JP2003048583A - Side cover structure for roofed light vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reconcile improvements in footing and in windproof, rainproof and coldproof performance in a light vehicle with a side cover. SOLUTION: A lower section of the side cover 20 for closing, in an openable relation, a side opening in a cab side is used as an under cover 25, which is formed from a stretch film member. The under cover 25 is fixed to a horizontal frame 23 at an upper end and fixed to a front and a rear lower portion of a cover frame 21 at a front and a rear end respectively. A lower end of the under cover 25 is freed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a side cover structure for a light vehicle with a roof. Here, a light vehicle is an automobile 2, 3 or 4 wheeled vehicle (including an electric vehicle) in which the vehicle body is banked and cornered, and particularly the roof covering the upper side of the driver's seat and the side opening on the side of the vehicle body A vehicle having a side cover that can be opened and closed is referred to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a light vehicle of this type, the upper side of a driver's seat is covered with a roof, and a side cover is provided on the side of the driver's seat so as to be openable and closable. In addition, in this type of vehicle, it is necessary to support the vehicle body by extending its legs to the side of the vehicle body and grounding it when the vehicle is stopped, etc.Therefore, an opening is provided below the side cover to allow the legs to be in and out of the vehicle. (See, for example, Jitsukaihei 2-63288).

[0003]

By the way, in this type of vehicle, it is necessary for the vehicle to have good foot-wearing characteristics that facilitate the entry and exit of the foot when touching down. There is an opening for taking in and out. However, if such an opening is provided, it is the original purpose of the side cover.
Since the windproof, rainproof and coldproof performance will be reduced, a structure that can improve these various performances while maintaining good footwear is required. Therefore, the present invention aims to realize this demand.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, a side cover structure for a light vehicle with a roof according to the present invention covers a roof that covers the upper side of a driver's seat and a side opening provided on the side of a vehicle body so as to be openable and closable. In a light vehicle with a side cover,
An under cover is provided at the lower part of the side cover so as to be movable outwardly independently of the upper part.

At this time, the under cover may be a stretchable film-like member, or a plate-like member which is attached to the side cover so as to be openable and closable by a hinge.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the undercover is provided at the lower part of the side cover so that the undercover can be moved independently of the upper part. You can easily move out and put your feet out,
Good footwear can be secured. In addition, when you put your feet in while running, the under cover will return, and since the opening area of the opening provided at the bottom of the side cover can be minimized, wind, rain and cold protection can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to achieve both the securing of the feet when the vehicle body is tilted and the improvement of the windproof, rainproof and coldproof performance by reducing the open portion of the side cover during traveling.

At this time, the under cover can be constituted by a stretchable film-like material or a plate-like material which is attached by a hinge so as to be openable and closable. In this case, the movable undercover can be easily constructed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 relate to the first embodiment, FIG. 1 is a side view of the entire vehicle, FIG. 2 is a side view of a side cover, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2, and FIG. -4 sectional drawing, FIG. 5 is a figure shown from a vehicle body rear.

First, in FIG. 1, this vehicle is constructed as a scooter type motorcycle, and a low floor type floor 3 is provided between a front wheel 1 and a rear wheel 2. 4 is a swing type power unit in which the rear wheels 2 are integrated. A driver's cab 5 is provided above the floor 3, a straddle-type driver's seat 6 is provided above the rear of the floor 3, and a handle 7 is provided above the front of the floor 3.

The front end of the floor 3 is connected to a front cover 8 which covers the front wheel 1 from above, and a transparent screen 9 in the center and front pillars 10 on the left and right sides of the transparent screen 9 extend obliquely upward and rearward from the front cover 8. ing.

The rear part of the floor 3 is connected to a rear cover 11 arranged above the power unit 4, and the rear end part of the rear cover 11 is continuous with a rear cover 12 which covers the rear part of the cab 5 in the vertical direction. A roof 13 that covers the upper portion of the cab 5 is connected between the upper end of the back cover 12 and the upper ends of the screen 9 and the front pillar 10.

