US 12,384,310 B2
Instrument panel structure
Manabu Hanashima, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,974.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-062335 (JP), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312010 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0207 (2013.01); B62D 25/145 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An instrument panel structure comprising:
a reinforcement bridged between left and right front pillars of a vehicle, and including a first pipe arranged at a driver-seat side and a second pipe having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first pipe and arranged at a passenger-seat side;
a wire harness routed along the reinforcement;
a protector attached to the reinforcement, and accommodating and protecting the wire harness; and
an instrument panel held by the reinforcement and arranged between the left and right front pillars, wherein
the first pipe includes at least one mounting portion and the second pipe includes at least one mounting portion,
the protector includes locking portions at a center and both sides thereof, the locking portions being locked in the mounting portion of the first pipe and in the mounting portion of the second pipe,
in a case where a driver seat is positioned on a right side of the vehicle, the locking portion on a right side of the protector is locked in the mounting portion of the first pipe, and
in a case where a driver seat is positioned on a left side of the vehicle, the locking portion on a left side of the protector is locked in the mounting portion of the first pipe.