JP2016029291A - Buffer member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a buffer member capable of reducing the number of types of the buffer member, facilitating maintenance, and facilitating selection during assembly.SOLUTION: A buffer member 20 attached to any one of an opening portion and a lid member closing the opening portion and abutting on the other, comprises an attachment groove portion 23 formed in a central portion thereof and attached to an attachment target member. An upper portion and a lower portion of the attachment groove portion constitute a body upper portion 21 and a body lower portion 22, respectively, the body upper portion 21 and the body lower portion 22 can be attached by being inverted upside down, and the buffer member 20 can exhibit buffer action even if one of the body upper portion 21 and the body lower portion 22 can abut on another member. Different patterns or surface shapes are formed on a body upper surface portion 24 of the body upper portion 21 and a body lower surface portion 25 of the body lower portion 22, thereby enabling visual confirmation even after assembly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a shock-absorbing member that is attached to any one of an opening and a lid member that closes the opening and abuts against the other.

For example, when fuel is supplied to an automobile fuel tank, a fuel supply port provided on a vehicle body that is an opening and a fuel supply port lid 110 that is a lid member that closes the fuel supply port are opened, and fuel is supplied from the fuel supply port.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the fuel filler cap 110 is attached to the vehicle body by the lid inner member 111 being attached to the back surface and the arm member 120 attached to the vehicle body rotatably attaching the lid inner member 111. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

The attachment of the lid inner member 111 by the arm member 120 is such that the lid attachment shaft 114 attached to the lid inner member 111 is rotatably attached to the tip of the arm member holding arm 121 of the arm member 120. As a result, when the fuel filler lid 110 is opened, the fuel filler lid 110 and the lid inner member 111 can rotate about the lid attachment shaft 114 and can be refueled from the fuel filler opening of the opening box attached to the fuel filler opening.

  In this case, a buffer member 130 is attached to the back surface of the fuel filler cap 110 to absorb an impact when the fuel filler cap 10 contacts the fuel filler. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the buffer member 130 is formed of a buffer member mounting leg portion 131 that is attached to the fuel filler cap 110 and a buffer member body portion 132 that performs a buffering action.

  The buffer member 130 has different dimensions depending on the distance from the fuel filler lid 110 to be attached and the magnitude of the force with which the fuel filler lid 110 is closed. In particular, as shown in FIG. 13, the size of the buffer member main body 132 is different from the distance a shown in FIG. 12 and the distance b shown in FIG. 13. Moreover, in the buffer member 130 shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, it was not possible to visually confirm whether or not the correct buffer member 130 was assembled after the buffer member 130 was assembled.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, in the hood 8 that closes the engine room of the automobile, the shock absorbing member 230 attached to the vehicle body 1 abuts against the convex portion 8a of the hood 8 to absorb the impact when the hood 8 is closed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).
The size and dimensions of the bonnet 8 are different depending on the vehicle model, the number of types of the buffer member 230 is large, management is troublesome, and sorting at the time of assembly is troublesome.

JP-A-7-112686 JP 2007-91079 A

  Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a buffer member that reduces the types of buffer members, is easy to manage, and can be easily selected during assembly.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention of claim 1 is provided with a shock-absorbing member that is attached to one of the opening and the lid member that closes the opening, and abuts against the other.
The buffer member has a mounting groove that can be attached to the mounted member at the center, and the upper and lower parts of the mounting groove constitute the upper and lower parts of the main body, respectively, and the upper and lower parts of the main body can be installed upside down. It can be buffered regardless of which side is in contact with other members, and the main body upper surface portion of the main body and the main body lower surface portion of the lower body are formed with different patterns or surface shapes. It is a buffer member.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the shock-absorbing member that is attached to one of the opening and the lid member that closes the opening and is in contact with the other, the shock-absorbing member has a mounting groove portion that is attached to the attached member at the center. . For this reason, a buffer member can be easily attached by inserting an attachment groove part in the notch part etc. which were formed in the to-be-attached member.

