JP2008308008A - Assist grip mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain temporary fastening of a pin member to a clip, and to prevent the temporarily fastened pin member from being removed from the clip and from being erroneously inserted to the hollow inside of a leg part. <P>SOLUTION: In the assist grip mounting structure, an engagement claw 34 is engaged with an edge part of a mounting hole by inserting the leg part 30 of the clip 20 for mounting the assist grip to a body side of the vehicle to the mounting hole and an engagement state of the engagement claw 34 relative to the mounting hole is retained by inserting the pin member 40 separated from the clip to the hollow inside 32 of the leg part 30. The pin member 40 can be temporarily fastened to the clip 20. The pin member is provided with a removal stop part 46 and an insertion suppression part 48. The removal stop part 46 in the state that the pin member is temporarily fastened to the clip is engaged with the clip at an opposite side to the insertion side of the pin member relative to the hollow inside of the leg part, and the insertion suppression part 48 is set so as to be engaged with the clip in the state that it receives insertion of the pin member relative to the hollow inside of the leg part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an assist grip mounting structure for mounting an assist grip provided in a vehicle interior to the body side of a vehicle.

As a structure for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle, for example, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is already known. As is clear from this technique, clips are individually attached to both ends of the assist grip. By inserting the hollow leg portions of these clips into the mounting holes of the body panel, the locking claws of the leg portions are locked to the edge portions of the mounting holes to prevent the clips from coming off. Further, in this state, by inserting a pin member separate from the clip into the hollow inside of both leg portions, the locking claw is restricted so that it cannot be elastically deformed inward of the leg portions. Therefore, the locking pieces of the both leg portions are held in a locked state at the edge of the mounting hole, and the mounting state of the assist grip to the body panel becomes firm.
JP 2001-277926 A

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Literature 1, when the assist grip is attached to the vehicle body side, it is necessary to take the pin member from another location to the clip side. Increase. As a countermeasure, it is conceivable to temporarily fix the pin member to the clip with an adhesive tape or the like. However, in this case, labor is increased to remove the adhesive tape, and the pin member that is temporarily fastened may fall off the clip, or the pin member may be erroneously inserted into the hollow portion of the leg portion.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, the purpose is to be able to temporarily fasten the pin member to the clip, and the temporarily pinned pin member comes off the clip, It is an object to provide an assist grip mounting structure that can prevent erroneous insertion into a hollow portion of a leg portion.

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clip for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle. By inserting the hollow leg portion into the attachment hole, the leg claw is elastically attached to the edge of the attachment hole. It is configured to be locked, and the elastic deformation of the locking claw is restricted by inserting a pin member separate from this clip into the hollow portion of the leg, and the locking claw is locked to the edge of the mounting hole In this type of assist grip mounting structure, the pin member can be temporarily fastened to the clip. Further, the pin member includes a retaining portion and an insertion preventing portion. When the pin member is temporarily fixed to the clip, the retaining portion is engaged with the clip on the side opposite to the insertion side of the pin member with respect to the hollow interior of the leg portion, and the insertion prevention portion is the hollow interior of the leg portion. The pin is set to engage with the clip in a state where the insertion of the pin member is received.

  Thus, by temporarily fastening a pin member separate from the clip to the clip, for example, when attaching the assist grip to the vehicle body side in the vehicle assembly line, the operator holds the pin member on the clip side. This eliminates the need for time and effort and improves workability. Furthermore, the pin member temporarily secured to the clip is prevented from coming off from the clip by the retaining portion, and the pin member temporarily retained is accidentally inserted into the hollow portion of the leg portion by the insertion preventing portion. Can be prevented.

  According to a second invention, in the first invention, the insertion preventing portion of the pin member is engaged with the tip of the locking claw of the leg portion in a state where the pin member is temporarily fixed to the clip. The part is set so as to be shifted from the entrance of the hollow inside of the leg part.

  As a result, the pin member temporarily attached to the clip is not realized even if it is ready to be inserted into the hollow inside of the leg part unless the insertion prevention part is removed from the latching claw of the leg part. It can prevent more reliably that a member is accidentally inserted in the hollow inside of a leg part.

  According to a third invention, in the second invention, the retaining portion of the pin member has elasticity and projects outward from the vicinity of the insertion preventing portion, and the insertion preventing portion is formed at the tip of the locking claw in the leg portion. It is set to engage with the clip in the engaged state.

