JPH0781621A - Opening and closing body for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form a liquid drain hole without requiring boring work by punching, secure quality of external appearance by preventing the liquid drain hole from being viewed even in an opening and closing body opening condition, and eliminate adverse influence even when a rust preventive agent or the like comes out. CONSTITUTION:A hemming work unapplied part is arranged in a part of a lower end part of a license plate arranging recessed place 12a, and a liquid drain hole 16 to discharge liquid between an outer panel 12 and an inner panel 13 downward, is formed between a peripheral flange part 12b of the outer panel 12 and a peripheral flange part 13a of the inner panel 13 in the part. An inclined surface 13c to guide liquid up to the liquid drain hole 16 is formed in the inner panel 13, and a hiding piece 15a to cover the liquid drain hole 16 from the under side, is also formed in a lower end part of a finisher 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle opening / closing body such as a trunk lid, and more particularly to a vehicle opening / closing body having a finisher in a recess for arranging a license plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type, for example, there is one as shown in FIGS. Reference numeral 1 in the figure
Is a trunk lid as an "opening / closing body". The trunk lid 1 has a trunk lid body 4 as an "opening / closing body" formed by an outer panel 2 and an inner panel 3, and is formed at a lower end portion of the outer panel 2. The finisher 5 is disposed in the recess 2a for disposing the license plate.

The inner panel 3 and the outer panel 2
Assemble with the peripheral flange portion 2b of the outer panel 2.
Is performed by holding the peripheral flange portion 3a of the inner panel 3 by hemming.

A liquid draining hole 3c is formed in the horizontal surface portion 3b on the lower end side of the inner panel 3 for draining the electrodeposition liquid during electrodeposition coating.

An example of this type is that described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-109483.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional device, the drain hole 3c may be visible when the trunk lid 1 is opened.
The appearance quality may be deteriorated. Moreover, when the rust preventive agent or the like comes out from the hole 3c, the appearance quality is deteriorated, and at the same time, the hand may be soiled at the time of opening / closing operation. Also,
There is also a problem that a work step of opening the liquid drain hole 3c by punching is required and rust is easily generated from the peripheral flange portion of the hole 3c.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the liquid drain hole can be formed without punching by punching, the liquid drain hole is not visible even when the opening / closing body is open, and the appearance quality can be secured. It is an object of the present invention to provide an opening / closing body for a vehicle, which is capable of eliminating adverse effects even when, for example, such problems occur.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. The peripheral flange portion of the outer panel is hemmed and the peripheral flange portion of the inner panel is clamped, so that the outer panel is formed. The panel and the inner panel are assembled to each other to form the opening / closing body, and the outer panel has a lower end formed with a recess for disposing the license plate. The recess is formed up to the lower end edge and the lower side is opened. In a vehicle opening / closing body in which a finisher having a shape adapted to the recess is disposed in the recess, a portion not to be hemmed is provided in a part of a lower edge portion of the recess, and the outer portion of the part is provided. A liquid drainer for discharging the liquid between the outer panel and the inner panel downward between the peripheral flange portion of the panel and the peripheral flange portion of the inner panel. For a vehicle in which a hole is formed, an inclined surface that guides liquid to the liquid drain hole is formed on the inner panel, and a concealing piece that covers the liquid drain hole from below is formed on the lower end edge of the finisher. The feature is that it is an opening and closing body.

[0009]

[Operation] According to such means, by forming a drain hole between the peripheral flange portion of the outer panel and the peripheral flange portion of the inner panel in the portion where the hemming is not performed, it is possible to perform punching as in the conventional case. Since it is not necessary to form the drain hole, it is possible to reduce the drilling process and suppress the generation of rust.

Further, by forming a concealing piece at the lower end edge of the finisher to cover the liquid draining hole from the lower side, the liquid draining hole is not visible even when the opening / closing body is opened, and the appearance quality is secured. . Moreover, even if a rust preventive agent or the like comes out from the drain hole, the concealing piece prevents the hand from touching the rust preventive agent or the like.

Further, the liquid between the inner panel and the outer panel at the time of electrodeposition coating is guided to the liquid drain hole by the inclined surface, so that the drainage property is good.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the structure will be described.
A trunk lid as an "opening / closing body". The trunk lid 11 includes an outer panel 12 and an inner panel 13.
The trunk lid main body 14 as the "opening / closing body main body" is formed by the above, and the finisher 1 is provided in the recess 12a for disposing the license plate formed in the lower end portion of the outer panel 12.
5 are arranged.

