KR20160102631A - Spacer for roof-lack mounting and roof-lack assembly having the same - Google Patents

Spacer for roof-lack mounting and roof-lack assembly having the same Download PDF

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KR20160102631A
KR20160102631A KR1020150024922A KR20150024922A KR20160102631A KR 20160102631 A KR20160102631 A KR 20160102631A KR 1020150024922 A KR1020150024922 A KR 1020150024922A KR 20150024922 A KR20150024922 A KR 20150024922A KR 20160102631 A KR20160102631 A KR 20160102631A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/04—Carriers associated with vehicle roof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0001—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position
    • B60R2011/004—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position outside the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0042—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means
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    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a spacer for coupling a roof rack, which can stably fix and couple a roof rack mounted on a vehicle roof, and a roof rack assembly including the same. In order to achieve this purpose, the spacer for coupling a roof rack, which is intervened between a vehicle roof (1) and a roof rack (110) installed on an upper surface thereof, comprises: a body (121) on which a through hole (123) is formed in a vertical direction for insertion of a coupling member when the roof rack (110) is installed; and snap-fit-structured latching pieces (125) which protrude from both upper sides of the body (121) to be symmetrical to each other, and are elastically latched on latching grooves (111) of a bottom surface of the roof rack (110) to be coupled thereto.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a roof rack fastening spacer and a roof rack assembly having the roof rack fastening spacer.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roof rack assembly, and more particularly, to a roof rack fastening spacer and a roof rack assembly having the roof rack mounted on a roof of the vehicle.

In general, a roof rack for a vehicle is mounted symmetrically on both sides of a roof panel, and is used for installation of a loop bag or a roof box for storing various objects on the upper part of the vehicle body. Conventional patent application No. 10-2011-0019680 (titled side bar assembly for a vehicle roof carrier) has been filed for such a roof rack.

Hereinafter, an assembling structure of a conventional roof rack will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, a conventional roof rack assembly 10 includes a roof rack 11 disposed symmetrically on both sides of the vehicle roof 1, and a roof rack 11 interposed between the vehicle roof 1 and the roof rack 11 A spacer 13 interposed in a space between the roof rack 11 and the mount 3 so as to fix the roof rack 11 on the vehicle roof 1, (15).

3, the spacer 15 is formed with a through hole 15a for fastening the fastening member 17 at the vertical center of the body, and a fastening hole 15a is formed at the upper edge of the through hole 15a. At least a pair of latching pieces 15b are formed to protrude laterally and symmetrically so as to be fittable into the recess 11a. The engaging piece 15b is formed in a snap-fit structure so as to be engaged with the inner engaging groove 11b (see Fig. 4) provided on the upper edge of the fastening hole 11a.

2, the coupling member 17 has a head portion 17a coupled to a bracket 3a provided on the mount portion 3 and a threaded portion 17b formed on a through hole 15a of the spacer 15, And inserted into the fastening hole 11a of the roof rack 11 and fastened and fixed via a nut 17c.

And reference numeral 19 denotes a cover which is coupled to the nut inserting tool insertion hole 11c.

However, in the spacer 15 having the above-described structure, the pair of the engaging pieces 15b are fastened and fixed in the fastening holes 11a of the roof rack 11, and the fastening members 17 pass through the through holes 15a Structural problems can occur as they are fixed in a fastened manner.

The size of the retaining piece 15b of the spacer 15 is limited due to the space restriction that the retaining piece 15b of the spacer 15 is retained in the retaining hole 11a of the roof rack 11, The engagement of the engagement portion 15b may be released. In other words, there is a limit in improving the assemblability (insertion and engagement) of the spacer 15.

In addition, a burr is generated in the rim of the fastening hole 11a to which the fastening piece 15b is fastened by friction with the fastening piece 15b, so that the assembling property of the fastening piece 15b may deteriorate, There is a problem in that the outer appearance is not clean due to exposure of the outer surface 15 to the outside.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a roof rack fastening spacer and a roof rack assembly having the roof rack fastened and fixed so that a roof rack mounted on a vehicle roof can be securely fastened.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a roof rack fastening spacer comprising: a roof rack fastening spacer interposed between a roof of a vehicle and a roof rack provided on an upper surface thereof; A body having a through hole formed in a vertical direction; And a snap-fit structure protruding symmetrically on both sides of the upper portion of the body and being resiliently coupled to the engaging groove of the roof rack bottom.

In this case, the coupling surface of the body abutting the roof rack further includes a fitting portion extending from the rim of the through hole so as to be fitted into the roof rack insertion hole communicating with the through hole, in the coupling direction of the coupling piece.

The coupling surface of the body further includes a projection preventing protrusion coupled to a groove provided on the roof rack bottom surface.

