JPH0727496Y2 - Name plate device mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of use) The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a name plate device which is housed in a bumper such as a bus and displays the name of a company, a bus or the like.

(Prior Art) On the front surface of a bus or the like, a name plate device (company name window) for displaying names such as a company name and a bus name is attached. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, the name plate device 1 is housed inside a bumper 5 and has a dial 8 having a substantially H-shaped cross section at the front opening peripheral edge of a cover 3 attached to the vehicle body 2 side. Fitted through the weather strip 4, the dial 8 is arranged so as to face the outside from the opening 5a formed in the bumper 5. The bumper 5 is screwed and fixed to a bracket 7 having a substantially L-shaped section fixed to the vehicle body 2 side through a bracket 6 having a substantially L-shaped section fixed to an upper edge portion thereof.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional mounting structure of the name plate device, since the name plate device 1 and the bumper 5 are separately mounted to the vehicle body 2, the bumper 5 is mounted when these are mounted. The position of the dial plate 8 with respect to the opening 5a is easily deviated, and positioning work is required, resulting in poor productivity. Further, the dial 8 of the name plate device 1 is arranged so as to be pulled in from the surface of the bumper 5 and the appearance is poor. Further, the weather strip 4 for supporting the dial 8 of the name plate device on the cover 3 is only fitted into the peripheral edge of the front opening of the cover 3, so that a gap easily occurs between them and the sealing property is poor. There is a problem such as.

On the other hand, there are some name plate devices with or without a lighting device, and it is necessary to prepare name plate devices with many specifications in order to meet many needs. However, in this case, it is necessary to make the parts common between different specifications in order to reduce the types of parts.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates the need for positioning the opening formed in the bumper and the name plate device, and makes the surface of the bumper and the name plate device substantially flush with each other. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a name plate device, which can be improved, and the sealing property of the name plate device is improved, and parts can be shared between different specifications.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in a mounting structure of a name plate device which is housed in a bumper and faces outward from an opening formed in the bumper, the name The plate device includes at least a dial and a transparent protective plate that has a peripheral portion that overlaps with the peripheral portion of the dial and that has a central portion that bulges from the opening and that is substantially flush with the surface of the bumper. The name plate device is configured to be liquid-tightly held by the holding member screwed and fixed to the bumper at the peripheral portion of the name plate device.

(Operation) In the name plate device of the present invention, first, the seal member is fitted on at least the peripheral edges of the dial and the transparent protective plate, and after superposing them, the seal member is liquid-tightly held by the holding member and assembled. .

The assembled name plate device is applied by fitting a transparent protective plate into the opening of the bumper, and then the holding member is screwed and fixed to the bumper. Thereby, the name plate device is directly attached to the bumper.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bus to which a mounting structure for a name plate device according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway sectional view showing a mounting structure for a name plate device according to the present invention. An opening 5a is formed at the center position in the vehicle width direction of the bumper 5 on the front surface of the bus, and a name plate device 10 is mounted inside the bumper 5 so as to face the outside of the opening 5a.

The bumper 5 is attached to a vehicle body (not shown) via a bumper bracket (bumper support base) 11. That is, the upper side of the opening 5a of the bumper 5 is fixed to the bumper bracket 11 to form a closed cross-section structure to reinforce this portion. Similarly, the lower side of the opening 5a of the bumper 5 is also fixed to the bracket 25 to form a closed cross-section structure to reinforce this portion.

The name plate device 10 includes a lighting cover 14, a dial 12, a protective plate 13, a weather strip 16, an outer frame 15, and the like. The lighting cover 14 is a housing that is open only on the front side of the bus, and houses the fluorescent lamp 17. Further, a flange 14a that extends outward along the entire circumference of the edge is integrally formed at the opening end,
The flange 14a has a plurality of bolt insertion holes 14b at predetermined positions.
Has been drilled. An inner frame 14c having a substantially L-shaped cross section is welded to the inner surface of the lighting cover 14 near the opening end.

The dial 12 is, for example, a milky white acrylic plate, has a substantially rectangular shape, and a user name and the like are written on the front surface thereof.
The protective plate 13 is, for example, a transparent acrylic plate, and is formed so as to bulge so that the central portion thereof is substantially flush with the surface of the bumper 5. The weather strip 16 is, for example, a seal member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is fitted along the outer peripheral edges of the dial 12 and the protective plate 13, respectively. A weather strip 16 attached to these dial 12 and protective plate 13.
Have the same shape and are compatible.

