JP3506106B2 - Connecting structure of molding - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a molding connecting structure for connecting left and right roof moldings of a vehicle roof and wind moldings that cover left and right side edges of a windshield in series.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a roof R of an automobile has an outer side edge of a roof panel 2 and a roof side rail 3.
A groove-shaped roof drip groove 4 extending in the front-rear direction is formed at a joint portion with the inner side edge of the front molding, and the front end of the roof molding 5 that closes the roof drip groove 4 and the front pillar 1 are provided along the inner edge of the front pillar 1. There is one in which both the moldings 5 and 7 are connected in series by colliding with the rear end of the wind molding 7 that covers the side edge of the glass 6.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show both moldings 5 and 5, respectively.
7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a conventional representative connection structure of No. 7 in the front-rear direction.
As the roof molding 5, a long synthetic resin body is generally used. On the other hand, the window molding 7 shown in the drawing has a substantially U-shaped cross section formed by bending a metal plate, and the surface thereof is covered with a synthetic resin layer.

In the connecting structure shown in FIG. 7, the top end portion 50 of the roof molding 5 is molded at the front end of the roof molding 5 by molding.
While providing a connecting portion 9A having a thin lip portion 91 that protrudes forward in the same plane as the front portion, at the rear end of the wind molding 7,
A connecting portion 9B provided with a thin lip portion 92 protruding rearward so as to be flush with the top surface portion 70 of the wind molding 7 by molding.
And the lip portions 91 and 92 of both connecting portions 9A and 9B are vertically stacked to connect the front terminal of the roof molding 5 and the rear terminal of the wind molding 7 to each other.

However, this connecting structure is costly because both connecting portions 9A and 9B, which are molded in separate steps from the main body, are provided at the front end of the roof molding 5 and the rear end of the wind molding 7, respectively. In addition, since there is a step in the connecting portion and both lip portions 91 and 92 are simply overlapped, both lip portions 91 and 92 are vertically separated from each other, and a gap is apt to be formed between them, which causes a problem of poor appearance. there were.

In the connecting structure shown in FIG. 8, only the front end of the roof molding 5 is provided with a connecting portion 9C by molding. The connecting portion 9C is provided with a protruding portion 93 having a substantially T-shaped cross section at the front end and protruding upward, and the rear end of the head portion of the protruding portion 93 is the roof molding 5.
The front end of the top face portion 50 of the wind molding 7 is covered with the rear end of the top face portion 70 of the wind molding 7 is fitted under the front end of the head.

However, in this connecting structure, the top surface portion 50 of the roof molding 5 and the top surface portion 70 of the wind molding 7 are connected.
Since the overhanging portion 93 of the connecting portion 9C projects between and, a step is formed, and the sense of unity between the roof molding 5 and the wind molding 7 is impaired. Further, the wind molding 7 must be pushed into the inner side edge of the front pillar 1 from above and moved rearward so that the rear edge of the top surface portion 70 is fitted under the head front end of the overhang portion 93 of the connecting portion 9C. Not Windmill 7
Installation workability of is not good. Furthermore, since the wind molding 7 is only inserted between the rear end of the top surface portion 70 and the overhanging portion 93 of the connecting portion 9C, the wind molding 7 is likely to be displaced in the front-rear direction, and if it is displaced, the wind molding 7 will be displaced. There is a possibility that a gap may be formed between the connecting portion 9C and the connecting portion 9C.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, by simply pushing the wind molding toward the front pillar, the terminal can be brought into contact with the front terminal of the roof molding without steps, and the wind molding is displaced after mounting. It is an object of the invention to provide a connection structure of moldings that does not.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a front end of a roof molding for closing a roof drip groove provided in a front-rear direction along a side edge of a roof of a vehicle and a windshield side provided along a front pillar. In a connecting structure of moldings in which a rear end of a wind molding covering an edge is butt-joined and connected in series, a clip portion projecting forward is formed at a front end of a roof molding, and the clip portion has an inner side in a vehicle width direction and A claw portion is formed on the side surface outside the vehicle, and an overhanging portion that projects outward is formed on the side surface outside the vehicle. At the rear end of the wind molding, a locking portion is formed at the leg end of the leg portion that extends downward from the side edges on the vehicle width direction vehicle interior side and the vehicle exterior side of the mall, and the notch is formed on the vehicle outer side leg portion. To form. The rear end of the wind molding is covered over the clip portion from above, and the locking portion of the wind molding is locked to the claw portion of the clip portion to position the wind molding in the vertical direction. The protruding portion of the clip portion is fitted into the notch so that the wind molding is positioned in the front-rear direction (claim 1).

