JPH0939563A - Molding for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a molding for an automobile, in which good design and attaching performance are exhibited, and reduction of cost is realized. SOLUTION: A molding is composed of a roof molding 11 laid along respective side edges of a roof 2 and a front or rear glass 3, and facing the roof 2, and a glass molding 12 facing the front or rear glass 3, and the terminals of respective moldings 11, 12 are connected by fitting on the connecting parts of the roof molding 11 and the glass molding 12. A fitting pawl piece is provided on the terminal of the roof molding 11, and a fitting recessed part is provided on the terminal of the glass molding 12, and the fitting pawls piece and the fitting recessed part are elastically fitted to each other. The fitting pawl piece and the fitting processed part are provided with the approximately same fitting margins in the vertical, lateral and longitudinal directions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roof molding in a vehicle such as a passenger car, and more particularly to a connecting structure thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of vehicle, moldings are laid along the side edges of the roof and the front or rear glass. In this case, conventionally, a molding formed of a steel plate material (SUS material) or the like is generally used. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, a stainless steel molding 100 is laid along the side edges of the windshield 1, the roof 2 and the rear glass 3, respectively. The mall 100 is a windshield molding 100a,
The roof molding 100b and the rear glass molding 100c are composed of three continuous portions.

When the molding 100 is fixed to the body side,
It is attached using clips or screws. For example, in the windshield molding 100a, its front end is fixed to the side panel 4 by the screw 101 and is fixed by the clip 102 (section A). The roof molding 100b mounted between the roof panel 2a and the side panel 4 as shown in the section B is fixed by the clip 103. Rear glass mall 1
At 00c, it is fixed to the side panel 4 by the screw 104 (C cross section).

[0004]

The conventional molding 100 as described above has to be expensive because it is formed of stainless steel and a large number of clips or screws are used for mounting. Furthermore, since the clips are attached to the body side in advance, it takes a lot of work time and effort. On the other hand, in recent years, a soft molding formed using a PVC material has been developed. In this case, in particular, a treatment or a treatment method of a connecting portion between the roof molding and the front or rear glass molding becomes an important issue in terms of designability and bonding strength.

In view of the above points, it is an object of the present invention to provide a molding for automobiles, which has good designability and mountability, and which realizes cost reduction and the like.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile molding which is laid along side edges of a roof and a front or rear glass. The roof molding corresponds to the roof. And a glass molding corresponding to the front glass or the rear glass, and the terminals of the moldings are connected to each other by fitting at the connecting portion of the roof molding and the glass molding.

In the automobile molding according to the present invention, a fitting claw piece is provided at the end of the roof molding and a fitting recess is provided at the end of the glass molding, and the fitting claw piece and the fitting recess are resiliently provided. It is designed to be fitted.

In the molding for automobiles according to the third aspect of the present invention, the fitting claw pieces and the fitting recesses are formed with substantially the same fitting margin in the vertical, horizontal and longitudinal directions.

Further, in the automobile molding according to a fourth aspect of the invention, the connecting portion of the roof molding and the glass molding is set at an end portion in the front-rear direction of the roof.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the terminals of the moldings are connected to each other by fitting at the connecting portion of the roof molding and the glass molding. In this case, the roof molding and the glass molding are coupled by fitting the fitting claw pieces of the roof molding terminal and the fitting recesses of the glass molding terminal. Since the fitting recess is formed in the shape of a box, the fitting claw pieces that fit into the fitting recess can be joined at an accurate position and with high joining strength. Thereby, it is possible to obtain excellent designability in the continuous portion of the roof molding and the glass molding.

In particular, when the fitting claw pieces and the fitting recesses are fitted together, they are joined with substantially the same fitting margin in the up-down, left-right and front-rear directions. At the connecting portion of the roof molding terminal and the glass molding terminal, the positions are mutually regulated in three directions, so that an accurate coupling structure without displacement can be obtained. Furthermore, by setting the continuous portion at a predetermined position, it becomes a work standard (reference) when mounting the molding, and the workability can be improved.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of an automobile molding according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the periphery of the main part of the molding 10 in this embodiment.
First, in the illustrated example, the upper corner portion of the rear glass 3 (see FIG. 7,
(See section D) as viewed from the rear of the vehicle. In FIG. 1, the molding 10 is a roof 2 (for example, a roof panel 2a).
A soft roof molding 11 and a rear glass molding 12 which are preferably made of PVC material are provided along the side edges of the rear glass 3 and the rear glass 3, respectively. A windshield molding may be provided along the side edge of the windshield so as to be continuously provided on the front side of the roof molding 11 (not shown).

Further, in FIG. 1, a glass upper molding 13 is fitted along the upper edge of the rear glass 3.
The glass upper molding 13 has a step portion 2 of the roof panel 2a.
It is laid in the vehicle width direction (arrow W) along b. The end portion of the glass upper molding 13 is joined to the outside of the terminal portion of the rear glass molding 12 by an adhesive 14 so as to abut. Rear glass 3 is joined to roof panel 2a and side panel 4 by adhesives 15 and 16, respectively.

