JPH042105Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a rear bumper structure for an automobile.

[Conventional technology]

For legal reasons, the rear license plate of an automobile is generally fixed to a bracket fixed to the rear end of the automobile body, for example, the lower back panel, with a mounting bolt that is sealed and cannot be removed. The structure is said to be impossible.

In a car that has a rear bumper arranged in a position overlapping this rear license plate 3, the fourth
5, a recess 4 for receiving the rear license plate 3 is formed in the bumper skirt portion 2 of the synthetic resin bumper cover 1, and a window hole is formed in the vertical wall 4a of the recess 4 facing toward the rear of the vehicle. 50,
A bracket 9 is configured to protrude from this window hole 50 to support the rear license plate 3.

This window hole 50 is used when removing the rear bumper.
Since the rear license plate 3 is formed to have an opening area that allows the rear license plate 3 to pass through, voids are inevitably formed on both sides of the rear license plate 3, and the interior of the bumper can be seen through the voids, resulting in an unsightly appearance.

In order to eliminate this inconvenience, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the edge of the window hole 50 is extended to a position where it overlaps the side edge of the rear license plate 3.
The above-mentioned sky is closed.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, extending the edge of the window hole 50 as described above means making the opening width of the window hole 50 narrower than the width of the rear license plate 3, which makes it convenient for repair or maintenance of the automobile body. First, when it becomes necessary to remove the rear bumper, it becomes difficult to pass the rear license plate 3 through the window hole 50, which may damage the surface of the bumper cover 1 or deform the rear license plate 3. I had a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to enable the rear bumper to be easily removed and attached even when the rear license plate is attached to the rear bumper structure.

[Means for Solving the Problems] To this end, the present invention provides a rear bumper for an automobile as described above, in which the recessed portion is open on the lower side of the vehicle, and the vertical wall of the recessed portion facing toward the rear of the vehicle includes:
A notch is formed that opens toward the bottom of the vehicle, and the peripheral edge of this notch is extended to overlap the peripheral edge of the rear license plate and is thinner than the thickness of the bumper skirt. be.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a synthetic resin bumper cover (hereinafter simply referred to as bumper cover) of a rear bumper attached to the rear end of an automobile body.
In the bumper skirt portion 2 of the bumper cover 1, a recess 4 for receiving the rear license plate 3 is formed with a substantially triangular cross section with the lower side D of the vehicle open.

A vertical wall 4a of this recess 4 faces toward the rear R of the vehicle.
A notch 5 is formed in which the lower side D of the vehicle is opened.

The left and right side edges of the notch 5 are extended so that the notch width W of the notch 5 is narrower than the width of the rear license plate 3.
The right side edge is formed so as to overlap the left and right side edge brackets of the rear license plate 3.

The left and right side edges of the notch 5 are formed to have a thickness thinner than the general portion of the bumper skirt portion 2, so that they are easily bent.

In the rear bumper equipped with the bumper cover 1 in which the cutout portion 5 is formed, the bumper arm (not shown) that protrudes from the bumper reinforcement 6 toward the vehicle body is connected to the mounting portion (not shown) on the vehicle body side. (shown in the figure), and attachment and detachment are carried out along a rotation locus A as shown in FIG. 2, using the contact portion as a rotation fulcrum.

As mentioned above, the rear license plate 3 is fixed to a bracket fixed to the lower back panel at the rear end of the automobile body with a mounting bolt that is slightly inclined and sealed as shown in Fig. 2. Therefore, according to the law, it is not allowed to be removed without permission.

Therefore, when removing the rear bumper along the rotation path A, the upper edge of the rear license plate 3 first locally hits the corner where the vertical wall 4a and the upper wall 4b of the recess 4 are in contact. A corner notch part 7 is formed in the bumper cover 1 so that the left and right side edges of the notch part are easily deformed so as to be turned over to the back side of the bumper cover 1.

Furthermore, when attaching the rear bumper along the rotation trajectory A, the lower end corners 8 of the left and right side edges of the notch 5 first come into contact with the left and right side edges of the rear license plate 3. The corner part 8 is cut off diagonally to make it easier to fit the rear license plate 3 into the notch part 5.

By forming the corner notch 7 or cutting off the lower end corner 8 as described above, it becomes easier to pass the rear license plate 3 through the notch 5.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, in the rear bumper structure as described above, the rear bumper can be easily removed and attached even when the rear license plate is attached, and the ease of attaching and detaching the rear bumper can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view showing an embodiment of a rear bumper structure for an automobile according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the portion corresponding to the - line in FIG. 1 in the same embodiment.
3 is a sectional view of a portion corresponding to the - line in FIG. 2 in the same embodiment, FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a conventional rear bumper structure of an automobile, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same conventional structure. 1... Bumper cover, 2... Bumper skirt portion, 3... Rear license plate, 4... Recessed portion, 4a... Vertical wall, 4b... Top wall, 5... Cutaway Notch, 50... Window hole, 6... Bumper reinforcement, 7... Corner notch, 8... Lower end corner, 9...
...Bracket, A...Rotation trajectory, D...Lower side of the vehicle, R...Rear of the vehicle, W...Notch width.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rear bumper that is attached to the rear end of an automobile body, and is made of synthetic resin and has a recess formed in the bumper skirt portion to receive a rear license plate fixed to the automobile body side using sealed mounting bolts. In the rear bumper of an automobile equipped with a bumper cover, the recess is open on the lower side of the vehicle, and a vertical wall of the recess facing toward the rear of the vehicle is formed with a notch that opens on the lower side of the vehicle. A rear bumper structure for an automobile, characterized in that a peripheral edge of the rear license plate is extended so as to overlap with a peripheral edge of a rear license plate, and is formed to have a thickness thinner than that of a bumper skirt.