JPS6338118Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a side protection molding that is attached to the side surface of an automobile body. Specifically, the present invention relates to a mounting structure for a side protection molding that is attached to the side surface of an automobile body. The present invention relates to a mounting structure that can improve the workability of the mounting process and the stability of the mounted state.

This type of side protection molding, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 56-132141, is attached to the outer panels of the car body such as fenders, doors, quarter panels, etc., and is used to prevent scratches on the car body and to decorate the car body. This means that the molding is usually made of resin or rubber and is attached to the outer panel of the car body using double-sided tape, bolts, or clips.

Recently, there has been a trend to make the side protection moldings wider in the upper and lower directions to further enhance their function as protection moldings. Traditionally, such wide side protection moldings
As shown in Utility Model Application No. 56-106951,
It was often attached to the outer panel of the car body by adhesive. However, in order to securely attach the protection molding so that it does not come off easily, it is preferable to attach it in a tightened manner using bolts or the like.

By the way, when attaching such a wide side protection molding to the outer skin of the vehicle body with bolts, in consideration of the stability of the attachment, it is necessary to attach at least two attachment points in the width direction, as shown in Figure 1. I need. However, in this case, as shown in the figure, since the side surface of the car body is normally curved in an arc shape in the vertical direction, it is necessary to fix it to the back surface of molding a in advance so that it extends in the normal direction of this outer panel. The axes of the two upper and lower bolts b and c are not parallel, which makes it difficult to simultaneously insert these two bolts into the bolt insertion holes d and e drilled in the outer panel of the vehicle body. This is because the distance between the bases of the two bolts b and c is different from the distance between their tips. This poor workability can be temporarily solved by enlarging the bolt insertion holes that should be made in the outer panel of the car body, but if you do this, there is a possibility that the attached molding will sway in the vertical direction, and ,
Another problem arises when water enters the inside of the outer panel through the bolt insertion holes d and e.

The present invention was devised under the above circumstances, and its purpose is to install a side protection molding with a wide vertical width in two directions in the width direction on the back side of the molding.
When attaching to a car body outer panel that is curved in an arc shape in the vertical direction using bolts or clips attached at points, the workability of the installation can be dramatically improved, the installation condition is stable, and the outside of the car body is To provide a new mounting structure for a side protection molding that can also increase the rigidity of a plate.

In order to achieve this purpose, in this invention,
The following technical measures have been taken:

In other words, in a structure in which a side protection molding with a wide vertical width is attached to a side surface of a vehicle body curved in an arc shape in the vertical direction, two bolts or clips are inserted in the width direction of the back surface of the side protection molding so that their axes are approximately mutual. The side protection molding attachment portion of the outer panel of the vehicle body constituting the side surface of the vehicle body is bent to provide a concave groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body,
One inner surface of the groove is substantially parallel to the outer surface of the vehicle body adjacent to the groove, and an insertion hole for the bolt or clip is provided in the inner surface of the groove and the outer surface of the vehicle body.

The two bolts, etc. installed in the width direction on the back side of the protection molding have their axes parallel to each other, and the distance between their bases and the distance between their tips are almost the same. It is easy to simultaneously insert these bolts, etc., into through-holes formed at predetermined intervals in the mating member. That is, if one bolt is inserted straight into its insertion hole, the other bolt will be inserted naturally into its insertion hole.

In this way, with the mounting structure of the protection molding of the present invention, the installation work is not difficult, and the bolt insertion hole can be sized to correspond to the diameter of the bolt, etc., making it easy to install. There is no need to worry about the protection molding shaking in the vertical direction, and since the molding is fixed by tightening bolts or the like in the first place, it has never occurred that the molding will come off easily. Furthermore, grooves are formed in the body outer plate in order to make the insertion holes for the two upper and lower bolts parallel to each other in the body outer plate, thereby increasing the rigidity of the car body outer plate. be enhanced.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. Note that this embodiment is an example of a door protection molding.