More specifically, the outer panel 12 and the inner panel 13 are assembled by hemming the peripheral flange portion 12b of the outer panel 12 and sandwiching the peripheral flange portion 13a of the inner panel 13.

Further, the recess 12a for disposing the license plate is formed at the lower end of the outer panel 12 and substantially in the center in the vehicle width direction, and the recess 12a is formed up to the lower end edge of the trunk lid body 14. The lower side is open.

Then, at a part of the lower edge of the recess 12a, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a portion m which does not undergo hemming and which moves from the general portion 12c to the recess 12a is provided.
In this portion m, the inner panel peripheral edge flange portion 1
By forming the groove 13b along the vertical direction in 3a,
In the assembled state of the outer panel 12 and the inner panel 13, the liquid between the outer panel 12 and the inner panel 13 is discharged downward between the outer panel peripheral flange portion 12b and the inner panel peripheral flange portion 13a. A drain hole 16 is formed. The drain holes 16 allow the electrodeposition liquid and the like to be discharged during electrodeposition coating. Further, an inclined surface 13c is formed on the lower side of the inner panel 13 so as to guide the liquid to the liquid drain hole 16 so that the liquid drain hole 16 side is inclined downward.

Further, the finisher 15 is formed in a shape conforming to the recess 12a, and a concealing piece 15a extending in a substantially horizontal direction is formed at the lower end edge portion, and the concealing piece 15a forms the liquid drain hole 16. It is covered from below (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 8).

According to the trunk lid 11 having the above-mentioned structure, it is not necessary to perform the punching process by punching to form the liquid draining hole 16 as in the conventional case, and the working process is reduced, and rust is generated. Suppressed.

Further, since the drain hole 16 is covered from below by the concealing piece 15a of the finisher 15, even when the trunk lid 11 is opened, the drain hole 16 is not visible and the appearance quality is maintained. it can. Moreover, when the rust preventive agent P or the like flows out from the liquid drain hole 16, it drops onto the concealing piece 15a of the finisher 15 as shown in FIG. 5, but this rust preventive agent has low fluidity. There is almost no further flow, impairing the appearance quality as before,
I rarely touch it.

Further, the liquid between the inner panel 13 and the outer panel 12 at the time of electrodeposition coating is, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
By being guided to, the drainage is good.

Although the present invention is applied to the trunk lid as the opening / closing body in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.
It can also be applied to back doors.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to perform punching by punching as in the conventional case to form the liquid drain hole, and the number of working steps is reduced, and the rust is prevented. The occurrence of can be suppressed. Further, since the liquid draining hole is covered from below by the concealing piece of the finisher, even when the trunk lid is opened, the liquid draining hole is not visible and the appearance quality can be maintained. Moreover, even if some rust preventive agent or the like flows out from the liquid drain hole, the lower side of the liquid drain hole is covered with the concealing piece, so that the appearance quality may be deteriorated and the hands may be soiled as in the conventional case. It has a practically useful effect of being almost nonexistent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a finisher arrangement portion of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2 showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2 showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 2 showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of an outer panel and an inner panel showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of an X portion of FIG. 6 showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view of FIG. 2 seen from below showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a conventional example.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line D-D of FIG. 9 showing the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Trunk lid (opening and closing body) 12 Outer panel 12a Recess 12b Peripheral flange 13 Inner panel 13a Peripheral flange 13c Inclined surface 14 Trunk lid main body (opening and closing body) 15 Finisher 15a Concealment piece 16 Liquid drainage hole m Hemming-free part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A peripheral flange portion of an outer panel is hemmed so that the peripheral flange portion of an inner panel is clamped, whereby the outer panel and the inner panel are assembled to form an opening / closing body, and the outer member is formed. A recess for arranging the license plate is formed at the lower end of the panel, the recess is formed up to the lower end edge and the lower side is opened, and a finisher having a shape adapted to the recess is arranged in the recess. In the vehicle opening / closing body, a portion that is not hemmed is provided at a part of the lower edge portion of the recess, and the outer portion is provided between the peripheral flange portion of the outer panel and the peripheral flange portion of the inner panel of the portion. A liquid drain hole for discharging liquid downward between the panel and the inner panel is formed, and in the inner panel,
An opening / closing body for a vehicle, wherein an inclined surface for guiding the liquid to the liquid draining hole is formed, and a cover piece for covering the liquid draining hole from below is formed at a lower end edge portion of the finisher.