JP2003165339A - Roof automatic opening/closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roof automatic opening/closing device constructed so that a roof panel housed in a luggage room and a back window causes no disturbance in loading/unloading a cargo. <P>SOLUTION: The roof panel and the back window are connected together by a retractable mechanism allowing them to overlap to each other vertically. One side of a connection link is connected to a luggage door freely slidably in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The other side of the connection link is pivoted to the back window. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically storing a vehicle roof. 2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for automatically storing a roof of a vehicle in a luggage room provided at a rear portion of the vehicle, wherein the roof is automatically changed from a closed state to an open state. An example of a device that can be put into a so-called open car state is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-69070. This automatic roof opening / closing device includes a retractable mechanism using a guide and a link for moving the roof panel and the back window. The roof panel is stacked above the back window, and the roof panel and the back window are stored in the luggage room. It can be operated at any time. However, in the roof automatic opening / closing device having the above-described structure, the roof panel and the back window are stored so as to occupy the upper space of the luggage room, so that luggage can be taken in and out of the luggage room. The opening at the time was restricted, which was inconvenient and inconvenient. [0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic roof opening / closing apparatus which can secure a large opening so that the roof panel and the back window stored in the luggage room do not disturb the loading and unloading of luggage. . [0005] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the technical measures taken in the present invention include a roof panel mounted above the cabin of a vehicle, and a roof panel mounted behind the roof panel. A roof automatic comprising: a retractable mechanism that moves a back window to be disposed and can be stored in a luggage room disposed behind the back window; and a lift mechanism that supports a luggage door that covers the luggage room so that the luggage door can be opened and closed. In the opening and closing device, the retractable mechanism is connected to the luggage door via a connecting member so as to be interlockable, and a locking mechanism that enables mutual locking or unlocking between the lift mechanism and the luggage door is provided. That is, it is provided and configured. By this means, when the luggage door is opened by releasing the locking mechanism provided between the lift mechanism and the luggage door, the roof panel and the back window panel stored in the luggage room are lifted together with the luggage door. Operate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an automatic roof opening / closing device 10 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle 1 provided with a roof automatic opening / closing device 10 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a roof panel 2 is mounted on an upper portion of a vehicle 1, and a back window 3 is provided behind the roof panel 2 (to the right in FIG. 1) and further in front of the roof panel 2 (in FIG. On the left), a front window 4 is provided. The front window 4 is fixed to the vehicle body 5, and the back window 3 and the roof panel 2 are connected to the roof automatic opening / closing device 10 as described later.
Accordingly, the vehicle can be moved backward (to the right in FIG. 1) from the position shown in FIG. Thereby, the back window 3 and the roof panel 2 can be stored in the luggage room 60 (FIG. 4) below the luggage door 6 so that the vehicle 1 can be changed to an open car state so as to open the vehicle compartment 1a to the outside air. It has a configuration. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic roof opening / closing device 10 includes a retractable mechanism 20 for moving the roof panel 2 and the back window 3, and the retractable mechanism 20 holds the back window 3 on both sides in the vehicle width direction. 5 has a link 31 to be supported. Link 31
Is connected to the back window 3 by a pivot 32,
The lower end is connected to the vehicle body 5 by a pivot 33. The pivot 32 is connected to a motor 35 via a speed reduction mechanism 34 and is capable of normal rotation or reverse rotation. Then, the link 31 fixed to the pivot 32 is rotatable. Note that the speed reduction mechanism 3
The motor 4 and the motor 35 may be arranged on only one side of the vehicle, and the other side may be constituted only by the rotatable pivot 32. On both sides of the back window 3 in the vehicle width direction, guides 36 that extend rearward along the outside of the back window 3 are fixedly attached. Guide 36
2 provided with a shoe 26 slidably guided by the slider 2
5 are provided. A bracket 37 is fixedly attached to the front end of the back window 3 so as to protrude forward, and a pivot 23 provided at the tip of the bracket 37 is provided.
