JP2008296677A - Clip for attaching assist grip - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clip for attaching an assist grip capable of removing locking pieces locked to the attachment hole of a body panel from the front side of the body panel. <P>SOLUTION: This clip for attaching the assist grip includes a pair of locking pieces 24 locked to the edge of the attachment hole by inserting a hollow strut 22 in a clip body 20 into the attachment hole 42 of the body panel 40. The base ends of both the locking pieces are integrated with the strut so that both the locking pieces 24 are elastically deformed in the inward/outward directions of the strut 22 on both sides of the strut. Also, the free ends 24b of both the locking pieces 24 are positioned on the side of the opening 22c of the strut 22. An interval between both the free ends is set smaller than an interval between the inner surfaces of the opening 22c corresponding to the free ends. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a clip for attaching an assist grip provided in a vehicle interior to the body side of a vehicle.

As a structure for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle, for example, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is already known. As is clear from this technique, base members are individually attached to both ends of the assist grip so as to be rotatable by a support shaft. Both base members are each provided with a clip for attaching the assist grip to a vehicle body panel. When the clip is inserted into the mounting hole of the body panel, the locking piece of the clip is locked to the edge of the mounting hole, thereby preventing the clip from coming off. Moreover, the elastic deformation of the locking piece is restricted by inserting the pin member into the hollow inside of the clip in this retaining state. Therefore, the locking piece is held in a locked state at the edge of the mounting hole, and the grip is firmly attached to the body panel.
JP 2001-277926 A

  When it is necessary to remove the assist grip from the body panel, the pin member can be easily removed from the clip on the front side (the vehicle interior side) of the body panel. However, even after the pin member is removed, the clip locking piece remains locked to the edge of the mounting hole. The only way to remove the locking from the front side of the body panel is to pull the clip from the mounting hole forcibly, and the locking piece may be damaged and become unusable.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an assist grip mounting clip capable of releasing the locking of the locking piece with respect to the mounting hole of the body panel from the front side of the body panel. Is to provide.

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
In the first invention, the clip body for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle has a hollow support pillar inserted into an attachment hole opened in the body panel, and the support pillar is inserted into the attachment hole. It is provided with a pair of locking pieces that are elastically locked to the edge of the mounting hole, and by inserting a pin member into the hollow interior from the opening opened on the base side of the column, the elasticity of both locking pieces A clip for assist grip attachment of a type in which deformation is restricted and the state of engagement with the edge of the mounting hole is maintained, and both locking pieces are on both sides of the column at the base end of both locking pieces. It is integrated with the support so that it can be elastically deformed inward and outward. Further, the free end portions of both locking pieces are positioned on the opening side of the support column, and the distance between both free end portions is set to be smaller than the distance between the inner surfaces of the corresponding opening portions. .

  Thereby, when removing the assist grip from the body panel, it is possible to insert a tool or the like from the opening side of the column toward the outside of both locking pieces in a state where the pin member is extracted from the hollow inside of the column. . Therefore, from the opening side of the support column, that is, from the front side of the body panel, both locking pieces can be bent inward using a tool or the like to release the locking to the edge of the mounting hole of the body panel. The clip body can be easily removed.

  In a second aspect based on the first aspect, the both locking pieces of the clip main body respectively have claw portions that project outward from both side surfaces of the support column and are locked to the edge portion of the mounting hole. The free ends of both locking pieces extend from the respective claw portions to the opening side of the column on the inner side of both sides of the column.

  In this way, the free ends of the two locking pieces in the clip body extend toward the opening side of the column inside the both sides of the column, so that there is a gap between the free ends of the two locking pieces and the inside of the column. A space for inserting a tool or the like is secured, and the work of bending both locking pieces inward using the tool or the like is further facilitated.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the two locking pieces of the clip body are arranged such that each free end portion is more than the edge of the mounting hole in the initial state before the support column is inserted into the mounting hole of the body panel. Each is set to open outward so as to be located outside.

  Thereby, when the support | pillar of a slip main body is inserted in the attachment hole of a body panel, both locking pieces are pushed and bent, and the backlash of the clip main body with respect to an attachment hole is prevented by the reaction force.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a state when the assist grip is attached to the body side of the vehicle. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing components for attaching the assist grip. The assist grip 10 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with base members 16 at both ends thereof, and these base members 16 are attached to the body side of the vehicle by a clip body 20 and a pin member 30 (FIG. 2). It has a structure. Each of the base member 16, the clip body 20, and the pin member 30 is an integrally molded product made of synthetic resin.
Both base members 16 are each provided with a shaft support portion 17 and a rectangular insertion window 18. The shaft support portions 17 of both base members 16 are rotatably coupled to the assist grip 10 by support shafts 14 inserted individually. The support shaft 14 and the shaft support portion 17 are located in the recesses 12 formed at both ends of the assist grip 10. The areas and depths of both recesses 12 are set such that the assist grip 10 and the base member 16 can rotate about 90 ° around the axis of the support shaft 14 without interfering with each other. Thereby, in a state where both base members 16 are attached to the body side of the vehicle, the assist grip 10 can be rotated between the storage position along the roof of the vehicle and the use position.

