JPH0636328Y2 - Mall clip - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a plastic clip used for attaching a molding such as a door belt molding to a door panel of an automobile.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 14, a plate-shaped main body 10 and an outer folding edge 13 of a door belt molding 12 that extends obliquely downward from the upper end of the main body 10 when mounted. A first molding locking piece 15 that engages with the outer surface of the door panel 14, and a main body portion
Projected diagonally upward from the bottom edge of 10 and an inward locking claw at the tip
16 with the inner vertical wall portion 17 of the door belt molding when installed
A plastic clip including a second molding locking piece 18 that engages with the lower end of the plastic is known.

Generally, the position of the window glass of an automobile has variations in the direction indicated by BL in FIG. And the inner vertical wall portion of the door belt molding 12 attached to the door using the above clip
The weather strip 19 is installed on 17 and the door belt molding 12
The gap between the window glass 20 and the window glass 20 is covered to prevent water droplets and dust from entering the body. However, if the window glass position varies widely, the weather strip 19
A gap C may occur between the tip of the window and the window glass 20. This is also a design problem.

In order to eliminate this, the weather strip of the door belt molding was lengthened, but when the window glass comes closest to the body side, the pressure of the weather strip acting on the window glass becomes high, and the vertical movement of the window glass is smooth. No longer.
Further, the tip end 19A of the weather strip 19 sticks out from the upper edge lip 21 of the door belt molding 12 to cause a design problem.

Further, when the layout is such that the window glass is close to the body in order to reduce the unevenness of the automobile body surface as much as possible and reduce the air resistance, the conventional clip described above
The molding locking piece 18 becomes an obstacle, which limits the layout.

[Purpose of device]

An object of the present invention is to provide a molding attachment clip such as a door belt molding that can effectively cope with variations in the position of the window glass of an automobile and can bring the window glass closer to the body.

[Constitution of device]

In order to achieve this purpose, the clip for attaching a molding such as a vehicle door belt molding of the present invention is made of a flexible, almost flat, integrally molded product, and has a plate-shaped main body and an upper end of the main body. From the bottom of the main body, and a molding locking piece having a first molding locking claw that extends downward from the main body and engages with an outer folding edge of the molding when the molding is mounted. It is formed on the body locking piece that protrudes to the side and can elastically engage with the body at the time of mounting and the body part on the side opposite to this body locking piece, and the body part is the thickness of the inner vertical wall of the molding. And a molding stopper that receives the lower edge of the vertical wall portion when the molding is mounted, and a diagonally downward projection from the upper part of the main body portion to the side opposite the molding locking piece, and engages with the molding when mounting the molding. Mole locking means to fit A block that is formed on the side of the molding locking piece that faces the main body portion and that engages with a panel such as a door panel during mounting, and a lower portion of the main body portion that forms an inner surface of the panel during mounting. And another block that engages.

〔Example〕

Referring first to FIGS. 1-8, there is shown a first embodiment of a clip 30 of the present invention, the clip 30 being a generally flat, unitary molding made of flexible plastic. The clip has a plate-shaped main body 32.
At the upper end of 32 is a molding locking piece 34 that extends obliquely downward from it.
Are connected. The molding engaging piece 34 is located apart from the main body 32, and its outer front edge (shown by 13 in FIG. 9) is attached to the lower end front surface of the door belt molding (shown by 12 in FIG. 9). ) Engage with this door belt molding
A first molding locking claw 36 for holding 12 is formed. Also, on the surface of the molding locking piece 34 facing the main body,
A first block 38 is formed that engages the outer surface of the door panel when the 30 is mounted to the door panel (shown at 14 in FIG. 9).

At the lower end of the main body 32, a body locking piece that protrudes toward the molding locking piece 34 side and can be elastically engaged with the mounting hole 14A (see FIGS. 9 and 10) formed in the door panel 14 during mounting. 40 are formed.

On both sides of the lower end of the main body opposite to the body locking piece 40, the inner vertical wall portion of the door belt molding to be attached (shown by 17 in FIG. 9) is positioned so as to project from the main body. , When installing the door belt molding, the inner vertical wall portion 17
A molding stopper 42 is formed to receive the lower end edge of the. It is preferable that an inclination control wall 44 extending upward from the outer edge of the molding stopper 42 is formed. The tilt control wall 44 helps prevent relative movement of the door belt molding 12 and the clip 30.

Further, on the upper end of the main body 32, there is a molding locking piece 34
The door belt molding 12
A second molding locking claw 46 is formed so as to engage with a recess 17A formed in the inner vertical wall portion 17 (FIG. 9) of the door belt molding when it is mounted (FIG. 9).

The first block on the surface of the main body 32 facing the molding locking piece 34
The position corresponding to 38 is located on the door panel 14 when installed on the door.
A second block 48 that engages with the inner surface of (FIG. 9) is formed, and a third block 50 is also formed at the lowermost end of the main body 32 on the side of the molding locking piece 34. This also engages the inner surface of the door panel when the clip is mounted on the door.

