JP2008162360A - Vehicle with roof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce cost by facilitating the replacing work of a window screen and simplifying a shape of the window screen in a vehicle with a roof arranged with the window screen to cover an occupant on a driver's seat from the front between a front part of the roof and a front part of a vehicle body. <P>SOLUTION: In this vehicle, elastic members 45 and 46 are mounted to the peripheral edge of the window screen 30, a garnish 47 abutting on and supported to a lower part of the window screen 30 from a lower part via the elastic member 45 is provided in the front part of the vehicle body, both right and left sides of the window screen 30 are fitted from the side via the elastic member 45, vertically-extending lower ends of a pair of right and left rails 48 are fixed to the garnish 47, upper ends of both the rails 48 are connected to the front part of the roof 29, and both axial direction ends of a rod 49 for pressing the upper end of the window screen 30 from above via the elastic member 46 are fastened to upper ends of both the rails 48. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle with a roof in which a wind screen that covers an occupant on a driver seat from the front is disposed between a front portion of a roof that covers a driver seat on the vehicle body and a front portion of the vehicle body.

Such a vehicle with a roof is known, for example, from Patent Document 1, in which a lower part of the wind screen is supported by a support frame provided at the front part of the vehicle body, and the upper part of the wind screen is the front part of the roof. Installed on.
Japanese Patent No. 3476020

  In the vehicle with a roof disclosed in Patent Document 1, the lower end portion of the wind screen is extended from the front and rear to a support pipe that extends from left to right and extends upward from a middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the support frame provided at the front portion of the vehicle body. The sandwiching pieces to be sandwiched are fixed, and the lower sides of the wind screen are fixed to the support stays extending upward from the left and right ends of the support frame. In addition to the wind screen, the support frame has a washer tank, a wiper drive device, and A horn or the like is supported. For this reason, when the wind screen is replaced when the wind screen is scratched or dirty, there is a problem that it is necessary to disassemble the periphery of the wind screen, which takes time and labor. In addition, the lower and upper shapes of the wind screen must be complicated for mounting on the support frame and the roof, resulting in an increase in cost.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle with a roof that facilitates the replacement operation of the wind screen and simplifies the shape of the wind screen to reduce the cost.

  In order to achieve the above object, a windscreen for covering an occupant on the driver's seat from the front is provided between the front portion of the roof and the front portion of the vehicle body that covers the driver's seat on the vehicle body from above. In the vehicle with a roof provided, an elastic member that sandwiches the peripheral portion of the windscreen from both sides is attached to the peripheral portion of the windscreen, and has at least a cover portion that covers the lower portion of the windscreen from the front, and the windscreen A garnish that contacts and supports the lower end portion from below through the elastic member is provided at the front portion of the vehicle body, and the left and right sides of the windscreen are fitted from the side through the elastic member and extend vertically. The lower ends of the pair of rails are fixed to the garnish, and the upper ends of the rails are connected to the front portion of the roof. Wherein the axial ends of the rod for holding the upper end of the windscreen via the elastic member from above is fastened to the upper end portion of the rails.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, mounting portions bent downward are formed at both axial end portions of the rod, and both mounting portions are formed at the upper end portions of the rails. It is characterized by being fastened.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, when the wind screen is replaced, the wind screen is moved up and down along both rails by releasing the connection of the pair of left and right rails to the roof and the fastening of the rods to both rails. It can be slid, and the window screen can be easily replaced. In addition, the lower part of the wind screen is supported and supported by the garnish from below via an elastic member, and both sides of the wind screen are supported by fitting from both sides to both rails via the elastic member. Since the upper part of the screen is only pressed by the rod through the elastic member, the shape of the wind screen can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the outer appearance of the roof is improved so that the fastening portions at both axial ends of the rod to the pair of rails do not protrude upward and affect the shape of the roof. Can keep.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on one embodiment of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

  1 to 16 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle with a roof, and FIG. 2 is a view of a portion related to a roof and a wind screen as seen from the direction of arrow 2 in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a portion related to the roof and the wind screen, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6, FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 2, FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 10 is a perspective view as seen from the direction of arrow 10 in FIG. 2, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the portion shown in FIG. 10 as seen from the inside, and FIG. 12 is a state where the garnish and the rail are tilted forward. FIG. 13 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 10, FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the wind screen and the upper part of the rail, omitting the front portion of the roof, and FIG. 14. 14-14 cross section taken along line 13, FIG. 15 line 15-15 enlarged sectional view of FIG. 13, FIG. 16 is a line 16-16 enlarged sectional view of FIG. 13.

