JP3335054B2 - Automotive exterior parts 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 an exterior part mounting structure for mounting an exterior part such as a grill mark on a body of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of attaching a grill mark to a radiator grill, there are a screwing type in which screws are fixed through a mounting hole provided in the radiator grill and a nail fitting type in which a nail is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole. Are known. By the way, even if the grill mark is of the same model, it may or may not be mounted depending on the grade and specification of the vehicle. Therefore, in the method of directly attaching the grill mark to the radiator grill, when the grill mark is not attached, there is a problem that an attachment seat such as an attachment hole remains as it is.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a grill mark mounting structure has been proposed in which a grill mark is mounted on a radiator grill using a retainer.
As such a mounting structure, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 54-13
No. 4446 can be mentioned. The grill mark mounting structure described in the above publication, the grill mark is inserted from the front of the grill so that the horizontal rail of the grill is sandwiched by the upper and lower ribs formed on the back surface, and then the U-shaped elastic clip is inserted from the back of the grill into the upper and lower sides. The grill mark is fixed to the grill by covering the tip of the rib with a claw provided on the elastic clip and biting into the upper and lower surfaces of the rib.

[0004]

However, according to the grill mark mounting structure disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, it is not necessary to form a mounting seat such as a mark mounting hole in the radiator grille. There is a problem that the grill plate is illegally removed by removing the claws that bite into the ribs with a bar member as described above, that is, the grill plate may be stolen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable an exterior component such as a grill mark to be mounted on a body side by itself, and furthermore, to provide an exterior component. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle exterior component mounting structure that is effective in preventing unauthorized removal.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, claim 1
The present invention is an exterior component mounting structure for mounting an exterior component to a body-side member having a predetermined gap on an outer surface of an automobile, wherein the exterior component is disposed on a surface side of the body-side member. And a back member arranged on the back side of the body side member, and a hooking claw provided on the back surface of the front member is inserted into a hook hole of the back member through a gap of the body side member. Wherein the protective member surrounding the hooking claw hooked on the hooking hole is provided at the periphery of the hooking hole of the back member. I do.

[0007] According to the first aspect of the present invention, the exterior component sets the back member on the back side of the body side member, and then moves the hook of the front member from the front side of the body side member to the body side. The body-side member is mounted so as to be sandwiched from the front side and the back side by being inserted into the hooking hole of the back member through the gap between the members. In this mounting state, the hooking hook hooked in the hooking hole is surrounded by the protection member to prevent entry of a bar such as a fingertip or a screwdriver, thereby preventing unauthorized removal of the exterior component.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle exterior component mounting structure according to the first aspect, a fitting portion is formed on the front member so as to fit into a gap between the body-side members. The fitting surface between the fitting portion and the body-side member is a tapered surface that narrows toward the back side, while the engaging surface of the engaging claw that engages with the hole edge of the engaging hole is a tapered surface. It is characterized by having been done.

According to the above construction, the fitting portion of the front member fitted into the gap of the body side member is pressed against the fitting surface of the body side member by the tapered surface, and positioning in the fitting direction and the direction perpendicular thereto is performed. Further, the hooking claws of the front member are hooked on the hole edges of the hooking holes of the back member with tapered surfaces, whereby positioning of the front member in the pull-out direction is performed. This absorbs variations in the position of the front member in the direction in which the front member is inserted into the body-side member and in the direction perpendicular thereto, and allows the exterior component to be attached to the body-side member without rattling.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a grill mark as an exterior part of an automobile according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the grill mark, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 2, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a front grill of an automobile having a grill mark mounted thereon.

As shown in FIG. 1, the grill mark 1 includes a mark body 2 made of synthetic resin as a front member and a mark retainer 3 made of synthetic resin as a back member. As shown in FIG. 7, the grill 4 is mounted on the grill 4 so as to sandwich the grill 4 between the mark body 2 and the mark retainer 3 from front and rear.

[0012] As shown in FIGS.
Upper and lower cross rails 41 and 42 as body side members constituting
Among them, the upper surface of the lower horizontal rail 42 is a tapered surface rising upward toward the back side, and the ventilation gap formed between the upper and lower horizontal rails 41 and 42 becomes narrower toward the rear side. .

