JP2001328489A - Upper body structure for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide upper body structure for a vehicle combining the setting of a movable roof with a large opening and the layout of a roof carrier sufficiently long in the cross direction of the vehicle and reducing the number of part items and assembling man-hours by providing a guide rail for guiding and supporting the movable roof, along the side edge of an opening of a roof panel of the vehicle, and mounting and supporting one end of the roof carrier extending in the vehicle cross direction of the roof panel, to the guide rail. SOLUTION: In this upper body structure for the vehicle provided with the movable roof 4 closably covering the opening 3 of the roof panel 2 of the vehicle, the guide rail 14 for guiding and supporting the movable roof 4 is provided along the side edge of the opening 3, and one end of the roof carrier 18 extending in the vehicle cross direction of the roof panel 2 is mounted and supported to the guide rail 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an upper body structure of a vehicle in which a roof carrier and a movable roof such as a glass sunroof are provided on a roof portion of the vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an upper body structure of a vehicle in which a roof carrier is provided on a roof portion of the vehicle, for example, there is a structure disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-309994. That is, a roof carrier composed of a carrier base and a crossbar is attached via a pedestal to the upper surface of the overlapping portion between the roof panel and the roof side rail.

According to this conventional upper body structure, there is an advantage that luggage can be appropriately mounted on the roof carrier. When a movable roof such as a glass sunroof is set together with the roof carrier as described above for the roof portion, a structure as shown in FIG. 11 is conceivable.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a roof side rail 84 having a roof side outer 81 and a roof side inner 82 and having a closed cross section 83 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. A joint panel 85 is provided with a roof panel 86 whose end is overlapped, and an end of a roof carrier 89 is provided via a garnish member 87 as a pedestal and a guide rail 88 at a portion where the roof side rail 84 and the roof panel 86 overlap. And a glass sunroof guide rail 91 having a window frame 92 guided by the guide rail 91 is fixed to a lower portion of the edge of an opening 90 formed in the roof panel 86. Opening 9 described above
0 is openably and closably covered.

[0005] With this configuration, the roof carrier 89 is provided at the upper portion of the roof portion, and the glass sunroof 93 is set at the lower portion of the roof portion, so that a sense of openness can be ensured.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 11, when a glass sunroof 93 having a large length in the vehicle width direction is set in order to improve the feeling of opening, the guide rail 91 is further moved to the roof panel 86 than the position shown in the figure. By moving the guide rail 91 toward the end, the opening area of the opening 90 may be increased correspondingly.
In order to fix the length, the length of the glass sunroof 93 in the vehicle width direction and the size of the opening 90 are necessarily limited.

In addition, the roof carrier 8
When setting 9 and the glass sunroof 93, a guide rail 88 for the roof carrier 89 and a guide rail 91 for the glass sunroof 93 are required, and there is a problem that both the number of parts and the number of assembling steps become large.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a guide rail for guiding and supporting a movable roof is provided along a side edge of a roof panel opening of a vehicle, and the guide rail extends in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel. By mounting and supporting one end of the roof carrier, setting the movable roof with a large opening,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an upper body structure of a vehicle which is compatible with a layout of a roof carrier having a sufficiently long length in a vehicle width direction and can reduce both the number of parts and the number of assembly steps.

According to the present invention, a carrier guide groove is provided at an upper portion of the guide rail, and the roof carrier is attached to the carrier guide groove so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. It is another object of the present invention to provide an upper body structure of a vehicle capable of changing the position of the roof carrier in the front-rear direction.

Further, according to the present invention, the guide rail can be disposed along the roof side rail as a vehicle body strength member by disposing and fixing the guide rail between the roof side rail and the roof panel. It is an object of the present invention to provide an upper body structure of a vehicle capable of increasing an opening portion while ensuring (support strength of a guide rail).

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the opening is formed on substantially the entire surface in the width direction of the roof panel, the entire surface of the opening is openably and closably covered by a movable roof, and the movable roof is constituted by a glass panel. It is another object of the present invention to provide an upper body structure of a vehicle capable of obtaining a sufficient feeling of opening while securing support rigidity of a glass panel.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an upper body structure of a vehicle in which a plurality of the roof carriers are provided in parallel in front and rear of the vehicle so that the loadability can be improved.

[0013]

An upper body structure of a vehicle according to the present invention is an upper body structure of a vehicle provided with a movable roof which can open and close a roof panel opening of the vehicle, wherein the movable roof is provided on the side of the opening. A guide rail for guiding and supporting the movable roof is provided along the edge, and one end of a roof carrier extending in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel is attached to and supported by the guide rail.

