JP2005239046A - Fastening unit of roof for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fastening unit of a roof for a vehicle with simple operation in which a structure of a safety mechanism is simple and low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The fastening unit of the roof for the vehicle is provided with a fixing base material 8 provided with a guide pin 9 fittable to a guide recessed part 23 of a striker 18 at a vehicle body side member 24 side and fixed to a roof side member 26; a handle 2 pivotally supported on the fixing base material 8 through a pivotal support pin 11; a hook body 3 provided with a hooking hook 34 engageable with a hook receiving part 22 of the striker and pivotally supported on the handle 2 through a pivotal support shaft 10; and a safety lever 6 provided with an engagement claw 19 and provided on the handle 2 such that the engagement claw 19 is engageable or disengageable with the fixing base material 8 side by the movement operation. By the above constitution, since the safety lever 6 can be engaged or disengaged with the fixing base material 8 of the handle 2 merely by movement-operating this, the structure is simple, the number of parts is small and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed to low cost. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle roof fastening device for fastening or releasing a front end portion of a roof that can be freely opened and closed provided on a vehicle to a vehicle body side member in a closed posture of the roof. Is.

  In a roof that can be opened and closed freely, such as a hood roof, the roof housed in a folded state at the rear of the passenger compartment is extended to the front of the passenger compartment, and the tip of the roof is widened at the upper edge of the windshield. It extends in the direction, but is fixed to the front header on the side of the vehicle body to which it is attached so as to cover the upper part of the passenger compartment. In this case, it is necessary to fix the front end portion of the roof to the front header and fix it, or to release the fixed state so that the roof can be opened. Further, a fastening device at the tip of the roof is attached, and the fastening device is removed from the striker side provided on the front header side (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-11-334380 (paragraphs “0005” to [0009], FIGS. 1 to 3).

  By the way, in such a fastening tool, a safety mechanism is provided from the viewpoint of preventing it from being inadvertently released in the fastened state and ensuring its safety.

  However, in the fastening device disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the safety mechanism is a combination of a cam mechanism operated by a user and a slide engagement mechanism operated by the cam mechanism. There is a problem that the structure is complicated, the number of parts is large, and the manufacturing cost is high.

  In addition, the fastening device disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 has a problem in that the operation of putting the handle in and out and the operation of engaging and disengaging the hook are separate operations, and the operation is complicated.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a vehicle roof fastening device that has a simple and low-cost safety mechanism and is simple to operate.

  In the present invention, the following configuration is adopted as a specific means for solving such a problem.

  The vehicle roof fastener according to the first invention of the present application includes a guide pin 9 that can be fitted into the guide recess 23 of the striker 18 provided on the vehicle body side member 24 side, and is fixed to the roof side member 26. A fixed base member 8; a handle 2 pivotally supported on the fixed base member 8 via a pivot pin 11; a handle hook 34 that can be hooked on a hook receiving portion 22 of the striker 18; The hook body 3 pivotally supported by the pivot shaft 10 and the latching claw 19 are provided on the handle 2 and the latching claw 19 is latched on the fixed base 8 side by the movement operation. Alternatively, it is characterized in that it is provided with a safety lever 6 that can be unlocked.

  In the second invention of the present application, in the vehicle roof fastening device according to the first invention, the safety lever 6 is slidably attached to the inside of the handle 2 and is directly operated from the outside of the handle 2. It is characterized by being configured to be possible.

  In the third invention of the present application, in the vehicle roof fastening device according to the first or second invention, the handle 2 is in the state in which the latching claw 19 is detached from the fixed base material 8 side. When the pivot pin 11 is rotated around the pivot pin 11, the pulling hook 34 is pivoted in the direction of detachment from the hook receiving portion 22 in accordance with a change in the relative position of the pivot shaft 10 with respect to the pivot pin 11. It is characterized by being configured as described above.

  According to a fourth invention of the present application, in the vehicle roof fastening device according to the third invention, the handle 2 can be held at a rotational position separated from the fixed base material 8 side. It is a feature.

