JP2012116365A - Visor mounting member for automobile, and mounting structure thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a practical visor mounting member for an automobile that is easily mounted on the automobile and has extremely high mounting strength, and to provide a mounting structure thereof.SOLUTION: In the mounting member 1, a first holding member 2 and a second holding member 6 are connected, and a first middle section 4 which bends so as to expand outward between a first locking section 3 and the second holding member 6 is formed, while one or more convex sections 8 are provided in the second holding member 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to an automotive visor mounting member that is mounted on a window frame of an automotive vehicle as an awning or rain shield, and an mounting structure thereof.

  Conventionally, as a mounting structure for an automobile visor that functions as an awning or rain shield, a landing plate is provided along the upper end of the casing that bulges outward, and the wearing plate is attached to the automobile by a double-sided adhesive tape or the like. Attached to the window frame of the vehicle, and using a mounting bracket, the window frame and a projection projecting on the inner surface of the housing are engaged with both ends of the mounting bracket to be mounted on the automobile. It has been known.

  In addition, as a structure for engaging the edge of the mounting bracket with the protrusion projecting from the housing, as in Patent Document 1, a cylindrical protrusion is projected on the inner surface of the housing, and A cylindrical projection in which a mounting hole is formed in the end edge of the mounting bracket, and a plurality of protruding pieces are formed by radially cutting around the mounting hole, and the mounting hole is inserted through the mounting protrusion. Is known to be locked by a plurality of protruding pieces.

  In addition, in the invention of the mounting bracket, a first engagement portion for engaging with the window frame of the automobile is provided at the base end of the belt-shaped intermediate portion bent so that the vertical cross section becomes an inverted U shape. A structure is known in which an automobile visor is attached to an automobile via an attachment member provided with a second engaging part for engaging with a boss of an automobile visor body at the tip of an intermediate part.

JP 2000-85351 A JP 2010-125994 A

However, in the above-described conventional vehicle visor mounting structure, once the protruding piece of the mounting bracket is engaged with the projection, the angle of the mounting bracket relative to the projection (housing) cannot be changed. Therefore, when mounting on a car, you must first take the steps of engaging one end of the mounting bracket with the window frame of the car and then attaching the other end to the housing, limiting the procedure for mounting work. Therefore, depending on the shape of the window frame, a lot of time is required for mounting.
Also, if the mounting bracket is engaged with the projection at the wrong mounting angle, the mounting bracket must be forced around the projection with a strong force, and the correction work is troublesome. there were. In addition, as described above, if the mounting bracket is forcibly rotated, the engagement strength between the projecting piece and the protrusion is reduced, so that the adhesive strength of the double-sided adhesive tape is reduced and the attachment plate becomes an automobile window. When it is peeled off from the frame, it may be detached from the window frame of the automobile.

  Therefore, in the structure in which the visor for an automobile is attached to the automobile via the attachment member of Patent Document 2, these problems are solved, but the base end of the belt-shaped intermediate portion bent so that the vertical cross section becomes an inverted U-shape. In addition, since the first engagement portion for engaging with the window frame of the automobile is provided, a constant space is formed between the intermediate portion and the first engagement portion, and the first engagement portion is in the middle. When approaching the part side, there is a problem that stress concentrates near the root part of the reinforcing rib and breaks.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional vehicle visor mounting member, and to provide a vehicle visor mounting member having a very high mounting strength and its mounting structure.

Among the present inventions, the invention described in claim 1 is a first holding member having a first engaging portion that engages with a window frame of an automobile, and a second engaging portion that engages with a boss of a visor body. A visor mounting member for an automobile that connects the window frame and the visor body,
The first holding member and the second holding member are connected,
While forming the 1st intermediate part curved so that it may bulge outside between the 1st above-mentioned engaging part and the above-mentioned 2nd holding member, the above-mentioned 2nd holding member was provided with one or a plurality of convex parts It is characterized by this.

  The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 1, the convex portion is formed to bend toward the first intermediate portion.

  The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the visor mounting member for automobile is provided with a boss insertion hole for inserting the boss at one end of the second holding member. In addition, an engagement body that protrudes inwardly a plurality of engagement claws from the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole is provided.

