JP2000198465A - Installing structure for ornamental member of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an installing structure for ornamental members of a vehicle, free from defective fixation due to displacement during installation, capable of coping with structural problems in a wheel arch or with aging changes, and allowing the installing work to be carried out quickly, surely, and easily. SOLUTION: In an installing structure for a wheel arch molding 4, or an ornamental member of a vehicle, which is attached along a wheel arch part of a side body, an engaging claw 7 and a guiding boss 8 are projected/disposed from/on the installing surface side of the arch molding 4, while a bracket 9 is installed in the wheel arch part of the side body. In the bracket 9, a locking part 10 for locking an engaging claw 7 is disposed, while a boss hole 11 for insertion of a guiding boss 8 is made.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a decorative member for a vehicle such as an exterior molding of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a decoration as shown in FIG. 7 is provided on a wheel arch of a side body of an automobile to decorate the side body or to emphasize the line of the wheel arch. A wheel arch molding 51 as a member is mounted along the wheel arch portion 52. For this reason, a plurality of clips 53 are arranged on the mounting surface side of the arch molding 51 shown in FIG.
4 are provided with a plurality of mounting holes 55 into which the clips 53 are inserted.

[0003] When the arch molding 51 is mounted on the side body outer panel 54, a structure in which the arch molding 51 is fixed with the clip 53 can be adopted due to structural problems in the wheel arch portion 52 and the need to minimize the overall width. Did not. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the clearance between the side body outer panel 54 and the wheel house outer panel 56 is narrow, when the arch molding 51 is mounted on the side body outer panel 54, the distal end of the clip 53 inserted through the mounting hole 55. However, the arch molding 51 could not be fixed because of contact with the wheel house outer panel 56.
In this case, since the space between the side body outer panel 54 and the wheel house outer panel 56 is located in the vehicle interior R and needs to be waterproof, a structure is provided in which a through hole is provided in the wheel house outer panel 56 to allow the tip of the clip 53 to escape. In addition, it is necessary to use a waterproof clip for the mounting hole 55 of the side body outer panel 54.

In order to cope with the case where the clearance between the side body outer panel 64 and the wheel house outer panel 66 located at the wheel arch portion 62 is narrow, the wheel arch molding 61 as a decorative member as shown in FIG. A double-sided adhesive tape 63 is fixed to the surface side, and the double-sided adhesive tape 63 is attached to the side body outer panel 64 by bonding.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional mounting structure, since the double-sided adhesive tape 63 is used when mounting the arch molding 61,
At the time of mounting, misalignment with respect to the wheel arch portion 62 is likely to occur, which causes a fixing failure of the arch molding 61. Therefore, the mounting operation must be performed with care, and there is a problem in workability. . Further, since the double-sided adhesive tape 63 is deteriorated with time and the adhesive strength is reduced, the arch molding 61 is attached to the side body outer panel 64.
It had problems such as peeling off.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to prevent a fixing problem due to a positional shift at the time of mounting, to deal with a structural problem in the wheel arch portion and aging. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle decorative member mounting structure capable of performing a mounting operation quickly and reliably.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle decorative member mounting structure which is mounted along a wheel arch portion of a side body. An engaging claw and a guide boss are protrudingly provided on the mounting surface side, a bracket is attached to the wheel arch portion of the side body, and a locking portion for hooking the engaging claw is provided on the bracket, and the guide for the guide is provided. A boss hole for inserting a boss is provided.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 show an embodiment of a vehicle decorative member mounting structure according to the present invention. A wheel arch portion having an opening formed in a semicircular shape is provided on the front, rear, left and right lower portions of the side body 2 of the vehicle 1 in the figure in order to attach / detach the wheel and not to interfere when the direction of the wheel is changed. 3 are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, an arc-shaped wheel arch molding 4 serving as a decorative member is attached to the wheel arch portion 3 as shown in FIG.
The arch molding 4 improves the appearance of the side body 2 including the wheel arch 3. The wheel arch portion 3 is formed by a side body outer panel 5 and a wheel house outer panel 6 whose general surface portions are arranged at an interval from each other. Flanges 5a, 6a bent substantially at right angles are provided.
The overlapping portions a and 6a are joined by welding.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the arch molding 4 is an integrally molded product of a synthetic resin or the like, and is arranged along the overlapping portion of the flanges 5a, 6a of the side body outer panel 5 and the wheel house outer panel 6. Horizontal surface portion 4a and an arc-shaped vertical surface portion 4 arranged along the general surface portion of the side body outer panel 5 and slightly inclined inward.
b form a substantially L-shaped cross section. In addition, an engaging claw 7 having a downward hook at the tip is provided on a vertical surface portion 4b located on the mounting surface side (back surface side) of the arch molding 4,
A cylindrical guide boss 8 formed in the vicinity of the engaging claw 7 is projected in the horizontal direction.

