Plastic Outer Door Panel and Hidden Handle Assembly Structure, Door, Vehicle and Method

Abstract

The present invention discloses an assembly structure of a plastic vehicle door outer panel and a hidden handle, a vehicle door, a vehicle and a method, which includes a boss, a buckle structure and a tolerance adjuster provided on the hidden vehicle door handle; the boss is inserted into a groove provided on the vehicle door outer panel; the buckle structure cooperates with an undercut structure provided on the vehicle door outer panel reinforcement plate; the tolerance adjuster is inserted into a square hole provided on the outer handle reinforcement plate, and the tolerance adjuster can rotate in the square hole to realize the fixation between the hidden vehicle door handle and the plastic vehicle door outer panel. In view of the characteristics of the plastic vehicle door outer panel, the present invention uses a unique primary positioning and clamping structure. The groove of the vehicle door outer panel is used for primary positioning with the boss of the hidden vehicle door handle, the door handle buckle is clamped and fixed with the slot of the outer panel reinforcement plate, and is fastened with a self - contained bolt. The Y - direction is adjusted by the tolerance adjuster, and the X - and Z - directions are realized through the positioning structures of the door groove and the boss, with good installation consistency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of plastic vehicle doors, and particularly relates to a concealed door handle for a plastic vehicle outer panel, a plastic vehicle door, a vehicle, and an assembly method. Background Art

[0002] For the vehicle models with concealed door handles emerging in the existing market, the outer panels of the vehicle doors are mainly made of steel or aluminum alloy. The installation of the concealed door handle on such a vehicle door is usually achieved by using auxiliary tools to position the gap and surface difference between the door handle and the vehicle outer panel, and then locking the self - contained mounting screws on the door handle base onto the projection welding nuts on the outer window frame reinforcement plate; this installation method is relatively complex and time - consuming. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Aiming at the deficiencies of the existing technology, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an assembly structure, a door, a vehicle, and a method for a plastic vehicle outer panel and a concealed door handle; in view of the characteristics of the plastic vehicle outer panel, the present invention uses a unique primary positioning and clamping structure. The groove on the vehicle outer panel is used for primary positioning with the boss on the concealed door handle, and the door handle buckle is clamped and fixed with the buckle groove on the outer panel reinforcement plate, and is fastened with the self - contained bolt. The Y - direction is adjusted by a tolerance adjuster, and the X - and Z - directions are realized through the positioning structure of the door groove and the boss, and the installation consistency is good.

[0004] To achieve the above - mentioned purpose, the present invention is realized through the following technical solutions:

[0005] In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an assembly structure for a plastic vehicle outer panel and a concealed door handle, including a boss, a buckle structure, and a tolerance adjuster provided on the concealed door handle; the boss is inserted into a groove provided on the vehicle outer panel; the buckle structure cooperates with an inverted buckle structure provided on the vehicle outer panel reinforcement plate; the tolerance adjuster is inserted into a square hole provided on the outer handle reinforcement plate, and the tolerance adjuster can rotate within the square hole to realize the fixation between the concealed door handle and the plastic vehicle outer panel.

[0006] As a further technical solution, the bosses all extend along the direction of closing the vehicle door.

[0007] As a further technical solution, the boss includes two first bosses and two second bosses. The two first bosses are located at the upper part of the concealed door handle, and the two second bosses are located at the lower part of the concealed door handle.

[0008] As a further technical solution, the buckle structure includes two first buckle structures and two second buckle structures, and two of the first buckle structures are located above the first boss, and the other two second buckle structures are located below the second boss.

[0009] As a further technical solution, the hook portion of the first buckle structure and the hook portion of the second buckle structure face oppositely.

[0010] As a further technical solution, three tolerance adjusters are provided, which are respectively located at the top, bottom and side of the hidden door handle.

[0011] In a second aspect, the present invention further provides a plastic door outer panel, on which a hidden door handle is provided, and the plastic door outer panel and the hidden door handle are assembled by the above-mentioned assembly structure.

[0012] In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a vehicle, comprising the aforementioned plastic door outer panel.

