JP6981922B2 - Vehicle exterior - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle exterior article attached to a vehicle body.

Conventionally, a fog lamp cover mounting structure for mounting a fog lamp cover on a vehicle bumper is known (for example, Patent Document 1). This fog lamp cover includes a cover body and a covering. The cover body is attached to the fog lamp mounting portion of the vehicle bumper. The cover body has an opening through which the fog lamp can be seen. Further, the cover ring is formed in an annular shape and is attached to the peripheral edge of the opening of the cover body. The cover ring has an engaging portion that engages with an engaging portion provided on the peripheral edge of the opening of the cover body.

Japanese Patent No. 5189636

In the above mounting structure, the cover ring is attached to the cover body by engaging with the cover body, but there is no member other than the cover body to support the cover ring. Therefore, when the cover ring and the cover body are disengaged, the cover ring may be disengaged from the cover body and fall off from the vehicle bumper.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle exterior product capable of preventing the cover member from falling off even if the cover member is disengaged. ..

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is an outer member having an opening and a first engaging portion, which is a vehicle exterior product attached to the vehicle body and is formed as a decorative part exposed on the surface side of the vehicle body. An annular protrusion formed in an annular shape corresponding to the opening, and a flange portion that protrudes radially outward from the annular protrusion and is close to or abuts against the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the outer member. And a cover member having a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion, an opening corresponding to the opening, and an facing portion that is close to or abuts against the back surface of the cover member and faces each other. It is a vehicle exterior product including an inner member having and.

According to this configuration, the cover member is assembled to the outer member by engaging the second engaging portion with the first engaging portion of the outer member. Further, the cover member approaches or abuts and faces the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the outer member, and the facing portion of the inner member approaches or abuts and faces the back surface of the cover member. That is, the cover member has a portion on the front surface side that is close to or abuts on the outer member and is arranged to face each other, and has a portion on the back surface side that is close to or abuts on the inner member and is arranged to face each other. Therefore, even if the cover member and the outer member are disengaged, the cover member is sandwiched between the outer member and the inner member, so that the cover member is prevented from coming off from the outer member and the inner member. Will be done.

It is a front view of the vehicle exterior article which concerns on one Embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view of the vehicle exterior part of an embodiment. It is sectional drawing when the vehicle exterior part of an embodiment is cut by III-III shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing when the vehicle exterior part of an embodiment is cut by IV-IV shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the vehicle exterior parts according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The vehicle exterior product 1 of one embodiment is a panel-shaped member attached to the vehicle body. The vehicle exterior product 1 is attached to the vehicle body by engaging the engaging portions with each other. The vehicle exterior product 1 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a front bumper or the like on which a vehicle fog lamp is arranged.

In the following, it is assumed that the vehicle exterior product 1 is attached to the vehicle body by engagement. Further, the vehicle exterior product 1 is assumed to be a front bumper in which fog lamps are arranged, the front surface of each member is the front surface of the vehicle, and the back surface of each member is the rear surface of the vehicle. Further, it is assumed that one end in the axial direction of the relevant member is on the front surface side, and the other end in the axial direction of the relevant member is on the back surface side.

The vehicle exterior product 1 is composed of three separate members before being assembled with each other. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle exterior product 1 includes a fog cover outer 10, a covering 20, and a fog cover inner 30.

The fog cover outer 10 is an outer member formed as a decorative part exposed on the surface side of the vehicle body. The fog cover outer 10 is molded from a synthetic resin material such as ASA (acrylate styrene acrylonitrile) resin having excellent weather resistance. The fog cover outer 10 is formed in a plate shape as a whole. The fog cover outer 10 has a frame portion 11, an opening portion 12, and a mesh portion 13.

The frame portion 11 is a portion that forms the outer frame of the fog cover outer 10. The opening 12 is an opening hole formed in the frame of the frame 11, and is formed in a substantially circular shape so as to accommodate the fog lamp. The mesh portion 13 is a portion formed in a mesh shape. The mesh portion 13 is formed in a state in which a large number of openings are lined up so as to form a pattern for decorating the peripheral portion of the fog lamp. The fog cover outer 10 may have a portion to which a molding, an emblem, or the like can be assembled.

