JP2021088207A - Wheel house structure of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To enhance work efficiency when connecting a connected part made from a flexible member with a connection part of an exterior member by restraining deformation of the flexible member.SOLUTION: In wheel house structure of a vehicle which comprises a wheel house main body part 20, a bumper seal 34 (first flexible member), a bumper cover 40 (second flexible member) and an exterior material 50 which covers an end edge of the bumper seal 34 and an end edge of the bumper cover 40 along a wheel arch, it is configured such that a connection part 52h of the exterior material 50 and a connected part 343 formed on the end edge of the bumper seal 34 are connected by a connection member 56. The connection member 56 is configured so as to press the exterior material 50 against the bumper seal 34 in a connection direction when connecting the connected part 343 of the bumper seal 34 with the connection part 52h of the exterior material 50. The end edge of the bumper seal 34 is borne by the bumper cover 40 (moving prevention member).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a wheel house structure of a vehicle.

Patent Document 1 describes a technique relating to a vehicle front wheel house structure. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the fender liner 102 (No. 1) is provided so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the wheel 101 in the wheel storage portion of the wheel house main body (not shown) provided in the vehicle body, as shown in FIG. 1 flexible member) is attached. Further, the outside of the wheel house main body in the vehicle width direction is covered with a fender panel 104 that constitutes a design surface of the vehicle body. Further, the front portion of the fender panel 104 is covered with the side wall portion 106w of the bumper cover 106 (second flexible member). A wheel arch portion 106a of a wheel house is provided on the rear end edge of the side wall portion 106w of the bumper cover 106, and an arch molding 107 as an exterior material is attached to the wheel arch portion 106a.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a plurality of engaging openings 106h (connected portions) are formed at equal intervals along the edge of the wheel arch portion 106a of the bumper cover 106. Further, on the back surface of the arch molding 107, a plurality of engaging claws 107t (connecting portions) inserted into the engaging openings 106h of the wheel arch portion 106a of the bumper cover 106 are provided at positions corresponding to the engaging openings 106h. It is overhanging. As a result, each engaging claw 107t of the arch molding 107 is inserted into and engaged with each engaging opening 106h of the wheel arch portion 106a of the bumper cover 106, whereby the arch molding 107 is engaged with the wheel arch portion of the bumper cover 106. It can be attached to 106a.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-78725

However, the bumper cover 106 is made of resin and has flexibility. Further, the wheel arch portion 106a is formed at the end edge of the bumper cover 106 and is separated from the connecting portion between the bumper cover 106 and the vehicle body. Therefore, when the engaging claw 107t (connecting portion) of the arch molding 107 (exterior material) is inserted into the engaging opening 106h (connected portion) of the wheel arch portion 106a (flexible member), the bumper cover 106 The wheel arch portion 106a of the arch molding 107 bends and deforms easily in the insertion direction of the engaging claw 107t of the arch molding 107. As a result, it becomes difficult to insert the engaging claw 107t of the arch molding 107 into the engaging opening 106h of the wheel arch portion 106a, and the mounting work efficiency of the arch molding 107 is lowered.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is to suppress deformation of the flexible member and to connect the connecting portion of the exterior material and the flexible member. This is to improve the work efficiency when connecting the parts.

The above-mentioned problems are solved by each invention. The first invention comprises a vehicle body, a wheel house main body including a wheel storage portion, a first flexible member covering the wheel house main body from the inside of the wheel storage portion, and the wheel. An exterior that covers a second flexible member that covers the outside of the house body in the vehicle width direction, and an edge of the first flexible member and an edge of the second flexible member along a wheel arch. It is a wheel house structure of a vehicle including a material, and has a configuration in which a connecting portion of the exterior material and a connected portion formed at the end edge of the first flexible member are connected by the connecting member. When connecting the connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion of the first flexible member, the connecting member presses the exterior material against the first flexible member in the connecting direction. The edge of the first flexible member is supported by a movement blocking member.

