JPH1016823A - Side skirt attaching structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a side skirt attaching structure for permitting, when a car body and a load based receive forces from different directions and movements of two different directions occur between a side skirt and the car body, the movements and preventing the deformation of an attaching bracket or the side skirt. SOLUTION: In a side skirt structure in which a side skirt attached to the load base of a car body via an attaching bracket 10 for covering the side lower part of the load base, the attaching bracket 10 includes a first fixed part 12 fixed to a car body 1 side, a second fixed part 13 fixed to the side skirt side and a connecting part 14 for connecting the first and second fixed parts 12 and 13 to each other, and the connecting part 14 is twisted so as to permit the movements of the side skirt 4 and the car body in two different directions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a side skirt mounting structure for mounting, via a mounting bracket, a side skirt that covers a lower portion of a side of the carrier to a vehicle body having the carrier.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vehicle such as a truck having a loading bed behind a cabin is provided with a side which covers a lower part of a side of the loading bed so that a battery or the like disposed below the loading bed cannot be seen from the outside. Some have skirts attached.

[0003] The side skirt is mounted by fixing the upper end of the side skirt below the side of the loading platform with a bolt or the like, and using a substantially L-shaped mounting bracket. One end is fixed to a side skirt and the other end is fixed to a vehicle body such as a cabin by bolting or welding.

[0004]

However, in the case of vibrations during running of the vehicle, for example, the body and the bed receive forces from different directions, so that the body and the side skirt relatively move in different directions. However, when the vehicle body and the side skirt are fixed by using the L-shaped mounting bracket as in the related art, the L-shaped mounting bracket can bend only in one direction. The relative movement in the direction cannot be tolerated. Therefore, when there is a movement that causes such a relative movement, there occurs a problem that, for example, the mounting bracket or the side skirt is deformed.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to permit the relative movement of the side skirt and the vehicle body in two different directions even when the vehicle body and the carrier receive forces from different directions. An object of the present invention is to provide a side skirt mounting structure that does not cause deformation of a bracket or a side skirt.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle body 1 having a carrier 3 with a side skirt 4 attached to the carrier 3 and covering a lower portion of a side of the carrier 3. A mounting structure of a side skirt 4 to be mounted via brackets 10 and 11, wherein the mounting brackets 10 and 11 are fixed to a first fixing portion 1 fixed to a vehicle body 1 side.
2, 28, the second fixing portions 13, 29 fixed to the side skirt 4 side, the first fixing portions 12, 28, and the second fixing portion 1.
There are provided connecting portions 14 and 30 for connecting the side skirts 3 and 29, and the connecting portions 14 and 30 bend so as to allow relative movement of the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two different directions.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the mounting bracket 1 is provided.
Reference numerals 0 and 11 denote connecting portions 1 which flex so as to allow relative movement of the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two different directions.
Since the vehicle body 1 and the side skirt 4 receive forces from different directions due to vibrations and the like during traveling of the vehicle, the vehicle body 1 and the side skirt 4 try to move relative to each other in two different directions. Even in this case, since the movement is absorbed by the bending of the connecting portions 14 and 30, the mounting brackets 10 and 11 and the side skirt 4 are not deformed.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a vehicle provided with a side skirt. In this vehicle, a loading platform 3 is provided behind a cabin 2 constituting a vehicle body 1 and the loading platform 3 is provided. The side skirt 4 is attached below. The side skirts 4 are mounted as a pair on both sides in the vehicle width direction of the loading platform 3 in a similar manner, but FIG. 1 shows only one of them.

The upper end of the side skirt 4 is fixed to one end in the vehicle width direction of the lower wall 5 of the carrier 3 via bolts 6.

Then, the back panel 8 of the cabin 2 and the front end of the side skirt 4 are fixed via a first mounting bracket 10 (see FIGS. 2 to 4), and the vehicle body 1 is configured to cover the rear wheel 7. The fender 9 and the rear end of the side skirt 4 are fixed via a second mounting bracket 11 (see FIG. 5).

First, a configuration in which the back panel 8 of the cabin 2 and the front end of the side skirt 4 are fixed via the first mounting bracket 10 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion where the back panel 8 and the first mounting bracket 10 are fixed in FIG. A cross section along the line CC shown in FIG. 2 including a cross section in which the shape of the first mounting bracket 10 is most apparent and a cross section in a portion where the first mounting bracket 10 and the side skirt 4 are fixed. FIG.

2 and 3, a mounting wall 15 is formed on the back panel 8 by bending a side portion of the back panel 8 in the vehicle width direction obliquely rearward. Holes 16a, 16a are formed, and a pair of first nuts 16, 16 communicating with the through holes 16a, 16a are previously fixed to the inner surface side of the mounting wall 15 by projection welding.

On the other hand, a receiving portion 17 is provided at the front end of the side panel 4 so as to project inward in the vehicle width direction.
7, a second insertion hole 19 is formed.

