JP4432998B2 - Garnish mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a garnish mounting structure, and more particularly to a structure for mounting a garnish as a fitting on an edge of a panel member such as a hood or door for a vehicle.

  A garnish as a fitting may be attached to an edge of a panel member such as a vehicle hood or door. In such a garnish mounting structure, a boss portion formed on the back surface of the garnish is inserted into a mounting hole formed in the panel member from the front side of the panel member, and a spacer member formed so as to cover the boss portion is provided on the panel member. The panel member is sandwiched between the garnish and the spacer member by being attached to the boss portion from the inner surface side. And a garnish is attached to the panel member by fastening a spacer member and a boss | hub part with fastening members, such as a screw.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a structure for attaching a garnish to a panel member via a bracket.

JP 2002-308023

Garnish may or may not be installed depending on the grade or option even if it is the same model for the vehicle, but changing the panel shape with or without garnish makes it difficult to share parts . Also, in the conventional structure where a spacer member is attached to the boss formed on the garnish and both are fastened by a fastening member, the spacer member is held by the operator's hand depending on the direction in which both are attached. However, it is necessary to fasten the fastening member while improving the mounting work. In Patent Document 1, the garnish is attached to the panel member via a bracket in order to improve the design freedom of the garnish. However, the number of parts is increased by the amount of the bracket, and the part unit price is also increased.
An object of the present invention is to provide a garnish attachment structure with good attachment workability without increasing the number of parts, while simultaneously improving the degree of freedom in design and sharing the panel shape.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a garnish mounting structure mounted on a vehicle panel member, wherein a boss portion to be inserted into a mounting hole formed in the panel member is formed on the back surface of the garnish. A locking claw that can be elastically deformed is provided on the spacer member that can be attached to the boss part, an engaging part that hooks the locking claw is formed on the boss part, and the spacer member is attached in such a direction that the engaging claw is caught by the engaging part. It mounts on the boss | hub part which protrudes in the back surface side of the panel member from the hole.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the mounting structure of the garnish according to claim 1, a hole in the spacer member, and form respectively the threaded hole of polymerizing with threaded holes in the boss, while wearing the spacer member to the boss, A fastening member is inserted from the hole and fastened to the screw hole.

  According to the present invention, the boss portion formed on the back surface of the garnish is inserted into the mounting hole formed in the panel member, and the elastically deformable locking claw formed on the spacer member that can be attached to the boss portion is provided on the boss portion. When the spacer member is attached to the boss projecting from the mounting hole to the back side of the panel member in the direction to be hooked to the formed engaging portion, the locking claw is elastically hooked to the engaging portion, so the spacer member and the garnish Dropping from the panel member is prevented. For this reason, it is not necessary for the operator to hold the mounting state with his / her hand, so the mounting workability can be improved without increasing the number of parts, while at the same time improving the degree of freedom in design and sharing the panel shape. it can.

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

  In FIG. 1, the code | symbol 1 shows the hood panel for vehicles used as a panel member, and the code | symbol 2 shows the garnish 2 as a fitting. A plurality of mounting holes 3 are formed in the edge portion 1A of the metal hood panel 1 so as to penetrate the panel in the vertical direction at intervals in the vehicle width direction. The garnish 2 is mounted on the upper surface 1B of the hood panel 1 from above the mounting hole 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the edge 1 </ b> A of the hood panel 1 is joined so as to entrain the inner panel 11, and the joined part is sealed with a seal member 13 such as a sealer.

  The resin garnish 2 is elongated in the vehicle width direction, and a boss portion 4 protruding from the back surface 2A in a direction penetrating the garnish is formed on the bottom surface 2A. The boss portion 4 has a prismatic shape, and as shown in FIG. 3, a screw hole 5 is formed on the front end surface 4A, and a recess portion 6 constituting an engaging portion is formed on the side surface 4B. The screw hole 5 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the boss portion 4, and the recess portion 6 is formed in the direction from the side surface 4B to the side surface 4C opposite to the side surface 4B. In this embodiment, a plurality of the bosses 4 having such a configuration are formed on the back surface 2A of the garnish 2, and are arranged so that they can be inserted into the mounting holes 3 when the garnish 2 is set on the upper surface 1B of the hood panel 1. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each boss portion 4 is provided with a spacer member 7 detachably attached to the boss portion 4 so as to cover the whole. The resin spacer member 7 has a hat shape in cross section, and the end portions of the side surfaces 7A and 7B facing each other are bent outward to form flange portions 8A and 8B. The depth of the spacer member 7 is set so that the flange portions 8A and 8B come into contact with the back surface 1C when mounted on the boss portion 4 from the back surface 1C side of the hood panel 1 as shown in FIG. . In this embodiment, the spacer member 7 is formed somewhat higher than the boss portion 4.

