JP2020097956A - Part holding structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a part holding structure which can properly temporarily fix a part to an attachment objective member.SOLUTION: A part holding structure 1 temporarily fixes a bracket 10 to a shift bracket 20. The bracket 10 has a base part 11 and an engagement part 17 arranged so as to protrude to the shift bracket 20 side from the base part 11. The base part 11 includes abutment faces 15a, 15b abutting on the shift bracket 20. The center of gravity G of the bracket 10 is located above lower end parts 16 of the abutment faces 15a, 15b in a temporary fixing posture. The engagement part 17 is arranged above the lower end parts 16 in a temporary fixing posture. The shift bracket 20 has a main body part 22 and an engaged part 25 arranged in a position of the main body part 22 corresponding to the engagement part 17. The engagement part 17 and the engaged part 25 regulate the movement of the bracket 10 in a direction in which the bracket separates from the shift bracket 20 by being engaged with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a component holding structure.

Conventionally, as a holding structure for a component, a holding structure for an L-shaped bracket having a pointed portion to be inserted into a positioning hole formed in a support member and an L-shaped bracket in which a stopper portion is formed at a portion different from the positioning hole and the pointed portion is provided. It is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP, 11-198735, A

When temporarily fixing a component including a contact surface to be brought into contact with the attachment target member to the attachment target member, a component holding structure that can save the operator from finely adjusting the position of the component with respect to the attachment target member has been studied. ing. Here, for example, when the center of gravity of the component is located above the lower end of the contact surface in the temporarily fixed posture, the weight of the component acts on the center of gravity, so that the vicinity of the lower end of the contact surface serves as a fulcrum for attachment. There is a risk that the parts may fall away from the members.

An object of the present invention is to provide a component holding structure capable of appropriately temporarily fixing a component to a member to be attached.

A component holding structure according to an aspect of the present invention is a component holding structure for temporarily fixing a component to an attachment target member, wherein the component is an insertion member for inserting an insertion member that attaches the component to the attachment target member. A base portion having a hole formed therein, and an engagement portion provided so as to project from the base portion toward the attachment target member, the base portion including a contact surface that is brought into contact with the attachment target member, The center of gravity is located above the lower end of the contact surface in the temporarily fixed posture, the engagement portion is provided above the lower end in the temporarily fixed posture, and the attachment target member is the main body and the It has an engaged portion provided at a position of the main body portion corresponding to the joint portion, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion engage with each other to restrict movement of the component in a direction away from the attachment target member. To do.

In the component holding structure according to the present invention, the center of gravity of the component is located above the lower end portion of the contact surface in the temporarily fixed posture. Therefore, when the self-weight of the component acts on the center of gravity in the temporarily fixed posture, a moment may occur in which the component falls down in the direction away from the attachment target member with the vicinity of the lower end of the contact surface as a fulcrum. Here, according to the component holding structure of the present invention, the engagement portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other, so that the movement of the component in the direction away from the attachment target member is restricted. Thereby, even if the weight of the component acts on the center of gravity when the component is temporarily fixed to the attachment target member, the component is prevented from falling in a direction away from the attachment target member with the vicinity of the lower end of the contact surface as a fulcrum. .. As a result, the component can be appropriately temporarily fixed to the attachment target member.

In one embodiment, the engaged portion is a protrusion protruding upward, and the engaging portion includes a flat plate portion that extends so as to intersect the protrusion in the temporarily fixed posture, and the flat plate portion has a cross-sectional dimension of the protrusion. May be formed with a through hole, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion may be engaged with each other by inserting the protrusion into the through hole. In this case, since the size of the through hole through which the protrusion is inserted corresponds to the cross-sectional size of the protrusion, it is possible to restrict the movement of the component not only in the direction away from the attachment target member but also in the direction approaching the attachment target member.

In one embodiment, the main body portion includes a receiving hole that receives the insertion member that is inserted into the insertion hole, and a flat plate portion that extends from the base end portion of the protrusion and in which the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged. It may include a horizontal flat surface that abuts the lower surface to overlap the vertical position of the insertion hole with the vertical position of the receiving hole. In this case, the upper and lower positions of the insertion hole and the receiving hole can be easily positioned.

