JP3116352B1 - Mounting structure of automobile parts - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to securely fix an automobile part such as a fog lamp to a bumper, and to eliminate deterioration of the design of the bumper due to occurrence of sink marks. SOLUTION: Ribs 30 and 31 are integrally formed on the back side of a bumper 1. A mounting bracket 20 having a U-shaped cross section is sandwiched between the ribs 30 and 31, and the ribs 30 and 31 and the mounting bracket 20 are fixed by bolts 24 with washers. Bumper 1
The fog lamp 2, which is an automobile part, is fixed to the mounting bracket 20 fixed to. By integrally forming the thin plate-shaped ribs 30 and 31 for fixing the fog lamp 2 to the bumper 1, no sink marks are generated on the surface side of the bumper 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile part mounting structure for mounting an automobile part such as a fog lamp on the back side of a bumper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a bumper of an automobile has generally been formed integrally with a synthetic resin. In this kind of a bumper made of a synthetic resin, various types of bumpers such as a fog lamp, an electric pole, a corner sensor, and a camera for checking a side are used. Automobile parts may be fixed. As described above, when fixing various automobile parts to the resin bumper A, a hollow boss B is integrally formed on the back surface of the bumper A as shown in FIG. A method of fixing an automobile part D by turning a screw C around the inner peripheral surface of the part B is widely adopted.

When a relatively large automobile part D such as a fog lamp is fixed to the bumper A, it is desirable to fix four corners of the fog lamp. For this reason, it is necessary to project four bosses B at the mounting positions of the fog lamps on the rear surface of the bumper, corresponding to the four corners of the fog lamps. However, if a hollow boss B is partially formed on the back surface of the resin bumper A, a small depression S called so-called sink may be formed on the front surface of the bumper A corresponding to the boss B on molding. There is. In this manner, appearance of a sink mark on the surface side of the bumper A deteriorates appearance, and particularly, an upper corner portion of the fog lamp is located at a central portion of the bumper A, and when a sink mark occurs in this portion, it is conspicuous. As a result, the commercial value of the bumper is significantly reduced. For this reason, in the resin bumper A, it is desirable to avoid the formation of the boss portion B as much as possible. On the other hand, when the number of the boss portions B is reduced, the mounting strength of the automobile part D decreases, and in particular, the fog lamp In such a case, when the mounting strength is reduced, there is a problem that the fog lamp is shaken due to vibration or the like during running of the vehicle and the optical axis of the fog lamp is shaken.

[0004] The present invention is intended to solve such problems, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of sink marks due to the boss portion and to increase the mounting strength of the vehicle component fixed to the bumper. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile part mounting structure for fixing an automobile part on a back side of a bumper, wherein the automobile part is mounted on a rear side of the bumper. Are formed integrally with each other so as to face each other, a mounting bracket having a U-shaped cross section is inserted between the ribs, the mounting bracket is sandwiched by the ribs, and each of the ribs and the mounting bracket is formed in a horizontally long shape.
And the mounting and fixing part on each rib and mounting bracket
At intervals in a direction form a plurality, it is fixed and said mounting bracket and said rib by fastening members passing through this fixing lugs, side end portions of the mounting bracket
Attach the mounting arm for fixing the automobile parts outward from each of the ribs
It is formed to protrude .

According to the above structure, when a fog lamp, for example, is fixed to the bumper as an automobile part, the fixing portion of the fog lamp on the bumper side is constituted by a thin plate-like rib, and the surface of the bumper is formed corresponding to the rib integrally formed on the bumper. There is no depression called sink mark on the side. In addition, the mounting bracket and the rib for mounting this mounting bracket are long and wide in the horizontal direction, and are fixed together with the mounting bracket fixed between the upper and lower ribs and the upper and lower ribs in surface contact with each other. Therefore, the upper and lower thin plate-shaped ribs integrally formed with the bumper and the mounting bracket are firmly fixed. Moreover, the mounting bracket
Fix the fog lights so that they protrude outside each rib
Mounting arm to form one
Fix the fog lamp to the bracket at multiple places at the same time
be able to. Thereby, the mounting strength of the fog lamp fixed to the bumper can be increased without shaking.