  A locking claw 9 is disposed at a portion of the spacer member 7 located between the side surfaces 7A and 7B. The latching claw 9 extends from the upper part 7C of the spacer member 7 toward the lower part, and is integrally formed with the spacer member 7 so as to be elastically deformable inward and outward of the spacer member 7. The tip 9 </ b> A is formed so as to be caught by the recess 6 when mounted on the portion 4. The upper portion 7 </ b> C is formed with a hole 10 that overlaps with the screw hole 5 when attached to the boss portion 4.

  Next, attachment of the garnish 2 to the hood panel 1 will be described. The boss 4 of the garnish 2 is inserted into the mounting hole 3 of the hood panel 1, and the back surface 2 </ b> A of the garnish 2 is joined to the front surface 1 </ b> A of the hood panel 4. At this time, the boss part 4 protrudes to the back surface 1C side of the hood panel 1 except for the panel thickness.

  Next, the spacer member 7 is put on the boss portion 4 protruding from the back surface 1C of the hood panel 1 so that the tip 9A of the locking claw 9 is hooked on the recess portion 6, and the flange portions 8A and 8B are the back surface of the hood panel 1. Push in the direction to contact 1C. Then, the tip 9A of the locking claw 9 is pushed to the outside of the spacer member 7 by the side surface 4B, and the entire claw is elastically deformed. In this state, when the tip 9B of the locking claw 9 faces the recess 9, the entire claw returns to the inner side of the spacer member 7, and the tip 9 A of the locking claw 9 is caught by the recess 6. As a result of this catch, the spacer member 7 is temporarily fixed to the boss portion 4, so that even if the operator does not support the spacer member 7 after mounting, the spacer member 7 will not fall.

  When the operator inserts a fastening member 12 such as a screw into the hole 10 of the spacer member 7 from this temporarily fixed state and screwes it into the screw hole 5, the spacer member 7 and the boss portion 4 are attracted. When the fastening state by the fastening member 12 proceeds, the hood panel 1 is sandwiched between the back surface 2A of the garnish 2 and the flange portions 8A and 8B, so that the garnish 2 is attached and fixed to the end edge portion 1A of the hood panel 1.

  Thus, when the hollow part 6 is formed in the boss | hub part 4 formed in the garnish 2, and the latching claw 9 is formed in the spacer member 7, when the spacer member 7 is mounted | worn with respect to the boss | hub part 4, the front-end | tip 9A of the latching claw 9 Therefore, the spacer member 7 and the garnish 2 can be prevented from dropping from the hood panel 1 during the mounting operation. Therefore, it is not necessary for the operator to hold the spacer member 7 by holding it by hand, and the mounting workability can be improved without increasing the number of parts while simultaneously improving the degree of freedom of design and sharing the panel shape. be able to.

  In the present embodiment, the hood panel 1 has been described as an example of the panel member. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applicable to any panel member to which a garnish 2 such as a side door or back door of a vehicle is attached. The mounting structure can be used, and the effect can be obtained.

It is a perspective view which shows the general appearance of the garnish attached to the panel member by the attachment structure which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the principal part of the attachment structure of garnish. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the boss | hub part formed in the garnish and the spacer member with which this is mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows the mounting state of a boss | hub part and a spacer member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Panel member 1C Back surface of panel member 2 Garnish 2A Back surface of garnish 3 Mounting hole 4 Boss part 5 Screw hole 6 Engagement part 7 Spacer member 9 Locking claw 10 Hole 12 Fastening member

Claims (2)

In a garnish mounting structure that is mounted on a vehicle panel member,
A boss portion to be inserted into the mounting hole formed in the panel member is formed on the back surface of the garnish, and an engaging claw that can be elastically deformed is provided on a spacer member that can be attached to the boss portion, and the engaging claw is hooked Forming a portion on the boss portion, and mounting the spacer member on the boss portion protruding from the mounting hole to the back side of the panel member in a direction in which the locking claw is hooked on the engagement portion. Garnish mounting structure. In the garnish mounting structure according to claim 1,
Fastening a hole in the spacer member, a screw hole of polymerizing with pre Kiana to the boss portion respectively formed in a state of mounting the spacer member to the boss, the screw hole to insert a fastening member from said hole A garnish mounting structure characterized by that.

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