CN115107507A

CN115107507A - Opening/closing body structure for vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN115107507A
Application number: CN202210155940.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 竿尾周太郎; 小野彻
Original assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-17
Filing date: 2022-02-21
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Also published as: JP2022143182A; JP7258934B2

Abstract

The invention provides an opening/closing body structure of a vehicle. The vehicle body structure is provided with a cover body for opening and closing an energy charging section provided in a vehicle body, a cover member provided on the inner surface of the cover body, and an adapter provided in the energy charging section, wherein a rib protruding so as to face any other one of a lower end portion of the cover member and a lower end portion of the adapter is formed on any one of the lower end portion and the lower end portion.

Description

Opening/closing body structure for vehicle

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an opening/closing body structure for a vehicle.

Background

In general, a fuel supply unit that supplies fuel such as gasoline or electric power to a vehicle is provided with a cap-shaped fuel cap (opening/closing body) that opens and closes. When a vehicle is driven, the fuel lid is closed, and when fuel supply is required, the fuel lid is opened to supply fuel (see, for example, japanese patent laid-open No. 2016-.

Disclosure of Invention

In a general vehicle such as a car, the fuel lid is positioned at a height of about 1m from the ground. Therefore, when the fuel lid is opened or closed, particularly when the fuel lid is closed, a force directed downward from above is easily applied to the fuel lid. As a result, the fuel lid is displaced downward at the end portion away from the hinge serving as the suspension origin, and the vehicle body may contact the fuel lid.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an opening/closing body structure for a vehicle in which a cover body does not directly contact a vehicle body when opening and closing.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following aspects.

(1) The opening/closing body structure of a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a cover body that opens and closes an energy charging section provided in a vehicle body; a cover member provided on an inner surface of the lid body; and an adapter provided in the energy charging portion, wherein a rib protruding so as to face any one of a lower end portion of the cover member and a lower end portion of the adapter is formed on the other.

According to this aspect, by forming the rib, even if a downward direction load is applied to the lid body when the lid body is closed and the lid body is displaced to the lower side position, for example, the cover member and the adapter can be brought into contact via the rib before the vehicle body comes into contact with the lid body. In other words, the vehicle body and the lid body can be prevented from directly contacting each other to damage the exterior of the vehicle body.

(2) In the aspect (1) described above, the rib may be formed at a lower end portion of the cover member, and the rib may be provided so as to protrude downward of the cover member and face the adaptor.

According to this aspect, since the rib is formed on the cover member, the adapter on the vehicle body side does not need to be specially modified in design. The cover body can be prevented from directly contacting the vehicle body with a simple structure.

(3) In the aspect (2) above, a plurality of the ribs may be provided.

According to this aspect, by providing the plurality of ribs, when the cover member and the adapter are in contact via the ribs, the load applied to the ribs can be dispersed. As a result, damage or abrasion between the rib and the cover member or the adapter in contact with the rib can be suppressed.

(4) In the aspect (2), the rib may include an inclined surface that inclines upward with a surface facing the adaptor facing inward in the vehicle width direction.

According to this aspect, even when the shape of the cover member is deformed due to thermal expansion or the like and the contact form between the rib and the adapter is changed, the cover body can be smoothly guided by the inclined surface of the rib to be opened and closed.

(5) In the aspect (2) described above, the rib may have a shape in which a surface of the outer side in the vehicle width direction, the surface facing the adaptor, is along an outer shape of the adaptor.

According to this aspect, although there is a possibility that the rib may contact the adapter in a configuration in which the lid body is temporarily pressed when the lid body is opened, the rib can be brought into surface contact with the adapter by shaping the outer side of the rib in the vehicle width direction to a shape that follows the outer shape of the adapter. As a result, the load applied to the rib can be dispersed, and therefore damage or galling due to contact between the rib and the adapter can be suppressed.

(6) In the aspect (2) above, the lid may be made of metal, and the cover member and the adapter may be made of resin.

According to this aspect, the cover member and the adapter are in contact with each other with resin, and the metal lid body can be prevented from contacting the exterior of the vehicle body. As a result, the vehicle exterior can be prevented from being damaged.

(7) In any one of the above (1) to (6), the rigidity of the peripheral portion where the rib is formed may be higher than the rigidity of the other portions.

According to this aspect, when the cover member and the adapter contact each other via the rib, the rib on which the load is concentrated and the rigidity of the periphery of the rib are high, and thus, it is possible to suppress occurrence of a crack or the like in the cover member or the adapter on which the rib is formed.

According to the aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an opening/closing body structure of a vehicle in which a cover body does not directly contact a vehicle body when opening and closing.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial external perspective view of a vehicle body in the opening/closing body structure of the vehicle body according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fuel cap of fig. 1 in a state where the fuel cap is removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fuel cap as viewed from the inner surface.

