JPH0453330Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) This invention relates to the structure of a wiper pivot attachment part in an automobile in which a glass plate such as a windshield glass is attached to a body panel such as a front panel through an adhesive.

(Prior art and its problems) As shown in FIG. 7, in a conventional one-box car, a wiper pivot 3 is attached to a part of the body 2 near the lower side of the windshield glass 1, and the wiper 4 is attached to the wiper pivot 3. Connected structures are generally well known. FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 7. As shown in the figure, the front panel 5 constituting the body surface has an opening edge area that supports the lower side of the windshield glass 1 recessed toward the inside of the vehicle to form a glass plate support area 5a. The lower side of the windshield glass 1 is attached to the support area 5a via an adhesive 6, and a dam 7 is provided to prevent the adhesive 6 from entering the inside of the vehicle. In addition, the molding member 8 is stuffed into the gap between the lower end of the windshield glass 1 and the front panel 5 to improve the appearance of the automobile.
Improved waterproof properties.

Incidentally, in recent years, from a design standpoint, a one-box car has been proposed in which the lower side of the windshield glass 1 is cut out and the wiper pivot 3 is inserted through the cutout. However, such a one-box car has a notch in the windshield glass 1.
Since there is no place to support the molding member to close the notch, and the molding member cannot be attached to the notch, the appearance of the car is affected.
There is a possibility that waterproofness cannot be achieved sufficiently.

(Purpose of the invention) This invention was made in order to solve the above problems.In automobiles that have a notch for inserting a wiper pivot on the lower side of a glass plate such as a windshield glass, the notch is covered with a molding member. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a structure of a wiper pivot mounting part that can be installed easily.

(Means for achieving the object) In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the wiper pivot mounting part according to this invention is such that a glass plate is attached to the glass plate support area of an automobile body panel via an adhesive, and the glass plate is A notch for inserting the wiper pivot is provided in the lower side of the wiper pivot, and the wiper pivot is inserted through the glass plate support area at a position corresponding to the notch, and a molding member attachment having a locking protrusion is inserted into the wiper pivot in the notch. A molding member for covering the notch is attached to the circumference of the glass plate, and the upper part thereof locks the edge of the notch of the glass plate, and the lower part of the back surface of the molding member engages the locking protrusion of the molding member fixture. The wiper pivot is inserted into the wiper pivot approximately in the center thereof.

(Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an automobile to which a structure of a wiper pivot mounting portion according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, a wiper pivot 11 is provided through the lower end of a windshield glass 10 attached to a body 9, and a wiper 4 is connected to this wiper pivot 11. As shown in FIG. 5, such an automobile windshield glass 10 has a substantially semicircular wiper pivot insertion notch 12 formed at its lower side. Then, the windshield glass 10 is attached to the body 9 via an adhesive 13 so that the wiper pivot 11 shown by the imaginary line in the figure can be placed in the notch 12.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 6. As shown in the figure, in the front panel 14 constituting the body surface, the opening edge region that supports the lower side of the windshield glass 10 is recessed toward the inside of the vehicle to form a glass plate support region 14a. The lower side portion of the windshield glass 10 is attached to this glass plate support region 14a via the adhesive 13. Further, a wiper pivot through hole 14b is provided at a position in the glass plate support region 14a corresponding to the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main parts of FIG. 1. As shown in both figures, a reinforcing plate 15 is attached to the back side of the glass plate support area 14a by spot welding, and a wiper pivot through hole 15a provided in the reinforcing plate 15 is attached to the back side of the glass plate supporting area 14a.
is arranged at a position corresponding to the wiper pivot through hole 14b in the glass plate support area 14a.

Further, the wiper pivot 11 is configured such that a pivot shaft 11b is rotatably supported by a bearing 11a constituting a peripheral body thereof, and this pivot shaft 11b is rotationally driven by a link mechanism 21.
A male thread 11c is formed on the outer periphery of the upper part of the bearing 11a, and a collar portion 11d is provided protrudingly provided on the outer periphery of the lower part. Then, insert the bearing 11a into the wiper pivot through hole 15 from the back side of the glass plate support area 14a.
a, 14b, and by fitting the spacer 17 and molding member fixture 18 onto the outer periphery of the bearing 11a that penetrates to the surface side of the glass plate support area 14a, and then tightening the nut 16 onto the male screw 11c from above. , the wiper pivot 11 is attached to the body. In this case, the protrusion 11e provided on the collar 11d of the wiper pivot 11 is
The bearing 11a is configured to fit into an engagement hole 15b provided in the reinforcing plate 15 so that the bearing 11a does not rotate when the link mechanism 21 rotates the pivot shaft 11b.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged perspective view of the molding member attachment tool 18. As shown in the figure, the molding member attachment 18 has a through hole 18a in the center thereof through which the bearing 11a of the wiper pivot 11 passes, extends in the radial direction on the outer periphery, and is bent in an L-shape at the tip. Two locking protrusions 18b, 18b are provided. This molding member attachment tool 18 is attached so that the two locking protrusions 18b are located below the bearing 11a of the wiper pivot 11 in the assembled state shown in FIG.

