JP2014189027A - Front fender panel of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fender panel formable by a simple molding tool, and capable of sealing surely a gap between a front fender panel and a bearing member.SOLUTION: An insulator (sound insulation part) 3 having a negative-angle shape folded at an acute angle smaller than a right angle toward the inside direction of a vehicle body is formed integrally on the rear end of a resin panel body 2, and a flange 7 is formed integrally on the end on the front pillar 6 side of the insulator 3 so as to face to a design surface of the panel body 2. The insulator 3 is disposed in a gap 8 between the rear end of the panel body 2 and the front pillar 6 facing to the rear end, and the flange 7 is bonded in the sealed state to the front pillar 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to a front fender panel of a vehicle including a resin panel body whose rear end portion is attached to a front pillar.

  Conventionally, for mounting the front fender panel to the front pillar, for example, a structure as described in Patent Document 1 is adopted, and specifically, as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an application example of the front fender panel 51 to the front door 52 side, in which FR indicates the front side and RR indicates the right side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front fender panel 51 has a rear edge flange 53 at the upper part of the rear edge, and the rear edge flange 53 is compared between the fender panel 51 and the side body outer panel 56 adjacent thereto. This gap 57 is blocked by a long sound insulating material 58 in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sound insulating material 58 has a plurality of attachment holes 59a in the intermediate portion 59, and a clip hole 53a corresponding to each attachment hole 59a is provided on the rear edge flange 53 side of the fender panel 51. The plurality of clips 60 are inserted into the respective mounting holes 59 a of the sound insulating material 55 from the front of the vehicle, and the sound insulating material 58 is attached to the fender panel 51. Such a seal of the gap 57 by the sound insulating material 58 prevents engine noise from entering the room, and snow or the like that the front wheel has bounced up adheres to the hinge at the front of the door 52 and prevents the door 52 from opening and closing. Freezing is prevented.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-58922 (see paragraphs 0005 to 0009 and FIG. 5)

  However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, a sound insulating material 58 which is a separate member is attached to the fender panel 51 with a plurality of clips 60, and a gap between the fender panel 51 and a support member such as a side body outer panel 56 or a front pillar. 57 is a structure that seals 57, and the fastening force at the discontinuous points by the plurality of clips 60 cannot secure a strong sealing performance, and it is necessary to secure the sealing performance by using an ept sealer or the like in addition to the clips. There is a problem that the cost increases due to an increase in the number of parts.

  In addition, when the fender panel is formed of resin, it may be possible to form multiple beads to improve the rigidity of the fender panel. There is a demand for a structure that can reliably seal a gap between the support member and a rigid fender panel that can be formed by a mold.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a fender panel that can be formed with a simple mold and can reliably seal a gap between a front fender panel and a support member.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a vehicle front fender panel according to the present invention is a vehicle front fender panel having a resin-made panel body whose rear end portion is attached to a front pillar. In this way, a sound insulating part that is integrally formed at the rear end of the panel main body and disposed in a gap between the rear end of the panel main body and the front pillar facing the rear end, and faces the design surface of the panel main body And a flange formed integrally with the front pillar side end of the sound insulation portion, and the folded portion on the panel body side of the sound insulation portion has a negative angle shape approaching the panel body at an acute angle smaller than a right angle The flange is joined to the front pillar (claim 1).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sound insulation portion having a negative angle shape is integrally formed at the rear end of the resin panel body so as to be folded at an acute angle smaller than a right angle toward the inner side of the vehicle body. A flange is integrally formed at the front pillar side end of the sound insulation portion so as to face the design surface of the sound insulation portion, the sound insulation portion is disposed in a gap between the rear end of the panel body and the front pillar facing the rear end, and the flange is Joined to the front pillar.

  Therefore, by forming the sound insulation part having a negative angle shape integrally with the panel body, it is possible to transmit the force to the panel body against the pressure of wind or the like applied to the sound insulation part and to escape, and the negative angle part of the sound insulation part Since the sound insulation part can be bent and the pressure can be relieved between the part and the boundary part with the opposite flange, it is not necessary to form a bead for improving the rigidity in the sound insulation part, and the sound insulation part can be formed with a simple mold. Can be formed, and a fender panel capable of reliably sealing the gap between the front fender panel and the support member can be formed with a simple mold.

  In addition, since the joint surface of the flange to the front pillar is orthogonal to the assembly direction of the fender panel, for example, when joining by seal bonding, by pressing the fender panel in the front pillar direction, the gap between the flange and the front pillar is It can be easily joined while ensuring sealing performance.

