JPH09175285A - Exterior features mounting structure of car - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach an exterior feature by itself to thereby prevent the improper removing thereof by inserting a retaining claw mounted on the back of the surface member of the exterior feature into a retaining hole of the back member between the body side members and retaining it thereon and by providing a protecting member surrounding the retaining claw on the periphery of the retaining hole. SOLUTION: A grill mark as an exterior feature comprises a mark body 2 of a surface member and a mark retainer 3 of a back member and is attached by the up and down transverse beams 41, 42 of the body side member as a grill 4 at the front and rear sides. Right and left retaining claws 24 are projected on the back surface of the plate 21 of a mark body 2 and retained by the retaining holes 32 of the right and left projected surface 31a of the mark retainer 3. A cylindrical rib 33 is made as a protecting member of the retaining hole 32 to prevent the improper removing of the claw 24. The mark body 2 is inserted between the transverse beams 41, 42 to insert the retaining claws in to the retaining holes 32, which eliminates formation of a mark mounting hole.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exterior part mounting structure for mounting exterior parts such as grill marks on the body of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of attaching a grill mark to a radiator grill, there are a screwing type in which a screw is fixed through a mounting hole provided in a radiator grill, and a claw fitting type in which a claw is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole. Are known. By the way, grill marks may or may not be attached depending on the grade and specifications of the vehicle even if the grill marks are of the same vehicle type. Therefore, in the method of directly attaching the grill mark to the radiator grill, there is a problem that the attachment seat such as the attachment hole remains as it is when the grill mark is not attached.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a grill mark mounting structure has been proposed in which the grill mark is attached to the radiator grill by using a retainer.
An example of such a mounting structure is, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 54-13.
No. 4446 can be mentioned. In the grill mark mounting structure described in the above publication, the grill mark is inserted from the front of the grill so that the horizontal rail of the grill is sandwiched between the upper and lower ribs formed on the back surface of the grill mark, and then the U-shaped elastic clip is attached to the upper and lower sides from the rear side of the grill. The grille mark is fixed to the grille by covering the tip of the rib and engaging the claws provided on the elastic clip with the upper and lower surfaces of the rib.

[0004]

However, according to the grill mark mounting structure of the above publication, it is not necessary to form a mounting seat such as a mark mounting hole in the radiator grill, but a hand is inserted into the back side of the grill to insert a finger or a driver. There is a problem in that the grill plate may be unlawfully removed by removing the claw that is biting into the rib with such a rod member, that is, the grill plate may be stolen.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow an exterior component such as a grill mark to be mounted on the body side by itself, and further, Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle exterior part mounting structure that is effective in preventing unauthorized removal.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following means. That is, claim 1
Is an exterior component mounting structure for mounting an exterior component to a body-side member having a predetermined gap on the outer surface of an automobile, the exterior component being a front member arranged on the front surface side of the body-side member. And a back member arranged on the back side of the body side member, and the hook claw provided on the back surface of the front member is inserted into the hook hole of the back member through the gap of the body side member and hooks. And a protection member that surrounds the latching claw that is latched in the latching hole is provided at the periphery of the latching hole of the back member. To do.

According to the invention of claim 1 configured as described above, in the exterior component, after the back member is set on the back side of the body side member, the hook claws of the front member are attached to the body side from the front side of the body side member. By inserting the body side member from the front side and the back side by inserting the body side member through the gap of the member into the hooking hole of the back member, the body side member is mounted. In this mounted state, the latching claws latched in the latching holes are surrounded by the protection member to prevent the bar material such as a fingertip or a driver from entering, so that unauthorized removal of the exterior component is avoided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automobile exterior component mounting structure according to the first aspect, the front member is provided with a fitting portion that can be fitted into the gap between the body-side members and The fitting surface of the fitting portion and the body side member is a tapered surface that narrows toward the back side, while the engaging surface of the engaging claw that engages with the hole edge of the engaging hole is a tapered surface. It is characterized by being.

According to the above construction, the fitting portion of the front member fitted in the gap of the body side member is pressed against the fitting surface of the body side member by the tapered surface, and the fitting direction and the direction orthogonal thereto are positioned. Further, the hooking claw of the front member hooks on the hole edge of the hooking hole of the back member by the tapered surface, whereby the removal of the front member is performed. As a result, variations in the position of the front member in the fitting direction with respect to the body side member and in the direction orthogonal thereto are absorbed, and the exterior component is attached to the body side member without rattling.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a grille mark as an exterior part of an automobile according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the grille mark, and FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion A of FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 2, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line D, and FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a front grill of an automobile equipped with a grill mark.

