JP2008001207A - Bumper hole cover mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A hole cover member mounting structure that removes a hole cover member from a peripheral edge of a bumper body easily and reliably without damaging them and eliminates a gap between them to prevent intrusion of rainwater and the like and has a good appearance. And
A hole cover member 19 is detachably attached to an opening peripheral edge 15 of an opening formed in a recessed portion 10 of a bumper body 3 so as to cover the opening. Four locking hole portions 17 are formed in the opening peripheral edge portion 15 of the bumper body 3, and four locking pieces 21 are provided in a protruding manner corresponding to the respective locking hole portions 17 on the peripheral edge portion of the back surface of the hole cover member 19. To do. A tool insertion hole 18 is formed in the vicinity of one locking hole 17 out of the four locking holes 17. A pressing portion 35 is formed in the vicinity of one locking piece 21 among the four locking pieces 21. The locking piece 21 in the vicinity of the pressing portion 35 is released from the locking hole portion 17 by pressing the pressing portion 35 with the driver D inserted into the tool insertion hole 18 from the back side of the bumper 1.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in a mounting structure of a hole cover member that covers an opening formed in a recessed portion of a bumper body.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a hole cover member mounting structure for a bumper in which a hole cover member is detachably attached to an opening peripheral edge of an opening formed in a recessed portion of a bumper body so as to cover the opening. ing.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of locking portions are provided at the peripheral edge of the opening of the bumper body, and a plurality of locking pieces protrude from the peripheral edge of the back surface of the hole cover member so as to correspond to the locking portions. And the hole cover member is attached to the opening peripheral part of a bumper main body by making each said locking piece detachably lock to each said locking part.

Each locking piece of the hole cover member is formed with a slit or a concave portion into which a tool can be inserted, and the tool is inclined from the front side of the bumper into the gap between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral edge of the bumper body. The hole cover member can be removed from the periphery of the opening of the bumper body by pulling the tool after pulling in from the direction and hooking the slit or recess.
JP 2001-294105 A (paragraph 0009 column, 0010 column, 0011 column, FIG. 3)

  However, in the hole cover member mounting structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the hole cover member is removed from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body, the tool is inclined from the front side of the bumper into the gap between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body. Since the tool is inserted from the direction and hooked into the slit or recess, the tool may abut the hole cover member and the opening periphery of the bumper body, and the hole cover member or the opening periphery of the bumper body may be damaged. Is done.

  Moreover, a gap for inserting a tool is required between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral edge of the bumper body, and in addition to the appearance not being good, rain water, car wash water or the like enters from the gap, or The muddy water on the road surface will bounce off and cause equipment such as lamps attached to the opening covered by the hole cover member to become dirty.

  Furthermore, when the opening of the bumper body is formed in a recessed part that is recessed from the surface of the bumper body, the tool is inserted from the front side of the bumper into the gap between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral edge of the bumper body. Even so, the movement of the tool is restricted, making it difficult to remove the hole cover member. For this reason, after removing the bumper from the vehicle body, a large-scale work of removing the hole cover member may be required.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and the object thereof is to easily remove the hole cover member from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body without damaging the hole cover member and the opening peripheral portion of the bumper main body. It is another object of the present invention to provide a hole cover member mounting structure for a bumper that can be reliably removed and that eliminates a gap between the two to prevent intrusion of rainwater and the like and has a good appearance.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that the hole cover member is pressed from the back side of the bumper body and removed from the peripheral edge of the opening of the bumper body.

  Specifically, the present invention relates to a bumper hole cover member mounting structure in which a hole cover member is detachably attached to an opening peripheral edge of an opening formed in a recessed portion of a bumper body so as to cover the opening. The following solution was taken.

  That is, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a plurality of locking portions on the opening peripheral edge portion of the bumper body, and in the vicinity of at least one locking portion among these locking portions. In addition, a tool insertion hole for inserting a rod-shaped tool is formed, and a plurality of locking pieces that are detachably locked to the locking portion protrude from the periphery of the back surface of the hole cover member. In the vicinity of at least one of the plurality of locking pieces, a pressing portion that receives a force in the direction of removing the hole cover member from the back side of the bumper body is provided so as to correspond to the tool insertion hole. The locking piece in the vicinity of the pressing portion is configured to be detached from the locking portion by pressing the pressing portion with a rod-shaped tool inserted into the tool insertion hole.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the pressing portion is formed in a concave section so as to hold the tip of the rod-shaped tool.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein when the hole cover member is removed from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body, the lamp is removed from the opening together with the hole cover member. It is attached as possible.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the operator inserts the rod-shaped tool into the tool insertion hole of the bumper body from the back side of the bumper and presses the pressing portion of the hole cover member, thereby removing the locking piece from the locking portion. The hole cover member can be easily and reliably removed from the opening peripheral edge of the bumper body. Moreover, when removing the hole cover member from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body, there is no need to insert a tool into the gap between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body from the front side of the bumper. No damage to the peripheral edge of the opening of the main body.

