JP2000038074A - Terminal processing structure of automobile carpet and terminal processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process the terminal of a carpet through a simple structure decreased in the number of parts. SOLUTION: This terminal processing structure comprises a carpet 16 laid over a car body panel; and a retainer 21 locked at a support bracket 18 so as cover a support bracket 18 arranged in a rising state at the car body panel. By extending the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 along the retainer 21, the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is nipped between the retainer 21 and the end part 13b of a panel member 13 arranged in an automobile. The retainer 21 is provided with a pair of leg parts 22 and 23 resiliently nipping the support bracket 18, and a support piece 24 which extends from a pair of leg parts 22 and 23 in the direction of the panel member 13 and covers a pair of the leg parts 22 and 23 and on which the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is placed. The support piece 24 and the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 are tightly bound together by a tight binding member 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal processing structure and a terminal processing method for processing a terminal of a carpet laid on a body panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When laying a carpet on a body panel of an automobile, if other panel members protrude into the automobile, the terminal of the carpet is inserted into the panel member so as to be invisible. Terminal processing for preventing the degradation of the terminal is performed.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a conventional structure in which such carpet terminal processing is performed on a console box (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-133936 as a similar technique). A support bracket 2 is provided upright on a hole cover 1 which forms a part of a vehicle body panel. A retainer 3 is attached to the support bracket 2, and processing of the terminal 4 a of the carpet 4 is performed via the retainer 3. Note that the carpet 4 used is laminated on a vibration-proof material sheet 8 such as anti-hair felt.

The retainer 3 is formed in an inverted L-shape to cover the support bracket 2 and has a mounting hole 3a communicating with the mounting hole 2a of the support bracket 2. The support bracket 2 is covered by the retainer 3, and the terminal 4a of the carpet 4 is put on the retainer 3 in the covered state. At this time, the carpet 4 is started up along the retainer 3 so that the terminal 4a covers the upper part of the retainer 3.

[0005] Then, a clip (tree clip) 5 is pushed in from the outside of the terminal 4a of the carpet 4 to penetrate the mounting hole 3a of the retainer 3 and the mounting hole 2a of the support bracket 2, and a retaining ring 6 such as an E-ring. Is locked in the groove 5a of the clip 5 to prevent it from falling off. Thereby, the head 5b of the clip 5 attaches the carpet 4 to the retainer 3
, And the terminal processing is performed in which the terminal 4 a of the carpet 4 is sandwiched between the retainer 3 and the end 7 a of the console box 7.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional terminal processing structure, the clip 5 is pushed in after the retainer 3 is covered with the carpet 4 and the retaining ring 6 is locked to the clip 5 so that the sub-assembly ( Pre-assembly), and then, of the members sub-assembled by the carpet 4 and the retainer 3, the mounting hole 3a of the retainer 3 matches the mounting hole 2a of the support bracket 2. In other words, the clip 5 is attached to the support bracket 2. Since the positioning is performed by engaging with the mounting hole 2a, the number of working steps is large and a long time is required. Further, the number of parts for terminal processing is large, and workability is poor.

In addition, since the terminal 4a of the carpet 4 is located at the rising position, the terminal 4a is easily dropped, and it is difficult to maintain the shape of the terminal 4a. In addition, the carpet 4 is easily crushed by the pressing of the clip 5 by the head 5b, as shown in FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, a gap G is formed between the terminal 4 a of the carpet 4 and the end 7 a of the console box 7, and there is a possibility that the end 7 a of the console box 7 is lifted off the carpet 4. is there. In this state, the end 7a of the console box 7
Since the hands may touch the surface, not only the discomfort is caused but also the appearance is deteriorated.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a conventional problem, and has a simple structure for terminal treatment of a carpet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal processing structure and a terminal processing method for a carpet for an automobile in which a gap is not generated.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal processing structure for covering a carpet laid on a vehicle body panel and a support bracket provided on the vehicle body panel in a standing manner. And a retainer locked to a support bracket, wherein the terminal of the carpet is arranged along the retainer so that the terminal of the carpet is sandwiched between the retainer and an end of a panel member arranged in the automobile. In the retainer,
A pair of legs for elastically holding the support bracket,
A support piece that extends from the pair of legs in the direction of the panel member and covers the pair of legs and on which the terminal of the carpet is placed is provided. It is characterized by tight bandage.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to the first aspect, wherein the strap member is driven into a terminal and a support piece of the carpet to be in a strap state. It is a needle.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to the first or second aspect, wherein a stopper piece that is in contact with an end face of the terminal of the carpet is connected to the supporting piece. Features.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the terminal treatment structure for an automobile carpet according to the first or second aspect, wherein the supporting piece is bent to provide a sandwiching piece for sandwiching the terminal of the carpet together with the supporting piece. The clip piece and the support piece are banded by the bandage member with the terminal of the carpet sandwiched therebetween.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to the first aspect, wherein an offset distance for tensioning the carpet is provided between the pair of legs and the supporting piece. Is provided.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to the first aspect, wherein the panel member is a console box.

