JPS6013705Y2 - automotive soft fascia bumper - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a soft fascia bumper for an automobile, and particularly to a license lamp mounting structure for a soft fascia bumper.

Automobile soft fascia bumpers are elastic bumpers that are attached to the front and rear of the vehicle body, and in the event of a minor collision, they elastically deform themselves, thereby absorbing the impact and protecting the occupants, vehicle body, and objects struck. .

As a conventional soft fascia bumper for an automobile, for example, the first soft fascia bumper. 2. There is something like the one shown in Figure 3.

That is, the soft fascia bumper body shown in 1 is
As shown in FIG. 3, a filler 3 such as foamed urethane foam or a honeycomb-shaped resin block is inserted into a thin resin skin 2 with a substantially U-shaped cross section.
It is fixed to the rear panel 5 of 2 with a stay 6.

This soft fascia bumper body 1 has a central lower edge,
A substantially U-shaped recess 8 is provided as the license lamp mounting portion 7, and a license plate 9 attached to the lower side of the rear panel 5 can be seen from the rear through the recess 8.

Two license lamps 1 are provided on the upper wall 8a of this recess 8.
0.11 is fixed to the rear panel 5 together with a metallic bracket 12 having an angular cross section, using screws 13.

The bracket 12 has a relatively weak concave portion 8 that is twisted or bent, and the license lamp 10 attached thereto.
．． The license lamps 10 and 11 are fixed to prevent them from swinging.

The license lamps 10 and 11 are used to enable the license plate 9 to be viewed from behind at an illumination angle as shown by arrow A in FIG. 2 at night, as stipulated by the illumination regulations.

However, in such a conventional soft fascia bumper, as mentioned above, the license lamp 10.1
The bracket 12 to which the soft fascia bumper body 1 is attached is fixed to both the rear panel 5 and the soft fascia bumper body 1, and bridges the two. A large supporting force is applied to it, causing it to undergo plastic deformation as shown in Figure 4.

Therefore, although the soft fascia bumper body 1 tries to return to its pre-collision state after a collision due to its own elastic force, the bracket 12 is plastically deformed and does not return to its pre-collision state, and the license lamp 10. The illumination angle 11 deviates from the license plate 9 as shown by arrow B in FIG.

As a result, there is a problem in that the above-mentioned legal provisions are no longer satisfied after a minor collision.

There is also another problem in that the bracket 12 applies force to the rear panel 5 in the event of a light collision, damaging it.

This invention was made by focusing on such conventional problems, and the holding sense lamp holding member that holds the license lamp is placed in the recessed part of the soft fascia bumper with at least two surfaces that are not on the same plane. The purpose of this invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem by fixing the license lamp holding member apart from the vehicle body and reinforcing the concave portion of the soft fascia bumper with this license lamp holding member.

This invention will be explained below based on the drawings.

5 to 9 are diagrams showing an embodiment of this invention.

21 indicates the soft fascia bumper body.

As shown in FIG. 6, the soft fascia bumper main body 21 is constructed by inserting a filler 3 such as a foamed urethane foam or a resin block in the shape of a comb into the inside of a thin resin skin 2 with a substantially U-shaped cross section. and is fixed to the rear panel 5 of the vehicle body 4 with a stay 6.

This soft fascia bumper main body 21 is provided with a rectangular penetrating recess 23 in the center as a license lamp holding member attachment portion 22 .

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the recess 23 includes a horizontal upper wall 23a having two trapezoidal notches, left and right side walls 23b and 23c each having a vertical L-shaped cross section, and a soft fascia bumper body. It consists of a lower wall 23d having a horizontal part located deeper than the surface 21a of 21 and a vertical part.

A rectangular license lamp holding member 24 as shown in FIG. 9 is fitted into this recess 23 and attached with screws.
It is in a state separated from the vehicle body 4.

That is, this license lamp holding member 24 is
As shown in the figure, two horizontal trapezoidal notches 24a, 24
an upper wall 24c as a first wall having a vertical inward protruding portion 24dv24e, left and right side walls 24f and 24g with an abbreviated cross section as a second wall having a vertical inwardly protruding portion 24dv24e, a horizontal portion 24h and a vertical portion 24h; The side wall 24f has a portion 24i that does not face the upper wall 24c.

It consists of a lower wall 24j with an abbreviated cross section protruding from 24g.

25 is a screw hole. The notches 24a and 24b of the upper wall 24c of the license lamp holding member 24 are holding portions 26 for holding license lamps, and the two license lamps 10.11 are attached with screws.

A license plate 9 is attached to portions 24d and 24e of the side walls 24f and 24g.

The license lamp holding member 24 is fitted into the recess 23 such that the horizontal portion 24h of the lower wall 24j rests on the horizontal portion of the lower wall 23d of the recess 23, and the upper wall 24c and the lower wall 24j
The side walls 24f and 24g are screwed into the recess 23.

