JP3430863B2 - Mounting structure of telescopic assist grip for automobile - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a telescopic assist grip provided in a vehicle, particularly a passenger compartment of a car. 2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a telescopic assist grip is provided with a core material 10 made of an elongated elastic material. The core material 10 has a long hole 12 extending in the longitudinal direction at each of both end portions 11. An intermediate portion of the core material 10 excluding the end portion 11 is covered with a covering material 13 to form an assist grip. The assist grip has a base 1 in which a bolt 14 penetrating a long hole 12 is applied to a panel 15 of a vehicle body.
6 and the panel 15, and the bolt 14 is connected to the nut 17.
And attached to the panel 15. [0003] The assist grip is provided at the end 11 of the core material 10.
The storage position indicated by the solid line is obtained by the elastic force of the above. For this purpose, the end portion 11 must be supported by the base 16 and the regulating piece 18 so that the end portion 11 at the storage position is maintained in a state of being elastically deformed convexly toward the outside A of the vehicle compartment. There is. [0004] The assist grip is
The corner portion 19 of the covering material 13 is attached so as to be as close as possible to the skin 20 of the trim. However, in the use state shown by the phantom line, the corner portion 19 of the covering material is separated from the skin 20, so that the corner portion and the skin A gap 21 is generated between them, and the appearance is deteriorated. This can be solved by covering the covering material and the end of the core with boots (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-102536), but extra parts are required for this. Next, after the assist grip is attached to the vehicle body, the end 11 of the core is covered with a cover 22.
Since the peripheral edge of the cover 2 is in contact with the skin 20, the stability of the attachment of the cover 22 may be impaired, particularly when the raised skin is used as the skin 20. The present invention provides a mounting structure for a telescopic assist grip of an automobile, which can eliminate poor appearance without increasing the number of parts and can stably mount the cover. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a core made of an elastic material having an elongated shape and having a long hole extending in a longitudinal direction at each of both ends, and an intermediate portion of the core excluding the end. And a cover material for covering the vehicle. A telescopic assist grip for an automobile is attached to a panel of a vehicle body, and includes a base and a cover. The base has a recess into which a corner of the covering material of the assist grip can enter, and is fixed to the panel by a bolt penetrating a long hole of the assist grip. The cover is attached to the base and disposed in the cabin of the base, and covers an end of the core. The cover has a size included in the base when the cover is projected onto the base. When the assist grip is brought to the use position or returned to the stowed position, the corners of the covering material enter into the recess of the base and pass through the recess. On the other hand, since the cover has a size included in the base when projected on the base, it does not come into direct contact with the trim. Since the base is provided with a recess, the mounting interval between the assist grip and the base can be reduced by a distance substantially corresponding to the depth of the recess. In other words, even when the attachment interval is reduced, it is possible to prevent the corners of the covering material from interfering with the base when bringing the assist grip to the use position or when returning from the use position to the storage position. As described above, since the mounting interval between the assist grip and the base is small, the clearance becomes less noticeable when the assist grip is at the use position, and the appearance can be improved. Since the cover is large enough to be included in the base, when the cover is attached to the base and covers the end of the core, the cover does not come into direct contact with the trim, and particularly has a trimmed skin. Even in this case, the cover is not loosened due to the vibration during the contact. In other words, since the cover mounting rigidity can be improved, the cover can be held in a stable mounting state. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A telescopic assist grip is made of a long and thin elastic material and has a long hole extending in a longitudinal direction at each of both ends, and an intermediate portion of the core except for the end. And a covering material for covering. The core can be formed from a thin steel plate or a spring steel plate. On the other hand, the coating material is PP
A hard resin such as ABS or ABS is injection-molded into the core material and integrated with the core material. A base is used to attach the telescopic assist grip to a vehicle body panel. This base can be formed of the same resin as the above resin. The base integrally includes a connecting portion, a cover abutting portion surrounding three sides of the connecting portion, and a passage permitting portion on one of the connecting portions for positioning the assist grip so that the assist grip can expand and contract.
A hole is formed in the connecting portion to allow a bolt to pass therethrough, and a recess is provided in the passage permitting portion so that the corner of the covering material of the assist grip can enter. The base is fixed to a panel of the vehicle body by a bolt penetrating the elongated hole of the assist grip. When the base is fixed to the panel, the connection functions as a spacer that keeps the assist grip at a certain distance from the panel. In order to prevent the base from turning with respect to the panel, it is preferable that a detent inserted into a hole provided in the panel be provided integrally with the base. A cover for covering an end portion of the core is attached to the base, and is disposed in the cabin of the base. The cover can be formed by injection molding a resin similar to the above resin. The cover has a top and two sides, and is formed such that the height of the two sides gradually decreases toward one end. Preferably, each of the two sides is provided with a projection that projects inward. These projections are fitted into grooves provided in the connecting portion of the base, and the cover is detachably attached to the base. Instead of providing the projections on the cover, projections projecting outward may be provided on the connecting portion of the base, and these projections may be fitted into the grooves of the cover. When the cover is attached to the base, the other open end of the cover surrounds the assist grip. The cover is formed to have a size included in the base when the cover is projected onto the base. Therefore, when the cover is mounted, the base is protruded from the cover, so that the protruding portion can be colored to provide a mounting structure excellent in design. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1 showing a sectional state and FIG.
