JPH085047Y2 - Automotive sun visor fixture - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is mounted on the roof inner panel of an automobile with one touch without using screws, and is securely fixed by inserting the support shaft of the sun visor. The present invention relates to an automobile sun visor mount that can be easily removed.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a mounting tool that rotatably supports a support shaft of a sun visor is fixed to a roof inner panel with a screw, and a cap for blindfolding is attached because the head of the screw is exposed and unsightly. Due to the large amount of work, there were some that were designed to be easy to install, such as the inventions of Japanese Utility Model Sho 62-3301 and Utility Model Sho 63-74323.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the bracket in the mounting device of Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-3301, the locking claw is bent inward and engaged in the notch of the inner panel, and the lower part of the claw Since there is a certain allowance between the notch width and the thickness of the inner panel, the attached bracket is easy to rattle, and the sun visor with a locking flange at the upper end supports Since the shaft is press-fitted into the hole of the bracket and is inserted by the elastic deformation of the bracket, there is a problem that looseness easily occurs.

In the mounting tool according to Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-74323, the support shaft of the sun visor is engaged with the boss of the plate-shaped supporting member, the flange is mounted on the upper end, and then temporarily fixed to the inner panel, and then the cover member The protrusion is attached to the inside of the engaging member of the supporting member so that the hook portion at the upper end of the protruding member is protruded from the upper end of the engaging member, and deformation at the time of pushing is required. There is a problem in that it is easy to loosen and that it takes a lot of time to attach the support shaft to the support member.

Further, all of the above-mentioned attachments cannot be removed for maintenance or the like once they are attached.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and the sun visor is securely attached, does not cause rattling, and has a neat appearance, and the spindle of the sun visor can be easily removed when necessary. The purpose is to provide an automotive sun visor fixture.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a tubular mounting member in which one side is opened and the other side is closed in an automobile sun visor mounting tool. 1a at the opening end of
And a boss 1b communicating with the inner hole 1'of the mounting member concentrically and having a shaft hole 1 "having a smaller diameter than the inner hole 1'at the closed end of the mounting member. The flange 1a is projected and is provided in the opening 3 provided in the side wall of the mounting member.
From the side toward the boss 1b, a first elastic locking piece 1e is provided, and the elastic locking piece 1e is an enlarged head 1e 'whose free end side projects toward the inner hole 1'of the mounting member. At the same time, the other opening 5 provided on the side wall of the mounting member has the flange.
A second elastic locking piece 1g is provided from the 1a side toward the boss 1b side, and the free end side of the elastic locking piece 1g projects toward the outside of the mounting member, A fixture main body 1 in which a pair of parallel cut grooves 2, 2 communicating with the shaft hole 1 ″ from the peripheral side are provided in the peripheral wall in a direction orthogonal to the shaft hole 1 ″,
A spring formed in a ring shape, wherein a rod portion (6a) of the spring has a pair of cut grooves (2) in the attachment body (1).
The lock spring 6 is mounted so as to project into the shaft hole 1 ″ from the above, and the rod portion 6a of the lock spring 6 is curved and formed in an annular shape.
Both end portions 6a ', 6a' are extended outward from the annular portion of the lock spring 6 in parallel, and the fixture body 1
An operating hole 4 extending from the closed end of the peripheral wall to the opening-side end of the peripheral wall of the lock wall 6 is provided between the both ends 6a of the lock spring 6. ′, 6a ′ is opened, and a lock release tool 7 having a tapered tip portion 7b is inserted into the operation hole 6 so as to be freely movable with the tip portion 7b facing the closed end portion. In some cases, it may be configured to have.

[Operation] In the automobile sun visor fixture configured as described above, the fixture body 1 is pushed from the boss 1b side until the flange 1a hits the hole edge 8 into the mounting hole formed in the inner panel of the roof part of the automobile. The free end side of the second elastic locking piece 1g projecting outward is locked to the hole edge 8 and temporarily fixed and attached.

Next, a bush fitted into the inner hole 1'of the fixture body 1
When the tip end portion of the spindle 9 having the circular groove 9a having the parallel rod portions 6a, 6a of the lock spring 6 at its tip portion is inserted into the shaft hole 1 ″, The front end pushes the rods 6a, 6a of the lock spring 6 open to enter, and the rods 6a, 6a are engaged with the circumferential groove 9a to hold the support shaft 9 rotatably.

At the same time, the bush 10 is fitted into the inner hole 1'and the main body 1
The elastic head 1e 'is brought into contact with the first elastic locking piece 1e to elastically deform the enlarging head 1e' outwardly of the fitting body 1 to lock the fitting body 1 in the hole edge 8 and Since the stopper 1e is always in contact with the bush 10, the enlarging head 1e 'does not return inward, and the fixture main body 1 is securely attached.

