JP2008284927A - Side door visor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a side door visor capable of preventing the raindrops flowing along an A pillar from the front glass from adhering to the side door glass due to the wind at running. <P>SOLUTION: In this side door visor provided with a mounting part to be mounted on a side door peripheral fringe part along a roof from the A pillar in the vehicle and a protruding part protruding downward in the direction of the outside of the vehicle from the mounting part, a groove extended along an end part of the mounting part is formed in the end part in a region of at least a part of the mounting part along the A pillar in the mounting part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a side door visor provided on a side door of a vehicle.

  A side door visor may be provided on the side door of the vehicle as a rain guard (for example, Patent Document 1). The side door visor is generally disposed along the roof from the A pillar, and prevents rainwater from entering the vehicle compartment when traveling with the side door glass slightly lowered. It also has a function of preventing rainwater from adhering to deteriorating the visibility on the side of the vehicle. In addition, regarding the deterioration of the visibility on the side of the vehicle, it is important to prevent rainwater from adhering to the front portion of the side door glass because rainwater adheres to the front portion of the side door glass, making it difficult to see the door mirror.

JP 2003-276436 A

  Here, when traveling at a relatively high speed, rainwater flows from the windshield through the A pillar to the side door glass by the traveling wind, and rainwater tends to adhere to the side door glass. Also in the conventional side door visor, the rainwater flowing from the windshield through the A pillar is scattered from the side door visor by the urging of the traveling wind, and the effect of preventing adhesion to the side door glass is recognized. However, the effect varies depending on the size of the side door visor and the mounting angle, and there is still room for improvement.

  Therefore, the objective of this invention is providing the side door visor which can prevent more effectively that the rain water which flows along A pillar from a windshield by driving wind adheres to a side door glass.

  According to the present invention, in the side door visor comprising: a mounting portion that is attached to the peripheral edge portion of the side door along the roof from the A pillar of the vehicle; and a protruding portion that protrudes downward in the vehicle outward direction from the mounting portion. A side door visor is provided in which a groove extending along the end portion is formed at an end portion of the attachment portion in at least a part of the region along the A pillar.

  In the side door visor of the present invention, by providing the groove, rainwater flowing along the A pillar from the windshield by the traveling wind is guided to the groove and flows backward and scattered by the urging of the traveling wind. Therefore, it is possible to more effectively prevent rainwater flowing from the windshield through the A pillar by the traveling wind from adhering to the side door glass.

  In the present invention, the end portion of the attachment portion includes a first front end portion on the vehicle inner side and a second front end portion on the outer side of the vehicle, which form the groove. It is good also as a structure which has the contact surface contact | abutted to a side door peripheral part, and the side surface formation surface which forms the side surface of the said groove | channel continuously with the front-end edge of the said contact surface. According to this configuration, since the first tip portion has the contact surface and the side surface forming surface, the side surface forming surface serves as a guide surface for rainwater into the groove, and rainwater is more reliably supplied. To the groove.

  In the present invention, the groove may have a V-shaped cross section. According to this structure, it can suppress that rainwater deviates across the said groove | channel, and can collect the rainwater capture | acquisition performance by the said groove | channel.

  Further, in the present invention, the end portion of the attachment portion includes a first tip portion on the vehicle interior and a second tip portion on the vehicle exterior that form the groove, and the second tip portion is The side surface forming surface that forms the side surface of the groove and the outer surface continuous with the tip edge of the side surface forming surface may be configured such that the side surface forming surface and the outer surface form an acute angle. . According to this configuration, since the side surface forming surface and the outer surface form an acute angle, it is possible to prevent rainwater from getting over the second tip, and to improve the rainwater trapping performance by the groove. .

