JP2018059320A - Window regulator and vehicle door equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a window regulator that can prevent a windowpane from becoming contaminated caused by its contact with a guide rail and a vehicle door equipped with the window regulator.SOLUTION: A window regulator 100 includes a guide rail 2 fixed to the outside of a vehicle compartment of an inner panel 12 in a door 1, a carrier plate 3 moving along the guide rail 2, and a driving mechanism 4 generating a driving force for moving the carrier plate 3 and operates such that a windowpane 9 supported by the carrier plate 3 is raised and lowered in opposition to the guide rail 2. The driving mechanism 4 is provided with a protrusion member 5 protruding outwardly from the vehicle compartment, a distal end of the protrusion member 5 is positioned more outside the vehicle compartment than the guide rail 2 in the fully opened state of the windowpane 9 and faces the windowpane 9 with a predetermined gap therebetween.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a window regulator that raises and lowers a window glass of a vehicle door and a vehicle door including the window regulator.

  Conventionally, a window regulator that raises and lowers a window glass by a driving force of a motor is used for a vehicle door (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  A window regulator described in Patent Document 1 is a carrier plate that is fixed to an inner panel and supports a guide rail that is curved in a convex shape on the outer side of the passenger compartment, and a window glass that is curved along the guide rail, and moves on the guide rail. And a driving mechanism for generating a driving force for moving the carrier plate.

  The guide rail is curved in a convex shape toward the outside of the passenger compartment, and extends along the moving direction of the window glass. The window glass is curved along the guide rail, and a predetermined gap is provided between the window glass and the guide rail over the entire length of the guide rail. When the carrier plate moves, the window glass moves while facing the guide rail through the gap. Moreover, grease for reducing sliding resistance with the carrier plate is applied to the outer side surface of the guide rail in the passenger compartment.

JP 2008-189084 A

  With this type of window regulator, for example, when the door is closed with the window glass fully open, the window glass bends and comes into contact with the guide rail when the door is closed. There exists a problem that it adheres to a window glass and a window glass will become dirty. When the window glass has a large area and is thin like a large vehicle such as a truck, the above phenomenon is particularly remarkable because the window glass is easily bent.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a window regulator and a vehicle door including the window regulator that can prevent the window glass from becoming dirty due to contact between the window glass and the guide rail.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a guide rail fixed to the outside of a passenger compartment of an inner panel of a vehicle door, a carrier plate that moves along the guide rail, and a driving force that moves the carrier plate. A window regulator in which a window glass supported by the carrier plate moves up and down facing the guide rail, and the drive mechanism is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes outside the vehicle compartment. A window regulator is provided, wherein a tip of the protruding portion is located outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rail in a fully opened state of the window glass and is opposed to the window glass with a predetermined gap. To do.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a guide rail that is fixed to the outer side of the inner panel of the door and is curved in a convex shape toward the outer side of the inner side of the door. A carrier plate that is provided outside and supports a curved window glass along the guide rail, and moves with the window glass along the guide rail, and the window glass is moved by the impact when the door is closed. Protrusions that approach the guide rails and prevent the window glass from contacting the guide rails are provided, and the tips of the projecting parts are located outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rails when the window glass is fully open. And a window regulator facing the window glass with a predetermined gap.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention generates a guide rail fixed to the inner side of the inner panel, a carrier plate that moves along the guide rail, and a driving force that moves the carrier plate. A window mechanism in which a window glass supported by the carrier plate moves up and down facing the guide rail, and the window glass is caused by an impact when the door is closed. Protrusions that approach the guide rails and prevent the window glass from contacting the guide rails are provided, and the tips of the projecting parts are located more outward of the vehicle compartment than the guide rails when the window glass is fully open. Provided is a vehicle door which is located and faces the window glass through a predetermined gap.

  According to the window regulator and the vehicle door including the window regulator according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the window glass from being contaminated due to the contact between the window glass and the guide rail.

