JP4609986B2 - Automotive door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a door operation handle operating portion fitted in a trim opening formed in a door trim, and a bezel cover for covering the opening edge of the trim opening from the passenger compartment side to improve the appearance of the passenger compartment. It is related with the door for motor vehicles provided with.

  Conventionally, the above-mentioned automobile door is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. According to this publication, the automobile door includes a door trim that covers a door inner panel constituting a compartment side portion of the door body from the compartment side and is attached to the door inner panel, and the door inner panel. A handle operating portion that is supported and fitted in a trim opening formed in the door trim to enable the door opening operation, and an annular bezel cover that covers the opening edge of the trim opening from the vehicle compartment side. Yes.

  The bezel cover is detachably fitted into the door trim through the trim opening and is detachably locked to the handle operating portion, and is engaged with and disengaged from the opening edge of the trim opening. An outer member that is locked so as to be able to cover the opening edge portion from the passenger compartment side and is detachably locked to the inner member is provided.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-317265

  By the way, the above conventional technique has the following problems.

  1stly, the said bezel cover is provided with the above-mentioned inner and outer members which are separate from each other, and a latching body which latches these members so as to be disengageable. That is, the bezel cover has a plurality of parts. Therefore, the structure of the door is complicated.

  Secondly, the door assembly operation is performed as follows. That is, the inner member is locked to the handle operating portion supported by the door inner panel. On the other hand, an outer member is locked to the door trim. Next, a door trim is attached to the door inner panel. At this time, the outer member is locked to the inner member. Thereby, the assembly operation is completed.

  By the way, as described above, the bezel cover has many parts. Therefore, as described above, in addition to the operation of locking the inner member to the handle operating portion, the operation of locking the outer member to the opening edge portion of the trim opening and the inner member is necessary. As a result, it is considered that the door assembly operation becomes complicated.

  Third, when the existing bezel cover is to be replaced with a bezel cover of another color or shape depending on the passenger's preference, the existing bezel cover is removed from the opening edge of the trim opening and the handle operating portion. When trying to remove, first, the door trim is removed from the door inner panel, and at this time, the locking of the outer member to the inner member is released. Next, it is necessary to remove the inner member from the handle operating portion.

  That is, in the work for removing the bezel cover, it is necessary to remove the door trim from the door inner panel. For this reason, it is considered that the work of removing the bezel cover becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make the configuration of an automobile door easier. Another object of the present invention is to make it easier to assemble the door and to remove the bezel cover constituting the door.

The invention of claim 1 includes a door trim 6 that covers the door inner panel 4 from the vehicle compartment 3 side and is attached to the door inner panel 4, and a trim opening 7 that is supported by the door inner panel 4 and formed in the door trim 6. A door for an automobile provided with a handle operating portion 12 that is fitted inside and allows an opening operation of the door, and an annular bezel cover 25 that covers the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 from the vehicle compartment 3 side.
A first locking piece 28 that protrudes from the bezel cover 25 and whose protruding end passes through the trim opening 7 and is detachably locked to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7, and the bezel cover 25. And a second locking piece 29 whose protruding end passes through the trim opening 7 and is detachably locked to the handle operating portion 12, and has an axial center that is substantially orthogonal to the door trim 6. when the upper Symbol bezel cover 25 to pivot forward a 8 around, the second engagement to the steering unit 12 together with the first locking piece 28 with respect to the opening edge portion 21 of the trim aperture 7 slides The stop piece 29 is slid to maintain the respective locked states, and the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 is caused by the forward rotation A of the bezel cover 25 while maintaining the locked state. The first locking piece 28 can be engaged and disengaged The fastener 32 for locked from the locking state by the trim is formed in the opening edge portion 21 and the portion where the first engaging piece 28 are opposed to each other in the opening 7, the fastener 32, the bezel cover 25 Is rotated around the axis 8 by a predetermined angle B, the locking state by the locking tool 32 is released, and the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29 are opened in the trim opening. 7 is separated from the opening edge portion 21 and the handle operating portion 12, and the respective locking states by the locking pieces 28 and 29 are released.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the locking member 32 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and extends in the thickness direction of the door trim 6. 33 and formed in the first locking piece 28 so as to extend in parallel with the groove 33, and removably fit into the groove 33 by the forward rotation A of the bezel cover 25 around the axis 8. A ridge body 34 is provided.

