JP3268566B2 - Vehicle window device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a vehicle window device provided on a side surface of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a window device provided on a vehicle body side wall in a vehicle having a large vehicle body side wall area such as a so-called one-box car, a slide type and a butterfly type are known. In the formula
While it has the advantage that it can be opened and closed in half the area of the window, it has a window frame that slidably supports the window glass, and has the problem of increasing the weight,
There is a problem that a step is generated between the two window glasses and between the window glass and the window frame, which is disadvantageous in terms of appearance and wind noise, while the butterfly type has a problem.
Although a window frame is not required, the structure is simple and lightweight, and there is a problem that a step is hardly generated, which is advantageous for so-called flash surfing. As a vehicle window device that solves the above-described problem, a vehicle window device described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 4-51812 is known. In this conventional vehicle window device, rear ends of a window frame are provided above and below an opening. It is supported rotatably in the vehicle width direction, a window glass is supported slidably back and forth on this window frame, and a seal member is provided between the vehicle body and a position inside the window frame of the window glass. Because of this, when fully opened, the rear end of the window glass protrudes further outward than the rear end of the window frame, the vehicle width dimension changes greatly, and it is difficult for the driver to grasp the vehicle width interval, and the window opens. Up to two operations are a rotation operation and a slide operation, and the window frame is disposed outside the vehicle rather than the seal member. Or flash surface Of the or a problem that difficulty, there has been such a problem that it is disadvantageous in terms of weight.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present applicant has filed a Japanese Patent Application No. 7-72795.
No. vehicle window device was proposed. In this prior art, a guide bracket is provided so as to be slidable along guide rails arranged above and below the opening inside the vehicle, and a support bracket fixed to a position spaced apart back and forth above and below the window glass is connected to the guide bracket. It is connected via a mechanism, and this connection mechanism is configured so that the support bracket can move in the vehicle width direction according to the slide of the guide bracket by connecting the elongated hole and the pin, and from the sealing position where the window glass is in close contact with the seal member After moving to the flap-out position in the outside direction of the vehicle, the slide is performed, so that the above-described problem can be solved.

[0004]

As described above, the vehicle window device of the prior art solves the problems of the prior art and achieves an excellent effect. The support bracket is fixed to the, the guide bracket is provided slidably before and after the guide rail,
Since the guide bracket and the support bracket have a structure in which the guide bracket and the support bracket are connected to be relatively displaceable by the elongated hole and the pin, there is a problem described below. That is, when assembling the window glass to the vehicle body, the guide rail is arranged on the vehicle interior side, whereas the window glass is arranged on the vehicle interior side. Wind glass will be assembled. Then, the support bracket and the guide bracket are previously assembled to either the window glass or the guide rail, but since the guide bracket is configured to slide the guide rail, the guide bracket is attached to the guide rail at the time of assembly. Conventionally, the guide bracket and the support bracket have been previously assembled to the guide rail because it is difficult to assemble them. Therefore, when assembling the window glass, the assembling work has been performed to fix the window glass to the support bracket supported by the guide rail. However, as described above, since the support bracket has a structure in which the support bracket is connected to the guide bracket by the elongated hole and the pin, the support bracket can freely move with respect to the guide bracket. Therefore, when an external force such as gravity or vibration acts on each support bracket when the guide rail with these brackets is attached to the vehicle body, each support bracket will be displaced with respect to each guide bracket. The relative positions of the four front and rear support brackets are not fixed. Therefore, when assembling the window glass, the position where the support bracket should be fixed does not match the actual position of the support bracket. Therefore, when assembling the window glass, first, before assembling, the positions (orientations) of the support brackets are adjusted, that is, the positions are adjusted so that the relative positional relationship between the support brackets is constant.
After that, it becomes the work of assembling the wind glass. With this configuration, when the window glass is assembled, the position where the support bracket should be fixed on the window glass coincides with the position of the support bracket, so that the support bracket can be fixed. As described above, in the related art, since the relative positions of the respective support brackets need to be constant, the operation is troublesome, and improvement in workability has been desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to improve the workability of assembling a window glass in a vehicle window device of the prior art.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a window opening is formed on a side of a vehicle body, and a sealing member provided around the window opening is provided with a sealing member. A pair of support brackets are fixed to the upper and lower sides of the interior surface of the window glass that is pressed against and close the window opening, respectively, and are separated from each other in the front-rear direction. Guide rails extend in the front-rear direction along the top and bottom of the part, and each guide rail has a guide bracket that moves the guide rail in the front-rear direction while movement in the vehicle width direction is restricted corresponds to the support bracket The guide bracket and the support bracket are connected by a connection structure including a long hole formed on one side and a pin inserted into the long hole and fixed to the other side, The elongated hole of this connection structure is inclined in such a direction as to be closer to the opening side of the window glass in the opening sliding direction, so that the window glass is positioned between a sealing position where the window glass is pressed against the sealing member and a flap-out position where the window glass is not pressed against the sealing member. The guide rail is formed in a shape having a displacement amount in the vehicle width direction that can be moved in the width direction.
When the window glass is located in the opening sliding direction from the flap-out position, the window glass contacts the member on the support bracket side to restrict the window glass from moving in the vehicle direction, and when the window glass is located at the flap-out position. In a vehicle window device having a guide surface which does not perform this restriction, the pair of support brackets spaced apart from each other in the front-back direction are rigidly connected to each other by a connecting member having rigidity. Further, in the invention according to claim 2, a fixing structure of a set of support brackets fixed to the upper part of the window glass is fixed to a retainer fixed to the upper part of the window glass at a distance from the front to the rear, and the inside of the vehicle from each retainer. A bolt provided in the support bracket so that the bolt can be inserted, and a nut to be fastened to the bolt, and the nut is inserted into the hole of the support bracket. By fastening, the support bracket was fixed to the window glass.