When using the clip having the above configuration, first, as shown in FIG. 9, the clip 30 is attached to the door belt molding 12. At this time, the first molding locking claw 36 of the clip 30 is engaged with the outer folding edge 13 of the door belt molding 12, and the second molding locking claw 46 is positioned on the inner vertical wall portion of the door belt molding 12.
While engaging with the recess 17A in the door belt 17, the lower edge of the inner vertical wall portion 17 of the door belt molding 12 engages on the molding stopper 42 to define the relative position of the door belt molding 12 and the clip 30. Then, when the clip 30 that firmly holds the door belt molding 12 is inserted into the upper edge of the door panel 14 and pushed down, the first, second, and third blocks 38, 48, and 50 are respectively attached to the outer surface and the inner surface of the door panel 14. While engaging, the body locking piece 40 engages with the mounting hole 14A formed in the inner panel 14 of the door panel 14, and the clip 30 causes the door panel 14 to move.
Firmly held in. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, since the molding stopper 42 is located at the intermediate level of the main body portion 32, the dimension in the height direction of the inner vertical wall portion 17 of the door belt molding 12 can be reduced. Contributes to cost reduction.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 10 has almost the same structure as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, but differs only in that the molding stopper is formed at the lower edge of the main body. In this embodiment, the door belt molding 12 in which the inner vertical wall portion 17 has a large size as in the conventional case can be used, and in this case, the weather strip 19 can be provided relatively below the inner vertical wall portion 17. Therefore, the tip 19A of the weather strip 19 is not exposed from the upper edge lip 21 of the door belt molding 12.

11 and 12 show a clip according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this clip, the body locking piece
An auxiliary locking piece 54 extending downward is integrally formed with 40 so as to face the third block 50. This direction locking piece
54 is provided on the body locking piece 40 with a constant gap (for example, to hold the inner panel 14) with respect to the third block 50. With this auxiliary locking piece 54,
The inner panel 14 is engaged from both sides in cooperation with the third block 50, the lower end portion of the clip is securely fixed to the inner panel 14, and the rotation in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 12 can be prevented. This prevents rotation of the molding 12 attached to the clip in the direction of the arrow D when the molding 12 is forcibly pulled upward in FIG. 12, and the molding 12 with the clip can be prevented from slipping out. The end portion 56 of the auxiliary locking piece 54 is preferably extended outward to serve as a guide for mounting. And this guide end part 56 can also be used as a hook part at the time of removal.

FIG. 13 shows a clip as yet another embodiment of the present invention. In this clip, the molding locking piece 34 in which the first molding locking claw is formed is different from the other embodiments. That is, in this embodiment, the molding engaging claws 58 are formed in a plurality of steps, and can cope with variations in the dimensions of the outer folding edge 13 of the molding 12. That is, it is possible to absorb variations in the dimensions of the outer folded edge 13 and to exert a function of reliably locking the molding.

[Effect of device]

According to the above configuration, since the molding locking piece that engages with the inner vertical wall portion of the molding such as the door belt molding to be attached protrudes inward from the main body portion only by the thickness of the inner vertical wall portion. , The restrictions on approaching the window glass to the body side are reduced. Further, in the embodiment in which the molding stopper is located at the intermediate level of the main body portion, the dimension in the height direction of the inner vertical wall portion of the door belt molding can be reduced, which contributes to cost reduction. Furthermore, in the embodiment in which the molding stopper is located near the lower end edge of the main body portion, the length of the weather strip extending inward from the inner vertical wall portion of the door belt molding held by this clip is adjusted by the variation in the window glass position. Even if it is made large to accommodate, the tip of the weather strip is not exposed from the upper edge lip of the door belt molding, which is advantageous in design.

It should be noted that the body locking piece is integrally provided with an auxiliary locking piece that extends downward so as to face the third block with a certain gap and engage with the surface opposite to the panel surface with which the third block engages. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the problem that the molding 12 comes out together with the clip, which may occur when the clip with the molding is forcibly pulled up.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a clip according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the clip of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. FIG. 7 is a top view of the clip of FIG. FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line 8-8 of FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the door belt molding is attached to the clip shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 and the clip is attached to the door panel. FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 9 showing a state in which the door belt molding is attached to the door panel using the clip of the second embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the clip according to the present invention. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the door belt molding is attached to the door panel using the clip shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing a state in which a door belt molding is attached to a door panel using the clip of the fourth embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 14 is a view similar to FIG. 9, showing a state in which a door belt molding is attached to a door panel using a conventional clip. Explanation of reference numerals 12 …… Door belt molding, 13 …… Outside folding edge, 14 …… Door panel, 17 …… Inner vertical wall part, 17A …… Indentation, 19 …… Weather strip, 20 …… Window glass, 21 …… Upper edge lip, 30 …… Clip, 32 …… Main body, 34 …… Mall locking piece, 36 …… First molding locking claw, 38 …… First block, 40 …… Body locking piece, 42… … Mall stopper, 44 …… Inclination control wall, 46 …… Second molding locking piece, 48 …… Second block, 50 …… Third block, 54 …… Auxiliary locking piece.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A clip for attaching a molding such as a door belt molding of an automobile, which is made of a flexible and substantially flat integrally molded product, and has a plate-shaped main body portion and extends downward from an upper end of the main body portion. A molding locking piece having a first molding locking claw that is located apart from the main body part and engages with the outer folding edge of the molding when the molding is mounted, and a molding locking piece protruding from the lower part of the main body to the molding locking piece side and mounted. At the same time, it is formed on the body locking piece that can be elastically engaged with the body and the main body on the side opposite to this body locking piece, and it is positioned so as to project from the main body by the thickness of the inner vertical wall of the molding. , A molding stopper that receives the lower edge of the vertical wall portion when the molding is mounted, and a molding locking member that projects obliquely downward from the upper part of the main body part to the side opposite to the molding locking piece and that engages with the molding when mounting the molding Means and the A block that is formed on the side of the locking piece that faces the body portion and that engages with a panel such as a door panel during mounting, and a block that is formed on the lower portion of the body portion that engages with the inner surface of the panel during mounting. A clip comprising: another block. 2. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the body locking piece is integrally formed with an auxiliary locking piece extending downward so as to face the third block with a certain gap. The clip engages with a surface opposite to the panel surface with which the third block engages.