JP2008068846A - Cap for roof molding, and its mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap for a roof molding with a small number of parts and a good assembling property without limiting the design on a vehicle body side, and its mounting structure. <P>SOLUTION: This roof molding mounted to a groove in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle formed on a roof of a vehicle is split into one roof molding and the other roof molding. A cap seals a groove opening formed by splitting the roof molding, and comprises a cap body, and a slide engagement element slidably mounted to the cap body. The cap body has a recessed engagement part engaged with a terminal of one roof molding, and the slide engagement element has a slide lock part slidably engaged with the other roof molding. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

There is a case where a part of a roof molding of a vehicle such as an automobile is opened to attach a metal fitting such as a roof rack or a carrier.
The present invention relates to a cap attached to the opening of such a roof molding and an attachment structure thereof.

A long and narrow groove is formed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at the joint between the vehicle roof panel and the side panel, and a decorative roof molding for closing the groove from above is attached, and an opening without a roof molding is formed in a part thereof. A technology for forming and attaching a mounting bracket such as a roof rack or a carrier to the groove and attaching a removable cap for closing the opening when the roof rack or the like is not mounted is known.
Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-126147 discloses a technique in which an edge of a roof panel is bent in a groove to form an attachment portion, and a cap is locked to the attachment portion. There is a problem in that there is a restriction in design.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-109796 discloses a technique in which one end of a cap is fitted to one end of a roof molding facing the opening, and the other end of the cap is fitted to the other end of the roof molding by a sliding operation. Is disclosed.
However, there were many parts and many assembly steps.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-126147 JP-A-9-107996

  In view of the above technical problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a roof molding cap having a small number of parts and good assemblability and a mounting structure thereof without limiting the design on the vehicle body side.

  The technical gist of the present invention is that a roof molding that is attached to a groove in the vehicle longitudinal direction formed on the roof of the vehicle is divided into one roof molding and another roof molding, and the roof molding is divided. A cap for closing the groove opening formed by the cap body, the cap body and a slide engagement body slidably attached to the cap body, the cap body engaging with a terminal of one roof molding. The slide engagement body has a slide locking portion that slide-engages with another roof molding.

Here, one roof molding and another roof molding are divided into the vehicle longitudinal direction in order to form an opening for mounting a carrier such as a roof rack in a roof molding mounting groove provided in the roof of the vehicle. When the plurality of roof moldings are divided and separated, one of the openings forming the opening is referred to as one roof molding and the other as the other roof molding.
Therefore, the number of separations is not limited as long as the roof molding is at least one place.

  The technical gist of the invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the cap body has a side edge clamping recess which is clamped and engaged with a side edge of another roof molding in addition to the engagement recess.

As a result, the cap main body has an engagement recess that engages with the longitudinal end of one roof molding and a side edge clamping recess that engages with the side edge of the other roof molding in the longitudinal direction.
When attaching the cap to the opening, slide the slide engagement body in the direction orthogonal to the other roof molding and lock it from the side of the other roof molding, and then retract the slide engagement body to remove it. become.

  The technical gist of the invention of claim 3 is that the cap body further has a guide hole, the slide engagement body has a pair of slide elastic pieces, the pair of slide elastic pieces are fitted into the guide holes, and the slide The elastic engagement piece is slidably attached to the cap body by sliding along the guide hole.

  The invention described in claim 3 shows one specific example of means for slidably attaching the slide engagement body to the cap body.

The technical gist of the invention described in claim 4 is that a roof molding that is attached to a groove in the vehicle longitudinal direction formed on the roof of the vehicle is divided into one roof molding and another roof molding. A cap mounting structure for closing a groove opening formed by dividing a molding,
A cap body and a slide engagement body slidably attached to the cap body;
The cap body has an engagement recess that engages with a terminal of one roof molding and a side edge clamping recess that engages with a side edge of another roof molding, and the slide engagement body is attached to the other roof molding. It has a slide locking part that slides, engages the engagement recess of the cap body with the end of one roof molding, and clamps and engages the side edge clamping recess with the side edge of another roof molding. The slide engaging portion is slidably engaged with a cap receiving piece formed at the end of the roof molding.
Since the slide locking portion is slidably engaged with the cap receiving piece formed to provide the edge of the predetermined shape on the other roof molding, the cap body is engaged with one roof molding and the other roof molding. In this state, the cap can be fixed to or removed from the opening by the slide operation of the slide engagement body.