  Moreover, since a gap for inserting a tool between the hole cover member and the opening peripheral edge of the bumper body is unnecessary, the appearance can be improved compared to Patent Document 1, and rainwater, car wash water, and the like are further removed from the gap. There is no risk of intrusion or contamination of equipment such as lamps installed in the opening covered by the hole cover member due to splashing of muddy water on the road surface.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, even if it presses a rod-shaped tool, the front-end | tip will be engaged and hold | maintained at the press part with a concave cross section, and it will not come off easily, and the outer periphery of the press part of a hole cover member is not damaged.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the hole cover member is removed from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body, the lamp attached to the hole cover member is also removed from the opening portion. It can be carried out.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a substantially right half of a resin bumper 1 to which a hole cover member mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The bumper 1 is provided with a bumper body 3 as a main body. A radiator grille 5 is attached to a region excluding both ends of the bumper body 3 in the vehicle width direction, and an air dam skirt is provided at a lower edge of the bumper body 3. 7 is attached over substantially the entire vehicle width direction. Near the both ends in the vehicle width direction of the bumper body 3, as shown in FIG. 2, a substantially rectangular opening 9 comprising a first opening 9 a and a second opening 9 b which are independent from each other is close to the radiator grill 5. The bumper body 3 is formed in a recessed portion 10 that is recessed from the surface (see FIGS. 5, 7, and 8). The fog lamp 11 is located in the first opening 9a and the position is located in the second opening 9b. The lamps 13 are respectively inserted through the lamp cases, and the hole cover member 19 is provided at the opening peripheral edge 15 of the opening 9 so as to cover the opening 9 with the outer peripheral edge recessed 10. It is attached so that it can be attached to and detached from the peripheral edge without any gap.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, one locking hole portion 17 as a locking portion is formed at each of the four corners of the opening peripheral edge portion 15 of the opening 9, and these four engagements are formed. A tool insertion hole 18 for inserting, for example, a screwdriver D (see FIGS. 5 and 8) as a rod-shaped tool is formed in the vicinity of the one upper left locking hole 17 in FIG. .

  On the other hand, on the peripheral edge of the back surface of the hole cover member 19, as shown in FIG. 3, four locking pieces 21 that are detachably locked to the locking holes 17 are provided in the locking holes 17. It protrudes integrally to correspond. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, each locking piece 21 is integrally formed in a plate shape with a base portion 23 and a distal end side portion 29 having a narrower width than the base portion 23, and a distal end side portion at the distal end of the base portion 23. A step portion 23a is formed on the side of 29. Further, a slit 25 is formed in a U-shape on the distal end side portion 29, and an outer portion of the slit 25 of the distal end side portion 29 has a frame shape. Further, the front end side portion 29 surrounded by the slit 25 is provided on one side through a flexible portion 33 so that a locking claw portion 27 having a triangular cross section is removably locked to the locking hole portion 17. And the opposite side is formed as a flat surface, and a pair of reinforcing ribs 31 are provided on the outer side of the slit 25 on the side of the anti-claw claw 27 of the tip side portion 29. It is integrally formed along the protruding direction of 21. The reinforcing rib 31 does not flex the outer portion of the slit 25 of the distal end side portion 29 of the locking piece 21 when the flexible portion 33 is bent and the locking claw portion 27 is detached from the locking hole portion 17. Thus, it plays a role of reinforcing and a role of securing a bending space of the locking claw portion 27 between the locking hole portion 17 and the locking claw portion 27. Then, the step 23 a of the base 23 abuts the opening peripheral edge 15 in a state where the locking piece 21 is inserted into the locking hole 17 and the hole cover member 19 is attached to the opening peripheral edge 15. The member 19 is positioned in the mounting direction with respect to the recessed portion 10, and a space S is opened between the hole cover member 19 and the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3.

