JP2025027301A - Vehicle instrument panel structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle instrument panel structure which enables various portable electronic devices to be charged easily in a cabin and may inhibit temperature rise of the portable electronic device caused by heat generated during charging.SOLUTION: In a vehicle instrument panel structure, a main surface part 11 of an instrument panel 1 includes a register 4 onto which conditioned air is blown, and a USB port attachment part 18. The instrument panel 1 includes a tray part 16 extending from the main surface part 11 to the vehicle rear and configured so that a portable electronic device 6 may be placed thereon. The main surface part 11 has a vertical wall 17 extending from a front edge of a placement surface 16A of the tray part 16 to the vehicle upper side. The USB port attachment part 18 is provided on the vertical wall 17. The register 4 is disposed at the vehicle upper side relative to the vertical wall 17 in a vehicle width direction range of the vertical wall 17 and the vehicle front relative to a rear edge of the placement surface 16A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle instrument panel structure.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a charger equipped with a non-contact charging unit for charging a mobile terminal is provided in an interior member of a vehicle. This charger has a surface on which the mobile terminal is placed facing the charging unit, and the holding members are provided in positions that are point-symmetrical with respect to the center of the charging unit. By providing such a charger in the center console of the vehicle, it is possible to easily place and take out the mobile terminal from the charger while restricting the movement of the mobile terminal.

JP 2020-195232 A

However, the above-mentioned conventional charger structure installed in the vehicle's interior member (center console) has the problem that it is difficult to charge inside the vehicle cabin a mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as "portable electronic device") that does not support non-contact charging, or a portable electronic device whose width size does not match the arrangement of the charger's holding member. In addition, the structure is not compatible with vehicles that do not have a center console (for example, a vehicle in which the driver's seat and passenger seat are connected). Furthermore, portable electronic devices that are restricted from moving on the center console are prone to temperature rise due to the heat generated during charging being trapped. Continuing charging in a high temperature state not only causes battery deterioration of the portable electronic device, but may also cause internal circuit failure, leaving room for improvement.

The present invention has been made with the above in mind, and aims to provide a vehicle instrument panel structure that allows a variety of portable electronic devices to be easily charged inside the vehicle cabin and that can suppress the temperature rise of the portable electronic devices due to heat generation during charging.

In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention provides a vehicle instrument panel structure including an instrument panel disposed on the vehicle front side in the vehicle interior and extending in the vehicle width direction, an air outlet formed on a main surface of the instrument panel facing the vehicle rear, through which conditioned air is blown toward the vehicle interior, and a connection port attachment portion for attaching a connection port to the main surface, to which a portable electronic device is electrically connected and which has a function of supplying power to the portable electronic device. In this vehicle instrument panel structure, the instrument panel includes a tray portion that extends from the main surface toward the vehicle rear and is configured to be able to place the portable electronic device, the main surface portion has a vertical wall that extends from a front edge of a surface of the tray portion on which the portable electronic device is placed toward the vehicle upper side, the connection port attachment portion is provided on the vertical wall, and the air outlet is disposed above the vertical wall within a vehicle width range of the vertical wall and forward of the rear edge of the surface.

The vehicle instrument panel structure of the present invention allows various portable electronic devices to be easily charged inside the vehicle cabin, and also makes it possible to suppress the temperature rise of the portable electronic devices due to heat generation during charging.

1 is a perspective view of a main portion of a vehicle instrument panel structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed diagonally from the left rear of the vehicle. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is an enlarged rear view of the USB port and its periphery in the embodiment, as viewed from the rear of the vehicle. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tray portion in the embodiment as viewed from above the vehicle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a vehicle instrument panel structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed obliquely from the left rear of the vehicle. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1. In each of the figures described below, the direction of arrow F indicates the front in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The direction of arrow U indicates the upward direction in the vertical direction of the vehicle. Furthermore, the directions of arrow R and arrow L indicate the right and left when looking at the front of the vehicle from inside the vehicle cabin.

