JP2564673Y2 - Drainage structure for seals of open roof vehicles - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drainage structure in a seal portion of an open roof car having an openable / closable roof member such as a hood or a detachable roof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a structure of a seal portion of an open roof vehicle, a structure shown in FIGS. That is, as shown in FIG.
A hood 5 that can be opened and closed is supported in a closed state C that covers the upper part of the vehicle and an open state O that releases the upper part of the passenger compartment 3, and the hood 5 is provided in the rear part of the passenger compartment 3 in the open state O. The storage unit 4 is accommodated. A pair of left and right front pillars 7 forming front edges of a window 16 provided above the side doors 14 are provided on both sides of the vehicle compartment 3. The part is fixed.

A front roof 15 extending in the vehicle width direction is bridged between upper ends of the front pillars 7, and both sides of the front roof 15 have front flanges 8 as shown in FIG. And a rear flange 9 are formed. The front window 8 includes the front window 6.
The roof weather strip 10 is fitted to the rear flange 9. The roof weather strip 10 is provided with a primary seal lip 17 and a secondary seal lip 18 which are both formed in a hollow shape over the entire length thereof. A recess 19 is provided between 18.

On the other hand, a roof bow 11 extending in the vehicle width direction is connected to the front end of the top 5. In the closed state C, sealing is performed by bringing the front end edge 12 of the roof bow 11 into close contact with the primary seal lip 17 and bringing the front end lower surface 13 into close contact with the secondary seal lip 18. At this time, the rainwater that has fallen on the roof bow 11 flows in the vehicle width direction along the flow path W1 along the primary seal lip 17 and the front end edge 12, and from the space between the primary seal lip 17 and the front end edge 12. The infiltrated rainwater flows in the vehicle width direction in the flow path W2 along the concave portion 19.

On the other hand, for example, as shown in FIG.
Is attached with a side weatherstrip 81 that is in close contact with a door glass 80 that opens and closes the window portion 16, and a drip channel 82 is formed integrally with the side weatherstrip 81. The rainwater flowing in the vehicle width direction in the flow paths W1 and W2 is dropped on the drip channel 82, thereby preventing the rainwater from flowing down onto the surface of the door glass 80 and obstructing the side view. You do it.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional open roof vehicle, as shown in FIG. 9, a drip channel 82 projecting from the surface of the door glass 80 to the outside of the cabin is provided on the side weather strip 81. Is formed, and the rainwater is dripped into the drip channel 82. For this reason, the presence of the drip channel 82 protruding to the outside of the vehicle cabin inhibits the formation of a flash surface from the door glass 80 to the periphery of the door glass 80, which causes a reduction in quality. In addition, the drip channel 82 generates wind noise during traveling, which not only increases traveling noise, but also causes inconvenience in increasing aerodynamic resistance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a drainage structure for a seal portion of an open roof vehicle which enables a flash surface around a door glass in the open roof vehicle. It is intended for.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the vehicle can be opened and closed in a closed state covering an upper part of a vehicle room provided in a vehicle body and an open state in which the upper part of the vehicle room is released. A front roof forming front edges of windows provided on both sides of the vehicle cabin and a front roof bridged between upper ends of the front pillars. The pillar has a hollow portion, a lower end portion of which is located outside the passenger compartment, and a hollow side weather strip that is in close contact with a door glass that opens and closes the window portion is attached.The front roof has a joining portion . the side weather strip upper end a roof weather strip which is bonded to the upper surface of the attached both ends Te, the said roof weather strip, in close contact with the front edge of the roof member at the closed position Next seal lip and a recess which extends is provided between said secondary seal lip and both seal lips into close contact with the front end bottom surface of the roof member, the coupling portion of the roof weather strip, an end portion of the primary sealing lip A cutout portion that partially cuts off the upper surface of the side weather strip, and an overhang portion that closes an end of the concave portion and continues to the primary and secondary seal lips, on the upper surface of the side weather strip exposed by the notch, a first drain hole provided communicating with the hollow portion of the side weather strip, the hollow portion in the front SL is in the recess of the coupling portion A communicating second drain hole is provided.

