JP5474912B2 - Decorative member for vehicle window panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a decorative member (sometimes referred to as a molding, molding, garnish, or the like) mounted on a window plate (fixed window plate) of a vehicle.

As a decorative member for this type of vehicle window plate, for example, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a decorative member 220 that supports the lower end of the window plate 220 is also conceivable. The decorative member 220 includes an outer wall part 221, an inner wall part 222, and a side wall part 223 that connects both the wall parts 221 and 222, and is a part surrounded by the outer wall part 221, the inner wall part 222, and the side wall part 223. In addition, a groove portion 224 that can receive an end portion (one side) including an end surface extending in the vertical direction of the window plate 210 is formed.
Further, an abutting portion 240 is formed so as to protrude from the lower end edge of the outer wall portion 221 in a direction to close the groove portion 224.
Then, an end portion (one side) including an end surface extending in the vertical direction of the window plate 210 is received by the groove portion 224, and the lower end surface 210a of the window plate 210 is abutted against the upper surface of the abutting portion 240. A decorative member 220 is positioned and attached to 210 in the vertical direction.
The window plate 210 to which the decoration member 220 is attached is arranged at a predetermined position of the vehicle body panel by inserting the clip shape of the decoration member 220 into the attachment hole of the vehicle body panel.
At this time, an adhesive is applied to a portion of the window plate 210 that covers the vehicle body panel, and the window plate 210 and the decorative member 220 are fixed to the vehicle body panel as the adhesive contacting the vehicle body panel is cured or solidified. .

JP 9-290633 A

By the way, the decorative member is formed of a polymer material, and the deformation amount of the decorative member 220 due to a temperature change is often larger than that of the window plate 210.
For this reason, the decorative member 220 of the vehicle window panel shown in FIG. 10 changes when the temperature changes (for example, the temperature decreases) with the window panel 210 and the decorative member 220 attached to the vehicle body panel. 10 contracts in the direction of the arrow P ′, but the window plate 10 hardly contracts, and a force (contraction force) generated by the contraction of the decorative member 220 abuts against the lower end surface 210 a of the window plate 210. Act on. As a result, the lower end portion of the outer wall portion 221 may be damaged and a crack 250 may be generated. And when the crack 250 arises in the lower end part of the outer wall part 221, the external appearance of the decoration surface (vehicle outer surface) of the outer wall part 221 will be impaired.
Further, if the structure without the abutting portion 240 is used in order to prevent cracking, it is difficult to position the window plate 210 with respect to the vehicle body panel.
That is, since the position of the decorative member 220 with respect to the window plate 210 is not easily determined, the position of the window plate 210 is likely to vary even when the window plate 210 is attached to the vehicle body panel, and the window plate 210 is attached to a regular position. Is difficult. This may cause an unexpected gap between the vehicle body panel and the window plate 210.
Further, if the decorative member 220 without the abutting portion 240 is to be stably positioned on the window plate 210, a dedicated jig or excessive care is required, and a lot of work is required for the mounting operation.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a decorative member for a vehicle window plate that can be easily positioned with respect to the window plate and can cope with shrinkage due to a temperature change. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a decorative member for a vehicle window plate according to claim 1 of the present invention is a long shape that can be mounted along at least one side extending in the vertical direction in the peripheral portion of the vehicle window plate. Formed from a polymer material,
When attached to the window plate, and an outer wall portion disposed along the exterior surface of the end portion forming at least one side extending in the vertical direction of the window plate, the car inner surface of said end portion of said window pane An inner wall portion disposed along, and a side wall portion that connects the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion and is disposed at a position facing the end surface of the end portion of the window plate,
A decorative member for a vehicle window plate in which a groove portion that can receive the end portion including the end face of the window plate is formed in a portion surrounded by the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion, and the side wall portion,
Of the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion, and the side wall portion, at least one of the wall portions is in contact with a lower end surface of the window plate when attached to the window plate, and the decoration on the window plate collision detection section having an abutment surface which forms the vertical positioning of the member on the upper surface is formed to project in a direction to close said grooves,
The protruding portion is formed to be more easily deformed than a wall portion on which the protruding portion is formed.

