JP2003212061A - Door edge molding for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide door edge molding for an automobile capable of restraining a collision to a door by improving the visibility of a door in the dark. <P>SOLUTION: This door edge molding 1 for an automobile fixed to a door edge 971 of an automobile has a decorated face 13 for decorating the surface of the door edge 971, a fixed face 14 fixed to the door edge 971, and a rear face 11 faced to the rear of a vehicle and a front face 12 face to the front of the vehicle when fixed to the door edge 971. A light reflecting material 2 is provided on the rear face 11 or/and the front face 12 in the door edge molding 1. The light reflecting material 2 is preferably a retroreflective material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile door edge molding for improving safety as well as decorativeness of an automobile door edge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The door edge of a vehicle is
If you hit obstacles such as guardrails or poles, the paint is likely to peel off or get scratched. Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 which will be described later, the door edge molding 1 formed of a stainless steel material or a hard synthetic resin material having appropriate flexibility is attached to the door edge 971 of the door 97 of the automobile 9. Is being done. This door edge mall 1
Not only protects the door edge 971 as described above, but also has a decorative element as an accessory part.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved] By the way, when a vehicle approaches from the back in the darkness such as at night, the light provided by the vehicle causes a reflector provided behind the tail lamp of the vehicle in front to illuminate and the presence of the vehicle in front. Can know However, as shown in FIG. 10, it is difficult for the reflected light 95 of the reflector of the tail lamp 94 to recognize the entire body 96 outside the reflected light. For this reason, when the door 97 is opened and protrudes outside the tail lamp 94, a vehicle or the like may approach from behind without hitting the tail lamp 94 and collide with the door 97, resulting in an accident. The present inventor has conducted earnest research to take measures to prevent a door collision using the door edge molding.

In view of the above conventional problems, the present invention aims to provide a door edge molding for an automobile, which can improve the visibility of the door in the dark and can suppress the collision with the door.

[0005]

The present invention relates to a vehicle door edge molding fixed to a door edge of a vehicle, the door edge molding being a decorative surface for decorating the surface of the door edge, and a fixing fixed to the door edge. And a front surface facing the front of the vehicle when fixed to the door edge, and a front surface facing the front of the vehicle. A light reflecting material is provided on the rear surface and / or the front surface of the door edge molding. It is a door edge molding for an automobile, which is characterized by (1).

In the present invention, the door edge molding is fixed to the door edge. The door edge molding is provided with a light reflecting material on a rear surface and / or a front surface of the door edge facing the vehicle rear part and / or the vehicle front. The light reflecting material has a property of reflecting incident light. Therefore, when the vehicle is irradiated with light from a direction facing the light reflecting material in the dark, the light is reflected by the light reflecting material and the door edge molding shines. Therefore, the shape of the door edge provided with the door edge molding can be visually recognized in detail, and the recognizability of the open / closed state of the door can be improved. Therefore, the collision with the door in the dark can be suppressed. Further, since the light reflecting material is provided on the rear surface and / or the front surface of the door edge molding, it is inconspicuous in the daytime and does not affect the appearance of the automobile.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automobile door edge molding capable of improving the visibility of the door in the dark and suppressing the collision with the door.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, a door edge molding has a decorative surface, a fixed surface, a front surface and a rear surface. The door edge molding is formed in a long shape along the shape of the door edge. The door edge molding can be formed of synthetic resin, metal material, or the like. The decorative surface of the door edge molding is a surface that decorates the surface of the door, and has, for example, a metallic tone or the same color tone as the outer surface of the door. The fixed surface of the door edge molding is a surface fixed to the door edge and has a fixing means such as an adhesive tape.

It is preferable that the light reflecting material is provided on the rear surface of the door edge molding (claim 2). Doors opened in the dark are more difficult to recognize when viewed from behind than when viewed from the front of the vehicle.
Therefore, by providing the light reflecting material on the rear surface of the door edge molding, the opened / closed state of the door can be visually recognized effectively. Further, the light reflecting material can be provided not only on the rear surface facing the rear of the door edge molding but also on the front surface facing the front. It may be provided only on the front surface.

The light reflecting material is preferably a retroreflective material (claim 3). The retroreflective material has a property of reflecting light in the incident direction of incident light. For this reason, the light can be reflected exclusively toward the light source without being diffusely reflected, and no glare can be seen from a place other than the light source. Also, since the amount of light reflected is large, the door edge can be seen more clearly.

