JP2009190621A - Mounting structure of beltline mall - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure of a beltline mall, reducing man-hours for machining, facilitating assembling, and making a joint portion inconspicuous. <P>SOLUTION: A joint member 22 fixed to an end portion inner surface of a door sash mall is inserted in the end portion inner surface of the beltline mall 12 to contact with three points. In the joint member 22, both width end portions contact with the end portion inner surface of the beltline mall 12, and a flat center portion surface-contacts with an outside abutting portion 21. The plane portion 22a formed on an upper end portion of both width end portions surface-contacts with the end portion inner surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a belt line molding mounting structure in a vehicle.

Conventionally, as this type of technology, for example, the structure of a molding connecting portion disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. As shown in FIG. 6, in this technique, the door belt line molding 52 and the door sash molding 53 are connected by a notch 50a formed on the upper edge of the door outer panel 50 and a clip 51 attached to the hole 50b. It is a structure to do. The clip 51 has a cross-sectional shape similar to each of the moldings 52 and 53, and contacts almost the entire inner surface of the end portions of the moldings 52 and 53. That is, when the clip 51 is fitted to the inner surfaces of the end portions of the moldings 52 and 53, the moldings 52 and 53 are positioned and fixed with respect to the door outer panel 50 and are connected to each other.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-1560010 (see pages 2 to 4 and FIGS. 3 to 7)

  However, in the structure of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to form a notch 50a and a hole 50b for fixing the clip 51 with respect to the door outer panel 50 in the door outer panel 50, so the configuration is complicated and the number of processing steps is increased. There are many. Further, since not only the door belt line molding 52 and the door sash molding 53 but also the clip 51 must be assembled to the door outer panel 50, the assembling work is complicated.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a belt line molding mounting structure that can reduce the number of processing steps, can be easily assembled, and can make a connecting portion inconspicuous.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first molding member and a second molding member made of metal having a cushioning material on an inner surface and constituting a belt line molding. In the belt line molding mounting structure that is attached to the upper edge of the door outer panel with the gaps being connected, a metal joint member is fixed inside the end of the first or second molding member, and the joint member is 2 or the first molding member is inserted into the end portion, and the joint member is brought into contact with an inner surface of the mating molding member at least at two locations and at least one contact portion is brought into surface contact. In addition, surface contact means here that parts other than the bending part and end edge of a joint member contact.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the joint member is brought into surface contact with the inner surface of the main body of the counterpart molding member.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the joint member is brought into surface contact with the inner surface of the cushioning material in the mating member on the other side.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that both width end portions of the joint member are brought into contact with the inner surface of the mating molding member and the width end portion is brought into surface contact with the inner surface of the mating molding member. To do.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that a central portion between both width end portions of the joint member is brought into contact with the cushioning material.
The invention described in claim 6 is characterized in that a lip portion of a cushioning material to be joined to the door outer panel is cut out, and the joint member is positioned in the cut out portion.

(Function)
Accordingly, the joint member fixed to the end portion of the first or second molding member contacts at least two locations with respect to the inner surface of the end portion of the second or first molding member, and at least one contact portion is a surface. Contact. For this reason, the contact state between the end portion of the first or second molding member and the joint member is stabilized, and the end portions of both molding members are positioned with high accuracy.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the processing man-hours and to easily perform the assembly, and it is possible to make the connecting portion inconspicuous and to give a high-class feeling.

Next, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, a belt line molding 12 as a first molding member is mounted on the upper edge portions of the front door 10 and the rear door 11 in the vehicle, respectively, and the front door sash and the rear door sash (not shown) Door sash moldings 13 as second molding members are respectively mounted. As shown in FIG. 3, in the rear door 11, the rear end portion of the belt line molding 12 and the lower front end portion of the door sash molding 13 are joined at the upper edge portion of the door outer panel 14 of the rear door 11.

Hereinafter, the attachment structure of the belt line molding 12 will be described.
As shown in a cross section in FIG. 4, the belt line molding 12 is mounted along the upper edge of the door outer panel 14. A stainless steel body 120 of the belt line molding 12 is formed in a substantially inverted saddle shape by a metal extrusion molding, and a plurality of portions in the length direction of the lower end of the inner wall 12a are connected to the inner portion of the door outer panel 14. A locking piece 15 to be stopped is integrally formed. The belt line molding 12 is locked to the door outer panel 14 by each locking piece 15.

