JP2009120158A - Automobile hood - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile hood preventing oscillation and deformation of a hood body without increasing its weight and cost. <P>SOLUTION: In the hood body 11, a support member 17 is arranged which has supporting parts 17c, 17c, 17a supporting both side parts 11f, 11f in a vehicle width direction of one end side 11d of the hood body 11 in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the middle part of the other end side 11e in the vehicle width direction at one or more points and which abuts on or approaches the inner surface of the hood body 11. The supporting parts 17a of the support member 17 on the other end side is engageably/disengageably supported by the hood body 11, and the supporting part 17a on the other side is removed from the hood body 11 and supported by the side of a vehicle body 4. The hood body 11 is held thereby in an opening position A by both the supporting parts 17c, 17c in the vehicle width direction on one side of the support member 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automobile hood provided with at least a resin hood body for opening and closing an engine compartment or a trunk compartment.

A hood that opens and closes the engine compartment may be made of resin instead of sheet metal in order to reduce weight and cost (for example, see Patent Document 1). When this type of hood is held in the open position, it is common to support a single support member between the vehicle width direction center of the front edge of the hood and the vehicle body side. Yes (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-112179 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-107176

  By the way, when the hood main body is made of resin, depending on the rigidity of the hood main body itself, when the hood main body is held in the open position by one support member, the left and right of the hood main body are easily wobbled and the hood main body is closed. In the state, there is a possibility that the central portion may be deformed into a dent shape due to its own weight. As a result, there is a concern that the striker will not mesh with the food lock.

  In order to prevent such wobble and deformation, it may be possible to increase the strength and rigidity by reinforcing the hood body with a separate reinforcing member. However, this will increase the weight and cost and make it made of resin. There is no merit.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automobile hood that can prevent wobbling and deformation of the hood body without increasing the weight and cost.

  The present invention is an automobile hood provided with a resin hood main body that opens and closes an engine compartment or a trunk compartment. The hood main body includes both sides in the vehicle width direction on one end side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the hood main body, and the like. A support member that supports at least one point in the vehicle width direction middle portion on the end side and that is in contact with or close to the inner surface of the hood body is disposed, and the other end of the support member The support portion on the side is removably supported on the hood body, and the support portion on the other end side is detached from the hood body and supported on the vehicle body side, thereby supporting both ends in the vehicle width direction on the one end side of the support member. The hood main body is held in the open position by the portion.

  According to the hood of the present invention, the support member supports both side portions on one end side of the hood main body and the middle portion on the other end side, and the support member is in contact with or close to the inner side surface of the hood main body. Since it arrange | positions, a support member will contribute as a reinforcement member of a hood main body, and it can prevent that this hood main body deform | transforms with dead weight.

  When the hood body is opened, the support members support both sides of the hood body in the vehicle width direction, so that the support rigidity of the hood body can be increased and wobble can be suppressed. As a result, the strength and rigidity of the hood body can be increased without separately reinforcing the hood body, and an increase in weight and cost can be avoided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIGS. 1 to 5 are views for explaining a hood of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a front body of the automobile provided with the hood, and FIG. 2 is an open state. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the hood support portion of the support member, FIG. 4 is a front view of the hood support portion of the support member, FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line Va-Va of FIG. b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line Vb-Vb of FIG. In the description of the present embodiment, the terms front and rear and left and right mean front and rear and left and right when viewed in a seated state unless otherwise specified.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a front vehicle body of the automobile. The front vehicle body 1 includes left and right fender members 3 arranged so as to cover the left and right front wheels 2 and the left and right fender members 3. An engine chamber that opens upward by a radiator support member (not shown) arranged to extend in the vehicle width direction on the front side of the fender member 3 and a cowl member 4 arranged to extend in the vehicle width direction on the rear side. 5 is formed.

  A suspension tower 8 that supports the front wheel 2 is disposed inside the left and right fender members 3, and a pillar member 6 is disposed behind the left and right fender members 3. A windshield 7 is supported by the left and right pillar members 6 and the cowl member 4.

  Further, the cowl member 4 is provided with a wiper 9 for wiping rainwater and the like adhering to the windshield 7, and a support member support hole 4a, which will be described later, is formed at the center of the front end portion of the cowl member 4 in the vehicle width direction. Has been.

  A hood 10 is disposed in the engine chamber 5. The hood 10 is constituted by a resin hood main body 11 formed in a wide width so as to close the upper end opening of the engine chamber 5. The outer surface of the hood body 11 is a design surface.

  A flange portion 11a is bent at the outer peripheral edge of the hood body 11, and a reinforcing portion 11b extending in the vehicle width direction and connecting the left and right flange portions 11a is integrally formed at the rear end portion 11e. .

  The hood main body 11 is supported by the left and right fender members 3 through a hinge member 13 attached to the left and right rear end portions 11c thereof so as to be vertically rotatable.

  A striker 15 is attached to the vehicle width direction center portion of the front end portion 11d of the hood main body 11, and the striker 15 can be locked to a hood lock member (not shown) disposed on the radiator support member. ing.

  A support member 17 is disposed on the inner surface of the hood body 11. The support member 17 has a structure in which a rod-shaped metal pipe member is bent so as to form a substantially V shape. The support member 17 is provided with a heat resistant coating for suppressing temperature rise due to heat from the engine compartment 5.