In a roof rack assembly having a roof rack fastening spacer,

A roof rack symmetrically disposed on both outer circumferential surfaces of the vehicle roof; A spacer interposed in a spacing space between the roof rack and the mounting portion of the vehicle roof; A pad interposed between the bottom of the roof rack on which the spacer is mounted and the vehicle roof; And a fastening member to which the head is fixedly fastened to the bracket integrally formed on the mount portion and threaded portions are sequentially inserted into the insertion holes of the through hole and the roof rack of the spacer and then fastened and fixed via a nut.

In this case, the pad may further include a fitting hole having a size corresponding to the body diameter of the spacer, so as to prevent the spacer from being separated by covering the engaging piece coupled to the roof rack bottom.

Further, the latching grooves are formed on both sides of the insertion hole.

And the latching groove is formed in the longitudinal direction of the roof rack.

Further, the groove portion is formed in the longitudinal direction of the roof rack.

Further, the groove portion is formed to be offset to one side of the insertion hole so as to limit the engagement position of the spacer.

According to the present invention constructed as described above, the assembling property of the spacers can be improved by separately forming the engaging grooves for providing the engaging pieces of the spacer on the bottom surface of the roof rack and the inserting holes for attaching the fastening members.

In addition, there is an advantage that the spacers can be firmly mounted by not limiting the size of the fastening portions, such as forming a plurality of fastening pieces of the spacers apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the roof rack.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional roof rack assembly,
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II in Fig. 1,
3 is a perspective view showing a conventional spacer,
4 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in Fig. 1,
5 is a side sectional view showing a coupling structure of a roof rack assembly according to the present invention,
6 is a perspective view showing a spacer according to the present invention,
7 is a side view showing a coupling structure of a spacer according to the present invention,
8 is a plan view of a spacer according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals as in the drawings denote the same elements in the drawings, unless they are indicated on other drawings.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a coupling structure of a roof rack assembly according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a spacer according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a side view showing a coupling structure of a spacer according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a roof rack assembly 100 having a roof rack fastening spacer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a roof rack 110 installed on a vehicle roof 1, a roof rack 110, A spacer 130 interposed in the space S between the loops 1 and a pad 130 interposed between the roof loop 110 in which the spacer 120 is mounted and the vehicle loop 1, 110) to the vehicle roof (1).

The configuration of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

The roof racks 110 are symmetrically arranged on both outer circumferential surfaces of the vehicle roof 1 and are provided on a mounting portion 3 for mounting the roof rack 110 provided on the vehicle roof 1. [ The mounting portion 3 may be provided on the vehicle roof 1 in a flat manner so that the mounting portion 3 can be spaced apart from the vehicle roof 1 in a predetermined spacing space (S) is preferably provided. Hereinafter, in the present invention, only one of the pair of roof rack assemblies 100 will be shown and described for the sake of convenience.

In addition, the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 is provided with a locking groove 111 so that the locking piece 125 to be described later can be fitted. The latching grooves 111 may be formed in a '11' shape (see FIG. 8) formed parallel to the longitudinal direction of the roof rack 110.

In this case, an insertion hole 113 for mounting the spacer 120 is provided between the latching grooves 111.

The spacer 120 is interposed in the spacing space S between the mounting portion 3 of the roof rack 110, i.e., the vehicle roof 1 and the roof rack 110 provided on the upper surface thereof, And it supports to be installed.

6, the spacer 120 includes a body 121 and a latching piece 125. [

The body 121 constitutes a main body of the spacer 120 and a through hole 123 is formed in the vertical center portion so that the fastening member 140 can be inserted when the roof rack 110 is fixed.

The engaging pieces 125 are protruded symmetrically on both sides of the upper portion of the body 121. The engaging pieces 125 are engaged with the engaging grooves 111 on the bottom surface of the roof rack 110, (Not shown). In this case, the latching piece 125 may have a snap-fit structure having an inclined surface 125a and a latching protrusion 125b at the tip thereof so that the latching groove 111 can be elastically fastened.

The engaging piece 125 having such a structure can be divided into a plurality of portions along the longitudinal direction of the engaging groove 111 formed in parallel to improve the coupling performance.

The engaging surface of the body 121 contacting with the roof rack 110 is formed with an engaging piece 123 at an edge of the through hole 123 so as to be fitted into the insertion hole 113 of the roof rack 110 communicating with the through hole 123 125 may be formed in the fitting portion 123a.

7, protrusions 127 protrude from the coupling surface of the body 121 to prevent misassembly of the spacers 120 and the protrusions 127 are coupled to the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 The groove 115 may be formed.

More specifically, the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 is formed as a curved surface (or an inclined surface) that is not planar so as to correspond to the surface of the vehicle roof 1 formed with a predetermined curvature. The upper surface of the body 121, which is assembled so as to be placed on the bottom surface of the roof rack 110, is formed into a curved surface corresponding to the bottom surface of the roof rack 110.