According to the present invention, the edge of the first flexible member is supported by the movement blocking member. Therefore, when the connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion formed at the end edge of the first flexible member are connected by the connecting member, the exterior material is attached to the first flexible member. Even if it is pressed in the connecting direction, the first flexible member is supported by the movement blocking member, and it becomes difficult to deform. That is, when connecting the connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion of the first flexible member, even if the first flexible member receives the pressing force of the connecting member, the first flexible member Is not displaced due to deformation, and the efficiency of connecting work is improved.

According to the second invention, the movement blocking member is the edge of the second flexible member that is engaged with the edge of the first flexible member. That is, since the edge of the second flexible member can be used as the movement blocking member, the number of parts does not increase.

According to a third invention, the engagement between the edge of the first flexible member and the edge of the second flexible member is the engagement claw and the engagement opening into which the engagement claw is inserted. Alternatively, it is done by an engaging hook and an engaging notch into which the engaging hook is hooked.

According to the fourth invention, the second flexible member is a bumper cover, and the first flexible member is a member that closes the gap between the bumper cover and the vehicle body.

Further, in the additional invention, the edge of the second flexible member is provided with a connected portion to which another connecting portion of the exterior material is connected. As a result, when another connecting portion of the exterior material is connected to the connected portion of the second flexible member by the connecting member, the first flexible member suppresses the deformation of the second flexible member. Can be done.

Further, in the next invention, the exterior material is connected to a side wall portion having a connecting portion connected to the connected portion of the first flexible member and the connected portion at the end edge of the second flexible member. A vertical wall portion including a connecting portion to be formed is provided, and an engaging portion between the edge of the first flexible member and the edge of the second flexible member is covered with the exterior material. ing.

According to the present invention, the work efficiency when connecting the connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion of the flexible member is improved.

It is a perspective view of the rear part of the vehicle provided with the wheel house structure which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view of the rear part of the vehicle. It is a vertical cross-sectional view (III-III arrow cross-sectional view of FIG. 1) which shows the relationship between a wheel house main body part, a rear liner, and a wheel arch molding in the wheel house structure. A plan sectional view showing the relationship between the wheel house main body, the bumper cover, the rear liner, the bumper seal (central portion), and the wheel arch molding in the wheel house structure (IV-IV arrow cross-sectional view of FIG. 1). Is. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the engaging method of the bumper cover and a bumper seal. In a plan sectional view (VI-VI arrow cross-sectional view of FIG. 1) showing the relationship between the wheel house main body, the bumper cover, the rear liner, the bumper seal (upper part), and the wheel arch molding in the wheel house structure. is there. It is a plan sectional view which shows the relationship between the wheel house main body part of the wheel house structure which concerns on the modification, and a bumper cover, a rear liner, a bumper seal, and a wheel arch molding. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the engaging method of the bumper cover and the bumper seal of the wheel house structure which concerns on the modification. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional wheel house structure. It is a vertical cross-sectional view which shows the conventional wheel house structure.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, the wheel house structure of the vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The wheel house in this embodiment is a rear wheel house provided at the rear of the vehicle. Here, the front-rear, left-right, and up-down in the figure correspond to the front-back, left-right, and up-down of the vehicle having the wheel house structure.

