JP4161666B2 - Grill panel - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a grill panel that covers an outlet opening for sending air inside a passenger compartment to the outside of the passenger compartment.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a pillar having a closed cross-sectional shape is used to send air inside the passenger compartment to the outside of the passenger compartment, and an exhaust port for allowing air to escape outside the passenger compartment has been opened in the pillar (for example, a patent Reference 1).
[0003]
When this exhaust port is provided on the side surface of the vehicle, it is generally covered with a resin grill panel. The grill panel is provided with a plurality of slits for discharging air.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-118260 (paragraph number “0014” and FIG. 4)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a grill panel, there is a risk that high-pressure water sprayed at the time of car washing may enter from the slit.
[0006]
Moreover, in order to ensure the strength of the grill, it was necessary to form it thickly.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a grill panel that can be thinned while preventing water from entering.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the grill panel according to the present invention includes a grill panel that covers an outlet opening that is open to the outer surface of the vehicle, and a grill main body that is provided with a plurality of grill openings that are opened downward in an attached state. A back plate provided on the back surface of the grill body, the back plate having a back plate side opening that is paired with each grill opening, and at least the back plate positioned at the outlet opening The side opening is set at a higher position than the grill opening that forms a pair with the back plate side opening, and a shielding portion that shields intrusion from the grill opening is provided below the back plate side opening , An L-shaped piece having an extension portion extending at a substantially right angle with respect to the back plate toward the outlet opening side at the portion of the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening. Provided .
[0009]
That is, a back plate is provided on the back surface of the grill body, and the grill body is reinforced by the back plate.
[0010]
The grill opening of the grill body and the back plate side opening of the back plate are configured to form a pair, and the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening is higher than the grill opening. The shielding part which shields the penetration | invasion from the said grille opening part is set in the lower part of the said back-plate side opening part. For this reason, even when high-pressure water is sprayed toward the grill opening that opens downward during car washing, the high-pressure water is bounced back by the shielding portion of the back plate and is prevented from flowing in.
[0011]
Further, an L-shaped piece having an extending portion extending at a substantially right angle with respect to the back plate toward the outlet opening side at the portion of the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening. Therefore, the car wash high-pressure water sprayed obliquely upward from the grille opening paired with the back plate side opening part can be rebounded by the extension part. Thereby, it is possible to prevent direct entry of high-pressure water from the outlet opening without reducing the diameter of the outlet opening.
In the grill panel according to claim 2, the back plate is fixed to the back surface of the grill body.
[0012]
That is, a back plate is fixed to the back surface of the grill main body, and the grill main body can be reinforced by the back plate to increase the rigidity of the grill panel. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the grill body while ensuring a predetermined strength, which can contribute to cost reduction.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing a vehicle 2 provided with a grill panel 1 according to the present embodiment. A side panel 3 of the vehicle 2 has a front seat entrance 4 and a rear seat entrance 5. And the grill panel 1 is attached to the rear seat entrance 5 at the vehicle rear R side.
[0016]
That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a rear pillar 11 having a closed cross-sectional shape is formed on the vehicle rear R side of the rear seat entrance 5, and a side panel outer 12 is disposed on the O side outside the vehicle compartment from the rear pillar 11. Is provided. Further, a side panel inner 13 is provided on the vehicle interior side I of the rear pillar 11, and a hat-shaped cross-section duct panel 14 is provided between the side panel inner 13 and the side panel outer 12. ing. As a result, a duct 15 having a closed cross-sectional shape that forms an air discharge path of the vehicle interior I is formed between the duct panel 14 and the side panel outer 12.
[0017]
The side panel outer 12 is formed with a recess 21 so that the grill panel 1 can be mounted in the recess 21. An outlet opening 22 communicating with the duct 15 is formed at the lower part of the recess 21, and the lower part of the duct panel 14 is bent at the lower part of the outlet opening 22 and extends to the outside O side of the vehicle compartment. A bottom portion 23 is continuously provided. As a result, the air in the duct 15 can be discharged to the outside O of the vehicle compartment via the outlet opening 22.
[0018]
The grill panel 1 covering the outlet opening 22 is composed of a grill main body 31 constituting the vehicle exterior O side and a back plate 32 constituting the vehicle interior I side, both of which are made of synthetic resin.
[0019]
The grill main body 31 is provided with a plurality of horizontally long bulging portions 41 bulged toward the outside O of the vehicle compartment, spaced apart in the vertical direction, and a lower portion of each bulging portion 41,. Are formed with retreating portions 42,... Retreating toward the vehicle interior I side. .. Are formed between the swollen portions 41,... And the retreated portions 42,... Facing each other, and in the state where the grill panel 1 is attached, The grill openings 43,... Are configured to open downward. The grill openings 43,... Are also provided in all parts located above the outlet opening 22, so that the weight of the grill main body 31 is reduced.
[0020]
A plurality of clips 44,... Protrude from the rear surface of the grill body 31, and each clip 44,... Is provided in the recess 21 of the side panel outer 12. The grill panel 1 is fixed to the vehicle 2 in a state where it is locked to the vehicle.
[0021]
A portion of the back plate 32 that is in contact with the receding portions 42 of the grill main body 31 is heat-welded, and the grill main body 31 is reinforced from the back surface. The grill body 31 and the back plate 32 may be fixed by screwing or the like. The back plate 32 is provided with back plate side openings 51,... That are paired with the grill openings 43,... .. And the grille openings 43,... Can be discharged to the outside O of the vehicle compartment.
[0022]
Each of the back plate side openings 51,... Is set at a higher position than the grill opening 43,... That forms a pair with each of the back plate side openings 51,. .. Are formed at the lower part of the openings 51,... To shield the intrusion from the grill openings 43,.
[0023]
In addition, an L-shaped piece 72 having an extending portion 71 extending in the direction of the vehicle interior I is integrally formed at an intermediate portion of the back plate side opening 51 provided at the lowermost portion. High pressure water from the outlet opening 22 is reduced without reducing the diameter of the outlet opening 22 by rebounding the high pressure water for car wash sprayed obliquely upward from the grill opening 43 by the extension 71. It is configured to prevent direct intrusion.
[0024]
In the present embodiment according to the above configuration, the back plate 32 is fixed to the back surface of the grill main body 31, and the grill main body 31 can be reinforced by the back plate 32 to increase the rigidity of the grill panel 1. . As a result, the grill body 31 can be thinned while ensuring a predetermined strength, which can contribute to cost reduction.
[0025]
Further, the grill opening portions 43 of the grill main body 31 and the back plate side opening portions 51 of the back plate 32 are configured to form a pair. .. Are set at a higher position than each grille opening 43..., And the lower part of each back plate side opening 51. Are set to shield the intrusion. For this reason, even when high-pressure water is sprayed toward the grille openings 43,... During car washing, the high-pressure water can be rebounded by the shielding portions 61,. it can.
[0026]
Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent high-pressure water from entering the duct 15 from the back plate side openings 51,... And the outlet openings 22.
[0027]
Furthermore, the said shielding part 61, ... can also be utilized as a blindfold when each said grille opening part 43, ... is looked into from the downward direction. Thereby, the exposure inside the grill panel 1 can be prevented, and the appearance quality can be improved.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the grill panel according to claim 1 of the present invention, the back plate side opening of the back plate is set at a higher position than the grill opening of the paired grill main body, and the back plate A shielding portion that shields intrusion from the grill opening is set at a lower portion of the side opening. For this reason, even when high-pressure water is jetted toward the grill opening during car washing, the high-pressure water is infiltrated from the back-plate-side opening by the shielding portion set on the back plate. Can be reliably prevented.
[0029]
Furthermore, the shielding part can be used as a blindfold when the grill opening is looked into from below. Thereby, the exposure inside a grill panel can be prevented and appearance quality can be improved.
In addition, an L-shaped piece having an extending portion that extends toward the outlet opening side so as to be substantially perpendicular to the back plate at a portion of the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening. By providing, the high pressure water for car wash sprayed diagonally upward from the grille opening part which forms a pair with the back plate side opening part can be rebounded by the extension part. Therefore, direct entry of high-pressure water from the outlet opening can be prevented without reducing the diameter of the outlet opening.
[0030]
Further, in the grill panel according to the second aspect, by fixing the back plate to the back surface of the grill body, the grill body can be reinforced and the rigidity of the grill panel can be enhanced. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the grill body while ensuring a predetermined strength, which can contribute to cost reduction.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Grill panel 2 Vehicle 11 Rear pillar 12 Side panel outer 13 Side panel inner 15 Duct 22 Outlet opening 31 Grill main body 32 Back plate 43 Grill opening 51 Back plate side opening 61 Shielding part 71 Extension part 72 L-shaped piece

Claims (2)

In the grill panel that covers the outlet opening that opens to the outer surface of the vehicle,
A grill main body provided with a plurality of grill openings that open downward in an attached state, and a back plate provided on the back surface of the grill main body,
The back plate is provided with a back plate side opening that is paired with each grill opening, and at least the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening is paired with the back plate side opening. Set a higher position than the grill opening, provided a shielding portion that shields intrusion from the grill opening at the bottom of the back plate side opening ,
An L-shaped piece having an extending portion that extends toward the outlet opening side so as to be substantially perpendicular to the back plate at a portion of the back plate side opening located at the outlet opening. A grill panel characterized by being provided .   The grill panel according to claim 1, wherein the back plate is fixed to a back surface of the grill body.

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