WO2012140996A1

WO2012140996A1 - Fitting for vehicle and method for attaching same

Info

Publication number: WO2012140996A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/057322
Authority: WO
Inventors: 苅和　直人
Original assignee: トヨタ車体株式会社
Priority date: 2011-04-12
Filing date: 2012-03-22
Publication date: 2012-10-18
Also published as: JP2012218625A

Abstract

A fitting (10) for a vehicle is mounted on a vehicle (A) which is provided with a first surface section (A) and a second surface section (B). The fitting (10) comprises: a first-surface-section fixture (20) which is provided on one end of the fitting (10) and is inserted into a locking hole (3) provided in a first surface section (A); a second-surface-section fixture (21) which is provided on the other end of the fitting (10) and is inserted into a locking hole (4) provided in a second surface section (B); and a movable structure (12) which enables at least one among the first-surface-section fixture (20) and the second-surface-section fixture (21) to approach and move away from the other.

Description

Vehicle outfitting parts and method of assembling the same

The present invention relates to an outfitting part such as a side protection mall attached to an outer surface such as a front door of a vehicle and an assembling method thereof.

Many of the outer panels such as the front door of a vehicle are not flat surfaces but have a gently curved shape that slightly bulges outward. The outer panel has a portion whose surface direction changes between a first surface portion on the upper side and a second surface portion on the lower side. An outfitting part called a side protection molding (mall) is assembled to the part by clip fastening. The mall has a long belt shape in the vehicle front-rear direction. Before the assembly, a plurality of clips are provided in advance along the upper side and the lower side before assembling, and the orientation directions of the upper side clip and the lower side clip are mutually adjusted according to the curved shape of the door. Different. For this reason, the clip on the upper side of the molding is temporarily fixed by pushing the clip on the upper side of the molding into the locking hole provided on the first surface of the upper side of the door, and then the locking provided on the second surface of the lower side of the door by turning the lower side of the molding Push the clip on the lower side into the hole. (See JP 2010-83250 A and JP 2003-276499 A)

However, when the curvature of the outer surface of the door is greatly different and the surface directions of the first surface portion and the second surface portion are greatly different, the pointing direction of the clip on the upper side of the mall and the pointing direction of the clip on the lower side are greatly different. Therefore, the clip on the lower side cannot be pushed into the locking hole even if the lower side is turned after temporarily securing the clip on the upper side of the molding. Conventionally, a clip on the lower side portion with a bent tip is known, so that the clip on the lower side portion can be pushed into the locking hole even when the directing directions are greatly different. However, the clip is expensive because it has a special shape with no versatility.

Therefore, there has been a need for a structure that can be used to assemble outfitting parts (malls, etc.) at sites with greatly different curvatures using ordinary clips.

According to one feature of the invention, the vehicular outfitting component is mounted on a vehicle having a first surface portion and a second surface portion. A vehicular outfitting component is inserted into a locking hole provided in the first surface portion and is provided in one end of the outfitting component, and is inserted into a locking hole provided in the second surface portion and the outfitting component. And a movable structure that allows at least one of the first surface portion fixing tool and the second surface portion fixing tool to be accessible or separated from each other.

Therefore, the direction in which the first surface fixture is inserted into the first surface portion and the direction in which the second surface fixture is inserted into the second surface portion are different. In contrast, at least one of the fixtures approaches or separates from the other. Therefore, when assembling the outfitting component to the vehicle, the front ends of the two fixing tools can be aligned with the corresponding locking holes, and the two fixing tools can be inserted into the locking holes while moving at least one of them. Moreover, a normal versatile clip etc. can also be used for a fixture.

It is a side view of the vehicle in which the mall (fitting parts) was attached. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1 showing a longitudinal section of an outer panel and a molding. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the molding | mall which shows the clip of the temporary mounting position described with the continuous line, and the clip of the regular mounting position described with the dashed-two dotted line. FIG. 4 is a rear view of the molding from the direction of arrow IV in FIG. 3 when the lower clip is in the temporary mounting position. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a V portion in FIG. 4 for showing a state in which the neck portion of the clip is relatively displaced in the clip mounting hole. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 5 when the clip is in a temporary mounting position. It is a rear view of the clip mounting edge part of another structure.

One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a molding (side protection molding) 10 is assembled to the front door 2 on the left side of the vehicle 1. The molding 10 is assembled along the outer surface of the outer panel 2 a of the front door 2. In the figure, the arrow U indicates the upward direction, the arrow L indicates the downward direction, the arrow O indicates the vehicle width outward direction, the arrow F indicates the front, and the arrow R indicates the rear.

