JP5103301B2 - Automobile fender cover structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fender cover structure that is provided along a front fender constituting an automobile body and covers a lower corner of a windshield glass.

This type of conventional fender cover structure is provided along the front fender of an automobile and covers the lower end corner of the windshield glass so that the lower end corner of the windshield glass is on the inner peripheral end side of the fender cover. An inner peripheral lip is formed to cover the outer periphery of the fender cover, and a clamping recess is provided on the outer periphery of the fender cover to clamp the front fender terminal. Further, an elastic contact piece portion is formed, and an abutting piece portion elastically contacting the back side of the front fender is formed on the tip side from the sandwiching recess in the fender cover (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-30834 A

  According to the conventional fender cover structure, the terminal portion of the front fender is clamped by the clamping recess provided in the inner peripheral edge of the fender cover, and the elastic contact formed on the back side of the fender cover. By contacting the tongue piece with the front pillar of the vehicle body, first, the vehicle body in the left-right direction of the fender cover has a strong interference structure due to both opposing side walls of the sandwiching recess, and also with respect to the vehicle body vertical direction of the fender cover. Since the bottom of the clamping recess faces the front fender and the elastic tongue piece abuts on the vehicle body side while elastically deforming, it forms a strong interference structure and can cope with variations in vehicle body assembly. The cover is pressed against the front fender so that it can be mounted stably.

  However, since the elastic tongue piece portion is designed to have a strong interference structure by abutting on the vehicle body side in an elastically deformed state, the fender cover is exposed particularly to sunlight or rainwater. Due to the secular change, there is a possibility that the elastic force becomes weak and plastic deformation occurs while the elastic force remains unchanged.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides an automobile fender cover configured to always retain the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece on the front pillar of the vehicle body even when the fender cover is exposed to sunlight or rainwater and changes over time. Its purpose is to provide a structure.

  An automobile fender cover structure according to the present invention is a fender cover structure that is provided along a front fender of an automobile and covers a lower corner of the windshield glass. A plurality of elastically deformable elastic contact piece portions that contact the pillars are formed, and further, a protruding piece that cross-connects with each elastic tongue piece portion is erected on the back side of the fender cover. And

  According to the present invention, the elastic tongue piece portion that abuts the front pillar in an elastically deformed state is formed with the tension piece that is cross-connected to the elastic tongue piece portion standing on the back side of the fender cover. Even if the fender cover changes over time due to exposure to sunlight, rainwater, etc., because the reaction force due to elastic deformation of the tension piece is promoted to exhibit a strong interference structure, the elastic force of the tension piece side The strong interference state due to the maintenance is maintained and the front pillar is always in contact with a predetermined pressure contact force, so that the lower end corner portion of the windshield glass can be stably covered along the front fender.

  Further, the fender cover structure for an automobile according to the present invention is such that the elastic tongue piece portion of the tension piece is cross-connected to the other side surface opposite to the one side surface cross-connected to the back surface side of the fender cover. An upright support piece may be formed.

  With this configuration, the standing support piece further promotes the pressure contact elastic force to the front pillar in the elastic tongue piece portion through the tension piece, and further stabilizes the lower end corner portion of the windshield glass along the front fender. Can be covered.

  Further, the elastic tongue piece portion and the upright support piece in the automobile fender cover structure according to the present invention may be arranged so as to face each other with the tension piece interposed therebetween.

  With such a configuration, the standing support piece in which the elastic tongue piece portion is arranged not to face the projecting piece promotes the elastic pressure contact force to the front pillar in the elastic tongue piece portion, and windshield glass along the front fender. Can be stably covered.

  Moreover, the said tension piece in the fender cover structure of the motor vehicle based on this invention may be formed in a planar endless stripe, and you may make it form the said elastic tongue piece part in the side wall in this tension piece.

  With this configuration, the elastic piece piece is formed by adding the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece formed on the side wall of the elastic piece by forming the elastic piece in an endless shape such as a box or a circle in plan view. However, the elastic pressure contact force to the front pillar is promoted against the secular change, and the lower end corner portion of the windshield glass can be covered more stably along the front fender.

  In the fender cover structure for an automobile according to the present invention, an upright support piece is formed on the back surface side of the fender cover at a position facing the elastic tongue piece portion of the side wall in the tension piece formed in an endless strip. You may do it.

  With this configuration, the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece portion is further promoted by the standing support piece via the tension piece, and the lower end corner portion of the windshield glass is further stabilized by the fender cover along the front fender. Can be covered.