  In this section, the reference numerals appended to the above terms are not to be construed as limiting the technical scope of the present invention to the section “Example” described later or the contents of the drawings.

  The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a door trim that covers the door inner panel from the passenger compartment side and is attached to the door inner panel, and is supported by the door inner panel and is fitted into a trim opening formed in the door trim to open the door. In a door for an automobile provided with a handle operating portion that enables operation, and an annular bezel cover that covers the opening edge of the trim opening from the passenger compartment side,
Protrude from the bezel, and the first locking piece to the projecting end portion is locked detachably engaged with the opening edge portion of the trim aperture through the trim aperture, projecting from the bezel, the projecting end part is provided and a second locking piece which is locked detachably engaged with the handle operation portion through the trim aperture, pivots forward on SL bezel cover about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the door trim The first locking piece slides with respect to the opening edge of the trim opening, and the second locking piece slides with respect to the handle operating portion so that the locking states are maintained. And a trimming tool for releasably locking the first locking piece to the opening edge of the trim opening by the forward rotation of the bezel cover while maintaining the locked state. The opening edge of the opening and the first locking piece face each other Formed in part from the locking state by the locking tool when the bezel cover by a predetermined angle only backward rotation in the axis direction, with the locking state by the locking device is released, The first and second locking pieces are separated from the opening edge of the trim opening and the handle operating portion, respectively, and the locking states by the locking pieces are released.

  For this reason, firstly, in the conventional technology, the bezel cover has a complicated structure with a large number of parts, such as being provided with separate inner and outer members. Compared to the conventional technique, the number of parts is sufficient. Therefore, the configuration of the door using the bezel cover as a component can be simplified.

  Second, the door can be assembled as follows.

That is, first, the bezel cover is locked to the opening edge of the trim opening formed in the door trim. Then, the bezel cover by the forward pivot axis around against the opening edge portion of the trim aperture engaging the said first locking piece by the locking device. Then, the second locking piece can be positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the door trim via the first locking piece and the bezel cover. Next, the door trim is attached to the door inner panel that supports the handle operating portion. At this time, the bezel cover is locked by the second locking piece positioned as described above with respect to the handle operating portion. Thereby, the assembly operation of the door is completed.

  For this reason, in the prior art, the bezel cover has many parts, and the assembly work of the door is complicated accordingly. However, compared with this, in the said invention, there are few parts of a bezel cover, and the assembly operation of a door can be made easier by that much. Further, as described above, since the second locking piece can be positioned with respect to the door trim, when the door trim is attached to the door inner panel as described above, the second locking piece is set to the predetermined position of the handle operating portion. The position can be accurately locked. Therefore, it is possible to more easily assemble the door with high accuracy.

  Third, when removing the existing bezel cover, such as when replacing the existing bezel cover with a bezel cover of another color or shape, depending on the passenger's preference, From the locking state by the locking tool, the bezel cover is rotated backward by a predetermined angle to release the locking states by the first and second locking pieces. Then, the bezel cover can be removed from the opening edge portion of the trim opening and the handle operating portion. Therefore, it is not necessary to remove the door trim as in the prior art for removing the bezel cover. Therefore, the bezel cover can be removed more easily.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the locking member is formed on an inner peripheral surface of an opening edge portion of the trim opening, and extends in the thickness direction of the door trim, and the first engagement so as to extend in parallel with the groove portion. And a projecting body that is formed on the stop piece and is removably fitted into the groove by reciprocating rotation of the bezel cover around the axis.

  Here, the first locking piece is a cantilever projecting from the bezel cover, and the strength of the first locking piece tends to be insufficient. However, as described above, since the protrusions are formed on the first locking piece, the strength of the first locking piece is improved by a simple configuration using the protrusions of the locking tool. Achieved.

  With respect to the automobile door of the present invention, the construction of the automobile door can be made simpler, and the door assembly work and the bezel cover constituting the door can be made easier respectively. The best mode for carrying out the present invention in order to realize the object of the present invention is as follows.

  In other words, the door for an automobile covers the door inner panel from the passenger compartment side and is attached to the door inner panel, and is supported by the door inner panel, and is fitted into a trim opening formed in the door trim to open the door. A handle operating portion that enables operation and an annular bezel cover that covers the opening edge of the trim opening from the passenger compartment side are provided.

