JPH0930463A - External scar preventing cover for vehicle body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an external scar preventing cover covered at a specific portion of a vehicle body for preventing an external scar of the vehicle body from being displaced by vibrations or its contact with another object at the time of the parts fitting work. SOLUTION: A hook section 12 to be hooked on a step section 8 continued to the upper edge of the protection section 7 of a vehicle body is provided at the upper end of the plate-like cover main body 10 of an external scar preventing cover 4 to prevent the slip-down of the cover main body 10, and the hook section 12 is provided with a positioning hole 13 coupled with a bolt head section 9a existing on the step section 8 to prevent the displacement of the cover main body 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle body damage prevention cover used to cover a surface of a vehicle body in an automobile assembly plant or the like in order to avoid the surface of the vehicle body from being damaged by the contact of a jig or a tool. With regard to the above, particularly, in order to cover the protective portion of the vehicle body, the cover portion is formed in conformity with the outer surface shape thereof, and a cushion pad lined with the cover body is provided. The present invention relates to an improvement of a vehicle body damage prevention cover, which is provided with a hook portion which is hung on a step portion connected to the upper edge of the cover body to prevent the cover body from falling off.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a car body damage prevention cover is, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-232583,
Already known.

[0003]

In the conventional vehicle body damage prevention cover, since the hook portion of the cover body is simply hooked on the stepped portion of the vehicle body to prevent the cover body from falling off from the vehicle body, vibration during transportation of the vehicle body is prevented. When it is contacted with another object, the external damage prevention cover may be displaced from the protective part of the vehicle body in the longitudinal direction of the step part.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle body damage prevention cover which does not deviate from the protective portion of the vehicle body due to vibration or contact with other objects. And

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plate-shaped cover main body formed in conformity with the outer surface shape of the vehicle body so as to cover the protective portion of the vehicle body, and a lining on the cover main body. In the vehicle body injury prevention cover, a hook portion is provided on the upper end of the cover body, which is hooked on a step portion connected to the upper edge of the protection portion to prevent the cover body from falling off. The first feature is that a positioning fitting portion that fits into the convex portion or the concave portion existing in the step portion is provided.

In addition to the above features, the present invention has a second feature that the positioning fitting portion is elastically deformable in its diameter direction.

[0007]

According to the first feature of the present invention, by the fitting of the positioning fitting portion provided on the hook portion with the convex portion or the concave portion on the step portion,
It is possible to prevent the cover body from being displaced from the protective portion.

Further, according to the second feature of the present invention, due to the elastic deformation of the positioning fitting portion, the positioning fitting portion can be easily fitted into the concave portion or the convex portion having a different diameter.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile body having a wound cover, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of 2.

First, in FIG. 1, in the automobile manufacturing line, when the engine is mounted on the vehicle body 1 which has been subjected to the painting process, the surfaces of the left and right side walls 3, 3 of the vehicle body 1 which partition the engine room 2 are protected. Therefore, it is covered with the trauma prevention covers 4 and 4.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the side walls 3
Includes a wheel house member 5 joined to a front frame (not shown), and a front fender 7 defining a wheel house 6 between an outer surface of the wheel house member 5. The front fender 7 has a gutter-shaped step portion 8 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body at its upper end, and a bottom wall portion 8 b thereof is provided with a plurality of bolts 9 to form a wheel house member 5.
To be fixed. Therefore, the head portions 9a of the plurality of bolts 9 are scattered on the bottom wall portion 8b, and these are used as convex portions for preventing the displacement of the external damage prevention cover 4 as follows.

The trauma preventive cover 4 includes a front fender 7
A plate-shaped cover body 10 formed of a relatively hard synthetic resin (for example, polypropylene) so as to fit the outer surface of the sheet, and a relatively flexible synthetic resin lined by the cover body 10 (for example, urethane foam). And a cushion pad 11 made of. A hook portion 12 is continuously provided on the upper end of the cover body 10. The hook portion 12 includes a vertical wall portion 12a that engages with the side wall portion 8a of the step portion 8 and a plurality of horizontal projections 12 that are stacked on the bottom wall portion 8b of the step portion 8.
b, and a positioning hole 13 (positioning fitting portion) that fits into the bolt head 9a is formed in each of the protruding pieces 12b.

In order to cover the front fender 7 with the external damage prevention cover 4, the hook 12 of the cover body 10 is hooked on the step 8 at the upper end of the front fender 7, and the positioning hole 13 of the projection 12b is attached to the head of the bolt. 9a is fitted.

