JPS6192918A - Construction for attaching corner piece cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use screws to attach a corner piece cover with good appearance, by providing an inner and an outer covers to constitute the corner piece cover to wrap the corner piece of an automobile front door and decorate the corner of the pane of the door. CONSTITUTION:A locating hole 17 and a plurality of screw insertion holes 8 are provided in a nearly triangular corner piece 2a, which is secured to the front portion of the middle edge of the body of a front door. A corner piece cover 4, which is nearly triangular and wraps the corner piece 2a, comprises an inner and an outer covers 6A, 5A. Pins 10 with tapped holes 9 project from the outer cover 5A so that the positions of the pins correspond to those of the screw insertion holes 8 of the corner piece 2A. A pin 18 with a tapped hole 19 projects from the outer cover 5A so that the position of the pin corresponds to the locating hole 17 of the corner piece 2A. Screw seating holes 11, 22 are provided in the inner cover 6A so that the positions of the holes correspond to those of the holes 8, 17. Screws 7, 21 are inserted into the screw seating holes 11, 22 and engaged into the tapped holes 9, 19 to assemble the corner piece 2A and the corner piece cover 4 together.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a corner piece cover that is mounted on the corner piece of a front door of an automobile and decorates the corner portion of the door glass.

Conventional technology As shown in Fig. 6, the front door of a conventional automobile has the following features:
By attaching a corner piece 2 having a substantially triangular side surface to the front edge of the waistline portion 1a of the door body 1, the front part of the door glass 3 is made smaller by the corner piece 2, and the door glass 3 can be cut out. In addition to making it advantageous, the door body 1
It is known that the problem of interference between the door glass 3 and a door hinge (not shown) attached to the front side of the door is solved.

When this corner piece 2 is provided, the corner piece 2 is
A corner piece cover 4 containing the inside is attached.

By the way, as the mounting structure of this corner piece cover 4, for example, [Nirasen Laurel Maintenance Manual Type 031]
There is one shown on page 384.

To explain this with reference to FIG. 7.8, the corner piece cover 4 is composed of an outer cover 5 and an inner cover 6, which are formed into a substantially triangular side surface in accordance with the side shape of the corner piece 2. The cover 6 is attached to cover the corner piece 2 by fixing the cover 6 to the inner and outer surfaces of the corner piece 2 with screws 7.

That is, while the screw insertion holes 8 are formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the corner piece 2, the bosses 10 having screw holes 9 are provided protrudingly at the portions corresponding to the screw insertion holes 8 of the outer cover 5, and the screw insertion holes 8 of the inner cover 6 are provided. Screw seating hole 1 in the corresponding part
A boss 12 having a diameter of 1 is provided in a protruding manner. In addition, the front # of corner piece cover 4 is the front pillar (FP) when the door is closed.
It is designed to come into elastic contact with the body weather strip (BY) attached to the corner piece 2, and a glass run 15 attached to the rear end of the corner piece 2 is attached to the door glass 3 to seal the space between the corner piece 2 and the door glass 3. ing.

Then, align the screw holes 9 of the outer cover 5 with the screw insertion holes 8 of the corner piece 2 and the screw seating holes 11 of the inner cover 6, and insert the screws 7 from the screw seating holes 11 through the screw insertion holes 8 into the screw holes 9. By tightening, the boss 10 of the outer cover 5 and the boss 12 of the inner cover 6 are brought into contact with the side surface of the corner piece 2.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned mounting structure, since the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 are fixed to the corner piece 2 with the screws 7, a clearance between the screws 7 and the screw insertion holes 8 is required. Due to this clearance, the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 tend to be misaligned vertically and longitudinally during assembly. If the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 are fixed with the screws 7 while the above-mentioned positional deviation has occurred, the integrity and appearance of the corner piece cover 4 and the body side weather strip (BW) will be affected. Therefore, the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 must be accurately aligned vertically and front-to-back before being fixed with the screws 7, making the installation work troublesome.

