JP2010036717A - Mounting structure for outer handle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve moldability of a mounting part by restraining occurrence of distortion on a molded surface of the mounting part of an outer handle. <P>SOLUTION: The outer handle 28 is mounted on a door skin 14 of a door 12 for a vehicle. The mounting part on which the outer handle 28 is mounted includes: a first mounting surface 34 on which one end part of the outer handle 28 is mounted; a second mounting surface 36 on which the other end part of the outer handle 28 is mounted; and a hand insertion recess 40 formed between the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36. The first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 are formed of tapered surfaces (inclined surfaces) whose mutually adjacent portions are inclined toward the inward of a cabin from the one end part side and the other end part side of the outer handle 28. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an outer handle mounting structure provided outside a vehicle door.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, an unlocking operation member is connected to the other end portion of a handle body that is rotatably supported by a handle support portion, and the handle body operates toward the unlocking operation member side. A mounting structure for mounting an outer handle of a bar handle type to a door skin in an outhandle device for a vehicle that is spring-biased in a caulking direction is disclosed.

In the outer handle mounting structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, the first base member and the second base member that are of a bar handle type and are provided independently of each other are recessed in the interior of the vehicle. It is attached to the attachment surface of the door skin with the sandwiched between them. In this case, the first attachment surface to which the first base member is attached and the second attachment surface to which the second base member is attached are formed by flat surfaces that are substantially parallel with the recess therebetween.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-266642

  In recent years, the design of automobiles has been diversified according to the needs of end users, and with the improvement of press molding technology, the design of the appearance shape on the outer side surface of the door has also been diversified, and the door skin constituting the outer side surface has become complicated. A shape is desired.

  Conventionally, the outer handle is attached to a single convex surface portion or a single concave surface portion on the outer side surface of the door. However, for example, when an attachment portion for attaching the outer handle to a portion having a complex shape (composite shape) including a convex shape portion and a concave shape portion is formed by press molding or the like, distortion ( (Plastic strain) may occur, and there is difficulty in molding.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even if the outer side surface shape of the door skin is complicated, the occurrence of distortion on the molding surface of the mounting portion of the outer handle is suppressed, and It is an object of the present invention to provide an outer handle mounting structure capable of improving moldability.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a door skin provided on an outer surface of a vehicle door and an outer handle provided on the door skin, wherein the door skin is attached to which the outer handle is attached. The mounting portion has a mounting surface to which a part of the outer handle is mounted, and a maintenance recess formed adjacent to the mounting surface, and the mounting surface is a portion adjacent to the maintenance recess. Is formed inside the vehicle.

  According to the present invention, the attachment surface to which the outer handle is attached is preferably formed on the inner side of the vehicle in the other part close to the care recess as compared with the one part. Therefore, in the present invention, the attachment surface to which the outer handle is attached can be formed so as to be inclined inward of the passenger compartment as it approaches the care recess, for example. As a result, in the present invention, the care recess extending to the mounting surface can be formed shallower than in the prior art, and the moldability at the mounting portion can be improved.

  In the present invention, the mounting surface includes a first mounting surface to which one end portion of the outer handle is mounted, and a second mounting surface to which the other end portion of the outer handle is mounted. And the second mounting surface is formed with the care recess.

  According to the present invention, the portions of the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface that are close to each other from the one end portion and the other end portion side of the outer handle are formed so as to be inclined toward the inner side of the passenger compartment, for example. be able to. Therefore, in the present invention, by providing a height difference in the cross section along the horizontal direction at each end portion of the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface. The depth of the maintenance recess provided can be set shallow. As a result, in the present invention, when the mounting portion including the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface is molded by, for example, press molding or the like, the occurrence of distortion of the press molding surface is suppressed and the moldability is improved. Can do.

  In addition, according to the present invention, by providing the mounting portion with a step portion formed around the outer handle, even if the door skin shape is complicated in design, for example, a door skin by press molding or the like. In this molding step, the portion surrounded by the stepped portion can be easily formed, and the moldability of the mounting portion can be further improved.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, even when the attachment portion is provided, for example, on the concave shape portion, it is possible to avoid the end portion of the attachment surface proximate to the care recess from protruding from the surface of the door skin. it can.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the mounting portion is provided across the concave shape portion and the convex shape portion, or is provided on a ridge line portion that is a boundary portion between the concave shape portion and the convex shape portion. Even if the shape of the door skin is complicated, it is possible to easily form the part surrounded by the step part in the door skin molding process, for example, by press molding. Can be made.

