JPH09109760A - Mounting structure of pull handle for door trim - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a number of part items and mounting man-hours, by eliminating a conventional mounting bracket and a low class sound preventing nonwoven fabric provided in a door inner panel, in a mounting structure for a pull handle mounted in an arm rest part of a door trim. SOLUTION: A bottom surface part 22 of a pull handle 20 is fixedly stopped by a machine screw 40 to a mounting base seat 15 of a door trim 10, also a depth side wall part 24 of the pull handle 20 is directly fixed to a mounting seat surface 31 of a door inner panel 30 by machine screw stopping or hook stopping, so as to ensure firm mounting strength even when a nonwoven fabric is eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a pull handle for a door trim installed on an armrest of a door trim for an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, a door trim 1 installed in a door inner panel is formed such that a substantially central portion thereof is bulged toward the interior of a vehicle, and an armrest 2 that functions as an occupant's armrest is formed. And this armrest 2
A case-shaped pull handle 3 made of a resin molded body is attached to the upper surface opening of the.

An occupant puts his / her hand in the pull handle 3 to open / close the door.

A conventional example of the mounting structure of the pull handle 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. First, in the type shown in FIG. 7, the mounting bracket 5 is fixed to the door inner panel 4 by the screw 6a. After attaching the door trim 1 to the door inner panel 4, the pull handle 3 is inserted into the armrest 2 through the attachment opening provided in the armrest 2, and the screw 6b is inserted into the attachment hole 5a of the attachment bracket 5. The pull handle 3 is attached by tightening and fixing it from the bottom side of the pull handle 3.

Further, in the type shown in FIG. 8, the bottom portion of the pull handle 3 is fastened and fixed to the mounting base 1a provided on the door trim 1 with the screw 6b, and is attached to the door inner panel 4 via the screw 6a. The mounting bracket 5 is set in such a shape as to surround the outer peripheral wall surface of the pull handle 3, and the pull handle 3 is held by the mounting bracket 5 against the load in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

A non-woven fabric 7 is attached to the outer surface of the pull handle 3 in order to prevent low-grade noise generated between the inner surface of the bracket 5 and the pull handle 3.

[0007]

However, in the conventional mounting structure of the pull handle 3 as described above, the mounting bracket 5 for fixing the pull handle 3 with a screw or the mounting structure for holding the outer peripheral wall surface of the pull handle 3 is used. Since it is necessary to fix the bracket 5 for the door to the door inner panel 4 with screws in advance, the number of parts and the number of mounting steps increase, resulting in a significant cost increase. In particular, the type shown in FIG. 8 has a pull handle. The non-woven fabric 7 is separately attached to the surface of the mounting bracket 5 facing the mounting bracket 3 of FIG.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. Even if the mounting bracket installed on the door inner panel side is eliminated, sufficient mounting strength can be secured and the mounting work is simple. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pull handle attachment structure for a door trim that can be made into a product.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an armrest is formed by bulging a substantially central portion of a door trim toward a vehicle interior side, and a pull handle is mounted inside the armrest. In the structure for attaching the pull handle for the door trim, the bottom portion of the pull handle is fixed with a screw to a mounting pedestal provided on the inner surface of the armrest of the door trim facing the back side, and the rear side wall portion of the pull handle is attached to the door. It is characterized by being fixed to the inner panel.

Here, the door trim may be of a laminated structure in which a surface of a resin core material is coated with a skin material, or may be of a synthetic resin injection molded body.

Further, the pull handle is made of an injection molded body of synthetic resin, has a case shape with a flange set on the peripheral edge of the opening provided on the upper surface, and is formed on the bottom surface in an embossed shape for attaching to a mounting base of a door trim. The mounting hole is provided, and a fixing means for fixing the door inner panel is provided on the door inner panel side, that is, on the back side wall portion.

As the fixing means, for example, two embossed mounting holes are provided on the right and left sides,
It may be fixed to the door inner panel with screws through this mounting hole, and a locking hook having an L-shaped cross section with the tip bent downward is formed on the outer surface of the inner side wall, and the hook is provided on the door inner panel. The locking hook may be fixedly attached to the elongated opening.