The front door 2 has a closed cross-sectional structure in which the peripheral edges of the outer panel 2a and the inner panel 2b are coupled to each other by hemming as shown in FIG. The outer panel 2a has a vertical cross-sectional mountain shape that swells sideways and gently curves. The outer panel 2a has a first surface portion A on the upper side and a second surface portion B on the lower side of the boundary shown by C in FIG. 2, and the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B have greatly different curved shapes.

The outer panel 2a has a boundary C between the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B as shown in FIG. In the outer panel 2a, a plurality of locking holes 3 and 4 are provided at a plurality of locations along the boundary C at regular intervals on the upper side (first surface portion A) and the lower side (second surface portion B) of the boundary C.

The mall 10 has a long belt shape in the vehicle front-rear direction as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a plurality of

clips

20 and 21 are attached in advance along the upper side and the lower side. The

clips

20 and 21 are inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4 so as to be assembled across the boundary C of the molding 10 outer panel 2a.

The surface direction of the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B is greatly different from each other as shown in FIG. Therefore, the axis JA of the locking hole 3 in the first surface portion A and the axis JB of the locking hole 4 in the second surface portion B intersect with each other instead of being parallel. Clips 20 are inserted into the locking holes 3 in the direction of the axis JA and locked. The clip 21 is inserted into the locking hole 4 in the direction of the axis JB and locked. For this reason, the insertion direction of the clip 20 (axial line JA direction) and the insertion direction of the clip 21 (axial line JB direction) are not parallel but different. The clip 20 corresponds to a first surface portion fixture, and the clip 21 corresponds to a second surface portion fixture.

The insertion direction of the clip 20 and the clip 21 into the outer panel 2a is different. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 2a, the tip of the upper clip 20 is inserted into the locking hole 3 and temporarily held. At this time, the mall 10 is lifted from the outer panel 2a. The lower clip 21 is held at a temporary mounting position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 3 in a temporarily assembled state before assembly. When the molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 2a, the clip 21 moves to a regular mounting position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, a clip mounting edge 13 for inserting the clip 20 into the locking hole 3 is provided on the upper rear surface of the molding 10. Each clip mounting edge 13 is provided with a keyhole-shaped clip mounting hole 14. Each clip 20 is mounted in each clip mounting hole 14.

As shown in FIG. 4, a clip mounting edge portion 11 for inserting the clip 21 into the locking hole 4 is provided on the lower back surface of the molding 10. Each clip mounting edge 11 is provided with a clip mounting hole 12. Each clip 21 is mounted in each clip mounting hole 12.

As shown in FIG. 6, the lower clip 21 is made of resin and includes a flange-shaped head portion 21a, a neck portion 21b, and an engaging portion 21c. A flange-shaped elastic edge portion 21d is integrally provided between the neck portion 21b and the engaging portion 21c. The engaging portion 21c has appropriate elasticity in the diameter expansion direction. The upper clip 20 also includes a head portion 20a, a neck portion 20b, an engaging portion 20c, and an elastic edge portion 20d.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the distal end portions of the

engaging portions

20 c and 21 c are pushed into the locking holes 3 and 4 against the elasticity, and after insertion, the diameter is expanded by the elasticity and the locking holes 3 and 4 are expanded. Engage with 4 hole edges. The base end portions of the

engaging portions

20c and 21c are engaged with the locking holes 3 and 4, and the molding 10 is in contact with and fixed to the outer surface of the outer panel 2a.

As shown in FIG. 5, the clip mounting hole 12 has a guide portion 12a cut into a V shape from one end of the clip mounting edge 11, a temporary mounting hole 12b, a passage portion 12c, and a regular mounting hole 12d. The lower clip 21 is attached to the temporary attachment position by the neck portion 21b entering the temporary attachment hole 12b through the guide portion 12a. The minimum width of the guide portion 12a and the passage portion 12c is set to a width dimension that can pass through the neck portion 21b with an appropriate resistance.

The

clips

20, 21 are mounted on the upper clip mounting edge 13 and the lower clip mounting edge 11, the molding 10 is temporarily assembled, and the molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 2 in the temporarily assembled state.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 2a, the molding 10 is temporarily held with the tip of the locking portion 20c of the upper clip 20 facing the locking hole 3. The molding 10 is temporarily assembled with the locking portions 21c of the lower clips 21 facing the locking holes 4. In this state, the mall 10 is lifted from the outer panel 2a. The temporary mounting holes 12b of the lower clip mounting holes 12 are positioned on the axis line JB and aligned substantially coaxially with the locking holes 4.