  In the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  (A) In the vehicle roof fastening device according to the first aspect of the present application, the roof side member 26 includes the guide pin 9 that can be fitted in the guide recess 23 of the striker 18 provided on the vehicle body side member 24 side. And a handle 2 pivotally supported on the fixed substrate 8 via a pivot pin 11, and a hook hook 34 that can be hooked on the hook receiving portion 22 of the striker 18. A hook body 3 pivotally supported by the handle 2 via a pivot shaft 10 and a latching claw 19 are provided, and the latching claw 19 is provided on the handle 2 and moved to move the latching claw 19 to the fixed base 8 side. The safety lever 6 is configured to be latched or unlatched, and the safety lever 6 can be latched or latched with respect to the fixed base 8 of the handle 2 simply by performing a moving operation. Structure that can be released Therefore, for example, as in the above-described known example, the safety mechanism has a simple structure and a component compared to a structure in which the safety mechanism is configured by a combination of a cam mechanism and a slide engagement mechanism operated by the cam mechanism. The number of points is small, and the manufacturing cost can be kept low.

  (B) According to the fastening device for a vehicle roof according to the second invention of the present application, in addition to the effect described in (a) above, the following specific effect is obtained. That is, in the present invention, the safety lever 6 is slidably attached to the inside of the handle 2 and is configured to be directly operable from the outside of the handle 2, so that the handle 2 can be held with one hand, The trunk portion 6 can be operated, and the handle 2 can be further rotated, so that the operability can be greatly improved.

  (C) According to the fastening device for a vehicle roof according to the third invention of the present application, in addition to the effects described in the above (a) or (b), the following specific effects can be obtained. That is, in the present invention, when the handle 2 is rotated around the pivot pin 11 with the latching claw 19 being detached from the fixed base 8 side, the pivot relative to the pivot pin 11 is performed. Since the holding hook 34 is configured to be rotated in the direction of detachment from the hook receiving portion 22 in accordance with the change in the relative position of the support shaft 10, the holding is performed in conjunction with the turning operation of the handle 2. The pivoting operation of the hook 34 is automatically performed. For example, it is possible to expect further improvement in operability as compared with the case where it is necessary to perform both of these operations separately.

  (D) According to the fastening device for a vehicle roof according to the fourth invention of the present application, in addition to the effect described in (c) above, the following specific effect is obtained. That is, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle roof fastening device according to the third aspect, the handle 2 is held at a rotational position separated from the fixed base member 8 side. Since it is configured to be possible, the stability of the operation when the handle 2 is gripped in the above-mentioned rotational position and the opening / closing lid operation of the roof is improved, and further improvement in operability can be expected. It is.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described based on preferred embodiments.

  FIG. 1 shows a vehicle roof fastener 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The fastening device 1 includes a front header 24 in which a front end frame 26 provided at a front end portion of the roof is horizontally disposed on the front upper side of a vehicle compartment in a closed position of the roof (the “vehicle body in the claims”). It corresponds to a “side member”), and is provided with a fixing base 8 that is fixed to the end frame 26 side.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the fixing base 8 includes a pair of left and right fixing flanges 41, 41 that serve as a fixing portion to the distal end frame 26, and the lower surfaces of the fixing flanges 41, 41, respectively. A pair of left and right brackets 40, 40 extending toward one side in the planar direction of the fixing flange 41, a guide pin mounting portion 42 extending over the pair of fixing flanges 41, 41, and the guide pin A substantially wedge-shaped hook receiving portion 43 that is formed directly below the mounting portion 42 and on the inner wall surface of the one bracket 40 and the spring receiving member 17 that is formed to protrude on the outer wall surface of the other bracket 40 are integrally formed. Formed and configured.

