JPH0647129Y2 - Clip for T-shaped stud - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention is a clip for a T-shaped stud that attaches decorative members such as moldings, garnishes and trims to a T-shaped stud mainly welded to a body panel of an automobile or the like. Regarding

[Prior Art] An example of this type of T-stud clip (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a clip) is shown in FIGS.

This clip is used for roofs (body panels) of automobiles, etc. 3
In order to attach the roof molding 2 to the groove portion 4, the lower end portion of the base portion 11 on which the roof molding (decorative member) 2 is mounted is engaged with the head portion 52 of the T-shaped stud 5 on the bottom surface of the groove portion 4. A stud engaging portion 17 is provided.

The base portion 11 has a hollow portion 12 having a substantially rectangular tube shape surrounded by side walls 11a to 11d on the front, rear, left and right sides.

On both side walls of the base portion 11 along the longitudinal direction of the groove portion 4, that is, on the inner sides of the left and right side walls 11c and 11d, the stud engaging portions 17 protruding linearly inward are formed symmetrically. . The stud engaging portions 17 are parallel to each other along the longitudinal direction of the base portion 11.

When the roof molding 2 is mounted on the roof 3, the upper portion of the base 11 is mounted on the roof molding 2 to form an assembly, and then the base 11 is pressed against the groove 4 together with the roof molding 2. As a result, the stud engaging portion 17 is bent along with the left and right side walls 11c and 11d of the base 11 into a curved shape by its elasticity as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. When it gets over, it returns with its elasticity and is attached to the T-shaped stud 5. In this way
The roof molding 2 is attached to the roof 3. In this mounted state, the T-shaped stud 5 is placed in the hollow portion 12 of the base portion 11.
The head 52 is located, and the side walls 11a and 11b at the front and rear of the hollow portion 12 face the head 52.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-described conventional clip, once mounted on the roof 3, it is difficult to remove the clip. That is, even if the base portion 11 is to be removed upward, it cannot be removed because the stud engaging portion 17 is engaged with the head portion 52 of the T-shaped stud 5, and even if the base portion 11 is moved in its longitudinal direction. , Side walls 11a before and after the head 52 and the base 11 of the T-shaped stud 5,
It cannot be removed because 11b collides.

If it is attempted to remove it by force, the side walls of the stud engagement portion 17 and the base portion 11 will be destroyed, and the clip will be damaged, making it impossible to reuse the clip.

Therefore, the conventional T-shaped stud clip has a problem that the workability of repairing a decorative member in an automobile assembly line, a sheet metal coating factory, or the like is impaired.

In view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is a T-type stud that can be removed and reused without being damaged from the T-type stud after being attached to the T-type stud of a body panel of an automobile or the like. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a clip for use and thereby improve the workability of repairing the decorative member.

[Means for Solving the Problem] A T-shaped stud clip according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a T-shaped stud clip for attaching a decorative member to a T-shaped stud welded to a body panel of an automobile or the like. A base part having a hollow part formed by a plurality of pairs of side walls including a pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction and having a decorative member mountable on the upper part thereof, and a pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction inside each other. A pair of studs that project in parallel and are engaged with the head of the T-shaped stud by utilizing the elastic deformation of the side wall caused by pushing from above the T-shaped stud, and that are parallel to the longitudinal direction. At least one side wall in the lateral direction connecting both ends of the side wall with each other is provided with a notch for passing the T-shaped stud.

[Operation] According to the T-shaped stud clip having the above-mentioned means, the clip is pushed into the head of the T-shaped stud of the body panel of an automobile or the like from above, so that the elasticity due to the bending of the pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction. With the deformation, the stud engaging portion rides over and engages with the head thereof, whereby the clip is attached to the T-shaped stud.

In this mounted state, if it becomes necessary to remove it,
Slide the base along its length. The sliding of the base causes the T-shaped stud to relatively pass through the notch in the side wall of the base to disengage from the stud engaging portion, resulting in removal from the T-shaped stud.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The T-shaped stud clip of this example is a clip 1 for mounting a roof molding (decorative member) 2 on a roof (body panel) 3 of an automobile, as shown in a perspective view in FIG.
Is. Further, since the clip 1 is a modification of a part of the clip mentioned as the conventional example, the same parts as those of the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals.

