JPH051687Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention provides a first clip for attaching a molding as an elongated decorative member to cover the gap between the end surface of a window glass and the vehicle body facing the end surface of the glass. and a second clip.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a window glass attachment part of an automobile, a molding as an elongated decorative member is usually attached to cover the gap between the end surface of the glass and the vehicle body facing the end surface of the glass. Various clips have been developed for attaching this molding. As an example of such a clip, a clip assembly consisting of two parts, a first clip and a second clip, is known. For example, Special Publication No. 57-20168, Publication No. 42171 of Utility Model Publication, Publication No. 48163 of Utility Model Publication No. 58-48163, Publication No. 51051 of Utility Model Publication No. 58-51051, Publication No. 23207 of Utility Model Publication No. 60-23207,
Please refer to Utility Model Application Publication No. 56-170015.

The clip assemblies disclosed in these publications are
In either case, one clip is fixed to the window glass, and the other clip is slidably attached to the one clip, so that changes in the installation height of the glass can be accommodated.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional clip assembly, one clip is fixed to the window glass, which has the disadvantage that the configuration for aligning the surfaces of the molding with the vehicle body as a reference plane is complicated.

Apart from this, it is also known to fix a so-called T-stud to the vehicle body surface facing the end surface of the glass, attach a one-piece clip to this, and fix the molding to this clip, but in the case of this clip,
Although the reference surface is the vehicle body surface, it cannot respond to changes in the fixed position of the studs, resulting in incomplete installation of the molding.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a clip assembly which can fix one clip to the vehicle body surface via a stud and which can accommodate changes in the mounting position of the stud.

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the clip assembly according to the present invention consists of two parts: a first clip and a second clip. The first clip is provided with a stud locking portion that locks onto a stud on the vehicle body surface so as to be fixed to the vehicle body surface, and the second clip is provided with a stud locking portion that locks onto a stud on the vehicle body surface.
It is designed to be slidably attached to the clip. When viewed in the sliding direction, this second clip is provided with a vehicle body contacting portion that contacts the bottom surface of the vehicle body on one end side, and a molding locking portion that locks the side edge of the molding on the other end side. . The first clip and the second clip are formed with tooth surfaces such that the vehicle body abutting portion of the second clip can slide only in a direction approaching the bottom surface of the vehicle body.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a clip assembly 1 according to the invention. This clip assembly 1 includes a substantially rectangular first clip 2;
Larger, almost rectangular shape with a first clip 2 in the center
and a second clip 3 in which a space is formed in which the clip is assembled. Preferably, both clips are constructed from a single piece of plastic. 1st
Clip 2 connects to second clip 3 as shown by the arrow.
As will be described in detail later, the molding is inserted into the clip assembly and attached to the vehicle body in a temporarily assembled state, and the molding is attached to the clip assembly in a fully assembled state.

First, details of the first clip 2 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2a to 2g. 1st clip 2
The stud has a substantially rectangular shape with a slight thickness, and a stud locking portion 4 for receiving and holding the head of a so-called T-stud is formed in the center of the plane. This stud locking part 4 has a space 5 for receiving the head of the stud, as shown in FIG. 1 clip 2
is fixed to the stud. In order to prevent the first clip 2 from wobbling during this fixation, a spring piece 6 is preferably provided on the lower surface of the clip.

Above both side edges of the first clip 2, holding parts 7, 7 are formed which extend laterally so as to be held by the second clip 3. The lower vertical edge of this holding portion 7 is formed with a ratchet tooth surface 8, as best shown in FIG. 2d. This ratchet tooth surface 8 is located in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The clip 2 is shaped so that it can be moved or inserted, but cannot be moved in the opposite direction.

The upper surface of the first clip 2 has a stud locking portion 4.
A small protrusion 9 is provided between and the end.
This protrusion 9 connects the first clip 2 to the second clip 3.
This serves as a stopper for temporary assembly by inserting it into the holder, and serves to determine the position of the temporary assembly.

3a-i, details of the second clip 3 of the clip assembly 1 are shown. This second clip 3 is arranged so that it can hold the first clip 2.
It is formed larger than the clip 2, and its shape is such that it comes into contact with the vehicle body surface and fits the window glass, and the molding can be properly installed.
It looks almost rectangular in the side view (Fig. 3 e).
and f) are formed to look like doglegs. Further, from the viewpoint of ease of molding and saving of plastic material, the central part of the plane is hollowed out to form a space or a hole.

A space 11 for receiving the first clip 2 is formed in the lower part of the second clip 3, and the space 11
Holding pieces 12, 12 for holding the holding parts 7, 7 of the first clip 2 from below are provided below. A ratchet tooth surface 13 is formed on the inner edge of the holding piece 12 and is in contact with the ratchet tooth surface 8 of the first clip 2.
Like the ratchet tooth surface 8 of the first clip, it is shaped so that it can slide only in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

Further, a presser piece 14 is provided at the upper part of the second clip 3 so as to hold the upper surface of the assembled first clip 2. A groove 15 is formed on the lower surface of the holding piece 14, and is adapted to receive and guide the protrusion 9 of the first clip 2. Note that a protrusion 16 is formed in the middle of the groove 15 (see FIG. 3 h and d), which abuts against the protrusion 9 of the first clip 2 to temporarily assemble the first clip 2 and the second clip 3. has been established.