In one embodiment, the insertion member may be a right-handed screw bolt, and the horizontal flat surface may be formed on the right side of the insertion hole when viewed from the insertion direction in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the insertion member. In this case, the urging force for rotating the component clockwise, which is generated when the insertion member for the right-handed screw bolt is tightened, is supported by the horizontal flat surface. Therefore, it is possible to omit the holding of the component by the operator in order to suppress the rotation of the component due to the urging force.

In one embodiment, the main body portion faces a receiving hole that receives the insertion member inserted through the insertion hole in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the insertion member, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion engage with each other. It may include a pair of vertical flat surfaces that overlap the horizontal position of the insertion hole and the horizontal position of the receiving hole in the horizontal direction by contacting the side end surfaces of the flat plate portion in the above state. In this case, it is possible to easily position the insertion hole and the receiving hole in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the insertion member.

According to the present invention, a component can be appropriately temporarily fixed to a member to be attached.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an interior member of a vehicle assembled by applying the component holding structure of the first embodiment. It is a partially exploded view of the interior member of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a component temporarily fixed by the component holding structure of the first embodiment. It is a principal part enlarged view of the holding structure of the components of FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 3. It is a figure for demonstrating engagement of an engaging part and an engaged part. It is a principal part enlarged view of the component holding structure of 2nd Embodiment. It is a principal part enlarged view of the component holding structure of a comparative example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same or corresponding elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

[Outline of Application Example of Parts Holding Structure 1]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an interior member 2 of a vehicle that is assembled by applying the component holding structure 1 of the first embodiment. In the following description, the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction correspond to the front-rear direction, the width direction, and the height direction of the vehicle, respectively, and the front-rear direction L, the width direction W, and the height direction H in the drawing, respectively. Is synonymous with.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, as an example, a case where a component holding structure 1 is applied to assemble an interior member 2 of a vehicle will be described. Examples of the interior member 2 include a pair of console side panels 3a and 3b arranged in the center of the vehicle compartment and a console box 4 connected behind the console side panels 3a and 3b.

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded view of the interior member 2 of FIG. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the console box 4 is removed from the interior member 2 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in order to support and fix the console side panels 3a and 3b between the rear end portions of the console side panels 3a and 3b and to increase the mounting rigidity including the lateral rigidity of the console side panels 3a and 3b. The bracket (part) 10 is provided. The bracket 10 is attached to a shift bracket (attachment target member) 20. The shift bracket 20 is a support base for fixing, for example, a shift lever device (not shown) provided between the console side panels 3a and 3b.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket 10 temporarily fixed by the component holding structure 1. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shift bracket 20 has a main body portion 22 including rear end surfaces 21a and 21b to which the bracket 10 is attached. The rear end surfaces 21a and 21b are, for example, flat rear surfaces that extend along the height direction H and the width direction W of the pair of rear legs 23a and 23b provided on the rear side in the front-rear direction L of the main body portion 22. Part of.

[Configuration of component holding structure 1 of the first embodiment]
The component holding structure 1 of the present embodiment is a holding structure for temporarily fixing the bracket 10 to the shift bracket 20 before fastening the bolts (insertion members) 30a and 30b. In the example of FIG. 3, the bracket 10 is fastened to the shift bracket 20 with bolts 30a and 30b. First, a state in which the bolts 30a and 30b are fastened as shown in FIG. 3 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “fastened state”) will be described.

As an example, the bracket 10 has a U-shaped outer shape as a whole. The bracket 10 includes a flat plate-shaped base portion 11 extending along the width direction W on the lower side of the bracket 10, and a pair of extending portions 12a and 12b extending continuously from both ends of the base portion 11 in the width direction W and extending upward. have.