The fog cover outer 10 also has an engaging portion 15 for the vehicle body, an engaging portion 16 for the cover, and a fixing portion 17 for the inner. The engaging portion 15 for the vehicle body is a portion for engaging the entire vehicle exterior product 1 including the fog cover outer 10 with the engaging portion provided on the vehicle body. A plurality of engaging portions 15 for the vehicle body are provided on the back surface of the frame portion 11 (that is, the rear surface in the vehicle). Each engaging portion 15 for the vehicle body has a protruding portion protruding from the back surface of the frame portion 11 to the rear of the vehicle, and a claw portion engaging with the engaging portion of the vehicle body at the tip of the protruding portion. It is formed.

The engagement portion 16 for the cover is a portion for engaging the cover ring 20 with the fog cover outer 10. A plurality of engagement portions 16 for the cover are provided on the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening 12 as the whole fog cover outer 10. The engagement portion 16 for the cover is formed and arranged so that the cover ring 20 engaged with the fog cover outer 10 is positioned at a specific position in the circumferential direction of the peripheral edge of the opening 12 with respect to the fog cover outer 10. You may be. As shown in FIG. 3, each pair-cover engaging portion 16 has a protruding portion 16a protruding from the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening 12 toward the rear of the vehicle, and a claw portion 16b engaging with the covering 20 at the tip of the protruding portion 16a. And are formed to have.

The fixing portion 17 for the inner is a portion for fixing the fog cover inner 30 to the fog cover outer 10. A plurality of fixing portions 17 for inners are evenly provided over the entire back surface including the frame portion 11 and the mesh portion 13 of the fog cover outer 10. Each anti-inner fixing portion 17 is formed so as to have a rib protruding from the back surface of the fog cover outer 10 to the rear of the vehicle. The tip of the fixing portion 17 for the inner is fixed to the fixing portion for the outer by welding the tip to the tip of the fixing portion for the outer, which will be described later, of the fog cover inner 30.

The cover ring 20 is a cover member having a portion that protrudes inward in the radial direction from the peripheral edge of the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10 and is exposed, and the exposed portion is decorated. The covering 20 is formed of a synthetic resin material such as ABS resin (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) whose surface is plated, and is formed in an annular shape. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cover ring 20 has an annular projection portion 21, a flange portion 22, an engaging portion 23 for outer, and an engaging portion 24 for inner.

The annular protrusion 21 is a portion formed in a substantially annular shape corresponding to the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10. At least a part of the annular protrusion 21 is an exposed portion decorated with the covering 20. The annular protrusion 21 has an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10. An opening is formed at the center of the axis of the annular protrusion 21 so as to match the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10. The flange portion 22 projects radially outward from one end side in the axial direction on the surface side of the annular protrusion 21, and has a surface facing the axial direction. The flange portion 22 is provided over substantially the entire circumference of the annular projection portion 21. The outermost diameter portion of the flange portion 22 has an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10. The flange portion 22 is arranged on the peripheral surface back surface side of the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10 in the assembled state of the cover ring 20 and the fog cover outer 10, and is close to or in contact with the peripheral surface back surface portion 12a of the opening 12. They are facing each other (see FIG. 4).

The engaging portion 23 for the outer is a portion for engaging the cover ring 20 with the fog cover outer 10. The engaging portion 23 for the outer cover is provided at a plurality of locations as the entire covering 20 corresponding to the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10. The engaging portion 23 for each outer is formed so as to project rearward of the vehicle at a portion where the radial outer side of the flange portion 22 is cut out. The engaging portion 23 for the outer may be formed so as to project to the rear of the vehicle by cutting down a part of the flange portion 22 on the radial outer side. The notch portion of the flange portion 22 is formed so that the claw portion 16b of the engagement portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 can pass through the notch portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The engaging portion 23 for the outer cover engages with the engaging portion 16 for the cover by catching the claw portion 16b of the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 on the tip 23a (see FIG. 3).

The cover ring 20 is engaged with and assembled from the back surface side of the fog cover outer 10 to the fog cover outer 10. In the process of assembling the fog cover outer 10 to the back surface side, the cover ring 20 is bent after the engaging portion 23 for the outer cover and the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 are in contact with each other and then bent. The tip 23a of the engaging portion 23 and the claw portion 16b of the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 are engaged with each other by being engaged with the fog cover outer 10.