In Figures 1 and 2, a vehicle to which the vehicle instrument panel structure according to this embodiment is applied has an instrument panel 1 on the front side of the vehicle in the passenger compartment R. The instrument panel 1 is disposed across the entire width of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction in the passenger compartment R. The instrument panel 1 is a resin member, and has a main surface portion 11 facing the rear of the vehicle and an upper surface portion 12 facing upward of the vehicle.

The main surface portion 11 is disposed to face the driver's seat and passenger seat (not shown) of the vehicle. In this embodiment, the driver's seat is disposed to the rear right side of the main surface portion 11, and the passenger seat is disposed to the rear left side of the main surface portion 11. However, the arrangement of the driver's seat and passenger seat is not limited to the above example, and the left and right may be reversed. The upper surface portion 12 extends from the upper part of the main surface portion 11 to the front of the vehicle. A steering support member 7 extending in the vehicle width direction is disposed inside the instrument panel 1 (the space outside the passenger compartment R) (Figure 2), and the instrument panel 1 is attached to this steering support member 7.

An air-blowing opening 13 is formed in the upper part of the main surface 11 to blow air (hereinafter, "conditioned air") W1, W2, whose temperature has been adjusted by an air-conditioning device (not shown) mounted on the vehicle, into the vehicle compartment R (FIG. 2). The end of a duct 3 connected to the air-conditioning device is attached to the front side of the air-blowing opening 13 (opposite the vehicle compartment R). The duct 3 extends at an angle upward as it approaches the rear of the vehicle near the air-blowing opening 13. A register 4 is provided behind the air-blowing opening 13 (toward the vehicle compartment R) to adjust the direction and volume of the conditioned air W1, W2. The register 4 is attached to a register cover 14, which will be described later. In such a structure of the upper part of the main surface 11, the conditioned air W1, W2 from the air-conditioning device flows through the duct 3, passes through the air-blowing opening 13 and the register 4 diagonally upward toward the rear, and is blown out toward the vehicle compartment R.

In this embodiment, two passenger seat registers 4, 4' (air outlets 13, 13') are arranged at a distance in the vehicle width direction on the upper left portion of the main surface 11 facing the passenger seat (Figure 1). The register 4 (air outlets 13) is located in the center of the vehicle width direction, and the register 4' (air outlets 13') is located on the outside of the vehicle width direction. These registers 4, 4' are capable of blowing conditioned air W1, W2 toward the upper body of the passenger sitting in the passenger seat. In this embodiment, the register 4 on the center side of the vehicle width direction corresponds to the "air outlet" of the present invention.

A glove box opening 15 is formed in the lower left portion of the main surface portion 11 facing the passenger seat (FIGS. 1 and 2). The glove box opening 15 has a generally rectangular shape that opens in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle. A glove box 5 is stored inside the glove box opening 15 so that it can be opened and closed. The glove box 5 is located in a position where an occupant sitting in the passenger seat can easily open and close it by stretching out his or her arm. A tray portion 16 is provided above the glove box opening 15.

The tray portion 16 extends from the vertical middle portion of the main surface portion 11 on the left side facing the passenger seat toward the rear of the vehicle. The tip (rear end) of the tray portion 16 is located rearward and below the register 4 (Fig. 2). The tray portion 16 has a flat mounting surface 16A that extends in a generally horizontal direction from the left end portion of the main surface portion 11 to the center portion in the vehicle width direction. A tray reinforcing member 16B having multiple ribs is provided on the vehicle lower side of the mounting surface 16A, increasing the surface rigidity of the mounting surface 16A. In this embodiment, the tray portion 16 is located above the shift unit S, which is provided in the center portion in the vehicle width direction of the main surface portion 11 (Fig. 1).

