Patent ID: 8602479

Claim:
An instrument panel support structure of a vehicle, comprising: a cowl member supporting a windshield, the cowl member including an upper face wall which faces the windshield from below, a bending portion which is formed at a rear end of the upper face wall and bendable in a vehicle collision, and a rear face wall which extends downward from the bending portion and has a lower portion connecting to a dash panel; an instrument panel member provided in back of and apart from the cowl member and extending in a vehicle width direction; and an instrument panel supported at the instrument panel member via a support member, wherein said instrument panel is further supported at said cowl member at a front-side portion thereof, the instrument panel including a first restriction portion and a second restriction portion at a lower portion of the front-side portion thereof, the first restriction portion being configured to restrict a downward move of the instrument panel relative to the cowl member through contact thereof with said upper face wall of the cowl member, the second restriction portion being configured to restrict an upward move of the instrument panel relative to the cowl member through contact thereof with said rear face wall of the cowl member.