Installation method and installation structure for interior components of a vehicle.

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for installing interior components of a vehicle that requires minimal space for storage and transport of components and has a simple work process. [Solution] A method for installing an interior member 1, which includes an interior member body 1a of a vehicle and a component 4 disposed on the interior member body 1a, includes the steps of: transporting the interior member body 1a integrally with the component 4 temporarily held in place; releasing the temporary hold of the component 4 that has been transported integrally with the interior member body 1a and removing the component 4 from the interior member body 1a; attaching the interior member body 1a to the vehicle body or other member 2; and, before or after the step of attaching the interior member body 1a to the vehicle body or other member 2, disposing of the component 4 that was temporarily removed on the interior member body 1a.

Description

Technical Field

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[0001] The present invention relates to a method and structure for attaching interior members of a vehicle.

Background Art

[0002] Among the interior members provided in a vehicle, as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, there are those having a pocket-shaped recess with a lining member laid in the recess.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] [[ID=3​​​​​​​​​​​The present invention provides a method for installing an interior component of a vehicle, including an interior component body and a component disposed on the interior component body, comprising the steps of: transporting the interior component body integrally while temporarily holding the component in place; releasing the temporary holding of the component that has been transported integrally with the interior component body and removing the component from the interior component body; attaching the interior component body to the vehicle body or other component; and, before or after the step of attaching the interior component body to the vehicle body or other component, disposing of the component that has been temporarily removed on the interior component body. The present invention further includes a temporary holding member for temporarily holding the aforementioned components to the interior member body, wherein the temporary holding member is a sheet member provided with a plurality of slits and locking portions, and the components may be temporarily held to the interior member body by locking the locking portions of the sheet member to the locking portions of the interior member body and inserting a part of the aforementioned components into the plurality of slits of the sheet member. The locking portion may be a locking hole, and the locked portion may be a fastening means provided on the interior member body. The sheet member may further be provided with a tear-off notch that is continuous with a part of the locking hole. The interior component body may be a part having a recess, and the component may be a base member laid in the recess. The aforementioned component may be temporarily held in place by being suspended inside a recess or recess of the interior component body. The vehicle interior member mounting structure of the present invention includes an interior member body and a component member that can be disposed on and temporarily held on the interior member body, wherein the component member can be disposed on the interior member body attached to the vehicle body or other member, and can be transported integrally with the interior member body while being temporarily held on the interior member body. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present invention's method and structure for mounting interior components of a vehicle, the space required for storing and transporting the components is small, and the work process is simple. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0008] [Figure 1] (A) is a front view showing the armrest, which is an interior component, attached to the quarter trim, which is another component, and (B) is a perspective view of the same. [Figure 2] (A) is a perspective view of the armrest shown in Figure 1, viewed from the side exposed inside the vehicle, and (B) is a perspective view of the armrest, viewed from the side attached to the quarter trim. [Figure 3] This is a disassembled perspective view of the armrest. [Figure 4] This is a front view of the sheet member, which is a temporary holding member. [Figure 5] This is a front view of the base plate, which is a component of the building structure. [Figure 6] This is a front view showing the sheet material with the bottom sheet attached. [Figure 7] (A) is a front view of the temporary holding state of the bottom base member as seen from inside the vehicle, and (B) is a rear view as seen from the side where it is attached to the quarter trim. [Figure 8] This is an exploded front view showing the seat component removed from the armrest body. [Figure 9] This is an exploded front view showing the bottom liner removed from the sheet material. [Figure 10] This is a front view of the armrest showing the base plate installed on the armrest body. [Figure 11] This is a front view of another example of a sheet material. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0009] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1(A) is a front view showing the interior member installed by the installation method and installation structure of the present invention, and Figure 1(B) is a perspective view thereof. In this embodiment, a part of an armrest, which is an example of an interior member (for convenience, simply referred to as "armrest 1" in this specification), is attached to another member (another interior member), which is a quarter trim 2. The armrest 1 is provided with a pocket-shaped recess 3, and a bottom liner member 4 (see Figure 5) is laid inside the recess 3. The bottom liner member 4 is an example of a component member arranged on the interior member body (armrest body 1a). Figure 2(A) is a perspective view of the armrest 1 as seen from the side exposed inside the vehicle, and Figure 2(B) is a perspective view of the armrest 1 as seen from the side attached to the quarter trim 2. Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the armrest 1. In the example shown in Figure 3, the armrest body (interior component body) 1a is formed mainly by attaching the third recess component 6, the first recess component 7, and the second recess component 8 to a large-area plate-shaped inner panel 9. The armrest body 1a has a recess 3, and the armrest 1 is constructed by laying a base member 4 in this recess 3. One feature of this embodiment concerns the handling of this base member 4.

