JP2002012034A - Sliding door - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding door of simple structure, easily assembled with reduced cost. SOLUTION: A sliding door device has a recessed part 103 formed at the side part of a vehicle body 101 and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a rail 105 installed in the recessed part 103 to guide the sliding door, and a cover 123 for covering the outside of the rail 105. The cover 123 is provided with a projecting part 125a, and the rail 105 is provided with a bracket 115 forming a hole S with which the projecting part 125a of the cover 123 is engaged, in cooperation with the rail 105.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slide door having a recess formed in a side portion of a vehicle body and extending in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, a rail installed in the recess and guiding a slide door, and a cover for covering the outside of the rail. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a slide door described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-119349, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

In FIG. 1, a concave portion 3 is formed on a side portion of a vehicle body 1 and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. A rail 5 is provided in the recess 3. The sliding door 7 has
Rollers 11 and 13 are provided so as to be movably engaged with the rail 5 via the bracket 9.
And can move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

A plurality of brackets 15 are fixed on the upper surface of the rail 5 at intervals. One forked portion 21 opening in the front-rear direction of the resin clip 19 is engaged with the upright wall portion 17 of each bracket 15, and a projection 23 formed on the forked portion 21 is formed on the upright wall portion 17 of the bracket 15. By engaging with the hole 17a, the stopper is prevented.

A cover 24 for covering the side of the rail 5
A plurality of notches 25 are formed inside at intervals in the front-rear direction, and the other edge 27 of the notch 25 is engaged with the other forked portion 29 of the clip 19.

Further, a packing 33 is attached to the tip of the inner cut-and-raised portion 31 of the cover 24 formed at an interval in the front-rear direction, and fits into the space between the eaves 35 of the bracket 15 and the rail 5. are doing.

Further, a hole is formed in the rear portion of the cover 24 on the vehicle body side, and the cover 24 is mounted using bolts or the like using the hole.

[0008]

However, the sliding door having the above structure has the following problems. (1) Bracket 15 and cover 2 via clip 19
4, and the clip 19 must be formed with two forked portions 21, 29 and a projection 23, and the shape is complicated.

Further, a step of attaching the clip 19 to the bracket 15 and a step of attaching the cover 24 to the clip 19 are required, and the assembling is troublesome. (2) Since the standing wall portion 17 of the bracket 15 extends in a direction away from the rail 5, the cover 24 must cover not only the rail 5 but also the standing wall portion 17 of the bracket 15.

Therefore, the height of the cover 24 (dimension H in FIG. 5) is increased, and the cover 24 is attached at two points in the height direction, that is, the upper portion of the cover 24 is engaged with the bracket 15 via the clip 19. The lower portion of the cover 24 is attached to the rail 5 by fitting the cut-and-raised portion 31 of the cover 24 into the space between the eaves portion 35 of the bracket 15 and the rail 5.

Therefore, the structure is complicated and the cost is increased. (3) A hole is formed in the rear part of the cover 24 on the vehicle body side, and the cover 24 is attached using a bolt or the like using the hole. These bolts and the like are exposed on the vehicle body, which impairs aesthetic appearance and has poor security.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a slide door which has a simple structure, is easy to assemble, and can reduce the cost.

A second object is to provide a sliding door with improved aesthetics and security.

[0014]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recess formed in a vehicle body side and extending in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, a rail installed in the recess and guiding a slide door, A slide door device having a cover for covering the outside of the rail, wherein a protrusion is provided on the cover, and a bracket is formed on the rail in cooperation with the rail to form a hole with which the protrusion of the cover engages. It is a sliding door characterized by that.

By providing a projection on the cover and providing a bracket on the rail to form a hole in which the projection of the cover engages in cooperation with the rail, as described in the conventional example. Clips are not required, the structure is simple, and assembly is easy.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the hole is provided on a side surface of the rail facing the cover,
A cut-and-raised portion formed on the side surface of the rail and directed to the cover, and fixed to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the rail, and a base end toward the cover and bent from the base end; The slide door is formed of a side portion of the rail on which the cut-and-raised portion is formed and a bracket having a bent portion opposed to the rail at an interval.

