JP3928271B2 - Hood latch release cable mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hood latch release cable mounting structure for releasing a hood lock.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Usually, an engine room is disposed at the front of the automobile, and the engine room is covered with a hood and locked so as not to be opened while the vehicle is running. In order to release this lock, as shown in FIG. 10, conventionally, for example, a hood latch release cable 101 is disposed below the driver's seat side of the instrument panel 102.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing an attached state of the hood latch release cable 101. A hood lock opener bracket 103 that is vertically formed along the vertical direction is disposed. At the lower end of the bracket 103, an inverted U-shaped notch 104 is formed at the center, and bolt holes 105 are formed on both sides. , 105 are formed. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the hood latch release cable 101 includes a hood latch release lever 106 having a substantially T shape in plan view and a holder 107 connected to the lever 106. Is constituted by a handle portion 108 disposed along the vehicle width direction and a main body portion 109 extending forward from the handle portion 108.
In order to assemble the hood latch release cable 101 to the bracket 103, the bolt holes 110, 110 of the holder 107 are aligned with the bolt holes 105, 105 of the bracket 103 as shown in FIGS. The screw bolts 111 and 111 are inserted into the bolt holes 105 and 110, and the screw bolts 111 and 111 are screwed into the welding nuts 112 and 112 fixed to the back surface of the bracket 103.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional hood latch release cable mounting structure, the distance L between the handle portion 108 of the hood latch release lever 106 and the holder 107 is small, and the screw bolt 111 is screwed from the back side of the handle portion 108. Therefore, it was difficult and time-consuming to attach the hood latch release cable 101. Further, since there is no positioning when attaching the holder 107 to the bracket 103, it is difficult to assemble.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a hood latch release cable that can be reliably positioned when the holder is attached to the bracket and is easy to assemble. It is to provide a mounting structure.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a hood latch release cable having a hood latch release lever on the front side and a holder having a first plate on the back side is inserted into a cutout of the hood lock opener bracket. In the mounting structure of the hood latch release cable to be assembled, a second plate is disposed on the first plate via a connecting portion, so that a groove is formed between the two plates, and the connecting portion is notched to the notch. And a hood latch release cable is assembled to the bracket by inserting the vicinity of the notch of the bracket into the groove.
[0006]
The hood latch release cable has a hood latch release lever on the front side (rear side of the vehicle) and a holder on the rear side (front side of the vehicle). A first plate such as a rear plate and a second plate such as a front plate are connected to the holder via a connecting portion. In addition, the notch is not limited to the lower end portion of the bracket, and may be provided on a side portion or the like, and the groove portion improves positioning accuracy when attaching the holder to the bracket and facilitates assembly.
In the present invention, a convex portion that engages with the groove portion of the holder can be provided in the vicinity of the notch of the bracket. In the state where the notch vicinity is engaged with the groove of the holder, the protrusion can reliably position the holder and prevent displacement.
In the present invention, the holder mounting portion of the bracket can be bent to the opposite side of the pulling direction with respect to the direction perpendicular to the pulling direction of the hood latch release lever. The holder mounting portion refers to a notch and its vicinity, and when the load that pulls the lever is applied by bending the holder mounting portion to the opposite side of the lever pulling direction, for example, about 20 °, Since a load that moves in a direction opposite to the direction of falling off is generated, the holder becomes more difficult to drop off.
In this invention, it can comprise so that the said holder may be attached to a bracket using a clip. Conventionally, the holder is attached to the bracket by a screw bolt, but it is easier to use a clip and the assembly time can be shortened.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the hood latch release cable mounting structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, an instrument panel 1 is disposed in the front of the vehicle interior, and on the driver's seat side (the right side in FIG. 1), instruments 2 such as a speedometer and rotating A possible steering wheel 3 is arranged. A hood latch release cable 4 according to the present invention is disposed below the right end portion of the instrument panel 1. The hood latch release cable 4 is used for unlocking a hood (not shown) of an automobile that is normally closed and opening the hood when checking an engine or the like.
[0008]
Below, the assembly | attachment state of the said food latch release cable 4 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 2, a vertically long hood lock opener bracket 5 is disposed along the vertical direction, and the bracket 5 is a bracket body portion 6 having a substantially U-shaped cross section protruding forward of the vehicle. And flange portions 7 respectively extending in the vehicle width direction at both ends of the bracket body portion 6. The hood latch release cable 4 is configured to be attached to the lower end portion of the hood lock opener bracket 5, and clip holes 8 are formed in the flange portions 7, 7 located on both sides of the lower end portion. An inverted U-shaped notch 9 is formed in the bracket body 6 located at the center, and the flange 5 between the lower end of the bracket 5 and the notch 9 protrudes forward. The provided convex parts 10 and 10 are formed.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the hood latch release cable 4 includes a rear hood latch release lever 20 and a front holder 21, and the hood latch release lever 20 extends in the vehicle width direction. A handle 22 is provided. The structure of the holder 21 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0009]
The holder 21 includes a rear plate 23 on the vehicle rear side, a connecting portion 24 extending forward from the rear plate 23, a front plate 25 fixed to the front end of the connecting portion 24, A holder portion 26 extending forward from the front plate 25 and leg portions 27 and 27 having a substantially triangular shape in plan view and extending so as to be passed to the root portion of the holder portion 26 are provided. .
