JP2009281558A - Vehicular clip - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular clip by which the work of attaching a second vehicle member to a first vehicle one can be carried out smoothly. <P>SOLUTION: A pair of inclination inhibiting pieces 15 are provided at the peripheral part of a coupling part 7, which couples first and second clip parts 1, 2 rotatably. A pair of the inclination inhibiting pieces 15 support a stabilizer 6 of the upper clip part 1. Thereby, the first clip part 1 is inhibited to incline to the axial line 2a of the second clip part 2, so that its axial line 1a is arranged on the extended line of the axial line 2a of the second clip part 2. As a result, the direction of the first clip part 1 becomes always constant when the second clip part 2 of a clip 101 is attached to a body panel 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle clip that is interposed between a first vehicle member and a second vehicle member that are attached to the first vehicle member.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when attaching a second vehicle member (eg, body panel 52) to a first vehicle member (eg, garnish panel 51 of a pillar garnish) of a vehicle (eg, an automobile), between them A vehicle clip 100 ′ (hereinafter simply referred to as “clip”) may be interposed. That is, it is a case where the body panel 52 is attached to the clip 100 ′ previously attached to the garnish panel 51. Various applications have been filed for this type of clip 100 '(see Patent Document 1).

  The conventional clip 100 ′ includes a lower clip portion 53 attached to the garnish panel 51 and an upper clip portion 54 that fits the locking hole 52 a of the body panel 52. The lower clip portion 53 and the upper clip portion 54 are connected by a connecting portion 55 fixed to the upper clip portion 54, and are relatively rotatable with a center 55a as a fulcrum.

For this reason, when the lower clip portion 53 of the clip 100 ′ is attached to the garnish panel 51, the upper clip portion 54 may be disposed obliquely with respect to the axis of the lower clip portion 54. In this state, even if the body panel 52 is approached and the locking hole 52a of the body panel 52 is fitted to the upper clip portion 54, the tip end portion of the upper clip portion 54 is not engaged with the locking hole 52a of the body panel 52. There is a risk that it is difficult to smoothly fit the body panel 52 or the clip 100 ′ is damaged. In particular, when the body panel 52 approaches along an arcuate locus, the above-described problems are likely to occur.
JP 2008-57751 A

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to smoothly perform an operation of attaching a second vehicle member to a first vehicle member via a clip.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

The present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.
When attaching the second vehicle member to the first vehicle member, a vehicle clip interposed between them,
A first clip portion to which the first vehicle member is attached;
A second clip portion to which the second vehicle member is attached;
A connecting portion that tiltably connects one of the first and second clip portions to the other; and
Provided on at least one of the first and second clip portions, and arranges their axes on the same straight line, and prevents one clip portion from tilting more than a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the other clip portion. A tilt restraining part that
When the first or second clip portion is attached to a corresponding vehicle member, the tilt is suppressed by the tilt suppression portion, and the axes thereof are arranged on the same straight line.

  The vehicle clip according to the present invention is configured as described above, and has a tilt restraining portion that prevents one clip portion from tilting more than a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the other clip portion. And when the 1st or 2nd clip part is attached to the corresponding vehicle member, those inclinations are suppressed by the said inclination suppression part, and those axis lines are arrange | positioned on the same straight line. As a result, when the clip is attached to one vehicle member, the orientation of the first or second clip portion is constant, so that the operation of attaching the other vehicle member to the first or second clip portion is easy. become. Further, the adhesion between the clip portion and the vehicle member becomes good, and a gap is hardly formed between them, so that waterproofness is improved and disassembly is facilitated.

  The tilt restraining portion fixes the first and second clip portions so as not to tilt and allows one clip portion to tilt more than a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the other clip portion by breaking. It may be.

  Thereby, the axis line of the 1st and 2nd clip part of the clip attached to one vehicle member can be reliably arrange | positioned on the same straight line.

  Furthermore, the first and second clip portions may be formed so as to be separable or integrally formed. In addition, it can shape | mold at a time with the 1st and 2nd clip part connected by two-color shaping | molding.

