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Carpet supporting member mounting structure
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkinori Kato
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AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkinori Kato
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A carpet supporting member mounting structure for mounting a carpet supporting member to an instrument panel assembly to support a floor carpet including a portion to cover a tunnel portion of a floor panel of a vehicle includes a mounting portion of the instrument panel assembly and a carpet supporting member. The carpet supporting member includes a supporting member body disposed to project from an upper edge of a sidewall of the tunnel portion and a mounting protrusion protruding from a front edge of the supporting member body and including a base portion and a distal end portion. The base portion is inserted in a mounting hole of the mounting portion. The distal end portion extends from a distal end of the base portion toward a front of the vehicle and is pressed against a hole edge of the mounting hole in the width direction of the vehicle.
A carpet supporting member mounting structure for mounting a carpet supporting member to an instrument panel assembly to support a floor carpet including a portion to cover a tunnel portion of a floor panel of a vehicle, the carpet supporting member mounting structure comprising:
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Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for: floors or bottom sub-units
Of floor mats or carpets: characterised by the fixing means
Acoustic or thermal insulation of passenger compartments: for fire walls or floors
Insulating elements, e.g. for sound insulation: arrangements of fasteners or clips specially adapted therefore
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This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-218721 filed on Nov. 9, 2016. The entire contents of the priority application are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a carpet supporting member mounting structure.
A floor assembly for a vehicle includes a floor panel and a floor carpet that covers the floor panel. The floor carpet is formed in a shape along a shape of an upper surface of the floor panel and supported by the surface of the floor panel. The floor carpet includes a protruding portion along a shape of a tunnel portion of the floor panel.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a floor panel and an instrument panel.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a reinforcing shaft and braces.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a tunnel portion of a floor panel and therearound.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11. A floor panel 10 for a vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1 is made of metal. The floor panel 10 has a rectangular shape that is elongated in the front-rear direction of the vehicle in a plan view. The floor panel 10 includes a tunnel portion 11 in the middle in the width direction of the vehicle. The tunnel portion 11 extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and protrudes upward.
As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, an instrument panel assembly 20 has an elongated shape in the width direction of the vehicle. The instrument panel assembly 20 is disposed over a front portion of the floor panel 10 (including a section of the tunnel portion 11). The instrument panel assembly 20 includes at least a reinforcing shaft 21 (see FIG. 2, also referred to as an instrument panel reinforcing shaft) made of metal, a first brace 22, a second brace 23, a third brace 24 (also referred to as instrument panel braces), and an upper instrument panel component 25. The reinforcing shaft 21 extends in the width direction of the vehicle. The first brace 22, the second brace 23, and the third brace 24 are metal columnar members for supporting the reinforcing shaft 21. The upper instrument panel component 25 is mounted to the reinforcing shaft 21 from the rear side of the vehicle. The upper instrument panel component 25 forms a section of a design surface.
The upper instrument panel component 25 (a panel body) is a synthetic resin panel component that forms an upper portion of the instrument panel. The upper instrument panel component 25 covers the reinforcing shaft 21 from the rear side of the vehicle. Furthermore, the upper instrument panel component 25 and a lower instrument panel component form a design surface of the instrument panel. The first brace 22 and the second brace 23 include lower end portions connected to the tunnel portion 11 and extend upward from the tunnel portion 11. The first brace 22 and the second brace 23 include upper ends connected to the reinforcing shaft 21. The third brace 24 connects the reinforcing shaft 21 to a side of the floor panel 10. Brackets 27 are provided on the reinforcing shaft 21, the first brace 22, and the second brace 23 for mounting of the upper instrument panel component 25.