JP5678805B2 - Pillar structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pillar structure for a vehicle.

  In recent years, in order to realize a comfortable in-vehicle environment, there has been a demand for further improvement in the quietness of the passenger compartment when the vehicle is traveling. In Patent Document 1, as a pillar trim (pillar garnish) provided to cover a vehicle interior side panel surface of a pillar inner panel and a pillar outer panel (pillar panel) in a vehicle pillar, a flange portion of the pillar panel is provided on the back surface of the pillar garnish. And an engaging portion formed with a stepped portion that fits and engages. In such a vehicle pillar structure, the flange portion of the pillar panel is fitted and engaged with the stepped portion provided on the back surface of the side edge portion of the pillar garnish, and the pillar garnish is caught by the engagement by the fitting engagement. The movement of the side edges of the pillar garnish is restricted, and the side edges of the pillar garnish are prevented from vibrating during travel. Moreover, it is said that generation | occurrence | production of the unusual noise resulting from the said vibration is suppressed.

JP 2008-260486 A

  In general, it is known that, for example, it is effective to suppress noise that enters near the ears of a passenger seated in a seat in order to improve the soundproofing in the passenger compartment. The vehicle pillar is generally located near the head of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat. For this reason, it is possible to suppress noise such as traveling noise from passing through the space between the pillar garnish and the pillar panel constituting the vehicle pillar and entering the vehicle interior from the side end of the pillar garnish. It is effective in improving the soundproofing property.

  In order to prevent noise from passing through the space between the pillar garnish and the pillar panel and entering the passenger compartment from the side edge of the pillar garnish, a soundproofing material is provided at the side edge of the pillar garnish. Can be considered. On the other hand, the rear window or side window adjacent to the pillar garnish may be provided with a conductive portion such as a defogger and a connector connected to the conductive portion may be attached. In such a case, in the state where the rear window or side window and the pillar garnish are assembled to the vehicle, the connector is disposed at the side end of the pillar garnish, the soundproofing material interferes with the connector, There may be a placement problem.

  In addition, wiring extends from the connector and is connected to a power source, other circuits, and the like. At this time, it is necessary to fix the wiring to a predetermined location such as a pillar panel in order to suppress the external force from dropping the connector to the wiring and to suppress the generation of noise due to the swinging of the wiring. .

  The present invention has been completed based on the above-described circumstances, and improves the soundproofing in the passenger compartment and fixes the wiring extending from the connector attached to the window adjacent to the pillar garnish to the pillar panel. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle pillar structure that can reduce the number of parts of a member to be used or can eliminate the member.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a pillar structure for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a pillar panel and a connector placement portion that is attached to a vehicle interior side of the pillar panel and is disposed at a side end portion of the pillar panel. A pillar structure for a vehicle comprising: a pillar garnish having a sealant that seals between the pillar panel and the pillar garnish, wherein the sealant is disposed at a side end of the pillar garnish at the connector arrangement portion. Where the wiring extending from the connector connected to the conductive portion provided in the window adjacent to the pillar garnish is sandwiched between the sealing material and the pillar panel. Has characteristics.

  In the present invention, since the sealing material is disposed inward from the connector placement portion, the connector and the sealing material do not interfere with each other. For this reason, it is possible to seal between the pillar garnish and the pillar panel by arranging the sealing material without changing the arrangement of the connector, passing between the pillar garnish and the pillar panel, The sound can be prevented from entering the vehicle interior from the section. Furthermore, since the wiring extending from the connector is sandwiched between the sealing material and the pillar panel, the number of parts of another fixing member for fixing the wiring to the pillar panel is reduced, or another fixing member is eliminated. can do.

  The said structure WHEREIN: While the said pillar garnish protrudes to the said pillar panel side, it further has the attachment protrusion for attaching the said pillar garnish to the said pillar panel, The said sealing material is supported by the said attachment protrusion. It can be.

  According to such a configuration, since the sealing material is supported by the mounting protrusion, the sealing material can be prevented from falling with respect to the pillar garnish.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said pillar panel has a bulging part which bulges to the said pillar garnish side, The said sealing material is the position which contact | abuts to the said bulging part among the surfaces by the side of the said pillar garnish of the said pillar garnish. It can be assumed that it is arranged.