Before describing the clip 1, the roof 3 and the roof molding 2 of the automobile will be described.

The roof 3 has a roof side panel 32 joined by welding or the like to the lower surfaces of the left and right edge portions (the right edge portion is shown in the figure) of the roof panel 31 which is the main body of the roof 3.
The gutter-shaped groove portion 4 having the left and right side walls 31a and 32a is formed by the joining. T-shaped studs 5 are attached by welding, that is, welding at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the groove 4 on the edge of the roof panel 31 corresponding to the bottom surface of the groove 4. The T-shaped stud 5 has a disk-shaped head portion 52 at the upper end of the shaft portion 51. Roof side panel 32
An inner panel 33 is joined to the back surface (lower surface) of the above together with the roof panel 31 and the roof side panel 32.

The roof molding 2 is formed by covering a metal core material 2a with a synthetic resin covering material 2b, and has a substantially channel-shaped cross section. Left and right flange edges 21 and 22 that are bent back in a facing direction are formed on both side edges of the roof molding 2. Along with the formation of the flange edges 21 and 22, mounting grooves 23 and 24 are formed inside the side edges of the roof molding 2, respectively. In addition, elastic tongues are provided on the outside of the side edge of the roof molding 2.
25 and 26 are projected.

Next, the clip will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, which is a sectional view of the clip in a used state, and FIG. 2 which is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

For convenience of explanation, the clip in the usage state, that is, the mounted state will be described. The front view of the clip before use is shown in FIG. 4, the right side view is shown in FIG. 5, and the plan view is shown in FIG.
The figure and the same sectional view are shown in FIG. 7, respectively.

The clip 1 is integrally formed of an appropriate synthetic resin material, and is arranged at predetermined intervals corresponding to the T-shaped stud 5 of the roof 3.

The base portion 11 of the clip 1 is a hollow portion having a substantially rectangular tube shape surrounded by a plurality of pairs of side walls, that is, the front, rear, left and right side walls 11a to 11d.
Have twelve. The longitudinal direction of the base 11 is the front-back direction.

The left side wall 11c of the base portion 11 is provided with a molding engagement portion 13 with which the left side flange edge 21 of the roof molding 2 is engaged. The molding engaging portion 13 cooperates with the pair of front and rear upper locking projections 14 engaged in the left mounting groove 23 of the roof molding 2 and the respective locking projections 14 so as to sandwich the flange edge 21. It is formed by the protruding lower locking protrusions 15 (see FIG. 3). The upper locking protrusion 14 has an inclined surface 14a whose projection amount gradually decreases upward from its tip.

On the upper part of the right side wall 11d of the base portion 11, a pair of front and rear molding locking wings 16 are projected in an inclined state so as to expand in the front and rear direction. An inverted L-shaped notch step portion 16a is formed in the lower portion of the tip of the molding locking blade 16. The tip of the molding locking wing 16 is engaged with the right side mounting groove 24 of the roof molding 2, and the notch step 16a is engaged with the flange edge 22 of the molding 2. Note that, in FIGS. 4 and 6, the deformed state of the molding locking blade 16 is shown by a chain double-dashed line.

On the side walls extending in the longitudinal direction of the base 11, that is, on the lower edges of the left and right side walls 11c, 11d, the stud engaging portion 1 protruding inward is provided.
7 are formed symmetrically. Stud engagement part 17
Are parallel to each other. And the stud engaging part 17
Are engaged with the T-shaped studs 5 of the roof panel 31. The stud engaging portion 17 has a locking surface 17a that abuts the lower surface of the head portion 52 of the T-shaped stud 5, and an inclined surface 17b that gradually reduces the amount of projection from the tip thereof downward.
(See FIG. 7).

Furthermore, at the lower ends of the side walls 11a and 11b before and after the base 11,
A notch 11e is formed to allow the T-shaped stud 5 engaged with the stud engaging portion 17 to pass therethrough. The space portion 6 between the stud engagement portions 17 is opened in the longitudinal direction by the notch portion 11e.

