Patent ID: 7036865
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. An automobile instrument panel structure in which an upper meter and a lower meter are respectively supported on an upper front part and a lower rear part of an instrument panel main body, and a panel is detachably fixed to the instrument panel main body so as to surround a perimeter of the upper meter and a perimeter of the lower meter, wherein the upper meter and the lower meter are respectively disposed so as to correspond to an upper side and a lower side of an upper half of a steering wheel, and, wherein an upper edge of the panel has a shape substantially conforming to the upper half of the steering wheel, further comprising a meter visor, wherein the panel is formed from a core material and a skin, has an opening formed therein so as to surround the perimeter of the meters and is fixed to the instrument panel main body; wherein the meter visor provides a connection between the perimeter of the meters and the opening of the panel, and is formed from an upper meter visor and a lower meter visor; and wherein a groove formed at a rear end of the upper meter visor is engaged with an edge portion formed by folding an upper edge of the opening downward and forward.