JP4591209B2 - Seal member mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a seal member that covers at least a gap between a fender panel and a body panel in the vicinity of a front glass front corner of an automobile.

  Conventionally, a seal member called a current plate is provided corresponding to a front corner portion of an automobile windshield (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). This rectifying plate is located between the front corner of the windshield and the fender panel, has a function of sealing between the two, a function of rectifying the airflow from the front, a function of preventing wind noise, and a hood panel (bonnet ), A function of concealing the end edges of the cowl louver, fender panel, and body panel to improve design.

The current plate is locked to the cowl louver and the fender panel. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, an insertion portion 71 protrudes from the side surface of the main body portion of the rectifying plate 70, and the insertion portion 71 is fitted between the fender panel 75 and the body panel 76. It is. And in the fitting state of the insertion part 71, when the upper surface of the insertion part 71 contact | abuts the fender panel 75 and the lower surface contact | abuts the body panel 76, the shift | offset | difference to an up-down direction is controlled and fixed. Yes. Further, the movement in the removal direction (the right direction in FIG. 5) is regulated and fixed by the side wall surface 77 of the insertion portion 71 being locked to the bent portion 78 formed at the front end portion of the fender panel 75. Has been.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-63743 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-59779

  However, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the lip portion 80 is formed on the outer side of the fender panel 75 (bending portion 78) from the main body portion of the rectifying plate 70 in order to improve the design, the rectifying plate Between the main body portion 70 and the insertion portion 71, a groove portion 81 into which the tip portion of the fender panel 75 (bending portion 78) is inserted must be formed. In this case, it is difficult to form the narrow groove portion 81 in accordance with the thickness of the fender panel 75 in the injection molding of the rectifying plate 70. Therefore, the wide groove portion 82 is formed as shown in FIG. It is conceivable to form. However, when the wide groove portion 82 is formed, the side wall surface 77 is separated from the bent portion 78 in the fitted state of the insertion portion 71, and movement in the removal direction is allowed. As a result, the current plate 70 may be displaced.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the case where the lip portion 80 is provided. For example, the gap between the fender panel 75 and the body panel 76 is larger than the gap between the fender panel 75 and the body panel 76. When the gap is relatively small, the upper portion of the insertion portion 71 formed in accordance with the size of the frontage does not contact the fender panel 75 and the lower surface contacts the body panel 76 in the fitted state. There is a risk of disappearing. As a result, the movement in the vertical direction is allowed, and there is a possibility that the rectifying plate 70 is displaced as described above.

  When the insertion portion 71 is slightly larger than the front opening, the insertion portion 71 itself is clogged and elastically deformed in the vicinity of the entrance, making insertion difficult.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a seal member mounting structure that can stabilize the mounting state of the seal member.

  In the following, each means suitable for solving the above-mentioned purpose will be described in terms of items. In addition, the effect etc. peculiar to a corresponding means are added as needed.

Means 1. A mounting structure of a seal member that covers at least a gap between a fender panel and a body panel in the vicinity of a front windshield corner of an automobile,
The seal member is formed to protrude from the main body portion toward the vehicle outer side, and includes a plug portion that is inserted into a gap between the fender panel and the body panel,
On the upper surface side of the insertion part, a specific inclined part inclined downward toward the vehicle inner side direction is provided,
Provide a bent portion that is bent downward at the vehicle inner edge of the fender panel,
With the insertion part inserted into the gap between the fender panel and the body panel, the main body part of the seal part and the bottom part of the insertion part are brought into contact with the body panel, respectively, and the specific inclined part of the insertion part is Positioning and fixing the seal member in the vertical direction and the vehicle interior / exterior direction by locking the front end of the bent portion of the fender panel ,
An attachment structure for a seal member, wherein the insertion portion is tapered toward the tip .