[0007]

The operation of assembling the window glass will be described. When the guide rail is attached to the vehicle body, since each guide bracket and each support bracket connected to it have a connection structure of a long hole and a pin, if gravity, vibration or other external force acts on the support bracket, The support bracket moves relative to the guide bracket. At this time,
Since the support brackets that are spaced apart from each other at the same height are rigidly connected by the connecting member, the relative positional relationship between the two support brackets does not change. That is, when one support bracket attempts to rotate with respect to the guide bracket, the other support bracket also rotates, and when one support bracket attempts to move in the direction in which the elongated hole extends, the other support bracket moves. The bracket is also pulled in that direction, so that the relative positional relationship between the two does not change. As described above, since the relative positional relationship between a pair of support brackets that are separated from each other in the front and rear is constant, when assembling the window glass, the position between the upper and lower support brackets becomes a constant relative positional relationship. Such a positioning may be performed. In this case, since one set of support brackets is rigidly connected to each other, the work of moving one set of support brackets to a desired position by one operation can be performed. The relative position of the support bracket is in a desired state.

After the positioning operation of the support bracket is completed, the window glass is assembled to the support bracket. At the time of this assembling work, in the device according to claim 2, after a bolt protruded from a retainer fixed to the upper part of the window glass is inserted into a hole formed in the support bracket to temporarily fix it, A nut is fastened to this bolt and fixed. In the apparatus according to the second aspect, the above-described positioning operation of the support bracket can be performed after the temporary fixing. That is, after temporarily attaching the window glass to a pair of support brackets supported by the upper guide rail, the positioning of the pair of support brackets supported by the lower guide rail is directly performed on the window glass. You may do so. Further, in the state after assembly, in the present invention, the rigidity of the window glass increases because the support brackets fixed to the window glass are rigidly connected to each other.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a side view of an automobile C to which the vehicle window device according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied, and a front window FW and a rear window RW are arranged side by side on the side of the automobile C. The embodiment is applied to the front window FW.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line S1-S1 of FIG. 4, that is, a longitudinal sectional view of the front window FW. The window opening 1 is provided in the vehicle body. A roof rail 2 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction above the window opening 1, and a weather strip (seal member) 3 a is provided on a portion of the roof rail 2 where a roof rail outer 2 a and a roof rail inner 2 b flange overlap. Is attached. On the other hand, on the lower side of the window opening 1, a welt 5 in which a weather strip (seal member) 5a is integrated is attached to a portion where the flanges of the outer panel 4a and the inner panel 4b of the side panel 4 are overlapped. I have. In addition, a recess 4c extends in the front-rear direction above the inner panel 4b. The interior of the side panel 4 is covered with an interior trim 6, and the interior of the roof rail 2 is covered with a roof trim 7. Also, the lip 5b,
6a is provided.