3 shows a plan view of the clip body 20, FIG. 4 shows a right side view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view in the direction of arrow AA of FIG. As is clear from these drawings, the clip body 20 is respectively provided with a hollow square-shaped column 22 inserted into a mounting hole 42 of a body panel 40 described later, and two corresponding side portions of the column 22. And a pair of locking pieces 24 provided. The base portion 22a of the column 22 has a flange shape, and the hollow interior 22b of the column 22 is opened outward by the opening 22c of the base portion 22a.
The pair of locking pieces 24 are configured by partially separating the two side walls of the column 22 by individual slits 22e. That is, the base end portions 24a of the both locking pieces 24 remain integrally coupled to the side walls of the support columns 22, and the other portions are separated from the side walls. Therefore, both the locking pieces 24 can be elastically deformed inward and outward of the column 22 by using the base end portions 24a as fulcrums by the elasticity of the synthetic resin material. In the hollow interior 22b of the support column 22, ribs 22d are provided on the inner surfaces of both side walls different from the side wall where the both locking pieces 24 are located (FIGS. 4 and 5).

Both the locking pieces 24 have claw portions 24 c that protrude outward from both side surfaces of the column 22. As will be described later, these claw portions 24c pass through the attachment holes 42 due to elastic deformation of both locking pieces 24 when the support column 22 is inserted into the attachment holes 42 of the body panel 40, and then the back surface of the body panel 40. Locks to the edge of the mounting hole 42 on the side. In both the locking pieces 24, the free end 24b on the tip side of each claw 24c is opposed to the opening 22c and is located on the inner side of the opening 22c. In other words, the distance L1 between the free ends 24b of both the locking pieces 24 is set to be smaller than the distance L2 between the inner surfaces of the corresponding openings 22c (FIG. 5).
The pin member 30 includes a shaft portion 32 and a cover portion 34 as shown in FIG. The shaft portion 32 can be inserted into the hollow interior 22 b from the opening 22 c of the support column 22 in the clip body 20. Grooves 32 a that engage with a pair of ribs 22 d provided in the hollow interior 22 b of the column 22 are formed on both side surfaces of the shaft portion 32. Further, the cover part 34 has a function of facilitating the insertion work of the shaft part 32 into the hollow interior 22b of the column 22, and a function of covering the attachment position of the assist grip 10 and improving the design as will be described later. .

  FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the attachment position of the assist grip 10 to the vehicle body panel 40. In order to attach the base member 16 of the assist grip 10 to the body panel 40 as shown in this drawing, first, the support 22 of the clip body 20 is attached to the insertion window 18 of the base member 16, and the base portion 22 a of the insertion window 18. The column 22 is inserted into the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40 while being inserted until it hits the outer frame portion. When the claw portions 24c of the locking pieces 24 in the clip body 20 pass through the insertion window 18 of the base member 16 and the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40, these locking pieces 24 pass through the respective base end portions 24a. The fulcrum is pushed and bent inward of the support column 22. The both claw portions 24c that have passed through the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40 are locked to the edge of the mounting hole 42 on the back side of the body panel 40 as described above.

Subsequently, the shaft portion 32 of the pin member 30 is inserted into the hollow interior 22 b from the opening 22 c side of the support column 22. The shaft portion 32 at this time is guided in a state where the grooves 32a on both side surfaces thereof are engaged with the ribs 22d of the hollow interior 22b. By inserting the shaft portion 32 of the pin member 30 into the hollow interior 22 b of the support column 22, elastic deformation of both the locking pieces 24 inward of the support column 22 is restricted. Therefore, the locking state of the claw portions 24c with respect to the edge portion of the attachment hole 42 is maintained, and the base member 16 of the assist grip 10 is firmly attached to the body panel 40.
In the pin member 30, the cover portion 34 in a state where the shaft portion 32 is inserted into the hollow interior 22 b of the support column 22 is located in a state of covering the base member 16, the shaft support portion 17, the support shaft 14, and the like. (Fig. 6). Thereby, the designability of the attachment location in the assist grip 10 is maintained.