  The guide pin 9 is attached to the guide pin attachment portion 42 so as to protrude in the direction opposite to the extending direction of the bracket 40. Further, the spring receiving member 17 is configured such that a plate spring 16 described later is slidably engaged and performs a latch function with the plate spring 16. Further, the hook receiving portion 43 regulates relative rotation between the fixed base member 8 and a handle 2 to be described later by locking a latching claw 19 to be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed base member 8 configured as described above has the tip frame 26 with the guide pins 9 facing forward in the direction of closing the roof, that is, toward the front header 24. Are fastened and fixed by bolts 27. Therefore, in a state where the fixed base 8 is fixed to the distal end frame 26, the pair of brackets 40, 40 extend rearward in the roof closing direction. The following handle 2 is attached to the brackets 40, 40 of the fixed base 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the handle 2 is a member having a substantially shallow dish shape having a planar dimension large enough to cover the fixed base 8 from the outside thereof. A pair of left and right brackets 32, 32 corresponding to the brackets 40, 40 of the fixed base 8 are provided on the inner side near one end in the direction, and at a position closer to the end in the longitudinal direction than the brackets 32, 32. A pair of left and right brackets 31, 31 are provided. Further, a pair of left and right screw receivers 33, 33 are provided at positions closer to the other end than the brackets 32, 32. Further, an opening 36 is formed in the bottom wall located between the pair of brackets 32, 32 and the pair of brackets 31, 31 of the handle 2.

  The handle 2 connects the brackets 32, 32 to the brackets 40, 40 on the fixed base 8 side via the pivot pins 11, but prior to the connection to the fixed base 8 side. On the handle 2 side, the following hook body 3, safety lever 6 and hold plate 7 are attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hook body 3 is attached to the handle 2 side and is hooked by a striker 18 attached to the front header 24 side, whereby the tip frame 26 is attached to the front header. The hook base 4 and the hook 5 are divided into two parts. One end 4 a of the hook base 4 is pivotally supported on the brackets 31, 31 on the handle 2 side by the pivot shaft 10.

  Further, the other end 4b of the hook base 4 is provided with a deep hole 4c, and the hook 5 having the distal end portion 5a as the engagement hook 34 is disposed in the deep hole 4c so that the engagement hook 34 faces upward. It is inserted in a posture and fixed by a stop bit 15. The hook body 3 is always urged to rotate in the direction of arrow F by a torsion spring 13 in a state where the hook body 3 is attached to the handle 2.

  A stopper 29 that engages with the engaging portion 31 of the fixed base material 8 is provided on the one end 4a side of the holder 4, and a stopper 30 that engages with the engaging portion 32 of the fixed base material 8 on the other end side. Are provided respectively. These stoppers 29 and 30 restrict the rotation of the hook body 3 in the direction of arrow EF.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the safety lever 6 is formed of a long rectangular plate, and a pair of left and right latching claws 19, 19 are attached to one end of the other toe. An operation unit 20 is provided so as to be erected in a state directed toward the end side, and bulges to the lower surface side on the other end side. The safety lever 6 is placed on the bottom wall of the handle 2 in a state where the operation portion 20 is projected to the surface side of the handle 2 through the opening 36, and within the formation range of the opening 36. The handle 2 is movable in the longitudinal direction. In order to guide the movement of the safety lever 6, a hold plate 7 described below is provided on the upper side of the safety lever 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hold plate 7 is formed of a plate material having a substantially rectangular frame shape, and guides the movement of the safety lever 6 on the long side thereof. The guide rail portion 38 is used. The hold plate 7 is disposed on the handle 2 side from the upper side of the safety lever 6 in a state where the safety lever 6 is placed inside the handle 2, and flanges 37 are respectively extended on the left and right sides thereof. , 37 are fastened to the handle 2 side by fastening the screws 37 to the screw receivers 33, 33 on the handle 2 side.