  In the present invention, even when the outer skin surface shape of the door skin is complicated, the outer door handle capable of improving the moldability of the mounting portion by suppressing the occurrence of distortion on the molding surface of the mounting portion of the outer handle. The mounting structure can be obtained.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. FIG. 1 is a front view of an outer handle device to which an outer handle mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of a door skin taken along line II-II in FIG. FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing a door skin attachment portion to which the outer handle device is attached, and FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing a positional relationship between a first attachment surface and a second attachment surface constituting the attachment portion. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are horizontal cross-sectional views along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3 (a), respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer handle device 10 is attached to a door skin (outer panel) 14 provided on the outer surface of the vehicle door 12 (driver seat side in FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 2, the door skin 14 includes a concave-shaped portion 16 having a concave surface formed in a curved shape on the vehicle inner side from a step near the window portion of the vehicle door 12 toward the vehicle inner side. , And is formed by a composite shape including a convex surface portion 18 having a convex surface that extends to the concave surface portion 16 and protrudes by a predetermined length in a curved shape on the outer side of the vehicle.

  Note that a ridge line portion (character line) 20 is formed at a boundary portion between the concave shape portion 16 and the convex shape portion 18, and the ridge line portion 20 is substantially linear along the front-rear direction of the vehicle door 12. It is provided to extend.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer handle device 10 includes a bar-shaped handle body 22 that is disposed on the outer surface of the door skin 14 and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and extends along the axial direction of the handle body 22. A first base member 24 having a handle support portion (not shown) that rotatably supports one end portion and attached to the door skin 14, and a door skin spaced apart from the first base member 24 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by a predetermined distance. 14 and a second base member 26 attached to the other end of the handle main body 22 and the second base member 26, and a spring member (not shown) for returning the handle main body 22 rotated by a spring force to an initial state. With.

  The first base member 24 and the second base member 26 are respectively fixed to the outer surface of the door skin 14 by bolts (not shown) screwed from the inner surface side of the door skin 14.

  The handle body 22, the first base member 24 and the second base member 26 constitute an outer handle 28, and the outer handle 28 is provided at a boundary portion between the concave portion 16 on the upper side and the convex portion 18 on the lower side. It attaches so that it may extend along the ridgeline part 20 made.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the door skin 14 is provided with a mounting portion 30 for mounting the outer handle device 10, and the mounting portion 30 has a substantially elliptical stepped portion surrounding the outer handle 28. 32 is formed. The stepped portion 32 is formed in a stepped shape that is recessed by a predetermined length from the outer surface side of the door skin 14 toward the vehicle interior side.

  Furthermore, a first mounting surface 34 for mounting the first base member 24 (see FIG. 1) and the second base member 26 (see FIG. 1) located on the mounting portion 30 inside the stepped portion 32. The second attachment surface 36 for attaching the reference) is provided at a predetermined interval. Each of the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 is a flat surface, and as shown in FIG. 3B, a straight line A that includes the first mounting surface 34 and the first mounting surface 34 are provided. Two straight lines B including the attachment surface 36 are provided so as to intersect with each other at an angle θ.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 3A, the first mounting surface 34 is formed with a rectangular first mounting hole 38a, while the second mounting surface 36 has a circular shape. The second mounting hole 38b and the rectangular third mounting hole 38c are formed.

  Further, the attachment portion 30 is located between the first attachment surface 34 and the second attachment surface 36, and a hand holding the intermediate portion of the handle body 22 is between the handle body 22 and the door skin 14. A maintenance recess 40 is provided which can be inserted into the housing. The care recess 40 has a circular arc shape that is recessed toward the passenger compartment side, and is formed continuously between the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 that are spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 function as mounting surfaces in which a portion close to the care recess 40 is formed inside the vehicle.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 are in the axial direction of the outer handle 28 (the handle body 22, the first base 24, and the second base member 26). The part which adjoins mutually from the one end part side (front side which follows the front-back direction of a vehicle) and the other end part side (back side which follows the front-back direction of a vehicle) along the inner side of a vehicle interior is formed. And is formed by an inclined surface inclined by a predetermined angle toward the care recess 40.

