JP5062513B2 - Radiator grille mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a radiator grille of a vehicle body.

In general, a radiator grille repeatedly expands and contracts because it receives heat released from the radiator. In particular, in the case of a resin radiator grill , the coefficient of thermal expansion is high. Therefore, when the radiator grille and the vehicle body side are fixed at a plurality of locations, the radiator grille is distorted due to expansion or contraction. In this regard, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-268335 discloses a structure in which a radiator grille is attached to the vehicle body side by a latching portion for positioning and a latching portion having another shape that absorbs elongation. .

JP-A-8-268335

  In the above conventional configuration, the latching portion is integrally formed on the radiator grill and the vehicle body side. Therefore, it is necessary to change the structure of the other side of the radiator grill or the vehicle body side (change of the position of the latching portion), so that it is difficult to share parts, resulting in an increase in manufacturing cost.

  In order to solve the above problems, a configuration in which the hook portion is attached to the radiator grille and the vehicle body side as a separate part without integrally forming the latching portion is conceivable. However, if the latching part is simply a separate part, two types of latching parts having different shapes are required, the number of parts is increased, and the cost cannot be sufficiently reduced.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a radiator grille mounting structure that can suppress the occurrence of distortion due to positioning and heat and that can reduce the cost.

In order to achieve the above object, a mounting structure for a radiator grill according to the present invention includes a plurality of fastener holders having the same shape and a plurality of fastener pins having the same shape .

The fastener holder is attached to one of the horizontally long radiator grille or the vehicle body side and has a long hole. The fastener pin is attached to the other side of the radiator grille or the vehicle body side, and is inserted into the long hole and engaged therewith, and is slidable along the long hole in the engaged state.
The fastener pin has a flexible retaining portion at its head, and this retaining portion engages with a radiator grill or a fastener pin fixing portion provided on the other side of the vehicle body, so that the fastener pin is attached to the radiator grill or It is attached to the other side of the vehicle body.

The radiator grille is attached to the vehicle body side by engaging the fastener pins with the respective elongated holes of the plurality of fastener holders. At least one fastener holder of the plurality of fasteners holder, in a posture extending in the direction in which the long hole intersecting the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille, on at least one of the fastener holder fixing portion provided on one of the radiator grille or the vehicle body Attached . Wherein all other fastener holder except at least one of the fastener holder, in a posture in which the long holes extending along a longitudinal direction of the radiator grille, in addition to the fastener holder fixing portion provided on one of the radiator grille or the vehicle body Attached .
The at least one fastener holder fixing portion holds the tip end portion of the fastener pin in a state where the fastener pin is engaged with the long hole of the fastener holder attached to the fastener holder fixing portion, and is in the long hole of the fastener pin. Positioning ribs for restricting movement are provided.

In the above configuration, when the radiator grille is attached to the vehicle body side, the plurality of fastener pins and the fastener holder are arranged at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille, and the fastener pins and the fastener holder are engaged. The fastener pin is slidable along a long hole of the fastener holder, and the long hole of the at least one fastener holder of the plurality of fastener holders extends in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille, The long holes of all the fastener holders extend in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille.

  The fastener holder restricts movement of the fastener pin in directions other than the direction along the long hole. Therefore, the movement in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille mounted on the vehicle body side is restricted by the at least one fastener holder, and the movement in the direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille is performed by all the other fastener holders. Be regulated. Therefore, the radiator grille attached to the vehicle body side is held at a predetermined position.

  Further, when the radiator grille expands or contracts in the longitudinal direction due to heat, the at least one fastener holder and the fastener pin engaged therewith do not move relative to the radiator grille and the vehicle body side, and all the other fasteners mentioned above. The holder or the fastener pin engaged therewith moves along the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille. Accordingly, the radiator grill is hardly distorted.

  In addition, even when the radiator grille expands or contracts in the longitudinal direction due to heat, the position relative to the vehicle body side does not change. Therefore, the at least one fastener holder and the fastener pin engaged therewith are disposed between the radiator grille and the vehicle body side. It becomes the positioning reference between. Therefore, when the radiator grille is attached to the vehicle body side, the position in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille is set to a predetermined position on the vehicle body side by performing an operation while observing the positional relationship between the at least one fastener holder and the fastener pin opposed thereto. Therefore, the mounting work is easy.

  In addition, by using the same shape fastener holder and changing the direction in which the elongated hole extends, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of distortion of the radiator grille due to heat and the positioning of the radiator grille and the vehicle body side. Therefore, only one type of necessary fastener holder and fastener pin is required. Further, even if the structure of one or both of the radiator grille and the vehicle body is different, the same fastener holder and fastener pin can be used in common. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by suppressing an increase in parts.

