JP4216699B2 - Grommet protective equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a grommet protector, and more particularly to a grommet protector for protecting a seal portion which is a flat portion of a grommet used in, for example, an automobile during transportation.

Conventionally, as a grommet protector used in, for example, an automobile, one shown in FIG. 6 has been disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
As shown in FIG. 6, the grommet protector 100 includes a case 101 (a bottom plate 101 a and a side wall 101 b) formed as a single body by resin molding and a lid 102 covering the case 101, and can be opened and closed by a connecting portion 103. . The grommet protector 100 has a right / left target shape, and can largely include the seal part G of the left / right grommet.

The side wall 101b of the case 101 is provided with a two-step wall 101c, and the lid 102 is provided with a locking portion 102a, and the locking portion 102a is fitted into the two-step wall 101c. . The lid 102 is provided with an insertion hole 104 for inserting a finger to bend the lid 102 when opening and closing.
The bottom plate 101a of the case 101 is provided with a protrusion 105 for fitting into a screw hole (not shown) provided in the seal part G of the grommet and fixing. A projection 106 is provided on the inner surface of the lid 102 to support the lid 102 and prevent movement in the thickness direction when the grommet is housed.
JP 2001-333522 A (FIG. 6)

  By the way, in the protected state in which the grommet protector 100 as described above is attached to the grommet seal G, the grommet accommodated and protected in the grommet protector 100 cannot be confirmed. To confirm, the lid 102 has to be opened, which is inconvenient. Further, even when the seal portion G can be visually recognized from the insertion hole 104 for inserting a finger as shown in FIG. 6, since the seal portion G is visible from both the insertion holes 104, it is discriminated whether the grommet is for the right side or the left side. There was a problem that could not be done.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a grommet protector capable of easily confirming a grommet accommodated therein.

In order to achieve the above-described object, a grommet protection device according to the present invention includes a substantially flat seal portion that is in close contact with a vehicle body of an automobile, and a cylindrical portion that communicates with a through hole provided in the seal portion, A grommet including a pair of wall portions that can be accommodated so as to sandwich the seal portion in the thickness direction in order to protect the seal portion in any one of the first grommet and the second grommet having different planar shapes of the seal portion. An identification device is provided that can identify any of the grommets in a state in which the protection device is mounted on the first grommet and the second grommet on the wall portion, and the identification device includes the wall At least one identification hole formed in the portion, and the seal portion in either the first grommet or the second grommet is visible from the outside The identification hole is characterized in that it is disposed at a position.

In the grommet protector configured as described above, the grommet protector is accommodated between a pair of wall portions in order to protect the substantially flat seal portion that is in close contact with the vehicle body of the automobile. In this accommodated state, because the wall portion is provided with an identification means for identifying whether the grommet accommodated therein is, for example, the first grommet for the left or the second grommet for the right, In order to identify the grommet accommodated, it is not necessary to take time and effort to open the lid one by one as in the prior art, and the grommet can be easily identified.
Further, in the grommet protector configured as described above, the grommet accommodated in the grommet protector has formed an identification hole in the wall portion so that only one of the first grommet and the second grommet can be visually recognized. It is not necessary to take time and effort to open the lid one by one as in the prior art, and it can be easily identified.

  Further, in the grommet protector according to the present invention, the identification means has a first identification hole and a second identification hole, and the first identification hole and the second identification hole are respectively the seal portion in the first grommet and The seal portion in the second grommet is individually arranged at a position where it can be visually recognized from the outside.

In the grommet protector configured as described above, as identification means for identifying the grommet from the outside, a first identification hole for identifying the seal portion of the first grommet and a second identification hole for identifying the seal portion of the second grommet Therefore, the grommet can be identified based on which identification hole allows the seal portion to be visually recognized.
For this reason, it is not necessary to take time and effort to open the lid one by one as in the prior art, and it can be easily identified.

  The grommet protector according to the present invention is a grommet for a right door in which each of the first grommet and the second grommet is disposed between the vehicle body and a right door of the vehicle body. The left door grommet is arranged between the left door and the left door of the vehicle body.

