CN220518407U - A post structure and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an A post structure and vehicle, this A post structure include the inner panel and cover the reinforcing plate in the outside of inner panel on the A post, be provided with the locating part on the inner panel on the A post, be provided with the setting element on the reinforcing plate, the setting element extends and stretches into the locating part towards the locating part to make the preassembly location of inner panel and reinforcing plate on the A post. Through the technical scheme, the inner plate and the reinforcing plate on the column A can be preloaded and positioned, so that the subsequent positioning and mounting procedures are simplified. And the locating part extends towards the locating part on the inner panel on the A post, and the outside of inner panel and reinforcing plate on the A post can be more level and smooth, can avoid producing the interference with other structures, and the A post of being convenient for is arranged in the automobile body structure, when installing in the vehicle that has panorama skylight, this A post structure can avoid producing the position interference with panorama skylight, consequently has more extensive application scenario.

Description

A post structure and vehicle

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicles, and in particular, to an a-pillar structure and a vehicle.

Background

The sheet metal parts of the vehicle body structure are usually provided with preassembled structures, so that coarse positioning can be realized among the sheet metal parts through the preassembled structures in the assembly process of the vehicle body structure, and subsequent accurate positioning and installation connection are facilitated. The preassembly structure on the a pillar in the related art is generally an upward protruding hasp, and the hasp is used for being inserted into a positioning hole of a reinforcing plate upwards to realize preassembly positioning of the a pillar and the reinforcing plate, and because the hasp on the a pillar protrudes upwards, interference is easily caused to a structure above a vehicle body, for example, in a vehicle provided with a panoramic sunroof, the hasp on the a pillar protrudes upwards to interfere with the panoramic sunroof in position, so that installation of the panoramic sunroof is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The disclosure aims to provide an A-pillar structure and a vehicle, so as to solve the technical problems in the related art.

To achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides an a-pillar structure, including an a-pillar upper inner plate and a reinforcing plate covering the outer side of the a-pillar upper inner plate, a positioning portion is provided on the a-pillar upper inner plate, a positioning member is provided on the reinforcing plate, and the positioning member extends toward the positioning portion and stretches into the positioning portion, so that the a-pillar upper inner plate and the reinforcing plate are preloaded and positioned.

Optionally, the positioning part is a positioning notch or a positioning hole formed on the inner plate on the a-pillar, and the positioning piece extends into the positioning notch or the positioning hole.

Optionally, a through hole is formed on the reinforcing plate, and the positioning piece extends from a hole wall of the through hole towards the positioning part.

Optionally, the through hole includes a first hole wall and two second hole walls located at two sides of the first hole wall, the positioning piece extends from the first hole wall towards the positioning portion, and a maximum distance between any one of the second hole walls and a side edge of the positioning piece, which is close to the second hole wall, is equal to or greater than 15mm.

Optionally, the reinforcement plate forms the through hole and the positioning member through a punching process.

Optionally, the reinforcement plate includes an upper plate body covering the upper part of the a-pillar upper inner plate, and the positioning member extends obliquely downward from the upper plate body to the positioning portion.

Optionally, an included angle between the positioning piece and the upper plate body is 90-150 degrees.

Optionally, the depth of the positioning piece extending into the positioning part is equal to or greater than 5mm.

Optionally, the a-pillar structure is used for being connected to a B-pillar of a vehicle body, the a-pillar upper inner plate comprises a first part and a second part, the first part is used for being arranged on the front side of the B-pillar, and the second part is used for being arranged on the rear side of the B-pillar;

the first part and the second part are both provided with at least one positioning part, the reinforcing plate covers the first part and the second part at the same time, and the reinforcing plate is provided with a positioning part corresponding to the positioning part on the first part and a positioning part corresponding to the positioning part on the second part.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle comprising the a-pillar structure described above.

Optionally, the vehicle further comprises a side outer panel and a panoramic sunroof, at least part of the side outer panel covers the upper side of the A pillar structure, and the edge of the panoramic sunroof is adhered to the upper surface of the side outer panel.