  According to such a structure, since the sealing material is arrange | positioned in the position contact | abutted to the bulging part of a pillar panel, the protrusion height from the pillar garnish of a sealing material can be reduced. For this reason, while contributing to the material reduction of a sealing material, it can suppress that a sealing material falls down with respect to a pillar garnish.

  In the above configuration, the sealing material is disposed inward of the mounting protrusion along the side end of the pillar garnish, and extends from the lower end to the upper end of the pillar garnish. Can be.

  According to such a configuration, the seal material is disposed inward of the attachment protrusion along the side end portion of the pillar garnish, and extends from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the pillar garnish. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the sound from entering from the side end portion of the pillar garnish into the vehicle compartment from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the pillar garnish, and the soundproofing can be further improved.

  According to the present invention, it is an object to provide a vehicle pillar structure capable of improving soundproofing in a vehicle compartment and reducing the number of parts.

The perspective view which shows the state of the vehicle interior of a vehicle provided with the pillar for vehicles which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows arrangement | positioning of a sealing material, a connector, and wiring in the back surface of the pillar garnish of FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the seal | sticker part and wiring in the state before the pillar garnish of FIG. 2 is attached to a pillar panel (corresponding to the AA line sectional part of FIG. 2). Sectional drawing which shows the seal | sticker part and wiring in the state in which the pillar garnish of FIG. 2 is attached to the pillar panel (corresponding to the AA line sectional part of FIG. 2). Sectional drawing which shows the seal part and clip seat in the state in which the pillar garnish of FIG. 2 is attached to the pillar panel (corresponding to the BB line cross-sectional part of FIG. 2).

<Embodiment>
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in a passenger compartment of a vehicle 10 including a vehicle pillar 40. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the sealing material 22, the connector 14, and the wiring 15 on the back surface (vehicle compartment outer surface) 20 </ b> A of the pillar garnish 20 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the sealing material 22 and the wiring 15 before the pillar garnish 20 of FIG. 2 is attached to the pillar panel 30, and shows a cross section along the wiring 15. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the sealing material 22 and the wiring 15 in a state where the pillar garnish 20 of FIG. 2 is attached to the pillar panel 30, and shows a cross section along the wiring 15. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the sealing material 22 and the plurality of clip seats 23 in a state where the pillar garnish 20 of FIG. 2 is attached to the pillar panel 30.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle 10 includes a side window 12 disposed on the side of the rear seat 11 and a rear window 13 disposed on the rear side of the rear seat 11. In the vehicle 10, a vehicle pillar 40 is disposed between the side window 12 and the rear window 13.

  The vehicle pillar 40 includes a pillar panel 30, a pillar garnish 20 attached to the interior side of the pillar panel 30, and a sealing material 22 that seals between the pillar panel 30 and the pillar garnish 20. Note that the vehicle pillar 40 is disposed substantially on the side of the head of the passenger seated on the rear seat 11.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the pillar panel 30 includes a pillar inner panel 31 and a pillar outer panel 32, and flanges provided on side edges of the pillar inner panel 31 and the pillar outer panel 32 are joined to each other to form a flange portion 33. Is formed, and is formed in a hollow shape.

  On the surface 30A on the pillar garnish 20 side of the pillar inner panel 31, a bulging portion 34 that bulges toward the vehicle interior side (pillar garnish side) is provided. Note that the bulging portion 34 is formed so as to extend along the side end portion of the pillar panel 30 and is adjacent to the flange portion 33 described above.

The rear window 13 (a window adjacent to the pillar garnish) is attached to the flange portion 33 of the pillar panel 30 at its side end. A connector 14 connected to the defogger 16 (conductive portion) is attached to the side end of the rear window 13 on the vehicle interior side adjacent to the pillar garnish 20. The wiring 15 extends from the connector 14 and is wired at a predetermined location on the surface 30A of the pillar panel 30 on the pillar garnish 20 side.
The wiring 15 is connected to, for example, a power source (not shown) at the end opposite to the connector 14. As a result, power can be supplied from the power supply to the defogger 16 installed in the rear window 13 via the wiring 15.