Next, a procedure for removing the assist grip 10 from the body panel 40 will be described. First, in the state shown in FIG. 6, the shaft portion 32 of the pin member 30 is extracted from the hollow interior 22 b of the support column 22 in the clip body 20 to obtain the state shown in FIG. 7. In this state, the above-described restriction on the elastic deformation of both the locking pieces 24 in the clip body 20 is released. Since the free ends 24b of the both locking pieces 24 face the opening 22c of the support column 22 as described above and are located inside the opening of the opening 22c, both the free ends A space in which the end of the tool T (radio pliers) shown in FIG. 7 can be inserted is secured outside 24b.
Therefore, the tool T can be inserted from the opening 22c side of the support column 22, and both the locking pieces 24 can be bent inward with the both free ends 24b interposed therebetween. As a result, the claw portions 24c of the locking pieces 24 are disengaged from the edge of the mounting hole 42, and the column 22 of the clip body 20 can be easily removed from the mounting hole 42. As a result, the base member 16 of the assist grip 10 can be detached from the body panel 40.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the clip main body 20 having a backlash prevention function. In the clip body 20 shown in this drawing, in the initial state where both the locking pieces 24 are not elastically deformed inwardly of the support column 22, each free end portion 24 b is more than the edge of the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40. Is also set to be located outside. That is, in the clip main body 20 shown in FIG. 8, compared with the clip main body 20 shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, both the locking pieces 24 in the initial state are set to open outward. Therefore, when the column 22 of the clip main body 20 is inserted into the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40, both the locking pieces 24 are strongly pushed and bent inward of the column 22, and the reaction force causes the edges of the mounting hole 42 and the both ends to be bent. A gap between the locking piece 24 is filled. Thereby, the backlash of the clip main body 20 with respect to the body panel 40 is suppressed, and the attachment state of the assist grip 10 is stabilized.
Also in the clip body 20 shown in FIG. 8, the free ends 24 b of both locking pieces 24 are located inside the opening 22 c of the support 22 when the support 22 is inserted into the mounting hole 42 of the body panel 40. To position. Therefore, when the assist grip 10 is removed from the body panel 40, both the locking pieces 24 are bent inward by the tool T inserted from the opening 22c side of the support column 22 in the same manner as shown in FIG. It can be extracted from the mounting hole 42.

Although the best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above with reference to the drawings, this embodiment can be easily changed or modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the mounting structure of the type in which the base member 16 and the clip main body 20 are separated has been described. However, the base portion 22a of the support column 22 in the clip main body 20 is the insertion window 18 in the base member 16. The present invention can also be applied to a form integrated with the outer frame portion.

External perspective view showing the state of attaching the assist grip to the vehicle body Exploded perspective view showing parts for attaching the assist grip Plan view showing the clip body Right side view of FIG. Sectional view in the direction of arrow AA in FIG. Sectional view showing where the assist grip is attached Sectional view showing the state when removing the assist grip Sectional view showing part of clip body with backlash prevention function

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Assist grip 16 Base member 20 Clip main body 22 Support | pillar 22a Base part 22b Hollow inside 22c Opening part 24 Locking piece 24a Base end part 24b Free end part 30 Pin member 40 Body panel 42 Mounting hole

Claims (3)

The clip body for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle has a hollow column inserted into the mounting hole opened in the body panel, and the edge of the mounting hole by inserting this column into the mounting hole. And a pair of locking pieces that are elastically locked to each other, and by inserting a pin member into the hollow interior from the opening opened on the base side of the column, the elastic deformation of both locking pieces is restricted and attached. A clip for assist grip attachment of a type in which the locked state with respect to the edge of the hole is maintained,
The base ends of both locking pieces are integrated with the support so that both locking pieces can be elastically deformed inward and outward of the support on both sides of the support, and the free ends of both locking pieces are The clip for assist grip attachment which is located in the opening part side of this, and the space | interval of both free end parts is set to the dimension smaller than the space | interval between the inner surfaces of the opening part corresponding to it. The assist grip mounting clip according to claim 1,
Both locking pieces of the clip body have claw portions that protrude outward from both side surfaces of the support column and lock to the edge of the mounting hole, and the free ends of both locking pieces are on both side portions of the support column. A clip for attaching an assist grip that extends from each claw portion to the opening side of the support column on the inside. The assist grip mounting clip according to claim 1 or 2,
Both clip pieces of the clip body are opened outward so that the individual free ends are located outside the edge of the mounting hole in the initial state before the column is inserted into the mounting hole of the body panel Assist grip mounting clip set to.

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