JPH0618088U - Cover structure for covering vehicle equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The cover can be easily attached and removed without damaging it and the appearance on the floor panel can be improved. A cover 27 for covering vehicle equipment fixed to a predetermined position on a floor panel 12 of a light truck includes a cover body 28 and a support member 29 for fixing the cover body to the floor panel. Cover part 31 of the cover body
Covers the vehicle equipment, the locking piece 32 provided on the end surface of the one end 31a of the cover portion projects in the direction orthogonal to this end surface, and the first fixture can be inserted near the end surface of the other end 31b of the cover portion. The first through hole 51 is formed. A lock hole 36 is formed in the facing surface 29a of the support member facing one end surface of the cover body so that the lock piece can be locked, and the lock piece is inserted into the cover portion from the edge of the locked hole of the facing surface. A guide surface 37 that guides the locked hole is formed, and a second through hole through which the second fixing tool 42 can be inserted is formed at a position covered by the cover portion.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a structure of a cover for covering vehicle equipment such as jacks and tools fixed on a floor panel of a vehicle compartment of a light truck, in particular.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as a cover structure of this type, as shown in FIG. 7, a vehicle accessory such as a jack or a tool is mounted on a floor panel 2 between a passenger seat (not shown) in a passenger compartment of a light truck and a back panel 4. A cover 5 (not shown) is fixed, and a pair of flange portions 6 and 7 having a pair of through holes 6a and 7a are provided at both ends of a cover 5 that extends in the vehicle width direction and covers these vehicle equipment. The cover 5 is configured to be fixed to the floor panel 2 by screwing a pair of fixing tools 8 and 9 inserted into the through holes 6a and 7a of the above into screw holes (not shown) of the floor panel 2. Things are known. The fixtures 8 and 9 are knob bolts. With this cover structure, vehicle equipment such as jacks and tools are covered by the cover, so that the appearance of the floor panel 2 in the vehicle interior can be improved. When using vehicle equipment, the fixtures 8 and 9 are removed and the cover 5 is removed so that the vehicle equipment can be exposed and taken out.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, with the above cover structure, when using the vehicle equipment, when removing the cover, one of the pair of knob bolts on the door side is removed, and the other knob bolt in the interior of the cabin that is hidden behind the cover and hard to see is removed. In some cases, you may try to remove the cover without removing it. In this case, applying excessive force on the cover could damage it.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cover structure for covering vehicle equipment, which can easily remove the cover without damaging the cover and can improve the appearance on the lower panel.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 4 and 6 corresponding to the embodiment. According to the present invention, a through hole 50 is formed facing a floor panel 12 in a cover 27 that covers the vehicle equipment 16 fixed at a predetermined position on the floor panel 12 of the vehicle 10. This is an improvement of the cover structure that covers the vehicle fixtures fixed by screwing the fixture 40 inserted into the floor panel 12 into the floor panel 12. The characteristic configuration is that the cover 27 includes a cover main body 28 and a support member 29 for fixing the cover main body 28 to the floor panel 12, and the cover main body 28 covers the vehicle equipment 16 and a cover portion 31. A locking piece 32 provided on the end face of the one end 31a and protruding in a direction orthogonal to the end face, and a first through hole formed near the end face of the other end 31b of the cover part 31 and capable of inserting the first fixture 41 therein. 51; a support member 29 is formed in the facing surface 29a facing the end surface of the one end 31a of the cover main body 31, and a locked hole 36 in which the locking piece 32 can be locked; A guide surface 37 protruding from the edge of the stop hole 36 into the cover portion 31 to guide the locking piece 32 to the locked hole 36, and a second fixing tool 42 formed at a position covered by the cover portion 31 are inserted. With a possible second through hole 52 In the Rutokoro.