A vehicle body abutting portion 17 is provided at one end of the second clip 3 (lower side in the plan view of FIG. 3b) for contacting the bottom surface of the vehicle body. This vehicle body contact portion 17
Since the clip attachment surface of the vehicle body, that is, the stud attachment surface is oblique and contacts the bottom surface of the vehicle body obliquely, it is inclined with respect to the surface 19 on the vehicle body side as shown. However, if the clip attachment surface of the vehicle body is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the vehicle body, the vehicle body abutting portion and the surface on the vehicle body side will be formed at right angles. Above the vehicle body contact part 17 is a glass receiving part 18 that contacts the lower surface of the edge of the window glass.
is provided. The glass receiving portions 18 preferably extend laterally so as to stably receive glasses at wide intervals.

The other end of the second clip 3 (the upper side in the plan view of FIG. 3b) is provided with molding locking portions 21 and 22 that lock onto the two inwardly bent side edges of the molding. In this example, in the plan view of FIG. 3b, the molding locking part 21 is formed on the right side of the front surface, and the molding locking part 22 is formed on the left side of the back surface. If the two molding locking parts are arranged symmetrically in this way, there is a risk that the attached molding will be tilted and come off from the locking part. Preferably, a protrusion 24 is provided on the opposite surface of the molding locking part 22. Furthermore, it is preferable that a fall prevention piece 25 is formed at the lower stage of the molding locking part 22 to prevent the molding from falling when the molding is pushed in.

The procedure for attaching the molding to the vehicle body using the clip assembly 1 of the present invention having such a configuration is described in the fourth step.
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. First, the first
The clip 2 is inserted into the space 11 of the second clip 3 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 1, and is brought into the temporarily assembled state shown in FIG. 4. In this temporarily assembled state, the first clip 2 is assembled to the second clip 3 by the ratchet tooth surface so that it will not come off.Therefore, the clip assembly 1 in the temporarily assembled state cannot be sold, They are delivered to mall manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, etc.

In the temporarily assembled state of FIG. 4a, as shown in FIG. 4b, the protrusion 9 of the first clip 2 is
It abuts against the protrusion 16 of the groove 15 of the clip 3.
Holding the clip assembly 1 in this temporarily assembled state, apply the head of the T-stud 31 fixed to a predetermined location on the vehicle body 30 to the space 5 of the first clip 2, and then move it to the left side as shown by the arrow. Slide it to . By this sliding operation, the first clip 2 is fixed to the vehicle body 30 via the stud 31.

The fixed state will be explained in more detail using FIGS. 5a and 5b. 1st clip 2 is stud 3
1, the clip assembly 1 is in a temporarily assembled state. Normally, the fixing position of the stud 31 is a certain length away from the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body, and is in a position that does not come into contact with the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body when the clip assembly is in a temporarily assembled state. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b, the vehicle body abutting portion 17 of the second clip 3 is located away from the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body. Then, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5b, press the top surface of the second clip 3 to push the second clip in. By this pushing, the ratchet tooth surface 13 of the second clip 3 is pushed into the first clip 2.
The second clip 3 moves on the ratchet tooth surface 8, and only the second clip 3 moves to the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body, and the second clip 3 moves onto the vehicle body abutting portion 17.
comes into contact with the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body, and the final fastening is completed.

FIG. 6 shows the state of final fastening in which the second clip 3 is pushed in and the clip assembly 1 is fixed to the vehicle body 30. In this fully fastened state, the window glass 33
is placed on the glass receiving portion 18 of the second clip 3 together with the adhesive 34, and the window glass 33 is adhered to the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body. In this bonding, the glass mounting reference surface is the glass receiving part 18 of the second clip 3, and this glass receiving part 18 becomes the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body via the vehicle body abutting part 17, and the window glass 33 is connected to the bottom surface of the vehicle body. It is always set at a constant height from 32. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the window glass 33 presses and holds the glass receiving portion 18 of the second clip 3 after the adhesive has hardened.

Furthermore, in the fully fastened state of the clip assembly 1, the molding 35 is connected to the molding locking portion 21 of the second clip 3,
It is attached to 22. This installation is done with molding 35
It is only necessary to push the two inner bent edges 36, 36 of the holder in the direction of the arrow so as to lock them in the molding locking part.
FIG. 7 shows a state in which the window glass 33 and the molding 35 are attached to the vehicle body in this manner. It is clear that in this attached state, the reference plane of the window glass 33 is determined on the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body via the vehicle body abutting portion 17 and the glass receiving portion 18 of the second clip 3. Therefore, the installation height of the window glass 33 is always kept constant. Furthermore, after the adhesive 34 of the glass 33 has hardened, the glass end above the glass receiving part 18 holds the glass receiving part 18, and in turn holds the second clip 3, so that the molding locking on the other end side Molding 35 attached to parts 21 and 22
is strongly held, and even if a force is applied in the direction of separating the molding 35, it can sufficiently resist this force.

