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US 9,308,943 B2Granted
Instrument panel structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromi Nagai
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Abstract
Supporting members are provided between an instrument panel reinforcement and a display, and the supporting members and a duct are set so as to overlap as seen in side view. Further, at the duct, a through-hole through which the supporting member passes is formed in a duct portion, and a through-hole through which the supporting member passes is formed in a duct portion. Therefore, due to the supporting members, that support the display, being passed-through the duct portion, the supporting members are provided so as to overlap the duct as seen in plan view.
Claims5
An instrument panel structure comprising:
- an instrument panel reinforcement that is provided at a reverse side of an instrument panel, and that extends along a vehicle transverse direction;
- a supporting member that supports a display disposed at an upper surface of the instrument panel, and that is mounted at a central portion, in the vehicle transverse direction, of the instrument panel reinforcement;
- and
- a duct that connects an air conditioner provided at the reverse side of the instrument panel and a register provided at the instrument panel, and that is positioned between the instrument panel reinforcement and the display and overlaps the supporting member as seen in side view, the supporting member being provided rectilinearly such that at least a part thereof overlaps the duct as seen in plan view, and at which a through-hole through which the supporting member passes is formed in a duct main body,
- wherein the through-hole includes a tube portion that extends between a top of the duct and a bottom of the duct so that the through-hole does not communicate with an interior of the duct.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.