JPH1134922A - Mounting structure for cowl top garnish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure for a cowl top garnish in which assembling works are simple, and positioning works can be made clearly. SOLUTION: In a mounting structure for a cowl top garnish where the structure is provided with a cowl top panel 11 interposed between a front hood 2 and a window shield glass 3, and with a cowl top garnish 4 provided for the upper part of the panel 11, and this garnish 4 is fixed to the panel 11 by way of a fixing member 9, the mounting seat 10 of the fixing member 9 is provided for the back surface side of the garnish 4, a rib 15 is projected downward near the mounting seat 10, a recessed part 18 directed downward is formed in the area of the panel 11 faced to the rib 15, and concurrently, a projected part 19 directed upward is formed in front part of the recessed part 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cowl top garnish mounting structure for a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A procedure for assembling a cowl top garnish 101 to a vehicle body will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the cowl top garnish of the automobile with the front hood 102 opened.
Since the gap d between the rear end portion 103 of the front hood 102 and the windshield glass 104 becomes narrower toward the outside in the vehicle width direction, the cowl top garnish 101
As means to assemble both ends in the vehicle width direction to the vehicle body,
Generally, a hook-and-loop fastener 105 is used. That is, the two hook-and-loop fasteners 106 and 107 are respectively connected to the front side 10.
8 and 109 are connected to each other,
A double-sided tape from which the release paper has been peeled off is adhered to 1, and one of the back surfaces 110 is adhered to the mounting seat 112 of the cowl top garnish. In this state, the cowl top garnish 101 is lowered downward along the windshield glass 104, and the other back side 111 of the surface fastener 105 is attached to a predetermined position of the cowl top panel 113, whereby the cowl top garnish 101 Is completed.

[0003]

However, in the above described conventional cowl top garnish mounting structure,
When assembling the cowl top garnish 101 to the vehicle body, as shown by a solid line in FIG.
05 is the windshield glass 1
04, and it took time to assemble the cowl top garnish 101. Then, one set of hook-and-loop fastener 105 is peeled off to separate 106 and 107,
As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
7 had to be attached to the cowl top panel 113 in advance. However, since the attaching position was not clear, the assembling work of the cowl top garnish 101 was troublesome and took a long time.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cowl top garnish mounting structure that can be easily assembled and has a clear positioning.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned object, and the invention described in claim 1 is provided between a front hood and a windshield glass. The cowl top garnish, comprising a cowl top panel and a cowl top garnish provided on an upper portion of the cowl top panel, wherein the cowl top garnish is fixed to the cowl top panel via a fixing member. A cowl top garnish mounting structure, characterized in that a mounting seat for a fixing member is provided on the back side of the cowl, and a rib protrudes downward in the vicinity of the mounting seat.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a concave portion is formed downward at a portion of the cowl top panel facing the rib, and a convex portion directed upward is formed at a front portion of the concave portion. 2. The cowl top garnish mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein said cowl top garnish is formed following said recess.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a cowl top garnish mounting structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the automobile 1 as viewed obliquely from the front. A front hood 2 is disposed at the front of the vehicle body so as to be rotatable around its rear end. A cowl top garnish 4 is provided between the front hood 2 and the windshield glass 3. This cowl top garnish 4 consists of a front hood 2 and a windshield glass 3.
And also serves as an outside air introduction port communicating with the outside air introduction passage of the cowl top portion.

FIG. 2 shows the cowl top garnish 4
It is a perspective view of. The front flange portion 5 and the rear center portion of the cowl top garnish 4 are assembled to the cowl top panel using clips 6, and the rear ends 7, 8 are assembled to the cowl top panel using fixing members 9 such as hook-and-loop fasteners. I have. FIGS. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along lines AA and BB of FIG. 2 in a state where the cowl top garnish 4 is assembled to the vehicle body. As can be seen from FIG. 3, a mounting seat 10 having a substantially trapezoidal cross section is provided on the rear surface side at both ends 7, 8 of the cowl top garnish 4 in the vehicle width direction. A fixing member, for example, a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 9 is disposed between the mounting seat 10 and the cowl top panel 11 facing the mounting seat 10. This one set of hook-and-loop fasteners 9 couples the front sides of the two hook-and-loop fasteners 12 and 13 and affixes a double-sided tape from which release paper is peeled to each back side, and one of the back sides is a cowl top garnish. 4 and the other back side 14 is affixed to the cowl top panel 11.

