JP2566931Y2 - Bumper 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 bumper mounting structure, and more particularly to an improvement in a shock absorber mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bumper mounting structure is disclosed in
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 73250, a bumper is provided with a lamp mounting recess for accommodating a vehicle lamp, and a bottom wall of the lamp mounting recess is fastened to a vehicle body (see FIG. 4). When a shock absorber for absorbing a shock acting on the vehicle body is provided in the lamp mounting recess, the shock absorber is generally interposed between the bottom wall of the lamp mounting recess and the vehicle body, though not shown. In addition, the bottom wall and the shock absorber are fastened, and the shock absorber and the vehicle body are fastened.

[0003]

However, in the above-described bumper mounting structure, even when the bumper is mounted on the vehicle body by the bumper stay, the shock absorber is separately provided separately from the bumper stay between the bottom wall of the lamp mounting recess and the vehicle body. Therefore, there is a problem that the number of parts is increased by the amount that the shock absorber and the bumper stay are separated.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to attach a shock absorber without increasing the number of parts.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a bumper mounting structure for mounting a bumper face to a vehicle body by a bumper stay, and for inserting a vehicle lamp into the bumper face. And a box-shaped lamp mounting recess having a bottom wall protruding inward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from an edge of the lamp insertion port and having a bottom wall capable of contacting the vehicle body, and the bumper stay includes: A mounting portion provided with a shock absorber for absorbing a shock acting on the vehicle body from the vehicle lamp is provided,
The side wall of the lamp mounting recess is provided with an opening having a shape through which the mounting portion of the bumper stay can be inserted. The mounting portion of the bumper stay is provided in the lamp mounting recess and the shock absorber is provided in the vehicle. The bumper face is inserted from the opening so as to be located between the lamp and the vehicle body, and the mounting portion of the bumper stay is formed on the vehicle body by the bottom wall of the lamp mounting recess by the vehicle body. It is configured to be attached by being fastened to the vehicle body in a state of being pinched.

[0006]

With the above arrangement, in the present invention, the mounting portion of the bumper stay is inserted into the lamp mounting recess from the opening so that the shock absorber is located between the vehicle lamp and the vehicle body. The body is brought into a state capable of absorbing the impact acting on the vehicle body from the vehicle lamp. In this state, the bumper face is mounted on the vehicle body by fastening the mounting portion of the bumper stay to the vehicle body with the bottom wall of the lamp mounting recess pinched by the vehicle body.

Since the shock absorber is provided on the mounting portion of the bumper stay, it is integrated with the bumper stay, and the number of parts is reduced.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front portion of a vehicle to which a bumper mounting structure according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this embodiment, a case where a bumper is attached to the front part of the vehicle body will be described. However, the present invention is also applicable to a case where a bumper is attached to the rear part of the vehicle body.

In FIG. 1, head lamps 5 and 5 are provided on the vehicle body 3 and turn signal lamps 9 and 9 as vehicle lamps are provided on the bumper face 7 on both left and right sides of the vehicle 1, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bumper mounting structure is such that a bumper face 7, which is one of the components, is mounted on the vehicle body 3 by a bumper stay 11, and the vehicle body 3 has a first vehicle body side. An insertion hole 13 and a second vehicle body-side insertion hole 15 are provided.

The bumper face 7 has a box-shaped lamp mounting recess 17 in which the turn signal lamp 9 is stored. The lamp mounting recess 17 is provided with a lamp insertion opening 19 for inserting the turn signal lamp 9. The lamp mounting recess 17 is provided with a lamp insertion port 19.
And a bottom wall 25 protruding inward in the vehicle front-rear direction and having an opening 21 formed therefrom, and a bottom wall 25 provided at an end of the side wall 23 and capable of contacting the vehicle body 3. In the bottom wall 25, three bumper face side insertion holes 27, 2
7, 27 are formed.

The bumper stay 11 has a plate-shaped lower fixing portion 31 provided with a lower shock absorber 29 for absorbing a shock acting on the vehicle body 3 from the bumper face 7, and acts on the vehicle body 3 from the turn signal lamp 9. An upper fixing portion 35 is provided as a plate-like mounting portion on which an upper shock absorber 33 for absorbing a shock is provided. The opening 21 of the lamp mounting recess 17 is formed in a shape that allows the upper fixing portion 35 to be inserted therethrough.

