JPH0466737B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the structure of a lamp bracket that is disposed at both ends of a vehicle body and supports a headlamp.

Conventional technology Conventionally, the structure of lamp brackets on car bodies is as follows:
The structure shown in FIG. 3 has been proposed (see Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 171349/1983). That is, vehicle body 1
is provided with a hood rigid panel 3 forming a side wall of the engine room 2, and a lower end portion of the hood rigid panel 3 is coupled to a side member 4 extending in the front-rear direction. Said side member 4
A lower end portion of a lamp bracket 6 is coupled to the front end portion 5 of the lamp bracket 6 .
An upper end portion of the radiator support member 7 is connected to the hood rigid panel 3 and both ends of a radiator support member 7 extending in the vehicle width direction.

The lamp bracket 6 is provided with a vertical wall 8, and a head lamp (not shown) is mounted on the vertical wall 8.
and a plurality of holes 1 into which screws (not shown) for fixing the headlamp are screwed.
0 is provided.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a conventional structure, since the side member 4 constitutes a basic frame member of the vehicle body 1, a high degree of assembly accuracy is required in terms of appearance quality. Moreover, the extending direction is determined during the frame assembly process of the vehicle body 1.

On the other hand, since the lamp bracket 6 is a member that supports a headlamp which requires a high level of assembly accuracy in terms of height above the ground, a high level of assembly accuracy is necessarily required.

For this reason, even if the side member 4 is assembled within an allowable error range as a vehicle body frame member, when the lamp bracket 6 is fixed to the side member 4 after the frame assembly process is completed, the lamp bracket 6 that supports the headlamp will not work properly. However, there were cases where the assembly accuracy was not sufficient, and as a result, there was a risk that an unacceptable error would occur in the height of the headlamp above the ground.

Moreover, since the lamp bracket 6 is provided with a mounting opening 9 for receiving the headlamp in the vertical surface 8 and a hole 10 into which a screw for fixing the headlamp is screwed, when the headlamp is attached or removed, The headlamp must be supported to prevent it from falling, which also has the disadvantage of making it difficult to attach and detach.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a lamp bracket for a vehicle body that improves the assembly accuracy of the lamp bracket and, by extension, the headlamp, and makes it possible to facilitate the work of attaching and removing the headlamp. The purpose is to provide structure.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes the following:
A hood lid rain hose extending in the front-rear direction is disposed at the upper edge of the vehicle engine room, and both ends of a radiator support member extending in the vehicle width direction are connected to the hood lid rain hose. The lamp bracket consists of a box with an open top and front surface, and has both side walls, a bottom wall, and a rear wall, one side wall being fixed to the hood cartridge reinforcement, and the rear wall being fixed to the hood housing reinforcement. The lamp is fixed to the radiator support member, and the bottom wall is provided with a substantially horizontal lamp mounting surface.

Function In the above configuration, when assembling the vehicle body, after the assembly of the frame members is completed, the hood rigid reinforcement is assembled, and both ends of the radiator support member whose ground clearance is precisely adjusted are attached to the hood rigid reinforcement. Fixed. At this time, the radiator support member does not constitute a basic frame member of the vehicle body,
Furthermore, since the frame members are fixed after the assembly is completed, the height above the ground can be easily and freely adjusted. Therefore, if the rear wall of the lamp bracket is fixed to the radiator support member whose ground clearance has been adjusted in this way, and then one side wall is fixed to the hood reinforcement, the ground clearance of the lamp bracket will be the same as that of the radiator support member. It is uniquely determined depending on. Furthermore, the headlamp's position in the vehicle width direction is restricted by both side walls of the lamp bracket, and its position in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the rear wall.

Further, when attaching and detaching the headlamp, the headlamp can be placed on a substantially horizontal mounting surface without being supported, and the necessary attaching and detaching work can be carried out.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an engine compartment 2 whose side wall is separated by a hood rigid panel 3 is provided in the front part of the vehicle body 1. A lower end portion of is coupled to a side member 4 extending in the front-rear direction. Further, an upper edge flange 12 is bent at the upper end of the hood rigid panel 3, and the upper edge flange 12 has a hood rigid reinforcement extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, similar to the side member 4. 13 are combined.

The hood reinforcement 13 includes a radiator support member 7 extending in the vehicle width direction.
The radiator support member 7 is connected via mounting pieces 14 formed at both ends, and the radiator support member 7 has a substantially U-shaped cross section with hanging flanges 15 on both sides, and has a projecting piece spaced appropriately from the mounting pieces 14. 16 is molded.

