Instrument panel and vehicle

By integrating the diversion groove and busbar design on the vehicle dashboard, the problem of membrane water leaking into the dashboard is solved, electrical failures and increased assembly costs are avoided, and the cost reduction and efficiency increase effect is achieved.

CN222959620UActive Publication Date: 2025-06-10CHONGQING JINKANG NEW ENERGY VEHICLE CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422100117.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-28
Publication Date
2025-06-10
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-28

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Technical Problem

During the windshield glass filming process in front of the car, water is prone to leak downward along the glass into the instrument panel, causing water to enter the connector and causing electrical functions to malfunction. The prior art solves this problem by adding water guide grooves and water guide hoses, but increases installation and manufacturing costs.

Method used

The flow channel and bus groove are integrated on the instrument panel. The flow channel is located below the connection between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the decorative panel. The bus groove is set at the lowest bottom of the flow channel. Water droplets flow into the bus groove along the flow channel and are absorbed by the water absorber.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids water droplets entering the surface of the electrical connectors in the dashboard, prevents circuit short circuits and failures, affects electrical functions and driving safety, and reduces the number of parts and assembly processes, which has the effect of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an instrument panel which comprises an instrument panel front section, a flow guide groove is integrally designed on the instrument panel front section and located below the connecting position between an automobile body front windshield and an automobile body decoration panel, and confluence grooves communicated with the flow guide groove are formed in the two ends, in the automobile body width direction, of the instrument panel front section respectively. The utility model further discloses a vehicle, and the instrument panel is installed on the vehicle. According to the utility model, the flow guide groove and the confluence groove are designed on the instrument panel, so that film pasting water is converged to the sponge strip between the front windshield of the automobile body and the decorative panel of the automobile body along the front windshield to form water drops which drop into the flow guide groove, and the water drops flow into the confluence groove along the flow guide groove and are absorbed by the absorbent cotton; the water drops are effectively prevented from entering the surface of the electrical connector in the instrument panel, so that the short circuit and the fault are avoided; through the integrated design of the water guide structure and the instrument board, the number of automobile parts can be effectively reduced, the assembly process of the whole automobile can be optimized, and the effects of reducing cost and improving efficiency are achieved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile parts, in particular to a dashboard and a vehicle. Background Art

[0002] At present, it is quite common for car users to apply film to the front windshield. Applying film to the windshield can effectively prevent personal injury caused by glass splashing, change the surface tension of the front windshield, and improve the shock resistance and impact resistance of the glass. The anti-ultraviolet rate of the front windshield after filming can reach 99.9%, which greatly reduces the possibility of fading of instrument panel decoration and interior decoration, and prevents ultraviolet rays from harming the body of the car owner. The car film can also effectively insulate heat, and the loss of air conditioning and engine is also reduced accordingly.

[0003] However, when applying the film, it is necessary to spray water on the inner surface of the windshield. When the water spraying operation is not well shielded, water will easily leak down along the front windshield into the lower part of the dashboard, and flow along the sheet metal structure to the wiring harness connectors on both sides of the vehicle body, causing water to enter the connectors, thereby causing electrical malfunctions. Although the prior art has solved the above-mentioned water inflow problem by installing a water guide structure composed of a water guide groove and a water guide hose on the lower side of the dashboard, installing both the water guide groove and the water guide hose on the dashboard will undoubtedly increase additional installation and debugging processes, affecting the assembly progress of the whole vehicle; at the same time, the use of additional components will also increase production and manufacturing costs, which is not conducive to cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to improve the structure of the dashboard so that it can solve the problems existing in the prior art. Utility Model Content

[0005] In view of this, the utility model provides an instrument panel and a vehicle, wherein a guide groove is integrated on the instrument panel and located below the connection between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the decorative panel of the vehicle body, so that water from the film is gathered along the front windshield to the sponge strip between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the decorative panel of the vehicle body to form water droplets that directly drip into the guide groove, and confluence grooves connected to the guide groove are respectively arranged at both ends of the front section of the instrument panel along the width direction of the vehicle body, so that water droplets can flow into the confluence groove along the water flow groove and be absorbed by the water absorbent.

[0006] The utility model provides an instrument panel, comprising an instrument panel front section, wherein the instrument panel front section is integrated with a guide groove below the connection between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the vehicle body decorative panel, and the two ends of the instrument panel front section in the width direction of the vehicle body are respectively provided with confluence grooves connected with the guide groove.

[0007] Furthermore, the confluence trough is a closed trough and is provided with a water absorbent member inside, and the water absorbent member is used to prevent the water in the confluence trough from overflowing.

[0008] Furthermore, the bottom depth of the guide groove in the vehicle body height direction gradually deepens from the middle of the guide groove to the end, and the confluence groove is arranged at the lowest bottom position of the guide groove.

[0009] Furthermore, the bottom surface height of the confluence groove is lower than the lowest bottom surface height of the guide groove in the vehicle body height direction.