Further, protruding from the top Symbol bezel, a first locking piece whose projecting end is locked detachably engaged with the opening edge portion of the trim aperture through the trim aperture, projecting from the bezel, A second locking piece whose protruding end passes through the trim opening and is detachably locked to the handle operating portion is provided. When to pivot forward on SL bezel cover about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the door trim, the first to the handle operation portion together with the first locking piece to slide with respect to the opening edge portion of the trim aperture The two locking pieces are slid to maintain the above locking states. By pivots forward of the bezel cover while maintaining the locked state, the locking member is to be engaged to detachably engaged with the first locking piece to the opening edge portion of the trim aperture, the An opening edge portion of the trim opening and the first locking piece are formed at portions facing each other. When the bezel cover is rotated backward by a predetermined angle around the axis from the locked state by the locking tool, the locked state by the locking tool is released, and the first, first The two locking pieces are separated from the opening edge of the trim opening and the handle operating portion, respectively, and the locking states by the locking pieces are released.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, an embodiment thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In FIG. 1-5, the code | symbol 1 is a side door for motor vehicles. An arrow Fr indicates the front in the traveling direction of the automobile.

  The door 1 includes a door body 2 made of sheet metal, and a portion of the door body 2 on the vehicle compartment 3 side is constituted by a door inner panel 4.

  A resin door trim 6 is provided to cover the door inner panel 4 from the vehicle compartment 3 side. The door trim 6 is detachably attached to the door inner panel 4 with a fastener (not shown) such as a clip. A circular trim opening 7 is formed in the door trim 6, and an axis 8 of the trim opening 7 is substantially orthogonal to the door trim 6.

  A handle operating portion 12 that enables the door 1 to be opened is supported on the surface of the door inner panel 4 on the side of the passenger compartment 3. The handle operating unit 12 is fixedly supported by the door inner panel 4 by a fixing tool 13 and is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base 14 and a bowl-shaped base 14 which is located on the axis 8. And a manipulation handle 17 that is fitted in the base portion 14 and pivotally supported by the pivot shaft 16 on the base portion 14. A lock tool (not shown) that locks the door main body 2 in a closed state and the operation handle 17 are linked together by a cable 18.

  If the operation handle 17 fitted in the base portion 14 is operated and rotated to the outside of the base portion 14 (a chain line in FIG. 4), the lock tool is connected to the operation handle 17 via the cable 18. In conjunction with this, the lock is released and the door can be opened.

  The base portion 14 and the operation handle 17 are fitted into the trim opening 7 from the door inner panel 4 side. In this case, the flange portion 15 connects the gap 22 between the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and the base portion 14 of the handle operating portion 12 and the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 to the door inner panel. Covering from the 4th side.

  A bezel cover 25 is provided to cover the outer edge 24 of the base 14, the gap 22, and the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 from the vehicle compartment 3 side. The bezel cover 25 is made of resin and has a circular ring shape substantially located on the axis 8. The bezel cover 25 improves the appearance of the passenger compartment 3. In order to facilitate understanding of the drawings, the bezel cover 25 is shown with a satin pattern.

A plurality (2) of projecting end portions projecting from the bezel cover 25 toward the door inner panel 4 side and passing through the trim opening 7 so as to be detachably engaged with the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 (2 The first locking piece 28 protrudes from the bezel cover 25 toward the door inner panel 4 side, and its protruding end passes through the trim opening 7 to the flange 15 of the handle operating portion 12. And a plurality of (four) second locking pieces 29 that are detachably locked.

  The first locking piece 28 and the second locking piece 29 are both formed integrally with the bezel cover 25 and have a hook shape. The first locking piece 28 and the second locking piece 29 are elastically bendable. The locking pieces 28 and 29 are arranged on a virtual circle centered on the axis 8 and are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

The bezel cover 25 is attached to the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and the outer edge portion 24 of the base portion 14 of the handle operation portion 12 by the respective engagements of the first locking piece 28 and the second locking piece 29. Each is in pressure contact and attached to the door inner panel 4 side. While maintaining this state , the bezel cover 25 is moved around the axis 8 and can be rotated backwards A and B. In this case, the portions where the bezel cover 25 and the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29 are opposed to the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and the handle operating portion 12 are the openings of the trim openings 7. The bezel cover 25 slides with respect to the edge portion 21 and the handle operating portion 12 as the bezel cover 25 rotates.

