JP2007223410A - Door structure of vehicle and mounting method of door lock device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door structure of a vehicle capable of restraining a space to mount a door lock device to a minimum and a mounting method of the door lock device to facilitate the mounting work of the door lock device. <P>SOLUTION: This door structure of the vehicle is characterized by having a key cylinder 32 provided on an outer panel 3 of a door, a lock mechanism 35 provided on an inner panel 2 of the door and a lock cable 36. An opening 50 is formed on the inner panel 2, and the lock cable 36 is set in length capable of drawing out a joint part 37 which is the other end to the indoor side of the inner panel 2 through the opening 50 in a state of connecting one end to the key cylinder 32 and the opening 50 is formed in a size capable of inserting the lock mechanism 35 into it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure and a method for mounting a door lock device.

Among lock devices used in vehicle doors, when a key cylinder provided on the door outer panel is rotated by key operation, a lock cable connected to the key cylinder rotates, and this rotation is transmitted to the lock mechanism. There are some that lock and unlock the door.
When such a locking device is attached to the door, the key cylinder is attached to the outer panel and the lock mechanism is attached to the inside of the door, and the other end of the lock cable having one end attached to the key cylinder in advance is connected to the lock mechanism. (See Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-197377 A

  However, in the above prior art, there is no problem when a wide space can be secured inside the door, but in recent years when many functional parts such as various reinforcing materials have been attached to the door, There is a problem that a sufficient work space for mounting the door lock mechanism inside cannot be secured and the mounting work becomes difficult. Further, when the dimension of the door in the vehicle width direction is increased in order to further increase the space inside the door, there is a problem that the vehicle interior space becomes narrow.

    Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door structure that can minimize the space for mounting the door lock device, and a door lock device mounting method that facilitates the mounting operation of the door lock device.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a key cylinder (for example, a key in the embodiment) provided in an outer panel (for example, the outer panel 3 in the embodiment) of a door (for example, the door 1 in the embodiment). Cylinder 32), a lock mechanism (for example, lock mechanism 35 in the embodiment) provided on an inner panel of the door (for example, inner panel 2 in the embodiment) for switching the lock state of the door, and a key in the key cylinder A lock cable (for example, the lock cable 36 in the embodiment) that transmits the rotation operation by the operation to the lock mechanism, an opening (for example, the opening 50 in the embodiment) is formed in the inner panel, The lock cable has one end connected to the key cylinder and the other The portion (for example, the joint portion 37 in the embodiment) is set to a length that can be pulled out to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel through the opening, and the opening is sized to allow the locking mechanism to be inserted. It is formed.
By comprising in this way, it becomes possible to route the other end part of a lock cable to the vehicle interior side from an inner panel through the opening part of an inner panel.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the opening of the inner panel is formed on the key cylinder side from a connecting portion (for example, the receiving portion 42 in the embodiment) between the locking mechanism and the locking cable. Features.
Such a configuration eliminates the need to set the lock cable unnecessarily long.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the outer panel is provided with a reinforcing member (for example, the outer center stiffener 16 in the embodiment) in the vicinity of the locking mechanism, and the reinforcing member is provided at a portion facing the locking mechanism. A concave shape portion (for example, the concave shape portion 46 in the embodiment) is formed.
By comprising in this way, the surroundings of the attachment part of a lock mechanism can be reinforced with a reinforcement member, and the attachment space of a lock mechanism can be ensured.