The mark body 2 is provided with a rectangular plate portion 21 which is long on the left and right and has a mark on the surface (front surface) of which the surface direction is the vertical direction. Plate part 21
Is set to be larger than the minimum width of the gap formed between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 of the grill 4. A flange portion 22 is formed at both left and right ends of the plate portion 21 so as to bend at a substantially right angle on the rear surface side (rear surface side). A vertical rib 23 as a fitting portion is provided so as to protrude.

The side surfaces of the flange portion 22 and the vertical rib 23 are formed in a shape corresponding to the gap shape between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 of the grill 4, that is, in a shape in which the lower surface side is tapered and the tip side becomes thinner. . Then, the vertical ribs 23 are provided as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, fitting projections 23a are formed on the upper and lower surfaces, and the fitting surface of the fitting projection 23a on the lower surface side is tapered to be tapered.

The vertical ribs 2 on the back side of the plate portion 21
A pair of left and right hooking claws 24 longer than the vertical ribs 23 are provided protruding inward from the third rib 3. The hook claw 24 has a thicker base portion and a thinner tip portion.
As shown in FIG. 3, a hook-shaped claw portion 24a having a hooking surface with a tapered surface 24b is provided. Further, on the back surface of the plate portion 21, a horizontal rib 25 as a positioning piece having a horizontal direction as a plane direction protrudes between the left and right hooking claws 24, and substantially the center of the horizontal rib 25 in the horizontal direction. An engagement groove 25a that can be engaged with the vertical bar 43 of the grill 4 is formed in the grill 4.

On the other hand, the mark retainer 3 is provided with a retainer main body 31 composed of a rectangular plate-like portion that is long in the left and right directions with the vertical direction as the plane direction. The vertical width of the retainer body 31 is set to be larger than the minimum width of the gap formed between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 of the grill 4. The retainer main body 31 is slightly shorter than the plate portion 21 of the mark main body 2, and both left and right surfaces protrude toward the front side, and the locking claws 24 of the mark main body 2 are hooked on the left and right protruding surfaces 31 a. A locking hole 32 to be stopped is formed, and a cylindrical rib 33 as a protection member surrounding the periphery of the locking hole 32 is provided on the rear surface side of the protruding surface 31a.
Is protruding.

A flange 34 is formed at the upper end of the retainer main body 31 so as to bend at a substantially right angle to the front side over the entire length, and the lower end of the retainer main body 31 has a U-shaped cross section open frontward over the entire length. A joining portion 35 is formed. A concave surface 31b is formed at the center of the retainer body 31 as a result of the projection of the left and right surfaces.
At a substantially middle portion in the vertical direction of 1b, a horizontal rib 36 as a positioning piece whose horizontal direction is a plane direction is protruded forward, and a substantially central portion of the horizontal rib 36 is capable of engaging with the vertical bar 43. A mating groove 36a is formed. Ribs 3 for positioning the grille 4 in the front-rear direction are provided on the corners of the flange 34 and the protruding surface 31a and on the bottom of the fitting 36, respectively.
7 are protruded.

Next, mounting of the grill mark 1 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the mark retainer 3 disposed on the back side (rear side) of the grill 4 has a flange portion 34 and a fitting portion 35 with respect to the back side protruding portions 41 a of the upper and lower horizontal bars 41, 42. Are set to cover each other. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the front and rear positioning ribs 37 come into contact with the front end of the back side protruding portion 41a to perform front and rear positioning, and FIGS.
As shown in (1), the engaging groove 36a of the horizontal rib 36 engages with the vertical rail 43 to perform positioning in the left-right direction.

