JP3246828B2 - Glass holding structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glass holding structure for a vehicle, which is used for defining a position of a glass when fixing a window glass to a vehicle body with an adhesive.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a glass holding structure for positioning glass, a bolt or a clip having a head directly fixed to the glass surface with an adhesive is attached to a vehicle body to hold the glass (actually open). Also, there is known a garnish fixing clip for protecting an edge of a glass provided with a glass holding portion, and the garnish is attached to a vehicle body with the glass held by the clip. (JP-A-59-114124).
Reference).

[0003]

However, in the conventional type in which the clip is directly bonded to the glass as described above, capital investment such as a positioning jig for bonding and fixing the clip to the glass surface is required. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the manufacturing cost is increased. In addition, the glass and the garnish are separately assembled in the process of attaching the garnish to the vehicle body, which causes a problem that the number of assembling steps increases.

Further, in the conventional type in which the glass holding portion is provided on the garnish fixing clip, since the glass cannot be fixed at an arbitrary intermediate position, there is a problem that it is extremely difficult to control the accuracy of the glass position. Also,
Since the glass and the garnish are not fixed to each other, in some cases, they may be displaced or disengaged when assembled to the vehicle body, which may cause an inconvenience in that the assembling work becomes difficult.

The present invention has been devised to solve such disadvantages of the prior art, and its main objects are as follows.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle glass holding structure capable of securely holding glass so as not to shift without increasing the number of assembling steps.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle glass holding structure for defining a mounting position of a window glass (2), wherein the window glass (2) has a vehicle body. (4) and the adhesive against the facing surface of the
A clip (6) having a head (6a) having a surface formed thereon and legs (6b) engaging with holes (4a) provided in the vehicle body (4); and an edge of the window glass (2). Groove (5a) into which the part is inserted and the head (6a) of the clip
The Ri Do from the vehicle body garnish fittable hole (5b) is provided from (4) side (5), said window glass
The edge of (2) is inserted into the groove (5a) of the garnish.
In this state, the head (6a) of the clip is
Into the hole (5b) of the window glass
(2) The bonding surface is brought into contact with the surface facing the vehicle body (4).
And the window glass (2) and the garnish
(5) and the clip (6) are mutually connected and fixed.
This is achieved by providing a vehicle glass holding structure characterized by the following.

In particular, the clip is formed on the head (6a).
It is preferable that the adhesive surface to be formed is a double-sided tape (7) .

[0008]

According to such a configuration, after the edge of the glass is inserted into the groove of the garnish, the head of the clip is inserted into the hole of the garnish, and the head and the glass surface are bonded with a double-sided tape or the like. By fixing, the glass, the garnish, and the clip are integrally joined. By engaging the leg of the clip with the hole of the vehicle body in this state, both the glass and the garnish are securely fixed to the vehicle body via the clip.

Furthermore, when the glass is inserted into the groove of the garnish, the position of the glass is defined by colliding the upper end surface of the glass with a reference surface formed at the upper end of the garnish. Since the manufacturing error does not affect the gap between the glass upper edge and the vehicle body window frame, it is easy to control the accuracy of the gap between the glass upper edge portion and the vehicle body window frame.

[0010]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a glass holding structure constructed according to the present invention. In the glass holding structure, the adhesive 3 exerts a required bonding strength when the outer edge of the quarter glass 2 of the automobile 1 shown in FIG. 2 is bonded to the inner edge of the opening of the window of the vehicle body 4 with the adhesive 3. Is used to prevent the glass 2 from shifting downward by its own weight by the time.
Upper and lower 2 of the connection with the garnish 5 to protect the edge of
It is provided in the place. In order to prevent a clip 6 and a double-sided tape 7 described later from being seen from the outside, a black ceramic coating 8 is applied to the surface of the glass 2 facing the vehicle body with a predetermined width from the outer peripheral edge. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the glass holding structure has a head 6a adhered and fixed to a surface of the glass 2 facing the vehicle body 4 and a leg resiliently engaged with a hole 4a provided in the vehicle body 4. A clip 6 having a portion 6b, a groove 5a into which the edge of the glass 2 is inserted, and a hole 5 into which a head 6a of the clip 6 is inserted.
and a garnish 5 provided with b. The head 6a of the clip 6 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a double-sided tape 7 on the top surface.
Is affixed. The leg 6b includes an anchor-shaped projection 6c and a flange 6d. The garnish 5 has an F-shaped cross section, and a ridge 5c is formed on the vehicle body 4 side.

