JP2002274180A - Sun roof device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure to facilitate assembling a sunshade of a sun roof device and mounting a stopper and lower costs in manufacturing. SOLUTION: The sunshade 11 is mounted on a guide groove 13 in a way reciprocatingly guiding the sunshade. A drain piece 14 is mounted on a back end of a guide rail 80 including the guide groove 13. A pair of upper and lower guide pieces 141, 142 is formed on a side face of the drain piece 14 in a way having the same vertical width as the guide groove 13. A hole 143 is formed between one guide face 141 and the back end part of the guide groove 13 and a stopper 16 is engaged into the hole 143.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sunroof device for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a guide piece for facilitating assembling of a sunshade used in a sunroof device, and a stopper for defining an operating range of the sunshade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sunroof device that opens and closes an opening provided in a roof of a vehicle with a movable panel and employs a sunshade that is installed to block sunlight into a vehicle cabin is a conventional method of assembly. , Shown in FIG. The sunshade is mounted so as to slidably engage with the guide groove 13 of the guide rail 80 mounted on both sides of the opening to slide the movable panel. When assembling such a sunshade 11 into the guide groove 13, insert the sunshade 11 from the rear side of the guide groove 13,
Thereafter, a stopper 16 for defining the fully open position of the sunshade 11 is incorporated into the guide groove 13 and the screw 17
The fastening was fixed. A similar prior art is disclosed in, for example,
-34240.

[0003] The sunshade 11 has a large area and is generally manufactured by molding a resin material. The surface is provided with a skin so as to have a soft interior appearance. Therefore, when the sunshade 11 is inserted into the rear opening of the guide groove 13, the sunshade 11 is easily bent. For this reason, a chamfered portion 13a is usually formed at the rear end of the guide groove 13 so as to prevent the skin from being damaged by contacting the rear opening of the guide groove 13, and the corner of the rail thickness is also R-shaped. Had been processed.

Generally, after the sunshade 11 is inserted into the guide groove 13, a stopper 116 is attached to the fastening hole 18 of the guide groove 13 with a screw 17, and
At the rear end of the zero, the drain piece 114 is mounted on the guide rail 80 via an appropriate seal. In this case, when it is necessary to remove the sunshade 11, it is necessary to reverse this assembly procedure and remove the drain piece 114.

[0005]

However, in the conventional structure described above, the chamfered portion 13a is formed in the guide groove 13.
In addition, it is necessary to form an R-shape at the corner and a hole for attaching a stopper, and a large amount of cost is required for processing.

[0006] In addition, when the sunshade is replaced due to dirt or damage, it is also a major problem to secure the reliability of the seal at a repair shop or the like in a structure in which the drain piece needs to be removed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a sunroof structure which can be manufactured at a low cost and does not require such additional processing, and which can guarantee a reliable seal.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, technical measures taken in this new technology include a movable panel that moves so as to open and close an opening provided in a roof of a vehicle, A guide rail that is attached to both sides of the guide rail and guides the movable panel, a drain piece attached to the end of the guide rail, and a sunshade attached to a guide groove of the guide rail. A pair of upper guide pieces and lower guide pieces are formed at substantially the same interval as the vertical height of the guide groove.

According to this technical means, the sunshade is guided by the pair of guide pieces provided on the drain piece, and is easily inserted into the guide groove without being damaged by contacting the end of the guide rail. You. Also, after the sunshade is inserted, the stopper can be attached simply by fitting it into the guide groove from the hole provided in the drain piece. Unlike the related art, there is no need to perform chamfering on the end of the guide rail and processing of a screw for mounting a stopper and a screw hole in the guide rail, so that production efficiency can be improved and manufacturing can be performed at low cost.

With this configuration, the sunshade can be attached and detached without having to remove the drain piece, and there is no need to guarantee the seal at a repair shop or the like.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a sunroof device 12 is mounted on a roof 10 of a vehicle. As we all know,
The glass roof panel 121 (hereinafter, referred to as a movable panel) of the sunroof device 12 closes the opening 10a of the roof 10 (FIGS. 2 and 3) or tilts up with respect to the opening 10a of the roof 10 (FIG. 2). 4), the opening 10a of the roof 10 is opened. Also, as is well known, a sunshade 11 is provided below the sunroof device 12 so as to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a fully closed position (FIG. 2) and a fully open position (FIGS. 3, 4, It is configured so that it can be manually positioned at an arbitrary position during FIG. 5).