The outer frame 15 is a weather strip fitted into the protective plate 13.
Pressing part 15a for pressing 16 and flange 14a of lighting cover 14
And a peripheral wall 15d between the pressing portion 15a and the flange portion 15b, which are integrally formed to have a substantially crank shape in cross section. Also, the flange part
A plurality of bolt insertion holes 15c are formed in 15b so as to correspond to the respective bolt insertion holes 14b formed in the flange 14a of the illumination cover 14.

The name plate device 10 in this embodiment can be previously attached to the bumper 5 before being attached to the vehicle body, and the name plate device 10 is assembled as follows and attached to the bumper 5.

First, the weather strip 16 is fitted into the dial 12 and the protective plate 13, respectively, and then the dial 12 and the protective plate 13 are brought into contact with each other so that the weather strips 16 are contacted with each other to be polymerized. The pressing portion 15a of the outer frame 15 and the lighting cover 14
Hold it in a liquid-tight manner with the inner frame 14c. At this time, the contact surfaces of the weather strips 16 are substantially flush with the contact surfaces of the flange portion 15b of the outer frame 15 and the flange 14a of the lighting cover 14. As a result, the name plate device 10 is assembled. It is preferable that the flange 15b of the outer frame 15 and the flange 14a of the lighting cover 14 be temporarily fixed by bolts and nuts (both not shown).

In this name plate device 10, the protective plate 13 is opened in the bumper 5.
5a, and the bolt insertion holes 14b and 15c of the lighting cover 14 and the outer frame 15 are matched with the bolt insertion holes 11a and 25a formed in the bumper bracket 11 or the bracket 25, respectively, and the bolts 18 and the nuts 19 are firmly attached. It is fixed by screwing on. At this time, the surfaces of the protective plate 13 and the bumper 5 are substantially flush with each other. Further, since the name plate device 10 is attached to the bumper 5, the name plate device 10 can be attached at a regular position with respect to the opening 5a of the bumper 5.

In this embodiment, the weather strip 16 is formed into a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 2, but the shape is not limited to this, and the weather strip 20 shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the grooves 20a may be formed along the longitudinal direction and between the outer frame 15 and the protective plate 13 or between the dial plate 12 and the inner frame 14c, and in this case, in the lateral direction (thickness direction) in the drawing. The elastic deformation amount of is increased and the sealing property is improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the name plate device including the lighting device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applied to the name plate device 21 including no lighting device as shown in FIG. Is also good. in this case,
In place of the dial 12 of the name plate device 10, the weather strip 16 and the lighting cover 14 fitted in the dial 12,
The name plate device 21 includes a dial 22 and the dial
A weather strip (16) fitted into the protective plate (13) is held between the outer frame (22) and the outer frame (15) in a liquid-tight manner. Therefore, many components of the name plate devices 10 and 21 can be used in common regardless of the presence or absence of the lighting device, and the name plate devices 10 and 21 can be used together with the bumper 5, that is, the bumper bracket 11 and the bracket.
Can be attached to 25.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the name plate device has at least the dial and the peripheral portion overlapped with the peripheral portion of the dial, and the central portion is from the opening of the bumper. A transparent protective plate that bulges out and is formed to be substantially flush with the surface of the bumper, and holds the peripheral portion of the name plate device liquid-tightly via a seal member to a holding member screwed and fixed to the bumper. Since the positioning work between the opening of the bumper and the name plate device is extremely easy and they can be easily attached, the sealability and appearance of the name plate device are improved, and parts common between different specifications can be shared. There is an excellent effect that it can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bus to which a name plate device mounting structure according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an arrow line II-I in FIG.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along I, Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged sectional view showing a modified example of the weather strip, Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a conventional name plate device. It is sectional drawing of an attachment structure. 5 …… Bumper, 5a …… Opening, 10,21 …… Name plate device, 11 …… Bumper bracket, 12,22 …… Dial plate, 13
…… Protective plate, 14 …… Lighting cover, 15 …… Outer frame, 16,20…
... weather strip.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A mounting structure for a name plate device which is housed in a bumper and faces the outside of an opening formed in the bumper, wherein the name plate device has at least a dial and a peripheral portion of the dial. Has a peripheral portion to be polymerized,
A transparent protective plate whose central portion bulges from the opening and is formed substantially flush with the surface of the bumper, and the peripheral portion of the name plate device is liquid-tightly fixed to the bumper by a seal member. A structure for mounting a name plate device, characterized in that it is held by the held holding member.