The upper surface of the main unit and the lower surface of the main unit have different patterns or surface shapes, making it easy to identify the upper and lower parts of the main unit visually, and making mistakes during assembly and storage management easy. It is. In addition, by reversing the upper part of the main body and the lower part of the main body, the possibility of changing the shape of the attached member can be increased, the types of buffer members can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

The upper and lower parts of the mounting groove constitute the upper part and the lower part of the main body, respectively, and the upper and lower parts of the main body can be installed upside down, and they can provide a buffering action regardless of which side is in contact with other members. Can do. For this reason, it is possible to cope with a part that requires two different types of buffer members with one buffer member, the types of buffer members can be reduced, and the vertical direction is correct after the buffer members are assembled. Whether it is assembled or not can be confirmed visually, and management is easy.

The present invention of claim 2 is a buffer member in which the distance from the mounting groove at the upper part of the main body to the upper surface of the main body and the distance from the mounting groove at the lower part of the main body to the lower surface of the main body are different.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the distance between the mounting groove at the upper part of the main body of the cushioning member and the upper surface of the main body and the distance from the mounting groove at the lower part of the main body to the lower surface of the main body are different. Even in this case, it is possible to use one type of buffer member, and the number of buffer members can be reduced.

The present invention of claim 3 is a buffer member in which the size of the upper surface portion of the main body is different from the size of the lower surface portion of the main body.

In the present invention of claim 3, since the size of the upper surface of the main body of the buffer member is different from the size of the lower surface of the main body, it is easy to visually identify the upper part of the main body and the lower part of the main body and prevent erroneous assembly of the buffer member. can do. Moreover, the shock absorption property of the upper part of the main body and the lower part of the main body can be changed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a main body upper surface hole is formed at the center of the main body upper surface portion, a main body lower surface hole is formed at the center of the main body lower surface portion, and the main body upper surface hole and the main body lower surface hole have different buffer sizes. It is a member.

In the present invention of claim 4, since the main body upper surface hole is formed at the center of the main body upper surface portion of the buffer member and the main body lower surface hole is formed at the center of the main body lower surface portion, the flexibility and elasticity of the upper body portion and the lower body portion are increased. Thus, the buffering action can be increased.
Since the main body upper surface hole and the main body lower surface hole are different in size, the upper part of the main body and the lower part of the main body can be easily identified visually, and erroneous assembly of the buffer member can be prevented.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the mounting groove portion is a buffer member in which a groove having a C-shaped cross section is formed in a circumferential shape of the buffer member.

In the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the mounting groove portion has a C-shaped groove formed in the circumferential shape of the buffer member, the C-shaped groove surely secures an end portion such as a notch portion of the mounted member. The buffer member can be stably held.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the opening is a fuel filler port of an automobile, and the lid member is a buffer member that is a fuel filler lid that closes the fuel filler port of the automobile.

In this invention of Claim 6, an opening part is a fueling port of a motor vehicle, and a cover member is a fueling port lid which closes the fueling port of a motor vehicle. For this reason, the impact at the time when the fuel filler cap is closed with respect to the fuel filler is absorbed, and the fuel filler lid does not come into contact with the fuel filler.

In the seventh aspect of the present invention, the opening is a door opening of an automobile, and the lid member is a buffer member that is a back door or a side door of the automobile.

In this invention of Claim 7, an opening part is a door opening part of a motor vehicle, and a cover member is a back door or a side door of a motor vehicle. For this reason, the impact to the opening part of the vehicle body when the back door or the side door of the automobile is closed can be absorbed, and the sound when the back door or the side door is closed can be reduced.

According to the present invention of claim 8, the opening is an engine room or a rear trunk of an automobile, and the lid member is a buffer member that is an automobile bonnet or a trunk lid.

In the present invention of claim 8, the opening is an engine room or a rear trunk of an automobile, and the lid member is an automobile bonnet or a trunk lid. For this reason, the impact to the opening of the vehicle body when the engine room or the rear trunk of the automobile is closed can be absorbed, and the sound when the engine room or the rear trunk is closed can be reduced.

