JPH0542646Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a molding that is fixed to the upper edge of a vehicle panel such as a door panel via a clip.

``Prior Art and its Problems'' For example, a belt molding fixed to the upper edge of a door panel has conventionally been generally attached via a clip made of a separate member from the molding.
However, conventional clips have the problem of being large in size in order to ensure mounting rigidity and having poor assembly workability.

``Purpose of the invention'' The purpose of the present invention is to provide a molding mounting structure using a clip, which is small but has high mounting rigidity, and a molding mounting structure using the clip that has excellent assembly workability. do.

"Summary of the invention" In order to achieve this purpose, the present invention has a clip locking hole drilled in the upper edge of the vehicle panel, and
The clip includes a main body along the side surface of the vehicle panel on the passenger compartment side; one end of the clip is integrally provided with the main body;
an elastic locking leg that can be elastically deformed along the passenger compartment side side of the vehicle panel and has a locking protrusion that fits into the clip locking hole at its free end; a pair of elastically deformable frictional engagement legs, one end of which is integrally provided with the main body, and a free end of which is inserted in a frictional engagement state between the passenger compartment side side surface of the vehicle panel and the inner surface of the molding; A retaining portion of the molding is formed by bending in a substantially U-shape from the lower end toward the vehicle interior, and the molding is further connected to the vehicle interior side of the clip and the vehicle exterior side of the vehicle panel. It is characterized in that it has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and has a protrusion formed at its lower end on the compartment side to be engaged with the holding part of the clip.

``Embodiments of the invention'' The invention will be described below with reference to illustrated embodiments. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a door molding 20 attached to the upper edge of a door panel 10. The door panel 10 has a reinforcement 11 and an outer panel 12, and the reinforcement 11 and the outer panel 12 are joined to each other at their upper edges. The reinforcement 11 of the door panel 10 has a notch 13 with an open upper end at its upper edge, and a clip locking hole 14 is bored in the outer panel 12 located within the notch 13. The notch 13 and the clip locking hole 14 are arranged at appropriate intervals.
A plurality of them are provided.

On the other hand, the door molding 20, which has a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section and is attached and fixed so as to straddle the upper edge of the door panel 10, is placed on the outer surface of an inverted U-shaped core material 21 made of metal at a suitable location. A decorative elastic body 22 made of, for example, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is adhered, and a weather strip portion 23 that slides into door glass is provided integrally with this decorative elastic body 22. Furthermore, the core material 2 at the bottom of this weather strip section 23
At the lower end of 1, there is a locking protrusion 2 that protrudes inside the vehicle body.
4 is formed. The lower end portion of the core material 21 is bent along this locking protrusion 24 . 25
is an inner surface elastic body joined to a part of the inner surface of the core material 21, and forms an insertion groove 26 for the door panel 10 and the clip 30 between it and the core material 21.

This door panel 10 and door molding 20
The clips 30 for attaching and fixing the
3 and the clip locking hole 14, and is located in the notch 13 of the reinforcement 11 and extends along the inner surface of the outer panel 12, that is, the side surface of the door panel 10 on the passenger compartment side. It has an elastic locking leg 32 located at the center, frictional engagement legs 33, 33 located on the left and right sides, and a holding part 34 that holds the door molding 20.

The main body 31 is supported by the notch 13 of the reinforcement 11 and inserted into the insertion groove 2 of the door molding 20.
6, or inserted into the insertion groove 26 into which the door panel 10 is inserted, and its thickness t is formed to be slightly smaller than the gap between the insertion groove 26 with the door panel 10 inserted. The lower stepped portion 31a of the main body 31 comes into contact with the bottom surface of the notch 13.

The upper end of the elastic locking leg 32 in the figure, that is, the side inserted into the deep part of the insertion groove 26 of the door molding 20, is integrated with the main body 31, and the free end thereof is separated by a U-shaped separation groove 35. The sides can be elastically deformed. This free end has a clip locking hole 1.
A locking protrusion 36 that fits into the 4 is provided. The elastic locking leg 32 can be elastically deformed in the direction in which the locking protrusion 36 is removed from the clip locking hole 14, and when the locking protrusion 36 is engaged with the upper edge of the door panel 10 and pushed into the lower surface of the locking protrusion 36. A tapered guide surface 37 is provided that deforms the elastic locking leg 32 in the same direction.

The frictional engagement leg 33 is opposite to the elastic locking leg 32,
The side located at the entrance of the insertion groove 26 of the door molding 20 is integrated with the main body 31, and the side located at the back is cut with the cutting groove 38 to form a free end. The thickness t of the main body 31 (the door molding 20
It protrudes outside the width T) of the insertion groove 26.

