JP2535451Y2 - Garnish panels for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a novel garnish panel for a vehicle. More specifically, a garnish panel made of a transparent or translucent transparent material, and having a mounting ridge protruding from the rear in a mounting groove of a vehicle body-side member, particularly a position close to the mounting ridge. And a garnish panel provided with a substantially cylindrical seal ridge that projects from the peripheral edge of the hole in the same direction as the direction in which the installation ridge projects. By devising the shape of the part close to and opposed to the seal ridge, it is possible to prevent overheating from occurring in a part corresponding to the part of the molding die, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel garnish panel for a vehicle that does not impair the appearance viewed from the front side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a lamp garnish for a vehicle, that is, a lamp garnish mounted on a rear surface of a vehicle so as to cover a lamp disposed on the rear surface of the vehicle, is mounted on a vehicle body with water between the garnish and the body. In order to prevent the vehicle from entering, a mounting ridge, which is usually provided to extend along the outer peripheral portion of the rear surface, is provided with a vehicle body or a lamp housing or the like fixed to the vehicle body (hereinafter referred to as a “body-side member”). This is performed by fixing to the vehicle body side member in a state where the seal member is seated in the installation groove formed in the vehicle body side member.

[0003] Such a lamp garnish is generally formed of a synthetic resin, and at least a portion facing the light emitting surface of the lamp is made transparent or translucent.

By the way, a hole may be formed in a garnish panel. For example, a lamp garnish arranged on the rear surface of a vehicle body often has a key insertion hole for a trunk and the like. Since such holes also need to be waterproof, a substantially cylindrical seal ridge is provided which protrudes from the peripheral edge of the hole in the same direction as the mounting ridge.

FIGS. 10 and 11 show an example a of a conventional lamp garnish provided with such installation ridges and seal ridges.

In the figure, b is a lamp garnish a
The front part (only the right half part is shown in the drawing), which forms the main part, and the outer peripheral part rear part of the horizontally long rectangular part deviated to the right end side has a rectangular frame shape. And a circular key insertion hole d at a position close to the upper side of the mounting ridge c on the front surface b.
Are formed, and a seal ridge e having a cylindrical shape coaxial with the key insertion hole d is projected rearward from a position slightly separated from a peripheral edge of the key insertion hole d. The installation ridge c and the seal ridge e are integrally formed of a substantially transparent synthetic resin.

F is a lamp housing (only the upper end is shown in FIG. 11) fixed to the rear surface of the vehicle body g, has substantially the same shape and size as the lamp garnish a, and has an outer peripheral front surface. An installation groove h extending substantially in a frame shape is formed, and a circular hole j in which the lock body i is arranged is formed at a position close to an upper portion of the installation groove h.
Two cylindrical parts k located concentrically with each other from the peripheral edge of
And l are projected and these two cylindrical parts k and l
Thereby, a seal groove m extending in an annular shape is formed, and the upper end of the seal groove m is continuous with the installation groove h.

The installation ridge c of the garnish panel a is seated in the installation groove h formed in the lamp housing f, and the seal ridge e is seated in the seal groove m via the seal member n. Is fixed to the lamp housing f.

[0009]

However, such a garnish panel has a problem that local overheating is apt to occur in a molding die.

That is, in the lamp garnish a, it is necessary to arrange the key insertion hole d at a position close to the installation ridge c because of the position of the lock main body i provided on the vehicle body g. Therefore, the space between the seal ridge e and the installation ridge c adjacent thereto is extremely small. Therefore, in the mold for molding the lamp garnish a, a portion corresponding to the space is extremely thin and has a knife-edge shape, which causes a problem that the portion is overheated during molding. is there.

As is known, overheating of a molding die causes the shape of a molded product to be lost or the die to be damaged.

In order to increase the space, it is conceivable that the portion of the installation ridge c that is close to and opposed to the seal ridge e is separated to some extent to the side opposite to the seal ridge e.

