CN214057197U - Wind shield assembly, open roof construction and vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
A wind deflector assembly for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle, wherein a flexible wind deflector material is provided with a bead at lateral side edges, and wherein a reinforcement strip member is provided in the bead, and wherein the reinforcement strip member extends at least in an operative position of the wind deflector assembly substantially from a lower edge of an upper elongated element to a level corresponding to a level of a seal in a roof opening of a fixed roof. The present application further provides an open roof construction and a vehicle. Due to this reinforcement strip member, the lateral side edges of the flexible wind-shielding material will not be clamped between the closure device and the seal attached to the hole edge when the closure device closes the roof opening, and noise interference will be further reduced.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a windshield subassembly that uses in open roof construction for vehicle.
Background
Such prior art wind deflector assemblies may suffer from the phenomenon that wind deflector material is clamped between the edge of the aperture and the closure during the closing movement of the closure. Typically, the closure device is provided with a sliding pad or the like at the lower surface of the closure device and when closing the closure device, the closure device slides in a longitudinally forward direction and engages the wind deflector arm whereby the wind deflector arm, and hence the entire wind deflector assembly, is urged from the operative position towards the inoperative position. During this movement, the tension in the wind-shielding material is gradually reduced from the working position (in which the tension is high and the material is taut) and finally completely cancelled. In such a case, in a driving state, the flexible wind-shielding material may hang loosely and may be subjected to wind forces, whereby when the closure device is in its closing motion, the net may be pushed by the wind between the edge of the seal attached to the aperture edge and the edge of the closure device.
In addition, in the dynamic driving state of the vehicle and with the wind deflector assembly in its operating position, the wind deflector material may be subjected to wind forces at its lateral edges, causing dynamic vibrations of the edges of the net, which in turn causes noise disturbances.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved wind deflector assembly.
To this end, there is provided a wind deflector assembly for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening in a fixed roof thereof, the roof opening comprising: an aperture edge and a seal disposed at the aperture edge extending in the roof opening, the open roof construction further comprising: a fixed component, at least a closure device containing a mechanism supported by the fixed component and adapted to close a roof opening in the fixed roof and selectively open the roof opening in the fixed roof, and the wind deflector assembly positioned near a front of the roof opening, the wind deflector assembly being movable between an inactive position below the fixed roof and an active position projecting above the fixed roof, the wind deflector assembly comprising an upper elongated element movably connected to the fixed component via a wind deflector arm, a flexible wind-shielding material extending at least along a front of the roof opening and attached at a lower end to the fixed component and at an upper end to at least the upper elongated element to keep the flexible wind-shielding material taut in at least the active position, and wherein the flexible wind-shielding material is provided with a bead at its lateral side edges, the wind deflector assembly being characterized in that a reinforcement strip member is provided in the bead, and wherein the reinforcement strip member extends at least in an operative position of the wind deflector assembly substantially from the lower edge of the upper elongated element to a level corresponding to the level of the seal in the roof opening of the fixed roof.
Due to this reinforcement strip member, the lateral side edges of the flexible wind-shielding material and thus the flexible wind-shielding material are made stiffer, so that when a closure device closes the roof opening, the lateral side edges of the wind-shielding material may not be clamped between the closure device and the seal attached to the hole edge, and noise interference will be further reduced. The strip member extends from a lower edge of the elongate member or a lower edge of the wind deflector arm to a level corresponding to the level at which the seal is mounted to the aperture edge. Thus, the reinforcing strip member reinforces only an upper portion of the length of the lateral side edge of the flexible wind-shielding material. This means that in the operating position of the wind deflector assembly, the lateral edges of the flexible wind deflector material which are subjected to direct wind loads blowing horizontally above the fixed roof are reinforced and thus supported, and the lower portions of the lateral edges of the wind deflector material are not reinforced and thus not supported.
