JP4133056B2 - Striker cover for automobile back door - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a lower end of a lock cover that surrounds the back door lower end lock portion when the back door is closed by being attached to a striker port opened in a cover plate that covers a rear end panel for projecting the striker. The invention relates to a striker cover for a back door of an automobile in which the two abut against each other in the vehicle width direction so as to be separated from each other and open both sides against a spring force.
[0002]
[Prior art]
4 and 5 show a striker cover of the back door 5 of this type of conventional wagon car or van. The rear end panel 2 constituting the lower side of the door opening at the rear of the vehicle is covered with a relief plate 3 made of a synthetic resin provided with a plurality of strip-shaped protrusions 3a for preventing scratches as a cover plate with a space. In addition, a striker cover 10 is attached to a striker port 4 formed above the striker 1 protruding from the rear end panel 2. A floor board 7 is adjacent to the front side of the rear end panel 2, and a weather strip 8 is adjacent to the rear side above the rear bumper 9.
[0003]
A lock portion cover 6 that surrounds the periphery of the lock portion 60 is provided below the lower end portion of the back door 5. The lock portion 60 includes a hook 63 pivotally supported by the pin 62 and engaged with the striker upper side 1a of the striker 1 by the groove 61, an unlocking lever for unlocking the engagement, and the like. On the front and rear surfaces of the lock portion cover 6, a cut portion 6 b for allowing the striker upper side portion 1 a to enter is formed.
[0004]
The striker cover 10 includes a pair of arcuate tip portions 12 that enter the lower side of the striker upper side portion 1 a and are adjacent to each other, and have a base end portion pivotally attached to the front and rear surfaces of the relief plate 3. The lid 11 is constituted. In the open state of the back door 5, as shown in FIG. 5A, the front end portions 12 urged upward by the spring 14 are adjacent to each other inside the striker upper side portion 1 a and close the striker port 4. When the back door 5 is closed, the lower end 6a of the lock portion cover 6 is brought into contact with the lids 11 on both sides to open both sides as shown in FIG. B, and the groove 61 of the hook 63 in the lock portion cover 6 is formed on the upper side of the striker. Engage with the part 1a.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As a result, the striker port 4 is covered with the striker cover 10 when the back door 5 is opened. However, the striker 1 is inserted into the back side of the striker upper side 1a so as not to interfere with the striker 1 when the lid 11 is opened and closed. Will be exposed as shown in FIG.
[0006]
In view of such a point, an object of the present invention is to provide a striker cover for an automobile back door that can completely cover the striker from above.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, according to claim 1, a striker that engages a lock portion provided at the lower end of the back door protrudes from the rear end panel, and a cover plate that covers the rear end panel. A striker cover attached to the striker port opened in the door, which automatically closes the striker port by spring bias when the back door is opened, and surrounds the periphery of the lock unit when the back door is closed In a striker cover for a back door of an automobile, which opens both sides away from each other in the vehicle width direction with respect to the striker by contacting the lower end of the cover, both sides adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction above the striker A pair of lids are provided on the back surfaces of these lids, respectively, and extend obliquely downward to the other lid, with the lower ends being covered A pair of support arms pivotally attached to the front or rear surface bent downward from the front and rear ends of the upper surface of the plate, and the support arms urged upward so that the double-opened lid is returned to the closed position. And a spring to be provided.
[0008]
In the opened state of the back door, the pair of lids on both sides occupy the closed position of the striker port adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction by spring bias. When the back door is closed, the lids on both sides are driven downward by the abutment of the lower end of the lock cover, and the associated support arm is pivotally attached to the lower side of the counterpart lid so that they are mutually connected in the vehicle width direction. The lock part is rotated in the direction of separating, and the both parts are opened simultaneously.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An automobile back door striker cover according to an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The related structure is basically the same as described above, and the same or equivalent parts as those described above will be described with the same reference numerals. That is, the rear end panel 2 on which the U-shaped striker 1 is projected in the front-rear direction is covered with a relief plate 3 as a cover plate having a plurality of protrusions 3a, and is covered with a space. A striker cover 29 is attached to the striker port 4 that opens above the striker 1.
[0010]
The striker cover includes a pair of synthetic resin lids 20 that are adjacent to each other above the striker upper side 1a and close the striker port 4 from both sides in the vehicle width direction, and the front-rear direction of the back surfaces of the front ends of these lids. A pair of support arms 21 that are integrally formed at two ends of each of the two ends and that extend obliquely downward to the other side of the lid 20 and whose lower ends are pivotally attached to the front and rear surfaces 3b and 3c of the relief plate 3, respectively. A torsion spring 23 for biasing the support arm 21 upward is provided so as to return the double-opened lid 20 to the closed position.
[0011]
The surface shape of the lid 20 is set to be slightly larger than half of the striker port 4, and the inclined surface 24 a is formed so that the lid main body 24 is flush with the upper surface 3 d around the striker port 4. It rises with it and respond | corresponds to the shape of the striker mouth 4 and the thickness of the relief plate 3. The upper surface of the lid body 24 is a design surface.
[0012]
The lid 20 is slightly displaced from the support arm 21 in the front-rear direction so that the two support arms 21 at the front and rear ends of the front end of the lid 20 do not interfere with the counterpart support arm 21 when opening and closing. In addition, both lid bodies 24 are formed so as to be able to enter the striker port 4 without being displaced back and forth.
[0013]
The lower end portion of the support arm 21 is pivotally attached by pins 25 protruding from the front surface 3b and the rear surface 3c of the relief plate 3, and the torsion springs 23 set on these pins are supported by the front and rear surfaces 3b, 3c and the support plate. By being locked by locking pins 26 and 27 protruding from the arm 21, the lid 20 is urged so as to automatically rotate and return in the standing direction toward the striker port 4.
[0014]
The angle and length of the support arm 21 and the position of the tip connected to the lid 20 are both opened without interfering with the striker upper side 1a in the direction in which the lid is separated from each other when driven from above, and the base end is rear end panel by tilting. 2 so as to be able to follow the descending stroke of the lock portion cover 6 without interfering with 2.
[0015]
The operation of the striker cover 20 for the back door configured as described above is as follows. In the opened state of the back door 5, as shown in FIG. 3A, the lids 20 are rotated in the approaching direction by the spring bias, so that their tips 20a come into contact with each other to occupy the closed position and are inclined. When the surface 24a is in contact with or substantially in contact with the back surface of the peripheral portion of the striker port 4, the upper portion of the upper side 1a of the striker is completely closed, and the lid body 24 enters the striker port 4 and surrounds the periphery thereof. It becomes the same surface shape as the upper surface 3d.
[0016]
When the back door 5 is closed, as shown in FIG. 3B, the lower end 6a of the lock portion cover 6 abuts against the lids 20 on both sides and is driven downward to simultaneously open the lid 20 in the vehicle width direction and at the same time the lock portion. The lock part 60 engages with the striker 1 in the cover 6. At this time, the support arm 21 has a length sufficient to prevent the front end of the lid 20 from interfering with the striker upper side 1a when the lid 20 is lowered, thereby escaping the striker upper side 1a and at the end of opening of the lid 20 Inclination is suppressed so that the base end portion does not interfere with the rear end panel 2, and the lid 20 is lowered with a sufficient downward stroke.
[0017]
As another embodiment, the lid does not enter the striker port 4 and become flush with the upper surface 3d around it. You may form so that it may close only from the downward direction. In some cases, the support arm is positioned inside the striker, supports the lid at a position slightly inward from the front and rear ends of the lid, and slightly closer to the base end than the top end of the lid while avoiding the striker upper side 1a. It is also possible.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the invention, the striker port can be covered above the striker by the lid being supported obliquely from below by the tip of the support arm pivotally attached to the lower end. According to invention of Claim 2, it becomes possible to cover a striker mouth on the same surface as the peripheral part surface. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the support arm that extends from the other lid side and supports the intersecting lid tip can be raised and lowered with a sufficient lifting stroke by the double opening where the lids are separated from each other.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a striker cover for a back door of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the striker cover.
3A and 3B illustrate the operation of the striker cover. FIG. 3A is a front view when the back door is opened, and FIG. 3B is a front view when the back door is closed.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a conventional striker cover.
FIG. 5 is a front view for explaining the operation of a conventional striker cover.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Striker 1a Striker upper side part 2 Rear end panel 3 Relief plate 4 Striker port 20 Lid 21 Support arm 23 Torsion spring 24 Lid body 60 Lock part

