WO2016208063A1

WO2016208063A1 - Attachment structure for in-vehicle device

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Publication number: WO2016208063A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/068512
Authority: WO
Inventors: バリソンチャールーンポーン
Original assignee: 本田技研工業株式会社
Priority date: 2015-06-26
Filing date: 2015-06-26
Publication date: 2016-12-29
Also published as: MY197539A

Abstract

The present invention is an in-vehicle device attachment structure that comprises a support member (20) that extends in front of the seating position of a driver (Mn) in the lateral direction of a vehicle, a left-right pair of retaining members (41, 42) that are secured to this support member (20), and a box-shaped in-vehicle device (30) that is disposed and retained between these retaining members (41, 42). The left-right pair of retaining members (41, 42) have the same shape.

Description

Mounting structure for in-vehicle equipment

The present invention relates to an improved mounting structure for an in-vehicle device.

The in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle is attached to a support member provided on the vehicle body. For example, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 as a conventional technique related to an in-vehicle device mounting structure.

In the mounting structure of an in-vehicle device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a steering hanger as a support member extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the driver's seating position.

The steering hanger has two legs joined to the left and right that extend downward. These two legs are spaced from each other by substantially the same distance as the width of the in-vehicle device. Furthermore, a holding member for holding the in-vehicle device is provided from each of the two legs to the side of the in-vehicle device.

The in-vehicle device is disposed between the left and right holding members, and is fixed to the holding members using screws. Thereby, the vehicle-mounted device is attached to the steering hanger.

Here, the two holding members that hold the in-vehicle device from the left and right are different members having different shapes. When mounting an in-vehicle device, it is desirable to reduce the number of components as much as possible from the viewpoint of component costs.

JP 2004-122887 A

An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for an in-vehicle device that can hold the in-vehicle device with a small number of parts.

According to the present invention, the support member extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the driver's seating position,
The left and right holding members are fixed to the support member,
While the box-shaped in-vehicle device is located between these holding members, in the mounting structure of the in-vehicle device that is held,
The left and right two holding members have the same shape, and a mounting structure for an in-vehicle device is provided.

Preferably, the two left and right holding members both have a first side and a second side,
Of the two left and right holding members, one holding member fixed at a position close to the seating position of the driver has the first side portion extending in the front-rear direction,
Of the two left and right holding members, the other holding member has the second side portion extending in the front-rear direction,
The rear end of the second side is located behind the rear end of the first side,
A cross member spanned from the rear end of the first side to the rear end of the second side;
A rear end of the in-vehicle device is disposed along the cross member.

Preferably, a first attachment piece that can be attached to the support member from the first side is raised,
A second attachment piece that can be attached to the support member from the second side is raised,
The shape of the first mounting piece and the shape of the second mounting piece are different from each other.
The second mounting piece of the one holding member is supported by the support member;
The first mounting piece of the other holding member is supported by the support member.

In the present invention, in the mounting structure of the in-vehicle device, the support member extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the seating position of the driver, and the left and right holding members positioned on both sides of the in-vehicle device are fixed to the support member. Yes. And these two holding members exhibit the same shape.

Therefore, the left and right holding members can be shared, and one type of component can be used as the left and right holding members. When mounting on-vehicle equipment, the number of parts can be reduced, and the parts cost can be reduced.

Furthermore, in the present invention, both the left and right holding members have a first side and a second side. Of the two left and right holding members, one holding member fixed at a position close to the seating position of the driver has a first side extending in the front-rear direction, and the other holding member has a second side in the front-rear direction. It extends. The rear end of the second side portion is located behind the rear end of the first side portion. In addition, a cross member extends from the rear end of the first side portion to the rear end of the second side portion, and the rear end of the in-vehicle device is disposed along the cross member.

That is, since the rear end of the second side located far from the seating position of the driver is located behind the rear end of the first side, the cross that is spanned to connect these rear ends. The member extends obliquely with respect to the vehicle width direction.