When the closure closes the roof opening and engages the wind deflector arm by means of a sliding pad attached to the underside of the closure, the wind deflector assembly is pushed downwardly, whereby the wind deflector assembly moves about the movable connection of the wind deflector arm to the fixed component. Due to the lowering of the wind deflector arm and thereby the elongated element, the flexible wind deflector material loses its tension. However, the flexible wind-shielding material is reinforced along its lateral edges at the upper portion and, due to this reinforcement, the upper portion is supported and substantially maintained in its original orientation as it had in the extended state of the wind-shielding panel assembly. The lower portion of the lateral edges is flexible and can be folded. The reinforcing strip member remains substantially in its original orientation as it had when the wind deflector assembly was in its extended position until the bottom end of the strip member contacts the fixed component. When the wind deflector assembly is moved further towards the rest position, the reinforcing strip member is folded. Due to the reinforcement strip member, the lateral edge of the flexible wind-shielding material remains rigid when the tension in the flexible wind-shielding material is significantly reduced, and due to this, the lateral edge of the wind-shielding material may not be clamped between the closure device and the seal attached to the aperture edge.
Another advantage of the stiffening action of the stiffening strip members is that the lateral edges of the flexible wind-shielding material will be more stable and therefore less susceptible to vibrations caused by dynamic wind forces, which may cause noise disturbances.
According to another aspect of the invention, the bead with the stiffener element engages with a seal on the hole edge of the roof opening when the wind deflector assembly is at least in its working position. Thus, in the operational position of the wind deflector assembly, the stiffening strip member engages with the seal, which provides additional support for the stiffening strip member and may even further improve the stabilizing function of the stiffening strip member.
According to another aspect of the invention, when the wind deflector assembly is at least in its working position, the bead extends from each lateral upper end of the flexible wind-deflecting material to a respective lateral lower end of the flexible wind-deflecting material, and wherein the exposed upper end of the bead is located at the rear with respect to the exposed lower end of the bead located at the front, viewed in the longitudinal direction. In other words, the lateral edge of the flexible wind-shielding material extends from the upper end located rearward of the lower end, which is located further forward as viewed in the longitudinal direction, as viewed in side elevation. This means that the bottom connection of the flexible wind-shielding material is located in the front region of the fixed component. This region comprises laterally placed guides extending in the longitudinal direction, in which guides channels are formed through which the mechanism parts driving the closing means slide. Thus, the wind-shielding material, when folded, will be folded in a front region away from the mechanism parts sliding in the channels in the guide. This is advantageous because in this way damage to the flexible wind-deflecting material by mechanical parts of the closure device is avoided.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the stiffener element is sewn into the bead of the flexible wind shielding material by sewing the stiffener element longitudinally into the bead, the lateral side edges of the flexible wind shielding material not only fixing the bar element to the bead but also the bead becomes stiffer, which contributes to the stability of the lateral edges of the flexible wind shielding material.
According to another aspect of the invention, the stiffener element is made of EPDM or of another material of the same class of materials. The EPDM material has properties such that it has suitable rigidity and the ability to be folded in a small area and can be sewn to the windshield material.
According to another aspect of the invention, the wind deflector assembly further comprises biasing means connected to the wind deflector arm to bias the wind deflector assembly in an upward direction towards the operative position.
The utility model also provides an open roof structure, it includes as before the windshield assembly.
The utility model discloses still provide a vehicle, it includes as aforesaid open roof structure.
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The invention will be further elucidated hereinafter with reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle roof having an open roof construction including a wind deflector assembly according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of a wind deflector assembly.
Fig. 3 is a side view partially showing a wind shield assembly.
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view according to the line IV-IV in fig. 3.