The rear edge of the loading surface 16A extends in a substantially straight line along the vehicle width direction (FIG. 1). The outer edge (left edge) of the loading surface 16A in the vehicle width direction extends in a substantially straight line along the vehicle front-rear direction. The front edge of the loading surface 16A extends along the vehicle width direction, and a step in the front-rear direction is provided at the middle position in the vehicle width direction. The inner (right) part in the vehicle width direction of the front edge of the loading surface 16A is located further rearward than the outer (left) part in the vehicle width direction. The position of the step of the front edge corresponds to the position of the outer end of the inclined surface 17C in the vehicle width direction of the vertical wall 17 described later. The inner edge (right edge) of the loading surface 16A in the vehicle width direction extends in a substantially straight line along the vehicle front-rear direction. In such a structure of the tray portion 16, the register 4 described above is disposed forward of the rear edge of the loading surface 16A (FIG. 2). The distance D1 in the vehicle's fore-and-aft direction between the register 4 and the rear edge of the loading surface 16A is preferably, for example, about 60 mm, but is not limited to this.

A flange portion 16C is provided on the rear edge and the outer edge (left edge) in the vehicle width direction of the placement surface 16A of the tray portion 16 (FIGS. 1 and 2). The flange portion 16C protrudes from the placement surface 16A toward the upper side of the vehicle and extends continuously along the rear edge and the outer edge in the vehicle width direction of the placement surface 16A. The flange portion 16C prevents items placed on the tray portion 16 from falling, and has the role of guiding the conditioned air (cold air) W1, which is adjusted to a low temperature by the cooling function, out of the conditioned air W1 and W2 blown out from the register 4, onto the placement surface 16A, as described below. The flange portion 16C may be provided at least along the rear edge of the placement surface 16A.

At the center of the placement surface 16A in the vehicle width direction, a convex portion 16D is formed that protrudes from the placement surface 16A toward the upper side of the vehicle and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction (Fig. 1). The convex portion 16D is positioned to correspond to the position of the step at the front edge of the placement surface 16A (the position of the inclined surface 17C of the vertical wall 17). This convex portion 16D divides the placement surface 16A of the tray section 16 into a right area A1 and a left area A2. The right area A1 has an area according to the size of the portable electronic device 6 (two-dot chain line in Figs. 1 and 2), and the left area A2 has an area larger than the right area A1. The right area A1 and the left area A2 will be described in detail later.

The front edge and the inner edge (right edge) in the vehicle width direction of the loading surface 16A of the tray portion 16 are joined to the above-mentioned vertical wall 17 of the main surface portion 11 (Figure 1). The vertical wall 17 has a front wall portion 17A that extends from the front edge of the loading surface 16A toward the top of the vehicle, and a side wall portion 17B that extends from the inner edge in the vehicle width direction of the loading surface 16A toward the top of the vehicle.

The front wall portion 17A is located between the front edge of the mounting surface 16A and the lower edge of the register cover 14, and an inclined surface 17C is formed at a location adjacent to the right side of the step at the front edge of the mounting surface 16A (FIGS. 1 and 2). The inclined surface 17C extends from the right side of the front edge of the mounting surface 16A, inclining toward the front of the vehicle as it moves toward the upper part of the vehicle. A vertical surface 17D is provided on the outer side of the inclined surface 17C in the vehicle width direction, which extends from the left side of the step at the front edge of the mounting surface 16A toward the upper part of the vehicle. The inclined surface 17C and the vertical surface 17D are connected by a step surface 17E. The inner end (right end) of the inclined surface 17C in the vehicle width direction is connected to the front end portion of the side wall portion 17B. In this embodiment, a USB port attachment portion 18 for attaching a USB port 8 is provided on the inclined surface 17C of the front wall portion 17A in the vertical wall 17 of the main surface portion 11.

The USB port 8 is a port to which a portable electronic device 6, such as a smartphone or tablet terminal, is electrically connected via a cable or the like. The USB port 8 is connected to an in-vehicle battery (not shown) via electrical wiring inside the vehicle. The USB port 8 has a power supply function of supplying power from the in-vehicle battery to the portable electronic device 6 electrically connected via a cable or the like. In addition to the power supply function, the USB port 8 may also have a data transfer function between various electronic devices mounted in the vehicle and the portable electronic device 6.

