JP2000168363A - Slide door position-regulating device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slide door position-regulating device for a vehicle absorbing dimensional tolerance and assembly tolerance even with generation thereof in a car body and a slide door, making engaging surfaces of a receiving/ engaging unit properly in adhesion to each other, and eliminating apprehension generating a noise and damaging. SOLUTION: In a slide door position-regulating device 6 for a vehicle provided with a receiving unit 7 on the side of a car body 1 and an engaging unit 8 on the side of a slide door 3 to position regulate the slide door 3, when it is closed, in the direction orthogonal to the opening/closing direction of the slide door by fit engaging an engaging protruded part 13 of the engaging unit 8 with an engaging recessed part 9 of the receiving unit 7, a protruded part 12 plastically deformable by a load of the prescribed value or more is provided to protrude in an engaging surface 11 or 14 of the engaging recessed part 9 or the engaging protruded part 13, and a clearance generated between the engaging surfaces 11, 14 is absorbed by plastic deformation of the protruded part 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle, which regulates a position of a sliding door in a direction perpendicular to the opening / closing direction when a sliding door supported on a vehicle body is slidably opened / closed. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, for example, a conventional slide door position regulating device comprises a receiving body 22 fixed to a vehicle body 21 and an engaging body 24 fixed to a slide door 23 side. When the cover 23 is closed, the engagement protrusion 26 of the engagement body 24 is fitted into the engagement recess 25 of the receiver 22 to regulate the mutual position. The engaging surface of the peripheral side surface of the portion 26 is formed to be tapered so as to be tapered toward the closing direction in order to exhibit a centering action.

[0003] In the illustrated example, in order to transmit a signal from the operation switch of the power window or the operation switch of the door lock provided on the slide door 23 to the vehicle body 21, the mail is inserted into the engagement recess 25 of the receiver 22. A terminal 27 is protruded, and a female terminal 28 is provided on the engagement projection 26 on the engagement body 24 side.
Are provided, and when the slide door 23 is closed, the two terminals 27 and 28 are connected and electrically connected.

[0004]

By the way, in order to satisfy the function of regulating the position of the slide door in the above configuration,
The engagement recess 25 of the receiver 22 and the engagement protrusion 26 of the engagement body 24
It is necessary to bring the engagement surfaces of the two into complete contact with each other, but in reality, due to manufacturing and assembly tolerances of the vehicle body 21 and the slide door 23 for each vehicle, the receiver on the vehicle body 21 side is closed and locked in a state where the slide door 23 is closed and locked. It is unavoidable that the distance between the engaging body 22 and the engaging body 24 on the slide door 23 side varies, and the mounting distance L between the receiving body 22 and the engaging body 24 varies. 6, a gap 29 is generated between the engagement surfaces when the mounting distance is large (L + α) as shown in FIG. 6, and as a result, the rattle of the sliding door 23 causes a rattling noise. If it occurs or, on the contrary, the mounting distance is as small as (L-α), the engaging projection 26 is pushed deep into the engaging recess 25 as shown in FIG. Engaging recess 2
Excessive load acts so as to push the 5
There is a problem that a crack 30 may be formed on both sides of the engaging recess 25 to cause damage.

[0005] Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-192382 discloses a wedge (engaging body) in which a protruding portion of the wedge (engaging body) can be moved with respect to a base portion. In the case where connection terminals for an electric system are provided at the same time, the structure becomes more complicated and the cost increases. Further, if the mobility is too high, the position regulating function is lost, so that there is a problem in the stability of operation.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-26872 discloses a device provided with a mechanism for adjusting the position of an engaging member (engaging body). However, the structure is further complicated and the number of parts increases. There is a problem that the cost increases.

Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 58-95473 discloses a device in which a flexible projection is provided on one of the engagement surfaces of a striker and a wedge (receptor and engagement body). However, when used repeatedly for a long period of time, the projections are damaged and their functions are lost, and there is a problem that long-term operational stability is lacking.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention absorbs any dimensional tolerances or assembly tolerances of a vehicle body or a sliding door, and makes the engaging surfaces of the receiving member and the engaging member properly adhere to each other. It is an object of the present invention to provide a slide door position regulating device for a vehicle, which does not cause noise or damage.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slide door position regulating device for a vehicle, comprising a receiver mounted on one of a vehicle body side and a slide door side, and an engaging body mounted on the other. In a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle, when the door is closed, the engaging projection of the engaging body is fitted into the engaging recess of the receiving body to regulate the position in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction of the sliding door. A protrusion that is plastically deformable by a load of a predetermined load or more is provided on the engagement surface of the recess or the engagement protrusion.

According to such a configuration, since the plastically deformable projection is provided on the engagement surface of the engagement concave portion or the engagement projection, the slide door is formed by the dimensional tolerance and the assembly tolerance of the vehicle body and the slide door. The gap generated between the engagement surfaces due to the variation in the closing position of the projections can be absorbed by the amount of plastic deformation of the projection, and the engagement surfaces of the receiver and the engagement body can be properly brought into close contact with each other, thereby producing abnormal noise. Generation can be reliably prevented, and the possibility of damage to the receptor can be eliminated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slide door position regulating device for a vehicle, comprising a receiver mounted on one of a vehicle body side and a slide door side, and an engaging body mounted on the other side, and when the slide door is closed. An engagement surface of the engagement projection is provided in a slide door position regulating device of a vehicle in which an engagement projection of the engagement body is fitted into and engaged with an engagement recess of the receiver to regulate a position in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction of the slide door. The engaging surface of the engaging concave portion is plastically deformed by press-contact of the projecting portion when the engaging convex portion is fitted into the engaging concave portion with a predetermined load or more. It is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slide door position regulating device for a vehicle, comprising a receiver mounted on one of a vehicle body side and a slide door side and an engaging body mounted on the other side, and when the slide door is closed. In a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle in which an engaging protrusion of an engaging body is fitted into an engaging recess of a receiving body to regulate a position in a direction orthogonal to an opening and closing direction of the slide door, the engaging surface of the engaging recess is When the projection is projected and the engagement projection engages with the engagement recess with a predetermined load or more, the engagement surface of the engagement projection is plastically deformed by the press contact of the projection. It is.

In the slide door position regulating device according to the second and third aspects of the present invention, the other projection is provided by pressing a projection projecting from the engagement surface of the engagement projection or the engagement recess. Since the mating surface is plastically deformed, the gap generated between the engaging surfaces due to the variation in the closing position of the sliding door due to the dimensional tolerance of the vehicle body or the sliding door or the assembly tolerance can be absorbed by the amount of plastic deformation of the engaging surface. The engagement surfaces of the body and the engagement body can be properly brought into close contact with each other, so that the generation of abnormal noise can be reliably prevented, and the possibility of damage to the receiver can be eliminated.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 4, which shows the entire configuration of the automobile, 1
Is a vehicle body, 2 is a front door pivotally attached to the front side of the vehicle by a door hinge so as to be openable and closable, 3 is a sliding door which slides back and forth through a rear opening thereof, and 4 is a guide rail thereof. Front door 2 and sliding door 3
The center pillar 5 of the vehicle body 1 is disposed between the two.
Between the center pillar 5 and the front end of the sliding door,
A lock mechanism (not shown) that locks when the slide door 3 is closed is provided.
The position restricting device 6 shown in detail in FIG. 1 is disposed so as to restrict the position of the slide door 3 in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction when the door is closed.

