JP5511551B2 - Cowl top cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cowl top cover disposed, for example, between a windshield of a vehicle and a hood.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cowl top cover that is disposed in a so-called cowl portion between a front end portion of an automobile windshield and a rear side portion of a hood hood and covers the cowl portion to improve the appearance has been used. Such a cowl top cover is provided with a plate-like cover main body portion that covers the cowl portion, and the rear end portion of the cover main body portion is connected to the front end portion of the windshield and connected thereto. A front lower portion of the main body is fixedly supported on the vehicle body panel and attached to the vehicle body. Furthermore, an elastically deformable seal member is attached to the front upper part of the base plate, and the seal member is in close contact with the lower surface of the rear end of the bonnet hood in a closed state to block hot air and odor from the engine room. It is like that.

  In addition, such a cowl top cover is known in which a shock is absorbed by movement or deformation when a pedestrian collides with the hood from above. For example, the lower end part that extends downward from the front side of the cover body part is detachably coupled to the vehicle body panel, and when receiving an impact, the lower end part is removed from the vehicle body panel and the front side part of the cover body part is lowered. There is known a configuration in which the robot is moved to (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-46649 A (FIG. 1)

  In the above-described conventional configuration, the front side portion of the cover main body portion moves so as to rotate downward with the portion fitted to the front end portion of the windshield as a fulcrum. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a space so that the cover main body can move below the cowl, and the shape of the cowl is restricted.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the cowl top cover which can relieve an impact.

  The cowl top cover according to claim 1 is supported by an edge portion of the windshield and a vehicle body side support portion provided on the vehicle body member, and a cowl portion between the edge portion of the windshield and the vehicle body side support portion is provided. A cowl top cover including a cover main body portion and a vertical wall portion that partitions between the vehicle body side support portion and a counterpart member facing the vehicle body side support portion, and is one end of the cover main body portion. A cover mounting portion provided at a base end portion and detachably attached to an edge portion of the windshield, and an intermediate portion between the counterpart member and the vehicle body side support portion, and at the other end of the cover main body portion A connecting portion provided at a certain distal end portion, and a first vertical wall portion that projects from the connecting portion toward the mating member and is inclined to the base end portion side of the cover main body portion to constitute the vertical wall portion Wall and this first vertical An opposing member facing portion facing the mating member, and protruding from the connecting portion toward the vehicle body side support portion and inclined toward the base end side of the cover body portion, and the vertical wall And a vehicle body attachment portion that is provided on the second vertical wall portion and is attached to the vehicle body side support portion.

  The cowl top cover according to claim 2 is the cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein an angle formed by the first vertical wall portion and the second vertical wall portion around the connecting portion is 100 degrees or more and 140 degrees or less. It is what is.

  The cowl top cover according to claim 3 is the cowl top cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mating member constitutes a hood positioned above the vehicle body member, and the mating member facing portion is in close contact with the hood. A seal member is provided.

  According to the cowl top cover of the first aspect, the vertical wall portion is bent at the connecting portion located between the hood and the vehicle body side support portion, and the vehicle body attachment portion is attached to the vehicle body side support portion. . Therefore, when a force is applied from the mating member to the vertical wall portion via the mating member facing portion, the vertical wall portion bends with the connecting portion as a fulcrum and can be easily deformed to reduce the impact. Further, since the first vertical wall portion and the second vertical wall portion are inclined and projecting from the connecting portion to the base end portion side of the cover main body portion, the connecting portion, that is, the cover is accompanied by the deformation of the vertical wall portion. The main body moves to one end side. Therefore, the cover mounting part provided at the base end part of the cover body part moves to one end side and comes off the edge of the windshield, and the whole cover body part moves smoothly with the movement of the connecting part, Can be relaxed.

  According to the cowl top cover of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the angle formed by the first vertical wall portion and the second vertical wall portion around the connecting portion is 100 degrees or more and 140 degrees. Since it is below, the operation | movement which bends centering on a connection part and moves a cover main-body part by a desired behavior can be implement | achieved stably.

