JP2006027500A - Shielding window structure of automobile door - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a door having a shielding window through utilization of a door panel with vertically movable window glass. <P>SOLUTION: An automobile door 1 is provided with a shielding window wherein a window glass is shielded. This door 1 comprises the same member as that of an automobile door having a vertically movable window glass of the same automobile type. That is, an inner panel 15, outer panel 19 and sash 4 of the structural members of the door 1 comprise the same material as that of the automobile door having the vertically movable window glass. Then, there is provided a shielding plate 3 as a shielding member in place of the window glass. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shielding window structure for an automobile door in which an outer panel, an inner panel, and a sash constituting a door provided with a liftable window glass have the same structure.

For example, in a car such as a van type, a two-seater specification in which a rear seat is removed and only a front seat is disposed may be set.
In this type of automobile, as shown in FIG. 11, the rear door 100 is provided with a shielding window 102 in which the window glass of the rear door 100 is removed and the opening of the window is closed with a shielding plate. This shielding window 102 must be fixed to the rear door 100 by welding or the like so that it cannot be easily removed.
In addition, there are two types of window glass for automobiles: a fixed glass type in which the window glass is fixed to the opening of the window portion of the door panel (fitting type), and a lift glass type in which the window glass moves up and down.

  Among these, as shown in FIG. 12, in the door panel structure provided with one fixed glass window glass, the flanges 104 and 108 of the window portions on the upper side of the door outer panel 103 and the door inner panel 106 are at the periphery of the opening. It is in contact. In the case where a shielding window is provided on the door panel, the shielding plate 101 is fixed to the opening edge flange 104 of the door outer panel 103 by conventional joining means such as spot welding. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, there is a case where a door inner panel 106 is fixed from the indoor side to a step portion 105 of a door outer panel 103 integrally formed with a shielding plate.

The door panel structure provided with the other liftable window glass has a fixed opening with the opening edge flanges 104 and 108 of the door outer panel 103 and the door inner panel 106 being spaced apart to form a window glass opening / closing opening. There is a gap, and the window glass moves up and down in the gap. Therefore, when providing a shielding window on the door panel, the door outer panel 103 and the door inner panel 106 are newly manufactured to have the structure shown in FIG. 12 or FIG. 13 described above, or shown in FIG. As described above, a shielding plate is integrally formed in the opening of the window portion of the door outer panel 103.
The related art is described in Patent Document 1 below.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-301269 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-59187 (shield window structure for improving appearance is described in the summary)

However, the door panel having the structure shown in FIG. 14 has a problem that the rigidity of the entire door is lowered because the gap 109 is provided between the step 105 of the door outer panel 103 and the opening edge flange 108 of the door inner panel 106. was there. There is also a problem that the opening edge flange is visible. Furthermore, when the door outer panel 103 and the door inner panel 106 are newly manufactured, the cost is excessive.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by manufacturing a door with a shielding window using a door panel with an elevating window glass or the like, a shielding window structure for an automobile door that reduces costs is provided. It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises at least an elevating wind glass door-spec outer panel, an inner panel, and a window frame sash, and is attached with a fixing metal fitting common to the sash. A shielding plate was fixed to the sash with metal fittings.
In the above invention, one end side of the fixing metal fitting is attached to a recess for a window frame formed in a sash, and a convex portion protruding toward a vehicle interior side is formed at a position along the sash of the shielding plate. The indoor side surface and the other end of the fixing bracket can be fixed.
Further, in the above invention, the sealer is filled in a gap formed at a connection portion between the sash portion on the outer surface side of the door and the shielding plate in a state where the shielding plate is inserted into the recess of the sash, and the sash portion And the shielding plate can be formed flush with each other.
Further, in the above invention, a weather strip having the same shape as the weather strip attached to the lower part of the window frame of the elevating wind glass is used for the lower part of the window frame of the shielding window, and the lower part of the shielding plate is in contact with the weather strip. Can be formed.