According to the terminal processing method of the present invention, the terminal of the carpet and the supporting piece are tightly bound by the tightening member in a state where the terminal of the carpet is placed on the supporting piece provided on the retainer, and then the standing up from the vehicle body panel. The support bracket is held between a pair of legs of the retainer.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the terminal of the carpet is placed on the support piece of the retainer, and the support piece and the terminal of the carpet are tightened by the tightening member, so that the terminal of the carpet is retained. Along the line. By attaching the legs of the retainer so as to sandwich the support bracket of the vehicle body panel, the terminal of the carpet can be sandwiched between the retainer and the end of the panel member of the automobile. For this reason, a clip, a retaining ring, and the like are not required, and terminal processing can be performed with a small number of components, and the number of steps for terminal processing is also reduced.

Further, since the support piece of the retainer extends in the direction of the panel member, the terminal of the carpet is tightly attached to the support piece and the terminal of the carpet follows the retainer, so that the shape of the terminal of the carpet is securely held. And the terminal of the carpet can be reliably brought into contact with the end of the panel member. Therefore, since there is no gap between the end of the panel member and the carpet, the end of the panel member does not rise, and the end does not touch the end of the panel member, and the appearance does not deteriorate. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the binding member is formed of a binding needle, the terminal of the carpet can be tightly bound to the supporting piece only by driving the binding needle, and the binding is easily performed. And the number of parts for the ligament is reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the stopper piece connected to the support piece of the retainer abuts on the terminal of the carpet, so that the terminal of the carpet does not come off.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the sandwiching piece and the supporting piece sandwich the terminal of the carpet and are tightly bound by the strapping member in the sandwiched state, the terminal of the carpet can be firmly strapped. In addition, a stable bond can be performed, and the terminal cannot be unraveled.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the carpet is tensioned by the offset interval, so that the appearance of the carpet can be improved without dripping or curving.

According to the invention of claim 6, since the end of the console box does not rise from the carpet, the appearance of the console box is improved.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the terminal of the carpet and the support piece of the retainer are tightened by the tightening member, and then the support bracket of the vehicle body panel is sandwiched between the pair of legs of the retainer. The process ends. Therefore, the number of terminal processing steps is small, and the processing can be performed easily.

[0024]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the inside of an automobile to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this embodiment, a panel member is applied to a console box.

In FIG. 1, a tunnel panel 12 extending in the front-rear direction of a vehicle body is provided on a floor panel 11 constituting a vehicle body panel, and a console box 13 as a panel member is mounted on the tunnel panel 12. A shift lever 15 that penetrates the shift lever boot 14 protrudes from the console box 13, so that the shift lever 15 can be operated.

On the floor panel 11 and the tunnel panel 12, a carpet 16 is laid. The carpet 16 stands up from the floor panel 11 along the tunnel panel 12, but is drawn into the console box 13 at the console box 13, so that the terminal 16a is processed so as not to be seen from the outside.

As shown in FIG. 2, the console box 1
3 and the tunnel panel 12, respectively, shift lever through holes 13a, 12a through which the shift lever 15 penetrates,
These shift lever through holes 13a are opened.
The console box 13 is mounted on the tunnel panel 12 such that the console boxes 12a communicate with each other.
Further, a hole cover 17 for processing the terminal 16 a of the carpet 16 is provided in the shift lever through hole 12 a of the tunnel panel 12.