Through the technical scheme, the locating piece on the reinforcing plate extends towards the locating part on the inner plate on the A column and stretches into the locating part, the locating piece and the locating part are matched with each other, and the pre-installation and the locating of the inner plate on the A column and the reinforcing plate can be realized, so that the coarse locating of the inner plate on the A column and the reinforcing plate can be realized before the installation, and the subsequent locating and installing procedures are simplified. And because the setting element on the reinforcing plate extends towards the location portion on the inner panel on the A post, the setting element can be located the inside of A post structure, and among the relevant technical scheme that forms the hasp that makes progress on the inner panel on the A post, the outside of inner panel and reinforcing plate on the A post that this disclosed embodiment provided can be more level and smooth on the A post to avoid the structure of A post structure and its upside installation to produce the interference, the arrangement of A post in the automobile body structure of being convenient for. In the application scene that the A post structure was installed in the vehicle that has panorama skylight, the A post structure has smooth surface to can avoid producing the position interference with panorama skylight, so that the arrangement and the installation of A post structure and panorama skylight, it is thus clear that the A post structure that this disclosed embodiment provided has more extensive application scene.

Additional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain, but do not limit the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a partial schematic perspective view of an A-pillar structure provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic perspective view of an A-pillar structure provided in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line "A-A" in FIG. 2, wherein the cross-sectional structure of the A-pillar structure is simplified to show the positional relationship of the positioning portion and the positioning member;

fig. 4 is a partial plan view schematically illustrating a reinforcing plate of an a-pillar structure according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

1-A column structure; an 11-A column upper inner plate; 111-a first part; 112-a second portion; 12-a positioning part; 13-reinforcing plates; 131-upper plate body; 132-a through hole; 133-a first hole wall; 134-second hole wall; 14-positioning pieces; 2-B column.

Detailed Description

Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the disclosure, are not intended to limit the disclosure.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, terms such as "upper and lower" are used to refer to upper and lower directions of a vehicle during normal running, specifically, upward from a direction in which a chassis of the vehicle is directed to a ceiling, downward from a direction in which a ceiling of the vehicle is directed to a floor, and "inner and outer" are used to refer to inner and outer sides of an overall contour of the vehicle, specifically, inward from a direction in which an environment is directed to a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and outward from a direction in which the passenger compartment of the vehicle is directed to the environment. In addition, it should be noted that terms such as "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish one element from another element, and do not have order or importance. In addition, in the description with reference to the drawings, the same reference numerals in different drawings denote the same elements.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides an a-pillar structure 1, the a-pillar structure 1 including an a-pillar upper inner panel 11 and a reinforcement panel 13 covering an outer side of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 being provided with a positioning portion 12, the reinforcement panel 13 being provided with a positioning member 14, the positioning member 14 extending toward the positioning portion 12 and into the positioning portion 12 to pre-load-position the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 with the reinforcement panel 13.

Through the technical scheme, the positioning piece 14 on the reinforcing plate 13 extends towards the positioning part 12 on the A-pillar upper inner plate 11 and stretches into the positioning part 12, the positioning piece 14 and the positioning part 12 are matched with each other, and the A-pillar upper inner plate 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 can be preloaded and positioned, so that the A-pillar upper inner plate 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 can be roughly positioned before being installed, and the subsequent positioning and installation procedure is simplified. And because the locating piece 14 on the reinforcing plate 13 extends towards the locating part 12 on the inner plate 11 on the A column, the locating piece 14 can be located in the A column structure 1, and compared with the technical scheme that the upward protruding hasp is formed on the inner plate 11 on the A column in the related art, the outer sides of the inner plate 11 on the A column and the reinforcing plate 13 on the A column can be flatter, so that the interference between the A column structure 1 and the structure mounted on the upper side of the A column structure is avoided, and the arrangement of the A column in a vehicle body structure is facilitated. In the application scenario that the a-pillar structure 1 is installed in a vehicle with a panoramic sunroof, the a-pillar structure 1 has a flat outer surface, so that position interference with the panoramic sunroof can be avoided, and arrangement and installation of the a-pillar structure 1 and the panoramic sunroof are facilitated, and therefore, the a-pillar structure 1 provided by the embodiment of the disclosure has a wider application scenario.

As an exemplary application scenario, the a pillar upper inner panel described above may be installed in a vehicle having a panoramic sunroof, which may include a side outer panel and a panoramic sunroof, at least a portion of the side outer panel being covered over the a pillar structure 1, and the side of the panoramic sunroof being adhered to the upper surface of the side outer panel. Because the A pillar structure 1 has smooth surface, the side wall planking covers in the top of A pillar structure 1 for the surface of side wall planking also can have good planarization, when the limit portion in panorama skylight bonds in the upper surface of side wall planking, the side wall planking can not produce the position interference with panorama skylight, also can not restrict panorama skylight's arrangement or installation.