Fig. 5A to 5C are side views partially showing the wind deflector assembly in different positions.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1, a vehicle roof is shown with a roof opening 2, which roof opening 2 can be opened and closed by a closure device 7. The closure device 7 is part of an open roof construction of a vehicle. The closing means 7 is a rigid, at least partially transparent panel made of glass, plastic or the like. The open roof construction further comprises a wind deflector assembly 1 and a fixed component 6, the open roof construction being mounted to the body of the vehicle by means of the fixed component 6. A wind deflector assembly 1 placed near the front edge of the roof opening 2 can be stored in an inoperative position below the surface of the fixed roof 3 of the vehicle and below the closure 7, and can be extended to an operative position, whereby a portion of the wind deflector assembly 1 is above the surface of the fixed roof 3 and the closure 7 is in an open position. In order to influence the air flow pattern over the roof opening 2 when the closure device 7 is in its open position, the wind deflector assembly 1 extends partially over the surface of the stationary roof 3 into the operating position. The wind deflector assembly 1 comprises a flexible wind-deflecting material 10, which flexible wind-deflecting material 10 is attached to the upper elongated element 8 on an upper end 12 and to the fixed component 6 on a lower end 11 and extends substantially along the front region of the roof opening 2. The flexible wind-shielding material 10 is permeable to air. When the wind deflector assembly 1 is extended in its operating position, the air flowing through the flexible wind-shielding material 10 becomes turbulent on the lee side of the flexible wind-shielding material 10 due to the narrow openings in the flexible wind-shielding material 10. This turbulent air flow avoids or at least reduces the phenomenon of buffeting when the closure device 7 is in its open position.
With further reference to fig. 2, the wind deflector assembly 1 further comprises an elongated element 8, said elongated element 8 extending in a transverse direction and being connected to a wind deflector arm 9, 9' on each lateral end. The wind deflector arms 9, 9' are pivotally connected to the fixed part 6. Biasing means 17, 17 ' are provided and the biasing means 17, 17 ' are connected to each of the wind deflector arms 9, 9 ', said biasing means 17, 17 ' biasing the wind deflector arms 9, 9 ' in an upward direction with respect to the fixed part 6. The roof opening 2 is provided with a hole edge 4 and a seal 5 is attached to this hole edge 4 at least partly along the edge of the roof opening 2, as can be seen in fig. 3.
With further reference to fig. 3, in which the wind deflector assembly 1 is shown in the working position, the lateral edges of the flexible wind deflector material 10 are provided with beads 13. The bead 13 is formed by: the lateral ends of the flexible wind-shielding material 10 are folded once or on both sides to form pockets which are then sewn to the rest of the net, with the pockets left open, which then form the hems 13. The reinforcing strip member 14 is positioned inside the bead 13 with its upper end at a position near the upper end 12 of the wind shielding material 10. The reinforcing strip member 14 is secured inside the bead 13 by a seam along the length of the strip member 14, preferably in the centre of the strip member 14. As can be seen from fig. 3 and 4, the strip member 14 extends in the bead 13 from the lower edge 15 of the upper elongated element 8 to a level corresponding to the sealing member 5 attached to the hole edge 4. The bead 13 of the wind shielding material 10 and thus the reinforcing strip member 14 are engaged with the seal 5. This means that the bead 13 and the strip member 14 are supported by the upper elongate member 8 or the wind deflector arm 9, 9' at the upper end 12 of the flexible wind-deflecting material 10 and by the seal 5 at the lower end of the strip member 14. This improves the stability of the lateral edges of the flexible wind shielding material 10, which can reduce noise disturbance caused by air flow.
Referring to fig. 3, the lateral edges of the wind deflector assembly 1 and thus the beads 13 and the reinforcing strip members 14 are shown. As can be seen from fig. 3, the bead 13 extends from the lower edge 15 of the elongated element 8 or the wind deflector arm 9, 9' down to the fixed part 6, thus from an upper rear position, seen in the longitudinal direction, to a lower front position. The reinforcing strip member 14 extends to a level corresponding to the position where the seal 5 is attached to the hole edge 4, as can be seen in the detailed view in fig. 4.