According to the means 1, the positional deviation of the sealing member in the upward direction and the vehicle interior direction is regulated by engaging the specific inclined portion of the insertion portion with the distal end portion of the bent portion of the fender panel. be able to. Therefore, it is not necessary to make the two points of the upper surface and the side surface of the insertion part contact each of the fender panels as in the prior art. Therefore, even when the lip portion as described in the above problem is formed, it is not necessary to form a groove portion into which the fender panel is inserted, and various problems caused by forming the groove portion are prevented, and the sealing member is provided. Can be positioned. Furthermore, since the thickness of the insertion portion can be made relatively thin by the above-described configuration, it is assumed that the insertion portion is inserted in comparison with the gap distance between the fender panel and the body panel (the front end portion of the bent portion). Even if the distance between the body panel and the body panel is relatively narrow, the insertion portion can be inserted into the gap without difficulty and locked to the fender panel. As a result, it is possible to stabilize the mounting state of the seal member.
Moreover, it becomes easy to insert an insertion part in the clearance gap between a fender panel and a body panel, and the improvement of the attachment property of a sealing member can be aimed at.

Means 2 . A mounting structure of a seal member that covers at least a gap between a fender panel and a body panel in the vicinity of a front windshield corner of an automobile,
The fender panel includes an upper wall portion, and a bent portion that is bent downward at the vehicle inner end edge portion of the upper wall portion,
The body panel includes an upper wall portion disposed opposite to the upper wall portion below the upper wall portion of the fender panel, and a vertical wall portion extending downward from the vehicle inner edge portion of the upper wall portion. ,
The seal member is formed to protrude from the main body portion toward the vehicle outer side, and includes a plug portion that is inserted into a gap between the upper wall portion of the fender panel and the upper wall portion of the body panel,
On the upper surface side of the insertion part, a specific inclined part inclined downward toward the vehicle inner side direction is provided,
With the insertion part inserted in the gap between the fender panel and the body panel, the main body part of the seal part is brought into contact with the vertical wall part of the body panel, and the bottom part of the insertion part is placed on the upper wall part of the body panel. Abutting and locking the specific inclined part of the insertion part to the tip part of the bent part of the fender panel, thereby positioning and fixing the seal member in the vertical direction and the in-vehicle direction,
An attachment structure for a seal member, wherein the insertion portion is tapered toward the tip.
According to the means 2 , the same effects as those of the means 1 can be obtained.

Means 3 . 3. A sealing member mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a concave portion is formed at a position below the insertion portion on the body panel facing surface side of the main body portion of the sealing member.
According to the means 3, the main body is more easily bent by forming the concave portion on the body panel facing surface side of the main body. As a result, by bending the main body portion while inserting the insertion portion into the gap when the seal member is attached, the insertion portion can be easily inserted, and the attachment of the seal member can be improved.

Means 4 . 4. The seal member mounting structure according to any one of means 1 to 3 , wherein a lip portion that overlaps a bent portion of the fender panel is formed to protrude from a main body portion of the seal member.

According to the means 4 , it is possible to improve the design by providing the lip portion.

Means 5 . The main body portion of the seal member includes a front piece portion disposed along the cowl louver and a side piece portion disposed substantially along the front-rear direction of the automobile, and the insertion portion includes the side piece portion. The sealing member mounting structure according to any one of means 1 to 4 , wherein the sealing member mounting structure is formed.

Means 6 . The seal member mounting structure according to any one of means 1 to 5 , wherein the seal member is integrally formed at both ends of the cowl louver in the vehicle width direction.

According to the means 6 , the seal member is integrated with both ends of the cowl louver, so that the number of parts, the number of work steps, and the like can be reduced.

Means 7 . The seal member mounting structure according to any one of means 1 to 6 , wherein the seal member is a current plate.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, cowl louvers (not shown) are provided corresponding to the front end portion of the windshield 12 of the automobile 11, and rectifying plates 13 as seal members are provided on both sides in the vehicle width direction. The rectifying plate 13 is attached so as to cover the gap between the windshield 12 and the fender panel 15 corresponding to the front corner portion of the windshield 12, and the windshield 12 is located below the rectifying plate 13 on the vehicle interior side. A hood panel (bonnet) 14, a fender panel 15, a body panel 16 (see FIG. 4), and the like are located outside. The functions of the current plate 13 include, for example, a function of sealing between the windshield 12 and the fender panel 15, a function of rectifying the airflow from the front, a function of preventing wind noise, a cowl louver, and a hood panel 14. The function etc. which conceal each edge part of fender panel 15 and body panel 16 (refer to Drawing 4) and aim at improvement in design nature are mentioned.