In this embodiment, a unit consisting of two USB ports 8 is attached to the USB port attachment portion 18. The USB port attachment portion 18 is configured by forming a substantially rectangular opening corresponding to the outer shape of the unit on the inclined surface 17C of the front wall portion 17A of the vertical wall 17 of the main surface portion 11 (FIG. 2). The unit is inserted and fixed into the USB port attachment portion 18 so that the connection ports of the USB ports 8 are exposed to the vehicle interior R side. As a result, the connection ports of the USB ports 8 face diagonally upward toward the rear of the vehicle according to the inclination angle of the inclined surface 17C. In this embodiment, the USB port 8 corresponds to the "connection port" of the present invention, and the USB port attachment portion 18 corresponds to the "connection port attachment portion" of the present invention.

The unit fixed to the USB port mounting portion 18 requires a certain width D2 in the front-to-rear direction within the instrument panel 1 (Figure 2), which may restrict the front-to-rear width of the mounting surface 16A of the tray portion 16 located on the vehicle rear side of the USB port 8. However, by forming an inclined surface 17C on a portion of the front wall portion 17A and positioning the inclined surface 17C further rearward than the vertical surface 17D of the remaining portion, it is possible to keep the front-to-rear width of the mounting surface 16A located behind the vertical surface 17D wide.

Here, the arrangement of the USB port attachment portion 18 in this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
3 is a rear view of the USB port 8 enlarged from the rear of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the USB port attachment portion 18 is disposed below and in front of the cash register 4 within the vehicle width range of the cash register 4. That is, the USB port attachment portion 18 is disposed between two vertical lines (dotted lines in FIG. 3) extending from both ends of the cash register 4 in the vehicle width direction downward of the vehicle, as viewed from the rear of the vehicle. Also, the USB port attachment portion 18 is disposed in front of the cash register 4, as viewed from the side of the vehicle (FIG. 2). In this embodiment, the cash register 4 is disposed in front of the rear edge of the mounting surface 16A of the tray portion 16, as described above, and the USB port attachment portion 18 is disposed further in front of the cash register 4.

Returning to FIG. 1, an on-board device 9 such as a navigation system is mounted in the center of the instrument panel 1 in the vehicle width direction. The on-board device 9 is arranged so that its display surface faces the rear of the vehicle, and the display surface is located further rearward than the main surface portion 11 of the instrument panel 1. In response to this arrangement of the on-board device 9, the instrument panel 1 is provided with an extension portion 19 that extends rearward from the main surface portion 11 toward the on-board device 9. The extension portion 19 is formed to surround the outer periphery of the on-board device 9, and an on-board device cover 20 is attached to its rear end portion. In addition to an opening corresponding to the display surface of the on-board device 9, the on-board device cover 20 is also provided with a driver's seat register 21 corresponding to the driver's seat side and the like.

Specifically, the extension 19 has both side surfaces 19A in the vehicle width direction, an upper surface 19B, and a lower surface 19C (FIGS. 1 and 3). The side surface (left side surface) 19A on the passenger side of the extension 19 is joined to the inner end (right end) in the vehicle width direction of the register cover 14 described above. The register cover 14 extends from the side surface 19A of the extension 19 toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction to the outer end in the vehicle width direction of the main surface portion 11 (FIG. 1). The register cover 14 has a generally U-shaped cross section that opens toward the front side of the vehicle (FIG. 2). The front wall portion 17A of the vertical wall 17 is located between the lower edge of the register cover 14 and the front edge of the mounting surface 16A of the tray portion 16 (FIGS. 1 and 2).