It is a side view of one embodiment of the front fender panel of the vehicle concerning the present invention. It is the cutting | disconnection top view in the XX line of FIG. It is a cutting | disconnection top view of a prior art example.

  Next, an embodiment of a front fender panel for a vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, front and rear and left and right mean front and rear and left and right when the vehicle is viewed in the forward direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the right fender panel 1 at the front of the vehicle in the present embodiment is folded at the upper edge in the front-rear direction of the resin panel body 2 inwardly in the width direction of the vehicle body. (Not shown) is integrally formed, and an insulator 3 that is a sound insulation portion substantially orthogonal to the design surface of the panel body 2 is formed at the rear edge in the vertical direction of the panel body 2 so as to be folded inward in the width direction of the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 2, the rear edge of the panel body 2 faces the front edge of the front door 5.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the insulator 3 is formed so that the rear edge of the panel body 2 is folded back to an acute angle smaller than a right angle toward the inner side of the vehicle body to form a negative angle shape approaching the panel body 2. Has been.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the end of the insulator 3 on the front pillar 6 side is folded back so as to face the design surface of the panel body 2, and the flange 7 is integrally formed. The flange 7 is disposed in a gap 8 between the end and the front pillar 6 which is a support member facing the rear end, and the flange 7 is pressed against the front pillar 6 by an ept sealer 9 and is sealed and bonded. Although not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a mounting portion formed on the upper flange portion of the upper edge of the panel body 2 is fixed to a support member such as a right apron member of the vehicle body by a bolt. The left front fender panel is also configured in the same manner as described above.

  At this time, since the joining surface of the flange 7 to the front pillar 6 is orthogonal to the assembling direction of the fender panel 1, the fender panel 1 is pressed in the direction of the front pillar 6 when being joined by sealing with the opt sealer 9. The flange 7 is easily joined while ensuring the sealing performance between the flange 7 and the front pillar 6 by the pressure at the time of pressing.

  Further, since the rear edge side of the panel body 2 of the insulator 3 forms a negative angle shape, it is possible to transmit the force to the panel body 2 against the pressure of wind or the like applied to the insulator 3 and to release it. Since the insulator 3 itself bends between the corner portion and the boundary portion between the opposite flange 7 and the pressure can be relieved by this bending, it is not necessary to form a bead for improving rigidity in the insulator 3.

  Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the insulator 3 having an acute negative angle shape smaller than a right angle toward the inner side of the vehicle body is integrally formed at the rear end of the resin panel body 2, so that the design of the panel body 2 is achieved. A flange 7 is integrally formed at the end of the insulator 3 on the front pillar 6 side so as to face the surface, and the insulator 3 is disposed in a gap 8 between the rear end of the panel body 2 and the front pillar 6 facing the rear end. Since the flange 7 is sealed to the front pillar 6, pressure such as wind applied to the insulator 3 having a negative angle shape can be released to the panel body 2, and the pressure can be relieved by bending of the insulator 3 itself. As a result, it is not necessary to form a bead for increasing rigidity on the insulator 3, and the insulator 3 is integrated with a simple mold. Reel body 2 can be formed, it can be formed with a simple mold reliably sealable front fender panel 1 a gap 8 between the front fender panel 1 and the front pillar 6.

  Further, since the joint surface of the flange 7 to the front pillar 6 is orthogonal to the assembling direction of the fender panel 1, the sealing performance between the flange 7 and the front pillar 6 is achieved by pressing the fender panel 1 toward the front pillar 6. The flange 7 can be easily joined while securing the above.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the flange 7 and the front pillar 6 are sealed and bonded with the opt sealer 9 has been described. However, it goes without saying that a bonding method other than the opt sealer 9 or other bonding methods may be adopted. Absent.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front fender panel 2 ... Panel main body 3 ... Schletter (sound insulation part)
6 ... Front pillar 7 ... Flange 8 ... Gap 9 ... Epto sealer

Claims (1)

In the front fender panel of a vehicle provided with a resin panel body whose rear end is attached to the front pillar,
A sound insulating part that is integrally formed at the rear end of the panel main body so as to be folded back toward the inner side of the vehicle body, and is disposed in a gap between the rear end of the panel main body and the front pillar facing the rear end;
A flange formed integrally with the front pillar side end of the sound insulating part so as to face the design surface of the panel body,
The folded portion on the panel body side of the sound insulation portion has a negative angle shape approaching the panel body at an acute angle smaller than a right angle,
The front fender panel of a vehicle, wherein the flange is joined to the front pillar.

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