The invention described in claim 4 is an attachment structure for attaching an automobile visor to a window frame using the automobile visor attachment member according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The attachment plate of the visor body is attached to the window frame,
A boss projecting from the inner surface of the visor main body is inserted into a boss insertion hole at one end of the visor mounting member for automobile, and the engaging claw is engaged with the boss, while the visor mounting member for automobile is The other end is engaged with the window frame.

The visor mounting member for an automobile described in claim 1, when a force is applied to the first holding member, the first intermediate portion abuts on the convex portion, so that the bending of the first intermediate portion is minimal, There is no breakage. Further, since the procedure of the mounting operation is not limited, the mounting operation is not affected by the shape of the window frame and the mounting operation can be completed in a short time.
In addition, it is only necessary to provide a boss having a simple shape on the inner surface of the casing of the visor body, and it is necessary to provide an engaged portion with a complicated shape for engaging the visor mounting member for the vehicle on the visor body. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of the mold used for molding the visor body.

  The visor mounting member for an automobile described in claim 2 is such that the first intermediate portion and the convex portion are bent, and the connecting portion of the first holding member and the second holding member, the first intermediate portion, and the second intermediate portion. The stress concentrated on is dispersed and does not break.

  The visor mounting member for an automobile described in claim 3 is a double-sided adhesive tape which is used for a long period of time after being attached to the automobile because the visor main body and the mounting member are firmly bonded by the claws of the engaging body. Even when the adhesive force is reduced and the wearing plate is peeled off from the window frame of the automobile, the situation where it is completely detached from the window frame of the automobile does not occur. Moreover, the automobile visor mounting member can be attached to the visor body very easily by simply inserting the boss of the visor body into the boss insertion hole of the automobile visor mounting member.

  According to the vehicle visor mounting structure described in claim 4, the vehicle visor can be attached to the vehicle very easily, and the vehicle visor can be firmly attached to the vehicle. Even when the automobile receives a strong impact, the situation where the automobile visor is detached from the automobile does not occur.

It is explanatory drawing (perspective view) of an attachment member. It is explanatory drawing (left view) of an attachment member. It is explanatory drawing of an engaging body, (a) is a front view, (b) is a modified example. It is a front view of a visor main body. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the visor body (cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4). It is explanatory drawing (description figure seen from the inside of a visor main body) which shows a mode that an attachment member displaces with respect to an engaging body. It is sectional explanatory drawing which shows the state which attached the visor for motor vehicles to the motor vehicle.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an automobile visor attachment member and an attachment structure thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

  1 and 2 show an automotive visor mounting member 1 (hereinafter referred to as mounting member 1) used when the visor body is mounted on the window frame of the vehicle. The mounting member 1 is integrally formed by insert molding using nylon 66 that is colored black and mixed with glass fibers (that is, a molding method in which a resin is injected into a mold in which a metal member is previously installed). Has been.

  The mounting member 1 is a band-shaped body having a width of about 11.0 mm, and a first holding member 2 that engages with the window frame and a second holding member in which a second engaging portion 10 that will be described later protrudes from the lower end. It is comprised with the member 6 and the flat reinforcing rib 5 provided in an upward direction so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction between the first holding member 2 and the second holding member 6.

