WO2014094426A1

WO2014094426A1 - Fixing apparatus for vehicle instrument panel cross beam and vehicle

Info

Publication number: WO2014094426A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/080144
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邵甲伟
Original assignee: 北汽福田汽车股份有限公司; 北京智科投资管理有限公司
Priority date: 2012-12-18
Filing date: 2013-07-25
Publication date: 2014-06-26
Also published as: DE112013006053T5; CN103863418B; CN103863418A

Abstract

Disclosed are a fixing apparatus for a vehicle instrument panel cross beam and a vehicle. The fixing apparatus comprises a base plate (1), a connecting part (2) and a fixed beam (3), wherein the base plate is provided with a connecting hole (11); a first end of the connecting part (2) in the vertical direction is fixed with the base plate (1) and a second end is provided with an elongated hole part; and a first end of the fixed beam (3) in the vertical direction has a sliding column (5), the sliding column (5) is slidably arranged in the elongated hole part, and a second end of the fixed beam (3) in the vertical direction is suitable for fixing the vehicle instrument panel cross beam. The fixing apparatus can reduce processing tolerance in the mounting process of an instrument panel cross beam, thereby improving the trimming aesthetic property of a whole vehicle.

Description

Fixtures and vehicles for vehicle dashboard beams

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of vehicle manufacturing, and more particularly to a fixture for a vehicle instrument panel cross member and a vehicle having the same. Background technique

In the field of modern vehicle manufacturing, the vehicle instrument panel is connected to the vehicle instrument panel beam, and fixed beams are fixed on both sides of the instrument panel beam, and the fixed beam is fixedly connected with the mounting hole provided on the vehicle floor.

Due to the machining tolerances in the instrument panel beam installation, body welding and bracket installation process, the connection method is adopted to make the installation of the instrument panel and the vehicle body larger, which affects the interior aesthetics of the vehicle. Summary of the invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art.

To this end, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel cross member, which can reduce machining tolerances during instrument panel beam mounting, body welding and bracket mounting, thereby improving the overall vehicle interior Aesthetics.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle having the above-described fixing device.

A fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel beam according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, comprising: a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is provided with a connecting hole; a connecting member, the first end of the connecting member in a vertical direction and the The bottom plate is fixed and the second end is provided with a long hole portion; the fixed beam has a sliding column on the first end in the vertical direction, and the sliding column is slidably disposed in the long hole portion, A second end of the fixed beam in the vertical direction is adapted to secure the vehicle instrument panel cross member.

According to the fixing device of the embodiment of the present invention, when the machining tolerances in the process of the instrument panel beam mounting, the body welding and the bracket mounting cause a large gap between the instrument panel and the vehicle body, the sliding column is slidably coupled to the connecting member. In the long hole portion, the position of the fixed beam on the vehicle body can be adjusted, thereby adjusting the gap between the instrument panel (not shown) and the vehicle body, thereby improving the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle interior.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing beam and the connecting member are respectively two and respectively fixed to both sides of the bottom plate in the longitudinal direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, each of the connectors includes: a first plate and a second plate that are parallel and spaced apart from each other, the first plate and the second plate being first in a vertical direction The ends are respectively fixed to the bottom plate, and the second end is respectively provided with a first long hole and a second long hole corresponding to each other, and the long hole portion is composed of the first long hole and the second long hole to make The sliding column passes through; a third plate, the third plate is substantially perpendicularly connected between the first plate and the second plate, A connecting groove is defined between the first plate, the second plate and the third plate. The connecting piece is formed by three plates to make the fixing beam more stable when it is connected with the connecting piece.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing device further includes at least one connecting device, the connecting device is disposed in the connecting groove, and includes: a connecting body, the connecting body has a substantially U-shaped cross section a first bottom plate and a second bottom plate, wherein the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate are respectively disposed at two lateral ends of the connecting body; two connecting nuts, wherein the connecting nuts are respectively disposed on the first bottom plate and the first bottom plate On the two bottom plates, the connecting nuts respectively have screw holes, and the screw holes correspond to the first and second long holes.