When the engaging portion 23 for the outer cover of the covering 20 and the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 are engaged, the flange portion 22 of the covering 20 thereafter becomes the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10. The cover ring 20 is prevented from being pulled out to the rear of the vehicle with respect to the fog cover outer 10 because the cover ring 20 faces the peripheral back surface portion 12a of the peripheral surface in close proximity to or in contact with the back surface portion 12a. Further, the engagement between the fog cover outer 10 and the cover ring 20 described above is such that the claw portion 16b of the engagement portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 makes a cutout portion of the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Since the cover ring 20 is passed through the fog cover outer 10, the cover ring 20 is prevented from rotating with respect to the fog cover outer 10.

The engagement portion 24 for the inner is a portion for engaging the cover ring 20 with the fog cover inner 30. The engaging portion 24 for the inner is provided on the other end side in the axial direction on the back surface side of the annular protrusion 21. A plurality of inner engaging portions 24 are provided around the annular protrusion 21 as the entire covering 20. The engagement portion 24 for the inner may be formed and arranged so that the cover ring 20 is positioned at a specific position in the circumferential direction around the annular protrusion 21 with respect to the fog cover inner 30. Each of the engaging portions 24 for inners is formed so as to project rearward from the back surface of the annular projection portion 21 formed in a part of the annular projection portion 21 in the circumferential direction.

The fog cover inner 30 is an inner member arranged on the back surface side of the vehicle body and paired with the fog cover outer 10. The fog cover inner 30 is formed of a synthetic resin material such as PP (polypropylene) resin. The fog cover inner 30 is formed in a plate shape as a whole. The fog cover inner 30 is formed so as to have a closing surface 31 that closes the opening of the mesh portion 13 of the fog cover outer 10. The fog cover inner 30 has an opening 32, a facing portion 33, an engaging portion 34 for a cover, and a fixing portion 35 for an outer.

The opening 32 is an opening corresponding to the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10, and is formed in a substantially circular shape so as to accommodate the fog lamp. The opening 32 has substantially the same diameter as the inner diameter of the annular protrusion 21 of the covering 20. The facing portion 33 is a portion provided on the peripheral edge of the opening 32 and is a portion facing the back surface of the covering 20 (specifically, the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22). The facing portion 33 is arranged on the back surface side of the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 in the assembled state of the fog cover outer 10 to which the cover ring 20 is assembled and the fog cover inner 30, and the cover ring 20 thereof. It is close to or in contact with the back surface of the surface and faces it.

The engagement portion 34 for the cover is a portion for engaging the cover ring 20 with the fog cover inner 30. A plurality of anti-cover engaging portions 34 are provided on the peripheral surface of the opening 32 as a whole fog cover inner 30 corresponding to the anti-inner engaging portion 24 of the covering 20. Each pair-cover engaging portion 34 is a groove hole cut out from the peripheral edge of the opening 32, and is formed in such a size that the pair-inner engaging portion 24 of the cover ring 20 can be engaged. The anti-cover engaging portion 34 engages with the anti-inner engaging portion 24 by fitting the anti-inner engaging portion 24 of the cover ring 20.

The cover ring 20 is engaged with and assembled from the front surface side of the fog cover inner 30. The cover ring 20 is engaged with the fog cover inner 30 by fitting the anti-inner engagement portion 24 with the fog cover inner 30 with the anti-cover engagement portion 34. The engaging portion 24 for the inner of the covering 20 and the engaging portion 34 for the cover of the fog cover inner 30 are engaged with each other, and the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30 are fixed to each other as described later. After that, since the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 face each other in close proximity to or in contact with the surface of the facing portion 33 of the fog cover inner 30, the cover ring 20 faces the fog cover inner 30 at the rear of the vehicle. It is prevented from being pulled out. Further, the above-mentioned engagement between the cover ring 20 and the fog cover inner 30 is realized by fitting the engagement portion 24 for the inner cover of the cover ring 20 into the engagement portion 34 for the cover of the fog cover inner 30. , The covering 20 is prevented from rotating with respect to the fog cover inner 30.

The fixing portion 35 for the outer is a portion for fixing the fog cover inner 30 to the fog cover outer 10. The fixing portion 35 for the outer is corresponding to the fixing portion 17 for the inner of the fog cover outer 10, and the fog cover inner 30 as a whole is attached to the frame portion 11 and the mesh portion 13 of the fog cover outer 10 in the fog cover inner 30. A plurality of locations are evenly provided over the entire surface such as facing outer edge portions. Each anti-outer fixing portion 35 is formed so as to have a rib protruding from the surface of the fog cover inner 30 toward the front of the vehicle. The tip of the anti-outer fixing portion 35 is fixed to the anti-inner fixing portion 17 of the fog cover outer 10 by welding the tip to the tip of the anti-inner fixing portion 17 of the fog cover outer 10.