The left and right sides of the driver's cab 5 on the sides of the vehicle body are open side openings 14, and the side openings 14 are in a state where an average driver LD is seated on the driver's seat 6 in the side view shown in the drawing. A trapezoid having a narrow upper side on the upper side and two trapezoids having a narrow lower side on the lower side are connected across a waistline WL which is a virtual line indicating the position of the waist, and the side opening 14 has the same shape in side view. It is covered by a side cover 20 of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the side cover 20 is provided with a cover frame 21 that substantially matches the opening shape of the side opening 14. This cover frame 21 is shown in FIGS.
As is clear from the above, the pipe is made of a square cross section and is made of aluminum alloy or the like, and only the portion corresponding to the lower portion of the side surface opening 14 is not formed.

The cover frame 21 is the front pillar 1.
0, the roof 13, the back cover 12, the front cover 8 and the rear cover 11, respectively, the front edge 21a, the upper edge 2
1b, rear edge 21c, lower front edge 21d and lower rear edge 21e
Equipped with. The front edge 21a has a hinge 22 and a front pillar 1
The side cover 20 is openable and closable. In addition, the front edge 2 almost coincides with the waistline WL.
The lateral frame 23 connects the 1a and the rear edge 21c.

Lower ends of the lower front edge 21d and the lower rear edge 21e are stopped above the lowest portion of the floor 3, and the lower end of the side cover 20 is up to this height. The foot opening 15 is for opening and closing the foot F. The foot opening 15 is directed downward from a narrow portion of the floor 3 so that the foot F can be taken out and grounded while the vehicle body is in a substantially upright state (see FIG. 5).

A portion of the side cover 20 above the horizontal frame 23 (hereinafter referred to as an upper portion) is covered with a transparent resin screen 24. The screen 24 is a film, a sheet,
Various forms such as a panel can be appropriately adopted.

A portion of the side cover 20 below the horizontal frame 23 (hereinafter referred to as a lower portion) is covered with an under cover 25 made of a stretchable film member. The under cover 25 is made of a highly elastic material such as rubber,
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper end thereof is overlapped with the lower end of the screen 24 on the horizontal frame 23 and fastened together by screws 28 and nuts 29. It is similarly fixed to the trailing edge 21e.

However, the lower end portion 26 of the under cover 25
Is not fixed to the vehicle body side and is free. The lower end portion 26 has a separate or integrated bead-shaped enlarged reinforcement portion 26a.
Are provided to reinforce the lower end of the under cover 25. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Figure 5
Shows a state in which the vehicle body is erected in a substantially upright position on the right half side of the figure, and a state in which the vehicle body is tilted greatly and is laid on the left half side of the figure. As shown on the left half side of the figure, when the vehicle body is tilted greatly when the vehicle is stopped and the feet are put on, when the foot F is slanted outwardly of the vehicle body, the under cover 25 is extended outward and the lower end portion 26 thereof is largely opened. Therefore, the foot F can be slanted out to the outer side of the vehicle, and the same good foot-wearing property as the conventional one can be secured.

Further, when the foot is placed on the floor 3 during traveling, the lower portion of the under cover 25 is restored by its own elasticity, and the opening area of the foot opening 15 can be minimized. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the windproof, rainproof, and coldproof performance, and it is possible to achieve both the securing of footwear and the improvement of windproof, rainproof, and coldproof performance, which were difficult in the past.

As shown in the right half of the figure, when the body is to be erected in a substantially upright state, the foot F is extended substantially downward and the undercover 25 is not expanded or contracted to extend the foot opening 1.
The foot F can be put out from 5. Further, the angle θ formed by the ground surface on the left side of the figure and the center line of the vehicle body when standing upright perpendicular to the horizontal ground surface on the right side of the vehicle body is
When the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle body is tilted so that the left foot F touches the ground, and when the vehicle is tilted by θ with respect to the horizontal plane during turning, it corresponds to the bank angle.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. This embodiment is similar to the previous embodiment except that only the undercover of the side cover provided on the light vehicle is modified. 6 is a side view of the side cover corresponding to FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 6, and FIG. It is a figure shown from. The same parts as those in the previous embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

The side cover 20 is the under cover 3
1 is a plate-like member made of an appropriate material such as metal, resin, or wood, and its upper end is attached to the horizontal frame 23 via a hinge 32 so as to be openable and closable. The front end portion and the rear end portion of the under cover 31 are respectively covered by the cover frame 21.
The lower front edge 21d and the lower rear edge 21e are overlapped from the outside.