[0007] mounting structure for an automobile part according to claim 2, Bang
Attachment of automobile parts to fix automobile parts on the back side of par
Structure, which is vertically parallel to the back side of the bumper
A pair of ribs are formed integrally with each other so as to face each other.
Mounting bracket with a U-shaped cross section
Insert the bracket and clamp the mounting bracket with the rib
At the same time, a cutout groove for passing a fastening member is formed in the upper rib, and a through hole for passing the fastening member is formed in the lower rib and the mounting bracket, and a through hole is formed in the through hole and the notch groove. The rib and the mounting bracket are fixed by the fastening member.

[0008] With the above arrangement, when the mounting bracket is assembled to each of the upper and lower ribs, the mounting bracket is inserted along the notch groove with the insertion hole of the mounting bracket aligned with the opening edge of the notch groove formed in the upper rib. , The positions of the notch grooves and the through holes formed in the upper and lower ribs and the through holes formed in the mounting bracket can be easily matched, thereby simplifying the operation of assembling the mounting bracket. In addition, since the fastening member penetrates the ribs of the upper and lower ribs and the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket does not come off from the upper and lower ribs.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case where a fog lamp 2 is fixed as a vehicle component to a front bumper 1 made of a synthetic resin will be described as an example. The fog lamps 2 fixed to the bumper 1 are fixed to the left and right sides of the bumper 1, and the fog lamps 2 have the same structure except that they are symmetrical in shape. Only the left fog lamp 2 with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle is illustrated and described, and the right fog lamp 2 is omitted.

As shown in an exploded perspective view of FIG. 5, the fog lamp 2 includes a lamp body 3 and a body bracket 4 to which the lamp body 3 is assembled.
A lens 3B is fixed to the front of a lamp cover 3A containing a light source (not shown). Each of the lamp cover 3A and the lens 3B has a rectangular mounting seat 5 integrally formed on its overlapping surface, and a screw 7 with a washer is inserted into a through hole 6 formed at a corner portion of the mounting seat 5, and the washer Screw 7 with the body bracket 4
And the fog lamp 2 and the main body bracket 4 are integrally assembled and fixed.

The main body bracket 4 is formed in a hat shape obtained by bending left and right side plates 4B from both sides of a bottom plate 4A. A semicircular notch is formed in the bottom plate portion 4A of the main body bracket 4 to avoid the lamp cover 3A. A part 8 is formed. On the other hand, on the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 4B, L-shaped mounting pieces 9 are fixed at positions corresponding to the through holes 6 of the fog lamp 2 by appropriate means such as welding, respectively. A screw hole 10 into which the screw 7 is screwed is formed. Further, on the tip side of the left and right side plates 4B,
The mounting stays 11, 11 are fixed by appropriate means such as welding. Each of the mounting stays 11, 11 is L
It is bent into a mold, and an opening hole 12 is formed in each bent portion 11A. A horizontal reinforcing stay 13 is provided near the lower part of each of the left and right mounting stays 11, 11, and a claw for holding the coupler 14 of the cord 3 </ b> C connected to the lamp body 3 on the reinforcing stay 13. The piece 15 is integrally fixed.

Next, a bumper 1 for fixing a fog lamp 2
The configuration on the side will be described. In this embodiment, two screws 19 with washers are inserted into left and right opening holes 12 formed in upper corner portions of the mounting stays 11 fixed to the main body bracket 4, and the screws 19 are inserted into the back surface of the bumper 2. On the other hand, two tapping screws 19A are inserted into the left and right opening holes 12 formed in the lower corners of the mounting stays 11 and 11, respectively. Hollow boss 28 integrally formed on the back of
Screwed on. That is, since the fixed portion of the lower corner portion of the fog lamp 2 is located at the lower inconspicuous portion on the lower side of the bumper 1, the boss portion is provided on the surface side of the bumper 1.
Even if a sink occurs due to 28, that portion is located in an inconspicuous portion of the bumper 1. On the other hand, the fixed portion of the upper corner portion of the fog lamp 2 is located in the center of the bumper 1, and the appearance design is significantly reduced due to sink marks. For this reason, the mounting bracket 20 is attached to the fixed portion of the upper corner portion of the fog lamp 2, and the upper corner portion of the fog lamp 2 is fixed to the mounting bracket 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the mounting bracket 20 is formed by bending a pair of upper and lower horizontal walls 20B from the upper and lower edges of a vertical wall 20A so as to face each other to form a U-shaped cross section. Left and right mounting arms 21, 21 for fixing the fog lamp 2 are integrally extended from both left and right sides of the vertical wall 20A, and the screws with washers are attached to the mounting arms 21, 21.
A screw hole 22 into which the screw 19 is screwed is formed. The distance between the screw holes 22 corresponds to the distance between the opening holes 12 in the upper corners formed in the mounting stays 11 of the main body bracket 4. The screw holes 22 formed in the mounting arms 21 and 21 of the mounting bracket 20 are vertically arranged to form a total of four screw holes 22. Depending on the height of the fog lamp 2 and the like, two sets of upper and lower screw holes 22 are provided. The screw 19 with a washer can be selectively screwed into the hole 22. Also, two parallel horizontal walls
A pair of left and right through holes 25 are formed in 20B as mounting and fixing portions for penetrating a bolt 24 with a washer as a fastening member.