At the front of the mounting seat 10 of the cowl top garnish 4, a rib 15, which is a plate-like member, extends downward. The length L from the rear surface 16 of the cowl top garnish 4 to the tip 17 of the rib 15 is longer than the length 1 from the rear surface 16 of the cowl top garnish 4 to the lower end 14 of the hook-and-loop fastener 9. A concave portion 18 is formed in a portion of the cowl top panel 11 facing the rib 15 so as to allow a tip portion 17 of the rib 15 to escape, and a convex portion projecting upward is formed at a front portion of the concave portion 18. The portion 19 is formed in a shape following the concave portion 18.

[0010] With this configuration, the tip 1 of the rib 15 provided on the back surface of the cowl top garnish 4 is formed.
7 without interfering with the cowl top panel 11.
8 and the vertical wall 2 of the projection 19
The cowl top garnish 4 can be positioned in the front-rear direction by contacting the rib 15 with the ribs 0. As shown in FIG. 4, the rear center portion of the cowl top garnish 4 is assembled to the cowl top panel 11 using the clip 6 as in the conventional case.

Next, the cowl top garnish 4
Will be described with reference to FIG. With the front hood 2 of the automobile 1 opened, the cowl top garnish 4 is slid on the windshield glass 3 and lowered downward with the upper surface of the cowl top panel 11 exposed. At this time, the tip 17 of the rib 15
Abuts on the windshield glass 3, so that the lower end 14 of the hook-and-loop fastener 9 does not adhere to the windshield glass 3. And, as shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure,
The rib 15 is the vertical wall 2 of the projection 19 of the cowl top panel 11.
The cowl top garnish 4 is positioned in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body by contacting the cowl top 0 and being stored in the recess 18.

Other Embodiments In the present invention, the ribs 15 are provided at the front of the hook-and-loop fastener 9, but may be provided anywhere near the hook-and-loop fastener 9, and the same effect can be obtained by providing them at the left and right or at the rear of the hook-and-loop fastener 9. It is possible to obtain Note that the positions of the concave portion 18 and the convex portion 19 of the cowl top panel 11 facing the rib 15 also
It is necessary to appropriately move according to the position of the rib 15.

[0013]

As described above, according to the cowl top garnish mounting structure of the present invention, the ribs are provided on the back surface of the cowl top garnish, so that the hook-and-loop fasteners can be combined into one set and mounted only on the cowl top garnish. In addition, when the cowl top garnish is assembled to the vehicle body, the lower surface of the hook-and-loop fastener does not adhere to the windshield glass, and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. Further, since the cowl top panel is provided with the concave portion facing the rib and the convex portion adjacent to the concave portion, when the cowl top garnish is assembled to the vehicle body, the positioning in the vehicle longitudinal direction is ensured, and the assembling work is facilitated. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an automobile to which a cowl top garnish according to the present invention is assembled.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cowl top garnish according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a procedure for assembling the cowl top garnish according to the present invention to a vehicle body.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a procedure for assembling a conventional cowl top garnish.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 front hood 3 windshield glass 4 cowl top garnish 9 fixing member 10 mounting seat 11 cowl top panel 15 rib 18 concave portion 19 convex portion

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cowl top panel provided between a front hood and a windshield glass, and a cowl top garnish provided on an upper portion of the cowl top panel, and the cowl top garnish is fixed to the cowl top garnish via a fixing member. In the mounting structure of the cowl top garnish fixed to the cowl top panel, a mounting seat for a fixing member is provided on the back side of the cowl top garnish, and a rib is protruded downward in the vicinity of the mounting seat. Characteristic cowl top garnish mounting structure. 2. A concave portion is formed downward at a portion of the cowl top panel facing the rib, and an upwardly projecting portion is formed at a front portion of the concave portion following the concave portion. The cowl top garnish mounting structure according to claim 1.