JP2578389Y2 - Car door - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door suitable for an automobile, in particular, a cab-over type truck. More specifically, the present invention relates to a side door provided with a see-through window below a door window.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a side door of this type, an ascending / descending door window glass is protruded and retracted from between a door outer panel and a door inner panel to open and close the door window, and a ventilator is provided on a ventilator window provided adjacent to the door window. A window glass is attached, and a blind window is provided below the door window and the ventilator window so that the blind spot directly below the side of the vehicle can be directly seen through the window glass. A vehicle door structure is disclosed in which at least a part thereof overlaps and a lower end of a glass frame that defines a door window and a ventilator window is located at an upper edge of the see-through window or inside the door near the upper edge. 63-580
25). A window regulator is housed inside the door behind the see-through window of the side door, and this regulator holds the door window glass at an offset rearward from the center of gravity. In this door structure, the see-through window can be formed large, so that the view just below the side of the vehicle can be sufficiently secured, and since the window regulator does not protrude into the see-through window, the appearance of the see-through window can be improved. I have. When the door window glass closes at least the door window, the front edge of the door window glass is housed in the glass frame, and when the door window glass descends and overlaps at least the see-through window glass, the lower portion of the front edge of the door window glass becomes the glass frame. Protruding from the lower end of the.

[0003]

However, in the above vehicle door structure, when the door window glass descends and overlaps at least the see-through window glass, the lower portion of the front edge of the door window glass projects from the lower end of the glass frame, and the door window. Since the lower portion of the front edge of the glass has a free cantilever structure, the door window glass may be damaged if the side door is opened and closed vigorously in this state. In order to prevent damage to the glass when the door window glass is lowered and secure its strength, connect a glass frame that holds the lower front edge of the door window glass to the lower end of the glass frame. , And there is a problem that the view from the see-through window is always interrupted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sufficient view from the see-through window when the door window glass closes the door window, and to open and close the door in a state where the door window glass descends and overlaps the see-through window glass. An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile door that does not damage the door window glass.

[0005]

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 9 corresponding to the embodiment. According to the present invention, a door window 17 in which an elevating door window glass 27 protrudes and retracts from between the door outer panel 11 and the door inner panel 12 and a ventilator window glass 28 provided adjacent to the door window 17 is attached. A blind spot immediately below the side of the vehicle is provided below the ventilator window 18 and the door window 17 and the ventilator window 18.
1, which are provided so as to be directly viewable through the first window glass 1, and are configured so that the door window glass 27 overlaps at least a part of the transparent window glass 31 when the door window glass 27 descends.
And a concave groove 16a for partitioning the door window 17 and the ventilator window 18 into which the front edge of the door window glass 27 is slidably inserted and whose lower end is located at or near the upper edge of the transparent windows 19, 20. This is an improvement of an automobile door provided with an outer glass frame 16 fixed to a door outer panel 11 or a door inner panel 12 so as to be located inside the door 10. The characteristic configuration is that the door window glass 2 inserted into the concave groove 16a is provided.
7 is slidably provided in the outer glass frame 16, and the inner glass frame 30 is attached to the outer glass frame 16 when the door window glass 27 closes at least the door window 17. When the door window glass 27 is lowered and overlaps at least the see-through window glass 31, the inner glass frame 30
Are configured to protrude from the lower end of the outer glass frame 16.

[0006]

When the door window glass 27 is raised and the door window 17 is closed, the front edge of the door window glass 27 and the inner glass frame 30 together with the groove 16 of the outer glass frame 16 are closed.
a, and the inner glass frame 30 does not appear in the see-through windows 19, 20. When the door window glass 27 is lowered, the door window glass 27 overlaps the see-through window glass 31, and the lower front edge of the door window glass 27 projects from the lower end of the outer glass frame 16 together with the inner glass frame 30.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, the side door 10 on the passenger seat side of the cab of the truck includes a door outer panel 11.
A door body 13 formed by joining the door inner panel 12 to each other; a door window 17 and a ventilator provided above the door body 13 and partitioned by an upper edge of the door body 13, a door frame 14 and an outer glass frame 16. It has a window 18 and perspective windows 19 and 20 formed in the door body 13 below the door window 17 and the ventilator window 18 (FIG. 9).