The base portion 11 is formed with a pair of insertion holes 13a and 13b corresponding to the pair of rear legs 23a and 23b of the body portion 22 of the shift bracket 20. The insertion holes 13a and 13b are through holes for inserting the bolts 30a and 30b that attach the bracket 10 to the shift bracket 20. Each of the pair of insertion holes 13 a and 13 b is provided at both ends of the base portion 11 in the width direction W. The pair of insertion holes 13a and 13b are arranged in parallel along a horizontal direction (here, the width direction W) orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolts 30a and 30b. The main body portion 22 of the shift bracket 20 includes screw holes (reception holes) 24a and 24b for receiving the bolts 30a and 30b inserted into the insertion holes 13a and 13b. The bolts 30a, 30b are, for example, right-handed bolts, and female holes for right-handed screws are formed in the screw holes 24a, 24b.

The extending portions 12a and 12b are portions other than the base portion 11 of the bracket 10, and extend in the plate shape along the height direction H in the fastening state. The extending portions 12a and 12b have mounting portions 14a and 14b formed so as to project in the direction opposite to the shift bracket 20 on the upper end side. The upper ends of the console side panels 3a and 3b are placed on the mounting portions 14a and 14b, respectively, and bolts (not shown) are screwed into the screw holes provided in the mounting portions 14a and 14b. As a result, the console side panels 3a and 3b are fixed.

The bracket 10 is in contact with the rear end surfaces 21a and 21b of the shift bracket 20 at the portions of the base 11 where the insertion holes 13a and 13b are formed. That is, the base portion 11 includes contact surfaces 15a and 15b that are brought into contact with the shift bracket 20 in the fastening state. Corresponding to the pair of insertion holes 13a, 13b being formed so as to correspond to the pair of rear legs 23a, 23b of the main body 22 of the shift bracket 20, the base 11 has a pair of contact surfaces 15a, 15b. Is included.

Each of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b is in surface contact with the rear end surfaces 21a and 21b in a constant area, and includes a lower end portion 16 that is a lower end edge of the surface contact area. Here, the contact surfaces 15a, 15b and the rear end surfaces 21a, 21b are in surface contact with each other in a substantially rectangular shape, and the lower end side 16a, which is the lower end edge of the substantially rectangular area in surface contact, corresponds to the lower end portion 16. To do.

As described above, since the bracket 10 has a U-shaped outer shape as a whole by the base portion 11 and the pair of extending portions 12a and 12b, the center of gravity G of the bracket 10 has a contact surface 15a, It is located above the lower end 16 of 15b.

Next, a state where the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20 will be described. The state in which the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed means a state in which the bracket 10 is held by the component holding structure 1 with respect to the shift bracket 20 before the bolts 30a and 30b are fastened. "Before fastening the bolts 30a, 30b" means the state before fastening the bolts 30a, 30b in the example of FIG.

The position of the bracket 10 is adjusted so that the positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b of the bracket 10 match the positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b of the main body portion 22 of the shift bracket 20 while the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed. It is adjusted to an appropriate position with respect to the main body 22 of 20. Hereinafter, the posture of the bracket 10 in a state where the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed is referred to as a “temporarily fixed posture”.

Here, the temporary fixing posture is along the rear end faces 21a and 21b in the orientation as shown in the example of FIG. 3 (the orientation in which the extending portions 12a and 12b are located above and the base portion 11 is located below). It means the posture of the bracket 10 to be held. That is, even in the temporarily fixed posture, the center of gravity G of the bracket 10 is located above the lower ends 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b, as in the fastened state. Therefore, when the own weight of the bracket 10 acts on the center of gravity G of the bracket 10 in the temporarily fixed posture, a moment such that the bracket 10 tilts in a direction away from the shift bracket 20 with the vicinity of the lower end portions 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b as fulcrums is generated. Can happen.

Therefore, the component holding structure 1 according to the present embodiment includes the engaging portion 17 of the bracket 10 and the engaged portion 25 of the shift bracket 20 as a configuration for suppressing such a fall of the bracket 10. ing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the engaging portion 17 is provided so as to project from the base portion 11 toward the shift bracket 20 side. The engaging portion 17 is provided above the lower end portion 16 in the temporarily fixed posture. More specifically, the engagement portion 17 is provided in the base portion 11 at a substantially central portion in the width direction W. The engaging portion 17 is provided, for example, in the base portion 11 at substantially the same position in the height direction H as the positions of the pair of insertion holes 13a and 13b.