  The pillar garnish 20 is formed by molding a synthetic resin material or a material obtained by mixing a synthetic resin material and natural fibers (such as kenaf) into a plate shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the pillar garnish 20 is provided with a clip seat 23 having a shape protruding from the back surface 20 </ b> A toward the pillar panel 30. As shown in FIG. 5, the pillar garnish 20 is attached to the interior side of the pillar panel 30 via a clip 24 attached to the clip seat 23. As shown in FIG. 2, the clip seats 23 are formed at a plurality of locations along the side end 25 of the pillar garnish 20 on the back surface 20 </ b> A of the pillar garnish 20.

  The pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30 are arranged with a gap therebetween, and a space S is formed between them as shown in FIG. In the portion where the bulging portion 34 is provided in the pillar inner panel 31, the separation distance D between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30 is smaller than the general portion 35 other than the bulging portion 34.

  On the rear surface 20A of the pillar garnish 20, a connector arrangement portion 21 in which the connector 14 is arranged, and an inward portion of the connector arrangement portion 21 are arranged at a side end portion 25 on the rear window 13 side, and the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel are arranged. A sealing material 22 is provided to seal between the two. That is, the connector arrangement portion 21 and the sealing material 22 are arranged in this order from the side end surface of the pillar garnish 20 toward the center portion.

  The distance between the connector placement portion 21 and the pillar panel 30 is greater than the size of the connector 14. Thereby, a space in which the connector 14 can be arranged is secured between the connector arranging portion 21 and the pillar panel 30. In other words, the connector placement portion 21 in the present embodiment is a portion that is disposed outward from the sealing material 22 at the side end portion of the pillar garnish 20 and is a portion where the connector 14 can be placed.

  Moreover, the connector arrangement | positioning part 21 is provided in the state which covers the connector 14 from the vehicle interior side. The connector placement portion 21 is separated from the connector 14. Thereby, for example, when the pillar garnish 20 is pressed by a passenger and the pillar garnish 20 is bent toward the outside of the passenger compartment (on the connector 14 side), the situation where the connector placement portion 21 contacts the connector 14 is suppressed. The connector 14 can be protected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sealing material 22 is a porous member having elasticity such as a long (quadrangular columnar) polyurethane or felt, and functions as a soundproofing material. Specifically, the sealing material 22 suppresses transmission of sound from the space S to the vehicle interior via the side end portion 25 of the pillar garnish 20 by sealing between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30 (transmission loss). And has excellent sound absorption by converting sound waves absorbed in the holes formed in the sealing material 22 into thermal energy.

  The seal material 22 is disposed along the side end portion 25 of the pillar garnish 20 and inward of one of the plurality of clip seats 23 adjacent to each other (a mounting protrusion, denoted by reference numeral 23A). The pillar garnish 20 extends from the lower end portion 26 to the upper end portion 27. The bottom surface 22A of the sealing material 22 is fixed to the pillar garnish 20 via an adhesive layer (not shown). Further, in a state where the pillar garnish 20 is attached to the pillar panel 30, a part (corner part) of the surface 22 B facing the pillar panel 30 in the sealing material 22 contacts the step part 34 A of the bulging part 34 of the pillar panel 30. (See FIG. 5). Thereby, the sealing material 22 has a configuration in which the facing surface 22B is positioned and fixed with respect to the pillar panel 30. Further, the side surface 22C of the sealing material 22 is in contact with the standing wall surface 23B of the clip seat 23A. Thereby, the sealing material 22 becomes a structure supported by the clip seat 23A from the side surface 22C side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sealing material 22 has a protruding height H from the pillar garnish 20 (a height from the bottom surface 22 </ b> A to the opposing surface 22 </ b> B with the pillar panel 30) before the pillar garnish 20 is attached to the pillar panel 30. However, the distance between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30 in the portion that abuts on the pillar panel 30 is larger than the distance between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30 in the portion. Specifically, the protruding height H of the sealing material 22 from the pillar garnish 20 is greater than the separation distance D between the bulging portion 34 of the pillar panel 30 and the pillar garnish 20.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5, the seal material 22 is pressed against the back surface 20 </ b> A of the pillar garnish 20 and the surface 30 </ b> A of the pillar panel 30 on the pillar garnish 20 side in a state where the pillar garnish 20 is attached to the pillar panel 30. Thus, the protruding height H of the portion in contact with the pillar panel 30 is elastically deformed so as to be equal to the separation distance D. Then, due to the elastic force of the elastically deformed sealing material 22, the facing surface 22 </ b> B facing the pillar panel 30 comes into close contact with the surface 30 </ b> A on the pillar garnish 20 side of the pillar panel 30, and the seal between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30. Sex is secured.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the sealing material 22 is elastically deformed into a groove shape following the shape of the wiring 15 in the portion where the wiring 15 is routed. The wiring 15 is sandwiched between the pillar panel 30 and the sealing material 22 by the elastic force of the sealing material 22 elastically deformed into the groove shape.

