JP6347272B2 - Vehicle connector mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a vehicle connector such as a license lamp for illuminating a license plate and other vehicle accessories connected via a wire harness.

Generally, a vehicle connector is connected to a vehicle auxiliary machine via a wire harness.
As an example of a license lamp that illuminates a license plate (agrees with the number plate) as a vehicle accessory, the above-described vehicle connector is connected to a license lamp provided at a position above the license plate via a wire harness.

  Further, the above-described vehicle connector is inserted and fixed to the fixing bracket. Conventionally, an operator inserts the above-described vehicle connector into the fixed bracket by hand search from a narrow space between the wheel house and the wheel (or between the rear wheel house and the rear wheel at the rear of the vehicle body). It was out.

  If the above-mentioned vehicle connector is inserted straight into the fixed bracket from the normal insertion direction, the fixed bracket will not fall down, but the work space for inserting the vehicle connector is narrow as described above, and installation workability is reduced. If this is the case, the vehicle connector may be inserted in a direction different from the normal insertion direction, that is, slightly obliquely with respect to the direction of the fixed bracket. At times, there was a problem that the fixing bracket fell, and there was room for improvement.

  Incidentally, Patent Document 1 discloses a vehicle connector mounting structure including a bracket to which two upper and lower vehicle connectors can be mounted. However, Patent Document 1 discloses a bracket when a vehicle connector is inserted. The technical problem of the present invention on how to prevent the fall of the camera is not disclosed at all.

JP-A-9-330766

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for a vehicle connector that can prevent the fixing bracket from falling when the vehicle connector is inserted into the fixing bracket.

An attachment structure for a vehicle connector according to the present invention is an attachment structure for a vehicle connector connected to a vehicle accessory via a wire harness, and includes a fixing bracket to which the vehicle connector is inserted and fixed, and the fixing bracket. A support member for supporting the connector, and the support member on the side of the connector inserted into the fixed bracket is provided with a fall-preventing piece for preventing the fixed bracket from falling down . It is arranged in an inclined shape in the range of 15 ° to 20 ° .
The vehicle accessory described above may be a license lamp, a rear brake lamp, a wiper, or the like.

  According to the above configuration, since the support member on the side where the connector is inserted into the fixed bracket is provided with the above-described fall-in prevention piece, it is fixed that the fixed bracket is about to fall down when the connector is inserted. Since the bracket and the fall-preventing piece abut on each other, it is possible to prevent further fall of the fixed bracket. As a result, it is also effective when the connector is inserted and fixed from a narrow space.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the fixed bracket is provided with an extension portion extending toward the insertion destination side of the vehicle connector, and the extension portion is abutted and supported by the falling-down preventing piece of the support member.

  According to the above configuration, the extension portion provided on the fixed bracket is supported by the fall-preventing piece of the support member so that the extension portion and the fall-preventing piece come into contact with each other in the initial fall-down state. The above fall can be prevented earlier.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the fixing bracket is disposed to be inclined with respect to the vehicle front-rear direction in a plan view, and an attachment projection of the fixing bracket is formed in an attachment hole formed in the support member. By being inserted, the fixed bracket is supported with respect to the support member, and a rotation restricting portion for restricting the rotation of the fixed bracket when the vehicle connector is inserted is provided in the support member.

  According to the above configuration, even if the vehicle connector is inserted from a slightly different direction with respect to the normal vehicle connector insertion direction, the rotation restricting portion causes the fixed bracket moment when the vehicle connector is inserted. Since the rotation to be controlled is restricted, the undesired rotational movement of the above-mentioned fixing bracket can be surely prevented.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the fixing bracket from falling when the vehicle connector is inserted into the fixing bracket.

The partial perspective view of the vehicle rear left side provided with the attachment structure of the vehicle connector of this invention The perspective view which shows the attachment structure of the connector for vehicles in the state seen from the vehicle front upper part 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. BB line view of FIG. The enlarged plan view which shows the attachment structure of the connector for vehicles Arrow view taken along line CC in FIG. Arrow view taken along line DD in FIG.

