JP5078835B2 - Vehicle pillar garnish - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pillar garnish for a vehicle that decorates a passenger compartment by covering the passenger compartment side of the pillar of the vehicle.

The front pillar of an automobile is covered with pillar garnish on the side of the passenger compartment.
Some of these pillar garnishes are formed so that a portion visible from the passenger's eye point is narrow in order to secure a wide field of view (field of view) of the passenger (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .
Japanese Patent No. 3279114

The pillar garnish of Patent Document 1 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a central curved portion is attached to a side surface of the front pillar on the passenger compartment side via a mounting bracket.
By forming the mounting bracket in a substantially rhombus shape, the pillar garnish is formed so that the portion visible from the eye point becomes narrow.

However, in the pillar garnish of Patent Document 1, the end of the pillar garnish is provided inside the flange of the pillar. Therefore, the pillar flange protrudes from the end of the pillar garnish to the outside of the pillar garnish.
For this reason, the sight of the occupant was hindered by the pillar flange, and there was room for improvement from this viewpoint.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pillar garnish for a vehicle that can secure a sufficiently wide field of view.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a pillar garnish that covers a passenger compartment side of a pillar of a vehicle, a rear wall portion that is disposed on the rear side of the pillar and faces the occupant side, and the pillar from the rear wall portion. A side wall portion that extends toward the front wall and covers the side of the pillar that is disposed on the passenger compartment side of the pillar, and includes a front edge of the side wall portion and a vehicle outer end of the rear wall portion. By sandwiching the closed cross section of the pillar, the pillar is housed in a region between the front edge of the side wall and the outer end of the rear wall.

  Claim 2 is an extension line in a direction in which the fixed portion is provided on the rear wall portion in a state of protruding toward the pillar, and is attached to an occupant-side portion of the pillar. Coincides with the end of the window glass supported by the pillar.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accommodation space capable of accommodating vehicle parts on both sides in the vehicle width direction of the fixed portion by projecting the fixed portion toward the pillar.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the thickness dimension of the front end portion of the side wall portion is increased with respect to other portions.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a coating portion is provided at an end portion of the window glass, and a front edge of the side wall portion is arranged at a distance between the end portion of the coating portion and the exposed end of the pillar in the vehicle body width direction. It is characterized by that.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the pillar garnish is provided with the rear wall portion and the side wall portion. The rear wall portion is disposed on the rear side of the pillar and is opposed to the occupant side. The side wall portion extends from the rear wall portion toward the front wall of the pillar, and the side wall portion covers the passenger compartment side of the pillar.

And the pillar was stored in the area | region between the front edge of a side wall part, and the vehicle outer end of a rear wall part by pinching | closing the closed cross-section part of a pillar by the front edge of a side wall part, and the rear wall part.
Thereby, the pillar can be hidden from the line of sight (line of sight) of the occupant with the pillar garnish, so that the occupant can have a wide field of view.

Further , a fixing portion was provided on the rear wall portion, and the fixing portion was projected toward the pillar and attached to the attachment portion of the pillar.
And the extension line | wire of the protrusion direction of the fixing | fixed part was made to correspond with the edge part of the window glass supported by the pillar.
Thereby, since it is not necessary to shift (extend) a fixing | fixed part from the edge part of a window glass to the compartment side, a passenger | crew's visual field can be ensured to the edge part of a window glass.

Furthermore , each of the receiving portions is provided with an accommodation space capable of accommodating a vehicle part on both sides in the vehicle width direction by projecting the fixing portion toward the pillar.
Therefore, the accommodation space can be provided behind the pillar. Thereby, the width of the pillar can be kept small, and the occupant's field of view can be secured widely.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 2 , the thickness dimension of the front-end part was enlarged with respect to the other site | part among the side wall parts. By increasing the thickness of the front end, it is possible to ensure a large area of the front edge of the front end.

