JP2005280529A - Lid positioning structure of sun roof mechanism part - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide lid positioning structure of a sun roof mechanism part which does not require a large-scale jig and is effective in water proofing property. <P>SOLUTION: The outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 can be positioned at a regular interval relative to the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sun roof opening 2 by abutting a guide part 18 of a locate block 16 mounted on the lower part of the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 on the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sun roof opening 2. The locate block 16 can be repeatedly reused by being removed after operation. It is preferred in water proofing property since it is not necessary to form a locate hole on the periphery of the sun roof opening 2 of a vehicle body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a lid positioning structure for a sunroof mechanism.

  As a sunroof device for an automobile, a sunroof mechanism having a lid that can move back and forth is attached to a sunroof opening formed in the roof, and the sunroof opening is opened and closed by the lid. The sunroof mechanism has a structure in which a lid having a seal material on the outer periphery is supported via a bracket or the like on a rail structure including a front rail and a sunroof.

  The sunroof mechanism is attached to the sunroof opening of the vehicle body from the vehicle interior side (lower side). When installing the sunroof mechanism part, in order to prevent water leakage and the like, the outer peripheral edge of the lid is set in advance so that the seal material comes into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening in an appropriate deflection state. It is necessary to position at regular intervals.

  Therefore, conventionally, a large positioning jig for reproducing the same state as the actual sunroof opening is prepared for the lid, and before attaching the sunroof mechanism part to the sunroof opening of the actual vehicle body, Set the sunroof mechanism and position the lid at regular intervals. The sunroof mechanism portion is provided with a movable locate pin, and this locate pin is inserted into the pseudo-locating hole provided in the jig while adjusting its position. After the locating pin is inserted into the pseudo locating hole, the position of the locating pin is fixed, whereby the positioning relationship of the lid with respect to the jig is preserved.

After that, when actually attaching the sunroof mechanism part to the sunroof opening of the vehicle body, insert the locate pin of the sunroof mechanism part into the locate hole around the sunroof opening provided at the same position as the jig, The normal positional relationship saved by the above is also reproduced with respect to the actual sunroof opening, and the lid can be accurately positioned with respect to the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-180281 A

  However, in such a conventional technique, since it is necessary to prepare a jig having the same size as the actual sunroof opening, it is large-scale, and the positioning work is troublesome, and it is disadvantageous in terms of cost. It is. In addition, a locating hole that is no longer necessary after the sunroof mechanism is attached is left in the vicinity of the sunroof opening of the vehicle body, which is not preferable in terms of waterproofness even though the locating pin is inserted.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a conventional technique, and provides a lid positioning structure for a sunroof mechanism portion that does not require a large jig and is advantageous in terms of waterproofness.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a sunroof mechanism portion in which a lid having a sealing material on its outer peripheral edge is supported in a sunroof opening formed in the roof so as to be movable back and forth is attached from the vehicle interior side, and the outer peripheral edge of the lid is attached to the sunroof. A lid positioning structure of a sunroof mechanism portion that positions at a predetermined regular interval so that the sealing material abuts the inner peripheral edge in an appropriate deflection state with respect to the inner peripheral edge of the opening, A sunroof mechanism part is detachably attached to a lower part of either one of the front and rear edges or at least one of the left and right side edges and having a guide part protruding outward from the outer peripheral edge by a regular interval. When attaching the guide to the sunroof opening from the passenger compartment, the tip of the guide portion of the locate block is brought into contact with the corresponding inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening. And performing positioning with respect to the inner periphery of the outer peripheral edge of the lid.

  The invention according to claim 2 has a structure in which two locating blocks can be attached in a separated state at the lower part of either one of the front and rear edges or the left and right side edges of the outer peripheral edge of the lid. It is characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that an inclined surface is formed at the upper end of the guide portion.

  According to the invention of claim 1, when the sunroof mechanism part is actually attached to the sunroof opening, the guide part of the locate block attached to the lower part of the outer peripheral edge of the lid is brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening, The outer peripheral edge of the lid can be positioned with respect to the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening at regular intervals where the sealing material comes into contact with the inner peripheral edge in an appropriate deflection state, so positioning work is easy and a large jig is required. do not do. Since the locate block can be removed and reused repeatedly after the sunroof mechanism portion is attached, it is advantageous in terms of cost. And since it is not necessary to form a locate hole around the sunroof opening of the vehicle body, it is also preferable in terms of waterproofness.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since there are two locating blocks, either front and rear or left and right, the posture of the lid is determined by bringing the two locating blocks into contact with the corresponding inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening. To do. Therefore, after that, the remaining one locating block is brought into contact with the corresponding inner peripheral edge, so that the front / rear / right / left positioning can be easily performed.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the inclined surface is formed at the upper end of the guide portion, when the locate block is brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening from below, the locate block and the inner peripheral edge Even if there is a misalignment, the locating block is guided to the normal position by the inclined surface, and the tip of the guide portion can be reliably brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge.