  Further, in the present invention, the standing support piece may be connected to a sandwiching recess formed on an outer peripheral portion of the fender cover and sandwiching a terminal of the front fender. The sandwiching recess further promotes the elastic force, and the reaction force of the elastic force of the standing support piece is also brought into the sandwiching recess, which promotes the clamping force of the front fender to the terminal by the sandwiching recess. As a result, the fender cover can more stably cover the lower corner of the windshield glass along the front fender.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the elastic tongue piece that abuts the front pillar in an elastically deformed state is formed with the protruding piece that cross-connects with the elastic tongue piece standing on the back side of the fender cover. As a result, the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece part is strongly promoted by the elastic force of the tension piece, which strongly interferes with the front pillar, and the fender cover is aged by being exposed to sunlight, rainwater, etc. Even if a change occurs, the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece is substantially maintained, and the elastic force is always in contact with the front pillar with a predetermined pressure contact force. The corner can be stably covered.

  Next, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view depicting a front portion of an automobile, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view depicting an enlarged view of the periphery of the lower corner portion of the windshield glass of FIG. 1 in the first embodiment according to the present invention. 3 is a perspective view of the fender cover according to the first embodiment of the present invention drawn from an oblique front side, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same drawn from the back side, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, between the left and right front pillars 2 of the automobile 1, the windshield glass 3 has a peripheral portion of a vehicle body such as a front pillar 2 or a front cowl and a front upper rail (not shown). The windshield glass 3 is covered with a synthetic resin fender 5 attached to the front pillar 2.

  A cowl top cover 8 is provided on the front side of the lower end of the windshield glass 3 along with the engine hood 7.

  The lower corner portion 3 a of the windshield glass 3 between the end of the cowl top cover 8 and the lower end of the front fender 5 is covered with a fender cover 10.

  The fender cover 10 is formed with an inner peripheral lip portion 11 covering the lower end corner portion 3a of the windshield glass 3 on the inner peripheral end portion side. As shown in FIGS. A substantially U-shaped sandwiching recess 12 for sandwiching the terminal 5 a of the front fender 5 is provided on the outer peripheral end side from the portion 11.

  In addition, a plurality of elastic contact tongue portions 13 that are elastically contacted to the reverse surface side of the front fender 5 are formed on the back surface side of the outer peripheral end portion of the fender cover 10 and the elastic contact tongue piece portions 13 are cross-coupled. A piece 14 is provided.

  The tension piece 14 may be formed in a flat plate shape, but in the present embodiment, it is formed in a box shape having an endless stripe in plan view, and the elastic tongue piece 13 is integrally formed on the side wall 14a. On the other hand, a standing support piece 15 is formed on the back side of the fender cover 5 at a position facing the elastic contact piece 13 on the side wall 14a.

  The end of the upright support piece 15 opposite to the tension piece 14 is connected to the sandwiching recess 12.

  Further, the tension piece 14 is formed in a box shape that becomes narrower toward the upper side of the vehicle body, and a plurality of partition walls in a state in which the inner wall portion is along the extending direction of the elastic tongue piece portion 13. Each partition wall 14b is disposed so as not to face the elastic contact piece 13 with the side wall 14a interposed therebetween.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the fender cover 10 configured as described above has a plurality of clip portions 10 </ b> A erected at positions facing the cowl top cover 8 on the back surface side, and the clip portions 10 </ b> A are connected to the cowl top cover 8. The lower end corner 3a of the window glass 3 is covered by engaging with a clip hole (not shown) provided in the window glass 3.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, in the fender cover 10, the bent terminal 5 a of the front fender 5 is fitted into the clamping recess 12, and the elastic tongue piece 13 is elastically deformed to some extent in the front pillar 2. It is in elastic contact with the state.

  Since the elastic contact piece 13 is formed to be elastically deformable, it comes into contact with the front pillar 2 in a state where the tip is bent, and the assembly between the front pillar 2 and the front fender 5 is performed. The error gap is absorbed.

  Further, the elastic contact piece 13 that abuts the front pillar 2 in an elastically deformed state is a side surface of the box-shaped protruding piece 14 that is erected on the back side of the fender cover 10 so as to cross-connect with the elastic contact piece. The wall 14a is elastically deformed inwardly in a concave shape as indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 6, thereby exhibiting a strong interference structure with the elastic force, and consequently, the elastic force of the elastic contact piece 13 is promoted. In other words, even if the fender cover 5 changes over time due to exposure to sunlight, rainwater, or the like, a strong interference state is maintained by maintaining the elastic force on the side of the tension piece 14 and the front pillar 2 is always predetermined. Therefore, the lower end corner 3 a of the windshield glass 3 can be stably covered along the front fender 5.

  Further, the protruding piece 14 is elastically deformed inwardly as shown by a one-dot chain line by the pressing force from the clamping recess 12 side through the upright support piece 15 connected to the clamping recess 12. As a result, a reaction force is generated on the sandwiching recess 12 side to promote the fitting force of the front fender 5 by the sandwiching recess 12 and the elastic tongue piece 13 is provided via the tension piece 14. The elastic force is also substantially supported.

