JP2005053390A - Roof structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roof structure of an automobile, which roof structure can be applied to the automobile having a large roof portion because the roof portion can be stored by dividing it into three divisions. <P>SOLUTION: The roof portion 2 is configured as follows. The roof portion 2 formed with a hard member is divided into three divisions in the front and rear direction of a car body 1. Both sides of the divided roof portions 2a are supported by the pairs of arm members 8, 13, 15. In addition, the pairs of the arm members 8, 13, 15 are supported on both sides of the car body 1 so as to swing. The divided roof portions 2a are arranged in parallel in the front and rear direction by uprightly standing the respective pairs of the arm members 8, 13, 15. Then, the divided roof portions 2a are stored in order into a rear space 18 of the car body by laying-down the pairs of the arm members 8, 13, 15 toward the rear of the car body 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automobile roof structure that can be divided into three parts and stored in a rear part of a vehicle body.

  As a roof structure of an automobile, a so-called open top type roof structure in which a roof can be attached and detached is known. This type of roof structure usually has a substantially U-shaped tiltable pillar spanned between both side walls of the vehicle body, and a roof panel detachably spanned between the tiltable pillar top and the windshield top. Are known. In this structure, the collapsible pillar is rotatable between the standing position and the tilting position stored in the vehicle interior behind the seat, with the end portions of both legs as the center. A hood is generally provided between the collapsible pillar and the rear part of the passenger compartment. When the collapsible pillar is set to the upright position, the rear side of the compartment from the collapsible pillar is covered with a hood, and in this state, the roof panel is spanned between the top of the collapsible pillar and the top of the windshield. Forming part.

  In such a roof structure, in order to be an open type, the roof panel must first be removed and stored in a predetermined storage location, and then the tiltable pillar must be tilted to the tilted position, which requires a two-step procedure. there were. Further, since the rear passenger compartment is covered with a hood from the collapsible pillar, the appearance is impaired, and there are problems of vibration and noise due to wind when traveling at high speed.

Therefore, the roof part is formed by a hard member, and this roof part is divided into a roof front part covering the front part of the passenger compartment and a roof rear part covering the rear part of the passenger compartment, and these roof front part and roof rear part are formed. There is known a roof structure in which vehicle body side mounting portions extended downward are formed at both end portions in the vehicle width direction (Patent Document 1).
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 6-28972

  However, according to the above prior art, since the roof portion is divided into two parts by the roof front portion and the roof rear portion, it cannot be applied to an automobile having a large roof portion. Further, since the roof front part and the roof rear part are operated in conjunction with each other by the link mechanism, the mechanism becomes complicated, and it is not applicable when the roof part is divided into two or more parts.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a roof structure for an automobile that can be applied to an automobile having a large roof portion because the roof portion can be divided into three parts and stored.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention divides a roof portion formed of a hard member into three in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, supports both sides of each of the divided roof portions with a pair of arm members, and The arm members are pivotably supported on both sides of the vehicle body, the pair of arm members are raised and the divided roof portions are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction to form the roof portion, and the pair of arm members And the above-described divided roof portions are sequentially stored in the rear space of the vehicle body.
Further, the present invention lies in that the length and the mounting position of the arm member are set so that each of the divided roof portions can be reversed and stored in the rear space of the vehicle body by stacking three pieces.
Furthermore, the present invention resides in that the pivot shaft of the arm member of the roof rear portion of the divided roof portion is arranged behind the vehicle body and below the pivot shaft of the arm member of the roof middle portion.
Furthermore, the present invention resides in that the lower end portion of the arm member of the roof front portion of the divided roof portion is extended and supported on the rear portion side of the front door.
Further, according to the present invention, when the lid portion is provided in the arm member base end portion provided with the rotation shaft of the arm member toward the rotation direction of the arm member, and the divided roof portion is rotated to the storage position. In addition, the lid portion is provided so as to close the mounting hole of the arm member provided in the vehicle body.

  According to the roof structure of an automobile of the present invention, the roof part can be divided into three parts, and these divided roof parts can be stored behind the vehicle body, so that the invention can be applied to an automobile having a large roof part. Further, since the split roof portion is inverted and stored in the rear space of the vehicle body in a three-layered manner, it can be stored compactly. Furthermore, since the pivot shaft of the arm member of the roof rear portion of the split roof portion is arranged behind the vehicle body and below the pivot shaft of the arm member of the roof middle portion, the roof rear portion and the roof middle portion are mutually connected. It can be stored in the rear space of the vehicle body without interference. Since the lower end of the arm member of the roof front part of the split roof part is extended and supported to the rear side of the front door, the roof front part can be moved to the rear of the vehicle as much as possible and stored in the vehicle rear space. it can. Furthermore, since the mounting hole of the arm member can be closed when the arm member is stored rearward, the appearance can be improved.

