TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present subject matter described herein relates to an arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehiche body. In particular, the present subject matter relates to a mounting arrangement to mount a single part garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions.

BACKGROUND
[0002] From the beginning, vehicles have been radically altered to embrace emerging trends and their development is an ongoing evolution. Automobile designs have changed quite a bit since they were first introduced by an endless cycle of innovation, technology and materials.
[0003] Throughout the decades, vehicle designs have acquired many technological advancements. They have helped to bring about major design changes and more than a century later, there is no sign that it is slowing down.
[0004] These technologies have allowed for more complicated compound curves of a car's body to be built at a much faster rate instead of the hundreds of man-hours of the past. Automobiles have emerged from a curious invention and leisure vehicle in the early days, to objects of mass production and a necessity of modern life. Each technological innovation and new design have sparked a new cycle, in order to overcome the shortcomings.
[0005] Conventionally, a quarter garnish or garnish being mounted in a single direction to a side body of the vehicle. However, this mounting approach of assembling the part in one direction limits the styling flexibility of the garnish often leading to poor gap and level difference control with surrounding parts when the part has a complicated three dimensional A-surface.
[0006] Further, in some instances, garnish is required to be mounted on two directions because of shape of the vehicle or shape of the garnish. To this end, one approach opted by the automotive industry is to split the garnish into two parts and mounting each of the part in different direction. This approach attracts multiple problems such as gap and level difference control between these two parts, providing enough gap to accommodate thermal related expansions. Also it affects the perceived quality of that garnish as the gap and level difference gives a discontinued look in between the garnish which had an intent of having a singular continuous look.
[0007] The approach was rethought upon and the garnish was kept as a single unit but has two mounting directions. The drawback associated with the approach is that the mounting face is often kept as the offset of the styling surface with a limited angle of variability due to tool making constraints associated with the injection molding process. Since the mounting face is derived from the styling face, there is a dependency on the mounting angle between the rear side mounting holes and side end mounting hole and therefore it becomes difficult to accommodate both BL (side end mounting) and TL (rear side mounting) holes. Firstly, the problem is associated with the limitation of providing the two mounting directions because of tooling issues with both garnish and the side body. Secondly, with such approach of mounting garnish in two different directions, the assembly of the garnish become more laborious and time consuming process because the garnish is first mounted on TL (rear side) holes and then it is rotated to adjust and fix at the BL (side end) hole. The angle is optimized to meet both the requirements. During assembly the garnish is first assembled into TL holes and then the BL side clip is pushed towards the BL holes on the body panel till the clip self-aligns and fits into this hole. Hence, the mounting of the garnish on the quarter outer panel of a vehicle is not smooth and can also retain the risk of mounting failure or breaking of garnish while mounted.
[0008] Therefore there is a need to provide a mounting arrangement that overcomes the aforesaid drawbacks and mounts a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions without splitting the garnish in two parts.
OBJECTS OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0009] It forms an object of the present disclosure to overcome the aforementioned and other drawbacks/limitations in the existing solutions available in the form of related prior arts.
[0010] It is a primary object of the present disclosure to provide a mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions without splitting the garnish and with the flexibility to alter the mounting angle between the rear side mounting holes and side end mounting holes.
[0011] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide the mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body, the garnish can be mounted in single part instead of two parts leading to lesser tooling cost and less vehicle manufacturing time.
[0012] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide the mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body that eliminate the risk of clip damage in garnish.
[0013] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide the mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body with better level difference and gap control with surrounding parts.
[0014] These and other objects and advantages of the present subject matter will be apparent to a person skilled in the art after consideration of the following detailed description taken into consideration with accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments of the present subject matter are illustrated.

