JPH0113011Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a protector that is attached between the front fender and the body of an automobile or the like.

[Background Art] A front fender protector is placed between a front fender and a body for the purpose of preventing interference between the front fender and the body, improving the appearance, and the like.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional front fender protector mounting structure. The protector 10 employed in this mounting structure has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is fitted to the fender panel 12 before the fender panel 12 is attached to the body 14. For this reason, during the painting process, the fender panel 1
2. Installation adjustment cannot be made and uneven coating occurs. Further, since the fender panel 12 is attached to the body 14 by bringing the protector 10 into contact with the body, there may be a problem in the installation of the door or the like.

FIG. 2 shows another example of a conventional front fender protector mounting structure. The protector 16 employed in this mounting structure has a leg portion that branches downward into two, and after the fender panel 18 is attached to the body 20, it is inserted into the gap between the two. Although this mounting structure has the advantage of not having the same problem as the structure described above, it is not easy to insert the protector 16, and there is a possibility that the protector 16 may be removed relatively easily after being inserted.

[Purpose of the invention] In consideration of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain a front fender protector that can be easily assembled after the fender panel is attached to the body and cannot be easily removed after the assembly.

[Structure of the invention] In the present invention, a part of the front fender panel protrudes in a substantially rectangular shape toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the lateral direction of the vehicle.
A front fender protector is used for a vehicle in which bent portions are formed from the rear end of the vehicle, the lower end of the vehicle, and the upper end of the vehicle toward the body, and the front fender protector is disposed between the fender panel projection and the vehicle body. a first lip portion having one side in contact with the vehicle lower surface of the vehicle lower end bending portion; a second lip portion having one side in contact with the vehicle rear surface of the vehicle rear end bending portion; a third lip portion of the upper end bent portion that abuts against the upper surface of the vehicle and whose other side faces the body; and a thin leg that is disposed between these lip portions and the body and connects these lip portions to each other. Department and
The thin leg portion is formed integrally with the thin leg portion, is disposed at a corner portion formed by the vehicle rearward portion of the vehicle lower end bending portion, and the vehicle downward portion of the vehicle rearward bending portion, and is thick in the vehicle width direction. The third lip part is provided at the front end of the vehicle and is bonded to the body and covered by a molding.

Therefore, in the present invention, when assembling, the boss part is inserted between the fender panel protrusion and the body, and the first, second and third lip parts are brought into contact with the bent parts of the fender panel protrusion, and then the stopper is inserted. All you have to do is fix the dressing part to the body. After assembly, the thin legs prevent each lip from separating, and the boss corresponds to the corners of the vehicle lower end bent portion and vehicle rear end bent portion of the fender panel protrusion, so that it does not fall off from the fender panel protrusion. blocked. Since the boss portion is thick, the boss portion has a strong reversal prevention force, and has a large resistance force against the pushing force of the first lip portion and the second lip portion between the fender panel protrusion and the body.

[Embodiment of the invention] Figs. 3 to 6 show an embodiment of the front fender protector according to the invention. In FIG. 3, the left-right direction on the paper is the front-rear direction (vehicle front-rear direction), and the direction of arrow A is the front. Also, the vertical direction (vehicle height direction) matches the paper surface, and arrow B
The direction is downward. Further, the front fender protector 24 to which the present invention is applied has a projecting portion 24A toward the rear of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. 6, and this projecting portion 24A has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the lateral direction of the vehicle. . Bent portions 24B, 24C, and 24D are respectively bent toward the body from the vehicle rear end, vehicle lower end, and vehicle upper end of the protruding portion 24A. The vehicle upper end bent portion 24D has a body-side tip bent toward the lower side of the vehicle in the shape of a chevron.

The vertical protector portion 22 has a substantially T-shaped cross section, and is formed with legs 30 and lips 28 rising from both sides of the legs 30, as shown in FIG. 4A. This lip portion 28 is adapted to come into contact with the vehicle rear surface at the vehicle rear end bent portion 24B of the fender panel. A boss 32 and a lip 34 forming the locking part 31 are formed at the lower end of the vertical protector part 22.

The boss 32 has a parallelogram shape when viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 3, and rises from one side of the leg 30 of the vertical protector section 22 as shown in FIG. 28
The side protrudes stepwise to form a stepped portion 32A.
The lip 34 is located below the boss 32 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4B, and extends from one side of the leg 30 of the vertical protector portion 22 to the stepped portion 32A of the boss 32.
It rises to almost the same height as the This lip 34 is a bent portion 24C of the vehicle lower end of the fender panel.
It is designed for contact with the lower side of the vehicle. Note that the gap between the boss 32 and the lip 34 is a thick wall portion 30A rising from one side of the leg 30 of the protector portion 22, and continues integrally with the boss 32 and lip 34.

The front-rear protector part 36 has a rear end extending continuously forward through the corner part 38 above the vertical protector part 22, and is formed into a waterdrop-shaped lip cross section as shown in FIG. 4D. ing. This front-rear protector has a lower surface for contacting the vehicle upper surface at the vehicle upper end bent portion 24D of the fender panel, and an upper surface for contacting the body 26. In the vicinity of the corner portion 38, as shown in FIG. 4C, the lip 28 rises from only one side of the leg 30, and changes into a water droplet-shaped cross section continuous with the protector portion 36 in the front-rear direction.