The wind molding has a first leg portion that extends downward from a side edge on the inside of the vehicle on the top surface and a leg portion that extends downward from a side edge on the outside of the vehicle and has a length longer than that of the first leg portion. A second leg portion, and the locking portion is formed so as to project in a direction opposite to each other along the leg ends of the first and second leg portions, and The notch is formed at the leg end near the terminal. The roof molding is made of synthetic resin, and the clip portion made of synthetic resin is formed at the front end of the roof molding. The clip portion extends upward and opposes in the vehicle width direction. A vertical wall is provided, and the projecting portion is provided on the front side of the vertical wall.The side surface on the inner side of the vehicle is the outer surface of the upper end of the vertical wall on the inner side of the vehicle, and the side surface on the outer side of the vehicle is the vertical side of the outer side of the vehicle. First and second claws are formed in the longitudinal direction of the clip at positions lower than the upper end of the wall. The rear end portion of the wind molding is covered with the clip portion so as to straddle the vertical walls, and the locking portions of the first and second leg portions are locked to the first and second claw portions. The structure is such that the protruding portion is fitted into the notch as well as the protruding portion (claim 2).

According to the structure of the present invention, if the rear end of the wind molding is covered with the clip portion provided at the front end of the roof molding from above and pushed in, the locking portion of the wind molding is locked to the claw portion of the clip portion. At the same time, the projecting portion of the clip portion fits into the notch of the wind molding, and the rear end portion of the wind molding is fixed to the clip portion by the one-touch operation without displacement. Further, the rear terminal of the wind molding and the front terminal of the roof molding can be brought into contact with each other without a step.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the roof molding 5 is an elongated body of extruded synthetic resin, and is formed in the roof drip groove 4 formed at the joint between the roof panel 2 and the roof side rail 3. It is attached to cover. The roof molding 5 includes a top surface portion 50 having a downward dish-shaped cross-section, a support leg portion 51 protruding downward from the center of the lower surface of the top surface portion 50, and a seal lip 52 protruding from an intermediate position of the support leg portion 51 toward the roof panel 2 side. The end of the seal lip 52 is brought into contact with the side surface of the roof drip groove 4 on the vehicle width direction inside, and the side edge of the top surface portion 50 on the vehicle outside contacts the upper edge of the roof drip groove 4 on the vehicle outer side. I have contacted you. At the boundary between the top surface portion 50 and the supporting leg portion 51, insert metal 53 is embedded and reinforced inside.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front end portion of the roof molding 5 is formed with a fastening portion 54 at the lower end of the supporting leg portion 51 which has claws protruding to the left and right sides. Correspondingly, in the roof drip groove 4, a substantially U-shaped molding attachment member 41 that opens upward is adhered to the center of the groove bottom 40 with double-sided tape or the like. The front end portion of the roof molding 5 has its fastening portion 54 fixed to the mounting member 41.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the roof molding 5 is provided with a clip portion 8 projecting forward from its front end. The clip portion 8 is made of a synthetic resin slightly harder than the roof molding 5, and the supporting leg portion 51 of the roof molding 5 is provided.
Is molded and connected to the center of the front end of the roof molding 5 so as to extend forward. The lower surface of the clip portion 8 is formed in a step shape with the front side being the lower side, and the projection 43 is formed so as to straddle the projection 43 having a chevron cross section provided at the boundary between the roof drip groove 4 and the inner edge of the front pillar 1. And the front end of the roof molding 5 is positioned.

The upper half portion of the clip portion 8 extending from the front end of the roof molding 5 is formed in a V-shaped cross section, and a pair of vertical walls 81 and 82 are opposed to each other in the vehicle width direction. Vertical wall 8
The rear ends of the walls 1, 82 are separated from the roof molding 5, and the upper ends of the vertical walls 81, 82 are located slightly lower than the top surface of the roof molding 5. Then, the first vertical wall 81 inside the vehicle
A claw portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the vehicle is formed on the outer surface of the upper end in the front-rear direction, and a claw that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle at an intermediate position in the vertical direction is formed on the outer surface of the second vertical wall 82 on the outside of the vehicle. The portion 84 is formed in the front-rear direction.