The technical gist of the invention according to claim 5 is that the cap body further has a guide hole, the slide engagement body has a pair of slide elastic pieces, the pair of slide elastic pieces are fitted into the guide holes, and the slide The slide piece is slidably engaged with a cap receiving piece formed on another roof molding by sliding the elastic piece along the guide hole.
Accordingly, the slide engagement body can be attached to the cap body simply by fitting the pair of slide elastic pieces to the guide holes so as to bend each other inward.

In the cap for roof molding according to the present invention, one end of the cap is engaged with the opening side end of one roof molding that sandwiches the opening, and the engaging body is slid by sliding to the other roof molding that sandwiches the opening. Since it can be locked by the locking portion, it can be easily fixed and removed from the opening without providing a cap mounting part on the vehicle body side such as a vehicle panel or without using a tool or the like.
The cap is provided with a slide elastic piece on the slide engagement body, and the slide engagement body is attached to the guide hole provided in the cap body by bending the slide elastic piece so as to be freely slidable. .

FIG. 1 shows the present invention in the vicinity of a mounting bracket 6 for a carrier such as a roof rack attached to a groove 4 formed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the connecting portion between the roof panel 2 and the side panel 3 of the vehicle. The example of the cap for roof molding which concerns, and explanatory drawing of the attachment structure are shown.
FIG. 1A shows a state where the cap 10 is attached to the opening 5 of the groove 4 formed by dividing or separating the roof molding, and FIG. 1B shows a state where the cap 10 is removed from the opening 5. .
The groove portion 4 is formed by recessing the connecting portion of the roof panel 2 and the side panel 3 into a groove shape in the vehicle front-rear direction. The first roof molding 40 is mounted on the front side of the vehicle, and the second roof molding 50 is mounted on the rear side. It is attached.
For explanation, as shown in FIG. 1, the cap 10 and the like are attached to the vehicle, and the side that becomes the first roof molding side is the first roof molding side, and the side that becomes the second roof molding side is the second roof molding side. The side with the roof panel is called the roof panel side, and the side with the side panel is called the side panel side.
Therefore, one roof molding when a plurality of roof moldings are separated is referred to as a first roof molding, and the other roof molding is described as a second roof molding.
This mounting direction to the vehicle is for explanation, and only one groove side provided on both side edges of the vehicle roof panel will be described.
Therefore, the first and second roof moldings may be arranged in reverse, and the arrangement of the cap and the roof molding with respect to the roof panel and the side panel is not limited.
The opening side end 41 of the first roof molding 40 and the opening side end 51 of the second roof molding 50 form an opening 5 in which the mounting bracket 6 is arranged.
4A shows a plan view of the vicinity of the opening 5 from which the cap 10 is removed, and FIG. 4B shows a plan view of the vicinity of the opening 5 to which the cap 10 is attached.
The cut end of the opening-side end 41 of the first roof molding 40 is in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the groove 4.
The opening-side end portion 51 of the second roof molding 50 forms a cutout portion 52 that is L-shaped in plan view, and a cap receiving piece 53 that protrudes toward the first roof molding side.
On the roof panel 2 side of the cap receiving piece 53, a receiving edge 53a that engages with a locking portion 31 of a slide engaging body described later is formed.

A front perspective view of the cap 10 is shown in FIG. 2 (a), and a rear perspective view is shown in FIG. 2 (b).
The cap 10 includes a cap body 20 and a slide engagement body 30, and the slide engagement body 30 is fitted into the cap body 20.
As shown in FIG. 1, the cap body 20 includes a plate-like cover portion 21 from the opening side end 41 of the first roof molding 40, the opening 5, the cap receiving piece 53 of the second roof molding 50, and the second. The opening-side end portion 51 of the roof molding 50 can be covered from above.
As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the cover portion 21 is provided with a guide hole 27 penetrating up and down substantially in the center, and a slide engagement body 30 is fitted and attached to the guide hole 27.
The slide engagement body 30 has a slide button part 33 for sliding the slide engagement body 30 at the upper part, and a slide engagement that is inserted below the cap receiving piece 53 of the second roof molding 50 by the slide operation at the lower part. It has a piece 32.
The slide engagement body 30 is attached to the guide hole so as to be slidable in the direction from the roof panel to the side panel by pressing the slide button portion 33 toward the roof panel or the side panel with a finger.
The mounting structure of the slide engagement body 30 in the guide hole 27 will be described later.