  According to the cowl top cover of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the first or second aspect, the mating member constitutes a hood positioned above the vehicle body member, and the mating member facing portion is in close contact with the hood. Since the seal member is provided, a cowl top cover having characteristics suitable as a cowl top cover that covers the cowl portion between the hood of the vehicle body and the windshield can be provided. Since the end of the vertical wall portion is in close contact with the hood by the seal member, a desired deformation can be caused by applying a desired force to the vertical wall portion as the hood moves.

It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the II cross-section equivalent position of FIG. 2 which shows one Embodiment of the cowl top cover of this invention. It is a perspective view of a part of a vehicle provided with a cowl top cover. It is explanatory drawing of the II equivalent cross section position of FIG. 2 of some vehicles provided with the same cowl top cover. It is explanatory drawing of the II cross-section equivalent position of FIG. 2 which shows other embodiment of the cowl top cover of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the II equivalent cross section position of FIG. 2 which shows a cowl top cover same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the II equivalent cross section position of FIG. 2 which shows other embodiment of the cowl top cover of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the II equivalent cross section position of FIG. 2 which shows other embodiment of the cowl top cover of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the II equivalent cross section position of FIG. 2 which shows other embodiment of the cowl top cover of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cowl top cover of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of a vehicle which is a vehicle. The vehicle body 1 includes a hood 3 as a counterpart member that covers an engine room 2 that is a front compartment, and a windshield that is positioned in front of the vehicle compartment 4. A cowl top cover 11 is attached to the vehicle body 1 so as to cover a cowl portion 6 mainly having a portion between the front glass 5 and the front glass 5. In the following description, the front / rear, up / down, and both sides will be described with reference to the straight direction of the vehicle body 1, and the vehicle in which the arrow F direction is forward, the arrow U direction is upward, and the arrow W direction is both sides It is the width direction.

  The cowl portion 6 is also called an air box or the like, and is formed in a bowl shape having an upper side opened by a vehicle body panel 13 as a vehicle body member formed of, for example, an iron plate and constituting the vehicle body. The vehicle body panel 13 is also called an extension panel or the like, and includes a horizontal bottom plate portion 14. A windshield receiving portion 15 is provided on the rear upper side of the bottom plate portion 14 and is inclined at a predetermined angle by a sealing material (not shown) such as a hot-melt adhesive that is liquid tightly adhered. The arranged windshield 5 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 13. Further, on the front side portion of the bottom plate portion 14, a front plate portion 19 raised upward on the front side, and a support plate as a vehicle body side support portion in which the upper end portion of the front plate portion 19 extends substantially horizontally to the front side A section 20 is provided. The support plate portion 20 is a so-called vehicle body panel mounting surface, and a plurality of, for example, circular hole-shaped attachment receiving portions 20a are formed. The cowl portion 6 is connected to an air intake portion of an air conditioner (not shown) that introduces outside air into the passenger compartment 4, and a wiper of a wiper 21 is disposed on the right side of the cowl portion 6. A motor for driving the arm is arranged.

  The hood 3 is a hood hood that is positioned at the front portion of the vehicle body 1 and covers the engine room 2 so as to be openable and closable. The hood 3 is located outside, that is, in a closed state, on the upper side, and inside the hood outer portion 22. The hood inner part 23 located in a closed state with a slight gap is formed integrally or separately.

  The cowl top cover 11 is also referred to as a cowl cover or the like. The cowl top cover 11 covers the cowl portion 6, that is, the upper side of the vehicle body panel 13, and improves the appearance. It is formed in a long and substantially plate shape with a longitudinal direction. The cowl top cover 11 is made of, for example, a thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene (PP), acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene copolymer (ABS), polyamide synthetic resin, etc. by injection molding using a mold, and elastically It is formed as a deformable and integrally formed long resin molded product. Further, the planar shape of the cowl top cover 11 is gently curved so that the central portion protrudes forward.