Since the bent portion of the bracket is bent so as to face the side portion of the rail on which the cut-and-raised portion is formed, the height of the cover is reduced, and only one mounting portion is provided in the height direction. As a result, costs can be reduced.

The third aspect of the present invention is the first or second aspect.
A slide door according to the invention described in the above, wherein a rear portion of the cover to the vehicle body is covered with a tail lamp.

Since the rear mounting portion of the cover to the vehicle body is covered with the tail lamp, the mounting member of the rear portion of the cover, such as a bolt, to the vehicle body is not exposed from the vehicle body, and the appearance and the security are improved. .

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a slide door of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along a cutting line BB of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mounting bracket and a retainer of FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the mounting of the rear end of the rail.

As shown in FIG. 4A, this embodiment relates to a slide door 107 which opens and closes by moving in the direction of arrow II. As shown in FIG. 2, a concave portion 103 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is formed on a side portion of the vehicle body 101, and the rail 1 is provided in the concave portion 103.
05 is installed.

The rail 105 is bent from the base portion 105a and one end of the base portion 105a, and the bottom portion 1 of the concave portion 103 is bent.
03a, and a fixing portion 105b
From the first top 105 parallel to the base 105a
c, a first standing wall portion 105d bent from the first top portion 105c and parallel to the bottom portion 103a of the concave portion 103, and a second ceiling portion bent from the first standing wall portion 105d and parallel to the base portion 105a. Bent from the second top 105e and the second top 105e,
A second standing wall portion 105f parallel to the standing wall portion 105d, and a cut-and-raised portion 10 that is bent from the second standing wall portion 105f and extends in the opening direction of the recess 103 (the direction of the cover described later).
It consists of 5g.

The sliding door 107 has a bracket 10
9, a roller 113 that rolls on the base 105a of the rail 105, and a first standing wall 105 of the rail 105.
d, roller 111 capable of abutting against second standing wall portion 105f
The slide door 107 is guided by the rail 105 and is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

A plurality of (three in this embodiment) brackets 115 are fixed on the second top portion 105e of the rail 105 at intervals by a spot welding method or the like. The bracket 115 has a base end 115a fixed to the second top portion 105e (upper surface) of the rail 105 and a second end bent from the base end 115a to form a cut-and-raised portion 105g of the rail 105. It is composed of a standing wall portion (side surface) 105f and a bent portion 115b opposed to the standing wall portion 105f at an interval.

Therefore, the second standing wall portion 10 of the rail 105
5f and the cut-and-raised portion 105g of the rail 105
The base end 115a of the bracket 115 and the bent portion 115b of the bracket 115 also form a cylindrical hole S extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

On the other hand, a mounting bracket 125 is provided on a surface of the cover 123 that covers the rail 105 so as to face the rail 105 so as to face the bracket 115. The upper portion of the mounting member 125 is fixed to the cover 123 by spot welding or the like, and the lower portion of the mounting member 125 is mounted on the cover 123 by hemming or pressing.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the mounting bracket 125 has a projection 1 which can be engaged with the cylindrical hole S described above.
25a are formed. In addition, the protrusion 125a includes
When engaged with the cylindrical hole S, a retainer 127 made of an elastic material such as a resin which is elastically deformed and prevented from falling off is attached. The retainer 127 is formed with a hole 127a into which the projection 125a of the mounting bracket 125 is fitted.
A hole 125b formed in the protrusion 125a of the mounting bracket 125 is engaged with the protrusion 7a to prevent the mounting bracket 125 from coming off.
27b are formed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, a rail 1 is provided at the front end of the rail 105 so that the rail 105 does not open.
Opening prevention bracket 1 that is fixed to the base portion 105a and the second top portion 105e of the base member 05 by a method such as spot welding.
33 are provided.

Further, a front bracket 131 is attached to a front portion of the rail 105 by a method such as a spot welding method. Hole 13 of this front bracket 131
1a and the hole 12 formed in the front part of the cover 123.
The front part of the cover 123 is attached to the rail 105 by the clip 141 engaging with 3a.

Further, two mounting holes 123b are formed in the rear part of the cover 123, and holes 153a formed in the tail lamp base 153 are inserted through the holes 123b.
4B by tapping screw 155 that can be screwed to
The rear part of the cover 123 is attached to the tail lamp base 153 as shown in FIG.

