JP2000052852A - Lamp installation structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lamp installation structure capable of securely clipping a lamp even in the case where a clip receiving direction on the car body side does not align with a boss advance direction on the lamp side. SOLUTION: This lamp installation structure comprises a lamp housing 4 provided with a boss 6 in a back surface, and lamp installation surface 2 having a clip 5 to be engaged with the boss 6, and the clip 5 has a cylindrical engagement part 8 formed to have a C-shaped cross section and an abutment part 8a, so the abutment part 8a directed in a specified direction is opened/closed by elastic deformation. The boss 6 is thus removably engaged with the cylindrical engagement part 8 to be movable in a cylinder axis direction, thereby a rear combination lamp 3 can be securely clipped even in the case where an advance direction of the boss 6 does not coincide with a receiving direction of the clip 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamp mounting structure for an automobile or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 4, a rear combination lamp 102 is mounted on a rear portion of a body of a one-box car or the like, which is located on both the left and right sides of an opening edge 101 opened and closed by a tailgate 100. It is well known.

[0003] The rear combination lamp 102 is
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
Is detachably attached to the lamp mounting surface 105 of the rear quarter panel 104 with screws 106, clips 107 (on the vehicle side) and bosses 108 (on the lamp side).
It is possible to replace the valve 109 in the inside.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional lamp mounting structure, the clip 107 is formed in a simple grommet ring shape and is fitted in the mounting hole 110 of the lamp mounting surface 105. The lamp mounting surface 105
The rear combination lamp 102 can be mounted without any problem when the entire surface is orthogonal to the approach (mounting) direction of the lamp housing 103 at the time of mounting the lamp (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-149832). The lamp housing is partially inclined.
If it is not orthogonal to the approach (mounting) direction of the lamp 103, the clip 107
Therefore, the rear combination lamp 102 cannot be clipped to the vehicle body side since the receiving direction of the rear combination lamp 102 does not coincide with the entry direction of the boss 108 protruding from the lamp housing 103.

[0005] Regardless of the inclination of the lamp mounting surface 105, the receiving direction of the clip 107 and the boss 108
When the lamp mounting surface 105 is located at a high position of the vehicle and the operator moves the lamp housing 103 obliquely upward,
Also in this case, mounting with the conventional clip 107 becomes very difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a lamp mounting structure in which a lamp can be reliably clipped even when a direction in which a clip is received does not coincide with a direction in which a boss enters.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lamp mounting structure, comprising: a boss protruding from one of a vehicle body panel and a rear surface of a lamp body; A clip provided on one of the other rear surface of the lamp body and engaging with the boss, wherein the clip is formed in a C-shaped cross section and substantially parallel to either the other surface of the vehicle body panel or the rear surface of the lamp body. At the time of fitting with the boss, the boss can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the tubular fitting portion, and the direction of entry of the boss and the direction of receiving the clip are Even if they do not match, the lamp can be reliably clipped.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lamp mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a mounting structure of a rear combination lamp showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing the structure of a clip, and FIG. 3 is a view showing the structure of a clip having a different shape. is there.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rear end of the rear quarter panel 1 of a one-box car or the like is recessed by a predetermined depth so as not to be orthogonal to the approach (mounting) direction of a lamp housing 4 described later. A lamp mounting surface 2 is formed by being inclined forward, and a rear combination lamp 3 is mounted on the lamp mounting surface 2.

A lamp housing (lamp body) 4 of the rear combination lamp 3 has a clip 5 whose one side (outside in the vehicle width direction) is disposed on the lamp mounting surface 2.
Boss (pivot) protruding from the same lamp housing 4
6, and the other side (the inner side in the vehicle width direction) is fixed by a plurality of screws via a flange (not shown). In addition, this other side flange portion is covered with a side edge portion of the tail gate when the tail gate is closed,
It is not exposed to the outside.

The clip 5 is made of a synthetic resin which is disposed at a plurality of locations (two locations in the figure) in the vertical direction of the lamp mounting surface 2. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the clip 5 includes a mounting portion 7 for mounting on the vehicle body side and a cylindrical fitting portion 8 for fitting the boss 6 on the lamp side.

The mounting portion 7 is formed by extending a pair of elastic engaging pieces 7b from an umbrella-shaped mounting seat 7a.
The mounting hole 2a of the lamp mounting surface 2 is fitted to the engaging recess 7c formed at the base of the b.

The cylindrical fitting portion 8 has a tapered opening 8.
a is formed into a cylindrical shape having a predetermined length and
By opening and closing a by elastic deformation, the boss 6 can be fitted to or detached from the tubular fitting portion 8.