  First, in FIG. 1, a vehicle body 20 of a four-wheeled vehicle with a roof includes a vehicle body frame 21 made of a metal material that forms a skeleton of the vehicle body 20, and a vehicle body cover 22 made of a synthetic resin that covers the vehicle body frame 21. A pair of left and right front wheels WF disposed at the foremost portion of the vehicle 20 are suspended from the front portion of the body frame 21 so as to be steerable. A unit swing type power unit 23 is suspended at the rear of the vehicle body frame 21 so as to be swingable up and down, and a pair of left and right rear wheels WR driven by the power exerted by the power unit 23 is the power unit 23. It is pivotally supported at the rear.

  The front wheels WF are steered by a steering mechanism having a bar handle 24, and a driver seat 26 for a driver to operate the bar handle 24 is disposed behind the bar handle 24. A rear passenger seat 27 is disposed at a slightly higher position behind the driver seat 26. Moreover, the rear passenger seat 27 is formed wider than the driver seat 26 so that two passengers can be seated side by side, and armrests 28 are disposed on both sides of the rear passenger seat 27.

  2 and 3 together, the driver's seat 26 is covered with a roof 29 from above, and an occupant on the driver's seat 26 is placed between the front portion of the roof 29 and the front portion of the vehicle body 20. A windscreen 30 made of glass covering from the front is disposed, and the rear part of the roof 29 is supported by a pair of left and right rear poles 31, 31 that are supported by the rear part of the vehicle body 20 and rise.

  A rear inner panel 32 is joined to the rear portion of the roof 29 from below, and the upper end of the rear pole 31 is inserted between the rear portion of the roof 29 and the rear inner panel 31 from the rear. A bent portion 31a that is bent along the inner surface of 29 is formed, and a mounting plate 33 is fixed to the bent portion 31a.

  In FIG. 4, on the inner surface of the rear portion of the roof 29, a bent portion 29a that covers the bent portion 31a of the rear pole 31 from above, and a support plate portion that is continuous with the bent portion 29a so as to face the mounting plate 33 from above. 29b is integrally provided, and the mounting plate 33 and the support plate portion 29b are fastened by bolts 34 and nuts 35, whereby the rear portion of the roof 29 is supported by the upper end portions of the rear poles 31.

  5 and 6, a support pipe 36 is fixed to the lower end portion of the rear pole 31, and the front end of the support pipe 36 is supported by a gusset 37 welded to the rear pole 31 and the support pipe 36. In this way, the mounting plate 38 is fixed. A support plate 40 that is opposed to the mounting plate 38 from the outside is fixed to a rear support frame 39 provided at the rear portion of the vehicle body frame 21 in the vehicle body 20.

  On the other hand, the inner half of the armrest 28 is formed by a cover member 41 that constitutes a part of the vehicle body cover 22, and the support plate 40 is disposed between the cover member 41 and the mounting plate 38. A plurality of, for example, three bolts 42 inserted through the cover member 41, the mounting plate 38 and the support plate 40 from the cover member 41 side are screwed into weld nuts 43 fixed to the support plate 40. . That is, the lower end portion of the rear pole 31 is fixed to the rear support frame 39 provided at the rear portion of the vehicle body frame 21 by joint fastening with the cover member 41.

  Referring to FIG. 3, first and second elastic members 45 and 46 sandwiching the peripheral edge from both sides are attached to the peripheral portion of the wind screen 30, and cover the lower portion of the wind screen 30 at least from the front. A garnish 47 that contacts and supports the lower portion of the windscreen 30 from below via a first elastic member 45 is provided at the front portion of the vehicle body 20, and the first elastic member 45 is disposed on the left and right sides of the windscreen 30. The lower ends of a pair of left and right rails 48, 48 that are fitted from the side and extend vertically are fixed to the garnish 47, and the upper ends of the rails 48 are connected to the front portion of the roof 29, and the second Both ends in the axial direction of the rod 49 that presses the upper end of the wind screen 30 from above via the elastic member 46 are fastened to the upper portions of the rails 48. That.

  The first elastic member 45 is bent in a substantially U shape and sandwiches the lower edge and both side edges of the wind screen 30 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and the second elastic member 46 is formed as shown in FIG. As shown, the upper edge of the wind screen 30 is sandwiched from both sides, and the second elastic member 46 is reinforced by a metal reinforcing member 50.

