Mounting structure of vehicular resin component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10081394-B2
Application number	US-201414888612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2014
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

A mounting structure for a vehicular resin component provided with a panel body having a design surface on a surface of the panel body; a reinforcement rib arranged upright on a back surface of the panel body; and a mounting member for a vehicle. The reinforcement rib includes a proximal end portion connected to the panel body and formed with a thickness thinner than a thickness of a distal end portion. The distal end portion of the reinforcement rib includes an inclined surface formed between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion with increasing thickness toward the leading end side, and is provided with a locking hole with a hole direction inclined in the direction of inclination of the inclined surface. In the mounting member, a locking claw capable of being fitted in the locking hole is formed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mounting structure of a vehicular resin component including: a panel body provided with a front surface having a design surface; a reinforcement rib arranged standing upright on a back surface of the panel body; and a mounting member for a vehicle, wherein
the reinforcement rib has a proximal end portion connected to the panel body, the proximal end portion having a thin thickness thinner than a thickness of a leading end portion of the rib,
the leading end portion includes an inclined surface formed between the proximal end portion and the leading end portion so that the thickness of the leading end portion increases toward a leading end side, and the leading end portion is provided with a locking hole slantingly formed in an inclined direction of the inclined surface,
the mounting member is provided with a locking claw engageable in the locking hole, the locking claw is engaged with the locking hole so that the mounting member is fixed to the back surface of the panel body, and the mounting member is fixed to the vehicle,
the locking claw is provided on a tip side with a plate-shaped tab portion insertable through the locking hole and provided on a proximal end side with a claw portion engageable with the locking hole, and
the plate-shaped tab portion is configured to be curved to be brought into contact with a back surface of the panel body and the curved plate-shaped tab portion prevents disengagement of the claw portion from the locking hole.

2. The mounting structure of the vehicular resin component according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member has an end portion opposite the locking claw, the end portion being connected to an outer peripheral edge of the panel body with an integral hinge.

Assignees

• Toyota Auto Body Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeno Katsuya
• Tamura Osamu
• Nishikawa Nobuyoshi
• Iwase Wataru

Classifications

• B60R13/04 Primary

  External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12) · CPC title

• B62D25/161

  Mud-guards made of non-conventional material, e.g. rubber, plastics · CPC title

• F16B5/07

  by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils, · CPC title

• B62D25/163 Primary

  Mounting devices · CPC title