JP2022000358A - Belt line mall and terminal holding structure thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a belt line mall of a good appearance, which prevents floating or stumbling near a terminal of the belt line mall, and a terminal holding structure thereof.SOLUTION: A belt line mall 10 fitted along an upper edge of a vehicle door provided with an outer panel 1 and a pillar 2 projected upward from an upper edge 1a of the outer panel comprises a mall body 11l and a terminal holding member 20. The mall body has a notch 12b formed by cutting off a part of a vehicle side edge on an end side. The terminal holding member has a base inserted along the notch of the mall body. The base has a locking piece 24 and an attachment 23 positioned closer to the end side than the locking piece.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a beltline molding mounted on a vehicle door and a terminal holding structure thereof.

The beltline molding is attached to the lower end of the window frame of the automobile door to ensure the sealing property of the door glass and also to decorate the window frame.
In the vicinity of the terminal of the beltline molding, a seal lip or the like provided between the door glass and the terminal may be cut out to decorate the lower end of the pillar garnish (hereinafter referred to as pillar) which is a part of the window frame.
In such a case, if the cutout portion becomes long, the beltline molding will be warped, and the appearance of the window frame as a decoration will be deteriorated.
Therefore, there is a method of providing a clip or the like on the terminal holding member such as an end cap and fixing it to the mounting hole formed in the outer panel. I can't cut it.
Patent Document 1 shows an example in which a mounting portion formed on a terminal of a beltline molding (belt molding) is mounted on a protruding portion provided on a pillar (pillar garnish), but the holding force in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction is high. However, it cannot be said that the holding force in the vehicle body direction and the vehicle exterior direction is high, and the lower end of the pillar is not decorated by using the beltline molding.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-82408

An object of the present invention is to provide a beltline molding having a good appearance and a terminal holding structure thereof by preventing the beltline molding from floating or falling in the vicinity of the terminal.

The beltline molding according to the present invention is a beltline molding mounted along the upper edge of a vehicle door including an outer panel and a pillar protruding upward from the upper edge of the outer panel. The beltline molding includes a molding body and a terminal holding member, and the molding body has a notch portion on the end side, which is formed by cutting out a part of a vehicle body side edge portion, and holds the terminal. The member has a base portion to be inserted along the notch portion of the molding body, and the base portion has a locking piece and a mounting portion located on the end side of the locking piece. ..
In the present invention, the vehicle door can be applied to all doors such as front doors, rear doors, and truck cabin doors of passenger cars.
Further, in the present invention, the pillars refer to the front pillars and the rear pillars in the longitudinal direction constituting the window frame, which also includes a mirror base.
Since the main body of the molding extends along the lower opening end of the door window frame in which the door glass moves up and down, for example, a seal lip or the like is provided on the vehicle body side to seal the space between the door glass and the door glass. The seal lip and the like are notched in the notch.
In the present invention, when the length of the notch portion of the beltline molding becomes long due to having pillars or the like, a locking piece is provided inside the molding body in the extending direction rather than the mounting portion provided on the end side. This prevents the notch from rising, which cannot be prevented only by the mounting portion on the end side.

In the present invention, the mounting portion may be inserted into a mounting hole provided in the outer panel, and the locking piece may be held by the pillar.
By holding the locking piece on the pillar, the holes provided in the outer panel can be minimized.
That is, since the outer panel is provided with a hole for locking the locking piece, which causes an abnormal noise, the present invention causes the pillar to hold the locking piece.

In the present invention, the pillar has a holding hole, the locking piece has a tip claw portion bent in a substantially L shape toward the vehicle body, and the tip claw portion is elastically locked to the holding hole. May be good.
By doing so, the tip claw portion of the locking piece is elastically locked to the holding hole of the pillar, thereby preventing the notch portion inside the extending direction of the molding body from rising above the mounting portion, and the molding body is mounted on the vehicle body. Pull it to the side to prevent the mall body from falling to the outside of the car.

In the present invention, the base of the terminal holding member further has an elastic piece, and the elastic piece may be in elastic contact with the outer panel, and in the present invention, the elastic piece is in the notch. It may be held on both sides of the locking piece along the line.
In this way, in accordance with the action of pulling the notch toward the vehicle body side by the locking piece, the upper side of the molding body is directed toward the vehicle body by the repulsive force of the elastic piece in elastic contact with the outer panel. The pressing force acts to prevent the notch from collapsing and deforming.

The terminal holding structure of the beltline molding according to the present invention is the beltline molding mounted along the upper edge of the vehicle door including the outer panel and the pillars protruding upward from the upper edge of the outer panel. In the terminal holding structure, the beltline molding is on the end side and has a molding body having a notch formed by cutting out a part of a vehicle body side edge portion, and the molding body from the opening end portion of the molding body. The terminal holding member includes a terminal holding member attached along the notch portion, and the terminal holding member includes a base to be inserted into the molding body, a locking piece and an elastic piece projecting from the base, and the terminal holding member from the base. It has a locking piece and a mounting portion that hangs down from the end side of the elastic piece, the mounting portion is mounted on the outer panel, the locking piece is locked to the pillar, and the elastic piece is the outer. It is characterized in that it is in elastic contact with the panel.

