JP6910892B2 - Vehicle interior module - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle interior module.

Patent Document 1 discloses decorative glass. This decorative glass is applied to the outer wall window of a building such as a house. The decorative glass of Patent Document 1 is composed of a smooth first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is composed of a plurality of faceted surfaces.

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses an interior panel for a vehicle. This vehicle interior panel is applied to an instrument panel and is made of a hard synthetic resin. Further, Patent Document 3 discloses an interior material for a vehicle. This vehicle interior material is applied to the interior of a vehicle interior door and is made of resin.

Japanese Patent No. 3184522 JP-A-2010-208492 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-176729

When the decorative glass for an outer wall window disclosed in Patent Document 1 is applied to a vehicle interior member (vehicle interior panel or vehicle interior material) disclosed in Patent Document 2 or 3, the decorative glass is used. The design is improved by the facet surface of. However, there is a problem that the strength is insufficient to apply the decorative glass of Patent Document 1 as a part of the interior wall portion of the vehicle body. Further, since the decorative glass of Patent Document 1 is not considered for assembling to the vehicle body, there is a problem that the assembling property to the vehicle body is poor.

Against this background, there has been a demand for a vehicle interior module that can secure strength while improving design and is easy to assemble to a vehicle body.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle interior module capable of ensuring strength while improving designability and improving assembling property to a vehicle body. ..

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the vehicle interior module of the present invention includes a first surface and a first surface forming a wall surface of the interior wall portion of the vehicle interior module forming a part of the interior wall portion of the vehicle body. A glass plate having a first back surface and a first peripheral edge facing each other and having a decorative surface composed of a plurality of concave portions and convex portions formed on the first back surface, and a second surface attached to the first back surface of the glass plate. , A second back surface facing the second surface, a reinforcing plate having a second peripheral edge portion, a first covering portion covering the first peripheral edge portion of the glass plate, and a second covering portion covering the second peripheral edge portion of the reinforcing plate. A resin covering member having at least a covering portion is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to secure the strength while improving the design and to improve the assembling property to the vehicle body.

External view of the door to which the vehicle interior module of the embodiment is applied to the interior wall portion of the door. External view of the vehicle interior module shown in FIG. A cross-sectional view of a main part of the vehicle interior module shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the vehicle interior module according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the door 14 in which the vehicle interior module 10 according to the embodiment is applied to a part of the interior wall portion 16 of the door 14 of the vehicle body 12.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the vehicle interior module 10 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the vehicle interior module 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle interior module 10 has a glass plate 18, a reinforcing plate 20, and a covering member 22.

The glass plate 18 has a front surface (first surface) 18A forming a part of the wall surface of the interior wall portion 16 (see FIG. 1) and a back surface (first back surface) 18B facing the front surface 18A. Further, the glass plate 18 has a peripheral edge portion (first peripheral edge portion) 18C that connects the front surface 18A and the back surface 18B. The glass plate 18 may be formed in a curved shape so as to follow the shape of the curved wall surface of the interior wall portion 16.

The glass plate 18 is a well-known tempered glass that has been chemically strengthened or air-cooled, and its thickness (t1) is 4 to 6 mm as an example. The glass plate 18 is not limited to tempered glass and may be non-tempered glass. Further, the thickness (t1) of the glass plate 18 is not limited to the above thickness, and may be any thickness required according to the location to which the vehicle interior module 10 is applied.

Further, the glass plate 18 is formed with a faceted decorative surface composed of a plurality of concave portions 18D and convex portions 18E on the back surface 18B. The design of the vehicle interior module 10 is enhanced by seeing the back surface 18B, which is a decorative surface, through the front surface 18A. The uneven shape (also referred to as a faceted pattern) of the back surface 18B, which is a decorative surface, is not a uniform shape on the entire surface of the back surface 18B, and the curved surface, the inclined surface, and the flat surface of the glass plate 18 can be visually recognized more three-dimensionally. As shown in FIG. 2, the shape of the glass plate 18 is changed according to the curved surface, the inclined surface, the flat surface, and the like.