In the mounting structure of the vehicle connector connected to the vehicle auxiliary device via the wire harness, the vehicle connector is inserted and fixed for the purpose of preventing the fixing bracket from falling down when the vehicle connector is inserted into the fixing bracket. A fixing bracket and a support member that supports the fixing bracket, and the support member on the side of the connector insertion destination on the fixing bracket is provided with a fall-in prevention piece that prevents the fixing bracket from falling down , and the fixing brackets were realized by configuration in the range of 15 ° to 20 ° relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle Ru disposed inclined.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle connector mounting structure, FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of the left side of the rear of the vehicle equipped with the vehicle connector mounting structure, and FIG. 2 shows the vehicle connector mounting structure as viewed from the upper front of the vehicle. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

  In the following embodiments, a license lamp (specifically, a license plate lamp) that illuminates a license plate (agree with the number plate) will be described as an example of a vehicle auxiliary device. Prior to the description, the rear vehicle body structure will be schematically described first.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a side sill 10 (a side sill outer is shown in FIG. 1) having a closed cross-sectional structure extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is provided below the side part of the vehicle, and a body side outer panel is provided at the rear of the side sill 10. Thus, a rear wheel house outer 11 is formed, and a rear fender 13 having an opening 12 for filler is integrally formed on the upper portion of the rear wheel house outer 11.

  In addition, a rear door opening 14 is provided at the front ends of the rear fender 13 and the rear wheel house outer 11 described above, while the left and right rear fenders 13 and the left and right wheel house outers 11 (however, in FIG. A rear bumper 15 is provided at the rear end portion (only the structure is shown) to connect these elements 13 and 11 in the vehicle width direction. The rear bumper 15 may be a so-called resin bumper made of synthetic resin.

As shown in FIG. 2, a rear bumper 15 described above, the face portion 15a after extending in the vehicle width direction, and the left side surface portion 15b and the right side surface portion 15c which is integrally formed so as to go around from the left and right ends of the rear surface portion 15a to the front of the vehicle provided with a, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the corner portions 15d between the surface 15a and the left side surface portion 15b after the rear bumper 15, not fog (shown is an auxiliary lamp (Kiri燈) ) Is not provided, a hole cover 16 is provided to close the fog lamp arrangement opening.

  4 is a view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 3 (a front view of the fixing bracket, the upper connector, and the lower connector), FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the mounting structure of the vehicle connector, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line CC of FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line DD of FIG. However, in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, for convenience of illustration, the wire harness is omitted.

Next, the mounting structure of the vehicle connector will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 7, a synthetic resin support member 20 is provided on the inner surface of the hole cover 16 and at the intermediate portion in the lower vehicle width direction of the hole cover 16. The fixing bracket 30 is supported by the support member 20, and an upper vehicle connector 40 (hereinafter simply referred to as the upper connector 40) and a lower vehicle connector 50 (hereinafter simply referred to as the lower connector) are supported on the fixing bracket 30. Are abbreviated as 50) and are fixed in the upper and lower two stages.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, the support member 20 described above includes a flat base plate 21 (base portion) that is fixed to the front surface of the hole cover 16 as the vehicle inner surface, and the base plate 21. Further, the bottom portion 22 in the shape of a tongue in plan view extending to the vehicle interior side (the vehicle front side in this embodiment), the vertical wall portion 23 rising upward from the peripheral edge portion of the bottom portion 22, the bottom surface of the bottom portion 22 and the base plate 21 are provided. A plurality of inverted triangular ribs 24, 24 (see FIGS. 4 and 7) are integrally formed. As shown in FIGS. A hole-shaped bracket mounting hole 25 is formed by drilling.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of ribs 26A and 26B are provided to connect the upper surface of the bottom portion 22 and the base plate 21 of the support member 20 described above, and the support member is formed by the upper and lower ribs 24, 26A and 26B. The rigidity of 20 is improved.
Here, the vehicle width direction cross section becomes concave due to both the above-described bottom portion 22 and the vertical wall portion 23 rising upward from the peripheral edge portion thereof, and the cross section in the vehicle longitudinal direction is L-shaped. It is configured to be.