The hole cover 17 is entirely made of a rigid metal such as an iron plate or stainless steel, and is formed in a rectangular plate shape similar to the shift lever through hole 12a of the tunnel panel 12. Further, a through hole 17a communicating with the shift lever through hole 12a is formed in a central portion of the hole cover 17. At four corners on the upper surface of the hole cover 17, support brackets 18 are integrally formed so as to stand up.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a carpet terminal processing structure according to this embodiment has a hole cover 1.
7, a support bracket 18, a retainer 21, and a binding needle 20 as a binding member. In addition, the carpet 16 is laminated | stacked on the vibration-proof material sheet 19 which consists of anti-hair felt, and is used for terminal processing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the retainer 21 has a pair of legs 22, 23 facing each other, and a pair of legs 22, 23.
It is formed by extrusion molding so as to integrally have a support piece 24 located at the upper part of 23.

The pair of legs 22 and 23 cover the support bracket 18 by being positioned on the support bracket 18 side, and hold the support bracket 18 in this covering state. Of these, one leg 23 extends straight in the vertical direction, while the other leg 22 has a bent portion 22 a bent in the direction of the support bracket 18. By providing the bent portion 22a, a spring force for elastically holding the support bracket 18 is applied to the pair of legs 22 and 23.

The upper part of the other leg 22 extends in the direction of the console box 13 (upward), and this extended end is bent at a right angle in the opposite direction to the console box 13 so as to form the support piece 24 described above. Are formed horizontally. The support piece 24 has a terminal 16 a of the carpet 16.
Is placed.

By extending the other leg 22 in this manner, an offset space 26 is provided between the pair of legs 22, 23 and the support piece 24. By providing the offset interval 26, a terminal process can be performed in which the carpet 16 is in a tension state.

Further, a stopper piece 25 which is bent upward at a right angle and further rises is provided at the tip of the support piece 24.
Are connected. The end face of the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 contacts the stopper piece 25.

The tensioning needle 20 is attached to the support piece 24 of the retainer 21.
And the backing 16b of the terminal 16a of the carpet 16. This band is performed by driving the bandage needle 20 in a state where the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is placed on the support piece 24. A tucker can be used as the bandage needle 20.

Next, a terminal process according to this embodiment will be described. The retainer 21 is set in a free state, the carpet 16 is moved along with the vibration-proof material sheet 19 on the retainer 21 in the free state, and the terminal 16 a of the carpet 16 is placed on the support piece 24 of the retainer 21. At this time, the carpet 16
The end face of the terminal 16a is brought into contact with the stopper piece 25. Then, the bandage needle 20 is driven into the placement portion.

As shown in FIG. 4, the implanted bandage needle 20 penetrates the backing 16 b of the carpet 16 and the vibration-insulating material sheet 19, penetrates the support piece 24, and bends the penetrating end. Thereby, the backing 16b of the carpet 16 and the support piece 24 are tightly bound by the tight band needle 20.

After this band, the legs 22 of the retainer 21,
23 is inserted into the support bracket 18, and the legs 22, 23 are inserted.
The support bracket 18 is clamped by the elastic force of. This holding fixes the retainer 21 to the support bracket 18. Further, since the carpet 16 is in a state along the retainer 21, the terminal 16 a of the carpet 16 can be sandwiched between the retainer 21 and the end 13 a of the console box 13 by fixing the retainer 21 to the support bracket 18. it can.

In such a processing structure, by attaching the backing 16b of the carpet 16 to the support piece 24 extending in the direction of the console box 13, the carpet 1
6 along the retainer 21. With this structure, the terminal 16 a of the carpet 16 can be reliably brought into contact with the end 13 a of the console box 13, and there is no gap between the end 13 a of the console box 13 and the carpet 16. For this reason, the end 13a of the console box 13 does not rise,
The end 13a of the console box 13 is not touched by the hand, and the appearance can be improved.

Particularly, in this embodiment, since the carpet 16 is in a tensioned state by providing the offset space 26 between the support piece 24 and the pair of legs 22 and 23, the carpet 16 may drop or bend. And a good appearance can be supported.

Since the end face of the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 abuts against the stopper piece 25, the carpet 16 does not come off from the end face.

Further, in the above-described processing, the terminal processing is completed only by clamping the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 by the banding needle 20 and the bandage of the support piece 24 and the holding bracket 18 by the legs 22,23. Therefore, there are few processing steps,
Easy to do.

Further, since the clip and the retaining ring are not required and the number of parts is reduced, the structure is simplified.