  Referring to FIGS. 10 and 11 together, the garnish 47 has a cover portion 47 a that covers the lower portion of the wind screen 30 from the front, and the lower portion of the wind screen 30 is interposed via the first elastic member 45. A screen support member 51 sandwiched between the garnish 47 and the cover portion 47 a is fastened to the garnish 47 by a plurality of bolts 52. Moreover, on the inner surface side of the garnish 47, a plurality of ribs 53 having projecting portions 53 a on which the lower end portion of the wind screen 30 is placed via the first elastic member 45 are projected.

  That is, the lower portion of the wind screen 30 is arranged such that the lower portion of the wind screen 30 abuts the step portions 53a of the plurality of ribs 53 through the first elastic member 45, and the cover portion 47a of the garnish 47 and the screen support member. The first elastic member 45 is fitted between the garnishes 47, and the garnish 47 abuts and supports the lower part of the wind screen 30 from below through the first elastic member 45.

  A meter visor 55 is connected to the garnish 47 so as to be positioned on the rear side of the wind screen 30. Further, a base portion of a wiper 56 for wiping the front surface of the wind screen 30 is rotatably supported on the garnish 47.

  As clearly shown in FIG. 8, the rail 48 has a groove 57 for fitting both sides of the wind screen 30 via the first elastic member 45 and extends vertically. As shown in FIG. 11, the left and right sides of the screen support member 51 are sandwiched between the left and right sides of the garnish 47 by a plurality of, for example, a pair of upper and lower bolts 58 and 58.

  On the left and right sides of the garnish 47, plate-like portions 47b... Extending in the front-rear direction are provided. On the other hand, on the front support frame 59 provided at the front portion of the vehicle body frame 21 in the vehicle body 20, brackets 62 are opposed to the plate-like portions 47b from the inside. That is, the bracket 62 is fastened by the pair of bolts 61 and 61 to the support member 60 fixed to the front support frame 59.

  The plate-like portion 47 b of the garnish 47 is fastened to the bracket 62 by a plurality of, for example, a pair of bolts 63 and 64. That is, both bolts 63 and 64 are inserted into the plate-like portion 47b and the bracket 62 from the plate-like portion 47b side, and nuts 65 and 66 are screwed onto the bolts 63 and 64 on the bracket 62 side.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 12, the garnish 47 can be rotated in the front-rear direction using a specific bolt of the two bolts 63, 64, in this embodiment, the bolt 63 arranged on the front side as a fulcrum. Therefore, the remaining bolts excluding a specific bolt among the bolts 63, 64, in this embodiment, the rear-side bolt 64 are inserted so that the plate-like portion 47b or the bracket 62 (in this embodiment, the plate 62). An insertion hole 67 provided in the shape portion 47b) is formed in an arc shape along a virtual arc IC centering on the axis of the front bolt 63, which is the specific bolt, and the lower end of the insertion hole 67 is the plate It opens at the lower end of the shaped part 47b.

  That is, the bracket 62 and the bolt 63 constitute a hinge portion 68 that allows the garnish 47 to turn in the front-rear direction. The garnish 47 is attached to the front portion of the vehicle body 20 via the hinge portion 68. Will be installed.

  Further, leg portions 70 of side mirrors 69 are attached to the support members 60 provided on the front support frame 59, and the support members 60 of the brackets 62 and the leg portions 70 are attached. Bracket covers 71 are attached to both the left and right sides of the garnish 47.

  13 and 14, a front inner panel 73 is joined to the front portion of the roof 29 from below, and upper ends of a plurality of boss portions 74, which are integrally projected on the inner surface of the front portion of the roof 29. A plurality of bottomed cylindrical mounting cylinders 75 are protruded integrally with the front inner panel 73 so that the closing part is brought into contact with the lower part. Thus, the front inner panel 73 is joined to the front portion of the roof 29 by fastening the mounting tube portions 75 and the boss portions 74 with the screw members 76.

  Between the front part of the roof 29 and the front inner panel 73, the upper end part of the wind screen 30 in which the second elastic member 46 is mounted on the upper edge part and the upper end parts of both rails 48 are inserted from below. A seal member 76 that elastically contacts the front surface of the wind screen 30 is attached to the front edge of the roof 29.

