JP6155577B2 - Insert screen mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an insert screen mounting structure for mounting an insert screen to a vehicle.

  Insect screens may be attached to the front grill or the radiator to prevent insects that have entered from the front grill of the vehicle from adhering to the radiator or to protect the radiator from flying stones. In that case, a structure is employed in which the insert screen is attached (fixed) to the front grille, radiator, or the like by using bolt fastening or a hook (an example of a cloth insert screen).

  Such an insert screen mounting structure is described in Patent Document 1, for example.

German Patent Application Publication No. 10242468

  Insect screens are contaminated by insects due to required performance, and therefore need to be washed or replaced as appropriate. However, the insert screen is attached to the front grill or the radiator using the bolt fastening or the hook as described above, and the work space between the front grill and the radiator is often narrow. It took time and labor to remove and attach at the time of cleaning or replacement.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an insert screen mounting structure that allows an insert screen to be easily attached to and detached from a front grill or a radiator of a vehicle.

In order to achieve the above object, an inspect screen mounting structure according to the present invention is an inspect screen mounting structure for mounting an insect screen so as to face a vehicle, and is provided on the vehicle with an interval therebetween. A pair of guide portions for guiding movement; a stopper portion that is provided on the vehicle at one end side of the pair of guide portions, and that restricts movement of the inject screen guided by the pair of guide portions; A locking part that is provided on a vehicle and positioned on the other end side of the pair of guide parts, and holds the insect screen between the stopper part, and the locking part of the vehicle facing the insect screen The opposite surface is extended toward the inspect screen, and the lock part has the stop. An inclined surface facing the portion side is formed, and the inclined surface is formed so as to gradually move away from the stopper portion from the facing surface side toward the inject screen side, from the facing surface to the tip of the lock portion The distance is set longer than the distance from the facing surface to the inject screen holding surface of the guide portion .

  The inspect screen may have a flexible screen body.

  The insect screen may be a punching metal in which a large number of openings are provided in the screen body.

  According to the present invention, there is an excellent effect that the inject screen can be easily attached to and detached from the front grille, radiator or the like of the vehicle.

It is a perspective view which shows the insert screen attachment structure which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a rear view of the front grille to which the insert screen mounting structure according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied, (b) is a sectional view taken along line BB of (a), and (c) is ( It is CC sectional view taken on the line of a). (A) is a rear view of the front grille to which the insert screen mounting structure according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied, (b) is a sectional view taken along line BB of (a), and (c) is It is CC sectional view taken on the line of (a).

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 and 2 is applied to a front grille (also referred to as a radiator grille) 15 of a vehicle (particularly a large vehicle such as an RV car or a truck). . The front grille 15 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin material.

  An insect screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment includes an insect screen (also referred to as an insect net) 11, a guide part 12, a stopper part 13, and a lock part 14.

  The insect screen 11 is attached to the front grill 15 in order to prevent insects entering from the opening 16 of the front grill 15 from adhering to the radiator (not shown) or to protect the radiator from stepping stones. is there.

  The insert screen 11 has a flexible screen body 17 and a large number of openings 18 provided in the screen body 17. The inspect screen 11 of this embodiment is a punching metal in which a large number of apertures 18 are provided in the screen body 17. That is, the insert screen 11 (screen body 17) is formed of a metal material. In FIG. 1, the opening 18 is provided in a portion with a cross hatch (shaded), and the opening 18 is simply shown in FIG. 2.

  A pair of guide portions 12 are provided on the back surface of the front grille 15 at intervals in the vehicle width direction (left-right direction), and guide the movement of the inject screen 11 (movement in the vehicle height direction).

  The guide portion 12 is provided so as to protrude from the rear surface of the front grille 15 to the vehicle rear side, and a guide rail groove 19 extends in the vehicle height direction at the tip portion. The guide portion 12 (guide rail groove 19) has a function of regulating the movement of the insert screen 11 with respect to the vehicle front side (front grill 15 side) and the vehicle rear side (radiator side) in addition to guiding the movement of the insert screen 11. Have. In the insert screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment, the guide portion 12 is provided integrally with the front grille 15, but of course, the guide portion 12 may be provided separately from the front grille 15. Further, the position and length of the guide portion 12 (length with respect to the vehicle height direction) and the like can be changed as appropriate.

  The stopper portion 13 is provided on the back surface of the front grille 15 so as to be positioned on one end side (lower end side) of the guide portion 12 and restricts the movement (movement in the downward direction) of the inject screen 11 guided by the guide portion 12. It is.

  The stopper portion 13 is provided so as to protrude from the rear surface of the front grille 15 to the vehicle rear side. In the insert screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment, the existing portion of the front grill 15 is used as the stopper portion 13, but of course, the stopper portion 13 may be separately provided on the front grill 15. Furthermore, the position and length (length with respect to the vehicle width direction) of the stopper portion 13 can be changed as appropriate.