SUMMARY
[0015] A solution to one or more drawbacks of existing technology and additional advantages are provided through the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages are realized through the technicalities of the present disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered to be a part of the claimed disclosure.
[0016] The present disclosure offers a solution in the form of a mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions. The mounting arrangement having a first surface which is chamfered of a side body and a rear of the vehicle side body, the chamfered first surface includes a plurality of mounting points. Further, the chamfered first surface has at least one local chamfer and each of the at least one local chamfer has a mounting hole. Further, the mounting arrangement has a rear surface having at least one mounting point, the mounting point of the rear surface is parallel to the rear of the vehicle side body. Furthermore, the mounting arrangement has a side surface having at least one mounting point, the angle between the mounting point of the side surface and mounting points of the first surface is different and less than 90°.
[0017] In an aspect of the invention, the chamfered surface includes two mounting points and two local chamfers, and one mounting point is provided on each of the two local chamfers.
[0018] In an aspect of the invention, the side surface comprises a bead.
[0019] In an aspect of the invention, the mounting points are configured to hold the garnish.
[0020] In an aspect of the invention, the garnish is mounted in a Buttock Line (BL), and a Traverse Line (TL) direction.
[0021] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
[0022] It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of the present subject matter and are therefore not to be considered for limiting of its scope, for the present disclosure may admit to other equally effective embodiments. The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of system or methods or structure in accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter are now described, by way of example, and with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
[0023] Fig. 1 illustrates an outer view of a garnish mounted on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body according to the present disclosure;
[0024] Fig. 2A illustrates an outer view of a mounting arrangement on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body according to the present disclosure;
[0025] Fig. 2B illustrates an outer view of a mounting arrangement with TL and BL mounting holes;
[0026] Fig. 3 illustrates the garnish and its positioning with the mounting arrangement along section A-A to mount the garnish on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body according to the present disclosure;
[0027] Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of the garnish and its positioning with the mounting arrangement to mount the garnish on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body according to the present disclosure;
[0028] The figures depict embodiments of the present subject matter for illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
[0029] The detailed description of various exemplary embodiments of the disclosure is described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments are described herein in such details as to communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of details provided herein is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0030] It is also to be understood that various arrangements may be devised that, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, all statements herein reciting principles, aspects, and embodiments of the present disclosure, as well as specific examples, are intended to encompass equivalents thereof.
[0031] It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions/acts noted may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two figures shown in succession may be executed concurrently or may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.
[0032] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
[0033] In the following detailed description of the embodiments of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the disclosure may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.
[0034] Hereinafter, a description of an embodiment with several components in communication with each other does not imply that all such components are required. On the contrary, a variety of optional components are described to illustrate the wide variety of possible embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0035] The present invention relates to providing provides a mounting arrangement to mount a garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions without splitting the part. The mounting arrangement provides flexibility to alter the mounting angle between the rear side mounting holes at the rear of the vehicle side body and side end mounting holes at the side of the vehicle side body.
[0036] Referring to Fig. 1 illustrates an outside view of a garnish (102) on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body. The garnish (102) is positioned between a rear of the side body (106) of a vehicle and a side of the side body (108) of the vehicle body. The rear body (106) of the vehicle body is a portion extending towards the backside of the vehicle, and the side body (108) of the vehicle is a portion extending towards either side of the vehicle body. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the garnish (102) is in contact with the rear of the vehicle side body (106) that includes various vehicle parts like a backdoor windshield, a backdoor. Similarly, the side portion of the garnish (106) is in contact with the side of the side body (108) of the vehicle that includes a quarter window and the quarter outer panel. Therefore, the different sides of the garnish (102) are in arrangement with various features and parts of the rear body (106) of the vehicle and the side body (108) of the vehicle.
[0037] Referring to Fig. 2A illustrates a mounting arrangement (100) to mount a garnish (102) on a quarter outer panel of the vehicle body. A body structure is positioned between a rear of the vehicle side body (106) and a side of the vehicle side body (108). The rear vehicle body (106) includes various vehicle parts like a a backdoor windshield, a backdoor, which are placed in contact with the body structure. Similarly, the side of the vehicle side body (108) also includes various vehicle parts like a quarter window and the quarter outer panel, placed in contact with the body structure.
[0038] The body structure further comprises a mounting arrangement (100) having a first surface (104) which is chamfered of a side and a rear of the vehicle body, the chamfered first surface (104) includes two mounting points (116, 118). The chamfered first surface (104) having two local chamfers (126, 128) and each of the local chamfers (126, 128) is having a mounting hole (116, 118). The first surface (104) can also be inferred as an L-shaped panel having side (108) and rear (106) of the vehicle side body. A rear surface (130) having a mounting point (120), wherein the mounting point (120) of the rear surface (130) is parallel to the rear of the vehicle side body (106).
[0039] Further, the mounting arrangement (100) is also having a side surface (110) having a mounting point (122). The mounting point (122) is used to hold the garnish (102) in combination with the mounting points (116, 118) present on the first surface (104) and the mounting points (120) present of the rear surface (130).
