JP2000043571A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely fix a member to be fitted without any play by providing an expansion means to abut a fixing claw on a part of the member to be fitted on a part in the vicinity of the fixing claw to be inserted in a fitting hole of the member to be fitted which is fixed by a fixing piece. SOLUTION: When a door molding 25, etc., is fitted using a clip 1, an insertion base part 28 of the door molding 25 is fixed by a base part fixing piece 10, the inside of the door molding 25 is supported by a projecting part 3 of a base plate 2, and a tip stopping part 31 of the door molding 25 is fixed by a fixing piece 6 at the tip part of the base plate 2. Then, the clip 1 is arranged on a door belt part 16 of a door panel 15, an insertion part 4 of the clip 1 is inserted in a fitting hole 19 from a cabin side, lower parts of the insertion part 4 and the base part 2 are arranged on an outer side of an inner panel 18, and a gap between the base part 2 and a holding piece 5 is held by the door belt part 16. The expansion means 8 is contracted to elevate the fixing claw 8 to be abutted on an inner side part of the door panel 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip for fixing a member to be mounted to a mounting member, and more particularly, to a door molding (a door belt molding with a weather strip) on a door belt (window frame) of an automobile door. )
This is related to a clip used to fix the clip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a door molding (door belt molding) is attached to a door belt portion of an automobile door, a clip for the door molding is used. As shown in FIG. 14, both fixing portions 104A and 104B for fixing both ends 103A and 103B of the door molding 103 to the substrate 102 of the clip 101, and the substrate 102 is attached to the door panel 105.
(Refer to FIG. 15), a holding piece 106 and a fixing claw 107 for holding and fixing are formed.

As shown in FIG. 15, both end portions 103A, 103B of a door molding 103 are fixed to both fixing portions 104A, 104A.
Clip 1 with door molding 103 attached to B
01 is inserted into the mounting hole 105A of the door panel 105, and is inserted into the door panel 105 by the holding piece 106 and the fixing claw 107.
And fixed between the door belt portions 105B.

[0004]

However, the clip 101 to which the door molding 103 is attached is attached to the door panel 10.
When fixing to 5, the fixing claw 107 is bent back to fit and overstroke (more pressing than necessary)
Is required. In addition, an overstroke is required in order to cope with variations in the thickness of the door panel 105 such as coating and burrs, or variations in the mounting hole 105A of the door panel 105. However, the gap corresponding to the overstroke becomes an unnecessary gap after the clip is attached, and the attached clip 101 and the door molding 103 are not attached.
There is an inconvenience that rattling occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages and to provide a clip which can be attached to a mounting member without looseness when the mounting member is mounted on the mounting member.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clip for fixing a fixing member for fixing a member to be mounted and a clip for inserting the fixing member into a mounting hole of the mounting member. It has a fixed claw that abuts and fixes, and has a base structure that fixes the attached member fixed with the fixing piece to the mounting member with the fixed claw inserted into the mounting hole, and in the vicinity of the fixed claw. Is characterized in that it is always in a contracted state, stretched when inserted into the mounting hole, and provided with expansion and contraction means for contacting the fixed claw with a part of the mounting member in association with the fixed claw. I do.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the member to be mounted is fixed by a fixing piece. The fixing claw comes into contact with a part of the mounting member through the mounting hole to perform a retaining function. The fixing piece does not come off due to the locking of the fixing claw. The overstroke when the fixing claw is inserted into the mounting hole is absorbed by the contraction of the expansion and contraction means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clip for a molding, comprising: a fixing piece for fixing the molding;
It has a fixing claw that is inserted into the mounting hole of the body panel and abuts against a part of the body panel and fixed, and the molding fixed with the fixing piece is attached to the body panel with the fixing claw inserted into the mounting hole. A fixed base structure is provided, and in the vicinity of the fixed claw, an expansion / contraction means is always in a contracted state, extended when inserted into a mounting hole, and abuts the fixed claw on a part of the body panel. It is characterized by being provided in relation to the nail.