[0013] In a fourth aspect, the present invention further provides an assembly method of a plastic door outer panel and a hidden door handle assembly structure, as follows:

[0014] During assembly, the handle tolerance adjuster passes through the square hole on the outer handle reinforcement plate, and at the same time, the groove on the door outer panel and the boss on the hidden door handle are used to realize the initial positioning and assembly of the hidden door handle in the X and Z directions; after the hidden door handle is assembled in the X and Z directions, the hidden door handle is pushed in the Y direction, and the hidden door handle is clamped on the outer handle reinforcement plate by using the undercut structure and the snap structure of the outer handle reinforcement plate; the hidden door handle is clamped on the outer handle reinforcement plate by undercutting, and the tolerance adjuster nut is tightened with the bolt provided in the handle of the electric tool, and the tolerance adjuster nut is rotated to the set degree and locked and fixed on the outer handle reinforcement plate.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the above embodiments of the present invention are as follows:

[0016] In response to the demand for vehicle weight reduction and cost reduction, the present invention provides an assembly structure, door, vehicle and method that can simultaneously use a light-weight, low-cost plastic door outer panel and an attractive hidden door handle, which can enhance the product competitiveness of the vehicle. During assembly, no auxiliary tools are required to position the door handle, but a unique initial positioning clamping structure is adopted. The groove of the door outer panel and the boss of the hidden door handle are initially positioned, and the door handle buckle is clamped and fixed with the outer panel reinforcement plate slot, and fastened with self-contained bolts. The Y direction is adjusted by a tolerance adjuster, and the X and Z directions are achieved by the door groove and boss positioning structure, which can ensure the gap and surface difference between the door handle and the door outer panel, and the installation consistency is good. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] The accompanying drawings in the specification, which constitute a part of the present invention, are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute improper limitations on the present invention.

[0018] Figure 1Schematic diagram of the setting position of the groove on the outer door panel

[0019] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the setting position of the handle boss and the boss structure

[0020] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the cooperation relationship between the handle and the concave-convex structure of the outer door panel

[0021] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the reinforcement plate and the reverse buckle structure of the outer door panel

[0022] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the handle buckle structure

[0023] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the clamping fit between the handle and the outer plate reinforcement plate

[0024] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the handle tolerance adjuster

[0025] Figure 8 Schematic diagram of the square hole on the outer door handle reinforcement plate

[0026] Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the outer handle adjuster fixed on the outer handle reinforcement plate

[0027] Figure 10 Overall assembly schematic diagram

[0028] In the figure: 1 outer door panel, 2-1 groove, 2-2 groove, 2-3 groove, 2-4 groove, 3 hidden door handle, 4-1 boss, 4-2 boss, 4-3 boss, 4-4 boss; 5 outer door panel reinforcement plate, 6-1 door reverse buckle structure, 6-2 door reverse buckle structure, 6-3 door reverse buckle structure, 6-4 door reverse buckle structure; 7-1 handle reverse buckle structure, 7-2 handle reverse buckle structure, 7-3 handle reverse buckle structure, 7-4 handle reverse buckle structure, 8-1 handle tolerance adjuster, 8-2 handle tolerance adjuster, 8-3 handle tolerance adjuster; 9-1 square hole, 9-2 vehicle square hole, 9-3 square hole, 9 outer door handle reinforcement plate, 10 outer handle adjuster. Detailed implementation method

[0029] It should be noted that the following detailed description is illustrative and is intended to provide further explanation of the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, all technical and scientific terms used in the present invention have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

[0030] It should be noted that the terms used herein are only for describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments according to the present invention. As used herein, unless the present invention clearly indicates otherwise, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. In addition, it should also be understood that when the terms "comprising" and / or "including" are used in this specification, they indicate the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, components, and / or combinations thereof;

[0031] For the convenience of description, if the words "upper", "lower", "left", and "right" appear in the present invention, they only indicate the same direction as the upper, lower, left, and right directions of the accompanying drawings themselves, and do not limit the structure. It is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation to the present invention.

[0032] In the design of the automobile body, the right-hand rule is used to determine the coordinate system. In the coordinate system, the X direction is the length direction of the automobile, the Y direction is the width direction, and the Z direction is the height direction; in this embodiment, the following X, Y, and Z directions are based on this direction.

[0033] As introduced in the background art, there are deficiencies in the prior art. To solve the above technical problems, the present invention proposes a hidden door handle for a plastic outer door panel of an automobile, a plastic door, and a vehicle.

[0034] Next, with reference to the accompanying drawings, through a detailed description of the embodiments, the specific embodiments of this patent will be further described in detail:

[0035] Figure 1 The structure of the outer door panel is shown. An installation groove for the door handle is provided on the outer door panel. The installation groove is an approximately rectangular installation groove. Grooves 2-1 and 2-2 are provided at the top edge position of the installation groove; grooves 2-3 and 2-4 are provided at the bottom edge position of the installation groove; the purpose of providing grooves on the door handle is mainly to cooperate with the bosses on the door handle described below to achieve the positioning of the hidden door handle and the outer door panel in the X direction.