[0009]

In the above construction, when the roof member is closed, the front edge and the front lower surface of the roof member come into close contact with the primary seal lip and the secondary seal lip, respectively. In this closed state,
The rainwater that has fallen on the roof member flows in the vehicle width direction along the front edge and the primary seal lip , reaches the notch, and
Hollow of side weather strip through drain hole of 1
Guided inside the department. Also, between the front edge and the primary seal lip
The rainwater that has entered the recess between the primary and secondary seal lips
And flows in the vehicle width direction along the recess,
After being hindered by the hang part, it passes through the second drain hole.
Then, it is led to the hollow portion of the side weather strip. The rainwater guided into the side weather strip from the first and second drain holes is discharged out of the passenger compartment from an end of the side weather strip.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. That is, as described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the vehicle body 2 of the open roof vehicle 1 can be opened and closed in a closed state C that covers the upper part of the vehicle compartment 3 and in an open state O that releases the upper part of the vehicle room 3. The top 5 as a roof member is supported,
The top 5 is accommodated in the storage portion 4 provided at the rear of the vehicle compartment 3 in the open state O. A pair of left and right front pillars 7 forming front edges of a window 16 provided above the side door 14 are provided on both sides of the vehicle compartment 3.
Side is fixed.

As shown in FIG. 5, a front roof 20 extending in the vehicle width direction is bridged between the upper ends of the front pillars 7. The front roof 20 has a closed cross-sectional structure in which an outer panel 21 and an inner panel 22 are joined by a front flange 23 and a rear flange 24 on both sides. An upper end portion of the front window 6 is fixed to the front flange 23, and a retainer 25 is inserted and fixed to the rear flange 24.

A roof weather strip 26 is fitted to the retainer 25. The roof weather strip 26 is formed with a hollow primary seal lip 27, a secondary seal lip 28, and a solid inner lip 29.
A recess 19 is formed between 7 and 28. A molding 33 is inserted into and fixed to the outer panel 21, and a roof-side head lining 31 that covers a lower surface of the inner panel 22 is mounted. Further, a support piece 30 is fixed to the inner panel 22 in the vicinity of the front flange 23, and a welt 32 is fitted to the support piece 30.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a retainer 54 is fixed to a side surface of the front pillar 7 outside the cabin. The retainer 54 has a substantially V-shaped trough 5 at the top.
5 and a space between the upper end portion and the front pillar 7 is filled with a sealant 56. A side weather strip 50 is fitted to the retainer 54, and the side weather strip 50 is in close contact with a side surface of the upper end of a door glass 80 that opens and closes the window 16, Is the side door 1
4 so as to be able to move up and down. The side weather strip 50 is provided with an upper hollow portion 51 and a lower hollow portion 52 over the entire length thereof.
Reference numerals 1 and 52 are located outside the passenger compartment 3 at lower ends (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the side weather strip 50 is connected to both ends of the roof weather strip 26 by connecting portions 53 integrally formed. The connecting portion 53 is connected to the side weather strip 50.
A cutout portion 57 is formed in which the roof weather strip 26 is overlapped on the upper portion, and has a shape in which the front end of the primary seal lip 27 is partially cut away.
The notch 57 has a vertical wall 60 extending in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the primary seal lip 27 and a horizontal wall 61 extending in the extending direction, and as shown in FIG. The upper surface 58 of the side weather strip 50 is exposed at the notch 57. A first drain hole 59 communicating with the upper hollow portion 51 is formed in the upper surface 58, and the first drain hole 59 is opposed to the vertical wall 60 in the vicinity of the first drain hole 59, and A dam portion 62 higher than the upper surface 58 is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface 58 of the side weather strip 50 is located at a joint 53 connected to the concave portion 19 formed between the primary and secondary seal lips 27 and 28. It is formed so as to be flush with the concave portion 19, and a second drainage hole 63 communicating with the upper hollow portion 51 is provided in the above-mentioned portion. Also join
In the side weather strip 50 in the portion 53, an overhang portion 64 connected to the ridge line of the primary and secondary seal lips 27 and 28 and extending over the concave portion 19 is provided.
Are formed integrally, and both ends of the concave portion 19 are closed by the overhang portion 64.