A window regulator 21 is housed inside the door body 13 behind the see-through windows 19 and 20. The regulator 21 extends in a substantially vertical direction and is attached to the door inner panel 12, and a bracket 23 slidably attached to the rail 22.
And this bracket 23 is connected to the rail 2 via a wire 24.
2 driving means 26 for sliding in the longitudinal direction. The lower end of the door window glass 27 that protrudes and retracts from between the door outer panel 11 and the door inner panel 12 to open and close the door window 17 is held by the bracket 23. A shaft (not shown) provided substantially vertically in the ventilator window 18.
(See FIG. 9). The outer glass frame 16 has a concave groove 16a that slidably holds the front edge of the door window glass 27, and the rear edge of the ventilator window glass 28 has the weather strip 16
c, and is fixed to the door outer panel 11 or the door inner panel 12 (not shown). The lower end of the frame 16 is provided with transparent windows 19 and 20 between the door outer panel 11 and the door inner panel 12.
Is provided to extend to the vicinity of the upper edge (FIGS. 1 and 9).

The characteristic configuration of the present invention is that the door window glass 2
The inner glass frame 30 fitted to the front edge of the outer glass frame 7 is slidably provided in the outer glass frame 16. The inner glass frame 30 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, has substantially the same length as the front edge of the door window glass 27, and has the door window glass 27 through the cushion rubber 30a.
(FIGS. 1 and 2). The inner glass frame 30 is housed in the outer glass frame 16 when the door window glass 27 closes at least the door window 17, and when the door window glass 27 descends and overlaps at least the see-through window glass 31, the inner glass frame 16 is closed. Is configured to protrude from the lower end. The upper portion of the inner glass frame 30 is positioned in the lower groove 16a of the lower portion of the outer glass frame 16 with the door window glass 27 lowered to the lowermost position (FIG. 9).

The transparent windows 19 and 20 are provided on the door outer panel 11.
And the door inner panel 12 are provided so as to face each other, and are provided so that the blind spot directly below the side of the cab can be directly viewed. The see-through window 19 of the door outer panel 11 has this window 19
The see-through window glass 31 is attached via the weather strip 29 so as to close (FIG. 1 and FIG. 9). The see-through window 19 of the door outer panel 11 is provided to extend rearward from the see-through window 20 of the door inner panel 12, and the rear portion of the elongate see-through window glass 19 is coated with a black ceramic baking coating to make it impossible to see through. (Parallel hatched portions in FIG. 9). The door inner panel 12 has a panel main body 12a, and an upper base 12b and a side base 12c joined to the panel main body 12a (FIGS. 3, 4, and 6). An upper rail 12d having a cross-sectional channel shape is formed at the lower edge of the upper base 12b (FIGS. 3 and 5), and a cross-sectional channel shape having an upper end connected to the rear end of the upper rail 12d is formed at the front edge of the side base 12c. Is formed (FIGS. 3 and 8). The upper rail 12d is the upper edge of the see-through window 20 of the door inner panel 12, and the side rail 12e is the see-through window 2
0 trailing edge. A receiving plate 33 is curvedly joined to the inner surface of the door outer panel 11 facing the upper base 12b via the reinforcing plate 32 toward the upper rail 12d (FIGS. 3 and 5). An outer seal 36 is in close contact with the see-through window glass 31 near the side rail 12e via a sealing material 34, and the upper end of the seal 36 is fixed to the reinforcing plate 32 by screws 35, and the lower end is to the reinforcing plate 32 by screws (not shown). Fixed. The door window glass 27 overlaps a part of the see-through window glass 31 when the glass window 27 descends.

An opening 37 is formed in the door body 13 at the periphery of the see-through window 20 provided on the door inner panel 12, and the opening 37 allows the door window glass 27 to pass through when the door window glass 27 descends. It has become. Opening 3
7 is an upper opening 37a formed in the upper edge of the see-through window 20
And a side opening 37 formed on the rear side edge of the see-through window 20.
b. A seal member 40 for opening and closing the opening 37 is provided inside the door body 13, and the seal member 40 includes an upper seal 38 and a side seal 39.
The upper seal 38 closes the upper opening 37a in a releasable manner, and the side seal 39 closes the side opening 37b in a releasable manner (FIG. 3).

The upper seal 38 has a substantially inverted transverse cross section, and rubber lips 38a, 38 at both ends.
b are protruded respectively. At the approximate center of the upper seal 38, a pin 41 extending in the longitudinal direction of the upper opening 37a is inserted, and both ends of the pin 41 protruding from the upper seal 38 are rotatable with respect to a bracket 42 fixed to the upper base 12b. Supported by The upper seal 38 is configured to close the upper opening 37a in an openable manner by rotating the pin 41. Upper seal 38
Lip 38 with the upper opening 37a closed
The tip of a is in contact with the lower end of the receiving plate 33, and the tip of the lip 38b is in contact with the inner surface of the upper rail 12d (FIG. 5).