[0010] When constructing a quarter trim as shown in Figures 1-3, it is necessary to attach the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2 and to lay the base material 4 in the recess 3 of the armrest body 1a. Conventionally, the armrest body 1a and the base material 4 are stored separately, and the armrest body 1a is transported from its storage location to the attachment location on the quarter trim 2 for the attachment work. In addition to the transport and attachment of the armrest body 1a, the base material 4 must be transported from its storage location to the vicinity of the armrest body 1a attached to the quarter trim 2 and laid in the recess 3. In contrast, in this embodiment, a temporary holding member is used to temporarily hold the base material 4 to the armrest body 1a before it is attached to the quarter trim 2, so that the base material 4 and the armrest body 1a can be stored together and transported (delivered) together.

[0011] In this embodiment, a temporary holding member consisting of a sheet member 5 as shown in Figure 4 is used. The sheet member 5 is provided with a plurality of slits 5a and locking holes 5b which are locking parts. The base mat member 4 in this embodiment is a thin plate-shaped member made of felt, nonwoven fabric, or the like, as shown in Figure 5. As shown in Figure 6, the base mat member 4 is held by the sheet member 5 by inserting multiple locations of the base mat member 4 into the slits 5a. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 7, after fastening the third recessed component member 6 and the first recessed component member 7 with a fastening means (e.g., a screw 10) which is a locking part, the base mat member 4 can be held by the armrest body 1a together with the sheet member 5 by fixing this fastening means (e.g., a screw 10) to the armrest body 1a through the locking holes 5b of the sheet member 5. Alternatively, the base plate member 4 may be held to the armrest body 1a together with the seat plate member 5 by fixing the fastening means (e.g., a screw 10) that is the locked portion to the armrest body 1a through the locking hole 5b of the seat plate member 5. In these states, the base plate member 4 is not in the predetermined laying position and can be easily removed, so this state is referred to as the temporary holding state in which the base plate member 4 is temporarily held to the armrest body 1a. In this temporary holding state, the base plate member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be stored together as a single unit.

[0012] In the temporary holding state, the bottoming member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be transported integrally. For example, the bottoming member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be transported integrally to the mounting position where the armrest body 1a is attached to the quarter trim 2. When reaching the mounting position, attach the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2 (see Fig. 1). Then, starting from the locking hole 5b, tear the seat member 5 to allow the screw 10 to escape from the locking hole 5b, thereby releasing the locking between the screw 10 and the locking hole 5b. As shown in Fig. 8, remove the seat member 5 and the bottoming member 4 from the armrest body 1a to release the temporary holding state. Further, as shown in Fig. 9, extract the bottoming member 4 from the slit 5a of the seat member 5, and as shown in Fig. 10, insert and lay the bottoming member 4 into the pocket-shaped recess 3 of the armrest body 1a. Thus, the attachment of the armrest 1 including the armrest body 1a and the bottoming member 4 to another member (quarter trim 2) is completed. The process of attaching the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2 may be performed before or after removing the seat member 5 from the screw 10 and the armrest body 1a. Further, the process of attaching the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2 may be performed after removing the seat member 5 from the screw 10 and the armrest body 1a and before extracting the bottoming member 4 from the slit 5a of the seat member 5 and laying it in the recess 3 of the armrest body 1a, or after that. That is, the process of disposing the once-removed bottoming member 4 on the armrest body 1a may be performed before or after the process of attaching the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2. In Figs. 8 to 10, the quarter trim 2 is not shown for simplicity.