As described above, the operator can lock the locking portions 20c of the upper clips 20 and the lower clips 21 into the locking holes 3 of the first surface portion A and the locking holes 4 of the second surface portion B. The part 21c is aligned. Thereafter, the operator pushes each of the

clips

20 and 21 in the directions (axis line JA direction and axis JB direction) indicated by white arrows in the figure.

The upper clip 20 is mounted in the keyhole-shaped clip mounting hole 14 as shown in FIG. Since the surface directions of the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B are greatly different, the insertion direction (axis line JA direction) of the upper clip 20 and the insertion direction (axis line JB direction) of the lower clip 21 are not parallel and are at a constant angle. Cross at. Therefore, the upper clip 20 and the lower clip 21 are displaced in a direction approaching each other as they are inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4. Thus, in order to push the lower clip 21 into the locking hole 4 after the upper clip 20 is pushed into the locking hole 3, the lower clip 21 is displaced upward as indicated by the arrow X in FIG. It is necessary to approach the upper clip 20. The lower clip 21 moves in the arrow X direction with respect to the clip mounting edge 11 by the passage portion 12c of the clip mounting hole 12 and the regular mounting hole 12d, and is displaced from the temporary mounting position to the normal mounting position.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the lower clip 21 is pushed in the axis JB direction, the neck portion 21b is relatively displaced from the temporary mounting hole 12b through the passage portion 12c into the regular mounting hole 12d. As a result, the clip 21 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow X and is displaced upward and parallel to the clip mounting edge 11.

This causes the lower clip 21 to engage with the locking hole 4. When the

clips

20 and 21 are locked to the locking holes 3 and 4, the molding 10 is assembled to the outer panel 2 a, and the molding 10 straddles the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B.

As shown in FIG. 5, the regular mounting hole 12 d of the clip mounting hole 12 is a long slot hole having a D dimension that is long in the width direction (vehicle longitudinal direction) of the clip mounting edge 11. Therefore, when the molding 10 is thermally contracted in the front-rear direction, the neck portion 21b of the clip 21 can move through the regular mounting hole 12d. As a result, the molding 10 can be stably assembled to the outer panel 2a.

As described above, the molding (fitting part) 10 is inserted into the locking hole 3 provided in the first surface portion A as shown in FIG. 2 and is provided at one end (in the width direction) of the molding 10. (First surface portion fixture) 20, a lower clip (second surface portion fixture) 21 that is inserted into the locking hole 4 provided in the second surface portion B and provided at the other end of the molding 10, and a clip 21 has a movable structure (12) that allows access to the clip 20.

Therefore, the direction in which the upper clip 20 is inserted into the first surface portion A and the direction in which the lower clip 21 is inserted into the second surface portion B are different. On the other hand, the lower clip 21 can approach the upper clip 20. Therefore, when the molding 10 is assembled to the vehicle 1, the front ends of the

clips

20 and 21 are aligned with the corresponding locking holes 3 and 4, and the clips 20 are moved while the

clips

20 and 21 are moved. Can be inserted into. The

clips

20 and 21 may be ordinary versatile clips.

The movable structure (12) can appropriately set the distance (relative movement distance) from the temporary mounting position of the lower clip 21 to the regular mounting position according to the angle between the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B. . Therefore, even when the angle between the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B is large, the molding 10 can be easily assembled to the vehicle 1.

The mall (equipment part) 10 covers the tops of the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B connected in a mountain shape as shown in FIG. The movable structure (12) makes the lower clip (second surface fixing tool) 21 accessible to the upper clip (first surface fixing tool) 20. Therefore, the molding 10 can be reliably and efficiently assembled to the vehicle 10 across the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B.

The upper clip (first surface portion fixture) 20 and the lower clip (second surface portion fixture) 21 have a distal end portion and a proximal end portion as shown in FIGS. The temporary mounting position inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4 and the normal position where the base end portion is inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4 are moved. Therefore, the

clips

20 and 21 are aligned with the locking holes 3 and 4 by the tip portions. When the base ends of the

clips

20 and 21 are inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4, the clip 21 moves with respect to the clip 20. Thus, the

clips

20 and 21 can be reliably inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4.