  Examples of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the clip 101 of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of the clip 101 with a part broken away, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the upper clip 1 and the lower clip 2 separated.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the clip 101 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes an upper clip portion 1 (second clip portion) formed of a resin material (for example, polyacetal), an upper clip portion 1, and an upper clip portion 1. Comprises a lower lower clip portion 2 (first clip portion) made of a different resin material (for example, polypropylene). The lower clip portion 2 is attached to a garnish panel 3 (first vehicle member) of a pillar garnish, for example, and a body panel 4 (second vehicle member) is attached to the upper clip portion 1, for example. The upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 are separable.

  First, the upper clip portion 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the upper clip portion 1 is provided at the spindle-shaped main body portion 5 that has a thick central portion in the axial direction and continuously narrows as it approaches both ends, and a lower end portion of the main body portion 5. And a stabilizer 6 having a larger diameter than the maximum outer diameter D1 of the main body 5 and a lower end surface of the stabilizer 6 that is the same as the axis 5a of the main body 5 (equal to the axis 1a of the upper clip 1) and downward. And a connecting portion 7 that protrudes from the bottom. The maximum outer diameter D1 of the main body 5 is slightly larger than the inner diameter d1 of the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4. The main body 5 is provided with a plurality of cavities 8 for easy deformation. For this reason, when the main body 5 is inserted through the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4, the main body 5 is pressed in the radial direction (perpendicular to the axis) toward the axis 5a and elastically deformed. When the body panel 4 comes into contact with the stabilizer 6, the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4 passes through the largest diameter portion (the portion having the maximum outer diameter D1) in the main body portion 5, and thus elastically recovers. As a result, the body panel 4 is locked to the upper clip portion 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower end portion of the connecting portion 7 is provided with a spherical portion 9 that is substantially spherical and has an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the connecting portion 7.

  Next, the lower clip part 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the lower clip portion 2 includes two discs (an upper disc portion 11 and a lower disc portion 12) by a column portion 13 having a smaller diameter than the outer diameter thereof. It is the form connected with predetermined intervals (interval larger than the thickness of garnish panel 3). The garnish panel 3 is provided with a substantially U-shaped cutout portion 3 a, and the lower clip portion 2 is attached by fitting a support column 13 to the cutout portion 3 a of the garnish panel 3. Naturally, the notch width D2 of the notch 3a of the garnish panel 3 is slightly larger than the outer diameter d2 of the support column 13.

  An engagement hole 14 that opens to the upper surface of the upper disk portion 11 is provided in a portion of the axis 13 a (equal to the axis 2 a of the lower clip portion 2) of the support column 13. The engagement hole 14 has a substantially spherical shape, and the inner diameter thereof is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the spherical portion 9 of the connecting portion 7 of the upper clip portion 1. Further, the inner diameter of the opening 14 a formed in the upper disk part 11 is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the spherical part 9. When the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 are connected, the spherical portion 9 of the connecting portion 7 of the upper clip portion 1 is inserted into the engagement hole 14 of the lower clip portion 2. At this time, the spherical body portion 9 is inserted while the opening 14a of the engagement hole 14 is expanded (elastically deformed). When the spherical body portion 9 is disposed in the engagement hole 14, the opening 14a of the engagement hole 14 is elastically restored. As a result, the spherical portion 9 is prevented from coming out of the engagement hole 14. In this state, the upper clip portion 1 is rotatable relative to the lower clip portion 2 around the axis P of the spherical portion 9 (equal to the axis of the engagement hole 14).

  A pair of tilt restraining pieces 15 (tilt restraining portions) are attached to the upper surface of the upper disc portion 11 of the lower clip portion 2. The pair of tilt restraining pieces 15 are thin plates protruding obliquely upward and outward from the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the opening 14a of the engagement hole 14, and are attached to face each other. Each tilt restraining piece 15 has flexibility and can be elastically deformed with a base end portion (joining portion with the upper disc portion 11) as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 2, when the upper and lower clip portions 1, 2 are connected, the tip portions of the pair of tilt suppression pieces 15 come into contact with the bottom surface portion of the stabilizer 6 of the upper clip portion 1. Thereby, the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 are held in a state where their axis lines 1a and 2a are arranged in a straight line. For example, when the upper clip portion 1 is about to rotate with respect to the lower clip portion 2 around the axis P of the spherical body portion 9 and the engagement hole 14, the bottom portion of the stabilizer 6 is tilted on the side to be rotated. The restraining piece 15 is pressed. Then, the upper clip part 1 is pushed back by the restraining force (elastic restoring force) of the tilt restraining piece 15, and the upper clip part 1 is restrained from being tilted with respect to the axis 2 a of the lower clip part 2. If a force exceeding the restraining force (elastic restoring force) of the pair of tilt restraining pieces 15 is applied to the upper clip portion 1, the upper clip portion 1 rotates against the restraining force of the pair of tilt restraining pieces 15. .