The engaged portion 25 is provided in the main body portion 22 of the shift bracket 20 at a position corresponding to the engaging portion 17 of the bracket 10. More specifically, the engaged portion 25 is provided on, for example, the connection portion 26 that connects the pair of rear legs 23a and 23b in the main body portion 22. The engaged portion 25 is provided in the connection portion 26 at substantially the same position in the height direction H as the positions of the pair of screw holes 24a and 24b.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of the component holding structure 1 of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4A, the connecting portion 26 is formed with an engaging portion insertion hole 27 through which a flat plate portion 18 (described later) of the engaging portion 17 is inserted in a temporarily fixed posture. There is. The engagement portion insertion hole 27 is a through hole having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front-rear direction L except for the central portion 27a of the lower inner edge. The four corners 27b of the engaging portion insertion hole 27 are arcuate when viewed from the front-rear direction L. The dimension of the engaging portion insertion hole 27 in the width direction W excluding the four corners 27b is larger than the dimension of the flat portion 18 of the engaging portion 17 in the width direction W. The dimension of the engaging portion insertion hole 27 in the height direction H excluding the four corners 27b and the central portion 27a is set such that the flat plate portion 18 of the engaging portion 17 can move in the height direction H at a predetermined height. ing.

The engaged portion 25 is a protrusion 28 protruding upward. The engaged portion 25 is defined by, for example, the inner edge shape of the opening of the engaging portion insertion hole 27. The protrusion 28 is formed by, for example, a central portion 27a of the engagement portion insertion hole 27 having a convex shape protruding upward.

The protrusion 28 has a central portion 27a of the engaging portion insertion hole 27 as a base end portion 28a, and extends upward from the base end portion 28a in a flat plate shape along the height direction H. The pair of side end surfaces 28b, 28b of the protrusion 28 extend substantially parallel to each other in the height direction H. On the tip end side of the protrusion 28, for example, a pair of chamfered portions 28c continuous with the pair of side end surfaces 28b, 28b is formed. The protrusion 28 can be formed by punching a part of the connecting portion 26.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 5, the cross-sectional dimension of the protrusion 28 is not particularly limited, but is, for example, the same thickness dimension as the wall thickness of the connecting portion 26 in the front-rear direction L, and has a width. In the direction W, it is about half the width of the flat plate portion 18 of the engaging portion 17. The height dimension of the protrusion 28 is lower than the predetermined height at which the flat plate portion 18 of the engagement portion 17 in the engagement portion insertion hole 27 is movable in the height direction H with reference to the height of the base end portion 28a. It is a height dimension.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4B, the engaging portion 17 includes a bent portion 19 bent at a substantially central portion of the base portion 11 in the width direction W, and the bent portion 19 toward the shift bracket 20 side. And a flat plate portion 18 extending toward. The bent portion 19 is a portion formed by bending the flat plate portion 18 so as to face the shift bracket 20 side. The bent portion 19 has, for example, an arcuate cross section whose axial direction is the extending direction of the base portion 11 (the width direction W in the fastening state).

The flat plate portion 18 extends so as to intersect the protrusion 28 in the temporarily fixed posture. The flat plate portion 18 extends, for example, along the normal direction of the base portion 11 (the front-rear direction L in the fastening state), and extends along a horizontal plane orthogonal to the base portion 11. The pair of side end faces 18a, 18a of the flat plate portion 18 extend substantially parallel to each other along the front-rear direction L. On the tip end side of the flat plate portion 18, for example, in order to easily insert the flat plate portion 18 into the engagement portion insertion hole 27, a pair of corner processing portions 18b and 18b continuous with the pair of side end surfaces 18a and 18a are formed. There is. The engagement portion 17 can be formed by, for example, a process including punching a part of the base portion 11 and bending the bent portion 19.

A through hole 18c is formed in the flat plate portion 18. The through hole 18c is provided at a position in the front-rear direction L of the flat plate portion 18 corresponding to the position of the protrusion 28 in the temporarily fixed posture. The through hole 18c has, for example, a substantially rectangular shape with the width direction W as the longitudinal direction, and has an opening size corresponding to the cross-sectional size of the protrusion 28.

