JP2005186647A - Mating part sealing structure of pillarless automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sealing structure for the mating part of two doors of an automobile having no center pillar capable of certainly preventing the water from intruding into the cabin from the mating part of the doors. <P>SOLUTION: The sealing structure of the automobile having no center pillar applies to its part where the front ends of a first door 10 and a second door 20 are mated together. Right over a first water receptacle 14 and a second water receptacle 24 of a first weather strip 13 and a second weather strip 23, a first guide rib 16 and a second guide rib 26 are provided in such a way as spreading toward the ends where the tops are located nearer the mating part 3 of the first 13 and second weather strips 23 than the first 14 and second water receptacles 24 while the bottoms are extended up to the first 14 and second water receptacles 24 in order to guide the water to the first 14 and second water receptacles 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a seal structure of a portion where the front ends of two doors meet in a so-called center pillar-less automobile in which a center pillar is not provided between a front door and a rear door, for example.

This will be described with reference to FIGS.
Conventionally, a side door or a back door composed of a first door 10 and a second door 20 such as a front door and a rear door, or a left door and a right door, and a center between the first door 10 and the second door 20 are provided. There are so-called center-pillarless cars that do not have pillars.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the automobile having such a structure attaches a weather strip 32 to a reinforcing frame 31 provided inside both door panels 30 to seal the mating portions.

  However, in the above-described laminated seal structure, it is difficult to eliminate the triangular-shaped gap generated between the three parts of the two weather strips and the opening seal when the door is closed. Then, the problem of entering the room occurs.

  The present invention was devised in view of these problems, and in a center pillarless automobile, a seal structure that can reliably prevent water from entering the room from a joint portion of three parts of two doors and an opening seal. The issue is to provide.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 to 9. The center pillar-less automobile mating portion seal structure according to the first aspect of the invention is a seal structure of a portion where the leading ends of the first door 10 and the second door 20 are joined in a center pillar-less automobile having no center pillar. And attached to the first reinforcing frame 12 and the second reinforcing frame 22 located inside the front end portions of the first door panel 11 and the second door panel 21, the front end portions are elastically contacted as the mating portion 3, and each upper end portion is A first water receiving portion 14 and a first water draining hole 15 for discharging water out of the vehicle and a second water receiving portion 24 and a second water are elastically contacted with an opening seal 2 attached to the body panel 1 and below it. A first weather strip 13 and a second weather strip 23 provided with a hole 25;
In order to guide water to the first water receiver 14 and the second water receiver 24 immediately above the first water receiver 14 and the second water receiver 24, the upper ends are connected to the first water receiver 14 and A first guide rib 16 and a second guide rib 26 are provided in a divergent shape, with the lower end extending to the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 closer to the mating portion 3 than the second water receiving portion 24. It will be.

  The center pillar-less automobile mating portion seal structure according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the first door 10 and the second door 20 are double doors or one of them is a slide door. It is characterized by.

  The center pillar-less automobile mating part seal structure according to the invention described in claim 3 is the side door in which the first door 10 and the second door 20 are provided on the side surface of the automobile in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, or It is a back door provided on the rear surface.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, the upper end of the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 is directly above the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 in order to guide the water to the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24. The first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 that are closer to the mating portion 3 than the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 and have their lower ends extended to the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24. Is provided in a divergent shape, so that water can be prevented from entering the room.

  That is, the water that has entered from the mating portion 3 of the first weather strip 13 and the second weather strip 23 is first guided by the first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 that are provided with their upper ends close to the mating portion 3. It is guided to the water receiver 14 and the second water receiver 24, and then passes through the first water drain hole 15 and the second water drain hole 25 to be smoothly discharged out of the vehicle.

  In particular, water enters from the upper end of the mating portion 3 and easily falls along the mating portion 3, but the first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 have their upper ends close to the mating portion 3, The water can be reliably guided to the first water receiver 14 and the second water receiver 24.

  Thereby, even if the variation occurs in the building, and the interval between the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 is larger than the set interval, the first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 are operated, The problem of deterioration in sealing performance caused by such variations can be solved.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the same as the invention according to claim 1, even when both the first door 10 and the second door 20 are double doors or when one of them is a slide door. Even if variations occur in the water, it is possible to reliably prevent water from entering.

  Invention of Claim 3 is the side door in which the 1st door 10 and the 2nd door 20 are provided in the side surface of a motor vehicle, or even if it is a back door provided in a rear surface, Claim 1 or 2 is described. Similar to the invention, water can be effectively prevented from entering.

  An embodiment of a mating portion seal structure for a center pillarless automobile according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 9. This is a seal structure of a portion where the front end portions of the first door (front door) 10 and the second door (rear door) 20 in an automobile having no center pillar meet. The front end of the first door 10 is coupled to the body by the hinge 4, and the second door 20 is a double door with the rear end coupled to the body by the hinge 4.

