JP2007191005A - Sun visor of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To largely improve interior comfort in a cabin by providing a sun roof over the almost whole width of a front part of a ceiling, and preventing open feeling of the sun roof from being interfered with a center console. <P>SOLUTION: An opening part 2a of the sun roof 4 is formed over the almost whole width of the front part of the ceiling part 2, the opening part 2a is covered with a separate auxiliary glass 5a with respect to a windshield 5, a console body 11a is disposed at the central portion in the inner side of the cabin of the sun roof 4, a slide member 17c is provided on both right and left side portions of the sun roof 4 by slidably composing a sun shade 17 shielding the light of both side part of the sun roof 4 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A sun visor body 16 is turnably mounted to a slide means 17c in the vertical direction, and the sun visor device has a console slide mechanism 12 sliding the console body 11a to the rear side of the vehicle body, and is opened over the whole width including the central part of the auxiliary glass 5a by sliding the console body 11a to the rear side of the vehicle body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sun visor device for an automobile in which an open area of a sunroof installed in a front part of a ceiling of a vehicle body is increased.

  Conventionally, a sun visor that blocks glare from the windshield is installed near the ceiling in front of the driver's seat and front passenger seat.

  The sun visor is configured so that it can be stored along a roof trim covering the ceiling so as not to obstruct the front view from the windshield when not in use.

  In addition, the conventional automobile is provided with an opening for forming a central sunroof at a substantially central portion of the ceiling of the vehicle body in order to enhance the comfort of the vehicle interior by collecting more external light into the vehicle interior. There is something.

  Furthermore, in order to improve the feeling of opening in the passenger compartment, a center console is installed at the front of the ceiling of the vehicle body in order to install a second sunroof at the front of the ceiling between the windshield and the central sunroof. There are some which employ an arrangement in which openings are provided on both sides except for the central portion, and a part of the windshield is extended or covered with a separate auxiliary glass. Some sunroofs are designed to enhance the feeling of openness of the front seats in the passenger compartment.

  However, in the second sunroof in which an opening is provided in the front part of the ceiling and the opening is covered with a part of the windshield or a separate auxiliary glass, the sun visor is stored along the roof trim when not in use. In this case, the sun visor covers the second sunroof, and the feeling of opening is impaired.

In view of this, a sun visor device for an automobile has been proposed by the present applicant, which has been devised so as not to impair the feeling of opening of the second sun roof when the sun visor is stored (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-175161.

  In such a sun visor device for an automobile, an opening of the second sunroof is formed in the front part of the ceiling constituting the upper part of the vehicle body, and the opening is covered with an extension of the windshield or a separate auxiliary glass. A sun visor device for an automobile, in which a sun shade that shields the sun roof is provided on the vehicle interior side of the sun roof so that the sun shade is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and the glare from the windshield is blocked by the slide means. The sun visor main body is attached so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

  With this configuration, when the sun visor body is not in use, the sun visor body is moved behind the sun roof so that the sun visor body does not block the sun roof. An open space can be obtained, thereby improving the comfort of the passenger compartment.

  However, in the automobile employing the conventional sun visor device, the second sunroof is provided on both sides of the front part of the ceiling except for the central part where the center console is fixedly installed in the front part of the ceiling of the vehicle body. Because it is installed, the center console blocks the field of view at the center of the front part of the ceiling, and the open space in front of the head of the front seat occupant is blocked at the center of the front part of the ceiling. As a result, it was a hindrance to improving the comfort of the passenger compartment.

  Therefore, in view of such points, the present invention provides a sunroof over the entire width of the front part of the ceiling, and is configured so that the open feeling of the sunroof is not hindered by the center console. An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile sun visor device in which a large open front space is obtained over substantially the entire width of the front part of the ceiling, and the comfort of the passenger compartment is greatly improved.

  The sun visor device for an automobile according to the present invention forms a sunroof opening over substantially the entire width of the front part of the ceiling that forms the upper part of the vehicle body, and the opening is an extension of the windshield or a separate body. The sunroof of the sunroof is configured to be slidable in the vehicle front-rear direction by arranging a center console at a central part of the sunroof on the vehicle interior side and shielding a left and right side part of the sunroof. There is slide means that can open both the left and right side parts, and a sun visor body that blocks glare from the windshield is attached to the slide means so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and the center console is mounted in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. It has a console slide mechanism that slides and slides the center console to the rear of the vehicle. By, it is characterized in that it has openable configured central portion which is disposed portion of the center console of the extension or the auxiliary glass of the windscreen.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the sunroof is provided over the entire width of the front portion of the roof panel, and the center console is slid rearward of the sunroof in the vehicle interior side (substantially central portion). Since it can move, by sliding the center console to the rear of the vehicle body, it can be opened over the entire width of the sunroof including the extension part of the windshield or the central part of the auxiliary glass, and the sunroof feels open. Without being obstructed by the center console, an open space in front of the head of the front seat occupant can be obtained over the entire width of the front part of the ceiling, so that the comfort in the vehicle compartment can be greatly improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view depicting a vehicle interior side of a vehicle in a state where the sun visor body is used in the sun visor device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 similarly stores the sun visor body and the center console at the rear of the vehicle body. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1.

