JPH11105652A - Bumper mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the mounting workability of a bumper for its better appearances. SOLUTION: A bumper 11 is formed at each of its side portions 11a with a recessed part 13 that conforms to the frontal lower portion 12a of a fender 12, and with a clip 14 that faces back along the vehicle from the forward or upper wall 13a of the recessed part 13. The fenders 12 are each formed with a hole 18 at their position to receive the clip 14. The bumper 11 is mounted on the fenders 12 through insertion of the clips 14 into the holes 18 formed in the fenders 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bumper mounting structure, and more particularly, to a bumper provided with a concave portion having a shape corresponding to a shape of a lower front portion of a fender on a side portion of a bumper, and a vehicle front upper wall in the concave portion. The present invention relates to a bumper mounting structure in which a projecting portion is provided rearward, a hole is provided in the fender corresponding to the projecting portion, and the projecting portion is engaged with a hole of the fender to attach the bumper to the fender.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional bumper mounting structure, a recess 2 is formed in a side portion 1a of a bumper 1, as shown in FIGS. The shape of the concave portion 2 corresponds to the shape of the front lower portion 3 a of the fender 3. Bumper 1
A bumper retainer 4 is attached to the upper wall 2a on the vehicle body front side of the concave portion 2 so as to face rearward of the vehicle.
A hole 6 through which the screw 5 is inserted from below the bumper is formed in the bottom 2 b of the concave portion 2 of the bumper 1. The bumper retainer 4 and the hole 6 are provided corresponding to the hole 7 and the resin nut 8 provided in the lower front portion 3 a of the fender 3. In order to attach the bumper 1 to the fender 3, first, reach for the back side of the bumper and attach the bumper retainer 4 to the bumper from the back side in advance. Next, the bumper retainer 4 is inserted into the hole 7 of the fender 3 while moving the bumper 1 from the front to the rear of the vehicle body, and the nut 9 is fastened to the bumper retainer from the back side of the fender 3. Further, the screw 5 is passed through the hole 6 of the bumper 1 from below and fastened to the resin nut 8 previously assembled to the fender 3.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned bumper mounting structure, before mounting the bumper 1 to the fender 3, the bumper retainer 4 needs to be assembled by putting a hand inside the bumper 1 in advance. The assembling work is complicated. Further, when the bumper 1 is mounted on the fender 3, the user has to reach deep inside the back side of the fender to fasten the nut 9 to the bumper retainer 4, so that the fastening work is complicated. Therefore, the mounting workability of the bumper 1 was poor. Further, the bumper retainer 4 and the screw 5 are used to control the bumper 1
Is fixed to the fender 3. However, since the interval is wide, the portion of the concave portion 2 of the bumper indicated by the arrow A (see FIG. 13) rises outside the vehicle body, and there is a problem that the appearance is deteriorated. . Furthermore, when mounting the bumper 1 to the fender 3 from the front of the vehicle body, there is no place for positioning the bumper with respect to the fender 3, so that the mounting work of the bumper is not easy. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bumper mounting structure capable of improving the workability of mounting a bumper and improving the appearance of the bumper after the mounting. And

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a concave portion having a shape corresponding to a shape of a lower front portion of a fender is provided on a side portion of a bumper, and a vehicle body front upper wall in the concave portion. A bumper mounting structure in which a protrusion is provided toward the rear of the vehicle, a hole is provided in the fender corresponding to the protrusion, and the protrusion is engaged with the hole of the fender to mount the bumper on the fender. , The projection is formed as a clip which is fixed to the fender by being inserted into a hole of the fender from the front of the vehicle body. Further, in the present invention, a boss is provided to protrude toward the rear of the vehicle from the upper wall on the vehicle body front side of the recess of the bumper, and the boss of the bumper is temporarily attached to the lower part of the fender when the bumper is mounted on the fender. The configuration is such that a locking portion for locking is provided. Further, in the present invention,
A notch is formed in a concave portion of the bumper, and a locking portion of the fender is located between a boss on a side portion of the bumper and the notch.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 12 show one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention. The bumper 11 in the bumper mounting structure of the present embodiment is the front bumper of the vehicle shown in FIG.
The curved concave portion 13 corresponds to the shape of the front lower portion 12a of the
Is formed. A clip 14 is provided on the vehicle body front side upper wall 13a of the concave portion 13 of the bumper 11 toward the vehicle rear, and a bottom portion 13b of the concave portion 13 of the bumper 11
A hole 16 for inserting the screw 15 from below the bumper is formed.

As shown in detail in FIG. 5 and FIGS. 7 to 9, the clip 14 has detachment preventing pieces 14a, 14
a is formed. The retaining pieces 14a, 14
a is formed wider from the front end toward the rear. As shown in FIG. 4, the retaining pieces 14a, 14a may be separately supported by two shafts formed slightly apart from each other, or as shown in FIG. You may make it support by a shaft part. A groove 14c is formed around the base 14b of the clip 14. The portion of the clip 14 where the groove 14c is formed,
It is formed in a substantially rectangular cross section (not shown).

