JPH0596935A - Cowl louver structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cowl louver structure which can precisely determine the relative positions of c coupling parts. CONSTITUTION:A cowl louver 12 is assembled by coupling a cowl louver right part 14 and a cowl louver left part 16 which are formed at their vehicle body rear side ends with pawls for supporting the lower end part of a front windshield pane 20 are coupled together in the vehicle widthwise direction. The vehicle widthwise and longitudinal positions of the cowl louver right part are determined with respect to a cowl inner member 18. An elongated hole 46 is formed in the lower surface of the cowl louver right part, being extended longitudinally of the vehicle body, and a flange 42 having a standing wall 44 formed along a standing wall 30A is extended widthwise of the vehicle. A pin 48 is projected from the cowl louver left part, being associated with the elongated hole. The pin is inserted into the elongated hole and the rear surface of the standing wall 30A of the cowl louver left part is made into contact with the standing wall 44 so that the cowl louver right and the cowl louver left are precisely positioned and coupled together.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cowl louver structure in which a pair of louver members are connected in the vehicle width direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some cowls have a structure in which a cowl inner member is joined to a connecting portion between a front pillar and an apron upper member, and a cowl louver is arranged above the cowl inner member. This cowl louver structure has a structure in which a claw portion for holding the lower end of the front shield glass is provided at an end portion on the rear side of the vehicle body as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 144107/1989, and FIG. And FIG.
As shown in (B), there is a structure in which members divided in the vehicle width direction are connected and fixed to the cowl inner member.

In this structure, as shown in FIG. 4A, the cowl louver 60 is divided into a cowl louver light 62 and a cowl louver left 64 along the vehicle width direction. The cowl louver light 62 is provided with a flange 66 with a step at the end on the cowl louver left 64 side. A long hole 68 is formed in the flange 66 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. Further, the cowl louver left 64 is provided with a pin 70 corresponding to the elongated hole 68.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, a claw portion 86 for supporting the lower end portion of the front shield glass 84 is formed on the lower surface of the rear end portion of the cowl louver light 62 and the cowl louver left 64. ing. Further, each of the cowl louver light 62 and the cowl louver left 64 has a step portion 72 formed on the front end side of the vehicle body.
On the front part of the vehicle body, a pair of pins 74 are provided so as to protrude downward. Also, the cowl inner member 76
A reference hole 80 and a reference elongated hole 82 are formed in the upper surface 78 in front of the vehicle body along the vehicle width direction so as to correspond to each of the pins 74.

To mount the cowl louver 60 on the vehicle body, the cowl louver light 62 is loaded from the front side of the vehicle body to the rear side of the vehicle body, the lower end portion of the front shield glass 84 is engaged with the claw portion 86, and a pair of pins is attached. 74 for reference holes 8
0 and the reference elongated hole 82 are inserted. The cowl louver left 64 is loaded from the front side of the vehicle body toward the rear side of the vehicle body. At this time, the pin 70 is inserted into the long hole 68 formed in the flange 66, and the front shield glass is inserted into the claw portion 86. The lower end portion of 84 is engaged, and the pair of pins 74 are inserted into the reference elongated holes 82 to be assembled.

The reference elongated hole 82 is elongated along the vehicle width direction, and positions the cowl louver light 62 and the cowl louver left 64 in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Further, the reference hole 80 is formed by the cowl louver light 62.
The positioning in the vehicle width direction is performed together with the positioning in the vehicle front-back direction.

The long hole 68 of the cowl louver light 62 and the pin 70 of the cowl louver left 64 determine the relative position of the cowl louver right 62 and the cowl louver left 64 in the vehicle width direction. 64
When assembling, the elongated hole 68 is elongated along the vehicle body front-rear direction so that the flange 66 and the pin 70 do not interfere with each other. Therefore, the cowl louver left 64 is positioned in the vehicle longitudinal direction by the reference elongated hole 82, and
8 and the pin 70 perform positioning in the vehicle width direction and are attached to the cowl inner member 78.

