JPH0535656U - Container support structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] Fitting portions 5 and 6 are provided on a bracket 2 having a side plate 3 facing the outer peripheral surface of the container 1. The fitted portion of the container is fitted into the fitting portions 5 and 6 from above. The upper part of the inner edge of the opening 12 formed in the side plate 3 supports the retaining piece 10 in a cantilever manner so as to be elastically displaceable in a direction away from the container. The container is provided with an abutting portion that pushes and displaces the retaining piece 10 in a direction away from the container when the fitted part is fitted into the fitting parts 5 and 6. After the fitting, the retaining piece 10 returned so as to come close to the container comes into contact with the abutting portion from above, whereby the container 2 is prevented from coming out upward with respect to the bracket 2. The side plate 3 is elastically deformable as the retaining piece 10 is displaced in a direction away from the container. [Effect] It is possible to prevent damage to the connecting portion between the retaining piece and the side plate.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a container support structure suitable for detachably supporting a container.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 For example, when a container such as an oil tank of a hydraulic power steering device is attached to the vehicle body, the oil tank needs to be attached / detached at the time of maintenance and inspection. Therefore, by attaching a bracket to the vehicle body and fitting the fitted part of the oil tank to the fitting part provided on the bracket from above, the bracket supports the oil tank, and when removing the oil tank, The oil tank is pulled upward from the bracket.

In this case, in order to prevent the oil tank from accidentally slipping upward from the bracket, a retaining piece that is elastically displaceable in a direction away from the oil tank is attached to the bracket, and is attached to the fitting portion. The container is provided with an abutting part that pushes and displaces the retaining piece in the direction away from the container when the mated part of A supporting structure has been proposed in which a container is prevented from coming off by abutting against the above portion (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-3955).

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the conventional support structure, the bracket is made of a material having a large rigidity, and the retaining piece is made of a material having a large elasticity such as spring steel. Therefore, when the retaining piece is elastically displaced, stress is concentrated on the connecting portion between the retaining piece and the bracket, and the connecting portion between the retaining piece and the bracket may be damaged.

An object of the present invention is to provide a container support structure that can solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The feature of the present invention is that the bracket having the side plates facing the outer peripheral surface of the container is provided with the fitting portion, and the fitted portion of the container is fitted into the fitting portion from above. The container is now supported by the bracket, and the retaining piece is cantilevered by the upper part of the inner edge of the opening formed in the side plate so that it can be elastically displaced in the direction away from the container. The container is provided with an abutting part that pushes and displaces the retaining piece in the direction away from the container when the mated part is fitted to the container. By contacting the contact part from above, the container is prevented from slipping upward with respect to the bracket, and the side plate is elastically deformable with the displacement of the retaining piece in the direction away from the container. .

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the configuration of the present invention, when the container is supported by the bracket, the fitted portion of the container is fitted to the fitting portion provided on the bracket from above. At this time, the retaining piece is pushed by the abutting portion and elastically displaced in the direction away from the container. Then, when the fitting part is completely fitted to the fitted part, the retaining piece returns so as to be close to the container and abuts the contact part from above to prevent the container from coming out upward with respect to the bracket. . To remove the container from the bracket, elastically displace the retaining piece in the direction away from the container, and then pull out the fitted part of the container upward from the fitting part of the bracket.

When the container is attached to or detached from the bracket, the side plate is elastically deformed as the retaining piece is displaced in the direction away from the container. As a result, compared with the case where the side plate is not elastically deformed, the stress acting on the connecting portion between the retaining piece and the side plate is reduced, and damage to the connecting portion is prevented. Since the retaining piece is cantilevered by the upper part of the inner edge of the opening formed in the side plate, it can be elastically deformed by enlarging the opening or increasing the width of the connecting part between the retaining piece and the inner edge of the opening. Can be generated. That is, the structure is such that the stress acting on the connecting portion between the retaining piece and the side plate can be easily reduced.

[0009]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a synthetic resin oil tank 1 of a hydraulic power steering apparatus, which is supported by a vehicle body via a bracket 2 shown in FIGS. 1 to 7.

The bracket 2 is integrally molded of synthetic resin, and includes a side plate 3 facing the outer peripheral surface of the container 1 and a bottom plate 4 facing the bottom surface of the container 1.

A pair of left and right fitting portions 5 and 6 are formed on the side plate 3. The pair of left and right fitted parts 7 and 8 provided on the outer periphery of the container 1 are fitted into the fitting parts 5 and 6 from above, whereby the container 1 is supported by the bracket 2. That is, each fitting portion 5, 6 has supporting pieces 5a, 6a projecting from the left and right ends of the side plate 3 toward the container, and the inner surfaces 5a ', 6a' of each supporting piece 5a, 6a are attached to the container. Inclining with respect to the vertical plane so that they approach each other as they go downward and approach each other as they go down. Further, each of the fitted parts 7, 8 has supported pieces 7a, 8a protruding from the outer periphery of the container 1 toward the side plate 3, and the outer surfaces 7a ', 8a' of each supported piece have supporting pieces 5a, 6a. The inner surfaces 5a 'and 6a' are inclined with respect to the vertical plane. The supported pieces 7a, 8a are fitted between the left and right sides of the respective support pieces 5a, 6a from above, so that the inner surfaces 5a ', 6a' of the respective support pieces 5a, 6a and the inner surface 3a of the side plate 3 are Contacts the outer surfaces 7a ', 8a' and the tip surfaces 7a '', 8a '' of the supported pieces 7a, 8a, whereby the container 1 is supported by the bracket 2.

In order to prevent the container 1 from coming out of the bracket 2 upward, the bracket 2 is provided with a retaining piece 10 and the container 1 is provided with an abutting portion 11.