The guide bosses 8 are provided on both sides in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body with the engaging claws 7 interposed therebetween. As shown in FIG. The front-rear dimension B of the vehicle body is arbitrarily determined according to the size of the arch molding 4 and the like. In addition, the center of the guide boss 8 and the engaging claw 7 are arranged to be shifted from each other in the vertical direction, and the vertical dimension C of the shift is arbitrarily determined according to the size of the arch molding 4 and the like. It has become. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the guide boss 8 is formed to be longer than the engaging claw 7 by a dimension D, so that the guide boss 8 protrudes from the engaging claw 7 to a bracket side described later. The guide boss 8 is configured so that it can be reliably and easily inserted and arranged in a boss hole described later.

On the other hand, a bracket 9 for supporting and positioning the arch molding 4 is attached to the side body outer panel 5 of the wheel arch 3 by welding along the wheel arch 3. For this reason, the bracket 9 is formed in an arc shape corresponding to the wheel arch portion 3, and is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section by a mounting surface portion 9a extending in the horizontal direction and a support surface portion 9b extending upward. The mounting surface 9a of the bracket 9 is positioned such that the support surface 9b is located outside the general surface of the side body outer panel 5 in a state where the inner end is overlapped with the overlapping portion of the flanges 5a and 6a of the side body outer panel 5 and the wheel house outer panel 6. The overlapped portion with the flanges 5a, 6a is joined by welding. In addition, the engaging claw 7 is provided on the support surface 9 b of the bracket 9.
Is provided, and a boss hole 11 is provided near the locking portion 10 to insert the guide boss 8.

The boss holes 11 are provided on both sides in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body with the locking portion 10 interposed therebetween.
As shown in (a), the longitudinal dimension B between the centers of the boss holes 11 is arbitrarily determined according to the size of the arch molding 4 and the like. Also, the boss hole 11
And the locking portion 10 are disposed so as to be shifted from each other in the vertical direction.
It can be arbitrarily determined according to the size of the object. Therefore, the boss hole 11 is provided in an arc-shaped portion having a larger vertical dimension than the locking portion 10 in the support surface portion 9b. A protector 12 is fitted to the upper end of the vertical surface portion 4b of the arch molding 4 to protect the side body outer panel 5 and the like.

To mount the wheel arch molding 4 on the wheel arch 3 of the side body 2 by the mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, first, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the side body outer panel of the wheel arch 3 5
The bracket 9 is fixed by welding. Next, the arch molding 4 is held, and the guide boss 8 of the arch molding 4 is inserted into the boss hole 11 of the bracket 9 while facing the mounting surface side to the side body outer panel 5 and the bracket 9 from the direction of the arrow Y in FIGS. insert. Then
Engagement claw 7 of arch molding 4 and locking portion 10 of bracket 9
That is, the tip of the engaging claw 7 is hooked on the locking portion 10 by the guiding action of the guide boss 8 and the boss hole 11 without shifting its position in the front-rear direction and in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. 9 is fixed. Therefore, the arch molding 4 is attached to the side body 2 via the bracket 9 (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

