JP2023023865A - License plate attachment structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a licence plate attachment structure which enables easy attachment/detachment of a licence plate and can stabilize an engagement state of the licence plate with a bracket.SOLUTION: A licence plate attachment structure includes: a bracket 10 which is formed with a flat surface S on which a licence plate 1 is arranged, and a land part 11 for matching with a vehicle shape located at a peripheral edge of the flat surface S and has peripheral edge parts 12, 13 where at least an upper part and a lower part of the land part 11 protrude to the front surface side and in which the licence plate 1 is attached to the flat surface S; and multiple clips 20 which are inserted into the peripheral edge part 12 from the front surface side of the peripheral edge part 12 while sandwiching the licence plate 1 and engaged with the bracket 10 to fix the licence plate 1. In the bracket 10, the peripheral edge part 13 is formed with an engagement groove 16 into which a lower part of the licence plate 1 is inserted. The peripheral edge part 12 is formed with multiple clip engagement receiving parts 17 with which the clips 20 respectively engage.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a license plate mounting structure that facilitates attachment and detachment of a license plate and that can stabilize the locking state of the license plate to the bracket.

Conventionally, the license plate is fixed by bolting to a bracket attached to the vehicle body. Here, in South Korea, it is possible to install a license plate with fastening holes for bolt fastening and a license plate without fastening holes for gasoline vehicles including hybrid vehicles, and electric vehicles do not have fastening holes. A license plate is required by law. Due to such social circumstances, if a license plate without fastening holes is attached, the license plate is not fastened to the bracket with bolts, so it can be quickly removed.

Patent Document 1 discloses a locking protrusion (19) provided on the upper side of a mounting frame (10) and a detachable license plate binding inserted into a binding tool fastening groove (50) on the lower side of the mounting frame (10). A license plate coupling device for an electric vehicle is disclosed which secures a license plate (30) by means of a fixing protrusion (21) of a fixture (20). According to this, the license plate (30) can be easily removed by removing the license plate binder (20).

Korean Patent No. 10-2110555

However, according to Patent Document 1, the insertion protrusion (22) of the license plate closure (20) is simply press-fitted into the insertion protrusion groove (16) into the closure fastening groove (15). Although the license plate binder (20) is easy to remove, there is a problem that the locked state of the license plate (30) is unstable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a license plate mounting structure that facilitates attachment and detachment of a license plate and stabilizes the locking state of the license plate to the bracket. With the goal.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a flat surface on which a license plate is arranged, and a land portion formed on the periphery of the flat surface to match the shape of a vehicle. a bracket to which the license plate is attached on the plane, at least the upper and lower parts of which have a peripheral edge projecting to the front side; and one or more clips that fix the license plate by being engaged with a bracket, and the bracket is formed with an engagement groove into which the lower part or upper part of the license plate is inserted in the lower part or upper part of the peripheral edge part. In addition, one or more clip locking receiving portions for locking the clip are formed in the upper portion or the lower portion of the peripheral portion facing the engaging groove.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the clip includes a locking pawl for positioning in the front-rear direction and locking in the clip locking receiving portion, a vertical positioning projection for positioning in the vertical direction, and a clip positioned in the horizontal direction. Left and right positioning projections for positioning, and a pressing portion for pressing the upper edge or lower edge of the license plate backward, and the clip locking receiving portion is a flange with which the locking claw engages , a vertical positioning engaging portion with which the vertical positioning projection engages, and a horizontal positioning engaging portion with which the horizontal positioning projection engages, wherein the upper edge or the lower edge of the license plate is provided with the engaging portion. In a state in which the detent claw is engaged with the flange, the vertical positioning protrusion is engaged with the vertical positioning engagement section, and the horizontal positioning protrusion is engaged with the horizontal positioning engagement section, the pressing section It is characterized in that it is pressed against the flat side.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the clip locking receiving portion is an end portion positioning portion that positions the upper end portion or the lower end portion of the license plate when the license plate is inserted into the engaging groove. characterized by having

Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the front-rear width of the land portion at the center in the left-right direction is smaller than the front-rear width of the left and right ends with respect to the plane, and the clip engagement receiving portion has at least the width in the left-right direction. It is characterized by being arranged other than the center.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, a license plate having no fastening holes for bolt fastening to the bracket can be attached to the bracket.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, a fastening nut for fastening the license plate to the bracket can be detachably attached to the bracket through fastening holes formed in the license plate.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily attach and detach the license plate and to stabilize the locked state of the license plate to the bracket.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a license plate mounting structure according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the clip as seen obliquely from behind. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the clip is locked in the clip locking receiving portion. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 4. FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 4. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 4. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 4. FIG. FIG. 10 is a plan view of the bracket showing a modification of the arrangement of the clip lock receiving portion.

A license plate mounting structure according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Outline configuration>
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a license plate mounting structure according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 , the license plate 1 is arranged on a plane S on the front side (+X side) of the bracket 10 . The bracket 10 is bolted to the front and rear of the vehicle (not shown). As shown in FIG. 1, in this license plate mounting structure, even if the license plate 1 is a license plate 1A having fastening holes 3 for bolt fastening to the bracket 10, fastening Even if the license plate 1B has no holes 3, it can be attached.

The bracket 10 is formed with a plane S on which the license plate 1 is arranged, and a land portion 11 is formed on the periphery of the plane S to match the shape of the vehicle. It has protruding peripheral edges 12,13. In addition, in FIG. 1 , peripheral edge portions 14 and 15 are also provided on the left and right sides of the land portion 11 .

The bracket 10 has an engagement groove 16 in which the lower portion of the license plate 1 is inserted in the peripheral portion 13 of the lower portion. Further, the bracket 10 is formed with a plurality of clip locking receiving portions 17 to which the clips 20 are locked on the peripheral edge portion 12 of the upper portion.

On the plane S of the bracket 10, a nut attachment portion 31 is formed at a position corresponding to the fastening hole 3 to allow the fastening nut 30 to be attached in order to enable bolt fastening of the license plate 1A through the fastening hole 3. It is The fastening nut 30 is a slide fastening nut, and is positioned by being fitted into a nut mounting portion 31 formed on the plane S. As shown in FIG. The license plate 1A can also be bolted to the bracket 10 by attaching the fastening nut 30 to the nut attachment portion 31 . The fastening nut 30 may be removed if the license plate 1 is not fastened with bolts. In addition, the bracket 10 has a bracket attachment portion 32 that protrudes rearward (-X direction) toward the vehicle side in order to attach the bracket 10 to the vehicle at the center side of the left and right nut attachment portions 31 .

When attaching the license plate 1 (1A, 1B) to the bracket 10 using the clip 20, after inserting the license plate 1 into the engaging groove 16, the license plate 1 is sandwiched and the clip 20 is attached to the front side of the clip locking receiving portion 17. The license plate 1 is fixed to the bracket 10 by inserting it from the front and locking it to the bracket 10 . Therefore, even a license plate 1B without fastening holes 3 can be attached to the bracket 10. FIG.

<Detailed configuration>
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the clip 20 viewed obliquely from below. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state where the clip 20 is locked in the clip lock receiving portion 17. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 4. FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 4. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 4. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 4. FIG.

3 to 9, the clip 20 has a flat eaves portion 21 and a flat bent portion 28 bent from one side of the eaves portion 21 at an obtuse angle slightly larger than a right angle. Note that the clip 20 is an elastic member. On the other side (−X direction) of the eaves portion 21, a locking claw 22 is formed on the lower side (−Z direction) of the flat plate. The locking claw 22 is locked on the rear side of the flange 40 protruding forward in the clip locking receiving portion 17 . The upper surface of the flange 40 is inclined forward (+X direction) corresponding to the obtuse shape of the eaves portion 21 . The locking pawl 22 slides on the upper surface of the flange 40 until it is locked to the flange 40 . Note that the clip 20 is positioned in the front-rear direction by the locking claws 22 .

