JPH0346982Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a fender pole that is attached to a bumper or the like of an automobile.

[Conventional technology]

The fender pole is attached to a bumper or the like at the front end of the fender on the passenger side so that the driver can easily locate the corner of the bumper on the passenger side that is far from the driver's seat. This fender pole generally has a collapsible structure to prevent damage to itself and the vehicle body due to contact with other objects.

Note that fender poles are also called fender lamps because they are usually equipped with illumination lamps for use at night.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional general fender pole, in which a base portion 10 fixed to a bumper or the like and a column portion 12 are integrally connected via a coil spring 14. In this fender pole, when the column 12 comes into contact with another object, the coil spring 14 is elastically deformed so as to curve the axis and tilt the column 12 with respect to the base 10. After the contact, the coil spring 14 The pillar portion 12 is adapted to be restored to an erect state due to its spring properties.

However, in such a conventional fender pole, since the pillar portion 12 is formed from a metal pipe, the shape is uniform and there is a problem that the degree of freedom in design is low.

In order to expand the degree of freedom in design, it is conceivable to form the column part 12 with resin, but considering the installation of lighting lamps inside the column part 12 and efficient design, the column part 12 should be made of resin. A hollow structure with a thin peripheral wall will be adopted. Since the biasing force of the spring material that is interposed between the column part 12 and the base part 10 and elastically supports the column part 12 acts on the column part 12, the column part 12
If the hollow structure is made of resin, a strength problem will arise. Therefore, a structure in which a metal material as a strength member is arranged inside is considered.

However, if the means for fixing the resin decorative member and the strength member disposed inside it is not appropriate, the biasing force of the spring material will act intensively at the part where it is fixed to the strength member, resulting in damage to the decorative member. There is a fear.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In view of the above, the present invention solves the problem of a spring interposed between the pillar part and the base when the pillar part is constructed by fixing a decorative member made of resin and a strength member. It is an object of the present invention to provide a fender pole that prevents the biasing force of the material from acting intensively on the decorative member at the portion fixed to the strength member.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is a fender pole in which the pillar part is elastically supported to be tiltable with respect to the base part through a spring material.
The pillar portion includes a strength member and a bottomed decorative member made of resin that is fixed to the strength member and covers the strength member, the strength member is inserted into a through hole formed at the bottom of the decorative member, and the decorative member is attached to the strength member. The bottom part is clamped from both sides by a pair of clamping means arranged at the bottom and fixed to the strength member.

[Effect]

In the present invention having the above configuration, the biasing force of the spring material is transmitted to the bottom of the decorative member via the clamping means.
The bottom part supports the biasing force in a distributed manner at the contact surface with the holding means.

〔Example〕

1 to 5 show embodiments of fender poles according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the base 18 is constructed around a base 24 made of metal. The base 24 has a peripheral wall part 24 extending downward around the flat part 24A except for a part.
B is formed, and a through hole 28 is formed in the center of the dish-shaped recess in the flat portion 24A. A shaft base 30 is inserted into and locked in the through hole 28 . The shaft base 30 is a bolt-like component that has a flange portion 32 formed at the top of a hexagonal head, a stepped hole 34 that penetrates inwardly in the axial direction, and further penetrates the hexagonal head in the cross-axis direction. Small hole 36
is formed.

The shaft base 30 has a countersunk washer 38 on the threaded part.
is inserted into the through hole 28 of the base 24, and the nut holder 4 is inserted into the threaded portion below the through hole 28.
0 is inserted into the base 24, and a nut 42 is screwed onto the base 24. shaft base 30
The nut 42 is fastened to the base 24 by using a wrench on the hexagonal head of the shaft base 30, and the tongue portion 44 formed on the nut holder 40 abuts against the peripheral wall portion 24B of the base 24 to prevent the nut 42 from rotating together. be done. Both ends of a pin-shaped spring stopper 45 are fitted and locked in the small hole 36 .

The base 18 configured as described above is the base 24
is connected to a bracket 20 fixed to a bumper 22 via bolts 26.

Further, the column portion 46 of this embodiment includes an upper shaft 48 and a lower shaft 50 which are metal pipes serving as strength members, and the upper shaft 48 and the lower shaft 50 are screwed together and integrated. A pair of notches 52 facing each other are formed at the upper end of the lower shaft 50, and these notches 5
Both ends of the spring holder 54 are hooked to the spring holder 2 . The spring holder 54 is attached to the upper shaft 4
8 and the lower shaft 50 are arranged before being screwed together.

