JP2598298Y2 - Mounting device for automobile wheel cover - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting device for mounting a vehicle wheel cover on a wheel disc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wheel cover for an automobile is generally provided with a plurality of locking claws around a back surface of a cover body, and the locking claws are locked to a hump portion of the wheel disk by a spring force. To fix it.

[0003] However, such a conventional system has various problems such as that a considerable force is required for fixing the wheel cover. As one means for solving this problem, an apparatus of the type shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has been proposed. According to this device, the rod-shaped leg 3a and the pin-shaped locking projection 3b protruding from the tip of the rod-shaped leg 3a are integrally formed on the back surface of the resin-made wheel cover main body 1. 3 are configured. On the other hand, on the wheel disk 2 side, a frame member A, which is a metal pressed product shown in FIG. 3, and a resin housing 4a for accommodating the frame member A, as shown in FIG.
The locking means 4 is configured and attached to the wheel disc 2.

When this mounting device is used, as shown in FIG. 2, the tips of the legs 3a of the wheel cover are introduced into the cutouts 4c of the housings 4a, and the spring pieces 4g of the skeleton member A are removed. While pressing down, slide on the spring piece 4g to lock the locking projection 3b with the hook-shaped locking portion 4 of the housing 4a.
The wheel cover is fixed by engaging p ′ and the hook-shaped locking portion 4p of the side wall 4k of the skeleton member A (for example, JP-A-4-38201).

[0005]

By the way, the second locking means 4 of this device is composed of the housing 4a and the frame member A.
They are composed of parts and their shapes are complex.
If possible, the second locking means 4 is preferably constituted only by the skeletal member A. However, in this case, the locking projection 3b of the first engagement means 3 made of resin is damaged by the press edge 4x of the hook-shaped locking portion 4p of the skeletal member A, which is a metal pressed product, and the wheel cover 1 is damaged. Repeated attachment / detachment eventually leads to breakage. Therefore, the locking projection 3b is held not only with the hook-shaped locking portion 4p of the skeletal member A, but also with the hook-shaped locking portion 4p 'provided on the resin housing 4a to increase the contact area of the locking projection 3b. It is configured to prevent damage. That is, when the second locking means 4 is constituted only by the frame member A, there is a problem that a sufficient contact area with the locking projection 3b cannot be secured when the wheel cover is locked.

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce the contact area with the locking projection 3b when locking the wheel cover so that the locking projection 3b is not broken even if the mounting and dismounting of the wheel cover is repeated. An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting device for a wheel cover for a vehicle which is wide and has a simple structure.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems and Actions / Effects In order to solve the above technical problems, an apparatus for mounting a vehicle wheel cover according to the present invention is configured as follows.

That is, in this device, a plurality of legs fixed around the rear surface of a substantially disk-shaped wheel cover main body, locking projections provided at the tips of the legs, and the wheel cover main body are mounted. And a plurality of metal-pressed locking fittings corresponding to the legs and the locking projections. The locking fitting includes a bottom wall, a spring piece connected with the bottom wall in a U-shape above the bottom wall, and an L-shape with the bottom wall perpendicular to the spring piece and above the bottom wall. A side wall connected in a shape,
A fixing piece connected to the bottom wall and fixed to the wheel disc below the spring piece and below the bottom wall. The side wall is formed by a continuous notch from the space where the locking projection of the leg is to be inserted, and the locking projection is locked by relative movement in the circumferential direction and relative movement in the contact and separation direction. It has a hook-shaped locking part.

[0009] Further, a contact piece which is cut and raised perpendicularly to the side wall is provided above the notch of the locking fitting.
When the wheel cover body is mounted, the locking projection of the leg is elastically positioned and held by the spring piece while contacting the abutment piece.

[0010] In the above configuration, when the wheel cover is mounted, the area where the locking projection comes into contact with the abutting piece is large, so that the locking projection is not damaged and breaks even when the mounting and dismounting of the wheel cover is repeated. Never. Also,
The second locking means is composed of only locking metal fittings, and has a simpler configuration than a conventional device.