A cross-sectional end view taken along line AA in FIG. 2A is shown in FIG.
A projecting sandwiching piece 22 is formed on the lower surface of the end portion of the cover portion 21 on the first roof molding side, which is hung from the lower surface of the cover portion when viewed from the side panel side, and then bent and projected toward the first roof molding side at a substantially right angle. Is arranged.
An engagement recess 23 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens to the first roof molding side when viewed from the side panel side is formed at the projecting and holding piece 22 and the end portion of the cover portion 21 on the first roof molding side.
The engagement recess 23 is formed so as to be fitted to the opening side end 41 of the first roof molding 40 shown in FIG. 1B, and the cap 10 defines the engagement recess 23 as the first roof molding. 40, and the slide engagement body 30 is moved backward to the roof panel 2 side so that the slide locking piece 32 of the slide engagement body 30 does not interfere with the cap receiving piece 53. Can be fitted to the part 5.
The projecting sandwiching piece 22 is provided with two parallel notches 22b in the projecting direction toward the first roof molding side, and the engaging recess 23 of the thin portion 22c is formed as a thin portion 22c between the notches 22b. A biting rib 22a perpendicular to the projecting direction of the projecting sandwiching piece 22 is projected on the side surface.
The biting rib 22a can be engaged with the lower surface of the first roof molding opening end 41 by bending the thin portion 22c when the engaging recess 23 is fitted to the opening end 41 of the first roof molding. Is formed.

FIG. 3B shows an explanatory diagram of the cover portion 21 viewed from the B viewing direction of FIG.
At the lower end of the edge on the roof panel side at the end of the second roof molding side of the cover part 21, a side edge clamping piece 26 is projected in a direction to be folded back to the back surface of the cover part 21 as shown in FIG. A side edge clamping recess 25 is formed between the cover portion 21 and the cover.
This side edge clamping recess 25 is an explanatory view of the mounting state seen from the vehicle rear side in the roof molding longitudinal direction with the cap 10 being mounted to the opening 5 as shown in FIG. ), The second roof molding 50 is formed so as to be fitted and engaged with the edge 51a on the roof panel side.
As shown in FIG. 1, the cap 10 is engaged with the first roof molding side by fitting the engaging recess 23 into the opening side end 41 of the first roof molding 40 and holding the second roof molding side with the side edge. As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the edge 51 a on the roof panel 2 side of the second roof molding 50 is hooked and engaged with the side edge clamping recess 25 by the piece 26.
The slide engaging body 30 is slid toward the receiving edge 53a of the cap receiving piece 53 of the second roof molding 50, and the slide engaging piece 32 is inserted under the cap receiving piece 53, and the slide engaging piece 32 and the slide button are inserted. The cap receiving piece 53 is engaged with the slide locking part 31 between the part 33 and the cap 10 is fixed to the opening 5.
In order to attach the cap 10 to the opening 5, the first roof molding 40 is engaged with the engagement recess 23 in the longitudinal direction of the groove, and the second roof molding 50 is provided with the side edge clamping recess 25 and the slide engagement body. Are engaged in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the groove.
The edge 51a on the roof panel side of the second roof molding 50 and the receiving edge 53a of the cap receiving piece 53, to which the side edge clamping recess 25 or the slide locking portion 31 is engaged, are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the groove and are predetermined. It has a length.
Thus, the cap 10 has the side recess nipping recess 25 engaged with the roof panel side edge 51 a of the second roof molding 50 after the engagement recess 23 is fitted to the opening side end 41 of the first roof molding 40. If the opening side end portions 41 and 51 of the first and second roof moldings 40 and 50 are disposed within a predetermined range in which the slide locking portion 31 can be engaged with the cap receiving piece 53, it is attached to the opening portion 5. I can do it.
When the opening 5 for attaching the mounting bracket 6 by separating the roof molding in the vehicle front-rear direction is formed, the separation interval of the roof molding greatly varies due to an assembly error of the roof molding.
For this reason, for example, if the slide locking portion to be locked to the end portion of the roof molding is slid in the longitudinal direction of the roof molding and the variation in the assembly error in the longitudinal direction of the roof molding is absorbed, the sliding operation range becomes large. However, the cap receiving piece 53 is formed in an L shape on the roof molding end side in this way, and the slide locking portion 31 is fitted into the cap receiving piece 53 from the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the roof molding (longitudinal direction of the groove). Thus, variations in assembly errors in the roof molding longitudinal direction can be absorbed by the length of the cap receiving piece 53.
Therefore, the cap 10 can be attached to the opening 5 without being substantially affected by variations in the mounting positions of the opening side ends 41 and 51 of the first and second roof moldings 40 and 50.
Further, the cap 10 can be easily engaged with and detached from the opening 5 by slidingly operating the slide engagement body 30 to engage and disengage the slide engaging portion 31 with the cap receiving piece 53.
The cap mounting structure that is not affected by the variation in the mounting position of the opening side end portions of the first and second roof moldings 40, 50 engages one end of the cap in the vehicle longitudinal direction with the end portion of the first roof molding. It is only necessary that the slide locking portion provided on the cap can be engaged with the second roof molding from a substantially right angle direction. For example, instead of providing the cap receiving piece, the slide locking portion is provided on the edge of the second roof molding. An engaging hole or the like may be provided.