[0006]

[Action]

 When the vehicle equipment 16 is used, the first fixing tool 41 is removed and the locking piece 32 of the cover body 28 is disengaged from the locked hole 36 of the support member 29. As a result, the vehicle equipment 16 is exposed and can be used immediately. When the used vehicle equipment 16 is covered with the cover main body 28, the locking piece 32 of the cover main body 28 is locked in the locked hole 36 of the support member 29, and the first fixture 41 is inserted into the first insertion hole 51. And is screwed onto the floor panel 12.

[0007]

Embodiment Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, vehicle equipment 16 is fixed at a predetermined position on a floor panel 12 of a passenger compartment 11 of a light truck 10, in this example, between a passenger seat 13 and a back panel 14. (Fig. 6). The vehicle equipment 16 is a jack 17 and a tool 18 in this example. On the back panel 14 near the side door 19 on the passenger side 13, a bracket 21 is provided so as to project toward the seat back 13a of the passenger side 13 at a position slightly higher than the top surface of the jack 17 placed on the floor panel 12. A belt hooking member 23 with a belt 22 is welded to the floor panel 12 near the back panel 14 at the back of the bracket 13a (FIGS. 4 and 5). The jack 17 and the tool 18 are covered with a cover 27, and the cover 27 is formed with a through hole 50 into which a fixture 40 screwed to the floor panel 12 can be inserted (FIG. 4). The cover 27 includes a cover body 28 extending in the vehicle width direction and a support member 29 that fixes the cover body 28 to the floor panel 12 (FIGS. 1 to 4). The fixture 40 comprises a first fixture 41 and a second fixture 42 for fixing the cover body 28 and the support member 29 to the floor panel 12, respectively, and the through hole 50 defines the first fixture 41 and the second fixture 42. Each of the first through hole 51 and the second through hole 52 is insertable (FIG. 4). The first fixture 41 is a knob bolt in this example (FIGS. 3 and 4), and the second fixture 42 is a hexagon socket head bolt (FIGS. 1 and 4).

The cover body 28 includes a cover portion 31 for covering the vehicle equipment 16, a locking piece 32 provided on an end face of the one end 31 a of the cover portion 31 and projecting in a direction orthogonal to the end face, and another cover portion 31. The first through hole 51 is formed near the end face of the end 31b. A tool enclosing portion 31d that covers the short tool 18 is formed on one end 31a side of the cover portion 31, and a tall jack enclosing portion 31c that covers the jack 17 is formed on the other end 31b side. It is formed integrally with 31d (FIGS. 1 to 4). The locking piece 32 includes a horizontal piece 32a (FIGS. 1 and 4) that extends substantially horizontally above the end surface of the one end 31a, and a vertical piece that extends substantially vertically near one side edge of the end surface of the one end 31a near the seat back 13a. 32b (FIG. 1). The tip of the horizontal piece 32a is formed by bending it obliquely downward (FIG. 4). The first through hole 51 is formed substantially in the center of the flange portion 33 provided at the lower portion of the end face of the other end 31b, and the seat portion into which the boss portion 41a of the first fixture 41 can be inserted is formed at the upper portion of the through hole 51. The boring 51a is formed (FIGS. 1 to 4). A through hole 12a is formed in the floor panel 12 facing the first through hole 51 with the cover body 28 covering the jack 17 and the tool 18, and a first fixing tool 41 is screwed into the lower surface of the floor panel 12. A possible nut 34 is welded with its screw hole (not shown) aligned with the core of the through hole 12a (FIG. 4). Of the end surface of the one end 31a of the cover portion 31, the back panel 14 side below the horizontal piece 32a and the vertical piece 32b is opened (FIG. 4), and the surface of the cover portion 31 facing the back panel 14 is opened (FIG. 5). Further, a concave portion 31e is formed on the upper surface of the tool encapsulating portion 31d, and a small object (not shown) can be accommodated in the concave portion 31e (FIGS. 1 to 4).