A substantially cylindrical lever mounting portion 28 protrudes from the center of the front plate (vehicle rear side) surface of the rear plate 23, and a lever mounting hole 29 is formed in the center of the lever mounting portion 28. The front end of the release lever 20 is connected to the lever mounting hole 29. On both sides of the lever mounting portion 28, clip mounting surfaces 30, 30 that are inclined rearward as it goes upward are formed, and clip holes 31, 31 are formed in the clip mounting surfaces 30, 30.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the connecting portion 24 has a substantially columnar upper portion and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lower portion, and protrudes forward from the rear surface side of the rear plate 23. The upper substantially cylindrical width W ₁ is formed larger than the lower width W ₂ .
The front plate 25 is a rectangular plate-like member having substantially the same thickness. As shown in FIG. 7, the width W ₃ has two clip holes 31, 31 formed in the rear plate 23. Is formed smaller than the interval W ₄ . Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the front plate 25 is disposed with a distance L ₁ from the rear plate 23, and therefore, between these two plates 23 and 25, other than the connecting portion 24. A space is formed in the groove 32. The interval between the grooves 32 is the same as the interval L ₁ between the plates 23 and 25 described above.
The holder portion 26 is a cylindrical member that protrudes forward from the center portion of the front plate 25, and has a substantially triangular leg in plan view between the holder portion 26 and the front plate 25. A portion 27 is provided for reinforcement.
[0010]
A procedure for assembling the hood latch release cable 4 having the above configuration to the bracket 5 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the hood latch release cable 4 is arranged so that the connecting portion 24 is positioned below the notch 9 of the bracket 5. Next, the cable 4 is raised, and the connecting portion 24 is inserted into the notch 9 and the convex portion 10 of the bracket 5 is inserted into the groove portion 32 formed in the holder 21 as shown in FIG. Let
Here, the height T ₁ of the convex portion is formed to be approximately the same as the interval L ₁ of the groove portion 32 of the holder 21, and the width W ₅ of the notch 9 of the bracket 5 is also the connecting portion 24. The width W ₁ is substantially the same. Therefore, the connecting portion 24 serves as a guide so that the holder 21 can be smoothly fitted into the notch 9 of the bracket 5, and after the fitting, the holder 21 can be fitted in the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction. The position can be reliably determined, and the shift in the vehicle width direction can be prevented. Further, in this state, since the clip holes 31 and 31 of the holder 21 and the positions of the clip holes 8 and 8 of the bracket 5 match, if the clip 33 is fitted into these clip holes 31 and 8, the hood latch Installation of the release cable 4 is easily completed.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 9, the lower end portion of the bracket 5 is bent at an inclination angle θ of about 20 °, for example, on the opposite side of the pulling direction 40 to the direction 41 perpendicular to the pulling direction 40 of the release lever 20. ing. This is because when a load f that pulls the release lever 20 is applied, a load q that moves in a direction opposite to the direction in which the holder 21 falls off is applied, and the holder 21 is less likely to fall off.
That is, as conceptually shown in FIG. 9, the tensile load f of the release lever 20 acts in the right direction in the drawing at the lower end of the bracket 5, while the reaction force of the tensile load f is perpendicular to the bracket surface. A load p in the direction 42 and an obliquely downward load q along the surface of the bracket 5 act. The bracket 5 acts so as to press the holder 21 from above by the diagonally downward load q, so that the holder 21 is difficult to fall off.
[0012]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the mounting structure of the hood latch release cable according to the present invention, in the operation of attaching the cable, the positioning accuracy is improved and the assembly is facilitated, and the displacement of the cable can be prevented. Further, since the lower end of the bracket is bent in the direction opposite to the lever pulling direction, the holder is less likely to fall off the bracket. Furthermore, since a clip is used instead of the conventional screw bolt, the mounting operation is simplified and the assembly time is shortened.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a front portion of a vehicle compartment showing a mounting portion of a hood latch release cable according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an attached state of the hood latch release cable according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a holder constituting the hood latch release cable according to the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.
7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.
8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a relationship of loads applied to a lever mounting portion of a bracket.
FIG. 10 is a front view of a front portion of a vehicle compartment showing a mounting portion of a conventional hood latch release cable.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing an attachment state of a conventional hood latch release cable.
12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line FF in FIG.
13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line GG in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Instrument 3 Steering wheel 4 Hood latch release cable 5 Hood lock opener bracket 6 Bracket body part 7 Flange part 8 Clip hole 9 Notch 10 Convex part 20 Release lever 21 Holder 22 Handle part 23 Rear plate 24 Connection Part 25 front plate 26 holder part 27 leg part 28 lever attachment part 29 lever attachment hole 30 clip attachment surface 31 clip hole 32 groove part 33 clip 40 lever pulling direction 41 orthogonal direction 42 vertical direction

Claims (4)

In the mounting structure of the hood latch release cable, which is provided with a hood latch release lever on the front side and a hood latch release cable having a holder having a first plate on the back side is inserted into the notch of the hood lock opener bracket and assembled. By disposing the second plate on the first plate via the connecting portion, a groove is formed between the two plates, the connecting portion is inserted into the notch, and the bracket is cut into the groove. A structure for attaching a hood latch release cable, wherein the hood latch release cable is assembled to a bracket by inserting a portion near the notch. The hood latch release cable mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a convex portion that engages with the groove portion of the holder is provided in the vicinity of the notch of the bracket. 3. The hood latch release cable according to claim 1, wherein the holder mounting portion of the bracket is bent to the opposite side of the pulling direction with respect to a direction orthogonal to the pulling direction of the hood latch release lever. Mounting structure. The hood latch release cable attachment structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the holder is attached to a bracket using a clip.

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