In the above configuration, the contact piece is provided in order to increase the contact area with the locking projection. However, instead of the contact piece, a separate contact member may be provided.

That is, in the above configuration, in place of cutting and raising the abutting piece in the locking fitting,
Furthermore, a contact member is provided that fits into the hook-shaped locking portion of the locking metal fitting. When the wheel cover is attached, the locking projection of the leg is elastically positioned and held by the spring piece while contacting the contact member.

[0013] In the above configuration, similarly, since the area where the locking projection comes into contact with the contact member when the wheel cover is mounted is large, the wheel cover is repeatedly attached and mounted.
Even if it is removed, the locking projection does not break. In addition, the contact member has a simple configuration, and can be attached simply by fitting the contact member, and is hard to come off due to the bias of the spring piece. On the other hand, the stopper does not require a contact piece, and the configuration is simplified. Therefore, the device having the above configuration has a simple configuration.

[0014] Preferably, in order to facilitate the work of attaching the second locking means to the wheel disc, a through-hole is further formed in the spring piece of the locking metal in the direction of the fixed piece. .

In the above configuration, when inserting and fixing the fixing piece of the locking member into the mounting hole of the wheel disc, a tool is passed through the through hole formed in the spring piece from above the spring piece, and the tool is engaged through the tool. It becomes possible to drive the bottom wall of the fastener straight into the direction of the mounting hole. Therefore, the work of attaching to the wheel disk becomes easy.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The mounting apparatus for a vehicle wheel cover according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS.

A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The general structure of the mounting device for a vehicle wheel cover according to the present invention is the same as that of the conventional device described with reference to FIGS. More specifically, the first locking means 3 on the wheel cover side includes a rod-shaped leg 3a formed integrally with the wheel cover main body 1, and a pin-shaped locking projection protruding from the tip of the leg 3a. 3b. On the other hand, the second locking means 4 mounted on the wheel disc is
This is the latch 5 shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, 5a is a bottom wall, 5k is a side wall, 5g is a spring piece, 5e is a fixed piece,
The locking metal member 5 is a metal press product in which these are integrally formed. A spring piece 5g is connected to the bottom wall 5a in a U-shape together with the bottom wall 5a, and an L-shaped side wall 5k is connected to the spring piece 5g perpendicularly and above the bottom wall 5a together with the bottom wall 5a. Below the wall 5a, a fixing piece 5e is connected to the bottom wall 5a. The side wall 5k of the locking member 5 has a space 5i into which the locking protrusion 3b of the wheel cover 1 is inserted, and a notch 5c continuous with the space 5i forms a hook-shaped locking portion 5p. You. Above the notch 5c, a contact piece 5b is cut and raised perpendicular to the side wall 5k. The side wall 5a is formed with a slope 5h for guiding the locking projection 3b of the wheel disc 1.

The locking metal member 5 is fixed to a mounting hole 2a formed at a predetermined position of the wheel disk 2, similarly to the frame member A of the conventional example shown in FIG. At this time, the latch 5 is fixed such that the side wall 5k of the latch 5 is located radially outward of the wheel disk 2 from the bottom wall 5a and extends along the circumferential direction of the wheel disk 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, the wheel cover is attached to the wheel disk using the locking metal member 5 having the above structure. That is, first, the wheel cover body is brought close to the wheel disc, and the locking projections 3 of the wheel cover are moved.
b is inserted into the notch 5c from the space 5i of each locking metal member 5. Each of the locking projections 3b is guided to the upper part (in the direction of arrow 20) at the back of the notch 5c while pushing in and sliding on the spring piece 5g against the spring force from the spring piece 5g. As shown by, each projection 3b is locked by the hook-shaped locking portion 5p. As described above, the locking projection 3b is in the hook-shaped locking portion
In this state, the locking projection 3b is pushed upward by the spring return force of the spring piece 5g. Therefore,
The state in which the locking projection 3b is locked by the hook-shaped locking portion 5p is stably maintained.

