JP2012218523A - Grille for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicular grill in which the outer surface of a grille is not distorted, and the grille outer can be attached to a vehicle body with high accuracy and can be fixed without generating an unnecessary gap between the grille inner and the grille outer. To do.
SOLUTION: A grill inner 2, a grill outer 10 disposed on the surface side of the grill inner 2, a locking means 20 for fixing the grill inner 2 and the grill outer, and a grill inner disposed near the locking means 20. 2 and fastening means 30 for fixing the vehicle body 40.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular grill installed in an automobile.

  2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle grill has been proposed in which two parts, a grill inner and a grill outer, are assembled in order to improve design and rigidity (see Patent Document 1).

  A first conventional example of this type is shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, a front grill (radiator grill) 50 that is a vehicle grill includes a grill inner 51 and a grill outer 52 disposed on the surface side of the grill inner 51. The grill inner 51 and the grill outer 52 are fastened and fixed by screws 53. The outer grille 52 and the vehicle body 60 are fastened and fixed by screws 54.

  A second conventional example is shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, a front grill (radiator grill) 70 that is a vehicle grill includes a grill inner 51 and a grill outer 52 disposed on the surface side of the grill inner 51. The grill inner 51 and the grill outer 52 are fixed by screws 53 and locking claws 55. The grill inner 51 and the vehicle body 60 are fastened and fixed by screws (not shown) by a screw fastening portion 56.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-100288

  However, in the first conventional example, since the outer grille 52 is fastened to the vehicle body 60 with the screws 54, the fastening torque of the screws 54 acts on the outer grille 52. There is a possibility that distortion is generated on the surface (design surface) of the outer grille 52 due to the stress resulting from the fastening torque. The surface of the outer grille 52 is a design-important location, and distortion at that location reduces the quality. In addition, the grill outer 52 is usually subjected to surface treatment such as plating or painting, so even a slight distortion can be visually recognized and directly connected to quality degradation.

  In the second conventional example, since the grill inner 51 is fastened to the vehicle body 60 with screws (not shown), the surface (design surface) of the grill outer 52 is not distorted. However, the fixing portion between the grill outer 52 and the grill inner 51 and the screw fastening portion 56 between the grill inner 51 and the vehicle body 60 are separated. Therefore, the pulling force to the vehicle body 60 is hardly transmitted to the grill outer 52, and only the grill inner 51 is pulled to the vehicle body 60 side, and the grill outer 52 is difficult to be pulled to the vehicle body 60 side. Therefore, there is a problem that the alignment accuracy between the grill outer 52 and the vehicle body 60 is deteriorated and a gap is easily generated between the grill inner 51 and the grill outer 52.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is provided with a grill outer and a grill inner, the surface of the grill outer is not distorted, and the grill outer is attached to the vehicle body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicular grill that can be mounted with high accuracy and can be fixed without generating an unnecessary gap between the grill inner and the grill outer.

  The present invention relates to a grill inner, a grill outer disposed on the front side of the grill inner, a locking means for fixing the grill inner and the grill outer, and disposed in the vicinity of the locking means. And fastening means for fixing the vehicle body.

  Preferably, the locking means includes a locking claw provided on one of the grill inner and the grill outer, and a claw locking receiving portion provided on the other of the grill inner and the grill outer. .

  The locking means and the fastening means are preferably provided on the same mounting substrate of the grill inner.

  The locking means and the fastening means are preferably provided at the same position in the front and back direction of the grill inner.

  According to the present invention, since the grille inner is fastened to the vehicle body, no stress due to the fastening torque is generated in the grille outer, and the fixing between the grille inner and the grille outer is the locking means. The distortion caused by the fixing means does not occur in the grill outer. Since the fixing location of the grill outer and the grill inner is close to the fixing location of the grill inner and the vehicle body, the pulling force of the vehicle body from the grill inner is easily transmitted to the grill outer. As described above, the surface of the outer grille is not distorted, and the outer grille can be accurately attached to the vehicle body, and can be fixed without generating an unnecessary gap between the inner grille and the outer grille.

1 is a perspective view of a front grille showing an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front side. It is a perspective view of the front grille which showed one embodiment of the present invention and was seen from the back side. FIG. 3 is a partially broken perspective view of the locking means and the fastening means, showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the locking unit and the fastening unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a locking unit and a fastening unit according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention and is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 6. It is sectional drawing of the front grille of the 1st prior art example. It is the perspective view seen from the back surface of the front grille of the 2nd conventional example.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a front grill (radiator grill) 1 which is a vehicle grill includes a grill inner 2 and grill outers 10 and 11 arranged on the surface side of the grill inner 2. The grill inner 2 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin. The grill inner 2 includes an outer frame body 3, a center portion 4, and a plurality of crosspieces 5 disposed therebetween. Between the outer frame body 3 and the center portion 4, a large number of substantially rhombus-shaped air flow passages are formed that are partitioned by a crosspiece portion 5. The outer grilles 10 and 11 are made of, for example, a synthetic resin, and the surface is subjected to surface treatment such as plating or painting. The grill outer 10 is disposed so as to cover the surface of the outer frame 3 of the grill inner 2. The grill outer 11 is disposed on the surface of the center portion 4.

