JP2002120541A - Fitting structure of cooler duct for bus with luggage rack - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the appearance of a cabin by drastically reducing the fitting works. SOLUTION: A cooler duct 17 extending in the front/rear direction is fitted in a cabin of a bus 10, which has a luggage rack 12 erected in the lower part of a plurality of stays 11 suspended to the side portion of a ceiling 10b in the front/rear direction at prescribed intervals apart from each other, by fitting to the outside portions of the both of the luggage rack 12 and the stays 11. The luggage rack 12 is an aluminum extrusion product and the duct 17 is a resin extrusion product. The bottom surface of the duct 17 is constituted to be flush with the bottom surface of the luggage rack 12 and the both bottom faces of the luggage rack 12 and the duct 17 are covered with a single surface 26. The outside edge of the surface 26 having its inside edge locked to the inside portion of the luggage rack 12 is locked to the outside portion of the duct 17 so that the both bottom surfaces of the luggage rack 12 and the duct 17 are covered with the surface 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure in which a cooler duct is mounted in a vehicle compartment on the side of a bus having a luggage shelf provided on a side of a ceiling via a stay.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Buses are usually provided with luggage shelves,
Conventional luggage shelves are installed under a plurality of stays suspended from the ceiling side at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. On the other hand, a cooling device is provided in a recent bus. Conventional cooling devices are equipped with an air conditioning unit that generates cool air under the floor,
The cool air blown out by this unit is carried to the bus ceiling by the rising duct provided on the left or right side of the bus via the underfloor duct that branches right and left, and the cool air carried to the ceiling is moved in the traveling direction of the vehicle. There is a known cooler duct that is extended to a pair of cooler ducts. Conventionally, this cooler duct is provided directly on the vehicle body above the side window of the passenger compartment, and a large number of air outlets are formed at predetermined intervals toward each seat, and cool air blown to this duct is blown out from the air outlet. This cools the vehicle interior.

[0003]

However, when the cooler duct is directly attached to the vehicle body as described above, the steps of providing the luggage shelf and the step of attaching the cooler duct are performed separately, so that the number of working steps is increased and the unit price of the entire bus is increased. There is a problem that is pushed up. Further, conventionally, since the cooler duct and the luggage rack appear directly in the vehicle interior, they are separately covered with a skin in order to improve the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle interior. However, in the conventional structure in which the cooler duct is installed separately from the luggage shelf, this covering operation is also performed in duplicate, and when the cooler duct and the luggage shelf are provided close to each other, each of the covered outer skins is separately covered. There is also a problem that a boundary is exposed and the appearance in the vehicle compartment is impaired due to the appearance of the boundary. An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves that can significantly reduce the mounting work. Another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves that can improve the beauty of the interior of the vehicle.

[0004]

The invention according to claim 1 is
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle extends in the front-rear direction into the passenger compartment of a bus 10 on which a luggage shelf 12 is erected under a plurality of stays 11 suspended at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction on the side of the ceiling 10 b. This is an improvement of the structure for mounting the cooler duct 17. The characteristic configuration is that the duct 17 is attached to the outside of both the luggage shelf 12 and the stay 11. This claim 1
In the cooler duct mounting structure of the bus with luggage shelf according to
A duct 17 and a luggage shelf 12 are attached to the stay 11 in advance,
By mounting the stay 11 on the ceiling in this state, the work of attaching the stay 11 to the ceiling 10b by the work of attaching the stay 11 to the ceiling 10b is different from the conventional case where the cooler duct 17 is attached to the vehicle body independently of the luggage shelf 12. 17 can be provided on the ceiling 10b of the bus 10 so as to extend in the front-rear direction. As a result, the work of attaching the cooler duct 17 is significantly reduced as compared with the related art.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the luggage rack 12 is an extruded aluminum product and the duct 17 is a resin extruded product. Mounting structure. In the structure for mounting a cooler duct of a bus with a luggage shelf according to the second aspect, the desired duct 17 and luggage shelf 12 can be obtained relatively inexpensively. The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower surface of the duct 17 is a luggage rack 12
The lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 and the lower surface of the duct 17 are both covered with a single skin 26 to provide a cooler duct mounting structure for a bus with a luggage shelf. In the structure for attaching a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves according to the third aspect, the joint at the boundary between the duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 is covered with the skin 26, and the aesthetic appearance in the vehicle interior can be improved as compared with the conventional case. Luggage shelf 12 and duct 17
The operation of covering with the epidermis is reduced as compared with the related art in which both are separately covered with the epidermis.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the outer edge of the skin 26 whose inner edge is locked to the inner portion of the luggage shelf 12 is locked to the outer portion of the duct 17. This is a mounting structure of a cooler duct of a bus with a luggage shelf configured to cover both the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 and the lower surface of the duct 17 with a skin 26. In the structure for mounting a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves according to the fourth aspect, the duct 11 is previously attached to the stay 11.
By covering the outer skin 26 at the stage where the rack 7 and the luggage shelf 12 are attached, and mounting the stay 11 on the ceiling in that state, the work of covering with the outer skin 26 can be further reduced as compared with the related art.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 5, on the left and right sides of the ceiling of the bus 10, a plurality of stays 11 (one each on the left and right sides in the figure) are mounted on the ceiling side at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. (Shown), and a luggage shelf 12 is provided extending in the front-rear direction. On the other hand, an air conditioning unit 13 that generates cool air and an underfloor duct 14 having one end connected to the unit 13 are installed under the floor of the bus 10.
The underfloor duct 14 is configured such that the cool air blown out by the unit 13 branches right and left. The other end of the underfloor duct 14 is connected to the lower ends of rising ducts 16a and 16b provided on the left or right side of the bus 10, and the upper ends of the rising ducts 16a and 16b extend in a traveling direction of the vehicle. It is connected to the front end of the cooler duct 17.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cooler duct 17 is attached to the outside of both the luggage rack 12 and the stay 11 and extends in the traveling direction of the bus 10. The stay 11 is formed in a substantially U-shape by aluminum die-casting, and mounting holes 11c are formed in the upper, side, and lower portions of the stay 11, respectively. A counterbore hole 11d is formed in each of the mounting holes 11c from the inner surface side of the stay 11 forming a U-shape. On the other hand, the luggage shelf 12 itself is made by extruding aluminum, and a fluorescent lamp 18 is provided inside the luggage shelf 12.