At the lower part of the right side wall 11d of the base 11, a pair of front and rear elastic wings 18
Like the molding locking wing 16, it is projected in an inclined state so as to spread back and forth. This elastic wing piece 18 is formed on the right flange edge of the roof molding 2 with respect to the molding locking wing 16.
It is lined up with 22 in between. The tip edge of the elastic blade piece 18 elastically abuts on the right wall surface of the groove portion 4, that is, the side wall 32a of the roof side panel 32. In FIG. 4, the deformed state of the elastic wing piece 18 is shown by a chain double-dashed line.

Elastic pieces 19 having elasticity project laterally from the lower ends of the front and rear side walls 11a and 11b of the base 11. A tip portion of the elastic piece 19 is inclined downward and elastically abuts on the bottom surface of the groove portion 4 of the roof panel 31. Note that, in FIG. 5, the deformed state of the elastic piece 19 is shown by a chain double-dashed line.

A projecting piece 20 projects from the center of the right side wall 11d of the base 11.

The clip 1 is formed of a thermoplastic resin material having appropriate elasticity such as polyacetal.

Next, a case where the roof molding 2 is attached to the roof 3 of the automobile using the clip 1 will be described.

First, the clip 1 is assembled into the roof molding 2 as described below. A front view of the assembled clip is shown in FIG. 8, and a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 8 is shown in FIG.

That is, the notch step portion 16a of the molding locking blade 16 is engaged with the right flange edge 22 of the roof molding 2. Then, the inclined surface 14a of the upper locking protrusion 14 is attached to the left flange edge 2 of the roof molding 2.
Abut on 1, and push clip 1 toward roof molding 2. Then, the molding locking wing 16 is expanded by sliding its front end portion on the right flange edge 22 of the roof molding 2. The upper locking projection 14 has its inclined surface 14a slid on the tip of the left flange edge 21 of the roof molding 2, and when the left locking flange 16 is overcome, the molding locking blade 16 elastically restores, Left flange edge 21
Engage with.

In this way, the roof molding 2 is assembled into an assembly while the clip 1 is retained.

This assembled clip 1 is assembled to the roof 3 of the automobile as described below (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

That is, the T-shaped stud 5 of the automobile roof 3 is inserted into the hollow portion 12 of the base portion 11 of the clip 1 by fitting the roof molding 2 in which the clip 1 is assembled into the groove portion 4 of the automobile roof 3 by pressing it. Insert relatively.

With the pressing of the base portion 11, the inclined surface of the stud engagement portion 17
After 17b (see FIG. 7) abuts on the head portion 52 of the T-shaped stud 5, as the inclined surface 17b slides on the outer end of the head portion 52, the left and right side walls 11c and 11d of the base portion 11 are formed. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2, it is bent into a curved shape by its elasticity. Then, when the inclined surface 17b crosses over the head 52 of the T-shaped stud 5, the both side walls 11c and 11d return with its elasticity, and the locking surface 17a of the stud engaging portion 17 is returned to the head 5.
The clip 1 is engaged with the lower side of the roof 2, and the clip 1 is attached to the roof 3.

After that, the pressing against the roof molding 2 is released.

Then, when the roof molding 2 is pressed, the tip edge of the elastic wing piece 18 contacts the side wall 32a of the roof side panel 32, and the wing piece 18 is expanded due to its elasticity. In FIG. 2, the free state of the elastic wing piece 18 is shown by a chain double-dashed line. Further, the tip edge of the elastic piece 19 contacts the bottom surface of the groove portion 4 of the roof panel 31, and the elastic piece 19 is bent by its elasticity. Also, the left and right elastic tongues 25, 26 of the roof molding 2 are
The roof panel 31 and the roof side panel 32 are elastically brought into contact with each other.

In this way, the assembling of the roof molding 2 to the roof 3 of the automobile is completed.

When it is necessary to remove the roof molding 2 when the roof molding 2 is attached to the roof 3, the roof molding 2 can be removed as follows.

