JP2005289303A - Mall mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mall mounting structure capable of reducing the influence of wind noise in a passenger compartment while improving the strength of a mirror stay and improving the appearance quality.
SOLUTION: A front molding 28 and a door molding 20 are attached to the front and rear of a door mirror 24 provided on a mirror base 26, and the longitudinal directions of the front molding 28 and the door molding 20 are aligned in the vertical direction.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a molding mounting structure for a vehicle such as an automobile.

Some vehicles such as automobiles are provided with a mall at the periphery of the window. This mall improves the merchantability by showing the window lines neatly.
Also, as in the case of the above-mentioned mall, as a method of clearly showing the window line, a door mirror is attached to the front corner portion of the front door via a mirror base corresponding to the shape of this corner so that the door mirror and the front door have a sense of unity. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-25519 A

However, in order to optimize the mounting position of the door mirror in accordance with the driver's line of sight, the door mirror must be arranged to some extent on the lower side. For this reason, the door mirror interferes with the arrangement position of the molding and the molding is interrupted immediately before the mirror base. On the other hand, if priority is given to providing the moldings continuously on the periphery of the window, the door mirror becomes a high position, and there is a problem that the influence of wind noise in the passenger compartment increases and the appearance quality deteriorates.
Furthermore, a method of continuously providing moldings by reducing the cross-sectional area of the mirror stay at the base of the door mirror so that the mounting position of the door mirror is not considered is conceivable. is there.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a molding mounting structure that can reduce the influence of wind noise in the vehicle interior while ensuring the strength of the mirror stay and improve the appearance quality.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to a front molding before and after a door mirror (for example, the door mirror 24 in the embodiment) provided on a mirror base (for example, the mirror base 26 in the embodiment). (For example, the front molding 28 in the embodiment) and the rear molding (for example, the door molding 20 in the embodiment) are attached, and the longitudinal directions of the front molding and the rear molding are aligned in the vertical direction.
By comprising in this way, a continuous feeling can be given to the mall which interrupted before and after this door mirror, optimizing arrangement of a door mirror.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the front molding is attached to a vehicle body in a state of being attached to a mirror base.
With this configuration, when the front molding is assembled to the vehicle, the front molding is assembled to the mirror base, and then the mirror base is assembled to the vehicle body. Therefore, the assembling work of the molding can be easily performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, one end of the front molding or the rear molding on the door mirror side (for example, the mounting base 31 in the embodiment) is connected to the mirror base door mirror stay (for example, the stay 27 in the embodiment). The screw means (for example, the screw 33 in the embodiment) is fixed from the vehicle interior side, and the other end is fixed to the mirror base by the engaging means (for example, the locking protrusion 30 in the embodiment). To do.
With this configuration, one end on the door mirror side is fastened with screw means from the vehicle interior side of the door mirror stay where the appearance is not conspicuous, and the other end is fixed by the engaging means. It is possible to prevent such deformation.

The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that the front molding is made of resin.
By comprising in this way, the continuity of a front molding and a back molding can be improved easily by improving the moldability of the front molding along the shape of a door mirror base.

The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that the rear end of the front molding is formed just before the door mirror stay.
By comprising in this way, the cross section of the said door mirror stay can be formed widely, without losing the continuity of a front molding and a back molding.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to give a sense of continuity to the mall that is interrupted before and after the door mirror while optimizing the arrangement of the door mirror, so that the effect of wind noise in the vehicle interior is reduced and the appearance quality is reduced. There is an effect that can be improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, when the front molding is assembled to the vehicle, the front molding is assembled to the mirror base and then the mirror base is assembled to the vehicle body. Assembling work can be easily performed, and therefore, there is an effect that the burden on the worker can be reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 1 or claim 2, one end portion on the door mirror side is fastened by screw means from the vehicle interior side of the door mirror stay where the appearance is not noticeable, and the other end portion is Since it is locked by the engaging means, it is possible to prevent deformation such as sink marks from occurring on the outer surface of the front molding, and thus there is an effect that it is possible to further improve the appearance quality.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 3, by improving the moldability of the front molding along the shape of the door mirror base, the front molding and the rear molding can be easily performed. Since the continuity can be improved, the design freedom can be improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 4, the cross section of the door mirror stay can be widely formed without losing the continuity between the front molding and the rear molding. Therefore, there is an effect that the mounting rigidity of the door mirror can be increased.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, a door attachment opening 2 is provided on the side of a vehicle 1 such as an automobile. The door attachment opening 2 is provided in a portion that reaches a side sill (not shown) through the front pillar 3, the roof side rail 4, and the rear pillar 5, and the front door 6 and the rear door 7 are attached to be openable and closable.