As shown in FIG. 1, a receiving portion 65 is provided at a terminal portion of the side weather strip 50 in the connecting portion 53, and the receiving portion 65 extends in a direction in which the side weather strip 50 extends. A horizontal wall 66 in a direction orthogonal to the vertical wall 67, a vertical wall 67 along the extending direction, and a bottom wall 6.
8 is provided. A weir 69 is formed integrally with the periphery of the bottom wall 68, and a third drain hole 70 communicating with the lower hollow portion 52 is formed at the lower end of the lateral wall 66. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 76 denotes a connecting lip integrally formed between the general portion of the secondary seal lip 28 and the receiving portion 65. The connecting lip 76 has a link (not shown) for driving the top 5 to open and close. A notch 77 is provided for avoiding interference with the notch.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, a roof bow 34 extending in the vehicle width direction is provided at the front end of the canopy 5, and the roof bow 34 is provided at the tip end. Projecting piece 35, reinforcing section 3 suspended from the base end of projecting piece 35
6, an inclined portion 37 connected to a lower end of the reinforcing portion 36, and a boss portion 38 provided at an upper end of the inclined portion 37 are integrally formed. The front end of the top 5 extends from the tip of the projecting piece 35 to the front of the reinforcing portion 36, and is held by the holding member 4 fixed to the reinforcing portion 36 by a screw 40.
The press fitting 41 is provided with a sealing surface 42 that forms the lower surface of the front end of the top 5. In the closed state C, the front edge 39 of the top 5 is 1
The watertightness is ensured by the close contact with the next seal lip 27 and the close contact of the seal surface 42 with the secondary seal lip 28. Further, inside the cabin 3 of the top 5, a top head lining 43 is stretched over the entire surface thereof, and the front end of the top head lining 43 is fixed to the bow bow 34 together with the finisher 45. I have.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hood-side weatherstrip 71 is provided on both sides of the tip of the hood 5, as shown in FIG.
Attached through. As shown in FIG. 6, the hood-side weather strip 71 has an upper lip 73 for closing the recess 19 in the closed state C, and the receiving portion 6.
5 has an end face 74 that is in close contact with the lateral wall 66 and a lower lip 75 that is in close contact with the weir 69.

In the embodiment having the above structure, when the top 5 is in the closed state C, the front edge 39 of the top 5 comes into close contact with the primary seal lip 27 as shown in FIG.
The sealing surface 42 comes into close contact with the secondary sealing lip 28.
At this closed state C, the rainwater falls on hood 5, the front end edge 39 and flows in the flow path W1 in the vehicle width direction along the and the primary seal lip 27, as shown in FIG. 3, cut-out Flow to part 57
After the flow in the vehicle width direction is blocked by the dam 62
To be guided into the upper hollow portion 51 through the first drain hole 59. Also, the front edge 39 and the primary seal lip 27
The rainwater that has entered from between drops into the recess 19 and
9 flows in the vehicle width direction along a flow path W2 (FIG. 5) along FIG.
As shown in (2), the liquid is guided into the upper hollow portion 51 through the second drain hole 63.

Then, each of the flow paths W1, W2 and the first,
Rainwater guided into the upper hollow portion 51 from the second drain holes 59 and 63 is discharged to the outside of the passenger compartment 3 from an end of the side weather strip 50 having the upper hollow portion 51. Therefore, unlike the conventional structure shown in FIG. 9, the drip channel 82 protruding from the surface of the door glass 80 to the outside of the passenger compartment 3 on the side weather strip 81 can be formed.
The rainwater flowing in the vehicle width direction in the flow paths W1 and W2 is
It can be led out. Therefore, it is not necessary to form the drip channel 82, and the door glass 80
Thus, the flash surface can be formed over the periphery of the door glass 80. As a result, the quality can be improved, the generation of wind noise can be suppressed, the running noise can be reduced, and the aerodynamic resistance can be reduced.

As shown by a chain line in FIG. 2, rainwater that has entered from between the front pillar 7 and the side weather strip 50 flows down the tub 55 of the retainer 54 as a flow path W3, and the lower end of the retainer 54 From the vehicle compartment 3. At this time, since the sealing agent 56 is filled between the upper end portion of the retainer 54 and the front pillar 7 as described above, even if rainwater infiltrates further into the inside of the vehicle compartment 3 than the tub portion 55, the rainwater is It does not reach inside the cabin 3.

Further, as shown in FIG.
When rainwater intrudes from between the side wall 66 and the end face 74 of the hood-side weather strip 71, the rainwater is prevented from entering the inside of the passenger compartment 3 by the weir 69, and flows through the third drain hole 10 through the flow path W4. As a result, the side weather strip 5 flows into the lower hollow portion 52 and is provided with the lower hollow portion 52.
0 is discharged to the outside of the cabin 3 from the lower end. Therefore, even when rainwater enters from between the lateral wall 66 of the receiving portion 65 and the end face 74 of the hood-side weather strip 71, it is possible to reliably prevent the rainwater from entering the vehicle compartment 3.

