JP2005125817A - Rain preventive device of door in automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rain preventive device of an automobile capable of preventing an occupant from being wetted with rain when the occupant gets in and out of the automobile from an opening part of a sliding door. <P>SOLUTION: This rain preventive device of a door in the automobile is constituted so that a storage space 6 is formed in a ceiling panel 1 of an upper part of a car body T, by opening and closing a door opening part 2 opening on a side surface of the car body T by the sliding door 3. In this rain preventive device, a plate-like covering member 7 is movably arranged in the horizontal direction in the storage space 6. The covering member 7 is projectingly arranged by facing an upper part of the door opening part 2 on the outside of the car body T, and is electrically moved and operated by a motor-driven member M having a reciprocal switch 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a rainproof device for a door in an automobile that protects an occupant from rain falling on a door opening space formed between a side portion of a vehicle body and the opened door when the door of the automobile is opened.
In particular, the present invention relates to a rainproof device for a door in an automobile provided with a slide door in which a door disposed on a side portion of a vehicle body moves along the traveling direction of the vehicle.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automobile having a sliding door is supported by moving means such as a roller at a door opening on a side portion of a vehicle body, and the driver operates a door opening / closing knob or electric driving means to move the sliding door to the vehicle. The vehicle is moved along the traveling direction, whereby the occupant gets on and off the vehicle from the door opening that opens to the side of the vehicle body.

According to an automobile equipped with such a conventional sliding door, it is not possible to sufficiently protect the rain applied to the occupant when the occupant gets on and off the automobile from the door opening during rain.
That is, when the occupant gets out of the door opening of the automobile, the occupant goes out of the automobile through the door opening, and then opens the umbrella to prevent rain.
Alternatively, the passenger gets out of the door opening, opens the umbrella, then goes out of the car to avoid rain.
In addition, when the occupant gets into the automobile, the passenger gets into the automobile through the door opening after folding the umbrella. Alternatively, the user gets on the door opening while folding the umbrella.
According to the above, when such an occupant gets on and off, the occupant is exposed to rain, particularly during the period from when he gets off the vehicle and opens the umbrella and when the umbrella is folded and the vehicle is taken.
The above problems are particularly noticeable in elderly people and children, and are strongly improved in taxi-operated vehicles where passengers get on and off frequently, as well as freight vehicles where goods are taken in and out frequently. .

The rainproof device for a door in an automobile according to the present invention is made in view of the above problems, and in an automobile provided with a slide door that moves along the traveling direction of the vehicle on the side surface of the vehicle body,
In a storage space provided in the ceiling panel at the top of the vehicle body, a cover member that is formed in a substantially flat plate shape and moves in the horizontal direction is stored and arranged, and the cover member is moved and operated by an electric member including a forward / reverse switch,
The cover member is projected from the outside of the vehicle body and facing the upper part of the door opening of the sliding door by the forward rotation operation of the electric member, and the cover member is stored and disposed in the storage space by the reverse operation of the electric member. Is the first feature.
According to such a configuration, when the passenger gets on and off the vehicle from the opened door opening, the upper part of the door opening is covered by the covering member extending toward the outer side of the vehicle body by the operation of the electric member of the passenger, so that Is prevented from being exposed to.
When the passenger gets on and off, the cover member extending outward from the vehicle body can be stored in the storage space provided on the ceiling panel by operating the electric member of the passenger.

In addition to the first feature, the present invention also includes a door switch in the electric circuit of the electric member, in series with the forward / reverse switch, which closes the contact when the sliding door is opened and opens the contact when the sliding door is closed. This is the second feature.
According to this configuration, even when the forward / reverse switch is operated when the slide door is closed, the driving of the electric member can be stopped and held.
That is, even if the forward / reverse switch is operated with the sliding door closed, the covering member does not extend toward the outside of the vehicle body.