The upper and lower parts of the mounting groove constitute the upper part and the lower part of the main body, respectively, and the upper and lower parts of the main body can be installed upside down, and they can provide a buffering action regardless of which side is in contact with other members. Therefore, the types of buffer members can be halved and management is easy.
The upper surface of the main unit and the lower surface of the main unit have different patterns or surface shapes, making it easy to identify the upper and lower parts of the main unit visually, and making mistakes during assembly and storage management easy. It is.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a state in which a buffer member is attached to a cushion mounting portion of a fuel filler cap, and is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The embodiment of the present invention is shown and it is a top view in the state where the buffer member was attached to the cushion attachment part of the fuel filler cap. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view seen from obliquely above in a state in which a buffer member is attached to a cushion attachment portion of a fuel filler cap. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view seen from obliquely above in a state where a buffer member is turned upside down and attached to a cushion attachment portion of a fuel filler cap. The embodiment of the present invention is shown and it is the perspective view seen from the slanting upper part of the state where other buffer members were attached to the cushion attachment part of the fuel filler cap. The embodiment of the present invention is shown and it is the perspective view seen from the slanting upper part of the state where other buffer members were turned upside down and attached to the cushion attachment part of the fuel filler cap. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of an oil filler cap to which a buffer member is attached as viewed obliquely from above. The embodiment of the present invention is shown and it is a partial expansion perspective view seen from the slanting upper part of the cushion attachment part formed in the fuel filler cap. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a state where an oil filler lid with a buffer member attached is attached to an oil filler opening. The other embodiment of this invention is shown and it is a rear view of the vehicle body of the state which attached the buffer member to the back door opening part of the motor vehicle. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the buffer member to the conventional oil filler lid. It is a perspective view of the conventional buffer member. It is a perspective view of the other conventional buffer member. It is the perspective view which looked at the vehicle body of the state which attached the conventional buffer member to the side end of the engine room of a motor vehicle from diagonally forward upper direction. It is sectional drawing of the state which attached the conventional buffer member to the side end of the engine room of a motor vehicle, and is sectional drawing along the BB line of FIG.

The present invention will be described by taking as an example a fuel filler 7 formed in an automobile body 1 that is an opening and a buffer member 20 attached to a fuel filler lid 10 that closes the fuel filler 7.
The present invention can be widely used for the buffer member 20 attached to either the opening portion or the lid member that closes the opening portion in addition to the fuel filler port 7 and the fuel filler cap 10 provided in the vehicle body 1 of the automobile. The buffer member 20 attached to the opening part and lid member of other automobiles other than the fuel filler lid 10 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the fuel filler cap 10 closes the fuel filler 7 of the vehicle body 1 and the filler 2 of the filler pipe 6, and is made of sheet metal or synthetic resin, and the surface is painted according to the color of the vehicle body 1. Has been. In the present invention, the fuel filler cap 10 made of synthetic resin will be described, but it can also be used for the fuel filler cap 10 made of sheet metal.

When fuel is supplied to the fuel tank for automobiles, the fuel filler lid 10 that closes the fuel filler 7 provided in the vehicle body 1 is opened, the tank cap 4 is removed, and a fuel gun ( Insert the tip of (not shown) and refuel. A shield 5 is provided between the inlet 2 and the fuel filler port 7 for sealing.
A method for attaching the fuel filler cap 10 will be described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the fuel filler lid 10 has a flat lid-like upper plate 11. A buffer member mounting portion 12 for attaching the buffer member 20 is formed on the lower surface of the lid upper plate 11, and the buffer member 20 that is in contact with the upper end portion 7 a of the fuel filler opening 7 is mounted on the buffer member mounting portion 12. The structure for attaching the fuel filler cap 10 to the fuel filler 7 will be described later. The buffer member 20 can be attached to the upper end portion 7a of the fuel filler port 7 instead of the fuel filler cap 10.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a mounting notch portion 19 is formed in the buffer member mounting portion 12. The attachment notch 19 is cut out in a circular shape whose entrance is cut in parallel and whose back is slightly larger than the entrance. For this reason, when the mounting groove 23 of the buffer member 20 described later is inserted into the mounting notch 19, it is held by the circular portion and is difficult to come off. The interior of the buffer member mounting portion 12 has a space that can accommodate a main body upper portion 21 or a main body lower portion 22 of the buffer member 20 described later.

Next, the buffer member 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the buffer member 20 has a mounting groove portion 23 that is mounted on the mounting notch portion 19 of the buffer member mounting portion 12 of the fuel filler cap 10 that is a member to be mounted, in a central portion of the circumference. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2, the buffer member 20 can be easily mounted by inserting the mounting groove portion 23 into the mounting notch portion 19 of the buffer member mounting portion 12.