  A glass side lip 16 and a fender side lip 17 made of synthetic resin are integrally formed on the outer surfaces of the inner wall 12a and the outer wall 12b of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12 at the time of extrusion molding. The glass side lip 16 contacts the door glass 18 and seals between the belt line molding 12 and the door glass 18. The fender side lip 17 contacts the outer surface of the door outer panel 14 and seals between the outer surface and the belt line molding 12.

  Inside the belt line molding 12, an inner contact portion 20 and an outer contact portion 21 made of synthetic resin as cushioning materials are integrally formed simultaneously with the extrusion molding in the same manner as the lips 16 and 17. It is fixed. The inner contact portion 20 is formed on the inner surface of the inner wall 12a and contacts the inner surface of the upper edge portion of the door outer panel 14. The outer abutting portion 21 is formed on the inner surface of the outer wall 12b, and has a lip portion 21a that abuts on the outer surface of the upper edge portion of the door outer panel 14 in a state of being elastically deformed upward. The belt line molding 12 is locked to the door outer panel 14 by the locking piece 15, and the inner contact portion 20 and the outer contact portion 21 sandwich the upper edge portion of the door outer panel 14. The door outer panel 14 is fixed to the upper edge portion.

  The main body 130 of the door sash molding 13 is made of stainless steel like the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12. The coupling-side end of the door sash molding 13 has the same configuration and shape as the belt line molding 12. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the door sash molding 13 includes the glass-side lip 36 made of synthetic resin, the fender-side lip 37, the inner contact portion 40, and the outer contact portion 41 including the lip portion 41a. It is configured to be fixed to the main body 130.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the end of the belt line molding 12 is coupled to the end of the door sash molding 13 by a joint member 22 fixed to the inner surface of the end of the door sash molding 13.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the joint member 22 of the door sash molding 13 is inserted into the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12. However, on the inner surface of the end portion of the belt line molding 12, the end portion of the lip portion 21a is cut out in order to insert the joint member 22. The end portion of the lip portion 21a can be easily removed by inserting a knife from the lower end openings of the inner wall 12a and the outer wall 12b. And the joint member 22 is located in the cutting part 21b of this lip | rip part 21a.

  The joint member 22 is formed so as to come into contact with the inner surface of the end portion of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12 at three places. That is, the joint member 22 has both width ends in contact with the inner surfaces of the inner wall 12 a and the outer wall 12 b in the main body 120, and a flat central portion between both width ends is the upper end of the outer contact portion 21. Touching. A flat portion 22a as a bent contact portion is formed on the upper end side of both width end portions of the joint member 22, and the flat portion 22a is in surface contact with the inner surface of the inner wall 12a. Further, the flat central portion between both width end portions of the joint member 22 is also in surface contact with the outer contact portion 21. The end portion of the belt line molding 12 is held at a predetermined position by contact with the joint member 22 fixed to the inner surface of the end portion of the door sash molding 13 in addition to the contact of the inner contact portion 20 with the door outer panel 14. Has been.

  The joint member 22 is inserted into the end portion of the main body 130 of the door sash molding 13 in the same manner as the insertion into the belt line molding 12, but the flat portion 22 a is spot welded to the inner wall 13 a of the door sash molding 13. For example, it is fixed to the main body 130.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the butted part F of the belt line molding 12 and the door sash molding 13 is located on the extension line of the edge part of the quarter pillar 19 so that it may not stand out.
When the belt line molding 12 is assembled to the rear door 11, first, the door sash molding 13 for the rear door 11 is assembled to the sash of the rear door 11. At this time, the joint member 22 is fixed to the end of the door sash molding 13 in advance. Next, the end of the belt line molding 12 is fitted into the joint member 22, and the belt line molding 12 is fitted into the upper edge of the door outer panel 14 in this state. Then, the joint member 22 comes into contact with the inner surface of the end portion of the belt line molding 12 fixed to the door outer panel 14 at three locations. As a result, the end portions of the belt line molding 12 are provided at three positions of the joint member 22 in addition to the contact of the fender side lip 17, the inner contact portion 20 and the outer contact portion 21 (lip portion 21 a) with the door outer panel 14. Positioned by contact. At this time, since the flat portion 22a on the upper end side of the joint member 22 is in surface contact with the inner surface of the end portion of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12, even if the dimensions of the belt line molding 12 and the joint member 22 vary. The contact state of the joint member 22 with respect to the inner surface of the end of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12 is unlikely to be unstable. As a result, variations in the position of the end portion of the belt line molding 12 are less likely to occur, and therefore a deviation that appears as a step between the main body 120 and the main body 130 at the joint between the belt line molding 12 and the door sash molding 13. Is unlikely to occur.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The end of the belt line molding 12 was positioned by inserting the joint member 22 fixed to the inner surface of the end of the door sash molding 13 into the inner surface of the end of the belt line molding 12 and bringing it into contact at three locations. Therefore, unlike the configuration of Patent Document 1, processing for fixing the joint member 22 to the door outer panel 14 is not required, and the number of processing steps can be reduced. Therefore, since only the door sash molding 13 and the belt line molding 12 need be assembled to the door outer panel 14, the mounting operation is simplified.