  Here, the current plate 13 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the rectifying plate 13 attached to the right side of the automobile 11 as seen from the lower side of the vehicle, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rectifying plate 13 as seen from the upper side of the vehicle.

  The current plate 13 is injection-molded with EPDM (ethylene / propylene / diene non-conjugated copolymer) solid rubber, and is disposed along the front piece 20 disposed along the cowl louver, and substantially in the front-rear direction of the automobile 11. The main body part 23 which comprises the side piece part 21 formed in the shape of a plane shape in the planar view is provided.

  Further, a clip portion 24 formed to protrude forward is provided on the front surface side of the front piece portion 20, and an insertion portion 25 formed to protrude in the vehicle outer side direction is provided at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the side piece portion 21. In the vicinity of the rear end portion of the side piece portion 21, a tongue piece portion 26 that protrudes toward the vehicle outer side and has a bent tip portion is provided. Then, the clip portion 24 is locked to the cowl louver, the insertion portion 25 is inserted and locked into the gap between the fender panel 15 and the body panel 16, and the fender panel 15 and the body panel 16 are folded in a state where the tongue piece portion 26 is folded. The rectifying plate 13 is mounted in a state where it is positioned and fixed in the front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions. Of course, other mounting members (for example, a double-sided adhesive tape, a clip portion, etc.) may be used to stabilize the mounting state of the rectifying plate 13. For example, you may make it fix the design lip | rip part 27 mentioned later to the fender panel 15 with a double-sided adhesive tape.

  Next, the details of the insertion portion 25 and its locking structure, which are characteristic portions of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the structure of the fender panel 15 and the body panel 16 of the location where the insertion part 25 is inserted is demonstrated. The fender panel 15 includes an upper wall portion 15a and a bent portion 15b that is bent downward at an inner edge (right side in FIG. 4) of the upper wall portion 15a. On the other hand, the body panel 16 includes an upper wall portion 16a disposed below the upper wall portion 15a of the fender panel 15 so as to face the upper wall portion 15a, and a lower side from the vehicle inner edge of the upper wall portion 16a. And a vertical wall portion 16b extending to the front. The angle α1 formed by the upper wall portion 15a of the fender panel 15 and the bent portion 15b is an acute angle, and is set to about 80 degrees in this embodiment. And the insertion part 25 is inserted in the clearance gap between the upper wall part 15a of this fender panel 15, and the upper wall part 16a of the body panel 16. FIG.

  The insertion portion 25 includes a specific inclined portion 25a inclined downward toward the vehicle inner side on the top surface side of the root portion. Note that the angle α2 formed by the specific inclined portion 25a with respect to the protruding direction of the insertion portion 25 is set to about 60 degrees in the present embodiment. Further, the insertion portion 25 has a gently inclined portion 25b whose upper surface on the distal end side (left side in FIG. 4) from the specific inclined portion 25a is gently inclined downward toward the distal end side, and is tapered toward the distal end portion. It has become.

  A design lip portion 27 is provided at the upper end portion of the side piece portion 21 so as to extend upward and substantially face the specific inclined portion 25 a of the insertion portion 25. This design lip portion 27 corresponds to the lip portion in the present embodiment. In the attached state of the current plate 13, the design lip 27 overlaps the surface of the bent portion 15 b of the fender panel 15.