The automobile door shielding window structure of the present invention comprises at least an elevating wind glass door-spec outer panel, an inner panel, and a window frame sash, and is attached with a common fixing bracket for the sash. A shielding plate was fixed to the sash with metal fittings. In this way, by using a common fixture, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.
In the above invention, one end side of the fixing metal fitting is attached to a recess formed in the sash and a convex portion protruding toward the vehicle interior side is formed at a position along the sash of the shielding plate. The other end side of the fixing bracket was fixed. Thus, by attaching the fixing bracket inside the sash, the shielding plate can be prevented from projecting outside the vehicle body. In addition, the attachment portion can be hidden by attaching the fixing bracket to the recess of the sash. The shielding plate increases the strength of the shielding plate by forming convex portions.
In the above invention, a sealer is filled in a gap formed at a connection portion between the sash portion on the outer surface side of the door and the shielding plate in a state where the shielding plate is inserted into the recess of the sash, and the sash portion and the shielding plate By forming the connecting portion with the same surface, the appearance is improved and water is prevented from entering by the sealer.
In the above invention, a weather strip having the same shape as the weather strip attached to the lower part of the window frame of the elevating wind glass is used for the lower part of the window frame of the shielding window, and the lower part of the shielding plate is formed to contact the weather strip. Therefore, it is possible to close the opening by using a wind glass weatherstrip used for the elevating door.

Hereinafter, a shielding structure for an automobile door according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a side door for an automobile provided with a liftable window glass and a door 1 provided with a shielding window 2 partially utilizing the same member, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof. 3 is a shielding plate 3 that forms the shielding window 2 of the door 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are sashes 4 (upper and both sides) of the door 1. Of these, FIG. FIG. 6 shows the fixing bracket 5 disposed on the upper portion of the sash 4, and FIGS. 7 to 10 show the shielding with the shielding plate 3 attached. 3 is a cross-sectional view of each part of a window 2. FIG.

  An automobile door 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a shielding window in which a window glass portion is shielded. This door 1 is a vehicle type having the same door shape, and partially uses the same member as an automobile door (hereinafter referred to as a liftable door) provided with a liftable window glass. That is, among the main structural members of the door 1 shown in FIG. 2, the inner panel 15, the outer panel 19, and the sash 4 use the same members as the automobile door provided with the liftable wind glass. And the shielding board 3 shown in FIG. 3 is mounted | worn as a blindfold instead of window glass.

The upper part 4a and both side parts 4b and 4c of the sash 4 shown in FIG. 4 are provided with recesses 9 (see FIGS. 7 to 9). In the recess 9, in the elevating door, a glass run is mounted and the window glass is guided.
As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of fixing brackets 5 and 6 for attaching the shielding plate 3 are attached to the recess 9. There are two types of fixing brackets 5, 6. One fixing bracket 5 is used for the upper portion 4 a of the sash 4, and the other fixing bracket 6 is used for the side portions 4 b, 4 c.
6A to 6B show one of the fixing brackets 5 among them. The fixing bracket 5 is formed of a flange portion 7 and a tongue piece portion 8 having a L-shaped cross section when viewed from the side, and the flange portion 7 is a base end (upper part) of the tongue piece portion 8 in a front view of the fixing bracket 5. ) Projecting outward from the side and formed in a substantially T-shape. And the front end side of the flange part 7 is arrange | positioned toward the outer side of a vehicle body, this flange part 7 is fixed to the bottom face of the recessed part 9 of the sash 4 by welding, and the base end side of the tongue piece part 8 is the inner surface of the interior side of the recessed part 9 It arrange | positions so that 9a may be contact | abutted. Further, a stepped portion 8a is formed in the tongue piece portion 8 so that the surface on the tip side of the tongue piece portion 8 protrudes to the inside of the passenger compartment. A bead 8c is formed around the tongue piece portion 8 to increase the strength of the mounting portion of the shielding plate 3. The edge of the bead 8c is not exposed to the outside and faces the shielding plate 3 surface side. ing.
The other fixing bracket 6 has basically the same shape as the one fixing bracket 5, but the step of the step portion 8 a of the fixing bracket 6 is formed larger than the step of the step portion 8 a of the tongue piece 8. Only that it is different.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shielding plate 3 has a substantially long rectangular shape corresponding to the shape of the sash 4, and a flat plate is formed by integral molding. As shown in FIG. 7, the shape of the shielding plate 3 is such that the insertion portion 3a composed of the upper edge portion and both side edge portions of the shielding plate 3 has a step on the interior side of the vehicle body, and a portion substantially parallel to the sash surface 4d. Since the gap is small, the sealer can be filled smoothly. Moreover, since it is bent so as to bend toward the indoor side, the rigidity of the shielding plate 3 is increased.
Corresponding to the inner edge of the sash surface 4d on the outdoor side of the sash 4, the shielding plate 3 is provided with a projecting surface 3b. The projecting surface 3b is formed so that the surface height is substantially the same as the sash surface 4d.
Further, the shielding plate 3 forms a convex portion 11 projecting toward the passenger compartment side along the inner peripheral side of the sash 4 and the window frame opening 10. The attachment surface 12 of the tongue piece 8 is provided on the upper edge and both side edges of the shielding plate 3. Then, the mounting surface 12 is fixed to the tongue pieces 8 of the fixing brackets 5 and 6 by spot welding. As described above, the fixing brackets 5 attached to the upper portion of the sash 4 are made common, and the fixing fittings 6 attached to the both sides of the sash 4 are made common, so that the shielding plate 3 can be attached with two kinds of fittings. In this way, parts are simplified and production costs are reduced.
Note that the depths of the protrusions 11 may be changed as appropriate so that the shapes of the fixtures 5 and 6 are the same.

