JPH11348743A - Mounting structure for cover member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure for a cover member which can reduce the number of fixing parts for fixing the cover member and a plate body to a console and improves mountability of the cover member and the plate body to the console. SOLUTION: An engagement part 16 provided at a periphery part 14a of a cover member 14 is fitted with a hole 17 g of a plate body 17, the plate body 17 is integrally mounted to the periphery part 14a of the cover member 14 and mounted to an opening 12 of a center console 11, and the cover member 14 and the plate body 17 are fixed to a fixing part provided at the center console 11 with a fixing means 18. The periphery part 14a of the cover member 14 is held by the center console 11 and the plate body 17. As the cover member 14 and the plate body 17 are made integrated, mountability to the center cnosole 11 is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a cover member of an opening through which a parking lever of a center console is inserted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A center console is provided between a front and a separate seat of a passenger car, and is provided with a parking lever, a storage, and the like. FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of a conventional center console cover member mounting structure.
As shown in FIG. 3, a center console 1 made of synthetic resin is provided with an opening 2 through which a parking lever (not shown) is inserted, and a plurality of bosses 3 are provided on the back surface of the periphery of the opening 2. For example, it is formed upright at six locations. The cover 4 is an elastic member such as rubber or urethane rubber, is provided with an opening 5 through which the parking lever is inserted, is attached to the opening 2 from the inside, and is further provided on a peripheral edge 4a with a sheet metal support. The plate 6 is attached, and is fixed to the respective bosses 3 by screws 7 together. The cover 4 is provided to prevent dust in the opening 2 of the center console 1, prevent small articles from falling into the inside, and improve the appearance of the opening 2.

[0003]

When the center console 1 is formed of a synthetic resin member, a recess is easily formed on the surface where the boss 3 is provided.
It is called "sink" and its appearance is impaired and its product value is significantly reduced. Therefore, bosses cannot be set at places where sink marks are likely to occur on the surface of the center console 1, and as a result, it becomes difficult to fix the cover 4 and the plate 6. Further, when the number of the bosses 3 is reduced due to the structure of the mold, the number of fixing portions of the cover 4 is reduced accordingly, and when the cover 4 is pulled, the cover 4 is elastically deformed (extended) and the peripheral portion (terminal) 4a.
May protrude from the opening 2.

When performing the assembling work, the center console 1 is turned upside down, the cover 4 is taken in from the back side into the narrow portion where the opening 2 is provided, and placed on each boss 3. Since the three members are placed and fastened and fixed with the screw 7, the positions of the bosses 3 and the cover 4 and the plate 6 are easily shifted, and there is also a problem that workability is poor.

[0005] As another conventional example, as disclosed in Utility Model Registration No. 2508439, a heat caulking pin erected in a console box is inserted into a mounting hole of a cover and a plate and fixed by heat caulking. Fairness 3
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 14435, a structure has been proposed in which a heat caulking pin provided on a center console is inserted into an insertion hole of a rubber cover and fixed by heat caulking.

[0006] However, in the former case, if the cover and the plate are attached to the console box at once, the attaching workability is poor. Also, in the latter case, if a large number of heat caulking pins are set on the back of the console box to prevent the cover from turning up when the cover is pulled, in addition to many sink marks on the surface during molding, heat caulking There is a problem that turning over of the cover cannot be prevented at a place where a pin cannot be set.

Therefore, in the present invention, the number of fixing portions for fixing the cover member and the plate to the console can be reduced, and the assemblability of the cover member and the plate to the console is improved. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cover member mounting structure as described above.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plate member is attached to a cover member via a fitting portion, and the cover member and the plate member are attached to the opening of the console. Attach. Then, the plate member is fixed to a fixing portion provided on the console by fixing means, and a peripheral portion of the cover member is sandwiched between the plate member and the console. Since the cover member is attached to the plate body, the cover member is prevented from being turned up, and the assembling property to the console is improved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be illustratively described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing an embodiment of a cover member mounting structure according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a center console 11 as a console is provided with an opening 12 through which a parking lever (not shown) is inserted, and a boss 13 as a fixing portion is provided on a back surface of a peripheral portion 12a of the opening 12. For example, five places are formed upright. These bosses 13 are formed on the surface where the sink is hardly generated or hardly seen, or where the boss can be set in the mold structure. In the present embodiment, the peripheral edge 12a of the opening 12 is formed substantially at the center of the lower end in the drawing, at both upper ends, near the upper end of the left side inclined surface, and substantially at the center of the upper right side. This center console 11
Are integrally formed by a synthetic resin member.

A cover 14 as a cover member is attached to the opening 12 from the back side of the center console 11, and is formed in substantially the same shape as the opening 12 of the center console 11 and the peripheral edge 12a thereof. An opening 15 through which the parking lever is inserted is formed. The peripheral edge portion 14a has a lower end portion 14b and an upper end portion 14c, each of which protrudes in a flange shape, and is a mounting portion to the boss 13.
Concave portions 14d are formed in the vicinity of the upper end of the left edge inclined surface and substantially in the center of the upper surface of the right edge, respectively, in correspondence with the bosses 13. Mounting holes 14e are provided.