By placing the connecting device in the connecting groove, the bottom plate, the connecting member and the connecting device are integrally formed, and can be applied to any vehicle type. In use, the bottom plate is fixed to the vehicle body, and the first end of the fixed beam in the vertical direction is bolted to the connecting nut. If the gap between the installed instrument panel and the vehicle body is not suitable, the nut can be loosened. Then, the position of the connecting device in the connecting groove is slid, and the adjustment of the gap can be completed.

Preferably, the first long hole and the second long hole are respectively three, and the three first long holes on the first plate are substantially in a straight line in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The three second elongated holes on the second plate are disposed substantially in a straight line in the lateral direction. As a result, the assembly stability can be met, and the cost can be relatively reduced.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an upper portion of the first plate is provided with a vertically extending guiding groove, and the guiding groove is communicated with a long hole in the middle of the three first long holes, and the connecting body is provided There is a guide post slidably received in the guide groove.

Thereby, when the connecting device is placed in the connecting groove, the guiding column can be slid and mounted in the guiding groove, so that the connecting device can be more easily installed in the connecting groove. When the connecting device needs to be adjusted for sliding, the guiding column is in the middle long hole, so that the connecting device slides more smoothly in the connecting groove.

Preferably, the guiding groove is located in the middle of the middle long hole. This allows the connecting device to be adjusted for front and rear sliding.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting body includes: a top plate, the top plate is parallel to the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, and the guiding column is vertically disposed on the top plate and away from the first a bottom plate and the second bottom plate extending; two side plates respectively connected between the top plate and the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, wherein the two side plates respectively A bottom plate and a second bottom plate are perpendicular.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the sliding post protrudes through the elongated hole portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connection hole includes two, and the two connection holes are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, and the two connection holes are respectively formed in an oblong shape.

A vehicle according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, comprising: the fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel cross member according to the first aspect of the present invention.

According to the vehicle of the embodiment of the invention, the aesthetics of the interior of the vehicle is improved. The additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows. DRAWINGS

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily understood from

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel beam according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the fixing device shown in Figure 1 after assembly of the bottom plate, the connecting member and the connecting device; Figure 3 is a perspective view of the connecting device in the fixing device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the assembled structure of the fixing beam, the connecting member and the connecting device in the fixing device shown in Fig. 1. detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "middle", "longitudinal", "transverse", "vertical", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", etc. indicate the orientation or The positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of the description of the present invention and the simplified description, and is not intended to indicate or imply that the device or component referred to has a specific orientation, and is constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as limiting the invention. Moreover, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless specifically and specifically defined.

In the present invention, the terms "installation", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like are to be understood broadly, and may be either a fixed connection or a detachable connection, unless otherwise explicitly stated and defined. , or connected integrally; can be mechanical or electrical; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the internal communication of the two components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art on a case-by-case basis.

A fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel beam according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, which is provided on a vehicle body 6 for fixing a vehicle instrument panel beam (not shown), is described below with reference to FIGS. Thus, the vehicle dashboard (not shown) can be fixed. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a bottom plate 1, a connecting member 2, and a fixing beam 3. The bottom plate 1 is provided with a connecting hole 11 so that the bottom plate 1 is bolted to the vehicle body 6 through the connecting hole 11. Preferably, as shown

As shown in Fig. 1, the connecting hole 11 includes two, and the two connecting holes 11 are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, and the two connecting holes 11 are formed in an oblong shape, respectively.

The first end of the connecting member 2 in the vertical direction (the lower end in Fig. 1) is fixed to the bottom plate 1 and the second end (the upper end in Fig. 1) is provided with a long hole portion. The fixing beam 3 has a sliding column 5 on the first end in the vertical direction, the sliding column 5 is slidably disposed in the long hole portion, and the second end of the fixing beam 3 in the vertical direction (as in FIG. 1) Upper end) Suitable for fixing vehicle dashboard beams. Preferably, the sliding column 5 protrudes through the long hole portion.

