JPH0448985Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a carpet mounting structure applied to an engine cover of a type of vehicle generally called a cab over type.

(Prior Art) As a structure of an engine cover, for example, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-59173 is known, and this structure has an opening in a vehicle body member above the engine room. An engine cover was provided to cover the opening, and the engine cover was configured to open and close by rotating around a hinge provided at the rear end. Further, the center side of the vehicle body member and the engine cover are higher, and the center of the hinge is located at the rear end of this rear portion.

Incidentally, the engine cover and vehicle body members are usually covered with a carpet. The structure is shown in FIG. 5, which is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the engine cover and vehicle body members at their outer positions in the vehicle width direction.

In the figure, 01 is a bulkhead as a vehicle body member, and the rear part of the opening 02 is formed high. Further, a rear carpet 03 is laid on the upper surface of the bulkhead 01. Reference numeral 04 denotes an engine cover, which is provided so that the opening 02 can be opened and closed by rotating around a hinge center OC, and a front carpet 05 is laid on the upper surface of the engine cover 04. The rear end 06 of the front carpet 05 is provided to cover the front end 07 of the rear carpet 03, and when the engine cover 04 is closed, it is attached to the upper surface of the rear carpet 03 by an engaging tape 08 generally called a magic fastener. It was fixed.

Further, the engine cover 04 is rotated around the hinge center 0C, but when opening and closing, the rear end 06 of the front carpet 05 and the rear carpet 03 are separated from the hinge center 0C, so there is a relative displacement. occurs, and the front carpet 05 moves forward in the open position of the engine cover 04 shown by the imaginary line in the figure. Therefore, even if the front carpet 05 moves when the engine cover 04 is opened, it can maintain its overlapping state with the rear carpet 03. (Moving cost 09) (Problems to be solved by the invention) However, such a conventional structure has the following problems.

When the engine cover is opened, the front carpet moves and is no longer fixed by the engagement tape 08, and the rear end of the front carpet does not return to its original position when the engine cover is closed next time. As a result, wrinkles appear on the front carpet, giving an unsightly appearance, and it takes time and effort to smooth out the wrinkles and return both carpets to their original state.

Since the ends of both carpets are overlapped in consideration of moving costs, the carpet material is required for a long time, which is uneconomical.

The rear end of the front carpet is visible from the rear of the car, so it doesn't look good.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and prevents the rear end of the front carpet from being visible when the engine cover is closed, and also allows the front carpet to remain visible even after the engine cover is opened and closed. To provide a mounting structure for an engine cover carpet in which the carpet is always placed in a predetermined position and wrinkles do not occur.

To achieve this objective, in the present invention, an opening is provided in the vehicle body member at the top of the engine room, and the engine cover that covers the opening can be opened and closed so that the center of opening and closing rotation is behind and above the opening. A front carpet is laid on the upper surface of the engine cover, and a rear carpet is laid on the vehicle body member behind the engine cover, and
The rear carpet is such that when the engine cover is in the closed position, the front end of the rear carpet is placed over the rear end of the front carpet, and the lower surface of the rear carpet and the upper surface of the front carpet are connected to an elastic member. This means that it is combined with

(Function) (A) When the engine cover is closed When the engine cover is closed, the rear end of the front carpet that covers the engine cover is covered by the front end of the rear carpet that covers the vehicle body members behind it. Therefore, the rear end of the front carpet cannot be seen by the rear passenger.

(b) When opening/closing the engine cover When the engine cover is opened, the center of rotation of the engine cover is located at the rear and above the opening, so the front carpet placed on the engine cover side and the vehicle body Relative displacement occurs in the front and rear and up and down directions between the member and the rear carpet laid on the member. When a relative displacement occurs between the two carpets in this manner, the elastic member that connects the two carpets is deformed.

After this, when the engine cover is closed, the telescopic member returns to its original shape, thereby returning to its original state in which the lower surface of the front end of the rear carpet overlaps the upper surface of the rear end of the front carpet.