  In other words, the first mounting surface 34 is not parallel to the vertical surface 42 (in the cross-sectional view in FIG. 4, the vertical surface 42 is depicted as the horizontal surface 42 for convenience, and will be described below as the horizontal surface 42). Rather, it is constituted by a surface having a height difference (a vertical spacing in FIG. 4) between the front side 34a and the rear side 34b of the first mounting surface 34 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Further, the second mounting surface 36 is not parallel to the horizontal plane 42, but the height difference between the rear side 36a and the front side 36b of the second mounting surface 36 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (the vertical spacing in FIG. 4). It is constituted by a surface having an interval.

  That is, the front side 34a of the first mounting surface 34 is on the vehicle outer side, and the rear side 34b of the first mounting surface 34 is formed on the vehicle interior side (inward side), so that the height difference (see FIG. 4, the rear side 36 a of the second mounting surface 36 is on the vehicle exterior side, and the front side 36 b of the second mounting surface 36 is formed on the vehicle interior side (inward side). There is a height difference (space in the vertical direction in FIG. 4) in relation to the outside of the vehicle interior.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 4A, the inclination angle θ1 of the first attachment surface 34 with respect to the horizontal plane 42 and the inclination angle θ2 of the second attachment surface 36 are set to be the same (θ1 = θ2), or 4B, the inclination angle θ1 of the first attachment surface 34 with respect to the horizontal plane 42 and the inclination angle θ2 of the second attachment surface 36 may be set to be different (θ1 ≠ θ2). FIG. 4B illustrates a case where the inclination angle θ1 of the first attachment surface 34 and the inclination angle θ2 of the second attachment surface 36 are set to have a relationship of θ1> θ2.

  In the present embodiment, by providing a height difference (inclination) between the front side and the rear side of the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36, the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 are provided with each other. A dimension T1 (also referred to as a depth T1) in the height direction of the care recess 40 to be provided can be set small. As a result, in the present embodiment, when the mounting portion 30 including the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 is molded by, for example, press molding or the like, the occurrence of distortion on the press molding surface is suppressed and formability is reduced. Can be improved.

  In other words, since the depth T1 that is the separation distance along the vertical direction between the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36 and the care recess 40 (bottom surface portion) can be set small, the door skin 14 is molded. Thus, the attachment portion 30 can be formed without causing distortion or the like on the surface of the door skin 14.

  On the other hand, in the comparative example in which the first mounting surface 100 and the second mounting surface 102 are set parallel to the horizontal plane 104, as shown in FIG. 7, the first mounting surface 100 and the second mounting surface 102 The height dimension T2 (also referred to as depth T2) of the care recess 106 provided in the head is larger than the height dimension T1 of the care recess 40 in this embodiment (T1 <T2).

  That is, in the comparative example, when the first mounting surface 100 and the second mounting surface 102 are set parallel to the horizontal surface 104, a predetermined finger capable of inserting a finger between the care recess 108 to grip the handle body 106 is obtained. Because of the need to set the gap, the depth T2 of the care recess 108 that continues to the first mounting surface 100 and the second mounting surface 102 must be set deeper than the depth T1 of the present embodiment. For this reason, in the comparative example, for example, when the maintenance recess 108 is press-molded, a molding load applied to the molding surface of the maintenance recess 108 increases, and molding distortion may occur.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the depth T1 of the care recess 40 can be set shallow, the molding load applied to the molding surface of the care recess 40 can be reduced as compared with the comparative example. . As a result, in this embodiment, the moldability of the mounting portion 30 in the door skin 14 is improved, and the surface of the door skin 14 is not distorted, and a good product appearance can be obtained.

  Further, in the present embodiment, by providing the mounting portion 30 with the step portion 32 surrounding the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36, for example, a composite shape including the concave shape portion 16 and the convex shape portion 18, etc. Even when the shape of the door skin 14 is complicated in design, for example, the portion surrounded by the stepped portion 32 can be easily formed in the molding process of the door skin 14 by press molding or the like, and the mounting portion 30 is molded. The property can be further improved.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the attachment portion 30 straddles the concave shape portion 16 on the upper side and the convex shape portion 18 on the lower side, the portion of the ridge line portion 20 that is the boundary, the concave shape portion 16 or the convex surface. Even if the door skin 14 has various design complicated shapes such as any one part of the shape portion 18, a favorable shape of the attachment portion 30 can be obtained.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, for example, even when the attachment portion 30 is provided on the concave shape portion 16, the first attachment surface 34 and the second attachment surface 36 are inclined surfaces (taper surfaces) having a height difference. By forming, it can avoid suitably that the edge part which the said 1st attachment surface 34 and the 2nd attachment surface 36 mutually adjoins protrudes from the surface of the door skin 14 toward the exterior.