In FIG. 1, the position restricting device 6 comprises a receiving member 7 fixed to the rear mounting surface of the center pillar 5 and an engaging member 8 fixed to the front end surface of the sliding door 3. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the receiver 7 has an oblong shape that is elongated vertically and is open rearward, and has a substantially trapezoidal shape in which the horizontal and vertical cross sections are tapered forward. An engagement concave portion 9 is formed, and a plurality of mail terminals 10 are vertically provided at appropriate pitch intervals upward and downward from a rear end surface 9a thereof. The engaging surface 11 formed of the inner peripheral side surface of the engaging concave portion 9 is provided with a protruding portion 12 having a triangular cross section and extending in the front-rear direction at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction. The height of the protrusion 12 is, for example, about 0.5 mm. Reference numeral 17 denotes a mounting flange abutting on the mounting surface 5a at the rear end of the center pillar 5, and reference numeral 18 denotes mounting holes formed at the upper and lower ends thereof.

The engaging body 8 has a substantially trapezoidal engaging projection 13 whose base has a vertically long and narrow cross section and a horizontal and vertical cross section that tapers forward. When the engagement protrusion 13 is fitted into the engagement recess 9 and engaged,
The engaging surface 14 formed by the outer peripheral side surface abuts on the top of the protrusion 12 protruding from the engaging surface 11 of the engaging recess 9, and this protrusion 1
2 and engages with the engagement surface 11. In addition, the engagement protrusion 13
A female terminal 15 into which the mail terminal 10 is fitted is provided from the front end face toward the rear.

The material of the receiver 7 and the engaging body 8 is, for example, that the receiving body 7 is made of polyacetal resin and the engaging body 8 is made of nylon resin. When the projection 12 is strongly pushed into the engagement recess 9 of the body 7, the projection 12 is crushed by the engagement surface 14 on the outer periphery of the engagement projection 13 and is plastically deformed.

In the above configuration, when the slide door 3 is closed, the engagement projection 13 of the engagement body 8 on the slide door 3 is fitted into the engagement recess 9 of the receiver 7 on the center pillar 5 to engage with each other. The position is regulated.

At this time, with the slide door 3 closed and locked due to manufacturing and assembling tolerances of the vehicle body 1 and the slide door 3, the receiver 7 and the slide door 3 on the vehicle body 1 side are locked.
It is unavoidable that the distance between the engaging body 8 and the side of the receiving body 7 varies, and the mounting distance L between the receiving body 7 and the engaging body 8 varies ± α as shown in FIG. . In addition,
α is, for example, about 1.5 mm.

However, as shown in FIG. 2A, even when the mounting distance is L + α, the engaging surface 14 of the engaging
2, the slide door 3 is securely positioned, and there is no possibility of generating abnormal noise.

When the mounting distance is an appropriate distance L as shown in FIG. 2B, when the sliding door 3 is closed and locked after the sliding door 3 is assembled, the engaging projection 13 is And the engagement surface 14 of the engagement protrusion 13
Is pressed against the protrusion 12 with a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the protrusion 12 is plastically deformed so as to be crushed, and in this state, the engagement surface 14 is closely engaged with the protrusion 12, so that the slide door is The position of 3 is reliably regulated, and there is no possibility of generating abnormal noise.

Further, when the mounting distance is L-α as shown in FIG. 2C, the engaging surface 14 of the engaging projection 13 is attached to the projection 12 as in the case of FIG. 2B. Pressing is performed with a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and the protrusion 12 is plastically deformed so as to be crushed and crushed more. In this state, the engagement surface 14 is closely engaged with the protruding portion 12, so that the position of the slide door 3 is surely regulated, and there is no possibility of generating abnormal noise. Moreover, even in this case, since the protrusion 12 is crushed and crushed, the pressing load generated between the engagement recess 9 of the receiver 7 and the engagement protrusion 13 of the engagement body 8 is alleviated. An excessive load acts on both sides of the joint recess 9 to cause cracks, and there is no possibility of breakage.