[0013] As described above, since the underlay member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be stored integrally in the temporary holding state, there is no need to separately provide storage spaces for the underlay member 4 and the armrest body 1a. Therefore, as long as there is substantially a space where the armrest body 1a can be stored, the underlay member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be stored integrally, space can be saved, and there is no need for individual management. Further, since the underlay member 4 and the armrest body 1a can be transported integrally in the temporary holding state, there is no need to separately provide transport means for the underlay member 4 and transport means for the armrest body 1a, and the transport work is also simple. That is, according to the attachment method and attachment structure of the present embodiment, the space required for storing parts and the space required for transport can be reduced. And, the transport of the underlay member 4 and the armrest body 1a, the attachment of the armrest body 1a to the quarter trim 2, and the laying of the underlay member 4 in the recess 3 can be smoothly performed as a series of operations, and the work process is simple.

[0014] The seat member 5, which is an example of the temporary holding member, can be formed of the same resin sheet material as the sheet material generally used as the protective sheet of the quarter trim 2. Therefore, an increase in manufacturing cost and complication of the manufacturing process due to the use of the seat member 5 can be suppressed to a small extent. This seat member 5 may be discarded when the temporary holding state is released.

[0015] The underlay member 4 can be formed using a polyethylene foam, a non-woven fabric, or the like generally used in a door trim or the like, so that the manufacturing cost can be kept low. Further, by using a polyethylene foam or a non-woven fabric, instability (bulging) can be avoided. As an example, as shown in FIG. 5, a non-woven fabric 4a having a planar dimension of 20 mm × 20 mm and a thickness of about 4 mm may be included in a part of the underlay member 4.

[0016] In this embodiment, the structure for attaching the temporary holding member, the seat member 5, to the interior member body, the armrest body 1a, consists of a locking hole 5b provided as a locking part of the seat member 5, and a screw 10, which is an example of a fastening means used as a locking part fixed to the armrest body 1a. The locking hole 5b can be easily formed in the thin seat member 5. Furthermore, since the screw 10 is one that is very commonly used for assembling the armrest 1 or attaching other members, there is no need to specially prepare new parts, and there is almost no increase in manufacturing costs or complexity of the manufacturing process. It is easy to tear the seat member 5 starting from the part of the locking hole 5b that contacts the screw 10, but as shown in Figure 11, if a tearing notch 5c is provided that is continuous with a part of the locking hole 5b, it becomes even easier to tear the seat member 5 and release the temporary holding, making the work easier.

[0017] In the example shown in Figure 7, the base mat 4, which is temporarily held in place by the sheet member 5, is suspended within the recess 3 of the armrest body 1a. With this configuration, since the temporarily held base mat 4 is not located outside the outer shape of the armrest body 1a, the base mat 4 does not get in the way during storage and transport. Furthermore, even if the locking between the sheet member 5 and the screw 10 is released while the base mat 4 is temporarily held, or if the base mat 4 comes out of the slit 5a of the sheet member 5 and falls, the possibility of losing it is small because it is located within the recess 3. It should be noted that even if the base mat 4 is suspended and temporarily held inside any recessed portion of the various uneven shapes provided on the armrest body 1a, rather than in the recess 3 where the base mat 4 is laid, the effect of the base mat 4 not getting in the way during storage and transport of the armrest body 1a can be obtained.

