JPH0223579Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> This invention relates to a cushioning packaging material for vehicle pillars, and more specifically, to a vehicle pillar that is particularly suitably used as a container for a set of vehicle pillars. The present invention relates to cushioning packaging materials.

<Background of the invention and its problems> In general, rear pillars, center pillars, and front pillars used as pillars of automobile bodies are formed relatively wide, and especially for rear pillars, it is difficult to attach them to the automobile body. Due to its relationship with the pillars, it is wider than the other pillars.

Each of these pillars is typically a bulky item and is difficult to protect and package during transportation or storage.

On the other hand, although cardboard boxes and wooden boxes have conventionally been used as containers for storing such articles, the pillars are not only bulky but also formed in various shapes. Therefore, when combining these pillars in parallel and storing them all at once in the above-mentioned cardboard box or wooden box, it is necessary to prepare a storage container with considerable width, and the container is usually formed in a rectangular shape. Therefore, the container becomes bulky and a large amount of space is wasted.Since there is no means for fixing each pillar inside the container, the cushioning properties are poor, and when storing the pillars inside the container, the above-mentioned It is necessary to separately fill the space with a filling material as a cushioning material, and in this case, the positioning between the pillars or the positioning of the pillars with respect to the container must be performed so that the pillars do not come into contact with each other or the pillars and the container. There are disadvantages such as the time and effort required to do so, and the inefficiency of pillar storage leads to larger storage containers, which requires filling and positioning, which reduces work efficiency. It was hot.

<Purpose> This invention was made in view of the above points, and it is possible to efficiently store a set of vehicle pillars to make the container more compact.In addition, it has good cushioning properties and is easy to use when the pillars are stored. An object of the present invention is to provide a cushioning packaging material for a vehicle pillar that improves workability.

<Means for solving the problem> In order to achieve the above object, the cushioning packaging material for the vehicle pillar of this invention is made entirely of synthetic resin foam, and includes the rear pillar, center pillar, and front pillar. A cushioning packaging material for a box-shaped vehicle pillar that accommodates a pillar, wherein a plurality of engaging portions are protruded from the bottom portion to tighten and clamp the protruding portions on the inner surface of each pillar in a removable manner, and In order to accommodate the front pillar inside the rear pillar, an engaging part for the front pillar is disposed between the engaging parts for the rear pillar, and in order to accommodate the center pillar in parallel with the rear pillar, an engaging part for the front pillar is provided. The engaging part is characterized in that it is provided adjacent to the engaging part for the rear pillar.

<Function> According to the cushioning packaging material for a vehicle pillar having the above structure, the protruding part provided on the inner surface of the pillar is attached to the engaging part protruding from the bottom of the container made entirely of synthetic resin foam. When pushed in and fitted, the protruding portion can be clamped and clamped by the engaging portion. This results in
The pillar can be stably fixed to the bottom of the container, and the use of filler as a cushioning material can be omitted.

In addition, by housing the front pillar inside the rear pillar, the rear pillar, center pillar,
Compared to the conventional case where the front pillars are appropriately combined and stored in parallel, the space provided to store the front pillars can be omitted.

In addition, dedicated engaging portions corresponding to the protruding portions of each pillar are provided at predetermined positions on the bottom of the container depending on the storage position of each pillar, making it easy to position each pillar when storing. be able to.

<Examples> Examples will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings showing examples.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the cushioning packaging material for a vehicle pillar of this invention.

First, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of vehicle pillars, ie, a rear pillar 1, a center pillar 2, and a front pillar 3, which are stored items will be explained. Each of the pillars 1, 2, and 3 is, for example, a longitudinal piece made by bending a steel plate of an appropriate size by press working or the like and processing it to a predetermined strength, and each has a different approximately quadrilateral shape when viewed from above. is formed.

Among these, the rear pillar 1 is attached to the rear part of the vehicle body, and is formed to be considerably wider than the center pillar 2 and the front pillar 3.