Further, it is preferable to form the coating layer 24 on the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18. As the coating layer 24, one in which silver is vapor-deposited can be exemplified. As a result, the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18 can be configured as a mirror surface, so that the design of the vehicle interior module 10 can be further improved. Further, the coating layer 24 may be formed by baking a paint on the back surface 18B. As a result, the glass plate 18 can be made of colored glass, and in this case as well, the design of the vehicle interior module 10 is improved.

The reinforcing plate 20 has a front surface (second surface) 20A attached to the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18 and a back surface (second back surface) 20B facing the front surface 20A. Further, the reinforcing plate 20 has a peripheral edge portion (second peripheral edge portion) 20C that connects the front surface 20A and the back surface 20B.

The reinforcing plate 20 functions as a support member for reinforcing the glass plate 18 and supporting the glass plate 18 on the vehicle body 12. The reinforcing plate 20 is made of a metal such as iron, aluminum or stainless steel, and its thickness (t2) is, for example, 1 to 2 mm. The reinforcing plate 20 is not limited to metal, and may be made of resin such as polycarbonate as long as it can reinforce the glass plate 18. Further, the thickness (t2) of the reinforcing plate 20 is not limited to the above thickness.

The reinforcing plate 20 may be adhered to the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18 via an adhesive 26 such as a urethane adhesive. The adhesive 26 is partially applied to the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18 at a plurality of places, but may be applied to the entire surface of the back surface 18B. The thickness (t3) of the adhesive 26 is, for example, 1 to 2 mm, but is not limited to this thickness.

The covering member 22 is made of, for example, a urethane resin, and has a covering portion (first covering portion) 22A that covers the peripheral edge portion 18C of the glass plate 18 and a covering portion (second covering portion) that covers the peripheral edge portion 20C of the reinforcing plate 20. ) Has at least 22B. The thickness (t4) of the covering portion 22A and the covering portion 22B is, for example, 1 to 2 mm, but is not limited to this thickness (t4).

The covering member 22 is manufactured by, for example, vacuum casting. Specifically, a silicon rubber mold or a metal mold made of iron, aluminum, or the like is attached to the glass plate 18 to which the reinforcing plate 20 is adhered. Next, a silicon rubber mold or a metal mold is placed in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casting machine. Next, the urethane resin is cured in a vacuum state while injecting a liquid urethane resin into the silicone rubber mold or the metal mold. Finally, the silicon rubber mold or the metal mold is removed from the glass plate 18 to which the reinforcing plate 20 is adhered. As a result, the covering member 22 shown in FIG. 3 is formed.

According to the vehicle interior module 10 of the embodiment configured as described above, since the glass plate 18 having the decorative surface formed on the back surface 18B is provided, the design can be improved. Further, since the glass plate 18 is reinforced by the reinforcing plate 20, it is possible to secure the strength corresponding to the interior wall portion 16 of the vehicle body 12. Further, since the reinforcing plate 20 functions as a support member for supporting the glass plate 18 on the vehicle body 12, the assembling property of the vehicle interior module 10 to the vehicle body 12 can be improved. Furthermore, since the covering portion 22A of the covering member 22 covers and protects the peripheral portion 18C of the glass plate 18, and the covering portion 22B covers and protects the peripheral portion 20C of the reinforcing plate 20, the vehicle interior module with respect to the vehicle body 12 The assembling property of 10 can be further improved. Therefore, according to the vehicle interior module 10 of the embodiment, it is possible to secure the strength while improving the design and to improve the assembling property to the vehicle body 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the covering member 22 preferably has a covering portion (third covering portion) 22C that covers at least a part of the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18 and at least a part of the front surface 20A of the reinforcing plate 20. Since the covering portion 22C enhances the integrity of the glass plate 18 and the reinforcing plate 20, the assembling property of the vehicle interior module 10 to the vehicle body 12 can be further improved.

Further, it is preferable that, for example, a transparent plastic film member 28 is attached to the surface 18A of the glass plate 18. The film member 28 can protect the surface 18A, which is a glass surface. The thickness (t5) of the film member 28 is, for example, 80 to 100 μm, but is not limited to this thickness (t5).

Further, it is preferable that the covering member 22 further has a covering portion (fourth covering portion) 22D that covers the peripheral edge portion 28A of the film member 28. By covering the peripheral edge portion 28A of the film member 28 with the covering portion 22D, it is possible to prevent the peripheral edge portion 28A from peeling off from the surface 18A. The covering length (a) of the peripheral edge portion 28A by the covering portion 22D is, for example, 0.6 to 1.0 mm, but is not limited to this length (a).