The reinforcement plate 13 is disposed outside the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, which means that the reinforcement plate 13 is disposed on the side of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 away from the vehicle passenger compartment. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 may have a vertical portion extending in the vertical direction and a horizontal portion extending in the horizontal direction, respectively, the reinforcement plate 13 may be provided with a vertical reinforcement portion covering a side thereof remote from the passenger compartment corresponding to the vertical portion of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, and the reinforcement plate 13 may be provided with a horizontal reinforcement portion covering thereabove corresponding to the horizontal portion of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11. In the above-described embodiment, the positioning member 14 may be provided at any position of the reinforcing plate 13, for example, the positioning member 14 may be provided at a horizontal reinforcing portion or a vertical reinforcing portion of the reinforcing plate 13. Alternatively, in an embodiment in which a cushion chamber is formed between the reinforcing plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, the reinforcing plate 13 may include a chamber portion and connection flanges on both sides of the chamber portion, and the positioning members 14 may be provided on the connection flanges of the reinforcing plate 13. The specific shapes of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 and the reinforcement panel 13 are not particularly limited by the present disclosure.

The positioning portion 12 on the a-pillar inner panel 11 may be any structure capable of allowing the positioning member 14 to extend into, such as a positioning groove, a positioning notch or a positioning hole. As an exemplary embodiment, the positioning portion 12 may alternatively be a positioning notch formed on the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 into which the positioning piece 14 extends. For example, a locating notch may be formed in the inner edge of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, the locating notch having an inwardly facing open end. As another exemplary embodiment, alternatively, the positioning portion 12 may be a positioning hole formed on the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 into which the positioning piece 14 extends. Here, the positioning holes on the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 may be circular holes, elliptical holes, square holes, or the like, which is not particularly limited by the present disclosure.

The positioning member 14 may be a plate-like structure, a block-like structure, a hook-like structure, or the like, and the present disclosure is not limited to the specific shape of the positioning member 14, and in order to facilitate the forming of the positioning member 14, the positioning member 14 may alternatively be formed into a plate-like structure. The positioning member 14 may be provided at an arbitrary position of the reinforcement plate 13, and in an embodiment in which the reinforcement plate 13 includes an upper plate body 131 that covers the upper side of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, the positioning member 14 may be located on the upper plate body 131.

The positioning piece 14 and the upper plate 131 can be vertically arranged or arranged at an angle, so that the positioning piece 14 can extend towards the positioning portion 12. In order to improve the positioning stability between the reinforcement plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11, optionally, the angle θ between the positioning member 14 and the upper panel body 131 may be 90 ° -150 °, so that the positioning member 14 can extend into the positioning portion 12 as much as possible to achieve a good mutual limiting effect.

The setting position and specific position of the positioning member 14 can be adaptively adjusted according to the structure of the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 or other structures of the vehicle, which is not particularly limited by the present disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment, alternatively, the reinforcement plate 13 may include an upper plate body 131 covering the upper side of the a-pillar upper inner plate 11, and the positioning member 14 may extend obliquely downward from the upper plate body 131 to the positioning portion 12. In this embodiment, since the reinforcing plate 13 receives its own gravity, the positioning member 14 can stably extend into the positioning portion 12 and mutually limit the positioning portion 12, and when the reinforcing plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 shake, the positioning member 14 can still stably extend into the positioning portion 12 under the gravity of the reinforcing plate 13, thereby avoiding falling between the reinforcing plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11.

In the above embodiment, as an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, alternatively, a first end of the positioning member 14 may be connected to the upper plate 131, the positioning member 14 extends obliquely downward from the upper plate 131, and a second end of the positioning member 14 is located in the positioning portion 12, where the second end of the positioning member 14 is closer to the outside of the a-pillar structure 1 than the first end.