By securing a large area of the front edge, the front edge of the side wall part and other parts can be subjected to a dent process (uneven process), and the front edge can be subjected to a concavo-convex process.
Thereby, it becomes possible to project the front-end part and front edge of a side wall part on a window glass similarly, and it can make the boundary line of the front-end part and front edge of a side wall part inconspicuous.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 3 , the coating part was provided in the edge part of the window glass, and the front edge of the side wall part was arrange | positioned in the space | interval between the edge part of a coating part and the exposed end of a pillar in the vehicle body width direction.
Therefore, the pillar can be covered with the front edge of the side wall part, and the end of the paint part is brought close to the edge of the window glass without exposing the pillar from between the front edge of the side wall part and the paint part. Can do.
Thus, by approaching the edge part of a coating part to the edge part of a window glass, a passenger | crew's visual field can be extended to the edge part vicinity of a window glass.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that “front”, “rear”, “left”, and “right” indicate the direction viewed from the driver, the front side is Fr, the rear side is Rr, the left side is L, and the right side is R.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle including a vehicle pillar garnish according to the present invention. The left and right front pillars 11 and the left and right pillar garnishes 20 are symmetrical members, and only the left front pillar 11 and the left pillar garnish 20 are illustrated in FIG.

  In the vehicle 10, left and right front pillars (pillars) 11 extend upward from the left and right sides of the vehicle body toward the rear of the vehicle body, and windshields (windows) are formed on the front walls 12 (see FIG. 2) of the left and right front pillars 11. The glass left and right glass pillars (end parts) 15 are placed via a dam seal 17 and an adhesive 18 (see FIG. 2), and the left and right front pillars 11 that support the front window glass 14 are the left and right vehicle pillars. It is covered with garnish (hereinafter referred to as pillar garnish) 20.

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the vehicle pillar garnish according to the present invention is disassembled from the front pillar.
The left front pillar 11 includes a pillar main body 22 formed in a substantially rectangular closed cross section, and a pillar support portion 23 that supports the pillar main body 22 on the vehicle body.

The pillar main body 22 is a long member in which a steel pipe (tube) is formed in a substantially rectangular closed cross section with a hydroform.
The pillar body 22 includes a front wall 12 facing the front of the vehicle body, an outer wall 26 bent from the outer side of the front wall 12 to the rear of the vehicle body, and an inner wall 27 bent from the inner side of the front wall 12 to the rear of the vehicle body. And a rear wall 28 provided on the rear side of the inner wall 27 and the outer wall 26.
The front wall 12 and the outer wall 26 are disposed outside the vehicle body, and the rear wall 28 and the inner wall 27 are disposed on the vehicle compartment 36 side.

The front wall 12 is provided substantially parallel to the front window glass 14 and is disposed at a predetermined interval behind the vehicle body with respect to the front window glass 14.
Further, the interval in the vehicle body width direction between the painted portion 71 (specifically, painted end 71a) of the front window glass 14 and the exposed end 12a of the front wall 12 is set to S1.
The exposed end 12a is a left end portion (an end portion on the outer side in the vehicle body width direction) of a portion 12b exposed to the front window glass 14 side of the front wall 12 of the pillar body 22.

The rear wall 28 is provided substantially parallel to the front wall 12, and is disposed with an interval (side width dimension) S <b> 2 behind the vehicle body with respect to the front wall 12.
The rear wall 28 is formed with a smaller width than the front wall 12, and a rear wall mounting hole 31 is formed at the center in the width direction.

The inner wall 27 projects from the inner side of the front wall 12 to the inner side of the rear wall 28 in the direction substantially orthogonal to the front window glass 14 toward the rear of the vehicle body.
The outer side wall 26 projects from the outer side of the front wall 12 to the outer side of the rear wall 28 so as to be gradually inclined toward the vehicle compartment 36 with respect to the inner side wall 27 toward the rear of the vehicle body.