As shown in FIG. 3, on both sides of the sunroof device 12, guide rails 80 made of aluminum are provided, and the front ends of the left and right guide rails 80 are connected to each other by a channel 81. In addition, each free end of the guide rail 80 is screwed with a resin drain piece 14 by a screw 70.
Fixed. Guide rail 80 and drain piece 14
Of the sealing material 144a so as to ensure watertightness.
(FIG. 8). Guide rails 8 on both sides
0, a guide groove 13 for guiding the sunshade 11 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a ceiling material (not shown) under the guide groove 13. The mounting groove 13a is formed integrally with the guide rail 80.

The method of inserting the sunshade 11 into the guide groove 13 and the stopper function of the sunshade 11 (restriction of movement in the direction opposite to the insertion direction) will be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 8 and 9.

Drain piece 14 made by resin molding
The lower guide piece 141 and the upper guide piece 142 are integrally formed on the side surface in the vehicle inward direction so as to protrude substantially horizontally in the vehicle inward direction and to extend in parallel with the vehicle front-rear direction with a predetermined interval vertically. ing. The vertical height of the lower guide piece 141 and the upper guide piece 142 is substantially the same as the vertical distance of the guide groove 13.

A vertical hole 143 and a support 144 are formed at the front of the lower guide 141.

The lower guide 141 extends rearward of the vehicle from the upper guide 142. Thereby, sunshade 1
When inserting the sunshade 1 into the guide groove 13,
One of the two side ends 11a can be placed on the upper surface of the lower guide piece 141 and pushed in. During the pushing process, the upper surface of the sunshade 11 is also guided by the upper guide piece 142 without damaging the skin portion 11a. Then, it can be inserted and assembled into the guide groove 13. As shown, if the rear end of the upper guide piece 142 is formed on a slope,
It can be inserted more smoothly.

The side end portions 11 on both sides of the sunshade 11
After inserting a into the guide groove 13, a stopper 16 made of an elastic body is inserted and fixed in the hole 143. By this stopper 16, the sunshade 11 is at the most rearward position of the vehicle, that is, the sunshade 11 is fully opened. Position is regulated. As is apparent from FIG. 4, the stopper 16 has a bulging portion 16a protruding in the front-rear direction at an upper portion thereof, and a hole 16b is formed in the bulging portion 16a in order to appropriately have elasticity.
Are formed. On the other hand, the width of the hole 143 in the front-rear direction is
The stopper 16 has substantially the same width as the lower portion of the bulging portion 16a. Therefore, the bulging portion 16 of the stopper 16
a is compressed and fitted into the hole 143, the bulging portion 16a
Is fixed in the hole 143.

Further, when replacing the sunshade due to dirt or damage, the stopper 16 can be removed from the hole 143 and the sunshade 11 can be easily removed from the guide groove 13 in the reverse order of the assembly. At this time, the sunshade 14 can be removed without removing the drain piece 14 from the guide rail 80. Although a seal 144a for preventing rain leakage is attached between the drain piece 14 and the guide rail 80, it is not necessary to reattach the seal 144a when disassembling and repairing. In addition,
The stopper 16 reduces the impact even when the sunshade 11 is vigorously opened, and prevents generation of abnormal noise.

[0020]

According to the present invention, as described above, when the sunshade 11 is inserted into the guide groove 13, the damage can be prevented. Further, the stopper 16 for regulating the fully open position of the sunshade 11 can be easily attached and detached, and the sunshade 14 can be rearranged without affecting the seal or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a sunroof device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a central sectional view of the sunroof device according to the present invention, showing a state where a movable panel is closed and a sunshade is closed.

FIG. 3 is a central sectional view of the sunroof device according to the present invention, showing a state in which a movable panel is closed and a sunshade is opened.

FIG. 4 is a central sectional view of the sunroof device according to the present invention, showing a state where a movable panel is tilted up and a sunshade is opened.

FIG. 5 is a central sectional view of the sunroof device according to the present invention, showing a state where a movable panel is opened and a sunshade is opened.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the sunshade of the sunroof device according to the present invention is inserted into a guide groove.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion C in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Roof 10a Opening 11 Sunshade 12 Movable panel 13 Guide groove 14 Drain piece 16 Stopper 80 Guide rail 141 Lower guide piece 142 Upper guide piece 143 Hole (hole)

Claims (3)

[Claims] A movable panel that moves to open and close an opening provided in a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail attached to both sides of the opening to guide the movable panel; and an end of the guide rail. In a sunroof device having a drain piece to be attached and a sunshade to be attached to a guide groove of the guide rail, a pair of an upper guide piece and a lower guide piece are provided on the drain piece at substantially the same height as the vertical height of the guide groove. A sunroof device characterized by forming: 2. A hole is formed between one of the upper guide piece or the lower guide piece and an end of the guide rail, and a stopper is inserted from the hole into the guide groove so as to be attachable. The sunroof device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The sunroof apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower guide piece extends from the upper guide piece in a direction opposite to a direction in which the lower guide piece contacts the guide rail.