Next, the procedure for assembling the vehicle exterior component 1 will be described.
First, a separate fog cover outer 10, a covering 20, and a fog cover inner 30 that constitute the vehicle exterior component 1 are prepared. Next, the cover ring 20 is assembled to the fog cover outer 10. In assembling the cover ring 20 to the fog cover outer 10, the cover ring 20 is close to the back surface side of the peripheral edge of the opening 12 from the back surface side of the fog cover outer 10, and the engagement portion 23 for the outer cover of the cover ring 20 is fogged. In a state where the cover outer 10 is aligned with the cover engagement portion 16, the cover ring 20 has an engagement portion 23 with an outer cover and the fog cover outer 10 has an engagement portion 16 with a cover in the radial direction due to contact. It is realized by the tip 23a of the engaging portion 23 for the outer cover and the claw portion 16b of the engaging portion 16 for the cover catching each other after bending.

When the cover ring 20 and the fog cover outer 10 are assembled as described above, the relative movement of the cover ring 20 with respect to the fog cover outer 10 is restricted. That is, since the outer diameter of the outermost diameter portion of the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 is larger than the diameter of the opening portion 12 of the fog cover outer 10, the cover ring 20 is from the back surface side of the fog cover outer 10 to the opening portion 12. The cover ring 20 is prevented from coming out of the front of the vehicle with respect to the fog cover outer 10 by being close to or abutting against the back surface of the peripheral edge. Further, since the engaging portions 16 and 23 are engaged with each other, the cover ring 20 is prevented from being pulled out to the rear of the vehicle with respect to the fog cover outer 10, and the cover ring 20 rotates with respect to the fog cover outer 10. Is blocked.

Next, the fog cover inner 30 is assembled to the fog cover outer 10 to which the cover ring 20 is assembled. In assembling the fog cover inner 30 to the fog cover inner 10, the fog cover inner 30 is brought close to the back surface side of the fog cover outer 10 from the back surface side of the covering 20, and the engaging portion 34 for the cover of the fog cover inner 30. Is aligned with the engaging portion 24 for the inner of the cover ring 20, and the facing portion 33 of the fog cover inner 30 is close to or abutted against the back surface of the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 and faces each other. This is realized by welding the fixing portion 35 for the outer side of the fog cover inner 30 to the fixing portion 17 for the inner side in a state of being aligned with the fixing portion 17 for the inner side of the fog cover outer 10.

When the fog cover outer 10 to which the cover ring 20 is assembled and the fog cover inner 30 are assembled as described above, the fog cover inner 30 moves relative to the fog cover outer 10 due to welding between the fixed portions 17 and 35. Be regulated. Further, when the above assembly is performed, the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22 of the covering 20 are located on the peripheral edge of the peripheral surface back surface portion 12a of the opening portion 12 of the fog cover outer 10 and the peripheral edge of the opening portion 32 of the fog cover inner 30. By being sandwiched between the surface of the facing portion 33 and the surface of the facing portion 33, the relative movement of the covering 20 with respect to the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30 is restricted. Specifically, since the facing portion 33 of the fog cover inner 30 faces the back surface of the annular protrusion 21 and the flange portion 22 of the covering 20 in close proximity to or in contact with each other, the covering 20 faces the fog cover inner 30 with respect to the vehicle. It is prevented from being pulled out backwards. Further, since the engaging portions 24 and 34 are engaged with each other, the covering 20 is prevented from rotating with respect to the fog cover inner 30.

According to the structure of the vehicle exterior product 1 described above, the tip 23a of the engaging portion 23 for the outer cover of the cover ring 20 and the claw portion 16b of the engaging portion 16 for the cover of the fog cover outer 10 are hooked on each other. The cover ring 20 can be engaged with the fog cover outer 10. Further, the cover ring 20 is brought close to or in contact with the peripheral surface back surface portion 12a of the opening 12 of the fog cover outer 10 so as to face each other, and is close to the surface of the facing portion 33 on the peripheral edge of the opening 32 of the fog cover inner 30. Alternatively, the covering 20 can be sandwiched between the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30 by abutting and facing each other.

Therefore, even if the fog cover outer 10 and the cover ring 20 are disengaged due to vibration or disturbance when driving on a rough road or washing a car, the cover ring 20 is on the front side and the rear side of the vehicle. Since the cover ring 20 is sandwiched between the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30, it is possible to prevent the covering 20 from coming off from the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30.

