JPH11240390A - Trunk front trim structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a trunk front trim structure for an automobile capable of restraining a longitudinal slit of an elastic sheet from expanding overall toward right and left. SOLUTION: Lateral slits 8 of an elastic sheet 6 placed in an upper part from a trunk lid hinge 3 when a trunk lid is closed are formed respectively toward both sides of right and left from a split portion 7. Therefore, when the trunk lid is closed, only a minimal area R below the lateral slits 8 corresponding to the trunk lid hinge 3 of the split portion 7 is pressed to expand by the trunk lid hinge 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a trunk front trim structure for an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A trunk front trim for improving the appearance in a trunk room is provided in front of a trunk room of an automobile. At the upper end of the trunk front trim, cutouts are formed on both left and right sides. This is to avoid interference with a trunk lid hinge that moves up and down in accordance with opening and closing of the trunk lid, and the trunk lid hinge moves in and out of the notch along the vertical direction (as a similar technique, See Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-69247).

More specifically, referring to FIG. 9, reference numeral 50 denotes the notch. The notch 50 has an elastic sheet as a blindfold so that the front side of the trunk front trim 40 cannot be seen. 60 are provided.
The elastic sheet 60 is formed with a vertical slit 70 that allows the trunk lid hinge 30 to move up and down. When the trunk lid (not shown) is closed, the trunk lid hinge 30 descends in the vertical slit 70 and a predetermined slit is formed. It stops at the position.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional technique, when a trunk lid (not shown) is closed, the trunk lid hinge 30 is turned into a vertical slit 7.
Since the vertical slit 70 is stopped at a predetermined position within 0, the vertical slit 70 is pushed right and left by the trunk lid hinge 30. When the trunk lid is closed, the lower portion of the vertical slit 70 where the trunk lid hinge 30 is stopped is pushed and expanded most.
Is spread over almost the entire area. Moreover, this state is maintained as long as the trunk lid is closed.

Therefore, even when the trunk lid is opened and the trunk lid hinge 30 is pulled out of the vertical slit 70, the state in which the vertical slit 70 expands left and right is permanently deformed and remains to some extent, and the expanded vertical slit 7
From 0, the front structure of the trunk front trim 40 is visible, and the original blindfold function of the elastic sheet 60 is impaired.

The elastic sheet 60 is provided with the notch 50
Are provided on both the vertical wall portions 51 and the lower end portion 52 by the tucker 61, so that there are many fixing points by the tucker 61, many man-hours are required, and cost reduction is desired.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and it is possible to suppress the vertical slits of the elastic sheet from expanding right and left as a whole, and to significantly reduce the number of cost steps. An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile trunk front trim structure.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a notch is provided at the upper end of a trunk front trim that covers the front of a trunk room, through which a trunk lid hinge that moves up and down in response to opening and closing of the trunk lid. In the formed automobile trunk front trim structure, the vertical wall portion of the cutout portion is provided with an elastic sheet divided by a split portion at least to the vicinity of the bottom of the cutout portion, which allows vertical movement of the trunk lid hinge, and The elastic sheet is characterized in that a lateral slit located near the upper surface of the trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed is formed toward the left and right sides from the divided portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the trunk front trim structure for an automobile according to the first aspect, wherein the elastic sheet has a trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed in addition to the lateral slit. Lateral slits corresponding to the lower surface of the trunk lid are formed on the left and right sides from the divided portion, and the trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed is sandwiched vertically by these lateral slits.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile trunk front trim structure as set forth in the first aspect, wherein the dividing portion divides the elastic sheet into two by cutting longitudinally.
The vicinity of the divided portion and the bottom of the cutout portion are not connected to each other.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the trunk front trim structure for an automobile according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein a tip of the lateral slit has a round hole having a diameter larger than a slit width. It is characterized by having a shape.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile trunk front trim structure according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein an edge of the notch is embossed. .

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the horizontal slit positioned near the upper surface of the trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed is formed toward the left and right sides from the divided portion, the trunk lid hinge is formed. At the time of closing, only the minimum area corresponding to the trunk lid hinge below the horizontal slit in the divided portion is in a state of being expanded by the trunk lid hinge. Therefore, the area where permanent deformation occurs can be minimized, and the original blindfold function of the elastic sheet can be maintained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the area of the elastic sheet sandwiched between the upper and lower horizontal slits can be suppressed from being deformed in one direction when the trunk lid is closed. Can be maintained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, one side of the elastic sheet is turned upside down so that a horizontal slit is provided on the division side,
Since it is only necessary to arrange the other side on the back, the elastic sheet itself becomes smaller, and not only can the size of the mold be reduced,
Since it is excellent in mass productivity, the cost can be reduced.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the tip of the horizontal slit has a round hole shape having a diameter larger than the slit width, it is possible to prevent the horizontal slit from being torn from the tip.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the edge of the notch is embossed, the rigidity of the edge of the notch is increased, and the mounting strength of the elastic sheet is improved.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

A trunk room 1 is formed at the rear of the vehicle. The upper part of the trunk room 1 is covered with a trunk lid 2 which can be opened and closed. At the front end of the trunk lid 2, a curved trunk lid hinge 3,
The trunk lid hinges 3 are rotatably supported by a rear waist panel (not shown).