  As a result, when releasing the temporary fixing of the pin member to the clip, it is possible to disengage the insertion preventing portion from the locking claw using the elasticity of the retaining portion, and in parallel to this, the retaining against the clip is prevented. The part can be disengaged. Further, when the pin member is inserted into the hollow portion of the leg portion, the pin member is smoothly inserted by elastically deforming the retaining portion protruding outward.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire assist grip mounting structure. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the assist grip mounting structure. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the assist grip mounting structure when FIG. 2 is viewed from different directions. FIG. 4 shows the assist grip mounting structure in an enlarged cross-sectional view.
The assist grip 10 shown in these drawings is provided with clips 20 at both ends thereof (FIG. 1). The structure is such that the assist grip 10 is attached to the body side of the vehicle by both the clips 20 and the pin members 40 used as a set with the individual clips 20. The assist grip 10, the clip 20, and the pin member 30 are separate from each other, and each is an integrally molded product made of a synthetic resin. 2 and 3, the pin member 40 is intentionally separated in order to clearly show the assist grip mounting structure.

Both the clips 20 have a structure in which a hollow rectangular leg portion 30 protrudes from the front side of the rectangular base portion 22. The base portion 22 is provided with an opening portion 26 communicating with the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30. In addition, a pair of left and right shaft support portions 24 are provided in the lower portion on the back side of the base portion 22.
On the other hand, the recessed part 12 is provided in the both ends of the assist grip 10, and the axial support part 24 of both the clips 20 is rotatably connected with respect to the assist grip 10 by the support shaft 14 in these recessed parts 12 ( FIG. 4). The area and depth of the recess 12 are set so that the assist grip 10 and the clip 20 can rotate about 90 ° around the axis of the support shaft 14 without interfering with each other. Thereby, the assist grip 10 in the state attached to the body side of the vehicle via the clip 20 can rotate between the storage position and the use position along the roof of the vehicle.

The hollow rectangular leg portion 30 of the clip 20 includes a pair of locking claws 34 provided respectively on two corresponding side portions. These locking claws 34 are configured such that only their base end portions are integrally coupled to the side wall of the leg portion 30 and can be elastically deformed inward and outward of the leg portion 30 by the elasticity of the synthetic resin material. And the front-end | tip 34b which is the free end of both the latching claws 34 has each opposed this opening part 26 in the opening area of the opening part 26 in the base part 22 (FIG. 4).
Further, both the locking claws 34 each have a bulging portion 34 a that protrudes outward from the side surface of the leg portion 30. Therefore, when the leg portion 30 is inserted into the mounting hole 52 of the body panel 50 as will be described later, the individual bulging portions 34a pass through the mounting hole 52 due to the elastic deformation of both locking claws 34, and the body. The panel 50 is locked to the edge of the mounting hole 52 on the back side.

The pin member 40 includes a shaft portion 42 and a cover portion 44. The shaft portion 42 can be inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30 from the opening portion 26 of the base portion 22 in the clip 20. The cover part 44 has a function of facilitating the insertion work of the shaft part 42 with respect to the hollow interior 32 of the leg part 30 and a function of covering the attachment position of the assist grip 10 and improving the design as will be described later. The pin member 40 can be temporarily fastened to the clip 20 as shown in FIGS. A configuration for this temporary fastening will be described.
First, the tip end portion of the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40 is provided with a retaining portion 46 that protrudes upward from the center portion thereof. The retaining portion 46 has flexibility due to the elasticity of the synthetic resin material, and is engaged with the upper portion of the opening 26 on the front side of the base portion 22 when the pin member 40 is temporarily secured (FIG. 4). . That is, the retaining portion 46 is engaged with the base portion 22 of the clip 20 on the side opposite to the side where the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40 is inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30. When the shaft portion 42 is inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30, the retaining portion 46 falls down toward the cover portion 44 due to elasticity. On the upper surface near the tip of the shaft portion 42, a relief space 43 is provided for receiving the fall-out preventing portion 46 that has fallen.

At the tip of the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40, an insertion preventing portion 48 having a shape in which the lower surface side is cut out on both sides of the retaining portion 46 is provided. The insertion preventing portion 48 is engaged with the tip 34b of one of the locking claws 34 when the pin member 40 is temporarily fastened (FIG. 4). As a result, when the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40 is displaced from the entrance (opening portion 26) of the hollow interior 32 in the leg portion 30, the external force from the cover portion 44 side acting on the pin member 40 is locked by the locking claw. 34 is held in the state of being received. The engagement of the retaining portion 46 with respect to the base portion 22 is maintained only when the insertion preventing portion 48 is engaged with the tip 34 b of the locking claw 34.
The pin member 40 temporarily attached to the clip 20 in this manner is held so as not to be detached from the clip 20 by the engagement of the retaining portion 46 with the base portion 22, and at the same time, the insertion preventing portion 48 with respect to the locking claw 34. The shaft portion 42 is held so as not to be erroneously inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30 by the engagement. Further, since the pin member 40 is temporarily fastened to the clip 20, when the assist grip 10 is attached to the body panel 50 as described below, there is no need to take the pin member 40 to the clip 20 side. .

