JPH0721408Y2 - Cornerlight mounting structure for automobiles - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] A. Purpose of the Invention (1) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a mounting structure for corner lights such as position lights and turn signal lights in automobiles.

(2) Conventional technology In general, a headlight is provided at a corner portion on the front of a vehicle body to illuminate the vehicle at dusk or at night to clarify the existence of the vehicle and a turn signal light for instructing a course change. Will be deployed adjacent to the outside of.

Conventionally, in mounting these corner lights, a plurality of engaging projections projectingly provided on the casing rear wall of the corner light are respectively engaged with support holes formed in a front fender or a bracket fixed thereto, It has already been proposed that the supporting arm projecting from the rear wall of the casing is screwed to the bracket (for example, the actual open sho 61-
(See Japanese Patent No. 146443).

(3) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above conventional mounting structure, the bracket is
The stay for positioning the corner light, which extends toward the front of the vehicle body, is not projectingly provided, that is, the vertical positioning elongated hole (25d) of the corner light is formed in the recessed portion of the bracket behind the corner light. Therefore, when the corner light is assembled, the long hole is hidden behind the corner light and cannot be visually recognized. Moreover, since the engaging projection on the corner light side is loosely inserted into the long hole, the corner light is loosely inserted. It is difficult to hold the corner light firmly in a fixed position, and therefore, the operator feels by engaging the above-mentioned engaging projection of the corner light with the long hole of the bracket and supporting the corner light with one hand in order to maintain the state. Since it is necessary to screw the light to the bracket, the work efficiency as a whole is very poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to solve the problems of the above-described conventional structure and improve the workability of assembling the corner light, and yet, the supporting rigidity for the corner light is high and the structure is also high. An object is to provide a simple structure for mounting a corner light in an automobile.

B. Configuration of the Invention (1) Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a structure for mounting a corner light in an automobile in which a corner light is arranged adjacent to an outer side of a headlight, at a front end of a vehicle body. A bracket, which is fixed and supports the headlight at the rear of the headlight, has a stay with a tip extending forward from the vehicle body so as to protrude into the gap between the outer surface of the headlight and the cornerlight, and the cornerlight is synthesized. On the rear wall of the resin casing,
A positioning clamping piece that clamps the tip end portion of the stay so as to be detachable from the front of the vehicle body so as to define and hold relative mounting positions of the casing relative to the stay in the vehicle front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the vertical direction; In order to screw the casing from above from an insertion piece that is arranged at a distance from the positioning sandwiching piece and is inserted into the front fender so that it can be removed from the front of the vehicle body, and a corner light fixing support portion provided on the stay. It is characterized by being integrally molded with the support arm of.

(2) Action When mounting the corner light, the clamping piece on the rear wall of the casing simply clamps the tip of the stay fixed to the headlight supporting bracket from the front of the vehicle body to the corner light stay. Since it is possible to define and hold each relative mounting position in the vehicle body front-rear direction, left-right direction, and up-down direction, the corner light can be firmly held in place even if the worker releases his hand at that position, In this state, the work of assembling the corner light is completed simply by screwing the supporting arm on the rear wall of the casing to the corner light fixing and supporting portion of the stay from above.

Also, by inserting an insertion piece integrally formed on the rear wall of the casing at a distance from the sandwiching piece into the front fender,
The load on the sandwiching piece and stay is reduced by that much, and the support for the corner light is further stabilized.

Further, in particular, in the above-mentioned stay, since the tip end portion is extended toward the front of the vehicle body so as to project into the gap between the outer side surface of the headlight and the corner light, when the holding piece is clamped at the tip end portion as described above, The corner light can be moved rearward with the stay tip, which extends relatively long forward as far as the gap between the outer surface of the headlight and the corner light, as a target for easy visual observation, which further improves the workability of assembling the corner light. improves. Further, the holding piece itself does not need to be overhung longer than the rear surface of the casing because the tip end of the stay, which is the mating member, is extended toward the front of the vehicle body as described above. The strength can be improved.

As is clear from the above operation, the stay cooperates with the above-mentioned sandwiching piece to serve both as a positioning means for holding the corner light in a fixed position and as a holding means, and also cooperates with the supporting arm or the like to provide the corner light. It is also used as a screwing means.