  The front door 6 includes a door body 8 and a sash portion 9, and a sash opening 10 is provided with a door glass 11 that can be raised and lowered. The rear door 7 is also composed of a door main body 12 and a sash portion 13, and a door glass 15 is also provided in the sash opening 14 so as to be movable up and down. A substantially triangular partition glass 17 partitioned by a molding 16 provided in the vertical direction is attached to the rear corner portion of the sash portion 13 of the rear door 7.

A door molding (rear molding) 20 and a door molding 21 are attached from the upper edge 18 of the door main body 8 of the front door 6 to the upper edge 19 of the door main body 12 of the rear door 7. It is configured to be continuous in design with the molding 22 that is mounted across the rear side portion of the front pillar 3 constituting the door mounting opening 2 described above, the outer side portion of the roof side rail 4, and the front side portion of the rear pillar 5. Yes.
Outside handles 23 and 23 are respectively attached to the front door 6 and the rear door 7.

  And the door mirror 24 is attached to the corner part with the front pillar 3 of the upper edge part 18 of the door main body 8 of the front door 6 comprised in this way. The door mirror 24 is provided with a turn signal lamp 25.

As shown in FIG. 2, a mirror base 26 supported by the door body 8 of the front door 6 is attached to the corner portion between the sash portion 9 of the front door 6 and the upper edge portion 18 of the door body 8 of the front door 6. A door mirror 24 is attached to a stay (door mirror stay) 27 protruding outward from the mirror base 26 so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction.
A mirror main body 24a is attached to the rear portion of the door mirror 24 so as to be freely tiltable, and a rear view of the driver can be obtained by the mirror main body 24a.
Note that the door mirror 24 shown in FIG. 2 is a door mirror attached to the left side in the traveling direction.

  A molding 22 having a bright portion on the surface is attached to the rear side edge of the front pillar 3 from the upper end to the lower end of the front pillar 3. The molding 22 is set to be slightly narrower than the sash portion 9 and is formed with rounded corners so that a step with the front pillar 3 is not conspicuous.

  On the other hand, a door molding 20 is attached to the upper edge 18 of the door body 8. The door molding 20 is set to be slightly wider than the molding 22 described above, and is attached from the rear portion of the upper edge portion 18 of the door body 8 to the rear end of the mirror base 26. That is, the door molding 20 is arranged behind the door mirror 24.

  The mirror base 26 is a member formed in a substantially triangular shape, and the rear edge of the mirror base 26 rises substantially vertically from the front end of the door molding 20 and extends from the upper end of the rear edge to the front end of the upper edge 18 of the door body 8. Corresponding to the shape of the sash portion 9, it forms a gentle curved surface and inclines, along the upper edge portion 18 of the door body 8, from the front edge of the upper edge portion 18 to the rear edge that rises substantially vertically behind. Has reached.

  A front molding 28 is attached to the lower edge of the mirror base 26 from the front end of the lower edge to the base of the stay 27. The front molding 28 is a band-shaped member arranged with the longitudinal direction of the door molding 20 aligned with the vertical direction. The front molding 28 is set to have the same width as the door molding 20 described above, and is more than the thickness of the mirror base 26 than the door molding 20. Is also arranged slightly outside in the vehicle width direction. The front molding 28 only needs to coincide with the door molding 20 in the vertical direction, and may be arranged to be inclined in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front portion of the front molding 28 is bent inward in the vehicle width direction, and a front wall 29 is provided here. The front wall 29 is formed along a parting line between the door body 8 and the front pillar 3. A locking projection 30 is formed on the inner side of the front wall 29 so as to protrude rearward. The locking projection 30 is for locking to the front end of the mirror base 26.

