JP2539577Y2 - Sunroof equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sunroof device, and more particularly to a sunroof device having two opening / closing members, each of which can be opened and closed at a desired position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a sunroof device of an automobile, a relatively large main roof body for performing a slide opening / closing operation and a relatively small sub roof for performing a tilt up / tilt down operation and a slide opening / closing operation. In some cases, the opening of the roof can be opened in a desired state using the above method. When opening each roof body of the sunroof device, the sub-roof body is tilted up after the main roof body is opened and further opened, and when closing each roof body, the main roof body is closed and tilted down after the sub-roof body is closed. The sequence operation is such that the body closes. Japanese Patent Application No. 2-178995 filed by the same applicant describes a structure for controlling the opening and closing of a plurality of such roofs with one switch having three selection positions.

On the other hand, for example, in a relatively large automobile, the above-mentioned switches are provided on the front seat side and the rear seat side to control the opening and closing of each roof body of the sunroof device as described above. In some switches, only the sub-roof can be opened and closed with the front seat side switch.

[0004]

However, for example, when the above-mentioned switches are simultaneously operated to close the sub-roof body on the one hand and open the sub-roof body on the other hand, each of the roofs becomes unstable. Or stopped.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a main object of the present invention is to provide a simple structure for prioritizing simultaneous operation of each switch in a sunroof device such as an automobile having a plurality of switches. It is to provide a sunroof device that can be determined.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a sunroof apparatus for driving an opening / closing body for opening / closing an opening provided on a roof by a motor. A first operation switch selectively connectable to any one of a first open drive side contact, a first closed drive side contact, and a first neutral contact of the motor; A second operation switch selectively connectable to the neutral contact to one of a second open drive contact and a second closed drive contact of the motor, and having a neutral position. Accordingly, the present invention is achieved by providing a sunroof device characterized in that the operation of the first operation switch is prioritized over the operation of the second operation switch.

[0007]

With this arrangement, the second operation switch is set to the neutral contact without increasing the number of parts.
Can be operated.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will be described in more detail below with reference to a specific embodiment, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a sunroof device for an automobile to which the present invention is applied. This sunroof device serves as an opening / closing body for opening and closing a front portion of an opening 2 provided in a roof 1 of a vehicle. It has a small roof body 3 and a large roof body 4 as an opening / closing body that opens and closes a rear portion of the opening 2. The small roof body 3 is supported so as to reciprocate in the front-rear direction of the opening 2 in a state where the small roof body 3 is tilted up / down and tilted up, and the large roof body 4 is supported so as to reciprocate in the front-rear direction. ing.

A front motor 5 for driving the above-mentioned small roof body 3 is provided on a portion of the roof 1 behind the opening 2.
And a rear motor 6 for driving the large roof body 4. Each of the roof bodies can be driven in the front-rear direction via, for example, a screw rod and a slider (not shown). It is connected so that the body 3 can be tilted up / down.

On the other hand, for example, a front sub-switch 7 as a first operation switch is provided near the driver's seat, and is connected to a drive control circuit 10 so as to drive only the front motor 5, ie, the small roof body 3. I have. A main switch 8 as a second operation switch is disposed at an arbitrary position in the vehicle, and drives the motors 5 and 6 via the control circuit 10 to move the roof bodies 3 and 4 to desired positions. It can be made to be.

Next, a drive control circuit 10 for driving the motors 5 and 6 by the switches 7 and 8 will be described with reference to FIG.

The front sub-switch 7, one of which is connected to the power supply 11, has a first open drive contact 7b, a first closed drive contact 7c, and a neutral contact 7d.
a to selectively connect the power supply 11 to each of the contacts 7b, 7c, 7d.
Can be connected. The switch body 7a is normally biased toward the neutral contact 7d.

The open drive side contact 7b is connected to a relay switch 12 for rotating the front motor 5 in the opening direction.
Are connected to the excitation coil 12a of the first stage. Closed drive contact 7
c is connected to the exciting coil 13a of the relay switch 13 for rotating the motor 5 in the closing direction.

The neutral contact 7d is connected to the main switch 8. That is, since the main switch 8 is connected in series with the neutral contact 7d of the front sub-switch 7, the main switch 8 can be operated only when the front sub-switch 7 is not operated. 8 is given priority over the opening / closing operation.