The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that the reinforcing member is connected to a mounting bracket (for example, the mounting bracket 26 in the embodiment) provided in a mounting portion of the key cylinder.
With this configuration, the strength around the key cylinder and the lock mechanism can be increased.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a key cylinder provided on the outer panel of the door, a lock mechanism provided on the inner panel of the door for switching the lock state of the door, and a turning operation by a key operation in the key cylinder. A lock cable that transmits to the lock mechanism, and an opening is formed in the inner panel, and the lock cable has one end connected to the key cylinder and the other end via the opening. The opening is set to a length that can be pulled out to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel, the opening is formed to have a size that allows the locking mechanism to be inserted, and the other end of the lock cable is connected to the opening of the inner panel. Through the inner panel and connected to the lock mechanism on the vehicle interior side of the inner panel. Wherein the attachment of the mechanism inside of the inner panel.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the other end of the lock cable can be routed to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel through the opening of the inner panel. Can be pulled out from the inner panel to the vehicle interior side through the opening of the inner panel, and connected to the lock mechanism on the vehicle interior side from the inner panel, and then the lock mechanism can be attached to the inner panel. Therefore, there is an effect that the lock cable can be easily attached.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is no need to set the lock cable unnecessarily long, and there is an effect that the cable can be routed to the vehicle interior side of the inner panel through the opening.
According to the invention described in claim 3, since the reinforcement member can reinforce around the mounting portion of the lock mechanism, there is an effect that the mounting rigidity of the lock mechanism can be increased. Moreover, since the attachment space of a lock mechanism can be ensured, there exists an effect which can improve the attachment property of a lock mechanism.
According to the invention described in claim 4, since the strength around the key cylinder and the lock mechanism can be increased, there is an effect that the mutual positional relationship can be reliably maintained.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the lock cable can be easily attached.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described using a door on the right side of the front seat of the vehicle as an example.
As shown in FIG. 1, the door 1 is a door body 4 provided with a sash portion S for holding a door glass 5. The sash portion S includes a sash body 6, an auxiliary sash 12, and a rear auxiliary sash 13. The sash body 6 includes a rear side portion 8 provided with a garnish 7, an upper side portion 9, and a front side portion 10 that is inclined to the front side and partially inserted into the door body 4. The auxiliary sash 12 is connected to an inclined portion of the front side portion 10 of the sash main body 6, and the auxiliary sash 12 extends toward the waist portion 11, and an end portion is inserted into the door main body 4. The rear auxiliary sash 13 is connected to the rear side 8 of the sash body 6 and extends into the door body 4.

  The front edge and the rear edge of the door glass 5 are guided to the auxiliary sash 12, the rear auxiliary sash 13, and the rear side part 8 of the sash body 6, so that the door glass 5 is supported in the door body 4 so as to be movable up and down. It has become. Further, a corner glass 14 is fixed between the auxiliary sash 12 and the front side portion 10 of the sash body 6.

  The door body 4 includes an inner panel 2 (see FIG. 2) and an outer panel 3. A recess 30 is formed in the upper part of the outer surface of the outer panel 3 near the rear end, and a door outer handle (not shown) is disposed, and a mounting part 31 of a door mirror is formed near the front end of the outer surface of the outer panel 3. An attachment hole 33 for the key cylinder 32 is formed behind the recess 30 of the door outside handle and below.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a lower reinforcement 15 having reinforcing ribs is joined to the inner panel 2 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body at the lower portion of the door body 4. An outer center stiffener 16 (reinforcing member) is connected to the outer panel 3 of the door main body 4 so that the rear portion is slightly lowered in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction. An inner upper reinforcement 17 is joined to the upper waist 11 of the door body 4 along the upper edge of the inner panel 2, and an outer upper reinforcement 18 is joined to the upper edge of the outer panel 3, respectively. A waist opening 19 that allows the door glass 5 to be raised and lowered is formed in the upper portion of the door body 4. The rear end portion of the inner upper reinforcement 17 is connected to the rear side portion 8 of the sash body 6 via the rear reinforcing member 20, and the front end portion of the inner upper reinforcement 17 is connected to the sash main body via the front reinforcing member 21. 6 to the front side 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the outer center stiffener 16 is a member provided with flange portions 22, 22 on the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion, respectively. The outer center stiffener 16 is formed with a divergent portion 23 extending substantially horizontally toward the rear at the upper portion of the central portion in the front-rear direction. The divergent portion 23 terminates in the vicinity of the rear portion of the outer panel 3 of the door body 4.
As shown in FIG. 5, an end upper flange 24 and an end lower flange 25 that are bent toward the outside of the passenger compartment are respectively provided at the rear end of the divergent portion 23, and the end upper flange 24 and the end lower flange 25 are provided. The inner panel 2 constituting the rear wall of the door body 4 is joined.

  On the other hand, a mounting bracket 26 that reinforces the mounting hole 33 of the key cylinder 32 is joined to the back surface of the outer panel 3. The mounting bracket 26 is joined and connected to the upper wall 27 of the rear end portion 23 of the outer center stiffener 16 and has a side edge flange 28 that bends to the outside of the passenger compartment. This side edge flange 28 is superposed on the end upper flange 24 of the outer center stiffener 16, and these are joined to the inner panel 2 constituting the rear wall of the door body 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, a holding bracket 29 of the key cylinder 32 is attached to the mounting bracket 26 of the key cylinder 32 via an attachment piece 34. As shown also in FIG. 5, one end of a lock cable 36 that transmits a turning operation by a key operation to the lock mechanism 35 is connected to the end of the key cylinder 32 on the vehicle interior side, and the other end of the lock cable 36 is connected. A joint portion 37 (the other end portion) is formed. Reference numeral 38 denotes a cable protruding from the joint portion.