As shown in FIG. 4B and FIG. 5, the opening size of the through hole 18c is not particularly limited, but for example, is set to be larger than the wall thickness of the protrusion 28 in the front-rear direction L by a predetermined front-back allowance. The width of the protrusion 28 is larger than the width of the protrusion 28 by a predetermined width margin. The predetermined front and rear allowance and width allowance are set according to the allowable amount of positioning error between the positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b of the bracket 10 and the positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b of the shift bracket 20 in the temporarily fixed posture, for example. can do.

The engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 as described above are engaged with each other by the protrusion 28 being inserted into the through hole 18c. The engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 restrict the movement of the bracket 10 in the direction away from the shift bracket 20 by engaging with each other.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6A, first, in the state before the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20, the rear end surfaces 21 a and 21 b of the main body portion 22 of the shift bracket 20. The contact surfaces 15a and 15b of the base portion 11 of the bracket 10 are brought closer to each other. Then, the flat plate portion 18 of the engagement portion 17 is inserted into the engagement portion insertion hole 27 of the main body portion 22.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6B, the flat plate portion 18 of the engagement portion 17 is inserted into the engagement portion insertion hole 27 in the front-back direction L and the width direction W. The position of the flat plate portion 18 is adjusted so that the position of the through hole 18c of 18 and the position of the protrusion 28 that is the engaged portion 25 match.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6C, the flat plate portion 18 is moved in a state where the positions of the through holes 18c of the flat plate portion 18 and the positions of the protrusions 28 are aligned in the front-rear direction L and the width direction W. By being moved downward in the height direction H, the protrusion 28 is inserted into the through hole 18c of the flat plate portion 18, and the engagement portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are brought into an engaged state. Accordingly, the movement of the bracket 10 in the direction away from the shift bracket 20 and the movement of the bracket 10 in the direction toward the shift bracket 20 are restricted.

Even if the own weight of the bracket 10 acts on the center of gravity G in this state, the engagement between the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 and the base portion 11 of the bracket 10 and the shift bracket at the lower end portion 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b. When the bracket 10 is brought into contact with the main body portion 22, the bracket 10 shifts in a state in which a moment is balanced such that the bracket 10 falls toward the direction away from the shift bracket 20 with the vicinity of the lower end portions 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b as fulcrums. Will be retained for 20. That is, the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20.

Further, in the state of FIG. 6C, the lower surface 18 d of the flat plate portion 18 becomes a horizontal flat surface 27 c extending from the base end portion 28 a of the protrusion 28 when the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged. Abutting. The horizontal flat surface 27c is a part of an inner surface that forms an inner edge of the engagement portion insertion hole 27, and is a flat surface extending from the base end portion 28a of the protrusion 28 on both sides in the width direction W substantially in parallel to the width direction W. The horizontal flat surface 27c here does not include a chamfered portion 28d continuous with the base end portion 28a of the protrusion 28. In the component holding structure 1, the lower surface 18d of the flat plate portion 18 is in contact with the horizontal flat surface 27c as shown in FIG. 6C, so that the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the screw holes 24a, The upper and lower positions of 24b overlap. That is, the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the vertical positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b are automatically aligned. That is, the main body portion 22 extends from the base end portion 28a of the projection 28, and the lower surface 18d of the flat plate portion 18 in the state where the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged with each other is brought into contact with the insertion hole 13a. , 13b and the horizontal positions of the receiving holes are overlapped with each other. Since the pair of insertion holes 13a and 13b extend in the horizontal direction here, it can be referred to as horizontal alignment.

The horizontal flat surface 27c is formed on the right side of the insertion hole 13a when viewed from the insertion direction in the horizontal direction (here, the width direction W) orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolt 30a. Therefore, the urging force for rotating the bracket 10 clockwise, which is generated when the right-handed screw bolt 30a is tightened, is supported by the horizontal flat surface 27c.

