JPH053411Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a mounting structure for continuously mounting a roof molding to a mounting groove defined on the upper surface of an automobile roof.

"Conventional technology" Conventionally, when installing drip moldings on the roof side of an automobile,
As shown in Publication No. 32150, a structure in which a plurality of T-shaped studs are welded to the roof side panel at regular intervals, synthetic resin clips are fixed to each stud, and a drip molding is attached via each clip. Since this has already been provided, it is highly conceivable to use this mounting structure to attach the roof molding to the mounting groove on the top surface of the roof.

That is, although not specifically shown in the drawings, a plurality of T-shaped studs are installed at regular intervals on the bottom wall surface of a mounting groove defined at the overlapping welded portion of the roof panel and side panel on both sides in the width direction of the upper surface of the automobile roof. A clip is fixed to each T-shaped stud, and the engaging part provided on the back side of the roof molding is engaged with the engaging part formed on both sides of the clip. If configured to do so, theoretically it becomes possible to easily attach the roof molding to the mounting groove.

``Problem to be solved by the invention'' However, as a practical matter, the use of T-shaped studs in the mounting structure of the roof molding means that the T-shaped studs are sequentially welded at regular intervals to the bottom wall surface of the mounting groove. During such complicated welding work, it is undeniable that variations occur in the welding positions of each stud.

That is, it goes without saying that when a T-shaped stud is welded to the roof side of an automobile, but especially when used in the structure of a roof molding, the T-shaped stud must be welded into a mounting groove recessed one step from the top of the roof. This is because variations in welding positions are extremely likely to occur.

Therefore, if there is a variation in the welding position of the stud in the mounting groove, the clip will also be fixed to the stud according to this variation, and eventually the stud variation will affect the roof molding itself. Since the roof molding will be deformed and attached to the mounting groove, there is a strong possibility that the mounting condition will be poor and the appearance will be spoiled.

``Means for Solving the Problems'' Therefore, the present invention was developed to effectively solve the problems. A fixing clip fixed to the T-shaped stud, assuming a structure in which type studs are erected at regular intervals and the roof molding is attached to the mounting groove through the clips fixed to each stud. a movable clip movably held on the fixed clip;
The fixed clip forms a locking hole for locking the head of the stud in the center of the base, and elastic locking claws at both ends of the base, while the movable clip has a
forming guide grooves on both ends of the base into which the elastic lock pawls are slidably engaged; and forming non-return teeth on each guide groove surface to engage with the elastic lock pawls;
In addition, locking portions for locking the engaging portions of the roof molding are formed on both sides of the base body, and a positioning arm that contacts the side wall surface of the mounting groove is provided on one side.

``Operation'' Accordingly, in the present invention, even if the welding positions of the T-shaped studs vary during the welding process, after the fixed clips that hold the movable clips are fixed to each stud, the guide By getting the elastic locking claws to slide relative to the grooves, moving the movable clips in the same direction, and bringing the tips of their respective positioning arms into contact with the side wall surface that serves as the reference surface of the mounting groove, each movable clip will be At least, it is possible to efficiently absorb variations in the fixing position of the fixing clip and move the fixing clip to the same position at the same distance from the reference side wall surface.

Therefore, by locking the engaging portion of the roof molding with the locking portion of each moving clip that has completed its positional movement, the roof molding will fit into the mounting groove without causing shape deformation as in the conventional case. Therefore, it will always be installed in an ideal condition.

``Embodiment'' Below, the present invention will be described in detail based on an illustrative embodiment.As shown in FIG. A mounting groove 3 is defined in the overlapping welding part of the side panel 2, and a plurality of T-shaped studs 4 are welded at regular intervals to the bottom wall surface of the mounting groove 3. The roof molding is continuously attached to the mounting groove 3 through a clip fixed to the roof molding, but the feature is that the following fixed clip 10 and movable clip 20 are separately molded from synthetic resin. The point is that the roof molding is attached using two types organically.

The former fixing clip 10 is directly fixed to the T-shaped stud 4, and specifically, it has a large diameter hole 12a and a small diameter hole 1 in the center of the plate-like base 11.
2b, and an elastic piece 13 protruding toward the small diameter hole 12b is formed on the edge of the locking hole 12, so that the head 4 of the T-shaped stud 4
a into the large-diameter hole 12a of the fastening hole 12 and move its shaft into the small-diameter hole 12b.
By engaging the edge of the hole b with the tip of the elastic piece 13, it can be easily fixed to each stud 4.

The fixed clip 10 is constructed by forming a pair of elastic locking claws 14, 14 upright on both ends of the base body 11, and engaging each elastic locking claw 14 into a guide groove of a movable clip 20, which will be described later. , the movable clip 20 can be movably held.

The latter movable clip 20 has U-shaped guide grooves 22, 22 formed at both ends of its base body 21, into which each of the elastic locking claws 14 is slidably engaged, and a rear wall surface of each guide groove 22. The non-return tooth 23 that engages with the elastic lock pawl 14 is continuously formed to allow movement of the movable clip 20 only in one direction, and at the same time, the non-return tooth 23 engages with the elastic lock pawl 14 of the fixed clip 10. The structure is such that the movable clip 20 can be reliably locked to the fixed clip 10 on the spot.