Further, the base end portion of the first holding member 2 is folded upward with the reinforcing rib 5 upward so as to draw a substantially U-shaped cross section, and has a length of about 3.0 mm (reinforcing the reinforcing rib 5). The first engagement portion 3 having a length in the up-down direction with the second engagement portion 10 below is formed. Further, between the first engaging portion 3 and the reinforcing rib 5 is provided a first intermediate portion 4 that is fitted to the window frame 20 and curved so as to bulge outward.
On the other hand, the second holding member 6 is composed of a convex portion 8 bent toward the first intermediate portion 4 and a second intermediate portion 9, and the second intermediate portion 9 has a boss 28 of a visor body 25 described later. A second engagement portion 10 including a metal (stainless) engagement body 13 having a plurality of engagement claws 14, 14.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the second engaging portion 10 is provided in a hollow cylindrical body 12 formed in a hollow cylindrical shape having a height of about 5.5 mm, and the hollow cylindrical body 12. The engagement body 13 is configured. The hollow cylindrical body 12 has the same outer diameter as the width of the second intermediate portion 9 and is provided with a boss insertion hole 11 having a diameter of about 5.0 mm along the axis. The axial center is substantially perpendicular to the plate surface at the tip of the second intermediate portion 9, and the tip surface is substantially parallel to the plate surface at the tip of the first engagement portion 3. Further, an engaging body 13 is disposed inside the boss insertion hole 11 (a portion of about 3.5 mm from the surface of the hollow cylindrical body 12), and the plate surface of the engaging body 13 is the axial center of the hollow cylindrical body 12. It is in a state orthogonal to. A lid 15 is attached to the outer edge of the boss insertion hole 11 to fix the engaging body 13 inside.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the engaging body 13 is integrally formed in a flat donut shape having an outer diameter of about 8.0 mm and an inner diameter of about 4.5 mm. The four engaging claws 14, 14,... Having flat trapezoidal tips are provided at equal intervals on the inner peripheral edge and project toward the center. The engaging body 13 is provided concentrically inside the hollow cylindrical body 12, and from the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole 11, a portion near the inner peripheral edge, and the four engaging claws 14, 14,. It protrudes toward the center. In addition, the space | interval of the engaging claws 14 and 14 which face each other is adjusted so that it may become 2.5 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less.

  Next, FIG. 4 is a front view of the visor body 25, and FIG. 5 shows a cross section taken along line AA in FIG. The visor main body 25 is formed into a long blade shape in which a band-shaped attaching plate 27 is provided along the upper edge of the band-shaped casing 26 with a transparent synthetic resin (for example, acrylic resin) colored light black. It is molded integrally. And moderate translucency and light-shielding property are expressed.

  The contact plate 27 has a long blade shape with a constant width along the window frame of the automobile to be mounted, and an arcuate covering portion 29 that protrudes outward is formed at the upper end. The casing 26 is shaped like a blade having a substantially constant width and substantially the same length as the contact plate 27, is slightly curved in the vertical direction, and has a central portion (a central portion in the vertical direction) outside. It is in a bulging state. The columnar bosses 28, 28,... Are respectively provided at the front end, the rear end, and the substantially upper end of the housing 26 (the portion about 10 mm below the lower end of the contact plate 27). It is provided so as to protrude to the inner surface of the body 26. The columnar bosses 28, 28,... Are formed in a columnar shape having a diameter of about 3.0 mm and a height of about 5.0 mm, and are in a state orthogonal to the inner side surface of the surrounding casing 26. Yes. In addition, at the base end of each columnar boss 28, 28..., Four triangular plate-like ribs 31, 31... Are integrally provided so as to face the radial direction from the axial center of the columnar boss 28. Yes.

  The mounting member 1 configured as described above is formed in advance by an insert molding method in which a synthetic resin is injection-molded in a mold in which a metal engagement body 13 is installed, and the engagement body 13 is installed inside the boss insertion hole 11. Then, since the lid body 15 is attached, they do not adhere to each other at the contact interface between the engaging body 13 and the hollow cylindrical body 12, and the engaging body 13 is attached to the second holding member 6 as shown in FIG. (The second holding member 6 can be rotated with respect to the engaging body 13).

[Attaching the visor to the window frame]
FIG. 7 shows a cross section of a state in which the automobile visor 32 including the attachment member 1 and the visor body 25 is attached to the window frame 20. The window frame 20 is provided with a glass run 21 for reducing an impact when the window glass is closed.