(3) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the description, the left and right refer to the automobile as a reference.

First, in FIG. 1, a pair of left and right headlights 3 and 3'are provided on the front surface of a vehicle body 2 of an automobile 1, and a pair of position lights as corner lights are provided on the left and right corner portions of the front surface.
4, 4'are arranged adjacent to the outside of the headlights 3, 3 ', respectively, and these are bulkheads 5 which are a part of the vehicle body 2.
And attached to the front fender 6 as follows.

The left and right headlights 3, 3'and the position lights 4,
Since the mounting structure of 4'is symmetrical, only the mounting structure on the left side will be described.

In FIG. 2, the headlight 3 is attached to the bulkhead 5 via a bracket 7. That is, the rear wall of the casing 3a of the headlight 3 has one point on one end side in the left-right direction,
Two points on the other end side, a total of three points, are mounted so that the optical axis can be adjusted by a ball joint 8, and the bracket 7 is fixed to the bulkhead 5 by bolts 9 at a plurality of points.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the position light 4 has an inner end portion on the headlight 3 side on the bracket 7.
The outer ends are attached to the front fender 6, respectively. That is, the synthetic resin casing of the position light 4
On the inner end side of the rear wall of 4a close to the headlight 3, three elastic holding pieces 10, 11, 12 which are vertically aligned and protrude rearward of the vehicle body are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper and lower two sandwiching pieces 10 and 12 are formed in an angle shape, and are arranged so that inner corners thereof face each other, and the central sandwiching piece is arranged.
11 has a channel shape, and is arranged with its outer corners on both sides facing the inner corners of the upper and lower sandwiching pieces 10 and 12.

On the other hand, on the bracket 7, a base end of a flat channel-shaped bracket 13 having a tip portion 13a linearly extending toward the front of the vehicle body and protruding to a gap S between the outer surface of the headlight 3 and the corner light 4 is provided. Part is welded and its tip
13a is inserted and sandwiched between the upper and lower two sandwiching pieces 10 and 12 and the central sandwiching piece 11 so as to be detachable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. Stay tip 1 between the facing surfaces of the sandwiching pieces 10 and 12
By sandwiching 3a up and down, and its relative position in the front-rear direction, the angle-shaped inner ends of the upper and lower clamping pieces 10, 12 are brought into contact with the tip surface of the stay tip portion 13, and the relative position in the left-right direction is further centered. Clamping piece 11 and upper and lower clamping pieces 10, 12
The stay front end portion 13a is sandwiched between the left and right sides of the stay and the stay front end portion 13a is defined respectively, and can be held at their relative positions.

On the outer end side of the rear wall of the casing 4a opposite to the headlight 3, there are integrally formed insert shafts 14 as a pair of upper and lower insert pieces protruding rearward of the vehicle body. A pair of upper and lower synthetic resin support members 16 having support holes 15 that are inserted so as to be more detachable are locked to the front fender 6.

Further, a support arm 17 extending to the vicinity of the base of the stay 13 is integrally formed on the rear wall of the casing 4a, and the tip of the support arm 17 serves as a corner light fixing support portion projecting on one side of the stay 13. It is fixed to the short piece 18 with screws 19.

Next, this action will be described.

When installing the position light 4, first, by pushing the position light 4 from the front of the vehicle body between the headlight 3 and the front fender 6, the holding pieces 10, 11, 12 and the stay 13, the insertion shaft 14, 14 and the support members 16, 16 are engaged with each other as described above. At this time, in particular, since the stay 13 extends to the outside of the headlight 3, it is possible to easily engage with the holding pieces 10, 11, 12 without being hindered by the headlight 3.

Next, if the supporting arm 17 is fixed to the short piece 18 of the stay 13 with a screw 19, the holding pieces 10, 11, 12 are prevented from being detached from the stay 13 and the insertion shafts 14, 14 from being detached from the support members 16, 16. can do.

In addition, the stay 13 that supports the inner end side of the position light 4
Is extended to the outside of the headlight 3, so
The synthetic resin sandwiching pieces 10, 11 and 12 of the position light 4 need only be short. Therefore, even when an external force is applied to the position light 4, the bending moment acting on the sandwiching pieces 10, 11, 12 can be suppressed to be small, and the support rigidity for the position light 4 can be enhanced.