  The operation of the clip 101 of the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower clip portion 2 of the clip 101 is first attached to the cutout portion 3 a of the garnish panel 3. Since the bottom surface portion of the stabilizer 6 of the upper clip portion 1 is in contact with the tip portions of the pair of tilt suppression pieces 15, the axis 1 a of the upper clip portion 1 is on the same straight line as the axis 2 a of the lower clip portion 2. (In other words, the axes 1a and 2a are in a straight line state).

  Subsequently, the body panel 4 is attached to the upper clip portion 1 of the clip 101 from above. The body panel 4 in this state is indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Since the axis lines 1a and 2a of the upper and lower clip parts 1 and 2 are arranged on the same straight line by the pair of tilt suppression pieces 15 (in other words, the direction of the second clip part 2 is constant), the body panel. It is easy to guide the four locking holes 4 a to the tip of the upper clip portion 1. The locking hole 4a of the body panel 4 is fitted to the distal end portion of the upper clip portion 1 and pushed in as it is. The locking hole 4a of the body panel 4 is fitted while pressing the main body part 5 of the upper clip part 1 in the direction (axis perpendicular direction) toward the axis 1a and elastically deforming the main body part 5. The body panel 4 in this state is shown by a solid line in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the body panel 4 is disposed in contact with the upper surface of the stabilizer 6. Since the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4 passes through the portion of the main body 5 of the upper clip portion 1 having the maximum outer diameter D1, the upper clip portion 1 is locked to the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4, Both are prevented from separating.

  Next, a case where the body panel 4 is about to be attached obliquely with respect to the axes 1a and 2a of the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the body panel 4 is attached while drawing an arcuate locus indicated by an arrow 16. When the locking hole 4a of the body panel 4 comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the main body portion 5 of the upper clip portion 1, the upper clip portion 1 is pushed by the body panel 4 so that the axis P of the spherical portion 9 of the connecting portion 7 is aligned. Centered and tilted in the direction indicated by arrow 17. The upper clip portion 1 follows the movement of the body panel 4 in the front-rear direction (the direction indicated by the arrow 18) while tilting. Thereby, the body panel 4 can be smoothly pushed into the first clip portion 1. At this time, of the pair of tilt restraining pieces 15, the tilt restraining piece 15 on the side of the upper clip portion 1 in the rotational direction (arrow 17) is pressed by the stabilizer 6 and elastically as the upper clip portion 1 tilts. Deform. As a result, a force (elastic restoring force) acts on the upper clip portion 1 in a direction (the opposite direction of the arrow 17) in which the axis 1a is always arranged on the extension line (on the same straight line) of the axis 2a of the lower clip portion 2. To do.

  Further push in the body panel 4. As shown in FIG. 6, the body panel 4 contacts the stabilizer 6. The upper clip portion 1 is disposed in a state in which the axis 1 a is inclined with respect to the axis 2 a of the lower clip portion 2. Since the upper clip portion 1 and the body panel 4 are in a familiar state, unnecessary force does not act on the clip 101 and the body panel 4, and only a small force is required when disassembling them. Further, since the top surface of the stabilizer 6 and the bottom surface of the body panel 4 are in close contact with each other, there is no gap between the joint surfaces, and the waterproof property is improved.

  As described above, in the clip 101 according to the present embodiment, the pair of tilt suppression pieces 15 causes the axis 1 a of the upper clip portion 1 to be always disposed on the extension line of the axis 2 a of the lower clip portion 2. . For this reason, the clip 101 is attached to the garnish panel 3 with the axes 1a and 2a of the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 arranged on the same straight line. As a result, the direction of the upper clip portion 1 in the clip 101 attached to the garnish panel 3 is constant, and even when the body panel 4 is fitted from an oblique direction, the locking hole 4a is smoothly raised. The main body portion 5 of the clip portion 1 can be guided. Thereby, the attachment work of the body panel 4 becomes easy, it can be attached with a small force, and the risk of damaging the clip 101 is reduced.