In addition, on the left and right of the rear (−X direction), which is the inside of the bent portion 28, the vertical positioning protrusion 23 that is standing on the rear and positions the vertical direction (±Z direction) and the horizontal direction (±Y direction) are arranged. It has left and right positioning protrusions 24 for positioning. The vertical positioning protrusion 23 and the horizontal positioning protrusion 24 are L-shaped and symmetrical with respect to the center.

On the other hand, the clip lock receiving portion 17 has an L-shaped groove structure that guides and engages the L-shaped structures of the vertical positioning protrusion 23 and the horizontal positioning protrusion 24 . This L-shaped groove structure is formed between the rectangular protrusion-shaped positioning engagement portions 41 arranged on the left and right sides and the upper flange 40 . As the clip 20 slides rearward, positioning in the vertical direction is performed by engaging the vertical positioning protrusion 23 in the engagement space formed between the positioning engagement portion 41 and the flange 40. Directional positioning is performed by engaging the two left and right positioning projections 24 with both inner side surfaces of the left and right positioning engagement portions 41 . Here, the positioning engagement portion 41 and the flange end portion 42 of the flange 40 have the function of a vertical positioning engagement portion for positioning the clip 20 in the vertical direction. Also, the arrangement of the two positioning engagement portions 41 has the function of a left-right positioning engagement portion for positioning the clip 20 in the left-right direction. The vertical positioning engaging portion and the horizontal positioning engaging portion may be provided with independent engaging portions for the vertical positioning projection 23 and the horizontal positioning projection 24, respectively.

In addition, below the left and right positioning protrusions 24, there is a standing portion 25 standing rearward. Further, an inclined portion 25a having an inclined surface 25s is provided below the erected portion 25. As shown in FIG. On the other hand, there is an inclined portion 28a formed with an inclined surface 28s behind the lower end of the bent portion. The inclined surface 25s and the inclined surface 28s are flush with each other. press to The inclined portion 25a and the inclined portion 28a function as holding portions that hold the edge portion 2 backward. The edge portion 2 is formed of an elastic material such as rubber and provided on the front side of the license plate 1 . Furthermore, stoppers 43 are formed on the left and right central sides of the flange 40 so as to stand downward. The stopper 43 serves as an end positioning portion for positioning the upper end of the license plate 1 and suppressing vertical movement of the license plate 1 .

By the positioning mechanism described above, the clip 20 is positioned vertically, horizontally, forwardly and backwardly with respect to the bracket 10, and the license plate 1 is stably fixed by the positioned clip 20. As shown in FIG.

In this license plate mounting structure, after the license plate 1 is inserted into the engagement groove 16 , the clip 20 is engaged with the clip lock receiving portion 17 while the clip 20 sandwiches the license plate 1 between the bracket 10 and the clip 20 . The license plate 1 can be easily attached because it is only necessary to stop it. In addition, since the clip 20 and the license plate 1 can be removed simply by applying force upward on the locking claw 22 with a screwdriver or the like, the license plate 1 can be removed easily and quickly.

In the above-described embodiment, the clip locking receiving portion 17 is provided on the upper peripheral edge portion 12 of the bracket 10, and the engagement groove 16 is formed on the lower peripheral edge portion 13 of the bracket 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the clip lock receiving portion 17 may be provided on the peripheral edge portion 13 and the engagement groove 16 may be formed on the peripheral edge portion 12 .

<Arrangement of Clip Lock Receiving Portion>
FIG. 10 is a plan view of the bracket 10 showing a modified arrangement of the clip lock receiving portion 17. FIG. In the above embodiment, the four clips 20 and the clip locking receiving portions 17 are arranged on the peripheral edge portion 12 of the bracket 10. However, as shown in FIG. The stop receiving portions 17, that is, the two clip locking receiving portions 17 on the left and right ends and the clip locking receiving portion 57 at the center C in the left-right direction may be provided.

