Instrument panel structure for vehicles

• Main Author: TAOKA YOSHIFUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

An instrument panel construction for a vehicle capable of receiving and stopping the driver's/passenger's knee regions when a great impact acts on a vehicle to control the impact exerted on the driver's/passenger's knee regions while restraining the driver's/passenger's waist from moving forward along a seating portion of a seat. The construction includes an instrument panel ( 2 ) made of synthetic resin, a receiving portion ( 7 ) provided in a lower portion of the instrument panel ( 2 ) to be separable from the instrument panel, and a moving device ( 13, 14 ) for separating the receiving portion ( 7 ) from the instrument panel ( 2 ) to move the receiving portion rapidly toward a seat ( 1 ) positioned rearward when a great impact acts on the vehicle. An absorbing member ( 8 ) made of plastically deformable metal or reinforced synthetic resin is attached to the back surface of the receiving portion ( 7 ).