A pair of vertically parallel ribs for fixing the mounting bracket 20 are provided on the back side of the bumper 1.
The ribs 30 and 31 are integrally formed, and these ribs 30 and 31 are formed in a thin plate shape so as to sandwich the mounting bracket 20 from above and below.
With the upper and lower ribs 3
0, 31 and mounting bracket 20 with bolt 2 with washer
4 and a nut 41 is screwed through a washer 40 to a bolt 24 with a washer projecting to the back side of the lower rib 31 so that the upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 and the mounting bracket
20 and fixed together.

The front edges of the upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 are formed in a stepped shape, and the upper rib 30 is used as a mounting fixing portion.
The plurality of notch grooves 32 are formed in parallel with each other.
These notches 32 are formed in a U-shape so as to open to the outer edge of the upper rib 30, and the notch grooves are formed from the outer edge of the upper rib 30.
The bolt 24 with a washer can be inserted into the inside of 32. In addition, any two of the plurality of notches 32 are provided with the through holes 2 of the mounting bracket 20.
5, the lower rib 31 is provided with a through hole 33 of the washer-attached bolt 24 as an attachment fixing portion corresponding to the through hole 25 of the attachment bracket 20. In addition,
This through hole 33 is drilled by a drill according to the position of the through hole 25 of the mounting bracket 20 when the fog lamp 2 is mounted.

A method of mounting the fog lamp 2 configured as described above will be described. First, as shown in FIG.
The fog lamp 2 and the main body bracket 4 are integrally fixed by a screw 7 with a washer, and a mounting bracket 20 for mounting the fog lamp 2 is fixed to the bumper 1.