[0011]

EXAMPLES Example 1 An automobile door edge molding according to an example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this example is an automobile door edge molding 1 fixed to a door edge 971 of an automobile 9. The door edge molding 1 is fixed to the door edge 971 on the open / close end side of the four doors 97 of the four-door vehicle. The door edge molding 1 is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
The decorative surface 13 for decorating the surface of the door 97 and the fixing surface 14 fixed to the door edge 971 have a substantially rectangular cross section.
And a rear surface 11 facing the rear of the vehicle body and a front surface 12 facing the front of the vehicle.

On the rear surface 11 of the door edge molding 1, a light reflecting material 2 having retroreflective characteristics is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the light reflecting material 2 includes a prism layer 21 and an adhesive layer 22 provided on the back surface side thereof. Light reflection material 2
Are adhered to the door edge 971 by the adhesive layer 22. As shown in FIG. 6, the prism layer 21 is a layer in which many micro prisms 211 are continuously arranged. As shown in FIG. 7, the light 3 incident on the micro prism 211 is
It hits the three surfaces 212, 213 and 214 of the prism and is reflected in the same direction as the incident direction. Therefore, the light reflector 2
Has a retroreflection characteristic that reflects light in the same direction as the incident direction of light.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the door edge molding 1 is made of an aluminum material 31 and a synthetic resin 32. The decorative surface 13 has a metallic silver color, and the aluminum material 31 is exposed. An adhesive tape 33 is adhered to the fixed surface 14. A longitudinal end portion of the door edge molding 1 is covered with a cover material 328.

In manufacturing the door edge molding 1 of this embodiment, an aluminum material 31 is formed into a long shape, and a synthetic resin 32 is insert-extruded around the aluminum material 31. At this time, a part of the aluminum material 31 is exposed to expose the decorative surface 13
To form. Then, this is bent by a cold press so as to follow the shape of the door edge. Then, the adhesive tape 33 is adhered to the fixed surface 14 and the reflective material 2 is adhered to the rear surface 11.
As described above, the door edge molding 1 of this example is obtained.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when a stopped automobile 9 is illuminated with light from the rear of the vehicle in the dark, the light emitted from the automobile 9 is reflected by the light reflecting material 2 bonded to the rear surface 11 of the door edge molding 1. Incident on. Then, the light reflecting material 2 reflects the light 3 backward due to its retroreflective property, and makes the driver of the rear vehicle visually recognize the shape of the door 97 of the front vehicle in detail. In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, when the door 97 is opened, the light 3 reflected by the light reflecting material 2 can be seen well by the rear driver, and it is possible to make the door 97 fully visible.

Further, the light reflecting material 2 has a retroreflection characteristic of reflecting light in the incident direction. Therefore, the light can be reflected exclusively toward the vehicle behind without being diffusely reflected.
Therefore, even if you look at the door edge mall from a place other than the rear vehicle, it will not be glaring. Also, because the amount of light reflected is large,
The door edge can be clearly seen.

Therefore, in combination with the reflected light 95 by the reflector of the tail lamp 94, the vehicle driver approaching from the rear can be alerted to avoid the collision with the vehicle 9 in front. Further, since the light reflecting material 2 is adhered to the rear surface 11 of the door edge molding, it is not noticeable in the daytime and does not affect the appearance of the automobile 9.

In the above description, the door edge molding 1 has a structure in which it is adhered to the side surface of the door edge 971 (front side surface of the door) as shown in FIG. 3, but the door edge molding 1 has the tip of the door edge 971. There are various types, such as a structure sandwiched between.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of an automobile according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view of the door edge molding in the first embodiment shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the door edge molding according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a light reflecting material in Example 1.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory plan view of the prism layer of the light reflecting material according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a micro prism according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the vehicle according to the first embodiment with the door opened.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the vehicle according to the first exemplary embodiment with the door closed.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the vehicle for explaining the conventional problems.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. ． ． Door edge mall, 11. ． ． Rear face, 12. ． ． Front face, 13. ． ． Decorative surface, 14. ． ． Fixed surface, 2. ． ． Light reflector, 21. ． ． Prism layer, 22. ． ． Adhesive layer, 211. ． ． Micro prism, 3. ． ． light, 9. ． ． Automobile, 97. ． ． door, 971. ． ． Door edge,

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A door edge molding for a vehicle fixed to a door edge of a vehicle, the door edge molding including a decorative surface for decorating a surface of the door edge, a fixing surface fixed to the door edge, and a door edge. A rear surface that faces the rear of the vehicle and a front surface that faces the front of the vehicle when fixed; and a light reflector is provided on the rear surface and / or the front surface of the door edge molding. A characteristic door edge molding for automobiles. 2. The automobile door edge molding according to claim 1, wherein the light reflecting material is provided on the rear surface of the door edge molding. 3. The door edge molding for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the light reflecting material is a retroreflective material.