JP5151677B2 - Front pillar molding mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a front pillar molding mounting structure in which a molding for covering a side edge of a windshield is provided along an inner edge of a pillar cover that covers an outer surface of a front pillar of an automobile.

  As shown in FIG. 7, generally, the molding 1 that covers the side edge of the windshield 5 of the automobile has the support leg 11 that protrudes downward from the head 10 and the front pillar 3 to which the side edge of the windshield 5 is fixed. Press-fit and engage with the engaging portion 22 of the clip 2 </ b> A fixed to the inner edge, and the lip 13 extending from the head 10 is brought into contact with the windshield 5 to cover the side edge of the windshield 5. Yes.

On the other hand, there is a structure in which a pillar cover that covers the outer surface of the front pillar is provided, the inner edge of the pillar cover is projected to the upper side edge of the windshield, and this is covered and no molding is provided (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).
FIG. 8 shows a typical example of this type of structure. The pillar cover 4A is provided on a claw portion 93 of a clip 92 projecting from the outer surface of the front pillar 3 in a fitting hole of a retainer 90 provided on the back surface thereof. It is attached with press fitting. The inner edge 41 on the inner side of the pillar cover 4A protrudes above the side edge of the windshield 5, and a lip 49 provided on the inner edge 41 is in contact with the side edge of the windshield 5.
JP 2007-145160 A

By the way, when a pillar cover that extends to the upper side of the side edge of the windshield is provided, there is a problem in that the front pillar looks thick, feels heavy, and lacks smartness. Especially in an open car that opens and closes the roof, a weather strip is attached along the front pillar that forms the front edge of the door opening. If this is covered with a pillar cover integrally with the front pillar, the front pillar looks thicker.
Therefore, the protrusion of the pillar cover to the windshield side is eliminated, and the molding is fixed so as to cover the side edge of the windshield along the inner edge of the front pillar as shown in the mounting structure shown in FIG. It is possible to install it along the front and make the front pillar look thin.

However, with the structure where the molding is fixed to the inner edge of the front pillar and arranged along the inner edge of the pillar cover, the mounting accuracy of the pillar cover to the front pillar varies, and the mounting accuracy of the molding to the front pillar also varies. Since the variation occurs, there is a problem that it is difficult to ensure the assembly accuracy between the molding and the pillar cover due to the variation of both.
Therefore, the present invention has been made as an object to provide a front pillar molding mounting structure capable of accurately assembling a molding covering the side edge of the windshield along the inner edge of the pillar cover covering the outer surface of the front pillar. It is a thing.

The present invention relates to a molding mounting structure in which a molding that covers a side edge of a windshield is attached along an inner edge of a pillar cover that covers an outer surface of a front pillar of an automobile, and the molding is connected via a clip that is attached to the pillar cover. Install along the pillar cover. The clip includes an attachment base portion that is engaged with the back surface of the pillar cover, and an engagement portion that is provided at one end of the attachment base portion to form an engagement groove that engages the molding, and the molding includes the pillar cover. A head that extends along the inner edge; a support leg that extends downward on the back side of the head; and a lip that abuts the side edge of the windshield. groove mating engagement so locked in, the head substantially flush with the pillar cover and is brought into contact with the inner edge of the pillar cover, along the inner edge of the pillar cover through the clip The mall is installed on the front pillar integrally with the pillar cover .
Since the pillar cover is installed on the pillar with the mall mounted on the pillar cover side, the positional relationship between the mall and the pillar cover is accurate without being affected by variations in the mounting of the pillar cover on the front pillar. Can be set.

A plurality of clips are attached to the pillar cover at intervals along the inner edge thereof, and a plurality of support legs are formed on the molding correspondingly. Each of the clips has the engagement groove formed in a U-shaped cross section, and a locking hole is formed in one of both side surface portions thereof, and the engagement leg is fitted to the support leg of the molding to be fitted in the engagement groove. A locking projection is formed on a surface opposite to one side surface portion of the joint groove, and at the same time the locking leg is fitted into the engagement groove, the locking projection is locked in the locking hole. 2).
The clip can be attached to the pillar cover with good workability.