  The lock portion 14 is provided on the back surface of the front grille 15 so as to be positioned on the other end side (upper end side) of the guide portion 12, and holds the insert screen 11 between the stopper portion 13.

  The lock portion 14 is provided so as to protrude from the back surface of the front grille 15 toward the vehicle rear side, and is inclined at an end portion of the front grille with respect to the vehicle rear side opposite to the stopper portion 13 side (upward in the illustrated example). (Tapered surface) 20 is formed. By providing the inclined surface 20 at the distal end portion of the lock portion 14, a space for inserting the insert screen 11 between the upper end of the guide portion 12 can be secured, and the insert screen 11 can be easily attached to the guide portion 12. Can be inserted. In the insert screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment, the lock portion 14 is provided integrally with the front grille 15, but, of course, the lock portion 14 may be provided separately from the front grille 15. Furthermore, the position and length (length with respect to the vehicle width direction) of the lock portion 14 and the like can be changed as appropriate.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment is demonstrated.

  In the present embodiment, as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2B, the insert screen 11 (screen body 17) is inserted into the guide portion 12 (guide rail groove 19) while being bent, and the insert screen 11 is inserted into the guide portion 12. , And the insert screen 11 can be attached to the front grille 15 by pushing the insert screen 11 between the stopper portion 13 and the lock portion 14. Since the insert screen 11 is fixed to the front grille 15 only by being sandwiched between the stopper portion 13 and the lock portion 14, the insert screen 11 is compared with the case where the insert screen 11 is fixed using bolt fastening or a hook portion. The time required for mounting is greatly shortened, and the labor required is greatly reduced.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the inject screen 11 is pulled out from between the stopper portion 13 and the lock portion 14, and the inject screen 11 is moved upward along the guide portion 12 to bend the inspect screen 11 (screen body 17). The insert screen 11 can be removed from the front grille 15 by pulling it out from the guide portion 12 (guide rail groove 19). Since the insert screen 11 is fixed to the front grille 15 only by being sandwiched between the stopper portion 13 and the lock portion 14, the insert screen 11 is compared with the case where the insert screen 11 is fixed using bolt fastening or a hook portion. The time required for the removal is greatly reduced, and the labor required for the removal is also greatly reduced.

  In short, in the insert screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment, the insert screen 11 can be easily attached to and detached from the front grille 15, and the time taken to remove and attach the insert screen 11 at the time of cleaning or replacement. The time is greatly shortened, and the labor required is also greatly reduced. Further, in the insert screen mounting structure 10 according to the present embodiment, the insert screen 11 can be easily attached to and detached from the front grill 15 even when the work space between the front grill 15 and the radiator is narrow.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other embodiments can be adopted.

  For example, the present invention can be applied not only to a front grill but also to a radiator, an intercooler, and the like.

  Further, the inspect screen (screen body) is not limited to punching metal, and may be formed of a synthetic resin material, for example.

  Further, a pair of guide portions may be provided in the vehicle at intervals in the vehicle height direction (vertical direction), and guide the movement of the inject screen (movement in the vehicle width direction).

  Further, it is not always necessary to provide the guide rail groove 19 at the distal end portion of the guide portion 12, and a guide surface 21 may be provided at the distal end portion of the guide portion 12 in the vehicle height direction as shown in FIG. The guide portion 12 (guide surface 21) has a function of regulating the movement of the inject screen 11 with respect to the vehicle rear side (radiator side) in addition to guiding the movement of the inject screen 11. As shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 3 (b), the insert screen 11 (screen body 17) is inserted into a space between the guide portion 12 (guide surface 21) and the back of the front grill 15 while being bent, 11 is moved downward along the guide portion 12 and the insert screen 11 is pushed between the stopper portion 13 and the lock portion 14 to attach the insert screen 11 to the front grille 15.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Insect screen mounting structure 11 Insect screen 12 Guide part 13 Stopper part 14 Lock part 15 Vehicle front grill 17 Screen main body 18 Opening

Claims (3)

An insect screen mounting structure for mounting an insect screen facing a vehicle, the pair of guide portions provided on the vehicle at an interval to guide movement of the insect screen, and the pair of guide portions on the vehicle A stopper portion that is provided on one end side and that restricts the movement of the inject screen guided by the pair of guide portions; and is provided on the vehicle on the other end side of the pair of guide portions, A lock portion for holding an insect screen between the stopper portion, the lock portion extending toward the inject screen on a facing surface of the vehicle facing the inject screen, An inclined surface facing the stopper portion side is formed, and the inclined surface is It is formed so as to gradually move away from the stopper portion toward the side of the sect screen, and the distance from the facing surface to the tip of the lock portion is longer than the distance from the facing surface to the insect screen holding surface of the guide portion. Insect screen mounting structure characterized by being set .   The insect screen mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the insect screen has a flexible screen body.   The insect screen mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the insect screen is a punching metal in which a large number of openings are provided in the screen body.

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