JP2014180971A - Front deck structure of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent entry of water into a front vehicle body space.SOLUTION: In a front deck structure equipped with a weather strip 24 for sealing between a hood 6 and a deck garnish 22, a protrusive bead part 36 which extends over an attachment seating surface 2606A in the longitudinal direction (vehicle width direction) and is pressure-welded to an underside 2402A of an attachment stem 2402 of the weather strip 24, and a drainage hole which is disposed on the rear side of a vehicle further than the bead part 36 and penetrates through the deck garnish 22, are provided to the attachment seating surface 2606A for supporting the weather strip 24. Thus, water which enters into a space between the attachment stem 2402 and the attachment seating surface 2606A of the weather strip 24 is intercepted by the bead part 36 and can be drained through the drainage hole.

Description

  The present invention relates to a front deck structure of a vehicle.

As a vehicle front deck structure, there is provided a vehicle equipped with a deck garnish extending in front of the vehicle from the lower end portion of the front windshield glass along the vehicle width direction and a weather strip disposed on the deck garnish (patent). Reference 1).
The weather strip includes an attachment base that is attached to the deck garnish, and an elastic portion that is provided on the attachment base and elastically contacts the rear edge of the hood while the front vehicle body space is closed by the hood.
The elastic part of the weather strip elastically contacts the rear edge of the hood, closing the gap between the hood and the deck garnish, preventing rainwater from entering the front body space that contains devices and parts that dislike water. It is preventing.

JP 2004-155351 A

By the way, since a weather strip is formed with materials, such as rubber | gum, it exists in the tendency for a sealing performance to become weak by age-related deterioration. Therefore, if a large amount of water is concentrated on the weather strip of the deck garnish, such as when heavy rain continues for a long time in a deteriorated state or when the car is washed with a high-pressure car wash machine, the rain basin or other water is attached to the base of the deck garnish and weather strip. It is considered that the water that has entered the gap enters the front body space without being drained.
Therefore, it is necessary to improve the performance of preventing rain water and the like from entering the front body space in the front deck structure.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle front deck structure that is advantageous in preventing rain water and the like from entering the front vehicle body space.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a deck garnish that extends in the vehicle width direction along a lower end portion of a front windshield glass of a vehicle and covers a space between the front windshield glass and a hood in front of the vehicle. A front deck structure of a vehicle including a weather strip disposed across the deck width on the deck garnish and sealing a gap between the deck garnish and the hood, wherein the deck garnish includes the weather strip. The weather strip includes a mounting base attached to the mounting seat surface of the deck garnish, and an elastic portion provided on the mounting base and capable of elastically contacting a rear lower surface of the hood. The mounting seat surface extends in the longitudinal direction of the mounting seat surface, and the mounting base portion is A protruding bead portion that is pressed against the lower surface of the mounting base portion and a drainage hole that is disposed behind the bead portion and penetrates the deck garnish when attached to the kick garnish. It is characterized by.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, rainwater or the like water that has entered the gap between the deck garnish and the weather strip is prevented from entering the front of the vehicle by the bead portion pressed against the weather strip, and is drained from the drain hole. Therefore, it is advantageous in preventing intrusion of water such as rain water into the front body space.
According to the invention described in claim 2, since the water that has entered the gap between the deck garnish and the lower surface of the weather strip can be efficiently drained by increasing the number of drain holes, This is more advantageous in preventing entry into the vehicle body space.
According to the invention described in claim 3, since the drainage hole is also used as the engagement hole, the processing cost of the deck garnish can be suppressed.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, water that is prevented from entering the vehicle front by the bead portion can be smoothly guided to the drainage hole, so that water such as rainwater is prevented from entering the front vehicle body space. More advantageous on the above.

It is sectional drawing of the front deck structure 20 of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. 3 is a perspective view of a deck garnish 22. FIG. It is an enlarged view of the section of front deck structure 20 of vehicles concerning an embodiment. 3 is a plan view of a bead portion 36 and an engagement hole 40. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a bead portion 36 and an engagement hole 40. FIG. It is sectional drawing explaining the flow of the water in the front deck structure 20 of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a vehicle front deck structure 20 according to the present embodiment.
First, the front structure of the vehicle 2 to which the vehicle front deck structure 20 of the present embodiment is applied will be described.
The vehicle 2 has a front vehicle body space FS in front of the passenger compartment 4, and the front vehicle body space FS is opened and closed by a hood 6.
In the case of a gasoline vehicle or a diesel vehicle, for example, an engine and a radiator are arranged in the front body space FS. In the case of a hybrid vehicle, for example, a converter that supplies electric power to the motor in addition to the engine and the radiator is provided. In the case of an electric vehicle, for example, a converter that supplies electric power to a motor is arranged. That is, the front body space FS contains devices and parts that dislike moisture.