The rear end of the in-vehicle device is arranged along this diagonally extending cross member. Therefore, the surface serving as the interface of the in-vehicle device faces the driver side, not the rear. Since it becomes easy for the driver to face the surface serving as the interface of the in-vehicle device, the operation of the in-vehicle device is facilitated and the interface can be easily seen.

Furthermore, in this invention, the 1st attachment piece part which can be attached to a support member from the 1st edge part is raised, and the 2nd attachment piece part which can be attached to a support member is raised from the 2nd edge part. The shape of the first mounting piece and the shape of the second mounting piece are different from each other.

Therefore, when attaching the left and right holding members to the support member, using the first attachment piece portion and the second attachment piece portion as a mark, two holding members having the same shape are attached to the left, and the holding member is attached to the right. Can be distinguished. As a result, the left and right holding members can be securely attached to predetermined positions of the support member.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle body that employs an in-vehicle device mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the holding member which comprises the mounting structure of the vehicle equipment shown by FIG. FIG. 3 is a three-side view of the holding member shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure explaining the method of using the holding member shown by FIG. 2 for a right and left holding member. It is an effect | action figure of the mounting structure of the vehicle equipment shown by FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description, left and right refer to the left and right based on the vehicle occupant, and front and rear refer to the front and rear based on the traveling direction of the vehicle. In the figure, Fr is front, Rr is rear, L is left when viewed from the occupant, R is right when viewed from the occupant, Up is upper, and Dn is lower.
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Refer to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a vehicle 10 that employs an on-vehicle equipment mounting structure according to the present invention. The vehicle body 11 constituting the skeleton of the vehicle 10 has

side sills

12 and 12 extending in the front-rear direction at the left and right ends, and the left and right

front pillars

13 and 13 stand upward from the front portions of the

side sills

12 and 12, respectively. Has been raised. A floor panel 14 is provided between the left and right side sills 12, and a dashboard lower 15 is raised from the front end of the floor panel 14.

An engine room 16 in which the engine is stored is formed in front of the dashboard lower 15. That is, the engine room 16 and the vehicle compartment 18 are separated by the dashboard lower 15.

Between the left and right

front pillars

13, 13, a steering hanger 20 (support member 20) that supports the steering wheel 24 is suspended. The steering hanger 20 includes a cylindrical beam portion 21 extending in the vehicle width direction, and

flange portions

22 and 22 provided at both ends of the beam portion 21.

The two left and

right flange portions

22, 22 are fixed to the

side panels

17, 17 using bolts 19, respectively. Thereby, the steering hanger 20 is attached to the vehicle body 11.

A steering bracket 25 that supports the steering wheel 24 is joined to the right side of the beam portion 21. A steering shaft 26 extending forward is attached to the center of the steering wheel 24, and the steering shaft 26 is supported by the steering bracket 25.

In the center of the steering hanger 20, an audio device 30 (on-vehicle device 30) is attached. More specifically, a box-shaped operation unit in the audio device 30 is attached. The operation unit is a part that is operated by the occupant in order to adjust the volume and to select the music piece. Details will be described below.

Left and right first leg portions 31 and second leg portions 32 extending downward are joined to the beam portion 21. The first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32 are spaced from each other by approximately the same width as the audio device 30. Furthermore, a first holding member 41 and a second holding member 42 for holding the audio device 30 are provided from each of the first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32 to the side of the audio device 30. A cross member 28 is spanned between the rear ends of the first holding member 41 and the second holding member 42. An audio device 30 is attached to the top of the cross member 28. Above the audio device 30, a pressing portion 29 joined to the beam portion 21 is located.

In the present embodiment, the mounting structure of the audio device 30 when the steering wheel 24 is disposed on the right side will be described. However, the vehicle having the steering wheel 24 disposed on the left side of the audio device 30 according to the present embodiment is described. A structure symmetrical to the mounting structure can be adopted. Description is omitted.

