JPH0211563Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a lid that covers an opening in a vehicle body, such as a bonnet or trunk lid of a vehicle.

Generally, in automobile lids such as bonnets and trunk lids, the lid outer panel (hereinafter simply referred to as the lid outer) forms the outer panel of the lid.
Rigidity is increased by reinforcing the back side with lid reinforcement.

This lid reinforcement has a structure in which an outer frame part having a shape that follows the periphery of the lid outer and a columnar part that intersects the outer frame part are integrally formed by sheet metal processing. The provided outer peripheral flange is joined to the lid outer by hemming, and the inner peripheral flange provided along the inner periphery of the outer frame part and the flange formed on the side edge of the columnar part are adhered to the back surface of the lid outer with adhesive. By doing so, a closed cross section is formed between the lid outer and the lid outer, which is reinforced.
(See Publication No. 127174).

By the way, as shown in FIG. 1 as the bonnet 1 with a rear hinge front lock, the lid is normally attached to the vehicle body so that it can be opened and closed with a hinge, and as shown in FIG. At approximately the center of the side end portion 1A in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, a striker 4 that is engaged with a locking member 3 of a locking device 2 attached to the vehicle body side is attached to the outer panel of the bonnet 1 using a striker reinforcement 5. The bonnet reinforcement 7 is fixed to an outer frame portion of a bonnet reinforcement 7 that reinforces an outer panel (hereinafter simply referred to as a bonnet outer) 6 forming the bonnet.

In such a structure, when the open bonnet 1 is closed, the striker 4 tends to sink into the locking device 2 more than necessary due to the impact, etc., and this sinking is caused by the bonnet reinforcement 7. It is received by the bonnet outer 6 via the outer periphery of the outer frame portion 7a and the inner periphery flanges 8, 9. In this case, the joint part A between the bonnet outer 6 and the outer peripheral flange 8 of the outer frame part 7a of the bonnet reinforcement 7 has rigidity due to the fact that the bonnet outer 6 is curved in this part and due to the hemming process. In contrast, the striker reinforcement mounting portion B of the bonnet outer 6, which is bonded to the inner peripheral flange 9 of the outer frame portion 7a of the bonnet reinforcement 7 with the adhesive 10, is flat. This part B has low rigidity, and the bonnet outer 6
There is a concern that the surface may become shallowly recessed, spoiling its appearance. Therefore, in practice, it is conceivable to separate the adhesive 10 of the striker reinforcement mounting portion B from the rear surface 6a of the bonnet outer 6, but in such a case, workability will be significantly hindered.

The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and provides an automobile with a striker support structure that does not cause dents in the lid outer that would impair the appearance due to unnecessarily sinking of the striker. It is intended to provide a lid.

For this reason, in the present invention, instead of adhesive, a rubber having a lip-shaped part that contacts the back surface of the lid outer is attached to the inner peripheral flange of the outer frame of the lid reinforcement to which the striker is fixed, so that the striker does not sink. When force is applied, the force is not directly received by the corresponding part of the lip outer,
While the lid reinforcement is dispersed and received on the lid outer, the lid outer is always supported with rubber in the same way as adhesive to maintain the lid tension rigidity, that is, the rigidity necessary to maintain the flat shape of the lid outer. The basic feature is that it is ensured.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on illustrated embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 3, which is a cross section of the bonnet 1 shown in FIG.
Bonnet reinforcement reinforced from side a (hereinafter simply referred to as reinforcement)
It consists of 7.

Similar to the conventional structure described above, this reinforcement 7 has an outer frame portion 7a extending along the outer periphery of the bonnet outer 6, and an outer frame portion 7a to form a closed cross section with the bonnet outer 6. A plurality of columnar parts (not shown) interconnecting each side of the reinforcement 7a are formed by sheet metal processing, and the outer peripheral flange 8 of the outer frame part 7a of the reinforcement 7 is formed by hemming into a bonnet. While being joined to the outer 6, in this embodiment, the inner peripheral flange 9 of the outer frame part 7a is attached at appropriate intervals, except for the striker reinforcement mounting part B, as shown in FIG. It is bonded to the back surface 6a of the bonnet outer 6 with an adhesive 10. Although not specifically shown, the flange portion of the columnar portion of the reinforcement 7 formed along the side edge is attached to the back surface 6 of the bonnet outer 6 with adhesive.
a to form a closed cross section with the bonnet 6.

