JPH0738012Y2 - Car hood pole mounting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a hood pole mounting device for an automobile.

[Conventional technology]

It is well known that a hood pole is detachably fixed to a hood that is openably and closably supported by a vehicle body, and a flag or other decoration is attached to the pole to drive an automobile.

A conventional hood pole attaching device that detachably attaches such a pole to a hood has a cylindrical body fixed to an outer panel of the hood, and inserts the lower portion of the hood pole from the upper opening into the cylindrical body, Since the male screw formed on the lower portion is formed on the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body and is screwed into the screw, the hood pole is fixed to the hood.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

According to the mounting device for the hood pole configured as described above, when the hood pole is attached or detached, the pole is turned a large number of times, usually 20 times or more, to engage the male thread of the hood pole with the female thread of the cylindrical body. Alternatively, it must be disengaged. For this reason, it took time to attach and detach the hood pole, and workability was poor.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, to attach and detach the hood pole easily in a short time, and to provide a hood pole mounting device for an automobile that can firmly hold and hold the hood pole in a stable state. To provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cylindrical receiving member which is fixed to a hood which is openably and closably supported by a vehicle body and has an opening in the upper portion, and an upper opening of the receiving member which is fixed to an outer surface of the hood. And a hood pole inserted through an upper opening of the receiving member integrally with a base having a hole aligned with the base, and the base of the hoopole is placed on the upper surface of the base in a state of being inserted into the receiving member. And a first groove portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion of the hood pole inserted into the receiving member, and extending in the circumferential direction of the base portion, and on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion of the hood pole that is continuous with the first groove portion. A guide groove formed of a second groove extending in the axial direction up to the lower end of the hood pole base, and the guide groove fixed to the receiving member and protruding inward from the inner peripheral surface thereof. To A guide protrusion that movably fits and the guide protrusion fits in the first groove portion of the guide groove, and when the hood pole is attached to the hood at a predetermined position, the outer periphery of the base portion of the hood pole A ball that engages with a recess formed in the surface, a spring that is held by a spring receiver that is fixed to the receiving member, and presses the ball against the recess, and a stop that is vertically movable on the base. A button, a spring for urging the stop button to an upper position, and a stop button, the stop button occupying the upper position by the action of the spring,
When the stop button is pressed to the lower position against the action of the spring while engaging with the mating engagement surface formed on the flange to prevent rotation of the hood pole, An engaging surface that is disengaged to allow rotation of the hood pole and is integrally fixed to the lower end of the base of the hood pole, and is slidably inserted into a through hole formed in the bottom of the receiving member. And a end stop that is fixed to the lowermost part of the pin and is located below the through hole. The end stop and the through hole are both oval in cross section. , The guide protrusion is fitted into the first groove portion of the guide groove to prohibit the end stop from passing through the through hole when the hood pole is attached to the hood at a predetermined position. To the penetration And the end stop are not aligned with each other, and when the guide protrusion is fitted into the second groove portion of the guide groove as the hood pole rotates, the end stop and the through hole are aligned and the end stop penetrates. We propose a vehicle hood pole attachment device in which the oval orientation in the cross section of the end stop and the through hole is set so that it can pass through the hole.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hood pole 2 is detachably fixed to a hood 1 that is openably and closably supported by a vehicle body of an automobile, and a flag 3 or other ornaments are attached to the pole 2. .

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1 in which the flag 3 is omitted. As shown in FIG. 2, the hood 1 has an outer panel 5 on the outer side of the vehicle, an inner panel 6 fixed integrally with the outer panel 5, and reinforcing plates 7 and 8 for increasing the bonding strength of these panels 5 and 6. . 91 is a striker which is fixed to the inner panel 6 and engages with a lock device (not shown) on the vehicle body side to fix the hood 1 to the closed position when the hood 1 is closed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. is there.

Next, the structure and operation of the hood pole attaching device 4 for detachably attaching the hood pole 2 to the hood 1 will be clarified.