[0040] The mounting points (122) at the side surface (110) and the mounting points (116, 118) at the first surface (104) having a specific orientation. The angle between the mounting point (122) of the side surface (110) and the mounting points (116, 118) of the first surface (104) is different and less than 90° for the proper adjustment of the garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body.
[0041] . The orientation of the mounting points (116, 118) present at the local chamfer area (126, 128) is in co-relation with the mounting point (122) present at the side surface (110) for the easy and better assembly of the single part garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body.
[0042] The mounting arrangement (100) for mounting the garnish (102) on the side body panel of a vehicle body, is designed to mount the garnish (102) in two directions on the quarter outer panel. The first direction is a Buttock Line (BL) direction and the second direction is a Traverse Line (TL) direction. The L-shape of the side body panel is utilized for mounting by providing a chamfer first surface (104). The chamfered first surface (104) having local sections (126, 128) improves the strength of the structure. The mounting arrangement (100) also provides easy die maintenance and an option for easy change of the die tool face in case of any error (in mounting points and local chamfers) or during dies maintenance.
[0043] Further, the side surface (110) of the mounting arrangement (100) having a bead (114) in order to provide better fixing and positioning of the garnish (102). The bead (114) is positioned at the outer edges of the mounting arrangement (100) extending from the lower part of the side surface (110) towards the lower part of the first surface (104) in order to provide better fixing and positioning of the garnish (102).
[0044] Referring to Fig. 2B illustrates an outer view of a mounting arrangement with TL and BL mounting points. The mounting arrangement includes BL, side end mounting point (122) and TL, rear side mounting points (116, 118). As illustrated in Fig. 2B, the angle of mounting point (122) is different from angle of mounting points (116, 118)
[0045]
[0046] the mounting point (122) of the side surface (110) and the mounting points (116, 118) of the first surface (104) is different and less than 90° BL (side end mounting) and TL (rear side mounting) holes
[0047] Referring to Fig. 3 illustrates the garnish (102) and its positioning with the mounting arrangement (100) along Section A-A (as illustrated inFig. 1) to mount the garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body. The mounting arrangement (100) is designed to mount the garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body. The garnish (102) is positioned between the rear of vehicle side body (106) and the side of vehicle side body (108). The rear of vehicle side body (106) can be identified as the portion extending towards the backside, while the side of vehicle side body is a portion towards either side of the vehicle body. The garnish (102) is having a fastening arrangement with a fastener (124) at an inner side of the garnish (102), to adjusts the mounting points (116, 118, 120, 122) present on the identified surfaces (104, 130, 110) of the mounting arrangement. The fasteners (124) is used to fix the garnish (102) with the vehicle body through the mounting points (116, 118, 120, 122) provided on the first surface (104), the rear surface (130) and the side surface (110).
[0048] Further, the fasteners (124) are used to hold the garnish (102) with the rear of vehicle side body (106) and the side of vehicle side body (108). The fasteners (124) adjusts with the respective mountings (116, 118) provided on the local chamfers (126, 128) in order to hold the garnish (102).
[0049] Referred to Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of the garnish (102) and its positioning with the mounting arrangement (100) to mount the garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body. As illustrated in Fig. 4, the garnish (102) at an inner side has a fastening arrangement that is compatible with a fastener (124) that is located at the mounting arrangement. The mounting arrangement (100) has plurality of mounting points (116, 118) and a plurality of fasteners (124) to hold the garnish (102) in a specific orientation. Further, the angle between the mounting points of the side surface and mounting points (116, 118) of the first surface (104) is different and less than 90° for the proper adjustment of the garnish (102) on the quarter outer panel of the vehicle body. The angle can be adjusted as per the requirement of the assembly for easy fixing of the garnish (102). Also, the adjustment of angle happen during the design stage i.e. during designing of part and die for the part manufacturing.
TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES
[0050] With the help of the solution as proposed herein in the context of the present disclosure, mounting a single-part garnish on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in both directions is possible.
[0051] The present disclosure is able to provide flexibility to control the angle between the mounting point of the side surface and mounting points of the first surface, or holes at the vehicle rear and vehicle side of the vehicle body.
[0052] The present disclosure is able to mount garnish in single-part instead of two parts.
[0053] The present disclosure is able to provide a lesser tooling cost and less vehicle manufacturing time.
[0054] The present disclosure is able to provide a single-part garnish with no parting line visibility which deteriorates the styling surface.
[0055] The present disclosure is able to provide the chamfer shape on the L-shape, withatleast one local chamfer which improves the strength of the structure.
[0056] The present disclosure is able to provide the mounting arrangement for mounting the garnish locally, which leads to an easy change of the die tool face in case of any error in the mounting arrangement in the actual manufactured part.
[0057] The present disclosure is able to provide the mounting arrangement for mounting the garnish with easy regular maintenance of the die tool.
[0058] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation, no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to disclosures containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. Also, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general, such construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances, where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general, such construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”
[0059] It will be further appreciated that functions or structures of a plurality of components or steps may be combined into a single component or step, or the functions or structures of one-step or component may be split among plural steps or components. The present disclosure contemplates all of these combinations. Unless stated otherwise, dimensions and geometries of the various structures depicted herein are not intended to be restrictive of the disclosure, and other dimensions or geometries are possible. Also, while a feature of the present disclosure may have been described in the context of only one of the illustrated embodiments, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of other embodiments, for any given application. It will also be appreciated from the above that the fabrication of the unique structures herein and the operation thereof also constitute methods in accordance with the present disclosure. The present disclosure also encompasses intermediate and end products resulting from the practice of the methods herein. The use of “comprising” or “including” also contemplates embodiments that “consist essentially of” or “consist of” the recited feature.

