JP2015105066A - Automobile interior component - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile interior component with a structure in which a trim body and a mating component can be mounted easily, and which can be provided inexpensively by reducing cost.SOLUTION: An automobile interior component is provided with: an engaging part 21 which projects to a mating component 15 side from a restriction plate part 19 formed on a trim body side and is provided with an engaging claw 20 protruding substantially perpendicularly to an upper surface side; an engaging opening 24 which forms an opening 22 receiving insertion of the engaging part 21 from a horizontal direction and a coming-off stopping part 23 for stopping coming off of the mating component 15 by engaging with the engaging claw 20 when the engaging part 21 is inserted to the opening 22, and is provided on the mating component 15 side corresponding to the engaging part 21; and a rib 25 part which is attached to a lower surface side of the restriction plate part 19 according to the insertion of the engaging part 21 into the opening 22 and restricts individual rotation of the restriction plate part 19 and the mating component 15 in a vertical direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to an interior part for an automobile, and more particularly, to an interior part for an automobile provided with a trim body mounted on the interior surface side of the automobile and a counterpart part such as an armrest attached to the trim body.

  Conventionally, for example, an armrest serving as an armrest for an occupant or a pull pocket for pulling a door and pulling the door closer to an occupant's armrest on an appropriate surface of a door trim main body attached to the interior surface of a side wall panel of a vehicle door such as an automobile. As an automobile door provided, the door described in Patent Document 1 is known.

  FIG. 12 shows a schematic configuration of the automobile door. The automobile door 50 includes a door trim 52 attached to the inner surface of the door panel 51 on the passenger compartment side, a pull pocket 53 for pulling the door by pulling a finger when the door is tightened, and the like. It has.

  The door trim 52 is provided with an armrest 54 that is provided on the surface of the door trim 52 so as to be an armrest for an occupant. The armrest 54 includes an armrest lower 57 having an opening 56 in a part of the upper surface provided integrally with the door trim main body 55 and extending in the vehicle interior direction, and an opening 58 in a part of the upper surface. An arm restore upper 59 disposed on the upper surface of the arm rest lower 57 is provided so as to be partially closed.

  The pull pocket 53 has an upper surface opened, and fixing mounting pieces 61 a to 61 c each having a mounting hole 60 are formed on the outer peripheral surface.

  When the pull pocket 53 is attached, after fixing the door trim 52 to the door panel 51 with clips or screws, the fixing screws 62a to 62c are respectively passed through the attachment holes 60 to the attachment holes 63a to 63c on the door panel 51 side. Stop and install. Further thereafter, an arm restore upper 59 is fixed to the upper surface of the arm rest lower 57.

JP 2008-44423 A

  However, in the conventional attachment structure shown in FIG. 12, the armrest lower 57 and the pull pocket 53 on the door trim 52 side are each attached to the door panel 51 independently. For this reason, if the dimension of each component is not made with sufficient accuracy, when it is assembled, a shift occurs between the components in the vertical and horizontal directions for the vehicle, which deteriorates the appearance. For this reason, there is a problem that it is necessary to increase the accuracy of the parts and the cost is increased.

  Further, since the pull pocket 53 is independently attached to the door panel 51, when the occupant inserts a finger into the pull pocket 53 and pulls the door, the vertical wall on the vehicle compartment side opposite to the side fixed to the door panel 51 is provided. However, there is a problem that the armrest lower 57, the arm restore upper 59, and the like deteriorate in appearance due to the bending force.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an automotive interior part having a structure in which the mounting operation between the trim body and the counterpart part is simple and can be provided at low cost. It is intended to provide.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above object. (1) The present invention includes a trim main body mounted on the interior side of a side wall panel of a vehicle, and a mating component attached to the trim main body. An automotive interior component comprising a regulation plate portion formed horizontally on the trim body side, and projecting horizontally from the regulation plate portion toward the counterpart component side and projecting substantially vertically to one surface side A locking portion provided with a locking claw, an opening for receiving the insertion of the locking portion from a horizontal direction, and when a predetermined amount of the locking portion is inserted into the opening, the locking claw is engaged. Forming a retaining portion for retaining the mating part, and a locking opening provided on the mating part side corresponding to the locking part, and inserting the locking part into the opening As a result, at least the other side of the restriction plate portion opposite to the one surface is attached. Has been the mating part with the restricting plate portion is characterized in that it comprises a rib portion for regulating a to individually rotate in the vertical direction.

