JPH0640030Y2 - Vehicle clip - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention is used for a pair of left and right mounted members attached to a vehicle such as an automobile, the width of which varies in the longitudinal direction. Related to clips.

(Prior Art) For example, a car for a quarter pillar is often equipped with a decorative molding called a quarter garnish (hereinafter referred to as garnish 1) (see FIG. 4). Then, the attachment is generally performed by a clip made of synthetic resin. Recently, due to design requirements,
In addition to the garnish having a constant width, a garnish having a shape in which the width gradually increases as it goes downward has been developed. FIG. 8 shows a mounting procedure for the garnish 1 of the type in which the width changes continuously.

The garnish 1 is formed by forming flange portions 2 and 3 on both side edges of a thin metal plate, and coating the outer surfaces of the flange portions 2 and 3 with vinyl chloride. Then, on both sides of the flange portions 2 and 3 where the edges are formed straight (the straight side flange portion 2), a recess 6 for preventing lateral displacement of the clip 30 is formed in a proper position. To
A part of the metal portion is exposed in each recess 6 and is projected as a claw piece 7.

The clip 30 used for this work has an engaging protrusion 32 at the center of the substrate 31 for pushing it into the body panel of the automobile. A locking groove 34 that engages with the claw piece 7 is formed in one side edge of the substrate 31, and a pair of elastic pieces 33a, 33b having different lengths are formed from both corners on the opposite side. ing.

When mounting on the garnish 1, first, both elastic pieces 33a, 33b are engaged inside the curved side flange 3.
In this case, it is necessary to correspond the longer elastic piece 33a to the side where the width of the garnish 1 increases and conversely the shorter elastic piece 33b to the side where the width decreases. Then, the entire clip 30 is pressed against the elastic pieces 33a and 33b, so that both elastic pieces 3
The locking groove 34 is engaged with the claw piece 7 by expanding and deforming 3a and 33b. When the attachment of the clip 30 to the garnish 1 is completed in this way, the engagement protrusion 32 is pushed into the body panel, and the attachment of the garnish 1 is completed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-described clip has the following problems. When mounting the garnish 1 on a car, you must prepare a pair of left and right. However, in the conventional clip 30, the elastic pieces 33a and 33b have different lengths,
The left and right are not symmetrical. Therefore, when applied to the garnish 1 that does not correspond, the correspondence relationship between the length of both elastic pieces 33a, 33b and the direction of the gradient in the curved side flange portion 3 becomes opposite. Therefore, the flange 30
As for, you must always prepare a pair on the left and right. Therefore, when the clip 30 is attached to the garnish 1, it is necessary to surely distinguish the clips 30 in advance, which is troublesome. However, there is a problem that some of them are attached incorrectly, and in such a case, there is a problem that the garnish 1 rattles due to the rattling of the clip.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object thereof is to provide a clip that can be applied commonly to the left and right symmetrically mounted members whose width continuously changes.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a flange portion formed on both side edges, and one of the flange portions is a straight side and the other is a curved side. A clip for fixing a bilaterally symmetrical member to be mounted, the entire width of which continuously changes along the longitudinal direction, to the body side of the vehicle, wherein both the flange portions on the rear surface side of the member to be mounted are provided. A substrate that is formed so that it can be fitted between and has a fixing means to the body side, a projection portion that is provided at an edge portion that faces the curved side flange portion and that abuts on the flange portion, and the straight side flange portion. On the opposite line side of the clip, with respect to the rotational force acting on the clip, which is formed to extend from both left and right edges of the base plate, the shift preventing means which engages with the flange portion in a state in which the lateral displacement of the entire clip is regulated. It is configured to include a pair of left and right elastic legs that are opposed to each other by the distal end portions thereof being stretched on the straight side flange portion.

(Operation) When the clip is attached to the mounted member, the tip of the protrusion is brought into contact with the flange portion on the curved side. That is, the projection having no directivity corresponds to the curved side flange. On the other hand, on the side opposite to the protrusion of the base plate, the deviation preventing means engages the straight side flange portion in a state in which the lateral deviation is prevented, and the tip ends of both elastic legs are brought into contact with the flange portion. As a result, even if the protrusion side inclines to the wide side of the curved side flange portion, the elastic leg on this side is effectively opposed to the straight side flange portion by being stretched.

