JPH04271919A - Corner piece for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a corner piece for automobile with an improved design property by forming the in-car-room side of a corner piece with one surface. CONSTITUTION:Plane shape of an inner cover 10 is formed into the plane shape as same as a recessed part 6, and a fitting leg 11, of which tip is swelled, is projected inside of the inner cover 10. A flange part 12 is projected in the inside periphery of the inner cover 10, and an under-cut type receive hole 8, in which the fitting leg 11 of the inner cover 10 is fitted, is provided in a cover part inside of the recessed part 6. A positioning stage-difference part 13 is provided in the side wall of the periphery of the recessed part 6, at least, along a corner, and thickness of a space on the positioning stage-difference part 13 is set as same as thickness of the flange part 12 of the periphery of the inner cover 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a corner piece for an automobile that is attached to a front corner of a front door window of an automobile.

0002

[Prior Art] A vehicle is attached to a front door so as to close the corner between the door belt line and the tilted pillar in the closed state of a sashless door of an automobile, or the corner between the door belt line and the tilted sash in a sash door. corner pieces are known.

[0003] This corner piece for an automobile has a substantially triangular sheet metal insert with one side of the upper part bent into a substantially U-shape.
A glass run section is formed vertically, molded over a polymeric elastomer material, and has a lip on the other side of the upper part, and fixed legs are provided in the lower sheet metal insert.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] This type of corner piece has a thick coating on the main body, so it is necessary to reduce the thickness of the coating in order to reduce the weight. The coating is then thinned from the inside of the car. For this reason, if the recess is exposed on the inside of the car or the door mirror is mounted on the outside of the car, the mounting screws will appear in the recess provided on the inside of the car, so the inner cover must be installed on the inside of the corner piece to prevent and screws are hidden.

However, in conventional inner covers of this type, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 2-60016, a cover larger than the concave portion of the corner piece was attached to cover from the inside of the vehicle. There was a problem that the inner cover protruded from the surface of the piece, detracting from the design.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a corner piece for an automobile that can improve the design by making the corner piece flush with the inside of the car. shall be.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] To this end, the corner piece for an automobile of the present invention has a shape that closes the narrow corner between the door belt line in the closed state and the inclined sash or pillar in the front door. In a corner piece for an automobile, the sheet metal insert is provided with a covering part coated with a polymeric elastic material, a recess is formed approximately in the center of the covering part on the inside of the vehicle, and an inner cover is attached to cover the recess. , the planar shape of the inner cover is formed to be the same as the planar shape of the recess, a mounting leg with a bulged tip is provided protruding inside the inner cover, a flange portion is provided protruding from the inner periphery of the inner cover, and the recess is provided with a mounting leg protruding from the inside of the inner cover. The inner covering part is provided with an undercut-shaped receiving hole into which the mounting legs of the inner cover fit, and the side wall around the recess is provided with a positioning step part along at least the corner. The thickness of the space is set to be the same as the thickness of the flange portion at the periphery of the inner cover.

[0008]

[Operation] The inner cover is accurately fitted into the recess of the interior covering portion having the same planar shape, and the mounting legs thereof are fitted into the receiving holes of the covering portion to be attached. At this time, the flange portion protruding from the inner peripheral edge of the inner cover
The installed inner cover fits in contact with the positioning step formed on the side wall of the recess, and the thickness of the space above the positioning step is set to be the same as the thickness of the flange around the inner cover. , its surface becomes flush with the surface of the covering portion, and the corner piece can be flush with the inside of the vehicle.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 shows a front view of a corner piece attached to the right front door of a hardtop automobile, as seen from the inside of the vehicle, and FIG. 2 shows a right side view thereof. The corner piece is made of sheet metal insert 1, PVC, PVC/NB
The covering part 2 is formed by coating an elastic polymer material such as R polyblend or EPDM by transfer, injection molding, etc., and when the front door is in the closed state, the sandwich between the door belt line and the inclined pillar (front pillar) is formed. It has a roughly triangular shape with its corners closed.

The lower part of the sheet metal insert 1 is exposed and becomes a fixed leg part 3, and a plurality of fixing holes 4 for fixing it to a door panel are provided at a plurality of locations. One end of the sheet metal insert in the covering part 2 is formed into a U-shaped cross section, and is covered with a polymeric elastic material to form a glass run part 5 having a pair of lips. The end of the door glass is inserted into part 5 and slides.