The mounting device 4 includes a cylindrical receiving member 9 having an opening at the top, and the receiving member 9 is fitted into mounting holes formed in the outer panel 5, the reinforcing panel 8 and the inner panel 6 of the hood 1. And the receiving member 9 as shown in FIG.
On the screw 10 formed on the bottom of the
11 is screwed on, so that the receiving member 9 is integrally fixed to the hood 1. A reinforcing tube 16 is arranged around the receiving member 9, and upper and lower ends of the tube 16 are fixed to the reinforcing member 8 and the inner panel 6, respectively.

A base 12 is fixedly fixed to the outer surface of the outer panel of the hood 1 as shown in FIG. 4, and the base 12 has a hole 13 aligned with the upper opening of the receiving member 9.

The hood pole 2 inserted from the upper opening of the receiving member 9 is provided with a flange 14 integral with the hood pole 2.
The base portion 15 of the hood pole 2 below 14 is the hole of the base 12.
The flange 14 is mounted on the upper surface of the base 12 while being inserted into the receiving member 9 through the upper opening of the receiving member 9 through 13.

As described above, the hood pole attaching device 4 includes the receiving member 9
Besides, it has a base 12 and a flange 14 integral with the hood pole 2. The base portion 15 of the hood pole 2 inserted into the receiving member 9 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a guide groove 17 is formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The guide groove 17 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion 15, and is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion 15 of the hood pole 2 which is continuous with the first groove portion 17a extending in the circumferential direction of the base portion 15 and the first groove portion 17a. And a second groove portion 17b extending in the axial direction up to the lower end of the base portion 15 of the hood pole 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide projection 18 is fixedly provided on the receiving member 9, and the guide projection 18 projects inward from the circumferential surface of the receiving member 9 and slides in the guide groove 17 of the hood pole 2. It fits freely. As described above, the hood pole attaching device 4 has the guide groove 17 formed in the hood pole 2 and the guide protrusion 18 fitted into the guide groove 17.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the hood pole 2 is attached to the hood 1 at a predetermined position. At this time, the guide protrusion 18 fits into the first groove portion 17a of the guide groove 17, And as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6, the end 17c of the first groove 17a
Is in contact with.

On the other hand, a base portion that substantially opposes the end portion 17c of the first groove portion 17a.
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
19 are formed, and as described above, the guide protrusion 18 is formed into the guide groove 17
When the hood pole 2 is fitted into the first groove portion 17a of the hood pole 2 at a predetermined position with respect to the hood 1, the concave portion 19 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion of the hood pole 2 is shown in FIG. The balls 20 engage as shown. The ball 20 is pressed against the recess 19 by a compression spring 22 held by a spring receiver 21 fixed to the receiving member 9.

As described above, the hood pole attaching device 4 is provided with the ball 20
And a spring 22 for pressing this,
The ball 20 pressed by 22 comes into pressure contact with the concave portion 19 of the base portion 15 to prevent rotation of the hood pole 2. Further, since the guide protrusion 18 is engaged with the first groove portion 17a of the guide groove 17, the hood pole 2 is also prevented from coming out upward.

Further, the hood pole attaching device 4 is a base portion of the hood pole 2.
A pin 23 fixed integrally to the lower end of 15 and slidably inserted in a through hole 24 formed in the bottom of the receiving member 9;
The pin 23 is integrally fixed to the lowermost portion and has an end stop 25 located below the through hole 24. 8th
As shown in the figure, the end stop 25 and the through hole 24 of the receiving member 9 are both oval in cross section, and when the hood pole 2 is attached to the hood 1, the through hole
The oblong major axes of 24 and end stop 25 are positioned at an angle of 90 ° to each other.