By the way, in order to prevent the above-mentioned displacement, all the screw insertion holes 8 of the corner piece 2 are formed as locating holes, the bosses 10 of the outer cover 5 are fitted into these locating holes, and the inch cover 6 is attached to the tips of these bosses 10. Although it is possible to fix the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 to the corner piece 2 with the screws 7, the outer cover 5 and the inch cover 6 are no longer fixed to the corner piece 2 in the vehicle width direction, and when they come into elastic contact with the body +1 weather strip (BY) when the door is closed. , the corner piece cover 4 will shift from the outside of the vehicle to the inside of the vehicle, and the body side weather strip (BY) and corner piece cover 4 will not come into close contact with each other, causing problems with the vehicle's performance. , it is difficult to adopt it suddenly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a corner piece cover mounting structure that can facilitate the work of mounting an outer cover and an inner cover while ensuring sealing performance and appearance around the corner piece cover.

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, a corner piece cover consisting of an outer cover and an inner cover is fixed with screws to the inner and outer surfaces of a corner piece having a substantially triangular side surface fixed to the front edge of the waist line of the front door body. The corner piece is covered with the corner piece cover, and a locating hole is formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the corner piece, and a pin is provided at a portion of one of the outer cover and the inner cover corresponding to the locating hole. This bottle is fitted into the locating hole and the other cover is screwed to the tip of the bottle.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, with the same reference numerals assigned to the same parts as in the conventional structure.

In other words, in FIG. 1.2, a locating hole 17 and a plurality of screw insertion holes 8 are provided in a corner piece 2A having a substantially triangular side surface fixed to the front edge of the waistline portion 1a of the front door body 1 (see FIG. 6). It is formed. This locate hole 17
is arranged between the front side screw insertion hole 8 of the screw insertion holes 8 and the bushing part 14. The corner piece 2
The corner piece cover 4, which has a substantially triangular side surface and encloses a person, is composed of an outer cover 5A and an inner cover 6A, and a boss 10 having a screw hole 9 is provided protrudingly at a portion corresponding to the screw insertion hole 8° of the outer cover 6A. Insert the locate hole 1 in the part corresponding to the locate hole 17 of the stopper 5A.
A pin 18 that fits into the hole 7 is provided protrudingly.

A screw hole 9 is formed in the tip surface of this pin 18.

A boss 12 having a screw seating hole 11 is provided protrudingly at a portion of the inner cover 6A corresponding to the screw insertion hole 8, and a boss 12 having a screw seating hole 11 is provided in a portion corresponding to the locating hole 17 of the inner cover 6A by fitting into the locating hole 17 and forming a corner. A boss 2 () is provided in a protruding manner to be received by the tip end surface of a pin 18 protruding from the inner side of the two pieces. This boss 20 is formed with a seating hole 22 for a screw 21 that is screwed into the screw hole 19 of the pin 18 from both chamber sides of the inner cover 6A. On the other hand, door weather strip [
6 is below the door waist line and is located at the vehicle front pillar (P
R), the upper end of the weather strip part 13 that comes into contact with the weather strip part 13 is extended upward as it is, and is integrally continuous with the glass run 15 to form a substantially triangular side surface. It is held by being fitted into the portion 2a.

According to the above embodiment structure, while the peripheral part of the outer cover 5A is attached to the outer part of the door weather strip 16,
After fitting the pin 18 into the locating hole 17, place the peripheral edge of the inner cover 6A on the inside of the door weather strip 16, and insert the screw 21 into the pin 18 from the seating hole 22 of the boss 20.
By screwing the screw 7 from the screw seating hole 11 of the boss 12 into the screw hole 9 of the boss 10, the outer cover 5A can be moved up and down and back and forth by fitting the pin 18 and the locating hole 17. is restrained, and the inner cover 6A is restrained from moving up and down and back and forth, with the outer cover 5A being restrained from movement as a reference, and the screws 2
1 is fixed, and the outer cover 5A and inner cover 6A are fixed to the inner and outer surfaces of the two corner pieces with screws 7. Therefore, the outer cover 5A and the inner cover 6A have pins 18 inserted into the locating holes 17J of the two corner pieces. While accurately aligning the two corner pieces vertically and longitudinally with reference, the screws 7 are fixed to the inner and outer surfaces of the two corner pieces to prevent misalignment in the width direction of the vehicle. The two corner pieces were able to fire firmly.

