JP2530898Y2 - Car cable mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable mounting structure for a vehicle, and more particularly to a parking brake cable mounting structure on the rear side of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional cable mounting structure for an automobile, for example, there is one shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-93521 or one shown in FIGS.

[0003] Reference numeral 1 denotes a fuel tank, which is disposed adjacent to a spare tire pan 3 provided on the rear floor panel 2 for storing spare tires. Reference numeral 4 denotes a fuel tank mount band (hereinafter, referred to as a “mount band”) as a belt member, one end of which is rotatably mounted on a bracket 5 provided adjacent to the spare tire pan 3. The end is locked to a cross member 6 on the lower surface of the rear floor panel 2 by a bolt (not shown). The mount band 4 is generally made of metal and has a shape corresponding to the shape of the fuel tank 1.

To mount the fuel tank 1, the bolt on the other end of the mount band 4 is removed, the fuel tank 1 is arranged at a predetermined position on the rear floor panel 2, and the mount band 4 is turned around the one end as a fulcrum. And the other end side is bolted.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a parking brake cable, and an inner cable 7a thereof is connected to a parking brake lever (not shown) (hereinafter referred to as "lever"). This is for operating the device. Further, the outer cable 7b is supported by a cable attaching portion 8 attached to the mount band 4, and the inner cable 7a can reciprocate inside thereof. The cable mounting portion 8 includes a mounting bracket 9 which is mounted to the mount band 4 by welding, and a support piece 10 having a loop portion 10a for supporting the parking brake cable 7 at the tip. The parking brake cable 7 is attached to the mount band 4 by attaching the support piece 10 attached to the mounting bracket 9 to the vicinity of the tip of the mounting bracket 9 with bolts 11 and nuts 12.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional technique, since the mounting bracket 9 is attached to the mounting band 4 by welding, the bolt is removed when the fuel tank 1 is mounted. When the bracket 4 is rotated, the mounting bracket 9 and the bolts 11 protruding from the mount band 4 hit the vertical wall 3a of the spare tire pan 3 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 8) and are not sufficiently opened, making it difficult to work. There is a risk of injury. Also,
There is also a possibility that welding may have an adverse effect on the strength of the mount band 4. Then, the support piece 10 attached to the parking brake cable 7 is attached to the mounting bracket 9.
When mounting on the nut, the nut 12 must be tightened upward from the lower side using the special tool 13, so that the workability is not good. Also, from the mounting band 4 to the mounting bracket 9
Is protruding, so that the mount bands 4 before mounting cannot be stacked when transported, which is disadvantageous in terms of transportation.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique. A cable mounting structure for an automobile which can improve the workability of mounting a cable and also improves the workability of mounting a fuel tank. It will not be provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a cable attaching portion is provided on a belt member for holding a fuel tank on a lower surface of a rear floor panel, and a part of the cable is provided on the cable attaching portion. In a cable mounting structure for an automobile to be mounted, the cable mounting portion has a caulking piece attached to an arbitrary position of a belt member at both ends and a caulking piece attached to a tip of the caulking piece on a fuel tank side in a caulked state. A belt-side mounting portion having a convex portion protruding toward the belt, and a cable holding portion rotatably mounted on the belt-side mounting portion and holding the cable with a pair of holding pieces. A concave portion is formed to engage with the convex portion formed on the caulking piece of the side mounting portion.

[0009]

According to the cable mounting structure for an automobile according to the present invention, the cable holding portion is previously mounted on the belt side mounting portion, so that the conventional mounting operation using bolts and nuts is eliminated, and workability is improved. . In addition, since the belt side mounting part is caulked to the belt member,
There is no adverse effect on the strength of the belt member as in conventional welding. Further, since the amount of protrusion of the cable attachment portion from the belt member is easily reduced, even if the belt member is widely opened, it does not easily interfere with the rear floor panel, and the workability of attaching the fuel tank can be improved by the large opening. Furthermore, since the cable attachment portion is separate from the belt member, there is no protrusion on the belt member before the cable attachment portion is caulked and attached, and a plurality of belt members can be stacked, which is advantageous in terms of transportation.