With the above configuration, the guide rail can serve as both the guide support for the movable roof and the support for attaching one end of the roof carrier, so that both the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. It is possible to achieve both the setting of the movable roof having the opening and the layout of the roof carrier having a sufficiently long length in the vehicle width direction.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a carrier guide groove is provided at an upper portion of the guide rail, and the roof carrier is attached to the carrier guide groove so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. With the above configuration, the position of the roof carrier can be changed in the front-rear direction with respect to the luggage mounted on the roof carrier.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the guide rail is provided and fixed between a roof side rail and a roof panel. According to the above configuration, the guide rail can be arranged along the roof side rail as a vehicle body strength member. Therefore, it is possible to increase the size of the opening by the arrangement position of the guide rail while securing strength. it can.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the opening is formed over substantially the entire width of the roof panel, and the movable roof is formed of a glass panel which covers the entire surface of the opening so that it can be opened and closed. is there. According to the above configuration, a sufficient open feeling can be obtained at the opening formed on substantially the entire width direction of the roof panel while securing the support rigidity of the glass panel constituting the movable roof.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of the roof carriers are provided in front of and behind the vehicle in parallel. With the above-described configuration, the plurality of roof carriers provided in parallel can improve the luggage mounting property.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings show the upper body structure of the vehicle, and are shown in FIGS.
2, a roof panel 2 for covering the upper part of the vehicle compartment 1 is provided. An opening 3 is formed in the front half of the roof panel 2 so as to open substantially the entire surface in the vehicle width direction, as shown in FIGS. In addition, a movable roof 4 made of a glass panel is provided above the opening 3 so as to open and close the entire surface of the opening 3. The movable roof 4 is for obtaining a feeling of opening, and is hereinafter referred to as a glass sunroof.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the front and rear of the vehicle body extends between the front header 5 (see FIGS. 4 and 8) and the rear header 6 (see FIG. 4) at the end of the roof panel 2 in the vehicle width direction. A roof side rail 7 extending in the direction is provided.

The roof side rail 7 connects the roof side outer 8 and the roof side inner 9 to the joints 10 and 11.
And is a vehicle body strength member having a closed section 12 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction.

At the end of the roof panel 2 in the vehicle width direction, a step-down bent portion 2a is formed, and the bent portion 2a is connected to the upper surface of the joint 10 of the roof side rail 7 by overlapping. A recess 13 whose upper part is open is provided between these two 2 and 7.
Is formed.

The guide rail 1 is provided inside the recess 13 described above.
A garnish member 15 as an exterior member obtained by integrally molding 4 is attached. This garnish member 15
5 and 6, has a lower portion 15a located in the concave portion 13 and an upper portion 15b projecting upward from the concave portion 13. The vehicle body extends along the space between the roof side rail 7 and the roof panel 2. It extends in the front-rear direction, and is provided on the left and right sides as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, between the front ends of the pair of left and right garnish members 15, 15, a cover member 16 located above the front header 5 is mounted. Cap members 17, 17 are attached to the rear ends of the 15, 15, respectively.

In addition, between the pair of left and right garnish members 15, 15, a plurality of, for example, two roof carriers 1 extending on the roof panel 2 in the vehicle width direction.
The garnish member 15 has guide rails 14 attached to support the ends of a plurality of roof carriers 18 provided in parallel to the front and rear of the vehicle.

The roof carrier 18 has a cross member 18a extending in the vehicle width direction as shown in FIGS.
Carrier base 1 located on garnish member 15
8b and the lower projection 1 guided and supported by the guide rail 14
8c are integrally formed, and luggage is mounted on the plurality of roof carriers 18,18.

The structures of the guide rail 14 and the garnish member 15 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The guide rail 14 is formed of a metal extruded member or the like. A carrier guide groove 19 is formed in the upper part of the vehicle. The carrier guide groove 19 is formed in the vertical direction. A glass sunroof guide groove 20 is formed, and a support projection 21 is formed following the guide groove 20.

That is, the guide rail 14 has two guide grooves 19 and 20, and is configured to perform both the forward and backward movement of the roof carrier 18 and its support, and the forward and backward movement of the glass sunroof 4 and its support, and It is provided on the upper part of the roof panel 2.