In other words, when the spacer 120 having such a shape is assembled in a predetermined position, and when the worker unintentionally reverses (180 °) the retaining piece 125 constituted by a pair of pairs, the roof rack 110 and the spacer 120 May not be matched with each other. In this case, since the engaging piece 125 is a snap-fit structure that is difficult to separate once it is engaged, the engaging piece 125 may be damaged in the process of separating the misapplied spacer 120 again .

Therefore, when the protrusion 127 is provided on the upper surface of the body 121 to prevent the engagement part 125 from being engaged when the assembly is not in the normal assembly position, the assembly of the spacer 120 can be prevented have.

8, the protrusion 127 of the spacer 120 coupled to the groove 115 of the roof rack 110 may be offset from the central axis of the insertion hole 113 to one side. In this case, in the present invention, the grooves 115 and the protrusions 127 are formed to be long in the longitudinal direction of the roof rack 110. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, The present invention can be applied to various coupling structures.

5, the pad 130 is interposed between the roof rack 110 on which the spacer 120 is mounted and the vehicle roof 1. [ The pad 130 is formed with a fitting hole 131 having a size corresponding to the diameter of the body 121 constituting the spacer 120. Thus, the pad 130 covers the latching piece 125 coupled to the bottom surface of the roof rack 110, thereby concealing the spacer 120 and preventing the spacer 120 from being separated.

The fastening member 140 is used to firmly fix the roof rack 110 on the vehicle roof 1. The fastening member 140 includes a bracket 5 integrally formed on the mount portion, And a threaded portion 143 which is inserted into the through hole 123 of the spacer 120 and the insertion hole 113 of the roof rack 110 through the nut 145 in order. have.

The roof rack assembly 100 having the roof rack fastening spacer according to the present invention having the above-described structure has the engagement grooves 111 for installing the fastening pieces 125 of the spacers 120 on the bottom surface of the roof rack 110, And the insertion hole 113 for mounting the fastening member 140 are separately formed, the assembling property of the spacer 120 can be improved.

Particularly, the spacers 120 can be firmly installed by not limiting the size of the fastening portions, for example, by forming the fastening pieces 125 of the spacers 120 to be spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the roof rack 110.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention.

1: vehicle loop 3: mount part
5: bracket 100: roof rack assembly
110: roof rack 111: engaging groove
113: insertion hole 115:
120: spacer 121: body
123: through hole 123a:
125: engaging piece 125a: inclined surface
125b: engagement jaw 127: projection
130: pad 131:
140: fastening member 141: head
143: threaded portion 145: nut

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A roof rack fastening spacer interposed between a vehicle roof (1) and a roof rack (110) provided on an upper surface thereof,
A body 121 having a through hole 123 formed in the vertical direction so that the fastening member can be inserted when the roof rack 110 is installed; And
Fit structure 125 protruding symmetrically on both sides of the upper portion of the body 121 and being resiliently engaged with the engaging grooves 111 of the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 A spacer for fastening a roof rack.
The method according to claim 1,
On the coupling surface of the body 121 abutting on the roof rack 110,
A fitting portion 123a extending in the coupling direction of the engaging piece 125 from the rim of the through hole 123 so as to be fit into the insertion hole 113 of the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 communicating with the through hole 123, ); And a roof rack fastening spacer.
3. The method of claim 2,
On the coupling surface of the body 121,
And a protrusion (127) for preventing misassembly coupled to a groove (115) provided on a bottom surface of the roof rack (110).
A roof rack (110) arranged symmetrically on both outer circumferential surfaces of the vehicle roof (1);
A spacer (120) according to any one of claims 1 to 3 interposed in a space (S) between the roof rack (110) and the mounting portion of the vehicle roof (1).
A pad 130 interposed between the bottom surface of the roof rack 110 on which the spacer 120 is mounted and the vehicle roof 1; And
A head portion 141 is fastened to a bracket 5 formed integrally with the mount portion and a threaded portion 143 is formed in the insertion hole 113 of the through hole 123 of the spacer 120 and the roof rack 110 And a fastening member (140) fastened and fixed via a nut (145) after being sequentially inserted.
5. The method of claim 4,
The pad (130)
And a fitting hole (131) having a size corresponding to the diameter of the body (121) of the spacer (120)
And the spacer (120) is prevented from being dislocated by covering the engaging piece (125) coupled to the bottom surface of the roof rack (110).
5. The method of claim 4,
The engaging groove (111)
(113) are spaced apart from each other on both sides of the insertion hole (113).
The method according to claim 6,
The engaging groove (111)
And the roof rack (110) is formed in a longitudinal direction of the roof rack (110).
5. The method of claim 4,
The groove portion 115 is formed,
And the roof rack (110) is formed in a longitudinal direction of the roof rack (110).
9. The method of claim 8,
The groove portion 115 is formed,
Is formed to be offset to one side of the insertion hole (113) so as to limit a coupling position of the spacer (120).
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KR101393503B1 (en) * 2013-11-20 2014-05-13 쌍용자동차 주식회사 Apparatus for mounting roof rack of vehicle

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