Further, the center pillar 2 is attached to a substantially central portion of the vehicle body, and is formed wider than the front pillar 3 attached to the front portion of the vehicle body.

As can be seen from FIG. 4, each pillar 1, 2, 3 has a
A plurality of protrusions 1a, 2 extending along the longitudinal direction of 3.
a, 3a are provided. Such a protrusion 1
A, 2a, and 3a are usually composed of pillar reinforcement members or attachment pieces to the vehicle body.

Note that the detailed shapes of the rear pillar 1, center pillar 2, and front pillar 3 may differ slightly depending on the vehicle model in addition to those shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the buffer packaging material 10 for storing a vehicle pillar as described above consists of a box-shaped container that is approximately rectangular in plan view, and is used to store the rear pillar 1 shown in FIG. 3. Dedicated space a (indicated by a two-dot chain line), dedicated space b (indicated by a two-dot chain line) for storing the center pillar 2 in the figure, and dedicated space c (indicated by a one-dot chain line) for accommodating the front pillar 3 in the figure.
have.

In this case, space a and space b are adjacent to each other at the bottom of the container so that rear pillar 1 and center pillar 2 are combined and stored in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the container. The space c is such that the rear pillar 1 and the front pillar 3 are stored in an overlapping manner at the bottom of the container, and the front pillar 3 is stored inside the rear pillar 1.
Part of it is meant to be shared.

On the other hand, in the predetermined positions of each space a, b, c,
Projections 1a, 2a, 3 of each pillar 1, 2, 3 above
Dedicated engaging portions 11, 1 that engage correspondingly to a and house and fix each pillar 1, 2, 3 in a predetermined position.
2 and 13 are integrally provided in a protruding manner.

Space a includes a plurality of protrusions 1a provided on the rear pillar 1 in order to fix the rear pillar 1 at three points.
(See FIG. 4), three dedicated engaging portions 11 are provided.

In space b, in order to accommodate the center pillar 2 in parallel with the rear pillar 1 and in combination along its longitudinal direction, there are provided a plurality of protrusions 2a (see FIG. 4) on the center pillar 2. Two dedicated engagement parts 12 are engagement parts 11 for the rear pillar 1, which will be described later.
It is located next to.

In order to accommodate the front pillar 3 inside the rear pillar 1 and along its longitudinal direction, the space c corresponds to a plurality of protrusions 3a (see FIG. 4) provided on the front pillar 3. Four dedicated engagement parts 13 are arranged between the engagement parts 11 for the rear pillar 1.

The shapes of the engaging parts 11, 12, 13 are, for example, as shown in FIG. Slits 11a, 12a, 13c extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the container are formed corresponding to slits 3a.

Note that it is preferable that the engaging portions 13 dedicated to the front pillar 3 disposed between the engaging portions 11 dedicated to the rear pillars 1 be provided sufficiently lower than the engaging portions 11 in terms of height. This is to facilitate the accommodation of the front pillar 3 inside the rear pillar 1.

Further, the groove width of each slit 11a, 12a, 13c is slightly narrower than the thickness of each protrusion 1a, 2a, 3a, as can be seen from FIG.
When the protruding portions 1a, 2a, 3a are pushed into the respective slits 11a, 12a, 13c using the elasticity of the foam, the slits 11a, 12 are about to be restored.
Each protruding portion 1a, 2 is formed by both side portions of a, 13c.
A, 3a are configured to be clamped and clamped so that they can be inserted and removed.

The material for the cushioning packaging material 10 for the vehicle pillar may be a single or copolymer of an olefin monomer such as ethylene or propylene, or a copolymerizable monomer such as the olefin monomer and acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or maleic anhydride. copolymers; single or copolymers of styrene monomers such as styrene and α-methylstyrene, and copolymerizable monomers with these styrene monomers such as butadiene, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, maleic anhydride, etc. copolymers; polyvinyl chloride, etc. can be exemplified.

The above-mentioned buffer packaging material 10 can be molded into various sizes and shapes using the above-mentioned materials and a commonly used foaming agent, etc., by appropriate molding means such as injection molding.