That is, an opening 12 is formed in the side plate 3 between the left and right sides of the fitting portions 5 and 6, and an upper portion of a rectangular plate-shaped retaining member 10 is integrated with an upper portion of an inner edge of the opening 12. As a result, the retaining piece 10 is cantilevered so as to be elastically displaceable in the direction away from the container 1 (rightward in FIG. 2). The retaining piece 10 is inclined with respect to the vertical line so as to approach the container 1 as it goes downward. Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a gap d is provided between the retaining piece 10 and the left and right inner edge portions of the opening 12, and the retaining piece 10 is separated from the container 1 at this distance d. A tool for pulling and displacing can be inserted.

The contact portion 11 provided on the container 1 projects from the outer periphery of the container 1 toward the side plate 3 between the left and right of the fitted portions 7 and 8 of the container 1. When the fitted portions 7 and 8 are fitted into the fitting portions 5 and 6 from above, the contact portion 11 is in a direction in which the retaining piece 10 is separated from the container 1 as shown in FIG. Press to elastically displace. When the fitted parts 7 and 8 are completely fitted to the fitting parts 5 and 6, the contact part 11 is located below the retaining piece 10, and as shown in FIG. It returns so that it comes close to the container 1, and the lower end of the retaining piece 10 contacts the upper surface of the contact portion 11 from above. This prevents the container 1 from coming off from the bracket 2 upward. When the support of the container 1 by the bracket 2 is released, the retaining piece 10 is displaced in a direction away from the container 1 to release the contact with the contact portion 11, and then the container 1 is removed from the bracket 2. Pull upwards.

As shown in FIG. 10, the upper portion 3 ′ of the side plate 3 is elastically deformable as the retaining piece 10 is displaced in the direction away from the container 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the amount of deformation of the side plate 3 decreases as the distance S between the inner edge of the opening 12 on the left and right of the retaining plate 10 and the outer edge of the side plate 3 decreases, and the deformation amount of the retaining plate 10 and the side plate 3 decreases. The width W can be increased as the lateral width W of the connecting portion is increased. That is, it is possible to easily reduce the stress acting on the connecting portion between the retaining piece 10 and the side plate 3 and prevent the connecting portion from being damaged.

In this embodiment, a pair of left and right ribs 15 are provided at the joint between the side plate 3 and the bottom plate 4 of the bracket 2. In addition, a notch 16 is formed in the bottom plate 4 for inserting a bolt for attaching the bracket 2 to the vehicle body. By forming a plurality of recesses 20 on the back surface of the bottom plate 4, the weight of the bracket 2 is reduced. The concave portion 20 is not provided in the peripheral portion of the bottom plate 4, and the peripheral portion of the bottom plate 4 is made thick to improve the strength.

Further, the bracket 2 of this embodiment is molded by a single injection molding process in a single-die mold. That is, in FIGS. 11 to 13, the hatched portions indicate the fixed mold 25 and the movable mold 26 that form the molding die, and the mold is opened by moving the movable mold 26 downward with respect to the fixed mold 25. In order to prevent the movable die 26 from interfering with the bracket 2 when the die is opened, a through hole 30 and a through cutout 31 of the movable die 26 are formed in the bottom plate 4.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

For example, although the present invention is applied to the support structure of the oil tank of the hydraulic power steering device in the above-described embodiments, the present invention can be applied to any structure that supports the container via the bracket.

Further, the present invention can be applied to the case where the container is supported by the bracket 40 as shown in FIGS. 14 to 17. The difference from the above embodiment is that the bracket 40 is made of metal, does not have the bottom plate as in the above embodiment, and is mainly constituted by the side plates 41. A tool insertion hole 43a is opened in a retaining piece 43 supported in a cantilever manner by an upper portion of an inner edge of an opening 42 formed in the side plate 41. By inserting a tool into the tool insertion hole 43a and pulling the retaining piece 43 in the direction away from the container (left in FIG. 15) to release the contact between the retaining piece 43 and the contact portion, Can be pulled out upward from the bracket 40. The same parts as those in the other embodiments described above are designated by the same reference numerals. Note that the tool insertion hole 43a may be replaced by a notch formed by opening the lower end.

[0022]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the present invention, in a structure in which a container is fitted to a bracket from above and detachably supported, and the container is prevented from coming out upward with respect to the bracket by a retaining piece, a retaining piece and a side plate are provided. It is possible to prevent damage at the connecting part of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the bracket according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a side structure of a container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a planar structure of a container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of the container support structure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a bracket molding die according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of a bracket molding die according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of a bracket molding die according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a bracket according to another embodiment.

15 is a sectional view taken along line XV-XV in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a bracket according to another embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of a bracket according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Container 2 Bracket 3 Side Plates 5 and 6 Fitting Part 7 and 8 Fitted Part 10 Retaining Piece 11 Abutting Part 12 Opening

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bracket having a side plate facing an outer peripheral surface of a container is provided with a fitting portion, and the fitting portion of the container is fitted into the fitting portion from above, whereby the container is configured by the bracket. The retaining piece is supported by the upper portion of the inner edge of the opening formed in the side plate so as to be cantilevered so as to be elastically displaceable in the direction away from the container, and the fitted portion is fitted into the fitting portion. At the time of joining, the container is provided with an abutting portion for displacing the retaining piece by pushing it in a direction away from the container, and the retaining piece that returns to come close to the container after the fitting abuts the abutting portion from above. A supporting structure for a container, characterized in that the container is prevented from coming out upward with respect to the bracket, and the side plate is elastically deformable in accordance with the displacement of the retaining piece in the direction away from the container.