Claims (3)

A striker cover that engages with a lock portion provided at the lower end of the back door protrudes from the rear end panel and is attached to a striker opening opened in a cover plate that covers the rear end panel. When the door is opened, the striker port is automatically closed by a spring bias, and when the back door is closed, the lower end of the lock part cover that surrounds the lock part makes contact with the striker in the vehicle width direction. In the striker cover for the back door of a car that has opened both sides apart from each other,
A pair of lids on both sides adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction at the upper position of the striker, and provided on the back surfaces of these lids and extending obliquely below the other lid, with the lower ends being the front and rear ends of the upper surface of the cover plate A pair of support arms pivotally attached to the front surface or the rear surface, respectively, bent downward from the front, and a spring for urging the support arms upward so as to return the lids that are both opened by rotation to the closed position, respectively. A striker cover for a back door of an automobile characterized by being provided. The lid is formed in a shape close to the back of the peripheral portion of the striker port at the peripheral portion, and the lid body has a shape corresponding to the striker port and is flush with the surface of the peripheral portion from the striker port The striker cover for a back door of an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the striker cover is raised so as to become. The pair of support arms on both sides is composed of two arms that are separated in the front-rear direction, and each support arm is displaced in the front-rear direction by at least the thickness of the support arm of the other lid. The striker cover for a back door of an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the striker covers cross each other.

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