  Next, the clip 102 of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the case of the clip 101 of the first embodiment, a pair of tilt suppression pieces 15 are provided on the upper disk portion 11 of the lower clip portion 2. However, like the clip 102 of the second embodiment, the pair of tilt suppression pieces 15 are continuously formed in the circumferential direction to form a dish shape, and the dish-shaped tilt suppression piece 19 is formed on the bottom surface of the stabilizer 6 of the upper clip portion 1. You may provide in a part.

  Next, the clip 103 of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b). In the case of the clip 101 of the first embodiment, when the upper clip portion 1 is tilted against the elastic restoring force of the pair of tilt restraining pieces 15, the pair of tilt restraining pieces 15 are elastically deformed. However, unlike the clip 102 of the second embodiment, the pair of tilt restraining pieces 21 (tilt restraining portions) are not elastically deformed, but the upper clip portion 1 is in contact with the pair of tilt restraining pieces 21 (in this case) The bottom surface portion of the stabilizer 6 may be elastically deformed.

  Next, the clip 104 of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b). In the clip 104 of this embodiment, the conical protrusion 22 protrudes from the spherical portion 9 of the connecting portion 7. A through hole 23 is provided in the central portion (the portion of the axis 2a) of the lower clip portion 2, and a pair of tilt suppression pieces 24 (tilt suppression portions) that can be elastically deformed from the inner peripheral surface thereof face each other. Protruding. The tip portions of the pair of tilt suppression pieces 24 are disposed in proximity to the protrusion 22. Thereby, it is suppressed that the upper clip part 1 inclines. And when the upper clip part 1 inclines, the corresponding inclination suppression piece 24 is elastically deformed.

  Next, the clip 105 of the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). The clip 105 of this embodiment is provided with a hemispherical protrusion 25 (tilting restraint) at the lower end of the engagement hole 14 of the lower clip 2, and the spherical portion of the connecting portion 7 of the upper clip 1. 9 is provided with a recess 26 that encloses the protrusion 25. Thereby, it is suppressed that the upper clip part 1 inclines. When the upper clip portion 1 is tilted, the spherical body portion 9 gets over the protruding portion 25.

  Next, the clip 106 of the sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). In the clip 106 of this embodiment, a conical space portion 27 extends at the lower end portion of the engagement hole 14 of the lower clip portion 2, and the sphere portion 9 of the connecting portion 7 of the upper clip portion 1 includes An anchor portion 28 (tilting suppression portion) that enters the space portion 27 is provided. Thereby, it is suppressed that the upper clip part 1 inclines. The joint portion between the spherical body portion 9 and the anchor portion 28 is much thinner than the other portions, and a planned cutting portion 28a is formed. When the upper clip portion 1 is inclined at a certain angle or more, the planned cutting portion 28a is cut. The anchor portion 28 is two-color molded so as to be embedded in the space portion 27 of the lower clip portion 2. Further, the shape of the space portion 27 and the anchor portion 28 may be a shape other than a cone (for example, a spherical shape).

  Next, the clip 107 according to the seventh embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the clip 107 of this embodiment, the upper clip portion 1 and the lower clip portion 2 are integrally connected by a pair of tilt suppression pieces 29 (tilt suppression portions). A substantially central portion in the height direction of each tilt suppression piece 29 is much thinner than other portions, and a planned cutting portion 29a is formed. When the upper clip portion 1 is tilted at a certain angle or more, the planned cutting portion 29a of one tilting suppression piece 29 is cut, and the planned cutting portion 29a of the other tilting suppression piece 29 is pressed and deformed so as to be bent. .

  Next, the clip 108 of the eighth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b). In the clip 108 of this embodiment, a thin rubber plate 31 is interposed between the upper clip portion 1 and the lower clip portion 2 and fixed to, for example, the upper disk portion 11 of the lower clip portion 2. Thereby, the spherical body part 9 of the connecting part 7 is fixed to the upper disk part 11 of the lower clip part 2, and the upper clip part 1 is prevented from being inclined. The rubber plate 31 is provided with a cut 31a. When the upper clip portion 1 is inclined at a certain angle or more, the cut 31a of the rubber plate 31 is broken.