[0018] In this embodiment, the method for holding the base member 4 with the sheet member 5 is to insert a part of the base member 4 into a plurality of slits 5a provided in the sheet member 5. It is extremely easy to form slits 5a in the thin sheet member 5, and there is no need to process the base member 4 or attach any other members, so there is no disadvantage in terms of manufacturing cost or complexity of work. However, the configuration is not limited to using slits 5a in this way. For example, a bag-shaped sheet member 5 may be used as a temporary holding member, and the base member 4 may be inserted into the inside of the bag-shaped sheet member 5 to hold it.

[0019] Alternatively, a configuration could be considered in which double-sided tape, hooks, or the like are formed on the armrest body 1a, and the base plate member 4 is temporarily held in place by attaching or hooking it onto the double-sided tape, hooks, or the like provided on the armrest body 1a. However, in such a configuration, the temporary holding of the base plate member 4 is unstable, and the work of forming the double-sided tape, hooks, or the like on the armrest body 1a is complicated. In contrast, in this embodiment, by using a temporary holding member such as a sheet member 5, the base plate member 4 can be stably temporarily held in place without requiring complicated work.

[0020] The above description has described a configuration in which the interior component body is an armrest body 1a and the component disposed on the interior component body is a base plate 4, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the interior component body may be a door trim, and the component may be a base plate laid in the pocket or cup holder of the door trim. Alternatively, the interior component body may be a console, and the component may be a base plate laid in the cup holder of the console. Furthermore, in the example described above, the armrest body 1a on which the base plate 4 is disposed is attached to another component (another interior component), which is a quarter trim 2, and is attached to the vehicle body via the quarter trim 2. However, the present invention is not limited to such configurations. The mounting method and mounting structure of the present invention can also be applied to configurations in which the interior component on which the component is disposed is directly attached to the vehicle body, or to configurations in which the interior component on which the component is disposed is attached to a component other than the quarter trim 2 (another component). [Explanation of symbols]

[0021] 1. Armrest (interior component) 1a Armrest body (interior component body) 2. Quarter trim (other components) 3 recesses 4. Base plate (component) 5. Sheet member (temporary holding member) 5a Slit 5b Locking hole (locking part) 5c Tear-off notch 6. Third recessed component 7. First recess component 8. Second recessed component 9 Inner Panel 10. Screw (locking part, fastening means)

Claims

1. A method for installing interior components, which includes an interior component body of a vehicle and a component disposed on the interior component body, A step of transporting the interior component body as a whole while the component is temporarily held in place, The steps include releasing the temporary holding of the component that was transported integrally with the interior member body, and removing the component from the interior member body, The process of attaching the interior component body to the vehicle body or other components, A method for attaching an interior component, characterized by including the step of arranging the components that were temporarily removed onto the interior component body before or after the step of attaching the interior component body to the vehicle body or other components.

2. The present invention further includes a temporary holding member for temporarily holding the aforementioned component member to the interior member body, The temporary holding member is a sheet member provided with a plurality of slits and locking portions. The method for attaching an interior member according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion of the sheet member is locked to the locking portion of the interior member body, and a portion of the component is inserted into a plurality of slits of the sheet member to temporarily hold the component to the interior member body.

3. The method for attaching an interior member according to claim 2, wherein the locking portion is a locking hole, and the locked portion is a fastening means provided on the interior member body.

4. The method for attaching an interior member according to claim 3, wherein the sheet member is further provided with a tear-off notch that is continuous with a part of the locking hole.

5. The method for attaching an interior member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the interior member body is a component having a recess, and the component is a base member laid in the recess.

6. The method for attaching an interior member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the component is suspended and temporarily held inside a recess or recess of the interior member body.

7. A mounting structure for interior components of a vehicle, It includes an interior component body and a component that can be disposed on and temporarily held in the interior component body, An interior component mounting structure characterized in that the component can be disposed on the interior component body attached to the vehicle body or other components, and can be transported integrally with the interior component body while being temporarily held on the interior component body.

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