  Moreover, in this invention, the structure which has the outward protrusion part which the edge part of the said protrusion part protruded in the direction spaced apart from a side door glass in the one part area | region in alignment with the said A pillar among the said protrusion parts. It is good. According to this configuration, since the outward projecting portion is provided, when rainwater that has deviated across the groove gets over the outer projecting portion, it is scattered by the urging of the traveling wind. Scattering of rainwater in the direction of the door glass is suppressed, and attachment of rainwater to the side door glass can be reduced.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a side door visor that can more effectively prevent rainwater flowing along the A pillar from the windshield from being attached to the side door glass.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing a vehicle (automobile) 100 provided with a side door visor A according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle 100 includes A pillars 102 positioned on the left and right of the windshield 101 and a roof 103 that constitutes the roof of the vehicle 100. In the case of the present embodiment, the vehicle 100 is a four-door vehicle, and the side door 110 constituting the front side door is a side that opens and closes by moving a sash portion 111 and a window defined by the sash portion 111 in the vertical direction. A door glass 112 and a door mirror 113 are provided. A part of the sash portion 111 (a portion hidden by the side visor A in FIG. 1) forms a side door peripheral portion along the roof 103 from the A pillar 102.

  Next, the configuration of the side door visor A will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line I-I in FIG. 1, and is a cross-sectional view (end view) in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sash portion 111 (longitudinal direction of the A pillar 102). 3 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line II-II in FIG. 1, and is a cross-sectional view (end face) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sash portion 111 (longitudinal direction of the roof 103; front-rear direction of the vehicle 100). Figure).

  In the case of this embodiment, the side door visor A is retrofitted and attached to a portion of the sash portion 111 along the roof 103 from the A pillar 102. The side door visor A includes an attachment portion 10 that is attached to the sash portion 111 and a protrusion portion 20 that protrudes downward from the attachment portion 10 in the vehicle outward direction and protrudes downward from the sash portion 111 in the vehicle outward direction. The side door visor A has a bent plate shape as a whole, and is integrally formed of resin, for example.

  The back surface of the mounting portion 10 constitutes a mounting surface 11, and the side door visor A is fixed to the sash portion 111 by the double-sided tape 40 on the mounting surface 11. For fixing the side door visor A, a fixing method other than the double-sided tape 40 can be adopted. The surface of the mounting portion 10 constitutes a mounting surface 12, and the molding 30 is fixed on the mounting surface 12 by a double-sided tape 41. The molding 30 is provided in order to improve the decorativeness of the side door visor A to the side door 110. For example, a member having the same color as the sash portion 111 is used. For the fixation of the molding 30, a fixing method other than the double-sided tape 41 can be adopted, and a configuration in which the molding 30 is not provided can also be adopted.

  A groove 13 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 100 along the end portion is formed at the end portion of the attachment portion 10 oriented toward the vehicle interior side. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the groove 13 is formed in a part of the region S1 along the A pillar 102. Therefore, the groove 13 appears in FIG. Not appearing. As will be described later, the groove 13 has an effect of reducing the rainwater flowing from the windshield 101 from adhering to the side door glass 112. Accordingly, the region S1 is set to at least a part of the region along the A pillar 102, but may be set to the entire region along the A pillar 102, or may be set to a region along the roof 103. .

  In the case of this embodiment, the groove 13 has a V-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. The end portion of the mounting portion 10 has two tip portions 14 and 15 branched to form the groove 13. The distal end portion 14 is located on the inner side of the vehicle, and the distal end portion 15 is located on the outer side of the vehicle.

  The distal end portion 14 has an abutment surface 14a that abuts the sash portion 111 and a side surface forming surface 14b that forms a side surface of the groove 13 continuously with the distal end edge of the abutment surface 14a.

  The distal end portion 15 has a side surface forming surface 15a that forms the side surface of the groove 13, and an outer surface 15b that is continuous with the distal end edge of the side surface forming surface 15a. In the present embodiment, the side surface forming surface 15a and the outer side surface 15b form an acute angle (less than 90 degrees), and the cross-sectional shape of the distal end portion 15 is a wedge shape.

  Next, in the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, an outward projecting portion 21 and an inward projecting portion 22 are formed at the end portion of the projecting portion 20 that is directed to the outside of the vehicle. . The outward projecting portion 21 projects from the main body portion 20 a of the projecting portion 20 in a direction away from the side door glass 112, while the inward projecting portion 22 projects in a direction close to the side door glass 112.