  The clips 101 to 108 of the first to eighth embodiments described above are provided so that the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 can be separated. These can be manufactured by, for example, two-color molding of different resin materials. Then, like the clip 109 of the ninth embodiment shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b), the connecting portion 7 is a thin support column 32, and the upper and lower clip portions 1 and 2 are integrally formed. Also good. In the case of the clip 109 of this embodiment, it is molded from one kind of resin material.

It is a perspective view of the clip 101 of 1st Example. It is a front view of the clip 101 which fractured | ruptured one part. It is a perspective view in the state where upper clip part 1 and lower clip part 2 were separated. It is an operation explanatory view of clip 101. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the clip 101 when the latching hole 4a of the body panel 4 is going to be fitted diagonally. It is effect | action explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the body panel 4 was attached diagonally. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 102 of 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 103 of 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 104 of 4th Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 105 of 5th Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 106 of 6th Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 107 of 7th Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 108 of 8th Example. It is a figure which shows the principal part of the clip 109 of 9th Example. It is a front view of the conventional clip 100 '.

Explanation of symbols

101-109 clip (vehicle clip)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper clip part 1a, 2a Axis 2 Lower clip part 3 Garnish panel (1st vehicle member)
4 Body panel (second vehicle member)
6 Stabilizer (contact part)
7 Connecting part 9 Spherical part 14 Engagement hole (spherical recess)
15, 19, 21, 24, 29 Tilt restraint piece (Tilt restraint part)
25 Protrusion (tilt prevention part)
28 Anchor part (tilt prevention part)
28a, 29a Planned cutting part 31 Rubber plate (tilt prevention part)
31a Cut (scheduled cutting part)

Claims (11)

When attaching the second vehicle member to the first vehicle member, a vehicle clip interposed between them,
A first clip portion to which the first vehicle member is attached;
A second clip portion to which the second vehicle member is attached;
A connecting portion that tiltably connects one of the first and second clip portions to the other; and
Provided on at least one of the first and second clip portions, and arranges their axes on the same straight line, and prevents one clip portion from tilting more than a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the other clip portion. A tilt restraining part that
When the first or second clip portion is attached to a corresponding vehicle member, the tilt is restrained by the tilt restraining portion, and the axes thereof are arranged on the same straight line. clip.   The tilt restraining portion is provided so as to protrude from the one clip portion toward the other clip portion, and comes into contact with the other clip portion at least at two or more positions, whereby the axes of the first and second clip portions are arranged. The vehicle clip according to claim 1, wherein the two are arranged on the same straight line.   3. The tilt restraining portion is a pair of tilt restraining pieces that project obliquely from the one clip portion toward the other clip portion so as to intersect the axial direction thereof. The vehicle clip described in 1.   The vehicle clip according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tilt restraining portion is made of an elastic member.   5. The vehicle clip according to claim 2, wherein in the first or second clip portion, a portion with which the tilting restraining portion abuts is made of an elastic member.   The tilting restraining portion fixes the first and second clip portions so as not to tilt and allows one clip portion to tilt more than a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the other clip portion by breaking. The vehicle clip according to claim 1.   The tilt restraining part fixes one of the first or second clip parts and the connecting part so as not to tilt, and breaks to cause one clip part to have a predetermined angle or more with respect to the axis of the other clip part. The vehicle clip according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle clip is allowed to tilt.   The said inclination suppression part is provided with the scheduled cutting part cut | disconnected when one clip part inclines more than predetermined angle with respect to the axis line of the other clip part, The 6 or 7 characterized by the above-mentioned. The vehicle clip described in 1.   The connecting portion is fixed to either one of the first and second clip portions, and is connected to the other clip portion so as to be tiltable by an engaging means. Item 9. The vehicle clip according to any one of Items 1 to 8.   10. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the engaging means is formed by loosely fitting a spherical body portion provided at a distal end portion of the connecting portion into a spherical recess portion provided in the other clip portion. clip.   The vehicle clip according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first and second clip portions and the connecting portion are integrally provided.

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