  In the figure, the upper part of the car body 1 of the automobile has a ceiling part 2 and front pillars 3 extending on both sides of the front end part of the ceiling part 2, and a sunroof 4 is provided at the front part of the ceiling part 2. is set up.

  The sunroof 4 constitutes a second sunroof with respect to a main sunroof (not shown) installed at a substantially central part of the ceiling part 2.

  The sunroof 4 forms an opening 2a across the entire width across the front pillar 3 in the ceiling portion 2, and the opening 2a is an upper portion of the windshield 5 fitted between the front pillars 3. It is comprised by covering with the extension part or the separate auxiliary glass 5a.

  A black frame-like colored portion 5b is formed on the auxiliary glass 5a and the window glass 5 covering the opening 2a by means of printing or the like. The front roof rail 2b and the like horizontally mounted on the front end of the opening 2a are made invisible from the outside of the vehicle.

  The front roof rail 2 b is provided to support the upper part of the windshield 5, is made of a thin bowl-shaped member so as not to disturb the feeling of opening of the sunroof 4, and is integrally formed when the ceiling portion 2 is molded.

  A roof trim 6 that covers the vehicle interior side inner surface of the ceiling portion 2 is attached to the inside of the ceiling portion 2 so as to cover almost the front surface except the sunroof 4, and the inner side of the front pillar 3 is covered by a front pillar garnish 8, The inside of the center pillar 9 is covered with a center pillar garnish 10 so that the ceiling 2, the front pillar 3, the center pillar 9, and the like are not exposed to the vehicle interior side.

  On the other hand, sun visor units 15 are mounted on both sides of the sunroof 4 in the vehicle interior.

  The sun visor unit 15 has a pair of sun visor main bodies 16 that blocks glare from the windshield 5 (or the door glass 14), and a pair of sun shades 17 that block sunlight entering from both sides of the sun roof 4. Configured.

  The sunshade 17 is formed by connecting a plurality of light shielding plates 17a by shaft rods 17b, and each light shielding plate 17a can be bent around the shaft rods 17b, and can cover almost the whole except for the central portion of the sunroof 4. It is formed in a size that can be done.

  Both sides of each shaft rod 17b protrude from both end portions of the light shielding plate 17a and slide into a pair of slide rails 18 provided inside the side walls and the center of the roof trim 6 covering both sides of the sunroof 4, respectively. It is freely inserted.

  The slide rail 18 guides a shaft rod 17b that moves back and forth as the sunshade 17 is opened and closed. A bracket 17d and a holder 17e are formed on the slide member 17c that forms the front end portion of the sunshade 17, and one end side of a support rod 16a that supports the sun visor body 16 is rotatably attached to the bracket 17d. Yes.

  The support rod 16a is formed of a metal bar bent in an approximately L shape from one end side to the other end side, and the upper side of the sun visor body 16 is rotatably attached to the other end side of the support rod 16a. ing.

  Thus, the slide means of the sunshade 17 is constituted by the slide rail 18 and the slide member 17c.

  The sun visor body 16 is covered with a skin made of a soft resin sheet, and a notch 16b is formed at a position that matches the holder 17e provided on the slide member 17c.

  A part of the support rod 16a exposed from the notch 16b is fitted to the holder 17e so that the sun visor main body 16 can be held in a horizontal position, and the ceiling portion 2 and the roof behind the sun roof 4 are arranged. A sunshade storage portion 19 is formed between the trims 6, and a sun visor storage portion 20 is formed below the sunshade storage portion 19 by recessing the roof trim 6 toward the ceiling portion 2. Has been.

  Although not shown, lock means for locking the slide member 17c provided at the front end portion of the sunshade 17 at the forward end, the intermediate point, and the reverse end is installed at, for example, three positions on the slide rail 18 at the front and rear ends and the intermediate portion. However, if the sunshade 17 can be held at the desired slide position by the sliding resistance of the sunshade 17, the locking means may be omitted.

  A console body 11a that constitutes the center console 11 is disposed together with a substantially U-shaped cover body 11b at a central portion of the sunroof 4 on the vehicle interior side.