[Function and effect of component holding structure 1]
In the component holding structure 1 described above, the center of gravity G of the bracket 10 is located above the lower ends 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b in the temporarily fixed posture. Therefore, when the self-weight of the bracket 10 acts on the center of gravity G in the temporarily fixed posture, a moment may occur in which the bracket 10 tilts in a direction away from the shift bracket 20 with the vicinity of the lower ends 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b as fulcrums. Here, according to the component holding structure 1, the engagement portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged with each other, so that the movement of the bracket 10 in the direction away from the shift bracket 20 is restricted. As a result, even if the weight of the bracket 10 acts on the center of gravity G when the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20, the bracket 10 faces away from the shift bracket 20 with the vicinity of the lower ends 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b as fulcrums. The fall of 10 is suppressed. As a result, the bracket 10 can be appropriately temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20.

In the component holding structure 1, the engaged portion 25 is the protrusion 28 that protrudes upward, and the engaging portion 17 includes the flat plate portion 18 that extends so as to intersect the protrusion 28 in the temporarily fixed posture. A through hole 18c corresponding to the cross-sectional dimension of the protrusion 28 is formed in the portion 18, and the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 engage with each other when the protrusion 28 is inserted into the through hole 18c. As a result, the size of the through hole 18c into which the protrusion 28 is inserted corresponds to the cross-sectional size of the protrusion 28, so that the movement of the bracket 10 is restricted not only in the direction away from the shift bracket 20 but also in the direction toward the shift bracket 20. be able to.

In the case where the plate-shaped member 170 whose tip is bent in a hook shape is inserted into the through hole 250 and simply hooked, as in the case of the comparative component holding structure 100 shown in FIG. In contrast, according to the component holding structure 1, since the size of the through hole 18c into which the protrusion 28 is inserted corresponds to the cross-sectional size of the protrusion 28, the rattling of the bracket 10 with respect to the shift bracket 20 in the temporarily fixed posture is caused. Can be suppressed.

In the component holding structure 1, the main body portion 22 extends from the screw holes 24a and 24b that receive the bolts 30a and 30b inserted into the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the base end portion 28a of the protrusion 28, and the engaging portion 17 is formed. Also, the lower surface 18d of the flat plate portion 18 in the engaged state of the engaged portion 25 is brought into contact with the horizontal flat surface 27c for overlapping the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b with the vertical positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b. Is included. Thereby, the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the screw holes 24a and 24b can be easily determined.

In the component holding structure 1, the bolt 30a is a right-handed bolt, and the horizontal flat surface 27c is formed on the right side of the insertion hole 13a in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolt 30a when viewed from the insertion direction. There is. As a result, the urging force for rotating the bracket 10 clockwise, which is generated when the right-handed screw bolt 30a is tightened, is supported by the horizontal flat surface 27c. Therefore, it is possible to omit holding the bracket 10 by the operator in order to suppress the rotation of the bracket 10 due to the urging force.

[Configuration of component holding structure 1A of the second embodiment]
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of the component holding structure 1A according to the second embodiment. The component holding structure 1A is basically configured in the same manner as the component holding structure 1, but the shape and dimensions of the engaging portion insertion hole 27A when viewed from the front-rear direction L are related to the component holding structure 1. It is different from the joint insertion hole 27.

As shown in FIG. 7, in a state in which the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged, at least one of the side end surfaces 18a, 18a of the flat plate portion 18 is horizontal and orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolts 30a, 30b. It abuts at least one of the vertical flat surfaces 27e, 27e facing each other in the direction (here, the width direction W). The vertical flat surface 27e is a part of the inner surface that forms the inner edge of the engagement portion insertion hole 27A, and is a flat surface that extends substantially parallel to the height direction H on both sides in the width direction W of the engagement portion insertion hole 27A. The dimension of the engaging portion insertion hole 27A in the width direction W (distance between the vertical flat surfaces 27e, 27e) is larger than the dimension of the flat plate portion 18 of the engaging portion 17 in the width direction W. Unlike the dimension of the insertion hole 27 in the width direction W (distance between the vertical flat surfaces 27d, 27d in FIG. 5), it is substantially equal to the dimension of the flat plate portion 18 of the engaging portion 17 in the width direction W.