  In the grommet protector configured as described above, it can be easily identified from the outside whether the grommet accommodated and protected by the grommet protector is the right door grommet or the left door grommet.

  According to the present invention, since the identification means for identifying the grommet accommodated in the wall is provided on the wall, it is not necessary to open the lid one by one as in the prior art, and it can be easily accommodated. Can identify the grommets.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a plan view of the grommet protector according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the outside, FIG. 1B is a side view of FIG. (A) is a plan view of the state in which the grommet protector is opened as viewed from the inside, FIG. 2 (B) is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 2 (A), and FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the state, FIG. 4 is a front view seen from the direction IV in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the state viewed through the identification hole.

As shown in FIG. 1, the grommet protector 10 which is embodiment of this invention is used for protection of the grommet 40 as shown, for example in FIG.
The grommet 40 includes a substantially flat seal portion 41 that is in close contact with the vehicle body of the automobile, and a cylindrical portion 43 that communicates with a through hole 42 provided in the seal portion 41. There are two types of grommets 40 to be protected, a first grommet and a second grommet, and the planar shape of the seal portion 41 is different.

For example, the first grommet is a left door grommet 40L disposed between a vehicle body and a left door, and the second grommet is a right door grommet 40R disposed between the vehicle body and the right door. it can.
The grommet protector 10 is housed and protected so that the seal portion 41 is not deformed, and has a shape that can be applied to both the first grommet and the second grommet.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the grommet protector 10 has a bottom wall 20 and a lid wall 30 that are a pair of wall portions in order to hold and seal the seal portion 41 of the grommet 40. A lid 30 is rotatably provided via a hinge 22 provided on a side wall 21 standing along the outer periphery of the bottom wall 20. Thereby, a space having a thickness corresponding to the seal portion 41 is secured between the bottom wall 20 and the lid wall 30.

The bottom wall 20 and the lid wall 30 have a horseshoe shape, and spaces 20a and 30a are provided so as to be able to cope with the case where the cylindrical portion 43 of the grommet 40 is provided in the vertical direction. A hinge 22 is provided on the upper end surface of the side wall 21 on the opposite side.
In order to lock the lid wall 30 in a closed state on the outer side of the side wall 21 at the left and right (left and right in FIG. 1A) positions of the outer peripheral portion of the bottom wall 20, a locking piece 23 made of a flexible member. A locking claw 23a is provided on the outer surface of the upper end of the locking piece 23 so as to protrude outward.
On the other hand, a locking portion 31 for locking the locking piece 23 is provided at a position corresponding to the locking piece 23 of the bottom wall 20 at the left and right positions of the lid wall 30.

Therefore, when the lid wall 30 is closed and the locking piece 23 is pushed into the locking portion, the locking piece 23 is deformed and inserted inside, and the locking claw 23a is locked to the locking portion 31 by the restoring force. Locked.
When opening the lid wall 30, the latching piece 23 can be easily opened by being deformed by pushing the latching piece 23 inward and removing the latching claw 23 from the latching portion 31.

As shown in FIG. 2A, on the inner surface of the bottom wall 20, a pair of first protrusions 24 and second protrusions 25 protrude toward the lid wall 30 along the inner space 20a. Is provided.
The first protrusion 24 supports the seal part 41 accommodated by floating from the inner surface of the bottom wall 20, thereby protecting the outer peripheral edge of the hanging seal part 41 from being deformed.
Further, the second protrusion 25 is provided corresponding to the hole 44 (see FIG. 4) for attaching the grommet 40, and the seal part 41 to be accommodated is prevented from moving by being inserted into the hole 44. .

In the vicinity of the left and right ends of the lid wall 30, identification holes 32 </ b> L and 32 </ b> R are provided as identification means for identifying the grommet 40 that is accommodated and protected by the grommet protector 10.
Further, an anti-sway projection 33 is provided on the hinge 22 side of the lid wall 30 so as not to rattle when the lid wall 30 is placed on the side wall 21. The positions where the identification holes 32L and 32R are provided are places where there is a difference in shape between the seal portion 41L of the left first grommet 40L and the seal portion 41R of the right second grommet 40R, that is, the seal portion of one grommet 40. The place is only 41.