It is the schematic of the window regulator and door which concern on this Embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the drive mechanism shown in FIG. It is a side view at the time of seeing a window regulator and a window glass along the vehicle front-back direction. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the protrusion member arrange | positioned at a part of drive mechanism and a drive mechanism. It is a top view which shows the structural example of a protrusion member, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a left view, (d) is a right view, (e) is a bottom view. . It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the protrusion member from the housing. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding member shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding member shown in FIG.

[Embodiment]
The configuration and operation of the window regulator according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an overall view showing a window regulator 100 and a door 1 including the window regulator 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the drive mechanism 4 of the window regulator 100 shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, the illustration of the outer panel of the door is omitted, the state of the internal structure is illustrated from the outside of the passenger compartment, and the door illustrated in FIG. 1 is the left front door when the vehicle is viewed from the rear to the front. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the door 1 has a door sash 11 above the belt line 10, and an inner panel 12 to which a window regulator 100 for moving the window glass 9 up and down is attached below the belt line 10. Is provided. The window regulator 100 is fixed to the inner panel 12 and is disposed in an accommodation space formed between the inner panel 12 and the outer panel 13.

  The window glass 9 moves up and down along the glass guides 141 and 142 provided on the door 1, and in the fully opened state, the upper end surface 9 a of the window glass 9 is more than the weather strip 15 arranged along the belt line 10. It is located on the lower side (see FIG. 3 described later). Further, a glass run channel (hereinafter referred to as “glass run”) 16 made of an elastic material such as rubber is fitted to the glass guides 141 and 142 and the portion of the door sash 11 that contacts the window glass 9. . When the window glass 9 is fully closed, the upper end surface 9 a of the window glass 9 comes into contact with the glass run 16 in the upper part of the door sash 11. In FIG. 1, the window glass 9 is shown in a fully opened state.

  The window regulator 100 includes a guide rail 2 fixed to the inner panel 12, a carrier plate 3 that moves along the guide rail 2, and a drive mechanism 4 that generates a driving force that moves the carrier plate 3. .

  The guide rail 2 is a metal member that extends along the moving method of the window glass 9, and is provided at a first bracket 81 (shown in FIG. 3 to be described later) provided at the lower end side and a central portion. It is fixed to the inner panel 12 via a second bracket 82 and a third bracket 83 provided on the upper end side. The guide rail 2 is coated with unillustrated grease for reducing sliding resistance with the carrier plate 3.

  The carrier plate 3 is a metal plate member, and has a wire connecting portion 33 made of a synthetic resin to which the ascending wire 431 and the descending wire 432 are connected at the center thereof and slides on the guide rail 2. ing. Further, first and second glass holders 91 and 92 for holding the window glass 9 are attached to the carrier plate 3 at positions sandwiching the wire connecting portion 33.

  The drive mechanism 4 holds a motor 41, a drum 42 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 2) that is rotationally driven by the rotation of the motor 41, first and second outer casings 431 a and 432 a, and a lifting wire 431. And an introduction member 45 for introducing the lowering wire 432 to the drum 42 side, an ascending wire 431 and a lowering wire 432 wound around the drum 42, and a housing 44 for holding the motor 41 and the drum 42. ing. The housing 44 is fixed to the inner panel 12.

  One end of the ascending wire 431 is connected to the carrier plate 3, and the other end is connected to the drum 42 via the pulley 21 provided on the upper end side of the guide rail 2. Further, the ascending wire 431 disposed between the pulley 21 and the driving mechanism 4 is wrapped and accommodated in a hollow first outer casing 431a. The first outer casing 431a is provided with a cylindrical buffer member 433 for preventing interference with other peripheral components.

  The lowering wire 432 has one end connected to the carrier plate 3 and the other end connected to the drum 42 via a wire guide 22 provided on the lower end side of the guide rail 2. Further, the lowering wire 432 disposed between the wire guide 22 and the driving mechanism 4 is wrapped and accommodated in an empty second outer casing 432a.