In the beltline molding according to the present invention, even if the notch portion becomes long, by providing the locking piece inside the extending direction of the molding body rather than the mounting portion on the end side, the belt line molding is lifted or displaced in the longitudinal direction. To lock.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the beltline molding from rising near the terminal and falling to the outside of the vehicle, and the appearance as a decoration of the vehicle door window frame is excellent.
In addition, the terminal holding member is further provided with an elastic piece that elastically contacts the outer panel, and the repulsive force of the elastic piece exerts an urging force that pushes the upper side of the molding body toward the vehicle body, further deforming the molding body. suppress.

An external perspective view of the vicinity of the terminal of the beltline molding according to the present invention is shown, (a) shows before assembling to the outer panel and pillar, and (b) shows after assembling. The external surface view of FIG. 1 is shown, where FIG. 1A shows a state before assembly and FIG. 1B shows a state after assembly. A perspective view seen from the vehicle body side near the terminal of the beltline molding is shown, (a) shows before the terminal holding member is attached to the molding body, and (b) shows after mounting. Regarding the locking pieces, (a) shows a cross-sectional end view taken along the line AA after holding the locking piece in the pillar, and (b) shows a cross-sectional end view taken along the line AA after holding the locking piece. Regarding the elastic pieces, (a) shows a cross-sectional end view taken along line BB before the contact with the outer panel, and (b) shows the end view of the line BB after the contact. The cross-sectional end view of the CC line after being inserted into the outer panel for the mounting portion is shown.

A structural example of the beltline molding according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show an example of assembling the beltline molding 10 to the outer panel 1 and the pillar 2.
The pillar 2 is provided so as to project upward from the upper edge portion 1a of the outer panel 1 and guides the raising and lowering of the door glass (not shown).
As shown in FIG. 3A, the beltline molding 10 includes a molding main body 11 and a terminal holding member 20 attached from the opening end portion 13 of the molding main body 11.
The molding body 11 extends along the upper edge portion 1a of the outer panel 1, and in this embodiment, from the door glass elevating portion to the front frame surface (not shown) beyond the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2. An example of a continuously connected front door is shown.
The molding body 11 may be continuous with both the front pillar and the rear pillar that sandwich the door glass elevating portion.
As shown in FIG. 1A, a cutout portion 12b is formed on the end portion side of the molding body 11 by cutting out a seal lip 12a or the like which is a part of the vehicle body side edge portion.
The vicinity of the terminal of the beltline molding 10 in this embodiment means a portion continuously connected from the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2 of the molding body 11 to the frame surface (not shown) on the front side, and the terminal holding member 20. Also said.

As shown in FIG. 4A, for example, the molding body 11 has a vertical flange portion 11d that is bent substantially vertically from the upper part of the core portion 11a and a bent portion 11c that is bent from the lower part of the core portion 11a toward the upper part on the vehicle body side. It is a substantially C cross-sectional shape having.
The design portion of the molding body 11 is composed of a surface design portion 11b, a pressing lip 14 that elastically contacts the stepped portion of the outer panel 1, and a sub-lip 15 that elastically contacts the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the molding body 11 has a hook flange portion 11f hanging from the vertical flange portion 11d in the door glass elevating portion, but the hook flange portion 11f is cut out in the notch portion 12b. There is.
In the glass elevating portion, the seal lip 12a provided on the vehicle body side of the hook flange portion 11f abuts on the door glass, and the inner lip 11e provided on the outside of the vehicle and the bent portion 11c of the hook flange portion 11f. The upper edge portion 1a of the outer panel 1 is elastically held.
In the molding body 11 of this embodiment, the core portion 11a, the vertical flange portion 11d, the bent portion 11c, and the hook flange portion 11f are molded with a hard resin, and the surface design portion 11b, the inner lip 11e, the pressing lip 14, and the sub lip 15 are formed. Is an example of molding with a soft resin or an elastomer.
On the other hand, the terminal holding member 20 is formed of a resin material, and has a base portion 21 having a substantially L-shaped cross section and an end lid 22 inserted into the molding body 11 along the vertical flange portion 11d and the bent portion 11c. As shown in FIG. 3B, the end lid 22 closes the open end 13 of the molding body 11.
The terminal holding member 20 hangs the mounting portion 23 from the end side of the base portion 21 inserted into the molding body 11 along the notch portion 12b, and has the locking piece 24 and the elastic piece 25 from the base portion 21 toward the vehicle body. To thrust.
The locking piece 24 and the elastic piece 25 are located inside the molding body 11 in the extending direction with respect to the mounting portion 23 on the end side.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the locking piece 24 has a tip claw portion 24a bent in a substantially L shape toward the vehicle body at the tip, and the elastic piece 25 has a tip as shown in FIG. 5A. Has a tip contact portion 25a warped toward the vehicle body.