FIG. 5 shows another form of the retainer 21. In the retainer 21 of this embodiment, the support pieces 24 are formed by bending the upper ends of the pair of legs 22 and 23 in the horizontal direction, and between the pair of legs 22 and 23 and the support piece 24. Does not have the offset interval 26 shown in FIG. Even in this case, the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is placed on the support piece 24, and this placement portion is
Tightening at the retainer 21 of the carpet 16
To the console box 13
No gap is formed between the end portion 13a and the carpet 16, the appearance can be improved, and the processing can be completed with a simple process.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show still another embodiment of the retainer 21. FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the stopper piece 25 connected to the tip of the support piece 24 is bent so as to be further folded, and this bending causes the holding piece 2 parallel to the support piece 24.
7 are provided. This pinch piece 27 can pinch the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 together with the support piece 24, and by driving the tensing needle 20 with respect to these pinch states,
The terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is tightened. In the structure in which the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 is tightly attached to the carpet 16 while being sandwiched between the sandwiching piece 27 and the support piece 24, the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 can be tightly attached. Thereby, a stable band can be performed.
Also in this case, since the stopper piece 25 abuts on the terminal 16a of the carpet 16, the carpet 16 can be prevented from coming loose.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the bent portions 22a and 23a which are bent in the direction of the support bracket 18 are formed on both of the pair of legs 22 and 23 of the retainer 21. Therefore, a spring force is applied to both the legs 22, 23, so that the support bracket 18 can be elastically clamped from both sides. For this reason, the retainer 21 can be firmly fixed, and stable fixing can be performed.

The present invention can be variously modified without being limited to the above embodiments. For example, a member other than a banding needle such as a clip can be used as a banding member for banding the terminal 16a of the carpet 16 and the support piece 24 of the retainer 21. Further, the present invention can be applied to other panel members of an automobile other than a console box such as a dashboard.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the inside of an automobile to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting structure in a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a bandage state by the bandage needle along the line BB in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another form of the retainer.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a terminal process by a retainer of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a terminal process by a retainer of still another mode.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional terminal process.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a conventional terminal process.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a problem of the conventional terminal processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 Console Box 16 Carpet 16a Carpet Terminal 18 Support Bracket 20 Tightening Needle 21 Retainer 22, 23 Leg 24 Supporting Piece 25 Stopper Piece 27 Nipping Piece

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A carpet laid on a vehicle body panel, and a retainer engaged with the support bracket so as to cover a support bracket provided on the vehicle body panel in an upright state, and a terminal of the carpet is moved along the retainer. In a terminal processing structure in which a terminal of a carpet is sandwiched between a retainer and an end portion of a panel member arranged in an automobile, the retainer has a pair of legs for elastically holding the support bracket, A support piece is provided extending from the pair of legs in the direction of the disposition position of the panel member to cover the pair of legs and mount the terminal of the carpet, and the support piece and the terminal of the carpet are provided. A terminal treatment structure for a carpet for an automobile, wherein the terminal band is tightened by a band member. 2. The terminal treatment structure for an automobile carpet according to claim 1, wherein the strap member is a strap needle which is driven into a terminal of the carpet and the support piece to be in a strap state. A terminal processing structure for a carpet for an automobile. 3. The car terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to claim 1, wherein the support piece is provided with a stopper piece that is in contact with an end face of a terminal of the carpet. Terminal processing structure for carpet. 4. The terminal treatment structure for an automobile carpet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support piece is provided with a clip which sandwiches the terminal of the carpet together with the support by bending the support. A terminal processing structure for a carpet for automobiles, wherein the holding piece and the support piece are tightly bound by the tight band member while sandwiching the terminal of the carpet. 5. The terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to claim 1, wherein an offset interval is provided between the pair of legs and a support piece to bring the carpet into a tensioned state. A car terminal processing structure for a car. 6. The terminal processing structure for an automobile carpet according to claim 1, wherein the panel member is a console box. 7. A state in which the terminal of the carpet is placed on the support piece provided on the retainer, and the terminal of the carpet and the support piece are tightened by a tightening member, and then the support bracket rising from the vehicle body panel is fixed to the retainer. A terminal treatment method for a carpet for an automobile, wherein the terminal is sandwiched between a pair of legs.