The upper end portion of the side wall portion 17B of the vertical wall 17 is joined to the lower surface 19C of the extension portion 19 (Figs. 1 and 3). In other words, the side wall portion 17B of the vertical wall 17 extends from the inner edge (right edge) of the placement surface 16A of the tray portion 16 in the vehicle width direction toward the top of the vehicle to the lower surface 19C of the extension portion 19. The front end portion of the side wall portion 17B is connected to the right end portion of the inclined surface 17C of the front wall portion 17A (Fig. 1).

In the structure around the extension 19 as described above, the register cover 14 and the side wall 17B of the vertical wall 17 are connected via a corner portion 19D formed by the passenger side side (left side) 19A and the bottom surface 19C of the extension 19. The inclined surface 17C of the front wall 17A on which the USB port attachment portion 18 is provided is connected to the register cover 14, the side wall 17B, and the corner portion 19D of the extension 19. For this reason, the inclined surface 17C has high rigidity.

Next, the operation and effect of the vehicle instrument panel structure according to this embodiment will be described.
An occupant of a vehicle having an instrument panel 1 with the above-described structure can connect a portable electronic device 6 to the USB port 8 provided on the vertical wall 17 of the main surface portion 11 via a cable or the like, and use the power supply function of the USB port 8 to charge the portable electronic device 6. In this embodiment, the USB port attachment portion 18 is provided on the inclined surface 17C of the front wall portion 17A of the vertical wall 17, and the connection port of the USB port 8 faces diagonally upward toward the rear of the vehicle, so that a cable or the like can be easily inserted into or removed from the USB port 8. In addition, the inclined surface 17C on which the USB port attachment portion 18 is provided has high rigidity as described above, so that deformation of the inclined surface 17C that may occur when a cable or the like is inserted into or removed from the USB port 8 is suppressed.

The right area A1 of the placement surface 16A of the tray section 16 is provided immediately adjacent to the USB port 8, so that the portable electronic device 6 being charged can be placed in the right area A1. The right area A1 of the placement surface 16A extends from the passenger side of the main surface section 11 to the area below the vehicle-mounted device 9 mounted in the center of the vehicle width direction, so that it is in a position that is easily reachable not only by the passenger in the passenger seat but also by the passenger in the driver's seat. In particular, since the tray section 16 is disposed above the shift unit S, the shift unit S is not in the way when the passenger in the driver's seat stretches his/her arm toward the right area A1 of the placement surface 16A. In addition, if the tray section 16 is disposed above the glove box 5, the placement surface 16A is positioned at approximately the height of the passenger's arm when sitting in the passenger seat or the driver's seat, so that the convenience of the tray section 16 is improved.

As described above, the temperature of the portable electronic device 6 during charging rises due to heat generation. In particular, in summer, the temperature in the vehicle interior R also rises, and the temperature of the portable electronic device 6 during charging tends to rise. In such a situation, air whose temperature has been lowered by cooling the air conditioner mounted on the vehicle is usually introduced into the vehicle interior R. At this time, the conditioned air (cold air) W1 blown out from the cash register 4 toward the vehicle interior R is heavier than the conditioned air (warm air) W2 whose temperature has been raised by heating the air conditioner, as shown by the dotted arrow in FIG. 2. For this reason, the cold air W1 tends to flow into the placement surface 16A (right area A1) of the tray section 16 located below the cash register 4. The flow of the cold air W1 into the placement surface 16A of the tray section 16 is more effectively generated by providing the protruding portion 16C along the rear edge of the placement surface 16A.

The cold air W1 that flows into the placement surface 16A of the tray section 16 flows and/or stagnates in the placement space for the portable electronic device 6. This flow of cold air W1 has the effect of cooling the portable electronic device 6 placed on the tray section 16, so that the temperature rise of the portable electronic device due to heat generation during charging can be suppressed. In particular, if the USB port attachment section 18 is arranged below and in front of the register 4 within the vehicle width range of the register 4, the portable electronic device 6 will be placed near the USB port 8 during charging, so that the portable electronic device 6 is likely to be placed directly below the register 4. This makes it possible to efficiently cool the portable electronic device 6 during charging. The cooling effect of the cold air W1 on the portable electronic device 6 is not limited to heat generation during charging, but is also effective against heat generation during use (operation).