According to the above construction, by the end portion including an end surface extending in the vertical direction of the window plate (one side) is received in the groove of the decorative member, and the lower end surface of the window plate abuts against the abutting surface of the protrusion upper surface, The decorative member can be easily attached to the window plate by positioning in the vertical direction.
Further, as described above, after the decorative member is attached to the window plate, the decorative member attached to the window plate is attached to the attachment hole of the vehicle body panel by a clip, and the window plate is attached to the window of the vehicle body panel by an adhesive. It is fixed to the vehicle body panel so as to close the opening hole.
For this reason, when the decorative member contracts due to a temperature change (for example, a decrease in air temperature) in a state where the decorative member is attached to the vehicle body panel together with the window plate, the contraction force is applied to the upper surface of the protruding portion where the lower end surface of the window plate contacts Acts on the contact surface . At this time, since the protruding portion is more easily deformed than the wall portion on which the protruding portion is formed, the protruding portion is deformed by the contraction force acting on the contact surface of the upper surface of the protruding portion, so that the decorative member due to temperature change The shrinkage can be absorbed well.
As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as breakage of the wall part where the protrusions are formed and a decrease in rigidity, and it is possible to prevent the appearance from being deteriorated due to breakage.

The decorative member of the vehicle window panel according to claim 2 is the decorative member of the vehicle window panel according to claim 1,
The thickness dimension of the protruding portion is set to be smaller than the thickness dimension of the wall portion where the protruding portion is formed.

  According to the said structure, in addition to the effect of Claim 1, it is easier to deform | transform than a wall part by setting the thickness dimension of a protrusion part smaller than the thickness dimension of the wall part in which a protrusion part is formed. The protrusion can be easily formed.

The decorative member for a vehicle window according to claim 3 is the decorative member for a vehicle window according to claim 1 or 2,
The protrusion length dimension in the plate | board thickness direction of the window part of a protrusion part is set to the half or more of the plate | board thickness dimension of the said window board, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to said structure, in addition to the effect of Claim 1 or 2, since even if the lower end surface of a window plate is chamfered , since the contact surface of an upper surface of a protrusion part can contact the lower end surface of a window plate, On the other hand, the decorative member can be satisfactorily positioned in the vertical direction.

The decorative member for a vehicle window according to claim 4 is the decorative member for a vehicle window according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The protrusion has a rigidity capable of supporting the weight of the window plate.

According to the said structure, in addition to the effect of any one of Claims 1-3, when a protrusion part has the rigidity which can support the weight of a window plate, the window plate was adhere | attached on the vehicle body panel with the adhesive agent. Even if the adhesive is not solidified in the initial state, the weight of the window plate can be satisfactorily supported by the protruding portion.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent the window plate from being unintentionally displaced (lowered).

The decorative member for a vehicle window according to claim 5 is the decorative member for a vehicle window according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The protruding portion is characterized by a flat plate shape having two sides coupled to the wall portion.

According to the said structure, in addition to the effect of any one of Claims 1-4, the rigidity of a protrusion part is ensured by forming a protrusion part in the flat form which two sides couple | bonded with the wall part. Can do.
Further, since the other two sides of the protruding portion are not joined to the wall portion and form a free end, the side that forms the free end is easily deformed.

The decorative member for a vehicle window according to claim 6 is the decorative member for a vehicle window according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The protrusion is characterized in that it is molded integrally with the decorative member from the polymer material.

  According to the said structure, in addition to the effect of any one of Claims 1-5, a wall part is produced separately by forming a protrusion from a polymer material, and simultaneously forming a protrusion integrally. It is possible to save the trouble of sticking to.