First, between the right side flange edge 22 of the roof molding 2 and the roof side panel 32, for example, a screwdriver-like tool,
The flange edge 22 of the removal tool 7 such as a spatula-shaped tool is pushed in and floated by using the flexure of the roof molding 2 and the molding locking blades 16 (see the chain double-dashed line 2 in FIG. 1). ). Then, the tip of the tool 7 is brought into contact with the front surface or the rear surface of the protruding piece 20, and the protruding piece 20 is pushed by the tool 7, so that the base 11 (clip 1) slides along its longitudinal direction, for example, the second Slide to the left in the figure (see arrow in the figure). By this slide of the base 11,
The T-shaped stud 5 relatively passes through the cutout portion 11e of the front side wall 11a, and the engagement with the stud engagement portion 17 is released (see the chain double-dashed line 52 in FIG. 2). As a result, the clip 1 is removed from the T-shaped stud 5, and the roof molding 2 is removed from the roof 3 as a result.

Therefore, the clip 1 can be removed from the T-shaped stud 5 without damage, and the clip 1 can be reused. Therefore, the workability of repairing the roof molding 2 in an automobile assembly line, a sheet metal coating factory, etc. is improved.

In this example, since the projecting piece 20 is provided on the base portion 11, the working portion of the tool 7 at the time of removal is secured, so that the side walls 11a and 11b of the base portion 11, the molding locking blades 16, the elastic blade pieces 18, etc. It is possible to prevent the damage by the tool 7.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the embodiment, the notches 11e are provided on the front and rear side walls 11a and 11b of the base 11, respectively, but they may be provided on only one side wall. The present invention can also be applied to a clip in which the roof 1 is attached to the T-shaped stud 5 of the roof 3 and then the roof molding 2 is attached to the clip 1. As the decorative member, other moldings such as a roof molding, a garnish, a trim and the like can be used.

[Advantage of the Invention] According to the T-shaped stud clip of the present invention, when it is necessary to remove the clip when it is attached to the T-shaped stud of a body panel of an automobile or the like, the base portion is moved in the longitudinal direction thereof. By sliding along, it is possible to remove the T-shaped stud without damaging it, thereby improving the repair workability of the decorative member.

In particular, the present invention relates to an improvement of a T-shaped stud clip which is attached to the T-shaped stud by utilizing elastic deformation of a pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction by pushing the side wall into the T-shaped stud. It can be attached by simply pushing it into the stud, and can be removed by simply sliding it in the longitudinal direction with respect to the T-shaped stud. Therefore, it can be attached and detached by one operation such as pushing or sliding, so both workability is good. Is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a clip in use, and FIG. 2 is II-II of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the clip before mounting, FIG. 4 is a front view of the clip, FIG. 5 is a right side view of the same, FIG. 6 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of a clip to which a roof molding is attached, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. FIGS. 10 and 11 show a conventional example. FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a clip, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI of FIG. 1 …… Clip 2 …… Roof molding (decorative member) 3… Roof (body panel) 5 …… T-shaped stud 11 …… Base 11e …… Notch 17 …… Stud engaging part

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Masahide Sato Inventor, Togo Works, Aichi Prefecture, Togo-machi, Aichi-gun, Haruki-ki, Tochi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Teruo Ouchi 5-33-8 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (72) Inventor Takuo Yamaguchi 1 Nakasiriri, Hashime-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi Mitsubishi Motors Engineering Co., Ltd. Okazaki Plant (56) References: 58-100111 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A T-shaped stud clip for attaching a decorative member to a T-shaped stud welded to a body panel of an automobile or the like, wherein a hollow formed by a plurality of pairs of side walls including a pair of side walls parallel to a longitudinal direction. A base portion having a portion on which an ornamental member can be attached, and a base portion projecting so as to be parallel to each other inside a pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction from above the head portion of the T-shaped stud. And a stud engaging portion which is engaged by utilizing the elastic deformation of the side wall due to the pushing of the side wall of the pair of side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction of the both side walls in the short-side direction interconnecting to each other. A clip for a T-shaped stud, characterized in that at least one side wall is provided with a cutout portion through which the T-shaped stud passes.