According to the first feature of the present invention, when the electric member is rotated forward by the forward / reverse switch, the cover member can be disposed on the outer side of the vehicle body and facing the upper portion of the door opening of the slide door. This prevents the occupant from being exposed to the rain by the covering member when the occupant gets on and off the vehicle from the door opening during rain.
Further, since the cover member is disposed in the storage space at the upper part of the vehicle body, the opening width of the cover member and the protruding width to the outside of the vehicle body can be freely selected, and the external shape of the vehicle body is not hindered by the cover member.

According to the second feature of the present invention, since the forward / reverse switch and the door switch are arranged in series in the electric circuit of the electric member, the forward / reverse switch is temporarily operated while the slide door is closed. Even if it is in the middle, the covering member does not extend toward the outside of the vehicle body.

An embodiment of a rainproof device for an automobile according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part in a vertical direction in a state where the rainproof device is mounted on an automobile.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of main parts taken along line AA in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a ceiling panel that forms an upper portion of a vehicle body T of an automobile, and a door opening 2 is formed on a side surface of the vehicle body T so as to open.
The door opening 2 is opened and closed by a slide door 3 that moves along the traveling direction of the vehicle. For example, the upper portion of the slide door 3 moves laterally to the upper slide groove Ta of the vehicle body via the rotating roller 4. The lower part of the slide door 3 (not shown) is supported freely, and is supported by the lower slide groove of the vehicle body so as to be movable in the lateral direction.
In FIG. 2, the position of the slide door 3 indicated by a dotted line is a state where the door opening 2 is closed, and the position of the slide door 3 indicated by a one-dot chain line is a state where the door opening 2 is opened.

The inner panel 5 is arranged facing the ceiling panel 1 formed in the upper part of the vehicle body T, and the storage space 6 sealed in the upper part of the vehicle body T is formed by the ceiling panel 1 and the inner panel 5. .
A cover member 7 having a substantially flat plate shape is housed and disposed in the storage space so as to be movable in a lateral direction. The cover member 7 is disposed at an upper portion of the vehicle body T and has a door opening 2. It arrange | positions so that it may cover from upper direction.
For example, the cover member 7 is formed of a flat plate made of synthetic resin, and is inserted into the storage space 6 through the cover member entrance / exit groove 6 a that opens to the side of the vehicle body T from the storage space 6.

M is an electric motor as an electric member 8 which is arranged in the storage space 6 and moves the cover member 7 to the left and right sides in FIG. 1. The driving force of the electric member 8 is transmitted to the cover member 7 as follows. The
A spur gear Mb is integrally disposed at the end of the output shaft Ma of the electric member 8, while a rack 7a is formed on the lower surface of the cover member 7 toward the side, and the spur gear meshes with the rack 7a. Is done. According to the above, when the electric member 8 rotates in the clockwise direction, the covering member 7 moves to the left in FIG. 1 through the rack 7a by the normal rotation of the spur gear Mb, while the electric member 8 rotates in the counterclockwise direction. Then, the cover member 7 moves to the right in FIG. 1 through the rack 7a by the reverse rotation of the spur gear Mb.
In the electric circuit of the electric member, as shown in FIG. 3, a power source 9 such as a battery and a forward / reverse switch 10 are connected in series.
The forward / reverse switch 10 has a rotational direction determined by the polarity of electrodes applied to two power supply terminals. More specifically, the forward / reverse switch 10 is switched by forward / reverse position energization of four bridge-connected transistors. Done.
As the electric member 8, a stepping motor, a proportional solenoid, or the like may be used.