Due to the forward rotation A of the bezel cover 25, a locking tool 32 that removably locks the first locking piece 28 with respect to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 is provided at the opening edge of the trim opening 7. The portion 21 and the first locking piece 28 are formed at portions facing each other . Specifically, the locking member 32 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7, and extends in parallel with the groove portion 33 extending in the thickness direction of the door trim 6. And a protrusion 34 formed integrally with the first locking piece 28.

The cross section of the groove 33 and the protrusion 34 of the locking tool 32 has a semicircular shape. When the bezel cover 25 is rotated A about the axis 8, the first locking piece 28 is elastically deformed so that the protrusion 34 can be inserted into and removed from the groove 33. It is supposed to be fitted (solid line in FIG. 5). The first locking piece 28 is locked to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 by the fitting of the protrusion 34 to the groove 33. Then, the bezel cover 25 and the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29 are both positioned with respect to the door trim 6.

  When the bezel cover 25 is rotated backward B by a predetermined angle around the axis 8 from the locked state shown by the solid line in FIG. Is released, and the locking states by the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29 are released.

  More specifically, a first notch 36 is formed in each part of the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 in the vicinity of each first locking piece 28. In addition, a plurality of (four) U-shaped second notches 37 that open in the direction of the backward rotation B are formed in the collar portion 15 of the handle operating portion 12. Each second locking piece 29 is locked to the edge of each second notch 37.

  Then, as described above, the bezel cover 25 is rotated back B around the axis 8 from the locked state by the locking tool 32 (solid line in FIG. 1-5). Then, the first locking piece 28 is elastically bent, and the protrusion 34 is detached from the groove 33 in the locking tool 32. Further, when the bezel cover 25 is rotated backward B, the protrusion 34 slides in the direction of the backward rotation B while pressing against the inner peripheral surface of the trim opening 7. (Dash-dot line in FIG. 5).

As described above, the bezel cover 25 is rotated backward B by a predetermined angle from the locked state by the locking tool 32. Then, the protruding end portion of the first locking piece 28 is detached from the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and the locking to the opening edge portion 21 is released corresponding to the first notch 36. (Two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, FIG. 6). Further, the protruding end portion of the second locking piece 29 is detached from the edge portion of the second notch 37, and the locking of the handle operating portion 12 to the flange portion 15 is released. That is, the respective locking states by the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29 are released. As a result, the bezel cover 25 can be removed from the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 and the handle operating portion 12 (FIG. 6).

According to the above configuration, the first locking piece 28 that protrudes from the bezel cover 25 and whose protruding end passes through the trim opening 7 and is detachably locked to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7. A second locking piece 29 that protrudes from the bezel cover 25 and whose protruding end passes through the trim opening 7 and is detachably locked to the handle operating portion 12 is provided to the door trim 6. the upper SL bezel cover 25 when to pivot forward a, to the steering unit 12 together with the first locking piece 28 with respect to the opening edge portion 21 of the trim aperture 7 slides in substantially perpendicular to axis 8 around On the other hand, the second locking pieces 29 slide to maintain the locked states, and the trim opening 7 is moved by the forward rotation A of the bezel cover 25 while maintaining the locked state. The first locking piece 2 with respect to the opening edge 21 of The detachably the fastener 32 to engaged is formed in a portion where the opening edge portion 21 and the first engaging piece 28 of the trim aperture 7 are opposed to each other, the retaining state by the locking part 32 Thus, when the bezel cover 25 is rotated backward B by a predetermined angle around the axis 8, the locking state by the locking tool 32 is released and the first and second locking pieces 28 are released. , 29 are separated from the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 and the handle operating portion 12, respectively, so that the respective locking states by the respective locking pieces 28, 29 are released.

  For this reason, first, in the prior art, the bezel cover 25 includes a separate inner and outer member, and thus the number of parts is large and the configuration is complicated. 25 is sufficient in terms of the number of parts compared to the above-described conventional technology. Therefore, the configuration of the door 1 using the bezel cover 25 as a component can be simplified.

  Second, the assembly operation of the door 1 can be performed as follows.

That is, first, the bezel cover 25 is locked to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 formed in the door trim 6. Next, the bezel cover 25 is rotated A about the axis 8 and the first locking piece 28 is locked to the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 by the locking tool 32. Then, the second locking piece 29 can be positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the door trim 6 via the first locking piece 28 and the bezel cover 25. Next, the door trim 6 is attached to the door inner panel 4 that supports the handle operating portion 12. At this time, the bezel cover 25 is locked by the second locking piece 29 positioned as described above with respect to the flange portion 15 of the handle operating portion 12. Thereby, the assembly work of the door 1 is completed.