An upper communication opening 22 communicating with the carrier guide groove 19 and a side communication opening 23 communicating with the glass sunroof guide groove 20 are formed in the upper portion 15b of the garnish member 15 in which the above-described guide rail 14 is integrally molded. Is formed. At the lower end of the lower portion 15a of the garnish member 15, a stud bolt 24 whose screw portion is directed downward is integrally provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the lower portion 15a of the garnish member 15 is fitted into the concave portion 13 between the roof side rail 7 and the roof panel 2, and from the joint 10 of the roof side rail 7 downward. The garnish 15 is mounted between the roof side seal 7 and the roof panel 2 by screwing a nut 25 as a fastening member to the protruding stud bolt 24.

The above-mentioned guide rail 14 has upper and lower inner spaces 14a and 14b communicating with the respective guide grooves 19 and 20. For example, a downward projection from the end of the guide rail 14 before the cap member 17 is mounted. 18c is the upper inner space 14a
, The roof carrier 18 is attached to the carrier guide groove 19 so as to be movable in the vehicle front-rear direction. In this embodiment, the length L1 of the upper communication opening 22 of the garnish member 15 is set to be equal to the total length of the garnish member 15 as shown in FIG.
Both the front roof carrier 18 and the rear roof carrier 18 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, window frames 27 and 27 are fixed to the above-mentioned glass sunroof 4 by using an adhesive 26 at the lower portions on both sides in the vehicle width direction.

As is apparent from FIG. 7, the window frame 27 is fixed over substantially the entire length of the glass sunroof 4 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the rigidity of the glass sunroof 4 is improved by the window frame 27. The glass sunroof 74 protrudes further outward from the end in the vehicle width direction.

The window frame 27 protruding outward in the vehicle width direction is inserted into the lower inner space 14 b through the side communication opening 23 of the garnish member 15 and the glass sunroof guide groove 20 of the guide rail 14. The lower surface of the window frame 27 is supported by the support protrusion 21 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, weather strips 28 and 29 serving as sealing members are fitted to the front end and the rear end of the glass sunroof 4, respectively. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 30 denotes a trim member, 31 denotes a cushioning rib integrally formed with the trim member 30, and 32 denotes a weather strip as a seal member.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 and FIG.
In the cover member 16, a sub-frame 33 integrally provided with the guide rail 14 and extending in the vehicle width direction above the front header 5 is provided.

The sub-frame 33 includes a bracket 34
A drive unit 35 having a built-in motor is attached via the motor, and the glass sunroof 4 is driven to open and close in the vehicle front-rear direction by a wire 36 operated by the drive unit 35.

4 and 8, reference numeral 37 is a front header outer panel, 38 is a front header inner panel, 39 is a front window glass, 40 is a rear header outer panel, 41 is a rear header inner panel, 42 is a reinforcement, 43 Is a back door, which is below the opening 3 or the opening 3 as shown by a virtual line in FIG.
The sunshade 44 may be attached to the lower part of the roof panel 2 including Here, the roof panel 2 including the opening 3
When the sunshade 44 is provided in the lower part of the vehicle, a glass roof can be used as the roof panel 2 and a feeling of openness can be ensured even in the rear seat.

The operation of the above-structured upper body structure of the vehicle will be described. The glass sunroof 4 is moved to the front side of the vehicle as shown in FIG.
Under the condition that the entire surface of the opening 3 of the roof panel 2 is covered, the space between the front end of the glass sunroof 4 and the cover member 16 is sealed with the weather strip 28, and the rear end of the glass sunroof 74 and the roof panel 2 are closed. Is sealed by a weather strip 29.

When the drive unit 35 is driven to move the glass sunroof 4 from the state shown in FIG. 4 to the rear side of the vehicle and open the opening 3 as shown in FIG. 2, the motor is operated by the rotation of the motor. Since the glass sunroof 4 is pulled backward by the wire 36, the glass sunroof 4 has its window frame 27 connected to the guide rail 14.
While being guided and supported by the glass sunroof guide groove 20 of
Move to the rear and move to the upper part of the roof panel 2
As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle can be opened at the opening 3 to obtain a feeling of opening, and the traveling wind can be introduced into the vehicle interior 1.

On the other hand, in the case where the luggage is mounted above the plurality of roof carriers 18, at least one of the roof carriers 18 may be moved in the front-rear direction as necessary according to the shape of the luggage. The above-described roof carrier 18 can be manually moved in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the carrier guide groove 19 of the guide rail 14.