  Further, a concave portion 28 is provided at a position below the insertion portion 25 on the vehicle outer side surface of the side piece portion 21 (a surface facing the vertical wall portion 16b of the body panel 16). As a result, the side piece portion 21 is more easily bent. Therefore, when the rectifying plate 13 is attached, the insertion portion 25 is easily inserted by bending the side piece portion 21 while inserting the insertion portion 25 into the gap.

  And in the state where the insertion part 25 was inserted in the clearance gap between the upper wall part 15a of the fender panel 15 and the upper wall part 16a of the body panel 16, the side piece part 21 contact | abuts to the vertical wall part 16b of the body panel 16. The bottom portion 25c of the insertion portion 25 abuts on the upper wall portion 16a of the body panel 16, and the specific inclined portion 25a of the insertion portion 25 is locked to the distal end portion of the bent portion 15b of the fender panel 15. Therefore, when the side piece portion 21 abuts on the vertical wall portion 16b of the body panel 16, the movement toward the vehicle outer side is restricted, and the bottom portion 25c of the insertion portion 25 abuts on the upper wall portion 16a of the body panel 16. Thus, the downward movement is restricted, and the specific inclined part 25a of the insertion part 25 is locked to the tip of the bent part 15b, whereby the upward movement and the inward direction of the vehicle are restricted. As a result, the side piece 21 and thus the rectifying plate 13 are positioned and fixed in the vertical direction and the in-vehicle direction.

  As described in detail above, in the present embodiment, the specific inclined portion 25a of the insertion portion 25 is locked to the distal end portion of the bent portion 15b of the fender panel 15 so as to move in two directions, the upward direction and the vehicle interior direction. The movement of the current plate 13 is regulated. Therefore, it is not necessary to contact the fender panel 15 with the two points of the upper surface and the side surface of the insertion portion 25 as in the prior art. Therefore, even when the design lip portion 27 is formed as in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to form a groove portion into which the fender panel 15 is inserted, and the occurrence of various problems caused by forming the groove portion is prevented, and the current plate The mounting state of 13 can be stabilized.

  Furthermore, since the thickness of the insertion portion 25 can be made relatively thin by the above configuration, the gap between the upper wall portion 15a of the fender panel 15 and the upper wall portion 16a of the body panel 16 as in the present embodiment. Even if the front opening for inserting the insertion part 25 (the distance between the tip of the bent part 15b and the body panel 16) is relatively narrow compared to the interval, the insertion part 25 can be inserted into the gap without difficulty. Can do.

  In the present embodiment, since the angle α1 formed by the upper wall portion 15a of the fender panel 15 and the bent portion 15b is an acute angle of about 80 degrees, the insertion portion 25 is provided at the distal end portion of the bent portion 15b. The specific inclined portion 25a is more easily locked.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the angle α2 formed by the specific inclined portion 25a with respect to the protruding direction of the insertion portion 25 is set to about 60 degrees, and the specific inclined portion 25a has a relatively steep inclination. It is securely locked to the tip of the bent portion 15b. As a result, it is possible to prevent the insertion portion 25 from coming off, and to improve the stability of the attached state of the rectifying plate 13.

  In addition, since the insertion portion 25 is tapered, the insertion portion 25 can be easily inserted into the gap between the fender panel 15 and the body panel 16, and the attachment of the rectifying plate 13 can be improved.

  In addition, it is not limited to the description content of the said embodiment, For example, you may implement as follows. Of course, other application examples and modification examples not illustrated below are also possible.

  (A) In the above embodiment, the current plate 13 is made of EPDM, but may be made of another material such as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer (TPO).

  (B) In the above embodiment, the case where the current plate 13 is provided separately on both sides of the cowl louver provided corresponding to the front portion of the windshield 12 is embodied. However, the current plate is integrally formed on both sides of the cowl louver. It is good also as shape | molding. In this case, it is possible not only to prevent the appearance of the edge of the cowl louver from being deteriorated, but also to reduce the number of parts and the number of work steps. In this case, it is desirable that the rectifying plate portion is made of the same or equivalent material as that constituting the cowl louver.