The upper and lower portions of the mounting groove portion 23 of the buffer member 20 constitute a main body upper portion 21 and a main body lower portion 22 which are main body portions, respectively, and the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22 can be mounted upside down. Even if it is attached on top and abuts against the oil filler 7 which is another member, it can provide a buffering action. For this reason, when two different types of buffer members 20 are required, one buffer member 20 can be used, the types of buffer members 20 can be reduced, and management is easy.

The main body upper surface portion 24 formed at the front end of the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower surface portion 25 formed at the front end of the main body lower portion 22 have different patterns or surface shapes. Therefore, the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22 can be easily identified by looking at the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25, and when the buffer member 20 is assembled to the buffer member mounting portion 12, the upper and lower errors are prevented. can do. Moreover, since the type of the buffer member 20 is halved, storage management is easy. In addition, the possibility of handling the shape change of the fuel filler lid 10 and the fuel filler port 7 is increased by inverting the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22, and the types of the buffer members 20 can be reduced.

For example, the buffer member 20 can be formed such that the distance from the mounting groove 23 of the upper body 21 to the upper surface 24 of the main body and the distance from the mounting groove 23 of the lower body 22 to the lower surface 25 of the body 25 are different. In this case, even when the distance between the fuel filler lid 10 and the fuel filler 7 is different, one type of buffer member 20 can be used, and the number of buffer members 20 can be reduced.
Further, the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25 can be formed to have different diameters. In this case, the elasticity of the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25 can be changed to change the absorbability with respect to the impact.

Further, the size of the main body upper surface portion 24 of the buffer member 20 and the size of the main body lower surface portion 25 can be formed differently. In this case, the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22 can be easily identified by eye contact or touch, and erroneous assembly can be prevented when the buffer member 20 is assembled to the buffer member mounting portion 12. it can.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, different ring-shaped protrusions can be formed on the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25. Further, the main body upper surface hole 26 can be formed at the center of the main body upper surface portion 24 of the buffer member 20, and the main body lower surface hole 27 can be formed at the center of the main body lower surface portion 25. In this case, the flexibility and elasticity of the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22 are increased, and the buffering action can be increased. Moreover, the weight of the buffer member 20 can also be reduced. As will be described later, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the main body upper surface hole 26 and the main body lower surface hole 27 may not be provided.

Furthermore, the main body upper surface hole 26 and the main body lower surface hole 27 can be formed so that the sizes of the holes are different. In this case, the main body upper portion 21 and the main body lower portion 22 can be easily identified by eye contact or touch, and erroneous assembly can be prevented when the buffer member 20 is assembled to the buffer member mounting portion 12. it can.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25 can be formed to have different surface patterns without providing holes. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the pattern of the main body upper surface portion 24 forms a quadrangular protrusion, and the pattern of the main body lower surface portion 25 forms a triangular protrusion. In this case, the main body upper surface portion 24 and the main body lower surface portion 25 can be identified at a glance, and can be easily identified only by touching with the hand.

The mounting groove 23 can be formed in a circumferential shape around the buffer member 20 as a groove having a C-shaped cross section. In this case, the entrance portion of the mounting groove portion 23 having a C-shaped cross section can securely hold the end portion of the mounting notch portion 19 of the buffer member mounting portion 12 so that the buffer member 20 is stably held. be able to.

In the present embodiment, attachment of the fuel filler cap 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, a lid mounting leg portion 14 is formed at one end of the back surface of the fuel filler lid 10. In the present embodiment, the lid mounting leg portions 14 are formed at two positions on the left and right sides of the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the fuel filler lid 10, and each lid mounting leg portion 14 has a leg portion extending downward, In the center of the leg portion, an oil filler lid attaching portion pin hole 14a for inserting the lid attaching pin 30 is formed penetrating the lid attaching leg portion 14 in the lateral direction.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a lid locking projection 18 is formed on the other end of the back surface of the fuel filler lid 10. When the fuel filler lid 10 is closed, the lid is locked to the locking portion of the fuel filler 7. Is done. The lid locking projection 18 releases the lock of the lid locking projection 18 to the locking portion of the fuel filler 7 by pulling the lever of the driver's seat when opening the fuel filler lid 10. Can do.