The window opening 1 is opened and closed by a window glass 8. That is, in the window glass 8, upper support brackets 9F and 9F are provided at upper and lower positions inside positions where they contact the weather strips 3a and 5a.
9R and the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are fixed to be separated from each other back and forth as shown in a side view from the vehicle interior side in FIG. As shown, the window glass 8 is formed in a shape in which the front and rear lengths of the lower edge are shorter than the front and rear lengths of the upper edge. The front upper support bracket 9F is fixed to the front end of the upper edge of the window glass 8, and the rear upper support bracket 9R is fixed to substantially the center of the upper edge of the window glass 8, and the lower front side is fixed. The support bracket 10F is fixed to the front end of the lower edge of the window glass, and the rear lower support bracket 10R is fixed to substantially the center of the lower edge of the window glass 8. FIG.
As shown in the figure, the upper support bracket 9F is provided with bolts 10 erected from a retainer 106 provided on the window glass 8.
4 is inserted into a hole formed in the upper support bracket 9F and is fastened with a nut 104. On the other hand, the lower support bracket 10F is formed in a retainer 107 in which a bolt 105 is fixed to the window glass 8. The mounting structure is fastened to the screw holes. Further, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 6, a rearward portion of the window glass 8 is formed with an additional portion 8a curved in the vehicle interior direction, that is, as shown by a solid line in FIG. When the glass 8 is fully closed, the additional portion 8a is elastically deformed so that the restoring force causes the window glass 8 to come into close contact with the weather strips 3a and 5a. Although the fully opened state of the window glass 8 is shown by an imaginary line in the same figure, in the display by this imaginary line, the portion of the additional portion 8a has a shape in a natural state curved in the vehicle interior direction and a straight line substantially rearward. Both the shape at the time of elastic deformation in the fully closed state are displayed so that the difference between them can be understood. Further, as shown in the drawing, a welt 3 having a weather strip 3a is also provided at each pillar.

The upper support brackets 9F and 9R are respectively supported by upper guide brackets 13f and 13R slidably supported by the upper guide rail 11 in the front and rear directions, and the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are respectively supported by the lower guide rail 12 in the front and rear directions. Lower guide bracket 20 slidably supported
F, 20R respectively. Returning to FIG. 2, the support structure of the window glass will be described in detail. Referring back to FIG. 2, the upper guide rail 11 is fixed to the roof rail inner 2b, and is formed by extrusion molding with a guide groove 11a opened downward and horizontally in the vehicle exterior direction. Support flange 11 protruding from
b and a curtain rail portion 11c provided inside the vehicle and opened downward are integrally formed. The upper guide rail 11 has two substantially L-shaped upper guide brackets 13F, 13R at positions corresponding to the upper support brackets 9F, 9R, respectively.
With its lower surface placed on the support flange 11b, the upper end is inserted into the guide groove 11a and is slidably supported back and forth. The interior side of the upper guide rail 11 is covered with a garnish 14. As shown, a runner 15 for suspending a curtain (not shown) is provided on the upper curtain rail portion 11c. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3, at the tip of the support flange 11b,
Guide surface 11 for guiding slide of pin 18 described later
d is formed.