Hereinafter, the illustrated embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1 to 7 show an open roof type automobile, FIGS. 1 and 2 show a state in which a roof portion is mounted, and FIGS. 3 to 7 show a state in each stage of opening the roof portion. Yes.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of an open roof type automobile, and reference numeral 2 denotes a roof portion that covers the upper part of the vehicle compartment 4 behind the front window 3 of the vehicle body 1. The roof portion 2 is composed of a divided roof portion 2a that is divided into three in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The split roof portion 2a is formed of a hard member such as a steel plate or a synthetic resin, and includes a roof front portion 5 that covers the vehicle compartment front portion 4a, a roof middle portion 6 that covers the vehicle compartment center portion 4b, and a vehicle compartment. The roof rear part 7 covering the rear part 4c is divided into three parts.

At the rear end portion of the roof front portion 5, a pair of arm members 8 are provided downward on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and the lower end portions of these arm members 8 are on the rear side of the front door 9. An arm member driving device (not shown) built in the body 10 is coupled to a rotating shaft 11 to which forward / reverse rotating power is transmitted.
The arm member 8 holds a seal member that abuts against the glass of the door and the glass of the quarter window, and is disposed at a position of a normal center pillar that extends upward continuously from the rear edge of the door. The side body 10 on the rear side of the front door 9 is supported by the rotating shaft 11 at a so-called belt line position. The side body 10 includes a side body outer panel 12 and a side body inner panel (also referred to as a quarter inner panel) (not shown). The arm member driving device is disposed between the side body outer panel 12 and the side body inner panel. Built in.

At the rear end portion of the roof middle portion 6, a pair of arm members 13 are provided on both sides in the vehicle width direction slightly obliquely forward and downward, and the lower end portions of the arm members 13 are formed on the side body 10. An arm member driving device (not shown) built in the motor is coupled to a rotating shaft 14 to which forward / reverse rotating power is transmitted.
The arm member 13 is supported by the rotating shaft 14 at a position slightly behind the rotating shaft 11 behind the rotating shaft 11 of the arm member 8 of the roof front portion 5.

A pair of arm members 15 are provided on both sides of the roof rear portion 7 on both sides in the vehicle width direction so as to be slightly obliquely forward and downward. The lower ends of these arm members 15 are built in the side body 10. The arm member driving device (not shown) is connected to a rotating shaft 16 to which forward / reverse rotation power is transmitted.
The arm member 15 is supported by the rotating shaft 16 on the lower rear side of the rotating shaft 14 of the arm member 13 of the roof middle portion 6.

  A trunk lid 17 is provided on the rear side of the roof rear portion 7. By opening the trunk lid 17, a storage space 18 provided on the seat rear side of the vehicle body 1 is opened. is there.

  The arm member driving device that rotates the arm members 8, 13, and 15 is a combination of a motor and a speed reducer, and is controlled to be synchronized with each other by a control device (not shown). The arm member driving devices of the divided roof portions 2a are driven in synchronism by the control device, and are stored in the rear space portion 18 in the order of the roof rear portion 7, the roof middle portion 6, and the roof front portion 5, and are mutually inverted. And is configured to be stored in a stack of three sheets. When each divided roof portion 2 a is stored, the door glass 9 a of the front door 9 is stored in the door panel 9 b and the window glass 19 a of the quarter window 19 is stored in the side body 10. The lengths of the arm members 8, 13, 15 and the positions of the rotary shafts 16, 14, 11 are stored in a three-layer manner with the roof rear portion 7, the roof middle portion 6 and the roof front portion 5 being inverted with respect to each other. It has been adjusted so that.