The protection molding 1 is molded from resin or hard rubber, and the protection molding to which the present invention is applied has a relatively wide vertical width, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. It is something. This protection molding 1 has two attachment parts 2 and 3 in the width direction on its back surface, and these attachment parts have two upper and lower bolts 5 and 6 that extend substantially parallel to each other. is fixed. Bolts 5 fixed on the upper side of the back of the molding 1 and bolts 6 fixed on the lower side of the molding 1
There are several locations along the length of the

The above-mentioned bolts 5 and 6 can be fixed in a predetermined position on the back side of the molding 1 by, for example, inserting the bolts 5 and 6 toward the mating member, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. A metal retainer 7 with a welded head is welded to a metal plate-shaped insert 8,
When molding this insert 8, this molding 1
This can be done by integrally embedding it in a predetermined position on the back surface of the.

On the other hand, the car body outer plate 4 as a whole has a curved surface curved in an arc shape in the vertical direction, but in the present invention, by bending the car body outer plate 4, the car body can be extended over almost the entire length of the molding attachment position. A V-shaped groove A extending in the front-rear direction is formed, and one inner surface 9 of this groove A is parallel to the vehicle body outer plate surface 10 vertically adjacent thereto. The inner surface 9 and the outer surface 10 of the vehicle body, which are parallel to each other, are used as molding mounting surfaces for inserting the bolts 5 and 6,
Bolt insertion holes 11 and 12 are formed in this at intervals corresponding to the intervals between the bolts 5 and 6. The sizes of the bolt insertion holes 11 and 12 may be determined to such an extent that the bolts 5 and 6 do not wobble much when inserted therethrough.

Now, in order to attach the molding 1 configured as described above to the vehicle body outer panel 4, as shown in FIG. The bolts 13 and 14 may be inserted into the bolt insertion holes 11 and 12 and screwed onto the bolts 5 and 6 protruding from the back surface of the outer plate 4, respectively. In the present invention, although the vehicle body outer panel 4 as a whole has a curved surface that curves in an arc shape in the vertical direction,
By providing the groove A in the outer plate 4 of the vehicle body, the parts where the bolt insertion holes 11 and 12 should be made are parallel to each other, and the axes of the upper and lower bolts 5 and 6 fixed to the molding 1 are parallel to each other. Therefore, if one of the bolts is immediately inserted into the insertion hole, the other bolt will also automatically fit into the insertion hole into which it should be inserted. The ease of work at this time is
This will become clear when compared with the conventional mounting structure of this type of wide side protection molding shown in FIG.

As described above, the side protection molding mounting structure of the present invention greatly facilitates the work of mounting a wide protection molding to a curved body skin compared to the work with the conventional structure. Further, the attached state is such that the molding does not wobble up and down and does not easily come off. Furthermore, since the groove is formed in the part of the outer panel of the vehicle body that is hidden by the side protection molding, there is also the effect of increasing the rigidity of the outer panel of the vehicle body.

It goes without saying that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

That is, in the illustrated example, bolts are used to fix the molding, but this can also be changed to use clips.
Moreover, this side protection molding can equally be implemented as a protection molding for doors, fenders, quarters, bumpers, etc.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional structure, Fig. 2 is an external view of an automobile equipped with a protection molding, and Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention. The corresponding enlarged cross-sectional view, FIG. 4, is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line of FIG. 3. 1... Side protection molding, 4... Body outer plate, 5, 6... Bolt, 9... One inner surface (of the groove), 10... Mounting surface (of the body outer plate), A... Concave groove .

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It has a structure in which a side protection molding with a wide vertical width is attached to the side of the vehicle body which is curved in an arc shape in the vertical direction, and two bolts or clips are installed in the width direction on the back side of the side protection molding so that their axes are almost mutual. On the other hand, the side protection molding attachment part of the outer panel of the vehicle body constituting the side surface of the vehicle body is bent to provide a groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and one inner surface of this groove is adjacent to the groove. A mounting structure for a side protection molding, characterized in that the side protection molding is substantially parallel to the outer surface of the vehicle body, and an insertion hole for the bolt or clip is provided in the inner surface of the concave groove and the outer surface of the vehicle body.