  The cowl top cover 11 basically has a cross-sectional shape including a cover main body portion 24 and extends from the connecting portion 25 of the front end portion, which is the front end portion of the cover main body portion 24, so as to be inclined upward and downward. And the cover body 24 covers the cowl 6 between the edge 5a of the windshield 5 and the support plate 20, and the vertical wall 26 has the support plate 20 and the support plate. A space is formed between the hood 3 and the engine room 2 and the cowl portion 6 facing each other. Further, a cover mounting portion 27 is provided at the base end portion, which is the rear end portion of the cover main body portion 24, and a hood facing portion 28 as a counterpart member facing portion is provided at the upper end portion of the vertical wall portion 26. A vehicle body attachment portion 29 is provided at the lower end portion of the wall portion 26. Hereinafter, the vertical wall portion 26 will be described as a first vertical wall portion 31 being a portion above the connecting portion 25 and a second vertical wall portion 32 being a portion below the connecting portion 25.

  The cover body 24 has a shape formed toward the windshield 5 and can be called a connection wall. The cover body 24 has an appropriate shape depending on the shape of the engine room 2 and the hood 3 and the arrangement of the wipers 21. However, in the present embodiment, basically, the vehicle width direction is the longitudinal direction, and the plate is formed in a flat plate shape inclined substantially in parallel with the windshield 5. The cover main body 24 is formed with a hole through which the shaft of the wiper 21 passes and an air intake called a lattice-like air intake capable of introducing outside air into the cowl portion 6.

  The cover attaching portion 27 is a clip-like fitting portion also called a glass matching portion, a windshield abutting portion, or a windshield attaching portion, and the rear end portion of the cover main body portion 24 is bent and extended. A flat plate-like upper fitting piece 35 and a lower fitting piece 36 disposed along the back side, that is, the lower side of the upper fitting piece 35 are provided. The lower fitting piece 36 can also be called a claw portion, and a flat plate-like fitting piece main body portion 37 substantially parallel to the upper fitting piece 35 and the front end portion of the fitting piece main body portion 37 are fitted into the upper fitting portion. A connecting piece 38 that is integrally connected to the attaching piece 35 and a guide piece 39 that extends downward from the rear end portion of the fitting piece main body portion 37 are provided. In addition, the lower fitting piece 36 is formed with a small thickness dimension, for example, and is elastically deformable. Therefore, the cover attaching portion 27 is configured such that the gap between the upper fitting piece 35 and the lower fitting piece 36 is applied to the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5 and the cowl top cover 11 is pushed rearward in a predetermined direction. The upper and lower fitting pieces 35 and 36 elastically sandwich the windshield 5 and are fitted and attached to the edge 5a of the windshield 5. The guide piece 39 functions as a guide when the windshield 5 is inserted between the upper and lower fitting pieces 35 and 36.

  The vertical wall portion 26 has a first vertical wall portion 31 extending upward from the connecting portion 25 and a second vertical wall portion 32 extending downward from the connecting portion 25. Each of the wall portions 31 and 32 is formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle toward a base end portion side that is one end of the cover main body portion 24, that is, a rear side of the windshield 5, and the connecting portion 25 is connected to the first vertical wall portion 31. This is a bending point with the second vertical wall portion 32. That is, the vertical wall portion 26 is bent so that the upper end portion and the lower end portion thereof are directed toward the rear side with the connecting portion 25 positioned at the front side. In other words, the vertical wall portion 26 extends from the upper hood facing portion 28 with the first vertical wall portion 31 inclined to the front lower side, and the second vertical wall portion 32 is connected to the second vertical wall portion 32 via the connecting portion 25. The first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 are extended to the vehicle body attachment portion 29 so as to bend downward with respect to the first vertical wall portion 31 so as to be bent. A cover main body 24 extends from the vicinity of the intersection toward the windshield 5.