[0010] Furthermore, the guide groove is formed by the front section of the instrument panel being recessed downwards and has a "V"-shaped cross section in the width direction of the vehicle body.

[0011] Furthermore, the confluence groove is integrally formed with the front section of the instrument panel.

[0012] Furthermore, the front section of the instrument panel is provided with a mounting bracket for connecting with a front cabin frame of the vehicle body below the confluence groove.

[0013] Furthermore, the front section of the instrument panel is provided with an avoidance hole behind the guide groove on the main driver's side, and the avoidance hole is used for projecting the head-up display of the vehicle body onto the front windshield.

[0014] Furthermore, the front section of the instrument panel is provided with a defogger outlet behind the guide groove in the middle.

[0015] A vehicle is also provided, comprising the above-mentioned instrument panel.

[0016] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the dashboard provided by the utility model can make the film water converge along the front windshield to the sponge strip between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the decorative panel of the vehicle body to form water droplets that directly drip into the guide groove, and flow into the confluence groove along the guide groove to be absorbed by the absorbent cotton, effectively preventing water droplets from entering the surface of the electrical connector in the dashboard, thereby causing a short circuit in the circuit and causing a malfunction, affecting the use of electrical functions and driving safety; and by integrating the water guide structure with the dashboard, the number of automotive parts can be effectively reduced and the assembly process of the entire vehicle can be optimized, which has the effect of reducing costs and increasing efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] The utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments:

[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the partial structure of the instrument panel in the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 for Figure 1 AA cross-section diagram of ;

[0020] The figures are marked as follows: 1-front section of instrument panel; 2-front windshield; 3-decorative panel; 4-guide groove; 5-convective groove; 6-water absorbent; 7-sponge strip; 8-water flow direction; 9-avoidance hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] As shown in the figure, the utility model provides an instrument panel, including an instrument panel front section 1, wherein the instrument panel front section 1 is integrated with a guide groove 4 below the connection between the front windshield 2 of the vehicle body and the decorative panel 3 of the vehicle body, and the instrument panel front section 1 is respectively provided with a confluence groove 5 connected with the guide groove 4 at both ends in the width direction of the vehicle body; generally, when the inner surface of the front windshield 2 is pasted with film, the film water usually flows down along the front windshield to below the connection between the front windshield 2 and the decorative panel 3, and a sponge strip 7 is provided between the front windshield 2 and the decorative panel 3 during assembly, so the film water will form water droplets at the sponge strip and fall onto the front end 1 of the instrument panel, and the present solution can make the water droplets formed from the sponge strip drop directly into the guide groove 4 by integrating the guide groove 4 and the confluence groove 5 in the instrument panel front section 1, and flow into the confluence groove 5 along the guide groove 4 for collection and treatment, thereby effectively preventing the water droplets from entering the surface of the electrical connector below the instrument panel, thereby causing a circuit short circuit and thus a malfunction, affecting the use of electrical functions and driving safety.

[0022] In this embodiment, the confluence groove 5 is a closed groove and a water absorbing member 6 is arranged inside. The water absorbing member 6 is used to prevent the water in the confluence groove 5 from overflowing. Figure 1 As shown, the confluence groove 5 is arranged at both ends of the front section 1 of the instrument panel in the width direction of the vehicle body and is connected with the guide groove 4. In order to prevent the accumulated water from overflowing from the confluence groove 5 and entering the surface of the electrical connector under the instrument panel, the confluence groove 5 is designed as a closed groove structure and a water absorbent 6 is arranged inside to absorb water droplets; because most of the film water will be processed on the inner surface of the front windshield 2 when the film is applied, only a small amount of film water droplets fall into the guide groove 4, so the water absorbent in this solution uses the absorbent cotton in the prior art to meet long-term use; in another embodiment, a water guide hose can be arranged between the bottom surface of the confluence groove 5 and the water guide structure of the vehicle body to replace the absorbent cotton, and the water in the confluence groove 5 is discharged to the outside of the vehicle through the water guide hose.

[0023] In this embodiment, the bottom depth of the guide groove 4 in the vehicle body height direction gradually deepens from the middle of the guide groove 4 to the end, and the confluence groove 5 is arranged at the lowest bottom position of the guide groove 4; Figure 2 As shown, in order to ensure that the water guide groove 4 can cover a large dripping area of ​​the front windshield 2, the water guide groove is a through groove structure, and in order to ensure that the water droplets in the water guide groove 4 can smoothly and automatically flow into the confluence groove 5, the present solution gradually deepens the bottom depth of the guide groove 4 in the vehicle body height direction from the middle of the guide groove 4 to the end, and the confluence groove 5 is arranged at the end position of the lowest bottom surface of the guide groove 4.