Returning to FIG. 2, the upper guide bracket 13
The upper ends of the F and 13R are connected to a wire 16 that can be pushed and pulled and that has a gear formed on the outer periphery. The wire 16 is routed along the upper end of the guide groove 11a.
As shown in FIG. 5, it is connected to a gear mechanism 23 rotated by a motor 17.

The upper guide bracket 13
As shown in FIG. 3, oblique guide elongated holes 13a and 13b are formed in F and 13R so as to be displaced inward toward the rear of the window glass 8 in the direction in which the window glass 8 slides (in the direction of arrow RR). The upper support brackets 9F, 9R are connected by inserting pins 18 into the elongated holes 13a, 13b. Therefore, the upper support bracket 9F,
9R are upper guide brackets 13F and 13R, respectively.
At the same time, it slides back and forth along the upper guide rail 11. The long guide holes 13a and 13b are formed on the upper guide bracket 13F disposed on the front side of the upper guide hole 13b formed on the upper guide bracket 13R disposed on the rear side. The displacement amount in the vehicle width direction is larger than the guide slot 13a.

Next, the lower support structure will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower guide rail 12 is disposed in the recess 4c covered with the interior trim 6 and fixed to the inner panel 4b. Guide groove 1 by extrusion molding
2a, the upper flange 12b, and the lower flange 12c are integrally formed, and a guide surface 12d for guiding the slide of a pin 19 described later is formed at the tip of the lower flange 12c (see FIG. 3).

As in the case of the upper guide rail, lower guide brackets 20F and 20R of a substantially T-shape are provided in the guide groove 12a of the lower guide rail 12 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. Guide elongated holes 20a. The lower portions of the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are connected by inserting a pin 19 through 20b. The guide slots 20a and 20b are formed in the same shape as the guide slots 13 and 13b formed in the upper guide brackets 13F and 13R, that is, the guide slots 20b are larger than the guide slots 20a. Also, it is formed in a shape having a large displacement amount in the vehicle width direction. Also,
In the lower support brackets 10F and 10R, a resin spacer 21 for preventing backlash is interposed between upper and lower portions of the upper flange 12b of the lower guide rail 12.

Then, the lower guide brackets 20F, 2
0R is connected to a wire 22 that can be pushed and pulled in the same manner as the upper side and that has a gear formed on the outer periphery, and this wire 22 is routed along the lower end of the guide groove 12a.
The gear mechanism 23 rotated by the motor 17 as shown in FIG.
It is connected to. Although not shown, the gear mechanism 23 is configured such that a pinion is additionally set to a pinion driven by the motor 17 so that the operating directions of the wires 16 and 22 are the same.

FIG. 3 shows the upper and lower guide rails 11,
12 shows the relationship among 12 guide surfaces 11d, 12d, upper and lower guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F, 20R, and upper and lower support brackets 9F, 9R, 10F, 10R. Only the illustration will be given, but the guide grooves 11a (12a) are provided with the pins 18 (1) when the window glass 8 is arranged at the fully closed position.
9), a fully closed groove 11 that is recessed in the vehicle direction.
e (12e) are formed. And this fully closed groove 1
A guide claw 24a curved in the vehicle interior direction is disposed at a position facing 1e (12e), and the retraction guide member 24 is fixed to each of the guide rails 11, 12. Note that the fully closed grooves 11e and 12e are deeper into the room on the rear side than on the front side, and the difference in depth is due to the widthwise direction of the guide slots 13a, 20a, 13b and 20b. Equal to the difference in displacement.

As shown in FIG. 5, the upper and lower support brackets 9F, 9R, 10F and 10R are provided at the front end and the center of the upper and lower edges of the window glass 8, respectively. Is formed longer than the dimension of the lower edge, and as a result, the lower support brackets 10F, 1
While the interval L2 of 0R is formed to be narrower than the interval L1 of the upper support brackets 9F and 9R, the interval L1 of the upper guide brackets 13F and 13R is equal to the interval L3 of the lower guide brackets 20F and 20R. is set up. That is, the front lower support bracket 10F
Has a base 10e that slides on the lower guide rail 12 as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, and an arm 10f extends forward from the base 10e. An interval L4 is secured between the lower support bracket 10F and the lower guide bracket 20F, and the upper and lower guide brackets 13F, 13F are provided as described above.
The intervals of R, 20F, and 20R are equal (L1 = L
3).