  The grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10 are fixed by a plurality of locking means 20. The grill inner 2 and the vehicle body 40 are fixed by a plurality of fastening means 30. Hereinafter, the configuration of the locking means 20 and the fastening means 30 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, each locking means 20 includes a pair of locking claws 21 provided on the mounting substrate 6 of the grill inner 2, and claws provided on the reinforcing plate portion 12 of the grill outer 10. The latch receiving part 22 is comprised. The pair of locking claws 21 are arranged to face each other with a space therebetween, and project toward the grill outer 10 side.

  Each fastening means 30 is the same mounting board 6 provided with the locking claw 21 of the grill inner 2, a screw screw hole forming portion 31 protruding from the position near the locking claw 21, A screw insertion hole 32 provided in 40 and a screw 33 screwed into the screw screw hole forming portion 31 through the screw insertion hole 32 are configured. That is, the locking means 20 and the fastening means 30 are arranged on the same mounting substrate 6 of the grill inner 2 and in the vicinity of each other.

  Positioning projections 34 are provided radially around the screw screw hole forming portion 31. The grille inner 2 is attached to the vehicle body 40 at a predetermined position by the positioning projection 34.

  In the above configuration, since the grill inner 2 is fixed to the vehicle body 40 by the fastening means 30, no stress due to the fastening torque of the screw fastening is generated directly on the grill outer 10. Since the grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10 are fixed by the locking means 20, distortion caused by the fixing means between the grills (locking means 20) does not occur in the grill outer 10. Further, since the grill inner 2 is fixed to the vehicle body 40 by the fastening means 30, the grill outer 10 receives a pulling force into the vehicle body 40 via the grill inner 2. Here, since the engaging means 20 for fixing the grill outer 10 and the grill inner 2 and the fastening means 30 for fixing the grill inner 2 and the vehicle body 40 are close to each other, the grill outer 10 is subjected to a vehicle pull-in force from the grill inner 2. Easy to communicate. As described above, the surface of the grill outer 10 is not distorted, and the grill outer 10 can be accurately attached to the vehicle body 40 and can be fixed without generating an unnecessary gap between the grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10. .

  The locking means 20 includes a locking claw 21 provided on the grill inner 2 and a claw locking receiving portion 22 provided on the grill outer 10. Accordingly, when the grille inner 2 and the grille outer 10 are respectively produced by resin molding, the latching claw 21 and the claw latching receiving portion 22 can be fabricated integrally at the same time, so that the manufacture is easy. Further, the locking means 20 may be constituted by a locking claw 21 provided on the grill outer 10 and a claw locking receiving portion 22 provided on the grill inner 2.

  The locking means 20 and the fastening means 30 are provided on the same mounting substrate 6 of the grill inner 2. Therefore, since the elastic displacement due to the pulling force to the vehicle body 40 is suppressed to be smaller than when provided on a different mounting board, the grill outer 10 is easily pulled into the vehicle body 40 side, and the alignment accuracy between the grill outer 10 and the vehicle body 40 is increased. And can be fixed without generating an unnecessary gap between the grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10.

  6 and 7 show another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in this other embodiment, the locking means 20 and the fastening means 30 are provided at the same position in the front and back direction of the grill inner 2 as compared with the previous embodiment. Since each structure of the latching means 20 and the fastening means 30 is the same as that of the first embodiment, redundant description is avoided. The same components in the drawings are given the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment for clarification.

  In other embodiments as well, the surface of the outer grille 10 is not distorted, and the outer grille 10 is attached to the vehicle body 40 with high accuracy and between the inner grille 2 and the outer grille 10. Can be fixed without generating unnecessary gaps.

  In the present specification, the locking means 20 is fixed by locking between the grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10, and stress due to fixing hardly occurs on the surface side of the grill outer 10. The fastening means 30 fixes between the grill inner 2 and the grill outer 10 with a tightening force.

1 Front grille (vehicle grille)
2 Grill inner 6 Mounting board 10 Grill outer 20 Locking means 21 Locking claw 22 Claw locking receiving part 30 Fastening means 40 Vehicle body

Claims (4)

Grill inner,
A grill outer disposed on the front side of the grill inner;
Locking means for fixing the grill inner and the grill outer;
A vehicular grill, characterized in that the vehicular grill is provided in the vicinity of the locking means and includes fastening means for fixing the grill inner and a vehicle body. The vehicle grill according to claim 1,
The locking means includes a locking claw provided on one of the grill inner and the grill outer, and a claw locking receiving portion provided on the other of the grill inner and the grill outer. A vehicle grill. The vehicle grill according to claim 1 or 2,
The vehicular grill according to claim 1, wherein the locking means and the fastening means are provided on the same mounting substrate of the grill inner. The vehicle grill according to claim 1 or 2,
The vehicle grill according to claim 1, wherein the locking means and the fastening means are provided at the same position in the front and back direction of the grill inner.

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