JPS6030089Y2 - Structure of automobile instrument panel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the structure of an automobile instrument panel, and particularly to a structure for connecting a connector provided in an instrument storage box incorporated in the instrument panel and a connector connected to a power source.

In the instrument panel of modern cars,
A mounting hole is formed at a predetermined position on the instrument panel, and an instrument storage box with instruments installed is inserted into the mounting hole from the front of the instrument panel. The connector that connects electrically to the connector that connects to the power supply is connected to the connector that connects to the power supply, but conventionally, the work of connecting the connectors to each other was
This is extremely inefficient as the worker has to reach around the back of the instrument panel and feel for it.

・This invention was made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and behind the instrument panel,
Simply install a fixed wall supported by the instrument panel, fix the connector connected to the power supply to this fixed wall, and insert the instrument storage box into the mounting hole of the instrument panel, and both connectors will automatically connect. It was designed to connect.

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

In the figure, 1 is an instrument panel, and 2 is an instrument storage box built into the instrument panel 1. As shown in FIG.

The instrument panel 1 is provided with a rectangular opening 3 at a predetermined position on its flat front face, and is integrally provided with a box-shaped part 4 protruding toward the back side around the opening 3.
The opening 3 and the box-shaped portion 4 form an insertion hole 5 for the instrument storage box 2.

A hole 6 is provided at a predetermined position on the back surface 4a of the box-shaped portion 4, and a blade 7a extends in a part of the bottom edge of the hole 6 toward the front side of the instrument panel and diagonally inward.
, 7b are provided.

A female connector 9 (second connector) connected to a power source via a connection cord 8 is press-fitted into this 66 from the rear side of the rear surface 4a of the box-shaped portion, and the female connector 9 is connected to the upper and lower surfaces of the housing of the female connector 9. At the same time, engaging the protrusions 10a and 10b provided at the tips with the tips of the blades 7at7b from the inside,
The above protrusion 1 raised on the upper and lower surfaces of the housing of the female connector 9
Protrusions 11a and 11b provided on the rear end side of 0a and 10b are pressed into contact with the rear surface 4a of the box-shaped portion from the outside, thereby fixing the female connector 9 to the rear surface 4a of the box-shaped portion. .

On the other hand, the instrument storage box 2 incorporates various instruments such as a speedometer and an oil level gauge therein, and has a recess at a predetermined location on its back surface 2a, that is, at a position corresponding to the female connector 9 and its surroundings. In addition, the recessed portion 12
, a protrusion 13 is formed, and the end of a flexible substrate (printed wiring on a flexible substrate) that is electrically connected to instruments is wound around the protrusion 13. A tightening frame 14 is fitted onto the frame 14 to fix the end of the flexible board to the protrusion 13, and a male connector 15 (second connector) that pairs with the female connector 9 is attached here.
It consists of

The instrument storage box 2 configured as described above has protrusions 16a and 16b provided on both side walls thereof, respectively, and is fitted into guide grooves 17a and 17b formed on both inner walls of the box-shaped portion 4 of the instrument panel 1, respectively. Insertion hole 5 of Ment panel 1
pushed into.

Then, the male connector fixed to the instrument storage box 2 -
15 is the rear surface 4a of the box-shaped portion of the instrument panel 1;
The female connector 9 is fitted into the insertion hole 9a of the female connector 9 fixed thereto, and both connectors are connected thereto.

The protrusions 16a and 16b provided on the instrument storage box 2 are connected to the guide 1117 provided on the box-shaped portion 4 of the instrument panel 1.
a and 17b, the connectors 9 and 17 are thus positioned within the box-shaped portion 4 of the instrument storage box 2, and both connectors 9 and 15 can be fitted accurately.

In the embodiment described above, the fixing wall for fixing the female connector 9 is formed from the back surface 4a of the box-shaped part, but in another embodiment, the instrument storage box 2 can be formed in a form other than the box-shaped part 4. In addition to being fixed to the instrument panel, a fixed wall may be specially provided and the fixed wall may be supported by the instrument panel.

As is clear from the specific description of the above embodiment, according to the structure of the instrument panel part according to the present invention, both connectors can be connected by simply inserting the instrument storage box into the mounting hole of the instrument panel. This eliminates the need for workers to put their hands behind the instrument panel to connect both connectors, which was previously done, and the assembly of the instrument panel part is more efficient. You can improve your performance.

Furthermore, the second connector has the advantage that it can be fixed to the fixed wall by simply pressing it into the hole in the fixed wall from the rear side.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a partially cross-sectional exploded perspective view of an instrument storage box and an instrument panel; Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the instrument storage box and instrument panel shown in Fig. 1; FIG.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In the structure of the instrument panel of an automobile, in which the instrument storage box is installed by inserting it from the front of the panel into a mounting hole formed in the instrument panel, the instrument storage box is incorporated into the instrument panel. A first connector that electrically connects to the instruments is fixed to the back of the instrument box, and a fixed wall is provided behind the instrument panel, and a power source is connected to the fixed wall at a position opposite to the first connector. Another second connector is connected to the first connector and is a companion to the first connector.
When the connector is fixed and the instrument storage box is inserted into the mounting hole of the instrument panel, the pair of connectors are connected, □Furthermore,
The fixed wall has a hole at a predetermined position, and a pair of blades are provided at a predetermined position on the edge of the hole, extending in the direction of the front surface of the instrument panel and opposite to the inside diagonal direction □. 2 connector has a pair of first connectors located at a predetermined position on the housing periphery, facing each other at the tip end.
a projection, and a pair of second projections located front and rear opposite to each other on the rear end side of the first projection, and the tip side of the second connector is press-fitted into the hole of the fixed wall from the rear side. The second connector is fixed to the fixed wall by engaging each of the first protrusions of the second connector with the tip of each of the blades and pressing each second protrusion against the back surface of the fixed wall. A structure of an automobile instrument panel section characterized by: