JPH0230885B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an adhesive type window panel mounting structure for adhesively fixing an automobile window panel to the edge of an opening in a vehicle body.

PRIOR ART AND PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION In a window panel adhesive type window, as shown in FIG. The outer peripheral edge of the panel 1 is hidden and decorated with a finisher 2. FIG. 2 shows an example of a conventional mounting structure for the window panel 1 and finisher 2. The window panel 1 is adhesively fixed by applying an adhesive 3 to the peripheral edge on the inside of the vehicle and pressing it against the flange 5 of the vehicle body opening edge 4. At this time, the window panel 1's own weight and , it is necessary to perform positioning to prevent displacement in the front-back direction. Therefore, as shown in the figure, when the shape of the vehicle body opening edge 4 is not uniform around the circumference and one side edge is formed flat at the height of the flange portion 5, this flat edge 4a A plurality of L-shaped clips 6 are provided inside the part of the panel edge to which the adhesive 3 is applied, and a plurality of stud bolts with a large diameter spacer part 7a formed at the base of the other edge are provided. 7 with adhesive 8
At the same time, a bolt insertion hole 9 is formed in a portion of the flange portion 5 corresponding to the stud bolt 7, and the stud bolt 7 is inserted into this insertion hole 9 and the nut 10 is tightened. The window panel 1 is bent, engaged and fixed at the portion 5 to position the window panel 1 in the vertical and front-back directions.
On the other hand, the finisher 2 has the flat edge 4a.
On the side, through holes 1 are provided at several locations on the edge 4a.
The leg portion 2a is attached to a clip 12 with a snap portion 12a fitted to the edge portion 1, and on the other peripheral edge side, the leg portion 2a is engaged with a clip 13 fixed with adhesive 8 at several locations on the peripheral edge wall 4b. put on and install it,
The periphery of the window panel 1 is cushioned. Note that 14 in the figure is a blind portion formed at the peripheral edge of the window panel 1 on the passenger compartment side. As such a structure, there is one seen in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-822.

However, in this conventional structure, the stud bolts 7 are required to position and hold the window panel 1.
This involves tightening the nuts 10 and bending the clip pieces 6. Moreover, after applying the window panel 1 to the flange portion 5 from the outside of the vehicle, tightening the nuts 10 and bending the clip pieces 6 from the inside of the vehicle. This required a large number of man-hours, which led to poor workability and was a major factor in increasing costs. In addition, the stud bolt 7 and the clip piece 6 need to be properly adhesively fixed in correspondence with the end positions of the flange portion 5, and high processing accuracy is required. It wasn't easy getting along. Furthermore, since positioning errors of the window panel 1 and installation errors of the finisher 2 inevitably occur, the positioning errors of the window panel 1 and the finisher 2 are
There was a possibility that mutual positional deviation would occur, resulting in lower assembly accuracy and quality.

Furthermore, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 56-103313 discloses a structure for attaching a window glass and a molding under the name "mall locking member." In this structure, a suppression piece (a locking piece of the present invention) 12C,
13C) is a hat-shaped molding locking member made of an upright piece, a mounting piece, etc., and the surface of the window panel is attached from the outside of the window panel from one side edge of the mounting piece located on the front side of the window panel. Since the suppressing piece is formed to suppress the window panel, the suppressing piece can be elastically deformed in an arc shape from the front side of the window panel to the back side, that is, toward the inside of the vehicle cabin, approximately centered on one side edge of the mounting piece. .

Therefore, after attaching the locking member to the vehicle body panel,
When attempting to attach the window panel, the tip of the suppressing piece moves in an arc toward the interior of the vehicle, which is approximately the same direction as the direction in which the window panel is pushed in, as the window panel is pushed in.

However, such movement of the tip of the suppressing piece means that the tip of the suppressing piece is always located on the inside of the vehicle rather than the side of the window panel inside the vehicle, so the window panel is not always in the correct mounting position. Even if the front end is pushed further into the passenger compartment at the peripheral edge of the window panel, it will not return to the front side of the window panel (the surface facing outside the passenger compartment), and the window panel will not fit properly. It ends up being located further inside the vehicle than the installation location.

Therefore, in order to return the tip of this suppression piece to its normal position (the surface of the window panel), it is necessary to push the window panel further into the vehicle interior than its normal position, which causes the following problems. There is a point.

Due to the excessive pressure, the sealing member of the window panel protrudes, resulting in a poor appearance.

If a spacer or the like that defines the normal position of the window panel is located inside the window panel, the spacer must be elastically deformed, which requires a considerable pressing force and increases the number of assembly steps.

Window panels may differ from the design dimension in the width or length direction due to manufacturing errors, but considering that the window panel may be smaller than the design dimension, it is necessary to form the suppressor piece longer and avoid unnecessary There may be a case (when the window panel is larger than the design dimensions) where the window panel has to be pressed against the window panel, which increases the number of assembly steps.

In view of the conventional situation, the present invention provides a window that can reduce the number of parts as much as possible, has good assembly workability, and improves the quality by increasing the precision of assembly between the window panel and the finisher. The purpose is to provide a panel mounting structure.

Means and Actions/Effects for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following features:
From the base of the clip to which the finisher is attached, located on the back side of the window panel, the clip extends from the back side of the window panel to the front side almost along the perpendicular legs of the finisher to the edge of the vehicle body opening, and is elastically deformable from the base. The locking piece is formed upright, and the tip of the locking piece is folded back toward the surface of the window panel to form a jaw that engages with the edge of the window panel. The window panel is elastically deformed toward the outside of the periphery of the window panel, with the base of the clip located on the back side of the panel as the center. Therefore, when holding the window panel in the jaws of the locking piece, the pressing force is sufficient to push the window panel into the proper mounting position, and there is no risk of deteriorating the appearance.

In addition, after the finisher is installed, the legs of the finisher restrict the movement of the locking piece in the disengagement direction to ensure that the window panel is held in position. The mutual assembly position of the finishers can be made uniform all around the circumference.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, in which the same parts as those in the conventional structure are denoted by the same reference numerals.

That is, the automobile window panel mounting structure of the present invention has clips 12 and 13 as shown in FIG.
The base 1 located on the back side of the window panel 1 of
From 2A and 13A, a locking piece 1 is provided with jaws 20 and 21 that engage with the edge of the window panel 1 at the tip.
2C and 13C, so as to straddle the window panel 1 from the back side to the front side almost along the leg 2a perpendicular to the vehicle body opening edge 4 of the finisher 2, and to be elastically deformable from the base parts 12A and 13A. The locking pieces 12C and 13C have jaws 20 and 21 at the tips thereof folded back toward the surface of the window panel 1 to engage with the edge of the window panel 1.

Regarding the operation, according to the present invention, the window panel is attached as follows.

Locking pieces 1 of clips 12 and 13 that fixed the peripheral edge of the window panel 1 to the vehicle body opening edge 4
2C and 13C from the outside of the vehicle.

Press the window panel 1 toward the vehicle body opening edge 4 side.

Due to this pressing, the peripheral edge of the window panel 1 pushes the locking pieces 12C, 13C, and the locking pieces 12C, 13C press the bases 12A, 13A located on the back side of the window panel 1.
The peripheral edge of the window panel 1 is elastically deformed approximately at the center.

By further pressing the window panel 1, the peripheral edge of the window panel 1 is elastically deformed and moved in the outward direction of the peripheral edge. 20, 21, the locking piece 12
Since C and 13C will no longer be regulated,
It returns to almost its original shape, and the jaws 20 and 21 engage with the peripheral edge of the window panel 1.

At this time, the locking pieces 12C and 13C immediately return to their original positions from the outside of the periphery of the window panel 1 as soon as the periphery of the window panel 1 passes through the jaws 20 and 21. It can be stopped at the regular mounting position of the window panel 1 whose position is regulated by 20 and 21.

When the jaws 20, 21 of the locking pieces 12C, 13C engage with the edges of the window panel 1, and then the finisher 2 is attached, the legs 2a of the finisher 2 engage the window panel 1 edges of the locking pieces 12C, 13C. Limits movement in the direction of disengagement from one edge.

Therefore, it has the following effects.

○B Since the locking pieces 12C and 13C are elastically deformed around the base located on the back side of the window panel, when the jaws 20 and 21 formed at the tips of the locking pieces 12C and 13C pass through the edge of the window panel 1, It immediately restores to its original shape and engages with the periphery of the window panel 1 to hold the window panel 1 in its normal mounting position. What should be noted here is that the bases 12A, 13A, which are the centers of elastic deformation of the locking pieces 12C, 13C, are located on the back side of the window panel, so the locking pieces 12C, 13C,
The jaw at the tip of 13C moves in an arc toward the outside of the vehicle interior. Therefore, the jaw 20,
21 passes through the edge of the window panel 1, the window panel 1 is not pushed toward the inside of the vehicle from its normal mounting position. Therefore, when the window panel 1 is pressed toward the inside of the vehicle rather than the normal mounting position, the adhesive will not protrude and cause an unsightly appearance, and a clean finish can be achieved.

○B The locking pieces 12C and 13C, which are easily elastically deformed when the window panel 1 is assembled, are formed almost along the legs 2a of the finisher 2.
The movement of the locking pieces 12C and 13C in the release direction is restricted by the leg portions 2a of the window panel 1.
This makes it possible to more reliably hold the position.

○C Even if the window panel 1 has manufacturing errors in the width direction or length direction, the locking pieces 12C, 1
3C is engaged simply by elastically deforming and moving outward from the peripheral edge of the window panel 1, so no extra pressing force is required.

Next, to describe the operation and effect regarding claim 2, by inserting the leg portion 2a of the finisher 2 into the locking portion 13B of the clip 13,
Since the locking piece 13C opens and the jaw 21 presses the window panel 1, this has the effect that the window panel 1 can be held more firmly in addition to the above effects.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an embodiment in which the clip and spacer are integrated in the embodiment shown in FIG.
That is, each base 12A of the clips 12, 13,
The spacers 23 and 24 are integrally molded on the window panel 13A to further reduce the number of parts.In this embodiment, the spacer 22 is omitted, which not only reduces the number of parts management steps, but also allows the spacer to be attached to the window panel 1 as a sub-spacer. Since assembly man-hours can be saved, costs can be further reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an external side view of an automobile equipped with a window panel, and Figure 2 shows the conventional structure.
3 is a sectional view taken along the line, FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a different example of the present invention. 1... Window panel, 2... Finisher, 3... Adhesive, 4... Vehicle body opening edge, 5...
Flange part, 12, 13...Clip, 20, 2
1...Jaw area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A window panel mounting structure for an automobile, in which a window panel is adhesively fixed to the edge of an opening in the vehicle body, and a finisher for concealing the peripheral edge of the window panel is attached to a clip fixed to the edge of the opening in the vehicle body. , from the base of the clip located on the back side of the window panel, straddles from the back side of the window panel to the front side almost along the legs perpendicular to the vehicle body opening edge of the finisher, and is more elastic than the base. An automobile window panel mounting structure characterized in that a deformable locking piece is formed upright and the tip of the locking piece is folded back toward the surface side of the window panel to form a jaw portion that engages with the edge of the window panel. 2. The locking piece extends toward the window panel from a locking part that locks the legs of the finisher of the clip, and the jaw at the tip of the locking piece is attached to the locking part. 2. The automobile window panel mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the window panel surface is pressed and held by receiving the legs of the finisher.