Moreover, among the ribs 26A and 26B described above, the rib 26B on the inner side in the vehicle width direction extends from the base plate 21 in the vehicle front direction, and the vehicle front side is formed thicker than the base end side (base plate 21 side). The thick member is used as a fall prevention piece 28.
This fall-in prevention piece 28 is integrally formed with the support member 20 at the lower position of the fixed bracket 30 corresponding to the connector insertion destination side of the fixed bracket 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, the above-described fixing bracket 30 connects the left and right side portions 31 and 32 and the upper ends of the left and right side portions 31 and 32 in the vehicle width direction. A hollow portion S1 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction by combining the upper side portion 33 and the lower side portion 34 connecting the lower end portions of the left and right side side portions 31, 32 in the vehicle width direction in a frame shape. A mounting projection 36 including a plurality of retaining pieces 35, 35 for retaining is integrally formed downward at a position corresponding to the bracket mounting hole 25 of the lower side portion 34. ing. Further, an annular pressing piece 36 a is integrally formed on the outer peripheral portion of the mounting protrusion 36 directly above the above-described locking pieces 35, 35 through a gap corresponding to the plate thickness of the bottom portion 22. In this embodiment, the fixing bracket 30 is made of synthetic resin.

  Then, the above-described mounting projection 36 is inserted into the bracket mounting hole 25 from the upper side to the lower side, and is fixed by holding the peripheral edge of the bracket mounting hole 25 from above and below by the locking pieces 35 and 35 and the pressing piece 36a. The bracket 30 is configured to be attached and fixed to the bottom portion 22 of the support member 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an inward extension 33a extending inward of the vehicle (in this embodiment, in front of the vehicle) is integrally formed on the upper side 33 of the fixing bracket 30 described above. As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of left and right locking pieces 41, 41 having an L-shaped cross section integrally formed on the lower portion of the upper connector 40 are slidably locked to the inwardly extending portion 33a and the upper side portion 33. A pair of left and right locking grooves 37, 37 are formed continuously.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the locking pieces 41, 41 of the upper connector 40 are slidably engaged with the locking grooves 37, 37 of the fixing bracket 30, and the insertion fixing of the upper connector 40 is completed. At this time, the upper connector 40 is located on the inwardly extending portion 33a and the upper side portion 33 described above.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a pair of left and right locking pieces 51, 51 having an L-shaped cross section integrally formed on the lower portion of the lower connector 50 are slidably locked to the lower side 34 of the fixing bracket 30. A pair of left and right locking grooves 38 are formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, the locking pieces 51 and 51 of the lower connector 50 are slidably engaged with the locking grooves 38 and 38 of the fixing bracket 30, and the lower connector 50 is inserted and fixed. When completed, the insertion side of the lower connector 50 is located in the hollow portion S1 surrounded by the side portions 31, 32, 33, and 34.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 6, the upper connector 40 is connected to a license lamp (not shown) that is a vehicle auxiliary machine via a wire harness 42. Is also connected via a wire harness 52 to a license lamp (not shown) which is an auxiliary vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 3, the above-described fixing bracket 30 is disposed to be inclined with respect to the vehicle front-rear direction in plan view.
That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a line extending in the vehicle front-rear direction is X, a line perpendicular to the line X and extending in the vehicle width direction is Y, and the longitudinal direction of the above-described fixing bracket 30 (connector 40). , 50 in the normal insertion direction), the angle θ1 formed by both lines X and CL is 15 ° to 20 °, and the angle θ2 formed by both lines Y and CL is 75 ° to 70 °. So as to be inclined. In this embodiment, the front end of the fixed bracket 30 is inclined with respect to the rear end of the fixed bracket 30 so as to be positioned on the outer side in the vehicle width direction.

Thus, in Rukoto tilting the fixed bracket 30 described above with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction, the upper connector 40 and lower connector 50 is inserted fixed to the fixing bracket 30 becomes to be arranged in an inclined manner relative to the vehicle body As a result, the required mounting space in the vehicle front-rear direction is made compact with respect to the non-tilt arrangement structure, so that the space can be saved.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the fixing bracket 30 is located at a position corresponding to the connector insertion destination side of the lower portion of the fixing bracket 30 in the support member 20, that is, the rear portion of the lower portion of the fixing bracket 30 as the rear bumper 15 side. The above-described fall prevention piece 28 for preventing the fall of 30 is provided.

