Patent ID: 8434810
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A surrounding structure of a storage compartment of an instrument panel, including the storage compartment formed in the instrument panel of a vehicle so as to be recessed toward a front of the vehicle, the storage compartment having a front wall, the front wall extending along a substantially vertical direction between a top edge and a bottom edge of the front wall, the surrounding structure further comprising: a steering support member extending in a vehicle width direction on a forward position of the front wall of the storage compartment; and an attachment piece protruding from the front wall toward the front of the vehicle; wherein the attachment piece has an attachment portion abutting a lower end of the steering support member; wherein the attachment portion is provided with a U-shaped cutout part formed to be opened on a front edge or a rear edge of the attachment portion; wherein the attachment piece is configured to be fastened to the lower end of the steering support member by a fastening member inserted into the cutout part of the attachment portion; and wherein the steering support member overlaps, along said substantially vertical direction, with the front wall of the storage compartment, and wherein a cross-sectional center of the steering support member is arranged vertically higher than the top edge of the front wall.