Panel member in front of vehicle seat

A panel member provided in front of a seat in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle at a height such that knees of an occupant who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the panel member, the panel member comprising:

• a cover member defining a surface of the panel member;
• and
• a reinforcement member attached to a back side of the cover member over an entire region of the back side,
• wherein the reinforcement member comprises an outer part, a central part, and an inner part in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle,
• wherein the outer part is provided with a first grid-shaped rib unit,
• wherein the inner part is provided with a second grid-shaped rib unit that expands in the vehicle width direction more easily than the first grid-shaped rib unit, and
• wherein the central part is not provided with a rib unit, and is provided with a coupling member coupling the first grid-shaped rib unit and the second grid-shaped rib unit,
• wherein the central part in the vehicle width direction in which the grid-shaped rib unit is not provided is to overlap a region to be contacted by one of right and left knees of an a first occupant of a first type who moves forward from the seat, the one of the right and left knees being closer to a center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction than another one of the right and left knees,
• wherein the upper part of the reinforcement member is provided at a height such that knees of a second occupant of a second type who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the upper part, and
• wherein the lower part of the reinforcement member is provided at a height such that the knees of the first occupant of the first type who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the lower part,
• wherein the panel member in front of the seat is a lid of a glove box of the vehicle,
• wherein the cover member of the glove box comprises an operation unit to be operated by the occupant of the vehicle to open and close the glove box, and
• wherein the operation unit is provided to correspond to the upper part of the reinforcement member,
• wherein the reinforcement member is attached to a back surface of the cover member at respective ends of the first grid-shaped rib unit and the second grid-shaped rib unit over a region excluding the coupling member in the central part in the vehicle width direction.

A panel member provided in front of a seat in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle at a height such that knees of an occupant who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the panel member, the panel member comprising:

• a cover member defining a surface of the panel member;
• and
• a reinforcement member attached to a back side of the cover member over an entire region of the back side,
• wherein the reinforcement member comprises an outer part, a central part, and an inner part in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle,
• wherein the outer part is provided with a first grid-shaped rib unit,
• wherein the inner part is provided with a second grid-shaped rib unit that expands in the vehicle width direction more easily than the first grid-shaped rib unit, and
• wherein the central part is not provided with a rib unit, and is provided with a coupling member coupling the first grid-shaped rib unit and the second grid-shaped rib unit,
• wherein the reinforcement member comprises an upper part in an up-down direction of the vehicle and a lower part other than the upper part, and
• wherein the upper part of the reinforcement member is provided with a third rib unit extending over entire regions of the outer part, the central part, and the inner part,
• wherein the central part in the vehicle width direction in which the grid-shaped rib unit is not provided is to overlap a region to be contacted by one of right and left knees of an a first occupant of a first type who moves forward from the seat, the one of the right and left knees being closer to a center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction than another one of the right and left knees,
• wherein the upper part of the reinforcement member is provided at a height such that knees of a second occupant of a second type who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the upper part, and
• wherein the lower part of the reinforcement member is provided at a height such that the knees of the first occupant of the first type who moves forward from the seat are to come into contact with the lower part,
• wherein the panel member in front of the seat is a lid of a glove box of the vehicle,
• wherein the cover member of the glove box comprises an operation unit to be operated by the occupant of the vehicle to open and close the glove box, and
• wherein the operation unit is provided to correspond to the upper part of the reinforcement member,
• wherein the reinforcement member is attached to a back surface of the cover member at respective ends of the first grid-shaped rib unit and the second grid-shaped rib unit over a region excluding the coupling member in the central part in the vehicle width direction.