  Further, among the plurality of fastener holders, a fastener holder that engages with the fastener pin at a position closest to the center in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grill may be the at least one fastener holder.

  In the above-described configuration, the difference in displacement at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grill with respect to the at least one fastener holder serving as a positioning reference can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of positioning and distortion due to heat, and it is possible to reduce the cost.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a radiator grille mounting structure of the present embodiment in a state where the radiator grille is mounted on the front panel of the vehicle body, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener holder and fastener pins of the present embodiment. 3 is a side view of the fastener holder of FIG. 2 viewed from the direction III, FIG. 4 is a side view of the fastener holder of FIG. 2 viewed from the direction IV, and FIG. 5 is a view of the fastener pin of FIG. 6 is a side view seen from the VI direction of the fastener pin of FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is a side view comparing the fastener holder and the fastener pin of FIGS. 3 and 5, and FIG. 1 is a front view before the radiator grill of FIG. 1 is attached to the front panel of the vehicle body, FIG. 9 is a perspective view seen from the IX direction of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the main part of the present embodiment. Ri, Figure 11 is a sectional view seen from XI direction of FIG. 10. Note that the cushion material 24 is not shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, a plurality of fastener pins 20 are fixed to the front panel 2 of the vehicle body 1, and a plurality of fastener holders 10 are fixed to the radiator grill 5.

  The front panel 2 of the vehicle body 1 is provided with a fastener pin mounting shaft 3 extending in the vehicle width direction. The fastener pin mounting shaft 3 is provided with four round hole-shaped fastener pin fixing portions 4.

  The fastener holder 10 is made of resin and has a contact surface portion 11 and a body portion 13.

  The contact surface portion 11 has a long hole-shaped inlet portion 12 on a circular plate-like plane.

  The trunk portion 13 surrounds a long hole penetrating from the inlet portion 12 to the outlet portion 14, and includes a slide portion 15, a claw portion 16, and an attachment portion 17. The slide portion 15 is a portion of the body portion 13 that is partitioned into a straight portion of a long hole between the inlet portion 12 and the outlet portion 14. The claw portion 16 gradually narrows the interval of the slide portion 15 from approximately the middle between the inlet portion 12 and the outlet portion 14 to the outlet portion 14. The attachment portion 17 protrudes outside the trunk portion 13. The outlet portion 14 has a long hole shape in which the interval between the straight portions of the long hole of the inlet portion 12 is narrowed by the claw portion 16.

  The fastener pin 20 is made of resin and has a head portion 21, a plate portion 23, and a pin portion 25.

  The head 21 has two flexible retaining portions 22. When the head 21 is pressed against the fastener pin fixing portion 4, the retaining portion 22 is bent and deformed to engage with the fastener pin fixing portion 4.

  The plate portion 23 is a circular plate-like plane having one surface from which the head portion 21 extends and the other surface from which the pin portion 25 extends. A cushion member 24 made of resin is sandwiched between the surface of the plate part 23 on the head 21 side and the fastener pin fixing part 4. The pin portion 25 side of the plate portion 23 is in contact with or close to the contact surface portion 11 of the fastener holder 10 and is slidable.

  The pin portion 25 includes a holding portion 26, a shaft portion 27, a locking portion 28, and a guide portion 29.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, if the entrance portion 12 side is a width A1 and the exit portion 14 side is a width B1 in the interval between the slide portions 15 of the fastener holder 10, the pin portion 25 of the fastener pin 20 is It is shown as a portion having a portion of width A2 that is slightly thinner than width A1 and thicker than width B1, and a portion of width B2 that is slightly narrower than width B1.