  At this time, the leaf spring 16 is fastened and fixed to the screw receiver 33 side. A coil spring 14 is mounted between a spring receiver 35 provided on the safety lever 6 side and a spring receiver 39 provided on the hold plate 7 side. The urging force of the coil spring 14 causes the safety lever 6 to move. It is always urged to move toward the operation unit 20 (that is, in the direction in which the latching claw 19 is latched). Note that a bumper rubber 28 is attached to the hold plate 7 in order to prevent metal contact between the two when the handle 2 is rotated toward the fixed base 8 as described later.

  As described above, the handle 2 to which the hook body 3, the safety lever 6 and the hold plate 7 are respectively attached is connected to the fixed base member 8 side integrally therewith, and is stopped by being integrated therewith. The dressing 1 is comprised.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the striker 18 has a hook receiving portion 22 at its tip, and a funnel-shaped guide recess 23 that opens forward in the vicinity of the hook receiving portion 22. The base portion 21 is fixed to the front header 24 by fastening the base portion 21 to the front header 24 side with bolts 25.

  Thus, the state in which the handle 2 is assembled to the fixed base 8 side and the operating state thereof are shown in FIG. 1 (fixed state) to FIG. 3 (fixed release state).

"Fixed state"
FIG. 1 shows a fastening state of the fastening tool 1. In this state, the guide pin 9 is fitted in the guide recess 23 of the striker 18. The handle 2 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F around the pivot pin 11 and is drawn toward the fixed base member 8 so that the lower surface thereof is substantially horizontal. In this state, the safety lever 6 is pulled toward the pivot shaft 10 (in the direction of the arrow B) by the urging force of the coil spring 14 (see FIG. 5), and the latching claw 19 is fixed to the fixed base material 8. It is latched by the latching surface 43a of the hook receiving part 43 on the side, and thereby the attitude of the handle 2 is maintained.

  Hereinafter, the posture of the handle 2 at this time is referred to as “non-operation posture”. The position of the safety lever 6 at this time is referred to as a “lock position”. The safety lever 6 moves in the direction of arrow A against the urging force of the coil spring 14 when an operating force in the direction of arrow A is applied to the operating portion 20, and the above-mentioned safety lever 6 moves in the direction shown by the chain line in FIG. The latching action of the latching claw 19 on the hook receiving portion 43 is released. The position of the safety lever 6 at this time is referred to as a “lock-off position”.

  On the other hand, the hook body 3 rotates in the direction of arrow C about the pivot shaft 10 so as to be substantially parallel to the handle 2, and the hook 34 is attached to the hook receiving portion 22 on the striker 18 side. The front end frame 26 is fastened to the front header 24 side. Hereinafter, the posture of the hook body 3 at this time is referred to as a “fixed posture”. In this case, the rotation restriction of the hook body 3 in the direction of arrow C is performed by the stopper 30 engaging with the engaging portion 32 on the fixed base material 8 side.

  The leaf spring 16 is in a state in which the engagement with the guide pin 9 is released.

"Unlocked state"
FIG. 3 shows the fastening release state of the fastening tool 1. In this state, the guide pin 9 can be freely inserted into and removed from the guide recess 23 of the striker 18. ing. Further, the handle 2 is pivoted in the direction of arrow E around the pivot pin 11 and is inclined obliquely rearward and downward from the fixed base 8. Hereinafter, the posture of the handle 2 at this time is referred to as an “operation posture”.

  In this case, as the handle 2 rotates, the leaf spring 16 engages with the spring receiving member 17, and the handle 2 is operated by the latch action between the leaf spring 16 and the spring receiving member 17. Hold the "Attitude". Therefore, the operator can hold the handle 2 in the “at-operation posture” and perform the operation of opening and closing the roof.

  In this state, the safety lever 6 is pulled toward the pivot shaft 10 by the urging force of the coil spring 14 in a state in which the operating force for the safety lever 6 is released, and the “lock position” shown by a solid line in FIG. However, FIG. 3 shows a state in which the operating force for the safety lever 6 continues to be applied (a state set to a “lock-off position” shown by a chain line in FIG. 1).

