Mazda Motor Corporation

Hiroyuki Tamagawa

Kazuhiro Tanaka

Matsuhiro Tanaka

Shunsuke Nobuoka

Takayuki Furukawa

Makoto Shimoda

Takashi Shimizu

Motonori Moriwaki

Noriyuki Kawamoto

Hironobu Morita

Yuki Itoh

Provided is a method which comprises: an attaching step of attaching a pair of installation jigs, respectively, to right and left opposite lateral portions of a support member; a clamping step of clamping the clampable surface portion of each of the installation jigs by a clamping unit of a transfer device; a temporarily mounting step of transferring the instrument panel module to the front of the passenger compartment by the transfer device to temporarily mount each of the right and left mounting brackets to a sidewall of a vehicle body; and a fastening step of, after the temporarily mounting step, detaching the installation jigs from the support member, and fastening each of the right and left mounting brackets to the sidewall of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction by a fastening bolt.

Method of installing instrument panel module to vehicle

An instrument panel structure includes a transversely extending support member to which a steering apparatus, a knee protector, or both a steering apparatus and a knee protector are attached for relieving a shock load applied to the knees of a driver upon a collision of an automotive vehicle. The instrument panel structure is provided with a reinforcement or retainer for rigidly reinforcing the support member so as to prevent upward deformation of the support member during a collision.

Instrument panel structure for an automotive vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroyuki Tamagawa