<Overview of rear wheel house>
As shown in FIG. 1, the rear wheel house H (hereinafter referred to as a wheel house H) is provided with an arc-shaped wheel storage portion Ht for accommodating the rear wheels 5, and is provided on the left and right side surfaces of the rear portion of the vehicle. .. In FIG. 1 and the like, the wheel house H on the left side of the vehicle is displayed. As shown in FIG. 3 (cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1), the wheel house H includes a wheel house main body 20 constituting the vehicle body 10. The wheel house main body 20 is composed of a wheel house inner panel 22 and a wheel house outer panel 24 forming a wheel storage portion Ht, and an edge portion of a cymen outer panel 26 that covers the wheel house outer panel 24 from the outside in the vehicle width direction. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the wheel house inner panel 22 and the wheel house outer panel 24 form a wheel storage portion Ht by aligning the outer peripheral flanges 22f and 24f of each other from the left-right direction and joining them by welding or the like. .. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the edge 26x of the cymen outer panel 26 is fixed to the edge 24x of the wheel house outer panel 24 by an adhesive or the like along the wheel arch. The inner wall surface of the wheel storage portion Ht of the wheel house main body 20 is covered with a rear liner 32 which is a flexible protective material.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cymen outer panel 26 is a panel constituting the design surface of the vehicle, and the rear lamp 16 is attached to the rear end position of the cymen outer panel 26. As shown in FIG. 2, a bumper support 17 extending forward from the lower end position of the rear lamp 16 to the rear end position of the wheel house H is attached to the cymen outer panel 26. The bumper support 17 is a member that fixes the upper end edge of the side wall portion 40s (hereinafter, referred to as the bumper cover 40) of the bumper cover 40 of the rear bumper to the cymen outer panel 26, and is attached to the recessed portion of the cymen outer panel 26.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower side of the cymen outer panel 26 below the bumper support 17 is covered by the bumper cover 40. Then, in the cymen outer panel 26, the portion covered by the bumper cover 40 becomes the bumper inner portion 26d (see FIG. 2). Further, in the cymen outer panel 26, the upper side of the bumper support 17 is the design portion 26e exposed from the bumper cover 40 as shown in FIG. Here, the bumper cover 40 is a resin plate-like body and has flexibility. Therefore, the bumper cover 40 is likely to be deformed in the direction in which the bumper cover 40 is in contact with and separated from the bumper inner portion 26d of the simen outer panel 26 at a position (lower portion) away from the bumper support 17.

When the bumper cover 40 is attached to the cymen outer panel 26 by the bumper support 17, a gap S is formed between the bumper cover 40 and the bumper inner portion 26d of the cymen outer panel 26 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6. Then, the gap S is closed by the flexible bumper seal 34 from the inside of the wheel storage portion Ht of the wheel house H.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a wheel arch portion 260 constituting the wheel arch is formed in the design portion 26e of the cymen outer panel 26. Further, on the front end edge of the bumper cover 40, a wheel arch portion 43, which also constitutes a wheel arch, is formed so as to be continuous with the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26. A wheel arch molding 50, which is an exterior material, is attached to the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26 and the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. Further, the wheel arch molding 50 covers the edge of the bumper seal 34 and the edge of the rear liner 32 in the wheel storage portion Ht.

<About bumper seal 34>
As described above, the bumper seal 34 is a plate-shaped flexible member that closes the gap S between the bumper inner portion 26d of the cymen outer panel 26 and the bumper cover 40, and is a wheel house as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is provided at the lower end position of the rear portion in the wheel storage portion Ht of H. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the left end edge (outer end edge) of the bumper seal 34 is provided with a bumper side end edge 34x along the inside of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. Further, the right end edge (inner end edge) of the bumper seal 34 is provided with a body side end edge 34y that overlaps with the outer end edge of the wheel house main body 20 of the vehicle body 10. Then, the body side edge 34y of the bumper seal 34 is fixed to the outer edge of the wheel house main body 20 (wheel house outer panel 24 in FIG. 6) by a screw material 34n as shown in FIG. 6 and the like at a plurality of positions. There is. In addition, in FIGS. 1 and 2, only the upper screw material 34n is shown, and the others are omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a step portion 341 that supports the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 from the back side is formed on the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 at a substantially right angle to the bumper seal surface 34f. ing. That is, the bumper seal 34 (bumper seal surface 34f) is positioned substantially at right angles to the bumper cover 40, and the stepped portion 341 of the bumper seal 34 is formed so as to be substantially parallel to the bumper cover 40.

