Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-29
2003-08-12
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S029000, C296S072000, C280S752000, C024S297000, C411S508000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06604780
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority of Korea patent Application No. 2000-48913, filed on Aug. 23, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a crash pad of an automobile and more particularly, to a structure for mounting a crash pad of an automobile which can ensure to prevent from upward movement of a pin, rotation of a cap or easy separation of the pin from the cap during a process for mounting a crash pad by employing an interlocking structure between the pin of the crash pad and the cap of a cowl panel and having a locking means at a lower end of the pin to be locked into a bottom surface of the cap.
2. Information Disclosure Statement
In general, a most large-sized part such as a crash pad comprising a number of parts is made into a module and then assembled in an assembly line by means of a robot.
FIG. 1
is a sectional view showing a conventional structure for mounting a crash pad, specially, an upper mounting structure of the crash pad.
A pin
11
is mounted to the crash pad
10
made into a module by a tapping screw and then a cap
13
is mounted to a cowl panel
12
. The pin
11
of the crash pad
10
is inserted and locked in vertical direction into the cap
13
of the cowl panel
12
by a robot to complete an assembling process of the crash pad
10
.
Reference numeral
18
is a core of the crash pad
10
, and reference numeral
19
is a locking portion of the cowl panel
12
.
In the structure for mounting the crash pad
10
using the pin
11
and the cap
13
as described above, however, there are some problems such as an upward movement of the pin
11
, or a rotation of the cap
13
from side to side or an easy separation of the pin
11
from the cap
13
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a structure for mounting a crash pad of an automobile which provides an interlocking structure between a pin of a crash pad and a cap of a cowl panel to prevent a pin from separating from a cap and a locking means at a lower end of the pin to lock with a bottom surface of the cap to allow an assembling tolerance when the pin is inserted into the cap, whereby an assembling process of the crash pad can be performed effectively and efficiently.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4146263 (1979-03-01), Watari
patent: 4943102 (1990-07-01), Hamamoto et al.
patent: 5662375 (1997-09-01), Adams et al.
patent: 6132154 (2000-10-01), Easter
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