As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B, the vicinity of the terminal of the beltline molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 1 and the pillar 2.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the mounting portion 23 is inserted into the mounting hole 1b provided in the stepped portion of the outer panel 1.
The mounting portion 23 has a vehicle body side hooking portion 23a and a vehicle exterior hooking portion 23b that are hooked on the vehicle body side wall portion 1c forming the mounting hole 1b and the vehicle outer wall portion 1d, respectively.
Specifically, the mounting portion 23 is above the mounting hole 1b by engaging the vehicle body side wall portion 1c and the vehicle outer wall portion 1d in the hooking groove of the vehicle body side hooking portion 23a and the vehicle outer hooking portion 23b. It can prevent it from coming out and regulate its movement in the vertical direction.
The vehicle body side hooking portion 23a and the vehicle outer hooking portion 23b are movable for a certain distance in the vehicle body direction and the vehicle exterior direction with the end portion 23c of the mounting portion 23 as an axis, and are easily inserted into the mounting holes 1b.
On the other hand, the locking piece 24 is provided inside the molding main body 11 in the extending direction with respect to the mounting portion 23, and as shown in FIG. 4B, the locking piece 24 is directed from the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2 toward the outside of the vehicle. It is inserted into the holding hole 2c formed between the protruding portion 2b and the lower end portion 2a.
As a result, even if the length of the notch portion 12b becomes long, the locking piece 24 located inside the molding main body 11 in the extending direction with respect to the mounting portion 23 on the end side pulls the molding main body 11 toward the vehicle body.
Further, since the locking piece 24 has the tip claw portion 24a, even if a force is applied that the upper side of the molding body 11 rolls toward the outside of the vehicle with the pressing lip 14 as a fulcrum, the tip claw is applied to the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2. Since the portion 24a can be elastically locked, it is possible to prevent the portion 24a from falling or rising to the outside of the vehicle.
Further, since the inner lip 11e of the molding body 11 elastically contacts the protruding portion 2b, it is more difficult to fall, and conversely, the locking piece 24 elastically contacts the lower end portion 2a of the pillar 2 to prevent rolling toward the vehicle body side. ..
When the mounting portion 23 is inserted into the mounting hole 1b and the locking piece 24 is held in the holding hole 2c, as shown in FIG. 5B, the tip contact portion 25a of the elastic piece 25 is the outer panel 1. Elastically contacts the step.
As a result, an urging force that pushes the upper side of the molding body 11 toward the vehicle body with the pressing lip 14 as a fulcrum acts, more effectively suppresses the deformation of the molding body, and the mounting stability is improved.

1 Outer panel 1a Upper edge 1b Mounting hole 2 Pillar 2c Holding hole 10 Beltline molding 11 Mall body 12b Notch 13 Opening end 20 Terminal holding member 21 Base 23 Mounting 24 Locking piece 25 Elastic piece

Claims (6)

A beltline molding mounted along the upper edge of a vehicle door comprising an outer panel and pillars protruding upward from the upper edge of the outer panel.
The beltline molding includes a molding body and a terminal holding member.
The molding body has a notch portion formed by cutting out a part of a vehicle body side edge portion on the end side.
The terminal holding member has a base to be inserted along the notch of the molding body.
The base portion is a beltline molding characterized by having a locking piece and a mounting portion located on the end side of the locking piece. The mounting portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided in the outer panel, and the mounting portion is inserted into the mounting hole.
The beltline molding according to claim 1, wherein the locking piece is held by the pillar. The pillar has a holding hole and has a holding hole.
The locking piece has a tip claw portion bent in a substantially L shape toward the vehicle body.
The beltline molding according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tip claw portion is elastically locked to the holding hole. The base of the terminal holding member further has an elastic piece and
The beltline molding according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elastic piece elastically contacts the outer panel. The beltline molding according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the elastic piece is provided on both sides of the locking piece along the notch. A beltline molding terminal holding structure mounted along the upper edge of a vehicle door comprising an outer panel and pillars protruding upward from the upper edge of the outer panel.
The beltline molding is attached to a molding body having a notch formed by cutting out a part of a vehicle body side edge portion on the end side, and along the notch from the opening end of the molding body. Equipped with a terminal holding member,
The terminal holding member was hung from a base to be inserted into the molding body, a locking piece and an elastic piece protruding from the base, and from the end side of the locking piece and the elastic piece from the base. Has a mounting part and
The terminal holding structure of a beltline molding, characterized in that the mounting portion is mounted on the outer panel, the locking piece is locked to the pillar, and the elastic piece is in elastic contact with the outer panel.

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