The main switch 8 has a second open drive side contact 8b, a second closed drive side contact 8c, and a neutral position 8d, and the switch body 8a is normally biased toward the neutral position 8d. ing. The open drive side contact 8b is provided with an exciting coil 16a of a relay switch 16 for opening and driving the large roof body 4 via a rear open limit switch 15 which is turned on when the large roof body 4 is completely opened, and the relay switch described above. 12 is selectively connected to the excitation coil 12a. Here, when the rear open limit switch 15 is off, that is, when the large roof body 4 is not completely opened, the contact 8b is connected to the exciting coil 16a.
When turned on, that is, when the large roof body 4 is completely opened, the contact 8b is connected to the exciting coil 12a.

The closing drive contact 8c of the main switch 8 is turned on when the small roof body is completely closed, and is energized by a relay switch 17 for driving the large roof body 4 in the closing direction via a front close limit switch 18. Coil 17
a and the exciting coil 13a of the relay switch 13 are selectively connected. Here, when the front close limit switch 18 is off, that is, when the small roof 3 is not completely closed, the contact 8c is connected to the exciting coil 17a, and when it is on, that is, the small roof 3 is completely closed. In the state, the contact 8c is set to the exciting coil 1
3a.

Open drive side contact 7 of front sub switch 7
A relay switch 20 interlocked with a rear close limit switch 23 described later is provided between the coil b and the exciting coil 12a. When the large roof 4 is completely closed (the limit switch 23 is off), the relay switch 20 connects the contact 7b directly to the exciting coil 12a, and the large roof 4 is not completely closed (limit When the switch 23 is on), the switch is connected to the exciting coil 12a via the tilt-up limit switch 21. The tilt-up limit switch 21 is a switch that is turned off when the small roof body 3 is completely tilted up.

The exciting coil 1 of the relay switch 12
2a slides after the small roof body 3 is tilted up,
It is grounded via a front open limit switch 22 which is turned off when fully opened. Further, the exciting coil 17a of the relay switch 17 is grounded via a rear close limit switch 23 which is turned off when the large roof body 4 is completely closed.

Next, the opening and closing operations of the small roof body 3 and the large roof body 4 by the respective switches will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG.

First, the main switch 8 is slightly opened from the state where both the roof bodies are completely closed and the switches 7 and 8 are both in the neutral position (point A). Then, the relay switch 16 is turned on, the large roof body 4 is slightly driven to the open side by the motor 6, and the rear close limit switch 23 is turned off.

Subsequently, the main switch 8 is returned to the neutral position, and the front sub switch 7 is operated to the open side (point B).
Then, the relay switch 12 is turned on, and the small roof body 3 is tilted up by the motor 5. Then, the rear close limit switch 23 is turned off, and the contact 7b of the front sub-switch 7 is set to the tilt-up limit switch 2 by the relay switch 20 interlocked with the switch.
Since the tilt-up limit switch 21 is turned off (point C) because it is connected to the exciting coil 12a of the relay switch 12 via the relay switch 1, the relay switch 12 is turned off. Conversely, when the front sub-switch 7 is operated to the closing side (point D), the relay switch 13 is turned on, and the motor 5 tilts down the small roof body 4.

Next, when the main switch 8 is operated to the closed side (point E), the relay switch 17 is turned on, the large roof body 4 is closed, the rear close limit switch 23 is turned on (point F), and the relay switch 17 is turned on. Is turned off.

Next, when the front sub-switch 7 is operated to the open side (point G), the relay switch 12 is turned on,
First, the small roof body 3 tilts up. At this time, the large roof body 4 is completely closed, and the contact 7b of the front sub-switch 7 is directly connected to the relay switch 12 by the relay switch 20 linked with the rear close limit switch 23.
, The small roof 3 slides continuously in the opening direction after tilting up. Then, with the small roof 3 completely opened, the front open limit switch 22 is turned off, and the relay switch 12 is turned off (point H).

Since the switch body 7a of the front sub-switch 7 is not at the neutral contact 7d during the operation of the front sub-switch 7 from the point G to the point H in FIG. Does not drive each roof body.

In this state, when the front sub switch 7 is operated in the closing direction (point I), the small roof body 3 slides in the closing direction and then tilts down.