The oil filler 7 is provided with a lid attachment portion 40 for attaching the oil filler lid 10.
In the present embodiment, a lid attachment portion case 41 and a lid attachment portion hinge 42 that slides up and down in the lid attachment portion case 41 are provided, and the lid attachment portion hinge 42 is attached in the lid attachment portion case 41. It is biased in the direction of the fuel filler cap 10 by a hinge spring 43 that is a biasing member.
Two parallel leg portions corresponding to the lid mounting leg portion 14 of the fuel filler lid 10 are formed at the tip of the lid mounting portion hinge 42, and a lid for inserting a lid mounting pin 44 penetrating in the lateral direction is formed at the center of the lid mounting leg hinge 42. A mounting portion hinge pin hole 45 is formed.

The lid mounting portion hinge 42 and the lid mounting leg portion 14 of the fuel filler lid 10 are combined to attach the fuel filler lid 10 to the fuel filler 7. A lid attaching pin 44 is inserted into the lid attaching portion hinge pin hole 45 and the oil filler lid attaching portion pin hole 14a, and the oil filler lid 10 is rotatably attached together with the lid spring.
In the present embodiment, the fuel filler cap 10 is attached to the lid attaching portion hinge 42 that slides up and down. However, the lid attaching portion hinge 42 is fixed and the oil filler cap 10 does not slide up and down. The present invention can be used even when only the lid mounting pin 30 is rotated.

  The shock-absorbing member 20 of the present invention is not only attached to the fuel filler cap 10 but can be used, for example, in a door opening 51 of a vehicle body 1 that is an opening of a vehicle, as shown in FIG. The buffer member 20 can be attached around the door opening 51 where the back door 50 of the automobile opens and closes.

In this case, the shock to the door opening 51 of the vehicle body 1 when the back door 50 of the automobile is closed is absorbed by the buffer member 20, and the sound when the back door 50 is closed can be reduced. In addition to the back door 50, it can be used for the side door opening of an automobile. The shock-absorbing member 20 can be attached around the door opening that opens and closes the side door of the automobile.

Further, it can be used for an opening of an engine room or a rear trunk of an automobile. A shock-absorbing member 20 can be attached to the periphery of the rear face of the vehicle body 1 where the hood or trunk lid of the automobile is closed in the same manner as the back door. In this case, it is possible to absorb the impact to the opening of the vehicle body 1 when the engine room or the rear trunk of the automobile is closed, and to reduce the sound when the engine room or the rear trunk is closed.

10 Refueling cap (lid member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Lid top plate 12 Cushion attaching part 20 Buffer member 21 Main body upper part 22 Main body lower part 23 Mounting groove part 24 Main body upper surface part 25 Main body lower surface part

Claims (8)

In the cushion member cushioning member attached to one of the opening and the lid member that closes the opening, and in contact with the other,
The cushion member cushioning member has a mounting groove portion to be attached to the mounted member at a central portion, and an upper portion and a lower portion of the mounting groove portion constitute an upper portion of the main body and a lower portion of the main body, respectively. It can be mounted in an inverted manner, and it can provide cushioning cushioning action regardless of which side abuts on another member, and the main body upper surface portion of the main body upper portion and the main body lower surface portion of the lower main body have different patterns or A cushion member cushioning member characterized in that a surface shape is formed. 2. The cushion member cushioning member according to claim 1, wherein a distance from the mounting groove portion at the upper portion of the main body to the upper surface portion of the main body and a distance from the mounting groove portion at the lower portion of the main body to the lower surface portion of the main body are different. The cushion member cushioning member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a size of the upper surface portion of the main body is different from a size of the lower surface portion of the main body. A main body upper surface hole is formed at the center of the main body upper surface portion, a main body lower surface hole is formed at the center of the main body lower surface portion, and the main body upper surface hole and the main body lower surface hole have different hole sizes. The cushion member cushioning member according to any one of Items 3. The cushion member cushioning member according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mounting groove portion has a C-shaped groove formed in a circumferential shape of the cushion member cushioning member. The cushion member cushion according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the opening is an inlet box fuel filler of an automobile, and the lid member is an oil filler lid that closes the inlet box filler of the automobile. Element. The cushion member cushioning member according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the opening is a door opening of an automobile, and the lid member is a back door or a side door of the automobile. The cushion member cushioning member according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the opening is an engine room or a rear trunk of an automobile, and the lid member is a bonnet or a trunk lid of the automobile.