  The holding part 26 is a part that extends from substantially the center of the surface of the plate part 23 and has a width A2. The shaft portion 27 is a portion that is continuous with the holding portion 26 and extends with a thickness of the width B2. The locking portion 28 is a portion that is continuous with the shaft portion 27 and has a disk shape with a width A2, and is locked to the claw portion 16 so that a part of the locking portion 28 goes out from the outlet portion 14. The guide portion 29 is continuous with the locking portion 28, has a width of B <b> 2, is a portion that is tapered toward the tip, and exits from the outlet portion 14. The fastener pin 20 is restricted from moving in a direction other than the direction in which the elongated hole of the fastener holder 10 extends in a state in which the holding portion 26 and the locking portion 28 having the width A2 are close to or in contact with the slide portion 15 of the fastener holder 10. Is done.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the radiator grille 5 is provided with a fastener holder mounting line 6 extending in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille 5 at the upper part of the back surface. The fastener holder mounting line 6 is provided with four fastener holder fixing portions 7 arranged to face the fastener pin fixing portion 4. The fastener holder fixing portion 7 has a shape that holds the body portion 13 of the fastener holder 10, and fixes the fastener holder 10 by fitting the attachment portion 17. Of the four fastener holder fixing parts 7, three fastener holder fixing parts 7 a extend in the direction in which the long holes extend along the longitudinal direction (vehicle width direction) of the radiator grille 5 in the fastener holder 10 a (all other fastener holders). The other fastener holder fixing portion 7b fixes the fastener holder 10b (at least one fastener holder) in a direction in which the long hole extends along the vertical direction (the vehicle vertical direction) with respect to the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille 5. To do. In the present embodiment, the second fastener holder fixing portion 7 from the right in the vehicle width direction that engages with the fastener pin 20 at the position closest to the longitudinal center of the radiator grille 5 among the plurality of fastener holders 10 is the fastener holder fixing. It is a part 7b and fixes the fastener holder 10b.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, vertical positioning ribs 8 that hold the guide portions 29 of the fastener pins 20 are provided in the back of the fastener holder fixing portion 7 b (front side of the vehicle body 1).

  When the radiator grille 5 is attached to the front panel 2 of the vehicle body 1, the fastener holder 10 attached to the radiator grille 5 is engaged with the fastener pin 20 attached to the front panel 2.

  In order to engage the fastener holder 10 with the fastener pin 20, the pin portion 25 of the fastener pin 20 is inserted into the inlet portion 12 of the fastener holder 10. At this time, the thickness of the guide portion 29 is the width B2, which is narrower than the width A1 and the width B1 of the straight portions of the long holes of the inlet portion 12 and the outlet portion 14, and has a predetermined length. It is easy to guide the pin portion 25 to the long holes of the inlet portion 12 and the outlet portion 14 of the fastener holder 10, and the attachment work is easy to perform.

  When the pin portion 25 is inserted from the inlet portion 12, the locking portion 28 is once caught on the inlet portion 12 side of the claw portion 16. By further pressing in this state, the locking portion 28 widens the gap between the claw portions 16 and comes out to the outlet portion 14 side of the claw portion 16. Since the locking portion 28 is locked to the claw portion 16, the fastener pin 20 is not easily removed from the fastener holder 10.

  The fastener pin 20 that engages with the fastener holder 10b attached to the fastener holder fixing portion 7b is restricted from moving in the long hole of the fastener holder 10b when the vertical positioning rib 8 holds the guide portion 29. . Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the noise with respect to the vibration of the radiator grille 5 is suppressed.

  According to the present embodiment, the fastener pin 20 is slidable along the long hole of the fastener holder 10, and among the plurality of fastener pins 20, the long hole of the fastener holder 10 b is relative to the longitudinal direction of the radiator grill 5. The fastener holder 10 a has a long hole extending in the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille 5.

  The fastener holder 10 regulates the movement of the fastener pin 20 in directions other than the direction along the long hole. Therefore, the movement of the radiator grille 5 attached to the front panel 2 in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the fastener holder 10b, and the movement of the radiator grille 5 in the direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction is restricted by the fastener holder 10a. Accordingly, the radiator grille 5 attached to the front panel 2 is held at a predetermined position.

  When the radiator grille 5 expands or contracts in the longitudinal direction due to heat, the fastener holder 10b and the fastener pin 20 engaged therewith do not move with respect to the radiator grille 5 and the front panel 2, but the fastener holder 10a or the same. The engaged fastener pin 20 moves along the longitudinal direction of the radiator grill 5. Therefore, the radiator grill 5 is hardly distorted.

  Further, even if the radiator grille 5 expands or contracts in the longitudinal direction due to heat, the position with respect to the front panel 2 does not change. Therefore, the fastener holder 10b and the fastener pins 20 that engage with the radiator grille 5 and the front panel 2 It becomes the positioning reference between. Therefore, when the radiator grille 5 is attached to the front panel 2, the position of the radiator grille 5 in the longitudinal direction is determined by performing an operation while observing the positional relationship between the fastener holder 10b and the fastener pin 20 facing the fastener holder 10b. Therefore, the mounting operation is easy.

  Further, by using the fastener holder 10 having the same shape and changing the direction in which the elongated hole extends, the distortion of the radiator grille 5 due to heat is suppressed, and the positioning of the radiator grille 5 and the front panel 2 is suppressed. Therefore, only one type of necessary fastener holder 10 and fastener pin 20 is required. Even if one or both of the radiator grill 5 and the front panel 2 have different structures, the same fastener holder 10 and fastener pin 20 can be used in common. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by suppressing an increase in parts.