  When the automobile visor 32 is attached to the automobile, first, the inner surface of the contact plate 27 is attached to the window frame 20 by the double-sided adhesive tape 30. Further, at the installation site of the columnar bosses 28, 28,... Of the visor body 25, the columnar bosses 28 are inserted into the boss insertion holes 11 provided in the second engaging portions 10 of the respective attachment members 1, and the engaging bodies 13, .. Are engaged with the columnar boss 28. And the attachment to a motor vehicle is completed by making the 1st engaging part 3 of the attachment member 1 hold | grip the lower end of the protrusion piece 22 of the window frame 20. FIG. As described above, each of the mounting members 1, 1... Can rotate the second holding member 6 with respect to the engaging body 13, so that the second engaging portion of each of the mounting members 1, 1. Even after 10 engaging bodies 13, 13... Are engaged with the columnar boss 28, the mounting angle of the second holding member 6 (that is, the inclination angle of the first engaging portion 3) is set to the window frame 22. It can be modified to match the angle of the protruding piece 22.

  The vehicle visor 32 mounted on the vehicle as described above effectively functions as an awning that does not block the view. In addition, when it rains, it is possible to open the window without letting rain into the vehicle.

[Effects of vehicle visor mounting member and mounting structure of embodiment]
The attachment member 1 includes a first intermediate member curved in such a manner that the first holding member 2 and the second holding member 6 are connected to each other and bulge outward between the first engaging portion 3 and the second holding member 6. On the other hand, when the first holding member 2 is subjected to a force by providing one or more convex portions 8 on the second holding member 6 while forming the portion 4, the first intermediate portion 4 becomes the convex portion 8. Since it abuts, the bending of the first intermediate portion 4 is minimal, and no breakage occurs. Further, since the procedure of the mounting operation is not limited, the mounting operation is not affected by the shape of the window frame 20 and the mounting operation can be completed in a short time.
In addition, it is only necessary to provide a columnar boss 28 having a simple shape on the inner side surface of the housing of the visor body 25, and the engaged portion having a complicated shape for engaging the mounting member 1 is provided on the visor body 25. Since it is not necessary to provide, it is also possible to make the cost of the metal mold used for molding the visor body 25 inexpensive.

  Further, the convex portion 8 is formed to bend toward the first intermediate portion 4, whereby the first intermediate portion 4 and the convex portion 8 are bent, and the first holding member 2 and the second holding member 6 are The stress concentrated on the reinforcing rib 5, the first intermediate portion 4, and the second intermediate portion 9, which are continuous portions, is dispersed and does not break.

  Further, the mounting member 1 is provided with a boss insertion hole 11 for inserting the columnar boss 28 at one end of the second holding member 6, and a plurality of engagement claws 14 protrude inward from the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole 11. Since the engaging body 13 is provided, the visor main body 25 and the mounting member 1 are firmly bonded together by the engaging claws 14 of the engaging body 13, so that both sides of the visor main body 25 and the mounting member 1 can be used for a long period after use. Even when the adhesive force of the adhesive tape 30 is reduced and the contact plate 27 is peeled off from the window frame 20 of the automobile, the situation of complete detachment from the window frame 20 of the automobile does not occur. Further, the attachment member 1 can be attached to the visor body 25 very easily only by inserting the columnar boss 28 of the visor body 25 through the boss insertion hole 11 of the attachment member 1.

  Further, the attachment plate 27 of the visor body 25 is attached to the window frame 20, and the columnar boss 28 protruding from the inner surface of the visor body 25 is inserted into the boss insertion hole 11 at one end of the attachment member 1. By engaging the engaging claw 14 with the columnar boss 28 and engaging the other end of the mounting member 1 with the window frame 20, the visor body 25 can be attached to the automobile very easily. Can be firmly attached to the vehicle, so that the visor body 25 does not detach from the vehicle even when the traveling vehicle receives a strong impact.

  In addition, the automobile visor 32 has a structure in which only the engaging claws 14, 14... Of the engaging body 13 protrude from the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole 11 of the mounting members 1, 1. Since the gap between the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole 11 and the columnar boss 28 when the columnar boss 28 is pushed into the boss insertion hole 11 is extremely small (about 0.6 mm), the metal engagement body 13 is hardly visible. Appearance is good.

[Vehicle visor mounting member and modification of mounting structure]
Note that the configuration of the mounting member and the mounting structure of the present invention is not limited to the aspect of the above-described embodiment, and the configuration of the material, shape, structure, etc. of the mounting member and the visor body is the gist of the present invention. As long as it does not deviate from the above, it can be changed as necessary.