  In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outward protrusion 21 and the inward protrusion 22 are respectively formed in partial regions S <b> 2 and S <b> 3 along the A pillar 102. In the present embodiment, the area S3 includes the area S2 and is set to be wider than the area S2. Therefore, both the outward projecting portion 21 and the inward projecting portion 22 are formed at the portion where the region S2 and the region S3 overlap. In addition, in the present embodiment, the outward projecting portion 21 and the inward projecting portion are formed. Since the portion 22 protrudes in the opposite direction, the cross-sectional shape of the end portion of the protruding portion 20 is T-shaped in the portion where the region S2 and the region S3 overlap.

  As will be described later, the outward projecting portion 21 has an action of reducing rainwater flowing from the windshield 101 from adhering to the side door glass 112. In addition, the inward projecting portion 22 has an action of reducing the generation of wind noise caused by the provision of the side door visor A. Accordingly, the areas S2 and S3 are set to at least a part of the area along the A pillar 102, but may be set to the entire area along the A pillar 102, or may be set to an area along the roof 103. Also good. In addition, about the area | region which provided the inward protrusion part 22, since the rainwater may spread to the side door glass 112 along the inward protrusion part 22, the inward protrusion part 22 is made like this embodiment. It is desirable to provide the outward protrusions 21 for all the provided areas.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the case of the present embodiment, the vehicle outer surface 22 a of the inward protrusion 22 and the vehicle outer surface 21 a of the outer protrusion 21 are continuous, and the inner protrusion 22 The vehicle outer surface 22a is a flat surface. In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the cross-sectional shape of the outward projecting portion 21 is a semicircular shape. Furthermore, in the case of this embodiment, in the boundary part 20b of the main body part 20a and the outward protrusion part 21 of the protrusion part 20, the surface of the main body part 20a and the surface of the outward protrusion part 21 are continuous. The outline shape of the cross section of 20b is circular. In the case of the present embodiment, in particular, the contour shape of the cross section of the boundary portion 20b is an arc shape having a substantially radius of 2 mm, and a smoothly continuous valley shape is formed.

  Next, the operation of the side door visor A having such a configuration will be described. First, the operation of the groove 13 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of how rainwater flows from the windshield 101 to the side door visor A. FIG.

  When the vehicle 100 is traveling at a relatively high speed in rainy weather, rainwater on the windshield 101 will flow from the windshield 101 to the side door visor A through the A pillar 102 as shown by the arrow d1 by the traveling wind. And At this time, in this embodiment, since the groove 13 (not shown in FIG. 4) is provided at the end of the mounting portion 10 in the region S1, the rainwater flowing along the A pillar from the windshield by the traveling wind is the groove 13. Led to. And the inside of the groove | channel 13 flows to the back of the vehicle 100 by the urging | biasing of driving | running | working wind, and is scattered.

  Therefore, it is possible to more effectively prevent rainwater flowing from the windshield 101 from the windshield 101 through the A pillar 102 due to traveling wind to adhere to the side door glass 112. Here, in particular, when rainwater adheres to the front portion of the side door glass 112 among the side door glasses 112, the door mirror 113 becomes difficult to see. Therefore, it is important to prevent rainwater from adhering to the front portion of the side door glass 112. However, in this embodiment, since the groove 13 is formed in the region S1 along the A pillar 102, it is particularly effective for preventing rainwater from adhering to the front portion of the side door glass 112.

  Further, the groove 13 becomes a rain gutter of a part of rainwater that flows from the roof 103 to the side door 110 when the vehicle 100 is traveling at a relatively low speed or when the vehicle 100 is stopped. There is also an effect of preventing rainwater from adhering.

  In the present embodiment, of the two tip portions 14 and 15 branched to form the groove 13, the tip portion 14 has an abutment surface 14a and a side surface forming surface 14b, and the side surface forming surface 14b. Is continuous with the tip edge of the contact surface 14 a, it becomes a rainwater guide surface into the groove 13, and rainwater can be more reliably guided to the groove 13.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the cross-sectional shape of the groove 13 is V-shaped, it is possible to prevent rainwater entering the groove 13 from deviating across the groove 13, that is, spilling down, and The rainwater catching performance by the groove 13 can be improved.

  In the case of the present embodiment, of the two tip portions 14 and 15 branched to form the groove 13, the tip portion 15 has a side surface forming surface 15a and an outer surface 15b, which form an acute angle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rainwater from getting over the tip portion 15 and to easily flow backward, and to improve the rainwater trapping performance by the groove 13.