  The lock mechanism 35 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 switches the lock state of the door 1. The lock mechanism 35 is provided with an opening 39 for receiving a striker pin (not shown) in the base plate 51, and engages an internal latch 40 with the striker pin. The base plate 51 is formed with screw holes 41, 41, 41 for screwing from the outside to the inner panel 2 constituting the rear wall of the door body 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a receiving portion 42 (connecting portion) with which the joint portion 37 of the lock cable 36 is engaged from the outside of the passenger compartment is formed at the lower portion of the outer surface of the passenger compartment of the lock mechanism 35. A connecting portion 45 to which a connecting end 44 of the operation link 43 of the door outside handle is attached is provided on the upper portion of the receiving portion 42.

Therefore, the lock mechanism 35 is disengaged from the latch 40 and the striker pin by the turning operation caused by the key operation of the key cylinder 32. Similarly, the latch 40 and the striker pin are disengaged via the operation link 43 by opening the door outside handle.
The lock mechanism 35 configured as described above is joined to the inner panel 2 constituting the rear wall of the door body 4 as shown in FIG. 7 at a fixing position of the lock mechanism 35 shown in FIGS.

  Here, the locking mechanism 35 is joined to the inner panel 2, but the end widening portion 23 of the outer center stiffener 16 where the locking mechanism 35 is located is recessed in the vicinity of the locking mechanism 35 and facing the locking mechanism 35. A shape portion 46 is formed. Specifically, the connecting portion of the outer center stiffener 16 at the end widening portion 23 is gradually inclined toward the end widening portion 23 (down toward the outside of the passenger compartment) so that the concave portion 46 that escapes the lock mechanism 35 is provided. Is formed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the inner panel 2 joined to the outer panel 3 has a speaker mounting opening 48 formed at the lower part of the front part and a work opening formed so as to fall obliquely rearward at the central part. A portion 49 and an opening 50 that includes a position where the front half of the recessed portion 30 of the door outside handle is exposed and extends to the lower front portion in front of the work opening portion 49 are formed.
The opening 50 is formed on the key cylinder 32 side of the connecting portion with the lock cable 36 at the fixed position of the lock mechanism 35, that is, the position of the receiving portion 42 of the lock mechanism 35.
The lock cable 36 is set to such a length that the joint portion 37 at the other end can be pulled out from the inner panel 2 to the vehicle interior side through the opening 50 with one end connected to the key cylinder 32. The opening 50 is formed in such a size that the lock mechanism 35 can be inserted therethrough.

Next, a method for attaching the door lock device including the lock mechanism 35 and the key cylinder 32 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the key cylinder 32 is inserted into the mounting hole 33 of the outer panel 3 of the door 1, and the key cylinder 32 is mounted to the mounting bracket 26 via the mounting piece 34 of the holding bracket 29. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, when the other end portion of the lock cable 36 attached to the key cylinder 32 is pulled out from the opening 50, the joint portion 37 at the other end of the lock cable 36 is opened. 50 is located in the vehicle interior side of the inner panel 2.

  Then, the joint portion 37 of the lock cable 36 is connected to the receiving portion 42 of the lock mechanism 35 located on the vehicle interior side with respect to the inner panel 2 on the vehicle interior side with respect to the inner panel 2. Thereafter, the locking mechanism 35 is inserted from the opening 50 into the back side of the inner panel 2, that is, between the inner panel 2 and the outer panel 3, and set near the mounting position (see FIGS. 5 and 6). At this time, the mounting position of the lock mechanism 35 may be arranged aiming at the vicinity of the concave portion 46 formed at the base portion of the divergent portion 23 of the outer center stiffener 16.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, screws are tightened into the screw holes 41, 41, 41 of the base plate 51 of the lock mechanism 35 from the outside of the inner panel 2 that constitutes the rear wall of the door body 4, so that the lock mechanism 35 is Attach to the inner panel 2 and finish the attaching operation of the lock mechanism 35 and the key cylinder 32.
Here, the operation link 43 of the door outside handle is connected to the lock mechanism 35 by engaging the connection end 44 of the operation link 43 with the connection portion 45 of the lock mechanism 35 after the inner panel 2 of the lock mechanism 35 is attached. .