  The sealing structure includes a first weather strip 13 and a first weather strip 13 that are attached to the first reinforcing frame 12 and the second reinforcing frame 22 that are positioned inside the front end portions of the first door panel (front door panel) 11 and the second door panel (rear door panel) 21. Two weather strips 23 are provided. These two weather strips 13 and 23 are elastically contacted with each other at their leading ends as a mating portion 3, and their upper end portions are elastically contacted with the opening seal 2 attached to the body panel 1. Further, the first weather strip 13 is formed with a first water receiving portion 14 and a first drain hole 15 for discharging water to the outside of the vehicle, and the second weather strip 23 has a second water that performs the same function. A receiving part 24 and a second drain hole 25 are formed.

  And in order to guide water to the first water receiver 14 immediately above the first water receiver 14, the upper end is brought closer to the mating part 3 than the first water receiver 14, and the lower end is set to the first water receiver 14. A first guide rib 16 is provided that extends to a position directly above the receiving portion 14. Similarly, a second guide rib 26 is provided immediately above the second water receiving portion 24. The first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 are inclined obliquely and provided in a divergent shape.

  The first drain hole 15 is also formed in the first reinforcing frame 12 in addition to the first weather strip 13, and the water that has entered the first water receiver 14 passes through the first drain hole 15. Then, it drops through the first reinforcing frame 12 and is discharged out of the vehicle. The second drain hole 25 is continuous with the hollow portion of the second weather strip 23, and the water that has entered the second water receiving portion 24 drops inside the hollow portion and is discharged outside the vehicle.

  In the seal structure according to the present embodiment having such a configuration, the water that has entered from the mating portion 3 of the first weather strip 13 and the second weather strip 23 is caused by the first guide ribs 16 and the second guide ribs 26 to generate the first water. It is guided to the receiving part 14 and the second water receiving part 24, and then passes through the first water draining hole 15 and the second water draining hole 25 to be smoothly discharged out of the vehicle.

  Since the upper ends of the first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 are provided closer to the mating portion 3 than the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24, there is variation in installation and the like. Even if the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24 are spaced apart from each other, the guide ribs can function to receive and discharge water that cannot be received only by both water receiving portions. it can.

  In addition, the mating part seal structure of the center pillarless automobile according to the present invention can also be applied when one or both of the first door 10 and the second door 20 are slides. Further, the present invention can also be applied when the first door 10 and the second door 20 are back doors provided on the rear surface of the automobile.

  Further, only one of the first guide rib 16 and the second guide rib 26 can be provided depending on the form of the first water receiving portion 14 and the second water receiving portion 24. For example, in the case of the above embodiment, only the first guide rib 16 may be provided and the second guide rib 26 may be omitted.

It is an exploded side view (vehicle outside) showing a center pillarless car. It is a room side perspective view which shows the mating part seal structure which concerns on a prior art example. It is a room side perspective view showing an embodiment of a mating part seal structure concerning the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3. It is the II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the IV-IV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body panel 2 Opening seal 3 Matching part 4 Hinge 10 1st door 11 1st door panel 12 1st reinforcement frame 13 1st weather strip 14 1st water receiving part 15 1st drain hole 16 1st guide rib 20 2nd door 21 1st Two-door panel 22 Second reinforcing frame 23 Second weather strip 24 Second water receiving portion 25 Second drain hole 26 Second guide rib 30 Door panel 31 Reinforcing frame 32 Weather strip

Claims (3)

In a center pillar-less automobile having no center pillar, a seal structure of a portion where the front end portions of the first door (10) and the second door (20) are combined,
The first door panel (11) and the second door panel (21) are attached to the first reinforcing frame (12) and the second reinforcing frame (22) located on the inner side of the front end portion of the second door panel (21). The first water receiving part (14) and the first water draining hole for discharging water out of the vehicle below the opening seal (2) attached to the body panel (1) are elastically contacted with each upper end part. (15), and a first weather strip (13) and a second weather strip (23) provided with a second water receiver (24) and a second drain hole (25), In order to guide water to the first water receiver and the second water receiver immediately above the two water receivers, the upper end is closer to the mating part than the first water receiver and the second water receiver. The lower end is extended to the first water receiving part and the second water receiving part. One guide rib (16) and a second guide rib (26) and the combined seal structure of the center pillar-less vehicle formed by providing a flared.   The center pillar-less automobile mating portion seal structure according to claim 1, wherein the first door (10) and the second door (20) are double doors, or both are sliding doors, or one of them is a sliding door. The center pillarless automobile mating portion sealing structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first door (10) and the second door (20) are a side door provided on a side face of the automobile or a back door provided on a rear face.

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