  When the motor 41 of the drive mechanism 4 is rotationally driven, the ascending wire 431 or the descending wire 432 is wound or sent out on the drum 42, and the carrier plate 3 is pulled by the ascending wire 431 or the descending wire 432 to guide the guide. Slide on the rail 2 in the vertical direction. Thereby, the window glass 9 is raised / lowered.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 44 of the drive mechanism 4 has first to third flange portions 441 to 443 as fixing portions for fixing to the inner panel 12 (the second and third flanges 442 and 443 in FIG. 2). In the first to third flange portions 441 to 443, insertion holes 441a to 443a for inserting bolts (not shown) are formed.

  The housing 44 is provided with the introduction member 45 described above, and the introduction member 45 accommodates a spring for removing slack that applies tension to the ascending wire 431 and the descending wire 432.

  The first flange portion 441 of the housing 44 is provided with a protruding member 5 that protrudes in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle. Details of the protruding member 5 will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a side view showing the window regulator 100 together with the inner panel 12 and the outer panel 13 when viewed along the vehicle longitudinal direction. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of the drive mechanism 4 shown in FIG. For convenience of explanation, FIG. 3 shows a window regulator 100 that is provided on the right front door when the vehicle is viewed from the rear to the front. FIG. 4 schematically shows the drive mechanism 4 as a cross-sectional view.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the guide rail 2 is fixed to the outer side of the inner panel 12 in the passenger compartment. The guide rail 2 is curved in a convex shape toward the outside of the passenger compartment. The window glass 9 is disposed on the outer side of the passenger compartment of the guide rail 2 and is curved in a convex shape along the guide rail 2 toward the outer side of the passenger compartment.

  In the present embodiment, the position of the protruding member 5 in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 2 is on the upper end side (the pulley 21 side in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 2) with respect to the central portion in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the protruding member 5 protrudes from the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44 in the drive mechanism 4 toward the outside of the passenger compartment. Further, the tip of the protruding member 5 is positioned outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rail 2 in the fully opened state of the window glass 9 and faces the window glass 9 with a predetermined gap. By setting the predetermined gap, the window glass 9 is prevented from interfering with the protruding member 5 when the window glass 9 is moved up and down. Here, the predetermined gap is a gap according to the amount of bending of the window glass 9 in the vehicle width direction (vehicle interior direction) with an impact when the door 1 is closed, and the window glass 9 is bent. In this case, the gap is such that it can come into contact with the tip of the protruding member 5. When the gap in the cabin direction between the tip and the window glass 9 of the projecting member 5 and C _1, the gap in the vehicle width direction of the guide rail 2 and the window glass 9 and C _2, the clearance C ₁ is for example 3~5mm , and the clearance _{C 2} is 5~10mm example.

  As described above, the protruding member 5 is provided as a protruding portion that prevents the window glass 9 from coming into contact with the guide rail 2 due to the window glass 9 being bent due to an impact when the door 1 is closed. Yes.

  Next, the protruding member 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the drive mechanism 4 in which the protruding member 5 is arranged. 6A and 6B are plan views of the protruding member 5, where FIG. 6A is a top view, FIG. 6B is a front view, FIG. 6C is a left side view, FIG. 6D is a right side view, and FIG. is there. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the protruding member 5 is removed from the housing 44. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding member 5 shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the protruding member 5 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the protruding member 5 is a synthetic resin member, and is attached to the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44 in the drive mechanism 4. As shown in FIGS. 6A to 6E, the projecting member 5 includes a substantially conical projecting portion 51 and an attachment portion 52 that is located on the bottom side of the projecting portion 51 and is attached to the housing 44. doing.