[0036] Furthermore, the material of the outer door panel in this embodiment is selected as PP+EPOM-T30. Of course, it is not difficult to understand that the material of the door can also be other materials, not limited to PP+EPOM-T30.

[0037] Figure 2The figure shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a hidden door handle. The hidden door handle is provided with four bosses, namely, boss 4-1, boss 4-2, boss 4-3 and boss 4-4; the boss 4-1 is inserted into the groove 2-1 of the door outer panel; the boss 4-2 is inserted into the groove 2-2 of the door outer panel; the boss 4-3 is inserted into the groove 2-3 of the door outer panel; the boss 4-4 is inserted into the groove 2-4 of the door outer panel; the schematic diagram after the specific assembly is as shown in FIG. Figure 3 As shown; in this embodiment, the cooperation of the four bosses and the four grooves is mainly to achieve the positioning of the hidden door handle and the door outer panel in the X direction.

[0038] like Figure 4 The figure shows a schematic diagram of the structure of the door outer panel reinforcement plate; four door undercut structures are arranged on the door outer panel reinforcement plate, namely the door undercut structure 6-1, the door undercut structure 6-2, the door undercut structure 6-3, and the door undercut structure 6-4; the hook directions of the door undercut structure 6-1 and the door undercut structure 6-2 are consistent, and the hook directions of the door undercut structure 6-3 and the door undercut structure 6-4 are consistent, but the hook directions of the door undercut structure 6-1 and the door undercut structure 6-2 are opposite to the hook directions of the door undercut structure 6-3 and the door undercut structure 6-4. In the present embodiment, the hooks of the door inverted structure 6-1 and the door inverted structure 6-2 face upward, while the hooks of the door inverted structure 6-3 and the door inverted structure 6-4 face downward; of course, it is not difficult to understand that in other embodiments, the hooks of the door inverted structure 6-1 and the door inverted structure 6-2 face downward, while the hooks of the door inverted structure 6-3 and the door inverted structure 6-4 face upward. The purpose of setting the door inverted structure on the door outer panel reinforcement plate is mainly to cooperate with the handle snap structure on the hidden door handle below to achieve the limitation of the hidden door handle in the Y direction.

[0039] like Figure 5 As shown, the hidden door handle is also provided with a handle buckle structure 7-1, a handle buckle structure 7-2, a handle buckle structure 7-3 and a handle buckle structure 7-4; the handle buckle structure 7-1 is located above the boss 4-1, and the handle buckle structure 7-2 is located above the boss 4-2; the handle buckle structure 7-3 is located below the boss 4-3; the handle buckle structure 7-4 is located below the boss 4-4; wherein, according to the hook design of the above-mentioned door inverted buckle structure 6-1, door inverted buckle structure 6-2, door inverted buckle structure 6-3, and door inverted buckle structure 6-4 in this embodiment, here, the hooks of the handle buckle structure 7-1 and the handle buckle structure 7-2 are downward, and the hooks of the handle buckle structure 7-3 and the handle buckle structure 7-4 are upward;

[0040] When the hidden door handle is pre-installed, the handle buckle structure 7-1 is buckled with the door undercut structure 6-1; the handle buckle structure 7-2 is buckled with the door undercut structure 6-2; the handle buckle structure 7-3 is buckled with the door undercut structure 6-3; the handle buckle structure 7-4 is buckled with the door undercut structure 6-4, so as to limit the hidden door handle in the Y direction;

[0041] like Figure 7 As shown, handle tolerance adjusters are also provided at the top, bottom and side of the hidden door handle. Specifically, a handle tolerance adjuster 8-1 is provided at the side of the hidden door handle, a handle tolerance adjuster 8-2 is provided at the top of the hidden door handle, and a handle tolerance adjuster 8-3 is provided at the top of the hidden door handle.

