JPH0891115A - Temporary holding structure for lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To heighten temporary holding performance at the time of fitting a head lamp body to the other party member. CONSTITUTION: A part of a lamp fixing protruding piece 5 integrally formed at a lamp body 1 is provided with an insert piece 14 having an elastic claw 13, and a hole for receiving this insert piece 14 is opened in the other party member.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a temporary holding structure for a lamp, and is used, for example, in the field of temporarily holding a headlamp main body of an automobile on a radiator support (counterpart member).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique will be described below with reference to FIGS. Generally, an automobile headlamp body 1 is composed of a lens 2 and a housing 3 (resin member) as main components. The headlamp body 1 is attached to a radiator support 4 (which is provided on both left and right sides of the automobile, but only one side is shown in the figure) outside the housing 3.
A plurality of fixing projections 5 are formed, and a part of the projections 5 is integrally formed with an insertion pin 6 for temporarily holding the headlamp body 1. Further, a hole 7 for fixing the headlamp body 1 is formed in each of the plurality of projecting pieces 5. On the other hand, the radiator support 4 has an opening 8 for fitting the headlamp body 1, and a hole 9 for fixing the headlamp body 1 and a hole 10 for temporarily holding the headlamp body 2 around the opening 8. Has been opened. Also, radiator support 4
A weld nut 11 for fixing the headlamp main body 1 is welded to a portion of the hole 9 on the back side of the opening 9 around the opening 8. Since the size of the hole 10 is set so that the gap between the hole 10 and the insertion pin 6 becomes minimum when the insertion pin 6 is inserted, the insertion pin 6 is inserted into the hole 10 and the headlamp is inserted. When the body 1 is temporarily held by the radiator support 4, the holes 7 and 9 for fixing the headlamp body 1 are automatically centered, and the weld nut 1
The headlamp body 1 is fixed to the headlamp 1.

[0003]

In the conventional temporary holding structure for a lamp as described above, when the headlamp main body is temporarily held by the radiator support and there is some wobble on the vehicle body side, the temporary holding structure is used. There is a problem that the insertion pin of is easily pulled out. In addition, if the insertion pin for temporary holding is pulled out, the headlamp body may be dropped and damaged. Furthermore, since the gap between the insertion pin and the pin hole is set to the minimum, centering becomes difficult when trying to insert multiple insertion pins and pin holes at the same time, and the workability of temporarily holding the headlamp body on the radiator support is improved. Not only becomes worse, but there is a problem that the insertion pin may be damaged during the temporary holding work. If the pin hole is enlarged to solve the above problem, the workability of temporarily holding the headlamp body is improved,
There is a problem that the insertion pin is likely to come off and it is difficult to center the head lamp main body fixing hole and the radiator support hole. The present invention aims to solve these conventional problems.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a lamp body integrally formed with a lamp fixing projection piece, and an insertion piece having an elastic claw on a part of the projection piece. Is provided, and a hole for receiving this insertion piece is opened in the counterpart member.

[0005]

In the temporary holding structure for a lamp configured as described above, the elastic claw elastically deforms the insertion piece when the insertion piece is inserted into the hole, and when the insertion piece is inserted to a predetermined position, the insertion piece elastically returns. The elastic claw catches on the inner side of the hole and acts as a retainer.

[0006]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. Headlamp body 1 with radiator support 4
In the case of temporary holding, the protruding piece 5 of the headlamp body 1 is integrally formed with an insert piece 14 including an arm portion 12 and a hook-shaped elastic claw 13. Further, a hole 7 for fixing the headlamp body 1 is formed in each of the plurality of projecting pieces 5. On the other hand, a hole 16 for inserting the elastic claw 13 is formed in the radiator support 4, and a hole 9 for fixing the headlamp body 1 is formed in the center of the hole 16. A weld nut 11 for fixing the headlamp body 1 is welded to a portion of the hole 9 on the back side of the radiator support 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the elastic claw 13 elastically deforms the insertion piece 14 when the insertion piece 14 is inserted into the hole 16, and the slant surface of the elastic claw 13 abuts against the edge of the hole 16 so that the arm portion 12 is removed. Although it bends, when the insertion piece 14 is inserted to a predetermined position of the hole 16, the insertion piece 14 elastically returns, and the elastic claw 13 is caught on the inner side of the hole 16 to prevent the insertion piece 14 from coming off. Since the gap between the insertion piece 14 and the hole 16 is set to be minimum, when the insertion piece 14 is inserted into the hole 16 and the headlamp body 1 is temporarily held by the radiator support 4, the headlamp body 1 Centering of the fixing holes 7 and 9 is automatically performed, and the headlamp body 1 is fixed to the weld nut 11.

The operation of the above structure will be described below. When inserting the insertion piece formed by the arm portion and the hook-shaped elastic claw into the hole of the radiator support, the hook-shaped slope contacts the edge of the hole and bends the arm portion to insert into the hole. Then, when the insertion piece has completely moved to a predetermined position of the hole, the insertion piece elastically returns, and the elastic claw catches on the inner side of the hole to temporarily hold the headlamp main body on the radiator support.

[0008]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. An insert piece with a hook-shaped elastic claw on a part of the protrusion is inserted into the hole of the radiator support, and the elastic claw is hooked on the back side of the hole to temporarily hold the headlamp body on the radiator support. Even if there is some wobbling on the side, there is an effect that the insertion piece for temporary holding can be prevented from coming off. Further, by eliminating the removal of the insertion piece for temporary holding, there is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the risk of damage due to the headlamp body falling off. In addition, the slope of the hook-shaped elastic claw is applied to the edge of the hole of the radiator support so that the insertion piece can be pushed into the hole by bending the arm part, so that the insertion piece can be easily inserted and the headlamp body can be used as the radiator support. There is an effect that the workability at the time of temporary holding can be improved. Moreover, because the gap between the insert piece and the hole is set to the minimum, when the insert piece is inserted into the hole and the headlamp body is temporarily held in the radiator support, the hole of the protruding piece of the headlamp body and the radiator support The center of the hole is automatically adjusted, and the work for fixing the headlamp body to the radiator support can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a headlamp body showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the headlamp holding structure of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a headlamp body showing an example of a conventional technique.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lamp body 4 Counterpart member 5 Projection piece 9 Hole 13 Elastic claw 14 Insertion piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lamp main body integrally molded with a lamp fixing protrusion, wherein an insert having an elastic claw is provided in a part of the protrusion, and a hole for receiving the insert is formed in a counterpart member. The temporary holding structure for the lamp.