It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the decoration member of the window panel for vehicles which concerns on Example 1 of this invention was mounted | worn with the window part of the vehicle. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before the edge part (one side) similarly including the end surface extended in the up-down direction of a window plate is received by the groove part of a decoration member. Similarly, it is explanatory drawing which shows the state from which the edge part (one side) of the window plate was received in the groove part of a decoration member from the back surface side. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before attaching a decorative member with a clip, before similarly bonding a window board to a vehicle body panel with an adhesive agent. It is a perspective view which similarly shows a decoration member. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of a decoration member similarly. FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of the decorative member along the VII-VII line in FIG. 6. It is a sectional side view of the decoration member which similarly follows the VIII-VIII line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the protrusion part deform | transformed when the decoration member contracted similarly by the temperature change. It is explanatory drawing which shows the malfunction which can consider the decoration member.

  A mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in accordance with an embodiment.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the decorative member 20 for a vehicle window panel according to the first embodiment uses a quarter window panel as a window panel (fixed window panel) 10, and at least the vertical direction of the peripheral portion of the window panel 10. It is formed in a long shape so that it can be mounted along the rear end as one side extending to the side.
The decorative member 20 is a polymer material such as an AES resin (acrylonitrile / ethylene-propylene-diene / styrene), PP resin (polypropylene), ABS (acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene), an acrylic resin, or the like. It consists of material (thermoplastic resin material).
The linear expansion coefficient of these polymer materials is generally about 10 × 10 −5 / ° C., which is larger than the linear expansion coefficient of metal or glass. For this reason, the decorative member 20 contracts more than the window plate 10 due to a temperature change (for example, a decrease in air temperature).
Moreover, it is desirable that the decorative member 20 is formed of AES resin in consideration of weather resistance.
The decorative member 20 is preferably made of a polymer material having a Rockwell hardness (ASTM D785R scale) HRR90 or higher because desired rigidity can be easily obtained.
Further, a black opaque coating layer 11 is formed on the vehicle inner surface of the window plate 10 around a portion corresponding to the window opening hole of the vehicle body panel 1 (see FIG. 3).

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the decorative member 20 is attached to the window plate 10, the outer wall portion 21 disposed along the vehicle outer surface of the window plate 10 and the vehicle inner surface of the window plate 10. And the side wall portion 23 that is connected to the outer wall portion 21 and the inner wall portion 22 and that is disposed at a position facing the rear end surface of the window plate 10 is integrally provided.
And in the part enclosed by the outer wall part 21, the inner wall part 22, and the side wall part 23, the front end which can receive the rear-end part including the rear-end surface of the window board 10 when the decoration member 20 is attached to the window board 10 is possible. A groove portion 24 is formed to open to.

Further, in the first embodiment, the window plate is in contact with the rear end surface of the window plate 10 on the back side (side wall portion 23 side) of the groove portion 24 surrounded by the outer wall portion 21, the inner wall portion 22, and the side wall portion 23. A plurality of window plate end face ribs 26 that are positioned by restricting the receiving length of the rear end portion of the 10 are connected to the respective wall portions 21, 22, and 23 at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction (or The wall portions 21, 22, and 23 are coupled to at least one wall portion).
Further, on the surface of the inner wall portion 22 facing the outer wall portion 21, when attached to the window plate 10, a plurality of window plate inner surface ribs 25 that come into contact with the vehicle inner surface of the window plate 10 are vertically arranged. It is formed at a predetermined interval. Further, the plurality of window plate inner surface ribs 25 extend in the receiving direction (front-rear direction) of the window plate 10 and are integrally coupled to the inner wall portion 22 and the side wall portion 23 to receive and guide the window plate 10.
Further, the plurality of ribs 25 for the inner surface of the window plate regulates the movement of the window plate 10 in the vehicle interior and exterior directions when the decorative member 20 is attached to the window plate 10 and prevents the window plate 10 from rattling.