  Furthermore, the angle θ formed by the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 on the rear side of the bent portion having the connecting portion 25 as a vertex is 100 ° or more and 140 ° or less, that is, 120 ° plus or minus 20 The range of ° is preferable, and more preferably set to 120 °.

  The hood facing portion 28 can also be called a seal attachment portion or a hood seal attachment portion, and is opposed to the rear lower surface of the hood 3 so as to face the upper end portion of the vertical wall portion 26, that is, the upper end portion of the first vertical wall portion 31. In this embodiment, the first vertical wall portion 31 is formed in a flat plate shape protruding from the upper end portion toward the front side. A hood seal 41 serving as an elastically deformable seal member is disposed on the upper portion of the hood facing portion 28 by bonding or fitting from above. The hood seal 41 has a cylindrical shape made of, for example, rubber or thermoplastic elastomer, and is in liquid-tight contact with the closed hood 3 so as to shield hot air and odor from the engine room 2. Yes.

  A plurality of plate-like ribs 43 are provided in parallel to each other from the lower surface of the hood facing portion 28 to the front side of the first vertical wall portion 31 to reinforce the hood facing portion 28 and the first vertical wall portion 31. The shape is maintained.

  Further, the vehicle body attachment portion 29 can be called a fixed portion, and includes a vehicle body attachment plate portion 44 having a substantially horizontal plate shape that is placed on the support plate portion 20 and instructed. A mounting portion 45 such as a plurality of mounting holes formed at a predetermined position of the support plate portion 20 of the vehicle body panel 13 using a mounting tool 46 such as a rivet inserted into the mounting receiving portion 20a of the support plate portion 20. It is fixed to. In addition, a flange portion 47 is provided that extends downward from a front end portion that is a free end of the vehicle body mounting plate portion 44. Further, as necessary, a sealing material is disposed between the vehicle body attachment portion 29 and the support plate portion 20 so as to shield hot air and odor from the engine room 2.

  The cowl top cover 11 thus formed has a rear end cover attaching portion 27 inserted into the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5 from the front side and fitted, and the lower end front body attaching portion 29 is attached to the support plate. It is mounted on the vehicle body 1 by being placed on the portion 20 and fixed by using the fixture 46. In addition, with the hood 3 closed, the hood seal 41 supported by the hood facing portion 28 is deformed and adheres closely to the hood 3, shielding heat and odor from the engine room 2, and removing air from the cover main body 24. It is not taken into the passenger compartment 4 from the entrance. In FIG. 3 and the like, the shape of the hood seal 41 that is not deformed is shown by a broken line. However, when the hood 3 shown in FIG. 3 is closed, the hood seal 41 is crushed in the vertical direction. It is in a deformed state.

  Next, the operation when force is applied from the outside will be described.

  When the hood 3 is closed with a strong force such as when a pedestrian collides with the hood 3 from above as shown by a broken line A1 and an arrow B in FIG. From the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown by the solid line, the impact is crushed and absorbed. Further, the hood 3 moves downward as shown by an arrow C to relieve the impact. At this time, the hood seal 41 is deformed so as to be crushed and is in close contact with the hood 3, and the hood 3 presses the hood facing portion 28 of the cowl top cover 11 downward through the hood seal 41. Here, the crushed hood seal 41 is prevented from slipping, the hood facing portion 28 is connected to the hood 3 without moving in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the hood 3 moves the hood facing portion 28 only in the downward direction.