A structure for mounting the slide engagement body to the cap body will be described.
FIG. 5 is an external view of the slide engagement body removed from the cap body. FIG. 5 (a) shows an external view as seen from the cap front side in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 shows an external view as seen from the first roof molding side. FIG. 5C shows an external view shown in FIG. 5B as viewed from the side panel side, and FIG. 5D shows an external view seen from the back side of the cap.
6A is an explanatory view of the portion of the guide hole 27 from which the slide engagement body is removed as viewed from the front side of the cap. FIG. 6B is an explanatory view of the guide hole 27 as viewed from the front side of the cap with the slide engagement body 30 fitted. FIG. 6C shows an explanatory diagram in which the front portion is removed from the guide hole 27 of the cover portion 21 when the slide engagement body 30 is viewed from the side panel side.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6C, the slide engagement body 30 has a flat slide button portion 33 that is slid with a finger.
An anti-slip 33b is provided on the front surface of the slide button portion 33, a guide pin 33a is provided on the back surface, and the base portion 30a is suspended.
In FIG. 6B, the slip stopper 33b of the slide button portion 33 is omitted for easy understanding.
At the lower end of the base portion 30a, a slide locking piece 32 protruded toward the side panel side, and when the slide engagement body 30 is mounted in the guide hole 27 as shown in FIG. A pair of slide elastic pieces 34 for fitting the slide portions 34a to the guide hole side wall portions 27a on both sides in the slide direction are provided.
The slide locking piece 32 is formed so as to protrude parallel to the lower surface of the slide button portion 33, and the slide locking portion 31 is formed together with the slide button portion 33 and the base portion 30a.
A biting rib 32 a is provided on the upper surface (recessed side) of the slide locking piece 32.
The pair of slide elastic pieces 34 has a sliding portion 34a formed by cutting out the tip portion into a substantially L-shaped cross section.
The sliding elastic piece 34 is formed so that the sliding portion 34a can be fitted into the guide hole side wall portion 27a as shown in FIG. .
As shown in FIG. 6A, the guide hole 27 is formed in a substantially square shape so as to penetrate the cover portion, and a pair of guide hole sidewalls in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the groove portion in the slide direction of the slide engagement body. Each of the guide hole side wall portions 27a has a position holding projection 27b that protrudes in a substantially semicircular shape toward the center of the guide hole 27.
The cover portion 21 is provided with a guide long hole 27c for fitting the guide pin 33a on the back surface of the slide button portion 33 to guide it in the sliding direction.
The slide engagement body 30 is further inserted into the guide hole 27 from the lower end side of the base portion 30a with the slide locking piece 32 facing the side panel, and is further bent while pressing the slide elastic piece 34 against the guide hole side wall portion 27a. Push in.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6C, the guide pin 33a fits into the guide long hole 27c as shown in FIG. 6B at the position where the back surface of the slide button portion 33 substantially comes into contact with the cover portion 21, and slides. The sliding portion 34 a hits the guide hole side wall portion 27 a by the elastic restoring force of the elastic piece, and is attached to the guide hole 27.
The slide engagement body 30 is attached to the cap body by snap engagement in which the slide portion 34a of the slide elastic piece 34 is fitted in the guide hole 27 in this way.
The slide engagement body 30 is slid by pushing the slide button part 33 in the sliding direction with a finger and sliding the sliding part 34a along the guide hole side wall part 27a.
When the sliding portion 34a is slid along the guide hole side wall portion 27a, the sliding portion 34a comes into contact with the position holding projection 27b. By sliding the sliding portion 34a further, the sliding portion 34a is moved to the slide elastic piece 34. It can be bent by elastic deformation to get over the position holding projection 27b.
The slide engagement body 30 restricts the slide movement except during the slide operation by restricting the sliding of the sliding portion 34a by the position holding projection 27b.
As described above, the slide engagement body 30 can be attached to either the roof panel side or the side panel side by simply snap-engaging the guide hole 27 of the cap body with the slide elastic piece 34 without attaching or processing another part. The position can be maintained and slidable.