The clip portion 8 projects from the lower front end of the second vertical wall 82 to the front side and projects to the outside of the vehicle.
It is equipped with 5. The overhanging portion 85 is formed in a vertically long cube shape in which the side surface on the vehicle outer side is overhanging outward from the tip of the claw portion 84 of the second vertical wall 82 and the upper surface is positioned above the claw portion 84. The side surface on the inside of the vehicle is the first vertical wall 81.
It is flush with the outer surface of the.

The window molding 7 has a two-layer structure in which the surface of a metal plate is covered with a synthetic resin layer, and the top surface portion 5 of the roof molding 5 is covered.
A top surface portion 70 having substantially the same sectional shape as that of 0, and a first leg portion 71 which is folded back from a side end on the vehicle interior side of the top surface portion 70, extends along the back surface of the top surface portion 70, and further bends and extends downward. The second leg 72 is longer than the first leg 71, and the second leg 72 is bent substantially at a right angle from the vehicle outer side end of the top surface 70 and extends downward. It's long.

A locking portion 73 is formed at the leg end of the first leg portion 71 so as to project inward. The second leg portion 72 has a locking portion 74 formed by folding the leg end inwardly into a substantially V-shaped cross section. The rear end of the second leg 72 is provided with a leg end including the locking portion 74 at a position substantially the same distance from the rear end as the front-rear length of the second vertical wall 82 of the clip portion 8. A substantially U-shaped notch 76 is provided which is notched and opens downward. The width of the bottom portion (upper end portion) of the notch 76 is substantially the same as the front-rear width of the overhanging portion 85 of the clip portion 8, and the width is widened toward the opening side.

The wind molding 7 is covered with a synthetic resin coating layer from the top surface portion 70 to the first leg portion 71, and the coating layer further extends from the first leg portion to form a lip 75. .

In the wind molding 7, the rear end portion is covered with the clip portion 8 of the roof molding 5 from above and is pushed in, so that the first portion of the clip portion 8 and the second leg portion 72, 73 of the clip portion 8 can be inserted into the gap. At the same time as the first and second vertical walls 81, 82 are pressed inward while being bent inwardly, the protruding portion 85 of the clip portion 8 is fitted into the notch 76 of the second leg portion 72. Finally, when the upper ends of the both vertical walls 81, 82 reach the position where they abut against the back surface of the top surface portion 70 of the wind molding 7, the locking portion 73 of the first leg portion 71 is locked by the claw portion of the first vertical wall 81. 83 overcoming and engaging the lower side,
The locking portion 74 of the leg portion 72 of the vehicle rides over the claw portion 84 of the second vertical wall 82 and engages with the lower side thereof, and the protruding portion 8 of the clip portion 8 is engaged.
The upper end of 5 reaches a position where it abuts the bottom of the notch 76. Then, the rear end of the top surface portion 70 of the wind molding 7 and the front end of the top surface portion 50 of the roof molding 5 are joined together without a gap and flush with each other.

As shown in FIG. 5, the general portion of the wind molding 7 is a locking groove of a clamp member 12 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, which is riveted to a side wall of an inner edge 10 of the front pillar 1 having a substantially Z-shaped cross section. Second leg 72 from above
Is press-fitted, and the engaging portion 74 is engaged with and fixed to the claw in the engaging groove 13. Then, the inner edge 10 of the front pillar 1 is previously set.
Windshield 6 adhered to the bottom edge of
The tip end of the lip portion 75 of the first leg portion 71 is pressed against the surface of the side end portion of the first leg portion 71 to cover the side edge of the windshield 6.