Moreover, since the upper and lower sandwiching pieces 10 and 12 have an angle shape and the central sandwiching piece 11 has a channel shape, both of which have a large section modulus, the supporting rigidity can be further enhanced.

C. Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, when attaching the corner light, the tip of the stay fixed to the headlight supporting bracket is attached to the holding piece of the casing rear wall from the front of the vehicle body. By simply sandwiching the corner light, it is possible to define and hold the relative mounting positions of the corner light relative to the stay in the vehicle front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction, so even if the worker releases the corner light, the corner light can be held. It can be firmly held in a fixed position, and in this state, by simply screwing the supporting arm of the casing rear wall to the corner light fixing support portion of the stay from above, the work of assembling the corner light can be completed. As a result of the above, the corner light can be placed in a fixed position on the vehicle body while maintaining a proper relative positional relationship between the corner light and the headlight and maintaining good appearance consistency of both lights. Quick and easy accurately you can attach, can contribute greatly to improvement and cost savings of the mounting work efficiency of the corner light.

Also, by inserting an insertion piece integrally molded on the casing rear wall into the front fender at a distance from the sandwiching piece,
Since the support for the corner light is more stable, even if the tip portion of the stay is extended toward the front of the vehicle body, the corner light can be more reliably held in the fixed position as described above.

Further, in particular, since the stay has a tip portion extending toward the front of the vehicle body so as to project into a gap between the outer surface of the headlight and the corner light, the nipping piece on the corner light side is attached to the tip portion as described above. When sandwiching the corner lights, the corner lights can be moved backwards with the stay tip that extends relatively long forward as far as the gap between the outer surface of the headlight and the corner lights as the easy visual target. The attaching workability can be further improved.
Further, the above-mentioned sandwiching piece does not need to overhang the sandwiching piece itself longer than the rear surface of the casing because the stay tip, which is a mating member, is extended toward the front of the vehicle body as described above. It is advantageous above, and the load of the sandwiching piece is reduced by the special provision of the inserting piece. Therefore, even if the sandwiching piece is made of synthetic resin, the necessary strength of the sandwiching piece itself can be secured.

Furthermore, the stay also serves as a positioning means and a holding means for positioning the corner light at a fixed position in cooperation with the sandwiching piece, and also as a screwing means for the corner light in cooperation with the supporting arm or the like. Therefore, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vehicle without a hood, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the front end of the vehicle, and FIG. 3 is III of FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV and line VV in FIG. 1 ... Car, 2 ... Car body, 3,3 '... Headlight, 4,4' ...
Position lights as corner lights, 7 ... Brackets, 10,11,12 ... Clamping pieces, 13 ... Stay, 13a ... Tip, 14
... Insertion shaft as insert piece, 17 ... Support arm, 18 ... Short piece as corner light fixing support, S ... Gap

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-34831 (JP, A) JP 60-30990 (JP-A 61-146443) The specifications and drawings attached to the application are photographed. Microfilm (JP, U) Microfilm (JP, U) taken from the contents of the description and drawings attached to the application for Japanese Patent Application No. 60-203680 (No. 62-111238)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cornerlight mounting structure for an automobile in which a cornerlight (4, 4 ') is arranged adjacent to an outer side of a headlight (3, 3'), wherein the headlight (3) is fixed to a front end of a vehicle body (2). The tip (13a) is inserted into the bracket (7) supporting the rear part of the headlight (3, 3 ') to the gap (S) between the outer surface of the headlight (3, 3') and the corner light (4, 4 '). ) Is fixed to the front of the vehicle body, and the stay of the casing (4a) is attached to the rear wall of the synthetic resin casing (4a) of the corner light (4, 4 '). Positioning for sandwiching the tip portion (13a) of the stay (13) from the front of the vehicle body so as to define and hold relative mounting positions in the vehicle body front-rear direction, left-right direction and up-down direction relative to the vehicle body (13) Holding piece (10-12) and this positioning holding piece (10-12)
An insertion piece (14) which is arranged at a distance from the front fender (6) and is detachably inserted from the front of the vehicle body, and a corner light fixing support portion (18) provided on the stay (13).
A cornerlight mounting structure for an automobile, characterized in that a supporting arm (17) for screwing the casing (4a) from above is integrally molded with the casing.