As shown in FIG. 3, at approximately the center of the open end 1A of the bonnet 1 in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, there is a plate-shaped striker rainfork fixed to the upper surface side of the outer frame 7a of the reinforcement 7 by welding. The open legs 4a and 4b of the striker 4 are
The U-shaped body part 4 of the striker 4 is fixedly supported.
an opening 11 provided in the reinforcement 7;
It protrudes downward from.

When the bonnet 1 is closed, the striker 4 is locked by the locking member 3 of the locking device 2 fixed to the vehicle body 12, and the locking member 3 keeps the striker 4 in the locked state unless the lock is released. do.

As shown in Figure 3, reinforcement 7
, more specifically, the striker reinforcement joint part B′ of the striker reinforcement 5
Trailing edge flange portion 5a and reinforcement 7
The joint portion of the outer frame portion 7a with the inner peripheral flange 9
A rubber 13 is fitted to B' instead of the adhesive 10. This rubber 13 has a pair of front and rear lip portions 15a, 15b protruding from the upper surface of a thick main body 14, and a cut is made in the main body 14 so that it can be inserted from the rear into the joint portion B'. When the seal rubber 13 is inserted and attached to the joint part B', the lip parts 15a and 15b come into contact with the lower surface of the bonnet outer 6, and instead of the adhesive 10,
The bonnet outer 6 is supported.

In addition, the parts other than the above-mentioned joint part B' of the inner peripheral flange 9 of the outer frame part 7a of the reinforcement 7 are as follows.
As mentioned above, it is adhered to the lower surface 6a of the bonnet outer 6 with the adhesive 10 (see FIG. 4).

With the above configuration, since the rubber 13 is always in contact with the lower surface 6a of the bonnet outer 6,
Like other adhesives 10, it can support the bonnet outer 6 and provide as much rigidity to the bonnet 1 as required.

When the bonnet 1 is closed from the open state, even if a large force is applied to the joint portion B' due to the striker 4 sinking more than necessary,
Since this joint portion B' is separated from the bonnet outer 6, only the joint portion B' is deformed downward, and the bonnet outer 6 is not dented.

In the above embodiment, the bonnet 1 with a rear hinge and front lock has been described, but it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a bonnet and a trunk lid with a front hinge and rear lock.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, since the lid outer and lid reinforcement are separated at the joint of the striker reinforcement on the inner peripheral flange of the outer frame, distortion that causes a dent occurs. What's more, work efficiency is improved because all you have to do is attach the rubber with the lip-like part, and the lid outer can always be supported by the rubber with the lip-like part, so even if an external force is applied to the corresponding part of the lid outer, It does not easily dent and maintains good tension and rigidity of the lid.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an automobile, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part taken along line A-A in Fig. 1, showing the structure of a conventional striker mounting part, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a striker mounting part according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A--A in FIG. 1 showing the structure, and FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the striker mounting portion shown in FIG. 3. 1...Bonnet, 1A...Open side end, 3...
... Lock member, 4 ... Striker, 6 ... Bonnet outer, 7 ... Bonnet reinforcement, 7a ... Outer frame portion, 8 ... Outer periphery flange, 9
...Inner periphery flange, 13...Rubber having a lip-shaped part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It has an outer frame part formed along the outer periphery of the lid outer panel so as to form a closed cross section between the lid outer panels and a columnar part connecting the sides of the outer frame part, and the outer frame Consists of a lid reinforcement that reinforces the lid outer panel by joining the inner and outer flanges formed along the inner and outer peripheries of the section and the flanges formed along the side edges of the columnar section to the back surface of the lid outer panel. The lid covers the opening of the vehicle body, and a striker that is engaged with a locking member attached to the vehicle body is located approximately at the center of the open end of the lid. It is fixed to a plate-shaped striker reinforcement that overlaps and is fixed to the flange, and the inner flange part near the striker attachment part of the outer frame of the lid reinforcement has a lip-shaped part that contacts the back of the lid outer plate. 1. A lid for an automobile, characterized in that a rubber having a structure is attached in advance, and other parts of an inner flange other than the rubber attachment part are joined to an outer panel of the lid.