Unlike the four corners 27b of the engagement portion insertion hole 27, which are arcuate when viewed from the front-rear direction L, the lower side of the vertical flat surface 27e of the engagement portion insertion hole 27A is located below the horizontal flat surfaces 27c and 27c. It is cut out like a depression. As a result, when the side end surface 18a (flat surface) of the flat plate portion 18 interferes with the four corners 27b (curved surface), the side end surface 18a (flat surface) of the flat plate portion 18 contacts the vertical flat surface 27e (flat surface). In this case, rattling of the flat plate portion 18 in the width direction W is reduced. Therefore, the positioning accuracy in the width direction W is improved.

In the component holding structure 1A, at least one of the side end surfaces 18a, 18a of the flat plate portion 18 is in the insertion direction of the bolts 30a, 30b in the state where the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged as shown in FIG. Positions (horizontal positions) of the insertion holes 13a, 13b in the width direction W by being in contact with at least one of the vertical flat surfaces 27e, 27e facing each other in the horizontal direction (here, the width direction W) orthogonal to the And the positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b (horizontal position) overlap. That is, the positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b in the width direction W are automatically aligned.

[Function and effect of component holding structure 1A]
In the component holding structure 1A described above, the main body portion 22 includes the screw holes 24a and 24b for receiving the bolts 30a and 30b inserted into the insertion holes 13a and 13b, and the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolts 30a and 30b. And the side end surface 18a of the flat plate portion 18 in a state where the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged with each other are brought into contact with each other, so that the horizontal positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b in the horizontal direction and the screw hole 24a. , 24b include a pair of vertical flat surfaces 27e that overlap with the horizontal positions of 24b. As a result, the insertion holes 13a, 13b and the screw holes 24a, 24b can be easily positioned in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolts 30a, 30b.

[Modification]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. The present invention can be implemented in various modes including various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, including the above-described embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the engaged portion 25, which is the protrusion 28 protruding upward, and the engaged portion 25, which is the flat plate portion 18 in which the through hole 18c is formed, are inserted into the through hole 18c. However, the structure is not limited to this. As the engaging portion and the engaged portion, the engaging portion is provided above the lower end portion 16 of the contact surfaces 15a and 15b in the temporarily fixed posture, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other. Various structures may be changed as long as the movement of the bracket 10 in the direction away from the shift bracket 20 is restricted by the combination.

In the above-described embodiment, the contact surfaces 15a and 15b and the rear end surfaces 21a and 21b are in surface contact with each other in a substantially rectangular shape, but the shape of the area in which the surface contact is not limited to this. In this case, the lower end portion 16 does not have to be a straight line shape along the width direction W like the lower end side 16a, may be a straight line shape inclined with respect to the width direction W, or may be a curved line shape. May be. Further, when the contact surfaces 15a, 15b of the bracket 10 and the shift bracket 20 are in point contact, the lower end portion 16 may be the point in point contact.

In the above-described embodiment, the lower surface 18d of the flat plate portion 18 in a state where the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged with each other is brought into contact with the horizontal flat surface 27c, so that the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the screw. Although the vertical positions of the holes 24a and 24b overlap, the vertical positions of the insertion holes 13a and 13b and the vertical positions of the screw holes 24a and 24b do not necessarily have to be automatically aligned.

In the above embodiment, the bolt 30a is a right-handed bolt, and the horizontal flat surface 27c is formed on the right side of the insertion hole 13a in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the bolt 30a when viewed from the insertion direction. , But is not limited to this. It is not always necessary that the urging force for rotating the bracket 10 clockwise that is generated when the right-handed screw bolt 30a is tightened is supported by the horizontal flat surface 27c.

In the second embodiment, the side end surface 18a of the flat plate portion 18 in a state where the engaging portion 17 and the engaged portion 25 are engaged with each other is brought into contact with the vertical flat surface 27e, so that the insertion hole 13a in the horizontal direction, Although the horizontal position of 13b and the horizontal position of the screw holes 24a, 24b overlap, the position of the insertion holes 13a, 13b and the positions of the screw holes 24a, 24b in the width direction W are not always automatically aligned. It does not have to be done.