The upper end of the upper shaft 48 supports the lower end of a lamp holder 58 in which a light emitting diode 56 as an illumination lamp is assembled. The lead wire 60 of the lamp holder 58 passes through the inside of the upper shaft 48 and then exits to the outside of the upper shaft 48 through a notch 62 formed in the upper shaft 48 . Light emitting diode 56 and lamp holder 5
8 is housed in a concave portion 66A of a holder portion 66 formed at the lower end of a lens 64 made of resin. A lens head 68 is fixed to the upper end of the lens 64 by adhesive or the like.

The lens 64 is supported by a holder portion 66 held between the upper end portions of a shaft case 70 and a shaft cover 72 made of resin as decorative members. The shaft case 70 is an irregularly shaped bottomed cylinder in which a part of the peripheral wall is open over the entire height direction, and the lower end of the lower shaft 50 is inserted into a through hole 78 formed in the bottom 70A, so that the bottom 70A An upper shaft plate 74 and a lower shaft plate 76 as clamping means screwed onto the lower shaft 50
Rib portions 80, 82 are sandwiched between and fixed to the lower shaft 50, and protrude from the inner peripheral portion.
is in contact with the upper shaft 48 and the lower shaft 50.

The shaft cover 72 is disposed so as to cover the opening of the shaft case 70, and is fixed to the shaft case 70 by having a claw 84 fitted into a recess (not shown) formed in the inner circumference of the shaft case 70. . The lead wire 60 extends downward through a space formed between the upper shaft 48 and the lower shaft 50, the shaft case 70 and the shaft cover 72, and extends outward from a notch (not shown) formed in the shaft cover 72. It's slipping out.
The portion of the lead wire 60 coming out to the outside is inserted through the vinyl cover 86.

A circumferential wall portion 88 is formed around the lower shaft plate 76 and extends downward, and the inner diameter of the circumferential wall portion 88 is set to be slightly larger than the outer diameter of the flange portion 32 formed on the shaft base 30. has been done.

In the base portion 18 and column portion 46 configured as described above, the lower shaft plate 76 is placed on the flange portion 32 of the shaft base 30, and the peripheral wall portion 88 surrounds the flange portion 32. Further, the upper hook 90 is hooked to the spring holder 54, and the lower hook 94 of the tension coil spring 92 disposed inside the lower shaft 50 is hooked to the spring stopper 45 to elastically support the column portion 46. are doing.

The base cover 96 made of resin covers the entire base 18 and the lower part of the column 46, thereby covering the connecting portion between the base 18 and the column 46. The base cover 96 is hollow inside and is open at a portion of the top, a portion of the side, and a bottom. The side and bottom openings are continuous. The base cover 96 is attached to the base 18
After the pillar part 46 is attached to the bumper 22, it is covered from the upper end of the pillar part 46.

As shown in FIG.
4B is elastically deformed, and after passing through, the shape is restored close to its original shape as shown in FIG. Fixed. In this state, the lower end surface of the base cover 96 is attached to the bumper 22.
is in pressure contact with the top surface of.

Note that when the base cover 96 is not set as a special product for a specific vehicle model, the claw portion 98 is attached to the peripheral wall portion 24.
The lower end surface of the base cover 96 may come into contact with the upper surface of the bumper 22 before it is hooked to the lower end surface of the base cover 96. In this case, the lower end of the base cover 96 may be cut off to an appropriate length. Just do it.

Further, when the lower end surface of the base cover 96 corresponds to a corner surface connecting the upper surface and the circumferential surface of the bumper 22 as shown in FIG. 5, it is sufficient to cut the base cover 96 according to this corner shape. For this purpose, the base cover 96 is molded from PVC (vinyl chloride resin) or the like, which is easy to cut.

The fender pole installation work in this example is as follows:
First, the bracket 20 is fixed to the bumper 22, and then the base 24 is fixed to the bracket 20, and the base part 18 and the column part 46 are assembled together.
is fixed to bumper 22, and then covered with base cover 96. Therefore, when attaching the bracket 20 to the bumper 22, which is relatively time-consuming, the work is easy because the base portion 18 and the column portion 46 are separated.