  Referring also to FIG. 15, a notch portion 78 is provided on the front side of the upper end portion of the rail 48 to form a flat mounting seat 77 that is disposed rearward from the front surface of the rail 48 and faces the front. . On the other hand, the rod 49 is disposed between the front portion of the roof 29 and the front inner panel 73 so as to contact the reinforcing member 50 of the second elastic member 46 from above and press the upper end portion of the wind screen 30 from above. The both ends of the rod 49 in the axial direction are fastened to the mounting seats 77 at the upper part of the rails 48.

  At both ends in the axial direction of the rod 49, mounting portions 49a and 49a bent downward are formed, and flat mounting plates 79 fixed to the mounting portions 49a are attached to the mounting seat 77. Abutted. Thus, a pair of nuts 81 are embedded in the upper end portions of the rails 48 in a portion corresponding to the mounting seats 77, and bolts inserted through the upper ends of the mounting plates 79 and the rails 48. 80... Are screwed into the nuts 81.

  By the way, between the upper ends of the rails 48 and the roof 29, the connection with the roof 29 is released in response to a load of a predetermined value or more applied to the front acting on the rails 48. Further, connecting means 82 for connecting the rails 48 to the roof 29 are provided.

  In FIG. 16, the connecting means 82 has pins 84, 84 that fit into, for example, two connecting holes 83 provided at the upper end of the rail 48. The inner panel 73 protrudes from the connecting holes 83 in response to a load, and the protruding ends of the pins 84 protruding from the upper ends of the rails 48 are provided. Holding cylinders 85 are inserted into the inner surface of the roof 29 so as to be inserted and held slightly.

  Thus, when a forward load acts on the rail 48, the rail 48 tries to displace forward while bending the pins 84 ... forward, and when the load exceeds a predetermined value, A force that bends the pins 84 from the rails 48 so that the ends of the pins 84 are detached from the holding cylinders 85 and also from the connecting holes 83 acts on the pins 84 from the rails 48. The state of connection to the roof 29 is released.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First and second elastic members 45 and 46 that sandwich the periphery of the wind screen 30 from both sides are attached to the periphery of the wind screen 30, A garnish 47 is provided at the front of the vehicle body 20 to support and support the lower portion of the wind screen 30 from below through the first elastic member 45, and covers the left and right sides of the wind screen 30. The lower ends of a pair of left and right rails 48 that are fitted from the side via the first elastic member 45 and extend vertically are fixed to the garnish 47, and the upper ends of the rails 48 are fixed to the front portion of the roof 29. Both ends in the axial direction of the rod 49 connected and holding the upper end of the wind screen 30 from above via the second elastic member 46 There has been fastened to the rails 48 ... upper end of the.

  Accordingly, when the wind screen 30 is replaced, the wind screen 30 is moved up and down along the rails 48 by releasing the connection of the pair of left and right rails 48 to the roof 29 and releasing the fastening of the rod 49 to the rails 48. The window screen 30 can be easily replaced. In addition, the lower portion of the wind screen 30 is abutted and supported by the garnish 47 from below through the first elastic member 45, and both sides of the wind screen 30 are fitted from both rails 48 through the first elastic member 45 from the side. Since the upper portion of the wind screen 30 is only pressed by the rod 49 via the second elastic member 46, the shape of the wind screen 30 can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  In addition, a plurality of ribs 53 for projecting the lower end of the wind screen 30 are provided on the garnish 47 so that the screen support member 51 sandwiches the lower portion of the wind screen 30 between the cover 47a of the garnish 47 and the garnish. Since it is fastened to 47, the lower part of the wind screen 30 can be supported by being sandwiched from the front and rear with a simple structure.

  Also, mounting portions 49a bent downward are formed at both ends in the axial direction of the rod 49, and fastened to the upper ends of the mounting portions 49a, the rails 48, so the rods 49 to the pair of rails 48 ... The fastening portions at both ends in the axial direction do not protrude upward and affect the shape of the roof 29, so that the appearance of the roof 29 can be kept good.

  Further, the garnish 47 is attached to the front portion of the vehicle body 20 via a hinge portion 68 that allows the garnish 47 to be rotated in the front-rear direction, and both rails 48 whose lower ends are fixed to the garnish 47. Are connected to the front portion of the roof 29 so that the connection is released in response to a load of a predetermined value or more applied forward to the rails 48. When the deceleration increases and a load greater than a predetermined value is applied to both rails 48..., The connection of both rails 48 to the roof 29 is released, and both rails 48. Since the garnish 47 is rotated forward together with the garnish 47, the possibility that the occupant hits the windscreen 30 can be reduced as much as possible.