As shown in FIG. 10, in the portion corresponding to the belt line of the door 1, the lower opening 10 of the shielding window 2 is formed in the portion where the upper end portions of the inner panel 15 and the outer panel 19 are spaced apart. Yes. A reinforcing plate 16 is fixed to the upper flange 15a of the inner panel 15 at an intermediate position in the width direction of the door 1 by welding. The reinforcing plate 16 has a crank-shaped longitudinal section, is provided between the inner panel 15 and the outer panel 19, and has a lower end bent toward the outer panel 19.
Reference numeral 21 indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. 10 indicates the position of the window glass disposed on the elevating door having the same shape as the door 1. And the lower end of the shielding board 3 was arrange | positioned so that the outer surface of the window glass 21 and the outer surface of the shielding board 3 may become the same position.

As shown in FIG. 10, the weather strip 13 is attached to the upper flange 19 a of the outer panel 19 in the elevating door. In the present embodiment, since the surface of the wind glass 21 and the surface of the shielding plate 3 are the same as described above, the weather strip 13 to be attached to the door with the wind glass is formed in the lower opening of the door 1. 10 can be used without being processed as it is.
The lower end of the crank portion 14 is formed so as to overlap the lower end of the reinforcing plate 16, and the crank portion 14 and the reinforcing plate 16 are fixed by welding. Thus, the shielding plate 3 is supported by the reinforcing plate 16 together with the fixing brackets 5 and 6, and the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides of the shielding plate 3 are fixed to the door 1, and the shielding window 2 can be closed by the shielding plate 3.

Hereinafter, an example of the procedure for assembling the door 1 will be described.
First, the sash 4 shown in FIG. 2 is assembled to the inner panel 15. The mounting bracket 18 in the figure is provided for reinforcing the door latch.
As shown in FIG. 7, the flange 7 of the fixture 5 is fixed to the recess 9 at the top of the sash 4 by spot welding as shown in FIG. 7, and the other fixture 6 is similarly spot-welded to the sash 4 side. To fix. At this time, facing can be performed by directing the front end of the flange 7 to the outside (front side) of the door 1.

The insertion portion 3a of the shielding plate 3 is set in the sash 4 so as to be inserted into the recess 9 of the sash 4, and the shielding plate 3 is attached to the sash 4 by welding with the fixing brackets 5 and 6. The shielding plate 3 can be directly put into the recess 9 as it is by using the gap of the recess 9 of the sash 4 or the bending of the shielding plate 3.
Next, the lower end of the crank portion 14 of the shielding plate 3 is attached to the reinforcing plate 16 that is fixed to the inner panel 15 by welding in advance, and the shielding plate 3 is attached to the shielding window 2. The inner panel 15 to which the sash 4 is attached is attached to the outer panel 19. Thus, the panel portion of the door 1 is assembled.

