JP2010047098A - Automobile equipped with rain water guide member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent degradation in the appearance of an automobile equipped with a back door supported to be pivotably openable and closable in a vertical direction at a rear part of a vehicle body, and rain water guide members provided at side edges of the back door to guide rain water along the side edges in order to prevent the entrance of the rain water on the back door occupying its full-open position, into the vehicle interior. <P>SOLUTION: The rain water guide members 8 are detachably fitted in the side edges 9 of the back door 2, and the rain water guide members 8 can be removed from the back door 2 except when it is rainy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a back door supported at the rear part of a vehicle body so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and rain water on the back door which is provided at a side edge of the back door and occupies a fully open position. It is related with the motor vehicle provided with the rainwater guide member which guides this rainwater along the side edge part of a back door so that it may prevent entering into.

  An automobile of the above type configured as a wagon car or the like is conventionally known (see Patent Document 1). According to such an automobile, even when the back door is rotated to the fully open position during rain, rain water on the back door can be prevented from entering the vehicle interior from the door opening at the rear of the vehicle body, and the vehicle interior gets wet with rain water. Can prevent the problem. A conventional rainwater guide member of this type of automobile is firmly fixed to the back door with a screw or an adhesive.

  As described above, the rainwater guide member is a member having an excellent function capable of preventing rainwater from entering the vehicle compartment. However, since the rainwater guide member is attached to a position that is conspicuous from the outside when the back door is opened, the rainwater guide member cannot avoid the disadvantage that the appearance of the automobile is impaired. The rainwater guide member becomes an obstructive member except during rainy weather.

JP 2006-205978 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile having a rainwater guide member that eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks.

  The present invention is characterized in that, in the automobile described at the beginning, the rainwater guide member is detachably fitted to a side edge of the back door.

  At that time, the rainwater guide member includes a base portion detachably fitted to a side edge portion of the back door, and a lip portion protruding upward from the base portion in a state where the back door occupies a fully open position. It is advantageous if the lip portion is configured to guide rainwater on the back door.

  Further, in the above-described automobile, the rainwater guide member has a protrusion that protrudes from the surface of the base portion facing the back door and presses against the outer surface of the back door, and the protrusion It is advantageous that the lip portion is made of a softer material than the base portion, and the lip portion, the base portion, and the protruding portion are made of an integrally molded product made of resin.

  According to the present invention, since the rainwater guide member is detachably fitted to the side edge of the back door, the rainwater guide member can be detached from the back door except during rainy weather. When the guide member is unnecessary, it is possible to prevent a problem that the appearance of the automobile is deteriorated.

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

  FIG. 1 is a side view showing a rear portion of an automobile. As shown by arrows A and B, the automobile shown here has a back door 2 supported by a hinge (not shown) so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, as indicated by arrows A and B. . FIG. 1 shows a state in which the back door 2 occupies a fully closed position in which the door opening at the rear of the vehicle body is closed. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the back door 2 occupies a fully open position in which the door opening 3 at the rear of the vehicle body is opened. The state of is shown. When the back door 2 occupies the fully open position, the back door 2 is inclined and positioned with its front side slightly lower than the rear side.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, each end of a gas damper stay 4 is rotatably connected to the back door 2 and the vehicle body 1, and the back door 2 is opened in the opening direction by the gas damper stay 4. The back door 2 that is urged to rotate and occupies the fully open position is held in the fully open position by the action of the gas damper stay 4. An opening trim 5 is fitted on the flange of the vehicle body extending around the door opening 3 at the rear of the vehicle body.

  As shown in FIG. 3 which is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2 and FIG. 2, the back door 2 has an outer panel 6 and an inner panel 7. The parts are fixed to each other by hemming. A window glass 14 is fixedly disposed in the window opening of the back door 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a rainwater guide member 8 is provided at the side edge 9 of the back door 2. As clearly shown in FIG. 3, the rainwater guide member 8 of this example is in a state in which the base 10 detachably fitted to the side edge 9 of the back door 2 and the back door 2 occupy the fully open position. And a lip portion 11 protruding upward from the base portion 10. The rainwater guide member 8 has the same cross-sectional shape over its entire length.