Is rotatably connected to the link 22. The pivot 23 and the link 22 are fixed and the back window
The link 22 can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise in FIG. 1 by a motor 28 having a speed reduction mechanism (not shown) attached to the front end of the link 3. A long hole 22a is provided at the front end of the link 22.
Is provided, and a pin 21 fixed to the roof panel 2 is fitted into the elongated hole 22a. In the set state of the roof panel 2 and the back window 3 shown in FIG.
The roof panel 2, the back window 3, and the vehicle body 5
The respective members are in contact with each other via a seal member (not shown), and are configured to maintain watertightness therebetween. When the vehicle compartment 1a is closed as shown in FIG. 1, the front end of the roof panel 2 is firmly locked to the front window 4 by a lock mechanism (not shown). On the other hand, the tip of a bracket 24 attached so as to project rearward from the rear end of the roof panel 2 is
5 is connected and locked by a pivot 25a. With this configuration, the predetermined posture of the roof panel 2 is maintained. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a luggage door 6 is disposed behind the back window 3. A slide rail 6 that extends in the front-rear direction on the luggage door 6
8 is fixedly mounted. A pair of rollers 63, 6
The mover 64 having the slide 5 is mounted so as to be guided and moved by a slide rail 68. As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 7, the mover 64 has a shaft 64a of the roller 63 and a shaft 6a.
A shaft 64b is formed integrally with the shaft 4a. The rear end of the link 61 is rotatably attached to the shaft 64b. The link 61 is bent and extends forward, and its front end is rotatably connected to the back window 3 by a pivot 62. A lift mechanism 80 for opening and closing the luggage door 6 is disposed below the luggage door 6. The lift mechanism 80 has an arm 81 extending forward and backward of the vehicle. At the rear end of the arm 81, a pair of small links 92, 93 arranged vertically are rotatably attached at one end, and the other end is a bracket 98 attached to the vehicle body 5.
Are rotatably connected to each other. Further, a link 84 is rotatably mounted below the intermediate portion of the arm 81, and the link 84 is rotatably connected to a link 85 rotated by a motor 87 via a speed reduction mechanism 86. The link 85 is connected to the vehicle body by a pivot 85a. Then, when the link 85 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 1 by the drive of the motor 87 attached to the vehicle body 5, the arm 81 is operated to be lifted upward. Further, a pair of long links 82 and 83 are rotatably mounted on the lift mechanism 80 so as to extend further forward from the front end of the arm 81 and are arranged vertically. The front ends of the long links 82 and 83 are connected to the luggage door 6 by pivots 8.
They are connected at 2a and 83a, respectively. The rear end of the arm 81 and the luggage door 6
A lock mechanism 9 that can be locked or unlocked is attached between the rear portion and the rear portion. The lock mechanism 9 includes a striker 95 attached to the luggage door 6 and a lock 96 fixed to the arm 81. The lock 96 is based on a known mechanism that can be locked or unlocked by an occupant. As shown in FIG. 1, when the luggage door 6 closes the luggage space 60, the lock 96 is engaged with the striker 95. The lift mechanism 80
When the luggage door 6 is pulled down by the operation of the motor 87, a seal member (not shown) between the luggage door 6 and the vehicle body 5 abuts, and the watertightness of the luggage space 60 is secured. The operation of the automatic roof opening / closing apparatus 10 having the above-described structure will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation of the motor 28 causes the link 22 to rotate clockwise. At the same time, the operation of the motor 87 causes the arm 81 of the lift mechanism 80 and the luggage door 6 to rotate integrally in a clockwise direction.
At this time, the rear end of the back window 3 connected to the luggage door 6 via the link 61 is lifted, and the front end rotates counterclockwise about the pivot 32 with the link 31. As a result, the position where the guide 36 becomes substantially horizontal is obtained.