  Then, the vertical wall portion 26 that connects the hood facing portion 28 and the vehicle body mounting portion 29 is connected to the connecting portion 25 that is positioned between the support plate portion 20 of the vehicle body 1 and the hood 3 due to the load applied from the hood facing portion 28. Bending as the corner of the apex. Then, since the vehicle body mounting portion 29 is fixed to the support plate portion 20, the cowl top cover 11 is crushed so that the corner closes around the portion of the connecting portion 25 and deforms downward, and at the same time, The connecting portion 25, that is, the cover main body portion 24, which can be moved largely in front as indicated by an arrow D, more specifically, parallel to the lower front side along the surface direction of the windshield 5. Then, the cover attaching portion 27 provided at the rear end portion of the cover main body portion 24 also moves to the front lower side along the surface direction of the windshield 5, and is disengaged forward from the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5, that is, fitted. Once released, it can move freely. Therefore, the entire cover body 24 smoothly moves downward as indicated by an arrow E, and the entire cowl top cover 11 smoothly deforms downward with only the support plate 20 of the vehicle body 1 attached. To do. Therefore, the hood 3 can be smoothly moved downward, and a pedestrian or the like can move as shown by a solid line A2 to reduce and protect the impact.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the structure of the cowl top cover 11 of the automobile, the vertical wall portion 26 is the connecting portion 25 positioned at the intermediate portion between the hood 3 and the support plate portion 20 of the vehicle body panel 13. The upper hood facing portion 28 is disposed so as to be in contact with the lower surface of the hood 3 and the lower vehicle body attachment portion 29 is attached to the support plate portion 20 and connected. A cover body portion 24 is formed in which a cover mounting portion 27 is formed from the portion 25 toward the rear of the vehicle. Therefore, when an input load from the hood 3 is applied to the vertical wall portion 26 through the hood facing portion 28 at the upper end portion, the vertical wall portion 26 bends with the connecting portion 25 as a fulcrum and can be easily deformed to reduce the impact. .

  Furthermore, since the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 of the vertical wall portion 26 are inclined and projecting from the connecting portion 25 to the base end portion side of the cover body portion 24, the vertical wall With the deformation of the portion 26, the connecting portion 25, that is, the cover main body portion 24 moves largely downward in the front side. Therefore, the cover attaching portion 27 provided at the rear end portion of the cover main body portion 24 also moves downward in the front side and comes off from the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5, and the entire cover main body portion 24 smoothly moves along with the movement of the connecting portion 25. It moves downward and does not interfere with the hood that is being deformed, and the impact can be stably reduced.

  Furthermore, since the angle θ formed by the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 with respect to the connecting portion 25 is set to 100 ° or more and 140 ° or less, the bending portion is bent with respect to the connecting portion 25, and The operation of moving the cover main body 24 with a desired behavior can be realized stably. That is, when the angle θ is less than 100 ° and approaches 0 °, the range of the dimension in which the vertical wall portion 26 can be deformed becomes small, and the size by which the cover main body portion 24 moves forward becomes small. However, the movement of the windshield 5 from the edge 5a of the windshield 5 may not be smooth. When the angle θ is greater than 140 ° and approaches 180 °, depending on the state of impact, the operation of bending the connecting portion 25 so as to move forward may not be smooth.

  The hood facing portion 28 is provided with a hood seal 41 that is in close contact with the hood 3, and the hood seal 41 connects the vertical wall portion 26 to the hood 3 so that the position does not shift. A desired force, that is, a downward force can be applied to the vertical wall portion 26 along with the movement, so that a desired deformation can be caused stably.

  Further, the cowl top cover 11 does not rotate with the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5 as a fulcrum, and can move downward as a whole, so that the space for the cowl top cover 11 to move can be suppressed, and the cowl The degree of freedom of the shape of the part 6 can be improved.

  In this way, a large impact stroke can be ensured, and the impact value generated in the hood 3 can be reduced, which is suitable as a cowl top cover 11 that covers the cowl portion 6 between the hood 3 and the windshield 5 of the vehicle body 1. A characteristic shock absorbing structure can be realized.

