JPH0921259A - Fitting structure for hood lock - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely open a hood by preventing the release of a hood latch cable. SOLUTION: A hood latch cable 3 operating a hood lock latch 2 is fitted to the hood lock latch 2, a hood lock brace 4 is fitted to a hood lock member on the body side, and the hood lock latch 2 is fitted to the hood lock brace 4 in this fitting structure for a front hood lock 1. A projection 17 protruded toward the cable fitting section 11 side of the hood lock latch 2 is provided on the hood lock brace 4. The gap S between the cable fitting section 11 and the hood lock brace 4 is narrowed by the projection 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle hood lock mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a front hood lock 52 is provided on a vehicle body front portion 51 as shown in FIG. An example of such a mounting structure of the front hood lock 52 is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. That is, in this mounting structure, the hood latch cable 53 is attached to the hood lock latch 53 that constitutes the front hood lock 52, and the hood lock brace 56 is fixed to the hood lock member 55 on the vehicle body front portion 51 side by bolting. The hood lock brace 56 is attached to the hood lock latch 53 with a bolt 57.
The front hood lock 52 can be attached by tightening.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional mounting structure, as shown in FIG. 11, the hood lock brace 56 is provided between the mounting portion 53a of the hood latch cable 54 provided on the hood lock latch 53 and the hood lock brace 56. Since the gap S is formed large, when the hood latch cable 54 is pushed from the front of the vehicle body, the hood latch cable 54 easily comes out of the mounting portion 53a of the hood lock latch 53, and as a result, the hood latch cable 54 The hood lock latch 53 cannot be operated, and there is a possibility that the front hood (not shown) cannot be opened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a hood lock mounting structure capable of preventing the hood latch cable from coming off and reliably opening the hood. To provide.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, in the present invention, a hood latch cable for operating the hood lock latch is attached to the hood lock latch, and a hood lock brace is attached to the vehicle body side.
In the hood lock mounting structure for mounting the hood lock latch on the hood lock brace, the hood lock brace is provided with a convex portion protruding toward the cable mounting portion side of the hood lock latch, and the cable mounting portion is formed by the convex portion. The gap between the hood lock brace and the hood lock brace is narrowed.

In the hood lock mounting structure according to the present invention, the gap between the cable mounting portion of the hood lock latch and the hood lock brace is narrowed due to the presence of the convex portion provided on the hood lock brace. Even if the hood latch cable is pushed from the front of the vehicle body, it does not happen that the hood latch cable hits the convex portion and comes out of the cable attachment portion of the hood lock latch.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a hood lock mounting structure according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a front hood lock provided on the front part of the vehicle body of the automobile, and this front hood lock 1 locks a striker provided on the front side of a front hood (not shown). The rear side of such a front hood is rotatably attached to the front part of the vehicle body via a hood hinge (not shown), and is configured to open and close the upper opening of the engine room.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front hood lock 1 includes a hood lock latch 2, a hood latch cable 3, a hood lock brace 4 and a hood lock member 5, respectively. The hood lock latch 2 is provided with a box-shaped latch main body 6 provided with a lock mechanism (not shown) and upper and lower parts of the latch main body 6, and the
And a groove 9 into which a striker (not shown) of the front hood is inserted is provided at the center of the upper portion of the latch body 6 along the vertical direction.
A cable mounting portion 11 having a fitting groove 10 is integrally provided on the back surface side of the latch body 6, and if the hood latch cable 3 is fitted into the fitting groove 10 of the cable mounting portion 11, The hood latch cable 3 is attached to the latch body 6. An auxiliary latch 12 is rotatably attached to the surface side of the latch body 6.

The hood latch cable 3 is for unlocking the front hood lock 1 by operating the hood latch cable 3 and is made of a wire or the like. The structure makes it impossible to operate. The hood latch cable 3 is arranged around the front portion of the vehicle body so as to connect between the hood lock latch 2 and an operation knob (not shown). It is provided nearby.

On the other hand, the hood lock brace 4 is bent and formed by using a long plate-shaped body extending in the vertical direction, and the upper end portion of the hood lock brace 4 is left at the central portion and is also hood lock member 5.
It is bent in an L-shaped cross section toward. An insertion hole 14 for inserting the tightening bolt 13 is formed on both sides of the vertical surface of the upper end of the hood lock brace 4, and a mounting hole 16 for attaching the hood cushion 15 is formed on the horizontal surface of the central portion. ing.