In the mounting structure of the wheel arch molding 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the vertical surface portion 4b of the arch molding 4
Are provided with an engaging claw 7 and a guide boss 8, and a locking portion 10 and a boss hole 11 are provided on a support surface 9 b of a bracket 9 welded to the side body outer panel 5. The arch molding 4 is attached to the wheel arch portion 3 of the side body 2 by hooking the engaging claw 7 to the locking portion 10 while inserting the arch molding 4 into the side wall 2, so that the arch molding 4 is securely and easily attached to a correct position. Therefore, no gap is generated between the side body outer panel 5 and the appearance quality can be maintained even after many years. In addition, the guide bosses 8 are provided at two places on both sides in the vehicle longitudinal direction with the engaging claws 7 interposed therebetween, and the boss holes 11 are formed on both sides in the vehicle longitudinal direction with the locking portions 10 therebetween. Since it is provided at two places, the position in the lateral direction (the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body) between the engaging claw 7 of the arch molding 4 and the locking portion 10 of the bracket 9 can be easily determined.

Further, the guide boss 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Are formed longer than the engaging claws 7,
Since it is arranged so as to protrude toward the bracket 9 side,
By inserting the guide boss 8 into the boss hole 11, the mounting position of the arch molding 4 with respect to the bracket 9 in the up, down, left, and right directions can be quickly and reliably determined, and workability is improved. Further, the guide boss 8 and the boss hole 11
And the engaging claw 7 and the locking portion 10 are vertically displaced from each other, so that the engaging claw 7 is easily hooked on the locking portion 10 and is fixed in a state where it is difficult to be removed. be able to.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible based on the technical idea of the present invention. is there. For example, in the mounting structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, the guide boss 8 of the arch molding 4 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the boss hole 11 of the bracket 9 is formed in a round shape. Any other shape may be used as long as it can be smoothly inserted into the hole 11.

[0018]

As described above, the mounting structure of the vehicle decorative member according to the present invention is mounted along the wheel arch portion of the side body, and the engaging claw is provided on the mounting surface side of the decorative member. And a guide boss protruding, a bracket is attached to the wheel arch portion of the side body, and the bracket is provided with a locking portion for hooking the engaging claw, and a boss hole for inserting the guide boss is provided. As a result, the positional relationship between the decorative member and the bracket is ensured, fixing failure is eliminated, and structural problems in the wheel arch part and aging can be sufficiently dealt with, and the decorative member can be quickly, reliably and easily. Can be installed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view conceptually showing the vicinity of a wheel arch portion of a side body of an automobile to which a wheel arch molding is mounted by a mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state before an arch molding is mounted on a wheel arch portion of a portion A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an arch molding and a bracket as viewed from the direction of arrow X in FIG. 2;

4A and 4B show a positional relationship between an engaging claw and a guide boss of the arch molding, and a locking portion and a boss hole of the bracket; FIG. 4A is a front view of the arch molding and the bracket; () Is a side cross-sectional view of the engagement claws of the arch molding and the guide boss.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of an engagement claw showing a state where an arch molding is attached to a wheel arch portion of the side body in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of a guide boss in a state where an arch molding is attached to a wheel arch portion of the side body in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an arch molding is attached to a wheel arch portion of a side body using a clip in a conventional attachment structure.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an arch molding is attached to a wheel arch portion of a side body using a double-sided adhesive tape in a conventional attachment structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Side body 3 Wheel arch part 4 Wheel arch molding 5 Side body outer panel 6 Wheel house outer panel 7 Engaging claw 8 Guide boss 9 Bracket 10 Locking part 11 Boss hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mounting structure for a vehicle decorative member mounted along a wheel arch portion of a side body, wherein an engaging claw and a guide boss are protruded on a mounting surface side of the decorative member, while the side body is mounted. Mounting structure for mounting a decorative member for a vehicle, wherein a bracket is attached to a wheel arch portion of the vehicle, and a locking portion for hooking the engaging claw is provided on the bracket, and a boss hole for inserting the guide boss is provided. . 2. The guide bosses of the decorative member are provided on both sides with the engaging claw interposed therebetween, and the boss holes of the bracket are provided on both sides with the locking portion interposed therebetween. The mounting structure for a vehicle decorative member according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The mounting structure for a vehicle decorative member according to claim 1, wherein the guide boss is disposed so as to protrude toward the bracket from the engagement claw. 4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the center of the guide boss and the center of the boss hole and the engaging claw and the locking portion are vertically displaced from each other. Mounting structure for decorative members