  The cowl top cover 11 is fixed to the body panel 13 at the front lower portion, that is, the mounting structure, the mounting structure such as the fitting structure to the edge 5a of the windshield 5, or the mounting structure of the hood seal 41 or the hood seal 41. The structure itself can take various configurations.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a rivet is not used as the fixture 46, and the vehicle body attachment portion 29 at the lower end of the vertical wall portion 26 of the cowl top cover 11 is attached as a rectangular hole portion without providing the flange portion 47. In addition to forming the portion 45, the attachment receiving portion 20a can be formed in the support plate portion 20 as a rectangular hole having the same planar shape as the shape of the attachment portion 45. In this configuration, an elastically deformable clip is used as the fixture 51. The fixture 51 includes a base plate portion 52, a counter plate portion 53 facing the upper side of the base plate portion 52, a connecting portion 54 that connects the base end portions on the front side of the base plate portion 52 and the counter plate portion 53, and A locking claw portion 55 is provided so as to protrude from the vicinity of the rear end portion of the substrate portion 52 toward the counter plate portion 53. Therefore, in this configuration, in a state where the vehicle body mounting plate portion 44 is overlapped on the support plate portion 20, the support plate portion 20 and the vehicle body mounting plate portion 44 are sandwiched between the substrate portion 52 and the opposing plate portion 53, and the front side By attaching the mounting tool 51 from the top, the locking claw portion 55 penetrates the mounting receiving portion 20a and the mounting portion 45, and the support plate portion 20 can be connected to the vehicle body mounting plate portion 44. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 5, when a pedestrian receives a strong force such as when it collides with the hood 3 from above, The vertical wall portion 26 bends at the apex of the connecting portion 25, and the cover body portion 24, that is, the cover mounting portion 27 moves downward in the front direction, disengages forward from the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5, and the cover body portion 24 The whole moves smoothly downward. Therefore, smooth movement of the hood 3 downward is allowed, and the impact can be reduced and protected. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 5 is the same as the operation shown in FIG.

  Further, for example, in the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, as shown in FIG. 6, the hood facing portion 28 at the upper end portion of the vertical wall portion 26 is formed in a projecting piece shape toward the front upper side. It is also possible to attach a hood seal 61 as a seal member by inserting it into 28 from above. That is, the hood seal 61 includes a holding portion 62 that holds the hood facing portion 28 between the holding portion 62 and a retaining portion 62 that is continuous to the upper side of the holding portion 62. And.

  Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the cover attaching portion 27 on the rear side of the vehicle is not provided with the guide piece 39 directed downward, and is fitted upward from the front end portion on the rear side of the lower fitting piece 36. A claw portion 65 is provided. The cover attaching portion 27 sandwiches the vicinity of the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5 between the distal end portion of the fitting claw portion 65 and the upper fitting piece 35. The cover mounting portion 27 is provided with a plate-like reinforcing rib 66 that connects the lower side portion of the cover body portion 24 from the front side portion of the connecting piece 38.

  Although not shown, the cover mounting portion 27 is not limited to a structure in which the vicinity of the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5 is sandwiched from above and below. It can also be.

  Further, for example, in the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, as shown in FIG. 7, the hood facing portion 28 at the upper end portion of the vertical wall portion 26 is located on the vehicle front side from the upper end portion of the first vertical wall portion 31. It is also possible to form a shape extending rearward of the vehicle, and to attach the same hood seal 41 as in FIG. In this configuration, the rib 43 is formed along the rear side portion of the first vertical wall portion 31 from the lower side of the hood facing portion 28.