  A mounting base (one end portion) 31 is integrally formed at the rear portion of the front molding 28 so as to be bent in a crank shape on the vehicle interior side. The rear portion of the front molding 28 is formed to be inclined obliquely downward from the upper edge toward the lower edge. A boss 32 is formed on the stay 27 of the mirror base 26 toward the vehicle interior side. The rear portion of the mounting base 31 and the boss 32 are brought into contact with each other to connect the mounting base 31 and the boss 32 with screws (screw means). ) 33, and the front molding 28 is attached to the mirror base 26.

A contact rib 34 is formed on the inner surface of the front molding 28 so as to protrude toward the rear side of the passenger compartment. Since the abutment rib 34 is very small, no sink marks or the like occur in the front molding 28.
That is, when the mounting base 31 is fixed with the screw 33 in a state where the front end of the mirror base 26 is inserted between the locking projection 30 and the outer wall 35 of the front molding 28, the contact rib 34 serves as a fulcrum. The front end of the mirror base 26 presses the locking projection 30 from the outside of the passenger compartment, and the front portion of the front molding 28 is thereby securely locked to the mirror base 26.

  A rubber packing 36 is provided on the mirror base 26 so as to cover the vehicle interior side of the mirror base 26. The packing 36 is positioned by being locked to a convex portion 37 that protrudes toward the vehicle interior of the front portion of the mirror base 26, and is positioned between the front end of the packing 36 and the front end of the mirror base 26. The locking protrusion 30 is sandwiched.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the door molding 20 and the front molding 28 are arranged in the vertical direction when viewed from the side of the vehicle body. A sense of unity as if 28 and the mall 22 are continuous is obtained. However, in reality, the door molding 20 and the front molding 28 can be divided into separate parts, and the door mirror 24 can be arranged in the divided parts. Therefore, the door mirror 24 can be lowered to a low position that is optimal for the driver's eyes. Mounting is possible.

In addition, although the molding is omitted in the divided portion, the door mirror 24 is disposed and the appearance is difficult to touch the eyes, so that there is a continuity between the front molding 28 and the door molding 20 extending just before the stay 27. It is not lost and does not adversely affect the appearance quality.
Further, the cross-sectional area of the stay 27 can be sufficiently secured as much as there is no molding, and the mounting rigidity of the door mirror 24 can be improved.
Furthermore, since the door mirror 24 is disposed at a low position, it is possible to suppress the influence of wind noise generated by the door mirror 24 from reaching the vehicle interior as compared with the case where the door mirror 24 is disposed at a high position.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the locking projection 30 of the front molding 28 is locked to the front end of the mirror base 26 so that the rear mounting base 31 is not exposed to the outer surface of the vehicle compartment, and the screw 33 is formed from the vehicle interior side. By fixing to the boss 32 of the stay 27, a boss is not formed and fixed on the vehicle interior side of the portion where the front molding 28 is exposed, so that deformation such as sink marks does not occur on the outer surface of the front molding 28. Therefore, the appearance quality can be further improved.

  Then, the front molding 28 may be fixed to the mirror base 26 and then the packing 36 is put over to fix the mirror base 26 to the vehicle body. Further, the front molding 28 is fixed only at one place by screws 33. Therefore, the assembling work is facilitated. Therefore, the number of parts and the assembling man-hours are small, and the burden on the operator can be reduced.

  Further, since the front molding 28 is made of resin, the continuity between the front molding 28 and the door molding 20 can be easily improved, and the molding can be applied to various types of moldings. It is advantageous.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle in an embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the door mirror periphery of FIG. 1 in embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. 2 in embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

20 Door mall (back mall)
24 Door mirror 26 Mirror base 27 Stay (door mirror stay)
28 Front molding 31 Mounting base (one end)
33 Screws (screw means)

Claims (5)

  A molding mounting structure characterized in that a front molding and a rear molding are attached to the front and rear of a door mirror provided on a mirror base, and the longitudinal directions of the front molding and the rear molding are aligned in the vertical direction.   The mall mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the front molding is attached to a vehicle body in a state of being attached to a mirror base.   One end of the front molding or the rear molding on the door mirror side is fixed to a mirror base door mirror stay from the vehicle interior side by screw means, and the other end is fixed to the mirror base by engagement means. The molding mounting structure according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The mall mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the front molding is made of resin. The molding mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a rear end of the front molding is formed up to just before a door mirror stay.

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