Fig. 4 is a partial perspective view of the cover member as viewed from below.

Fig. 5 is a partial side view of a state where the fuel lid is closed.

Fig. 6 is a partial side view of a state where the fuel cap is pressed from the state of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a partial side view showing a state in which the rib is in contact with the adapter when the fuel lid is closed.

Fig. 8 is a partial perspective view showing another form of the cover member as viewed from the rear.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, an opening/closing body structure of a vehicle body according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a fuel lid structure of a vehicle will be described. In the drawings, arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle, and arrow LH indicates the left side of the vehicle. The application, type, and the like of the vehicle are not particularly limited, but an automobile is exemplified as an embodiment.

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As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the vehicle Ve is provided with an energy filling portion 10 for injecting gasoline, which is fuel for the vehicle Ve, into a rear fender 12 provided on the left side of a vehicle body (body)1, for example. The rear fender 12 corresponds to, for example, a portion of the side outer panel 11 forming the left outer side surface (outer surface) of the vehicle body 1, which is located above the left rear wheel. A fender opening 13 is formed in the rear fender 12. Around the fender opening 13, a step portion 14 is formed by a flange 15 and a peripheral wall 16.

The fender opening 13 is provided with a fuel adapter (adapter) 21, a hinge 22, a fuel lid (lid body) 23 for opening and closing the fender opening 13, and a lid opener 24.

The fuel adapter 21 is formed so as to surround the periphery of the fuel fill inlet 2, and is disposed so as to cover the fender opening 13. The fuel adapter 21 is formed of a resin such as plastic, for example. The fuel adapter 21 includes a fuel inlet side recess 25 recessed inward in the vehicle width direction from the fender opening 13.

The fuel filler side recess 25 is formed in a concave shape with respect to the outer surface of the rear fender 12 so as to surround the periphery of the fuel filler 2. The fuel-port-side concave portion 25 includes: a flange 31 formed to cover a flange 15 formed at the periphery of the fender opening 13; a side wall 32 provided continuously with an inner peripheral end portion of the flange 31 and extending inward in the vehicle width direction; a floor panel 33 provided continuously with the vehicle width direction inside end portion of the side wall 32 so as to cover the fender opening 13; and a fuel fill inlet communicating portion 34 provided continuously with the opening 33a formed in the floor panel 33 and extending inward in the vehicle width direction.

The side wall 32 is formed in a C-shape in front view along an outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 33, and has an upper first side wall 32a, a lower second side wall 32b, and a third side wall 32C connecting the first side wall 32a and the second side wall 32b on the rear side of the vehicle Ve.

A step 38 is formed between the rear of the bottom plate 33 and the third side wall 32 c. The stepped portion 38 has a rising wall 39 formed to rise outward in the vehicle width direction from the floor panel 33, and a flat plate portion 40 extending rearward from an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction of the rising wall 39.

The peripheral edge of the flat plate portion 40 abuts the side wall 32. The flat plate portion 40 is formed with an opening 41 for disposing the lid opener 24. The opening 41 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in front view, and is configured to allow the lid opener 24 to be attached thereto.

The lid opener 24 is configured such that, for example, a rod 24a is rotatable about an axial center with the vehicle width direction as an axis. The lever 24a is configured to be engageable with a fuel clip 53 (see fig. 3) of the fuel lid 23. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the lever 24a is engaged with the side flange of the fuel holder 53 in a state of being oriented in the horizontal direction, and in this state, the fuel lid 23 is in a closed state. On the other hand, when the lever 24a is rotated by substantially 90 ° from the state of fig. 2 and is oriented in the vertical direction, the engagement with the side flange of the fuel cartridge 53 is released, and the fuel lid 23 can be opened. The fuel lid 23 is an opening/closing body that opens and closes the fender opening 13.

The fuel fill inlet communication portion 34 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape that tapers inward in the vehicle width direction from the opening 33a of the bottom plate 33. An opening formed at the vehicle width direction inner side end portion of the filler-opening communicating portion 34 functions as the filler opening 2. The fuel fill inlet 2 has a substantially circular shape in a front view.

A flange 31 is formed at an opening end (opening end of the fuel filler-side concave portion) of the side wall 32 on the outside in the vehicle width direction. The flange 31 extends upward, downward, and rearward from the open end of the side wall 32 so as to cover the flange 15 formed at the peripheral edge of the fender opening 13 of the vehicle body 1. The flange 31 abuts against the flange 15 of the fender opening 13 from the outside in the vehicle width direction. That is, the fuel adapter 21 is supported by the flange 15 of the fender opening portion 13. The peripheral edge 21a of the fuel adapter 21 extends to a position close to the peripheral wall 16.