For example, FIG. 3 shows a case where the right second grommet 40R is accommodated and protected. An enlarged view of the identification holes 32L and 32R in this case is shown in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5A, the seal part 41R of the second grommet 40R is visible from the right identification hole 32R.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5B, the seal portion 41R is not visible from the left identification hole 32L, and the bottom wall 20 is visible. Thereby, it is identified that the grommet 40 accommodated in the protector 10 is the second grommet 40R.

When using the grommet protector 10 described above, the lid wall 30 is opened from the bottom wall 20, and the second protrusion 25 is inserted into the mounting hole 44 provided in the seal portion 41 of the grommet 40. Thus, the seal portion 41 is positioned and held at a predetermined height position by the first protrusion 24.
The lid wall 30 is closed, and the locking piece 23 of the bottom wall 20 is inserted into the locking portion 31 of the lid wall 30 and locked by the locking claw 23.

  As described above, according to the grommet protector 10 described above, it is possible to protect the left first grommet 40L or the right second grommet 40R from the seal portion 41 visible from the identification hole 32 without opening the lid wall 30. When mounted on the tool 10, it can be easily identified whether the left first grommet 40L or the right second grommet 40R.

In addition, the grommet protector of this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A suitable deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the case where the pair of left and right identification holes 23L and 23R is provided has been described, but either one of the left and right identification holes 32 may be provided. In this case, for example, when the seal portion 41 is visible from the identification hole 32, it is identified that the right second grommet 40R is accommodated and protected, and when the seal portion 41 is not visible from the identification hole 32, It can be determined that the first grommet 40L for the left is housed and protected.
Note that three or more identification holes can be provided.

In the embodiment described above, the circular identification hole 32 is provided as the identification means. However, in addition to the circular hole, a slit or various shapes of notches may be used.
Moreover, although the case where the identification hole 32 was provided in the lid wall 30 was demonstrated, the identification hole 32 can also be provided in the lid wall 30. FIG.
Moreover, although the bottom wall 20 and the cover wall 30 were integrally formed via the hinge 22, the bottom wall 20 and the cover wall 30 can also be made into a different body.

(A) is the top view which looked at the state which opened the grommet protector which concerns on embodiment of this invention from the outer side, (B) is the side view seen from the B direction in FIG. 1 (A). (A) is the top view which looked at the state which opened the grommet protector from the inner side, (B) is sectional drawing of the BB position in FIG. 2 (A). It is a top view which shows the state which has accommodated and protected the grommet. It is the front view seen from IV direction in FIG. (A), (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the state visually recognized through an identification hole. It is a top view which shows the conventional grommet protector.

Explanation of symbols

10 Grommet protective equipment 20 Bottom wall (wall)
30 Lid wall (wall)
32L, 32R Identification hole (identification means)
40L 1st grommet 40R 2nd grommet 41 Seal part 42 Through-hole 43 Tube part

Claims (3)

Either a first grommet or a second grommet having a substantially flat seal portion that is in close contact with a vehicle body of an automobile and a cylindrical portion that communicates with a through-hole provided in the seal portion, wherein the planar shape of the seal portion is different. In order to protect the seal part in the grommet, a grommet protector comprising a pair of wall parts that can be accommodated so as to sandwich the seal part in the thickness direction,
In the state where the first grommet and the second grommet are attached to the wall portion, the identification means capable of identifying any of the grommets is provided ,
The identification means has at least one or more identification holes formed in the wall portion, and the seal portion in any one of the first grommet and the second grommet is in a position where it can be visually recognized from the outside. A grommet protector in which an identification hole is arranged . The identification means has a first identification hole and a second identification hole, and the first identification hole and the second identification hole individually provide the seal portion in the first grommet and the seal portion in the second grommet, respectively. The grommet protector according to claim 1, wherein the grommet protector is disposed at a position visible from the outside. The first grommet and the second grommet are right door grommets disposed between the vehicle body and the right door of the vehicle body, and are disposed between the vehicle body and the left door of the vehicle body. The grommet for a left door according to claim 1, wherein the grommet protector is a grommet for left doors.

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