JP3201563B2 - Mounting structure of splash guard for rear door of automobile - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a splash guard for a rear door of an automobile, which is attached to the rear door of the automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A splash guard (also referred to as a side molding) is mounted on a side body outer panel, a door panel, or the like of an automobile as a side guard or external parts. FIGS. 5 and 6 show the splash guards mounted on the lower sides of both sides of the vehicle. In the lower side of the side body outer panel 100 of the vehicle, a hole 101 for a screw and a hole 102 for a clip are opened.
A splash guard 105 is attached via a screw 103 and a clip 104.

When such a splash guard is mounted on a rear door, since the rear door and the wheel house of the rear wheel are adjacent to each other, the splash guard is conventionally mounted as shown in FIGS. Was. That is, reference numeral 106 denotes a rear door, and 107 denotes a side body outer panel constituting a side surface of the body. The side body outer panel 107 has a lower side 107a adjacent to the rear door 106 and the wheel house 108 joined to an outer flange portion 108a of the wheel house 108. ing.
The rear door splash guard 109 is provided for the rear door 10.
6 is composed of a straight portion along the lower side and a curved portion along the wheel house portion. The straight part is the rear door 10
6 is fastened to the lower side portion via a clip (not shown), and the curved portion is fixed as follows. The center of the curved portion of the rear door splash guard 109 is fixed to the rear door 106 with a screw 110 and a nut 111, and the periphery of the curved portion is adhered to the side body outer panel 107 with an adhesive to improve the mounting strength.

On the other hand, on the lower side of the side body outer panel 107 along the wheel house 108, a body-side splash guard 112 is fixed to the side body outer panel 107 by a clip 113. However, according to the above prior art, the rear door splash guard 109 does not
It is necessary to insert a tool through a working hole (not shown) formed on the back side of the
It was difficult to attach the rear door splash guard 109. Further, since the operation of inserting the tool and fixing the screw 110 needs to be performed in the process of assembling the rear door 106, the work efficiency in the assembly process is reduced. Furthermore, since an adhesive is required to fix the rear door splash guard 109, the workability is poor, such as the adhesive protruding from the rear door splash guard 109 or requiring a finishing process such as an operation of removing the protruding adhesive. Was.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8 where the same parts as in FIG. 7 are assigned the same reference numerals, a bracket 114 having an L-shaped section is fixed to the lower side of the rear door 106 via rivets 115 and 116, This bracket 114 and rear door 1
06 and the bent portion 1 of the bracket 114
A rear door splash guard 119 is fixed to 14a using clips 117 and 118, respectively.

[0006]

However, even in the case of this prior art, the body-side splash guard 106 is also required.
Must be assembled to the side body outer panel 107, so that the number of parts increases and assembly workability is poor. Also, the rivets 115 and 116 for fixing the bracket 114 are required in two vertical rows, and the clips 117 and 1 for fastening the body-side splash guard 106 are provided.
18 is also required on the rear door 106 side and the bracket 114 side, so that the number of parts has increased. Furthermore, since a parting line appears between the rear door splash guard 119 and the body side splash guard 106,
The appearance was getting worse.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to easily assemble a splash guard attached to a rear door of an automobile, reduce the number of parts, and improve an assembling workability. It is intended to provide a mounting structure.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a vehicle rear door which is disposed from a lower side of a vehicle rear door to an arc portion of the rear door along a semicircular flange of a wheel house. In the mounting structure of the splash guard, the wheel
On the lower side of the splash guard, which is arranged over the arc of the rear door along the semicircular flange of the
Lower side portion of the side body outer panel and the wheel house
To extend the covering portion covering to the junction of the semicircular flange
At the same time, the lower end of the rear door is
Hang the bracket provided with the engaging portion that engages the
The rear side of the splash guard is fixed to the racket
It is in.

[0009]

[Function] A cover is provided below the splash guard to cover the joint between the lower side of the side body outer panel and the wheel house flange, so that the joint between the lower side of the side body outer panel and the wheel house flange is covered. Therefore, the body-side splash guard can be omitted. As a result, since the parting line does not appear on the lower side of the rear door splash guard, the appearance can be improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing the body of an automobile equipped with a splash guard, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a rear door portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4 is a front view showing a rear door splash guard and a bracket.

