JPH0639004Y2 - End cover for door outside handle - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an outside handle for an automobile door.

[Conventional technology]

The outside handle, which is installed to open and close the doors of automobiles, is manufactured as an assembly in which individual parts such as the outside handle, escutcheon, end cover, and mounting bolt are assembled, and is supplied to the assembly process at the predetermined position of the door outer panel. Mounted on. Therefore, the parts assembled as an assembly must be assembled so that the individual parts that make up the assembly cannot be easily removed during storage and transportation.

Among these parts, the outside handle is pivotally supported on the escutcheon by caulking with a connecting pin, and the mounting bolts are planted at the time of molding the escutcheon so that they cannot be easily removed. On the other hand, the end cover is interposed between the escutcheon and the door outer panel to seal the gap between the escutcheon and the after-installation.A bolt insertion hole is drilled and the mounting bolt planted in the escutcheon is inserted to temporarily fix it. To be done.

However, since the diameter of the insertion hole formed in the end cover is usually larger than the outer diameter of the mounting bolt, there is a drawback that the end cover is likely to come off after assembly as an assembly. For that purpose, the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole is divided into a plurality of parts, and a plurality of flexible bolt support pieces are provided projecting from each of them toward the center, and the diameter of the hole formed by the tips of these support pieces is adjusted. There has been a structure in which the outer diameter of the screw of the bolt is made slightly smaller, and when the bolt is inserted, the support piece bends to clamp the bolt from its entire periphery so that the end cover does not come off the escutcheon.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, when the end support is attached to the escutcheon, the above-mentioned structure in which the bolt support pieces are clamped from the periphery must be pushed in with a strong force to bend the bolt support pieces that come into contact with almost the entire outer circumference of the bolt. There is a drawback that it is difficult to remove and the efficiency of installation work becomes poor.

Also, the mounting bolts are planted on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the escutcheon, but if there are variations in the planting intervals,
If the support piece is provided around the insertion hole, the variation cannot be allowed, and the support piece and the mounting bolt interfere with each other, which makes it difficult to attach the end cover.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, has an insertion hole through which an escutcheon attachment bolt can be easily inserted, does not easily come off, and has a variation in the installation interval of the attachment bolt. The aim is to provide an end cover that is acceptable even if.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an end cover for a door outside handle, which is used for an escutcheon mounting surface that axially supports an outside handle and has mounting bolts for mounting the door outer panel on both sides in the longitudinal direction, The cover has an insertion hole through which the mounting bolt is loosely inserted, and a flexible bolt support piece projecting from the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole toward the center. It is characterized in that it is provided so as to be opposed to a direction intersecting with and that the mounting bolt is held movably in the longitudinal direction within the insertion hole.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Corresponding components are designated by the same reference numerals. The outside handle 1 is integrally formed with the mounting arms 4, 4 ', and the escutcheon 2 is similarly integrally formed with the feet 5, 5. By connecting the legs 5,5 and the arms 4,4 'with connecting pins 6,6, the outside handle is rotatably supported by the escutcheon, and the springs 8,8 normally separate the outside handle and the escutcheon. It is urged to crimp (Fig. 3). Bases 2a, 2a are integrally formed below both sides in the longitudinal direction of the escutcheon 2, and mounting bolts 7, 7 for mounting to the door outer panel 9 are planted in the base 2a. This base 2
a, the lower end of the outside handle 1 and the panel 9
Will be determined. The end cover 3 is
The mounting bolts are inserted into the insertion holes 3a to temporarily fix them, and the door outside handle assembly is completed. This assembly is handled as an intermediate product, and will be used later in the door assembly process for the door outer panel 9
Mounted in place. The insertion hole 3a of the end cover is integrally formed with the end cover so that a flexible bolt support piece 3b protruding toward the center from a part of the inner peripheral surface faces the end cover. The diameter of the circle inscribed at the tip of the piece 3b is slightly smaller than the diameter of the mounting bolt. Therefore, when mounting the end cover, the mounting bolt is inserted while bending the flexible bolt support piece 3b, and the mounting bolt 7 is clamped by the elastic force of the bolt support piece 3b. When the bolt base has no threaded portion and has a thin neck shape, the tip of the bolt support piece 3b may not come into contact with the mounting bolt 7 when the insertion is completed. When the mounting bolt 7 is inserted into the bolt support piece 3b, the bolt support piece
3b does not press the entire periphery of the mounting bolt 7 but presses it by about 1/2 in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, so that the longitudinal movement is allowed and the insertion hole is inserted.
The force for inserting the mounting bolt 7 into 3a is small, and a sufficient pressure contact force for keeping the end cover from coming off after assembly is maintained.

Further, when the distance (interval) between the left and right mounting bolts 7, 7 shown in FIG. 2 varies, if the support piece 3b is formed entirely around the insertion hole 3a, it is difficult to fit the end cover. However, in the present invention, the support pieces 3b are only formed facing each other in the vertical direction of the drawing, and are not formed in the longitudinal direction of the end cover 3. Therefore, the left and right insertion holes 3a can allow a variation in the interval between the mounting bolts 7, 7, and the end cover 3 can be easily fitted.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, the flexible bolt support piece projecting from a part of the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole of the end cover toward the center is provided in the direction crossing the longitudinal direction. Since they are provided so as to face each other, they engage with the periphery of the mounting bolt only partially, and the end cover can be lightly and easily inserted into the escutcheon and cannot be easily removed. Further, even if there is a variation in the interval between the mounting bolts in the longitudinal direction, the variation can be allowed and the end cover can be easily attached.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an end cover showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an assembled state of an outside handle, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the arrow A in FIG. 1 …… Outside handle, 2 …… Escussion,
3 ... End cover, 3a ... Insertion hole, 3b ... Bolt support piece, 7 ... Mounting bolt, 9 ... Door outer panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An end cover for a door outside handle, which is used for a mounting surface of an escutcheon that axially supports an outside handle and has mounting bolts for mounting to an outer door panel on both sides in the longitudinal direction, wherein the cover is the mounting bolt. And a flexible bolt support piece projecting from the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole toward the center, the bolt support piece facing each other in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. And an end cover for a door outside handle, wherein the mounting bolt is held so as to be movable in the insertion hole in the longitudinal direction.