JPH036528Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a mounting device for a radiator grill of an automobile. Specifically, the invention relates to a mounting device for a radiator grill of an automobile. This invention relates to an attachment device that can be reliably attached to a member.

<Prior Art> For example, a cab is mounted on the front end of a truck frame, and a radiator grill 2 is attached to the lower side of a front panel 1 of the cab as shown in FIG. The radiator grille 2 is formed in the form of a lattice with slits extending in the lateral direction, and is attached to a front cross member 3 constituting the frame of the cab via a pair of left and right brackets 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, bent portions 5 facing forward are provided at both upper and lower ends of the bracket 4, and a notch 6 with an open front end is formed in the bent portion 5.
It is set up in Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the neck portion between the flange portion of the retainer 7 and the elastic leg is inserted into and engaged with the notch 6, and then the radiator grille 2 is formed at both upper and lower ends. The mounting piece 8 is superimposed on the flange portion of the retainer 7 and is tightened and fixed with self-tap type screws 9.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> In such a conventional radiator grille mounting device, since the notch 6 in which the retainer 7 is mounted is opened at the front end of the bent portion 5, the bracket 4 and the retainer 7 are separated from each other. Relative movement in the front-back direction is only prevented by the frictional force (caulking force). Therefore, the third
If a forward external force is applied as indicated by the arrow 10 in the figure, there is a possibility that the retainer 7 will slip out forward from the notch 6 of the bent portion 5 and the radiator grille 2 will fall off.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and aims to prevent the radiator grill from easily falling off even when external force is applied to the front, while preventing the exposure of tightening members such as screws and bolts. The object is to provide a preventive radiator grill installation device.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides rearward-facing mounting pieces at both the upper and lower ends of the radiator grille, and at the same time provides a mounting piece that is tightened and fixed to a member on the body side. Bent parts are provided at both upper and lower ends of the bracket (tightening part) forming the part, which bends rearward along the inside of the mounting piece.

Further, a notch extending in the front-rear direction with the rear end as an open end is formed in the bent portion, and a retainer having elastic legs that is inserted and held in the notch is provided. A flange portion that overlaps the inner surface of the attachment piece is integrally formed on the upper part of the elastic leg, so that the attachment piece is overlapped with this flange portion and these are tightened and fixed with screws. It is a feature.

<Operation> In the radiator grille mounting device configured as described above, a notch is formed in the bent portion of the retainer which is tightened and fixed to the radiator grille mounting piece screw and the bracket which is tightened and fixed to the body side member. The movement of the radiator grille in the left and right direction is restricted by the engagement with the radiator grille.

In addition, because the notch has an open end at the rear end and a closed end at the front end, the retainer will not move forward beyond the notch in the unlikely event that the radiator grill falls off (moves forward). is prevented.
Note that since the radiator grille is prevented from moving rearward due to the contact between the bracket or the body side member and the radiator grille, the movement of the radiator grille in the front-rear direction is also restricted.

Furthermore, since the rear end of the cut into which the elastic legs of the retainer are inserted and held is an open end, the retainer can be inserted into the cut from this open end. For this reason, it is not necessary to insert the retainer into the notch using the elastic deformation of the elastic legs.
A retainer with a large engagement force can be used.
Furthermore, since the flange part of the retainer constitutes the tightening surface of the mounting piece, the stability of tightening the mounting piece (radiator grille) with screws is improved, and this flange part forms the spacer between the bent part and the mounting piece. This function prevents abnormal noise from occurring due to driving vibrations, etc.

On the other hand, when installing the radiator grill, insert and hold the retainer into the notches provided at the upper and lower ends of the bracket, overlap the radiator grill mounting pieces on the flange of the retainer, and secure them with screws. Attach the bracket to the radiator grill in advance. After the bracket is attached to the back of the radiator grill in this manner, the bracket is tightened and fixed to the body side member to complete the attachment of the radiator grill.
In addition, when attaching or detaching the bracket to a member on the body side, a tool can be inserted through the opening gap of the radiator grill to tighten/untighten a tightening member such as a bolt. Therefore, the workability of attaching and detaching the radiator grill does not deteriorate.

