JPH0629120Y2 - Console box mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a console box continuously provided to an instrument panel provided in a passenger compartment of a passenger vehicle, for example. .

(Prior Art) As shown in FIG. 3, an instrument panel 1 and a console box 2 are provided in a passenger compartment of a general passenger vehicle.
Is provided. Here, the lower part of the center of the instrument panel 1 in the left-right direction is extended downward, and has a coupling structure as shown in FIG. A connecting piece 3 is integrally provided on the connecting portion 1 a of the instrument panel 1. In this coupling piece 3, four fixing holes 4 to 7 penetrating in the vertical direction are bored in a row in the left and right, and the central portion of these fixing holes 4 to 7, that is, the left side 2
Two positioning columns 8 and 9 are provided in an upright state between the one fixing hole 4 and 5 and the two right fixing holes 6 and 7.

Further, the left and right parts of the connecting piece 3 are extended along side parts of a rectangular fixing part 10 formed on a floor panel of a vehicle body (not shown). Here, screw holes 10a and 10b are formed on the upper surface of the fixing portion 10 at positions corresponding to the fixing holes 4 and 7 located at the left and right ends of the instrument panel 1.

On the other hand, a connecting piece 11 is attached to the connecting portion 2a of the console box 2.
Is provided. The connecting piece 11 is formed so as to overlap with the upper surface of the connecting piece 3 of the instrument panel 1, and the fixing holes 5 and 6 on the instrument panel 1 side.
Corresponding fixing holes 12 and 13 are formed, and through holes 14 and 15 into which the positioning posts 8 and 9 are inserted are also formed.

A cover 16 is provided between the connecting portions 1a and 2a of the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 so that a continuous appearance is obtained.

That is, the instrument panel 1 is fixed to the upper surface of the fixing portion 10 of the vehicle body so that the coupling piece 3 is superposed, and then the engagement piece 1 of the console box 2 is attached to the upper surface of the engagement piece 3.
Polymerize 1. At this time, positioning columns 8 and 9 are inserted into the through holes 14 and 15 for positioning.

Then, the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 are joined by screwing unillustrated tapping screws into the fixing holes 5 and 6 and the fixing holes 12 and 13, respectively.

Further, fixing screws (not shown) are sequentially inserted from above and screwed into the fixing holes 12 and 13 of the console box 2, the fixing holes 4 and 7 of the instrument panel 1, and the screw holes 10a and 10b of the fixing portion 10 of the vehicle body. It is fixed to the car body by doing so. After fixing, the cover 16 is provided between the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2.
Are installed to obtain a continuous appearance.

However, in such a mounting structure, when it is desired to remove the instrument panel 1, it is necessary to remove the console box 2, which results in poor maintenance workability.

Therefore, in order to improve maintainability, as shown in FIG. 5, the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2
The respective coupling pieces 17, 18 and 19 can be attached and detached without vertically interfering with each other. That is, four screw holes 21 to 24 are formed in a row in the left-right direction with respect to the fixing portion 20 of the vehicle body (not shown), and the connecting pieces 17 and 1 on the instrument panel 1 side are formed.
8 is a through hole 2 corresponding to the left and right screw holes 21 and 24.
5 and 26 are bored, and through holes 27 and 28 corresponding to the screw holes 22 and 23 are bored in the connecting piece 19 of the console box 2. The instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 are separately coupled to the fixed portion 20 of the vehicle body. The cover 16 is provided in the same manner as described above.

With this configuration, the instrument panel 1
It is not necessary to remove the console box 2 to remove it, which improves the maintainability. However, since the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 are separately fixed to the vehicle body, it is difficult to fix them with an integral appearance, There is a new problem that the connecting portion is likely to be displaced.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the instrument panel and the console box that are integrally fixed need to be joined together so as not to create a gap between the joined portions. There is a need for a highly maintainable mounting structure that can be individually installed and removed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a console box mounting structure that has a high maintainability and can easily obtain an integrated appearance with a simple fixing structure.

[Constitution of device]

(Means and Actions for Solving the Problem) The present invention is to provide a coupling piece that is independently coupled to a vehicle body without overlapping each other at a coupling portion of an instrument panel and a console box, and these coupling pieces have a key in plan view. By providing the engaging pieces formed in the shape of a mold and projecting the inclined portions having a triangular cross section in the engaging portion of each of the engaging pieces, the inclined portion of the key shape is formed by the inclined portion at the time of mounting. The engagement pieces are guided and engaged with each other, and the instrument panel and the console box are securely fixed to a predetermined fixing position so as not to move in the front, rear, left, and right directions.

In addition, the instrument panel and the console box can be attached and detached individually without attaching or detaching one of them first, which improves maintainability.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the main part structure of the embodiment in this invention.
The instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 shown in the figure are basically the same in structure as those shown in the conventional example, so only the essential parts of the invention will be described.

An instrument panel 1 shown in the drawing is a portion extending from a lower central portion in the left-right direction of a main body in which instruments (not shown) are provided, and a connecting portion 29 is formed.
The connecting portion 29 is connected to the connecting portion 3 of the console box 2.
0 is confronted.

Then, coupling pieces 31 and 32 are provided on the left and right sides of the surface forming the connecting portion 29 of the instrument panel 1, respectively. The connecting pieces 31 and 32 are formed in an L-shaped cross section in the front-rear direction and overlap along the left and right ends of a fixing portion 33 formed on a floor panel of a vehicle body (not shown). Here, the fixing portion 33 is formed in a rectangular shape and forms four rows in the left-right direction with four screw holes 34,
~ 37 are provided. Then, the coupling pieces 31, 3
2, through holes 38 and 39 corresponding to the screw holes 34 and 37 at the left and right ends of the screw holes 34 to 37 are formed. Further, engaging pieces 40 and 41 are provided at the ends of the coupling pieces 31 and 32 facing each other so as to form a key shape.