The procedure for assembling the glass holding structure thus constructed will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the glass holding structure is fixed to the vehicle body 4.

First, a garnish 5 is applied to the edge of the glass 2.
Into the groove 5a. At this time, the position of the glass 2 is defined by colliding the upper end surface 2a of the glass 2 with the reference surface 5d formed at the upper end of the garnish 5. And ridge 5c
When the head 6a of the clip 6 is fitted into the hole 5b of the garnish 5 from the side where the is provided, that is, from the side facing the vehicle body, the adhesive surface of the double-sided tape 7 affixed to the head 6a is a black ceramic of the glass 2. The glass 2, the garnish 5, and the clip 6 are connected and fixed to each other in contact with the paint 8.

Next, after applying an adhesive 3 to a predetermined portion of the surface of the glass 2 facing the vehicle body 4, the anchor-shaped projection 6 of the clip 6 is applied.
If the top of c is aligned with the hole 4a of the vehicle body 4 and the outer surface of the glass 2 opposite to the adhesive surface of the clip 6 is strongly pressed, both ends of the anchor-shaped projection 6c will resiliently engage with the hole 4a. And Figure 3
As shown in 4, the glass 2, the garnish 5, and the clip 6 are fixed to the vehicle body 4.

In this embodiment, the clip 6 and the glass 2 are bonded and fixed with a double-sided tape.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be fixed with an adhesive, for example. Further, in the present embodiment, an anchor-shaped projection which resiliently engages with the hole on the vehicle body side is employed in the leg portion of the clip, but the means for engaging with the vehicle body side is not limited to such a shape. For example, a screw-like material such as a bolt may be used.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the glass holding structure of the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously hold glass and prevent garnish from falling off with a very simple structure. For this reason, the number of assembling steps can be reduced, and capital investment such as a clip positioning fixing jig is not required.
Manufacturing costs can be significantly reduced. Further, since both the glass and the garnish are fixed by the clip, workability in the vehicle body assembling process can be improved.

Further, if the positioning of the glass is performed with reference to the upper edge of the glass, the manufacturing error of the glass does not affect the gap between the upper edge of the glass and the window frame of the vehicle. And the precision control of the gap between them becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a vehicle glass holding structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the vehicle glass holding structure shown in FIG. 1 is applied to quarter glass of an automobile.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the vehicle glass holding structure shown in FIG. 1 is fixed to a vehicle body.

4 is a perspective view showing a state where the vehicle glass holding structure shown in FIG. 1 is assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Glass 2a Top end surface 3 Adhesive 4 Body 4a Hole 5 Garnish 5a Groove 5b Hole 5c Ridge 5d Reference surface 6a Head 6b Leg 6c Anchor projection 6d Flange 7 Double-sided tape 8 Black ceramic paint

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vehicular glass holding structure for defining the mounting position of the window glass, the adhesive surface against the surface facing the body of the window glass
Clips and the groove and the clip head edge of the window glass is fitted or vehicle body having legs which engage into holes but provided the formed head and the vehicle body
Ri Do and a garnish et fitted possible holes are provided, the grooves of the garnish end edges of the window glass
With the clip inserted into the garniture,
The window glass with the vehicle body.
The adhesive surface is brought into contact with the facing surface, and the window
The garnish and the clip
A glass holding structure for a vehicle, which is connected and fixed . 2. The adhesive formed on the head of the clip.
The glass holding structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the surface is formed of a double-sided tape .