On the other hand, in winter or other seasons, when the air conditioner is operated in heating mode to raise the temperature of conditioned air (warm air) W2, the warm air W2 blown out from the cash register 4 into the passenger compartment R is lighter than the cold air W1 described above, and so tends to flow toward the rear of the vehicle rather than the tray section 16 (dotted arrow in Figure 2). In other words, the structure makes it difficult for the warm air W2 from the cash register 4 to flow and/or stagnate within the space in which the portable electronic device 6 is placed, so that it is possible to prevent the portable electronic device 6 from experiencing a temperature rise due to the warm air W2 while it is being charged.

In addition, in this embodiment, a structure is realized that can prevent the portable electronic device 6 placed on the right area A1 of the placement surface 16A of the tray portion 16 from falling off the tray portion 16 while the vehicle is traveling. The portable electronic device 6 is prevented from falling off the tray portion 16 mainly by the protruding edge portion 16C of the tray portion 16. The structure for preventing the portable electronic device 6 from falling off in this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tray portion 16 in this embodiment as viewed from above the vehicle.
In the right area A1 of the placement surface 16A of the tray section 16, the portable electronic device 6 having a rectangular planar shape can be placed at a position shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 4. In such a placement state of the portable electronic device 6, one side 6A located on the outer side (left side) of the portable electronic device 6 in the vehicle width direction abuts against the convex part 16D of the tray section 16, and an apex (corner part) 6C located on the front side of the vehicle and on the inner side (right side) of the portable electronic device 6 in the vehicle width direction abuts against the lower end part of the side wall part 17B of the vertical wall 17. Alternatively, the other side 6B located on the rear side of the portable electronic device 6 abuts against the protruding edge part 16C of the tray section 16, and the apex (corner part) 6C of the portable electronic device 6 abuts against the lower end part of the side wall part 17B of the vertical wall 17.

By determining the positions of one side 6A (or 6B) and one vertex 6C facing the side 6A of the portable electronic device 6 having a rectangular planar shape in this way, it becomes possible to prevent portable electronic devices 6 of various sizes from moving in the forward/backward and left/right directions while the vehicle is traveling. As a result, even if the traveling state of the vehicle changes and an inertial force toward the rear of the vehicle acts on the portable electronic device 6, it is possible to prevent the portable electronic device 6 from climbing over the protruding edge portion 16C of the tray portion 16 and falling into the vehicle compartment R. In other words, by providing the protruding edge portion 16C along the rear edge of the mounting surface 16A of the tray portion 16 and by configuring the structure so that the longitudinal direction of the convex portion 16D of the tray portion 16 is not parallel to the direction of the intersection line between the side wall portion 17B of the vertical wall 17 and the mounting surface 16A of the tray portion 16, it is possible to prevent the portable electronic device 6 from falling from the tray portion 16 even if the size of the portable electronic device 6 varies slightly.

In addition, because the side wall 17B is inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the convex portion 16D, it is possible to secure space for inserting the connector of the charging cable into the portable electronic device 6 by utilizing the gap 6D formed between the portable electronic device 6 and the side wall 17B. Furthermore, because the placement surface 16A of the tray 16 is divided into a right area A1 and a left area A2 by the convex portion 16D, an item 6' that is larger than the portable electronic device 6, such as a tissue box, can also be placed in the left area A2.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications and changes are possible based on the technical concept of the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which an inclined surface 17C is formed on the front wall portion 17A of the vertical wall 17 on the main surface portion 11 of the instrument panel 1, and a USB port mounting portion 18 is provided on the inclined surface 17C, but the USB port mounting portion 18 may be provided on a vertical surface of the vertical wall 17 on which the inclined surface 17C is not formed.