A trunk front trim 4 is provided in front of the trunk room 1. The trunk front trim 4 is provided to cover the structure in front of the trunk room 1 to improve the appearance.

At the upper end of the trunk front trim 4, a substantially U-shaped notch 5, 5 (FIG. Only one is disclosed, but it is symmetric). The cutouts 5 and 5 are formed in order to avoid interference with the trunk lid hinge 3.

The edge 5a of the notch 5 is embossed toward the front side FR to increase rigidity. The elastic sheets 6, 6 made of rubber are formed along the left and right vertical walls 5b, 5b of the edges 5a, 5a and the front side FR of the bottom 5c.
Are provided so as to cover the notch 5.

The elastic sheet 6 is attached as a blind in order to prevent the front side of the trunk front trim 4 from being visible from the cutout 5. A trunk lid is provided at the center of the elastic sheet 6. A vertical slit 7 for allowing the hinge 3 to move up and down is formed downward from the upper end of the elastic sheet 6.

An upper horizontal slit 8 is formed on the lower side of the vertical slit 7 of the elastic sheet 6 so as to extend from the vertical slit 7 to both left and right sides. 9 are formed from the vertical slit 7 toward both left and right sides. Each of the tips 8a, 9a of the upper horizontal slit 8 and the lower horizontal slit 9 has a round hole shape having a diameter larger than the slit width. The upper horizontal slit 8 and the lower horizontal slit 9 are formed at positions vertically sandwiching the trunk lid hinge 3 when the trunk lid 2 is closed.

Therefore, when the trunk lid 2 is closed and the trunk lid hinge 3 is lowered, the trunk lid hinge 3 passes through the upper portion of the vertical slit 7 and then moves between the upper horizontal slit 8 and the lower horizontal slit 9. To position. And
Only the region R sandwiched between the upper horizontal slit 8 and the lower horizontal slit 9 is in a state of being pushed forward by the trunk lid hinge 3. As described above, since the region R in which the permanent deformation occurs can be minimized, even when the trunk lid 2 is opened and the trunk lid hinge 3 is pulled upward from the vertical slit 7, the original blindfold of the elastic sheet 6 is hidden. Function is maintained.

Even if only the region R sandwiched between the upper horizontal slit 8 and the lower horizontal slit 9 is pushed and expanded as described above,
Each tip 8a of the upper side slit 8 and the lower side slit 9,
Since 9a has a round hole shape with a diameter larger than the slit width, each of the horizontal slits 8, 9 does not tear from the tips 8a, 9a.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 4 is that the lower horizontal slit 9 is not formed. is there.

In this embodiment, the upper lateral slit 8 is positioned so as to substantially correspond to the upper surface of the trunk lid hinge 3 when the trunk lid 2 is closed. The deformation of the portion is suppressed as in the first embodiment.

When the trunk lid 2 is closed, the upper corner portion of the region S below the upper lateral slit 8 is pushed forward and downward by the trunk lid hinge 3, but the region that can be pushed is smaller than in the conventional case. . Further, even when the trunk lid 2 is opened, the upper portion of the vertical slit 7 is less deformed than the horizontal slit 8, so that the upper portion of the front FR and the upper corner of the region S that is spread downward is covered. It takes shape and does not greatly impair the appearance.

FIGS. 6 to 9 show a third embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 4 is that the elastic sheet is of a split type. .

Reference numeral 15 denotes an elastic sheet according to the present embodiment.
In order to prevent the front side of the trunk front trim 4 from being visible from the notch 5, the elastic sheet 15 is attached to one of the elastic sheets 15 a of the same shape so as to cover the notch 5. And the other elastic sheet 15b is arranged on the back side. The mounting portions 9 are mounted on the left and right vertical walls 5b, 5b by a plurality of tuckers 61. Since the rigidity of the edges 5a, 5a of the notch 5 is high, the mounting strength of the elastic sheets 15a, 15b mounted thereon is also high.