The tail lamp cover 161 provided on the tail lamp base 153 is formed in a shape to cover the tapping screw 155. In addition, assembling with the above configuration, first, a rail assembly in which three brackets 115, a front bracket 131, and an opening prevention bracket 133 are attached to the rail 105, and three mounting brackets 125 in which a retainer 127 is attached to the cover 123. The attached cover assembly is prepared, and the rail assembly is attached to the vehicle body 101.

The roller 11 of the sliding door 107
1 and 113 are assembled to the rail 105, and each retainer 127 of the mounting bracket 125 of the cover assembly is pressed into each of the cylindrical holes S formed in the bracket 115 of the rail assembly.

Thereafter, the front portion of the cover 123 is attached to the rail 105 by using the clip 141 which is inserted into the hole 131a of the front bracket 131 of the rail assembly and is engaged with the hole 123a at the front portion of the cover 123.

Further, the rear portion of the cover 123 is attached to the vehicle body 101 using a tapping screw 155 which is inserted through the hole 123b at the rear portion of the cover 123 and is screwed into the hole 153a of the tail lamp base 153.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the tail lamp cover 161 is attached so as to cover a tapping screw 155 which is an attachment member for attaching the rear portion of the car bar 123 to the vehicle body 101.

According to the above configuration, the following effects can be obtained. (1) A mounting bracket 125 having a projection 125a to which the retainer 127 is mounted is provided on the cover 123, and the hole S with which the projection 125a of the cover is engaged is formed in the rail 1
By providing the bracket 115 formed in cooperation with the rail 05 on the rail, the clip as described in the conventional example becomes unnecessary, the structure is simple, and the assembling becomes easy.

(2) Bent portion 115b of bracket 115
Is bent so as to face the second standing wall portion (side portion) 105f of the rail 105 on which the cut-and-raised portion 105g is formed, so that the height of the cover 123 is reduced, and one portion in the height direction is formed. It can be installed and costs can be reduced.

(3) The rear portion of the cover 123 is formed on the vehicle body 10 by using a hole 153a formed in the tail lamp base 153.
1, and the rear part of the cover 123 attached to the vehicle body 101 is covered with the tail lamp, so that a member attached to the vehicle body at the rear part of the cover 123 such as a tapping screw is not exposed from the vehicle body 101, so Security is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the bracket 115 is attached to the second top portion (upper surface) 105e of the rail 105, but the base portion (lower surface) 105a of the rail 105
It may be attached to.

[0040]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bracket in which a projection is provided on the cover and a hole in which the projection of the cover is engaged is formed in cooperation with the rail. By providing the rail, the clip as described in the conventional example becomes unnecessary, the structure is simple, and the assembly is easy.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the bent portion of the bracket is bent so as to face the side portion of the rail where the cut and raised portion is formed, the height of the cover is low. In other words, only one mounting point is required in the height direction, and the cost can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the rear mounting portion of the cover to the vehicle body is covered with the tail lamp, the mounting member of the rear portion of the cover, such as a bolt, is exposed from the vehicle body. In addition, the appearance and security are improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a slide door of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along section line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mounting bracket and a retainer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating attachment of a rear end of the rail in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an essential part of a slide door described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-119349.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 vehicle body 103 concave portion 105 rail 115 bracket 123 cover 125a protrusion S hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A slide door device comprising: a recess formed in a side portion of a vehicle body and extending in the front-rear direction of a vehicle; a rail installed in the recess to guide a slide door; and a cover covering an outside of the rail. A slide door, wherein a protrusion is provided on a cover, and a bracket for forming a hole in which the protrusion of the cover engages in cooperation with the rail is provided on the rail. 2. The hole is formed on a side surface of the rail facing the cover, a cut-and-raised portion formed in the side surface of the rail toward the cover, and a hole formed on one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the rail. A bracket that is fixed and is bent from the base end toward the cover direction, and has a bent portion facing the side of the rail at which the cut-and-raised portion is formed and facing the rail at an interval. The sliding door according to claim 1, wherein 3. The slide door according to claim 1, wherein a rear portion of the cover attached to the vehicle body is covered with a tail lamp.