Further, it is preferable that the base plate 30 is adhered to the back surface 20B of the reinforcing plate 20. The base plate 30 is adhered to the reinforcing plate 20 via an adhesive 32 such as a urethane adhesive. The vehicle interior module 10 is fixed to the vehicle body 12 side via the base plate 30. At that time, it is preferable that the base plate 30 is provided with a positioning member (not shown) such as a pin for positioning the vehicle interior module 10 with respect to the vehicle body 12. Further, it is preferable that the vehicle body 12 is provided with a fitting hole into which the positioning member is fitted. As a result, according to the vehicle interior module 10 of the embodiment, the vehicle interior module 10 can be mounted on the vehicle body 12 simply by fitting the positioning member of the base plate 30 into the fitting hole of the vehicle body 12. The above is the description of the vehicle interior module 10 of the embodiment based on each figure.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the vehicle interior module 10 is applied to a part of the interior wall portion of the door 14 has been described, but the vehicle interior module of the present invention includes a dashboard (not shown) of the vehicle body 12 and an armrest (not shown). It can also be applied to a part of an interior wall such as a console box (not shown) or a console box (not shown).

Further, the color of each member constituting the vehicle interior module 10 is not particularly limited. However, in the case of a vehicle interior module in which the coating layer 24 is not formed on the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18, the adhesive 26 and the reinforcing plate 20 can be seen through the glass plate 18, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of design. Therefore, in the case of the vehicle interior module of this form, the covering member 22 is made black, for example. As a result, it is possible to prevent the adhesive 26 and the reinforcing plate 20 from being seen through by the covering portion 22C of the covering member 22, so that the design of the vehicle interior module 10 can be enhanced.

Further, in the vehicle interior module 10 of the embodiment, the decorative surface is formed on the back surface 18B of the glass plate 18, but the decorative surface may also be formed on the front surface 20A of the reinforcing plate 20. By combining the decorative surface on the glass plate 18 side and the decorative surface on the reinforcing plate 20, the design of the vehicle interior module 10 can be further enhanced. In this case, of course, the covering member 22 is made transparent so that the decorative surface of the reinforcing plate 20 can be seen through.

10 ... Vehicle interior module, 12 ... Body, 14 ... Door, 16 ... Interior wall, 18 ... Glass plate, 18A ... Front, 18B ... Back, 18C ... Peripheral, 18D ... Concave, 18E ... Convex, 20 ... Reinforcement Plate, 20A ... front surface, 20B ... back surface, 20C ... peripheral part, 22 ... covering member, 22A ... covering part, 22B ... covering part, 22C ... covering part, 22D ... covering part, 24 ... coating layer, 26 ... adhesive, 28 ... film member, 30 ... base plate

Claims (6)

In the vehicle interior module that forms part of the interior wall of the vehicle body
It has a first surface forming a wall surface of the interior wall portion, a first back surface facing the first surface, and a first peripheral edge portion, and the first back surface has a decorative surface composed of a plurality of concave portions and convex portions. With the formed glass plate,
A second surface attached to the first back surface of the glass plate, a second back surface facing the second surface, and a reinforcing plate having a second peripheral edge portion.
A resin-made covering member having at least a first covering portion that covers the first peripheral edge portion of the glass plate and a second covering portion that covers the second peripheral edge portion of the reinforcing plate.
Equipped with a,
In the reinforcing plate, the second surface of the reinforcing plate is attached to the first back surface of the glass plate via an adhesive.
The covering member is a vehicle interior module having a third covering portion formed so as to fill the plurality of recesses on the first back surface of the glass plate and covering at least a part of the second surface of the reinforcing plate. .. The vehicle interior module according to claim 1 , wherein a film member is attached to the first surface of the glass plate. The vehicle interior module according to claim 2 , wherein the covering member has a fourth covering portion that covers a peripheral edge portion of the film member. The vehicle interior module according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the reinforcing plate is iron, aluminum, or stainless steel. The vehicle interior module according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the decorative surface of the glass plate is a mirror surface. The vehicle interior module according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein a base plate is adhered to the second back surface of the reinforcing plate.

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