A joining portion of the elastic sheets 15a and 15b,
That is, the trunk lid hinge 3 is located at the center of the notch 5.
Of the elastic sheet 1 to allow vertical movement of the elastic sheet 1
5a and 15b are formed from the upper end to the lower end. In other words, the elastic sheets 15a and 15b are formed in a vertically rectangular shape, and the left and right ends of the elastic sheets 15a and 15b
a, and the elastic sheets 15a and 15b of the same shape are turned on the front and back (if the left elastic sheet 15a is on the front side, the right elastic sheet 15b is on the back side). By attaching to the vertical wall portions 5b, 5b of the trim 4, it is arranged as shown in FIG.

At the lower position of the division 7 of the elastic sheet 6, a horizontal slit 8 is formed from the division 7 to the left LH right R
H are formed on both sides. The tip 8a of the horizontal slit 8 has a round hole shape having a diameter larger than the slit width. As shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal slit 8 is provided in the trunk lid hinge 3 when the trunk lid 2 is closed.
Is formed at a position that conceals the upper side.

Therefore, when the trunk lid 2 is closed and the trunk lid hinge 3 is lowered, the trunk lid hinge 3 passes through the upper portion of the dividing portion 17 and is located below the horizontal slit 8. Then, only the region R of the lower elastic sheet 15a, 15b under the horizontal slit 8 is pushed and expanded toward the front FR by the trunk lid hinge 3. As described above, since the region R where the permanent deformation occurs can be minimized, even when the trunk lid 2 is opened and the trunk lid hinge 3 is pulled upward from the divided portion 7, the upper side than the horizontal slit 8 Is deformed only when the trunk lid hinge 3 moves up and down and passes through the portion, so that the original blindfold function of the elastic sheets 15a and 15b is maintained.

Further, since the elastic sheets 15a and 15b are supported only by the vertical wall portions 5b and 5b of the cutout 5, the number of support points by the tucker 61 is reduced, and the cost can be reduced accordingly.

Even if only the lower region R of the horizontal slit 8 is pushed and expanded as described above, the tip 8a of the horizontal slit 8 is
Since it has a round hole shape larger in diameter than the slit width, the horizontal slit 8 does not tear from the tip 8a.

The elastic sheets 15a and 15b need only be arranged with one side 15a facing up and the other 15b facing down so that the horizontal slit 8 comes to the division 17 side.
The size of the molds 5a and 15b themselves can be reduced, and not only the size of the molding die can be reduced, but also the same shape and excellent mass productivity can be achieved, so that the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a trunk room of an automobile.

FIG. 2 is a first view of the present invention showing a state when the trunk lid is opened.
The perspective view of the trunk lid hinge and the elastic sheet which show embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a trunk lid hinge and an elastic sheet showing a state when the trunk lid of FIG. 2 is closed.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line SA-SA shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a trunk lid hinge and an elastic sheet showing a state in which the trunk lid of FIG. 6 is closed.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line SB-SB shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a conventional structure.

[Description of Signs] 1 Trunk room 2 Trunk lid 3 Trunk lid hinge 4 Trunk front trim 5 Notch 5a Edge 6,15 Elastic sheet 7,17 Dividing part (vertical slit) 8 Lateral slit 8a Tip of lateral slit 9 Mounting part R region

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A trunk front trim structure for an automobile, wherein a notch is formed at an upper end portion of a trunk front trim covering a front of a trunk room so that a trunk lid hinge that moves up and down in response to opening and closing of the trunk lid enters and exits. The vertical wall portion is provided with an elastic sheet divided by at least a division portion near the bottom of the notch portion that allows the trunk lid hinge to move up and down, and the elastic sheet is provided with a trunk lid when the trunk lid is closed. A trunk front trim structure for an automobile, wherein a horizontal slit located near the upper surface of the hinge is formed from the divided portion toward both left and right sides. 2. The trunk front trim structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the elastic sheet further corresponds to a lower surface of the trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed, in addition to the lateral slit. A trunk front trim structure for an automobile, wherein lateral slits are formed from the divided portion toward both left and right sides, and the trunk lid hinge when the trunk lid is closed is sandwiched vertically by these lateral slits. 3. The trunk front trim structure for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the split portion divides the elastic sheet into two by cutting longitudinally, and a portion near the split portion and a bottom portion of the cutout portion are formed. A trunk front trim structure for a vehicle, wherein the trunk front trim structure is disengaged. 4. The trunk front trim structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein a tip of said lateral slit has a round hole shape having a diameter larger than a slit width. Car trunk front trim structure. 5. The trunk front trim structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein an edge of said notch is embossed.