3 to 5 show a true example of the present invention, in which a door mirror 23 is mounted on the outside of the corner piece 2B, that is, on the outside of the vehicle. In other words, a plurality of legs 25 a to 2 protruding from the base 24 of the door mirror 23 are located between the pin 8 of the outer cover 5B and the boss 10.
50 is formed with an opening 26 passing therethrough. The door mirror 23 is assembled by inserting the pin 18 of the outer cover 5B into the locating hole 17, and inserting the screw 28 into the screw hole 9 of the boss IO through the outer cover mounting hole 27 formed in the corner piece 2B.
After positioning and fixing the outer cover 5B to the corner piece 2B, the legs 25a to 25Q are passed through the opening 26 and bonded to the outer surface of the corner piece 2B, and two of the legs 25a, 251) are tightened. screw holes 29a, 2
9b, the mirror addition hole 30 formed in the corner piece 2B
It is attached to the corner piece 2B by tightening screws 31a and 31b passed through holes a and 30b. After installing the door mirror 23, the screw 21 is inserted through the screw seating hole 22 in the portion corresponding to the pin 18 of the inch cover 6B.
into the screw hole 19 of the pin 18, and insert the screw 34 passed through the screw seating hole 33 formed in the inner cover 6B into the inner cover mounting screw hole 32 formed above the outer cover mounting hole 27 of the corner piece 2B. By tightening, it is positioned and fixed to the inner cover 6Bt-corner piece 2B.

Note that the leg 25o of the door mirror 23 that is not fixed with screws in the above-mentioned process is inserted through the screw insertion hole 36 of the corner piece 2B from the screw seating hole 35 formed in the inner cover 6B corresponding to the screw hole 29c of the leg 250. Screw 37 that penetrated
It is designed to be fixed by tightening together.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a reinforcing flange protruding from the periphery of the opening 26 of the outer cover 5B. Therefore, according to this embodiment, when assembling the door mirror 23, which is quite heavy, the outer cover 5B, the door mirror 23, and the inner cover are 6B can be positioned and fixed in order to the corner piece 2B, so the outer cover 5B and the door mirror 2
3 and the inner cover 6B are supported on both sides of the corner piece 2B and attached at the same time, it is possible to facilitate the attachment work while ensuring alignment between the outer cover 5B and the inch cover 6B. The legs 25a to 25Q of the door mirror 23 may be fixed to the corner piece 2B, so the number thereof is not limited to three.

Note that the present invention can also be applied to a mounting structure for a corner piece cover that covers a corner piece attached to a door with an opening.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to accurately align the outer cover and the inner cover with reference to the pins fitted into the locating holes of the corner pieces, and the parts fixed by screws to the inner and outer surfaces of the corner pieces This has the practical effect of making the installation work easier while ensuring the sealing performance and appearance around the corner piece cover so that it can be firmly attached.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 1--2 of FIG. 1 in the assembled state of the same embodiment, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a different example of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the same embodiment r in Figure 3 in the assembled state
5 is a sectional view taken along line V-rV of the same embodiment in an assembled state; FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line V-V of FIG. 3; and FIG. 6 is a door equipped with a corner piece and a corner piece cover. Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the mounting structure of the conventional corner piece cover, and Fig. 8 is a cross section along the line ■-■ of Fig. 7 in the assembled state of the conventional example. It is a diagram. 1... Door body, ] a... Waistline part, 2.
...Corner piece, 4...Corner piece cover, 5,5
A. 5B...Outer cover, 6.6A, 6B...Inner cover, 7...Screw, 17...Locate hole, 18.
...Pin%21...Screw.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A structure in which a corner piece cover consisting of an outer cover and an inner cover is screwed to the inner and outer surfaces of a corner piece having a substantially triangular side surface fixed to the front edge of the waist line of the front door body, and the corner piece is covered by the corner piece cover. A locating hole is formed in the corner piece, and a pin is protruded from a portion of one of the outer cover and the inner cover corresponding to the locating hole, and the pin is inserted into the locating hole and attached to the tip thereof. A mounting structure for a corner piece cover, characterized in that the other cover is fixed with screws.