(Embodiment) An embodiment embodying the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, also in this example, as in the case described above, a case where the invention is applied to the automobile garnish 1 will be shown and described.

The garnish 1 is formed by forming flange portions 2 and 3 on both side edges of a thin metal plate material with a constant folding width, and one of these flange portions has a straight outer edge (straight side flange portion 2). The outer edge thereof has a smooth curve (curve side flange portion 3) and is formed so that the entire width thereof continuously changes along the longitudinal direction. Further, both flange portions 2 and 3 are coated with vinyl chloride. A surface of the curved side flange portion 3 is covered along the folded-back portion and further forms a seal edge 4a which sticks out to the body panel by protruding outward with a constant width. Further, the straight side flange portion 2 is also formed with the seal edge 4b, but on this side, the folded portion of the flange portion 2 is covered so as to be covered, whereby the opening edge of the francy portion 2 is made of vinyl chloride. The contact surface 5 having a predetermined height is formed. Further, shift stopper recesses 6 each having a predetermined width are formed at appropriate positions of the straight-side flange portion 2 so as to be cut out. In addition, a claw piece 7 cut out in a hook shape from a part of the metal portion of the garnish 1 is formed in the shift preventing recess 6.

Next, the clip C1 according to the first embodiment will be described. The clip C1 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material. The cliffer C1 has a substrate 8 formed in a flat plate shape slightly narrower than the shift preventing recess 6, and at the center of the surface thereof, a member which can be inserted into a mounting hole 21 provided in the body panel B. The compound protrusion 9 is integrally provided. The engaging projection 9 is a known engaging means, and in the figure, it is shown that it is formed in a substantially S-shaped horizontal cross-section that can be deformed by a small amount. However, the engaging projection 9 is not limited to this and has various shapes. It is possible to apply things. Alternatively, it may be of a type that penetrates a hole in the substrate 8 and engages with a stud bolt (not shown) provided upright on the body side.

A protrusion 10 is provided on the side of the substrate 8 that faces the curved side flange portion 3. The protrusion 10 has a pressing piece 11 which is embedded inside the curved side flange portion 3 and is pressed against the bent edge thereof. In addition, an elliptical thinned portion 12 is formed on the substrate 8 at a portion slightly inside the pressing piece 11. Along with this, the pressing piece 11 is connected to the substrate 8 by the thin connecting piece 13, whereby the pressing piece 11 can be flexibly deformed toward the thinned portion 12 side.

The length from the tip of the pressing piece 11 to the other end of the substrate 8 in the natural state of the clip C1 is slightly longer than the length from the bent edge of the curved side flange portion 3 to the inner side surface of the shift preventing recess 6. Is set to.

On the other hand, the side of the substrate 8 facing the straight-side flange portion 2 can be fitted into the shift-preventing recessed portion 6 in a state where lateral shift is effectively restricted. A locking groove 14 that opens outward is formed on the end surface of the locking groove 14 so that it can be engaged with and disengaged from the claw piece 7.

Further, a pair of elastic legs 15 formed in a bilaterally symmetrical shape having appropriate elasticity from the central portions of the left and right side edges of the substrate 8,
It extends so that it may mutually spread toward the straight side flange part 2. The tips of both elastic legs 15 are bent outward substantially horizontally, and when the clip C1 is attached to the garnish 1, these bent portions are pressed against the contact surface 5 of the straight side flange portion 2. Is set.

Next, the attachment work of the garnish 1 will be described. First, the clip C1 is attached to the garnish 1, and then the engaging projection 9 is pushed into the attachment hole 21 of the body panel B to complete the attachment work.

When the clip C1 is attached, the pressing piece 11 is mixed inside the curved side flange portion 3. Then, by pressing the entire clip C1 toward the pressing piece 11 side and bending the pressing piece 11 inwardly, the board 8 is fitted in the shift preventing concave portion 6 and the claw piece 7 is engaged with the locking groove 14. In this case, the elastic force of the pressing piece 11 presses the substrate 8 against the back side wall surface of the shift-preventing recess 6. For this reason, clip C1
The lateral displacement of the whole is regulated more effectively, and at the same time, the upward disengagement is surely prevented.