When fixing the mounting bracket 20 to the bumper 1, as shown in FIG. 4, first, the pattern 35 is aligned with the back side of the lower rib 31, and the pattern 35 is previously aligned with the through hole 25 of the mounting bracket 20. A mark of the through hole 33 is formed in the lower rib 31 by using a thumbtack 36 or the like from above the marker point 35A formed in the above, and a through hole 33 for passing the bolt 24 with a washer is formed by a drill 37. After this, the upper and lower ribs 30,
The horizontal wall 20B of the mounting bracket 20 is inserted between the upper and lower ribs 30, and the bolts 24 with washers are passed through the ribs 30, 31 and the mounting bracket 20 from above the upper rib 30. A nut 41 is screwed into the bolt 24 with a washer via the washer 40, and the mounting bracket is mounted on the bumper 1.
Fix 20. At this time, the upper rib 30 is formed with the notch groove 32 which is opened at the outer edge. Therefore, when the mounting bracket 20 is assembled between the upper and lower ribs 30, 31, the notch groove formed in the upper rib 30 is formed. 32 through hole 25 of mounting bracket 20 at the opening edge
In this state, the notch groove 32 formed in the upper rib 30 by sliding the mounting bracket 20 backward so that the through hole 25 of the mounting bracket 20 is aligned with the notch groove 32 and the through hole of the mounting bracket 20 Since the position of 25 and 25 can be easily adjusted, as a result, the cutout groove 32 of the upper rib 30 and the through hole 25 formed in the mounting bracket 20 and the through hole 33 of the lower rib 31 are coaxially continuous, Notch groove 32 and each through hole
25, 33 positioning work is easy. Further, each of the ribs 30 and
It is also possible to mount the mounting bracket 20 between the bases 31. In this case, the bolts 24 with washers inserted into the through holes 25 of the upper horizontal wall 20B are guided along the cutout grooves 32 of the upper rib 30. The positions of the ribs 30, 31 and the mounting bracket 20 can be easily adjusted. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1, the opening holes 12 formed at the four corners of the main body bracket 4 to which the fog lamp 2 is assembled are aligned with the screw holes 22 of the mounting bracket 20 and the bosses 28 formed integrally with the bumper 1, and two holes are formed. The screw 19 with a washer is screwed into the screw hole 22 of the mounting bracket 20, and the two tapping screws 19A are screwed into the boss 28 while the washer 44 is fixed to the boss 28 by the tape 43. 1, a fog lamp 2 is fixed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the lower corner portion of the fog lamp 2 is directly fixed to the boss 28 projecting from the bumper 1 by the screw 19A with a washer. By fixing the portion to the mounting bracket 20 fixed between the upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 formed integrally with the bumper 1, sink marks due to the boss portion do not occur in the center of the bumper 1 which is conspicuous in appearance. That is, in the present embodiment, the upper corner portion of the fog lamp 2 is integrally formed with the thin plate-shaped ribs 30 and 31 on the back surface side of the bumper 1 serving as the fixed portion, and the upper corners of the fog lamp 2 are formed on the ribs 30 and 31. Since the mounting bracket 20 for fixing the portion is assembled, when the bumper 1 is molded, no sink marks are formed at the center of the surface of the bumper 1 corresponding to the positions where the ribs 30 and 31 are formed. Since the lower corner portion of the fog lamp 2 adopts a structure in which the boss portion 28 is integrally formed with the bumper 1 as in the related art, the boss portion 28 is formed.
Although there is a risk of sink marks corresponding to the formation of
Since this portion is located on the lower side of the bumper 1 and is inconspicuous in appearance, even if a small depression due to a temporary sink occurs, the influence on the external design is extremely small. Therefore, on the lower side of the bumper 1 which has little influence on the external design, the screw 19A with a washer is directly screwed into the conventional boss portion 28 to fix the lower corner portion of the fog lamp 2. The fixing method is rational because the number of working steps is smaller than the method of fixing the mounting bracket 20 after assembling the mounting bracket 20 to the ribs 30 and 31. Also, the mounting bracket 20 and the mounting bracket 20
The mounting ribs 30 and 31 are long and wide in the horizontal direction, so that the upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 and the mounting bracket 20 are fixed together in surface contact with each other and fitted between the ribs 30 and 31. Each rib 30, 31 is reinforced by the inserted mounting bracket 20, and the mounting bracket 20 and the ribs 30, 31 can be firmly fixed. As a result, the upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 and the mounting bracket 20 are firmly integrated, and the mounting bracket 20 and the bumper 1 are firmly fixed, so that the mounting strength of the fog lamp 2 can be reduced without the fog lamp 2 fluctuating. Can be enhanced.