As described above, the upper body structure of the vehicle of the above embodiment is the upper body structure of the vehicle provided with the glass sunroof 4 which can open and close the opening 3 of the roof panel 2 of the vehicle. A guide rail 14 for guiding and supporting the glass sunroof 4 is provided along the side edge of the roof 3, and one end of a roof carrier 18 extending in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel 2 is attached to the guide rail 14 and supported. It is.

With this configuration, the guide rail 14 supports the glass sunroof 4 and the roof carrier 1
8. Since one end can also be used for mounting and supporting, both the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, and the setting of the glass sunroof 4 having a large opening and the roof having a sufficiently long length in the vehicle width direction can be achieved. The compatibility with the layout of the carrier 18 can be achieved.

Further, a carrier guide groove 19 is provided at an upper portion of the guide rail 14, and the roof carrier 1 is provided.
8 is attached to the carrier guide groove 19 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, so that the position of the roof carrier 18 can be changed in the front-rear direction with respect to the load mounted on the roof carrier 18. can do.

Further, since the guide rail 14 is disposed and fixed between the roof side rail 7 and the roof panel 2, the guide rail 14 described above is attached to the roof side rail 7 as a vehicle body strength member. Along the guide rails 14 while ensuring strength.
The opening 3 can be enlarged by the disposition position.

In addition, the opening 3 is formed on substantially the entire surface of the roof panel 2 in the width direction, and the glass sunroof 4 is formed of a glass panel that can open and close the entire surface of the opening 3. In addition, a sufficient open feeling can be obtained at the opening 3 formed over substantially the entire width direction of the roof panel 2 while securing the support rigidity of the glass panel constituting the glass sunroof 4.

Further, since a plurality of the roof carriers 18 are provided in parallel in the front and rear of the vehicle, the plurality of roof carriers 18 provided in parallel can improve the luggage mounting property.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the upper body structure of the vehicle. In the previous embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the upper communication opening 22 of the garnish member 15 is connected to the garnish member 15.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the upper communication opening 22 of the garnish member 15 is formed only at a predetermined length L2 on the front side, and the roof carrier 18 on the front side is formed.
Is movable, while the rear roof carrier 18
Is a non-movable fixed structure.

Even with this configuration, the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those of the previous embodiment.
In the figure, the same parts as those in the previous figure are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 10 shows still another embodiment of the upper body structure of the vehicle. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the upper communication opening 22 of the garnish member 15 is provided with a predetermined length L3 on the rear side.
And the rear roof carrier 18 is configured to be movable, while the front and rear roof carriers 18 have a fixed structure that cannot be moved.

Even with this configuration, the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those of the previous embodiments, and therefore, in FIG.
The detailed description is omitted.

In the correspondence between the structure of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the roof panel opening of the present invention corresponds to the opening 3 of the embodiment, and similarly, the movable roof corresponds to the glass sunroof 4. However, the present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above embodiment.

[0053]

According to the present invention, a guide rail for guiding and supporting a movable roof is provided along a side edge of a roof panel opening of a vehicle, and the roof rail extends in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel on the guide rail. At one end, it is possible to achieve both the setting of a movable roof with a large opening and the layout of a roof carrier with a sufficiently long length in the vehicle width direction, and to reduce both the number of parts and the number of assembly steps. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle provided with an upper vehicle body structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing an upper vehicle body structure of the vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the upper body structure of the vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a guide rail and a garnish member.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a glass sunroof.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the upper body structure of the vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the upper body structure of the vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of an upper body of a conventional vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Roof panel 3 Opening 4 Glass sunroof (movable roof) 7 Roof side rail 14 Guide rail 18 Roof carrier 19 Carrier guide groove

Claims (5)

[Claims] An upper body structure of a vehicle provided with a movable roof that can open and close a roof panel opening of a vehicle, wherein the guide guides and supports the movable roof along a side edge of the opening. An upper vehicle body structure of a vehicle, wherein a rail is provided, and one end of a roof carrier extending in a vehicle width direction of a roof panel is attached to and supported by the guide rail. 2. The upper body structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a carrier guide groove is provided at an upper portion of said guide rail, and said roof carrier is mounted movably in a front-rear direction with respect to said carrier guide groove. 3. The guide rail according to claim 1, wherein said guide rail is disposed and fixed between a roof side rail and a roof panel.
Upper body structure of the vehicle as described. 4. The roof according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the opening is formed over substantially the entire width of the roof panel, and the movable roof is formed of a glass panel which covers the entire surface of the opening so as to be openable and closable. Upper body structure of the vehicle. 5. The upper body structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said roof carriers are provided in parallel in front and rear of the vehicle.