  According to the embodiment, the lock cable 36 is set to a length that allows the joint portion 37 to be pulled out from the inner panel 2 to the vehicle interior side through the opening 50 in a state where the key cylinder 32 is attached to the outer panel 3. Since the opening 50 is formed in such a size that the lock mechanism 35 can be inserted, the joint portion 37 of the lock cable 36 is positioned on the vehicle interior side of the inner panel 2 through the opening 50 of the inner panel 2. be able to. Therefore, the joint portion 37 of the lock cable 36 is pulled out to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel 2, and is connected to the lock mechanism 35, and then the lock mechanism 35 inserted inward from the opening 50 is attached to the rear wall of the door 1. It can attach to the inner wall of the inner panel 2 to comprise.

  Therefore, compared to the case where the lock cable 36 is attached between the inner panel 2 and the outer panel 3, it can be easily performed in a wide work space. Further, since a large space for work is not required inside the door 1, the interior space of the door 1 can be reduced as a result, so that the vehicle interior space can be increased.

  Here, the opening 50 of the inner panel 2 is formed on the key cylinder 32 side of the connecting portion with the lock cable 36 at the fixing position of the lock mechanism 35, that is, the receiving portion 42 of the lock mechanism 35. There is no need to set the cable 36 unnecessarily long, and the lock cable 36 can be routed to the vehicle interior side of the inner panel 2 through the opening 50. Therefore, the lock cable 36 needs a minimum length.

  In addition, the outer center stiffener 16 is formed with a concave portion 46 at the end portion 23 of the outer center stiffener 16 where the lock mechanism 35 is located, in the vicinity of the lock mechanism 35 and facing the lock mechanism 35. Reinforcement around the mounting portion of the lock mechanism 35 can be performed and a mounting space for the lock mechanism 35 can be secured. Therefore, the attachment property of the lock mechanism 35 can be improved.

  Since the mounting bracket 26 that reinforces the periphery of the mounting hole 33 of the key cylinder 32 is connected in a state of being joined to the upper wall 27 of the rear end portion 23 of the outer center stiffener 16, the key cylinder 32 and the lock mechanism 35 are connected. The surrounding strength can be increased. Therefore, the positional relationship between the key cylinder 32 and the lock mechanism 35 can be reliably maintained.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the front door right door has been described as an example. However, the front seat left door and the rear door can of course be applied to a tailgate.

It is the side view which removed the functional component of the door of embodiment of this invention. It is the side view which looked at the outer panel from the vehicle interior side in the state which removed the inner panel. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. It is the perspective view of the door rear-end part seen from the vehicle interior back. It is the perspective view of the door rear end part seen from the vehicle interior front. It is a side view of the inner panel seen from the vehicle compartment outside. It is a side view which shows the attachment work condition of a lock mechanism. It is the side view of the door seen from the vehicle interior side.

Explanation of symbols

1 Door 2 Inner panel 3 Outer panel 16 Outer center stiffener (reinforcing member)
26 Mounting bracket 32 Key cylinder 35 Lock mechanism 36 Lock cable 37 Joint part (other end part)
42 Receiving part (connecting part)
46 Concave part 50 Opening

Claims (5)

A key cylinder provided on the outer panel of the door, a lock mechanism provided on the inner panel of the door, for switching the lock state of the door, and a lock cable for transmitting a rotation operation by a key operation in the key cylinder to the lock mechanism; Have
An opening is formed in the inner panel, and the lock cable can be pulled out to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel through the opening with the other end connected to the key cylinder. A vehicle door structure characterized in that it is set to a length and the opening is formed in a size that allows the locking mechanism to be inserted therethrough.   The vehicle door structure according to claim 1, wherein an opening of the inner panel is formed closer to the key cylinder than a connecting portion between the lock mechanism and the lock cable.   The outer panel is provided with a reinforcing member in the vicinity of the locking mechanism, and the reinforcing member has a concave portion formed at a portion facing the locking mechanism. The vehicle door structure described.   The vehicle door structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reinforcing member is connected to a mounting bracket provided at a mounting portion of the key cylinder. A key cylinder provided on the outer panel of the door, a lock mechanism provided on the inner panel of the door, for switching the lock state of the door, and a lock cable for transmitting a rotation operation by a key operation in the key cylinder to the lock mechanism. Have
An opening is formed in the inner panel, and the other end of the lock cable can be pulled out to the vehicle interior side of the inner panel through the opening with one end connected to the key cylinder. The length is set, and the opening is formed in a size that allows the locking mechanism to be inserted,
The other end of the lock cable is pulled out to the vehicle interior side from the inner panel through the opening of the inner panel, and is connected to the lock mechanism on the vehicle interior side from the inner panel. A method of attaching a door lock device, wherein the door lock device is attached to the inner panel.

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