Of course, the invention is not limited thereto. The sliding column 5 can also be realized in a number of other ways, for example: A bolt (not shown) is placed on the fixed beam 3, and the bolt is inserted into the long hole portion for sliding adjustment.

According to the fixing device of the embodiment of the present invention, when the machining tolerances in the process of the instrument panel beam mounting, the body welding and the bracket mounting cause a large gap between the instrument panel and the vehicle body, since the sliding column 5 is slidably coupled to the connecting member 2 In the upper long hole portion, the position of the fixed beam 3 on the vehicle body can be adjusted, thereby adjusting the gap between the instrument panel (not shown) and the vehicle body 6, thereby improving the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle interior.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the fixed beam 3 and the connecting member 2 are respectively two and respectively fixed to both sides of the bottom plate in the longitudinal direction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In other words, the two fixing beams 3 are respectively fixed to both sides of the bottom plate 1 in the longitudinal direction by the two connecting members 2.

Specifically, each of the connecting members 2 includes: a first plate 22 and a second plate 23 which are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, and a third plate, wherein the first plate 22 and the second plate 23 may be respectively formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape . The first end of the first plate 22 and the second plate 23 in the vertical direction are respectively fixed to the bottom plate 1, and the second end of the first plate 22 and the second plate 23 are respectively provided with first long holes 21 corresponding to each other. And a second elongated hole (not shown), wherein the long hole portion is constituted by the first long hole 21 and the second long hole to pass the sliding column 5. Preferably, the first elongated hole 21 and the second elongated hole have the same size.

The third plate 24 is connected substantially perpendicularly between the first plate 22 and the second plate 23 such that the connecting groove 25 is defined between the first plate 22, the second plate 23 and the third plate 24. The connecting member 2 is formed by three plates to make the fixing beam 3 more stable when it is connected to the connecting member 2.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, in order to enable modular production of the instrument panel mounting structure and reduce production cost, the fixing device according to some preferred embodiments of the present invention further includes at least one connecting device 4, and the connecting device 4 is placed in the connecting groove 25. Inside, that is, as shown in FIG. 2, preferably, the connecting devices 4 are two and are respectively disposed in the connecting grooves 25 of the two connecting members 2.

Specifically, the connecting device 4 includes: a connecting body 41, a first bottom plate 411 and a second bottom plate 412, and two coupling nuts 42. As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting body 41 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412 are respectively disposed at both ends in the lateral direction of the connecting body 41 and are flush. The two connecting nuts 42 are respectively disposed on the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412. The connecting nuts each have a screw hole 421, a screw hole 421 and a first long hole 21 and a second long hole (in the figure) Corresponding, preferably coincident.

By placing the connecting device 4 in the connecting groove 25, the bottom plate 1, the connecting member 2 and the connecting device 4 are integrally formed, and it can be applied to any vehicle type. In use, the bottom plate 1 is fixed to the vehicle body, and the first end of the fixed beam 3 in the vertical direction is bolted to the coupling nut 42. If the gap between the installed instrument panel and the vehicle body 6 is not suitable, it can be loosened. After the nut 42 is opened, the adjustment of the gap can be completed by sliding the position of the connecting device 4 in the connecting groove 25.

Preferably, the connecting body 2 can be formed into a light metal magnesium aluminum die-casting molding, which can reduce the quality of the entire vehicle and facilitate processing.

In order to meet the requirements of assembly stability and relatively reduce the cost, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first long hole 21 and the second long hole are respectively three, wherein three of the first plate 22 An elongated hole 21 is disposed substantially in a straight line in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, correspondingly, the three second elongated holes in the second plate 23 are also substantially in the lateral direction. A straight line setting.

Preferably, the first plate 22 is provided with a vertically extending guiding groove 26, and the guiding groove 26 communicates with the long hole 211 in the middle of the three first long holes 21, and the connecting body 41 is provided with a guiding column 43, the guiding column 43 is slidably received within the guide groove 26.