A procedure for attaching the cap to the opening will be described.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for attaching the cap to the opening.
FIG. 8 shows a state explanatory view of the slide engagement body when the cap is attached to the opening.
FIG. 7 schematically illustrates the appearance of the first and second roof moldings 40 and 50, the cap 10, and the mounting bracket 6 when the vicinity of the opening 5 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the side panel side.
8 (a), 8 (b), and 8 (c) are explanatory views corresponding to the cap mounting state, respectively, and for the sake of clarity, the left side is an explanatory view of the slide engagement body 30 portion viewed from the cap front side. 6C, an explanatory view in which the side panel side is removed from the guide hole 27 of the cover portion 21 as in FIG. 6C, is arranged in the center, and an explanatory view corresponding to the cross section taken along the line CC in FIG. 6B. Is on the right.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the first roof molding 40 has the opening-side end 41 facing the opening 5, and the second roof molding 50 is notched in an L shape shown in FIG. 4A. Thus, the cap receiving piece 53 protrudes toward the first roof molding 40, and the opening side end portion 51 having the cap receiving piece 53 faces the opening 5.
First, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the cap 10 is configured such that the engagement recess 23 on the first roof molding side is applied to the opening end 41 of the first roof molding 40 and is directed toward the opening 5 as it is. Put on.
When the cover part 21 is put on the opening part 5, the side edge clamping piece 26 shown in FIG. 3B is inserted into the lower surface of the edge part 51a on the roof panel side of the second roof molding 50 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3C, the roof panel side edge 51a of the second roof molding 50 is engaged with the side edge holding recess 25 formed between the edge holding piece 26 and the cover portion 21. The cap 10 is fitted into the opening 5 as shown in FIG.
When the cap 10 shown in FIGS. 7 (b) and 7 (c) is attached, the slide engaging body 30 is arranged so that the slide locking piece 32 does not interfere with the cap receiving piece 53 of the second roof molding 50. As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the slide panel is retracted in advance to the opposite roof panel 2 side.
Next, the slide engagement body 30 is slid and moved toward the cap receiving piece 53 on the side panel side by operating the slide button portion 33.
From the state of FIG. 8A, the sliding engagement body 30 is directed toward the cap receiving piece 53, and the sliding portion 34a of the sliding elastic piece 34 shown in FIG. The sliding portion 34a hits the position holding projection 27b.
Further, by continuing the slide operation of the slide engagement body as it is, the sliding portion 34a is bent toward the base portion 30a side as shown in FIG. 8B, and directed toward the top of the position holding projection 27b. Then, by continuing the slide operation of the slide engagement body 30, the slide portion 34a is moved to the side panel side beyond the position holding projection 27b as shown in FIG. The cap receiving piece 53 is sandwiched and engaged with the portion 31 together with the cover portion 21.
Thereby, the cap 10 is fixed to the opening 5 as shown in FIG.
The removal of the cap when using the mounting bracket 6 may be performed in the reverse order of the attachment procedure.