(Example) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the rear showing the vicinity of the engine room of a vehicle to which the engine cover carpet mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention is applied. A floor panel 10 as a vehicle body member and a bulk head 20 connected to the floor panel 10 are provided behind the floor panel 10.

In addition, the floor panel 10 and the bulkhead 20 have a raised central portion and a central convex portion 1.
1 and 21 are formed, and the bulkhead 20
As shown in FIG. 1, the upper surface 22 is projected higher than the floor panel 10.

Also, on the floor panel 10 are a driver's seat (not shown) and a passenger seat S (not shown).
is provided.

An opening 30 for inspection of the engine room E is provided from the lower part of the passenger seat S to the central convex portion 11 of the floor panel 10 (FIG. 1), and this opening 30 is covered with an engine cover 40 so as to be openable and closable. ing. That is, between the engine cover 40 and the vehicle body, first and second hinges 41 and 42 are provided at the rear end position of the engine cover 40 on the center side of the vehicle body, which is a position corresponding to the central convex portion 21 of the bulkhead 20. At the same time, a third hinge 43 is provided coaxially with both hinges 41 and 42 at the tip of a reinforcing pipe 44 provided on the outside of the vehicle body of the engine cover 40 and at the center pillar CP.
It opens and closes by rotating around 42 and 43. In addition, in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, C indicates the center of rotation of these hinges 41, 42, and 43.

Next, FIG. 1 is a - cross section of FIG. 2, and
A front carpet 50 is laid on the upper surface of the engine cover 40, and a rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 extends approximately 5 cm rearward than the engine cover 40.

On the other hand, a rear carpet 60 is laid in the bulkhead 20, and furthermore, the front end 61 of the rear carpet 60 is connected to the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 when the engine cover 40 is in the closed position. It is placed so that it overlaps with the . Note that this rear carpet 60 is not fixed to the front wall 23 of the bulkhead 20.

The front end 61 of the rear carpet 60
The lower surface of the slightly rearward position of
They are connected by 0. That is, the rubber band 70
When the engine cover 40 is in the closed position sp, one end is attached to and detached from the upper surface of the rear end portion 51 of the front carpet 50 at the overlapping position of the two carpets 50 and 60 (the state shown in FIG. 1). The other end is sewn and fixed to the lower surface of the rear carpet 60 at the rear (backward by the natural length of the rubber band 70). Detachable attachment of one end of the rubber band 70 is achieved by engaging a male engagement tape 71 sewn to the rubber band 70 and a female engagement tape 72 sewn to the front carpet 50. ing. The engaging tapes 71 and 72 are generally called magic fasteners, and have a large number of claw-like fibers on the male side 71 and a large number of ring-like fibers on the female side 72, and the two are engaged and fixed. Refers to a structure that

In addition, in the figure, 73 and 74 are rubber bands 7.
It shows a seam allowance of 0.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained.

(a) When assembling the engine cover to the vehicle body Before assembling the engine cover 40 to the vehicle body,
A rear carpet 60 is attached to the bulkhead 20, and a front carpet 50 is attached to the engine cover 40. Also, at this point, the rubber band 70 is already attached to the rear carpet 60.
is sewn on.

Each hinge 41 of the engine cover 40,
42, 43 to bulkhead 20 and center pillar
The engine cover 40 can be fixed to the CP body.
is assembled to the vehicle body, and then the male engaging tape 71 at one end of the rubber band 70 is engaged with the female engaging tape 72 on the upper surface of the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 to fix one end of the rubber band 70. .

(B) When the engine cover is closed As shown in FIG. 1, when the engine cover 40 is closed, the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 that covers the engine cover 40 is connected to the rear carpet 60 that covers the bulkhead 20 behind it. front end 6
covered by 1. Therefore, the rear end of the front carpet 50 is not visible to the rear passenger.