Then, the slider 25 is moved rearward by being guided by the guide 36, and the roof panel 2 overlaps above the back window 3. In this operation process, the rear end of the luggage door 6 is lifted slightly above the vehicle body 5 by the rotation of the small links 92 and 93, and the rearmost end of the luggage door 6 operates so as not to contact the vehicle body 5. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the roof panel 2 has completed moving to the rearmost position with respect to the back window 3 and has overlapped with each other. Then, from this state, the roof panel 2 and the back window 3 move integrally in the vehicle rear direction indicated by the arrow B shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the operation of the motor 35 causes the link 31 to rotate clockwise. Link 31
Pushes the mover 64 rearward along the guide 68 via the link 61 while lowering the tips of the roof panel 2 and the back window 3. Since the rear end of the back window 3 is also pushed down along the guide 68, the back window 3
It is placed in a substantially horizontal state together with the roof panel 2 that is placed on the roof panel 2, and is stored in the upper part of the luggage room 60. Thereafter, the luggage door 6 locked by the lift mechanism 80 by the lock mechanism 9 is closed by rotating the motor 87 in the direction of arrow C shown in FIG. By the above-described series of operations, as shown in FIG. 5, the cabin 1a is opened to the outside air, and the roof panel 2 and the back window 3 are stored in the luggage room 60. State. FIG. 6 shows a state where the lock mechanism 9 is released from the state shown in FIG. The lock between the arm 81 of the lift mechanism 80 and the luggage door 6 is released by releasing the lock mechanism 9. Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a lifter 88 filled with high-pressure gas is attached between a bracket 86 fixed to the luggage door 6 and the arm 81. The lifter 88 extends upward,
It acts to lift the luggage door 6 so as to assist the opening force. The luggage door 6 is lifted by a pair of long links 82 and 83 attached to the arm 81 while maintaining a predetermined posture. At this time, the back window 3 connected to the luggage door 6 by the link 61 rotates integrally with the roof panel 2 about the pivot 32, and the rear end is lifted. In this lifting process, the centers of rotation of the luggage door 6 and the back window 3 do not coincide, but the mover 64 is smoothly lifted by moving forward with respect to the slide rail 68. The roof panel 2 and the back window 3 stored in the luggage room 60 are lifted together with the luggage door 6. The roof panel and the back window panel housed in the luggage room operate so as to be lifted together with the luggage door when the luggage door is opened, and a large opening is provided for loading and unloading of luggage into the luggage room. It is ensured and disturbed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view of a roof automatic opening / closing device according to the present invention,
This shows a state in which the roof panel is closed. FIG. 2 is a side view of the automatic roof opening / closing device according to the present invention,
4 shows a state of a roof panel opening process. FIG. 3 is a side view of the roof automatic opening / closing device according to the present invention,
The state which operates so that it overlaps with a back window and a roof panel is shown. FIG. 4 is a side view of the automatic roof opening / closing device according to the present invention,
7 shows a state in which a back window and a roof panel are stored in a luggage room. FIG. 5 is a side view of the roof automatic opening / closing device according to the present invention,
The state which stored the back window and the roof panel in the luggage room is shown. FIG. 6 is a side view of the automatic roof opening / closing device according to the present invention,
This shows a state where the luggage door opens. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1; [Description of Signs] 1a Vehicle compartment 2 Roof panel 3 Back window 6 Luggage door 9 Locking mechanism (Locking mechanism) 20 Retractable mechanism 60 Luggage room 61 Connecting member (Link) 62 Axis 63 Moving part (Roller) 80 Lift mechanism

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A luggage disposed behind a back window by moving a roof panel mounted above a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a back window disposed behind the roof panel. In a roof automatic opening / closing device including a retractable mechanism that can be stored in a room, and a lift mechanism that opens and closes a luggage door that covers the luggage room, the retractable mechanism is connected to the luggage door via a connecting member. An automatic roof opening / closing device, wherein the automatic opening / closing device is configured to be connected so as to be interlockable with each other and to have a locking mechanism that enables mutual locking or unlocking between the lift mechanism and the luggage door.