The pillar body 22 is set to a front width dimension W1 and a rear width dimension W2.
Here, the relationship between the front width dimension W1, the rear width dimension W2, and the side width dimension S2 satisfies S2>W1> W2.
That is, since the pillar main body 22 is manufactured from a steel pipe (tube) by hydroforming, the front width dimension W1 and the rear width dimension W2 of the pillar main body 22 can be suppressed to be smaller than the side width dimension S2.

The pillar support portion 23 includes a flange 41 projecting outward from the vicinity of the rear side of the outer wall 26, an inner support plate 42 branched from the flange 41 toward the vehicle compartment 36, and the flange 41 toward the vehicle exterior. And a branched outer support plate 43.
A seal 44 is attached to the flange 41.

The inner support plate 42 is provided along the rear wall 28 and welded to the rear wall 28, and an inner end portion 45 is provided along the inner wall 27.
The inner end portion 45 is bent toward the front of the vehicle body, and a locking portion 45a of the bent inner end portion 45 is disposed at a predetermined interval S3 with respect to the inner wall 27.

The inner support plate 42 has a plate mounting hole 47 formed coaxially with the rear wall mounting hole 31.
The outer support plate 43 is provided along the outer wall 26 and is welded to the outer wall 26.
The rear wall mounting hole 31 and the plate mounting hole 47 are holes for mounting the left vehicle pillar garnish 20.

The left pillar garnish 20 is a decorative member (interior member) that covers the inner side wall 27 and the rear wall 28 (part on the vehicle compartment 36 side) of the left front pillar 11.
The left pillar garnish 20 is disposed on the rear wall (rear body of the left front pillar 11) 28 side and faces the occupant 33 side, a fixing portion 52 provided on the rear wall portion 51, and a rear wall The side wall part 53 extended toward the vehicle front from the part 51 and the shake control part 54 provided in the side wall part 53 are provided.

The left pillar garnish 20 is formed in a substantially J shape at the rear wall portion 51 and the side wall portion 53.
The rear wall 51 is formed with a width dimension W3, and the side wall 53 is formed with a side wall dimension S4.
The relationship between the width dimension W3 of the rear wall part 51 and the side wall dimension S4 of the side wall part 53 satisfies S4> W3.

Here, as described above, in the pillar main body 22, the relationship between the front width dimension W1, the rear width dimension W2, and the side width dimension S2 is set to S2>W1> W2.
Therefore, the width dimension W3 of the rear wall portion 51 in the left pillar garnish 20 disposed along the pillar main body 22 can be kept small.

The rear wall 51 is disposed on the occupant 33 side, and is provided with an outer half wall 51b and an outer half wall 51b that are inclined from the outer end (outer end) 51a toward the rear of the vehicle body toward the vehicle compartment 36. The inner half wall 51c projecting from the inner side toward the vehicle compartment 36 side, and is formed in a substantially square shape by the outer half wall 51b and the inner half wall 51c.
A fixing portion 52 is integrally provided in a portion 51 d of the rear wall portion 51 that faces the rear wall 28 of the left front pillar 11.

The fixing portion 52 protrudes from the portion 51 d facing the rear wall 28 toward the rear wall 28, and an attachment portion 57 is provided so as to face the rear wall 28.
An extension line 58 extending in the direction in which the fixing portion 52 protrudes coincides with the left glass end 15 of the front window glass 14.

  The part 51d facing the rear wall 28 behind the fixed part 52 has a rear end 51e, a rear end 44a of the seal 44 provided on the flange 41 of the pillar support part 23, a rear end 38a of the door sash 38, and an occupant 33. The rear extension line 63 connecting the eye points 34 is disposed on the vehicle body front side.

  Accordingly, it is not necessary to shift (extend) the fixing portion 52 from the left glass end portion 15 toward the vehicle compartment 36 side, and the fixing portion 52 can be protruded from the front window glass 14 to the rear of the vehicle body. The 33 fields of view (field of view) can be secured without decreasing.