In the invention of claim 2, the molding is fixed by a fixing piece. The fixing claw comes into contact with a part of the body panel through the mounting hole to perform a retaining function. The fixing piece does not come off due to the locking of the fixing claw. The overstroke when the fixing claw is inserted into the mounting hole is absorbed by the contraction of the expansion and contraction means.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a clip 1 for attaching a door molding to a door belt portion of an automobile door. The clip 1 is formed of a thermoplastic synthetic resin such as polyacetal or nylon so that an appropriate elastic deformation is possible.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the door belt 16 of the door panel 15 has a structure in which an outer panel 17 and an inner panel 18 are connected to each other, and the clip 1 is connected to the inner panel 18 of the door belt 16. It is mounted using the mounting hole 19 of. As shown in FIG. 5, the door molding 25 has a length corresponding to the door belt portion 16, has a substantially U-shaped downward cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cored bar 26, and has the clip 1 mounted thereon. The opening width is set so as to cover the door belt portion 16 at the upper edge of the door molding 25. The core metal 26 is not limited to a metal material but may be a synthetic resin.

A seal piece 27 that can be flexibly deformed is formed on the inner surface of the core metal 26 of the door molding 25 so as to ensure close contact with the door glass G.
The lower side of the seal piece 27 is an insertion base 28 for inserting the clip 1. Further, an outer sealing piece 30 is formed on an opening edge 29 on the vehicle outside of the cored bar 26, so that the close contact between the door panel 15 and the outer panel 17 is ensured. The upward edge of the opening edge 29 of the metal core 26 on the side of the outer seal piece 30 serves as a stopper 31 for fixing to the clip 1.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, etc., the clip 1 is mainly composed of a rectangular flat board 2 (corresponding to the base of the first and second aspects of the present invention). The substrate 2 is not limited to a square shape or a flat plate shape. The substrate 2 has a protrusion 3 at the center of the upper side. The protrusion 3 is the door molding 2 to be mounted.
5 and serves to support the upper portion of the housing 5. At the lower end of the substrate 2, an insertion portion 4 which is pointed downward and is bent outward.
Are formed. The insertion section 4 guides the insertion of the inner panel 18 into the mounting hole 19.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, on the front side of the substrate 2 (outside of the vehicle when mounted on an automobile door), a clamping piece 5 to be clamped on a door belt portion 16 and a tip of a door molding 25 are provided. The tip fixing piece 6 (corresponding to the fixing piece of the first and second aspects of the present invention) for fixing the stopper 31 and the sandwiched door belt 16 are locked by the portion of the substrate 2 below the sandwiching piece 5. A fixed claw 8 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the holding piece 5 extends downward from the center of the upper end of the substrate 2 in a tongue shape, and is formed by bending to form a holding gap S between itself and the surface of the substrate 2. (See FIG. 4), and the door belt portion 16 can be pinched in the pinching gap S. The tip fixing pieces 6 are provided on both sides of the holding piece 5, and extend downward from the holding pieces 5 on both sides of the upper end of the substrate 2 so as to extend downward from the holding pieces 5. At each lower end of the distal end fixing piece 6, a distal end stop 6A for the door molding 25 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a U-shaped cut groove 7 having an open upper portion is provided in the center of the substrate 2. The cut groove 7 has a U-shaped lower side having a wide groove width so that a later-described expansion / contraction means 9 can be sufficiently extended. In the center of the portion of the substrate 2 surrounded by the cut groove 7 and connected to the upper part, a fixed claw 8 is formed in a cut-and-raised shape with its tip end inclined outward. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fixed claw 8 has a predetermined width portion forming the expansion / contraction means 9 on the left and right sides of the substrate 2 portion, and is formed in a state where the lower end portion is connected to the substrate 2 portion. The fixed claw 8 can be bent inward, and the claw portion 8A at the tip is configured to be able to abut and engage with an inner abutting portion 16A (see FIG. 7) of a joint portion between the outer panel 17 and the inner panel 18.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
Are formed on both sides of the fixed claw 8 of the U-shaped substrate 2. That is, the expansion / contraction means 9 is formed in an outwardly protruding mountain shape, and when the mountain portion is in a free state, it is in a contracted state of the mountain, and when the mountain portion is pressed, it becomes flat. It is in a stretched state.
As shown in FIG. 11, the chevron shape of the expansion / contraction means 9 requires that the overstroke 2b is smaller than the contraction length a.