A stepped portion 13c is formed on the upper wall 13a of the bumper 11 on the front side of the vehicle body in the recessed portion 13, and a stepped portion 13c is formed lower than a mating surface with the fender 12, and a square hole 17 is formed in the stepped portion. By inserting the clip 14 from the front side of the bumper 11 and rotating it 90 ° in the square hole,
It is fixed to the bumper (see FIG. 4). The square hole 17 and the hole 16 in the concave portion 13 of the bumper 11 are provided corresponding to the hole 18 and the resin nut 19 provided in the lower front portion 12 a of the fender 12. A boss 20 having a rectangular cross section toward the rear of the vehicle is provided slightly below and inside the clip 14 of the upper wall 13a on the vehicle body front side of the recess 13 of the bumper 11.
And a notch 21 is formed between the boss 20 of the recess 13 and the hole 16. On the other hand, a locking portion 22 having a substantially crank-shaped cross section that extends toward the inside of the vehicle extends downward from the front lower portion 12 a of the fender 12.

In order to mount the bumper 11 on the fender 12, first, the clip is inserted into the hole 18 of the fender 12 while moving the bumper 11 on which the clip 14 has been mounted in advance from the front to the rear of the vehicle body. At this time, bumper 1
The first boss 20 is provided on the horizontal portion 2 of the locking portion 22 of the fender 12.
Since the bumper 11 is placed on 2a, the bumper 11 is temporarily locked. This prevents the bumper 11 from dropping from the fender 12 by its own weight.

Next, the bolt 15 passed through the hole 16 of the bumper 11 is attached to the resin nut 1 previously mounted on the fender 12.
9 Thus, the operation of attaching the bumper 11 to the fender 12 is completed. At this time, Fender 1
The vertical wall portion 22b of the second engaging portion 22 is located between the boss 20 of the bumper 11 and the notch 21, and is sandwiched between the two. Floating can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the clip 14 is inserted into the square hole 17 of the bumper 11 and fixed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. It may be formed. In this case, only the tip end of the clip 14 having the strips 14a, 14a may be formed on the bumper 11. In the above embodiment, the bumper is applied to the front bumper.
The present invention is not limited to this, and can of course be applied to a rear bumper.

[0011]

As described above, according to the bumper mounting structure of the present invention, a concave portion having a shape corresponding to the shape of the lower front portion of the fender is provided on the side portion of the bumper, and the upper portion on the front side of the vehicle body in the concave portion. A bumper mounting in which a projection is provided on the wall toward the rear of the vehicle, a hole is provided in the fender corresponding to the projection, and the projection is engaged with the hole of the fender to attach the bumper to the fender. In the structure, since the projecting portion is configured as a clip that is fixed to the fender by inserting it into the hole of the fender from the front of the vehicle body, it is not necessary to work by inserting a hand deep into the bumper or the fender, The bumper can be attached to the fender simply by fitting the clip into the hole of the fender. Therefore, the work of mounting the bumper is facilitated, and the workability can be improved. At the same time, the clip was used to attach the bumper to the fender,
A conventional bumper retainer, a nut for stopping the bumper retainer, and the like are not required, and the number of parts can be reduced.

A boss protrudes toward the rear of the vehicle from an upper wall on the vehicle body front side of the concave portion of the bumper, and a notch is formed in the concave portion of the bumper. When the bumper is mounted on the fender, the boss of the bumper can be positioned on the locking portion of the fender when the bumper is mounted on the fender, and the bumper can be dropped from the fender. Can be prevented. Furthermore, since the locking portion of the fender is located between the boss and the notch on the side of the bumper, the concave portion of the bumper can be prevented from floating to the outside of the vehicle body, and can be mounted. After bumping, the appearance of the bumper can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle to which a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of a vehicle to which the bumper mounting structure according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 4;

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

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a clip of one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a clip of one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a left side view showing the clip of the embodiment of the bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a fender of one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a bumper of one embodiment of a bumper mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the bumper mounting structure according to the present invention, showing an example in which a clip is formed integrally with the bumper.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a conventional bumper mounting structure.

FIG. 14 shows a conventional bumper mounting structure.
5A is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 5, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view corresponding to a cross section taken along line EE in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Bumper 11a Side part 12 Fender 12a Front lower part 13 Recess 13a Car body front side upper wall 13b Bottom part 14 Clip 14a Retaining piece 14b Base part 14c Groove 15 Screw 16 Hole 17 Square hole 18 Hole 19 Resin nut 20 Boss 21 Notch 22 Lock Part 22a Horizontal part 22b Vertical wall part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recess having a shape corresponding to a shape of a front lower portion of a fender is provided on a side portion of a bumper, and a protruding portion is provided on an upper wall on a vehicle body front side in the concave portion toward a vehicle rear side, and the protruding portion is provided. In the bumper mounting structure in which a hole is provided in the fender and the protrusion is engaged with the hole of the fender to mount the bumper on the fender, the protrusion is inserted into the hole of the fender from the front of the vehicle body. A clip fixed to the fender by using the clip. 2. A boss protruding rearward of the vehicle from an upper wall on the vehicle body front side of a recess of the bumper, and the boss of the bumper is temporarily engaged with the lower part of the fender when the bumper is mounted on the fender. A bumper mounting structure comprising a locking portion for stopping. 3. A notch is formed in a concave portion of the bumper, and an engaging portion of the fender is located between a boss on a side portion of the bumper and the notch. The bumper mounting structure described in 1.