[0024] In this embodiment, the bottom surface of the confluence groove 5 is lower than the lowest bottom surface height of the guide groove 4 in the vehicle body height direction; Figure 1 As shown, in order for the confluence groove 5 to accommodate a larger flow of dripping water and facilitate absorption by the water absorbent 6, the bottom height of the confluence groove 5 must be set lower than the lowest bottom height of the guide groove 4 in the vehicle body height direction.

[0025] In this embodiment, the guide groove 4 is formed by the front section 1 of the instrument panel being recessed downward and has a "V"-shaped cross section in the width direction of the vehicle body; Figure 2 As shown, in order to facilitate the manufacturing and forming of the guide groove 4 on the front section 1 of the instrument panel and facilitate the flow of water droplets in the guide groove 4, the guide groove 4 is designed to have a "V"-shaped cross-section in the width direction of the vehicle body.

[0026] In this embodiment, the confluence groove 5 is integrally formed with the front section 1 of the instrument panel; Figure 1 As shown, the conduit 5 is also integratedly designed on the front section 1 of the instrument panel and is integrally formed with the front section 1 of the instrument panel, which is beneficial to reducing the production process.

[0027] In this embodiment, the front section 1 of the instrument panel is provided with a mounting bracket for connecting to the front engine room frame of the vehicle body below the confluence groove 5; since the confluence groove 5 is in the shape of a groove, the bottom of the confluence groove is lower than other parts of the front section 1 of the instrument panel in the height direction of the vehicle body. Therefore, the mounting bracket connecting the front section 1 of the instrument panel and the front engine room frame of the vehicle body is arranged below the confluence groove 5, which is more conducive to the connection between the front section 1 of the instrument panel and the front engine room frame of the vehicle body.

[0028] In this embodiment, the front section 1 of the instrument panel is provided with an avoidance hole 9 behind the guide groove 4 on the main driving side, and the avoidance hole 9 is used for projecting the head-up display of the vehicle body onto the front windshield; Figure 1 As shown, in order to fully present the information projected by the head-up display of the vehicle body on the front windshield 2 of the main driver's side and not affect the normal use of the guide groove 4, the avoidance hole 9 is set behind the guide groove 4 on the main driver's side of the front section 1 of the dashboard, and the size of the avoidance hole 9 is adapted according to the type of head-up display used, but the clarity and completeness of the projected information must be guaranteed.

[0029] In this embodiment, the front section 1 of the instrument panel is also provided with a defogger air outlet behind the guide groove 4 located in the middle. In order to meet the demand for defogger or defrost of the front windshield 2 in the vehicle, the defogger air outlet is arranged on the front section 1 of the instrument panel behind the guide groove 4 located in the middle. This is the prior art and will not be repeated here.

[0030] The present embodiment also provides a vehicle, including the above-mentioned dashboard; by installing the dashboard structure of the present embodiment in the vehicle, it is effectively prevented that water droplets enter the surface of the electrical connector in the dashboard, thereby causing a short circuit in the circuit and causing a malfunction, affecting the use of electrical functions and driving safety; at the same time, the dashboard can also effectively reduce the number of parts and optimize the assembly process of the entire vehicle, which has the effect of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

[0031] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model rather than to limit it. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, ordinary technicians in the field should understand that the technical solution of the utility model can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the purpose and scope of the technical solution of the utility model, which should be included in the scope of the claims of the utility model.

Claims

1. A dashboard, characterized in that: The front section of the instrument panel includes a guide groove integrated below the connection between the front windshield of the vehicle body and the decorative panel of the vehicle body, and confluence grooves connected to the guide groove are respectively arranged at both ends of the front section of the instrument panel in the width direction of the vehicle body.

2. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The confluence trough is a closed trough and is provided with a water absorbing member inside, and the water absorbing member is used to prevent the water in the confluence trough from overflowing.

3. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom depth of the guide groove in the vehicle body height direction gradually deepens from the middle of the guide groove to the end, and the confluence groove is arranged at the lowest bottom position of the guide groove.

4. The instrument panel according to claim 3, characterized in that: The bottom surface height of the confluence groove is lower than the lowest bottom surface height of the guide groove in the vehicle body height direction.

5. The instrument panel according to claim 3, characterized in that: The guide groove is formed by the front section of the instrument panel being recessed downward, and the cross section in the width direction of the vehicle body is in a "V"-shaped structure.

6. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The confluence groove is integrally formed with the front section of the instrument panel.

7. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front section of the instrument panel is provided with a mounting bracket for connecting with the front cabin frame of the vehicle body below the confluence groove.

8. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front section of the instrument panel is provided with an avoidance hole behind the guide groove on the main driver's side, and the avoidance hole is used for projecting the head-up display of the vehicle body onto the front windshield.

9. The instrument panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front section of the instrument panel is also provided with a defogger air outlet behind the guide groove in the middle.

10. A vehicle, characterized in that: Comprising a dashboard according to any one of claims 1-9.