  When the back door 2 is rotated to the fully open position shown in FIG. 2 when it rains, the rain that falls on the back door 2 flows to the side edge 9 of the back door 2. At this time, since the rainwater guide member 8 is provided on the side edge portion 9, the rainwater is blocked by the lip portion 11 of the rainwater guide member 8 and is continuously guided to the lip portion 11. Then, it flows forward along the side edge 9 of the back door 2 as indicated by the arrow C in FIG. Next, the rainwater is discharged from the front end portion 12 (FIG. 2) of the rainwater guide member 8 to the front side of the opening trim 5 shown in FIG. Therefore, the rainwater does not enter the vehicle interior, but flows down along the vehicle body near the door opening 3 and then falls on the road.

  2 and 3 show the rainwater guide member 8 provided on one side edge 9 of the back door 2, but the other side edge of the back door 2 is also shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. A rainwater guide member having the same shape as the rainwater guide member is provided. By providing such rainwater guide members on both side edges of the back door 2, it is possible to prevent rain that has fallen on the back door 2 from entering the vehicle interior through the door opening 3.

  As described above, the automobile of this example guides the rainwater along the side edge portion 9 of the back door 2 in order to prevent rainwater on the back door 2 occupying the fully open position from entering the vehicle interior. A rainwater guide member 8 is provided, and a lip portion 11 of the rainwater guide member 8 serves to guide rainwater on the back door 2. The lip portion 11 can reliably prevent rainwater from entering the vehicle interior.

  Moreover, since the rainwater guide member 8 is detachably fitted to the side edge portion 9 of the back door 2, the rainwater guide member 8 can be removed from the back door 2 except during rainy weather. As described above, by removing the rainwater guide member 8 from the back door 2, the appearance of the back door 2, and thus the appearance of the entire automobile can be improved.

  Note that the rainwater guide member 8 is detachably fitted to the side edge 9 of the back door 2 means that a fixing means such as a screw or a clip is used, an adhesive is applied, or the work is removed. This means that the rainwater guide member 8 is fitted to the side edge portion 9 so that the rainwater guide member 8 can be detached from or attached to the side edge portion 9 of the back door 2 only by manual operation. To do.

  By the way, as described above, the rainwater guide member 8 of the present example has the base 10 and the lip 11, but the base on the side facing the back door 2 as shown in FIG. 10 has a protrusion 13 that protrudes from the surface 10, and the protrusion 13 is in pressure contact with the outer surface of the back door 2, that is, the outer plate surface of the outer panel 6. In that case, the protrusion 13 and the lip part 11 are made of a softer material than the base part 10, and the lip part 11, the base part 10 and the protrusion part 13 are made of an integrally molded product made of resin. The rainwater guide member 8 is made of, for example, a two-color extruded product.

  As described above, since the lip portion 11 is made of a soft resin, even when a person's hand strongly touches the lip portion 11, there is no discomfort to the person. Further, since the protrusion 13 is also made of a soft resin, it is possible to prevent a problem that the outer surface of the back door 2 to which the protrusion 13 is pressed is damaged. On the other hand, since the base portion 10 is made of a hard resin, the base portion 10 is fitted to the side edge portion 9 of the back door 2 in a stable state, and the rainwater guide member 8 is easily detached from the side edge portion 9. Can be prevented.

It is a side view which shows the rear part of the motor vehicle which has a back door. It is an enlarged side view which shows a mode when a back door rotates to a full open position. It is the expanded sectional view cut | disconnected along the III-III line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car body 2 Back door 8 Rainwater guide member 9 Side edge part 10 Base part 11 Lip part 13 Protrusion part

Claims (3)

A back door that is supported at the rear part of the vehicle body so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and rainwater on the back door that is located at the side edge of the back door and that occupies the fully open position enters the vehicle interior. In an automobile comprising a rainwater guide member for guiding the rainwater along the side edge of the back door,
The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the rainwater guide member is detachably fitted to a side edge of the back door. The rainwater guide member has a base portion that is detachably fitted to a side edge portion of the back door, and a lip portion that protrudes upward from the base portion in a state where the back door occupies a fully open position. The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the lip portion guides rainwater on the back door. The rainwater guide member has a protrusion protruding from a base surface facing the back door and press-contacting the outer surface of the back door, and the protrusion and the lip are The automobile according to claim 2, wherein the automobile is made of a softer material than the base part, and the lip part, the base part, and the protrusion part are made of an integrally molded product made of resin.

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