The abutting portion 8a may be formed on the center line of the tubular fitting portion 8 (as viewed from the front) as shown in FIG. 2, or as shown in FIG. It may be formed slightly diagonally from the center line.

In order to mount the rear combination lamp 3 having such a configuration, first, the clip 5 is mounted on the above-described predetermined portion of the lamp mounting surface 2 of the rear quarter panel 1. At this time, the clips are arranged such that the cylinder axis (the center line of the abutment portion 8a) of the tubular fitting portion 8 of each clip 5 is along the inclination direction of the lamp mounting surface 2.

Next, the lamp housing 4 of the rear combination lamp 3 is advanced toward the lamp mounting surface 2, and the boss 6 protruding from one side of the lamp housing 4 is fitted to the clip 5.

At this time, the clip 5 has an opening 8a of the cylindrical fitting portion 8 which is open in the inclined direction of the lamp mounting surface 2 and opens and closes by elastic deformation. Since the boss 6 is not restrained in the cylinder axis direction of the portion 8, the lamp mounting surface 2 is inclined forward of the vehicle so as not to be orthogonal to the approach direction of the lamp housing 4. The boss 6 is easily fitted into the tubular fitting portion 8. That is, the clip 107 (see FIG. 5) used conventionally has only one receiving direction, and the receiving direction does not coincide with the entering direction of the lamp housing 4 on the lamp mounting surface 2 as described above. However, the boss 6 cannot be fitted in any direction along the inclination direction of the lamp mounting surface 2 because the cylindrical axis of the cylindrical fitting portion 8 is not restricted in the clip 5 of this embodiment. Can accept. Further, since the abutment portion 8a is formed in a tapered shape, the fitting of the boss 6 is facilitated.

At this time, the clip 5 can also absorb a mounting error (with respect to the lamp mounting surface 2) of the clip 5 in the cylinder axis direction by a predetermined length of the cylindrical fitting portion 8.

After clipping one side of the lamp housing 4 in this way, the other side of the lamp housing 4 is screwed (not shown), and the mounting operation is completed.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and that the lamp mounting surface 2 is not inclined and is located at a high position or a low position of the vehicle, and the operator turns the lamp housing 4 obliquely upward or downward. Even if you want to enter, the conventional clip
In 107, the receiving direction did not match the approaching direction of the lamp housing 4, and the boss 6 could not be fitted. However, in the clip 5 of the present invention, the abutment 8a was oriented in the vertical direction of the vehicle. The opening allows the boss 6 to be easily received.

Further, for example, the clip 5 formed as shown in FIG. 2 is disposed so that its abutment portion 8a is opened in the direction of inclination of the lamp mounting surface 2, while the clip 5 formed as shown in FIG. When a relatively gentle slope of the lamp mounting surface 2 is used in combination with an abutment portion 8a which is disposed so as to open in a direction perpendicular to the inclination direction of the lamp mounting surface 2, for example, the boss is used. In addition to being able to easily fit the lamp housing 6, the lamp housing 4 can be positioned and fixed on one side in the vertical and horizontal directions.

In the above embodiment, the boss is provided on the lamp body and the clip is provided on the vehicle body panel. On the contrary, the clip is provided on the lamp body and the boss is provided on the body panel. It may be provided. Further, the present invention can be applied to lamps other than the rear combination lamp.

[0024]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a boss protruding from one of the vehicle body panel and the rear surface of the lamp body, and a boss provided on one of the vehicle body panel and the rear surface of the lamp body are provided. A clip fitted to the boss, the clip comprising a cylindrical fitting portion formed in a C-shaped cross section and positioned substantially parallel to either the other surface of the vehicle body panel or the rear surface of the lamp body; When fitting with the above boss,
Since the boss can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the tubular fitting portion, the lamp can be reliably clipped even when the direction of entry of the boss does not match the direction of receiving the clip.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a mounting structure diagram of a rear combination lamp showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of the clip.

FIG. 3 is a structural explanatory view of a clip having a different shape.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the one-box car.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the rear part of the body of the one-box car.

FIG. 6 is a mounting structure diagram of a conventional rear combination lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rear quarter panel 2 Lamp mounting surface 3 Rear combination lamp 3 4 Lamp housing 5 Clip 6 Boss 7 Mounting part 7a Mounting seat 7b Elastic engaging piece 7c Engaging concave part 8 Cylindrical fitting part 8a Abutting part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A boss protruding from one of a vehicle body panel and a rear surface of a lamp body, and a clip provided on one of the vehicle body panel and the rear surface of the lamp body and fitting with the boss. Has a cylindrical fitting portion formed in a C-shaped cross section and positioned substantially parallel to either the other surface of the vehicle body panel or the rear surface of the lamp body. A lamp mounting structure characterized in that it can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the shape fitting portion.