FIGS. 8a and 8b show cases where the fixing position of the stud 31 to the vehicle body 30 is raised (FIG. 8a) or lowered (FIG. 8b). Even in such a case, if the clip assembly 1 of the present invention is used, the window glass 33 can be attached using the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body as a reference plane, and the molding 3
5 can also be installed in an appropriate position. In other words, even if the fixed position of the stud 31 becomes higher, simply by increasing the pushing amount of the second clip 3, the vehicle body abutting portion 17 of the second clip 3 will come into contact with the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body, and the fixed position of the stud 31 will be increased. Even if the position is lowered, the push amount of the second clip 3 will be reduced, and the second clip's vehicle body abutting portion 17 will be lowered.
is in contact with the bottom surface 32 of the vehicle body. Due to this contact surface, the mounting height position between the window glass 33 and the molding 35 is maintained appropriately.

Effects of the invention The clip assembly of the invention consists of two parts, a first clip and a second clip, and the first clip has a stud locking part that locks to a stud on the car body surface so that it is fixed to the car body surface. The second clip is slidably attached to the first clip, and the second clip includes:
When viewed in the sliding direction, one end side is provided with a vehicle body contacting part that contacts the bottom surface of the vehicle body, and the other end side is provided with a molding locking part that locks the side edge of the molding, and the first clip and the second clip are connected to each other. is formed with a tooth surface that allows the second clip's body abutting part to slide only in the direction toward the bottom of the vehicle body, so even if the stud's attachment position to the car body changes, the attachment position of the second clip remains the same. is set at a constant height from the bottom of the car body. Therefore, by using the clip assembly according to the present invention, the window glass and molding can always be mounted using the bottom surface of the vehicle body as a reference plane, and thereby both the molding and the window glass can be mounted at appropriate heights with respect to the vehicle body.

Further, after the window glass is fixed, the second clip is strongly fixed to the window glass and can sufficiently resist the force in the direction of separating the molding.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of a clip assembly according to the present invention. Figures 2a to 2g show details of the first clip of the clip assembly of the present invention, in which figure a is a rear view, figure b is a top view, figure c is a front view, Figure d is a bottom view, figure e is a side view, figure f is a sectional view taken along the line ff in figure b, and figure g is a sectional view taken along the line gg in figure b. Figure 3 a~
i shows details of the second clip, and in each drawing, figure a is a rear view, figure b is a top view, figure c is a front view, figure d is a bottom view, and figure e is a left side view. The same figure f is a right side view, the same figure g is a sectional view taken along line gg of the same figure b, the same figure h is a sectional view taken along the h-h line of the same figure b, the same figure i is the same figure i of the same figure b -i line sectional view. Figure 4 a and b
2A and 2B are a plan view and a sectional view taken along the line bb--b of FIG. Figures 5a and 5b are plan views showing the steps of attaching the clip assembly according to the present invention to the vehicle body, and Figures 5a and 5b are respectively
It is a sectional view taken along the b line. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the step of attaching the molding and window glass to the vehicle body using the clip assembly attached to the vehicle body. FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing how the molding and window glass are attached to the vehicle body using the clip assembly according to the present invention.
FIGS. 8a and 8b are cross-sectional views showing examples of molding installation when studs are installed at different heights, respectively. Explanation of symbols: 1...Clip assembly, 2...First clip, 3...Second clip, 4...Stud locking part, 7...Holding part, 8...Ratchet tooth surface, 9...Protrusion , 11... Space, 12... Holding piece, 13... Ratchet tooth surface, 14... Holding piece, 15... Groove, 16... Protrusion, 17... Vehicle body contact part, 18... Glass receiving part , 21, 22...Mall locking part, 30...Vehicle body, 31...Stud,
32... Bottom of the vehicle body, 33... Window glass, 34...
Adhesive, 35...Mall.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) In a clip assembly for attaching a molding as an elongated decorative member so as to cover the gap between the end surface of a window glass and the vehicle body facing the end surface of the glass, a first clip and a second clip are provided. The first clip is provided with a stud locking part that locks onto a stud on the vehicle body surface so as to be fixed to the vehicle body surface, and the second clip is slidable with respect to the first clip. When viewed in the sliding direction, the second clip has a vehicle body abutting portion that contacts the bottom surface of the vehicle body at one end, and a molding that engages the side edge of the molding at the other end. A locking portion is provided respectively, and the first clip and the second clip are formed with tooth surfaces such that the vehicle body contacting portion of the second clip can slide only in a direction approaching the bottom surface of the vehicle body. Molle clip assembly. (2) The clip assembly according to claim 1, wherein the tooth surfaces of the first clip and the second clip are ratchet tooth surfaces formed in multiple stages. (3) The second clip includes a pair of holding pieces that hold both edges of the first clip, and the holding pieces of the second clip have the tooth surfaces formed therein. The clip assembly according to item 1. (4) The clip assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first clip and the second clip are provided with protrusions for positioning when temporarily assembling both clips.