The attachment portion 57 has an attachment hole 59 formed on the extension line 58.
The mounting hole 59 is disposed coaxially with the plate mounting hole 47 and the rear wall mounting hole 31.
The clip 61 is provided on the extension line 58 by providing the head 62 of the clip 61 in the mounting hole 59.

The clip 61 protrudes from the attachment portion 57 toward the plate attachment hole 47 and the rear wall attachment hole 31.
The clip 61 is locked to the plate attachment hole 47 and the rear wall attachment hole 31, whereby the fixing portion 52 is attached to the rear wall 28 (part on the occupant 33 side of the left front pillar 11).
The clip 61 is generally used as a fastening member for assembling a garnish or the like to the vehicle body, for example.

  That is, the fixing portion 52 projects in a direction along the line of sight (eye line) 35 of the occupant 33. Thereby, the left pillar garnish 20 can be formed to be narrow in a portion that is visible from the eye point 34 without the need to project the fixing portion 52 in a direction intersecting the line of sight 35.

In addition, since the fixed portion 52 protrudes toward the rear wall 28, inner and outer accommodating spaces (accommodating spaces) 64, 65 are provided on the vehicle body outer side and the vehicle compartment 36 side (both sides) of the fixed portion 52 in the vehicle width direction. Each is provided.
Therefore, the outer housing space 65 and the inner housing space 64 can be provided behind the left front pillar 11.

A tension belt (vehicle component) 67 for a side curtain airbag is accommodated in the outer accommodating space 65, and a wire harness (vehicle component) 68 such as an air conditioner or a room lamp is accommodated in the inner accommodating space 64.
The tension belt 67 supports the side curtain airbag in a state where the side curtain airbag is connected to the left front pillar 11 side when the airbag body of the side curtain airbag is deployed.

The left pillar garnish 20 is disposed on the vehicle compartment 36 side of the left front pillar 11 with a side wall 53 extending forward of the vehicle from a rear wall 51 provided with a fixing portion 52.
By arranging the side wall portion 53 on the vehicle compartment 36 side, the inner side surface (side surface) 11 a of the left front pillar 11 is covered with the side wall portion 53.

The inner side surface 11a of the left front pillar 11 is formed by an inner wall 27 and a rear wall 28 (parts on the vehicle compartment 36 side).
The side wall 53 extends from the inner side of the rear wall 51 toward the front wall 12 so as to slightly incline toward the outside of the vehicle body (that is, to incline with respect to the inner wall 27).

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part 4 of FIG.
The side wall portion 53 has a front edge 74 that enters the space S1 in the vehicle body width direction between the painted portion 71 (painted end 71a) of the front window glass 14 and the exposed end 12a of the front wall 12.
The painted portion 71 (painted end 71a) of the front window glass 14 is provided so as to be located on the left side (outside in the vehicle body width direction) with respect to the front extension line 66 that connects the surface 53a of the side wall portion 53 and the eye point 34 of the occupant 33. It has been.

  The coating portion 71 is a portion of the left glass end portion 15 that is painted black, for example, on the inner surface (the surface on the vehicle compartment 36 side) 16.

In addition, the wall thickness 53 of the front end 73 of the side wall 53 is set larger than the wall thickness T2 of the other portion 75 of the side wall 53.
By increasing the thickness T1 of the front end 73, a large surface area of the front edge 74 of the front end 73 can be secured.

By ensuring a large surface area of the front edge 73, the front edge 74 is subjected to a roughing process on the surface 82 of the side wall 53 (specifically, the surface of the front end 73 and other portion 75). It is possible to perform a grain processing (uneven processing).
That is, the graining can be continuously and uniformly performed from the front end portion 73 to the front edge 74.

In this way, the front end portion 73 and the front edge 74 of the side wall portion 53 can be projected on the front window glass 14 in a similar manner by continuously applying the graining process.
Thereby, the boundary line 84 between the front end portion 73 and the front edge 74 of the side wall portion 53 can be made inconspicuous.