The license lamp holding member 24 has an upper wall 24c, side walls 24f and 24g, and a lower wall 2 in the recess 23.
4j receives forces in the longitudinal, lateral, and depth directions of the recess 23, increasing the rigidity of the recess 23, causing the recess 23, which has relatively low rigidity, to twist or bend, causing the license lamp 10.11 to shake. It prevents it from moving.

That is, these upper wall 24c side wall 24f, 24g lower wall 2
4j is the license lamp holding member mounting part 2 as a whole.
This serves as a reinforcing portion 27 that increases the rigidity of the recess 23 as shown in FIG.

The license lamp 10.11 illuminates the license plate 9, which is also attached to the license lamp holding member 24, in the direction shown by arrow C in FIG. It is something to do.

Next, the action will be explained.

In the event of a light collision, the soft fascia bumper body 21 of this embodiment described above elastically deforms to absorb the impact.

At this time, the license lamp holding member 24 receives a force from the soft fascia bumper body 21, but the soft fascia bumper body 21 is elastic and flexible, and the vehicle body 4, which is a rigid body, is inserted into the soft fascia bumper body 21. Because they are separated, they are not subject to large forces.

Moreover, the license lamp holding member 24 is rigidly connected to the upper wall 24c1, the lower wall 24j, and the side walls 24f, 2.
It is structurally strong because it consists of 4g.

Therefore, the license lamp holding member 24 does not undergo plastic deformation, but only the soft fascia bumper body 2
It simply moves its position integrally in response to the elastic deformation of 1.

After the collision, as the soft fascia bumper body 21 returns to its pre-collision state, the license lamp holding member 24
The vehicle also returns to its pre-collision state.

After the collision, the license lamp holding member 24 is not plastically deformed, so the license lamp 10.11
The relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the license plate 9 does not change after the collision from the positional relationship before the collision. Therefore, the license lamps 10 and 11 illuminate the license lamps 10 and 11 after the collision in the same way as before the collision. and satisfy the provisions of the law.

Further, since the license lamp holding member 24 is floating from the vehicle body 4, no force is applied to the vehicle body 4, such as the rear panel 5, and no damage is caused to the rear panel 5 or the like in the event of a light collision.

In the above embodiment, the license plate is attached to the license lamp holding member, but instead of this, the license plate may be attached to the vehicle body.

Even in this case, the license lamp holding member does not undergo plastic deformation in the event of a light collision, and returns to its initial position due to the elastic return of the soft fascia bumper body after the light collision. The relative positional relationship between the lamp and the license plate attached to the vehicle body does not change, so the license lamp illuminates the license plate after a minor collision in the same way as before the minor collision.

Furthermore, the license lamp holding member to which the license lamp is attached is not limited to the rectangular shape shown in the above embodiment, but may also be trapezoidal, oval, or other shapes.In short, the license lamp holding member and the soft It is sufficient that the soft fascia bumper body has a portion that increases the rigidity of the recessed portion of the fascia bumper body, and that the soft fascia bumper body is attached to the soft fascia bumper body at least at two points that are spaced apart from the vehicle body and that are not on the same plane.

Similarly, the shape of the recessed portion of the soft fascia bumper body may also be a shape other than the shape of the above-described embodiment.

As explained above, according to this invention, the license lamp holding member that holds the license lamp is fixed to the recess of the soft fascia bumper on at least two surfaces that are not on the same plane, and the recess of the soft fascia bumper body is In addition to increasing the rigidity of the license lamp holding member, the license lamp holding member is mounted on the soft fascia bumper body away from the vehicle body, which changes the angle of illumination of the license plate after a minor collision and satisfies the regulations. This has the effect of avoiding the situation where it does not occur.

Furthermore, there is also the effect that damage to the vehicle body can be avoided in the event of a minor collision.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view showing a conventional soft fascia bumper, Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 1.
■ Line sectional view, Figure 4 is a sectional view equivalent to Figure 2 showing the state of this soft fascia bumper after a light collision, Figure 5 is a front view showing the soft fascia bumper of an embodiment of this invention; Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 5, Figure 7 is an enlarged front view of the license lamp mounting portion of the soft fascia bumper body, and Figure 8 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 7. , FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the license lamp holding member. 4...Vehicle body, 5...Rear panel, 9.
...License plate, io, ti...
・License lamp, 21...Soft fascia bumper body, 22...License lamp holding member attachment part, 23...Recess, 24...License lamp holding part Member, 26...Holding part,
27...Reinforcement part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a soft fascia bumper body having a recess in a portion where a license plate is located and attached to the vehicle body; a first wall inserted into the recess while being spaced apart from the vehicle body and having a license lamp mounted thereon; a license lamp holding member having at least two walls including a second wall that is continuous with the wall and bent perpendicularly to the wall, and fixed to the recess on at least two surfaces that are not on the same plane; A soft fascia bumper for an automobile, comprising: a license lamp attached to the first wall of the license lamp holding member.