The pillar cover has a double structure of a cover outer plate and a cover inner plate, and the mounting base of each clip is locked to the back surface of the cover inner plate. The pillar inner plate is formed with an engagement hole whose width is narrowed toward the inner edge at the attachment position of the attachment base of the clip, while the attachment base of the clip corresponds to the engagement hole. A locking pin comprising a head that can be inserted on the wide side of the engagement hole and a neck that can be inserted on the narrow side of the engagement hole is erected at a position, and the head of the locking pin is The engagement pin is inserted into the wide side of the engagement hole, and the locking pin is slid to insert the neck portion into the narrow side of the engagement hole to lock the attachment base of the clip to the pillar inner plate. 3).
Since the clip was inserted into the engagement hole of the pillar cover and slid to the inner edge side of the clip, the clip that locked the molding was slightly positioned in the width direction with respect to the pillar cover. By adjusting, the assembly accuracy between the molding and the pillar cover can be further improved.

In the clip mounting base, the locking pins are erected at three positions at the apex of the triangle, and the engagement holes are provided in the cover inner plate at positions corresponding to the locking pins. ).
With the clip locked to the pillar cover, the clip can be prevented from rotating with respect to the pillar cover around the locking pin, and the clip mounting stability and the work of fitting the mall to the clip are good. It becomes.

The attachment base of the clip is provided with a contact member made of a rubber elastic body that fills a gap between the inner edge and the attachment base at a position facing the inner edge of the pillar cover in the clip attachment state. 5).
This prevents the molding from tilting toward the pillar cover.

  An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a structure in which a molding 1 that covers a side edge of a windshield 5 along an inner edge of a pillar cover 4 that covers an outer surface of a front pillar 3 of an open car shown in FIG. 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the front pillar 3 having a closed cross section with the outer panel 3a, the inner panel 3b, and the reinforcement 3c has an inner edge at the center of the vehicle body as a side edge of the front window opening, and a front edge at the inner edge. The side edges of the glass 5 are bonded with an adhesive. The outer edge of the front pillar 3 forms the front edge of the front door opening on the side of the vehicle body, and a weather strip W is provided on the outer edge to seal the space between the front edge and the door glass 6 of the front door.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pillar cover 4 has a double structure of a cover outer plate 4a and a cover inner plate 4b made of a metal plate. A cover outer plate 4a having a gently curved cross section and a shallow cross-section reverse hat-shaped cover inner plate 4b have inner edges 41 and outer edges 42 of both plates 4a and 4b joined together by hemming. The width of the pillar cover 4 is set to be narrower than the width of the front pillar 3, the inner edge 41 is positioned slightly outside the side edge of the windshield 5 bonded to the front pillar 3, and the weather is secured at the outer edge 42. The width is set to cover the outside of the strip W.

The pillar cover 4 is provided with a plurality of clips 2, 2,... At a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction along the front pillar 3, and the molding 1 is attached by these clips 2, 2,.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the cover inner plate 4b is inserted with locking pins 21, 21, and 21 (described later) formed on the clip 2 at three attachment positions of the clips 2 , 2,. Engagement holes 43, 43, 43 for stopping are formed. The arrangement of the three engagement holes 43, 43, 43 is the position of each vertex of the triangle. Each engagement hole 43 has a substantially darted shape formed by communicating a wide portion having a wide width and a narrow portion having a narrow width, and the narrow portion is provided on the inner edge 41 side.

  The cover inner plate 4b is formed with a plurality of mounting holes 44, 44,... For mounting to the front pillar 3 between the upper and lower ends and the clip mounting positions.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, particularly FIGS. 4 and 5, the clip 2 is made of synthetic resin and includes a plate-like mounting base 20 having a substantially half-elliptical shape in plan view, and on the surface of the mounting base 20. In the pillar cover 4, locking pins 21, 21, 21 protrude from the three engagement holes 43, 43, 43. Each locking pin 21 includes a disk-shaped head portion 211 that can be inserted through the wide portion of the engagement hole 43 and a neck portion 212 that can be fitted into the narrow portion of the engagement hole 43. The height of the neck 212 is matched to the thickness of the cover inner plate 4b.