  (2) The present invention is characterized in that the locking claw has an inclined surface that is inclined inward in the insertion direction of the locking portion and guides the insertion of the locking portion into the opening.

  (3) In the present invention, the rib portion is attached to one surface of the restriction plate portion, the restriction plate portion is inserted, and the end portion is brought into contact with the restriction plate portion so that the restriction plate portion It has the slit which forms the control wall which controls insertion amount, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  (4) The present invention is characterized in that the slit is provided with a guide surface for guiding insertion of the regulating plate portion on the inner surface.

  According to the present invention, the locking portion protruding from the trim body side is matched with the opening of the locking opening provided on the counterpart component side, and the counterpart component is moved horizontally to the trim body side and pressed. Then, the locking claw of the locking part and the retaining part of the mating part are engaged with each other so that the mating part can be easily fixed to the trim main body, thereby improving workability.

  In addition, the trim body side and the mating parts are set to fit, and the trim body side and the mating parts can be attached to the door panel etc. in a pre-integrated state. , Positioning in the left-right direction) accuracy can be improved and appearance can be improved.

  In addition, because it can be assembled as a predetermined automotive interior part by fixing it to the trim body side, without using separate parts such as metal fixing screws that were used in automotive interior parts of the conventional structure, The number of parts and assembly man-hours can be reduced, and workability can be improved and costs can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since no separate parts such as a metal fixing screw are used, it is not necessary to remove the metal fixing screw during recycling, thereby improving recyclability.

  Further, when the locking portion is inserted into the opening to a predetermined position, a rib portion is attached to the other surface side opposite to the one surface of the regulating plate portion provided with the locking claws, and the regulating plate portion and the counterpart component Are restricted from rotating individually in the vertical direction, and after insertion, the restricting plate portion and the counterpart part are individually rotated in the vertical direction, and the engagement between the locking claw and the retaining portion is released. Therefore, it is possible to reliably maintain the coupling and improve reliability. Furthermore, since the regulating plate part and the counterpart part are individually restricted from rotating in the vertical direction, when the trim body side part is, for example, a pull pocket, the occupant inserts a finger into the pull pocket. When the door is pulled, only the vertical wall on the passenger compartment side of the pull pocket is bent and deformed, and the appearance can be prevented from being deteriorated.

It is a perspective view which shows the door trim for motor vehicles to which the joining structure of the interior component for motor vehicles concerning this invention is applied. It is a perspective view which removes a pull pocket from the door trim main body in the door trim for motor vehicles shown in FIG. It is the A section enlarged view of FIG. FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a structure of an A part in FIG. 2, in which FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 3, and FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a pull pocket. It is the D section enlarged view of FIG. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is sectional drawing before inserting the latching nail | claw of FIG. 7 into Fig.4 (a). It is a perspective view of the state which inserted and engaged the latching claw of Drawing 7 in Drawing 4 (a). FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG. 9. It is the GG sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure explaining the conventional door for motor vehicles, (a) is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the door for motor vehicles, (b) is a perspective view of the door trim for motor vehicles.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiments”) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, expressions indicating directions such as up and down and left and right are not absolute, and are appropriate when each part of the automobile door trim according to the present invention is depicted. Should change and be interpreted according to the change of posture.

  FIGS. 1 to 11 show an embodiment of an automotive door trim to which a connecting structure for automotive interior parts according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the automotive door trim, and FIG. It is a perspective view of the door trim for motor vehicles shown by removing a pull pocket from a door trim main part.

  1 and 2, an automobile door trim 11 to which the present invention is applied is based on a door trim main body 12 attached to a side wall panel of a vehicle door, and an armrest 13 serving as an armrest for an occupant and an occupant are provided on the door trim main body 12. A pull pocket 14 is provided to hang a finger and pull the door closer when closing the door.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the armrest 13 is formed so as to protrude from the door trim main body 12 toward the vehicle interior, and extends from the door trim main body 12 toward the vehicle interior, and the front end of the upper surface 15a in the vehicle interior. And an armrest trim body 15 having a support surface portion 15b that is bent downward from the door and continues to the door trim body 12. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a flat armrest cover 16 constituting an armrest surface and a switch panel 17 in which various switches are arranged are attached to the upper surface portion 15a of the armrest trim main body 15. In this embodiment, although not shown, the pull pocket 14 is fixed to the door trim body 12 using screws or the like. On the other hand, the armrest trim main body 15 is formed integrally with the door trim main body 12, and a part thereof is fixed to a door trim panel (not shown) through coupling with the pull pocket 14. In FIG. 2, the switch panel 17 and the like shown in FIG. 1 are omitted.

