JP5727318B2 - Vehicle exterior parts - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle exterior product attached to a windshield of a vehicle.

Conventionally, a deck garnish that covers a space between an outer hood of a vehicle and a front windshield is known.
The deck garnish described in Patent Document 1 ("Cowl Top Cover 5" in Patent Document 1) is sealed in the insertion groove 5a extending in the vehicle width direction as described in Figs. 3 and 4 of Patent Document 1. Material 8 is inserted. At both ends in the vehicle width direction of the lower surface plate 5c forming the insertion groove 5a, protrusions 10a capable of locking the sealing material 8 are provided. Thereby, the operation | work which inserts the sealing material 8 in the insertion groove | channel 5a is made easy. In the deck garnish in which the sealing material 8 is inserted, the insertion groove 5a is fitted into the windshield 7 of the vehicle. Thereby, the deck garnish covers the vehicle body exposed between the outer hood and the front windshield.

JP 2007-145167 A

However, in the deck garnish of Patent Document 1, if there is a difference between the shape of the insertion groove and the shape of the windshield due to manufacturing tolerances, it becomes difficult to fit the insertion groove of the deck garnish into the windshield. As a result, the gap between the windshield and the deck garnish becomes large, and there is a concern that rainwater or the like may enter the insertion groove from there. If the water accumulated in the insertion groove expands due to freezing, the windshield may break or the deck garnish may be damaged, and water may enter the engine room.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle exterior product capable of improving waterproofness.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a vehicle exterior product that can be attached to a windshield of a vehicle includes a garnish body, a plurality of claw portions, a seal member, and a movement restricting means.
The plate-like garnish body covers the end of the windshield and the vehicle body to which the windshield is attached. The plurality of claw portions provided on the vehicle body side of the garnish main body can be fitted into the end portion of the windshield.
The seal member attached between the garnish body and the claw portion extends in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged, and suppresses the fluid that has entered from the gap between the garnish body and the windshield from leaking to the vehicle body side.
The movement restricting means protruding from the claw portion toward the garnish main body restricts the movement of the seal member in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged.

Thereby, it is suppressed that a sealing member loosens between a nail | claw part and a nail | claw part, and a windshield and a sealing member contact | abut reliably. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the fluid that has entered from the gap between the windshield and the garnish body from leaking to the vehicle body side.
Further, for example, the sealing member can be easily assembled to the garnish main body by restricting the movement of the sealing member by the movement restricting means as compared with fixing the sealing member to the garnish main body with a double-sided tape or the like. Furthermore, the seal member can be easily removed from the garnish body during vehicle maintenance.
Moreover, when delivered with the seal member attached to the garnish body, the seal member can be prevented from falling off from the garnish body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the vehicle exterior product includes the upper rib and the lower rib. The upper rib extends from the garnish body to the vehicle body side between the plurality of claw portions and is provided on the upper side in the thickness direction of the seal member. The lower rib extends from the garnish body to the vehicle body side at a position corresponding to the upper rib, and is provided on the lower side in the thickness direction of the seal member. The seal member is sandwiched between the upper rib and the lower rib.
Thereby, it can suppress that a sealing member loosens between a nail | claw part and a nail | claw part with a simple structure.

According to the invention described in claim 3, the distance between the upper rib and the lower rib is narrower than the thickness of the seal member.
Thus, by sandwiching the seal member between the upper rib and the lower rib, the seal member can be restricted from moving in the direction in which the windshield is fitted and in the opposite direction.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the movement restricting means is provided at one end of the claw portion on the garnish body side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged.
As a result, when the vehicle exterior product excluding the seal member is injection-molded, the mold located between the claw portion and the garnish body is slid in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged with respect to the mold forming the garnish body. Thereby, a garnish main body, a nail | claw part, and a movement limitation means can be formed integrally.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged, the movement restricting means has a cross-sectional area on one side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged on the other side. More than the cross-sectional area.
Thereby, when the vehicle exterior product excluding the seal member is injection-molded, the mold located between the claw portion and the garnish main body can be slid from one side to the other side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged. .