At this time, by engaging the vertical wall portion 12a of the hook portion 12 with the side wall portion 8a of the step portion 8, it is possible to prevent the external damage prevention cover 4 from slipping off the front fender 7.
Further, by fitting the positioning hole 13 of the protruding piece 12b to the bolt head 9a, it is possible to prevent the external damage prevention cover 4 from being displaced. Therefore, vibrations during transportation of the vehicle body 1,
The external damage prevention cover 4 can be reliably kept in a fixed position on the front fender 7 even when another object comes into contact with it.
Even when an assembly jig, a tool, or the like hits the external damage prevention cover 4, the impact is dispersed over a wide range by the relatively hard cover body 10, and the soft cushion mat 11 is used.
The front fender 7 can be prevented from being damaged by the absorption.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the hook portion 12 of the cover body 10 is composed of a vertical wall portion 12 integrated with the cover body 10 and a rubber protrusion 12b bonded to the vertical wall portion 12, and the protrusion 12b is bored. The configuration is the same as that of the previous embodiment except that a plurality of slits 14 radially extending from the positioning hole 13 are provided on the projecting piece 12b in order to enable elastic deformation of the positioning hole 13 in the radial direction. The parts corresponding to those in the previous embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

According to this embodiment, even if the bolt head 9a has a larger diameter than the positioning hole 13, by opening the slit 14 and expanding the positioning hole 13, this is fitted into the bolt head 9a. This makes it possible to reliably prevent the displacement of the external damage prevention cover 4 from occurring.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the bottom wall portion 8b of the step portion 8 of the front fender 7 has a hole 15 as a concave portion, the hole 15 is used to prevent displacement of the external damage prevention cover 4. That is, a hollow, harpoon-shaped positioning projection 16 (positioning fitting portion) is formed on the lower surface of the rubber protrusion 12b, and the positioning projection 16 has a plurality of slits 17 capable of elastically deforming in the diameter reducing direction. Is provided with the positioning protrusion 16
Is deformed in the diameter reducing direction and is fitted into the hole 15. This prevents displacement of the external damage prevention cover 4. The rest of the configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment, and in the figure, parts corresponding to those of the second embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, when protecting a part other than the front fender 7, the external damage prevention cover 4 is formed according to the shape of the part.

[0020]

As described above, according to the first feature of the present invention, a plate-shaped cover main body formed in conformity with the outer surface shape of the vehicle body to cover the protective portion of the vehicle body, and a backing lined to the cover main body. In the vehicle body damage prevention cover, the upper end of the cover body is hooked to a step portion connected to the upper edge of the protective portion to prevent the cover body from falling off. Since the positioning fitting portion that fits into the convex portion or the concave portion existing in the step portion is provided, the displacement of the injury prevention cover from the vehicle body protecting portion is prevented even by the vibration of the vehicle body or the contact of another object. The protective part can be reliably protected from external damage.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the positioning fitting portion is configured to be elastically deformable in the diametrical direction, the positioning fitting portion is elastically deformed so that it is formed into a concave portion or a convex portion having a different diameter. It has a versatility because it can be securely fitted to the part.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile body having a trauma prevention cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow 2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 3, showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the protrusion in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 4, showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle Body 4 Damage Prevention Cover 7 Front Fender as Protective Section 8 Step 9a Bolt Head (Convex) 10 Cover Body 11 Cushion Pad 12 Hook 13 Positioning Hole (Positioning Fitting) 15 Hole (Concave) 16 Positioning Protrusion (Positioning fitting part)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cover (7) for a vehicle body (1) for covering,
A plate-shaped cover body (1 formed to match the outer surface shape)
0) and a cushion pad (11) lined with this cover body (10), and hangs on the upper end of the cover body (10) to the stepped portion (8) connected to the upper edge of the protection portion (7). (1) to prevent the cover body (10) from falling off.
In a vehicle body damage prevention cover in which 2) are provided in series, a positioning fitting portion (13) that fits into the convex portion (9a) or the concave portion (15) present in the step portion (8) in the hook portion (12). , 16) is provided, and a vehicle body damage prevention cover is provided. 2. The vehicle body injury prevention cover according to claim 1, wherein the positioning fitting portion (13, 16) is elastically deformable in a diametrical direction thereof.