Protrusions 42 and 43 are provided above the engagement pieces 40 and 41 so as to project upward, and inclined portions 44, 45 and 4 are provided.
6, 47 are formed. That is, the cross section in the left-right direction is formed in a triangular shape, and the front side portion has the inclined portions 44 and 45 that descend forward, and the rear side portions include the inclined portions 46 and 47 that descend downward. Has been formed.

On the other hand, the connecting portion 30 of the console box 2 is provided with a connecting piece 48 formed so as to be fitted to the connecting pieces 31 and 32 on the instrument panel 1 side. The connecting piece 48 has two screw holes 3 at the center of the fixing portion 33.
Through holes 49 and 50 corresponding to the holes 5 and 36 are formed. Further, engaging pieces 51, 52 are provided on the left and right end portions on the tip side of the coupling piece 48, and the engaging pieces 51, 5 are provided.
2 has triangular protrusions 53 and 54 protruding upward. These convex portions 53 and 54 form inclined portions 55 and 56 which are inclined downward toward the front and inclined portions 57 and 58 which are inclined downward toward the rear.

By being formed in this way, the instrument panel 1
And connecting pieces 31, 32, 4 of the console box 2 to each other
8 are fitted so as not to shift in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction.

For example, the console box 2 is first joined to the fixing portion 33 by a bolt (not shown), and then the joining pieces 31 and 32 of the instrument panel 1 are attached so as to be fitted to the joining pieces 48 of the fixed console box 2.
At this time, the engagement pieces 40 and 41 provided on the instrument panel 1 are tightened with bolts (not shown) in a state of overlapping with the inclined portions 57 and 58 provided on the engagement pieces 51 and 52 provided on the console box 2. Even if the slope 5
By moving along 7, 58 and being guided to the mounting position, accurate mounting can be performed. Here, the convex portions 42, 4
If 3, 53, 54 are not provided, the connecting pieces 31, 32, 48 may be cracked and fixed in the overlapping state, and cracks may be generated in the coupling pieces 31, 32, 48, but such cracking can be prevented.

Further, the attachment / detachment can be performed from either the instrument panel 1 or the console box 2, and only one of them can be detached. This can improve maintainability.

The cover 16 is fitted between the connecting portions 29 and 30 thus attached, and the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 are attached with a continuous appearance.

The invention is not limited to the above-mentioned one embodiment. For example, the structure in which the coupling pieces 31, 32 and 48 are provided in the instrument panel 1 and the console box 2 in reverse, that is, the engagement piece 48 is provided in the instrument panel 1 and the engagement pieces 40, 41 are provided in the console box 2. Those provided with are also included.

Further, the convex portions 42, 43, 53, 54 all have the inclined portions 44, 47, 55, 58 in the front-back direction, but in addition, the inclined portions for position adjustment in the left-right direction are provided, that is, It also includes a protrusion having a triangular cross section in the front-rear direction. Further, the convex portions 42, 43, 53, 54 are provided for the engaging pieces 40, 41, 51, 52, respectively, but the invention is not limited to this, and the engaging pieces 44, 41, 5 are provided.
Inclined portions 44, 45, 57, 5 utilizing the thicknesses of 1, 52
8 and the like are also included. In short, the inclined portions 44, 45, 57, 5 formed so as to guide the mutual engaging pieces 40, 41, 51, 52 to the mounting position by tightening at the time of mounting.
It suffices to have 8.

In addition, in the above-mentioned one embodiment, after fixing the console box to the fixed portion, the instrument panel is also fixed to the fixed portion, however, on the contrary, after fixing the instrument panel, the console box is fixed. May be.

[Effect of device]

By providing a key-shaped engaging piece on a connecting piece that is independently coupled to the vehicle body without overlapping with each other and projecting an inclined portion having a triangular cross section in vertical direction on the engaging piece, the instrument panel without deviation And a console box can be attached.

Further, the instrument panel and the console box can be attached and detached independently of each other, and can be independently and accurately attached, so that maintainability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting structure of an instrument panel and a console box, and FIG. 2 is a relation between the instrument panel and the console box. FIGS. 3 to 5 are plan views showing a combined state, which are conventional examples.
Figure is a perspective view of the instrument panel and console box provided in the passenger compartment, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the installation state of the instrument panel and console box, and Figure 5 is another installation of the instrument panel and console box. It is an exploded perspective view showing a structure. 1 ... Instrument panel, 2 ... Console box, 29 ... Connection part, 30 ... Connection part, 31, 32 ...
... Coupling pieces, 40, 41 ... Engaging pieces, 48 ... Coupling pieces, 5
1, 52 ... Engaging piece, 44, 45 ... Inclined portion, 57, 5
8 ... Inclined part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A mounting structure for a console box, which is continuously provided at a lower center of a left and right direction of an instrument panel, wherein the instrument panel and the console box are provided at respective connecting portions.
A coupling piece that is independently coupled to the vehicle body without overlapping with each other, an engagement piece integrally provided on each coupling piece and formed in a key shape that engages with each other in a plan view, and these engagement pieces. A console box characterized in that it is provided with projecting projections on each other's engaging parts, and an inclined part having a triangular cross-section for guiding the engaging pieces of the instrument panel and the mutual engaging parts of the console box to a fixed position when mounted. Mounting structure.