  The protrusion 51 is configured so that the window glass 9 is not damaged when the tip 510 is formed in an arc shape and comes into contact with the window glass 9. As shown in FIG. 6 (e), the attachment portion 52 has a circular arc-shaped fan portion 520 when viewed along the protruding direction of the protruding portion 51, and slits 52a and 52b from both ends of the fan-shaped portion 520. The first and second locking portions 521 and 522 arranged in a vertical direction, the boss portion 523 formed in a columnar shape protruding from the bottom side of the protruding portion 51 to the opposite side of the protruding portion 51, and the lower end of the protruding portion 51 And an elastic piece 524 protruding in a direction perpendicular to the protruding direction of the protruding portion 51 from the portion. By forming the slits 52a and 52b in the attachment portion 52, the first and second locking portions 521 and 522 can be elastically expanded.

  The first and second locking portions 521 and 522 are formed with claw portions 521a and 522a for locking the first flange portion 441 in the housing 44, respectively. The first and second claw portions 521a and 522a protrude from the inner surfaces of the first and second locking portions 521 and 522.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the protruding member 5 is attached to the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44. The first flange portion 441 is connected to the main body portion 440 by a connecting portion 444 extending from the main body portion 440 of the housing 44. An upper surface 441c of the first flange portion 441 (a surface facing the protruding member 51 at the periphery of the fitting hole 441b described later) is formed as a contact surface that contacts the lower end surface 524a of the elastic piece 524.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the first flange portion 441 is formed with an insertion hole 441a through which a bolt is inserted, and a fitting hole 441b communicating with the insertion hole 441a and having a larger diameter than the insertion hole 441a.

  When attaching the protruding member 5 to the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44, the boss portion 523 of the attaching portion 52 of the protruding member 5 is fitted into the fitting hole 441 b of the first flange portion 441, and the first and The second locking portions 521 and 522 are locked to the connecting portion 444 of the housing 44. At this time, the first and second claw portions 521a and 522a are locked to the connecting portion 444 while elastically deforming the first and second locking portions 521 and 522 so as to spread outward. Then, the lower end surface 524a of the elastic piece 524 is brought into contact with the upper surface 441c of the first flange portion 441. Thereby, the attachment of the protruding member 5 to the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44 is completed.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the lower end surface 524 a of the elastic piece 524 is in close contact with the upper surface 441 c of the first flange portion 441. Thereby, the backlash with respect to the 1st flange part 441 of the protrusion member 5 in an assembly | attachment state is suppressed.

(Operation and effect of the embodiment)
According to the present embodiment described above, the following operations and effects can be obtained.

(1) According to the present embodiment, the drive mechanism 4 is provided with the protruding member 5 protruding outward from the passenger compartment, so that the window when the door 1 is closed in the fully opened state of the window glass 9 Even if the glass 9 is bent, the projecting member 5 and the window glass 9 come into contact with each other, and contact between the window glass 9 and the guide rail 2 can be prevented. That is, it is possible to prevent the window glass 9 from becoming dirty due to the contact between the window glass 9 and the guide rail 2.

(2) Since the protruding member 5 is disposed at a position where the guide rail 2 and the window glass 9 are closest to each other, the contact between the window glass 9 and the guide rail 2 can be reliably prevented.

(3) Since the protruding member 5 is disposed on the upper end side of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 2, the contact between the window glass 9 and the guide rail 2 can be prevented more reliably. That is, since the window glass 9 has a larger amount of deflection on the upper end side than the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 2, the protrusion member 5 is disposed here to reliably prevent contact between the guide rail 2 and the window glass 9. doing. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3. When the window glass 9 is fully opened, its lower end is supported by the carrier plate 3 via the first and second glass holders 91 and 92, and its upper end. The part is supported by a weather strip 15. That is, since the window glass 9 has a support structure that is fixed at both ends, with its upper and lower ends fixed, its center portion is most easily bent. Therefore, in this Embodiment, the structure which prevents the stain | pollution | contamination of the window glass 9 reliably is taken by arrange | positioning the protrusion member 5 in the position where the possibility of contact of the guide rail 2 and the window glass 9 becomes the largest. .