In the first embodiment, upper and lower projecting portions 30, 30 that are substantially flush with the inner wall portion 22 are formed on the upper and lower portions of the inner wall portion 22, respectively.
Pedestal portions 31 and 31 are formed on the surfaces of the both overhang portions 30 and 30 facing the vehicle body panel 1, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 4, mounting clips 32 and 32 corresponding to mounting holes 5 and 6 formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction of the vehicle body panel 1 are integrally formed on the upper and lower pedestal portions 31 and 31, respectively. Is formed.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the attachment clip 32 includes a leg portion 33 that protrudes vertically from the pedestal portion 31 (so as to be substantially horizontal when the decorative member 20 is attached to the vehicle body panel 1), A pair of elastic locking portions 34 that are formed in an obliquely folded shape from the distal end of the leg portion 33 toward the pedestal portion 31 and have locking claws 35 that elastically engage with the hole edges of the mounting holes 5 or 6 at the distal end portion. , 34.
The mounting clip 32 can be formed integrally with the wall as in the first embodiment, but it can also be integrated by assembling a separately manufactured (for example, manufactured by injection molding) on the wall. .
Also, as shown in FIG. 4, of the mounting holes 5 and 6 of the vehicle body panel 1, one (lower in this embodiment 1) mounting hole 6 is formed as a round hole, and the other (in this embodiment 1 the upper side). ) Is formed in a long hole shape that is long in the vertical direction. For this reason, the dispersion | variation in the formation position of the decoration member 20 or the attachment holes 5 and 6 can be absorbed.

  Further, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the side wall 23 extends from the end coupled to the rear end of the inner wall 22 so as to cover the rear corner of the vehicle body panel 1. The cover portion 27 thus formed is formed in an integrally continuous manner so as to be substantially flush with the outer surface of the side wall portion 23.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the lower part of at least one of the outer wall part 21, the inner wall part 22, and the side wall part 23 has a lower end surface 10 a of the window plate 10 when attached to the window plate 10. The projecting portion 40 that abuts is formed so as to project in the direction of closing the groove portion 24.
Moreover, the protrusion part 40 is formed more easily than the wall part in which this protrusion part 40 was formed.
Specifically, the portion of the protrusion 40 that is in contact with the lower end surface 10a of the window plate 10 when the decorative member 20 contracts and is subjected to contraction force is formed more easily than the wall. This will be specifically described below.

In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the protruding portion 40 has a flat plate shape in which two sides are coupled to the outer wall portion 21 and the side wall portion 23. Further, the protrusion 40 has a rigidity capable of supporting the weight of the window plate 10.
Moreover, the thickness dimension t of the protrusion part 40 is set smaller than the thickness dimension T1 of the outer wall part 21 in which the protrusion part 40 is formed. For example, the thickness dimension T1 of the outer wall portion 21 is set to 2.4 mm, but the thickness dimension t of the protruding portion 40 is set to 1.0 mm to 1.3 mm.
Further, in the thickness dimension t of the protruding portion 40, the thickness dimension t1 of the root portion is set to 1.3 mm, and the thickness is gradually reduced from the root portion toward the tip. And the thickness dimension t2 of the front-end | tip part is formed in 1.0 mm.
Then, the lower end surface 10a is abutting surface 41 on the protrusion 40 upper surface by the difference in shrinkage of the window plate 10 and the decorative member 20 when in contact state in the decorative member 20 is contracted in the projection 40 the upper surface of the window plate 10 equivalents Although contraction force acts on the contact surface 41 , the protrusion 40 is thinner and easier to deform than the outer wall 21. Therefore, the projecting portion 40 can be deformed or broken near the root portion or near the tip before the outer wall portion 21 to absorb the shrinkage of the decorative member 20, thereby affecting the outer wall portion 21. Absent.
Further, in the first embodiment, the protruding length dimension L in the plate thickness direction of the window plate 10 of the protruding portion 40 is set to a length that is half or more of the plate thickness dimension T2 of the window plate 10.
In the first embodiment, the relationship of “L≈T2” is set.
Moreover, the protrusion part 40 is integrally molded simultaneously with molding the decorative member 20 from a polymer material by injection molding.