As shown in FIG. 1, the grill mark 1 comprises a mark body 2 made of synthetic resin as a front member and a mark retainer 3 made of synthetic resin as a back member. As shown in FIG. 7, the grill 4 is attached to the grill 4 such that the grill 4 is sandwiched between the mark body 2 and the mark retainer 3 from the front and back.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the grill 4 is
Upper and lower horizontal rails 41, 42 as body side members constituting the
Among these, the upper surface of the lower horizontal rail 42 is a taper surface that rises toward the rear side, and the ventilation gap formed between the upper and lower horizontal rails 41, 42 is narrowed toward the back side. .

The mark body 2 is provided with a rectangular plate portion 21 which is long in the left-right direction and has a mark on the surface (front surface) and whose surface direction is the vertical direction. Plate part 21
The vertical width of is set to be larger than the minimum width of the gap formed between the horizontal bars 41 and 42 of the grill 4. Flange portions 22 are formed at both right and left ends of the plate portion 21 so as to be bent at a substantially right angle on the back surface side (rear surface side). A vertical rib 23 is provided as a fitting portion of the.

The side surfaces of the flange 22 and the vertical rib 23 are formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the gap between the horizontal bars 41 and 42 of the grill 4, that is, the lower surface is tapered and the tip side is narrowed. . The vertical ribs 23 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, fitting projections 23a are formed on the upper and lower surfaces thereof, and the fitting surfaces of the fitting projections 23a on the lower surface side thereof are tapered and formed in a tapered shape.

Further, the vertical ribs 2 on the back surface side of the plate portion 21.
A pair of left and right hooking claws 24, which are longer than the vertical ribs 23, are provided on the inner side of the projections 3. The latch claw 24 has a thick base portion and a thin tip end portion.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the hook-shaped claw portion 24a having the hooking surface as the tapered surface 24b is provided. Furthermore, on the back surface of the plate portion 21, a horizontal rib 25 as a positioning piece having a horizontal direction as a surface direction is provided between the left and right hooks 24, and the horizontal rib 25 is substantially centered in the horizontal direction. An engaging groove 25a is formed which can be engaged with the vertical rail 43 of the grill 4.

On the other hand, the mark retainer 3 is provided with a retainer body 31 consisting of a rectangular plate-like portion which is long in the left and right directions with the vertical direction being the surface direction. The vertical width of the retainer body 31 is set to be larger than the minimum width of the gap formed between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 of the grill 4. The retainer main body 31 is slightly shorter than the plate portion 21 of the mark main body 2, and both left and right sides are protruded to the front side. The retaining claws 24 of the mark main body 2 are hooked on the left and right protrusion surfaces 31a. A hooking hole 32 to be stopped is formed, and a cylindrical rib 33 as a protection member surrounding the peripheral edge of the hooking hole 32 is formed on the rear surface side of the protruding surface 31a.
Is protruding.

A flange portion 34 is formed at the upper end of the retainer main body 31 and is bent substantially at a right angle to the front side over the entire length, and the lower end of the retainer main body 31 is fitted in a U-shaped cross section with its front end open. A joint portion 35 is formed. A concave surface 31b is formed in the central portion of the retainer body 31 as a result of the protrusions on both the left and right sides.
A horizontal rib 36, which serves as a positioning piece having the horizontal direction as a surface direction, projects forward from a substantially middle portion of the vertical direction of 1b, and a vertical rib 43 is engageable with the vertical rib 43 at substantially the center of the horizontal rib 36. A mating groove 36a is formed. Further, the ribs 3 for front-rear positioning with respect to the grill 4 are provided on the corners of the flange portion 34 and the protruding surface 31a and on the bottom surface of the fitting portion 36, respectively.
7 are protruded.

Next, the mounting of the grill mark 1 constructed as described above will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the mark retainer 3 arranged on the back side (rear surface) of the grill 4 has its flange portion 34 and fitting portion 35 with respect to the back side protruding portions 41a of the upper and lower horizontal rails 41, 42. Are set to cover each. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the front-rear positioning rib 37 comes into contact with the tip of the back side protruding portion 41a to perform front-rear positioning, and FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the lateral groove 36 is engaged with the vertical groove 43, whereby the horizontal positioning is performed.