The clip 2 has an engaging portion 22 that engages and holds the molding 1 along the side edge of the pillar cover 4 at one end of the mounting base 20. The engaging portion 22 is bent from the one end to the back side, and is formed with an engaging groove 23 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens toward the front side. Two engaging grooves 23 are formed on both the left and right sides of the engaging portion 22, and a horizontally long locking hole 24 is provided on one side surface of each U-shaped engaging groove 23.
The back surface of the mounting base 20 and the engaging portion 22 are reinforced by connecting with a plurality of vertical ribs 25, 25.

  At a position near the one end of the mounting base 20, there are provided abutting members 26, 26 protruding upward from a disc shape made of a rubber elastic body at the left and right positions. The abutting member 26 is fixed by press-fitting and locking the shaft portion of the abutting member 26 in a through hole formed on the clip 2 side.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the clip 2 is attached to the pillar cover 4 by moving the head 211 of the locking pin 21 of the mounting base 20 from the back side of the cover inner plate 4 b to the wide portion of the engagement hole 43. While inserting, the clip 2 is slid to the inner edge 41 side of the pillar cover 4, and the neck portion 212 of the locking pin 21 is pushed into the narrow width portion of the engaging hole 43, so that the upper surface of the mounting base 20 and the locking pin 21 The head 211 is engaged so as to sandwich the periphery of the narrow portion of the engagement hole 43 of the cover inner plate.
Each clip 2 is installed so that the engaging portion 22 slightly protrudes from the inner edge 41 of the pillar cover 4 in the attached state. The abutting members 26, 26 abut against the back surface of the inner edge 41 of the pillar cover 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the molding 1 is made of synthetic resin having a color tone different from that of the pillar cover 4, for example, dark tone, and extends along the inner edge of the pillar cover 4. And a plate-like support leg 11 that extends downward from the back surface near the one side edge of the head 10 and fits into the engagement groove 23 of the engagement portion 22 of the clip 2. The support legs 11 are formed corresponding to the two engagement grooves 23 formed in each clip 2, and each of the support legs 11 is engaged with the engagement hole 24 of the engagement groove 23 on one surface. Locking protrusions 12 to be aligned are formed. The molding 1 is provided with a lip 13 made of a soft material that projects obliquely downward on the inner side of the back surface of the head 10.

  The molding 1 presses the support leg 11 from above the pillar cover 4 into the engagement groove 23 of the engagement portion 22 of the clip 2, and engages and locks the locking projection 12 into the locking hole 24. It is attached so that the upper surface is substantially flush with the upper surface of the pillar cover 4. A soft fin is provided on the side edge of the head 10 on the vehicle outer side, and the tip of the head 10 is in contact with the inner edge 41 of the pillar cover 4.

The pillar cover 4 has rear mounting holes 44, 44,... Formed in the cover inner plate 4b shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, and pin-shaped clips 70 are fitted and fixed to the heads. The leg portion protrudes downward. The pillar cover 4 to which the molding 1 is attached covers the outer surface of the front pillar 3 from above, and the leg of the pin-like clip 70 is press-fitted into the fitting hole 35 formed on the outer surface of the front pillar 3. And it is attached so that the vehicle outer surface of the front pillar 3 may be covered. A bag-like grommet that press-fits the leg portion of the pin-like clip 70 is fitted into the fitting hole 35.
In this way, by attaching the pillar cover 4 to the front pillar 3 integrally with the molding 1, the tip of the lip 13 of the molding 1 along the inner edge 42 abuts the windshield 5, and the molding 1 causes the side edge of the windshield 5. Is covered.

According to the present embodiment, since the molding 1 is assembled along the inner edge 41 of the pillar cover 4, the appearance of the front pillar 3 can be made thin.
Since the molding 1 is structured to be attached to the pillar cover 4 via the clip 2 instead of the front pillar 3, the positions of the molding 1 and the pillar cover 4 are compared with the structure in which the molding 1 and the pillar cover 4 are individually attached to the front pillar. The relationship can be set with high accuracy.
However, since there may be some variation in the assembly of the pillar inner plate 4b with respect to the pillar outer plate 4a, the clip 2 is slidable after being attached to the cover inner plate 4b in consideration of this. By finely adjusting 2 in the width direction of the pillar cover 4 integrally with the molding 1, the molding 1 can be opposed to the inner edge 41 of the pillar cover 4 in a uniform state over the entire length thereof.