  In addition, a weak part such as a thin part having a small thickness is formed at an appropriate position of the cowl top cover 11 to form an easily deformable part that is more easily deformed than other parts, thereby adjusting shock absorption characteristics. Can do. For example, in the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, as shown in FIG. 8, the position along the connecting portion 25 of the front end portion of the cover body portion 24 is recessed from the lower side to form a weak portion having a small thickness dimension. A main body part easy deformation part 70 is formed, and a position along the hood facing part 28 at the upper end of the first vertical wall part 31 is recessed from the front side to form a first vertical wall easy deformation part 71; In addition, the second vertical wall deformable portion 72 can be formed by recessing a position along the vehicle body attachment portion 29 at the lower end portion of the second vertical wall portion 32 from the front side. In this configuration, when force is applied from the hood 3, these easily deformable portions 70, 71, 72 are deformed more easily than the other portions, and the behavior of the deformation is controlled to stabilize the desired shock absorption characteristics. realizable. These easily deformable portions 70, 71, 72 can be formed intermittently in addition to being formed in a groove shape continuous in both directions.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration of the cover main body portion 24 and the vertical wall portion 26 in which the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 bend at an angle θ with the connecting portion 25 as an apex, The cowl top cover 11 is formed over the entire length or substantially the entire length. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the cowl top cover 11 may be provided only in a part in the longitudinal direction. For example, the configuration of the cover main body portion 24 and the vertical wall portion 26 in which the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 are bent at an angle θ with the connecting portion 25 as a vertex, It can be provided only at a portion where it is desired to be surely detached from the edge portion 5a of the windshield 5.

  Further, the main body part deformable part 70, the first vertical wall easily deformable part 71, and the second vertical wall easily deformable part 72 shown in FIG. It can also be provided only in a part of the longitudinal direction.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the cover main body 24 is integrally connected to the connecting portion 25 that is the apex where the first vertical wall portion 31 and the second vertical wall portion 32 are bent. However, the cover main body 24 can be integrally connected to a position slightly shifted from the bent apex to the top, bottom, that is, the first vertical wall portion 31 side or the second vertical wall portion 32 side.

  Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, the cowl top cover 11 can be divided in the vehicle width direction and combined with a connecting structure. Further, the cowl top cover 11 can be provided at a portion other than the front portion of the vehicle body 1 and can be disposed, for example, between a rear glass and a rear trunk hood.

  In each of the above embodiments, the windshield is not limited to glass, and a transparent material such as acrylic can also be used.

  The present invention can be applied to, for example, a cowl top cover disposed between a windshield of a vehicle and a hood.

3 Hood as mating member 5 Windshield as windshield
5a Edge 6 Cowl
11 cowl top cover
13 Body panel as body member
20 Support plate as the body support
24 Cover body
25 Connecting part
26 Vertical wall
27 Cover mounting section
28 Hood facing part as mating member facing part
29 Body mounting part
31 First vertical wall
32 Second vertical wall
41 Hood seal as seal member

Claims (3)

The vehicle body includes a cover main body portion that is supported by an edge portion of the windshield and a vehicle body side support portion provided on the vehicle body member and covers a cowl portion between the edge portion of the windshield and the vehicle body side support portion. A cowl top cover including a vertical wall portion that partitions between a side support portion and a counterpart member facing the vehicle body side support portion,
A cover attaching portion provided at a base end portion which is one end of the cover main body portion, and removably attached to an edge portion of the windshield;
A connecting portion that is located at an intermediate portion between the counterpart member and the vehicle body side support portion and is provided at a tip portion that is the other end of the cover main body portion;
A first vertical wall portion that projects from the connecting portion toward the mating member and is inclined to the base end side of the cover main body portion, and constitutes the vertical wall portion;
A mating member facing portion provided on the first vertical wall and facing the mating member;
A second vertical wall portion that protrudes from the connection portion toward the vehicle body side support portion and is inclined toward the base end portion side of the cover main body portion, and constitutes the vertical wall portion;
A cowl top cover comprising: a vehicle body attachment portion provided on the second vertical wall portion and attached to the vehicle body side support portion. 2. The cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein an angle formed by the first vertical wall portion and the second vertical wall portion with respect to the connecting portion is 100 degrees or more and 140 degrees or less. The mating member constitutes a hood located above the body member,
The cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein a seal member that is in close contact with the hood is provided at the counterpart member facing portion.

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