On the other hand, the lamp bracket 17 is a box with an open top and front surface, and has side walls 18, 19, a bottom wall 20, and a rear wall 21. The rear wall 20 has a rear end of a head lamp (not shown). A mounting opening 9 is provided for receiving the section. The bottom wall 20 is provided with a substantially horizontal lamp mounting surface 22, and the lamp mounting surface 22 has a plurality of holes 10 into which headlamp fixing screws (not shown) are screwed. It is provided. Furthermore, the bottom wall 2
A front flange 23 is formed on the front edge of the 0, and side flanges 24, 25 are formed on the upper edges of both end walls 18, 19. and,
One side wall 19 is connected to the hood rigid reinforcement 13 via the side wall flange 25, and the rear wall 21 is connected to the radiator support member 7.
It is connected to a vertical flange 15 of.

A lamp bracket train 26 is connected to the other side wall 18 and a side flange 24 provided on the side wall 18, and a front flange 24 is connected to the other side wall 18.
3 has an upper end portion fixed thereto of a gusset 27 whose lower end portion is fixed to the side surface of the side member 4.

In this embodiment having the above configuration, the vehicle body 1
When assembling, after assembling the frame members such as the side members 4, the hood rigid panel 3 and the hood rigid reinforcement 13 are assembled,
A mounting piece 14 of the radiator support member 7 is fixed to the hood housing 13 .

The radiator support member 7 does not basically constitute a frame member of the vehicle body 1 like the side member 4, and the side member 4
Since the structure is fixed after the frame members such as the above are assembled, the height above the ground can be easily and freely adjusted. Therefore, after accurately adjusting the ground clearance of the radiator support member 7 and fixing it to the hood reinforcement 13, the rear wall 21 of the lamp bracket 17 is fixed to the vertical flange 15, and then one side is fixed. The side wall 19 of is fixed to the hood housing reinforcement 13 via the side flange 15.

Then, the height position of the lamp bracket 17 depends on the radiator support member 7 whose height above the ground has been precisely adjusted in advance, and is uniquely determined in accordance with the height of the radiator support member 7 above the ground. Therefore, the lamp bracket 17 has good precision.
The headlamp is fixed at a position having a predetermined height above the ground, and even if the headlamp is necessarily fixed to the lamp mounting surface 22, it is precisely disposed at a position having a predetermined height above the ground.

Also, at this time, the headlamp placed on the lamp mounting surface 22 is positioned in the vehicle width direction so that it is aligned with the both side walls 1.
8 and 19, and its position in the front-rear direction is restricted by the rear wall 21. Therefore, the headlamp is accurately positioned not only in terms of ground clearance, but also in the vehicle width direction and longitudinal direction.

Therefore, in the process of assembling the headlamp, there is no need to adjust the mounting position of the headlamp, making it possible to easily and speed up the headlamp assembling work.

Furthermore, in order to attach and detach the headlamp, it is only necessary to place the headlamp on the substantially horizontal mounting surface 22 and then screw the mounting screws into the holes 10, so there is no need for the operator to support the headlamp. This makes it possible to easily attach and detach the headlamp.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, since the lamp bracket is fixed to the hood storage rain hose and the radiator support member, the ground clearance of the lamp bracket can be adjusted to the radiator support member whose ground clearance has been precisely adjusted in advance. It becomes possible to define it uniquely by making it depend on . Therefore, the lamp bracket can be accurately fixed at a position having a predetermined ground clearance, and even a headlamp that is necessarily fixed to the lamp bracket can be precisely positioned at a predetermined ground clearance. be able to.

Furthermore, since the lamp bracket is a box with an open top and front surface, the remaining side surfaces and rear surface can regulate the position of the headlamp in the vehicle width direction and the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the headlamp is precisely positioned not only in the above-mentioned ground height, but also in the vehicle width direction and the longitudinal direction.

As a result, in the process of assembling the headlamp, there is no need to adjust the mounting position of the headlamp, making it possible to easily and speed up the headlamp assembling work.

Further, since a substantially horizontal lamp mounting surface is provided on the bottom wall of the lamp bracket, the headlamp can be mounted and removed by placing it on the substantially horizontal mounting surface. Therefore, the worker does not need to support the headlamp when attaching and detaching it, making it possible to facilitate the work of attaching and detaching the headlamp.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a conventional lamp bracket structure of a vehicle body. 1...Vehicle body, 2...Engine compartment, 3...Hood rigid panel, 13...Hood rigid reinforcement, 17...Lamp bracket, 22...
...Lamp mounting surface.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A hood rigid rain hose extending in the front-rear direction is arranged on the upper edge of a hood rigid panel forming a side wall of the vehicle engine compartment, and a radiator support extending in the vehicle width direction is attached to the hood rigid rain hose. Both ends of the member are joined together,
A lamp bracket consisting of a box body with an open top and front surface is fixed to the hood storage rain hose and the radiator support member, and a substantially horizontal lamp mounting surface is provided on the bottom wall of the lamp bracket. The lamp bracket structure of the vehicle body is characterized by