  Here, the most characteristic structure of the present invention is a coupling structure of the pull pocket 14 and the armrest trim main body 15. Hereinafter, the coupling structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. This connection structure is not limited to the connection between the pull pocket 14 and the armrest trim body 15, but when the armrest trim body 15 and the door trim body 12 are directly combined, or the trim body that decorates the vehicle interior wall surface The present invention can also be applied to a structure in which mating parts are joined and attached. Therefore, in the following description, the pull pocket 14 will be described as the trim body side part 14 and the armrest trim body 15 as the counterpart part 15.

  The trim main body side component 14 attached to the door trim main body 12 is molded by an injection molding method, a mold press molding method, or the like using a thermoplastic resin material as a raw material. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the trim main body part 14 includes a main body portion 18 formed in a desired pull pocket shape, and a part of the main body portion 18 (inside the vehicle compartment), that is, a counterpart component 15. And a restricting plate portion 19 formed in a part corresponding to the horizontal plane, and, as shown in FIG. 6, a width W2 smaller than the plate width W1 of the restricting plate portion 19 and further from the tip portion of the restricting plate portion 19 A locking portion 21 is provided that protrudes toward the mating component 15 and forms a locking claw 20 protruding substantially vertically upward on one surface (in this example, the upper surface). Further, an opening 30 for allowing insertion of a part (a locking opening 24 described later) of the counterpart part 15 is provided below the locking part 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, the locking claw 20 is provided with an inclined surface 20 a formed so as to be gradually inclined inward toward the distal end side on the distal end side. On the (regulating plate portion 19) side, a locking surface 20b formed at a substantially right angle to the upper surface of the regulating plate portion 19 is provided. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 8, the height from the lower surface of the latching | locking part 21 to the vertex of the latching claw 20 is formed by H1.

  Similar to the door trim body 12, the mating part 15 is molded by an injection molding method, a mold press molding method, or the like using a thermoplastic resin material as a raw material. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 8 to 11, the counterpart part 15 includes an opening 22 that receives the locking part 21 of the trim body side part 14 in the upper surface part 15 a, and an engagement in the opening 22. When the stop portion 21 is inserted by a predetermined amount, a surface-shaped retaining portion 23 that is engaged with the retaining surface 20b of the retaining claw 20 of the retaining portion 21 and retains the counterpart component 15 is provided. As the locking opening 24 and the locking portion 21 are inserted into the opening 22, one surface of the regulating plate portion 19 (in this example, on the side opposite to the surface on which the locking claw 20 is formed). A rib portion 25 is provided to be attached to the lower surface) side and restricts the restriction plate portion 19 and the counterpart component 15 from individually rotating in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rib portion 25 is formed by a pair of slits 26, 26 provided symmetrically on the left and right vertical side walls 24 a, 24 a forming the locking opening 24. It has a pair of left and right ribs 27, 27.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 8 and 10, each slit 26 has an opening on the side facing the locking portion 21, and in order to facilitate the insertion of the restricting plate portion 19 on the opening side, A guide surface 28 is provided on the inner surface so as to expand toward the side where the engaging portion 21 is inserted.

  Each slit 26 has an inclined surface 20 a of the locking claw 20 of the locking portion 21 a when the locking portion 21 is inserted into the opening 22 of the locking opening 24. As shown in FIG. 8, the height H2 from the lower surface position of the slit 26 to the inner surface of the ceiling wall 24b is locked so that the locking portion 21 side is inserted while being elastically deformed inward. It is set smaller than the height H1 of the nail 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, a regulation wall 29 that abuts the front surface of the regulation plate portion 19 and regulates the insertion amount of the regulation plate portion 19 is provided at the rear end portion of the slit 26. It has been. The restricting wall 29 has the locking claw 20 of the locking portion 21 inserted into the opening 22 of the locking opening 24, and the locking claw 20 slightly extends the retaining portion 23 of the locking opening 24. Is set so as to abut against the front surface of the restricting plate portion 19 to prevent further insertion of the restricting plate portion 19. Further, at this insertion position, a rib 27 is attached to the lower surface of the restricting plate portion 19 so that the restricting plate portion 19 and the counterpart component 15 side are individually restricted from rotating in the vertical direction. .

