JPH06156157A - Fitting structure of pillar garnish - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of fixed points of a pillar garnish to be fitted to a pillar panel, and to reduce the number of parts, and to reduce the number of fitting process by fitting a central part of an upper edge of a pillar garnish to the pillar panel side at a part except for a waving. CONSTITUTION:A waving guide 50 for regulating the vibration in front, rear, right and left of a waving 31 of a seat belt is provided with a fitting hole 51, and a clip 60 installed to the back surface of a pillar garnish 10 is fitted inside the fitting hole 51. With this structure, fitting fixed point of the pillar garnish 10 in right and left thereof is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a pillar garnish having a seat belt webbing housed therein, and particularly to a pillar panel by sharing a webbing guide and a garnish mounting bracket. The present invention relates to a pillar garnish mounting structure with a reduced number of mounting and fixing points.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, a seat belt webbing installed in an automobile cabin has a webbing pulled out from a retractor passing through the inside of a pillar garnish.
The webbing insertion hole provided in the pillar garnish is taken out to the inside of the room, and is connected to the end of the other side webbing fixed to the floor via an adjuster or the like via a buckle.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, a center pillar lower garnish 1 is attached to a pillar panel 4 so as to accommodate therein a retractor 2 and a seat belt webbing 3 pulled out from the retractor 2. Although it is pulled out to the indoor side through the webbing insertion hole 1a provided at the upper edge of the lower garnish 1, as shown in FIG. 7, in order to prevent the webbing 3 from swinging in the front-back and left-right directions due to the pulling-out operation of the webbing 3, A webbing guide 5 made of an iron plate is fixed to the pillar panel 4 by welding or the like, which makes the operability of the webbing 3 smooth.

To attach the center pillar lower garnish 1 to the pillar panel 4, in order to avoid interference with the webbing 3 and the webbing guide 5, it is usually necessary to install the center pillar lower garnish 1 as shown in FIG.
Clips 6 are attached to both side edges of the center pillar lower garnish 1 as shown in FIG.
a together with the flange 4a of the pillar panel 4 and the welt 7
It is the actual situation that is fixed by.

[0005]

As described above, in order to attach the pillar garnish 1 which accommodates the webbing 3 of the conventional seat belt to the pillar panel 4, the interference with the webbing 3 of the seat belt and the webbing guide 5 is avoided. Therefore, it has been pointed out that many stop points must be set on the left and right sides of the pillar garnish 1 and that the number of parts is large and the number of mounting steps is large, resulting in a significant cost increase.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to mount a pillar garnish for accommodating a webbing of a seat belt inside a pillar panel in the center of the pillar garnish. By installing the parts on the pillar panel side without interfering with the seat belt webbing, the number of fixing points of the pillar garnish is reduced, providing a structure for mounting the pillar garnish that reduces the number of parts and man-hours. Especially.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pillar garnish mounting structure in which a seat belt webbing is housed inside and is secured to the pillar panel. A mounting hole is formed on the front surface of the webbing guide that regulates the deflection of the webbing, and a clip mounted on the back surface of the pillar garnish is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole.

[0008]

As is apparent from the above structure, the clip mounted on the back surface of the central portion of the pillar garnish is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole provided in the webbing guide fixed to the pillar panel, so that the seat belt is secured. Since the center part of the pillar garnish can be mounted on the pillar panel side without interfering with the webbing, the number of mounting and fixing points can be reduced compared to the structure in which the mounting points are set only on the left and right sides of the pillar garnish.

Further, since the central portion of the pillar garnish is fixed to the pillar panel via the webbing guide,
Conventionally, it is possible to set a fixed point where deformation easily occurs,
Alignment with other parts is improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a pillar garnish mounting structure according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a center pillar lower garnish mounting structure. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing the center pillar lower garnish mounting structure, and FIG. Vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the pillar lower garnish is attached to the center pillar panel, FIGS. 3 and 4 are respective cross-sectional views showing a state in which the center pillar lower garnish is attached to the center pillar panel, and FIG. 5 is used in the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the webbing guide.

First, in FIG. 1, the center pillar lower garnish 10 is made of a synthetic resin injection molded body,
The retractor 30 is attached to the lower portion of the center pillar panel 20, and the retractor 30 and the seat belt webbing 31 pulled out from the retractor 30 are housed therein.

The seat belt webbing 31
Faces the interior of the vehicle through the webbing insertion hole 11 provided at the upper edge of the center pillar lower garnish 10, and as shown in FIG.
Is connected to the buckle of the webbing (not shown) on the other side (not shown) through the adjuster 41 and the like provided on the
In order to prevent the webbing 31 from wobbling in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction so that the webbing 31 does not rub against the inner surface of the center pillar lower garnish 10 or the center pillar panel 20 when the webbing 31 is pulled out of the seat belt. A webbing guide 50 made of a metal iron plate is fixed to the center pillar panel 20 by welding or the like.