[0042] like Figure 8 , which is a schematic diagram of an outer handle reinforcement plate; on the outer handle reinforcement plate, there are square holes 9-1, 9-2, and 9-3, respectively; the position of square hole 9-1 corresponds to the handle tolerance adjuster 8-1; the position of square hole 9-2 corresponds to the handle tolerance adjuster 8-2; the position of square hole 9-3 corresponds to the handle tolerance adjuster 8-3; the cooperation between the handle tolerance adjuster and the square holes realizes the initial positioning assembly of the hidden door handle in the X and Z directions;

[0043] The assembly process of the hidden door handle proposed in this embodiment is as follows:

[0044] During assembly, the three handle tolerance adjusters (handle tolerance adjuster 8-1, handle tolerance adjuster 8-2, handle tolerance adjuster 8-3) are respectively passed through the three corresponding square holes (square hole 9-1, square hole 9-2, square hole 9-3) on the outer handle reinforcement plate, and at the same time, the door outer panel grooves (groove 2-1, groove 2-2, groove 2-3, groove 2-4) and handle bosses (bosses 4-1, bosses 4-2, bosses 4-3, bosses 4-4) structures are used to realize the initial positioning and assembly of the hidden door handle in the X and Z directions; after the hidden door handle is initially positioned and assembled in the X and Z directions, the hidden door handle is pushed in the Y direction. The door handle utilizes the undercut structure of the outside handle reinforcement plate (door undercut structure 6-1, door undercut structure 6-2, door undercut structure 6-3, door undercut structure 6-4) and the handle snap structure (handle snap structure 7-1, handle snap structure 7-2, handle snap structure 7-3, handle snap structure 7-4), and the hidden door handle is clamped on the outside handle reinforcement plate; the hidden door handle is clamped on the outside handle reinforcement plate by undercut, and the tolerance adjuster nut is tightened with the M5 bolt provided with the power tool handle, and the tolerance adjuster nut is rotated 45 degrees and locked and fixed on the outside handle reinforcement plate.

[0045] This embodiment also provides a vehicle door, and the above-mentioned assembly structure is adopted for the assembly between the door handle and the vehicle door. Since the above-mentioned assembly method is adopted between the vehicle door and the handle of this vehicle, this vehicle door also has all the advantages described above.

[0046] This embodiment also provides a vehicle, and the above-mentioned assembly structure is adopted for the assembly between the door handle and the vehicle door of the vehicle. Since the above-mentioned assembly method is adopted between the vehicle door and the handle of this vehicle, this vehicle also has all the advantages described above. In some embodiments, the vehicle provided by the present invention may be an existing new energy vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. Finally, it should also be noted that relative terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations.

[0047] The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Assembly structure of plastic outer door panel and hidden handle, characterized in that, The invention comprises a boss, a buckle structure and a tolerance adjuster arranged on a hidden door handle; the boss is inserted into a groove arranged on a door outer panel; the buckle structure cooperates with an undercut structure arranged on a door outer panel reinforcement plate; the tolerance adjuster is inserted into a square hole arranged on the outer opening handle reinforcement plate, and the tolerance adjuster can be rotated in the square hole to realize the fixation between the hidden door handle and the plastic door outer panel; The bosses all extend along the direction in which the door is closed; The bosses include two first bosses and two second bosses, the two first bosses are located at the upper part of the hidden door handle, and the two second bosses are located at the lower part of the hidden door handle; The buckle structure includes two first buckle structures and two second buckle structures, wherein the two first buckle structures are located above the first boss, and the other two second buckle structures are located below the second boss.

2. The plastic outer door panel and the hidden handle assembly structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, The hook portion of the first buckle structure and the hook portion of the second buckle structure face in opposite directions.

3. The plastic outer door panel and hidden handle assembly structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, The tolerance adjusters are provided in three numbers, which are respectively located at the top, bottom and side of the hidden door handle.

4. A vehicle door, which comprises a plastic outer vehicle door panel and a concealed vehicle door handle, characterized in that, The plastic door outer panel and the hidden door handle are assembled by means of the assembly structure described in any one of claims 1-3.

5. A vehicle, characterized in that, The invention comprises the plastic vehicle door outer panel as claimed in claim 4.

6. The assembly method of the assembly structure of the plastic outer door panel and the hidden handle as described in any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that, as follows: During assembly, the handle tolerance adjuster passes through the square hole on the outer handle reinforcement plate, and the groove on the door outer panel and the boss on the hidden door handle are used to realize the initial positioning assembly of the hidden door handle in the X and Z directions; After the hidden door handle is initially positioned and assembled in X and Z directions, push the hidden door handle in the Y direction, and clamp the hidden door handle on the outside handle reinforcement plate by utilizing the undercut structure and the snap structure of the outside handle reinforcement plate; the hidden door handle is clamped on the outside handle reinforcement plate by undercutting, and an electric tool is used to tighten the tolerance adjuster nut with the handle's own bolts, and the tolerance adjuster nut is rotated to the set degree and locked on the outside handle reinforcement plate.

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