  Next, the operation of connecting the trim body side part 14 and the counterpart part 15 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 8, the opening 22 of the mating part 15 and the locking part 21 of the trim body side part 14 are made to correspond to each other, and the mating part 15 is pressed against the trim body side part 14 from the horizontal direction. Then, by the guide of the guide surface 28 of the slit 26, the locking part 21 is inserted into the opening 22 while moving to the top wall 24 b side of the locking opening 24.

  With the insertion of the locking part 21, the inclined surface 20a of the locking claw 20 is brought into contact with the front opening edge of the opening 22, and the entire locking part 21 is pushed inward (downward). Thereby, a part of the locking part 21 and the restricting plate part 19 is bent downward and deformed, and the locking claw 20 is released from the front opening edge, further allowing the locking part 21 to be inserted.

  Further, when the locking portion 21 is inserted to a position where the locking claw 20 exceeds the retaining portion 23 of the locking opening 24, a part of the locking portion 21 and the regulating plate portion 19 that have been bent and deformed. However, the locking surface 20b of the locking claw 20 is elastically restored to a position where it engages with the retaining portion 23, and the locking surface 20b and the retaining portion 23 of the locking claw 20 are removed as shown in FIG. It becomes a stop engagement state. Further, immediately after the locking engagement, as shown in FIG. 11, the front surface of the restricting plate portion 19 comes into contact with the restricting wall 29 and further insertion is prevented. Thereby, the movement in the front-rear direction with respect to the trim main body side component 14 of the counterpart component 15 is restrained.

  Further, just before the locking claw 20 is engaged with the retaining portion 23, a rib is formed on the lower surface of the restricting plate portion 19, that is, on the surface opposite to the locking claw 20, as shown in FIGS. 27 is attached. Then, the upper and lower surfaces of the restriction plate portion 19 are sandwiched between the ceiling wall 24b of the locking opening 24 and the rib 27, and the restriction plate portion 19 and the counterpart component 15 are individually rotated in the vertical direction (up and down direction). It is restricted from moving. Due to this restriction, the restricting plate portion 19 and the counterpart component 15 individually rotate in the vertical direction (vertical direction), the locking claw 20 comes off from the retaining portion 23, and the counterpart component 15 falls off the trim body side component 14. To prevent. Thereby, the coupling between the trim main body side component 14 and the mating component 15, that is, the attachment of the mating component 15 to the trim main body side component 14 is completed. 9 to 11 show a state where the coupling is completed.

  Further, the mating part 15 integrated with the trim main body side part 14 in this way is attached to a required position with a clip, a screw or the like in this integrated state.

  As described above, the automobile interior part coupling structure according to the present invention has the locking part 21 projecting from the trim body side part 14 and the opening of the locking opening part 24 provided on the counterpart part 15 side. 22, when the counterpart part 15 is horizontally moved and pressed against the trim body side part 14, the locking claw 20 of the locking part 21 and the retaining part 23 of the mating part 15 are engaged with each other. Since the fitting between the trim body side part 14 and the mating part 15 is set, the accuracy of alignment between both parts (vehicle positioning in the vertical and horizontal directions) is improved, and the trim body Since the side component 14 and the counterpart component 15 can be easily aligned and fixed, workability is improved.

  In addition, because it can be assembled as a predetermined automotive interior part by fixing it to the trim body side, without using separate parts such as metal fixing screws that were used in automotive interior parts of the conventional structure, The number of parts and assembly man-hours can be reduced, and workability can be improved and costs can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since no separate parts such as a metal fixing screw are used, it is not necessary to remove the metal fixing screw during recycling, thereby improving recyclability.