Here, the first holding member 41 and the second holding member 42 used when attaching the audio device 30 have the same shape. In other words, in the mounting structure of the audio device 30 according to the present invention, two holding members 40 of one kind are prepared, and one of them is attached to the first leg 31 by changing the position and orientation of the holding member 40. The holding member 41 and the other are used as the second holding member 42 attached to the second leg portion 32. Hereinafter, the holding members 40 used for the left and right first holding members 41 and the second holding members 42 will be described.

Refer to FIG. First, the shape of the holding member 40 will be described.

The holding member 40 has a main body portion 41 having a substantially right triangle shape, and an edge portion 45 that is raised from an edge of the main body portion 41 and can be attached to the first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32 (see FIG. 1). It consists of. Hereinafter, for convenience, the surface surrounded by the raised edge 45 among the two surfaces of the main body 41 is referred to as a back surface 52, and the other surface is referred to as a surface 51.

The edge 45 includes a first side 46 and a second side 47 that form a right angle adjacent to each other, and a third side that connects the ends of the first side 46 and the second side 47 to form an oblique side. 48.

The first side 46 is formed by raising a first attachment piece 61 that can be attached to the first leg 31. The second side portion 47 is formed by raising a second attachment piece portion 62 that can be attached to the second leg portion 32. The shape of the first attachment piece 61 and the shape of the second attachment piece 62 are different from each other. Details will be described later.

A long hole 71 extending along the first side portion 46 is formed in the main body portion 41. Ribs 72 are formed on the edges of the elongated holes 71. Furthermore, the main body portion 41 is formed with

round holes

73 and 74 and

rectangular holes

75 and 76. Further, the main body 41 is formed with

recesses

77 and 78 that are recessed from the front surface 51 toward the back surface 52.

Referring also to FIG. The first attachment piece 61 is formed so as to extend perpendicularly from the first side 46. Specifically, the first attachment piece 61 has a rectangular shape, and two short sides extend vertically from the first side. A first hole 68 having the same shape as the outer shape of the first attachment piece 61 is formed in the center of the first attachment piece 61.

The first mounting piece 61 has a rectangular shape and is formed to extend obliquely from the second side 47. A second hole 69 having the same shape as the outer shape of the second mounting piece is formed in the center.

Suppose that the dimension of the first side is L1, and the dimension of the second side is L2. The relationship between these dimensions is L1 <L2.

Refer to FIG. Next, the position and orientation when the holding member 40 is attached to the first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32 (see FIG. 1) as the first holding member 41 and the second holding member 42 will be described.

Refer to FIG. A description will be given based on the state where the surface 51 of the holding member 40 appears and the second side 47 is the bottom.

Refer to FIG. 4 (b). The first holding member 41 is used as it is without changing the reference position and orientation shown in FIG. That is, with respect to the first holding member 41, the second side 47 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction (see FIG. 1) as the bottom, and the first side 46 is attached to the first leg 31 (see FIG. 1). Become.

Refer to FIG. Next, the second holding member 42 will be described. First, the holding member 40 is turned over from the state in which the surface 51 appears with the second side portion 47 as the bottom side.

Refer to FIG. 4 (d). The holding member 40 is inverted and the back surface 52 appears. Further, the holding member 40 turned upside down is rotated 90 degrees to the right.

Refer to FIG. 4 (e). The holding member 40 on which the back surface 52 appears has the first side portion 46 as the bottom side. As a result, with respect to the second holding member 42, the first side 46 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction as the bottom, and the second side 47 is a part attached to the second leg 32 (see FIG. 1).

The reason why the dimension L2 of the second side part is larger than the dimension L1 of the first side part will be described later.

Next, the operation and effect of the present invention will be described.

Refer to FIG. A steering hanger 20 extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the driver Mn seated on the seat 59. Two left and right first holding members 41 and second holding members 42 located on both sides of the audio device 30 are fixed to the steering hanger 20 via the first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32. Yes.

Referring also to FIG. The first holding member 41 and the second holding member 42 have the same shape. That is, two types of holding members 40 are prepared, and by changing the position and orientation of the holding member 40, one is a first holding member 41 attached to the first leg 31 and the other is a second leg. It is used as the second holding member 42 to be attached.