  (C) The configuration of the fender panel 15 and the body panel 16 where the insertion portion 25 is inserted is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the angle formed by the upper wall portion 15a of the fender panel 15 and the bent portion 15b may be a right angle.

  (D) The shape of the insertion part 25 is not limited to the said embodiment. For example, the angle α2 formed by the specific inclined portion 25a with respect to the protruding direction of the insertion portion 25 may be set to 30 degrees. However, considering locking properties, it is preferable that the angle is at least 45 degrees or more. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which abbreviate | omits the gentle inclination part 25b and is not tapered toward the front-end | tip part. The design lip 27 and the recess 28 may be omitted.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the arrangement | positioning position etc. of the motor vehicle and the baffle plate in one Embodiment. It is the perspective view which looked at the baffle plate from the vehicle outside lower part. It is the perspective view which looked at the baffle plate from the vehicle inside upper part. It is a figure explaining an attachment structure, Comprising: It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. (A)-(c) is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the attachment structure of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Automobile, 12 ... Windshield, 13 ... Current plate as sealing member, 15 ... Fender panel, 16 ... Body panel, 20 ... Front piece part, 21 ... Side piece part, 23 ... Main part, 25 ... Insertion part 15b, a bent portion, 25a, a specific inclined portion, 27, a design lip portion as a lip portion, and 28, a concave portion.

Claims (7)

A mounting structure of a seal member that covers at least a gap between a fender panel and a body panel in the vicinity of a front windshield corner of an automobile,
The seal member is formed to protrude from the main body portion toward the vehicle outer side, and includes a plug portion that is inserted into a gap between the fender panel and the body panel,
On the upper surface side of the insertion part, a specific inclined part inclined downward toward the vehicle inner side direction is provided,
Provide a bent portion that is bent downward at the vehicle inner edge of the fender panel,
With the insertion part inserted into the gap between the fender panel and the body panel, the main body part of the seal part and the bottom part of the insertion part are brought into contact with the body panel, respectively, and the specific inclined part of the insertion part is Positioning and fixing the seal member in the vertical direction and the vehicle interior / exterior direction by locking the front end of the bent portion of the fender panel,
An attachment structure for a seal member, wherein the insertion portion is tapered toward the tip. A mounting structure of a seal member that covers at least a gap between a fender panel and a body panel in the vicinity of a front windshield corner of an automobile,
The fender panel includes an upper wall portion, and a bent portion that is bent downward at the vehicle inner end edge portion of the upper wall portion,
The body panel includes an upper wall portion disposed opposite to the upper wall portion below the upper wall portion of the fender panel, and a vertical wall portion extending downward from the vehicle inner edge portion of the upper wall portion. ,
The seal member is formed to protrude from the main body portion toward the vehicle outer side, and includes a plug portion that is inserted into a gap between the upper wall portion of the fender panel and the upper wall portion of the body panel,
On the upper surface side of the insertion part, a specific inclined part inclined downward toward the vehicle inner side direction is provided,
With the insertion part inserted in the gap between the fender panel and the body panel, the main body part of the seal part is brought into contact with the vertical wall part of the body panel, and the bottom part of the insertion part is placed on the upper wall part of the body panel. Abutting and locking the specific inclined part of the insertion part to the tip part of the bent part of the fender panel, thereby positioning and fixing the seal member in the vertical direction and the in-vehicle direction,
An attachment structure for a seal member, wherein the insertion portion is tapered toward the tip. The seal member mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a recess is formed at a position below the insertion portion on the body panel facing surface side of the main body portion of the seal member. The seal member mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a lip portion that overlaps a bent portion of the fender panel is formed to protrude from a main body portion of the seal member. The main body portion of the seal member includes a front piece portion disposed along the cowl louver and a side piece portion disposed substantially along the front-rear direction of the automobile, and the insertion portion includes the side piece portion. mounting structure for sealing member according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is formed. The seal member mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the seal member is integrally formed at both ends of the cowl louver in the vehicle width direction. The seal member attaching structure of the seal member according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that a rectifying plate.

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