As the

clips

20 and 21, general-purpose clips can be used as shown in FIGS. Thereby, the mall 10 becomes inexpensive.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the assembling method of the molding (fitting part) 10 to the vehicle 1 is as follows. Clips (first surface fixing tool and second surface fixing tool) 20 and 21 are provided in the corresponding locking holes 3 and 4, respectively. Let it come. The

clips

20 and 21 are inserted into the locking holes 3 and 4 while the clip 21 is moved in the molding 10 corresponding to the angle between the first surface portion A and the second surface portion B. Thereby, the mall 10 can be reliably assembled to the vehicle 1.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the above structure, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many substitutions, improvements, and changes can be made without departing from the object of the present invention. Accordingly, aspects of the invention may include all alterations, modifications, and changes that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, the form of the present invention is not limited to the special structure, and can be modified as follows.

The movable structure may have the clip mounting hole 12 shown in FIG. 5 or the clip mounting hole 15 shown in FIG. In the clip mounting hole 15, the position of the regular mounting hole 15d with respect to the temporary mounting hole 15b is positioned upside down from the clip mounting hole 12 shown in FIG. The clip mounting hole 15 allows the lower clip 21 temporarily mounted in the temporary mounting hole 15b through the guide portion 15a to move into the lower regular mounting hole 15d. Therefore, the clip mounting hole 15 allows the lower clip 21 to be separated from the upper clip 20.

Therefore, when the vehicle has a first surface portion and a second surface portion connected in a valley shape, and the mall covers the valley bottom of the valley shape, the mall 10 can be assembled to the vehicle by the

clips

20 and 21. The regular mounting hole 15d of the clip mounting hole 15 has a long groove hole shape with a D dimension long in the front-rear direction. Accordingly, when the molding 10 is thermally contracted, the clip 21 can move along the regular mounting hole 15d.

The first surface portion and the second surface portion may be arranged in the up-down direction as shown in FIG. 2, or may be arranged in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction.

The molding 10 may have a movable structure capable of moving the lower clip 21 as shown in FIG. 2, a movable structure capable of moving the upper clip 20, or both movable structures. You may have.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the regular mounting

holes

12d and 15d may be long grooves that are long in the vehicle front-rear direction, or may be circular with the same diameter as the temporary mounting

holes

12b and 15b.

As shown in FIG. 2, the outfitting part may be a side protection molding 10 attached to the door outer panel 2a, a garnish attached to the back door, a molding attached to the hood panel, a molding attached to the rocker below the door opening, the front A vehicle part such as a trim attached to a door or the like, a trim attached to a roof panel, or a liner may be used.

The first surface portion fixing tool and the second surface portion fixing device may be the

clips

20 and 21 shown in FIG. 2, or may be resin general-purpose clips, fixing screws, rivets and the like.

Claims

A vehicle outfitting component to be mounted on a vehicle having a first surface portion and a second surface portion,
A first surface part fixture inserted into a locking hole provided in the first surface part and provided at one end of the outfitting component;
A second surface fixture that is inserted into a locking hole provided in the second surface and is provided at the other end of the fitting component;
A vehicle outfitting component having a movable structure that allows at least one of the first surface portion fixing tool and the second surface portion fixing tool to be accessible or separated from each other.
The vehicle outfitting component according to claim 1,
The outfitting part covers the tops of the first surface part and the second surface part connected in a mountain shape,
The movable structure is a vehicle outfitting component that allows one of the first surface portion fixing tool and the second surface portion fixing tool to be accessible with respect to the other one.
The outfitting part according to claim 1 or 2,
One of the first surface portion fixture and the second surface portion fixture has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, and the temporary attachment position at which the distal end portion is inserted into the corresponding locking hole; A vehicle outfitting component whose end is moved to a normal position where it is inserted into the locking hole.
A vehicle outfitting part according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The first surface part fixing tool and the second surface part fixing tool are vehicular outfitting parts having clips each having an engaging portion inserted into the corresponding locking hole.
The method for assembling the vehicular outfitting component according to claim 1 for the vehicle,
The first surface part fixing tool and the second surface part fixing tool are faced to the corresponding locking holes,
While moving at least one of the first surface part fixing tool or the second surface part fixing tool in the outfitting component in accordance with an angle between the first surface part and the second surface part, the first surface part fixing tool and A method for assembling a vehicular outfitting component, wherein the second surface portion fixing tool is inserted into the locking hole.