Referring to figures 5A-5C, the wind deflector assembly 1 is shown in side view illustrating various positions such as an upper working position (figure 5A) and a rest position (figure 5C) which is the lowermost position, and an intermediate position (figure 5C) in which the reinforcing strip member 14 mounted in the bead 13 contacts the fixed component 6. The wind deflector assembly 1 is urged in a downward direction from the extended position against the biasing force of the biasing means 17, 17' by the closing means 7 and in particular by a sliding pad attached to the underside of the closing means 7. When the wind deflector assembly 1 is moved from the operative position to the intermediate position, the upper elongated element 8 moves downwards and, consequently, the flexible wind-deflecting material 10 loses its tension. The lower part of the lateral edge of the flexible wind-shielding material 10 (the part in which the bead 13 is not reinforced by the strip member 14) will first be folded at the bottom behind the connection of the flexible wind-shielding material 10 with the fixed component 6. This region is remote from the guides 19, 19', which retain the channel 20, the mechanism parts that move the closing means 7 being slidably engaged in said channel 20. In this way, the folded flexible wind-shielding material 10 is away from the area where it may be damaged by the mechanism parts slidably engaged in the guides 19, 19'. The upper portion of the lateral edge of the flexible wind-shielding material 10 (the hem 13 holding the reinforcing strip member 14) will not be folded and will extend in a downward direction so that it is not folded between the upper and intermediate positions of the wind deflector assembly 1. When the windscreen assembly 1 is moved further down from the intermediate position (shown in fig. 5B) to the rest position (in fig. 5C), the upper parts of the lateral edges of the windscreen material 10 (the bead 13 and the reinforcing strip member 14) will gradually fold over, and since the fixed part 6 prevents the lower end of the relatively rigid reinforcing strip member 14 from moving further in a downward direction, the reinforcing strip member 14 including the bead 13 will also gradually fold over in the region of the front of the guides 19, 19 'and will therefore not be damaged by the movable mechanical parts in the guides 19, 19'.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described before, which can be varied widely within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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1. A wind deflector assembly (1) for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening (2) in its fixed roof (3), the roof opening (2) comprising:
a hole edge (4) and a seal (5) provided at the hole edge (4) extending in the roof opening (2), the open roof construction further comprising:
a fixed component (6),
at least a closing device (7), said at least closing device (7) comprising a mechanism supported by said fixed component (6) and being adapted to close a roof opening (2) in said fixed roof (3) and to selectively open a roof opening (2) in said fixed roof (3), and
the wind deflector assembly (1), the wind deflector assembly (1) being positioned near the front of the roof opening (2), the wind deflector assembly (1) being movable between an inoperative position below the fixed roof (3) and an operative position projecting above the fixed roof (3),
the wind deflector assembly (1) comprising an upper elongated element (8), the upper elongated element (8) being movably connected to the fixed component (6) via a wind deflector arm (9),
a flexible wind-shielding material (10) extending at least along a front portion of the roof opening (2) and attached at a lower end (11) to the fixed component (6) and at an upper end (12) to at least the upper elongated element (8) to keep the flexible wind-shielding material (10) taut in at least the working position, and
wherein the flexible wind-shielding material (10) is provided at its lateral side edges (18, 18') with beads (13),
characterized in that a reinforcement strip member (14) is provided in the bead (13), and wherein the reinforcement strip member (14) extends at least in the operational position of the wind deflector assembly (1) substantially from the lower edge (15) of the upper elongated element (8) to a level corresponding to the level of the seal (5) in the roof opening (2) of the fixed roof (3).
2. Wind deflector assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the bead (13) with the reinforcement strip member (14) engages with the seal (5) on the hole edge (4) of the roof opening (2) when the wind deflector assembly (1) is at least in its operating position.
3. Wind deflector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the bead (13) extends from each lateral upper end of the flexible wind deflector material (10) to a respective lateral lower end of the flexible wind deflector material (10) when the wind deflector assembly (1) is at least in its working position, and wherein the upper end of the exposed bead (13) is located rearward with respect to the exposed lower end of the bead (13) which is located forward as seen in the longitudinal direction.
4. Wind deflector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcement strip member (14) is sewn into a bead (13) of the flexible wind deflector material (10).
5. A wind deflector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing strip member (14) is made of EPDM.
6. Wind deflector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wind deflector assembly (1) further comprises biasing means (17, 17') connected to the wind deflector arm (9) to bias the wind deflector assembly (1) in an upward direction towards the operative position.
7. An open roof construction comprising a wind deflector assembly according to any of claims 1-6.
8. A vehicle comprising an open roof construction according to claim 7.
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