A first mounting portion 81 and a second mounting portion 82 are formed at the upper portion and the lower portion of the flange 15 on the vehicle body front side, respectively. The first mounting portion 81 and the second mounting portion 82 are each formed of a substantially circular opening through which the first rivet 83 and the second rivet 84 can be inserted. The first and

second rivets

83, 84 are inserted into the first and second mounting

portions

81, 82 from the outside in the vehicle width direction, and then fastened to the fuel adapter 21, thereby fixing the fuel adapter 21 to the vehicle body 1.

As shown in fig. 3, the fuel lid (opening/closing body) 23 includes: a lid outer (lid body) 51 serving as an outer package; a capless cover (cover member) 52 provided on a vehicle width direction inner side surface (inner surface) 51a of the cover outer 51; and a fuel clip 53 disposed at a position facing the lid opener 24.

The cover outer 51 is made of metal and is formed of the same material as the side outer plate 11. The outer surface 51b of the lid outer 51 is finished in the same manner as the outer covering of the side outer panel 11, and when the lid outer 51 is closed, the outer surface 51b and the surrounding side outer panel 11 provide a sense of unity.

The uncapped cap 52 is formed of resin. The capless 52 has a main body portion 54 having a substantially rectangular flat plate shape in front view. A fuel fill inlet fitting portion 55 that can be fitted to the fuel fill inlet communicating portion 34 is formed in an upper portion of the main body portion 54. The fuel fill inlet fitting portion 55 is formed to protrude inward in the vehicle width direction in a substantially cylindrical shape.

As shown in fig. 4, a rib 60 is formed at a lower end portion 52a on the vehicle body rear side in the capless 52. The ribs 60 are formed so as to bulge inward in the vehicle width direction and downward in the vehicle body from the main body portion 54. The two ribs 60 are formed at intervals in the vehicle body front-rear direction. The position in the vehicle longitudinal direction at which the rib 60 is formed may be the rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction (the rear side from the center in the longitudinal direction) in the body portion 54, and the number of the ribs 60 may be arbitrary. In the present embodiment, the two ribs 60 are formed in substantially the same shape, but the size and the like may be changed as appropriate depending on the position.

As shown in fig. 5, the rib 60 bulges inward in the vehicle width direction and downward in the vehicle body with respect to an outline line (broken line) 54b of the lower end portion of the main body portion 54 when viewed from the rear of the vehicle body.

The rib 60 includes: a rib first surface 61 extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the lowermost end of the main body portion 54; a rib second surface (inclined surface) 62 extending upward of the vehicle body from the vehicle width direction inside end of the rib first surface 61; a rib third surface 63 extending upward of the vehicle body from a vehicle width direction inside end portion of the rib second surface 62; and a rib fourth surface 64 extending from an upper end of the rib third surface in the vehicle width direction outward. The vehicle-widthwise outer end portion of the rib fourth surface 64 abuts the main body portion 54.

The rib first surface 61 is formed into a gentle concave shape slightly recessed toward the body portion 54 side. As shown in fig. 6, when the fuel lid 23 is pushed inward in the vehicle width direction, there is a possibility that the rib 60 may come into contact with the fuel adapter 21. Since the rib first surface 61 is formed in a shape along the outer shape of the fuel adapter 21, the rib first surface 61 of the rib 60 can be brought into surface contact with the fuel adapter 21. As a result, the occurrence of damage or scuffing can be suppressed at the contact portion between the rib 60 and the fuel adapter 21.

The rib second surface 62 is formed by an inclined surface that is gently inclined upward of the vehicle body from the vehicle width direction inside end of the rib first surface 61. As shown in fig. 7, since the rib second surface 62 is formed by a gently inclined surface, if the fuel lid 23 is closed while applying a downward load, there is a possibility that the rib second surface 62 of the rib 60 may come into contact with the fuel adapter 21. At this time, since the rib second surface 62 is formed by the inclined surface that rises from the outside toward the inside in the vehicle width direction, even if the fuel lid 23 is further closed after the rib second surface 62 of the rib 60 comes into contact with the fuel adapter 21, the inclined surface comes into gentle contact with the lower end of the fuel adapter 21, and therefore the fuel lid 23 can be directly closed without a resistance feeling. The normal state in which the fuel lid 23 is closed is shown in fig. 5, and a gap is formed between the rib 60 and the lower end of the fuel adapter 21.

According to the present embodiment, in the fuel lid 23 including the lid outer portion 51 that opens and closes the energy charging portion 10 provided in the vehicle body 1, the cap-less cover 52 provided on the inner surface 51a of the lid outer portion 51, and the fuel adapter 21 provided in the energy charging portion 10, the rib 60 protruding so as to face the fuel adapter 21 is formed on the lower end portion 52a of the cap-less cover 52.