  Moreover, since the wind screen 30 is made of glass, a relatively large forward inertial force acts on the wind screen 30 in accordance with an excessive deceleration of the vehicle. Can be made more reliable.

  Further, the garnish 47 is provided with plate-like portions 47b extending in the front-rear direction, and brackets 62 attached to the front portion of the vehicle body 20 are fastened by a plurality of bolts 63, 64 ... In order to enable the garnish 47 to rotate in the front-rear direction with one specific bolt 63 of these bolts 63, 64... As a fulcrum, the specific bolt 63 of the bolts 63, 64. An insertion hole 67 provided in the plate-like portion 47b in such a manner that the remaining bolts 64 except for ... are inserted in an arc shape along a virtual arc IC centered on the axis of the specific bolt 63 ... Is formed.

  That is, the hinge portion 68 that allows the garnish 47 to rotate in the front-rear direction is configured by the bracket 62 and the bolt 63, and the duty configuration is configured, and the garnish 47 has a simple structure. The hinge structure can be realized. Moreover, plate-like portions 47b provided in the garnish 47 extending in the front-rear direction are fastened to the brackets 62 by a plurality of (in this embodiment, a pair) bolts 63, 64 including the specific bolts 63. Therefore, the hinge structure can have sufficient rigidity.

  Further, connecting means 82 for connecting the rails 48 to the roof 29 in such a manner that the connection to the roof 29 is released in response to a load of a predetermined value or more applied to the front acting on the rails 48. The pins 84... Fitted into two connecting holes 83 provided at the upper ends of the rails 48 sandwich the upper ends of the rails 48 between the front portions of the roof 29. The garnish 47, the wind screen 30 and the rails 48 are separated from the roof 29 by connecting means 82 of a simple structure. Can be rotated forward.

  Moreover, since the rear portion of the roof 29 is supported by the rear poles 31 that are supported by the rear portion of the vehicle body 20 and rise, the vehicle body can be used even when the wind screen 30 is inclined forward or the roof 29 is relatively large. 20 side can be left.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. It is.

It is a side view of a vehicle with a roof. It is the front view which looked at the part relevant to a roof and a windscreen from the arrow 2 direction of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the part relevant to a roof and a windscreen. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. FIG. 5 is a view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 2. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 2. FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIG. 2. It is the perspective view seen from the 10 arrow direction of FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the part shown in FIG. 10 from the inner side. It is a perspective view corresponding to Drawing 10 in the state where the garnish and the rail fell down to the front side. It is a perspective view which omits the front part of a roof and shows the windscreen and the upper part of a rail. FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 14-14 in FIG. 13. It is a 15-15 line expanded sectional view of FIG. It is a 16-16 line expanded sectional view of Drawing 13.

Explanation of symbols

20. Car body 26 ... Driver's seat 29 ... Roof 30 ... Wind screen 45, 46 ... Elastic member 47 ... Garnish 47a ... Cover part 48 ... Rail 49 ... Rod 49a ... Mounting part

Claims (2)

  Between the front part of the roof (29) which covers the driver's seat (26) on the vehicle body (20) from above and the front part of the vehicle body (20), a wind screen (30) which covers the passenger on the driver's seat (26) from the front ) Is provided, elastic members (45, 46) sandwiching the peripheral edge of the windscreen (30) from both sides are mounted on the peripheral edge of the windscreen (30), and the windscreen (30) The garnish (47) has at least a cover portion (47a) that covers the lower portion of the windscreen from the front, and contacts and supports the lower portion of the wind screen (30) from below via the elastic member (45). A pair of left and right extending vertically by fitting the left and right sides of the windscreen (30) from the side via the elastic member (45). The lower end of the rail (48) is fixed to the garnish (47), the upper ends of the rails (48) are connected to the front part of the roof (29), and the window is interposed via the elastic member (46). A vehicle with a roof, characterized in that both ends in the axial direction of a rod (49) for pressing the upper end of the screen (30) from above are fastened to the upper ends of the rails (48).   Attachment portions (49a) bent downward are formed at both axial ends of the rod (49), and both attachment portions (49a) are fastened to upper ends of the rails (48). Item 1. A vehicle with a roof according to item 1.

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