Further, a pair of left and right convex portions 17 and 18 projecting toward the cable mounting portion 11 side of the hood lock latch 2 are provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the hood lock brace 4. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, these convex portions 17 and 18 are formed in a raised bead shape, and the cable attaching portion 11 and the hood lock brace 4 are formed.
The gap S formed between and is narrowed by the convex portions 17 and 18.

Therefore, the protruding length of the convex portions 17 and 18 is
When the hood latch cable 3 attached to the cable attachment portion 11 of the hood lock latch 2 is pushed from the front side of the vehicle body, the hood latch cable 3 has the convex portions 17, 1
It is formed in a size that does not come off when hitting 8. In addition, a bolt hole 19 of a bolt 7 for fastening the hood lock latch 2 is formed in an intermediate portion of the hood lock brace 4 located above the convex portions 17 and 18.

Further, the hood lock member 5 is arranged along the vehicle width direction so as to form a part of the front portion of the vehicle body. The hood lock brace 4 is fixed to the hood lock member 5 at a central position in the width direction by a tightening bolt 13.

In order to attach such a front hood lock 1 to the hood lock member 5 on the vehicle body side, first, the hood latch cable 3 is attached and held to the cable attaching portion 11 of the hood lock latch 2, and the tightening bolt is also attached. The hood lock brace 4 to the hood lock member 5
And fix it. And the hood latch cable 3
When the hood lock latch 2 is tightened and fixed to the hood lock brace 4 with the bolt 7 while holding the above, the front hood lock 1 is attached to the hood lock member 5 via the hood lock brace 4 (see FIGS. 1 and 2). . The hood latch cable 3 in this state is prevented from coming off the cable attachment portion 11 by the convex portions 17 and 18 on the hood lock brace 4 side.

In the mounting structure according to this embodiment,
Since the hood latch cable 3 can be prevented from coming off with a simple structure in which the convex portions 17 and 18 are provided on the hood lock brace 4 side so as to face the cable mounting portion 11 of the hood lock latch 2, the cost is increased. Will not be invited.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. is there.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the protrusions 17 and 18 are formed by the beads so that the hood lock brace 4 is formed.
However, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the rubber cushion 20 is attached to the insertion hole 21 of the hood lock brace 4.
You may form a convex part by making it fit in.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, FIG.
Instead of the bead-shaped protrusions 17 and 18 shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a cut-and-raised piece 24 obtained by cutting and raising a part of the hood lock brace 4 to the outside.
You may form a convex part by.

[0020]

As described above, in the hood lock mounting structure according to the present invention, the hood latch cable for operating the hood lock latch is attached to the hood lock latch, and the hood lock brace is attached to the vehicle body side. A hood lock latch is attached, the hood lock brace is provided with a convex portion projecting toward the cable attachment portion side of the hood lock latch, and the convex portion is provided between the cable attachment portion and the hood lock brace. Since the gap is narrowed, even if the hood latch cable is pushed from the front of the vehicle body, the hood latch cable can be reliably prevented without coming off from the cable attachment part, and therefore the front hood can be opened. It doesn't happen.

Further, in the mounting structure of the present invention, the hood latch cable can be prevented from coming off by the simple structure in which the convex portion is provided on the hood lock brace side, so that the cost is not increased as compared with the conventional mounting structure. , Economically advantageous.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounting structure for a hood lock according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a cable attachment portion of a hood lock latch that constitutes the hood lock.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a hood lock brace that constitutes the hood lock.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a hood lock brace according to a first modified example of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a hood lock brace according to a second modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a hood lock brace according to a third modified example of the embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a vehicle body front part to which a conventional hood lock mounting structure is applied.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a cable attachment portion of a hood lock latch that constitutes a conventional hood lock.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a hood lock brace that constitutes a conventional hood lock.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Front Hood Lock 2 Hood Lock Latch 3 Hood Latch Cable 4 Hood Lock Brace 5 Hood Lock Member 6 Latch Main Body 7 Bolt 8 Mounting Piece 11 Cable Mounting Part 13 Tightening Bolt 14 Insertion Hole 17, 18 Convex 19 Bolt Hole 20 Rubber Cushion 21 Insertion hole 22,23 Projection 24 24 Cut and raised piece S Gap

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hood lock mounting structure in which a hood latch cable for operating the hood lock latch is attached to the hood lock latch, a hood lock brace is attached to a vehicle body side, and the hood lock latch is attached to the hood lock brace. A hood lock characterized in that the brace is provided with a convex portion projecting toward the cable attachment portion side of the hood lock latch, and the gap between the cable attachment portion and the hood lock brace is narrowed by the convex portion. Mounting structure.