<Examples> Examples of the present invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

4 to 6 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a radiator grill mounting device for a truck.
The radiator grill 16 installed on the lower side of
It is designed to be attached via a bracket 18 to a front cross member 17 that constitutes the frame of the cab.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bracket 18 has a vertical portion that constitutes a tightening portion for an auxiliary bracket 21 (body side member) fixed to the front surface of the front cross member 17, and a vertical portion that forms a tightening portion for the auxiliary bracket 21 (body side member). It consists of a bent part 19 formed by bending both the upper and lower ends of the attached part (vertical part) diagonally forward, and then folding the bent ends horizontally towards the rear. A notch 20 extending in the front-rear direction and serving as an open end is formed in the bent portion 19. Furthermore, Figure 4 shows the radiator grill 1.
6 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the entire device showing the relative positions of the bracket 18 and the front cross member 17, and FIG. 4 shows the front cross member 17 with the auxiliary bracket 21 omitted.

A retainer 22 for attaching the bracket 21 to the radiator grille 18 has an upper flange portion 23.
and a pair of lower elastic legs 24 are integrally molded from synthetic resin, and the neck portion on the lower side of the flange portion 23 (the upper end of the elastic legs 24) is connected to the bent portion of the bracket 18. It is designed to be held by inserting it into the notch 20 of 19. Then, the rearwardly facing mounting pieces 25 provided at both the upper and lower ends of the radiator grille 18 are superimposed on the upper surface (the lower surface in the case of the lower retainer) of the flange portion 23, and the self-tap type screws are inserted into the screw holes provided in the mounting pieces 25. The bracket 18 is fixed to the radiator grille 16 by inserting screws 26 and screwing them into the retainer 22.

In the radiator grille mounting device configured as described above, when actually mounting the radiator grille 16, first insert the retainer 22 into the notch 20 provided in the bent portion 19 of the bracket 18.
Insert and hold. Next, attach the flange portion 23 of the retainer 22 to the mounting piece 25 of the radiator grille 16.
The bracket 18 is assembled to the back of the radiator grille 16 by tightening and fixing the mounting piece 25 to the retainer 22 by screwing the screw 26 into the retainer 22 through the screw hole provided in the mounting piece 25. .

The radiator grille 16 with the bracket 18 assembled in this way is positioned at a predetermined location, and a tool is inserted through the opening gap of the radiator grille 16 to attach the bracket 18 to the auxiliary bracket 21 fixed to the front cross member 17.
When the radiator grille 16 is tightened and fixed, installation of the radiator grille 16 is completed.

Also, when removing the radiator grill 16,
Insert a tool into the opening gap of the radiator grille 16 and install the bracket 18 in the opposite direction to the above installation process.
By removing the radiator grille 16 from the auxiliary bracket 21, the connection between the radiator grille 16 and the body side member (auxiliary bracket 21) is released. Next, when the radiator grille 16 is pulled out together with the bracket 18 toward the front and the screws 26 are removed, the retainer 22 and the mounting piece 25 are disengaged, so that the bracket 18 can be removed from the radiator grille 16. Note that after removing the screw 26, the notch 2 formed in the bent portion 19 of the bracket 18
There is no need to explain in detail that the retainer 22 can be easily removed from the base.

That is, in the present invention, the bracket 18 is attached to the back of the radiator grille 16 using the retainer 22 and the screws 26, and then a tool is inserted through the opening gap of the radiator grille 16 to attach the bracket 18 to the body side member (assistant). It is tightened to the bracket 21). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the radiator grille 16 can be installed with the screws 26 covered with body-side members, and the bolts that tighten and fix the brackets 18 to the body-side members can also be attached to the radiator. Since they can be covered with the grille 16, screws, bolts, etc. are not exposed. Furthermore, since the opening gap of the radiator grille 16 can be used to tighten and untighten the bolts that tighten and fix the bracket 18 to the body side member, the workability of attaching and detaching the radiator grille 16 may deteriorate. do not have.