As shown in FIG. 6, the rear window RW is of a so-called butterfly type, and a window glass 28 is supported by a hinge whose front end is not shown so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. It is configured to open to the position indicated by the imaginary line.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper support brackets 9F and 9R and the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are connected with the connecting links 101 and 10R.
It is rigidly connected by 2. Both connecting links 10
Numerals 1 and 102 are made of a highly rigid metal and have an L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 8, and as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the lower support bracket 10F (other support brackets 9F and 9F). 9R and 10R are the same), and are fixed to the base 10e with bolts 10g. In addition, the link 10
A bumper bar 10h is fixed to an end of the first and second 102, and when the window glass 8 is fully closed, the bumper bar 1h is fixed.
0h is installed at a position where it collides with the wall surfaces of the upper and lower guide rails 11, 12.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. a) When fully closed The front window FW according to the embodiment of the present invention is
As shown in FIG. 2, the window glass 8 is disposed on substantially the same plane as the outer surface of the vehicle body, and is pressed against and sealed to the weather strips 3a and 5a. At this time, the support brackets 9F, 9R, 10F, 10R and the guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F, 20R are disposed at the front ends of the front and rear stroke ranges of the guide rails 11, 12, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, 20b are arranged at the rear end positions of the respective guide slots 13a, and are arranged in the fully closed grooves 11e, 12e.

B) When the window is opened When the front window FW is opened, the motor 17 is driven to rotate forward and the wires 16 and 22 are pulled backward. This wire 1
6, 22 by driving the guide brackets 13F, 13
R, 20F, and 20R move rearward (in the direction of RR) on the guide rails 11 and 12, and accordingly, each guide slot 1
3a, 13b, 20a, and 20b are the respective support brackets 9;
Pins 18 fixed to F, 9R, 10F, 10R,
19, the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, and 20b are formed so as to be displaced outward in the vehicle toward the front.
8 and 19 are gradually displaced toward the outside of the vehicle.
Each support bracket 9F, 9 to which 8, 19 is fixed
R, 10F, and 10R are also displaced outside the vehicle. Therefore, the window glass 8 moves outward in the vehicle width direction and separates from the weather strips 3a, 5a. Note that FIG.
The position of the window glass 8 shown in (a) is called a sealing position. At this position, the window glass 8 is pressed against the weather strips 3a and 5a as shown in FIGS. On the other hand, the position where the window glass 8 has moved from the sealing position to the outside of the vehicle as shown in FIG. 3B is referred to as a flap-out position. In this flap-out position, the rear side of the window glass 8 is more open than the front side.
This is because the displacement of the front guide slots 13a, 20a in the vehicle width direction is larger than the displacement of the front guide slots 13a, 20a in the vehicle width direction.