Next, the function of the cushioning packaging material for a vehicle pillar of this invention will be explained.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, first, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, space b and space c formed in the cushioning packaging material 10 made entirely of synthetic resin foam are filled with centers. Insert the pillar 2 and the front pillar 3 from above. At this time, the protrusions 2a, 3a of each pillar 2, 3 are connected to the slits 12a, 13 of the corresponding engaging parts 12, 13 provided on the bottom of the container.
When the protrusions 2a and 3a are pushed in and fitted into the protrusions c, the engaging parts 12 and 13 are tightened and held. Thereby, the center pillar 2 and the front pillar 3 can be stably fixed to the bottom of the buffer packaging material 10.

Next, the rear pillar 1 is inserted into the space a shown in FIG. 1 from above, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the same manner as described above. At this time as well, when the protrusion 1a of the rear pillar 1 is pushed into the slit 11a of the corresponding engagement part 11 provided at the bottom of the container, the protrusion 1a is clamped and clamped by the engagement part 11. However, at this time, since the front pillar 3 is first stored and fixed in the space c which is provided in the space (a) so as to share a part of the pace, the rear pillar 1 is fixed to the front pillar 3. It can be stably fixed to the bottom of the buffer packaging material 10 while being housed inside.

Therefore, here, each pillar 1, 2, 3 has each engaging part 11, 12, 13 and protruding part 1a, 2a, 3a.
The front pillar 1 is fixed to the bottom of the cushioning packaging material 10 with good storage efficiency, and the use of padding as a cushioning material can be omitted, and the rear pillar 1 accommodates the front pillar 3 inside. Therefore, compared to the conventional case where the rear pillar 1 and the center pillar 2 are appropriately combined and stored in parallel, the space provided to store the front pillar 3 can be omitted.

Moreover, the protruding portions 1a, 2 of each pillar 1, 2, 3
Dedicated engaging part engaging part 11, 1 corresponding to a, 3a
2 and 13 are provided at predetermined positions on the bottom of the container depending on the storage position of each pillar 1, 2, and 3, so that each pillar 1, 2, and 3 can be easily positioned when storing. .

It goes without saying that the cushioning packaging material for vehicle pillars of this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and that various design changes can be made without changing the gist of this invention.

<Effects of the invention> As described above, according to the cushioning packaging material for vehicle pillars of this invention, the protruding part provided on the inner surface of the pillar is tightened to the engaging part of the bottom of the container made of synthetic resin foam. Since the pillars are sandwiched, the pillars can be stably fixed to the bottom of the container, and can be stored with good cushioning properties without having to be filled with cushioning material.Furthermore, the front pillars are housed inside the rear pillars. As a result, the space for storing the front pillars can be omitted, making it possible to efficiently store a set of vehicle pillars and making the entire container more compact. Since dedicated engaging parts corresponding to the protruding parts are provided at predetermined positions on the bottom of the container depending on the storage position of each pillar, each pillar can be easily positioned during storage. It has various unique practical effects such as improving workability when storing the pillar.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cushioning packaging material for a vehicle pillar according to an embodiment of this invention, and FIG.
3 is a plan view showing a state in which a set of vehicle pillars are housed, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 3. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Rear pillar, 1a, 2a, 3a... Projection part, 2... Center pillar, 3... Front pillar, 10... Cushioning packaging material, 11, 12, 13...
Engagement part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A cushioning packaging material for a box-shaped vehicle pillar that is entirely made of synthetic resin foam and that houses a rear pillar, a center pillar, and a front pillar, the bottom part of which has: A plurality of engaging parts are protruded to tighten and clamp the protruding parts on the inner surface of each pillar in a removable manner. A pillar for a vehicle, characterized in that the engaging part for the center pillar is arranged between the engaging parts, and the engaging part for the center pillar is arranged adjacent to the engaging part for the rear pillar so that the center pillar is housed in combination with the rear pillar in parallel. buffer packaging material.