[0008]

However, in the cowl louver structure as described above, the cowl louver light 62 is used.
Since the vehicle and the cowl louver left 64 are individually positioned in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the reference hole 80 and the reference elongated hole 82 formed in the cowl inner member 78, particularly the reference length formed inward in the vehicle width direction. When an error occurs between the hole 82 and the hole 82, the connecting portion of the cowl louver 60 may be displaced as shown in FIG. 4 (B). For this reason, the parting line 88 at the lower portion of the front shield glass 84, the lower end of which is supported by the claw portion 86, is not uniform and the appearance quality of the vehicle is impaired.

In view of the above facts, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cowl louver structure in which the positioning of the mating portions of the left and right louver members can be accurately assembled without being affected by variations in the holes on the body side. And

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a cowl louver structure according to the present invention is provided with a claw portion for supporting a lower end portion of a front shield glass, and an end portion on a front side of a vehicle body is bent upward. A cowl louver structure in which a pair of louver members in which standing wall portions are formed are connected in the vehicle width direction, and a flange portion extending from one lower surface and standing wall portion of the pair of louver members toward the other louver member. A cowl louver structure characterized by having.

[0011]

In the cowl louver structure of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, a pair of louver members having standing wall portions formed at the front end of the vehicle body are connected in the vehicle width direction. Further, a flange portion is extended to one louver member of the pair of louver members, and the other louver member is overlapped and connected to the flange portion.

Therefore, at the connecting portion of the cowl louver, since the flange portion along the standing wall portion of one louver member is in contact with the standing wall portion of the other louver member, the relative position in the vehicle body front-rear direction can be easily and accurately determined. Can be decided Also,
Since the relative positions of the connecting portions of these louver members are determined without interposing a cowl inner member or the like, there is no deviation between one louver member and the other louver member along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. ..

Therefore, the parting line between the front shield glass supported by the claw and the cowl louver does not shift.

[0014]

EXAMPLE An example of a cowl louver structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle, and arrow IN indicates the inner side of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cowl louver 12 mounted on the vehicle body is divided into a cowl louver light 14 and a cowl louver left 16 which are louver members. The cowl louver 12 is arranged and joined to an upper portion of a cowl inner member 18 arranged along the vehicle width direction.

The cowl inner member 18 has a substantially U-shaped cross-section as viewed from the vehicle width direction, has an opening facing upward of the vehicle body, and has an end portion in the vehicle width direction formed on a front apron member (not shown). It is joined near the front pillar. Further, the cowl inner member 18 is formed with an outside air intake port (not shown) for introducing outside air into the vehicle compartment.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower end of the front shield glass 20 is placed on the upper portion of the cowl inner member 18 on the rear side of the vehicle body through a waterproof holding member.

As shown in FIG. 1, a flat surface portion 22 is formed along the vehicle width direction at the upper end of the cowl inner member 18 on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction. A through hole 24 is formed in an intermediate portion of the plane portion 22 in the vehicle width direction, and long holes 26, 28 are formed on the outer side of the vehicle width in the vehicle width direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 are connected to a standing wall portion 30A in which an intermediate portion on the front side of the vehicle body is bent upward and an upper end of the standing wall portion 30A. A step portion 30 is formed by the flat surface portion 32. The flat surface portion 32 faces the flat surface portion 22 of the cowl inner member 18.

As shown in FIG. 1, pins 34 and 3 are provided on the plane portion 32 of the cowl louver light 14 along the vehicle width direction.
6 is projected toward the flat surface portion 22 of the cowl inner member 18, the pin 34 can be inserted into the elongated hole 26 of the cowl inner member 18, and the pin 36 can be inserted into the through hole 24. Further, a pin 38 is projectingly provided toward the flat surface portion 22 at an end portion of the flat portion 32 of the cowl louver left 16 outside the vehicle width, and can be inserted into the long hole 28 of the cowl inner member 18. There is.

The cowl louver light 14 is provided with two through holes 40 along the vehicle width direction, and a drive shaft of a wiper (not shown) is provided so as to project therefrom. The cowl louver light 14 has a flange 42 formed at an end portion inward of the vehicle width. The flange 42 is formed so as to be released from the upper surface of the cowl louver light 14 by the thickness of the cowl louver left 16.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the flange 4
2 is a standing wall 4 bent along the standing wall 30A of the step portion 30.
4 are formed. Further, the flange 42 is provided with a long hole 46 along the vehicle front-rear direction, and the cowl louver left 16 is provided with a pin 48 corresponding to the long hole 46.