Further, the first mounting bracket 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a first fixing portion 12 fixed to the back panel 8 side of the vehicle body 1, a second fixing portion 13 fixed to the side skirt 4 side, a first fixing portion 12 and a second fixing portion. And a connecting portion 14 for connecting the portion 13 to the first fixing portion 12. The first fixing portion 12 has a pair of first insertion holes 21.
In the second fixing portion 13, a through hole 22a is formed,
The second nut 22 communicating with the through hole 22a is fixed in advance by projection welding.

A pair of first bolts 20 are inserted into a pair of first through holes 21 formed in the first fixing portion 12.
20, these first bolts 20, 20 are screwed into a pair of first nuts 16, 16 provided on the mounting surface 15, and are inserted into second insertion holes 19 formed in the receiving portion 17. The second bolt 18 is inserted and the second bolt 1
By screwing the back panel 8 of the cabin 2 and the front end of the side skirt 4 into the first mounting bracket 10
To be fixed through.

The connecting portion 14 has a first bent portion 23 bent obliquely downward from the first fixed portion 12 and a second bent portion 24 bent obliquely upward from the second fixed portion 13. Thus, the first bent portion 23 and the second bent portion 24 bend to allow relative movement of the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two different directions.

That is, in FIG. 3, the first bent portion 23
Is bent in the X1 direction and the second bent portion 24 is bent in the X4 direction.
When the first bent portion 23 bends in the X2 direction and the second bent portion 24 bends in the X3 direction, the side skirt 4 moves with respect to the vehicle body 1 in the vehicle downward direction D. And in the forward direction F.

As described above, since the first bent portion 23 and the second bent portion 24 of the first mounting bracket 10 bend,
The relative movement between the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in the two directions of the vehicle vertical direction and the front-back direction is allowed.

Next, a configuration in which the fender 9 covering the rear wheel and the rear end of the side skirt 4 are fixed via the second mounting bracket 11 will be described.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the fender 9 is opposed to a first fixing portion 28 of a second mounting bracket 11 to be described later. The mounting seat surface 25 is provided at a position where
5, a third insertion hole 27 is formed.

The second mounting bracket 11 has a first fixing portion 28 fixed to the fender 9 of the vehicle body 1.
And the second fixing portion 29 fixed to the side skirt 4 side
And a connecting portion 30 for connecting the first fixing portion 28 and the second fixing portion 29. The first fixing portion 28 has a through hole 3.
3a is formed, and the third nut 33 communicating with the through hole 33a is fixed in advance by projection welding.

After fixing the second fixing portion 29 to the rear end of the side skirt 4 by welding, a third bolt 26 is inserted into a third insertion hole 27 formed in the mounting seat surface 25. The fender 9 and the rear end of the side skirt 4 are fixed via the second mounting bracket 11 by screwing the third bolt 26 to a third nut 33 provided on the first fixing portion 28. I am trying to do it.

The connecting portion 30 has a first bent portion 31 bent obliquely forward from the first fixed portion 28 and a second bent portion 32 bent obliquely inward in the vehicle width direction from the second fixed portion 29.
The first bent portion 31 and the second bent portion 32 are bent to allow relative movement of the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two different directions.

That is, in FIG. 5, the first bent portion 31
Is bent in the Y1 direction and the second bent portion 32 is bent in the Y4 direction, the side skirt 4 can move in the vehicle width direction inward I and the vehicle front direction F with respect to the vehicle body 1, and
The bent portion 31 bends in the Y2 direction and the second bent portion 32
When bent in three directions, the side skirt 4 can move in the vehicle width direction outward O and the vehicle rear direction R with respect to the vehicle body 1.

As described above, since the first bent portion 31 and the second bent portion 32 of the second mounting bracket 11 bend,
The relative movement between the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two directions, ie, the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction, is allowed.

As described above, in the side skirt mounting structure of the present invention, the mounting brackets 10 and 11 are connected to bend so as to allow relative movement of the side skirt 4 and the vehicle body 1 in two different directions. Since the vehicle body 1 and the carrier 3 receive forces from different directions due to vibrations during running of the vehicle, the vehicle body 1 and the side skirt 4 relatively move in two different directions. Even if an attempt is made, the movement is
Is absorbed by bending, so that the mounting bracket 10,
No deformation occurs in the side 11 and the side skirt 4.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a vehicle provided with a side skirt.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the vehicle in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line CC in the side skirt mounting structure shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a first mounting bracket in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of the vehicle of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 3 Carrier 4 Side skirt 10,11 Mounting bracket 12,28 1st fixing part 13,29 2nd fixing part 14,30 Connecting part

Claims (1)

[Claims] A side skirt (4) attached to the body (3) and covering the lower side of the body (3) is attached to a vehicle body (1) having the body (3) by a mounting bracket (10, 10).
11) A mounting structure for a side skirt (4) to be mounted via a first fixing portion (12, 28) fixed to the vehicle body (1) side, and a side skirt. (4) a second fixing portion (13, 29) fixed to the side,
First fixing part (12, 28) and second fixing part (13, 29)
And a connecting portion (14, 30) for connecting the side skirt (4, 30) so that the side skirt (4) and the vehicle body (1) can move relative to each other in two different directions. A side skirt mounting structure characterized by bending.