A portion of the peripheral portion 14a where the boss 13 of the center console 11 is not provided, for example, a lower surface of each concave portion 14f provided near the upper end of the right side inclined surface in FIG. , Each of which is provided with a protruding downward portion. As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 16 has a base end portion 16a which is narrowed to form a small diameter, and a distal end portion 16b which is formed in a conical shape and has a substantially mushroom shape. Each engagement part 16
Is a plate 17 to be described later.
Is a fixing means for fixing to the peripheral portion 17a at a plurality of locations. These engaging portions 16 are formed integrally with the cover 14 by a soft member such as a rubber member having elasticity. The cover member may be, for example, urethane rubber.

A plate 17 as a plate body is for fixing the peripheral portion 14a of the cover 14 to the back surface of the peripheral portion 12a of the opening 12 of the center console 11, and the opening 17 and the peripheral portion 12a of the center console 11 are provided. The frame has a shape substantially the same as the shape of the frame. The peripheral edge 17a of the plate 17 has a lower end 17b and an upper end 17c, which correspond to the cover 14, projecting in a flange shape, respectively, and serve as attachment portions to the boss 13, near the upper edge of the left edge inclined surface, and the upper surface of the right edge. At a substantially central portion, a concave portion 17d into which the concave portion 14d of the cover 14 is fitted is formed, and the lower end portion 17b, the upper end portion 17c, and the concave portion 17d have mounting holes 17 for the boss 13 respectively.
e is provided.

Each of the recesses 14 of the cover 14 is
recesses 17f are formed in which the holes 1 as fitting portions are fitted.
7g are drilled. The diameter of the hole 17 g is slightly larger than that of the base end 16 a of the engaging portion 16. The plate 17 is formed integrally with a metal member.
In addition, although the description has been given of the case where the engaging portion 16 for fixing the peripheral portion 14a of the cover 14 and the peripheral portion 17a of the plate 17 is provided at two places on the peripheral portion 14a of the cover 14, the present invention is not limited to this. The number of the bosses 13 of the console 11 may be appropriately set in accordance with the number of the bosses 13 to be erected, the erected positions, the size and the shape of the opening 12, and the like.

A cover 14 is attached to the center console 11 as follows.
And a procedure for assembling the plate 17 will be described.

First, the peripheral portion 14a of the cover 14 is placed on the peripheral portion 17a of the plate 17, and the concave portions 14d and 14f of the cover 14 are respectively
d and 17f, and each engaging portion 16 is fitted into a corresponding hole 17g. Thereby, the cover 14 and the plate 17 are fixed and can be handled as an integral part. Further, the cover 14 is prevented from being turned up because the peripheral portion 14 a is fixed to the peripheral portion 17 a of the plate 17.

Next, the center console 11 is turned upside down, and an integral body of the cover 14 and the plate 17 is assembled at the position of the opening 12, and the lower end 14 b and the upper end 14
c and each recess 14d are placed on the corresponding boss 13 and
The cover 14 and the plate 17 are fastened and fixed together by a screw 18 as a fixing means. The cover 14 is formed such that the peripheral portion 14 a is in contact with the back surface of the peripheral portion 12 a of the opening 12 and the plate 1.
7 and is satisfactorily fixed by being sandwiched by the peripheral edge portion 17a. And, since the cover 14 and the plate 17 are fixed and formed as an integral part, their displacement is prevented,
The assembling work in a narrow place in the center console 11 becomes easy.

The cover 14 has a peripheral portion 14a having the plate 1
7 is fixed to the opening 12 of the center console 11 satisfactorily even when the number of the bosses 13 is small, by being fixed to the peripheral portion 17 a of the base 7 at two places by the engaging portions 16. Also,
Even when the cover 14 is pulled and deformed, the peripheral portion 14 a as a terminal is prevented from protruding into the opening 12.

The cover 14 is attached to the opening 12 of the center console 11 in this manner. The center console 11 is mounted on the floor between the front and the separate seats of the vehicle body, and the parking lever is inserted through the opening 15 of the cover 14.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the cover member is fixed around the plate body to prevent the cover member from being turned up, and is thereafter attached to the console. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a large number of fixing portions on the console. As a result, the occurrence of sink marks on the surface is reduced. In addition, since the number of fixing portions can be reduced, the number of screws for mounting can be reduced, so that weight and cost can be reduced. Further, after assembling the cover member and the plate body, the assembling workability is improved by assembling to the console.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing an embodiment of a mounting structure of a cover member of a center console according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a fixing portion that fixes a cover member and a plate body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of a conventional center console cover member mounting structure.

[Description of Signs] 11 Center console (console) 12, 15 Opening 13 Boss (Fixed part) 14 Cover (Cover member) 16 Engagement part 17 Plate (Plate body) 17g Hole (Mating part) 18 Screw (Fixing means) )

Claims (1)

[Claims] A console attached to the vehicle body floor and having an opening through which a parking lever is inserted; a cover member provided in the opening, through which the parking lever is inserted, and made of a soft member; A plate having a fitting portion fitted with an engaging portion; and fixing the plate to a fixing portion provided on the console, so that a peripheral portion of the cover member is held between the plate and the console. Means for mounting the cover member.