Next, when the main switch 8 is operated in the opening direction while the front sub-switch 7 is at the neutral contact 7d (point J), the relay switch 16 is turned on via the rear open limit switch 15 and the motor 6 is turned on. As a result, the large roof body 4 is driven in the opening direction. Then, when the large roof body 4 is completely opened (point K), the rear open limit switch 15 is turned on, and the contact 8b is connected to the exciting coil 12a side of the relay switch 12. That is, at the same time when the large roof body 4 stops, the small roof body 3 of the motor 5 tilts up and slides further to the open side. When the small roof body 3 is completely opened, the front open limit switch 22 is turned off and the relay switch 12 is turned off (M
point). At this time, if the front sub-switch 7 is simultaneously operated to the closed side (point L) while the main switch 8 is operated to the open side, the front sub-switch 7 is operated only during the operation.
Is given priority, and the small roof body 3 is driven in the closing direction.

Switch body 7a of front sub switch 7
When the main switch 8 is operated to the closed side while holding the neutral contact 7d (point N), first, the contact 8c of the main switch 8 is connected to the exciting coil 13a of the relay switch 13 by the front close limit switch 18. When the small roof body 3 is driven in the closing direction and tilts down, and the small roof body 3 is completely closed (point O), the contact 8c is connected to the exciting coil 17a of the relay switch 17 by the front close limit switch 18. Then, the large roof body 4 is driven in the closing direction. When the large roof body 4 is completely closed (point P), the rear close limit switch 23 is turned off, the relay switch 17 is turned off, and the motor 6 stops.

As described above, usually the main switch 8
By operating the open or close side, the large roof body is slid in the opening direction at the time of opening side operation, then the small roof body is tilted up and further slid in the opening direction. After the body is slid in the closing direction, it is tilted down, and the large roof body is slid in the closing direction.

When the front sub-switch 7 is opened, the small roof is tilted up by operating the front sub-switch 7 and then slid in the opening direction when the large roof 4 is completely closed. If the large roof body 4 is slightly opened, only the small roof body 3 can be tilted up / down.

Here, while the operation of the front sub-switch 7 can be interrupted while the main switch 8 is being operated, the operation of the main switch 8 cannot be interrupted while the front sub-switch 7 is being operated. It has become.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the sunroof device according to the present invention, the sunroof device that can be selectively connected to any one of the open drive side contact, the closed drive side contact, and the neutral contact. The operation of the first operation switch is changed to the operation of the second operation switch by connecting the second operation switch having the open drive side contact, the closed drive side contact, and the neutral position in series to the neutral contact of the first operation switch. With this configuration, it is possible to easily set the priority order of a plurality of switches with a simple structure, and the number of parts and the ease of assembly are improved, so that the effect is great.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of a sunroof device for a vehicle to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a drive control circuit diagram of the sunroof device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a time chart when the sunroof device shown in FIG. 1 is controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roof 2 Opening part 3 Small roof body 4 Large roof body 5, 6 Motor 7 Front subswitch 7a Switch body 7b, 7c, 7d Contact 8 Main switch 8a Switch body 8b, 8c, 8d Contact 10 Drive control circuit 11 Power supply 12 Relay Switch 12a Excitation coil 13 Relay switch 13a Excitation coil 15 Rear open limit switch 16 Relay switch 16a Excitation coil 17 Relay switch 17a Excitation coil 18 Front close limit switch 20 Relay switch 21 Tilt-up limit switch 22 Front open limit switch 23 Rear close limit switch

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] In a sunroof apparatus for driving an opening / closing body for opening and closing an opening provided on a roof with a motor, a power supply side line is connected to a first open drive side contact of the motor, and a first closed side. A first operation switch selectively connectable to one of a drive side contact and a first neutral contact;
A second operation switch having a neutral position, wherein the neutral contact of the operation switch is selectively connectable to one of a second open drive side contact and a second closed drive side contact of the motor, and A sunroof device wherein the operation of the first operation switch is prioritized over the operation of the second operation switch. 2. The opening / closing body comprises one opening / closing body for opening / closing a part of the opening, and the other opening / closing body for opening / closing the other part. 2. The sunroof device according to claim 1, wherein only one of the opening and closing members is connected so as to be drivable, and the second operation switch is connected so as to be able to drive any one of the opening and closing members. 3. [0001]