JP2602213Y2 - Air spoiler - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an air spoiler of an automobile, and more particularly to a measure for drainage of an air spoiler in which a harness is arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, many air spoilers of automobiles are blow-molded from the viewpoint of reducing the weight of a vehicle body and the like, and a hollow portion is formed inside the air spoiler as a blow-molded product. Generally, a harness of an electric system is disposed in a hollow portion of the air spoiler, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-135883, for example.

[0003]

However, in the air spoiler in which the harness is disposed in the hollow portion as described above, for example, when the vehicle is washed, water enters the hollow portion from the seal portion of the harness, and the harness is corroded. In addition, there is a risk that water that has penetrated accumulates in the hollow portion to increase the weight.

Therefore, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 64-1180, a drain port having a recess is formed in the middle of the rear wall of the air spoiler in the vehicle width direction, and both sides of the drain port are formed. An air spoiler has been proposed in which a concave groove communicating with the outside is formed so that water entering the hollow portion is discharged to the outside from the drain port so that water does not accumulate in the hollow portion.

[0005] However, in the air spoiler of the above proposed example, there is a problem that the appearance is impaired because the drain port is largely exposed outside. Also, a mold must be custom-built to form the drainage port and the concave groove,
There is also a problem that the production cost increases.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to effectively use an outlet for extracting a harness in an air spoiler in which a harness is disposed in a hollow portion. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an air spoiler which has a good appearance without impairing the appearance by making the drain port invisible from the outside, and yet has an excellent drainage property. In addition, there is also a case where a large modification of a mold is eliminated to avoid a rise in production cost.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a wing portion extending in the vehicle width direction, and a vehicle body mounting leg integrally provided at both ends of the wing portion. In addition, the following solution was taken for an air spoiler having a hollow portion inside and an electric system harness arranged in the hollow portion.

That is, in the solution of the present invention, an outlet for taking out a harness communicating with the hollow portion is formed in a bottom wall of the leg portion facing the vehicle body. Further, a concave groove for drainage communicating with the outside and inclined downward toward the outside of the vehicle body is formed in the outlet.

[0009]

With the above arrangement, according to the solution of the present invention, when water intrudes into the hollow portion from the seal portion of the harness, for example, at the time of car washing, the intruded water is taken out of the harness formed on the bottom wall of the leg portion. It is discharged to the outside through the concave groove of the take-out port.

Since the outlet is inclined downward toward the outside of the vehicle body, the infiltrated water is reliably discharged to the outside without collecting in the hollow portion, so that corrosion of the harness by water is prevented and In addition, an increase in weight due to accumulation of infiltration water can be avoided.

Further, since the outlet also serves as a drain, the outlet (drain) faces the vehicle and cannot be seen from the outside when the air spoiler is attached to the vehicle body. It is not necessary to separately form a drain port, it is only necessary to form a concave groove in the outlet, and it can be formed by making a slight change to the conventional mold structure, and the manufacturing cost is low.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 shows a rear portion of a vehicle body B of an automobile to which an air spoiler A according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and the air spoiler A is attached to a rear end portion of an upper surface of a trunk lid b1 of the vehicle body B.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the air spoiler A includes a resin-made spoiler body 1 that is blow-molded and extends in the vehicle width direction. Inside the spoiler body 1, an electric system is provided. A hollow portion 7 in which the harness 5 of the high mount stop lamp 3 is disposed is formed.

The spoiler main body 1 has a wing portion 9 extending in the vehicle width direction having a small vertical width for changing the flow of air at a center portion, and is integrally formed at both ends of the wing portion 9 with a thicker wall than the wing portion 9. And a pair of legs 11, 11 for mounting the vehicle body, which are mounted on the trunk lid b1.

The high mount stop lamp 3 is attached to the back surface of the rear end of the wing 9 of the spoiler body 1 by four screws 13, 13,. The high-mount stop lamp 3 includes a resin display unit 15 having a built-in lamp member (not shown), and a connection portion 17 is protruded from the back surface of the display portion 15. A harness 5 connected to the lamp member extends, and the lamp member blinks in conjunction with operation of a brake (not shown).