  Among the four locking pieces 21, in the vicinity of one locking piece 21 at the upper left in FIG. 3, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, from the back side of the bumper body 3 in the direction of removing the hole cover member 19. A pressing portion 35 that receives the force of the screw is formed between the two parallel protrusions 36 so as to correspond to the tool insertion hole 18, and the pressing portion 35 is concave in cross section so as to hold the tip of the driver D. Is formed. Then, the locking piece 21 in the vicinity of the pressing portion 35 is detached from the locking hole portion 17 by pressing the pressing portion 35 with a screwdriver D inserted into the tool insertion hole 18 as shown in FIG. It is configured as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of boss portions 39 project from the back surface of the hole cover member 19, and a mounting piece portion 41 projects from the outside of the position lamp 13, so that the inside of the space S Thus, the position lamp 13 is attached to the hole cover member 19 by attaching the attachment piece 41 to the boss 39 with screws 43. That is, on the back surface of the hole cover member 19, when the hole cover member 19 is removed from the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3, the position lamp 13 can be removed together with the hole cover member 19 from the opening 9 b of the bumper body 3. It is attached. The mounting structure of the fog lamp 11 is the same as that of the position lamp 13.

  Therefore, when the hole cover member 19 is removed from the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3, the fog lamp 11 and the position lamp 13 are also removed from the openings 9a and 9b together, so that the operation of replacing the bulb 45 can be easily performed. it can.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, a tire house 47 is provided on the vehicle body 46 side in the vicinity of the opening 9. A part of the tire house 47 is constituted by an end edge 3a in the vehicle width direction of the bumper 1 (bumper body 3), and two attachment holes 51 for attaching a mud guard 49 are formed in the end edge 3a. . On the other hand, two mounting holes 53 are formed in the mud guard 49 corresponding to the mounting holes 51, and by inserting the fasteners 55 together with the mounting holes 51, 53, a part of the mud guard 49 is tired. The bumper 1 constituting a part of the house 47 is detachably attached to the edge portion 3a. The other part of the mudguard 49 is attached to the tire house 47 by a fixture (not shown).

  In order to attach the hole cover member 19 configured as described above to the opening peripheral edge portion 15 of the bumper body 3, the hole cover member 19 is pushed from the front side of the bumper body 3 toward the opening portion 9, and the hole cover member 19 is engaged. The stop piece 21 is inserted into the locking hole 17 of the bumper body 3. Then, when the locking piece 21 passes through the locking hole portion 17, the locking claw portion 27 is slidably pressed against the periphery of the locking hole portion 17 to be bent, and passes through the locking hole portion 17. It is released from the pressing force by the sliding contact and returns to the original position, and the locking claw portion 27 is locked to the peripheral edge of the locking hole portion 17. Thereby, the hole cover member 19 is attached to the opening peripheral part 15 of the bumper main body 3 (refer FIG. 5).

  Conversely, in order to remove the hole cover member 19 from the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3, as shown in FIG. 9B, the fastener 55 is pulled out from the mounting holes 51 and 53, and as shown in FIG. With a part of 49 removed from the edge 3a of the bumper body 3, the operator inserts the driver D into the tool insertion hole 18 of the bumper body 3 from the back side of the bumper 1 on the tire house 47 side to cover the hole cover member. The 19 pressing portions 35 are pressed. Thereby, the flexible portion 33 of the adjacent locking piece 21 is bent and the locking claw portion 27 and the locking hole portion 17 are unlocked, and the end of the hole cover member 19 is lifted from the bumper body 3, A gap C is formed between the outer peripheral edge of the hole cover member 19 and the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3. From this state, when the operator inserts a finger F into the gap C from the front side of the bumper 1 and hangs it on the outer peripheral edge of the hole cover member 19 and pulls the hole cover member 19 forward, the other three locking pieces 21 are obtained. The locking claw portion 27 is slidably pressed against the periphery of the locking hole portion 17 to bend, passes through the locking hole portion 17, and is pulled out to the front side of the bumper body 3, and the hole cover member 19 is attached to the bumper body 3. It is removed from the opening periphery 15.

  In this way, the operator inserts the driver D into the tool insertion hole 18 of the bumper body 3 from the back side of the bumper 1 and presses the pressing portion 35 of the hole cover member 19, thereby locking the locking piece 21 to the locking hole portion 17. The hole cover member 19 can be easily and reliably removed from the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3. Moreover, when removing the hole cover member 19 from the opening peripheral portion 15 of the bumper body 3, it is necessary to insert the driver D into the gap between the hole cover member 19 and the opening peripheral portion 15 of the bumper main body 3 from the front side of the bumper 1. Therefore, the hole cover member 19 and the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3 are not damaged.