In order to improve positioning stability between the positioning member 14 and the positioning portion 12, the positioning member 14 may alternatively extend into the positioning portion 12 to a depth H equal to or greater than 5mm. The depth of the positioning member 14 extending into the positioning portion 12 refers to the vertical distance between the bottom end of the positioning portion 12 and the positioning portion 12 where the positioning member 14 extends into the positioning portion 12. As shown in fig. 3, in the embodiment in which the positioning member 14 is formed on the upper plate body 131 of the reinforcing plate 13, the upper plate body 131 is covered over the a-pillar upper inner plate 11, and the depth H by which the positioning member 14 extends into the positioning portion 12 is the distance between the bottom end of the positioning member 14 and the positioning portion 12 in the vertical direction, which is shown with reference to H in fig. 3. Since the depth H of the positioning piece 14 extending into the positioning portion 12 is equal to or greater than 5mm, the reinforcement plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 have good positioning stability, and even if the reinforcement plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 are inclined or rocked at a small angle, the reinforcement plate 13 and the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 can remain connected to avoid detachment.

The positioning member 14 may be integrally formed with the reinforcing plate 13, or the positioning member 14 may be bonded or welded to the reinforcing plate 13, for example, the positioning member 14 may be connected to the lower end surface of the reinforcing plate 13 by welding. The present disclosure does not specifically limit this. To facilitate the forming and arrangement of the positioning member 14, as shown in fig. 2 to 3, the reinforcing plate 13 may be optionally formed with a through hole 132, and the positioning member 14 may extend from a wall of the through hole 132 toward the positioning portion 12. In the above embodiment, the positioning member 14 extends from the wall of the through hole 132 toward the positioning portion 12, and the through hole 132 can provide a space for forming and mounting the positioning member 14 to facilitate the processing of the positioning member 14. And, when carrying out preassembly location, reinforcing plate 13 covers in the outside of inner panel 11 on the A post, can cause shielding to inner panel 11 on the A post, and through-hole 132 can expose the position of location portion 12 to the operating personnel of being convenient for stretches into location portion 12 with setting element 14, reduces the degree of difficulty of preassembly location.

In the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, alternatively, the through hole 132 may include a first hole wall 133 and two second hole walls 134 located on both sides of the first hole wall 133, the positioning member 14 extends from the first hole wall 133 toward the positioning portion 12, and a maximum distance M between any one of the second hole walls 134 and a side edge of the positioning member 14 adjacent to the second hole wall 134 is equal to or greater than 15mm, so that a sufficient maximum distance M is reserved between the second hole wall 134 and a side edge of the positioning member 14 adjacent to the second hole wall 134 for forming the positioning member 14, thereby facilitating the manufacture of the reinforcing plate 13 and the positioning member 14. Moreover, the through holes 132 reserve enough space on two sides of the positioning piece 14 to expose the positioning portion 12, so that an operator can conveniently extend the positioning piece 14 into the positioning portion 12, and difficulty in preassembly positioning is reduced. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 4, the second sidewall 134 in this embodiment may have an irregularly shaped structure.

As an exemplary embodiment, the reinforcement plate 13 may alternatively be formed with the through hole 132 and the positioning member 14 through a punching process.

In one exemplary embodiment, the underside of the a-pillar structure 1 may be connected to the B-pillar 2 of the vehicle, for example, in a vehicle having a panoramic sunroof, the a-pillar structure 1 extends rearward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to the rear of the B-pillar 2. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, alternatively, the a-pillar structure 1 may be used for the B-pillar 2 attached to the vehicle body, the a-pillar upper inner panel 11 may include a first portion 111 and a second portion 112, the first portion 111 is used for being disposed on the front side of the B-pillar 2, the second portion 112 is used for being disposed on the rear side of the B-pillar 2, at least one positioning portion 12 is disposed on each of the first portion 111 and the second portion 112, the reinforcement plate 13 covers both the first portion 111 and the second portion 112, and the reinforcement plate 13 is provided with a positioning piece 14 corresponding to the positioning portion 12 on the first portion 111 and a positioning piece 14 corresponding to the positioning portion 12 on the second portion 112.

In the above embodiment, the first portion 111 and the second portion 112 of the a-pillar inner panel 11 can respectively realize preassembly positioning through the at least one positioning portion 12 and the reinforcing plate 13, so that the a-pillar inner panel 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 can be ensured to have good stability in preassembly positioning, and the positioning portion 12 and the positioning piece 14 are arranged between the first portion 111 and the reinforcing portion, and the positioning portion 12 and the positioning piece 14 are arranged between the second portion 112 and the reinforcing piece, so that the a-pillar inner panel 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 can realize preassembly positioning from a plurality of positions, and positioning errors between the a-pillar inner panel 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 are reduced, so that subsequent positioning difficulty is further reduced, and installation of a vehicle body structure is facilitated.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle including the a-pillar structure 1 described above. The vehicle herein may be an electric vehicle, a fuel vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, or the like, and the present disclosure is not particularly limited as to the type of vehicle.