Further, when fixing the base 24 to the bracket 20, the base cover 96 is not placed on the bracket 20, and the bolts 26 are simply tightened from above in an open space, making the work easy.

Further, the base cover 96 can be reliably fixed to the base 24 by simply putting it on from above without using a separate fixing means, making the work easy.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In the normal state, the fender pole of this embodiment configured as described above and fixed to the bumper 22 is
As shown in the figure, the pillar portion 46 is in an erect state. In this state, the biasing force of the tension coil spring 92 is acting on the column 46, but the upper shaft plate 74 and the lower shaft plate 76 are screwed onto the lower shaft 50, and the lower shaft 50
Therefore, the biasing force of the tension coil spring 92 transmitted to the lower shaft 50 via the spring holder 54 is not transmitted to the bottom portion 70A of the shaft case 70. Further, since the bottom portion 70A does not come into contact with the flange portion 32 due to the interposition of the lower shaft plate 76, the biasing force of the tension coil spring 92 does not directly act through the parts on the base portion 18 side.

Therefore, the only force acting on the bottom portion 70A is the clamping force by the upper shaft plate 74 and the lower shaft plate 76. Upper shaft plate 7
4 and the lower shaft plate 76 have a wide surface and the bottom 7
0A, the clamping force is distributed over the wide surface of the bottom 70A and acts on the wide surface of the bottom 70A.
Although it is securely fixed to the lower shaft 50, the internal stress is small.

When the column 46 comes into contact with another object in this state, the column 46 tilts against the biasing force of the tension coil spring 92. In this case, the biasing force of the tension coil spring 92 acts on the bottom portion 70A, but since the bottom portion 70A is in contact with the upper shaft plate 74 and the lower shaft plate 76 on a wide surface as described above, the biasing force is applied to the bottom portion 70A. distributed support over a wide area.

Furthermore, since the base cover 96 is fixed to the base 24 with the above-mentioned mounting structure, the pillar portion 46
It will not come off due to impact from contact with other objects or vehicle vibration.

After the column 46 makes contact, it is urged by the tension coil spring 92 and returns to the erect state shown in FIG.

In this way, in this embodiment, the lower shaft 50, which is a metal pipe, is used as a strength member, and the upper shaft plate 74 and the lower shaft plate 76, which are nut-shaped members, are used as clamping means for the lower shaft 50, so that the It is possible to manufacture at low cost and improve assembly workability, and the bottom 70A
The clamping force can be easily and accurately set.

In addition, in this embodiment, the base cover 96 can be securely fixed with a simple operation, and by cutting off the lower end, it can be easily molded into a shape that matches the shape of the bumper 22, etc. It is possible to improve the design by ensuring a sense of unity.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, in the fender pole according to the present invention, the pillar portion includes a strength member and a bottomed decorative member made of resin that is fixed to the strength member and covers the strength member, and the strength member is the decorative member. The decorative member is inserted into a through hole formed at the bottom of the column, and the bottom of the decorative member is held from both sides by a pair of holding means arranged on the strength member and fixed to the strength member. This has the effect of preventing the biasing force of the spring material interposed therebetween from acting intensively on the decorative member at the portion fixed to the strength member.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front sectional view showing an embodiment of the fender pole according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 explain a part of the mounting structure shown in Fig. 1. A schematic side sectional view, FIG. 5 is a partial front view showing an example in which the lower end of the base cover of the embodiment is cut out to fit the bumper shape, and FIG. 6 is a front view showing the main parts of the conventional example. 18... Base, 46... Pillar, 50... Lower shaft (strength member), 70... Shaft case (decorative member), 70A... Bottom, 74... Upper shaft plate (holding means), 76... Lower shaft plate (clamping means), 92...Tension coil spring (spring material), 78...Through hole, 96...Base cover.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a fender pole in which a pillar part is elastically supported to be tiltable with respect to a base part via a spring material, the pillar part is provided with a strength member and a bottomed decorative member made of resin that is fixed to the strength member and covers the strength member. The fender pole is characterized in that the member is inserted into a through hole formed at the bottom of the decorative member, and the decorative member is fixed to the strength member by having the bottom portion thereof clamped from both sides by a pair of clamping means arranged on the strength member.