According to the present embodiment, the front end of the roof molding 5 and the rear end of the wind molding 7 cover the rear end of the wind molding 7 with the clip portion 8 projecting from the front end of the roof molding 5. Since the structure is such that the tops 50 and 70 of the moldings 5 and 7 are connected to each other by being pushed over from above and there is no step or protrusion between the ends of the tops 50 and 70 of the moldings 5, 7 and the tops 50 and 70 are flush and continuous. Can be connected with. The two moldings 5 and 7 are connected by a one-touch operation of pushing the wind molding 7 along the inner edge 10 of the front pillar 1.
Further, since the connecting structure of the roof molding 5 and the wind molding 7 is the structure in which the molded clip portion 8 is provided only in the roof molding 5, the cost can be suppressed at a low cost.

Further, the roof molding 5 and the wind molding 7
The connecting part with is the leg parts 7 on both the left and right sides of the wind molding 7.
The locking portions 73 and 74 of
Since the claw portions 83, 84 of the first and second vertical walls 81, 82 are locked in the vertical direction, there is no vertical displacement between the roof molding 5 and the wind molding 7. Furthermore, since the projecting portion 85 of the clip portion 8 is fitted into the notch 76 of the second leg portion 72 of the wind molding 7, the connecting portion does not cause a displacement in the front-rear direction between the molding portions 5 and 7.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the structure for connecting the roof molding and the wind molding can be constructed at low cost, and the connecting work for both moldings can be performed simultaneously with the work for mounting the wind molding on the front pillar. It can be satisfactorily performed, and the terminals of both malls can be connected to each other with good appearance and firmly without positional displacement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a molding connecting structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the molding connecting structure of the present invention.

3 (A) is a sectional view taken along line IIIA-IIIA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 (B) is a sectional view taken along line IIIB-IIIB in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a mounting structure of a roof molding, which is shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view in the vehicle width direction taken along line IV-IV.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view in the vehicle width direction showing the mounting structure of the wind molding.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a connecting portion between a roof molding and a wind molding of the vehicle.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the front-rear direction of a conventional molding connecting structure.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the front-rear direction of another conventional molding connection structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 front pillar 2 roof panel 3 roof side rails 4 Roof drip groove 5 roof mall 6 windshield 7 Wind Mall 71,72 legs 73,74 Locking part 76 Notch 8 Clip section 81,82 Vertical wall 83,84 claw 85 Overhang

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front end of a roof molding which covers a roof drip groove provided in a front-rear direction along a side edge of a roof of a vehicle, and a rear end of a wind molding which is provided along a front pillar to cover a side edge of a windshield. In a connecting structure of moldings in which and are connected in series, a clip portion projecting forward is formed at the front end of the roof molding, and a claw portion is formed at the clip portion on the inner side and the outer side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. In addition, while forming an overhanging portion on the side surface on the outer side of the vehicle, the leg that extends downward from the side edge on the vehicle width direction inner side and the outer side of the vehicle side is formed at the rear end of the wind molding. A locking part is formed on the leg end of the car part, and a cutout is formed on the leg part on the outside of the car.The rear end of the wind molding is covered over the clip part from above, and the claw part of the clip part is covered by the wind model. The positioning of the wind molding in the vertical direction by locking the locking portion of the reel, and the protruding portion of the clip portion is fitted in the notch of the wind molding to position the winding molding in the front-rear direction. A connecting structure of moldings. 2. The wind molding has a first leg portion extending downward from a side edge on the vehicle inner side of a top surface portion of the wind molding and a first leg portion extending downward from a side edge on the vehicle outer side. A second leg that is longer than the first leg, the second leg that forms the locking portion that protrudes in a direction opposite to each other along the leg ends of the first and second legs, and After that, the notch is formed at the leg end in the position close to the terminal, the roof molding is made of synthetic resin, and the clip portion made of synthetic resin is formed at the front end thereof, and the clip portion extends upward. It is provided with a pair of vertical walls that face each other in the vehicle width direction and that are separated from the roof molding, and that the protruding portion is provided on the front side of the vertical wall, and the side surface on the inside of the vehicle is On the outer surface of the upper end of the vertical wall, and on the outer side of the vehicle, lower than the upper end of the vertical wall on the outer side of the vehicle. The first and second claws are formed in the longitudinal direction of the clip part, and the rear end of the wind molding is covered with the clip part so as to straddle the vertical walls, and the first and second claws are formed. The molding connecting structure according to claim 1, wherein the locking portions of the first and second leg portions are locked to the portions, and the projecting portions are fitted into the notches.