However, in this case, a state in which the shape of the installation ridge c is partially different from the outer peripheral shape of the lamp garnish a can be seen through, which is very obstructive to the appearance of the lamp garnish a. This causes another problem that the original makeup function of the lamp garnish a is significantly reduced.

[0014]

Therefore, a garnish panel for a vehicle according to the present invention has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems.
A transparent or translucent garnish having a mounting ridge protruding from the back and a sealing ridge protruding from a peripheral edge of a hole formed in a position close to the mounting ridge in the same direction as the mounting ridge. In the panel, the portion of the installation ridge which is close to and opposed to the seal ridge is formed such that at least a portion near the base end portion is farther from the seal ridge as it goes to the distal end.

[0015]

Therefore, in the garnish panel for a vehicle according to the present invention, a certain amount of space is provided between the installation ridge and the seal ridge in a portion where the installation ridge and the seal ridge are in close proximity to each other. As a result, the portion of the molding die for the garnish panel corresponding to the above-mentioned space becomes relatively thick, thereby preventing overheating of the abandoned portion of the die. Moreover,
The base end of the portion that is close to and opposed to the installation ridge is located where it should be located in the original shape of the installation ridge, so when the garnish panel is viewed from the front side, it is far from the seal ridge of the installation ridge. The portion displaced in a certain direction is hardly noticeable, and therefore, the above-mentioned portion does not impair the appearance of the garnish panel.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the garnish panel for a vehicle according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the garnish panel of the present invention is applied to a lamp garnish 1 for an automobile.

The lamp garnish 1 has a rectangular shape which is long in the left-right direction, and as shown in FIG. 1, is attached to a substantially central portion of a rear surface portion 4 (see FIG. 6) of a vehicle body 3 of an automobile 2, whereby , While making part of the back of the car 2,
It covers a front surface of a pair of rear combination lamps 5 and 5 (only the right rear combination lamp is shown in the drawings) arranged on the left and right sides of the center of the rear surface 4 of the vehicle body 3.

The rear combination lamp 5 is composed of a rear fog lamp 6 and a backup lamp 7 arranged in the left-right direction. The rear fog lamp 6 is arranged at a position closer to the center of the rear surface 4 of the vehicle body 3.

The mounting of the lamp garnish 1 to the vehicle body 3 is performed via a lamp housing 8 fixed to the vehicle body 3. That is, here, the lamp housing 8 serves as a vehicle body-side member.

Hereinafter, the lamp garnish 1, the lamp housing 8, the rear combination lamp 5, and the like will be described.

The lamp garnish 1 has a front part 9 serving as a main part thereof, a mounting ridge 10 and a sealing ridge 11 projecting from the back of the front part 9, and the like are integrally formed of a transparent synthetic resin.

The front portion 9 has a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left-right direction, and has a length substantially half the length of the rear surface of the vehicle 2 in the left-right direction. Approximately 4 in length
When viewed from the left-right direction, the lower end is gently curved so as to protrude rearward, and the other part is gently curved so as to protrude forward.

A relatively large rectangular window 9a long in the left-right direction for arranging the license plate is formed in the center portion of the front portion 9 in the left-right direction, and portions 9b, 9b on both left and right sides of the window 9a. Is a lamp cover that covers the rear combination lamps 5,5.

Reference numeral 9c denotes a window frame protruding rearward from the peripheral edge of the window 9a.

A portion of the front surface of the front portion 9 excluding a region corresponding to the light emitting surfaces of the rear combination lamps 5, 5 of the lamp cover portions 9b, 9b and the window frame 9
On the inner surface of c, a smoke coating with a light blocking ratio of about 70%, for example, a black smoke coating is applied.

The mounting ridge 10 projects rearward from a position slightly inward from the outer peripheral edge of the back surface of the front surface portion 9 and extends rearward in parallel with the outer peripheral edge;
b, 9b and the rest thereof project from a position where they are continuous with each other, and include vertical partitions 13, 13 (only the right partition is shown in the drawing).
The upper and lower ends are continuous with the upper part 14, the lower part 14, and the lower part 15 of the outer peripheral part 12, respectively.