  For the purpose of providing a lid positioning structure for the sunroof mechanism part that does not require a large jig and is advantageous in terms of waterproofness, a lid having a sealing material on the outer peripheral edge is provided at the front and rear of the sunroof opening formed on the roof. A sunroof mechanism portion that is movably supported is mounted from the vehicle interior side, and is determined in advance so that the outer peripheral edge of the lid is in contact with the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening in a proper deflection state with the inner peripheral edge. A lid positioning structure of the sunroof mechanism portion that positions at a regular interval, wherein the regular interval from the outer periphery to the lower part of either the front or rear edge or the left or right side edge of the outer periphery of the lid A locating block with a guide that protrudes outward by a distance is detachably attached, and a sunroof mechanism is attached to the sunroof opening from the passenger compartment. When the distal end of the guide portion of the locate block and peripheral to abut against inner corresponding sunroof aperture, by performing positioning with respect to the inner periphery of the outer peripheral edge of the lid, is realized.

  A best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A sunroof opening 2 is formed in the roof 1 of the automobile. A sunroof mechanism 4 having a lid 3 for opening and closing the sunroof opening 2 is attached to the sunroof opening 2 from the vehicle interior (lower side).

  The sunroof mechanism 4 is mainly composed of a lid 3, a front rail 5, and a side rail 6. The lid 3 is supported by a pair of left and right side rails 6 via a slider 7 and a bracket 8 so that the lid 3 can move back and forth (the left side in FIG. 1 is the front side of the automobile, the upper side is the right side of the automobile, and so on). Yes. A motor 9 is provided at the center of the front rail 5, a drive cable (not shown) is routed from the motor 9 to the side rail 6, and a part of the lid 3 is connected to the drive cable. The sunroof mechanism 4 is assembled in advance before being attached to the vehicle body.

  A resin outer peripheral edge 10 is provided on the lid 3, and a hollow rubber sealing material 11 is provided on the outer periphery of the outer peripheral edge 10. After the sunroof mechanism 4 is set in the sunroof opening 2 from the vehicle interior side, a mounting hole (not shown) provided in the front rail 5 and the side rail 6 is fixed to the roof 1 around the sunroof opening 2 with bolts. doing. Thus, when attaching the sunroof mechanism part 4, it is necessary for the sealing material 11 of the lid 3 to contact | abut with the inner periphery 12 of the sunroof opening 2 used as the vertical wall state in an appropriate bending state. That is, when the amount of deflection is small, the waterproof property is weakened, and when the amount of deflection is large, the contact resistance is increased, which affects the smooth forward and backward movement and tilt-up of the lid 3.

  Between the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sunroof opening 2 and the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3, it is necessary to accurately ensure a regular interval S in which the sealing material 11 bends in an appropriate state. When attached to the opening 2, the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 must be positioned in a state of being separated from the inner peripheral edge 12 by the regular distance S.

  Therefore, on the lower surface of the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3, as shown in FIG. 3, there are two sets of recesses 13, 14, and 15, one at each of the two on the front side and one on the left side. Is provided. It is preferable that the two sets of concaves 13 and 14 on the front side are separated as much as possible. A locating block 16, which is a small resin part, is detachably attached to the recesses 13, 14, and 15 in an inserted state.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the locate block 16 has two columnar insertion portions 17 at the top, and two guide portions 18 that face outward when attached to the recesses 13, 14, 15. doing. An inclined surface 19 is formed at the upper end of the guide portion 18. The guide portion 18 protrudes outward from the outer peripheral edge 10 by a regular interval S in a state where the locate block 16 is attached to the recesses 13, 14, 15.

  Therefore, before the sunroof mechanism 4 is attached to the sunroof opening 2, the locate block 16 is attached to the recesses 13, 14, 15 formed on the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3. Then, the sunroof mechanism portion 4 with the locate block 16 attached is set from the vehicle interior side with respect to the sunroof opening 2. Even when the locating block 16 and the inner peripheral edge 12 are displaced during setting, the inclined surface 19 is formed on the upper end of the guide portion 18, so that the inclined surface 19 allows the tip of the guide portion 18 to be sunroofed. It is possible to guide to the normal position where it abuts against the inner peripheral edge 12 of the opening 2 and to ensure that the inner peripheral edge 12 abuts.