A cushioning material 77 that can be elastically deformed is provided on the inner surface 73 a of the front end 73 of the side wall 53 that faces the crossing corner 29 of the front wall 12 and the inner wall 27 of the left front pillar 11.
The cushion material 77 is in contact with the intersecting corner portion 29.

Returning to FIG. 2, the front end portion 73 of the side wall portion 53 is disposed so as to overlap the fixing portion 52 in the vehicle front-rear direction.
Therefore, the pillar body (closed section) 22 of the left front pillar 11 is sandwiched between the front edge 74 of the side wall 53 and the outer end 51a of the rear wall 51, and the front edge 74 and the outer end 51a. The left front pillar 11 is housed in a region 81 therebetween.
Thereby, the left front pillar 11 can be hidden from the line of sight 35 of the occupant 33 by the left pillar garnish 20, and a wide field of view of the occupant 33 can be secured.

Further, the back surface of the side wall portion 53 is provided with a shake restricting portion 54 that protrudes toward the inner side wall 27 (see FIG. 4), and is disposed in front of the vehicle body with respect to the fixed portion 52.
The shake restricting portion 54 restricts the left pillar garnish 20 back and forth with respect to the pillar main body 22 together with the clip 61 by contacting the locking portion 45 a of the inner support plate 42.

Here, the side wall 53 of the left pillar garnish 20 is locked on the side of the inner wall 27 of the pillar body 22 by the swing restricting portion 54, and the rear wall 51 of the left pillar garnish 20 on the rear wall 28 of the pillar body 22 by the clip 61. Is locked.
Thereby, the left pillar garnish 20 can be stably held on the left front pillar 11, and the left pillar garnish 20 can be easily aligned with the peripheral members.

  Further, the two wall portions of the rear wall portion 51 and the side wall portion 53 can be supported by the left front pillar 11, and the left pillar garnish 20 can be more stably held on the left front pillar 11.

Further, the front edge 74 of the side wall portion 53 is disposed so as to overlap the fixed portion 52 in the vehicle front-rear direction.
As a result, the front edge 74 of the side wall 53 and the fixing portion 52 can be arranged at a position where the left front pillar 11 (particularly, the pillar main body 22) is sandwiched, and the left pillar garnish 20 is more stable than the left front pillar 11. Can be held in.

Next, a state in which the visual field is widened by using the left pillar garnish 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The front edge 74 of the side wall 53 is disposed so as to overlap the fixed portion 52 in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the left front pillar 11 is housed in a region 81 between the front edge 74 and the outer end 51 a of the rear wall 51. .
Accordingly, the left front pillar 11 can be hidden from the line of sight 35 of the occupant 33 by the left pillar garnish 20.

Further, the front width dimension W1 and the rear width dimension W2 of the pillar body 22 are set smaller than the side width dimension S2, and the width dimension W3 of the rear wall portion 51 of the left pillar garnish 20 is suppressed to be small.
Further, the fixing portion 52 protrudes from the rear wall portion 51 toward the rear wall 28. Therefore, it is possible to project the fixing portion 52 in a direction along the line of sight 35 of the occupant 33, and it is not necessary to project the fixing portion 52 in a direction intersecting the line of sight 35.

  As described above, by suppressing the width dimension W3 of the rear wall portion 51 of the left pillar garnish 20 and projecting the fixing portion 52 in the direction along the line of sight 35, the portion visible from the eye point 34 is wide. The left pillar garnish 20 can be formed to be narrow, and a wide field of view of the occupant 33 can be secured.

In addition, because the fixed portion 52 protrudes toward the rear wall 28, inner and outer accommodating spaces 64, 65 are provided on the vehicle body outer side and the vehicle compartment 36 side of the fixed portion 52 in the vehicle width direction.
Therefore, the outer housing space 65 and the inner housing space 64 can be provided behind the left front pillar 11.
Thereby, the width dimension W3 of the rear wall part 51 of the left pillar garnish 20 can be further reduced, and the field of view of the occupant 33 can be secured widely.