  For this reason, in the prior art, the bezel cover 25 has many parts, and the assembly work of the door 1 is complicated accordingly. However, compared to this, in the above configuration, the number of parts of the bezel cover 25 is small, and as a result, the assembly work of the door 1 can be performed more easily. As described above, since the second locking piece 29 can be positioned with respect to the door trim 6, when the door trim 6 is attached to the door inner panel 4 as described above, the second locking piece 29 is The handle operating unit 12 can be accurately locked at a predetermined position of the flange 15. Therefore, it is possible to more easily assemble the door 1 with high accuracy.

  Third, when the existing bezel cover 25 is to be removed, such as when the existing bezel cover 25 is to be replaced with a bezel cover 25 of another color or shape, depending on the passenger's preference, etc. First, from the locked state by the locking tool 32, the bezel cover 25 is rotated backward B by a predetermined angle to release the locked states by the first and second locking pieces 28 and 29. . Then, the bezel cover 25 can be removed from the opening edge 21 of the trim opening 7 and the handle operating portion 12. Therefore, it is not necessary to remove the door trim 6 to remove the bezel cover 25 as in the prior art. For this reason, the removal operation | work of the said bezel cover 25 can also be done more easily.

Further, as described above, the locking tool 32 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening edge portion 21 of the trim opening 7 and extends in parallel with the groove portion 33 extending in the thickness direction of the door trim 6. And a protrusion 34 which is formed in the first locking piece 28 and is detachably fitted into the groove 33 by the forward rotation A of the bezel cover 25 around the axis 8.

  Here, the first locking piece 28 is a cantilever projecting from the bezel cover 25, and its strength tends to be insufficient. However, as described above, since the protrusion 34 is formed on the first locking piece 28, the first locking piece 28 has a simple configuration using the protrusion 34 of the locking tool 32. An increase in its strength is achieved.

  Although the above is based on the illustrated example, the bezel cover 25 may have a ring shape such as a rectangle or an ellipse. Further, the protrusion 34 may be formed on the inner peripheral surface of the trim opening 7, and the groove 33 may be formed in the first locking piece 28.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG. 3. It is the perspective view which looked at the door from the compartment side. It is the side view which looked at a part of door from the compartment side. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram corresponding to FIG. 3.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door 2 Door main body 3 Car compartment 4 Door inner panel 6 Door trim 7 Trim opening 8 Shaft center 12 Handle operation part 21 Opening edge part 22 Gap 24 Outer edge part 25 Bezel cover 28 First locking piece 29 Second locking piece 32 Engagement Stopper 33 Groove 34 Projection 36 First cutout 37 Second cutout A Forward rotation B Reverse rotation

Claims (2)

A door trim that covers the door inner panel from the passenger compartment side and is attached to the door inner panel, and a handle operation that is supported by the door inner panel and is fitted into a trim opening formed in the door trim to enable the door opening operation. A vehicle door provided with a ring-shaped bezel cover that covers the opening edge of the trim opening from the passenger compartment side,
Protrude from the bezel, and the first locking piece to the projecting end portion is locked detachably engaged with the opening edge portion of the trim aperture through the trim aperture, projecting from the bezel, the projecting end part is provided and a second locking piece which is locked detachably engaged with the handle operation portion through the trim aperture, pivots forward on SL bezel cover about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the door trim The first locking piece slides with respect to the opening edge of the trim opening, and the second locking piece slides with respect to the handle operating portion so that the locking states are maintained. And a trimming tool for releasably locking the first locking piece to the opening edge of the trim opening by the forward rotation of the bezel cover while maintaining the locked state. The opening edge of the opening and the first locking piece face each other Formed in part from the locking state by the locking tool when the bezel cover by a predetermined angle only backward rotation in the axis direction, with the locking state by the locking device is released, The first and second locking pieces are separated from the opening edge of the trim opening and the handle operating portion, respectively, and the locking states by the locking pieces are released. Automotive door. The locking tool is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening edge of the trim opening, and is formed on the first locking piece so as to extend in parallel with the groove that extends in the thickness direction of the door trim. The automobile door according to claim 1, further comprising a protrusion that is detachably fitted into the groove portion by forward rotation of the bezel cover around an axis.

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