(c) When opening and closing the engine cover From the engine cover 40 closed position sp in Figure 1 to the 3rd position
As shown in the figure, move the engine cover 40 to the fully open position.
When opened to the opening position, the center C of each hinge 41, 42, 43 is located rearward and upward away from the overlapping part of both carpets 50, 60, so that the rear end of the front carpet 50 as shown in FIG. 51 and the front end 61 of the rear carpet 60 are relatively displaced apart, thereby stretching the rubber band 70.

Next, as shown in Fig. 4, the engine cover 4
0, the amount of relative displacement between the rear end 51 and front end 61 of both carpets 50, 60 gradually decreases, and accordingly, the rubber band 70
shrinks to its original length. Then, as the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 and the front end 61 of the rear carpet 60 approach each other, the rear end 51 is guided by the lower surface of the rubber band 70 and enters the lower side of the front end 61. The front end 61 is guided by the upper surface of the rubber band 70 and overlaps the rear end 51.

Then, when the engine cover 40 is fully closed,
The rubber band 70 returns to its original length, and due to this restoring force, the front end 61 of the rear carpet 60 overlaps the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50, as shown in FIG. The state will be as follows.

Therefore, in the mounting structure of the embodiment, even if the engine cover 40 is opened or closed, the engine cover 40
When the carpet is closed, both the carpets 50 and 60 are returned to their original positions by the rubber band 70, which has the effect of saving the trouble of returning both the carpets 50 and 60 to their original positions, and also eliminates the inconvenience of wrinkles and unsightly appearance. At the same time, it is possible to obtain the effect that this does not occur, and the effect that there is no need to take into account the moving cost of both carpets 50 and 60, so less material is required.

Furthermore, when the engine cover 40 is closed, the rear end 51 of the front carpet 50 is covered by the front end 61 of the rear carpet 60, so that it looks good to the rear occupants.

In addition, since one end of the rubber band 70 is made detachable from the front carpet 50, the rubber band 70 can be easily attached after the engine cover 40 has been assembled, resulting in an effect of good workability.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the embodiment, a rubber band was used as the elastic member, but it is not a stretchable member. If available, the material is not limited to this, and a spring or the like may be used.

In addition, in the embodiment, an engine cover that simply rotates around the hinge to open and close is shown, but for example, it may be possible to use a parallel link to first move in parallel and then rotate, or may be moved.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, with the engine cover carpet mounting structure of the invention, even if a relative displacement occurs between both carpets when the engine cover is opened, the engine cover When the carpet is closed, both carpets return to their original positions due to the elastic member, which saves the trouble of putting both carpets back together, and eliminates the inconvenience of wrinkles and unsightly appearance. At the same time, there is no need to take into account the cost of moving the carpet, and less material is needed.

Also, when the engine cover is closed, the rear end of the front carpet is covered by the rear carpet.
The effect is that it looks good to rear passengers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view (Fig. 2-) showing the mounting structure of the engine cover carpet according to the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the rear showing the vehicle body to which the mounting structure of the embodiment is applied, and Fig. 3 4 is a sectional view showing the engine cover of the embodiment mounting structure in a fully open state, FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the engine cover of the embodiment mounting structure in the middle of being closed, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the conventional structure. 10...Floor panel (vehicle body member), 20...
Bulkhead (vehicle body member), 40... Engine cover, 50... Front carpet, 51... Rear end, 60... Rear carpet, 61... Front end,
70...Rubber band (expandable member), E...Engine room.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] An opening is provided in a vehicle body member above the engine room, and an engine cover that covers the opening so that it can be opened and closed is
A front carpet is laid on the upper surface of the engine cover, and a rear carpet is laid on the vehicle body member behind the engine cover. , and the rear carpet is arranged so that when the engine cover is in the closed position, the front end of the rear carpet is placed over the rear end of the front carpet, and the lower surface of the rear carpet and the upper surface of the front carpet overlap. A mounting structure for an engine cover carpet, characterized in that the two are connected by a telescopic member.