The terminal portion 40 is continuously bent upward and rearward from the front end of the front-back protector portion 36, as shown in FIG. 4E.
As shown in , it is formed with an inverted L-shaped cross section.

Next, the assembly procedure of this embodiment will be explained. The protector is assembled after the front fender panel is attached to the body. First, as shown in FIG. 4B, the boss 3 is installed in the space 42 between the vehicle lower end bent portion 24C of the fender panel 24 and the body 26.
2 is inserted from the lower side of the vehicle, the stepped portion 32A is elastically deformed and enters the space 42, and the lip 34 abuts and locks on the vehicle lower end bent portion 24C of the fender panel 24, so that one end of the protector is aimed fits into position. Next, the vertical protector part 2
2 and the legs 30 of the corner portion 38 in FIG.
As shown in Figure C, they are sequentially inserted from the bottom to the top through the gap between the fender panel 24 and the body 26.

At this time, the stepped portion 32A of the boss 32 contacts the vehicle front surface of the fender panel vehicle rear end bent portion 24B, and the lip 28 of the vertical protector portion contacts the vehicle rear surface of the vehicle rear end bent portion 24B of the fender panel and the body 26. This determines the position of the protector in the front-back direction. In addition, a lip 34 that abuts and locks on the bent portion 24C at the lower end of the vehicle fender panel.
The vertical position is determined by the elongation relationship that occurs between the lip 28 of the corner portion 38 that abuts the bent portion 24B of the rear end of the fender panel.

Subsequently, the longitudinal protector part 36 is inserted into the gap between the vehicle upper end bending part 24D of the fender panel and the body 26, as shown in FIG. 4D. Finally, the terminal portion 40 is fixed to the body 26 with an adhesive tape (not shown) as shown in FIG. 4E.

At this time, the terminal portion 40 fixed to the body 26
The longitudinal protector portion 36 is positioned at the target position due to the elongated relationship between the lip 28 of the corner portion 38 and the lip 28 of the corner portion 38.

As described above, in this embodiment, the vertical protector section 22, the front-back protector section 36, and the lip 3
4 is made into a continuous shape, and the lower ends of the lip 34 and the vertical protector part 22 are connected to the vehicle lower end bending part 24C of the fender panel 24 and the vehicle rear end bending part 24C.
After contacting and locking with B, the vertical protector part,
Since the corner portion and the front-back protector portion are assembled in this order, and the terminal portion 40 is finally fixed to the body 26, the protector can be assembled easily and accurately.

After assembly, the leg portion 30 is the vertical protector portion 2.
2. Preventing the separation of the respective lip portions of the longitudinal protector portion 36 and the locking portion 31, and positioning the boss 32 near the corner portion formed by the vehicle lower end bent portion 24C and the vehicle rear end bent portion 24B of the fender panel. Vehicle rearward movement of lip 28, lip 3
2 from moving downward in the vehicle, thereby preventing the fender panel from falling off the fender panel protrusion 24A. In addition, since the boss 32 is thick, it is difficult to flip around the horizontal or vertical axis between the fender panel protrusion 24A and the body 26, and this allows the lips 28, 34 to be pushed out of the fender panel when washing the vehicle. Part 24
Even if an external force is applied between A and the body, the force to resist this is strong.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4E, the terminal portion 40 can be covered by the side molding 46 of the windshield glass 44 in a subsequent process, so that the end portion of the protector is exposed outwardly as shown in FIG. not exposed,
It cannot be easily removed after assembly.

In FIG. 5, numeral 48 is a hood panel located between the left and right front fender panels 24, 50 is a door panel, and 52 is a front pillar on the body side.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention has the above structure, it has the advantage that it is easy to assemble and cannot be easily removed after assembly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows an example of the mounting structure of a conventional front fender protector, where A is a partial perspective view and B is a partial perspective view.
2 shows another example of the conventional front fender protector mounting structure, A is a partial perspective view, B is a KK sectional view of A, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the present invention. Side views showing an embodiment of such a front fender protector, FIGS.
EE sectional view, FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of the mounting structure of the front fender protector shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and FIG. 6 is a front fender seen from the side of the vehicle. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the protector and the rectangular protrusion of the front fender. 22... Vertical protector section, 24... Fender panel, 26... Body, 28... Lip,
30...leg, 31...locking part, 32...boss, 3
4...Rip, 36...Anteroposterior protector part,
38... Corner section, 40... Terminal section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A part of the front fender panel protrudes toward the rear of the vehicle in a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the lateral direction of the vehicle, and bent portions are formed from the rear end of the protrusion, the lower end of the vehicle, and the upper end of the vehicle toward the vehicle body. used,
A front fender protector is disposed between the fender panel protrusion and the vehicle body, the first lip portion having one side abutting against the vehicle lower surface of the vehicle lower end bent portion, and the other side having a vehicle rear end portion. a second lip portion that comes into contact with the rear surface of the vehicle at the bent portion;
a third lip portion having one side in contact with the vehicle upper surface of the vehicle upper end bending portion and the other side facing the body; and a third lip portion disposed between these lip portions and the body to interconnect these lip portions. a thin leg portion integrally formed with the thin leg portion and disposed at a corner portion formed by a portion of the vehicle lower end bending portion closer to the vehicle rear side and a portion of the vehicle rear bending portion closer to the vehicle lower side; A front panel characterized by having a boss section that is thick in the width direction, and a fastening section that is provided at the front end of the vehicle of the third lip section and is bonded to the body and covered by a molding. fender protector.