The lock release tool 7 is pushed out toward the tip end when the support shaft 9 is desired to be removed, and the tapered end portion 7b of the lock release tool 7 causes the inclined surface of the lock release tool 7 to move to both ends 6 of the lock spring 6.
By pushing a'and 6a 'and opening the rod portion 6a of the lock spring 6 which is engaged in the circumferential groove 9a of the support shaft 9, the pivot shaft 9 can be detached by the circumferential groove 9a.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of an automobile sun visor mount according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a mounting body made of a synthetic resin, which is formed of a mounting member having a square rectangular tube shape with one opening and the other closed, and a flange 1a provided at the opening side end. ing. A boss 1b having a shaft hole 1 "having a diameter smaller than that of the inner hole 1'is formed at the other end on the opening side with the extension of the center line of the inner hole 1'of the mounting member as the center line. Is projected toward.

A boss 1b is provided on one of the opposing side walls 1c, 1c of the fixture body 1.
Square openings 3 are provided in a facing manner by notches extending from the vicinity of the base to the front of the collar 1a, and a rectangular first elastic lock is provided in each opening 3 from the collar 1a side toward the boss 1b side. A piece 1e is provided, and this elastic locking piece 1e has an enlarged head 1e 'whose free end side projects into the inner hole 1'of the main body 1 in an inclined manner from the collar 1a side to the boss 1b side. .

Also, the other side wall 1d, one side wall 1d of the side walls 1d
The inner hole 1 ′ extending from the opening side of the main body 1 to the closed side is formed in the center portion in the width direction of the side surface opposite to the other side wall 1 d facing each other.
Is provided with a cylindrical portion 1f having an operation hole 4 parallel to the shaft hole. The operation hole 4 has a rectangular cross section slightly wider than the diameter of the shaft hole 1 ″ of the boss 1b, and the wide side faces the shaft hole 1 ″. I am letting you.

Further, an opening 5 is provided in each of the side wall 1d without the cylindrical portion 1f and the side wall of the cylindrical portion 1f opposite to the side wall 1d, and the opening 5 is provided in the opening 5 from the flange 1a side toward the boss 1b side. The second elastic locking piece 1g is provided, and the free end side of this elastic locking piece 1g projects outward from the fixture body 1. Further, the free end side of the elastic locking piece 1g on the side wall 1d side without the cylindrical portion 1f is an enlarged head 1g 'which also protrudes into the inner hole 1'in a slanted manner. Both elastic locking pieces 1g, 1g
In both cases, the outer surface of the free end is a tapered inclined surface.

On the peripheral wall of the boss 1b, a pair of parallel cut grooves 2, 2 communicating with the shaft hole 1 "from the peripheral side are provided in a direction orthogonal to the shaft hole 1" and in a direction parallel to the side wall 1c.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a lock spring formed by bending a spring material such as steel wire into a substantially rectangular ring shape. The rod portion 6a of the lock spring 6 has both end portions 6a 'and 6a' outward from the ring portion of the lock spring 6. The rod portions 6a on the long side are projected from the inside of the cut grooves 2 and 2 into the shaft hole 1 ″, and both end portions 6a ′ and 6a ′ are on the operation hole 4 side. It is installed toward.

In addition, a lock releasing tool 7 having a wedge-shaped tip portion 7b wider than the rod portion 7a is slidably inserted into the operation hole 4 with the tip portion toward the boss 1b, and the wedge-shaped tip is formed. The narrow rod portion 7c extending to the both ends 6a 'of the lock spring 6,
Inserted between 6a ', the rear surface of the tip portion 7b protruding from the side surface of the rod portion 7a is brought into contact with the closed side end surface of the fixture body 1.

Note that this embodiment is used when the opening surface of the mounting hole of the inner panel is provided on the inclined surface, and the opening end of the mounting body 1 is inclined with respect to the inner hole 1 '. ,
Along with this, the collar 1a is also inclined, and the installation position of the first elastic locking piece 1e, the shape of the second elastic locking piece 1g, etc. are also stepped or inclined.

In the automobile sun visor fixture configured as described above, the second locking pieces 1g, 1g are elastically deformed by pushing the fixture body 1 from the boss 1b side into the mounting hole formed in the inner panel, and the free end The attachment body 1 is temporarily fixed by locking the side to the hole edge 8.

Next, after the top sealing is stretched on the inner panel surface, the support shaft 9 of the sun visor is pushed into the shaft hole 1 ″ from the inner hole 1 ′ to be attached.