In this state, since a slight gap is formed between the sash 4 outside the door 1 and the shielding plate 3, the sealer 17 is filled in the gap as shown in FIGS. The connecting portion with the shielding plate 3 is embedded in the gap so as to be flush with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, since a gap is formed between the shielding plate 3 and the flange 19a of the outer panel 19 in the lower opening 10 part, the weather strip 13 is attached to the opening 10 part and the work is completed. To do.
As described above, the door 1 can be an elevating door, and the shielding door can be formed only by the shielding plate 3, the fixing brackets 5 and 6 and the reinforcing plate 16.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.
The fixing brackets 5 and 6 are preferably fixed to the recess 9 of the sash 4 by welding, but the flange 7 of the fixing brackets 5 and 6 is eliminated and the fixing brackets 5 and 6 are fixed to the interior surface of the sash 4 by welding. Good.

It is the front view of the door which looked at the door which employ | adopted the shielding structure of the door for motor vehicles of embodiment of this invention from the side surface direction of the motor vehicle. It is a disassembled perspective view of the door of FIG. It is a rear view of the shielding board shown in FIG. It is a sash of the door shown in FIG. 1, and is an enlarged back view of the state which has not attached the fixing metal fitting which attaches a shielding board. FIG. 5 is an enlarged rear view of a state in which a fixing bracket for attaching a shielding plate to the sash of FIG. 4 is attached to the sash. FIG. 5A is a plan view (in a state where it is attached to a door) of a fixing metal fitting for attaching a shielding plate to the sash shown in FIG. 5; FIG. It is a side view (in the state seen from the thickness direction of a door), D is sectional drawing of the EE line direction of B. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the fixing bracket and sash in the AA line direction in FIG. 3, ie, the upper part of the sash of a door. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the fixing metal fitting and sash in the BB line direction in FIG. 3, ie, the side part of the sash of a door. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the fixing bracket and sash in CC line direction in FIG. 3, ie, the side part of the sash of a door. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the shielding board and reinforcement board in the DD line direction in FIG. 3, ie, the belt belt line of a door. It is the front view of the door which looked at the door which employ | adopted the shielding structure of the conventional automotive door from the side surface direction of the motor vehicle. It is sectional drawing of the KK line direction in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the door which integrally molded the shielding board of the conventional automobile door with the outer panel (state which closed the window frame opening of the door). It is sectional drawing of the door which integrally molded the shielding plate of the conventional door for motor vehicles with the outer panel (state which has not obstruct | occluded the window frame opening of the door).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door 2 Shielding window 3 Shielding board 4 Sash 5, 6 Fixing metal fitting 11 Protrusion part 12 Mounting surface 13 Weather strip 15 Inner panel 17 Sealer 19 Outer panel

Claims (4)

At least an elevating wind glass door-spec outer panel, an inner panel, and a window frame sash,
A shielding window structure for an automobile door, wherein a fixing bracket is attached to the sash, and a shielding plate is fixed to the sash by the fixing bracket. One end of the fixing bracket is attached to a recess for a window frame formed in a sash, and a convex portion protruding toward the vehicle interior side is formed at a position along the sash of the shielding plate. The shielding window structure for an automobile door according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the fixing bracket is fixed. With the shielding plate inserted in the recess of the sash, a sealer is filled in a gap formed in a connection portion between the sash portion on the outer surface side of the door and the shielding plate, and the sash portion and the shielding plate are connected. The shielding window structure for an automobile door according to claim 2, wherein the portion is formed flush. The weather strip having the same shape as the weather strip attached to the lower part of the window glass of the elevating wind glass is used for the lower part of the window frame of the shielding window, and the lower part of the shielding plate is formed in contact with the weather strip. The shielding window structure of the door for motor vehicles of any one of Claims 1-3 to do.

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