The bottom wall 19 of each of the legs 11 facing the vehicle body B (trunk lid b1) has a bracket mounting recess 2
1 is formed, and the upper wall 21a of the bracket mounting recess 21 is formed.
, Two insert nuts 23, 23 are inserted. Then, while screwing one end of the mounting bracket 25 to the insert nut 23 with the screw 27,
Connect the other end of the mounting bracket 25 to the trunk lid b of the vehicle body B.
1 to the air spoiler A
Is attached to the trunk lid b1. Reference numeral 31 denotes a protector interposed between the bottom wall 19 of each leg 11 and the trunk lid b1.

A circular outlet 33 for taking out the harness 5 is formed at the rear end of the vehicle body B on the bottom wall 19 of each of the legs 11 facing the trunk lid b1 and communicating with the hollow portion 7.
A coupler 35 is attached to the outlet 33, and the harness 5 is introduced into the trunk lid b1 through the coupler 35.

The present invention is characterized in that the outlet 3
3 is formed with a concave groove 37 for drainage communicating with the outside,
The concave groove 37 is formed so as to be inclined downward toward the outside (rear) of the vehicle body B.

The spoiler body 1 (wing 9) has a high-mount stop lamp 3 mounting portion on the back surface thereof,
A resin cover member 39 is attached by four screws 41, 41,..., And the cover member 39 covers the high mount stop lamp 3 attachment portion. Then, in this mounted state, the high mount stop lamp 3 and the cover member 39 are attached to the wing 9 so that the air flow changing function of the wing 9 is not impaired.
Are arranged flush with the outer surface of the other part of the above. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 43 denotes a packing.

As described above, in the present embodiment, since the outlet 33 for taking out the harness 5 is formed in the bottom wall 19 of the leg 11 facing the trunk lid b1, the harness 5 is removed, for example, at the time of car washing. Even if water enters the hollow portion 7 from the seal portion, the intruded water can be discharged to the outside through the concave groove 37 of the outlet 33.

Further, since the outlet 33 is inclined downward toward the rear of the vehicle body B, the intruded water can be reliably discharged to the outside without collecting in the hollow portion 7. Corrosion due to water can be prevented, and an increase in weight due to accumulation of intruding water can be avoided.

Further, since the outlet 33 is also used as a drain, the outlet 33 (drain) faces the vehicle B (trunk lid b1) with the air spoiler A attached to the vehicle body B. Since it can be made invisible from the outside, the appearance can be improved, and it is not necessary to separately form a drain port, and only the concave groove 37 is formed in the outlet 33. The molding can be performed with a slight change, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

[0024]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention,
In the harness take-out opening formed on the bottom wall facing the vehicle body of the leg, a concave groove for drainage that communicates with the outside and slopes downward toward the outside of the vehicle body is formed, that is, the above-mentioned outlet is drained. Since it also serves as a mouth, the outlet (drainage port) is not visible from the outside when the air spoiler is mounted, so that the appearance can be improved and the drainage function can be sufficiently exhibited. Also, since it is not necessary to change the mold structure so much,
High production costs can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a rear part of a vehicle body of an automobile to which an air spoiler is attached.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a leg of the air spoiler as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a leg portion when the concave groove is viewed from the front.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the air spoiler.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 Harness 7 Hollow part 9 Wing part 11 Leg part 19 Bottom wall 33 Outlet 37 Recessed groove A Air spoiler

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B62D 37/02 B60R 13/07

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A vehicle comprising: a wing portion extending in a vehicle width direction; and a vehicle body mounting leg integrally provided at both ends of the wing portion. An air spoiler in which a harness is disposed, wherein a bottom wall facing the vehicle body of the leg portion is formed with an outlet for extracting a harness communicating with the hollow portion, and the outlet communicates with the outside. An air spoiler having a concave groove for drainage inclined downward toward the outside of the vehicle body.