The upper and lower ribs 30 and 31 have different shapes, and the upper rib 30 is formed with a plurality of parallel notches 32, while the lower rib 31 is provided with a mounting bracket.
By forming two through holes 33 corresponding to the 20 through holes 25, the notch groove 32 formed in the upper rib 30 is arranged along the through hole 25 of the mounting bracket 20 and between the upper and lower ribs 30, 31. Since the mounting bracket 20 can be assembled, each rib 30,
Alignment between 31 and mounting bracket 20 is easy. Further, the mounting bracket 20 does not come off from the ribs 30 and 31 by passing the bolts 24 with washers through the through holes 33 of the lower rib 31. Further, a plurality of notched grooves 32 are formed in the upper rib 30 at equal intervals in parallel with each other, and four screw holes 22 are formed in the mounting bracket 20 so as to be vertically arranged. The position of the notch groove 32 through which the bolt 24 with the washer is passed according to the size of the main body bracket 4 assembled in
Can be selected.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example was shown in which the lower corner portion of the fog lamp 2 was fixed to the boss portion 28. However, as in the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. Similarly to the upper corner portion, of course, all the bosses formed on the bumper 1 can be eliminated by forming the thin plate-like ribs 30 and 31 for fixing the mounting bracket 20.
It is possible. As described above, if the boss portion is not formed on the back surface side of the bumper 1, there is no problem that the appearance design of the bumper 1 is deteriorated due to sink marks. Further, the basic configuration of the fog lamp 2 as an automobile part and a mounting bracket 20 for fixing the fog lamp 2 are described.
The shapes of the ribs 30 and 31 may be appropriately selected. Further, in the present embodiment, the fog lamp 2 is shown as an automobile part, but the present invention can be applied to a mounting structure of various automobile parts such as an electric pole, a corner sensor, a camera for side confirmation, and the like.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile component mounting structure for fixing an automobile component to a rear surface of a bumper, wherein the pair of ribs are vertically parallel to the rear surface of the bumper. Are opposed to each other and integrally formed, a mounting bracket having a U-shaped cross section is inserted between the ribs, the mounting bracket is sandwiched by the ribs, and each of the ribs and the mounting bracket is formed to be horizontally long, And
Space between mounting ribs on each rib and mounting bracket in the horizontal direction
The ribs and the mounting bracket are fixed by a fastening member penetrating the mounting fixing portion.
And the vehicle on both sides of the mounting bracket.
Mounting arms for fixing parts are formed to protrude outward from each of the ribs
As a result, since there is no sink mark on the surface side of the bumper corresponding to the rib serving as a fixing portion on the bumper side, the automobile parts can be fixed to the bumper without reducing the commercial value of the bumper. Thus, the automobile parts can be firmly fixed to the bumper.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile part for fixing an automobile part to a rear surface of a bumper.
Product mounting structure, up and down on the back side of the bumper
A pair of parallel ribs are formed integrally with each other so as to face each other.
U-shaped mounting for fixing the automobile parts between ribs
Insert the bracket and fix the mounting bracket with the rib.
The upper rib is formed with a notch groove through which a fastening member is passed, and the lower rib and the mounting bracket are formed with a through hole through which the fastening member passes. Since the rib and the mounting bracket are fixed by a fastening member that penetrates through the mounting bracket, the workability of assembling the mounting bracket can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounted state of a fog lamp according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the mounting bracket.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing a fixed state of the mounting bracket.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which through holes are formed in the upper and lower ribs.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the fog lamp and the main body bracket.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a fixed state of the fog lamp.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounted state of a fog lamp according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing a fixed state of a conventional fog lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bumper 2 Fog lamp (automobile parts) 4 Body bracket 12 Opening hole 19 Tapping screw 19A Screw with washer 20 Mounting bracket 21 Mounting arm 22 Screw hole 24 Bolt with washer (Fixing member) 25,33 Through hole (Mounting fixing part) 30 , 31 Rib 32 Notch groove (Mounting fixed part)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masato Endo 8-18-4 Nobomu, Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture Inside Honda Access Co., Ltd. (56) References Real Open Sho 64-29040 (JP, U) Real Open Sho 57-133451 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 61-135623 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 62-43955 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 19/48 -19/50 B60Q 1/00-1/02 F16B 5/00-5/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An automobile part mounting structure for fixing an automobile part to a back side of a bumper, wherein a pair of vertically parallel ribs are integrally formed on the back side of the bumper so as to face each other. Insert a mounting bracket with a U-shaped cross section between them, sandwich the mounting bracket with the ribs, and form each of the ribs and the mounting bracket horizontally long.
And the mounting and fixing part on each rib and mounting bracket
At intervals in a direction form a plurality, it is fixed and said mounting bracket and said rib by fastening members passing through this fixing lugs, side end portions of the mounting bracket
Attach the mounting arm for fixing the automobile parts outward from each of the ribs
A mounting structure for an automobile part characterized by being formed so as to protrude therefrom. 2. An automobile part is fixed to a back side of a bumper.
Mounting structure for an automobile part, comprising:
A pair of vertically parallel ribs are opposed to each other and integrally formed
And a cross section for fixing the automobile part between the ribs.
Insert the mounting bracket in the shape of
While holding the racket, a cutout groove for passing a fastening member is formed in the upper rib, and a through hole for penetrating the fastening member is formed in the lower rib and the mounting bracket,
The mounting structure for an automobile part, wherein the rib and the mounting bracket are fixed by a fastening member penetrating the through hole and the cutout groove.