  Furthermore, the tension piece 14 is also promoted by the partition wall 14b formed on the inner wall thereof so that the elastic force does not change over time.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, in FIG. 7 showing the second embodiment according to the present invention, in the first embodiment, the tension piece 14 is formed in a box shape in plan view so as to become narrower toward the vehicle body upper side. In contrast to this, it is different in that it is formed in a box shape having a rectangular shape in plan view, and a plurality of standing support pieces 15 are formed on the side wall 14a so as to face each elastic tongue piece portion 13, respectively. Since other configurations are substantially the same, detailed description is omitted by assigning the same reference numerals.

  In the third embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIG. 8, the tension piece 14 is constituted by a divided tension piece 14-1 divided for each of the plurality of elastic tongue pieces 13, and the first embodiment shown in FIG. This has the same configuration as that of the second embodiment.

  FIG. 9 shows that the fourth embodiment according to the present invention has a circular shape in plan view instead of the point formed by the divided projecting pieces 14-1 having a square shape in plan view as in the third embodiment shown in FIG. Since it is formed and the other configurations are the same, detailed description is omitted by giving the same reference numerals.

  In the fourth embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIG. 10, the struts 14 are formed by corrugating the flat plate in plan view, and are elastically contacted so as to alternate with the corrugated peaks and troughs. The tongue piece 13 and the standing support piece 15 are connected and formed, and the elastic contact piece 13 is elastically contacted with the front pillar 2 as in the above-described embodiment, whereas the standing support piece 15 is provided on the front fender 5. The difference is that the terminal 5a is even in elastic contact.

  In the fifth embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIG. 11, the side wall 14 a of the tension piece 14 shown in FIG. 7 is formed with a notch 14 c in a state where the upright support piece 15 is sandwiched. is there.

  Each of the embodiments depicted in FIG. 7 to FIG. 11 is configured so that the degree of the elastic force applied to the elastic contact piece 13 by the tension piece 14 can be appropriately selected.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the elastic contact piece that comes into contact with the front pillar in an elastically deformed state is formed by erecting the protruding piece that cross-connects with the elastic contact piece on the back side of the fender cover. As the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece part is promoted by the elastic force of the tension piece, it strongly interferes with the front pillar, and the fender cover changes over time due to exposure to sunlight, rainwater, etc. Even if it occurs, the elastic force of the elastic tongue piece is substantially maintained and is always in contact with the front pillar with a predetermined pressure contact force, so that the lower end corner of the windshield glass along the front fender Can be covered stably.

  As a result, it can be said that the present invention is suitable for a fender cover structure that is provided along the front fender constituting the automobile body and covers the lower corner of the windshield glass.

It is the perspective view which drawn the front part of the car. It is the perspective view which expanded and drawn the lower end corner part periphery of the windshield glass of FIG. 1 in 1st Embodiment based on this invention. It is the perspective view which drawn the fender cover simple substance by a 1st embodiment concerning the present invention from the slanting surface side. It is the perspective view which drawn the fender cover simple substance by a 1st embodiment concerning the present invention from the slanting back side. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 6 by 2nd Embodiment based on this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 6 by 3rd Embodiment based on this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 6 by 4th Embodiment based on this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 6 by the 5th Embodiment concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 6 by 6th Embodiment which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Front pillar 3 Wind shield glass 3a Lower end corner 5 Front fender 10 Fender cover 12 Clamping recess 13 Elastic tongue piece 14 Stretching piece 15 Standing support piece

Claims (6)

  A fender cover structure that is provided along the front fender of an automobile and covers the lower corner of the windshield glass, and is an elastically deformable elastic tongue that contacts the front pillar of the automobile on the back side of the fender cover A fender cover structure for an automobile, wherein a plurality of pieces are formed, and further, a protruding piece that crosses and connects to each of the elastic tongue pieces is formed upright on the back side of the fender cover.   The standing support piece is formed on the back side of the fender cover so that the elastic tongue piece portion of the tension piece is cross-connected to the other side surface opposite to the one side surface. Item 5. A fender cover structure for an automobile according to Item 1.   The automobile fender cover structure according to claim 2, wherein the elastic tongue piece and the upright support piece are arranged so as to face each other with the projecting piece interposed therebetween.   2. The automobile fender cover structure according to claim 1, wherein the tension piece is formed in an endless shape in a plan view, and the elastic tongue piece portion is formed on a side wall of the tension piece.   5. The automobile fender cover structure according to claim 4, wherein an upright support piece is formed on a back surface side of the fender cover at a position facing the elastic tongue piece portion of the side wall of the tension piece. 6. The automobile fender cover according to claim 2, wherein the upright support piece is connected to a sandwiching recess formed on an outer peripheral portion of the fender cover and sandwiching a terminal of the front fender. Construction.