In this embodiment, the open-roof vehicle 1 having the top 5 is shown.
Even with a bar-roof type open-roof vehicle, the same function and effect can be obtained by the same configuration.

[0024]

As described above, the present invention has a primary side and a secondary side seal lip mounted on the front roof on the hollow side weather strip mounted on the front pillar, and a concave portion between the both seal lips. attached at coupling portions at both ends of the roof weather strip, said binding
The joint portion has a cutout portion in which an end of the primary seal lip is partially cut away to expose an upper surface of the side weather strip, and a terminal of the concave portion which is closed to close the primary and secondary secondary lip portions. and overhang portion continuous to the seal lip is provided, wherein the upper surface of the side weather strip exposed by the notch, a first drain hole communicating with the hollow portion is provided, it said in a recess in the coupling portion The second communicating with the hollow part
Was provided with a drain hole. Therefore, the rainwater flowing in the vehicle width direction along the front edge of the roof member and the primary seal lip is captured by the notch portion and guided into the hollow portion of the hollow side weather strip through the first drain hole. The rainwater that has entered the gap between the front edge and the primary seal lip and has flowed into the recess between the primary and secondary seal lips can be blocked by the overhang portion, and can be passed through the second drain hole. The rainwater guided to the hollow portion of the side weather strip and guided into the side weather strip through the first and second drain holes can be discharged from the end of the side weather strip to the outside of the passenger compartment. Therefore, there is no need to provide a drip channel, and this makes it possible to provide a flash surface from the door glass to the vehicle body at low cost. As a result, by adopting the flash surface, it is possible to improve the quality of an open-roof vehicle, reduce wind noise and reduce running noise, and further reduce aerodynamic drag. It becomes possible to plan.

[0025]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part immediately before a hood corresponding to a part e in FIG. 7 showing a closed state of the embodiment of the present invention.

[0026]

FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view taken along line aa of FIG. 1 of the embodiment.

[0027]

FIG. 3 is an explanatory sectional view taken along line bb in FIG. 1 of the embodiment.

[0028]

FIG. 4 is an explanatory sectional view taken along the line cc of FIG. 1 of the embodiment.

[0029]

FIG. 5 is a sectional view corresponding to the line dd of FIG. 7 of the embodiment.

[0030]

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line ff in FIG. 1 in a closed state of the embodiment.

[0031]

FIG. 7 is an explanatory side view of the open roof vehicle.

[0032]

8 is a cross-sectional view of the conventional structure, taken along line dd of FIG.

[0033]

FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing another conventional structure, which corresponds to a portion e in FIG. 7;

[0034]

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Open roof car 2 Body 3 Cabin 5 Top (roof member) 7 Front pillar 15 Front roof 16 Window 26 Roof weather strip 27 Primary seal lip 28 Secondary seal lip 39 Front edge 50 Side weather strip 53 Joining part 59 No. 1 drain hole 63 second drain hole 80 door glass

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A roof member is provided which can be opened and closed between a closed state covering an upper part of a vehicle compartment provided on a vehicle body and an open state releasing an upper part of the vehicle room, and the vehicle body is provided on both sides of the vehicle compartment. A front pillar forming a front edge of the window portion and a front roof bridged between upper ends of the front pillars are provided,
Wherein the front pillar, the lower end is positioned outside the passenger compartment has a hollow portion, the hollow side weather strip is attached in intimate contact with the door glass for opening and closing the window portion, the front roof is a bond the side weather strip roof weather strip which is coupled to the upper surface of the upper end portion of the attached at both ends by parts, said the roof weather strip, the primary seal lip closely the front edge of the roof member at the closed position And a secondary sealing lip which is in close contact with the lower surface of the front end of the roof member, and a concave portion extending between the sealing lips, and an end of the primary sealing lip is partially connected to a joint portion of the roof weather strip. And a notch portion exposing the upper surface of the side weather strip and exposing the first end of the concave portion.
Next, a overhang portion continuous to the second order two seal lips are provided on the upper surface of the side weather strip exposed by the cutout, the first drain hole communicating with the hollow portion of the side weather strip Is provided,
Second communicating with the hollow portion in the front SL is in the recess of the coupling portion
A drainage structure for a seal of an open-roof vehicle, characterized in that a drain hole is provided.