For this reason, the guide protrusion 18 is formed in the first groove portion 17a of the guide groove 17.
The hood pole 2 has a large upward external force
Even if added, the end stop 25 hits the receiving member 9 and the hood pole 2 does not come out. As described above, the hood pole has a double-prevention prevention mechanism that includes the guide protrusion 18 and the first groove portion 17a with which the guide protrusion 18 is engaged and the retainer mechanism that is engaged with the end stop 25 and the receiving member 9. The escape of 2 is surely prevented.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a stop button 26 is vertically movably assembled to the base 12, and a compression coil spring is housed in a spring receiver 27 integrally attached to the base 12.
28 biases stop button 26 to the upper position. As a result, the stopper 29 of the stop button 26 comes into contact with the lower surface of the base 12, and the stop button 26 is held at the upper position shown in FIG. Thus, when the stop button 26 occupies the upper position by the action of the spring 28, the engaging surface 30 formed on the stop button 26 is formed on the flange 14 integral with the hood pole 2 as shown in FIG. The hood pole 2 is prevented from rotating by engaging with the mating engagement surface 31 thus formed. in this way,
The hood pole attachment device 4 has a stop button 26, a spring 28 for urging the stop button 26, and an engagement surface 30 formed on the stop button 26 and engaged with a mating engagement surface 31 of the flange 14. The rotation preventing mechanism of the hood pole composed of these elements and the rotation preventing mechanism of the hood pole by the ball 20 and the recess 19 with which the ball 20 is engaged prevent the rotation of the hood pole 2 reliably. Can be stopped.

As described above, the hood pole 2 can be firmly fixed to the hood 1 in a stable state, and even if wind or vibration is applied to the hood 1, the hood pole 2 can be prevented from falling off. As shown in FIG. Can be used without hindrance.

To remove the hood pole 2 from the hood 1, first the stop button 26 is pressed against the action of the spring 28 to the lower position.
At this time, the engaging surface 30 of the stop button 26 and the flange 14
The engagement of the mating engagement surface 31 is released, and the hood pole 2 is allowed to rotate. Food pole 2 in this state
Is rotated about its axis in the direction indicated by arrow A in FIG. At this time, the ball 20 compresses the spring 22 and disengages from the recess 19. Therefore, the hood pole 2 can be freely rotated, and the guide protrusion 18 moves in the first groove portion 17a as the hood pole 2 rotates. It moves relatively in the direction shown by arrow B in FIG.
When rotated, the protrusion 18 occupies the position indicated by the dashed line in FIG. Therefore, when the hood pole 2 is pulled upward, the guide protrusion 18 moves in the second groove portion 17b relative to the hood pole 2, so that the pole 2 can be pulled out upward from the receiving member 9 as it is. You can

When the hood pole 2 is rotated by approximately 90 ° as described above, the end stop 25 and the long axis of the through hole 24 of the receiving member 9 coincide with each other, so that the hood pole 2 can be pulled out without being disturbed by these. it can.

As described above, the guide protrusion 18 is the first groove portion of the guide groove 17.
When the hood pole 2 is fitted to the hood 1 at a predetermined position with respect to the hood 1 by fitting to the 17a, the through hole 24 and the end stop 25 are arranged so as to prevent the end stop 25 from passing through the through hole 24. Are not aligned with each other, and when the guide protrusion 18 is fitted into the second groove portion 17b of the guide groove 17 as the hood pole 2 rotates, the end stop 25 and the through hole 24 are aligned and the end stop 25 is The orientation of the elliptical shape in the cross section of the end stop 25 and the through hole 24 is set so that it can pass through the through hole 24.

The hood pole 2 can be attached to the hood 1 only by inserting the base 15 of the hood pole 2 into the receiving member 9 and rotating the pole 2. Food pole 2 second
When brought to the position shown in the figure, the guide protrusion 18 has the first groove portion.
Since it contacts the end 17c of 17a, it serves to position the hood pole 2.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, the guide groove fixed to the receiving member fixed to the hood is slidably fitted in the guide groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the hood pole. It can be attached and detached in a short time.