  The support member 17 includes an engagement / disengagement support portion 7a that is bent in a generally upward U-shape, and left and right support portions 17b that extend linearly from the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a outward in the vehicle width direction. , 17b, and left and right support portions 17c, 17c extending from the distal ends of the left and right support portions 17b by bending outward in the vehicle width direction.

  The engagement / disengagement support portion 17a includes left and right vertical side portions 17d and 17d and a lower side portion 17e that connects lower ends of the left and right vertical side portions 17d, and the left and right vertical side portions 17d. Following this, the support portion 17b extends.

  The left and right support portions 17c of the support member 17 support the left and right side portions 11f and 11f in the vehicle width direction of the front end portion (one end side in the front-rear direction) 11d of the hood body 11, and the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a The left and right support portions 17b support the rear central portion 11e of the hood main body 11 in the vehicle width direction, and are arranged so as to contact or approach along the inner side surface of the hood main body 11, Specifically, it has the following structure.

  Ribs 11h that connect the hood body 11 and the flange portion 11a are formed on the left and right side portions 11f of the hood body 11, and the support portions of the support member 17 are placed in the support holes 11g formed in the rib 11h. 17c is rotatably inserted and supported (see FIG. 3).

  A pair of left and right clamp grooves 11i and 11i are formed in the reinforcing portion 11b formed at the rear end portion 11e of the hood body 11, and the left and right vertical portions of the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a are formed in the clamp groove 11i. The side portion 17d is inserted and supported so as to be detachable. Here, the opening width w of the left and right clamp grooves 11i is set slightly smaller than the diameter of the vertical side portion 17d (see FIG. 5A). This prevents the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a from coming off due to vibration during traveling.

  Further, the lower side portion 17e of the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a is in contact with the lower flange portion 11a of the hood main body 11, so that the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a has the left and right clamp grooves 11i and the flange portion 11a. These three points are supported so as not to move in the vehicle width direction and the vertical direction. In this manner, the support member 17 is stored on the inner surface of the hood main body 11 in a state of being stretched between the flange portion 11a and the left and right ribs 11h.

  When opening the hood 10 during inspection of the engine, the hood 10 is unlocked, and the front end 11d of the hood body 11 is lifted to open the hood body 11. In this state, the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a of the support member 17 is removed from the clamp groove 11i, is rotated forward about the left and right support portions 17c, and is inserted into the support hole 4a of the cowl member 4. As a result, the hood body 11 is held at the open position A by the left and right support portions 17b.

  According to this embodiment, the V-shaped support member 17 supports the left and right side portions 11f of the front end portion 11d of the hood main body 11 and the central portion of the rear end portion 11e, and the support member 17 is supported by the hood main body 11. Since it arrange | positions so that it may contact | abut or adjoin along the inner surface of this, the support member 17 will contribute as a reinforcement member of the hood main body 11, and it can prevent that this hood main body 11 deform | transforms with dead weight. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the hood lock from being disengaged.

  In this embodiment, when the hood main body 11 is opened, the left and right support portions 17b of the support member 17 support the left and right side portions 11f of the hood main body 11 in the vehicle width direction. And wobble can be suppressed. As a result, the strength and rigidity of the hood main body 11 can be increased without adding a separate reinforcing member, and an increase in weight and cost can be avoided.

  Further, since the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a of the support member 17 is supported by the cowl member 4 disposed at the rear end portion of the engine chamber 5, there is no obstacle to the work above the engine chamber 5, Workability can be improved.

  Further, the hood main body 11 is supported at four points: a hinge member 13 that supports the left and right rear end portions 11c of the hood body 11 and a support member 17 that supports the left and right side portions 11f of the front end portion 11d. The wobbling of the hood body 11 can be more reliably suppressed.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the hood 10 is constituted by the single resin hood main body 11 has been described. However, the hood of the present invention has a structure in which the inner panel is bonded and fixed inside the outer panel so as to form a hollow shape. included. In this case, at least the outer panel is made of resin, so that substantially the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the support member 17 was integrally formed by bending and forming one metal pipe material, the support member of this invention forms the left and right support parts separately. May be.

  Furthermore, although the engagement / disengagement support portion 17a of the support member 17 is supported by the cowl member 4, it may be supported by a radiator support member.

1 is a side view of a front vehicle body of an automobile in which a hood is disposed according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the open state of the said food | hood. It is sectional drawing of the support part of the support member which supports the said food | hood. It is a front view of the support part of the said support member. It is sectional drawing of the support part of the said support member.

Explanation of symbols

4 Cowl member (car body)
5 Engine compartment 10 Hood 11 Hood body 11d Front end (one end side)
11e Rear end (other end side)
11f Left and right side 17 Support member 17a Engaging / disengaging support part (support part on the other end side)
17c Support part (support part on one end side)
A Open position

Claims (1)

An automobile hood having a resin hood body that opens and closes an engine compartment or a trunk compartment,
The hood main body has a support portion that supports at least one point in each of the vehicle width direction both ends of the hood main body in the vehicle longitudinal direction at one end and the vehicle width direction midway in the other end, and the hood A support member that is in contact with or close to the inner surface of the main body is disposed,
The support member on the other end side of the support member is detachably supported on the hood main body, and the support portion on the other end side is detached from the hood main body and supported on the vehicle body side, thereby supporting one end of the support member. An automobile hood characterized in that the hood main body is held in an open position by both side widthwise support portions.

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