the instrument panel while the clip is inserted into the plate part, and the resin molded part is mounted by inserting the clip into the mounting hole. The clip is attached to the mounting piece by hooking the pair of right and left claws on the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole, so that the clip is attached to the mounting piece. By simply pushing in the clip, positioning of the clip in the width direction and the pushing direction can be performed quickly and reliably, and the mounting accuracy of the clip is improved. Rukoto can.

Further, in the mounting structure of the resin molded part of the instrument panel for a vehicle according to the present invention, by providing the projecting rib on the plate portion of the mounting piece, it is possible to reduce the thickness thereof. The occurrence of sink marks on the surface of the resin molded part can be minimized, and the degree of freedom in designing the resin molded part can be increased. Moreover, in the mounting structure of the present invention, since the direction of the clip is determined by the presence of the convex rib on the plate portion of the mounting piece, the clip is not erroneously assembled, and the workability and reliability are improved. Can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an instrument panel to which a mounting structure for a resin molded component according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a meter cluster hood mounted on the instrument panel in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state where a meter cluster hood is attached to the instrument panel in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a clip is mounted on a mounting piece of the meter cluster hood in FIG. 2 in a wrong direction.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mounting piece in FIG. 4 as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, showing a state in which a clip is mounted on a mounting piece of the meter cluster hood.

FIG. 7 is a plan view seen from the X direction in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the clip shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a mounting piece of a meter cluster hood according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which a clip is mounted on a mounting piece of a garnish mounted on an instrument panel in a conventional mounting structure for resin molded parts.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a clip is attached to a mounting piece of the garnish in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view showing a portion B in FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Meter cluster hood 3 Garnish 5 2nd mounting piece 7 2nd clip 9 Assembly hole 10 Plate part 11 Convex rib 12 Claw part 13, 23 Engagement hole

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mounting part is provided on the back side of a resin molded part mounted on an instrument panel, and a clip is inserted into a plate portion of the mounting part by pushing a clip, and an assembling hole provided on the instrument panel. In the mounting structure for a resin molded part of a vehicle instrument panel for mounting the resin molded part by inserting the clip into the plate, an engaging hole is provided in a plate portion of the mounting piece, and a pair of right and left claws are erected on the clip. The clip is mounted on the mounting piece by hooking the claw portion on the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole, and the mounting structure for a resin molded part of a vehicle instrument panel is provided. 2. The mounting structure for a resin molded part of an instrument panel for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a convex rib is provided on a plate portion of the mounting piece.