FIG. 2 used in the above description shows a horizontal cross section in the present embodiment, but the same effect occurs in a vertical cross section. That is, according to the slide door position regulating device of the present embodiment, the position of the slide door 3 is appropriately regulated not only in the left-right direction but also in the up-down direction with respect to the vehicle body 1. Of course, the protrusion 12 may be provided only on the side surface of the engagement surface 11, and the upper and lower surfaces may be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the projection 12 is crushed and plastically deformed. However, if the material combination of the receiver 7 and the engagement body 8 is appropriately selected, the engagement projection 1
It is also possible to constitute so that the engaging surface of the outer periphery of 3 may be hollowed out and plastically deformed.

The material of the receiving body 7 and the engaging body 8 is such that the protrusions 12 and the outer circumferential surfaces of the engaging protrusions 13 are plastically deformed by being pressed against each other so that they are closely fitted. It is possible to select If the protrusion 12 is formed as a protrusion extending in the front-rear direction as in the present embodiment, the engagement recess of the receptor and the engagement engagement with the plastic deformation of the engagement recess of the engagement body are smoothly performed, The contact area of the press contact portion can be increased, and wear of the press contact portion due to vibration during traveling of the vehicle can be suppressed.

[0027]

According to the slide door position regulating device of the present invention, as described above, the plastically deformable projection is formed on the engagement concave portion of the receiver or the engagement surface of the engagement projection of the engagement member. Set up
Alternatively, since the other engaging surface is plastically deformed by press-contact of a projection provided on the engaging surface of the engaging concave portion of the receiver or the engaging protrusion of the engaging body, the size of the vehicle body or the slide door is reduced. The gap between the engagement surfaces due to the variation in the closing position of the slide door due to tolerances and assembly tolerances can be absorbed by the plastic deformation of the projections and the engagement surface, and the engagement surfaces of the receiver and the engagement body properly adhere to each other As a result, the generation of abnormal noise can be reliably prevented, and the possibility of damage to the receptor can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of an embodiment of a slide door position control device for a vehicle according to the present invention, taken along line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing each state at the time of positioning in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the receptor of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an automobile to which the slide door position control device of the embodiment is applied.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of a conventional slide door position control device for a vehicle.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing a problem in the conventional example.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing another problem in the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 3 Slide door 6 Position control device 7 Receptor 8 Engagement body 9 Engagement recess 11 Engagement surface 12 Projection 13 Engagement protrusion 14 Engagement surface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A receiving body attached to one of a vehicle body side and a sliding door side and an engaging body attached to the other side, wherein the engaging body engages with an engaging recess of the receiving body when the sliding door is closed. In a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle in which a protrusion is fitted and engaged to regulate a position in a direction orthogonal to the opening / closing direction of the sliding door, a load of a predetermined amount or more is applied to an engaging recess or an engaging surface of the engaging protrusion. A slide door position control device for a vehicle, wherein a protrusion that can be plastically deformed is provided. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a receiving member attached to one of the vehicle body side and the sliding door side; and an engaging member attached to the other side, wherein the engaging member engages with the engaging concave portion of the receiving member when the sliding door is closed. In a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle, in which a projection is fitted and engaged to regulate a position in a direction orthogonal to an opening / closing direction of a sliding door, the projection is projected from an engagement surface of the engagement projection, and a load exceeding a predetermined value is provided. When the engagement projection engages with the engagement recess,
A sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle, wherein the engaging surface of the engaging concave portion is plastically deformed by the pressing of the projection. 3. A receiving body attached to one of the vehicle body side and the sliding door side, and an engaging body attached to the other side, wherein the engaging body engages with the engaging concave portion of the receiving body when the sliding door is closed. In a sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle in which a projection is fitted and engaged to regulate a position in a direction orthogonal to an opening / closing direction of a sliding door, a projection is protruded from an engagement surface of an engagement recess, and a load greater than a predetermined load is applied. When the engagement protrusion engages with the engagement recess,
A sliding door position regulating device for a vehicle, wherein the engaging surface of the engaging projection is plastically deformed by the pressing of the projection.