The rear of the front vehicle body space FS is partitioned by a dash panel 8, the dash panel 8 is made of a steel plate, and the lower end of the dash panel 8 is connected to the front end of the floor that partitions the lower part of the passenger compartment 4.
The upper end of the dash panel 8 and the lower end of the front windshield glass 12 are connected by a cowl top (not shown).
Further, a cowl top lower 10 extending from the upper end of the dash panel 8 to the front of the vehicle 2 is provided, and a flange 1002 is provided at the front end of the cowl top lower 10.
The cowl top and the cowl lower 10 are made of a steel plate.

Next, the front deck structure 20 of the present embodiment will be described.
The front deck structure 20 includes a deck garnish 22 and a weather strip 24.
The deck garnish 22 is made of synthetic resin and has a length along the vehicle width direction and a width along the vehicle front-rear direction. The deck garnish 22 extends over the entire length of the front windshield glass 12 in the vehicle width direction. doing. In other words, the deck garnish 22 extends in the vehicle width direction along the lower end portion of the front windshield glass 12 and covers between the front windshield glass 12 and the hood 6 in front of the vehicle.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the deck garnish 22 includes a main body plate portion 26, a joint portion 28, and a flange 30.
The joint portion 28 is provided at the rear end which is one end in the width direction of the deck garnish 22, and the joint portion 28 is attached to the lower end portion of the front windshield glass 12.
The flange 30 is provided at the front end, which is the other end in the width direction of the deck garnish 22, and the flange 30 is attached to the flange 1002 of the cowl top lower 10 via a clip 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body plate portion 26 is connected to the first inclined plate portion 2602 that extends from the joint portion 28 and extends in front of the vehicle, and the front end of the first inclined plate portion 2602 via a bent portion. A second inclined plate portion 2604 that extends forward while descending, a mounting plate portion 2606 that extends forward from the lower end of the second inclined plate portion 2604, and a vehicle rearward that descends from the front end of the mounting plate portion 2606 A third inclined plate portion 2608 extending.
The upper end of the third inclined plate portion 2608 protrudes upward from the mounting plate portion 2606, and the flange 30 protrudes forward from the lower end of the third inclined plate portion 2608.
The joint portion 28 and the first inclined plate portion 2602 form a concave groove 34 that is recessed downward. The concave groove 34 allows water such as rainwater flowing downward from the front windshield glass 12 to flow in the vehicle width direction. It discharges to both outsides.

The mounting plate portion 2606 constitutes a mounting seat surface to which the weather strip 24 is attached. The mounting plate portion 2606 is located at the front portion of the deck garnish 22 and has an upper surface 2606A formed as a flat surface.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, a mounting base portion 2402 of a weather strip 24, which will be described later, is provided on the deck garnish 22 at a position closer to the front of the vehicle in the width direction of the upper surface 2606 A (mounting seat surface) of the mounting plate portion 2606. A protruding bead portion 36 that is in pressure contact with the lower surface 2402A of the attachment base 2402 is provided.
The bead portion 36 is formed to extend over the entire length of the mounting plate portion 2606.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5, the engagement hole 40 of the clip 42 for attaching the weather strip 24 is provided at the attachment plate portion 2606 at the rear of the vehicle relative to the bead portion 36. Are provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction. The engagement hole 40 passes through the attachment plate portion 2606 and communicates with the outside of the vehicle body.
In the present embodiment, the vehicle rear side surface of the bead portion 36 is in contact with the vehicle front side edge portion of the engagement hole 40.
In the present embodiment, the engagement hole 40 constitutes a drain hole 38.
In other words, the drain holes 38 are arranged behind the bead portion 36 and are provided along the bead portion 36 at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the upper surface 2606A (mounting seat surface).

As shown in FIG. 1, the weather strip 24 is disposed over the deck garnish 22 in the vehicle width direction and seals the gap between the deck garnish 22 and the hood 6.
As shown in FIG. 3, the weather strip 24 is made of rubber and includes an attachment base portion 2402 and an elastic portion 2404.
The attachment base portion 2402 is a portion that is attached to the upper surface 2606A of the attachment plate portion 2606, and has a flat lower surface 2402A that elastically contacts the upper surface 2606A of the attachment plate portion 2606.
The elastic portion 2404 is a portion that elastically contacts the rear lower surface of the hood 6 and is formed in a cylindrical shape.
As shown in FIG. 1, the attachment base 2402 is provided with a plurality of engagement holes 40 through which the clip 42 is inserted and removed at intervals in the extending direction of the attachment base 2402. In other words, the weather strip 24 has the clip 42 provided on the attachment base 2404 and engaged with the upper surface 2606A (attachment seat surface).

The attachment base portion 2402 is attached to the upper surface 2606A of the attachment plate portion 2606 by the clip 42 inserted through the engagement hole 40.
With the attachment base 2402 attached to the upper surface 2606A of the attachment plate portion 2606 in this way, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower surface 2402A of the attachment base portion 2402 and the upper surface 2606A of the attachment plate portion 2606 are elastically contacted. The bead portion 36 is pressed against the lower surface 2402A of the mounting base portion 2402.
In this state, a gap S-1 is formed at a location in front of the vehicle of the bead portion 36, and a gap S-2 is formed at a location in the vehicle rear of the bead portion 36. The gaps S-1 and S-2 are The height gradually decreases as the distance from the bead portion 36 increases.