According to the invention described in claim 6, the movement restricting means is a protrusion formed in a rust shape in which the garnish main body side is narrower than the claw portion side.
Thereby, a wedge-shaped protrusion sticks in a sealing member, and can restrict | limit the movement of a sealing member reliably.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the claw portion has a bottom portion extending from the garnish main body toward the vehicle body, and an arm portion extending from the bottom portion substantially in parallel with the garnish main body.
The movement restricting means is provided on the bottom side of the windshield in the garnish body side surface of the arm portion.
Thus, the seal member is unlikely to come off from the movement restricting means when the claw portion is fitted into the end portion of the windshield. Accordingly, the seal member and the windshield can be reliably brought into contact with each other.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the movement restricting means is provided on the plurality of claw portions.
Thereby, it can suppress reliably that a sealing member loosens between a nail | claw part and a nail | claw part.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle to which a deck garnish according to a first embodiment of the present invention is attached. It is the perspective view which looked at the deck garnish by 1st Embodiment of this invention from the vehicle body side, and is the figure except the seal member. It is sectional drawing of the III-III line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the IV-IV line of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. (A) is an arrow view of VI direction of FIG. 5, and is a figure except a garnish main body and a sealing member. (B) is a perspective view of (A). It is sectional drawing of the VII-VII line of FIG. 5, and is a schematic diagram which shows the manufacturing method of a deck garnish. It is a principal part enlarged view of the deck garnish by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view of the deck garnish by 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
A deck garnish as a vehicle exterior product according to the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. The deck garnish 1 of this embodiment is provided between the outer hood 2 and the windshield 3 of the vehicle as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the deck garnish 1 includes a garnish body 10, a claw portion 20, a protrusion 30 as a movement restricting means, an upper rib 40, a lower rib 41, and a seal member 50.
The garnish body 10 is formed, for example, from a resin into a plate shape, and includes a wiper insertion hole 11, a vent hole 12, and a plurality of attachment holes 13. The garnish body 10 is attached to the vehicle body 4 positioned between the outer hood 2 and the windshield 3 of the vehicle by inserting clips (not shown) into the plurality of attachment holes 13.
The windshield 3 is fixed to the vehicle body 4 with an adhesive 5 at the end on the outer hood 2 side.

The garnish body 10 includes a body portion 14 that covers the vehicle body 4 located between the outer hood 2 and the windshield 3, a step portion 15 that extends substantially perpendicularly from the body portion 14 to the windshield 3, A flange portion 16 extending substantially parallel to the windshield 3 from the side opposite to the main body portion 14 and a contact portion 17 extending from the flange portion 16 toward the windshield 3 are provided. The flange portion 16 and the contact portion 17 are formed such that the curvature in the vehicle width direction corresponds to the curvature of the windshield 3. For this reason, the contact part 17 adheres to the surface of the windshield 3 on the outside air side.
3 to 5 show the position of the contact portion 17 before the deck garnish 1 is attached to the windshield 3. The contact portion 17 is elastically deformable starting from a thin portion 18 that connects the flange portion 16 and the contact portion 17.

A plurality of claw portions 20 are provided on the vehicle body side of the garnish body 10. The claw portion 20 has a bottom portion 21, an arm portion 22, and a reinforcing plate 23.
The bottom portion 21 extends from the step portion 15 of the garnish body 10 to the vehicle body side.
The arm portion 22 extends substantially parallel to the flange portion 16 from the end portion of the bottom portion 21 on the vehicle body side. An end 24 of the arm 22 opposite to the bottom 21 extends in a direction away from the garnish body 10. As a result, when the claw portion 20 is fitted into the end portion of the windshield 3, the windshield 3 is guided to the arm portion 22. At the same time, the contact portion 17 is bent toward the outside air by the windshield 3. Therefore, the claw portion 20 can be easily fitted into the end portion of the windshield 3.
The reinforcing plate 23 is provided in a plate shape substantially perpendicular to the garnish body 10 and connects the arm portion 22, the bottom portion 21, and the garnish body 10. The reinforcing plate 23 prevents the arm portion 22 from being deformed in a direction away from the garnish main body 10 or the arm portion 22 from being deformed in a direction approaching the garnish main body 10.

  The seal member 50 is formed of, for example, a foaming member, and is attached between the garnish main body 10 and the claw portion 20. The seal member 50 extends in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. The seal member 50 suppresses leakage of fluid such as rainwater entering from the gap between the contact portion 17 of the garnish main body 10 and the windshield 3 to the vehicle body side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the protrusion 30 as the movement restricting means is provided on the bottom side of the windshield 3. The protrusion 30 is formed in a wedge shape in which the garnish main body side is narrower than the claw portion side, and protrudes from the arm portion 22 to the garnish main body side. The protrusion 30 pierces the seal member 50 and restricts the seal member 50 from moving in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged.
As shown in FIG. 6, the protrusion 30 is provided at one end of the claw portion 20 on the garnish main body side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. The protrusion 30 has a cross-sectional area at the broken line A shown in FIG. That is, in the cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged, the protrusion 30 has a cross-sectional area on one side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area on the other side.
As shown in FIG. 2, the protrusion 30 provided on the two claw portions 20 located on the left side in the vehicle width direction is provided on the left end of the claw portion 20 in the vehicle width direction. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the protrusion 30 provided on the two claw portions 20 located on the right side in the vehicle width direction is provided on the right end of the claw portion 20 in the vehicle width direction. One protrusion 30 is provided on each of the four claw portions 20.