Further, the cable holding portion is rotatable with respect to the belt-side mounting portion, and the cable holding portion rotates following the movement of the cable, so that the cable holding state is reliably maintained. Furthermore, the rotation of the cable holding portion does not apply a force from the cable to the belt-side mounting portion, so that deformation of the belt and loosening of the belt are prevented. In addition, since the convex portion of the belt-side mounting portion is engaged with the concave portion of the fuel tank, the rotation of the belt-side mounting portion is completely prevented.

[0011]

1 to 5 show a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
It will be described based on. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to portions common to the conventional example, and overlapping description will be omitted.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a cable attaching portion, which comprises a metal belt side attaching portion 21 and a resin cable holding portion 22. The belt-side mounting portion 21 is elongated in the width direction of the mount band (belt member) 23 and caulking pieces 21 are provided at both ends thereof.
a. Protrusions 25 projecting at right angles from the caulking piece 21a are provided at the tips of the caulking pieces 21a. Then, these caulking pieces 21a are bent to the same side (the direction C in the figure), and
By swaging, the belt-side mounting portion 21 is mounted on the mount band 23. In this state, both caulking pieces 21
The front end surfaces 21c of the a and 21a are close to each other, and the belt-side mounting portion 21 has a mountain-shaped cross section toward the fuel tank 24 (the direction A in the drawing). The two convex portions 25 are positioned adjacent to each other at the tip of the chevron shape (see FIG. 5).

A side surface 21b (direction B in the drawing) of the belt-side mounting portion 21 opposite to the fuel tank 24 is flat, and a cable holding portion 22 is rotatably mounted by a pin 28 provided at a central portion thereof. (Rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3). The cable holding portion 22 has a U-shaped cross section by a pair of holding pieces 22a extending in a direction opposite to the fuel tank 24, and a claw 22b is formed at a tip end thereof. The holding pieces 22 a hold the sheath member 29 provided on the outer surface of the parking brake cable (cable) 7, thereby attaching the parking brake cable 7 to the mount band 23. The sheath member 29 is for attaching a predetermined position of the parking brake cable 7 to the mount band 23,
Disc-shaped locking plates 29a are provided at both ends at intervals corresponding to the width of the holding pieces 22a of the cable holding portion 22. That is, since the inner side surfaces of the locking plates 29a abut against the side surfaces of the holding pieces 22a, the parking brake cable 7 is mounted at a predetermined position.

On the other hand, the fuel tank 24 at the portion where the cable attachment portion 20 comes into contact is formed with a recess 30 having a shape into which the projection 25 of the belt-side attachment portion 21 is fitted.
Since the rotation of the belt-side mounting portion 21 is restricted in a state in which the convex portion 25 is fitted into the concave portion 30, even if an external force acts on the parking brake cable 7, the belt-side mounting portion 21 does not rotate but holds the cable. Only the part 22 rotates.

Next, a procedure for attaching the parking brake cable 7 will be described.

First, the belt-side mounting portion 21 with both caulking pieces 21a, 21a opened is fitted into the mount band 23 before the fuel tank 24 is mounted (see FIG. 4), and is positioned at a predetermined position of the mount band 23. Later, both caulking pieces 21a, 21a are caulked in the direction C in the figure and attached to the mount band 23. After that, the fuel tank 24 is mounted on the lower surface of the rear floor panel 2 by the mount band 23 in a state where the convex portion 25 of the belt-side mounting portion 21 is fitted to the concave portion 30 of the fuel tank 24. Then, the sheath member 29 previously attached to the parking brake cable 7 is pushed between the holding pieces 22a of the cable holding portion 22 (in the direction A in FIG. 2), and the cable holding portion 22 is pressed.
Attach the parking brake cable 7 to the vehicle.