By forming the rib 60 in this way, even if a downward load is applied to the fuel lid 23 when the fuel lid 23 is closed and the fuel lid 23 is displaced to the lower side, the uncapped cover 52 can be brought into contact with the fuel adapter 21 before the vehicle body 1 comes into contact with the fuel lid 23. That is, the vehicle body 1 and the fuel lid 23 are prevented from directly contacting each other to damage the vehicle exterior. Since the rib 60 is formed on the uncapped cap 52, the fuel adapter 21 on the vehicle body 1 side does not need to be specially modified in design. The vehicle body 1 can be prevented from coming into direct contact with the fuel lid 23 with a simple structure.

Since the plurality of (two) ribs 60 are provided, the load applied to the ribs 60 can be dispersed when the ribs 60 of the capless cover 52 contact the fuel adapter 21. As a result, the occurrence of damage or scuffing between the rib 60 and the fuel adapter 21 can be suppressed.

The rib second surface 62 of the rib 60 is formed to have an inclined surface that is inclined upward as it becomes the vehicle width direction inner side, so even when the shape of the capless 52 is deformed due to thermal expansion or the like and the contact manner of the rib 60 and the fuel adapter 21 is changed, the fuel lid 23 can be smoothly guided by the inclined surface of the rib second surface 62 to be opened and closed.

The rib first surface 61 of the rib 60 is formed in a shape along the outer shape of the fuel adapter 21. With such a configuration, when the fuel lid 23 is temporarily pressed when the fuel lid 23 is opened, the rib 60 may contact the fuel adapter 21. However, in the present embodiment, the rib first surface 61 on the vehicle width direction outer side of the rib 60 is formed in a shape that follows the outer shape of the fuel adapter 21, so that the rib first surface 61 can be brought into surface contact with the fuel adapter 21. As a result, the load applied to the rib 60 can be dispersed, and therefore, the occurrence of damage or scuffing due to contact between the rib 60 and the fuel adapter 21 can be suppressed.

Since the cap outer 51 of the fuel cap 23 is made of metal and the capless 52 and the fuel adapter 21 are made of resin, the capless 52 and the fuel adapter 21 are in contact with each other with resin, and the metal cap outer 51 can be prevented from being in contact with the exterior of the vehicle body 1. As a result, the vehicle body 1 can be prevented from being damaged.

Although the embodiment of the opening/closing body structure of the vehicle according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be modified as appropriate within a range that does not depart from the gist of the present invention.

For example, although the fuel cap structure using a gasoline filler port has been described in the present embodiment, a cap structure for a power supply inlet port of an electric vehicle or the like may be adopted.

In the present embodiment, the case where the rib is formed on the capless cover has been described, but the rib may be formed on the fuel adapter side. The uncapped cover may be configured to come into contact with the fuel adapter first and the vehicle body does not come into contact with the outside of the cover even when the fuel cover is closed in a state where a downward load is applied to the fuel cover.

As shown in fig. 8, a reinforcing rib 70 may be formed on the back surface 54c of the main body 54 on which the rib 60 is formed, to increase the rigidity as compared with the surrounding portions. The structure for improving rigidity may not be the reinforcing rib 70, and for example, the portion may be formed to be thick-walled. With this configuration, when the uncapping cover 52 and the fuel adapter 21 contact each other via the rib 60, the rigidity of the rib 60 on which the load is concentrated and the rib periphery is increased, and therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a crack or the like in the uncapping cover 52 on which the rib 60 is formed.

Claims

1. An opening/closing body structure of a vehicle, characterized by comprising:

a cover body that opens and closes an energy charging unit provided in a vehicle body;

a cover member provided on an inner surface of the lid body; and

an adapter provided to the energy charging portion,

a rib is formed on one of a lower end of the cover member and a lower end of the adapter so as to protrude to face the other.

2. The opening-closing body structure of a vehicle according to claim 1,

the rib is formed at a lower side end portion of the cover member,

the rib protrudes downward from the cover member and is provided so as to face the adaptor.

3. The opening-closing body structure of a vehicle according to claim 2,

the rib is provided in plurality.

4. The opening-closing body structure of a vehicle according to claim 2,

the rib includes an inclined surface that inclines upward as a surface facing the adaptor faces inward in the vehicle width direction.

5. The opening-closing body structure of a vehicle according to claim 2,

the rib is formed in such a manner that a surface of the rib facing the adapter on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is along the outer shape of the adapter.

6. The opening-closing body structure of a vehicle according to claim 2,

the cover is made of metal, and the cover member and the adapter are made of resin.

7. The opening/closing body structure for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the rigidity of the peripheral portion where the rib is formed is higher than the rigidity of the other portions.