(4) Since the protruding member 5 has the first and second locking portions 521 and 522 in which the first and second claw portions 521a and 522a are respectively formed, the protruding member 5 is provided with the first flange portion 441 of the housing 44. The attachment is possible without using any fixing parts. That is, attachment work is easy.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on embodiment, embodiment described above does not limit the invention which concerns on a claim. In addition, it should be noted that not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the means for solving the problems of the invention. Further, the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the protruding member 5 is provided in the housing 44 of the drive mechanism 4 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the protruding portion 51 of the protruding member 5 is integrated with the housing 44. You may comprise as follows. Alternatively, a protruding member that protrudes from the inner panel 12 to the outside of the passenger compartment may be provided. Also by this, the same effect as this embodiment can be obtained.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although it was the electric power window which raises / lowers the window glass 9 with the rotational force of the motor 41 of the drive mechanism 4, a drive system is not limited to this, For example, it is a manual type. You may provide a protrusion member in a window regulator.

  Moreover, you may form the front-end | tip part 510 of the protrusion member 5 with elastic bodies, such as rubber | gum. Thereby, even if the window glass 9 and the front-end | tip part 510 of the protrusion member 5 contact when the window glass 9 bends in the vehicle width direction with the impact at the time of closing the door 1, the window glass 9 is protected. The

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Door 2 ... Guide rail 3 ... Carrier plate 4 ... Drive mechanism 5 ... Projection member 9 ... Window glass 12 ... Inner panel 41 ... Motor 42 ... Drum 431 ... Lifting wire 432 ... Lowering wire 44 ... Housing 51 ... Projection part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Window regulator 441 ... 1st flange part 521a ... 1st nail | claw part 522a ... 2nd nail | claw part

Claims (8)

A guide rail that is fixed to an outer side of an inner panel of a vehicle door; a carrier plate that moves along the guide rail; and a drive mechanism that generates a driving force for moving the carrier plate. A window regulator in which the window glass supported by the elevator moves up and down facing the guide rail,
The drive mechanism is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes outside the vehicle compartment,
The tip of the projecting portion is positioned outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rail in the fully open state of the window glass, and faces the window glass with a predetermined gap therebetween.
Window regulator. The position of the protruding portion in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail is at least on the upper end side than the central portion in the longitudinal direction.
The window regulator according to claim 1. A projecting member including the projecting portion is disposed in the drive mechanism.
The window regulator according to claim 1 or 2. The drive mechanism is
A motor,
A housing for holding the motor,
The housing has a flange portion for fixing to the inner panel,
The protruding member has a claw portion that is locked to the flange portion.
The window regulator according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A guide rail fixed to the outer side of the inner panel of the door and curved in a convex shape toward the outer side of the casing;
A carrier plate that is provided outside the vehicle compartment from the guide rail and supports the window glass that is curved along the guide rail, and moves with the window glass along the guide rail; and
Protrusions that prevent the window glass from coming into contact with the guide rail due to an impact when the door is closed to prevent the window glass from contacting the guide rail are provided,
The tip of the projecting portion is positioned outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rail in the fully open state of the window glass, and faces the window glass with a predetermined gap therebetween.
Window regulator. A guide rail fixed to the outer side of the inner panel of the inner panel; a carrier plate that moves along the guide rail; and a drive mechanism that generates a driving force for moving the carrier plate, and is supported by the carrier plate. A vehicle door provided with a window regulator that moves up and down facing the guide rail,
Protrusions that prevent the window glass from coming into contact with the guide rail due to an impact when the door is closed to prevent the window glass from contacting the guide rail are provided,
The tip of the projecting portion is positioned outside the vehicle compartment with respect to the guide rail in the fully open state of the window glass, and faces the window glass with a predetermined gap therebetween.
Vehicle door. The protrusion is provided in the drive mechanism,
The vehicle door according to claim 6. The protruding portion protrudes from the inner panel toward the outer side of the passenger compartment.
The vehicle door according to claim 6.

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