  Further, when the locking portion 21 is inserted into the opening 22 to a predetermined position, the other surface side opposite to the one surface of the regulating plate portion 19 on which the locking claw 20 is provided (the side on which the locking claw 20 is provided). Ribs 27 are attached to the opposite side of the plate to restrict the restricting plate portion 19 and the counterpart component 15 from rotating individually in the vertical direction (up and down direction). It is possible to prevent the mating component 15 from falling off the trim body side component 14 by individually rotating in the vertical direction and releasing the engagement between the locking claw 20 and the retaining portion 23, so that the coupling is ensured. It is retained and reliability can be expected to improve. Furthermore, when the trim main body-side component 14 is, for example, a pull pocket as in the above-described embodiment, when the passenger inserts a finger into the pull pocket and pulls the door, the vertical wall on the passenger compartment side of the pull pocket Only can bend and deform, and the appearance can be prevented from deteriorating.

  Further, since the locking claw 20 is provided with an inclined surface 20a that is inclined inwardly in the insertion direction of the locking portion 21 and guides the insertion of the locking portion 21 into the opening 22, the locking portion at the time of insertion is provided. 21 is smoothly released from the periphery of the opening 22, and the locking portion 21 can be easily inserted into the opening 22. Thereby, workability | operativity improves further.

  Further, when the restricting plate portion 19 is inserted to a predetermined position, a restricting wall 29 is provided that contacts the restricting plate portion 19 to restrict the insertion amount of the restricting plate portion 19, and the restricting wall 29 and the retaining portion 23 are provided. Therefore, the movement of the mating part 15 with respect to the trim main body part 14 in the front-rear direction is restricted. Therefore, it is easy to insert the mating part 15 into a predetermined position, and the engagement is securely held, so that improvement in reliability can be expected.

  In addition, since the slit 26 is provided with a guide surface 28 for guiding the insertion of the restricting plate portion 19 on the inner surface, the mating component 15 can be easily attached to the trim body-side component 14 even in the dark work. . Thereby, workability | operativity improves further.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the coupling structure characterized by the present invention is applied to only one portion of the trim body side component 14 and the counterpart component 15 has been described. Are also applied as needed.

  Moreover, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, and the like within a scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention. For example, the rib 27 has a structure in which only the rib attached to the lower surface of the restricting plate portion 19 is disclosed. However, the rib attached to the upper surface of the restricting plate portion 19 may be provided at the same time.

11 Automotive door trims (automotive interior parts)
12 Door trim body 13 Armrest 14 Pull pocket (trim body side parts)
15 Armrest trim body (parts)
15a upper surface portion 16 armrest cover 17 switch panel 18 main body portion 19 restricting plate portion 20 locking claw 20a inclined surface 20b locking surface 21 locking portion 22 opening 23 retaining portion 24 locking opening portion 24a side wall 24b top wall 25 rib Part 26 Slit 27 Rib 28 Guide surface 29 Restriction wall 30 Opening

Claims (4)

A trim main body mounted on the interior surface side of a side wall panel of a vehicle, and an automotive interior component comprising a counterpart component attached to the trim main body,
A regulating plate portion formed horizontally on the trim body side;
A locking portion that protrudes horizontally from the restriction plate portion toward the counterpart component side, and is provided with a locking claw that protrudes substantially vertically on one surface side;
An opening that accepts the insertion of the locking portion from the horizontal direction and a retaining portion that engages with the locking claw and prevents the mating part from slipping when a predetermined amount of the locking portion is inserted into the opening are formed. Then, a locking opening provided in correspondence with the locking portion on the counterpart part side,
Along with the insertion of the locking portion into the opening, the restricting plate portion and the counterpart component are individually rotated in the vertical direction by being attached to the other surface side opposite to the one surface of the restricting plate portion. A rib portion that regulates,
An automotive interior part characterized by comprising: The locking claw is inclined inwardly in the insertion direction of the locking portion, and has an inclined surface that guides insertion of the locking portion into the opening.
The interior part for automobiles according to claim 1. The rib portion is provided on one surface of the restricting plate portion, and the restricting plate portion is inserted, and the restricting plate portion is brought into contact with the restricting plate portion at a terminal portion to restrict the insertion amount of the restricting plate portion. Having a slit that forms a regulating wall;
The interior part for automobiles according to claim 1 or 2. The slit is provided with a guide surface for guiding insertion of the restriction plate portion on the inner surface.
The interior part for automobiles according to claim 3 characterized by things.

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