  Since the molding 1 is supported on the clip 2 by the support legs 11 formed on the pillar cover 4 side, the molding 1 is easily inclined to the pillar cover 4 side, but the inclination and rattling of the molding 1 are prevented by the contact member 26 and are stable.

Since each clip 2 is assembled to the pillar cover 4, the engagement holes 43, 43, 43 are fitted and locked with the three locking pins 21, 21, 21 at the apex of the triangle. The clip 2 is stable without moving in a swinging manner in the left-right direction when attached to the pillar cover 4, and the workability when the molding 1 is assembled to the plurality of clips 2 is good.
In order to hold assembled along the inner edge 41 of the molding 1 of the pillar cover 4, although the fitting engagement portion of the pillar covering by the locking pin 21 of the clip 2 may be two points, and 3 points By doing so, the swing prevention effect is more reliably exhibited.

It is a perspective view which shows the front pillar of the motor vehicle to which the mall mounting structure of this invention is applied. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the molding | mall to a pillar cover in the position which follows the II-II line | wire of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view showing the pillar cover, clip, and molding to which the molding mounting structure is applied. It is a perspective view of the clip used for the said mall mounting structure. It is a top view when attaching the said clip to the pillar cover 2. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the pillar cover to a front pillar in the position which follows the VI-VI line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the conventional mall mounting structure. It is sectional drawing which shows the conventional pillar cover.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mall 10 Head 11 Support leg 12 Locking protrusion 13 Lip 2 Clip 20 Mounting base 21 Locking pin 211 Head 212 Neck 22 Engaging part 23 Engaging groove 24 Locking hole 26 Abutting member 3 Front pillar 4 Pillar cover 4a Cover outer plate 4b Cover inner plate 41 Inner edge 43 Engagement hole 5 Windshield

Claims (5)

In the mall mounting structure in which a molding that covers the side edge of the windshield is attached along the inner edge of the pillar cover that covers the outer surface of the front pillar of the automobile.
The mall is installed along the pillar cover through a clip attached to the pillar cover.
The clip includes an attachment base portion that is engaged with the back surface of the pillar cover, and an engagement portion that is provided at one end of the attachment base portion to form an engagement groove that engages the molding.
The molding includes a head that extends along the inner edge of the pillar cover, a support leg that extends downward on the back side of the head, and a lip that contacts the side edge of the windshield,
The molding has its supporting legs fitted and locked in the engaging groove of the clip, and its head is made to be substantially flush with the pillar cover and to the inner edge of the pillar cover via the clip. A mounting structure for a front pillar, wherein the mounting is performed along the inner edge of the pillar cover, and the molding is installed on the front pillar integrally with the pillar cover . A plurality of clips are attached to the pillar cover at intervals along the inner edge of the pillar cover, and a plurality of support legs are formed on the molding correspondingly.
Each of the clips has the engagement groove formed in a U-shaped cross section, and a locking hole is formed in one of both side surface portions thereof, and the engagement leg is fitted to the support leg of the molding to be fitted in the engagement groove. A locking projection is formed on the surface facing one side surface of the groove,
The front pillar molding mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the locking leg portion is fitted into the engaging groove and at the same time the locking protrusion is locked in the locking hole. The pillar cover has a double structure consisting of a cover outer plate and a cover inner plate, so that the mounting base of each clip is locked to the back surface of the cover inner plate,
The pillar inner plate is formed with an engagement hole whose width is narrowed toward the inner edge at the attachment position of the attachment base of the clip, while the attachment base of the clip corresponds to the engagement hole. In the position, a locking pin comprising a head that can be inserted on the wide side of the engagement hole and a neck that can be inserted on the narrow side of the engagement hole,
The head of the locking pin is inserted into the wide side of the engagement hole, and the locking pin is slid so that the neck is inserted into the narrow side of the engagement hole, and the mounting base of the clip is connected to the pillar. The front pillar molding mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the molding is fixed to an inner plate.   4. The mounting base portion of the clip is provided with the locking pins erected at three positions at the apex of the triangle, and the engagement holes are provided at positions corresponding to the locking pins in the cover inner plate. The mounting structure of the front pillar described in 1.   The mounting base of the clip is provided with a contact member made of a rubber elastic body that fills a gap between the inner edge and the mounting base at a position facing the inner edge of the pillar cover in a clip mounting state. The front pillar molding mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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