The explanatory view of the Example of the cap for roof molding concerning the present invention and its attachment structure is shown. In the Example of the cap for roof moldings based on this invention, (a) shows the perspective view seen from the surface side, (b) shows the perspective view seen from the back surface side. (A) shows an AA line cross-sectional end view, (b) shows an explanatory view of the second roof molding side end portion of the cover portion as viewed from the B direction, and (c) shows the second side edge holding recess portion. Explanatory drawing of the fitting state of the edge part of 2 roof moldings is shown. (A) shows explanatory drawing near the opening part which removed the cap, (b) shows explanatory drawing near the opening part which attached the cap. The external view of a slide engagement body is shown. (A) is an explanatory view of the guide hole portion viewed from the cap front side, (b) is an explanatory view of the guide hole fitted with the slide engagement body viewed from the cap front side, and (c) is a guide hole from the side panel side. The explanatory view which removed the near front cover part and looked at the slide engagement object neighborhood is shown. Explanatory drawing of the procedure which attaches a cap to an opening part is shown. Explanatory drawing of the slide engagement body state at the time of attaching a cap to an opening part is shown.

Explanation of symbols

2 Roof panel 3 Side panel 4 Groove part 5 Opening part 6 Roof rack mounting bracket 10 Cap 20 Cap body 21 Cover part 22 Projection clamping piece 22a Biting rib 22b Notch 22c Thin part 23 Engaging recess 25 Side edge clamping recess 26 Side edge clamping Piece 27 Guide hole 27a Guide hole side wall 27b Position holding projection 27c Guide long hole 30 Slide engagement body 30a Base portion 31 Slide engagement portion 32 Slide engagement piece 32a Biting rib 33 Slide button portion 33a Guide pin 33b Non-slip 34 Slide Elastic piece 34a Sliding part 40 of the sliding elastic piece First roof molding 41 First roof molding opening end 50 Second roof molding 51 Second roof molding opening end 51a Second roof molding roof panel side edge 51b Lip 52 L-shaped notch 53 Cap receiving piece 53 a Cap receiving piece receiving edge

Claims (5)

The roof molding that is attached to the vehicle longitudinal groove formed in the vehicle roof is divided into one roof molding and another roof molding, and the groove opening formed by dividing this roof molding. A cap for closing
A cap body and a slide engagement body slidably attached to the cap body;
The cap body has an engaging recess that engages the end of one roof molding,
A cap for a roof molding characterized in that the slide engaging body has a slide locking portion that slide-engages with another roof molding.   2. The cap for a roof molding according to claim 1, wherein the cap body has a side edge clamping recess that is clamped and engaged with a side edge of another roof molding in addition to the engagement recess.   The cap body further has a guide hole, the slide engagement body has a pair of slide elastic pieces, the pair of slide elastic pieces are fitted into the guide holes, and the slide elastic pieces slide along the guide holes. 3. The roof molding cap according to claim 1, wherein the slide engaging body is slidably attached to the cap body. The roof molding that is attached to the vehicle longitudinal groove formed in the vehicle roof is divided into one roof molding and another roof molding, and the groove opening formed by dividing this roof molding. A cap mounting structure for closing
A cap body and a slide engagement body slidably attached to the cap body;
The cap body has an engagement recess that engages with a terminal of one roof molding and a side edge clamping recess that engages and engages with a side edge of another roof molding,
The slide engagement body has a slide locking portion that slide-engages with another roof molding,
The engagement recess of the cap body is engaged with the end of one roof molding, the side edge clamping recess is clamped and engaged with the side edge of another roof molding, and the sliding engagement with the cap receiving piece formed on the other roof molding. A mounting structure for a cap for roof molding, characterized in that the stopper is slidably engaged.   The cap body further has a guide hole, the slide engagement body has a pair of slide elastic pieces, the pair of slide elastic pieces are fitted into the guide holes, and the slide elastic pieces slide along the guide holes. 5. The roof molding cap mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein the slide engaging portion is slidably engaged with a cap receiving piece formed on another roof molding.

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