A core material 32 made of an elongated elastic material and a covering material 34 are provided. The core material 32 is formed of a thin steel plate. Its thickness can be set to 1 to 2 mm. Heartwood 32
Has a long hole 36 extending in the longitudinal direction at each of two ends 33. The covering material 34 covers an intermediate portion of the core material 32 except for the end 33. A base 40 is used to attach the telescopic assist grip 30 to a panel 38 of the vehicle body. The base 40 has a connecting portion 42 and a cover contact portion 43 surrounding three sides of the connecting portion 42 with reference to FIGS. 30 are arranged. The base 40 has a recess 44 at a position facing the assist grip 30, into which the corner 35 of the covering material 34 can enter. The depth of the recess 44 can be set to about 2 to 7 mm. Although the thickness of this portion is reduced by the presence of the recess 44, the load applied to the base 40 from the assist grip 30 is received by the connecting portion 42, so that there is no problem. In the illustrated embodiment, the base 40 further includes a groove 45 for receiving the core material 32, stoppers 46 on both sides of the groove 45 against which the restricting piece 50 abuts, a hole 47 for passing the bolt 52, and It has a stopper 48 and is made by injection molding a hard resin. The groove 45 for receiving the core material 32 is formed so as to be inclined downward toward the side having the recess 44, and, together with the restricting piece 50, elastically deforms the end 33 of the core material 32 in a convex shape toward the outside A of the vehicle compartment. Groove 45
, A roller 54 is rotatably mounted. The end 33 of the core material 32 can ride on the roller 54 and smoothly slide. The end 33 of the assist grip 30 is disposed in the groove 45 of the base 40, and the end of the regulating piece 50 is
Hit 6 The detent 48 of the base is inserted into the hole 39 formed in the panel 38, the hole provided in the regulating piece 50, the long hole 36 of the assist grip 30, and the hole 47 of the base 40.
The base 40 is fixed to the panel 38 by screwing the bolt 52 into a nut 56 fixed to the panel 38. As a result, the assist grip 30 is attached to a predetermined position on the vehicle body. A cover 60 made of a hard resin is attached to the base 40 and is disposed in the cabin of the base 40.
2 end 33. The cover 60 has a size included in the base 40 when the cover is projected onto the base 40. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the cover 60 comprises a top 62 and two sides 63, the height of the two sides 63 decreasing gradually toward one end. It is formed as follows. Each of the two side portions 63 is provided with a protrusion 64 projecting inward. The projection 64 is fitted in a groove 49 provided in the connecting portion 42 of the base 40, and the cover 60 is detachably attached to the base 40. In the mounted state of the cover 60, when the cover 60 is projected toward the base 40, the cover 60 is included in the base 40. In other words, since the cover 60 is large enough not to protrude from the base 40, Even if there is a raised skin 71 on the trim 70 inside the vehicle compartment of the panel 38, the cover 60 does not directly contact the skin 71. Base 4
Since the recess 44 is provided at 0, the corner 35 of the covering portion 34 passes through the recess 44 when the assist grip 30 is set to the use position as shown by the phantom line in FIG. When the assist grip 30 is in the use position, as shown in FIG.
Although a slight gap 74 occurs between the assist grip 30 and the base 40, the gap 74 appears in the base 4.
There is only a dent of 0, and this dent has the same color as the portion of the base 40 protruding from the cover 60 to the outside, and does not impair the appearance because it is made of the same material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a mounting structure of a telescopic assist grip of an automobile according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of an assist grip. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an assist grip mounted according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional assist grip mounting structure. [Description of Signs] 30 Assist grip 32 Core material 33 End portion 34 Coating material 35 Corner portion 36 Long hole 38 Panel 40 Base 42 Connecting portion 44 Depression 52 Bolt

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-9-2127 (JP, A) JP-A-6-8766 (JP, A) JP-A-60-82456 (JP, A) JP-A-63-61349 (JP) , U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 3-64138 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 56-73949 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 54-147902 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB Name) B60N 3/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] A core made of an elastic material having an elongated shape and having a long hole extending in the longitudinal direction at each of both ends, and an intermediate portion of the core excluding the end portion. A structure for mounting a telescopic assist grip of an automobile having a covering material on a panel of a vehicle body, wherein the bolt has a recess into which a corner of the covering material of the assist grip can enter, and penetrates a long hole of the assist grip. A base fixed to the panel, and a cover attached to the base and disposed in the cabin of the base and covering an end portion of the core material, wherein the cover projects the cover onto the base. And a mounting structure for a telescopic assist grip of an automobile, which is formed in a size included in the base.