Then, the engaging claw 342 that engages the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 with the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 is formed so as to project to the left (outside in the vehicle width direction) at the position of the step portion 341. Has been done. Here, a plurality of engaging claws 342 are formed along the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34. Further, above and below the engaging claw 342, insertion stoppers 342s of the engaging claw 342 are provided. Further, at the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34, a connected hole 343 through which the clip 56 in the wheel storage portion of the wheel arch molding 50 is passed is located at a height position substantially equal to the engaging claw 342 at the position of the bumper seal surface 34f. Is formed in. Note that, in FIG. 2, one engaging claw 342 and the connected hole 343 are represented as a representative, and the others are omitted.

<About the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40>
As shown in FIG. 5, the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 is formed with a step 43d extending along the wheel arch portion 43 at the center position in the width direction. Then, in the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40, an engaging opening 432 into which the engaging claw 342 of the bumper seal 34 is inserted is formed at a position corresponding to the engaging claw 342 on the front side (edge side) of the step 43d. ing. Further, in the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40, a connected hole 433 through which the connecting clip 55 of the wheel arch molding 50 is passed is formed at a height position substantially equal to the engaging opening 432 on the rear side of the step 43d. There is. Note that, in FIG. 2, one engaging opening 432 and the connected hole 433 are represented, and the others are omitted.

<About Wheel Arch Mall 50>
The wheel arch molding 50 is the position of the wheel arch of the wheel house H, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26, the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40, and the bumper seal 34. It is an exterior material that covers the bumper side edge 34x and the like. The wheel arch molding 50 is formed from a vertical wall portion 51 and a horizontal wall portion 52 formed with a constant width dimension into a substantially L-shaped cross section. The vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is configured to cover the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26 and the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. Further, the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 is configured to cover the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 and the edge of the rear liner 32.

As shown in FIG. 4, a connecting hole 52h is formed in the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 at a position corresponding to the connected hole 343 of the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34. Then, by inserting the clip 56 in the wheel storage portion into the connecting hole 52h of the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 and the connected hole 343 of the bumper side end edge 34x of the bumper seal 34, both 52 and 34 are connected. Become so. Note that, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clip 56 in the wheel housing portion and the connecting hole 52h are represented in one place as a representative, and the others are omitted.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a connecting clip 55 is provided on the back side of the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50. The connecting clip 55 corresponds to the position corresponding to the connected hole 261 (see FIG. 3) of the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26 and the connected hole 433 (see FIG. 4) of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. It is provided at the position. As a result, the connecting clip 55 of the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is pushed into the connected hole 261 of the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26 and the connected hole 433 of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. The vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 can be attached to the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26 and the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40.

<Bumper cover 40, bumper seal 34, wheel arch molding 50 assembly procedure>
Next, the procedure for assembling the bumper cover 40, the bumper seal 34, and the wheel arch molding 50 will be described. First, in a state where the rear liner 32 is set in the wheel storage portion Ht of the wheel house main body 20 of the vehicle body 10, as shown in FIG. 6, the body side edge 34y of the bumper seal 34 is the wheel house main body 20. It is fixed to the outer edge (wheel house outer panel 24 in FIG. 6) by a screw material 34n at a plurality of locations.

Next, the bumper cover 40 is set on the vehicle body 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper end edge of the bumper cover 40 is attached to the simen outer panel 26 by the bumper support 17. In this state, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engaging claw 342 formed on the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 is passed through the engaging opening 432 of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. Then, the engaging claw 342 and the engaging opening 432 come to engage with each other.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 and the bumper side of the bumper seal 34 are supported from the back side by the stepped portion 341 of the bumper seal 34. The edge 34x is connected. That is, since the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 is supported from the back side by the step portion 341 of the bumper seal 34, the wheel arch portion 43 is unlikely to be deformed in the direction approaching the bumper inner portion 26d of the bumper outer panel 26. Become. Further, since the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 is supported by the bumper cover 40 via the engaging claw 342 and the engaging opening 432, the bumper seal 34 is less likely to be deformed in the vehicle front-rear direction.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the connecting clip 55 of the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is pushed into the connected hole 261 of the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26. As a result, the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is attached to the wheel arch portion 260 of the cymen outer panel 26. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the connecting clip 55 of the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is pushed into the connected hole 433 of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40. As a result, the vertical wall portion 51 of the wheel arch molding 50 is attached to the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40.