In the vehicle described above, since the positioning piece 14 on the reinforcement plate 13 extends toward the positioning portion 12 on the a-pillar inner panel 11 and extends into the positioning portion 12, the positioning piece 14 and the positioning portion 12 are mutually engaged, the pre-installation positioning of the a-pillar inner panel 11 and the reinforcement plate 13 can be achieved, the a-pillar inner panel 11 and the reinforcement plate 13 can be coarsely positioned before installation, and the subsequent positioning and installation process can be simplified. And the outer sides of the A-pillar upper inner plate 11 and the reinforcing plate 13 can be flatter, thereby avoiding interference between the A-pillar structure 1 and the structure mounted on the upper side thereof, and facilitating arrangement of the A-pillar in the vehicle body structure. Therefore, the vehicle is simpler in the assembly process and has good production efficiency.

As an exemplary embodiment, the vehicle may optionally include a side outer panel at least partially covering the a pillar structure 1 and a panorama sunroof having a side portion adhered to an upper surface of the side outer panel. Because the A pillar structure 1 has a flat outer surface, the side wall outer plate covers the upper side of the A pillar structure 1, so that the side wall outer plate can also have good flatness, and therefore, the edge of the panoramic sunroof is bonded to the upper surface of the side wall outer plate without position interference with the side wall outer plate, so that the panoramic sunroof is arranged and installed conveniently. The vehicle has the panorama skylight, and panorama skylight has good sight nature and daylighting nature, has promoted the use experience of vehicle.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure within the scope of the technical concept of the present disclosure, and all the simple modifications belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In addition, the specific features described in the foregoing embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present disclosure does not further describe various possible combinations.

Moreover, any combination between the various embodiments of the present disclosure is possible as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure, which should also be construed as the disclosure of the present disclosure.

Claims (11)

1. The utility model provides an A post structure, its characterized in that includes the A post on the inner panel and covers the reinforcing plate in the outside of inner panel on the A post, be provided with the location portion on the A post on the inner panel, be provided with the setting element on the reinforcing plate, the setting element orientation the location portion extends and stretches into the location portion, so that the A post on the inner panel with the reinforcing plate pre-installation location.

2. The a-pillar structure of claim 1, wherein the positioning portion is a positioning notch or a positioning hole formed in the a-pillar upper inner panel, and the positioning member extends into the positioning notch or the positioning hole.

3. The a-pillar structure according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing plate is formed with a through hole, and the positioning member extends from a wall of the through hole toward the positioning portion.

4. A structure according to claim 3, wherein the through hole comprises a first hole wall and two second hole walls located on both sides of the first hole wall, the positioning member extends from the first hole wall toward the positioning portion, and a maximum distance between any one of the second hole walls and a side edge of the positioning member adjacent to the second hole wall is equal to or greater than 15mm.

5. The a-pillar structure of claim 3, wherein said reinforcement plate is formed with said through-hole and said retainer by a stamping process.

6. The a-pillar structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reinforcement plate includes an upper plate body that covers an upper side of the a-pillar upper inner plate, and the positioning member extends obliquely downward from the upper plate body to the positioning portion.

7. The a-pillar structure of claim 6, wherein an angle between said retainer and said upper plate body is 90 ° to 150 °.

8. The a-pillar structure of any one of claims 1-5, wherein said positioning member extends into said positioning portion to a depth of 5mm or more.

9. The a-pillar structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the a-pillar structure is for attachment to a B-pillar of a vehicle body, the a-pillar upper inner panel includes a first portion for being disposed on a front side of the B-pillar and a second portion for being disposed on a rear side of the B-pillar;

the first part and the second part are both provided with at least one positioning part, the reinforcing plate covers the first part and the second part at the same time, and the reinforcing plate is provided with a positioning part corresponding to the positioning part on the first part and a positioning part corresponding to the positioning part on the second part.

10. A vehicle comprising an a-pillar structure according to any one of claims 1-9.

11. The vehicle of claim 10, further comprising a side fascia outer panel and a panoramic sunroof, at least a portion of the side fascia outer panel overlying the a pillar structure, a border of the panoramic sunroof being bonded to an upper surface of the side fascia outer panel.