The support shaft 9 used for this attachment has a chamfered tip, a bush 10 fitted in the inner hole 1'of the main body 1 is rotatably press-fitted in the vicinity of the tip portion, and the tip end of the support shaft 9 is Circular groove 9a into which the rod portion 6a of the lock spring 6 is fitted on the peripheral wall of the
The lock spring 6 is pushed open against the resilience of the lock spring 6 so that the lock spring 6 is pushed into the circumferential groove.
When 9a reaches the position of the lock spring 6 mounted in the cut groove 2 of the boss 1b, the rod 6a of the lock spring 6 returns to its original shape and engages with the groove 9a. Therefore, the support shaft 9 is locked to the fixture body 1.

Further, the bush 10 is also fitted in the inner hole 1 ', and the collar 10a provided at the lower end of the bush 10 comes into close contact with the collar 1a of the main body 1.
The support shaft 9, which is press-fitted to the shaft 10, is fixed in a rotated position by a proper frictional resistance between the support shaft 9 and the bush 10.

Further, at the time of maintenance, the lock release tool 10 is pushed out from the brim 1a side toward the tip end so that both ends 6a ′ and 6a ′ of the lock spring 6 are pushed open by both slopes of the wedge-shaped tip end 7b of the lock release tool 7 and the lock spring 6 is released. Since the rods 6a, 6a of 6 are disengaged from the circumferential groove 9a of the support shaft 9, the support shaft 9 can be removed.

[Effect] Since the automobile sun visor fixture according to the present invention is configured as described above, the fixture is attached by being pushed into the attachment hole of the inner panel and locked by the second elastic locking piece. The spindle is rotatably locked by inserting it into the boss part, and it is permanently fixed by the first elastic locking piece, which makes mounting very simple and there is no screw to use. Is refreshing.

In addition, since the first elastic locking piece is forcibly deformed and locked by the hole edge of the mounting hole, the mounting is ensured and the mounting is not loosened.

Further, it is convenient because the support shaft can be removed by pushing up the lock release tool for maintenance or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an automobile sun visor mount according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is the same front view, FIG. 3 is the same plan view, FIG. 4 is the same bottom view, and FIG. Is a perspective view of the embodiment showing a temporarily fixed state as seen from XX in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line YY, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lock release tool, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 3 of the mounted embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line YY. 1 ... Mounting fixture body, 1a ... tsuba, 1b ... boss, 1e, 1g ...
Elastic locking piece 2 ... cut groove, 3 ... window, 4 ... operation hole, 5 ...
… Window, 6 …… Lock spring, 7 …… Unlock tool,
8 ... Mounting hole edge, 9 ... Spindle, 10 ... Bushing.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tsuneshi Matsuo 3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture Mazda Co., Ltd. Hirotani Hachimotomatsu Co., Ltd. (72) Takashi Fujii, 1454, Ojiwara, Hachihonmatsu-cho, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 34 34 Hirotani Hachihonmatsu, Ltd. (72) Yukisa Miura, 1454, Ojiwara, Hachimotomatsu, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 34 of Hirotani Co., Ltd., Hachimotomatsu Plant (56) References Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 50-52718 (JP, A) Actual Development No. 61-144849 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A tubular mounting member, one of which is open and the other of which is closed, wherein a flange is provided at an opening-side end of the mounting member, and the mounting member is closed. A boss, which is concentrically connected to the inner hole of the mounting member and has a shaft hole having a smaller diameter than the inner hole, projects from the end portion, and the boss is provided in an opening provided in a side wall of the mounting member. A first elastic locking piece is provided from the side toward the boss side, and the elastic locking piece has an enlarging head whose free end side projects toward the inner hole side of the mounting member, and the mounting member. A second elastic locking piece is provided in the other opening provided on the side wall of the elastic member from the flange side toward the boss side, and the elastic locking piece has a free end side facing outward of the mounting member. And a pair of parallel cut grooves that communicate with the shaft hole from the peripheral side are provided on the peripheral wall of the boss in a direction orthogonal to the shaft hole. And a spring that is formed in a curved shape in an annular shape, and a rod portion of the spring is mounted so as to project into the shaft hole from a pair of cut grooves of the fitting body. An automotive sun visor mount characterized by comprising a spring. 2. A rod portion of a lock spring curvedly formed in an annular shape has both ends extending outward in parallel from the annular portion of the lock spring, and has a cylindrical shape of a fixture body. The peripheral wall is provided with an operation hole extending from the closed end of the peripheral wall to the opening side end, and the opening on the closed end side of the operation hole is opened at a position between both ends of the lock spring. 2. An automobile sun visor attachment according to claim 1, wherein a lock release tool having a tapered tip end is movably inserted into the operation hole with the tip end facing the closed end. Ingredient