As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially wedge-shaped groove 12a whose cross section opens downward so as to be able to accommodate a fluorescent lamp 18 is formed on the inner side of the extruded luggage shelf 12. A socket (not shown) capable of holding the fluorescent lamp 18 is accommodated inside 12a. The fluorescent lamp 18 is held in the socket and accommodated in the concave groove 12a, and an inverter 18a for turning on the fluorescent lamp 18 is provided in the hollow luggage shelf 12 adjacent to the concave groove 12a. A cover 19 that can transmit light emitted from the fluorescent lamp 18 is provided at the lower end opening of the concave groove 12a. The cover body 19 has claw portions 19a, 19a formed on both sides thereof, and the claw portions 19a, 19a are engaged with the flanges 12b formed on both sides of the opening, so that the cover body 19 seals the openings. It is configured to Here, reference numeral 20 denotes a covering member for covering the inner edge of the luggage shelf 12 inside the cover body 19 and improving the aesthetic appearance in that portion.

Returning to FIG. 1, the duct 17 is made by extruding a resin, and the luggage rack 12 and the stay 11 are formed.
Is configured such that the lower surface thereof is flush with the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 in a state of being attached to the luggage rack 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the protrusion 1 connected to the luggage shelf 12 is provided on the lower inner side of the cooler duct 17.
7a is formed, and a concave groove 17b is formed at the edge thereof. The outer edge of the luggage shelf 12 is formed with a ridge 12c that can be inserted into the concave groove 17b, and T-grooves 12d, 12d into which the nut 21 can be loosely inserted are formed on the upper and lower sides of the ridge 12c, respectively. It is formed. A plurality of mounting holes 17d are formed in the side walls 17c of the duct 17 forming the concave grooves 17b, respectively, so as to penetrate the T grooves 12d. Cooler duct 17
Is attached to the luggage shelf 12 by inserting the groove 17b into the ridge 12
c, and the bolt 22 inserted into the mounting hole 17d formed in the side wall 17c forming the concave groove 17b
This is performed by screwing the nut 21 loosely inserted into the nuts d and 12d.

On the other hand, a nut 23 is buried in the cooler duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 corresponding to the mounting hole 11c of the stay 11, and the mounting hole 11 is inserted from the counterbore 11d side of the stay 11.
c is screwed into the nut 23 so that the cooler duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 stay in the stay 1.
1 are attached to the outer part and the lower part, respectively. Returning to FIG. 1, the bus 1 corresponding to the mounting hole 11c at the upper part of the stay 11
The ceiling 11b is formed with a female screw hole 10a, and a bolt 24 inserted into the mounting hole 11c from the counterbore hole 11d side of the stay 11 is screwed into the female screw hole 10a, whereby the stay 11 is suspended from the ceiling. The cooler duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 erected below and outside the plurality of stays 11 suspended in this manner are provided on the left and right sides of the ceiling 10b of the bus 10 so as to extend in the front-rear direction.

The lower surface of the duct 17 and the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 are covered with a single skin 26. As shown in FIGS.
The skin 26 is a resin film 26a formed in a leather tone.
And a sponge 26b laminated on the film 26a. The sponge 26b faces the lower surface of the duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 so that the leather-shaped surface of the resin film is exposed downward. Are attached to their lower surfaces. Specifically, as shown in FIG.
A clip 27 is sewn on the inner edge of the resin film 26a constituting the sixth member 6, and a flange 12e with which the clip 27 can be engaged is formed on the inner part of the luggage shelf 12. The flange 12e in this embodiment is formed integrally with a portion of the concave groove 12a formed in the luggage shelf 12 which is covered by the cover body 19, and by engaging a clip 27 with the flange 12e, an inner edge of the skin 26 is formed. To the inside of the luggage shelf 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, a curved portion 17e projecting outward is formed on a lower outer portion of the duct 17, and a flange 17f is provided on the upper portion of the curved portion 17e so as to project upward. . The outer edge of the skin 26 whose inner edge is locked to the inner portion of the luggage shelf 12 is locked to the flange 17f by fitting a clip 28 while covering the flange 17f. The lower surface of 17 and the lower surface of luggage shelf 12 are covered with a single skin 26. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a portion of the skin 26 covering the outlet 17 g of the duct 17 is cut out thereafter, and the outlet 17 g is cut off.
The grille 29 is provided with a grille 29 for covering the edge of the skin 26, and is configured such that cool air supplied from the air conditioning unit 13 (FIG. 5) into the duct 17 blows out from the grille 29 to cool the vehicle interior. You.