The side seal 39 has a substantially I-shaped cross section, one end of which faces the outer seal 36 and the other end of which faces the side base 12c. Side seal 39
A rubber lip 39a is protruded from the side surface near the other end of the (FIG. 8). The side seal 39 is attached to the pin 41 and the side base 12c via the link mechanism 43. The link mechanism 43 has one end fitted to the pin 41 and the other end
c, a first link 43a rotatably attached near the upper end of the side seal 39, and one end of the side link 39
A second link 43b is rotatably attached to a bracket 43d fixed to 2c via a shaft 43e, and the other end is rotatably attached to a substantially center of the side seal 39 via a shaft 43f. First link 43a and second link 4
3b are provided parallel to each other and have the same length. The side seal 39 is moved in parallel in a plane orthogonal to the pin 41 via the link mechanism 43 so that the side opening 3
7b is releasably closed (FIGS. 7 and 8). With the side opening 37b closed by the side seal 39, one end of the side seal 39 comes into contact with the weather strip 36a fixed to the outer seal 36, and the tip of the lip 39a comes into contact with the inner side surface of the side rail 12e. (FIG. 8).

The side base 1 above the side seal 39
A bracket 44 is fixed to 2c.
A shaft 46 is attached to 4 in parallel with the pin 41.
One end of a substantially rectangular arm 47 is rotatably fitted to the shaft 46, and an elongated hole 47 a extending toward the shaft 46 is formed at the other end of the arm 47. A shaft 43c rotatably inserted near the other end of the first link 43a and near the upper end of the side seal 39 is loosely inserted into the elongated hole 47a, and the arm 47 is in a plane orthogonal to the pin 41 with the shaft 46 as the center. To be able to swing (FIGS. 6 and 7). A torsion coil spring 48 is wound around the shaft 46. One arm 48a of the spring 48 abuts on the side base 12e and the other arm 48b is locked on the arm 47. The spring 48 opens the upper seal 38 via the arm 47 and the link mechanism 43 to open the upper opening 37a. And the side seal 39 is urged so as to translate in a direction to open the side opening 37b (FIGS. 4, 6, and 7).

A guided portion 47b is formed by bending the upper inclined side edge of the arm 47, and the bracket 23 holding the lower edge of the door window glass 27 is integrally provided with a guide member 23a. The guide member 23a is located a predetermined distance above the guided portion 47b of the arm 47 with the door window glass 27 completely closing the door window 17 (FIGS. 3 and 6). A drain board 49 having a peripheral edge is provided in the upper opening 37a below the ventilator window 18 in the vertical direction, and the peripheral edge of the board 49 is fixed to the door inner panel 12 and the reinforcing plate 32. The front end of the upper rail 12d abuts on one surface of the board 49, and a tube 52 that guides water in the upper rail 12d to the front edges of the see-through windows 19 and 20 is connected to the other surface of the board 49 (FIG. 9). And FIG. 10). A water guide member 53 is constituted by the upper rail 12d and the tube 52. 66 is a door trim (FIGS. 1, 5 and 8).

A roller 54 is rotatably mounted at a substantially central portion of the arm 47 which is bent in a substantially rectangular shape. This roller 54
When the door window glass 27 is lowered and the guide member 23a is positioned below the arm 47, the roller rolls on one surface of the door window glass 27 (FIGS. 3 and 6). In the upper edge of the door body 13, an opening 13a through which the door window glass 27 emerges is formed. This haunting hole 13a
A weather strip 57 is attached to the upper edge of the door outer panel 11 forming an edge of the door inner panel 12 via a clip 56, and the upper edge of the door inner panel 12 forming the edge of the opening 13a is clipped to the upper edge of the door inner panel 12 via a clip (not shown). The strip 58
Is attached (FIG. 5).