The cowl louver 12 is provided with a cowl louver left 1 in a long hole 46 of the flange 42 of the cowl louver light 14.
The pin 46 of No. 6 is inserted, and the back surface of the standing wall 30A of the cowl louver left 16 is brought into contact with the standing wall 44 of the flange 42 to be assembled at a predetermined position of the vehicle body.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the claw louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 each have a claw portion 50 projecting from the lower surface on the rear side of the vehicle body.
The lower end of the front shield glass 20 is accommodated in and supported by the claw portion 50.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the cowl louver 12 is assembled by connecting the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 along the vehicle width direction.

First, the flat portion 2 of the cowl inner member 18
The flat part 32 of the cowl louver light 14 is opposed to 2,
The pin 36 is inserted into the through hole 24, and the pin 34 is inserted into the long hole 26 to be attached. At this time, the cowl louver light 14 is moved from the front side of the vehicle body to the rear side of the vehicle body to accommodate the lower end of the front shield glass 20 in the claw portion 50.
As a result, the cowl louver light 14 determines the positions of the cowl inner member 18 in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle body front-rear direction, and the lower end portion of the front shield glass 20 is supported by the cowl louver light 14.

The cowl louver left 16 is moved from the front side of the vehicle body toward the rear side of the vehicle body while inserting the pin 48 into the elongated hole 46 of the cowl louver light 14 so that the lower end of the front shield glass 20 is accommodated in the claw portion 50. Further, the pin 38 of the flat portion 32 is inserted into the elongated hole 28. As a result, the flange 42 of the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 overlap each other, and the standing wall 30A of the cowl louver left 16 and the standing wall 44 of the cowl louver light 14 overlap.
And abut. Since the long hole 46 is elongated along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, when the cowl louver left 16 is assembled,
The pin 48 and the flange 42 do not interfere with each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 contact the standing wall 30A of the cowl louver left 16 with the standing wall 44 of the flange 42, so that the relative position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is easy. And it is determined correctly and the standing wall 30A becomes the same surface. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 1 are formed by the elongated holes 46 of the flange 42 and the pins 48.
The position relative to 6 in the vehicle width direction is determined.

Since the cowl louver light 14 is positioned with respect to the cowl inner member 18, the positions of the connecting portion of the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl inner member 18 in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle body front-rear direction are determined, and Since the position of the cowl louver left 16 with respect to the cowl inner member 18 is determined by the pin 38 and the elongated hole 28, the position in the vehicle front-rear direction is determined.

In the cowl louver 12 attached to the cowl inner member 18, the lower end portion of the front shield glass 20 is housed in the claw portion 50. The parting line 5 by the cowl louver 12 at the lower end of the CFC shield glass 20.
In No. 2, the cowl louver light 14 and the cowl louver left 16 of the cowl louver 12 are accurately positioned so that no deviation occurs and the appearance quality of the vehicle body is improved.

[0031]

As described above, in the cowl louver structure of the present invention, the flange portion formed on one louver member is in contact with the standing wall portion of the other louver member. This makes it possible to easily and accurately determine the relative positions of the pair of louver members to be coupled in the vehicle body front-rear direction.

Therefore, the parting line of the lower part of the front shield glass becomes uniform, and the excellent effect of improving the appearance quality of the vehicle body can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a cowl louver to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part taken along the line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a main part plan view showing a connecting portion of a cowl louver.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional example of a cowl louver divided into two parts, and FIG. 4B is a sectional view taken along line 4B-4 of FIG. 4A.
It is a principal part sectional view which followed the B line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Cowl louver 14 Cowl louver light (louver member) 16 Cowl louver left (louver member) 18 Cowl inner member 20 Front shield glass 30A Standing wall 42 Flange 44 Standing wall 50 Claw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cowl louver structure in which a pair of louver members having a claw portion for supporting a lower end portion of a front shield glass and having a standing wall portion formed by bending an end portion on a front side of a vehicle body upward are connected in a vehicle width direction. A cowl louver structure having a flange portion extending from one lower surface and a standing wall portion of the pair of louver members toward the other louver member.