The support member 29 is formed on the facing surface 29 a facing the end surface of the one end 31 a of the cover portion 31 of the cover body 28, and the locked hole 36 for locking the locking piece 32 and the locked surface of the facing surface 29 a. A guide surface 37 protruding from the edge of the locking hole 36 into the cover portion 31 for guiding the locking piece 32 to the locked hole 36, and the second through hole formed at a position covered by the cover portion 31. 52 and (FIGS. 1 and 4). The locked hole 36 includes a horizontal elongated hole 36a (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4) in which the horizontal piece 32a can be locked, and a vertical elongated hole 37b (FIG. 1) in which the vertical piece 32b can be locked. The guide surface 37 is provided continuously with the horizontal guide surface 37a protruding from the lower edge of the horizontal elongated hole 36a, the vertical guide surface 37c protruding from the side edge of the vertical elongated hole 36b on the back panel 14 side, and the horizontal guide surface 37a. It is composed of an inclined guide surface 37c which becomes lower as it goes away from the horizontal elongated hole 36a (FIGS. 1 and 4). The second through hole 52 is formed on the bottom surface of the recess 37d formed from the horizontal guide surface 37a to the inclined guide surface 37c, and the head 42a of the second fixture 42 can be inserted into the upper portion of the through hole 52. The spot facing 52a is formed. A through hole 12b is formed in the floor panel 12 facing the second through hole 52, and a nut 38 into which a second fixing tool 42 can be screwed is formed in a lower surface of the floor panel 12 through the screw hole (not shown). It is welded so as to match the hole center of the hole 12b (FIG. 4).

In the cover structure for covering the vehicular equipment configured as described above, first, the second fixing member 42 having the support member 29 inserted into the second through hole 52 is screwed into the nut 38 to attach it to the floor panel 12. Fix it. Next, the jack 17 is fixed by jacking it up until the receiving plate 17a on the top of the jack 17 comes into contact with the lower surface of the bracket 21, and the tool 18 is fixed by tightening the belt 22 hooked on the belt hook 23. Further, the cover main body 28 is moved in the direction of the solid line arrow in FIG. 1 so that the vertical piece 32b of the locking pieces 32 is locked in the vertical long hole 36b of the locked hole 36 (FIG. 2), and the cover main body 28 is moved vertically. The horizontal piece 32a is locked in the horizontal elongated hole 36a by rotating the piece 32b in the direction of the solid arrow in FIG. 2 (FIG. 3). At this time, the vertical piece 32b is guided by the vertical guide surface 37b of the support member 29 and smoothly guided to the vertical elongated hole 36b, and the horizontal piece 32a is guided by the inclined guide surface 37c and the horizontal guide surface 37a to smoothly extend the horizontal length. It is guided to the hole 36a. In this state, the first fixture 51 is inserted into the first insertion hole 41 and screwed into the nut 34. As a result, one end 31a of the cover portion 31 of the cover body 28 is fixed to the support member 29 by locking the locking piece 32 in the locked hole 36, and the other end 31b of the cover portion 31 of the first fixing means 41. Since it is fixed to the floor panel 12 by being screwed into the nut 34, it does not move or make an abnormal noise due to vibration of the truck 10 or the like. Further, since the vehicle equipment 16 such as the jack 17 and the tool 18 is covered with the cover 27, the appearance on the floor panel 12 can be improved.

When the vehicle equipment 16 is used, the seat back 13 a of the passenger seat 13 is tilted forward to remove the first fixing member 41 located at the side door 19 side of the cover body 28 which is easy to see, and the cover body 28 is removed. The vertical piece 32b is rotated in the direction of the broken line arrow in FIG. 2 to separate the horizontal piece 32a from the horizontal elongated hole 36a. When the vertical piece 32b is pulled out from the vertical elongated hole 36b, the jack 17 and the tool 18 are exposed. When the jack 17 is taken out, the overall height of the jack 17 is lowered until the bracket 17a of the jack 17 is separated from the lower surface of the bracket 21, and when the tool 18 is taken out, the belt 22 is loosened. When the used vehicle equipment 16 is fixed in its original position and covered by the cover body 28, the procedure for using the vehicle equipment 16 may be reversed. In this way, the cover body can be attached and removed with a simple operation.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the jack and the tool are mentioned as the vehicle equipment covered by the cover, but this is only an example, and a chain, a jack handle, or other vehicle equipment wound around a tire when traveling on a snowy road is used. Good. Further, although the knob bolt is used as the first fixing tool in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and a butterfly bolt or other screw member may be used as long as it can be manually tightened or loosened without using a tool. Further, although the vehicle equipment is fixed on the floor panel between the passenger seat and the back panel in the above embodiment, it may be fixed on the floor panel between the driver's seat and the back panel. Further, in the above embodiment, the vehicle is a small truck, but the vehicle is not limited to this.

