Meter module and structure for assembling the same

An instrument panel assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a meter module including:
• a meter display unit having a meter and provided with a guide protrusion on the top thereof;
• and
• a cluster unit, separate from said meter display unit, having an electric circuit for controlling said meter and a switch and provided with another guide protrusion on the top thereof;
• and
• a module accommodating portion receiving said separate meter display unit and said cluster unit and having an introducing guide receiving said guide protrusions,
• wherein electric contacts, connected to circuit conductors of said meter display unit and said cluster unit, are provided respectively on said guide protrusions of said meter display unit and said cluster unit,
• wherein electric contactors, electrically connected to said electric contacts on said guide protrusions, are provided on said introducing guide of said module accommodating portion, and
• wherein said meter display unit and said cluster unit are installed into said module accommodating portion by inserting said guide protrusions into said introducing guide, whereby said electric contacts and contactors are contacted with each other to provide electric connection simultaneously with said insertion of said guide protrusions into said introducing guide.

An instrument panel assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a meter module including:
• a meter display unit having a meter, a guide protrusion, and an electrical contact connected to the meter, the electrical contact being disposed on the guide protrusion;
• and
• a cluster unit, separate from said meter display unit, having a switch, a guide protrusion, and an electrical contact connected to the switch, the electrical contact being disposed on the guide protrusion;
• and
• a module accommodating portion receiving said meter module, said module accommodating portion having a connector with guide grooves receiving the guide protrusions of said meter display unit and said cluster unit, said connector having a first electrical contact contacting the electrical contact on the guide protrusion of said meter display unit and a second electrical contact contacting the electrical contact on the guide protrusion of said cluster unit, said first and second electrical contacts of said connector being disposed between said guide grooves.