  Furthermore, since the pressing portion 35 has a concave cross section, even if the driver D is pressed, the tip of the pressing portion 35 is engaged and held by the pressing portion 35 and is not easily removed, and the outer periphery of the pressing portion 35 of the hole cover member 19 is damaged. Can be prevented.

  Further, since a gap for inserting a tool between the hole cover member 19 and the opening peripheral edge 15 of the bumper body 3 is unnecessary, the appearance appearance can be improved as compared with Patent Document 1, and rainwater and car wash can be further removed from the gap. There is no fear that water or the like enters, or the muddy water on the road surface rebounds and the equipment such as the fog lamp 11 and the position lamp 13 mounted on the opening 9 covered by the hole cover member 19 is not contaminated.

  In addition, the operator can put the hand on the back side of the bumper 1 from the location (side of the vehicle body 46) and remove the hole cover member 19 with a part of the mud guard 49 removed from the tire house 47. Therefore, it is not necessary to work under the vehicle body 46, and the removal work can be performed with an easy posture.

  In the above embodiment, the tool insertion hole 18 is formed in the vicinity of the upper left locking hole 17 of the four locking holes 17, and the pressing portion is positioned in the vicinity of the upper locking piece 21 in FIG. 35 is formed, a tool insertion hole 18 is formed in the vicinity of the lower left locking hole 17 in FIG. 2 below, and a pressing portion 35 is formed in the vicinity of the lower left locking piece 21 in FIG. 35 may be pressed by a driver D. Further, the number of the locking hole portions 17 and the locking pieces 21 is not limited to four.

  Furthermore, the hole cover member is not limited to the opening to which the lamp is attached, and may be attached to the opening in which the tow hook is located, for example.

  The present invention is useful for the mounting structure of the hole cover member that covers the opening formed in the recessed portion of the bumper body.

It is a front view which shows the right half of the bumper which concerns on embodiment. It is a front view which shows the state by which the hole cover member was removed from the bumper which concerns on embodiment. It is a front view of a hole cover member. It is an expansion perspective view of a locking piece. It is sectional drawing in the VV line of FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the locking hole part and tool insertion hole circumference of a bumper main body from the back side. It is sectional drawing in the VII-VII line of FIG. FIG. 6 is a view corresponding to FIG. 5 for explaining a procedure for removing the hole cover member from the bumper. It is a perspective view in the state where a bumper was attached to the body, (a) shows the state where the mudguard was attached to the tire house, and (b) shows the state where a part of the mudguard was removed from the tire house.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bumper 3 Bumper main body 9 Opening part 10 Recessed part 11 Fog lamp 13 Position lamp 15 Opening peripheral part 17 Locking hole part (locking part)
18 Tool insertion hole 19 Hole cover member 21 Locking piece 35 Pressing part D Driver (bar-shaped tool)

Claims (3)

A bumper hole cover member mounting structure in which a hole cover member is detachably attached to the opening peripheral edge of the opening formed in the recessed portion of the bumper body so as to cover the opening,
A plurality of locking portions are provided on the periphery of the opening of the bumper body, and a tool insertion hole for inserting a bar-shaped tool is formed in the vicinity of at least one of the locking portions. And
A plurality of locking pieces that detachably engage with the locking portion protrude from the periphery of the back surface of the hole cover member, and at least one of the plurality of locking pieces. In the vicinity of the locking piece, a pressing portion that receives a force in the direction of removing the hole cover member from the back side of the bumper body is provided so as to correspond to the tool insertion hole,
The bumper hole cover, wherein the locking piece in the vicinity of the pressing portion is configured to be detached from the locking portion by pressing the pressing portion with a rod-shaped tool inserted into the tool insertion hole. Member mounting structure. In the bumper hole cover member mounting structure according to claim 1,
The bumper hole cover member mounting structure, wherein the pressing portion is formed in a concave shape so as to hold the tip of the rod-shaped tool. In the bumper hole cover member mounting structure according to claim 1,
A hole cover member for a bumper, wherein a lamp is attached to the back surface of the hole cover member so that the lamp can be removed together with the hole cover member from the opening portion when the hole cover member is removed from the opening peripheral portion of the bumper body Mounting structure.

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