[0013]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the locking piece is projected from the end surface of one end of the cover portion of the cover body in the direction orthogonal to this end surface, and the first fixing member is provided near the end surface of the other end of the cover portion. A first through hole through which the tool can be inserted is formed, and a locked hole into which a locking piece can be locked is formed on the facing surface of the support member facing the end surface at one end of the cover body. A guide surface is projected from the edge of the stop hole into the cover, and a second through hole that allows the second fixing tool to be inserted is formed at a position covered by the cover, so that the locking piece is locked in the locked hole. Alternatively, the cover main body can be attached to and detached from the floor panel by a simple operation of detaching the first fixing tool from the floor panel and screwing or unfastening the first fixture to the floor panel. As a result, the vehicle equipment can be smoothly taken out or stored in the original position. Further, by forming the first through hole into which the first fixing tool is inserted so that the first through hole can be easily seen, it is not necessary to forget to remove the first fixing tool when removing the cover body. As a result, it is possible to avoid damage to the cover due to forgetting to remove the fixing device as in the conventional cover structure. Further, as in the conventional cover structure, vehicle equipment such as jacks and tools are covered with the cover, so that the appearance on the floor panel can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a state immediately before a locking piece of a cover body having a cover structure for covering vehicle equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention is locked in a locked hole of a support member.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part showing a state in which a vertical piece of the locking piece of the cover body is locked in the vertical long hole of the locked hole.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a state in which the vertical piece of the cover body is locked in the vertical elongated hole and the horizontal piece is locked in the horizontal elongated hole.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the vehicle showing a state in which the vehicle equipment is covered with a cover.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a cover of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 truck (vehicle) 12 floor panel 16 vehicle equipment 27 cover 28 cover body 29 support member 29a facing surface 31 cover portion 31a one end of the cover portion 31b other end of the cover portion 32 locking piece 36 locked hole 37 guide surface 40 Fixing device 41 First fixing device 42 Second fixing device 50 Through hole 51 First through hole 52 Second through hole

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cover (27) for covering a vehicle fixture (16) fixed at a predetermined position on a floor panel (12) of a vehicle (10) is provided with a through hole facing the floor panel (12). 50) is formed, and the cover structure covers the vehicle equipment fixed by screwing the fixture (40) having the cover (27) inserted into the through hole (50) to the floor panel (12). In, the cover (27) is a cover body (28) and the cover body (28)
And a support member (29) for fixing to the floor panel (12), the cover body (28) covers the vehicle equipment (16) (31), and one end of the cover portion (31). A locking piece (32) provided on the end face of (31a) and protruding in a direction orthogonal to the end face,
A first through hole (51) which is formed in the vicinity of the end surface of the other end (31b) of the cover part (31) and into which the first fixture (41) can be inserted; and the support member (29) is the cover. The one end of the body (31)
(31a) a facing hole (36) which is formed in the facing surface (29a) facing the end surface and is capable of locking the locking piece (32), and the facing surface (29a)
A guide surface (37) protruding from the edge of the locked hole (36) into the cover portion (31) to guide the locking piece (32) to the locked hole (36); A cover structure for covering vehicle equipment, comprising a second through hole (52) formed at a position covered by the cover part (31) and capable of inserting the second fixing tool (42).