As described above, since the cable holding portion 22 is attached to the belt side attachment portion 21 in advance, there is no need to attach the bolt 11 and the nut 12, thereby improving workability. In addition, the cable holding portion 22 is connected to the belt-side mounting portion 21.
, The mount band 23 is not twisted by the force from the parking brake cable 7 and does not assume an unreasonable shape, thereby increasing the durability of the mount band 23. Since the belt-side mounting portion 21 is caulked to the mount band 23, the belt-side mounting portion 21 can be mounted at any position, not limited to a flat portion, as in conventional spot welding. Further, the mounting band 23 is not adversely affected by welding. Further, since the amount of protrusion of the cable attachment portion 20 from the mount band 23 can be easily reduced, the mount band 2
3, the workability of mounting the fuel tank 24 is improved, and the cable holding portion 22 is made of resin, so that the rear floor panel 2 is not damaged. Furthermore,
Since the cable attachment portion 20 is separate from the mount band 23, the mount band 23 can be stacked and boxed before attaching the cable attachment portion 20, which is advantageous in terms of transportation.

In the event that the parking brake cable 7 is caught by an obstacle on the road surface and an excessive force is applied, the parking brake cable 7 is detached from the cable holding portion 22 and damages the mount band 23. There is no.

[0019]

[Effects of the Invention] The cable mounting structure for an automobile according to the present invention has the contents described above, and the cable holding portion is previously mounted on the belt side mounting portion.
The workability is improved by eliminating the conventional mounting work using bolts and nuts. Further, since the belt-side mounting portion is caulked to the belt member, there is no adverse effect on the strength of the belt member as in conventional welding. Since the amount of protrusion of the cable attachment portion from the belt member can be easily reduced, the belt member can be widely opened to improve the workability of attaching the fuel tank. Furthermore, since the cable attachment portion is separate from the belt member, there is no protrusion on the belt member before the cable attachment portion is caulked and attached, and a plurality of belt members can be stacked, which is advantageous in terms of transportation.

Further, since the cable holding portion is rotatable with respect to the belt-side mounting portion, and the cable holding portion rotates following the movement of the cable, the holding state of the cable is reliably maintained. Furthermore, the rotation of the cable holding portion does not apply a force from the cable to the belt-side mounting portion, so that deformation of the belt and loosening of the belt are prevented. In addition, since the convex portion of the belt-side mounting portion is engaged with the concave portion of the fuel tank, the rotation of the belt-side mounting portion is completely prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing a state in which a cable is mounted by a cable mounting structure for an automobile according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a cable is attached to a cable attaching portion attached to a mount band.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cable holding portion is rotating with respect to a band-side member.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the belt-side mounting portion at the time of opening is caulked to the belt member.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line SA-SA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an overall side view showing a state where a cable is attached by a conventional automobile cable attachment structure.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view illustrating a conventional automobile cable mounting structure.

FIG. 8 is an overall side view showing a state in which a cable is attached in a conventional automobile cable attachment structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Rear floor panel 7 Parking brake cable (cable) 20 Cable attachment part 21 Belt-side attachment part 21a Caulking piece 22 Cable holding part 22a Holding piece 23 Mount band (belt member) 24 Fuel tank 25 Convex part 30 Concave part

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A cable attachment portion is provided on a belt member for holding a fuel tank on a lower surface of a rear floor panel,
In a cable attaching structure for an automobile, in which a part of a cable is attached to the cable attaching portion, the cable attaching portion is attached to both ends by caulking at an arbitrary position of a belt member.
It has a caulking piece and is caulked at the tip of the caulking piece.
With a convex part protruding to the fuel tank side
And a cable holding portion rotatably mounted on the belt side mounting portion and holding the cable between a pair of holding pieces, and formed into the fuel tank and a caulking piece of the belt side mounting portion.
A cable mounting structure for an automobile, wherein a concave portion is formed to engage with the formed convex portion .