A U-shaped spring nut is fitted into a mounting pedestal formed on the inner surface of the armrest of the door trim, and the bottom of the pull handle is fixed to the door trim via a screw.

As is apparent from the above structure, the bottom surface of the pull handle is fixed to the mounting pedestal provided on the inner surface of the door trim with screws, and the rear side wall of the pull handle is screwed or directly attached. Since it is fixed to the door inner panel, the conventional mounting bracket can be eliminated, and the non-woven fabric used to prevent low-grade noise can be eliminated.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a pull handle mounting structure for a door trim according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an automobile door trim equipped with a pull handle, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a pull handle mounting structure. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pull handle used in the present invention.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pull handle, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an attachment structure of the pull handle.

First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the drawings, a vehicle door trim 10 is shown.
Is composed of a resin core material 11 molded into a required shape and a skin material 12 adhered to the surface of the resin core material. An armrest 13 bulging toward the vehicle interior is formed at the center of the skin material. An opening 14 for inserting the pull handle 20 is provided on the upper surface of the armrest 13, and a mounting pedestal 15 for fixing the pull handle 20 is provided on the lower inner surface of the opening 14 toward the rear surface side. Has been formed.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, as the resin core material 11, PP resin mixed with talc is molded into a desired curved surface shape by the mold press molding method, and the skin material 12 has a drawn pattern. A laminated sheet having a cushioning property and a good decorative property, which is lined with polyethylene foam on the back surface of the vinyl chloride sheet, is used and is integrated at the time of mold press molding of the resin core material 11.

By the way, the pull handle 20 used in the present invention is made of an injection-molded body of a general-purpose synthetic resin such as ABS resin and PP resin, and as shown in FIG. A flange 21 is provided around the periphery, and a mounting hole 23 for the door trim 10 is embossed at a substantially central portion of the bottom surface portion 22.

Further, embossed portions 25 projecting to the back side are formed at two positions on the left and right sides of the inner side wall portion 24, and mounting holes 26 for screwing the door inner panel 30 are formed.

On the other hand, a mounting seat surface 31 of the door inner panel 30 is also embossed so as to be joined to the mounting portion of the embossed portion 25 formed on the inner side wall portion 24 of the pull handle 20, and this mounting seat surface 31 is Pull handle 20
Mounting holes 32 are provided so as to correspond to the mounting holes 26 of FIG.

Next, the mounting structure of the pull handle 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. After the door trim 10 is mounted on the door inner panel 30, the pull handle 20 is passed through the opening 14 on the upper surface of the armrest 13 of the door trim 10. Is inserted inside the armrest 13.

Then, in order to fix the pull handle 20 to the door trim 10, the screw 40 is attached to the pull handle 2.
0 is inserted into the mounting hole 23 of the bottom portion 22 and the pedestal plate 15a of the mounting pedestal 15 provided on the door trim 10 is clamped from above and below the spring nut 16 to fix the screw 40. The bottom part 22 is firmly fixed to the door trim 10.

Next, the back side wall portion 24 of the pull handle 20.
After positioning the embossed portions 25 provided at two places on the left and right of the vehicle at appropriate places on the mounting seat surface 31 of the door inner panel 30,
Insert the screw 41 into the mounting hole 26 of the pull handle 20,
The pull handle 20 is fixed to the mounting hole 32 of the door inner panel 30 to fix the pull handle 20 to the door inner panel 3.
Fix firmly to 0.

Therefore, the bottom portion 22 of the pull handle 20 is used as the door trim 10, and the rear side wall portion 2 of the pull handle 20 is used.
By firmly fixing 4 to the door inner panel 30, even when a load is frequently applied to the pull handle 20 when the door is opened and closed, the pull handle 20 is deformed, or the pull handle 2
There is no gap between 0 and the door trim 10, and it can be used for a long period of time.

Therefore, even if the conventional mounting bracket is abolished, firm mounting can be expected, and there is a great cost merit that the conventional mounting bracket and the non-woven fabric for preventing low-grade noise can be eliminated.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the pull handle 20
The fixing means for the door inner panel 30 and the door inner panel 30 are changed, and the screw fixing method is changed to the hook engaging method.

