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Instrument panel device

An instrument panel, vehicle width direction technology, applied in the field of instrument panel devices, can solve problems such as the driver's feeling of oppression, reducing the visibility of the front view of the vehicle, and difficult to quickly and correctly confirm the display content.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-28
MAZDA MOTOR CORP
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However, when setting its size in order to ensure the visibility of each instrument, it will be difficult to avoid the increase of the upper end position of the installation part of the instrument, which will cause the following problems: the visibility of the vehicle front view is reduced, or the The driver feels oppressed, etc.
[0004] In addition, when the driver who is in the state of confirming the front through the front window of the vehicle cabin wants to confirm both the above-mentioned upper instrument and the lower instrument, since the upper instrument and the lower instrument appear to be vertically continuous, it will be difficult to Quickly and correctly confirm the problem of its displayed content

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[0057] Figure 1 to Figure 11 A first embodiment of the instrument panel device according to the present invention is shown. This instrument panel device has: an instrument panel main body 1 provided at the front part of the vehicle compartment and protruding toward the rear side of the vehicle body and extending in the vehicle width direction; The center console unit 2 hangs downward; the cluster unit 4 is placed in front of the steering wheel 3 operated by the driver; and the screen display unit 5 displays information related to in-vehicle devices described later. In addition, in the present embodiment, the driver's seat is located on the left side of the vehicle compartment, and correspondingly, the above-mentioned steering wheel 3 is also provided on the left side of the vehicle compartment.

[0058] The instrument panel main body 1 has: a front portion 6 extending in the vehicle width direction along the lower end portion of the front window 10 and provided substantially...

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[0092] Below, refer to Figures 12 to 19 A second embodiment of the instrument panel device of the present invention will be described. However, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same constituent elements as those of the above-mentioned first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0093] In this second embodiment, if Figure 12 and Figure 17 As shown, the screen display unit 5 is provided with a navigation device 117 in addition to the liquid crystal display unit 105 for displaying information related to the vehicle-mounted equipment composed of the air conditioner unit 39 and the audio unit. The above-mentioned navigation device 117 with a relatively large volume of the device main body is arranged on the part on the driver's seat side in the right half part 23b of the above-mentioned stepped portion 23, and the above-mentioned liquid crystal display unit 105 with a relatively small volume of the device main body is used to drive alon...

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Abstract

An instrument panel device for automobile comprises an instrument panel body 1, a meter cluster portion 4, a display indication portion 5, an instrument-panel recess portion 25 comprising a bottom face portion 24 extending from a central portion of the recess portion to a driver's-seat-side end portion of the recess portion and a portion of difference in level 23 which rises upward from a front end portion of the bottom face portion, a projection portion provided in front of the steering wheel, the projection portion being formed in such a manner that a specified portion of the bottom face portion of the recess portion which is located in front of the steering wheel projects upward. A meter-panel face portion of the meter cluster portion is provided at the projection portion. The display indication portion is provided at a central portion of the portion of difference in level.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an instrument panel device provided at a front portion of a vehicle cabin, protruding toward the rear side of a vehicle body, and extending in a vehicle width direction. Background technique [0002] In the past, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2005-297657, the following automobile instrument panel structure is known: the upper instrument panel and the lower instrument panel are respectively supported on the front upper part and the rear lower part of the instrument panel main body, and the upper panel and the lower part The panel is detachably fixed to the instrument panel body in a state surrounding the upper gauge and the lower gauge. The upper gauge and the lower gauge are respectively arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the upper half of the steering wheel. The rim is formed generally along the shape of the upper half of the steering wheel. [0003] In the instrument panel struct...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60K37/02B62D25/14
Inventor 高山雅年丰原利宪田中一洋居仓和德冈崎安昭落水均
Owner MAZDA MOTOR CORP
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