Thereby, when the connecting device 4 is placed in the connecting groove 25, the guide post 43 can be slid and mounted in the guide groove 26, so that the connecting device 4 can be more easily installed in the connecting groove 25. When the connecting device 4 needs to be slidably adjusted, since the guide post 43 is in the intermediate long hole 211, the connecting device 4 slides more smoothly in the connecting groove 25.

Further, the guide groove 26 can be located in the middle of the intermediate long hole 211, so that the connecting device 4 can perform front and rear sliding adjustment.

In some specific examples of the invention, the connecting body includes a top plate 413 and two side plates 414. As shown in FIG. 3, the top plate 413 is parallel to the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412, and the guide post 43 is vertically disposed on the top plate 413 and extends away from the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412, and the two side plates 414 respectively Connected between the top plate 413 and the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412, the two side plates 414 are perpendicular to the first bottom plate 411 and the second bottom plate 412, respectively.

A vehicle according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, comprising: a fixing device for a vehicle instrument panel cross member according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

According to the vehicle of the embodiment of the invention, the aesthetics of the interior of the vehicle is improved.

In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" and the like means a specific feature described in connection with the embodiment or example. A structure, material or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In the present specification, the schematic representation of the above terms does not necessarily mean the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary. It is to be understood that the invention may be modified, modified, substituted and modified within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

claims

1. A fixing device for a vehicle dashboard beam, characterized in that it includes:

Bottom plate, the bottom plate is provided with connection holes;

Connector, the first end of the connector in the vertical direction is fixed to the bottom plate and the second end is provided with a long hole; Fixed beam, the fixed beam has a sliding first end in the vertical direction The sliding column is slidably disposed in the elongated hole, and the second end of the fixed beam in the vertical direction is suitable for fixing the vehicle dashboard cross beam.

2. The fixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, there are two fixing beams and two connecting pieces, and they are respectively fixed on both sides of the bottom plate in the longitudinal direction.

3. The fixing device according to claim 2, wherein each of the connecting members includes: a first plate and a second plate that are parallel and spaced apart from each other, the first plate and the second plate The first ends in the vertical direction are respectively fixed to the bottom plate, and the second ends are respectively provided with first long holes and second long holes corresponding to each other, and the long hole portion is composed of the first long hole and the second long hole. The second elongated hole is configured to allow the sliding column to pass through;

a third plate connected generally vertically between the first plate and the second plate, a connection defined between the first plate, the second plate and the third plate groove.

4. The fixing device according to claim 3, characterized in that the fixing device further includes at least one connecting device, the connecting device is placed in the connecting groove, and includes:

The connecting body has a generally "U"-shaped cross-section;

A first bottom plate and a second bottom plate, the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate are respectively provided at both lateral ends of the connection body; two connection nuts, the connection nuts are respectively provided at the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate. On the bottom plate, the connecting nuts respectively have screw holes, and the screw holes correspond to the first and second elongated holes.

5. The fixing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, there are three first long holes and three second long holes respectively, and the three first long holes on the first plate are in the same direction as the longitudinal direction. The three second elongated holes on the second plate are arranged generally in a straight line in the transverse direction that is perpendicular to the direction.

6. The fixing device according to claim 5, characterized in that the upper part of the first plate is provided with a vertically extending guide groove, and the guide groove is connected to the long hole in the middle of the three first long holes. Connected, the connecting body is provided with a guide column, and the guide column is slidably accommodated in the guide groove.

7. The fixing device according to claim 6, characterized in that the guide groove is located in the middle of the middle elongated hole.

8. The fixing device according to claim 6, characterized in that the connection body includes:

A top plate, the top plate is parallel to the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, and the guide pillar is vertically provided on the top plate and extends away from the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate; Two side plates, the two side plates are respectively connected between the top plate and the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, and the two side plates are perpendicular to the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate respectively.

9. The fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the sliding column extends through the long hole portion.

10. The fixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the two connecting holes include two, and the two connecting holes are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, and the two connecting holes are respectively formed in an oblong shape. .

11. A vehicle, characterized by comprising: a fixing device for a vehicle dashboard beam according to any one of claims 1-10.