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a state where the assist grip 10 is attached to the body panel 50 of the vehicle. As shown in the drawing, a procedure for attaching the assist grip 10 to the body panel 50 by the clip 20 and the pin member 40 will be described. It is assumed that the pin member 40 is temporarily fastened to the clip 20 by the retaining portion 46 and the insertion preventing portion 48 as described above.
First, the leg portion 30 of the clip 20 is inserted into the mounting hole 52 of the body panel 50. At this time, as already described, the individual bulged portions 34a pass through the mounting holes 52 due to the elastic deformation of the locking claws 34 in the leg portions 30, and at the edges of the mounting holes 52 on the back side of the body panel 50. Lock. Here, the pinned state of the pin member 40 with respect to the clip 20 is released. This release operation uses the elasticity of the retaining portion 46 to pull the pin member 40 rearward, thereby disengaging the insertion preventing portion 48 from the tip 34b of the locking claw 34. As a result, the pin member 40 is in the state indicated by the phantom line in FIG.

Subsequently, the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40 is inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30. The retaining portion 46 at this time is pushed and bent by interference with the inner surface of the hollow interior 32 and falls into the escape space 43 of the shaft portion 42, so that the shaft portion 42 is smoothly inserted into the hollow interior 32. As shown in FIG. 5, the shaft portion 42 of the pin member 40 is inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30, thereby restricting elastic deformation of both the locking claws 34 inward of the leg portion 30. . Accordingly, the locking state of the locking claws 34 with respect to the edge portion of the mounting hole 52 is maintained, and the assist grip 10 is firmly attached to the body panel 50.
In the pin member 40, the cover portion 44 with the shaft portion 42 inserted into the hollow interior 32 of the leg portion 30 covers the base portion 22, the shaft support portion 24, the support shaft 14, and the like of the clip 20. It is in a state (FIG. 5). Thereby, the designability of the attachment location in the assist grip 10 is maintained.

Although the best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above with reference to the drawings, this embodiment can be easily changed or modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the attachment structure of the type in which the base portion 22 of the clip 20 is directly coupled to the assist grip 10 by the support shaft 14 has been described, but the base member coupled to the assist grip 10 The present invention can also be applied to an attachment structure of a type in which the leg portion 30 is separated.

External perspective view showing the state of attaching the assist grip to the vehicle body Enlarged perspective view showing the assist grip mounting structure FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the assist grip mounting structure as seen from different directions. Enlarged sectional view showing the assist grip mounting structure Sectional view showing the mounting state of the assist grip to the body panel

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Assist grip 20 Clip 30 Leg part 32 Hollow inside 40 Pin member 46 Detachment part 48 Insertion prevention part

Claims (3)

The clip for attaching the assist grip to the body side of the vehicle is configured so that the locking claw of the leg is elastically locked to the edge of the mounting hole by inserting the hollow leg into the mounting hole By inserting a pin member separate from this clip into the hollow portion of the leg portion, the elastic deformation of the locking claw is restricted, and the locking state of the locking claw with respect to the edge of the mounting hole is maintained. The assist grip mounting structure of
The pin member can be temporarily fastened to the clip, and the pin member has a retaining portion and an insertion preventing portion, and the retaining portion when the pin member is temporarily secured to the clip is a pin for the hollow interior of the leg portion. The assist grip is configured to engage with the clip on the side opposite to the insertion side of the member, and the insertion preventing portion is set to engage with the clip in a state where the insertion of the pin member into the hollow interior of the leg portion is received. Mounting structure. The assist grip mounting structure according to claim 1,
When the pin member is temporarily fixed to the clip, the pin member insertion prevention portion is engaged with the tip of the locking claw of the leg portion, and the end portion of the pin member is shifted from the entrance inside the hollow portion of the leg portion. Assist grip mounting structure that is set to maintain the state. The assist grip mounting structure according to claim 2,
The pin member retaining portion has elasticity and projects outward from the vicinity of the insertion preventing portion so as to engage with the clip in a state where the insertion preventing portion is engaged with the tip of the locking claw in the leg portion. Assist grip mounting structure set to.

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