The upper rib 40 and the lower rib 41 are provided between the plurality of claw portions 20 and the claw portions 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper rib 40 is provided in a plate shape on the upper side in the thickness direction of the seal member 50. The upper rib 40 extends from the flange portion 16 of the garnish body 10 to the vehicle body side in parallel with the seal member 50.
The lower rib 41 is provided in a plate shape on the lower side in the thickness direction of the seal member 50 at a position corresponding to the upper rib 40. The lower rib 41 extends from the step portion 15 of the garnish body 10 to the vehicle body side in parallel with the seal member 50.
The interval between the upper rib 40 and the lower rib 41 is formed to be narrower than the thickness of the seal member 50. As a result, the seal member 50 is sandwiched between the upper rib 40 and the lower rib 41 in a compressed state. For this reason, the seal member 50 is prevented from coming out between the upper rib 40 and the lower rib 41. Accordingly, the seal member 50 is restricted from moving in the direction in which the windshield 3 is fitted and in the opposite direction.

A method of manufacturing the deck garnish 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The deck garnish 1 of this embodiment is manufactured by injection molding.
In the injection molding, heat-melted resin is injected and injected into dies 60, 61, and 62 that can form the garnish main body 10, the claw portion 20, the protrusion 30, the upper rib 40, and the lower rib 41. After holding and cooling the resin, the slide mold 62 located between the claw portion 20 and the garnish body 10 is slid in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. The arrow Y is the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. Thereby, the garnish main body 10, the nail | claw part 20, the protrusion 30, the upper rib 40, and the lower rib 41 are shape | molded integrally.

A method for attaching the deck garnish 1 of this embodiment will be described.
The seal member 50 is aligned with the length direction of the garnish body 10, and the seal member 50 is inserted between the garnish body 10 and the claw portion 20. At this time, the seal member 50 is pressed toward the garnish main body. Thereby, since the seal member 50 is compressed, it is possible to insert the seal member 50 between the garnish main body 10 and the claw portion 20 without the seal member 50 and the protrusion 30 interfering with each other.
The pressing force applied to the seal member 50 is released at the position where the bottom portion 21 of the claw portion 20 or the step portion 15 of the garnish body 10 and the seal member 50 abut. As a result, the seal member 50 swells toward the arm portion 22 side of the claw portion 20, so that the protrusion 30 is stuck in the seal member 50.
Next, the seal member 50 is sandwiched between the upper rib 40 and the lower rib 41. This step may be performed before the seal member 50 is inserted between the garnish body 10 and the claw portion 20.

The deck garnish 1 with the sealing member 50 inserted between the garnish main body 10 and the claw portion 20 is conveyed to the vehicle body assembly factory.
In the vehicle body assembly factory, the claw portion 20 is fitted into the end portion of the windshield 3. At this time, the end portion of the windshield 3 presses the seal member 50, and the windshield 3 and the seal member 50 are brought into close contact with each other. Subsequently, a clip is inserted into the attachment hole 13 of the garnish body 10, and the deck garnish 1 is attached to the vehicle body 4.

In the present embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
(1) In the present embodiment, the protrusion 30 is provided on one end of the claw portion 20 on the garnish main body side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. Thereby, when the deck garnish 1 is injection-molded, the sliding mold 62 positioned between the claw portion 20 and the garnish main body 10 is slid in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged, whereby the garnish main body 10, the nail The part 20 and the protrusion 30 can be integrally formed.
(2) In this embodiment, the protrusion 30 has a wedge shape in which the garnish main body side is narrower than the claw portion side. Thereby, it can restrict | limit that the protrusion 30 is stuck in the sealing member 50, and the sealing member 50 moves to the direction where the some nail | claw part 20 is located in a line. For this reason, since the sealing member 50 is suppressed from loosening between the plurality of claw portions 20 and the claw portions 20, the windshield 3 and the sealing member 50 are surely brought into contact with each other. Therefore, it is possible to prevent water and the like from entering the engine room from between the windshield 3 and the garnish body 10.
Further, for example, the sealing member 50 can be easily assembled to the garnish main body 10 as compared with the case where the sealing member 50 is fixed to the garnish main body 10 with a double-sided tape or the like. Furthermore, the seal member 50 can be easily removed from the garnish body 10 during vehicle maintenance.
(3) In the present embodiment, an upper rib 40 and a lower rib 41 that sandwich the seal member 50 are provided between the plurality of claws 20 and the claws 20. Thereby, it is suppressed that the sealing member 50 loosens between the nail | claw part 20 and the nail | claw part 20. FIG. Therefore, the windshield 3 and the seal member 50 can be brought into close contact with each other with a simple configuration, and water and the like can be reliably prevented from entering the engine room.
(4) In the present embodiment, the garnish main body is provided with a plurality of claw portions. Thereby, even when the water absorbed by the seal member 50 expands due to freezing, it is possible to prevent the windshield from cracking or the deck garnish 1 from being damaged.