The rear end of the mounting ridge 10 is located on a single plane.

The installation ridges 10 on the back of the front part 9 are also provided.
In the outer area, for example, a black opaque paint 16
(It is shown with a satin pattern in FIG. 4). The significance of the coating 16 will be described later.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a circular key insertion hole formed in the front surface portion 9, which is arranged at a position close to the right end of the upper portion 14 of the mounting ridge 10 from below and from the opening edge thereof. An annular projection 17a is provided to project rearward.

The seal ridge 11 has a cylindrical shape that is short in the axial direction for its diameter, and protrudes rearward from a position coaxial with the key insertion hole 17 on the back surface of the front portion 9. The outer diameter is approximately twice as large as the diameter of the key insertion hole 17, and therefore, the upper end of the outer peripheral surface is extremely close to the upper part 14 of the installation ridge 10.

The portion 18 near the right end of the upper portion 14 of the installation ridge 10, ie, the portion 1 facing the seal ridge 11
8 (hereinafter, referred to as a “seal ridge proximity portion”) has a seal ridge 11 as the portion 18a near the base end thereof approaches the distal end.
It is formed so as to be displaced in a direction away from the camera. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the seal ridge proximity portion 18 is located at the same height as the height of the remaining portion of the upper portion 14 in the vertical direction at the base end portion 18b. , A portion 18 continuous with the base end portion 18b.
a is formed so as to move away from the seal ridge toward the tip and to form an arc around the axis of the seal ridge 11 at a point. The interval is more than twice the thickness of the strip 10.

Accordingly, there is a certain gap between the seal ridge proximity portion 18 and the seal ridge 11, so that a part of the mold for molding the lamp garnish 1 corresponding to the gap has a certain space. , So that local overheating of the mold can be prevented.

Incidentally, a slide block is preferably used as a mold for molding the lamp garnish 1. That is, since the rear surface of the upper end portion of the front surface portion 9 and the upper surface of the seal protrusion adjacent portion 18 are continuous at an acute angle, a slide block may be used for a portion defining these surfaces.

When the lamp garnish 1 is viewed from the front side, the portions 18a and 18c of the seal ridge proximity portion 18 having the above-mentioned different shapes are not seen at all. That is, since the front part 9 is in a smoke shape, when the lamp garnish 1 is viewed from the front side, the base end part 18 of the installation ridge 10 is formed.
b, that is, the portion continuous with the front surface portion 9 can be seen to some extent, but the base end portion 18b of the seal ridge proximity portion 18 is located at the same height as the remaining portion of the upper portion 14 of the installation ridge 10. Therefore, the inclined portion 18a of the seal ridge proximity portion 18 and the portion 18c beyond the inclined portion 18a are not seen from the front side. As described above, since the opaque paint 16 is applied to the portion of the rear surface of the front portion 9 outside the installation ridge 10, the inclined portion 18a of the seal ridge proximity portion 18 and the sloping portion 18a therefrom are provided. This is because the portion 18c is completely shielded by the coating 16.

However, the opaque coating 16 on the rear surface of the outer peripheral portion of the front portion 9 is not always necessary. That is,
Inclined portion 18b of seal ridge 18 and portion 1 beyond it
8c is separated from the front part 9 to some extent, and the front surface of the front part 9 is coated with the above-mentioned smoke, so that the inclined part 18a and the part beyond it are hardly visible from the front.