  Moreover, in this Example 1, even if the protrusion part 40 fractures | ruptures in the base part vicinity, it shows in FIG. 8 so that the decorative surface of the outer surface of the outer wall part 21 and the side wall part 23 may not be affected. As described above, the outer wall portion 21 and the side wall portion 23 are formed so as to protrude from the lower ends of the outer wall portion 21 and the side wall portion 23 in the direction of closing the groove portion 24 from a position higher by the height dimension H.

The decorative member of the vehicle window plate according to the first embodiment is configured as described above.
Therefore, when attaching the decorative member 20 to the window plate 10, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the position where the rear end portion of the window plate 10 abuts the window plate end surface rib 26 in the groove portion 24 of the decorative member 20. Is received in the groove 24 by being moved up to.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the window plate 10 is received and guided by a plurality of window plate inner surface ribs 25 extending in the front-rear direction.
Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower end surface 10 a of the window plate 10 is in contact with the contact surface 41 on the upper surface of the protruding portion 40, thereby easily positioning the decorative member 20 with respect to the window plate 10 in the vertical direction. Can be attached.

After attaching the decorative member 20 to the window plate 10, as shown in FIG. 3, an adhesive such as a paste-like urethane sealant in the region where the coating layer 11 at the peripheral edge is present on the inner surface of the window plate 10. 15 is applied annularly.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper and lower mounting clips 32, 32 of the decorative member 20 attached to the window plate 10 are respectively inserted into the mounting holes 5, 6 of the vehicle body panel 1, thereby attaching the mounting clips 32, A locking claw 35 at the tip of the 32 elastic locking portion 34 is elastically engaged with the periphery of the mounting holes 5, 6, and the window panel 10 and the decorative member 20 are attached to the vehicle body panel 1. The agent 15 comes into contact (see FIG. 7). The window plate 10 is fixed to a predetermined position of the vehicle body panel 1 by the adhesive 15 being cured.
As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 7, a cushion body 36 such as sponge rubber is previously attached to the pedestal 31 of the mounting clip 32 with a double-sided adhesive tape, an adhesive, or the like, if necessary. It is done. The cushion body 36 can prevent rainwater and the like from entering the mounting holes 5 and 6.

When the temperature changes (for example, the temperature decreases) in a state where the decorative member 20 is attached to the vehicle body panel 1 together with the window plate 10, the decorative member 20 contracts in the direction of arrow P in FIG. Almost no contraction. For this reason, the contraction force of the decorative member 20 acts on the contact surface 41 on the upper surface of the protruding portion 40 with which the lower end surface 10a of the window plate 10 contacts. At this time, since the protruding portion 40 is more easily deformed than the wall portion on which the protruding portion 40 is formed, as shown in FIG. 9, the protruding portion is caused by the contraction force acting on the contact surface 41 on the upper surface of the protruding portion 40. When 40 is bent downward and deformed, the shrinkage of the decorative member 20 due to a temperature change can be satisfactorily absorbed.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the decorative surface (vehicle outer surface) of the outer wall portion 21 and the side wall portion 23 from being damaged, and it is possible to prevent problems such as deterioration in appearance and deterioration in rigidity due to the damage.

  Further, in the first embodiment, by setting the thickness dimension t of the protrusion 40 to be smaller than the thickness dimension T1 of the outer wall 21 where the protrusion 40 is formed, the protrusion more easily deformed than the outer wall 21. 40 can be formed easily.