In addition, the hood pole attached to the hood prevents double slipping-out of the retaining mechanism by the engagement of the guide protrusion and the first groove portion of the guide groove and the retaining mechanism by the engagement of the end stop and the receiving member. The mechanism reliably prevents the escape.

Similarly, the hood pole attached to the hood
A rotation stopping mechanism formed by engagement between an engagement surface formed on the stop button and a mating engagement surface formed on a flange integral with the hood pole, and a rotation stopping mechanism formed by a ball and a concave portion with which the ball is engaged. Since the rotation is prevented by the heavy rotation preventing mechanism, it is fixedly held to the hood in a stable state.

Further, the hood pole can be removed from the hood by simply pressing the stop button, then rotating the hood pole and pulling the pole upward. Further, the hood pole can be attached to the hood by simply inserting the base of the hood pole into the receiving member and rotating the hood, and the operation for attaching and detaching the hood is extremely simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an automobile, and Fig. 2 is II-II in Fig. 1.
FIG. 3 is a line enlarged sectional view in which a flag is omitted, FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a receiving member, FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is the hood pole shown in FIG. The figure taken out and shown,
FIG. 6 is a view seen from the right side of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a view seen from the left side of FIG. 5, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 1 ... Hood, 2 ... Hood pole 4 ... Hood pole mounting device, 9 ... Receiving member 12 ... Base, 13 ... Hole 14 ... Flange, 15 ... Base 17 ... Guide groove, 17a ... First groove 17b …… Second groove, 18 …… Guide protrusion 19 …… Recess, 20 …… Ball 21 …… Spring bearing, 22 …… Spring 23 …… Pin, 24 …… Through hole 25 …… End Stop, 26 …… Stop button 28 …… Spring, 30 …… Mating surface 31 …… Mating mating surface

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cylindrical receiving member fixed to a hood that is openably and closably supported by a vehicle body and having an opening in the upper portion, and a hole fixed to the outer surface of the hood and aligned with the upper opening of the receiving member. A base and a hood pole that is integrally attached to a hood pole that is inserted from an upper opening of the receiving member, and a flange that is placed on an upper surface of the base with the base portion of the hood pole being inserted into the receiving member; Formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion of the hood pole inserted into the receiving member, the first groove portion extending in the circumferential direction of the base portion, and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion of the hood pole continuously to the first groove portion, A guide groove formed of a second groove extending in the axial direction up to the lower end of the hood pole base, and fixed to the receiving member, projecting inward from the inner peripheral surface thereof and slidable in the guide groove. Mating moth Recesses formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base of the hood pole when the hood pole is attached to the hood at a predetermined position by fitting the guide protrusion and the guide protrusion into the first groove portion of the guide groove. A ball that engages
A spring that is held by a spring receiver that is fixed to the receiving member and that presses the ball against the recess, a stop button that is vertically movable to the base, and a biasing force of the stop button to an upper position. And a stop button formed in the spring, and when the stop button occupies an upper position due to the action of the spring, engages with a mating engagement surface formed in the flange to prevent rotation of the hood pole. Together with this, when the stop button is pressed to the lower position against the action of the spring, the engagement surface with which the engagement with the mating engagement surface is released and the hood pole is allowed to rotate, and the hood pole A pin that is integrally fixed to the lower end of the base and is slidably inserted in a through hole formed in the bottom of the receiving member, and is fixed to the lowermost part of the pin and is located below the through hole. D A cross section of the end stop and the through hole are both formed into an oval shape, and the guide protrusion is fitted into the first groove portion of the guide groove, The through hole and the end stop are not aligned with each other so as to prevent the end stop from passing through the through hole when attached to the hood at a predetermined position, and the hood pole rotates with the rotation of the hood pole. When the guide protrusion is fitted into the second groove portion of the guide groove, the end stop and the through hole are aligned,
A hood pole mounting device for an automobile, in which an oval shape in a cross section of the end stop and the through hole is set so that the end stop can pass through the through hole.