The position of the webbing guide 50 is set so as to be located immediately below the webbing insertion hole 11 when the center pillar lower garnish 10 is attached to the center pillar panel 20.

By the way, a feature of the present invention is that when the center pillar lower garnish 10 is mounted on the center pillar panel 20, the number of fixing points for mounting the center pillar lower garnish 10 can be reduced, and the center portion of the garnish 10 is located on the center pillar panel 20 side. By fixing to the center pillar, the alignment with the center pillar upper garnish 40 is also improved.

That is, a mounting hole 51 is formed in the webbing guide 50, and a clip 60 is mounted on the rear surface of the center pillar lower garnish 10 corresponding to the mounting hole 51 via a clip mounting seat 12 to form a center. When the pillar lower garnish 10 is attached and fixed to the center pillar panel 20, as shown in FIG.
The clip 60 attached to the back surface of the center pillar lower garnish 10 is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole 51 of the webbing guide 50, and by fixing this portion, the number of fixing points on the left and right sides of the center pillar lower garnish 10 which has been conventionally required is set to be small. However, the firm mounting of the center pillar lower garnish 10 can be expected.

The center pillar lower garnish 1
Although 0 is attached to the center pillar panel 20 in the same manner as in the conventional case, as shown in FIG. 4, ribs 13 integrally formed on the left and right sides of the inner surface of the center pillar lower garnish 10 are formed.
The clip 70 is attached to this clip 7
The mounting piece 71 of No. 0 and the flange 21 of the center pillar panel 20 may be sandwiched and fixed by the welt 80.

As described above, according to the mounting structure for the center pillar lower garnish 10 of the present invention, the webbing guide 50 for restricting the deflection of the seat belt webbing 31 is also used as a mounting bracket for the center pillar lower garnish 10. Since the center portion of the center pillar lower garnish 10 is mounted on the vehicle body side without interfering with the seat belt webbing 31, the conventional center pillar lower garnish 10 is installed.
In order to firmly attach the to the pillar panel 20, many attachment fixing points were required on the left and right sides of the center pillar lower garnish 10, but since the webbing guide 50 is shared, the attachment fixing points on the left and right sides can be reduced. Since the number of clips can be reduced and the number of mounting steps can be reduced, there are advantages that the mounting workability is improved and the cost is drastically reduced.

Further, since the webbing guide 50 fixes the upper edge portion of the center pillar lower garnish 10, the positioning accuracy of the center portion of the upper edge of the center pillar lower garnish 10 which is conventionally required to have severe positional accuracy is enhanced. This is advantageous in that the center pillar upper garnish 40 and the center pillar upper garnish 40 can be accurately aligned with each other, and the appearance and design can be improved.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, if a peripheral flange 52 facing the center pillar lower garnish 10 side is bent and formed on the peripheral edge of the webbing guide 50, the webbing 31 will be damaged by the edge portion of the webbing guide 50. Therefore, the effect of protecting the webbing 31 of the seat belt is further enhanced, and the strength of the webbing guide 50 is enhanced by the peripheral flange 52.

[0021]

As described above, the pillar garnish mounting structure according to the present invention uses the webbing guide set near the periphery of the webbing insertion hole as a mounting bracket for the pillar garnish, thereby providing a central portion of the pillar garnish. Since it can be fixed to the pillar panel side, the number of fixing points for mounting the pillar garnish can be reduced compared to the conventional one, and the number of clips can be reduced and the mounting man-hours can be reduced. In addition, it has an effect of causing a significant cost reduction.

Furthermore, since the central portion of the pillar garnish, which requires high precision in alignment, is fixed to the pillar panel side via the webbing guide, the alignment with other parts is also good, and the appearance of the joint is improved. Has the effect of

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is an overall perspective view showing a state in which a center pillar lower garnish is attached to a center pillar panel.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the center pillar lower garnish shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a center pillar panel.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the center pillar lower garnish shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a center pillar panel.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the center pillar lower garnish shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a center pillar panel.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the webbing guide used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a seat belt webbing and a center pillar garnish.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a conventional center pillar lower garnish and an internal structure thereof.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a conventional center pillar lower garnish is attached to a center pillar panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Center pillar lower garnish 11 Webbing insertion hole 12 Clip mounting seat 13 Rib 20 Center pillar panel 21 Flange 30 Retractor 31 Webbing 40 Center pillar upper garnish 50 Webbing guide 51 Mounting hole 52 Peripheral flange 60 Clip 70 Clip 80 Welt

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A seat belt webbing (3)
In a pillar garnish mounting structure for accommodating 1) and being mounted on a pillar panel (20), the pillar garnish is fixed to the pillar panel (20), and a webbing (3
1) A mounting hole (51) is formed on the front surface of the webbing guide (50) for restricting the runout, and a clip (60) mounted on the back surface of the pillar garnish (10) is fitted into the mounting hole (51). Pillar garnish mounting structure characterized by being fixed and fixed.