  Next, an outer handle device 50 according to another embodiment to which the outer handle mounting structure is applied is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a front view of an outer handle device according to another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG.

  The outer handle device 10 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is applied to a bar-type outer handle 28, whereas the outer handle device 50 according to another embodiment is a flap type. The difference is that it is applied to the outer handle 52.

  Specifically, in the bar type outer handle 28, the mounting surface is composed of the first mounting surface 34 and the second mounting surface 36, whereas in the flap type outer handle 52, the mounting surface is provided on the upper side. Further, it is different in that it is formed by a single mounting surface 54 and the shape of the care recess 56 extends downward from the single mounting surface 54.

  That is, in the outer handle device 50 according to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a single attachment surface 54 to which a part of the outer handle 52 is attached and a care formed adjacent to the attachment surface 54. The mounting surface 54 is formed so as to be inclined toward the inner side of the passenger compartment as it approaches the care recess 56.

  In other words, the mounting surface 54 extends toward the lower side of the outer handle 52 and is inclined toward the inward side of the passenger compartment by an angle θ3 with respect to the vertical surface. The depth of 56 can be set shallower than in the prior art.

  In addition, since the other components are configured in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned and the detailed description thereof is omitted, and the operational effects thereof are also the same. Omitted.

  In addition, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and the other embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the care recess 40 is formed by forming the attachment surfaces 34, 36, and 54 at an angle. , 56 is formed on the inner side of the vehicle, but is not limited to this. For example, a stepped step portion (not shown) is formed on the mounting surfaces 34, 36, 56. Thus, a portion of the mounting surfaces 34, 36, 56 close to the care recesses 40, 56 may be formed inside the vehicle.

1 is a front view of an outer handle device to which an outer handle mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a fragmentary longitudinal cross-sectional view of the door skin along the II-II line of FIG. (A) is a perspective view which shows the attachment part of the door skin to which the said outer handle apparatus is attached, (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the positional relationship of the 1st attachment surface which comprises the said attachment part, and a 2nd attachment surface. is there. (A), (b) is a horizontal cross-sectional view along the IV-IV line of Fig.3 (a), respectively. It is a front view of the outer handle device concerning other embodiments of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view along the VI-VI line of FIG. It is a cross-sectional view along the horizontal direction of the mounting surface according to the comparative example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 50 Outer handle apparatus 12 Vehicle door 14 Door skin 16 Concave-shaped part 18 Convex-shaped part 20 Ridge line part 28, 52 Outer handle 30 Mounting part 32 Step part 34 First mounting surface 36 Second mounting surface 40, 56 Maintenance concave part 54 Mounting surface

Claims (6)

A door skin provided on the outer surface of the vehicle door, and an outer handle provided on the door skin;
The door skin includes an attachment portion to which the outer handle is attached, and the attachment portion has an attachment surface to which a part of the outer handle is attached, and a maintenance recess formed adjacent to the attachment surface,
The mounting structure of the outer handle, wherein the mounting surface is formed on the vehicle interior side in the vicinity of the care recess. The outer handle mounting structure according to claim 1,
The mounting surface has a first mounting surface to which one end portion of the outer handle is mounted, and a second mounting surface to which the other end portion of the outer handle is mounted,
The outer handle mounting structure, wherein the care recess is formed between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface. The outer handle mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2,
The mounting structure of the outer handle, wherein the mounting portion is provided with a step portion formed around the outer handle. The outer handle mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The door handle has a concave-shaped part, and the attachment part is provided on the concave-shaped part. In the outer handle mounting structure according to claim 4,
The door handle has a convex shape portion adjacent to the concave shape portion, and the attachment portion is provided across the concave shape portion and the convex shape portion. The outer handle mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The outer handle mounting structure, wherein the door skin has a ridge line portion, and the mounting portion is provided on the ridge line portion.

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