  For example, the visor body 25 is not limited to the one integrally molded with the synthetic resin as in the above-described embodiment, but may be changed to one in which the metal contact plate 27 is bonded to the synthetic resin casing. Is possible. On the other hand, the mounting member 1 is not limited to those formed of nylon 66 mixed with glass fibers as in the above embodiment, and is not formed of a resin other than nylon 66 or filled with glass fibers. It is also possible to change to those formed by a synthetic resin. In addition, the engaging body 13 is not limited to the one formed of stainless steel as in the above embodiment, but can be changed to one formed of a metal other than stainless steel such as iron or aluminum. Further, the shape of the columnar boss 28 provided in the visor body 25 is not limited to the columnar shape as in the above embodiment, but can be changed to other shapes such as a prismatic shape. In addition, the shape of the rib 31 provided on the columnar boss 28 is not limited to the triangular flat plate shape as in the above-described embodiment, and can be changed to other shapes such as a rectangular flat plate shape.

  Further, the engaging body 13 of the mounting member 1 is not limited to the one in which the flat trapezoidal engaging claws 14 are protruded inward. As shown in FIG. 3 (b), the tip has an acute angle (for example, 15 degrees or more). It is also possible to change the engaging claws 14 ', 14' sharpened to less than 75 degrees to protrude inward. As described above, when the engagement body 13 has an engagement claw whose tip is sharpened at an acute angle of 15 degrees or more and less than 75 degrees and projects inwardly, the columnar boss 28 of the visor body 25 and Since the engagement state with the engagement claws 14, 14... Is extremely strong, it is possible to prevent detachment from the window frame 20 with high accuracy when the contact plate 27 is peeled off from the window frame 20. It becomes possible. In addition, the number of the engaging claws 14 provided in the engaging body 13 is not limited to four, and can be appropriately changed according to the strength, toughness and the like of the engaging body 13.

  In addition, the number of the convex portions 8 of the second holding member 6 is not necessarily one as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and may be plural and can be changed as appropriate.

  1 ..Vehicle visor mounting member (mounting member) 2 ..First holding member 3 ..First engaging portion 4 ..first intermediate portion 5 ..reinforcing rib (continuous portion), 6 ··· Second holding member, ··· convex portion, ··· second intermediate portion, ··· second engaging portion, ··· boss insertion hole, ··· hollow cylindrical body, ··· engaging body, 14 .. engaging claw, 15 .. lid, 20 .. window frame, 21 .. glass run, 22 .. projecting piece, 25 .. visor body, 26 .. housing, 27. 28 .. Columnar boss, 29 .. Covering part, 30 .. Double-sided adhesive tape, 31 .. Rib, 32.

Claims (4)

The window frame includes a first holding member having a first engaging portion that engages with a window frame of an automobile, and a second holding member having a second engaging portion that engages with a boss of a visor body. A visor mounting member for an automobile that connects the visor body,
The first holding member and the second holding member are connected,
While forming the 1st intermediate part curved so that it may bulge outside between the 1st above-mentioned engaging part and the above-mentioned 2nd holding member, the above-mentioned 2nd holding member is provided with one or a plurality of convex parts A visor mounting member for an automobile characterized by the above.   The visor mounting member for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion is bent toward the first intermediate portion.   The vehicle visor mounting member has a boss insertion hole through which the boss is inserted at one end of the second holding member, and an engagement body that projects a plurality of engagement claws inwardly from the inner wall surface of the boss insertion hole. The visor mounting member for automobiles according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by comprising: An attachment structure for attaching a visor body to a window frame using the automobile visor attachment member according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The attachment plate of the visor body is attached to the window frame,
A boss projecting from the inner surface of the visor main body is inserted into a boss insertion hole at one end of the visor mounting member for automobile, and the engaging claw is engaged with the boss, while the visor mounting member for automobile is A visor mounting structure for an automobile, wherein the other end of the door is engaged with the window frame.

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