Next, a procedure for assembling the vehicle pillar 40 will be described.
First, the pillar panel 30, the connector 14, and the wiring 15 are disposed at predetermined positions. Subsequently, the pillar garnish 20 provided with the sealing material 22 is attached to the pillar panel 30. Then, the sealing material 22 is elastically deformed following the shape of the surface 30A on the pillar garnish 20 side of the pillar panel 30 to seal between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30, and a part of the sealing material 22 is formed. The wiring 15 is sandwiched between the sealing material 22 and the pillar panel 30 by being elastically deformed into a groove shape following the shape of the wiring 15. As described above, the assembly of the vehicle pillar 40 is completed.

Next, functions and effects of the vehicle pillar 40 of the present embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, since the sealing material 22 is disposed inward from the connector placement portion 21, the connector 14 and the sealing material 22 do not interfere with each other. For this reason, the sealing material 22 can be arrange | positioned without changing arrangement | positioning of the connector 14, and it can seal between the pillar garnish 20 and the pillar panel 30, passes the space S, and the side edge part of the pillar garnish 20 It is possible to suppress the sound from entering the vehicle compartment from 25. In general, it is known that it is effective to suppress noise entering near the ears of a passenger seated in a seat in order to improve the soundproofing in the passenger compartment. In the present embodiment, the vehicle pillar 40 is a member that is disposed near the ears of the occupant seated on the rear seat 11, and thus has a high effect of enhancing the soundproofing in the passenger compartment.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the wiring 15 extending from the connector 14 is configured to be sandwiched between the sealing material 22 and the pillar panel 30. For this reason, the number of parts of another fixing member for fixing the wiring 15 to the pillar panel 30 can be reduced, or another fixing member can be eliminated. Specifically, it is conceivable that the wiring routed between the pillar garnish and the pillar panel is locked to the pillar panel by a fixing member such as a clip. However, in the present embodiment, a part of the wiring 15 is sandwiched between the sealing material 22 and the pillar panel 30, and thus the wiring 15 is locked to the pillar panel 30 by a fixing member such as a clip at the sandwiched portion. There is no need.

  Moreover, since the sealing material 22 is supported by the clip seat 23 </ b> A, the sealing material 22 can be prevented from falling with respect to the pillar garnish 20. Specifically, the longitudinal sealing material 22 falls in the short direction of the sealing material 22 in the state before the pillar garnish 20 is attached to the pillar panel 30 and in the process of attaching the pillar garnish 20 to the pillar panel 30. Cheap. However, in the present embodiment, the seal member 22 is supported from the side end portion 25 side of the pillar garnish 20 using the existing clip seat 23A, so that the seal member 22 is closer to the pillar garnish 20 side in the short direction. It can suppress falling to the edge part 25 side.

  Further, since the sealing material 22 is disposed at a position where it comes into contact with the bulging portion 34 of the pillar panel 30, the protruding height H of the sealing material 22 from the pillar garnish 20 can be reduced. That is, by using the bulging portion 34 originally formed on the pillar panel 30, the protruding height H of the sealing material 22 can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the bulging portion 34 is in contact with a portion other than the bulging portion 34. it can. For this reason, while contributing to the material reduction of the sealing material 22, it can suppress that the sealing material 22 falls with respect to the pillar garnish 20. FIG.

  Further, since the facing surface 22B of the sealing material 22 is in contact with the stepped portion 34A of the bulging portion 34 of the pillar panel 30, the facing surface 22B of the sealing material 22 is fixed in a state of being positioned with respect to the pillar panel 30. Can do.