Furthermore, the movable clip 20 has locking portions 24, 24 formed on both upper sides of the base body 21 for locking the engaging portions provided on the back side of the roof molding, and has locking portions 24, 24 formed on the lower side of the base body 21 for locking the engaging portions provided on the back side of the roof molding. A positioning arm 25 that comes into contact with the wall surface 3a is integrally installed laterally, and when installing the roof molding, the movable clip 20 is moved relative to the fixed clip 10, and the positioning arm 25 is always placed on the side wall surface 3a of the mounting groove 3. The structure is such that they are in contact with each other.

Therefore, when the roof molding 5 is successively attached to the mounting groove 3 using the fixed clip 10 and movable clip 20 configured as described above, first, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the fixing clip 10 side is Move the elastic lock claw 14 through the guide groove 22 on the clip 20 side.
After engaging the clips 10 and 20 in a movable manner, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B,
Move the head 4a of the T-shaped stud 4 from the large-diameter hole 12a of the fastening hole 12 of the fixing clip 10 to the small-diameter hole 12b, and align the head 4a of the T-shaped stud 4 with the hole edge of the small-diameter hole 12b. A fixed clip 1 that locks at the tip of an elastic piece 13 and holds a moving clip 20.
0 are easily fixed to their respective corresponding T-shaped studs 4.

In addition, when fixing this fixing clip 10,
The positioning arms 25 of each moving clip 20 are fixed so that they are all in the same direction, but the positioning arms 25 are fixed in such a manner that they do not yet come into contact with the side wall surface 3a of the mounting groove 3.

Under such conditions, if there are variations in the welding positions between the studs 4 during the welding process, the fixed clips 10 that hold the movable clips 20 will naturally also be moved in accordance with the variations. It will be fixed irregularly to the stud 4.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the positioning arm 25
Using the side wall surface 3a of the mounting recessed groove 3 corresponding to the reference surface as a reference surface, the elastic lock claw 14 is slid with respect to the guide groove 22, and each moving clip 20 is individually moved in the direction of the reference surface to adjust its positioning arm 25. If the tip of the is brought into contact with the reference side wall surface 3a, the amount of movement will naturally vary depending on the degree of dispersion, but
Each movable clip 20 efficiently absorbs at least variations in the fixing position of the fixed clip 10,
It is possible to reliably move to the same position at the same distance from the reference side wall surface 3a.

Therefore, after the positional movement of each movable clip 20 is completed, the engaging parts 5a, 5a of the roof molding 5 are engaged with the locking parts 24, 24 of the movable clip 20, as shown in FIGS. If you stop, roof molding 5
Since the studs 4 are always reliably attached to the mounting groove 3 in an ideal state, variations in the welding positions of the studs 4 have no adverse effect on the roof molding 5 itself.

Furthermore, since each movable clip 20 is prevented from moving in the opposite direction by the non-return teeth 23, there is no fear that the movable clip 20 will move inadvertently after the roof molding 5 is installed, which will adversely affect the installation condition. Not at all.

``Effect of the invention'' As described above, the present invention is characterized by the organic use of the fixed clip and the movable clip having the above-mentioned configuration. Even if there are variations in welding position, after fixing the fixed clip that holds the movable clips to each stud, move each movable clip in the same direction to align the tip of each positioning arm with the reference surface of the mounting groove. If the movable clips are brought into contact with the one side wall surface that has It has become possible to always maintain ideal conditions in the mounting groove without being affected by variations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the main parts showing the mounting structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. Figure 3 A is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part showing the state in which the fixing clip is fixed to the T-shaped stud, and Figure B
4A is a cross-sectional view of the main part, FIG. 4A is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part showing the roof molding attached, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of the main part. 3...Mounting groove, 3a...Reference side wall surface, 4...
T-shaped stud, 4a...head, 5...roof molding, 5a...engaging portion, 10...fixing clip, 1
1... Base of the same clip, 12... Attachment hole, 14
...Elastic lock claw, 20...Movement clip, 21
... Base body of the same clip, 22 ... Guide groove, 23
... Reverse lock tooth, 24 ... Locking part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In the mounting groove defined on the top surface of the automobile roof,
A structure in which a plurality of T-shaped studs are erected at regular intervals and the roof molding is attached to the mounting groove through clips fixed to each stud, wherein a fixing clip is fixed to the T-shaped stud. and a movable clip that is movably held in the fixed clip, and the fixed clip has a locking hole in the center of the base for locking the head of the stud, and elastic locking claws at both ends of the base. The other movable clip has guide grooves on both ends of the base into which the elastic lock pawls are slidably engaged, and non-return teeth that engage with the elastic lock pawls on each guide groove surface. , and is characterized in that locking portions for locking the engaging portions of the roof molding are formed on both sides of the base body, and a positioning arm that contacts the side wall surface of the mounting groove is provided on one side. Roof molding mounting structure.