Vehicle body structure, vehicle having the structure, method for mounting steering column on vehicle body, and vehicle manufactured using the mounting method
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Takano, Hikaru Sunohara
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Abstract
An instrument panel extends in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body, and is vertically separated into an upper panel and a lower panel. A bolt member for fastening a column-mounting bracket and a column holder is independently fixed to the column-mounting bracket and to the column holder. In a state in which the bolt member is fixed to the column holder, a first nut member is screwed onto a first externally-threaded portion from above the lower panel mounted on the vehicle body, thereby fastening the column holder to the column-mounting bracket.
Claims16
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- an instrument panel extending in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body and vertically separated into an upper panel and a lower panel which are individually mounted on said vehicle body;
- a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body inside said instrument panel;
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- a steering column mounted on said vehicle body with said column-mounting bracket therebetween.
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- an instrument panel extending in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body and vertically separated into an upper panel and a lower panel which are individually mounted on said vehicle body;
- a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body inside said instrument panel;
- a column holder for holding a steering column on said column-mounting bracket;
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- a fastening member which is independently fastened to said column-mounting bracket and to said column holder so as to fix said column holder to said column-mounting bracket.
A method for mounting a steering column on a vehicle body, comprising the steps of:
- mounting one of an upper panel and a lower panel, which are vertically separated and constitute an instrument panel in the widthwise direction of said vehicle body, onto said vehicle body;
- attaching said steering column to a column-mounting bracket fixed to said vehicle body;
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- mounting the other of said upper panel and said lower panel onto said vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.