Next, the operation will be described.
When the occupant gets into the vehicle through the door opening 2 of the vehicle body T or gets out of the vehicle through the door opening 2, the forward / reverse switch 10 is operated to the forward rotation position to rotate the electric member M forward.
According to this, the spur gear Mb disposed on the output shaft Ma of the electric member M rotates clockwise, and the rotation of the spur gear Mb is transmitted to the rack 7a, and the covering member 7 moves to the left in the figure. .
According to the leftward movement of the covering member 7, the covering member 7 projects out of the vehicle body T from the storage space 6 through the covering member entrance / exit groove 6 a, and the covering member 7 covers the upper side portion facing the door opening 2. .
The protruding state of the covering member 7 is indicated by a one-dot chain line in the drawing. Therefore, when the occupant gets into the vehicle, he can place himself / herself in the space below the cover member 7 and fold the umbrella, and get into the vehicle from the door opening 2 while covering the rain with the cover member 7. Alternatively, when the occupant gets out of the vehicle, he can place himself / herself in the space below the covering member 7 and open the umbrella to get out of the vehicle.
After the occupant gets into the vehicle or after the occupant gets out of the vehicle, the sliding door 3 is operated to close the door opening 2. Then, when the slide door 3 is closed, the forward / reverse switch 10 is operated to the reverse rotation position to reverse the electric member M.
According to this, the spur gear Mb disposed on the output shaft Ma of the electric member M rotates counterclockwise, and the rotation of the spur gear Mb is transmitted to the rack 7a, and the covering member 7 moves to the right in the figure. To do.
According to the rightward movement of the covering member 7, the covering member 7 is again housed and arranged in the housing space 6 via the covering member entrance / exit groove 6a.

According to the above, when the passenger gets in and out of the vehicle, the door opening 2 of the slide door 3 and the outside of the vehicle body can be covered with the covering member 7, so that the passenger falls into the rain when it rains. Can be suppressed.
Further, it is possible to prevent the luggage from getting wet even when the luggage is taken in and out from the door opening 2.
Further, since the cover member 7 is formed in a substantially flat plate shape, the opening width and the projecting width to the outside of the vehicle body can be freely selected within the range of the size of the vehicle body.
Further, since the cover member 7 is disposed in the storage space 6 provided in the ceiling panel at the top of the vehicle body, the cover member 7 can be stored without deteriorating the appearance of the vehicle.

In FIG. 4, the forward / reverse switch 10 and the door switch 11 are arranged in series in the electric circuit of the electric member 8, and the door switch 11 has the following functions.
The door switch 11 opens the electrical contact when the slide door 3 is closed, and closes the electrical contact when the slide door 3 is opened (when opened, it is arbitrarily set from the initial opening position of the slide door to the fully opened position). .
According to the above, even when the forward / reverse switch 10 is operated when the slide door 3 is closed, the electric member 8 is not driven by the door switch 11 being opened, and the cover member is not used when the automobile is running. 7 does not protrude to the side of the vehicle body T.

The principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the Example of the rainproof apparatus of the door in the motor vehicle of this invention. The principal part cross-sectional view in the AA of FIG. The circuit diagram which shows the 1st Example of the electric circuit of an electrically-driven member. The circuit diagram which shows the 2nd Example of the electric circuit of an electrically-driven member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ceiling panel 3 Sliding door 6 Storage space 7 Cover member 10 Forward / reverse switch 11 Door switch

Claims (2)

In an automobile having a sliding door that moves along the traveling direction of the vehicle on the side of the vehicle body,
A storage space 6 provided in the ceiling panel 1 above the vehicle body T is provided with a cover member 7 which is formed in a substantially flat plate shape and moves in the horizontal direction. The cover member is provided by an electric member M provided with a forward / reverse switch 10. Moved,
The cover member 7 protrudes from the outer side of the vehicle body T and faces the upper portion of the door opening of the slide door 3 by the forward rotation operation of the electric member M, and the cover member 7 is accommodated by the reverse operation of the electric member M. 6 is a rainproof device for a door in an automobile. The door switch 11 is arranged in the electric circuit of the electric member in series with the forward / reverse switch 10 to close the contact when the slide door 3 is opened and open the contact when the slide door 3 is closed. A rainproof device for a door in the described automobile.

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