In the above embodiment, an example was described in which the USB port 8 is provided on the instrument panel 1, but the structure of the present invention is effective when any connection port with a power supply function other than a USB port is installed on the instrument panel 1.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, an example was shown in which the tray section 16 has a protruding edge portion 16C, but even if the tray section 16 does not have the protruding edge portion 16C, it is possible to obtain the cooling effect of the portable electrical device by the conditioned air (cold air) as long as the air outlet (register 4) is positioned forward of the rear edge of the placement surface of the tray section.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1...instrument panel 11...main surface portion 12...upper surface portion 13...ventilation opening 14...register cover 15...glove box opening 16...tray portion 16A...mounting surface 16B...tray reinforcing member 16C...ribbed edge portion 16D...convex portion 17...vertical wall 17A...front wall portion 17B...side wall portion 17C...inclined surface 17D...vertical surface 17E...step surface 18...USB port mounting portion (connection port mounting portion)
19: Extension portion 19A: Side surface 19B: Top surface 19C: Bottom surface 19D: Corner portion 20: Vehicle device cover 21: Driver's seat register 3: Duct 4: Passenger seat register (air outlet)
5... Glove box 6... Portable electronic device 7... Steering support member 8... USB port (connection port)
9... Vehicle-mounted device R... Vehicle compartment S... Shift unit W1... Cold air (air-conditioned air)
W2: Warm air (air conditioning)

Claims (7)

an instrument panel disposed in a front side of the vehicle interior and extending in a vehicle width direction;
an air outlet formed on a main surface of the instrument panel facing a rear side of the vehicle, the air outlet being configured to blow conditioned air toward a vehicle interior;
a connection port attachment portion for attaching a connection port, which is electrically connected to a portable electronic device and has a function of supplying power to the portable electronic device, to the main surface portion;
A vehicle instrument panel structure comprising:
the instrument panel includes a tray portion extending from the main surface portion toward the rear of the vehicle and configured to be able to place the portable electronic device thereon;
the main surface portion has a vertical wall extending from a front edge of a surface of the tray portion on which the portable electronic device is placed toward an upper portion of the vehicle,
The connection port attachment portion is provided on the vertical wall,
The air outlet is disposed above the vertical wall within a vehicle width range of the vertical wall and forward of a rear edge of the placement surface. The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1, wherein the tray portion protrudes from the mounting surface for the portable electronic device toward the upper side of the vehicle and has a protruding edge portion that extends along the rear edge of the mounting surface. The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1, wherein the connection port attachment portion is disposed below and forward of the air outlet within the vehicle width range of the air outlet. The instrument panel includes:
an extension portion extending from the main surface portion toward an on-board device disposed at a rear of a central portion of the instrument panel in a vehicle width direction;
a register cover that extends from a side surface of the extension portion in the vehicle width direction toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction and to which a register is attached at a position corresponding to the air outlet,
The vertical wall is
a front wall portion located between a front edge of the mounting surface and a lower edge of the register cover, the front wall portion being provided with the connection port attachment portion;
a side wall portion extending from an inner edge of the mounting surface in the vehicle width direction toward the upper side of the vehicle to a lower surface of the extension portion,
2. The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1, wherein the register cover and the side wall portion are connected via a corner portion formed by the side surface and the lower surface of the extension portion. The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 4, wherein the front wall portion has an inclined surface adjacent to the corner portion that extends forward of the vehicle as it approaches the upper portion of the vehicle, and the connection port mounting portion is provided on the inclined surface. The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 5, wherein the tray portion has a convex portion that protrudes from the placement surface toward the upper side of the vehicle and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle at a position corresponding to the outer edge of the inclined surface in the vehicle width direction on the placement surface for the portable electronic device. the instrument panel includes an opening formed in the main surface portion and in which a passenger-side glove box is installed,
The vehicle instrument panel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the tray portion is disposed above the opening portion.

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