At this time, the upper surface of the locking projection 3b comes into contact with the lower surface of the contact piece 5b of the locking metal member 5 over a wide area. Therefore, the locking projection 3b is not damaged by the edge of the side wall 5k unlike the conventional device, and the locking projection 3b does not break even if the attachment and detachment of the wheel cover are repeated. Further, the mounting device having the above-described configuration has a simple configuration in which the second locking means is configured only by the locking metal member 5 which is a metal pressed product.

In the above embodiment, the contact piece 5b is cut and raised from the side of the notch 5c of the locking fitting 5, and this modification is shown in FIG. That is, the side wall portion 5k 'above the notch 5c can be folded back to form the contact piece 5b.

In the above-described first embodiment, the contact piece 5b is cut and raised on the locking fitting 5 in order to increase the contact area with the locking projection 3b as the first locking means 3. In the second embodiment to be described, as shown in FIG. 7, a contact member 6, which is a separate component, is fitted into the locking fitting 5.

That is, in the locking fitting 5 of the first embodiment, the contact piece 5b is eliminated, and instead, the contact member 6 is fitted over the notch 5c. The contact member 6 includes the locking fitting 5.
A notch 6c is formed along the periphery 5x of the notch 5c, which covers the periphery 5x and is wider than the thickness of the side wall 5k and is slightly smaller than the upper part of the notch 5c of the latch 5. A hook-shaped locking portion 6p is formed by 6c.

In the above configuration, similarly to the first embodiment, the locking projection 3b of the wheel cover is locked by the hook-shaped locking portion 6p of the contact member 6, and the locking state is set by the spring piece 5g. It is kept stable. Further, the state in which the contact member 6 is fitted into the side wall 5k is stably maintained by the urging of the spring piece 5g. At this time, since the area where the locking projection 3b contacts the contact member 6 is large, similarly, the locking projection 3b
Does not hurt. Therefore, even if attachment / detachment of the wheel cover is repeated, the locking projection 3b does not break. In addition, the contact member 6 has a simple shape and can be attached simply by fitting it in. On the other hand, the stopper 5 does not require the contact piece 5b. Therefore, the mounting device of the second embodiment has a simple configuration.

Next, based on FIGS. 8 and 9, a third operation which facilitates the operation of attaching the locking metal member 5 to the wheel disc 2 will be described.
An example will be described.

The locking fitting 5 is constructed in the same manner as the mounting device of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4, and furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5y
Is formed.

The attachment of the locking member 5 to the wheel disk is performed by using the through hole 5e as shown in FIGS. That is, the locking fitting 5 is located at a predetermined position above the mounting hole 2a of the wheel disc 2. Next, Tool 1
0 head 10a is driven. At this time, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 9, when the locking fitting 5 is driven into the tool 10 from an oblique direction, the locking fitting 5 falls down and the mounting operation cannot be performed. However, since the spring piece 5g has a through-hole 5y, the tool 10 is passed through the through-hole 5y and is kept substantially straight with respect to the mounting hole 2a of the wheel disc 2 in the direction of the mounting hole 2a, that is, the direction shown by the arrow 30. , The head 10a of the tool 10 can be driven. Therefore, the mounting device of this embodiment facilitates the operation of mounting the locking metal member 5 on the wheel disc 2.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but can be implemented in various other modes. That is, for example, the contact piece 5b of the locking metal member 5 shown in the first embodiment is cut and raised on the side opposite to the bottom wall 5a.
It may be cut and raised on the same side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a wheel cover of a conventional example is attached to a wheel disc.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a second locking means of the conventional wheel cover mounting device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a skeletal member of a second locking means of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a lock fitting included in the mounting device for a vehicle wheel cover according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a process of locking the first locking means by the locking fitting of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a modification of the locking fitting of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lock fitting of the device for mounting a vehicle wheel cover according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a locking member of a vehicle wheel cover according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a cross-sectional view showing a method of attaching the locking fitting of FIG. 8 to a wheel disc.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wheel cover main body 2 Wheel disc 2a Mounting hole 3 First locking means 3a Leg 3b Locking projection 4 Second locking means 4a Housing 4c Notch 4e Fixing piece 4g Spring piece 4h Inclined surface 4j, 4k Side wall 4m Piece 4n locking window 4p, 4p 'hook-shaped locking part 4x edge 5 locking metal (second locking means) 5a bottom wall 5b abutment piece 5c notch 5e fixing piece 5g spring piece 5h slope 5i void 5k side wall 5k '' Side wall portion 5p Hook-shaped locking portion 5x Peripheral edge 5y Through hole 6 Contact member 6c Notch 6p Hook-shaped locking portion 10 Tool 10a Head 20,30 Arrow A Skeletal member O Center line