In the structure for mounting the cooler duct 17 of the bus 10 with the luggage shelf 12 thus configured, the duct 17 and the luggage shelf 12 are attached to the stay 11 in advance, and
The lower surfaces of both 7 and luggage shelf 12 are covered with skin 26, and stay 11 is suspended from the ceiling in this state. By attaching the cooler duct 17 in this manner, compared to the conventional case where the cooler duct 17 is attached independently of the luggage shelf 12,
The work of attaching the stay 11 to the ceiling 10b allows the luggage rack 1
Both the cooler duct 2 and the cooler duct 17 can be provided on the left and right sides of the ceiling 10b of the bus 10 so as to extend in the front-rear direction. As a result, the work of attaching the cooler duct 17 can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art.

The lower surface of the duct 17 is configured to be flush with the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12, and both the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 and the lower surface of the duct 17 are covered with a single skin 26. The joint at the border of the luggage shelf 12 can be covered by its skin 26. As a result, the boundary is not reflected in the occupant's visual sense, and the beauty of the cabin can be improved as compared with the conventional case, and the work of covering with the skin 26 can be reduced as compared with the conventional case where the vehicle is separately covered. Can be.

In the above-described embodiment, the outer edge of the skin 26 whose inner edge is locked to the inner portion of the luggage shelf 12 is locked to the outer edge of the duct 17, so that the lower surface of the duct 17 and the load Although the lower surface of the shelf 12 is covered with a single skin 26, if the covered skin 26 becomes loose, adhesive means such as a double-sided adhesive tape is provided in advance on the lower surface of the duct 17 and the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12, After that, a part of the covered skin 26 is
It is preferable to adhere to the lower surface of the package 7 and the lower surface of the luggage shelf 12 to prevent loosening.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the ducts are attached to both the outer sides of the luggage shelf and the stay,
By attaching a duct and a luggage shelf to the stay in advance, and suspending the stay on the ceiling in that state, compared to the conventional case where the cooler duct was attached to the car body independently of the luggage shelf,
By attaching the stay to the ceiling, both the luggage shelf and the cooler duct can be provided on the ceiling of the bus so as to extend in the front-rear direction. As a result, the work of attaching the cooler duct can be significantly reduced compared to the related art. In this case, by using an extruded product of resin as the duct and an extruded product of aluminum as the luggage shelf, a desired duct and luggage shelf can be obtained at relatively low cost. Also, if the lower surface of the duct is configured to be flush with the lower surface of the luggage shelf, and both the lower surface of the luggage shelf and the lower surface of the duct are covered with a single skin,
The joint at the boundary between the duct and the luggage shelf can be covered and hidden, and the aesthetic appearance in the vehicle interior can be improved as compared with the related art. In this case, if the outer edge of the skin whose inner edge is locked to the inner portion of the luggage shelf is locked to the outer portion of the duct and both the lower surface of the luggage shelf and the lower surface of the duct are covered with the skin, compared to the conventional case, Thus, the work of covering with the epidermis can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5 showing an attachment structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion B in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion C in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion D in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a bus showing the mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Bus 10b Ceiling 11 Stay 12 Luggage shelf 17 Cooler duct 26 Skin

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A luggage rack (1) is provided at a lower portion of a plurality of stays (11) suspended at predetermined intervals in a front-rear direction on a side of a ceiling (10b).
2) a structure in which a cooler duct (17) extends in the front-rear direction into a passenger compartment of a bus (10) in which a cooler duct (17) is installed, wherein the duct (17) is provided on both outer sides of the luggage shelf (12) and the stay (11). ) Mounting structure for a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves, characterized in that: 2. The mounting structure of a cooler duct of a bus with a luggage shelf according to claim 1, wherein the luggage shelf (12) is an extruded product of aluminum and the duct (17) is an extruded product of a resin. 3. The lower surface of the duct (17) is configured to be flush with the lower surface of the luggage shelf (12), and both the lower surface of the luggage shelf (12) and the lower surface of the duct (17) are single. The structure for mounting a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves according to claim 1 or 2, which is covered with a skin (26). 4. An outer edge of a skin (26) whose inner edge is locked to an inner portion of the luggage shelf (12) is locked to an outer portion of the duct (17) to form a lower surface of the luggage shelf (12). The mounting structure for a cooler duct of a bus with luggage shelves according to claim 3, wherein both surfaces of the lower surface of the duct (17) are covered with the skin (26).