At this time, as described above, since the bumper cover 40 is supported from the back side by the bumper seal 34, the bumper cover 40 is pushed in when the connecting clip 55 of the wheel arch molding 50 is pushed into the connected hole 433 of the bumper cover 40. It becomes difficult to deform in the direction. Therefore, the connecting clip 55 of the wheel arch molding 50 can be efficiently pushed into the connected hole 433 of the bumper cover 40.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the clip 56 in the wheel housing portion is pushed into the connecting hole 52h of the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 and the connected hole 343 of the bumper seal 34. As a result, the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 is connected to the bumper seal 34 by the clip 56 in the wheel storage portion. At this time, since the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 is supported by the bumper cover 40 via the engaging claw 342 and the engaging opening 432, the bumper seal 34 is less likely to be deformed in the rear direction. Therefore, the clip 56 in the wheel housing portion can be efficiently pushed into the connecting hole 52h of the wheel arch molding 50 and the connected hole 343 of the bumper seal 34. Then, by attaching the wheel arch molding 50 as described above, the engaging portion (engaging claw 342, engaging opening 432) between the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 and the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40). Will be covered by the wheel arch molding 50.

<Correspondence between the terms in the present embodiment and the terms in the present invention>
The wheel arch molding 50 in the present embodiment corresponds to the exterior material of the present invention, the bumper seal 34 corresponds to the first flexible member of the present invention, and the bumper cover 40 corresponds to the second flexible member and movement prevention. Corresponds to a member. Further, the connecting hole 52h of the side wall portion 52 of the wheel arch molding 50 corresponds to the connecting portion of the exterior material of the present invention, and the connected hole 343 of the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34 is the first flexible member. It corresponds to the connected portion formed on the edge edge, and the clip 56 in the wheel housing portion corresponds to the connecting member of the present invention. Further, the connecting clip 55 of the wheel arch molding 50 corresponds to another connecting portion and the connecting member of the exterior material of the present invention (additional invention), and the connected hole 433 of the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 of the present invention. Corresponds to the connected portion of the edge of the second flexible member.

<Advantages of the wheel house structure of the vehicle according to this embodiment>
According to the wheel house structure of the vehicle according to the present embodiment, the bumper side edge 34x (end edge) of the bumper seal 34 (first flexible member) is the wheel arch portion 43 (movement blocking member) of the bumper cover 40 (movement blocking member). It is supported by the edge). Therefore, when connecting the connecting hole 52h (connecting portion) of the wheel arch molding 50 (exterior material) and the connected hole 343 of the bumper seal 34 by the clip 56 (connecting member) in the wheel housing portion, the wheel arch molding 50 is connected. Even if the bumper seal 34 is pressed in the connecting direction, the bumper seal 34 is supported by the bumper cover 40 and is less likely to be deformed. That is, when connecting the connecting hole 52h of the wheel arch molding 50 and the connected hole 343 of the bumper seal 34, even if the bumper seal 34 receives the pressing force of the clip 56 in the wheel housing portion, the bumper seal 34 is displaced due to deformation. This eliminates the problem and improves the efficiency of connection work. Further, the bumper seal 34 makes it difficult for the bumper cover 40 to be deformed in the pressing direction of the connecting clip 55 of the wheel arch molding 50.

<Change example>
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the vicinity of the connected hole 343 (connected portion) in the bumper seal 34 (first flexible member) (bumper side edge 34x) and the bumper. An example is shown in which the wheel arch portion 43 (second flexible member, movement blocking member) of the cover 40 is engaged with the engaging claw 342 by the engaging opening 432. However, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, it is also possible to engage the bumper seal 34 and the wheel arch portion 43 of the bumper cover 40 by using the engagement hook 345 and the engagement notch 435.

