Vehicle instrument panel and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeisuke Kajita
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Abstract
A vehicle instrument panel, includes: a base material extending in a vehicle width direction, at a front part of a vehicle cabin interior of a vehicle; a skin provided with a pair of skin materials, each of the skin materials having an end part thereof joined together at a skin joining part, and the skin forming a design face at the vehicle cabin interior, and a cushion part provided between the base material and the skin and formed of a foamed resin. The base material is provided with a rib at a position facing the skin joining part of the skin.
Claims5
A vehicle instrument panel, comprising:
- a base material extending in a vehicle width direction, at a front part of a vehicle cabin interior of a vehicle;
- a skin provided with a pair of skin materials, each of the skin materials having an end part thereof joined together at a skin joining part, and the skin forming a design face at the vehicle cabin interior;
- and
- a cushion part provided between the base material and the skin and formed of a foamed resin,
- wherein the base material is provided with a rib at a position facing the skin joining part of the skin, and
- wherein the base material comprises:
- a base material upper part disposed at a vehicle rear side of a lower end part of a windshield separating a vehicle cabin interior part from a vehicle cabin exterior part,
- a base material lower part disposed at a vehicle rear side and at a vehicle lower side of the base material upper part, and
- a concave part that links a vehicle rear side end of the base material upper part with a vehicle front side end of the base material lower part, extends in the vehicle width direction, and is recessed toward a vehicle front side as seen in a side view.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle instrument panel, the method comprising:
- molding a skin having a pair of skin materials each having an end part thereof joined together at a skin joining part;
- molding a base material provided with a plurality of ribs at positions corresponding to the skin joining part;
- setting the base material in one die and setting the skin in another die, and closing the one die and the other die;
- and
- molding a cushion part by injecting a foaming crude liquid between the base material and the skin,
- wherein the base material comprises:
- a base material upper part disposed at a vehicle rear side of a lower end part of a windshield separating a vehicle cabin interior part from a vehicle cabin exterior part,
- a base material lower part disposed at a vehicle rear side and a vehicle lower side of the base material upper part, and
- a concave part that links a vehicle rear side end of the base material upper part with a vehicle front side end of the base material lower part, extends in the vehicle width direction, and is recessed toward a vehicle front side as seen in a side view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.