Roof molding 11 and rear glass molding 1
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the continuous connection portion of 2, the fitting recess 17 is provided at the end of the rear glass molding 12, and the fitting claw piece 18 is provided at the end of the roof molding 11, respectively. The fitting recess 17 and the fitting claw piece 18 are elastically fitted together. Then, the fitting recess 17 and the fitting claw piece 18
Have substantially the same fitting margins in the vertical and horizontal directions and the front-back direction.

That is, the fitting recess 1 of the rear glass molding 12
As shown in FIG. 2, 7 has a dimension a, b dimension, and c dimension in the up-down direction (H direction), left-right direction (W direction), and front-back direction (L direction), respectively. Further, the fitting claw pieces 18 of the roof molding 11 have a'dimensions, b'dimensions and c'dimensions corresponding to the respective dimensions of the rear glass molding 12, as shown in FIG. Further, the fitting claw piece 18 has a bending allowance d by forming a cutout portion 18a at the center thereof. The fitting recess 17 and the fitting claw piece 18 are adapted to be fitted to each other at corresponding dimension portions.

When the roof molding 11 and the glass molding 12 are joined together, first, the rear glass molding 12 and the glass upper molding 13 are fitted along the side edge and the upper edge of the rear glass 3, respectively. And the rear glass 3
To the body side (roof panel 2
a and side panel 4). At this time, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the tip of the fitting recess 17 of the rear glass molding 12 is attached so as to abut the step 2b of the roof panel 2a. By mounting in this manner, the fitting recess 17 is formed in a box shape. By inserting the fitting claw piece 18 into the fitting recess 17, the terminals of the moldings can be coupled to each other at the continuous portion of the roof molding 11 and the glass molding 12 as shown in FIG.

As described above, at the respective ends of the soft roof molding 11 and the rear glass molding 12, the fitting claw pieces 18 are elastically fitted into the box-shaped fitting recesses 17, thereby forming the two moldings 11. , 12 can be bonded at precise positions and with high bonding strength. Then, excellent designability can be obtained in the continuous portion of the roof molding 11 and the glass molding 12 that are joined together exactly as described above. In particular, when the fitting claw piece 18 is fitted into the fitting recessed portion 17, since the both are joined with substantially the same fitting margin in the vertical, horizontal, and front-rear directions, at the connecting portion between the roof molding terminal and the glass molding terminal. , The positions are mutually regulated in three directions, so that an accurate coupling structure without displacement can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the case where the roof molding 11 and the rear glass molding 12 are joined has been described. However, a fitting method using a claw piece and a concave portion may be applied to the respective end portions of the roof molding 11 and the windshield molding. In that case, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the respective positions of the roof molding and the glass molding to be joined are regulated with respect to each other.
It is possible to obtain excellent designability without misalignment in the continuous portion of both. In addition, by setting such a continuous portion at a predetermined position, it becomes a work standard (reference) at the time of mounting the molding, and the workability can be improved. Furthermore, the mall can be properly laid along the side edge of the front or rear glass from the roof while reducing the number of molding component parts, which is inexpensive and has excellent design flexibility. Have the advantages of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the periphery of a main part of an embodiment of an automobile molding according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a terminal portion of a rear glass molding according to the molding for an automobile of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a terminal portion of a roof molding according to the automobile molding of the present invention.

FIG. 4E of FIG. 1 showing a joint portion between a roof molding and a glass molding in an embodiment of an automobile molding according to the present invention.
It is sectional drawing which follows the -E line.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a joint portion between a roof molding and a glass molding in an embodiment of an automobile molding according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an F of FIG. 1 showing a joint portion between a roof molding and a glass molding in an embodiment of an automobile molding according to the present invention.
It is sectional drawing which follows the -F line.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a conventional automobile molding.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 roof 2a roof panel 2a 3 rear glass 4 side panel 10 molding 11 roof molding 12 rear glass molding 13 glass upper molding 14, 15, 16 adhesive 17 fitting recess 18 fitting claw piece 18a notch

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A molding for an automobile laid along side edges of a roof and a front or rear glass, respectively, comprising a roof molding corresponding to the roof and a glass molding corresponding to the front or rear glass, An automobile molding characterized in that terminals of the moldings are connected to each other by fitting at a connecting portion of the roof molding and the glass molding. 2. A fitting claw piece is attached to a terminal of the roof molding,
The automobile molding according to claim 1, wherein a fitting recess is provided at each end of the glass molding, and the fitting claw piece and the fitting recess are elastically fitted. 3. The automobile molding according to claim 2, wherein the fitting claw pieces and the fitting recesses have substantially the same fitting margins in the vertical, horizontal, and front-rear directions. 4. The automobile molding according to claim 1, wherein a connecting portion of the roof molding and the glass molding is set at an end portion of the roof in the front-rear direction.