The expansion / contraction means 9 is not limited to a mountain shape, but may employ an expandable / contractible structure such as a serpentine shape.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on both sides on the back side of the substrate 2 (inside the vehicle when mounted on an automobile door), a base fixing piece for inserting and fixing the insertion base 28 of the door molding 25 is provided. 10 (corresponding to the fixing pieces of claims 1 and 2 of the present application).

Next, the door molding 25 using the clip 1
The following describes the mounting procedure. This mounting can be performed in substantially the same procedure as the conventional product. First, the clip 1 is attached to each predetermined position of the door molding 25. As shown in FIG. 5, the clip 1 is attached by fixing the insertion base 28 of the door molding 25 with the base fixing piece 10, supporting the inside of the door molding 25 with the projection 3 of the substrate 2, This is performed by fixing the base 31 with both end fixing pieces 6 of the substrate 2.

Next, the clip 1 to which the door molding 25 has been attached is attached to the door panel 15. That is, the clip 1 to which the door molding 25 is mounted is disposed on the door belt portion 16 above the mounting hole 19 of the door panel 15, and the insertion portion 4 of the clip 1 is inserted into the mounting hole 19 from the inside of the vehicle, and is inserted straight. As shown in FIG.
The lower part of the base 2 is inserted into the outer surface side of the inner panel 18 with an overstroke, and the door belt 1 is inserted.
6, a gap S between the holding piece 5 and the base 2 is held.

When the clip 1 is inserted into the mounting hole 19,
The fixing claw 8 bends inward and smoothly passes through the mounting hole 19. As shown in FIG. 9, the mountain-shaped expansion / contraction means 9 is inserted into the mounting hole 19 with an overstroke in a state of being straightened. As shown in FIG. 10, the expansion / contraction means 9 inserted into the mounting hole 19 is contracted into a mountain shape, whereby the fixed claw 8 located below is pulled upward, so that a gap corresponding to the overstroke is absorbed. It abuts on and engages with the inner contact portion 16A of the joint of the door panel 15.

Thus, the door molding 25 is mounted on the door belt portion 16 without looseness. In the mounted door molding 25, the sealing piece 27 seals between the door molding 25 and the door glass G. Further, the outer seal piece 30 is attached to the outer panel 17.
And seals this part. As shown in FIG. 15, the conventional outer seal piece 108 used was long in order to cope with rattling of the overstroke, but this embodiment requires only a short one that cannot be seen from the outside. It looks good.

The clip 1 according to the first embodiment has a case where the door molding 25 is attached to the door panel 15.
The present invention can be applied to a case where various malls are mounted on a body panel of an automobile.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
And FIG. The clip 41 is suitable for fixing various members 55 to the body panel 50.

As shown in FIG. 12, the clip 41 is provided with a base 43 at the center of the back surface of a plate-like fixing piece 42 for fixing a member 55, and the base 43 has an expansion / contraction means 44 having a shape bulging outward. A fixing claw 45 is formed through the hole. The base 43 has a length that can correspond to the thickness of the body panel 50 and a member 55 attached to the body panel 50. The expansion / contraction means 44 is made of a body panel 50 with a narrow member.
The body panel 50 is formed in a bilaterally symmetrical ring shape bulging outward from the diameter of the mounting hole 51, and can be bent inward.
Can be inserted into the mounting hole 51. Telescopic means 44
Is formed so that the swelling state can be maintained in the free state, and can be easily deformed when the swelling part is pressed inward from the outside.

As shown in FIG. 12, the fixing claw 45 is provided at a position above the front and rear portions of the lower end of the ring-shaped expansion / contraction means 44 so as to project from the lower end of the annular expansion means 44 at an interval larger than the diameter of the mounting hole 51. When inserted into 51, it acts as a stopper. The fixed claw 45 can be bent inward, and is formed to return to the original oblique shape in the free state.