That is, an engaging hook 345 is formed so as to protrude in parallel with the step portion 341 on the bumper side edge 34x of the bumper seal 34. The gap between the stepped portion 341 of the bumper seal 34 and the engaging hook 345 is set to a dimension substantially equal to the wall thickness dimension of the edge 43t of the bumper cover 40 (wheel arch portion 43). Further, the edge 43t of the bumper cover 40 (wheel arch portion 43) has a width dimension equal to the width dimension (vertical dimension) of the engagement hook 345 at a position corresponding to the engagement hook 345 of the bumper seal 34. A joint notch 435 is formed. As a result, the end edge 43t of the bumper cover 40 is inserted into the gap between the step portion 341 of the bumper seal 34 and the engaging hook 345, and the engaging hook 345 and the engaging notch 435 are engaged with each other to form the bumper cover 40. The bumper seal 34 can be connected.

Further, in the present embodiment, although the example in which the bumper seal 34 and the rear liner 32 are made into separate parts is shown, the bumper seal 34 and the rear liner 32 can be integrated. When the bumper seal 34 and the rear liner 32 are integrated, the integrated component corresponds to the first flexible member of the present invention. Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the bumper cover 40 (second flexible member) is used as the member (movement blocking member) that supports the bumper seal 34 (first flexible member) is shown. However, it is also possible to separately provide a movement blocking member that supports the bumper seal 34 (first flexible member). Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to the rear wheel house H is shown, but it is also possible to apply the present invention to the front wheel house.

10 ... Vehicle body H ... Wheel house (rear wheel house)
Ht ... Wheel storage 20 ... Wheel house body 32 ... Rear liner 34 ... Bumper seal (first flexible member)
34x ... Bumper side edge (edge of first flexible member)
342 ... Engagement claw 343 ... Connected hole (connected part)
345 ... Engagement hook 40 ... Bumper cover (second flexible member, movement blocking member)
43 ... Wheel arch (edge of second flexible member)
432 ... Engagement opening 433 ... Connected hole (connected part)
435 ・ ・ ・ Notch for engagement 50 ・ ・ ・ ・ Wheel arch molding (exterior material)
51 ... Vertical wall part 52 ... Horizontal wall part 52h ... Connecting hole (connecting part)
55 ... Connecting clip (another connecting part and connecting member)
56 ... Clip in wheel storage (connecting member)

Claims (4)

A wheel house main body that constitutes a vehicle body and includes a wheel storage portion, a first flexible member that covers the wheel house main body from the inside of the wheel storage portion, and a vehicle width of the wheel house main body. A vehicle comprising a second flexible member that covers the outside in the direction and an exterior material that covers the edge of the first flexible member and the edge of the second flexible member along the wheel arch. It has a wheel house structure
The connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion formed at the end edge of the first flexible member are connected by the connecting member.
When connecting the connecting portion of the exterior material and the connected portion of the first flexible member, the connecting member presses the exterior material against the first flexible member in the connecting direction. It is a composition,
A wheel house structure of a vehicle in which the end edge of the first flexible member is supported by a movement blocking member. The vehicle wheel house structure according to claim 1.
The movement blocking member is a wheel house structure of a vehicle which is an edge of the second flexible member engaged with the edge of the first flexible member. The wheel house structure of the vehicle according to claim 2.
The engagement between the edge of the first flexible member and the edge of the second flexible member is the engagement claw and the engagement opening into which the engagement claw is inserted, or the engagement hook. And the wheel house structure of the vehicle made by the engaging notch on which the engaging hook is hung. The vehicle wheel house structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The second flexible member is a bumper cover, and the first flexible member is a wheel house structure of a vehicle which is a member that closes a gap between the bumper cover and a vehicle body.

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