In the first embodiment, the protrusion length dimension L of the protrusion 40 in the plate thickness direction of the window plate 10 is set to be equal to or more than half the plate thickness dimension T2 of the window plate 10.
Thus, even when the lower end surface of the window plate 10 is chamfered, for example, in a semicircular shape, the abutment surface 41 of the protruding portion 40 can abut on the lower end surface of the window plate 10, so that the decorative member 20 is against the window plate 10. Can be satisfactorily positioned in the vertical direction.

In the first embodiment, the protrusion 40 has a rigidity capable of supporting the weight of the window plate 10. Thereby, even if the adhesive 15 is not solidified in the initial state in which the window plate 10 is bonded to the vehicle body panel 1 with the adhesive 15, the weight of the window plate 10 can be favorably received and supported by the protruding portion 40.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent the window plate 10 from being unintentionally displaced (lowered).

Moreover, in this Example 1, the protrusion part 40 can ensure the rigidity of the protrusion part 40 by forming in the flat part shape which two sides couple | bonded with the wall part, the outer wall part 21 and the side wall part 23 here. it can.
Further, since the protruding portion 40 is not joined to the inner wall portion 22 and forms a free end, the protruding portion 40 is easily deformed on the side forming the free end.
The protruding portion 40 may have two sides connected to the inner wall portion 22 and the side wall portion 23, or one side may be joined to any one of the wall portions.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the decorative member 20 is molded from the polymer material, and at the same time, the protrusion 40 is integrally formed, so that the trouble of separately manufacturing the protrusion 40 and fixing it to at least one wall portion can be saved. it can.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example 1, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it can also be implemented with a various form.
For example, in the first embodiment, the case where the decorative member 20 is attached along the rear end portion as at least one side extending in the vertical direction among the peripheral portions of the window plate 10 is illustrated. The present invention can be implemented even when the decorative member 20 is attached along the line.
Alternatively, the protruding portion 40 may be manufactured separately from at least one wall portion of the decorative member 20 and may be fixedly adhered to the wall portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body panel 10 Window plate 20 Decoration member 21 Outer wall part 22 Inner wall part 23 Side wall part 24 Groove part 32 Clip for attachment 40 Protrusion part 41 Contact surface

Claims (6)

Of the peripheral part of the vehicle window plate, formed from a polymer material in a long shape that can be mounted along at least one side extending in the vertical direction,
When attached to the window plate, and an outer wall portion disposed along the exterior surface of the end portion forming at least one side extending in the vertical direction of the window plate, the car inner surface of said end portion of said window pane An inner wall portion disposed along, and a side wall portion that connects the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion and is disposed at a position facing the end surface of the end portion of the window plate,
A decorative member for a vehicle window plate in which a groove portion that can receive the end portion including the end face of the window plate is formed in a portion surrounded by the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion, and the side wall portion,
Of the outer wall portion, the inner wall portion, and the side wall portion, at least one of the wall portions is in contact with a lower end surface of the window plate when attached to the window plate, and the decoration on the window plate collision detection section having an abutment surface which forms the vertical positioning of the member on the upper surface is formed to project in a direction to close said grooves,
The decorative member for a vehicle window panel, wherein the protruding portion is formed more easily than a wall portion on which the protruding portion is formed. A decorative member for a vehicle window panel according to claim 1,
A decorative member for a vehicle window panel, wherein a thickness dimension of the protruding portion is set smaller than a thickness dimension of a wall portion on which the protruding portion is formed. A vehicle window panel decorative member according to claim 1 or 2,
A decorative member for a vehicle window panel, wherein a projection length dimension of the projection part in the plate thickness direction of the window panel is set to half or more of a plate thickness dimension of the window panel. It is a decoration member of the window panel for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The protrusion part has the rigidity which can support the weight of a window panel, The decoration member of the window panel for vehicles characterized by the above-mentioned. It is a decoration member of the window panel for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The projecting portion has a flat plate shape in which two sides are coupled to a wall portion. It is a decoration member of the window panel for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The projecting portion is formed of a polymer material, and is molded at the same time as the decorative member.

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