Therefore, the members used for the left and right first holding members 41 and the second holding member 42 can be shared. When the audio device 30 is attached, the number of parts can be reduced, and the parts cost can be reduced.

Here, the dimension L2 of the second side part 47 is larger than the dimension L1 of the first side part 46. Therefore, the rear end of the second side portion is located behind the rear end of the first side portion 46. In addition, the cross member 28 extends from the rear end of the first side portion 46 to the rear end of the second side portion 47, and the rear end of the audio device 30 is arranged along the cross member 28.

That is, the cross member 28 extends obliquely with respect to the vehicle width direction, and the rear end of the audio device 30 is disposed along the cross member 28 extending obliquely.

Therefore, the operation surface of the audio device 30 faces the driver Mn, not the back. Since the driver Mn can easily face the operation surface of the audio device 30, the operation of the audio device 30 is facilitated.

Referring also to FIG. A first attachment side 61 is formed on the first side 46 attached to the first leg 31. A second attachment piece portion 62 is formed on the second side portion 47 attached to the second leg portion 32. The shape of the first attachment piece 61 and the shape of the second attachment piece 62 are different from each other.

Therefore, when the two holding members 40 are respectively attached to the steering hanger 20 (see FIG. 5), the two holding members 40 having the same shape are moved to the left using the first attachment piece 61 and the second attachment piece 62 as marks. A first holding member 41 attached to the right side and a second holding member 42 attached to the right side can be distinguished. As a result, the first holding member 41 and the second holding member 42 can be reliably attached to the first leg portion 31 and the second leg portion 32 (see FIG. 5), respectively.

In the present embodiment, the audio device mounting structure has been described. However, the present invention can also be used for mounting a touch panel navigation device, a liquid crystal monitor, or an operation unit of an air conditioner. In other words, the present invention can be adopted as long as it is an in-vehicle device having an interface for the driver to visually recognize and operate.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the dimension L2 of the second side portion 47 far from the seating position is made longer than the dimension L1 of the first side portion 46. It is not always long. That is, as long as the rear end of the second side portion 47 is located behind the rear end of the first side portion 46, the dimensions of the first side portion 46 and the dimensions of the second side portion 47 can be changed as appropriate.

The mounting structure of the in-vehicle device of the present invention is suitable for use in a passenger car.

Body ... 11
Side panel ... 17
Steering hanger ... 20
Beam part ... 21
Flange part ... 22,22
Steering wheel ... 24
Audio equipment ... 30
Holding member ... 40, first holding member ... 41, second holding member ... 42
Body part ... 44
Edge ... 45
First side ... 46
Second side ... 47
Third side ... 48
Surface ... 51
Back side ... 52
First mounting piece 61
Second mounting piece part 62

Claims

A support member extends in the vehicle width direction in front of the driver's seating position,
The left and right holding members are fixed to the support member,
While the box-shaped in-vehicle device is located between these holding members, in the mounting structure of the in-vehicle device that is held,
The mounting structure for an in-vehicle device, wherein the two left and right holding members have the same shape.
The two left and right holding members both have a first side and a second side,
Of the two left and right holding members, one holding member fixed at a position close to the seating position of the driver has the first side portion extending in the front-rear direction,
Of the two left and right holding members, the other holding member has the second side portion extending in the front-rear direction,
The rear end of the second side is located behind the rear end of the first side,
A cross member spanned from the rear end of the first side to the rear end of the second side;
The mounting structure for an in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein a rear end of the in-vehicle device is disposed along the cross member.
A first attachment piece that can be attached to the support member from the first side is raised,
A second attachment piece that can be attached to the support member from the second side is raised,
The shape of the first mounting piece and the shape of the second mounting piece are different from each other.
The second mounting piece of the one holding member is supported by the support member;
The mounting structure for an in-vehicle device according to claim 2, wherein the first mounting piece portion of the other holding member is supported by the support member.