  Next, the operation of the outward protrusion 21 and the inward protrusion 22 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, and is a horizontal cross-sectional view. First, in the side door visor A of the present embodiment, by providing the inward projecting portion 22, the traveling wind is caught in the gap G between the side door visor A and the side door glass 112 as shown by the arrow f1. And wind noise can be reduced by guiding the traveling wind to the rear of the vehicle 100.

  Moreover, even if rainwater crosses the groove | channel 13 by providing the outward protrusion part 21, it can reduce that this adheres to the side door glass 112. FIG. That is, rainwater (arrow d2) flowing from the windshield 101 through the A pillar 102 and the side door visor A to the side door glass 112 by the traveling wind gets over the outer protrusion 21 before reaching the inner protrusion 22. Become. At that time, rainwater scatters from the outward projecting portion 21 due to the urging of the traveling wind, so that scattering of rainwater toward the side door glass 112 is suppressed, and adhesion of rainwater to the side door glass 112 can be reduced.

  Further, even if rainwater gets over the outer protrusion 21, in this embodiment, the outer surface 22 a of the inner protrusion 22 is a flat surface continuous with the outer surface 21 a of the outer protrusion 21. Therefore, the rainwater that has passed over the outward projecting portion 21 flows to the vehicle outer surface 22a, and the vehicle outer surface 22a becomes a draining surface, and the rainwater is rearward as shown by the arrow d2 ′ by the urging of the traveling wind. The rainwater adhering to the side door glass 112 can be reduced.

  In the case of the present embodiment, since the cross-sectional shape of the outward protrusion 21 is semicircular, it is possible to reduce turbulence in the airflow of the traveling wind due to the provision of the outward protrusion 21 and reduce wind noise.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, in the boundary part 20b of the main-body part 20a of the protrusion part 20 and the outward protrusion part 21, the surface of the main-body part 20a and the surface of the outward protrusion part 21 are continuing, and a boundary part Since the contour shape of the cross section of 20b is circular, rainwater can flow more smoothly from the main body portion 20a to the outward projection 21. The rainwater produced by providing the outward projection 21 The scattering effect can be improved. In other words, rainwater that travels through the main body portion 20a does not accumulate in the boundary portion 20b, and can easily climb the outward projecting portion 21, and can be more reliably scattered by urging the running wind during the climbing process.

It is a figure showing vehicle 100 provided with side door visor A concerning one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line II in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line II-II in FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing of the way of the rainwater which flows from the windshield 101 to the side door visor A. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view (end view) taken along line III-III in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

A Side door visor 10 Mounting portion 13 Grooves 14, 15 Tip portion 14a Abutting surface 14b Side surface forming surface 15a Side surface forming surface 15b Outer side surface 20 Protruding portion 20a Main body portion 20b Boundary portion 21 Outward protruding portion 21a Car outer surface 22 Inner side Protruding portion 22a Car outer surface 100 Vehicle 102 A pillar 103 Roof 110 Side door 111 Sash portion 112 Side door glass

Claims (5)

An attachment part attached to the side door peripheral part along the roof from the A pillar of the vehicle;
A projecting portion projecting downward from the mounting portion in the vehicle outward direction;
In the side door visor with
A side door visor characterized in that a groove extending along the end portion is formed in an end portion of the attachment portion in at least a part of the attachment portion along the A pillar. The end of the mounting portion is
A first tip portion on the inner side of the vehicle and a second tip portion on the outer side of the vehicle that form the groove;
The first tip is
A contact surface that contacts the peripheral edge of the side door;
A side surface forming surface that forms a side surface of the groove continuously with a tip edge of the contact surface;
The side door visor according to claim 1, comprising:   The side door visor according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the groove is V-shaped. The end of the mounting portion is
A first tip portion on the inner side of the vehicle and a second tip portion on the outer side of the vehicle that form the groove;
The second tip is
A side surface forming surface that forms a side surface of the groove;
An outer surface continuous with a tip edge of the side surface forming surface,
The side door visor according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the side surface forming surface and the outer surface form an acute angle.   2. The projecting portion has an outward projecting portion projecting in a direction away from the side door glass in at least a part of the region along the A-pillar. The side door visor of any one of thru | or 4.

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