As described above, when the pins 18, 19 move to the front ends of the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, 20b, the pins 18, 19 and the guide brackets 13F,
13R, 20F, and 20R, the pins 18 and 19 are no longer moved relative to the guide surfaces 11 and 12 of the guide rails 11 and 12, respectively.
d and 12d, the window glass 8 moves rearward along the guide rails 11 and 12 with this, and the window opening 1 is opened. By the way, the open slide of the window glass 8 is carried out by the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R,
Before the 10R collides with the rear edge of the window opening 1, the stopper is restricted at a predetermined position by a stopper (not shown), and the window glass 8 is opened and slid to this position to be restricted by the stopper. If the motor 17 is stopped due to a load increase due to the above, or if the drive of the motor 17 is stopped by a switch operation at a time before that, the opening operation described above is stopped. In FIG. 6, the position shown by the imaginary line of the window glass 8 is the fully open position, and as described above, the positions of the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R are more outward than the positions of the front upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F. , The rear end of the window glass 8 does not interfere with the rear window RW even when the rear window RW is opened despite the formation of the additional portion 8a. That is, as compared with the case where the front upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F are arranged by the same amount as the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R on the outside of the vehicle, the entire projecting amount to the outside of the vehicle is made smaller to achieve the fully closed state as much as possible. While keeping the vehicle width unchanged, the rear end position of the window glass 8 when fully opened can be disposed outside to prevent interference with the rear window RW.
As described above, the window glass 8 is slid open just before the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R interfere with the rear end of the window opening 1, but in the present embodiment. , Rear upper and lower support bracket 9
Since R and 10R are provided at the center positions of the upper and lower edges of the window glass 8, the brackets 9R and 10R are more rearward (open) than those provided at the rearward position than in the present embodiment.
A large opening can be obtained by increasing the sliding amount, while the upper and lower brackets 9F. A large supporting stiffness can be obtained by securing a wide interval L1 and L2 with the 10F. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve both securing the support rigidity and securing the wide opening.

C) When closing the window When closing the window from the above-mentioned front window FW in the open state, the motor 17 is driven in the reverse direction to push out the wires 16, 22, and the guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F,
20R moves forward on each of the guide rails 11 and 12, and accordingly, each support bracket 9F, 9R, 10F, 10
R also moves forward, and the window glass 8 moves forward. At this time, the pins 18 and 19 are connected to the respective guide slots 13a and 13a.
3b, 20a, and 20b obliquely contact with each other, a component force is generated in the pins 18 and 19 in the vehicle interior direction.
The guide brackets 8, 19 are in contact with the guide surfaces 11 d, 12 d, and are restricted from moving in the vehicle interior.
F, 13R, 20F, 20R are also guide rails 11, 1
2 restricts movement in the vehicle width direction, the pins 18 and 19 are connected to the respective guide brackets 13F, 13R and 20.
F, 20R, without being moved relative to the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, 20b.

Then, when the window glass 8 reaches the flap-out position, the pins 18, 19 are moved by the retraction guide member 2.
4 and is guided by the curved surface of the guide claw 24a in the vehicle interior direction, so that the pins 18 and 19
With respect to each of the guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F, and 20R, the guide brackets 13A, 13B, 20A, and 20B move inward while performing a relative movement of moving the guide slots 13A, 13B, 20A, and 20B backward.
Thereby, the window glass 8 moves to the sealing position and is pressed against the weather strips 3a, 5a. At this time, the window glass 8 is deformed elastically in the vehicle exterior direction at the rear end portion 8a provided at the rear end thereof.
a, 5a, so that the seal is reliably sealed by the restoring force of the deformation. That is, in the present embodiment, no support bracket is provided at the rear end of the window glass 8, and this rear end is provided with the pins 18, 19 and the guide slots 13a,
Although it cannot be pulled into the vehicle interior due to the relative displacement with 13b, 20a, 20b, high sealing properties and support rigidity can be ensured by the restoring force due to the elastic deformation of the follow-in portion 8a.