  Moreover, since the fastener holder 10 which engages with the fastener pin 20 at the position closest to the longitudinal center of the radiator grille 5 among the plurality of fastener holders 10 is the fastener holder 10b, the radiator grille with respect to the fastener holder 10b serving as a positioning reference The difference in displacement at both ends in the longitudinal direction of 5 can be kept small.

  The present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the fastener holder 10 may be attached to the vehicle body 1 side, and the fastener pins 20 may be attached to the radiator grill 5.

  A plurality of fastener holder mounting lines 6 for the radiator grill 5 may be provided.

  Further, a fastener holder fixing portion 7 and a plurality of fastener holder fixing portions 7 are continuously provided on the fastener holder mounting line 6 of the radiator grill 5, and the fastener holder 10 is disposed at a position corresponding to the design change of the front panel 2. You may be able to do that.

  Further, when attaching the fastener holder 10, the shapes of the trunk portion 13 and the fastener holder fixing portion 7 of the fastener holder 10 are changed so that the direction in which the elongated hole extends with respect to the radiator grille 5 or the vehicle body 1 side can be selected. May be. For example, from the outlet portion 14 side of the body portion 13 of the fastener holder 10, the direction in which the elongated hole of the fastener holder 10 extends can be arbitrarily selected from the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille 5 and the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The seen shape is a square shape or a cross shape having the mounting portion 17 at the same position even if it is rotated 90 degrees, and the fastener holder fixing portion 7 having a shape capable of holding the body portion 13 is also obtained. Good.

It is a perspective view of the state where the radiator grille was attached to the front panel of the vehicle body in the radiator grille attachment structure of the present embodiment. It is a perspective view of the fastener holder and fastener pin of this embodiment. It is the side view seen from the III direction of the fastener holder of FIG. It is the side view seen from the IV direction of the fastener holder of FIG. It is the side view seen from the V direction of the fastener pin of FIG. It is the side view seen from VI direction of the fastener pin of FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view comparing the fastener holder and the fastener pin of FIGS. 3 and 5. It is a front view of the state before the radiator grill of FIG. 1 is attached to the front panel of a vehicle body. It is the perspective view seen from the IX direction of FIG. It is a principal part perspective view of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing seen from the XI direction of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1: Car body 2: Front panel 3: Fastener pin mounting shaft 4: Fastener pin fixing portion 5: Radiator grille 6: Fastener holder mounting line 7: Fastener holder fixing portion 7a: Fastener holder fixing portion 7b: Fastener holder fixing portion 8: Up and down Positioning rib 10: Fastener holder 10a: Fastener holder 10b: Fastener holder 11: Contact surface portion 12: Entrance portion 13: Body portion 14: Exit portion 15: Slide portion 16: Claw portion 17: Attachment portion 20: Fastener pin 21: Head 22: retaining portion 23: plate portion 24: cushion material 25: pin portion 26: holding portion 27: shaft portion 28: locking portion 29: guide portion

Claims (2)

A plurality of fastener holders of the same shape having a long hole attached to one of the horizontally elongated radiator grill or the vehicle body side, and attached to the other side of the radiator grill or the vehicle body side, inserted into the long hole and engaged. And a plurality of fastener pins of the same shape that are slidable along the elongated hole in the engaged state,
The fastener pin has a flexible clasp at its head, and the clasp pin engages with a fastener pin fixing portion provided on the other side of the radiator grill or the vehicle body side. Is attached to the other side of the radiator grille or the vehicle body side,
The radiator grille is attached to the vehicle body side by engaging the fastener pins with the respective elongated holes of the plurality of fastener holders,
At least one fastener holder of the plurality of fastener holders, the long hole of the radiator grille in the longitudinal direction and Ru extending in a direction intersecting orientation, at least one of which is provided on one of the radiator grille or the vehicle body attached to the fastener holder fixing portion, said all other fastener holder except at least one of the fastener holder, in a posture in which the long hole is Ru extends along the longitudinal direction of the radiator grille, the radiator grille or the vehicle body It is attached to another fastener holder fixing part provided on one side,
The at least one fastener holder fixing portion holds the fastener pin in a state in which the fastener pin is engaged with a long hole of the fastener holder attached to the fastener holder fixing portion, and the fastener pin The radiator grille mounting structure is characterized in that a positioning rib is provided for restricting movement in the elongated hole . The radiator grille mounting structure according to claim 1,
The radiator grille mounting structure, wherein the at least one fastener holder is a fastener holder that engages with the fastener pin at a position closest to a longitudinal center of the radiator grille among the plurality of fastener holders.

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