At the time of fitting into the shift preventing recess 6 described above, the tips of both elastic legs 15 are simultaneously pressed against the contact surface 5 of the straight side flange portion 2. By the way, in the state where the clip C1 is attached to the garnish 1, the pressing piece 11 side of the clip C1 tends to fall toward the wide side of the garnish 1,
In such a case, the elastic leg 15 on that side is stretched against the contact surface 5 to effectively resist the above-mentioned fall. Therefore, the clip C1 is held in a normal posture, and the clip C1 is prevented from falling off the garnish 1.

Thus, in this example, the clip for the garnish 1
The support method of C1 engages the non-directional pressing piece 11 with the curved side flange portion 3, and with this as the apex, both elastic legs 15
Since it is supported symmetrically on the straight side flange portion 2 by three points, it can be used for both the left and right garnish 1.

In this example, the case where both elastic legs 15 are applied to the contact surface 5 coated with vinyl chloride is shown, but in the case of the garnish 1 where such a coating is not applied, the elastic legs 15 should be applied directly to the underlying metal part. You may

FIG. 5 shows a clip C2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the elastic legs 15 are bulged substantially horizontally, and the tip end thereof is pressed against the contact surface 5. The contact portion 16 is formed so as to bulge toward the contact surface 5 side.

The other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment, so that the same operational effect can be exhibited.

FIG. 6 shows a clip C3 according to the third embodiment. In this example, the tips of both elastic legs 15 are sharpened to make the contact surface 5
The biting part 17 is formed so that it can bite into.

In the third embodiment configured as described above, the bite by the biting portion 17 results in the effect of preventing the lateral shift, so that it is not necessary to form the shift preventing concave portion on the garnish 1 side.

FIG. 7 shows a fourth embodiment. In this example, the straight side flange portion 2 of the garnish 1 is provided with a recess 18 wider than the substrate 8. Clip according to the fourth embodiment
C4 is bent in the opposite direction in the middle of both elastic legs 15 and then folded back so as to be substantially parallel to the original direction. It is set to stop. And both elastic legs
A lateral slip prevention projection 19 is provided on the upper surface of the folded-back portion of 15 so that it can be engaged with the corner portion of the recess 18.

Also in the fourth embodiment constructed as described above, the elastic leg 15 has a lateral slip prevention function in addition to the fall prevention of the entire clip C4 as in the third embodiment.

In the second to fourth embodiments, the illustration of the fixing means to the body side is omitted.

Further, in any of the embodiments, it is possible to apply not only to a quarter garnish of an automobile but also to a bumper mall or a pillar garnish.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize the common use of clips for symmetrical objects to be attached. Therefore, no distinction work such as a left clip or a right clip is required. Therefore, the left and right groups are not erroneously mounted, and rattling of the garnish due to erroneous assembly can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting state by a clip, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a mounting state, and FIG. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III, Fig. 4 is a side view showing a mounting position of a garnish in an automobile, and Fig. 5 is a second view.
6 is a plan view of the clip according to the third embodiment, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the clip according to the fourth embodiment, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the clip according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view and FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a mounted state. 1 …… Garnish (attached object) 2 …… Linear side flange part 3 …… Curved side flange part 6 …… Displacement prevention recess 8 …… Board 11 …… Pressing piece 15 …… Elastic legs C1 to C4 …… Clip

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A flange portion is formed on both side edges, and one of the flange portions is a straight side and the other is a curved side so that the entire width thereof continuously changes along the longitudinal direction. A clip for fixing a symmetrical member to be mounted to a body side of a vehicle, which is formed so as to be fittable between the both flange portions on a rear surface side of the member to be mounted and is fixed to the body side. A substrate having a protrusion, which is provided at an edge facing the curved-side flange portion and abuts the flange portion, and an edge facing the straight-side flange portion, the flange in a state in which lateral displacement of the entire clip is restricted. And a rotation preventing force that is formed to extend from the left and right side edges of the substrate and that acts on the clip, the respective tip portions project to the straight side flange portion. A clip for a vehicle, comprising a pair of left and right elastic legs that resist against each other.