  Further, the seal material 22 is disposed inward of the clip seat 23 </ b> A along the side end portion 25 of the pillar garnish 20, and extends from the lower end portion 26 to the upper end portion 27 of the pillar garnish 20. Thus, sound can be prevented from entering the vehicle interior from the side end portion 25 of the pillar garnish 20 from the lower end portion 26 to the upper end portion 27 of the pillar garnish 20, and soundproofing can be further enhanced.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  (1) In the above-described embodiment, the seal material 22 has a part of the surface 22B facing the pillar panel 30 that is in contact with the bulging portion 34 of the pillar panel 30, but is not limited thereto. Further, the entire surface of the sealing material 22 facing the pillar panel 30 may be in contact with the bulging portion 34 of the pillar panel 30.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the seal member 22 is in contact with the clip seat 23A. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the sealing material 22 is not in contact with the clip seat 23A and the sealing material 22 is about to fall to the clip seat 23A side, the sealing material 22 may be supported by contacting with the clip seat 23A.

  (3) In the above-described embodiment, the sealing material 22 is exemplified by a porous member having elasticity (such as a rectangular (quadrangular column) polyurethane or felt). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, a sealing material is desired. May be composed of two or more layers having different air permeability and two or more members of different materials.

  (4) In the said embodiment, although what was distribute | arranged between the side window 12 and the rear window 13 was illustrated as a pillar for vehicles, it is not limited to this. As a vehicle pillar, what is distribute | arranged between the two side windows arranged in the vehicle front-back direction in the one side part in a vehicle can be illustrated, for example.

  (5) In the said embodiment, although the connector 14 was what was attached to the rear window 13, it was not restricted to this, For example, you may attach to the connector arrangement | positioning part of a pillar garnish.

  (6) In the above embodiment, the defogger 16 is exemplified as the conductive portion to which the connector 14 is connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The conductive part may be any conductive part provided in the window, and examples thereof include a glass antenna.

  (7) In the above embodiment, the connector 14 and the wiring 15 for electrically connecting the defogger 16 and the power source are exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this. Applications of the connector 14 and the wiring 15 can be changed as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle, 11 ... Rear seat, 12 ... Side window, 13 ... Rear window (window adjacent to pillar garnish), 14 ... Connector, 15 ... Wiring, 16 ... Defogger (conductive part), 20 ... Pillar garnish, 20A ... Back , 21 ... Connector arrangement part, 22 ... Sealing material, 22A ... Bottom surface, 22B ... Opposing surface, 22C ... Side face, 23 ... Clip seat, 23A ... Clip seat (mounting projection), 23B ... Standing wall surface of the clip seat, 24 ... Clip, 25 ... side end, 26 ... lower end, 27 ... upper end, 30 ... pillar panel, 30A ... pillar garnish side surface, 31 ... pillar inner panel, 32 ... pillar outer panel, 33 ... flange part, 34 ... swelling Output part, 34A ... Step part, 35 ... General part, 40 ... Vehicle pillar

Claims (4)

A pillar panel, a pillar garnish that is attached to a vehicle interior side of the pillar panel and has a connector arrangement portion that is arranged on a side end portion of the pillar panel and a connector is arranged, and seals between the pillar panel and the pillar garnish A vehicle pillar structure comprising:
The seal material is disposed inward from the connector arrangement portion toward the center portion from the side end portion of the pillar garnish ,
A pillar structure for a vehicle, wherein a wiring extending from the connector connected to a conductive portion provided in a window adjacent to the pillar garnish is sandwiched between the sealing material and the pillar panel. The pillar garnish protrudes toward the pillar panel, and further includes an attachment protrusion for attaching the pillar garnish to the pillar panel.
The pillar structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the seal material is supported by the mounting protrusion. The sealing material is disposed inward of the mounting protrusion along the side end portion of the pillar garnish, and extends from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the pillar garnish. The vehicle pillar structure according to claim 2. The pillar panel has a bulging portion that bulges to the pillar garnish side,
The said sealing material is arrange | positioned in the position contact | abutted to the said bulging part among the surfaces by the side of the said pillar panel of the said pillar garnish, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Pillar structure for vehicles.

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