Next, the function and effect of the front deck structure 20 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the elastic portion 2404 of the weather strip 24 is elastically contacted with the rear lower surface of the hood 6 with the hood 6 closing the front vehicle body space FS, so that the space between the hood 6 and the deck garnish 22 is The gap is blocked.
Further, the bead portion 36 is in pressure contact with the lower surface 2402A of the mounting base portion 2402.

In this state, when heavy rain continues for a long time or when the car is washed with a high-pressure car washer, water such as rainwater travels along the surface of the front windshield glass 12 and reaches the upper surface of the deck garnish 22. Most of the water reaching the upper surface of the deck garnish 22 is drained to the outside of the front vehicle body space FS via the concave groove 34, but a part of the water travels along the upper surface of the deck garnish 22 and is attached to the mounting plate portion. It enters the gap S between the upper surface 2606A of 2606 and the lower surface 2402A of the mounting base 2402 of the weather strip 24.
Then, the water that has entered the gap S moves forward of the vehicle and tries to enter the front vehicle body space FS.
However, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the bead portion 36 that is in pressure contact with the lower surface 2402 </ b> A of the attachment base portion 2402 is located over the entire length of the attachment plate portion 2606.
Therefore, the water that has entered the gap S reaches the gap S-2, but is further prevented from entering the front of the vehicle by the bead portion 36 that is in pressure contact with the lower surface 2402A of the mounting base 2402.
Here, since the drainage hole 38 is located at the position of the mounting plate part 2606 at the rear of the vehicle relative to the bead part 36, the water staying in the gap S-2 eventually becomes the drainage hole 38 as shown in FIG. The water is drained from the drain hole 38 to the outside of the front vehicle body space FS.
Therefore, according to the front deck structure 20 of the present embodiment, even when the heavy rain continues for a long time or when the car is washed with a high-pressure car wash machine, water such as rainwater enters the front vehicle body space FS. It is advantageous for prevention.

  Although the vehicle rear side surface of the bead portion 36 and the vehicle front side edge portion of the drain hole 38 may be separated from each other, the end portion of the bead portion 36 on the vehicle rear side as in the present embodiment. And the edge of the drainage hole 38 on the vehicle front side are advantageous in smoothly guiding water from the gap S to the drainage hole 38.

  Further, as in the present embodiment, when a plurality of drain holes 38 are provided along the bead portion 36 at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface 2606A (mounting seat surface), the number of drain holes 38 is increased, Since water that has entered the gap between the deck garnish 22 and the lower surface 2402A of the weather strip 24 can be efficiently drained, it is more advantageous in preventing water such as rainwater from entering the front vehicle body space FS. .

Further, if the drainage hole 38 is also used as the engagement hole 40 for attaching the weather strip 24 to the deck garnish 22 as in the present embodiment, it is advantageous in reducing the processing cost of the deck garnish 22.
In addition, as the drainage holes 38, holes may be formed between the plurality of engagement holes 40 in addition to the engagement holes 40. In this case, since the number of drainage holes 38 can be increased, water is efficiently used. This is advantageous in draining water.

  2 ... Vehicle, 6 ... Hood, 12 ... Front windshield glass, 20 ... Front deck structure, 22 ... Deck garnish, 24 ... Weather strip, 2402 ... Mounting base, 2402A ... Bottom, 2404 ... ... elastic part, 2606 ... mounting plate part, 2606A ... upper surface (mounting seat surface), 36 ... bead part, 38 ... drainage hole, 40 ... engagement hole, FS ... front body space.

Claims (4)

A deck garnish that extends in the vehicle width direction along the lower end of the front windshield glass of the vehicle and covers between the front windshield glass and the hood in front of the vehicle,
A front deck structure of a vehicle including a weather strip disposed across the deck width on the deck garnish and sealing a gap between the deck garnish and the hood;
The deck garnish has a mounting seat that supports the weatherstrip,
The weather strip has a mounting base attached to the mounting seat surface of the deck garnish, and an elastic portion provided on the mounting base and capable of elastically contacting the rear lower surface of the hood.
The mounting seat surface extends in the longitudinal direction of the mounting seat surface, and in a state where the mounting base portion is attached to the deck garnish, a projecting bead portion that press-contacts the lower surface of the mounting base portion; A drainage hole disposed behind the bead portion and passing through the deck garnish is provided.
A vehicle front deck structure characterized by that. A plurality of the drain holes are provided at intervals along the bead portion in the longitudinal direction of the mounting seat surface.
The front deck structure for a vehicle according to claim 1. The weather strip has a clip provided on the mounting base and engaged with the mounting seat surface;
The drainage hole constitutes an engagement hole for engaging the clip,
The vehicle front deck structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vehicle has a front deck structure. The vehicle rear side surface of the bead portion and the vehicle front side edge of the drain hole are in contact with each other.
The vehicle front deck structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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