Then, the mark body 2 is fitted into the gap between the upper and lower horizontal bars 41, 42 from the surface (front surface) of the grill 4,
As shown in FIG. 4, the fitting protrusions 23a formed on the left and right vertical ribs 23 as fitting parts are brought into contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the horizontal bars 41 and 42, and the tip surfaces of the vertical ribs 23 are marked. The retainer 3 is brought into contact with the protruding surface 31a. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the latch claw 24 is inserted into the latch hole 32 of the mark retainer 3 by elastic deformation, and the claw portion 24a is latched to the hole edge. Further, the engaging groove 25a of the lateral rib 25
Is engaged with the vertical bar 43.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the grill mark 1 is attached to the grill 4 by sandwiching the mark main body 2 and the mark retainer 3 from the front and the rear. Therefore, it is not necessary to form an attachment seat such as a mark attachment hole in the grill 4, and the problem that the attachment seat remains as it is when the grill mark is not attached due to the difference in grade. Further, when the grill mark 1 is attached, the surface of the mark body 2 is the grill 4
It is also possible to make the surface flush with the surface of, and the appearance is improved.

In the mounted state of the grill mark 1, the claw portion 24a of the hook claw 24 is a cylindrical rib 33 as a protective member.
Is surrounded by. Therefore, even if the user inserts his / her hand into the back surface of the grill 4 from below the bumper and tries to intrude a bar material such as a fingertip or a driver into the claw portion 24a from the side or the vertical direction, the tubular rib 33 prevents the intrusion. However, the claw portion 24a cannot be unlawfully removed from the hook hole 32. That is, according to the present embodiment, the grill mark 1
It is possible to provide an effective mounting structure for preventing theft of the device.

Further, the mark body 2 has the upper and lower horizontal rails 41, 4
Since the taper surface is fitted in the gap between the two, and the claw portion 24a of the hook 24 is hooked to the edge of the hook hole 32 by the taper surface 24b, the mark main body 2 Also, even if the mark retainer 3 has a manufacturing dimensional error, it can be fixed to the grill 4 without rattling by absorbing errors in the vertical and front-back directions. Further, in the left-right direction, the engaging grooves 25a, 36 of the lateral ribs 25, 36
It can be positioned by engaging a with the vertical rail 43.

Furthermore, since the grill body 1 and the mark retainer 3 of the present embodiment are made of resin, the mark main body 2 and the mark retainer 3 have a high degree of freedom in design and are resistant to rust.

In the above-described embodiment, the whole of the mark body 2 including the plate portion 21 is inserted between the horizontal rails 41 and 42 so that the surface of the mark body 2 is flush with the surface of the grill 4. However, the plate portion 21 of the mark body 2
May be changed to a structure in which the surface overlaps the surfaces of the horizontal rails 41 and 42. In addition, the vertical ribs 23 as the fitting portion and the horizontal rails 41,
The taper surface set as the fitting surface with 42 is not limited to the lower surface side, and may be set to the upper surface side or both upper and lower surfaces.

[0025]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the invention, the exterior part can be mounted on the body side member of the automobile by itself by the claw fitting of the front member and the back member. Therefore, the mounting workability can be improved, and it is not necessary to set the mounting seat for the exterior part on the body side member. Also,
It is possible to prevent unauthorized removal, that is, theft, of the exterior component mounted on the body side member. According to the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to absorb the dimensional error in manufacturing the exterior component and mount the exterior component on the body side member without rattling.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a grille mark as an exterior component of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of grill marks.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing the vicinity of a front grill of an automobile to which a grill mark is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Grill mark 2 ... Mark main body 3 ... Mark retainer 4 ... Grill 23 ... Vertical rib as a fitting part 24 ... Latching claw 31 ... Retainer body 32 ... Latching hole 33 ... Cylindrical ribs 41, 42 as a protective member ... Lateral rail as body side member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An exterior part mounting structure for mounting an exterior part to a body side member having a predetermined gap on an outer surface of an automobile, wherein the exterior part is arranged on a front surface side of the body side member. A member and a back member arranged on the back side of the body side member, and a hook claw provided on the back surface of the front member is inserted and locked in a hook hole of the back member through a gap of the body side member. Therefore, it is configured to be mounted on the body-side member, and further, a protection member is provided on the periphery of the locking hole of the back member so as to surround the locking claw locked in the locking hole. The exterior parts mounting structure for automobiles. 2. The automobile exterior component mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the front member is provided with a fitting portion that can be fitted into a gap between the body-side members and the fitting portion and the body-side member. The engagement surface with and is a tapered surface that narrows toward the back side, while the engagement surface of the engagement claw that engages with the hole edge of the engagement hole is a tapered surface. A structure for mounting exterior parts of automobiles.