The roof storage procedure of the above-described automobile roof structure will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, after the door glass 9a of the front door 9 and the window glass 19a of the quarter window 19 are lowered, the trunk lid 17 is opened to open the rear space 18 of the vehicle body 1 (see FIG. 3).
Next, the arm member driving device of the roof rear portion 7 is operated to rotate the arm member 15 to the rear side of the vehicle body around the rotation shaft 16 to store the roof rear portion 7 in the vehicle body rear space 18 (see FIG. 4). ).
When the roof rear portion 7 is inverted and stored in the vehicle body rear space 18, the arm member driving device of the roof middle portion 6 is subsequently operated, and the arm member 13 is moved to the vehicle rear side around the rotation shaft 14. It rotates to store the roof middle portion 6 in the vehicle body rear space 18 (see FIG. 5). At the same time as the roof middle portion 6 is inverted and storage into the vehicle body rear space 18 is started, the arm member driving device of the roof front portion 5 is actuated to move the arm member 8 to the vehicle body rearward side about the rotation shaft 11. Turn (see FIG. 6). Then, the roof front portion 5 is inverted and stored in the vehicle body rear space 18 so as to overlap the inside of the roof middle portion 6. Thus, the roof rear portion 7, the roof middle portion 6, and the roof front portion 5 are each stored in the vehicle body rear space 18 so as to be reversed and overlapped. When the storage is completed, the trunk lid 17 is closed and the open car is completed (see FIG. 7).

  In the case of providing the roof portion, the arm members 8, 13, and 15 are sequentially raised in the reverse order to the above procedure, and the roof portion 2 is moved in the order of the roof front portion 5, the roof middle portion 6, and the roof rear portion 7. Assemble.

  The front window 3 and the roof front portion 5 can be coupled by a latch or the like. Further, the roof front portion 5, the roof middle portion 6, and the roof rear portion 7 may be connected to each other by a connecting means. Moreover, each arm member 8, 13, 15 can also be fixed by a fixing means at each standing position and tilted position.

8 to 11 show modified examples of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the same parts is omitted.
As the arm member 8 is tilted rearward of the roof front portion 5, the mounting opening hole 10a is enlarged on the front side (see FIG. 8).
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, a lid portion 20 is attached to the vehicle body front side of the base end portion 8 b of the arm member 8. The lid portion 20 is formed at the upper end of the side body 10 by rotating together with the arm member 8 when the arm member 8 tilts rearward and the roof front portion 5 is stored in the vehicle body rear space 18. 8 of the mounting opening hole 10a.
Thus, when the roof front portion 5 is retracted, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the mounting opening hole 10 a that expands along with the trajectory of the arm member 8 can be closed by the lid portion 20, thereby improving the appearance. Can be planned.
The lid portion 20 can be applied not only to the arm member 8 of the roof front portion 5 but also to the arm member 13 of the roof middle portion 6 and the arm member 15 of the roof rear portion 7.

1 is a perspective view showing an open roof type automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows notionally the state where the roof part was equipped. It is a side view which shows notionally the state where the trunk lid was opened. It is a side view which shows notionally the state where the roof rear part was opened. It is a side view which shows notionally the state where the roof middle part was opened. It is a side view which shows notionally the state where the roof front part was opened. It is a side view which shows the state which stored the roof front part, the roof middle part, and the roof rear part in 3 sheets. It is a perspective view which shows the structure which plugs up the opening hole for attachment of the arm member of the roof front part by the modification of this invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which block | closed the opening hole for attachment of the arm member of FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car body 2 Roof part 3 Front window 4 Car compartment 5 Roof front part 6 Roof middle part 7 Roof rear part 8, 13, 15 Arm member 9 Front door 10 Side body 11, 14, 16 Rotating shaft 17 Trunk lid 18 Car body rear space 20 Lid 2a Split roof

Claims (5)

A roof part formed of a hard member is divided into three in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and both sides of each divided roof part are supported by a pair of arm members, and each pair of arm members can be rotated to both sides of the vehicle body. The pair of arm members are supported, the split roof portions are arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction, and the roof portions are configured. The pair of arm members are tilted rearward of the vehicle body, and the split roof portions are formed. A roof structure for an automobile, wherein the vehicle is sequentially stored in the rear space of the vehicle body. 2. The roof of an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the length and the mounting position of the arm member are set so that each of the divided roof parts can be inverted and stored in the rear space of the vehicle body in a stack of three sheets. Construction. 3. The rotating shaft of the arm member of the roof rear portion of the divided roof portion is disposed behind the vehicle body and below the rotating shaft of the arm member of the roof middle portion. Car roof structure. The roof structure of an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a lower end portion of an arm member of a roof front portion of the divided roof portion is extended and supported on a rear side of the front door. . A lid portion is provided at the arm member base end portion provided with the rotation shaft of the arm member in the rotation direction of the arm member, and is provided on the vehicle body when the divided roof portion is rotated to the storage position. The roof structure for an automobile according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the lid portion is provided so as to close the mounting hole of the arm member.

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