As shown in FIG. 7, the hinge 32 is a screw 33.
And the nut 34, the lower surface of the horizontal frame 23, and the screw 35
It is attached to the upper end of the under cover 31 by means of a nut and a nut 36, and is urged to rotate inward (toward the cab 5 side) by a return spring 37. If pushed from the inside to the outside, the return spring 37 resists the outside. It opens like a virtual line.
An edge rubber 38 is attached to the lower end of the under cover 31.

FIG. 8 is an imaginary line showing a cross section taken along line AA of FIG.
The solid line also shows the section taken along line 8-8 of the same drawing. First, as shown by the solid line, a magnet sheet 39 is attached to a portion of the lower end of the under cover 31 which overlaps with the cover frame 21, This magnet sheet 39
Is a lower rear edge 21e (lower front edge 2 of the cover frame 21).
1d) The magnetic force can be attracted to the iron plate 40 mounted on the top. The iron plate 40 is provided as an attraction target portion of the magnet sheet 39 because the cover frame 21 is a non-magnetic material made of an aluminum alloy.

Further, in a portion above the magnet attracting portion, a lower rear edge 21e (lower front edge 2) of the cover frame 21 is provided before and after the under cover 31 as shown by an imaginary line.
A cushion 41 made of an appropriate elastic material such as rubber is provided in a portion overlapping 1d).

The under cover 31 having such a structure
As shown in FIG. 9, when the foot F is extended obliquely outward, such as when the vehicle body is tilted to a stop and the vehicle is stopped, the undercover 31
Is pushed outward to separate the magnet sheet 39 from the iron plate 40, and the magnet sheet 39 is pivoted outward against the return spring 37 to open greatly, so that good foot-wearing property can be secured.

When the foot F is returned to the floor, the undercover 31 is rotated inward by the resilience of the return spring 37, and the front and rear ends of the undercover 31 are the lower front edge 21d and the lower rear of the cover frame 21. It overlaps the edge 21e, and the magnet sheet 39 is attracted to the iron plate 40.

Therefore, with the presence of the return spring 37, it is possible to enhance the adhesion when the under cover 31 is closed and prevent the fluttering due to the vibration during traveling. Further, by providing the cushion 41, it is possible to prevent the opening / closing sound and the scraping sound generated between the under cover 31 and the cover frame 21 from being generated.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications and applications are possible within the principle of the invention. For example, a light vehicle to which the present invention is applied can be any of a two-, three-, and four-wheeled vehicle including an electric vehicle as long as it is a type in which the vehicle body is tilted greatly to reach the feet. Further, in the case of the retractable undercover 25, a bellows structure may be used instead of the elastic film member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an entire vehicle according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a side cover according to the first embodiment.

3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a usage state.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a side cover according to the second embodiment.

7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG.

8 is a sectional view taken along line 8-8 of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a usage state

[Explanation of symbols]

5: driver's cab, 6: driver's seat, 14: side opening, 20: side cover, 21: cover frame, 23: horizontal frame,
25: Undercover (elastic film member), 31: Undercover (plate member), 32: Hinge, 37: Return spring, 39: Magnet sheet, 41: Cushion

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A light vehicle having a roof covering an upper side of a driver's seat and a side cover that openably and closably covers a side opening provided on a side surface of a vehicle body, the lower part of the side cover is moved outward independently of an upper part. A side cover structure for a light vehicle with a roof, which is equipped with a possible under cover. 2. The side cover structure for a light vehicle with a roof according to claim 1, wherein the under cover is formed of a stretchable film member. 3. The side cover structure for a light vehicle with a roof according to claim 1, wherein the under cover is a plate-like member which is attached to the side cover so as to be openable and closable by a hinge.