  On the other hand, the hook body 3 is largely pivoted in the direction of arrow E from the state shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the position of the hook body 3 at this time is referred to as a “lock-off position”. In this “lock-off position”, the handle 2 rotates in the direction of arrow D, and the pivot shaft 10 provided on the handle 2 is located closer to the striker 18 than the position shown in FIG. . That is, as the handle 2 is rotated, the position of the pivot shaft 10 that supports the hook body 3 moves in the direction of the arrow AB, and as will be described later, The engagement / disengagement operation to / from the hook receiving portion 22 is realized. The rotation restriction in the arrow E direction at the “lock-off position” of the hook body 3 is that the stopper 29 on the hook body 3 side is engaged with the engaging portion 31 on the fixed base material 8 side. Done.

  As described above, the fastening device 1 is changed in state between the fastening state shown in FIG. 1 and the fastening release state shown in FIG. 3 through the transient state shown in FIG. The frame 26 is fixed to or released from the front header 24 on the vehicle body side. Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the operation and effect of the fastening device 1 are shifted from the fastening state shown in FIG. 1 to the fastening release state shown in FIG. 3, and conversely, Each of the cases of shifting from the fixed release state shown in FIG. 3 to the fixed state shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

"Transition operation from the fixed state to the fixed state"
In the fastening state of the fastening tool 1 shown in FIG. 1, as described above, the guide pin 9 on the fastening tool 1 side is fitted into the guide recess 23 on the striker 18 side, and the fastening tool A catching hook 34 of the hook body 3 on the one side is hooked on the hook receiving portion 22 on the striker 18 side and is urged to rotate in the direction of arrow E by the urging force of the torsion spring 13. Thereby, the front end frame 26 is fixed to the front header 24 side. Further, the handle 2 is set to the “non-operating posture”, and the safety lever 6 is set to the “lock position”.

  In order to release the fixed state from this state and enable the opening operation of the roof, first, the operating portion 20 of the safety lever 6 is pressed in the direction of the arrow A, and the safety lever 6 side is moved. The hooking claw 19 is detached from the hook receiving portion 43 on the fixed base material 8 side to the front side. By the engagement and disengagement of the latching claw 19, the restraining action of the handle 2 toward the fixed base material 8 is released. Therefore, next, the handle 2 is gripped, the tip side is pulled down, and this is rotated in the direction of arrow E around the pivot pin 11. The pressing operation on the operation unit 20 may be released when the hooking claw 19 is detached from the hook receiving unit 43.

  When the handle 2 is rotated, as shown in FIG. 2, the position of the pivot shaft 10 that pivotally supports the hook body 3 is rotated around the pivot pin 11 as the handle 2 rotates. To the direction of arrow D (that is, obliquely upward in the direction of arrow A). In conjunction with the change of the position of the pivot shaft 10, the hook 34 at the tip of the hook body 3 is rotated obliquely downward from the position shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIG. 34 is detached from the hook receiving portion 22 side. At this time, the leaf spring 16 starts to engage with the spring receiving member 17.

  Further, when the handle 2 is rotated in the direction of arrow E and the handle 2 is rotated to the “operation posture” as shown in FIG. 3, the leaf spring 16 is engaged with the spring receiving member 17. The handle 2 is held in an “operation posture”. On the other hand, the hook body 3 is set to a “fixing release posture” that is substantially suspended from the pivot shaft 10.

  As described above, the fixed release state is realized. Therefore, the user can hold the handle 2 and pull the roof backward to open it.

"Transition operation from the fixed release state to the fixed state"
In the fastening release state of the fastening tool 1 shown in FIG. 3, as described above, the handle 2 is set to the “operational posture” and the hook body 3 is set to the “fixing release posture”. . Therefore, the user first holds the handle 2 and pulls the tip frame 26 toward the front header 24 side. When the front end frame 26 approaches the front header 24, first, as shown in FIG. 3, the guide pin 9 is fitted into the guide recess 23 on the striker 18 side to perform relative positioning of both.