(Second Embodiment)
The principal part of the deck garnish according to the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the following embodiments, substantially the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the second embodiment, the protrusions 31 are formed with substantially the same height in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are aligned. The protrusion 31 is provided at one end of the surface of the claw portion 20 on the garnish main body side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. The protrusion 31 has a cross-sectional area along the broken line A shown in FIG. In other words, in the cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged, the protrusion 31 has a cross-sectional area on one side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged larger than the cross-sectional area on the other side. Thereby, at the time of injection molding of the deck garnish 1, it becomes possible to slide the sliding mold located between the claw portion 20 and the garnish main body 10 in the arrow Y direction.
Further, in the protrusion 31, an end surface 32 on one side in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged and an end surface 33 on the other side are formed substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged. . For this reason, the protrusion 31 can reliably restrict the seal member 50 from moving in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged.

(Third embodiment)
The main part of the deck garnish according to the third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the third embodiment, the tip of the protrusion 34 is formed in a curved surface. The protrusion 34 can press the seal member 50 toward the garnish main body. For this reason, the protrusion 34 can restrict the seal member 50 from moving in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions 20 are arranged.

(Other embodiments)
In the embodiment described above, the deck garnish provided between the front windshield and the outer hood of the vehicle has been described. On the other hand, in other embodiments, the garnish may be attached so as to cover not only the front of the vehicle but also the window glass attached to various places such as the side or the rear and the vehicle body exposed from the window glass.
In the above-described embodiment, the protrusion is provided on the arm portion of the claw portion. On the other hand, in other embodiments, the protrusion may be provided on the bottom of the claw or on the step or flange of the garnish body.
Thus, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be applied to various forms without departing from the gist thereof.

1 ・ ・ ・ Deck garnish (vehicle exterior)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Wind shield 4 ... Car body 10 ... Garnish main body 20 ... Claw part 21 ... Bottom part 22 ... Arm part 30, 31, 34 ... Protrusion (movement restriction means)
40 ... upper rib 41 ... lower rib 50 ... seal member

Claims (8)

A vehicle exterior that can be attached to a vehicle windshield,
A plate-like garnish body covering the end of the windshield and the vehicle body to which the windshield is attached;
A plurality of claws that are provided on the vehicle body side of the garnish body, and that can be fitted into an end of the windshield;
Attached between the garnish body and the claw portion, extends in the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged, and suppresses leakage of fluid that has entered from the gap between the garnish body and the windshield to the vehicle body side. A sealing member;
A vehicle exterior article, comprising: movement restriction means that protrudes from the claw portion toward the garnish main body side and restricts movement of the seal member in a direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged. An upper rib extending from the garnish body to the vehicle body side between the plurality of claw portions and the claw portion, and provided on the upper side in the thickness direction of the seal member;
A lower rib extending from the garnish main body to the vehicle body side at a position corresponding to the upper rib and provided on the lower side in the thickness direction of the seal member,
The vehicle exterior product according to claim 1, wherein the seal member is sandwiched between the upper rib and the lower rib.   The vehicle exterior article according to claim 2, wherein a distance between the upper rib and the lower rib is narrower than a thickness of the seal member.   The said movement restriction | limiting means is provided in one end of the direction where the said some nail | claw parts are arranged among the surfaces by the side of the said garnish main body of the said nail | claw part, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The vehicle exterior product described.   In the cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged, the movement restricting means has a cross-sectional area on one side in a direction in which the plurality of claw portions are arranged being equal to or larger than a cross-sectional area on the other side. The vehicle exterior product according to claim 4, wherein   The vehicle exterior article according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the movement restricting means is a protrusion formed in a rust shape in which the garnish main body side is narrower than the claw portion side. The claw portion has a bottom portion extending from the garnish main body to the vehicle body side, and an arm portion extending substantially parallel to the garnish main body from the bottom portion,
The said movement restriction | limiting means is provided in the said bottom part side rather than the said windshield among the surfaces by the side of the said garnish main body of the said arm part, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Vehicle exterior goods.   The vehicle exterior article according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the movement restricting means is provided on the plurality of claw portions.

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