D) At the time of assembling work At the time of assembling work, each support bracket 9F, 9R, 10
Each guide bracket 13 with F, 10R connected
F, 13R, 20F, 20R are connected to the upper and lower guide rails 11,
The two guide rails 11, 12 in this bracket-assembled state are attached and fixed to the vehicle body. And
After the upper support brackets 9F and 9R are in the flap-out state, the window glass 8 is assembled from the outside of the vehicle. At this time, on the upper side, as shown in FIG. 2, the bolt 103 standing upright on the window glass 8 side is connected to the upper support brackets 9F, 9F.
The window glass 8 is temporarily fixed so that the operator does not need to hold the window glass 8 by hand. Thereafter, the bolt 103 is fastened to the bolt 103 with a nut 104 from the vehicle interior. On the other hand, on the lower side, after the temporary fixing state or the fastening operation of the nut 104, the insertion positions of the bolts 105 of the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are matched with the screw holes of the retainer 107. Fasten from inside the car. Note that the positioning with the lower support brackets 10F and 10R may be performed at the same time as the positioning of the upper support brackets 9F and 9R before the temporary fixing, but it is easier to set the positioning target after the temporary fixing. . In performing the above assembling work, since the upper support brackets 9F and 9R and the lower support brackets 10F and 10R are connected by the connection links 101 and 102, respectively, the upper support brackets 9F and 9R and The relative position between the lower support brackets 10F and 10R is always constant.
For this reason, when the bolts 103 erected on the window glass 8 are inserted into the holes of the upper support brackets 9F and 9R, it is easy to align them. That is, if the relative positions of the upper support brackets 9F and 9R do not match, the bolts 103 erected on the front and rear of the upper portion of the window glass 8 cannot be inserted into the holes of the support brackets 9F and 9R at one time. Therefore, after the bolt 103 is inserted into one of the holes, the window glass 8 is fitted to the position of the other hole.
It is necessary to move the supporting brackets 9F and 9R in advance so that the relative positions of the two support brackets 9F and 9R are in a predetermined positional relationship. In the present embodiment, such an operation is unnecessary. The same applies to the lower support brackets 10F and 10R.

As described above, in the vehicle window device of the present embodiment, when the window glass 8 is opened, the window glass 8 moves from the seal position to the flap-out position and then moves rearward in parallel. While the vehicle width hardly changes. In addition, each guide bracket 13
F, 13R, 20F, 20R to each guide rail 11, 1
In order to perform the flap-out and the backward slide simply by moving the guide bracket 13 backward along
The motors can be electrically operated only by connecting the F, 13R, 20F, 20R to the wires 16, 22 driven by the motor 17, and the motorization is easy. In addition, guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20
F, 20R and the guide brackets 13F, 13
Guide rails 11 and 12 supporting R, 20F and 20R
Is provided on the inner side of the sealing surface, so that the installation work of the motor 17 and the wires 16 and 22 is easy, which also facilitates the electric operation. It is only necessary to provide a recess for arranging the window glass 8 inside the outer plate, which is advantageous in press molding. Further, the guide rails 11 and 12 can be arranged so as not to be seen from outside and inside the vehicle. Looks good. Further, in the present embodiment, since the curtain rail portion 11c is formed integrally with the upper guide rail 11 by extrusion, the arrangement can be made compact and the cost can be reduced.

Further, in this embodiment, the support brackets 9 for the front guide brackets 13F and 20F are provided.
F, 10F, supporting brackets 9R, 1R for guide brackets 13R, 20R on the rear side of the displacement amount in the vehicle width direction.
Since the displacement amount in the vehicle width direction of 0R is set to be larger, the rear end of the window glass 8 at the time of full opening is set as far away from the vehicle as possible while keeping the total flip-out amount small and minimizing the change in vehicle width due to opening and closing. To prevent interference with the rear window RW. In particular, in the present embodiment, the additional portion 8a is provided at the rear end of the window glass 8, and the rear end of the window glass 8 and the rear window RW easily interfere with each other when fully opened. Has become more effective.