  Next, the user applies an operating force to the handle 2 in a direction in which the handle 2 is rotated in the direction of arrow F. When the handle 2 is rotated around the pivot pin 11 in the direction of arrow F, as shown in FIG. To the hook receiving portion 22 on the striker 18 side so as to engage from the lower side thereof.

  When the handle 2 is further rotated in the direction of the arrow C, as shown in FIG. 1, the catch hook 34 is hooked to the hook receiving portion 22 and the tip frame 26 is fastened to the front header 24 side. The Further, when the handle 2 rotates in the direction of arrow F, the hooking claw 19 of the safety lever 6 abuts and slides on the inclined guide surface of the hook receiving portion 43 on the fixed base 8 side. The handle 2 is automatically hooked on the hook receiving portion 43, and the handle 2 is held in the "non-operating posture". As described above, the fastened state is realized.

  Thus, in the fastening device 1 of this embodiment, the user only performs the movement operation of the safety lever 6 and the rotation operation of the handle 2 in the transition operation from the fastening state to the fastening release state. In addition, in the transition operation from the stationary release state to the stationary state, it is only necessary to perform the rotation operation of the handle 2, and the simplicity of the operation and the improvement of the operability are achieved.

It is sectional drawing which shows the locked state of the fastener of the vehicle roof which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the intermediate state of the locked state and unlocked state of the fastener of the vehicle roof which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the unlocking state of the fastener of the vehicle roof which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the IV-IV arrow line view of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of a fastening tool.

Explanation of symbols

1 .. Fastening tool 2 .. Handle 3 .. Hook body 4 .. Hook base 5 .. Hook 6 .. Safety lever 7 .. Hold plate 8 .. Fixing base material 9 .. Guide pin 10. Shaft 11 ·· Pivot pin 12 ·· Fixing screw 13 · · Torsion spring 14 · · Coil spring 15 · · Stop bit 16 · · Plate spring 17 · · Spring receiving member 18 · · Strike 19 · · Latch claw 20 · · Operation portion 21 ·· Base portion 22 ·· Hook receiving portion 23 ·· Guide recess 24 · · Front header 25 · · Bolt 26 · · Tip frame 27 · · Bolt 28 · · Bumper rubber 31 · · Bracket 32 · · Bracket 33 ·· Screw receiver 34 ·· Tension hook 35 · · Spring receiver 36 · · Opening 37 · · Flange 38 · · Guide rail 39 ... spring bearing 40 ... Bracket 41 ... fixing flange 42 ... guide pin mounting portion 43 ... hook receiving portion

Claims (4)

A fixed base material (8) provided with a guide pin (9) that can be fitted into a guide recess (23) of a striker (18) provided on the vehicle body side member (24) side and fixed to the roof side member (26) When,
A handle (2) pivotally supported on the fixed base (8) via a pivot pin (11);
A hook body (3) provided with a hook hook (34) which can be hooked on a hook receiving portion (22) of the striker (18) and pivotally supported on the handle (2) via a pivot shaft (10); ,
A safety provided with a latching claw (19) and provided on the handle (2), and the latching claw (19) can be latched on or released from the fixed base (8) side by a moving operation thereof. A vehicle roof fastening device comprising a lever (6). In claim 1,
Fastening of a vehicle roof characterized in that the safety lever (6) is slidably attached to the inside of the handle (2) and can be operated directly from the outside of the handle (2). Ingredients. In claim 1 or 2,
When the handle (2) is rotated around the pivot pin (11) with the latching claw (19) detached from the fixed base (8) side, the pivot pin (11 ), The retainer hook (34) is configured to be rotated in a direction to be detached from the hook receiving portion (22) in accordance with a change in the relative position of the pivot shaft (10) with respect to the pivot support shaft (10). Fastener for vehicle roof. In claim 3,
The vehicle roof fixing device, wherein the handle (2) is configured to be able to hold a position at a rotational position separated from the fixed base (8) side.

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