The amount of contraction of the expansion / contraction means 44 is
1 is set to be larger than the overstroke at the time of insertion into the mounting hole 51 so that the fixed claw 45 is brought into contact with the back surface of the body panel 50 without rattling.

The clip 41 is used, for example, when attaching a plate-like member 55 to the body panel 50.
As shown in FIG. 13, the mounting holes 51 of the body panel 50 are provided.
The mounting hole 56 of the member 55 is overlapped, and the clip 41 is inserted from the member 55 side. Since the expansion / contraction means 44 and the fixed claw 45 of the clip 41 can be bent and deformed inward, they can easily pass through both the mounting holes 51 and 56.

After passing through the mounting holes 51 and 56,
The expansion / contraction means 44 and the fixed claw 45 return to the original state. That is, since the swelling portion of the expansion / contraction means 44 returns to the original shape, the fixed claw 45 is pulled up to the back side of the body panel 50 and the fixed claw 45 is brought into contact with the back surface of the body panel 50 in a state where the overstroke is absorbed. You can stop it. The clip 41 absorbs the overstroke when the fixed claw 45 is inserted, so that the member 55 does not rattle after mounting.

The clip 41 according to the second embodiment can be widely used when a member to be mounted is mounted on various body panels 50 serving as mounting members.

[0032]

According to the clip of the first aspect of the present invention, since the gap corresponding to the overstroke of the fixed claw can be absorbed, the mounted member can be mounted on the mounting member without rattling.

According to the clip for a molding according to the second aspect of the present invention, a gap corresponding to the overstroke of the fixing claw can be absorbed, so that the molding can be attached to the body panel without looseness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a clip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the clip.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the clip.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the clip.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the clip to which the door molding is attached.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a clip attaching portion of the door panel.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a clip attaching portion of the door panel.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a state where the door molding is mounted on a door panel via a clip.

FIG. 9 is an operation diagram of the expansion / contraction means when the clip is attached to the door panel.

FIG. 10 is an operation diagram of the expansion / contraction means after the clip is attached to the door panel.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of the shape of the expansion / contraction means.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a clip according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a view showing how the clip of FIG. 12 is used.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a conventional clip to which a door molding is attached.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which a door molding is mounted on a door panel with a conventional clip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 41 clip 2 substrate 5 sandwiching piece 6 tip fixing piece 7 cutting groove 8, 45 fixing claw 9, 44 expansion means 10 base fixing piece 15 door panel 16 door belt part 19, 51, 56 mounting hole 25 door molding 28 insertion base 29 Opening edge 31 Stopper 42 Fixing piece 43 Base 50 Body panel 55 Member

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Ryosuke Matsunaga, Ryosuke Matsunaga, Togo-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi, 1-chome, Hiruki-ke, Togo-cho, Japan (72) Inventor, Shigeyuki Handa 2-5-1 Akabane-minami, Kita-ku, Tokyo F term in Sankei Giken Co., Ltd. (reference) 3J001 AA07 BA01 BB02 CA03 DC03 DD03 EA01

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A fixed member having a fixing piece for fixing a member to be mounted, and a fixing claw inserted into a mounting hole of the mounting member so as to abut against a part of the mounting member to be fixed. A base structure for fixing the member to the mounting member with a fixing claw inserted into the mounting hole, and near the fixing claw,
Always shrinks, stretches when inserted into mounting holes,
And a clip provided with expansion and contraction means for bringing the fixed claw into contact with a part of the mounting member in association with the fixed claw. 2. A molding which has a fixing piece for fixing a molding, and a fixing claw which is inserted into a mounting hole of the body panel to be fixed to a part of the body panel so as to be in contact therewith. A base structure for fixing to the body panel with a fixing claw inserted into the mounting hole is provided.The base is always in a contracted state in the vicinity of the fixing claw, and is extended when inserted into the mounting hole, and the fixed claw is attached to the body. A clip for a molding, wherein expansion / contraction means for contacting a part of a panel is provided in association with the fixed claw.