Further, in the vehicle exterior product 1, the fog cover outer 10 having the mesh portion 13 formed in a mesh shape and the fog cover inner 30 having the closing surface 31 for closing the opening of the mesh portion 13 are separate from each other. It is provided. If a single plate member has a mesh portion provided only on the surface side thereof, the degree of freedom in forming the mesh portion is low, and the desired shape with rich decorativeness or a large depth is formed as the mesh portion. It becomes difficult to do. On the other hand, according to the vehicle exterior product 1 of the present embodiment, the mesh portion 13 and the closing portion that closes the opening of the mesh portion 13 can be formed of separate members, so that the mesh portion 13 can be formed. Can be formed with a high degree of freedom, and the shape of the mesh portion 13 to be formed can be made rich in decorativeness or deep.

In the above embodiment, the opening 12 is described in the "opening (of the outer member)" described in the claims, and the engaging portion 16 for the cover is described in the claims. The covering 20 is in the "joint portion", the fog cover outer 10 is described in the "outer member" in the claims, and the engaging portion 23 for the outer is in the "second engaging portion" described in the claims. In the "cover member" described in the claims, the opening 32 is described in the "opening (of the inner member)" described in the claims, and the fog cover inner 30 is described in the claims. Each corresponds to a "member".

By the way, in the above embodiment, the fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30 are fixed to each other by welding the fixing portions 17 and 35 made of ribs to each other. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The fog cover outer 10 and the fog cover inner 30 may be fixed to each other by engagement.

Further, in the above embodiment, the flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 projects radially outward from one end side in the axial direction on the surface side of the annular projection portion 21, and the cover ring 20 is engaged with the outer cover. The joint portion 23 is formed so as to project rearward of the vehicle at a portion where the radial outer side of the flange portion 22 is cut out. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The flange portion 22 of the cover ring 20 may protrude outward in the radial direction from the other end side in the axial direction on the back surface side of the annular protrusion 21. Further, the engagement portion 23 for the outer of the cover ring 20 may be formed so as to project forward in the vehicle at a portion where the radial outer side of the flange portion 22 is cut out.

Further, in the above embodiment, as the procedure for assembling the vehicle exterior component 1, the cover ring 20 is assembled to the fog cover outer 10, and then the fog cover inner 30 is assembled to the cover ring 20 and the fog cover outer 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The cover ring 20 may be assembled to the fog cover inner 30, and then the fog cover outer 10 may be assembled to the cover ring 20 and the fog cover inner 30.

Further, in the above embodiment, the vehicle exterior product 1 is applied to the front bumper in which the fog lamp of the vehicle is arranged. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As the vehicle exterior product 1, it may be applied to a rear bumper in which a fog lamp of a vehicle is arranged, a bumper in which a mall, an emblem, or the like is arranged.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1: Vehicle exterior parts, 10: Fog cover outer, 12: Opening, 16: Engaging part for cover, 16b: Claw part, 17: Fixing part for inner, 20: Covering, 21: Circular protrusion, 22: Flange part, 23: Engagement part for outer, 24: Engagement part for inner, 30: Fog cover inner, 32: Opening, 33: Opposing part, 34: Engagement part for cover, 35: Fixed part for outer.

Claims (3)

It is a vehicle exterior that can be attached to the vehicle body.
An outer member having an opening and a first engaging portion formed as decorative parts exposed on the surface side of the vehicle body.
An annular protrusion formed in an annular shape corresponding to the opening, and a flange portion protruding radially outward from the annular protrusion and facing or abutting on the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the outer member. , A cover member having a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion, and
An inner member having an opening corresponding to the opening and an facing portion that is close to or abuts against the back surface of the cover member and faces the opening.
Equipped with
The outer member is a fog cover outer formed in a mesh shape.
The inner member, Ru fog cover inner der formed in a plate shape, the vehicle exterior accessory. The first engaging portions are provided at a plurality of locations on the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the outer member at intervals in the circumferential direction.
The vehicle exterior product according to claim 1, wherein the second engaging portion is provided at a plurality of locations corresponding to the first engaging portion on the outer periphery of the annular protrusion portion of the cover member . The vehicle exterior product according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the inner member is fixed to the outer member by welding or engagement in a state where the facing portion is close to or in contact with the back surface of the cover member.

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