1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of an automobile, and a front door 3 and a rear door 4 are provided on a side body outer panel 2 constituting a side surface of the vehicle body 1. The rear door 4 is provided with an arc 7 along the semicircular flange 6 of the wheel house 5 on the rear side of the lower side, and a bracket 9 for attaching a splash guard 8 described later is mounted on the arc 7. ing. The bracket 9 is formed in an arc shape along the arc portion 7, and is fixed to the rear door 4 via a rivet 10. The lower end of the bracket 9 is hung down to the vicinity of a joint 11 between the side body outer panel 2 and the semicircular flange 6 of the wheel house 5. The bracket 9 is provided with a U-shaped hook portion 9 a on the back surface, and the hook 9 a is engaged with the lower end of the rear door 4 to attach the bracket 9. Thus, by the hook portion 9a,
Conventionally, those fixed with two rows of rivets can be omitted in one row.

The splash guard 8 is provided on the rear door 4.
The splash guard 8 is disposed from the lower side of the rear door 4 to the arc 7 of the rear door 4 along the semicircular flange 6 of the wheel house 5. The splash guard 8 is composed of a splash guard body 8a provided from the lower side of the rear door 4 to the arc portion 7, and a cover 8b extending to the lower rear side of the splash guard body 8a. The cover portion 8b is configured to cover the lower side of the side body outer panel 2 and the joint portion 11 of the semicircular flange portion 6 of the wheel house. As shown in FIG. 4, the splash guard 8 is provided with a plurality of stays 13 for attaching a clip 12 and a plurality of bosses 15 provided with screw holes 14 on the back surface. The screw 17 is passed through the hole 9 b of the bracket 9 and screwed into the screw hole 14 to fix the splash guard 8 to the rear door 4.

According to the above configuration, the splash guard 8
Is attached to the rear door 4, the bracket 9 is fixed to the rear door 4 using rivets 10. Then, a clip 12 is attached to a stay 13 on the back surface of the splash guard 8, and the clip 12 is pushed into an attachment hole 16 formed in the rear door 4 to push the splash guard 8 to the rear door 4.
To Next, a screw 17 is passed through the hole 9 b of the bracket 9 and screwed into the screw hole 14 to
To the bracket 9. Splash Guard 8
A splash guard body 8a disposed from the lower side of the rear door 4 to the arc 7; a cover 8b covering the lower side 2a of the side body outer panel 2 and the joint 11 of the semicircular flange 6 of the wheel house. , The lower side 2 of the side body outer panel 2
a of the semicircular flange 6 of the wheel house
Up to one piece. Thus, the conventional body-side splash guard can be omitted, and the number of parts can be reduced.

[0014]

As described above, according to the mounting structure of the splash guard for the rear door of the automobile according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

In the mounting structure of a splash guard for a rear door of a vehicle, which is disposed from a lower side of the rear door of the vehicle to an arc portion of the rear door along a semicircular flange portion of the wheel house, the lower side of the rear door To the semicircular flange of the wheel house
The lower part of the splash guard that extends along the arc of the rear door along the rear door has a cover that extends to the junction between the lower edge of the side body outer panel and the semicircular flange of the wheel house. Since the joint portion of the spot welding performed on the lower side portion and the semicircular flange portion of the wheel house can be integrally covered with the cover portion, the appearance can be improved. Further, since the conventional body-side splash guard can be omitted, the number of parts can be reduced. In addition, the above-mentioned
Engage with the arc of the rear door to engage the lower end of the rear door
Hang the bracket with the
Since the rear side of the lash guard is fixed, the man-hour for fixing the bracket can be reduced. Further, since the splash guard can be screwed to the bracket after the door is assembled, the splash guard can be easily assembled. Furthermore, since the conventional body-side splash guard can be omitted, the number of parts can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounting structure of a splash guard for a rear door of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state in which a rear door splash guard and a bracket of FIG. 1 are removed.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a rear door splash guard and a bracket.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual view showing a mounting structure of a conventional automobile splash guard.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 5 showing a mounting structure of a conventional splash guard for a rear door of an automobile.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual cross-sectional view of the same portion as the line BB in FIG. 5 showing a mounting structure of a conventional automobile rear door splash guard.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 2 Side body Outer panel 3 Front door 4 Rear door 5 Wheel house 6 Semicircular flange part 7 Arc part 8 Splash guard 9 Bracket 10 Rivets 11 Joint part 12 Clip 13 Stay 14 Screw hole 15 Boss part 16 Mounting hole 17 Screw

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mounting structure for a splash guard for a rear door of a vehicle, which is provided from a lower side of the rear door of the vehicle to an arc portion of the rear door along a semicircular flange portion of the wheel house.
The lower part of the splash guard that extends over the arc of the rear door along the semicircular flange of the wheel house , up to the junction between the lower edge of the side body outer panel and the semicircular flange of the wheel house Extending the cover part to cover
And the arc of the rear door is
Hang the bracket provided with the engaging portion that engages the lower end, and
A mounting structure for a splash guard for a rear door of an automobile, wherein a rear side of the splash guard is fixed to a bracket of the vehicle.