Lower shock absorber 29 and upper shock absorber 33
Is a box shape that can be folded by crushing a single iron plate, and is attached to the lower fixing portion 31 and the upper fixing portion 35, respectively.

In the lower fixing portion 31, two first bolts 39, 39 projecting inward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and inserted into the first vehicle body-side insertion holes 13, are implanted.
5, three second bolts 41, 41, 41 protruding inward in the vehicle front-rear direction and inserted through the bumper face side insertion hole 27 and the second vehicle body side insertion hole 15 are implanted.

The lower fixing portion 31 is fastened to the vehicle body 3 in a state where the lower shock absorber 29 projects from the vehicle body 3 toward the bumper face 7.

On the other hand, the upper fixing portion 35 is inserted into the lamp mounting recess 17 from the opening 21 so that the upper shock absorber 33 is located between the turn signal lamp 9 and the vehicle body 3.

The bumper face 7 is attached to the vehicle body 3 by fastening the upper fixing portion 35 to the vehicle body 3 while holding the bottom wall 25 of the lamp mounting recess 17 with the vehicle body 3.

Next, a procedure for assembling the bumper face 7 will be described. First, the upper fixing portion 35 of the bumper stay 11 is inserted into the lamp mounting concave portion 17, and the three second bolts 41 of the upper fixing portion 35 are inserted into the bumper face side insertion holes 27. Next, the bumper stay 11 is temporarily fixed to a predetermined mounting position on the bumper face 7 by externally fitting the positioning cap 43 to the center second bolt 41. In this state, the second bolt 41,
41, 41, the first bolt 39,
39 are respectively inserted into the first vehicle body side insertion holes 13, and the second bolt 41 at the center where the positioning cap 43 is fitted externally
Then, the bumper face 7 is positioned with respect to the vehicle body 3, and the remaining two second bolts 41 and the two first bolts 39 are fastened from the inner surface side of the vehicle body 3 with nuts 45, 45, so that the bumper face 7 is positioned. Attach to body 3. As a result, the mounting of the bumper face 7 on the vehicle body 3 and the recess 17 for the lamp mounting of the upper shock absorber 33 are performed.
And placement at the same time. In this embodiment, the upper fixing portion 3 having the bumper stay 11 and the upper shock absorber 33 is provided.
Since the upper shock absorber 5 is provided, the upper shock absorber 33 can be integrated with the bumper stay 11, and the number of parts can be reduced.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bumper stay is provided with the mounting portion provided with the shock absorber for absorbing the shock acting on the vehicle body from the vehicle lamp.
The number of parts can be reduced by integrating the shock absorber with the bumper stay.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front portion of a vehicle to which a bumper mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a bumper face and a bumper stay 11 in the bumper mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 vehicle body 7 bumper face 9 turn signal lamp (vehicle lamp) 11 bumper stay 17 lamp mounting recess 19 lamp insertion opening 21 opening 23 side wall 25 bottom wall 33 upper shock absorber (shock absorber) 35 upper fixing part (mounting part) )

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bumper mounting structure for mounting a bumper face to a vehicle body by a bumper stay, wherein the bumper face has a lamp insertion opening for inserting a vehicle lamp, and a front and rear side of the vehicle from an edge of the lamp insertion opening. A box-shaped lamp mounting recess having a bottom wall protruding inward in the direction and having contact with the vehicle body, wherein the bumper stay absorbs an impact acting on the vehicle body from the vehicle lamp. An opening having a shape through which the mounting portion of the bumper stay can be inserted is provided on a side wall of the lamp mounting recess. The mounting portion of the bumper stay is provided with the lamp mounting recess. The shock absorber is inserted from the opening so as to be located between the vehicle lamp and the vehicle body, and the bumper face is Bumper mounting structure for the body, characterized in that the attachment portion of the bumper stay is attached by being fastened to the vehicle body in a state in which nipped bottom wall of the recess for the lamp mounting by the above body.