  The front edge of the guide portion 18 in all the two locate blocks 16 on the left side and the left one of the locate blocks 16 are brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sunroof opening 2, whereby the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 is brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening 2. 12 can be positioned at regular intervals S in both the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. In addition, since the two locate blocks 16 that are separated from each other on the front side are attached, the two locate blocks 16 are brought into contact with the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sunroof opening 2, whereby the lid 3 (sunroof mechanism portion 4). Since the posture (orientation) is determined, all the positioning can be performed by simply placing the left locate block 16 against the left inner peripheral edge 12, and the positioning operation is easy.

  In this way, after the lid 3 is accurately positioned with respect to the sunroof opening 2, the sunroof mechanism 4 is fixed to the periphery of the sunroof opening 2 by bolt means (not shown). After the sunroof mechanism 4 is fixed to the vehicle body, the lid 3 is tilted up, a hand is inserted from the vehicle interior side, the locating block 16 on the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 is completely removed, and the sunroof mechanism 4 is attached. Complete.

  According to this embodiment, as described above, when the sunroof mechanism portion 4 is actually attached to the sunroof opening 2, the guide portion 18 of the locate block 16 attached to the lower portion of the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 is moved to the sunroof opening 2. The outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 is positioned at a regular interval S at which the sealing material 11 contacts the inner peripheral edge 12 in an appropriate deflection state with respect to the inner peripheral edge 12 of the sunroof opening 2. Therefore, positioning work is easy and a large jig is not required.

  Since the locate block 16 can be removed from the outer peripheral edge 10 of the lid 3 after being installed and reused repeatedly, it is advantageous in terms of cost. And since it is not necessary to form a locate hole in the sunroof opening 2 periphery of a vehicle body, it is preferable also in terms of waterproofness.

  In the above description, the example in which the two locate blocks 16 are attached to the front side is shown, but the two attachment portions may be on the rear side, or on the left side or the right side. Further, it is not always necessary to attach the two locate blocks 16 somewhere, and only one of the front and rear and the left and right may be provided. However, in that case, it is necessary to perform the contact operation with respect to the inner peripheral edge 12 of the locate block 16 in a state in which the entire sunroof mechanism portion 4 is supported by a holding arm or the like that can hold the posture and the posture of the lid 3 is regulated. Further, it is not necessary to attach the locate block 16 to either the front or rear, or to either the left or right, and one locate block 16 is attached only to either the front or rear or either the left or right. Other portions may be positioned visually.

The top view of the roof which shows one Example of this invention. The perspective view which shows the left side part of the lid of FIG. The bottom part of the center part omission which shows the lower surface of the lid of FIG. The expansion perspective view which shows the locate block of FIG. Sectional drawing in alignment with the arrow SA-SA line in FIG. 1 (locating block not arrived). Sectional drawing which follows the arrow SB-SB line in FIG. 1 (locate block not arrived). Sectional drawing equivalent to FIG. 5 which shows the state which attaches the sunroof mechanism part mounted | worn with a locate block. Sectional drawing equivalent to FIG. 5 which shows the state which made the locate block contact | abut. Sectional drawing equivalent to FIG. 6 which shows the state which attaches the sunroof mechanism part mounted | worn with a locate block. Sectional drawing equivalent to FIG. 6 which shows the state which made the locate block contact | abut.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roof 2 Sunroof opening 3 Lid 4 Sunroof mechanism part 10 Outer peripheral edge 11 Seal material 12 Inner peripheral edge 13,14,15 Concavity 16 Locate block 18 Guide part 19 Inclined surface S Regular space | interval

Claims (3)

At the sunroof opening formed in the roof, a sunroof mechanism portion in which a lid having a sealing material on the outer peripheral edge is supported so as to be movable back and forth is attached from the vehicle interior side,
A lid positioning structure for a sunroof mechanism that positions the outer peripheral edge of the lid at a predetermined regular interval so that the sealing material abuts the inner peripheral edge in an appropriate deflection state with respect to the inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening,
A locating block having a guide portion that protrudes outward from the outer peripheral edge by a regular interval at the lower part of either the front or rear edge or the left or right side edge of the outer peripheral edge of the lid is detachable. Mounted on the
When the sunroof mechanism is attached to the sunroof opening from the passenger compartment, the tip of the guide portion of the locate block is brought into contact with the corresponding inner peripheral edge of the sunroof opening to position the outer peripheral edge of the lid with respect to the inner peripheral edge. Features a lid positioning structure for the sunroof mechanism. It is a lid positioning structure of the sunroof mechanism part according to claim 1,
A sunroof characterized in that two locating blocks can be attached in a separated state at the lower part of either one of the front and rear edges or the left and right side edges of the outer peripheral edge of the lid. The lid positioning structure of the mechanism part. It is a lid positioning structure for a sunroof mechanism part according to claim 1 or 2,
A lid positioning structure for a sunroof mechanism, wherein an inclined surface is formed at the upper end of the guide portion.

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