Next, the mark body 2 is inserted into the gap between the upper and lower horizontal rails 41, 42 from the surface (front surface) of the grill 4,
As shown in FIG. 4, fitting protrusions 23 a formed on left and right vertical ribs 23 as fitting parts are in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the horizontal rails 41 and 42, and the end faces of the vertical ribs 23 are marked. It comes into contact with the protruding surface 31 a of the retainer 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the hooking claw 24 is inserted into the hooking hole 32 of the mark retainer 3 by elastic deformation, and the hook 24a is hooked to the edge of the hole. Furthermore, the engagement groove 25a of the lateral rib 25
Are engaged with the vertical rail 43.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the grill mark 1 is mounted on the grill 4 by the claws of the mark main body 2 and the mark retainer 3 so as to sandwich the grill mark 4 from front and rear. Therefore, it is not necessary to form a mounting seat such as a mark mounting hole in the grill 4, and the problem that the mounting seat remains as it is when the grill mark is not mounted due to a difference in grade is solved. When the grill mark 1 is mounted, the surface of the mark body 2 is
Can be made flush with the surface, and the appearance is improved.

When the grill mark 1 is mounted, the claw portion 24a of the hooking claw 24 is connected to the cylindrical rib 33 as a protection member.
Is surrounded by it. Therefore, even if a hand is inserted into the back surface of the grill 4 from below the bumper and a bar such as a fingertip or a screwdriver is to be inserted into the claw portion 24a from the side or the vertical direction, the cylindrical rib 33 prevents the intrusion. Also, the claw portion 24a cannot be illegally removed from the hook hole 32. That is, according to the present embodiment, grill mark 1
It is possible to provide an extremely effective mounting structure for preventing theft.

Further, the mark main body 2 is composed of upper and lower horizontal rails 41 and 4.
In this method, the claw portion 24a of the hooking claw 24 is hooked to the hole edge of the hooking hole 32 by the tapered surface 24b. Even if there is a dimensional error in the manufacture of the mark retainer 3, the vertical and forward and backward errors can be absorbed in the grill 4 and fixed without rattling. In the left-right direction, the engagement grooves 25a, 36 of the lateral ribs 25, 36 are provided.
a can be positioned by engaging the vertical bar 43.

Furthermore, since the grill mark 1 according to the present embodiment uses the mark main body 2 and the mark retainer 3 as resin molded products, there is an effect that the degree of freedom of design is high and rust is hardly generated.

In the above-described embodiment, the entirety of the mark body 2 including the plate portion 21 is inserted between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 so that the surface of the mark body 2 is flush with the surface of the grill 4. However, the plate portion 21 of the mark body 2
May be changed so as to overlap the surfaces of the horizontal rails 41 and 42. Further, the vertical rib 23 as a fitting portion and the horizontal rail 41,
The tapered surface set as the fitting surface with 42 is not limited to the lower surface side, and may be set on the upper surface side or both upper and lower surfaces.

[0025]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the exterior component can be mounted on the body side member of the automobile by the claw fitting between the front member and the back member. Therefore, mounting workability can be improved, and there is no need to set a mounting seat for the exterior component on the body side member. Also,
Unauthorized removal of the exterior component mounted on the body side member, that is, theft can be prevented. Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to absorb a dimensional error in manufacturing the exterior component and to mount the exterior component on the body side member without rattling.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a grill mark as an exterior part of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a grill mark.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing the vicinity of a front grill of an automobile equipped with a grill mark.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Grill mark 2 ... Mark main body 3 ... Mark retainer 4 ... Grill 23 ... Vertical rib as a fitting part 24 ... Hook nail 31 ... Retainer main body 32 ... Hook hole 33 ... Cylindrical rib 41, 42 as a protection member … Horizontal beam as body side member

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page Examiner Shinichi Shimada (56) References Japanese Utility Model Sho 54-134446 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Sho 62-3351 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Sho 59-184252 (JP, U) Shokai 61-108663 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 13/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An exterior component mounting structure for mounting an exterior component on a body-side member having a predetermined gap on an outer surface of an automobile, wherein the exterior component is disposed on a surface side of the body-side member. A member, and a back member disposed on the back side of the body side member, and a hook claw provided on the back surface of the front member is inserted into a hook hole of the back member through a gap between the body side member. With this configuration, a protective member is provided around the hooking hole of the back member around the hooking claw hooked in the hooking hole. Vehicle exterior parts mounting structure. 2. The exterior component mounting structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the front member has a fitting portion formed in the gap between the body-side member and the fitting portion and the body-side member. And the engaging surface of the engaging claw that engages with the edge of the engaging hole is a tapered surface. Car exterior parts mounting structure.