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Asakoshi 1 Toki-machi, Haruki, Togo-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi Prefecture Togo Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-4-38201 (JP, A) (58) ) Surveyed field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B60B 7/00-7/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A plurality of legs (3a) fixed around the rear surface of a generally disc-shaped wheel cover body (1) and each of the legs (3).
The locking projection (3b) provided at the tip of (a) and the wheel disc to which the wheel cover body (1) is to be mounted
For fixing around the surface of (2), the leg
(3a) and a plurality of metal-pressed locking fittings (5) corresponding to the locking projections (3b), wherein the locking fitting (5) has a bottom wall (5a) and the bottom wall (5). A spring piece (5g) connected in a U-shape with the bottom wall (5a) above 5a)
A side wall (5k) perpendicular to the spring piece (5g) and above the bottom wall (5a) and connected in an L-shape with the bottom wall (5a);
A fixing piece (5e) connected to the bottom wall (5a) and fixed to the wheel disc (2) below the spring piece (5g) and below the bottom wall (5a); (5k) includes the locking projection (3b) of the leg (3a).
Is formed by a notch (5c) continuous from a space (5i) into which is to be inserted, and the locking projection (3b) is locked by relative movement in the circumferential direction and relative movement in the contact / separation direction. Locking part
(5p), further provided with an abutment (5b) cut and raised perpendicularly to the side wall (5k) above the notch (5c) of the locking metal fitting (5); 1) When the legs are attached,
(3a) The mounting device for an automobile wheel cover, wherein the locking projection (3b) is elastically positioned and held by the spring piece (5g) while being in contact with the abutment piece (5b). 2. A plurality of legs (3a) fixed around the rear surface of a generally disc-shaped wheel cover body (1) and each of the legs (3a).
The locking projection (3b) provided at the tip of (a) and the wheel disc to which the wheel cover body (1) is to be mounted
For fixing around the surface of (2), the leg
(3a) and a plurality of metal-pressed locking fittings (5) corresponding to the locking projections (3b), wherein the locking fitting (5) has a bottom wall (5a) and the bottom wall (5). A spring piece (5g) connected in a U-shape with the bottom wall (5a) above 5a)
A side wall (5k) perpendicular to the spring piece (5g) and above the bottom wall (5a) and connected in an L-shape with the bottom wall (5a);
A fixing piece (5e) connected to the bottom wall (5a) and fixed to the wheel disc (2) below the spring piece (5g) and below the bottom wall (5a); (5k) includes the locking projection (3b) of the leg (3a).
Is formed by a notch (5c) continuous from a space (5i) into which is to be inserted, and the locking projection (3b) is locked by relative movement in the circumferential direction and relative movement in the contact / separation direction. Locking part
(5p), and further includes a contact member (6) fitted into the hook-shaped locking portion (5p) of the locking metal fitting (5). When the wheel cover body (1) is mounted, Above leg
(3a) The mounting device for an automobile wheel cover, wherein the locking projection (3b) is elastically positioned and held by the spring piece (5g) while being in contact with the abutment member (6). 3. The spring piece (5g) of the locking fitting (5).
3. The mounting device for a vehicle wheel cover according to claim 1, wherein a through hole (5y) penetrating in the direction of the fixing piece (5e) is further formed.