The lamp housing 8 (only the right half is shown in the drawing) has substantially the same size and shape as the lamp garnish 1 when viewed from the front and rear, and each part is made of synthetic resin. Is formed.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a main part of the lamp housing 8,
It has a rectangular flat plate shape that is long in the left-right direction, is slightly inclined forward, and has relatively large lamp disposition holes 19a, 19a formed in each of the portions deviated to the left and right ends. On the front surface of the main portion 19, two outer peripheral walls 2 protruding forward from the outer peripheral portion and extending in parallel with each other.
0 and 20 ′, and parallel partitions 21, 21 ′ projecting forward from a position where the openings 19 a, 19 a and the other portions are continuous, and extending vertically. , 20 ′ and partition walls 21, 2
By 1 ', a relatively deep installation groove 22 having the same shape and size as the installation ridge 10 of the lamp garnish 1 is formed.

The outer peripheral walls 20, 20 'and the partition wall 2
The shape of the front side edges of 1, 21 'substantially matches the shape of the back surface of the portion of the front portion 9 of the lamp garnish 1 which is in contact with the mounting ridge 10.

In the main portion 19, the outer peripheral walls 20, 2
A portion 19b (see FIG. 8) approaching from the lower side to a portion near the right end of the upper portion of 0 'is in a vertical posture.
A circular lock cylinder insertion hole 23 is formed in the center of 9b.

A cylindrical ridge 24 is formed from the opening edge of the lock cylinder insertion hole 23, and another cylindrical ridge 24 is coaxial with the ridge 24 from a position outside the ridge 24. Each of the ridges 24 'protrudes forward,
These two ridges 24, 24 'form an annularly extending seal groove 25 having substantially the same shape and size as the seal ridge 11 of the lamp garnish 1.

The seal groove 25 is connected to the installation groove 22 at the upper end thereof, and has the outer peripheral walls 20, 20 '.
The part corresponding to the seal installation groove 25 of the outer part 20 is curved so as to form an arc protruding upward, and the upper part and the lower part of the outer peripheral wall 20 are provided with 20a, Are slightly protruded at 20a,..., And accordingly, the portions 22 of the installation grooves 22 corresponding to the portions 20a, 20a,.
The width of a, 22a,... (hereinafter referred to as “wide portion”) is slightly wider than the width of the remaining portion.

The lamp housing 8 is fixed to the rear surface portion 4 of the vehicle body 3 in a state where the lamp housing 8 is disposed so as to fit in the concave portion of the rear surface portion 4 of the vehicle body 3. (A single bolt is shown in FIG. 6)
It is performed by

The installation ridges 10 of the lamp garnish 1 are installed in installation grooves 22 formed in the lamp housing 8.
The seal ridge 11 is provided in the seal groove 25 with the seal member 2.
The lamp garnish 1 is fixed to the lamp housing 8 in this state.

Thus, the lamp garnish 1 is attached to the lamp housing 8 so as to cover the front surface.

The fixing of the lamp garnish 1 to the lamp housing 8 is performed as follows. That is, the upper part 14 and the lower part 1 of the mounting ridge 10 of the lamp garnish 1
5, the fixed portion 10a, which is slightly thicker than the remaining portion,
Are formed, and these fixed portions 10
are formed by slightly projecting portions, except for the front end, of predetermined portions of the side surfaces of the upper portion 14 and the lower portion 15 facing each other, to the opposite sides. . When the lamp garnish 1 is seated on the lamp housing 8 as described above, the fixed portions 10a, 10a,... Become wide portions 22a, 22a provided in the installation grooves 22 of the lamp housing 8.・ They are located separately. From this state, heated nail-like pins 28, 28,... (Only two pins are shown in FIG. 9)
Is inserted into the fixed portions 10a, 10a,... By penetrating the main portion 19 of the lamp housing 8. As a result, the lamp garnish 1 is connected to the lamp housing 8.

Since the fixed portions 10a, 10a,... Are formed as described above, the portion of the installation ridge 10 slightly protruding from the remaining portion is the same as the seal ridge adjacent portion 18. Similarly, it does not appear on the front of the lamp garnish 1.

When the lamp garnish 1 is fixed to the lamp housing 8, the key insertion hole 1 of the lamp garnish 1
7 and the lock cylinder insertion hole 23 of the lamp housing 8 are continuous (see FIG. 7).