In the above embodiment, the contact surfaces 15a and 15b each have a pair (that is, two) in the width direction W, but the number of contact surfaces is not necessarily limited to two, and may be one, for example. There may be three or more. In the above embodiment, the number of the bolts 30a and 30b, the insertion holes 13a and 13b, and the screw holes 24a and 24b as the receiving holes is two, but the number is not necessarily limited to two, and even one, for example. The number may be three or more.

In the above embodiment, the bracket 10 has a U-shaped outer shape as a whole, but the shape of the bracket 10 is not limited to this. The shape may be such that the center of gravity G of the bracket 10 is located above the lower end of the contact surface in the fastened state (temporarily fixed posture).

In the above embodiment, as an application example of the component holding structures 1 and 1A, an example in which the bracket 10 is temporarily fixed to the shift bracket 20 by the component holding structures 1 and 1A in the assembly of the interior member 2 of the vehicle has been described. Application examples of the component holding structures 1 and 1A are not limited to the above-described embodiments. In short, the component is not limited to the bracket 10, the attachment target member is not limited to the shift bracket 20, and the component holding structures 1 and 1A have the center of gravity of the component at the lower end portion of the contact surface in the temporarily fixed posture. This is applied to the temporary fixing of the component to the attachment target member in which a moment may occur that causes the component to fall away from the attachment target member with the vicinity of the lower end of the contact surface as the fulcrum because it is located above be able to.

1, 1A... Holding structure, 10... Bracket (part), 11... Base, 13a, 13b... Insertion hole, 15a, 15b... Abutting surface, 16... Lower end, 17... Engaging section, 18... Flat plate section, 18a ... side end surface, 18c... through hole, 18d... lower surface, 20... shift bracket (attachment target member), 22... body part, 24a, 24b... screw hole (reception hole), 25... engaged part, 27c... horizontal flat Surface, 27e... Vertical flat surface, 28... Protrusion, 28a... Base end portion, 30a, 30b... Bolt (insertion member), G... Center of gravity.

Claims (5)

A component holding structure for temporarily fixing a component to an attachment target member,
The component is a base portion in which an insertion hole for inserting the insertion member for attaching the component to the attachment target member is formed, and an engagement portion provided so as to project from the base portion to the attachment target member side, Have
The base portion includes a contact surface that is brought into contact with the attachment target member,
The center of gravity of the component is located above the lower end of the contact surface in the temporarily fixed posture,
The engagement portion is provided above the lower end portion in the posture,
The attachment target member includes a main body portion and an engaged portion provided at a position of the main body portion corresponding to the engaging portion,
The component holding structure for restricting the movement of the component in the direction away from the attachment target member by engaging the engaging portion and the engaged portion with each other. The engaged portion is a protrusion protruding upward,
The engagement portion includes a flat plate portion that extends to intersect the protrusion in the posture,
In the flat plate portion, a through hole corresponding to the cross-sectional dimension of the protrusion is formed,
The component holding structure according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion and the engaged portion engage with each other when the protrusion is inserted into the through hole. The main body portion extends from the base end portion of the protrusion and a receiving hole that receives the insertion member inserted into the insertion hole, and the flat plate in a state in which the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged. 3. The component holding structure according to claim 2, further comprising a horizontal flat surface that overlaps the vertical position of the insertion hole and the vertical position of the receiving hole by abutting the lower surface of the portion. The insertion member is a right-handed screw bolt,
The component holding structure according to claim 3, wherein the horizontal flat surface is formed on the right side of the insertion hole when viewed from the insertion direction in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the insertion member. The main body section faces a receiving hole that receives the insertion member inserted through the insertion hole in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the insertion member, and the engaging section and the engaged section engage with each other. The pair of vertical flat surfaces that overlap the horizontal position of the insertion hole and the horizontal position of the receiving hole in the horizontal direction by contacting the side end surfaces of the flat plate portions in the combined state. 4. The component holding structure according to any one of 4 above.

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