Also, the notch 2 in which the retainer 22 is inserted and held is
Since the rear ends of the retainer 22 are opened to the rear ends of the bent portions 19 and the front ends thereof are closed, the retainer 22 does not move forward beyond the notch 20. For this reason, even when a forward external force as shown by arrow 27 in FIG.
The radiator grille 16 moves forward (falls off) because it touches the front end of the grille and does not move forward any further.
is prevented. Note that the radiator grille 16 comes into contact with the bracket 18 or a member on the body side to prevent rearward external force, and its movement is restricted, and the movement of the radiator grille 16 is restricted by the engagement between the retainer 22 and the notch 20 in response to a force in the left and right direction. Since movement is restricted by the combination, the radiator grille 16 will never fall off.

On the other hand, since the flange portion 23 of the retainer 22 constitutes the tightening surface of the mounting piece 25, the mounting piece 25 can be stably tightened and fixed to the retainer 22, and the flange portion 23 is attached to the bracket 1.
It also functions as a spacer between the bending portion 19 of 8 and the mounting piece 25, so that the two do not come into direct contact. Therefore, even if the radiator grille 16 vibrates due to the vibrations of the automobile, interference between the radiator grille 16 and the bracket 18 is prevented, so that abnormal noises such as so-called chattering noises are prevented from occurring. Nor.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. That is, in the embodiment, the auxiliary bracket 21 is fixed to the front cross member 17 constituting the frame of the cab, and the bracket 18 is tightened and fixed to this auxiliary bracket 21, but the auxiliary bracket 21 is omitted and the front cross It is also possible to directly tighten and fix the bracket 18 to the member 17. Furthermore, in the embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mounting device for a radiator grill 16 mounted on the lower side of the front panel 15 of the cab of a truck. The present invention can also be applied to mounting devices.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a notch along the front-rear direction with the rear end as an open end is provided in the bent part of the bracket, and the radiator grill is inserted into the retainer and held in the notch. After the mounting pieces are tightened and fixed with screws, the bracket is tightened and fixed to the body side member. Therefore, according to the present invention, the radiator grille will not fall off even in the unlikely event that the radiator grille falls off, and the tightening members such as the screws that attach the bracket to the radiator grille and the bolts that tighten and fix the bracket to the body side member are exposed. There's nothing to do. Additionally, since the bracket can be attached to and detached from the body side parts using the opening gap of the radiator grille, the exposure of tightening members such as screws and bolts is avoided as mentioned above. The workability of attaching and detaching the radiator grill does not deteriorate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the entire radiator grille mounting device showing the relative positions of the radiator grille, bracket, and front cross member in a conventional radiator grille mounting device, and Figure 2 is a diagram showing the connection between the radiator grille (mounting piece) and the bracket. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the radiator grille installed, and FIG. 4 shows the radiator grille, bracket, and front in an embodiment of the radiator grille attachment device according to the present invention. A schematic exploded perspective view of the entire device showing the relative position with the cross member, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged view of the joint between the radiator grill (mounting piece) and the bracket, and FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an attached state. 16...Radiator grill, 17...Front cross member, 18...Bracket, 19...Bending portion, 20...Notch, 21...Auxiliary bracket, 22...Retainer, 23...Flange portion, 2
4...Elastic legs, 26...screws.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A radiator grille with rearward-facing mounting pieces formed at both upper and lower ends, a fastening part that is fastened to a member on the body side, and a bend that bends backward from both upper and lower ends of the fastening part along the inside of the mounting part. a bracket formed with a section, an elastic leg that is inserted and held in a notch along the front-rear direction provided in the bending section with the rear end of the bending section being an open end, and an elastic leg that is integrally formed on the upper part of the elastic leg and is attached to the mounting section. A radiator grill mounting device comprising a retainer provided with a flange portion that overlaps the inner surface of the piece, and a screw for tightening and fixing the mounting piece to the retainer.