That is, the rear side wall portion 2 of the pull handle 20
As shown in the drawing, a locking hook 27 having an L-shaped cross section is formed on the outer surface of the protrusion 4 so as to project downward, and a plurality of ribs 28 are formed on the locking hook 27. ,
The locking hook 27 is strengthened to prevent deformation.

In order to receive the locking hook 27, the door inner panel 30 has an elongated opening 33 formed in the mounting seat surface 31.

Therefore, after the door trim 10 is mounted on the door inner panel 30, when the pull handle 20 is mounted through the opening 14 on the upper surface of the armrest 13 of the door trim 10, the locking provided on the back side wall portion 24 of the pull handle 20. After attaching the hook 27 for use in the elongated opening 33 of the door inner panel 30 and mounting the pull handle 20 at an appropriate position, the screw 40 is inserted into the mounting hole 23 of the bottom portion 22 of the pull handle 20. It suffices to tighten and fix the spring nut 16 on the mounting base 15 of the door trim 10.

Also in this embodiment, the locking hook 27 of the pull handle 20 is engaged in the elongated opening 33 of the door inner panel, and when the door is opened and closed, the hand is put in the pull handle 20. Even if the door is opened and closed frequently, a strong mounting strength that can withstand this load can be guaranteed.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the screw 41 is eliminated, the number of parts can be further reduced, and the locking hook 27 can be engaged in the opening 33 as compared with the screw fixing work. There is an advantage that the work of fixing the pull handle 20 to the panel 30 can be easily performed.

[0037]

As described above, the attachment structure of the pull handle for the door trim according to the present invention has the following special operational effects.

(1) According to the present invention, the bottom portion of the pull handle is fixed to the door trim with screws, and the rear side wall of the pull handle is directly screwed to the door inner panel or fixedly attached thereto. Therefore, it is not necessary to previously install a mounting bracket on the door inner panel as in the past, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of mounting steps, and the conventional non-woven fabric for preventing low-grade noise can be eliminated, resulting in a significant cost reduction. It has the effect of being able to.

(2) According to the invention described in claim 3, since the locking hook provided on the back side wall portion of the pull handle is engaged in the opening of the door inner panel, it is suitable for screwing work. On the other hand, since the engaging work of the locking hook is sufficient, the workability of attaching the pull handle to the door inner panel is further improved, and the number of screws can be further saved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an automobile door trim to which a door trim pull handle according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pull handle used in an embodiment of a pull handle attachment structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the pull handle used in the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting structure of the pull handle shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a conventional vehicle door trim equipped with a pull handle.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a conventional pull handle mounting structure.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a conventional pull handle mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Car Door Trim 13 Armrest 14 Opening 15 Mounting Base 20 Pull Handle 22 Bottom Part 23 Mounting Hole 24 Back Side Wall 25 Embossing Part 26 Mounting Hole 27 Locking Hook 30 Door Inner Panel 31 Mounting Seat Surface 32 Mounting Hole 33 Opening 40, 41 screw

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A door trim in which a substantially central portion of the door trim (10) is bulged toward the vehicle interior side to form an armrest (13), and a pull handle (20) is mounted inside the armrest (13). In the attachment structure for a pull handle for a vehicle, a bottom portion (22) of the pull handle (20) is fixed with a screw to a mounting pedestal (15) provided on the inner surface of the armrest (13) of the door trim (10) facing backward. In addition, the pull handle attachment structure for a door trim is characterized in that the inner side wall portion (24) of the pull handle (20) is fixed to the door inner panel (30). 2. A rear side wall portion (2) of the pull handle (20).
4) at least one embossed portion (25) is formed, and the mounting hole (2) provided in this embossed portion (25)
The pull handle mounting structure for a door trim according to claim 1, wherein the pulling handle is fixed to the door inner panel (30) with a screw via 6). 3. A rear side wall portion (2) of the pull handle (20).
The door inner panel (30) is integrally formed with the locking hook (27) having a substantially L-shaped cross section with the tip facing downward in 4).
The structure for attaching a pull handle for a door trim according to claim 1, wherein the locking hook (27) is fixedly fixed in the opening (33).