Here, the rear side of the land portion 11 of the bracket 10 is preferably given a predetermined curvature so that the center C side in the left-right direction is concave in consideration of the front or rear structure of the vehicle. In this case, if the clip engagement receiving portion 57 is provided at the center C of the land portion 11 , the thickness (front-rear width) of the land portion 11 in the X direction is limited to the thickness (front-rear width) of the clip engagement receiving portion 57 . On the other hand, when the clip engagement receiving portion 57 is not provided at the center C of the land portion 11 , the thickness of the land portion 11 at the center C in the X direction can be made thinner than the thickness of the clip engagement receiving portion 57 . As a result, the thickness of the land portion 11 as a whole can be reduced. That is, the front position of the bracket 10 can be brought closer to the front or rear front of the vehicle.

Thus, for example, when the sonar sensors 100 are arranged on the left and right sides of the bracket 10 at the front of the vehicle, interference between the detection area EA of each sonar sensor 100 and the bracket 10 can be prevented.

It should be noted that each configuration illustrated in the above-described embodiment and modified examples is functionally schematic, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, the form of distribution/integration of each device is not limited to the illustrated one, and all or part of them can be functionally or physically distributed/integrated in arbitrary units according to various loads and usage conditions. Can be configured.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The license plate mounting structure of the present invention is useful for facilitating attachment and detachment of the license plate and stabilizing the state of locking the license plate to the bracket.

Reference Signs List 1, 1A, 1B License plate 2 Edge 3 Fastening hole 10 Bracket 11 Land 12-15 Peripheral edge 16 Engagement groove 17, 57 Clip locking receiving portion 20 Clip 21 Eaves 22 Locking claw 23 Upper and lower positioning protrusion 24 Left and right positioning protrusions 25 Standing parts 25a, 28a Inclined parts 25s, 28s Inclined surface 28 Bent part 30 Fastening nut 31 Nut mounting part 32 Bracket mounting part 40 Flange 41 Positioning engagement part 42 Flange end 43 Stopper 100 Sonar sensor C Center EA Detection area S plane

Claims (6)

A flat surface on which the license plate is placed is formed, and a land portion is formed on the periphery of the flat surface to match the shape of the vehicle. a bracket to which the license plate is attached on the plane;
one or more clips that fix the license plate by inserting the license plate into the peripheral portion from the front side of the peripheral portion and engaging with the bracket,
The bracket is formed with an engagement groove into which the lower portion or upper portion of the license plate is inserted at the lower portion or upper portion of the peripheral portion, and the clip is formed at the upper portion or lower portion of the peripheral portion opposite to the engagement groove. A license plate mounting structure, characterized in that at least one clip locking receiving portion for locking the license plate is formed. The clip is
a locking pawl that is positioned in the front-rear direction and locked to the clip locking receiving portion;
a vertical positioning projection for positioning in the vertical direction;
a left-right positioning protrusion for positioning in the left-right direction;
a pressing portion that presses the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion of the license plate to the rear side,
The clip lock receiving portion is
a flange to which the locking pawl engages;
a vertical positioning engagement portion with which the vertical positioning protrusion is engaged;
a left-right positioning engagement portion with which the left-right positioning protrusion engages,
The upper edge or lower edge of the license plate has the locking pawl engaged with the flange, the vertical positioning protrusion engaged with the vertical positioning engaging section, and the horizontal positioning protrusion 2. The license plate mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is pressed against the flat surface while being engaged with the positioning engaging portion. 2. The clip locking receiving portion has an end portion positioning portion for positioning the upper end portion or the lower end portion of the license plate when the license plate is inserted into the engaging groove. 2. The license plate mounting structure according to 2. the land portion has a front-to-rear width at the center in the left-right direction smaller than a front-to-rear width at the left-right ends with respect to the plane;
The license plate mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the clip engagement receiving portion is arranged at least outside the center in the left-right direction. The license plate mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a license plate having no fastening holes for bolt fastening to the bracket can be attached to the bracket. The bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a fastening nut for fastening the license plate to the bracket is detachable through fastening holes formed in the license plate. License plate mounting structure.

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