Reference numeral 29 denotes a lock cylinder (see FIG. 7) fixed to the rear surface 4 of the vehicle body 3, and the front end thereof is inserted into the lock silling insertion hole 23 of the lamp housing 8.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a lamp body of the rear combination lamp 5, whose outer peripheral portion is fixed to the lamp housing 8 in a state where the lamp body 19 is inserted through the lamp disposing hole 19a. The lamp body 30 has left and right two concave portions 31 and 32 with an open front surface, and the opening surfaces of these two concave portions 31 and 32 are covered with a lens 33.
Light bulbs 34 and 35 are separately arranged in two lamp spaces defined by the lens 33 and the recesses 31 and 32. Thus, the rear fog lamp 6 is constituted by the concave portion 31 on the left side, the substantially left half portion of the lens 33, and the bulb 34, and the concave portion 32 on the right side, the right half portion of the lens 33, and another bulb 3
5 constitute a backup lamp 7.

The front surface of the rear combination lamp 5 is covered by the lamp cover 9a of the lamp garnish 1.

[0052]

As is apparent from the above description, the garnish panel of the present invention is made of a transparent or translucent material, protrudes from the rear surface, and is seated in the mounting groove of the vehicle body side member. And a hole formed at a position close to the mounting ridge, and a substantially cylindrical seal ridge protruding from the peripheral edge of the hole in the same direction as the mounting ridge protruding direction. The garnish panel is characterized in that a portion of the installation ridge that is close to and opposed to the seal ridge is formed so that at least a portion near the base end portion is farther from the seal ridge as it goes to the distal end.

Therefore, in the garnish panel for a vehicle according to the present invention, a certain amount of space is provided between the installation ridge and the seal ridge in a portion where the installation ridge and the seal ridge are in close proximity to each other. As a result, the portion of the molding die for the garnish panel corresponding to the above-mentioned space becomes relatively thick, thereby preventing overheating of the abandoned portion of the die. In addition, the base end of the portion that is close to and opposed to the installation ridge is located at the position where it should be located in the original shape of the installation ridge, so when the garnish panel is viewed from the front side, the seal ridge is included in the installation ridge. The portion displaced in the direction away from the garnish panel is hardly noticeable, and therefore, does not impair the appearance of the garnish panel.

In the above embodiment, the opaque coating is applied to the area outside the installation ridge on the back surface of the garnish panel.
It is possible to completely hide the irregularly shaped portion of the installation ridge, which is located in the vicinity of the seal ridge close to the seal ridge, from the front.

Further, the shapes of the installation ridges, seal ridges and other parts shown in the above embodiments are merely examples of the embodiment of the present invention. The scope should not be construed as limiting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing an embodiment in which a garnish panel for a vehicle according to the present invention is applied to a lamp garnish for an automobile, which is mounted on a vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a substantially right half of a lamp garnish attached to a vehicle body.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a right half of a lamp garnish.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear view showing a main part of the lamp garnish.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of a lamp housing to which a lamp garnish is fixed.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the lamp garnish cut away along the line VIII-VIII in FIG. 2 in a state where the lamp garnish is separated from the lamp housing.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a part of a portion cut along the line IX-IX in FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a front view of a main part showing an example of a conventional lamp garnish.

11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Garnish panel 8 Body side member 10 Installation ridge 11 Seal ridge 17 Hole 18 Portion close to seal ridge 22 Installation groove

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A mounting ridge made of a transparent or translucent material, protruding from a rear surface and seated in an installation groove of a vehicle body-side member, and a hole formed at a position close to the installation ridge. A garnish panel provided with a substantially cylindrical seal ridge protruding from the peripheral edge of the hole in the same direction as the mounting ridge in the same direction as the installation ridge. A garnish panel for a vehicle, characterized in that at least a portion near the base end of the garnish panel is formed so as to become farther from the sealing ridge as it goes to the tip.