  The console body 11a is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 1 by the console slide mechanism 12. When the console body 11a slides rearward of the vehicle body 1, the roof trim on the rear side of the ceiling portion 2 from the rear end portion of the sunroof 4 is achieved. 6 is configured such that it can be accommodated in the cover body portion 11b. Note that the cover body portion 11 b may be attached to the roof trim 6 as a separate component from the roof trim 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the console slide mechanism 12 slidably engages the engagement protrusions 12a and the engagement protrusions 12a provided on the both side walls of the console body 11a, thereby slidably engaging the console body 11a with the cover body 11b. A suspension rail 12b that guides to the vicinity of the front end entrance, and another engagement projection 12c provided on each side wall of the console body 11a, and the engagement projection 12c are slidably engaged so that the console body 11a is slidably engaged. A guide rail 12d provided on the cover body portion 11b side is provided to guide and store in the cover body portion 11b.

  The suspension rail 12b is installed so that one end side overlaps with the slide rail 18, and the other end extends to the rear of the vehicle body 1 and is installed on the ceiling 2. The rear end of the suspension rail 12b Is attached with an elastically deformable engagement spring piece (not shown) for fixing and holding the engagement protrusion piece 12a.

  Next, the operation of the sun visor device configured as described above will be described.

  FIG. 1 shows a case where the sun visor main body 16 is in a use state. By rotating the sun visor main body 16 moved to the front end of the sunroof 4 together with the sun shade 17, the support visor 16a is pivoted forward. The glare from the windshield 5 can be blocked, and at this time, the sunroof 4 is entirely covered with the sunshade 17 and the console body 11a.

  Further, when it is desired to block only sunlight from above or illumination light from street lamps, the sun visor body 16 is folded and stored so as to overlap the sun shade 17 with the sun shade 17 moved forward. In this state, the sunroof 4 can be opened at an arbitrary width by adjusting the opening position of the sunshade 17 or the sliding amount of the console body 11a to the rear of the vehicle body 1.

  On the other hand, when the console main body 11a is unnecessary together with the sun visor main body 16 and the sun shade 17, and when the sunroof 4 is opened, first, the slide rail as shown in FIG. 18 is slid toward the rear of the vehicle body 1 to house the sunshade 17 in the sunshade housing portion 19, and the console body 11 a is further slid along the suspension rail 12 b with the engaging protrusion 12 a. Then, the vehicle is moved rearward of the vehicle body 1 and, before the engagement protrusion 12a is detached from the suspension rail 12b, the engagement protrusion 12c is engaged with the guide rail 12d and then slid in the guide rail 12d. The sunroof 4 is provided with the console body 11b by being housed in the cover body 11d. It can be opened over its entire width including the central portion (the state shown in FIG. 2), and the feeling of opening of the sunroof 4 is not obstructed by the console body 11a of the center console 11, and the front of the head of the front seat occupant An open space can be obtained over substantially the entire width of the front portion of the ceiling portion 2, and the comfort of the passenger compartment can be greatly improved.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the sunroof is provided in the front part of the ceiling part over the entire width, and the center console can be slid in the vehicle longitudinal direction at the center part of the sunroof on the vehicle interior side. By sliding the center console to the rear of the vehicle body, it can be opened over the entire width of the sunroof including the extension part of the windshield or the center part of the auxiliary glass, and the feeling of opening of the sunroof is obstructed by the center console. It is installed at the front of the ceiling of the vehicle body because the open space in front of the head of the front seat occupant is large over almost the entire width of the front of the ceiling and can greatly improve the comfort of the passenger compartment. The present invention is suitable for a sun visor device for automobiles and the like that is intended to increase the open area of the sunroof.

It is the perspective view which drawn the vehicle interior side of the motor vehicle in the state using the sun visor main body in the sun visor apparatus of embodiment concerning this invention. It is the perspective view which similarly drawn the vehicle interior side of the motor vehicle in the state which moved the center console back to the vehicle body and opened the entire sunroof while storing the sun visor body. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car body 2 Ceiling part 4 Sunroof 5 Front glass 11 Center console 11a Console main body 11b Cover body part 12 Console slide mechanism 14 Door glass 15 Sun visor unit 16 Sun visor main body 17 Sun shade 17c Slide member (sliding means)
18 Slide rail (sliding means)

Claims (1)

A sunroof opening is formed over substantially the entire width of the front part of the ceiling portion constituting the upper portion of the vehicle body, and the opening is covered with a windshield extension or a separate auxiliary glass. Slide means for disposing the left and right side portions of the sunroof by arranging a center console at a central portion on the indoor side and slidably moving a sunshade that shields the left and right side portions of the sunroof in the vehicle longitudinal direction. A sun visor body that blocks glare from the windshield is attached to the sliding means so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and further includes a console slide mechanism that slides the center console in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, By sliding the center console to the rear of the vehicle body, It has openable configured central portion which is disposed portion of the center console in the long section or the auxiliary glass automotive sun visor device according to claim.

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