A molding member 19 is attached above the molding member attachment 18 so as to cover the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10. FIG. 4 is a back view of this molding member 19. As shown in the figure, the outer periphery of the upper end of the molding member 19 is formed along the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10 shown by the imaginary line in the figure. Moreover, the molding member 19 has three glass plate fitting parts 19a, 1 on the line corresponding to the notch 12 at the upper part of the back surface.
9a, 19a are formed protrudingly in a substantially L-shape, a through hole 19b through which the bearing 11a of the wiper pivot 11 passes is formed in the center, and a protrusion receiving part 19c in which the locking protrusion 18b can engage with the lower part of the back surface. 19c
is formed protrudingly in a substantially L-shape. This molding member 1
9 is a glass plate fitting portion 19a with the bearing 11a of the wiper pivot 11 passing through the through hole 19b.
is fitted into the edge of the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10, and the engagement protrusion 18b of the molding member attachment tool 18 is engaged with the protrusion receiving part 19c, thereby performing attachment. At this time, the lower edge of the molding member 19 is brought into elastic contact with the surface of the front panel 14, and thus the molding member 19 covers the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10. In addition, in FIG. 1, 20 is an adhesive 13 when pasting the windshield glass 10.
21 is a link mechanism for driving the wiper, and 22 is a wiper blade. Further, 23 is a ceramic coating film formed on the back side of the lower side of the windshield glass 10, and is configured so that the glass plate support area 14a is hidden by the ceramic coating film 23 when viewed from the front direction of the vehicle. ing.

According to the structure of the wiper pivot mounting portion described above, the molding member mounting tool 18 having the engagement protrusion 18b
is attached to the wiper pivot bearing 11a, and since the molding member 19 is provided with a glass plate fitting part 19a and a protrusion receiving part 19c, the glass plate fitting part 19a is attached to the wiper pivot bearing 11a.
is fitted into the edge of the notch 12 of the windshield glass 10, and the protrusion receiver 19c is engaged with the engagement protrusion 18b of the molding member attachment 18,
A molding member 19 can be installed to cover the notch 12.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the molding member 19
3 glass plate fitting parts 19a, 1 locking protrusion receiving hole
Although two pieces 9c and two locking protrusions 18b of the molding member attachment 18 were used, the number is not limited to these.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, according to the structure of the wiper pivot mounting part of this invention, in an automobile having a notch for inserting the wiper pivot on the lower side of a glass plate such as a windshield glass, a molding member can be installed to cover the notch. You can get the effect that you can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the wiper pivot attachment part which is an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of its main parts, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the molding member mount adopted in this embodiment. 4 is a rear view of the molding member, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the windshield glass, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an automobile to which this embodiment is applied, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional automobile. , FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 7. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Windshield glass, 11... Wiper pivot, 12... Notch, 14a... Glass plate support area, 18... Molding member fixture, 18
b... Locking protrusion, 19... Molding member, 19a...
...Glass plate fitting part, 19c...Protrusion receiving part.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] In an automobile in which the lower side of a glass plate is attached to the glass plate support area of a body panel via an adhesive, a cutout for inserting a wiper pivot is provided in the lower side of the glass plate, The wiper pivot is installed through the wiper pivot at a position corresponding to the notch in the plate support area, and a molding member fixture having a locking protrusion is attached to the circumferential body of the wiper pivot in the notch to cover the notch. The upper part of the member is locked to the edge of the notch of the glass plate, the lower part of the back side of the member is locked to the locking protrusion of the molding member mounting tool, and the wiper pivot is inserted through the wiper pivot approximately at the center of the member. The structure of the wiper pivot mounting part is characterized by: