US 11,919,397 B2
Structure of vehicle body
Marie Sakata, Toyota (JP); Masayuki Tado, Toyota (JP); and Naoya Kidokoro, Shibuya-ku (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,614.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-141725 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063410 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 37/02 (2013.01) [B60K 2370/654 (2019.05); B60K 2370/693 (2019.05); B60K 2370/84 (2019.05)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure of a vehicle body comprising:
an instrument panel;
a steering column extending through an opening of the instrument panel toward a rear of the vehicle body, and having a steering wheel attached thereto; and
a meter cluster panel provided such that the meter cluster panel surrounds a meter, wherein
the meter cluster panel is attached to an upper surface of the instrument panel and disposed frontward of the steering wheel,
the meter cluster panel comprises:
an upper cover portion provided such that the upper cover portion opposes at least a part of an upper portion of the meter; and
a side cover portion provided such that the side cover portion opposes at least a part of a side portion of the meter,
the side cover portion extends from a position opposing the side portion of the meter toward the rear of the vehicle body and includes a portion located closer to the rear of the vehicle body than the upper cover portion,
the meter cluster panel further comprises a back cover portion provided such that the back cover portion opposes a back portion of the meter,
a first edge portion of the back cover portion is in contact with a second edge portion of the side cover portion,
the back cover portion comprises at least one first projection projecting from the first edge portion toward the second edge portion of the side cover portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body,
the side cover portion comprises at least one second projection projecting from the second edge portion toward the first edge portion of the back cover portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body,
the at least one first projection of the back cover portion opposes an inner surface of the second edge portion of the side cover portion, and
the at least one second projection of the side cover portion opposes an inner surface of the first edge portion of the back cover portion.