  Thus, by providing the above-described collapse prevention piece 28 at a position corresponding to the connector insertion destination side of the lower portion of the fixing bracket 30 of the support member 20 (in this embodiment, the lower rear portion of the fixing bracket 30), the upper connector is provided. 40. When the lower connector 50 is inserted, especially when the connectors 40 and 50 are inserted from the front upper side to the rear lower direction, which is different from the normal insertion direction, the fixing bracket 30 tends to fall backward and downward. However, the lower part of the fixed bracket 30 and the fall-preventing piece 28 come into contact with each other at the initial stage of the fall, so that the further fall of the fixed bracket 30 is prevented.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, a rear extension 39 that extends to the insertion side of the connectors 40 and 50 (in this embodiment, the rear of the vehicle) is provided at the lower portion of the fixed bracket 30. ing.

  In this embodiment, the lower side portion 34 below the fixed bracket 30 is extended to the rear bumper 15 side as the vehicle body side, and the above-described rear extension portion 39 is integrally formed. And this back extension part 39 is comprised so that it may contact | abut by the fall prevention piece 28 of the above-mentioned support member 20 at the time of connector insertion.

The support member 20 is provided with a rotation restricting portion 27 that restricts the rotation of the fixed bracket 30 when the connector is inserted.
In this embodiment, in the support member 20, the vertical wall portion 23 positioned on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the vertical wall portion 23 rising upward from the peripheral portion of the bottom portion 22 also serves as the rotation restricting portion 27 described above. Yes.

  That is, as shown in a plan view in FIG. 5, the upper connector 40 and the lower connector 50 are fixed from the direction of the arrow b with different insertion angles with respect to the normal insertion direction of the connectors 40 and 50 (see arrow a). 5, a moment (see arrow c) shown in FIG. 5 is generated in the fixed bracket 30 around the mounting protrusion 36 mounted in the bracket mounting hole 25, and the fixed bracket 30 is caused by this moment. However, if the lower rear part of the fixed bracket 30 comes into contact with the rotation restricting portion 27, the further falling is prevented.

  As shown in a side view in FIG. 7, the rear extension 39 described above overlaps with the rotation restricting portion 27 in the vertical direction when viewed from the inside in the vehicle width direction, and the rear extension 39 is restricted when the connector is inserted. It is configured to prevent rotation of the fixed bracket 30 by contacting the portion 27.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the dimension of the lower side portion 34 in the vehicle width direction is smaller than the upper side portion 33 of the fixing bracket 30. The dimension in the direction is formed to be equal to the dimension in the vehicle width direction of the lower side portion 34.

  3 and 5, the fixing bracket 30 is inclined with respect to the vehicle body (see the rear bumper 15) in plan view (in this embodiment, the front end portion is the rear end portion). The rotation restricting portion 27 of the support member 20 is caused by the moment of the fixed bracket 30 when the connector is inserted (see arrow c in FIG. 5). This is to regulate the rotation.

  In this embodiment, the support member 20 and the fixing bracket 30 are both made of synthetic resin, and the upper connector 40 and the lower connector 50 are inserted into and fixed to the fixing bracket 30 in a two-stage structure. In this case, in particular, when the upper connector 40 is inserted from the direction of the arrow b in FIG. 5 at a different angle from the normal direction (see the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 5), the connector is simply 1 Although a larger rotational moment is generated than the structure in which only the step is inserted and fixed, the rotation restricting portion 27 described above is configured to reliably restrict the rotation of the fixing bracket 30.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, between the inner surface in the vehicle width direction of the rear extension 39 of the fixed bracket 30 and the inner surface (the outer surface in the vehicle width direction) of the rotation restricting portion 27 of the support member 20, A clearance g is formed, and an inner side surface in the vehicle width direction of the rear extension portion 39 and an inner surface of the rotation restricting portion 27 are formed in parallel.

  In the figure, arrow F indicates the front of the vehicle, arrow R indicates the rear of the vehicle, arrow IN indicates the inward in the vehicle width direction, arrow OUT indicates the outward in the vehicle width direction, and arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle. Indicates.

  As described above, the vehicle connector mounting structure of the above embodiment has the vehicle connector (see the upper connector 40 and the lower connector 50) connected to the vehicle auxiliary machine (see the license lamp) via the wire harnesses 42 and 52. An attachment structure, comprising: a fixing bracket 30 into which the vehicle connector (upper connector 40, lower connector 50) is inserted and fixed; and a support member 20 that supports the fixing bracket 30, and a connector to the fixing bracket 30 The support member 20 on the insertion side is provided with a fall prevention piece 28 that prevents the fixed bracket 30 from falling (see FIGS. 5 and 7).

