JP2000025654A - Tilt grip protection structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the adhesion of a mud water to a tilt grip surely by providing a grip cover having a recessed shape sunk to the inside of a car width direction to a cab side so as to cover the holding part of the tilt grip. SOLUTION: The rear end of a side mud guard mounted to the lower side of a fender 2 is extended to the arranged position of a tilt grip 3 and a grip cover 7 having a recessed shape sunk to the inside of a car width direction so as to cover the holding part 3a of the tilt grip 3 is formed integrally for the extended rear end. The base end side of the tilt grip 3 is inserted through the through hole 8 opened to the upperside of the grip cover 7 and stuck to the inside surface of a side panel 9 through a bracket 10. Thereby, the adhesion of a muddy water to the tilt grip is prevented surely and the tilt grip can be held in a clean state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tilt grip protection structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows an example of a side structure of a cab-over type truck.
At the rear of the fender 2 of the cab 1, a tilt grip 3 having a substantially U-shape as viewed from the vehicle width direction is equipped, and the driver or the like grasps the tilt grip 3 by hand and manually operates as shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure. The cab 1 is tilted forward (mainly in the case of a relatively small or medium-sized truck).

[0003] A side mud guard 5 for receiving muddy water splashed up by the wheels 4 so as not to be scattered outward in the vehicle width direction is mounted below the front portion of the fender 2 from the tilt grip 3 along the curved shape of the fender 2. Immediately below the rear of the fender 2 on which the tilt grip 3 is disposed, a rear splash board 6 for receiving muddy water from which the wheels 4 jump upward is mounted on a chassis (not shown).

[0004]

However, in such a conventional structure, although the design intended to prevent the muddy water splashed up by the wheels 4 from adhering to the tilt grip 3, the rear splash board 6 is used. It is practically impossible to design such that the upper end portion of the rear splash board 6 on the chassis side is tightly contacted with the cab 1 side that tilts to shield muddy water without a gap, and the tilted cab 1 is returned to the original position. At this time, a required gap (clearance) must be provided so that the upper end portion of the rear splash board 6 does not interfere with the cab 1 side, so that muddy water passes through this gap and adheres to the tilt grip 3, and the cab 1 is removed. When tilting, there was a problem that the tilt grip 3 dirty with muddy water had to be grasped.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a tilt grip protection structure capable of reliably preventing muddy water from adhering to the tilt grip.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a tilt grip protection structure for protecting a tilt grip mounted on a rear part of a fender of a cab-over type truck from muddy water splashed up by wheels. A grip cover having a concave shape depressed inward in the vehicle width direction so as to be wrapped is provided on the cab side.

Therefore, in the present invention, since the grip portion of the tilt grip is covered by the grip cover provided on the cab side, the muddy water from which the wheels have jumped up is reliably shielded by the grip cover, and the tilt grip is gripped. The tilt grip does not adhere to the portion, and the tilt grip is maintained in a clean state.

Further, in the present invention, it is possible to form a grip cover integrally with the rear end of the side mudguard, so that the grip portion of the tilt grip can be covered without increasing the number of parts. It becomes possible to wrap, and an increase in the number of assembling steps and costs is suppressed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention, and the portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 represent the same components.

In this embodiment, the rear end of the side mud guard 5 attached to the lower side of the fender 2 (see FIG. 2) is extended to the position where the tilt grip 3 is arranged, and the extended rear end is tilted relative to the extended rear end. A grip cover 7 having a concave shape that is depressed inward in the vehicle width direction so as to enclose the grip portion 3a of the tilt grip 3 is integrally formed. The through-hole 8 opened upward is inserted through the through-hole 8 and fixed to the inner side surface of the side panel 9 (see FIG. 2) via a bracket 10.

Here, the concave shape of the grip cover 7 in the illustrated example is a shape having a half-moon-shaped cross section and defining a space extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. The portion has a shape following the curved shape of the lower end of the side mudguard 5 so as not to protrude downward from the lower end of the side mudguard 5.

Since the side mud guard 5 is usually manufactured as a molded product made of resin, rubber or the like, the grip cover can be relatively easily formed only by appropriately changing the shape of the mold for molding the side mud guard 5. 7 can be integrally formed.

However, the grip cover 7 does not necessarily need to be formed integrally with the rear end of the side mud guard 5. For example, the same side mud guard 5 as the conventional one can be used as it is, and the side mud guard 5 is separated from the side mud guard 5. The grip cover 7 may be configured to be separately mounted on the fender 2 side.

A portion of the side mud guard 5 shown in FIG. 1 that is located forward of the grip cover 7 has a flange portion 11 formed at the upper end thereof attached to an outer surface of the fender panel 12 via a clip (not shown) or the like. The rear end of the grip cover 7 is provided with a bracket 13 formed at the upper end thereof so as to be curved inward in the vehicle width direction to the inner surface of the side panel 9 via a clip (not shown) or the like. It has become.

Since the grip portion 3a of the tilt grip 3 is covered by the grip cover 7 mounted on the cab 1 side integrally with the side mud guard 5, the wheels 4 (see FIG. 4) are formed. The splashed up muddy water is surely shielded by the grip cover 7 and does not adhere to the grip portion 3a of the tilt grip 3.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the tilt grip 3 can be maintained in a clean state by reliably preventing muddy water from adhering to the tilt grip 3, so that the driver or the like can manually operate the tilt grip 3. When the cab 1 (see FIG. 4) is manually tilted by grasping the tilt grip, the possibility that the tilt grip 3 contaminated with muddy water must be grasped can be avoided.

The grip cover 7 enclosing the grip 3a of the tilt grip 3 not only functions as a simple mudguard, but also when the cab 1 is manually tilted, the grip 3a of the tilt grip 3 is used. Since it also has a function as a protector for preventing the hand holding the hand and the peripheral parts from coming into contact with each other, the safety when the cab 1 is manually tilted can be greatly improved.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the grip cover 7 is formed integrally with the rear end of the side mudguard 5, so that the grip portion 3a of the tilt grip 3 is covered without increasing the number of components. Therefore, increase in the number of assembling steps and costs can be suppressed as much as possible.

The tilt grip protection structure of the present invention
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the concave shape of the grip cover is not limited to the illustrated shape, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0021]

According to the above-described tilt grip protection structure of the present invention, the following various excellent effects can be obtained.

(I) According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reliably prevent muddy water from adhering to the tilt grip and to maintain the tilt grip in a clean state. When a driver or the like grasps the tilt grip dirty with muddy water when the driver or the like manually grips the cab by hand, the risk can be avoided.

(II) According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention, not only can the grip cover function as a simple mudguard, but also when the cab is manually tilted, the grip of the tilt grip is grasped. Since it can also function as a protector for preventing contact between a hand and peripheral parts, the safety when manually tilting the cab can be greatly improved.

(III) According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to enclose the grip portion of the tilt grip without increasing the number of parts, thereby minimizing an increase in the number of assembling steps and costs. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the grip cover of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cab 2 Fender 3 Tilt grip 3a Gripping part 4 Wheel 5 Side mud guard 7 Grip cover 8 Through hole

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tilt grip protection structure for protecting a tilt grip mounted on a rear part of a fender of a cab-over type truck from muddy water splashed up by a wheel, wherein the tilt grip is provided on an inner side in a vehicle width direction so as to cover a grip portion of the tilt grip. A tilt grip protection structure, wherein a grip cover having a concave shape is provided on the cab side. 2. A grip cover formed integrally with a rear end of the side mudguard.
2. The tilt grip protection structure according to 1.