The holding part 34 holds the lower end of the main body 31 to the door panel 1.
It is bent into a substantially U-shape in a direction away from zero, that is, toward the vehicle interior, and a locking hook 39 facing toward the main body 31 is provided at the tip of the U-shaped portion. This locking hook 39 engages with the locking protrusion 24 of the door molding 20.

In the molding mounting structure of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, when attaching the door molding 20 to the upper edge of the door panel 10, the clip 30 is first inserted into the insertion groove 26 of the door molding 20. Then, since the free ends of the frictional engagement legs 33 protrude outward beyond the width of the insertion groove 26, they are pressed and elastically deformed by the inner surface of the core material 21 forming the insertion groove 26, and are frictionally engaged with this. do. Also, the holding part 3
4 holds the locking protrusion 24 of the door molding 20, and its locking hook 39 engages with the upper surface of the locking protrusion 24. Next, door panel 10 and clip 3
0 is temporarily integrated.

The door molding 20 with the clip 30 set as described above is then placed over the upper edge of the door panel 10, the clip 30 is fitted into the notch 13, and the locking protrusion 36 is aligned with the position of the clip locking hole 14. and push it in. Then, the taper guide surface 37 is connected to the door panel 10 (reinforce 11).
The elastic locking leg 32 is elastically deformed by contacting the upper end, and when pushed further, the locking protrusion 36 matches the clip locking hole 14, and the two engage with each other with a slight sound of engagement. The clip 30 is locked to the door panel 10 by fitting the clip body 31 into the notch 13 and engaging the clip locking hole 14 and the locking protrusion 36. That is, the movement in the left and right direction is regulated by the notch 13, and the movement in the withdrawal direction is regulated by the clip locking hole 14.

At this time, the main body 31 of the clip 30
Since the door panel 10 is inserted between the door panel 10 and the inner surface elastic body 25 of the door molding 20, the friction engagement legs 33 come into frictional contact with the inner surface of the core material 21 with a stronger force, and the door molding 20 is clipped 30 with a stronger force. to hold. Of course, the locking hook 39 of the holding part 34 is connected to the locking protrusion 2 of the door molding 20.
4, the door molding 20 is firmly held to the clip 30, that is, to the door panel 10, by these engagement relationships.

``Effects of the invention'' As described above, the molding mounting structure of the invention has a frictional engagement force due to the frictional engagement legs of the clip,
The door molding is held in the clip by the holding part, and the clip itself can be held in the door panel by a locking projection provided on the elastic locking leg. Therefore, high mounting rigidity can be obtained even with a small clip. Moreover, since the installation work is simply an insertion work, work efficiency is high. moreover,
The clip used in the mounting structure of the present invention is small because it is inserted between the molding along the side surface of the door panel on the passenger compartment side, and therefore the entire mounting structure can be downsized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the molding mounting structure of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the main parts in an exploded state, and Figs.
It is a sectional view along line, - line. 10... Door panel, 11... Reinforce, 12... Outer panel, 13... Notch, 14
... Clip locking hole, 20 ... Door molding, 21 ... Core material, 22 ... Decorative elastic body, 23 ...
... Weather strip section, 24 ... Locking protrusion, 25
... Inner surface elastic body, 26 ... Insertion groove, 30 ... Clip, 31 ... Main body, 32 ... Elastic locking leg, 33
... Frictional engagement leg, 34 ... Holding section, 35 ... Separation groove, 36 ... Locking projection, 37 ... Taper guide surface, 38 ... Cutting groove, 39 ... Locking hook (holding section).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a molding mounting structure in which a molding having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section is adhered and fixed to the edge of a vehicle panel via a clip, the edge of the vehicle panel is provided with a clip that A stop hole is drilled, and the clip has a main body along the side surface of the vehicle panel on the passenger compartment side; one end thereof is integrally provided with the main body;
an elastic locking leg that can be elastically deformed along the passenger compartment side side surface of the vehicle panel, the free end of which is provided with a locking protrusion that fits into the clip locking hole; located on each side of the elastic locking leg; a pair of elastically deformable friction engagement legs, one end of which is integrally provided with the main body, and a free end of which is inserted in a state of friction engagement between the vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle panel and the inner surface of the molding; a holding portion of the molding, which is bent in a substantially U-shape from the lower end of the main body toward the passenger compartment, and the molding, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section, A molding mounting structure characterized in that a protrusion is formed on the lower end of the vehicle interior side of the vehicle panel so as to extend between the side and the vehicle exterior side of the vehicle panel, and to be engaged with the holding portion of the clip.