  According to this configuration, since the above-described fall-preventing piece 28 is provided, when the connectors 40 and 50 are inserted from a direction different from the normal direction (in this embodiment, the direction from the front upper side to the rear lower side) Although the fixed bracket 30 is about to fall down, the fixed bracket 30 and the fall-preventing piece 28 come into contact with each other at the beginning of the fall, so that the fixed bracket 30 can be prevented from further falling down. As a result, it is also effective when the connector is inserted and fixed from a narrow space.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the fixed bracket 30 is provided with an extension (see the rear extension 39) extending toward the insertion side of the vehicle connector (upper connector 40, lower connector 50). The rear extension 39) is contacted and supported by the fall-preventing piece 28 (see FIGS. 5 and 7).

  According to this configuration, the extension portion (rear extension portion 39) provided on the fixed bracket 30 is abutted and supported by the fall-prevention piece 28 of the support member 20, so that the extension portion (rear extension portion 39) at the initial fall-down time. And the fall-preventing piece 28 come into contact with each other, and further fall of the fixed bracket 30 can be prevented earlier.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the fixing bracket 30 is disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the vehicle front-rear direction in plan view, and the fixing bracket 30 is formed in the mounting hole 25 formed in the support member 20. The mounting bracket 36 is inserted so that the fixing bracket 30 is supported with respect to the support member 20, and the rotation restricting portion 27 that restricts the rotation of the fixing bracket 30 when the vehicle connector is inserted is the support member. 20 (see FIGS. 3 and 5).

  According to this configuration, the vehicle connector (upper connector 40, lower connector 50) is slightly different from the normal vehicle connector insertion direction (see arrow a direction in FIG. 5) (arrow b direction in FIG. 5). The rotation restricting portion 27 can restrict the rotation caused by the moment of the fixed bracket 30 (see arrow c in FIG. 5) when the vehicle connector is inserted.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The vehicle auxiliary machine of the present invention corresponds to the license lamp of the above-described embodiment,
Similarly,
The vehicle connector corresponds to the upper connector 40 and the lower connector 50,
The extension corresponds to the rear extension 39,
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the license lamp is exemplified as the vehicle auxiliary machine. However, the vehicle auxiliary machine may be a rear brake lamp, a wiper or the like instead of the license lamp, and the vehicle connector mounting structure of the present invention. May be adopted not only in the rear part of the vehicle disclosed in the embodiment but also in the front part of the vehicle. Furthermore, the inclination angles (θ1 = 15 ° to 20 °, θ2 = 75 ° to 70 °) disclosed in the above embodiment are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these.

  As described above, the present invention is useful for a vehicle connector mounting structure in which a license lamp for illuminating a license plate is connected to a vehicle accessory via a wire harness.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Support member 25 ... Mounting hole 27 ... Rotation restricting part 28 ... Fall-in prevention piece 30 ... Fixing bracket 36 ... Mounting protrusion 39 ... Back extension part (extension part)
40 ... Upper connector (vehicle connector)
42, 52 ... wire harness 50 ... lower connector (vehicle connector)

Claims (3)

A vehicle connector mounting structure connected to a vehicle accessory via a wire harness,
A fixing bracket to which the vehicle connector is inserted and fixed;
A support member for supporting the fixed bracket,
The support member on the side where the connector is inserted into the fixed bracket is provided with a fall-in prevention piece for preventing the fixed bracket from falling down ,
The mounting structure for a vehicle connector, wherein the fixing bracket is disposed in an inclined manner in a range of 15 ° to 20 ° with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction . The fixed bracket is provided with an extension extending toward the insertion side of the vehicle connector,
The vehicle connector mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the extension portion is abutted and supported by a falling-down preventing piece of the support member. The fixed bracket is arranged to be inclined with respect to the vehicle front-rear direction in plan view,
The fixing bracket is supported with respect to the supporting member by inserting the mounting protrusion of the fixing bracket into the mounting hole formed in the supporting member,
The vehicle connector mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a rotation restricting portion for restricting rotation of the fixed bracket when the vehicle connector is inserted is provided on the support member.

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