As shown in the cross-sectional views of FIGS. 3 and 4, a substantially triangular recess 6 is provided at the center of the covering portion 2 at the top of the corner piece on the inside of the vehicle in order to reduce the weight. ,
In order to hide the inside of this recess 6, an inner cover 10 made of synthetic resin is attached.

The inner cover 10 is formed into a substantially triangular shape with the same planar shape as the recess 6, and has a mounting leg 11 protruding inwardly with a bulged tip, and a flange protruding inwardly at the same level on the peripheral edge. A portion 12 is provided protrudingly over the entire circumference.

On the other hand, an undercut-shaped receiving hole 8 into which the mounting leg 11 of the inner cover 10 is fitted is provided in the slightly bulging covering portion within the recess 6. Furthermore, a positioning step 13 is provided on the side wall around the recess 6 near the corner and along the oblique side, and the thickness of the space above the positioning step 13 is equal to the thickness of the flange 13 on the periphery of the inner cover 10.
is set equal to the thickness of

Therefore, when the mounting legs 11 are fitted into the receiving holes 8 and the inner cover 10 is fitted into the recess 6, the inner cover 10 is fitted into the recess 6 without any gaps. and,
A flange portion 12 protruding from the inner peripheral edge of the inner cover 10 is a positioning step portion 1 formed on the side wall of the recess 6.
3, and the thickness of the space above the positioning step portion 13 is
Since the thickness is set to be the same as the thickness of the flange portion 12 on the periphery of the inner cover, the attached inner cover 10 is
The surface thereof becomes the same plane as the surface of the covering portion, so that the corner piece can be flush with the inside of the vehicle.

[0016] The corner piece having such a configuration is placed in a position to close the narrow corner on the front pillar side of the front door of the automobile, and its fixed leg portion 3 is tightened and fixed to the door panel through the fixing hole 4 and a screw. . As shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the corner piece in the attached state is covered by the door trim 15 up to the vicinity of the lower part of the inner cover 10, and the protrusion at the lower part of the covering part 2 is hidden.

[0017]

As explained above, according to the corner piece for an automobile of the present invention, the planar shape of the inner cover is formed to be the same as the planar shape of the recess, and the mounting leg has a tip bulged inside the inner cover. is provided protrudingly, a flange portion is provided protrudingly from the inner peripheral edge of the inner cover, and an undercut-shaped receiving hole into which the mounting leg of the inner cover fits is provided in the covering portion within the recess. The side wall is provided with a positioning step at least along the corner, and the thickness of the space above the positioning step is set to be the same as the thickness of the flange around the inner cover. When fitted, the flange part protruding from the inner peripheral edge of the inner cover contacts and fits onto the positioning step formed on the side wall of the recess, and the surface of the inner cover becomes flush with the surface of the covering part. . Therefore, the inside of the corner piece can be flush with the inside of the vehicle, and its design can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the inside of a vehicle of a corner piece showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the corner piece.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along IV-IV in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the inner cover.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the inner cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-Sheet metal insert, 2-covering part, 3-fixing leg part, 5-
Glass run part, 6 - recessed part, 8 - receiving hole, 10 - inner cover, 11 - mounting leg, 12 - flange part, 13 - positioning step part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: The front door has a shape that closes the narrow corner between the door belt line in the closed state and the inclined sash or the inclined pillar, and the sheet metal insert is provided with a covering part coated with a polymeric elastic material. In the corner piece for an automobile, the inner cover has a planar shape that is the same as the planar shape of the recess. A mounting leg with a swollen tip protrudes from the inside of the inner cover, a flange protrudes from the inner peripheral edge of the inner cover, and a covering portion within the recess is provided with a mounting leg for mounting the inner cover. An undercut-shaped receiving hole into which the leg fits is provided, and a positioning step is provided on the side wall around the recess at least along the corner, and the thickness of the space above the positioning step is equal to or smaller than the inner wall. A corner piece for an automobile, characterized in that the thickness is set to be the same as the thickness of a flange portion on the periphery of a cover.