In addition, the front edge 74 of the side wall portion 53 is disposed at a space S1 in the vehicle body width direction between the painted portion 71 (painted end 71a) of the front window glass 14 and the exposed end 12a of the front wall 12.
Therefore, even when viewed from the outside of the vehicle, the painted end 71a of the painted portion 71 is not exposed to the front window glass 14 without exposing the front wall 12 of the pillar body 22 between the front edge 74 of the side wall portion 53 and the painted portion 71. It can be formed close to the left glass edge 15a.
Accordingly, the field of view of the occupant 33 can be extended to the painted portion 71 of the front window glass 14.

In this way, the coating portion 71 is arranged on the left side (outside in the vehicle width direction) of the front extension line 66, and the rear end 51e of the rear wall 28 is arranged on the vehicle body front side of the rear extension line 63 as described above. Thus, the left pillar garnish 20 can be formed narrow.
As a result, the crossing angle θ between the front extension line 66 (front line of sight 35) and the rear extension line 63 (rear line of sight 35) can be reduced, and it is ensured without reducing the field of view (view) of the occupant 33. can do.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the fixing portion 52 is attached to the rear wall 28 of the left front pillar 11 using the clip 61 has been described. However, instead of the clip 61, other fastening members such as bolts and screws are used. It is also possible.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the pillar garnish 20 is provided on the front pillar 11 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the pillar garnish 20 may be provided on another pillar such as a rear pillar.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable for application to an automobile provided with a vehicle pillar garnish that decorates the interior of the vehicle by covering the vehicle interior side of the vehicle pillar.

1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle including a vehicle pillar garnish according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the pillar garnish for vehicles which concerns on this invention from the front pillar. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of part 4 of FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle, 11 ... Left and right front pillar (pillar), 12 ... Front wall, 14 ... Front window glass (window glass), 15 ... Left and right glass edge (edge of window glass), 20 ... Left and right pillar garnish (Vehicle pillar garnish), 28 ... rear wall (part on the passenger side of the pillar), 33 ... passenger, 36 ... vehicle compartment, 51 ... rear wall part, 52 ... fixing part, 53 ... side wall part, 51a ... outer end Part (vehicle outer end), 58 ... extension line, 64, 65 ... inner and outer housing space (housing space), 67 ... tension belt (vehicle part), 68 ... wire harness (vehicle part), 71 ... painting part, 73 ... front end, 74 ... front edge, 75 ... other part, 81 ... region, T1 ... thickness dimension of front end part, T2 ... thickness dimension of other part.

Claims (3)

A pillar garnish covering the passenger compartment side of the vehicle pillar,
A rear wall disposed on the rear side of the pillar and facing the occupant side;
A side wall portion that extends from the rear wall portion toward the front wall of the pillar and is disposed on the passenger compartment side of the pillar and covers the passenger compartment side of the pillar, and
By sandwiching the closed cross section of the pillar at the front edge of the side wall and the outer end of the rear wall , the pillar is housed in a region between the front edge of the side wall and the outer end of the rear wall ,
Provided in the rear wall portion in a state of protruding toward the front Symbol pillar, comprising a fixed portion attached to the site of the passenger side of the pillar,
The extension line in the direction in which the fixed portion protrudes coincides with the end of the window glass supported by the pillar ,
By pre-Symbol fixing portion is protruded toward the pillar, vehicles of the pillar garnish you characterized by comprising respectively capable of accommodating accommodating space vehicle component in the vehicle width direction on both sides of the fixed portion. Pillar garnish for a vehicle according to claim 1 Symbol mounting, characterized in that the wall thickness of the front end portion of the side wall portion is increased relative to other sites. A coating portion is provided at an end portion of the window glass, and a front edge of the side wall portion is disposed at a distance between the end portion of the coating portion and the exposed end of the pillar in the vehicle body width direction. The pillar garnish of the vehicle according to claim 1 or 2 .

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