  (2) The flat portion 22 a of the joint member 22 is in surface contact with the inner surface of the end portion of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12. For this reason, even if the belt line molding 12 and the joint member 22 have dimensional variations, the contact state of the joint member 22 with respect to the inner surface of the end portion of the main body 120 of the belt line molding 12 is unlikely to become unstable. The position is regulated by the inner surfaces of the 12 main bodies 120. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a high-class feeling by eliminating the difference in level difference between the connecting portions of the belt line molding 12 and the door sash molding 13.

  (3) Since the joint member 22 is in surface contact with the outer contact portion 21, not only can the joint member 22 be more reliably coupled to the belt line molding 12, but also the joint member 22 and the like have dimensional variations. In addition, the variation can be absorbed by the deformation of the outer contact portion 21.

In addition, this embodiment can also be changed and embodied as follows.
The embodiment is embodied in a joint portion between the belt line molding 12 and the door sash molding 13 in the front door 10.

  Contrary to the above-described embodiment, the joint member 22 is fixed to the belt line molding 12 and the joint member 22 is inserted into the end of the door sash molding 13 when the belt line molding 12 and the door sash molding 13 are assembled.

Sectional drawing which shows the coupling structure of the belt line molding of one Embodiment. The front view which shows the beltline molding and door sash molding which were mounted | worn with the vehicle body. The front view which shows the coupling | bond part of a belt line molding and a door sash molding. Sectional drawing which shows the assembly | attachment state of the belt line molding and door sash molding with respect to a door outer panel. The perspective view which shows the coupling | bond part of a belt line molding and a door sash molding. The perspective view which shows the connection structure of the conventional beltline molding and a door sash molding.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Belt line molding as a 1st molding member, 13 ... Door sash molding as a 2nd molding member, 14 ... Door outer panel, 20 ... Inner contact part as buffer material, 21 ... Outer contact part as buffer material 21a ... Lip part, 21b ... Cut part, 22 ... Joint member, 22a ... Planar part as contact part, 120, 130 ... (Mole member) main body.

Claims (6)

A belt line molding which has a cushioning material on the inner surface and which is attached to the upper edge of the door outer panel in a state in which the metal first molding member and the second molding member constituting the belt line molding are connected between their ends. In the mounting structure,
A metal joint member is fixed inside the end portion of the first or second molding member, and the joint member is inserted into the end portion of the second or first molding member. A belt line molding mounting structure characterized by contacting with the inner surface of the molding member on the side and bringing at least one contact portion into surface contact.   The belt line molding mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the joint member is brought into surface contact with an inner surface of a main body of a mating member on the other side.     The belt line molding mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the joint member is brought into surface contact with an inner surface of the cushioning material in the molding member on the other side.   The belt line according to claim 1, wherein both width end portions of the joint member are brought into contact with the inner surface of the mating member on the mating side, and the width end portion is brought into surface contact with the inner surface of the mating member on the mating side. Mall mounting structure.   The belt line molding mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a central portion between both width end portions of the joint member is brought into contact with the cushioning material.   The beltline molding mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a lip portion of a cushioning material to be joined to the door outer panel is cut out, and the joint member is positioned in the cutout portion.

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