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Instrument Panel

a technology for instruments and panels, applied in dashboard lighting devices, roofs, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of increasing costs, difficult to give uniform brightness to the interior of storage parts, increasing costs for finishing, etc., and achieves the effect of increasing costs, reducing storage space, and controlling parts

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-06-11
SUZUKI MOTOR CORP
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Benefits of technology

This design reduces part count and manufacturing complexity, lowers costs, and ensures uniform illumination of the storage part's interior while preventing light from falling on the windshield, thus enhancing design flexibility and reducing assembly challenges.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, the number of parts increases, the manpower for assembling parts increases, and part control becomes more difficult, resulting in an increase in costs.
Therefore, the finisher is difficult to manufacture, and resultantly the cost for manufacturing the finisher increases.
Also, although the interior of the storage part is illuminated by the light of the lighting part, it is difficult to illuminate the peripheral portion of the lighting part by means of the light of the lighting part, so that it is difficult to give uniform brightness to the interior of the storage part.

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[0021]FIG. 1 shows the whole of an instrument panel 1 in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the vehicle front direction is denoted by F. In the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the instrument panel 1 is provided with a body 1a. In the central portion in the vehicle width direction of the instrument panel 1, an air conditioner unit operation part 2 for controlling an air conditioner is provided. On the vehicle rear side of the operation part 2, an operation panel 3 is arranged. The operation panel 3, which is generally called a heater control panel, is configured as a part of the surface of the instrument panel 1. The operation panel 3 is provided with operating members such as dials 3a. Display parts 3b each manufactured of a material capable of transmitting light are provided so as to surround the peripheries of the dials 3a.

[0022]A storage part 4 is provided adjacent to the upper side of the operation part 2 ...

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Abstract

There is provided an instrument panel capable of uniformly brightening the interior of a storage part without special provision of a light source. In the instrument panel including an operation part (2) having an operation panel (3) for controlling a vehicle; a light source (6) for illuminating the operation panel (3), which the light source (6) is provided in the operation part (2); and the storage part (4) arranged adjacent to the operation part (2), an opening (7) is provided between the operation part (2) and the storage part (4); a tray (8) is provided between the opening (7) and the storage part (4) as a wall surface; and the tray (8) is formed of a material capable of transmitting the light of the light source (6), which is transmitted via the opening (7).

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to an instrument panel provided with a storage part adjacent to an operation part. More particularly, it relates to an instrument panel capable of illuminating the interior of the storage part without special provision of a light source.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]An instrument panel for a vehicle is provided with various operation parts capable of controlling vehicular equipment. In many cases, the passenger touches an operation panel provided in the operation part to control the vehicular equipment. Examples of equipment having such an operation part may include an air conditioner unit, audio equipment, and the like. Also, some instrument panels are provided with a storage part for storing small articles and the like. Both the operation part and the storage part are provided with a light source, and the instrument panel has a function of illuminating the operation panel and the interior of the storage panel by means of...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B60Q3/04
CPCB60Q3/042B60Q3/022B60Q3/225B60Q3/12
Inventor SUTOU, MITSURUMASADA, KEIICHIYAMADA, TOSHIYUKI
Owner SUZUKI MOTOR CORP
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