Claims:

We Claim:

1. A mounting arrangement (100) to mount a garnish (102) on a quarter outer panel of a vehicle body in two directions, the mounting arrangement (100) comprising:
a first surface (104) which is chamfered of a side of the vehicle side body (108) and a rear of the vehicle side body (106), wherein the chamfered first surface (104) includes a plurality of mounting points (116, 118), wherein the chamfered first surface (104) has at least one local chamfer (126, 128) and each of the at least one local chamfer (126, 128) has a mounting hole (116, 118);
a rear surface (130) having at least one mounting point (120), wherein the mounting point (120) of the rear surface (130) is parallel to the rear of the vehicle side body (106); and
a side surface (110) having at least one mounting point (122), wherein the angle between the mounting point (122) of the side surface (110) and mounting points (116, 118) of the first surface (104) is different and less than 90°.

2. The mounting arrangement (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chamfered surface includes two mounting points (116, 118) and two local chamfers (126, 128), and one mounting point (116, 118) is provided on each of the two local chamfers (126, 128).

3. The mounting arrangement (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side surface (110) comprises a bead (114).

4. The mounting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting points (116, 118, 120, 122) are configured to hold the garnish (102).

5. The mounting arrangement (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the garnish (102) is mounted in a Buttock Line (BL), and a Traverse Line (TL) direction.