The operation of the thus constructed automobile door will be described. When the door window glass 27 is raised by the window regulator 21 and the door window 17 is completely closed, the front edge of the door window glass 27 becomes the inner glass frame 3.
It is stored in the groove 16a of the outer glass frame 16 together with 0. At this time, since the inner glass frame 30 does not appear in the see-through windows 19 and 20, it is possible to sufficiently secure a view from the see-through windows 19 and 20 directly below the side of the cab. When the door window glass 27 is lowered by a predetermined distance or more from a state in which the door window 17 is completely closed, the guide member 23a comes into contact with the guided portion 47b of the arm 47, so that the upper seal 38 and the side seal 39 Via the link mechanism 43, the upper opening 37a and the side opening 3
7b are rotated in the directions to open the respective upper seals 3b.
8 reaches the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
9 reaches the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Door window glass 2
7 is further lowered, the door window glass 27 passes through the opened upper opening 37a and the side opening 37b and overlaps the see-through window glass 31, and the lower front edge of the door window glass 27 and the inner glass frame 30 form an outer portion. It protrudes from the lower end of the glass frame 16. Even if the side window 10 is vigorously opened and closed with the door window glass 27 further lowered to reach the lowermost position, the front edge of the door window glass 27 is held by the inner glass frame 30,
In addition, since the upper portion of the inner glass frame 30 is held by the outer glass frame 16, the door window glass 2
7 is not damaged, and the strength of the door window glass 27 can be sufficiently ensured.

In the above-described embodiment, the upper seal and the side seal for opening and closing the upper opening and the side opening, respectively, have been described as the sealing members. However, this is merely an example, and forms the periphery of the see-through window or the vicinity of the periphery. A pair of seal lips may be attached to the door outer panel and the door inner panel to face each other. These sealing lips are configured to adhere to each other at least when the door window glass closes the door window, and to adhere to both surfaces of the door window glass when the door window glass descends and overlaps at least the see-through window glass. Also,
In the above embodiment, the see-through window glass was attached to the see-through window provided on the door outer panel, and the see-through window glass was not attached to the see-through window provided on the door inner panel. May be attached to make the see-through window glass double. Further, in the above embodiment, the see-through window of the door outer panel is formed to extend longer than the see-through window of the door inner panel, but the see-through window of the door outer panel is formed to have substantially the same size as the see-through window of the door inner panel. Is also good. In this case, the outer seal is attached so as to be in close contact with the inner surface of the door outer panel.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inner glass frame fitted on the front edge of the door window glass is slidably provided in the outer glass frame, and the door window glass is at least the door window. When closing the inner glass frame is stored in the outer glass frame, and the inner glass frame is configured to protrude from the lower end of the outer glass frame when the door window glass descends and overlaps at least the see-through window glass. When the door window glass closes the door window, a sufficient view from the see-through window can be secured.
Even if the door window glass is lowered and the door is opened and closed vigorously with the lower front edge of the door window glass projecting from the outer glass frame, the front edge of the door window glass holds the inner glass frame and the upper part of this frame. Since the outer window frame is supported by the outer glass frame, the door window glass is not damaged and its strength can be sufficiently secured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a door of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 9;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion C in FIG. 9;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 9 showing a state where a see-through window glass, a door outer panel, and an outer seal have been removed;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 9;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 9;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG. 9;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a side view of the door as viewed from a door outer panel side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 side door 11 door outer panel 12 door inner panel 16 outer glass frame 16a concave groove 17 door window 18 ventilator window 19, 20 see-through window 27 door window glass 28 ventilator window glass 30 inner glass frame 31 see-through window glass

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A door window (17) which can be opened and closed by opening and closing a vertically movable door window glass (27) between a door outer panel (11) and a door inner panel (12), and the door window (17). A ventilator window (18) provided adjacent to which a ventilator window glass (28) is attached, the door window (17) and the ventilator window (1).
8) Under the blind spot just below the side of the car below the window glass (31)
The door window glass (27) is provided so as to be directly viewable through the
When the door window glass (27) descends, the see-through window glass (3
A perspective window (1) configured to overlap at least a part of (1)
9, 20), and has a groove (16a) which divides the door window (17) and the ventilator window (18) and into which the front edge of the door window glass (27) is slidably inserted. An outer glass frame (16) fixed to the door outer panel (11) or the door inner panel (12) so that the lower end is located inside the door (10) near or at the upper edge of the see-through window (19, 20). ), The inner glass frame (30) fitted to the front edge of the door window glass (27) inserted into the concave groove (16a) is inside the outer glass frame (16). The inner glass frame (30) is housed in the outer glass frame (16) when the door window glass (27) closes at least the door window (17). Glass (2
7) the inner glass frame (30) is configured to protrude from the lower end of the outer glass frame (16) when the lowering and overlapping at least the see-through window glass (31). door.