In the present embodiment, the upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R on the rear side are respectively
And the front support brackets 9F and 10F are provided at the front ends of the upper and lower edges of the window glass, respectively, so that the front support brackets 9F and 10F are fully closed when fully opened. The rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R do not move rearward from the positions of the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R.
However, in a structure that does not move behind the rear end of the window opening 1, it is possible to obtain as large an opening area as possible while securing the support rigidity of the window glass 8. In the present embodiment, the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R are provided substantially at the centers of the upper edge and the lower edge of the window glass 8, respectively, so that the rear end of the window glass 8 is not supported and is not pulled inward. However, the rear end portion of the window glass 8 is provided with an additional portion 8a at the rear end portion so that the rear end portion of the window glass 8 is in close contact with the weather strips 3a and 5a when fully closed. Ensuring sealing performance and supporting rigidity. Further, in the present embodiment, the lower support bracket 10F is provided with the arm portion 10f, and the lower guide bracket 20F is provided at a position forward of the base 10e of the lower support bracket 10F.
, The lower support bracket 1
The distance L3 between the lower guide brackets 20F and 20R is made wider than the distance L2 between 0F and 10R, and the slide amount of the front lower guide bracket 20F is set equal to the slide amount of the front upper guide bracket 13F. Thus, an opening area as large as possible can be obtained. In the present embodiment, the upper support brackets 9F and 9R and the lower support brackets 10F and 10R that are separated from each other are connected to the connecting links 101 and 10R.
2, the upper support brackets 9F, 9R and the lower support bracket 1 are rigidly connected to each other.
The relative positions of 0F and 10R are always constant, so that the workability of assembling the window glass 8 is improved. In addition, since the support brackets 9F, 9R and 10F, 10R are connected by the connection links 101, 102, the rigidity of the window glass 8 is also improved.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change within a range not departing from the gist of the invention, the invention is included in the invention. . For example, in the embodiment, the guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F, and 20R are driven by the motor 17 to be electrically driven. However, the motor 17 and the wires 16 and 22 are eliminated to manually operate the window glass. 8 may be moved.
In this case, if a handle is provided inside the window glass 8, the operation becomes easier. In the embodiment, the pins 18 and 19 are fixed to the support brackets 9F, 9R, 10F and 10R, and the guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F and 2 are fixed.
Although the example in which the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, and 20b are formed in the OR is shown, the guide bracket may be provided with pins by forming slots in the support bracket. Further, in the embodiment, the shapes of the window opening 1 and the window glass 8 are formed such that the lower edge is shorter than the upper edge, but they may be formed to have substantially the same length. Further, in the embodiment, the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R are provided at the center of the upper and lower edges of the window glass 8. However, the rear upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F may be provided close to the front upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F. Well, in the former case,
Although the opening area can be increased, the supporting rigidity decreases, and in the latter case, the supporting rigidity increases but the opening area decreases.
Further, in the embodiment, the window glass is slid to the rear of the vehicle. However, the window glass may be slid to the front of the vehicle.

[0032]

As described above, in the vehicle window device of the present invention, the guide rail is provided inside the seal member of the window opening, and the guide rail is slid and fixed to the window glass. And a connection structure having a pin and a slanted oblong hole so as to be relatively displaceable in the vehicle width direction in a vehicle width direction at a sealing position where the window glass is pressed against the sealing member and a flap-out position where the window glass is not pressed. As a structure supported movably to
In a vehicle window device in which a large opening is obtained with a structure in which a change in a vehicle width dimension is small with opening and closing and an effect that a flash surface is easily obtained is obtained, a pair of support brackets spaced apart from each other in front and rear are further combined. Rigidly connected by the connecting member, the relative positional relationship between one set of support brackets is always constant, and the work of aligning the relative positions of all support brackets during window glass assembling work is facilitated, improving workability. The effect is obtained that the rigidity of the window glass is also improved. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the fixing structure of the pair of support brackets on the upper portion of the window glass is formed by inserting bolts projecting inward from the retainer fixed to the window glass into holes provided in the support bracket. With the nuts fastened and fixed
The effect that the temporary fixing of the window glass can be easily performed and the workability can be further improved can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a vehicle window device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view (S1-S1 cross section in FIG. 4) showing the vehicle window device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are plan views showing the operation of the embodiment device, wherein FIG. 3A shows a sealing position, and FIG. 3B shows a flap-out position.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an automobile having the embodiment device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the embodiment device as viewed from the vehicle interior side.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an operation of the embodiment device.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a main part of the embodiment device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a lower support bracket of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a main part of the embodiment device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 FW Front window RW Rear window 1 Window opening 2 Roof rail 3a Weather strip (seal member) 4 Side panel 5a Weather strip (seal member) 8 Window glass 8a Add-in section 6 Interior trim 7 Roof trim 9F Upper support bracket 9R Upper support bracket 10F Lower support bracket 10R Lower support bracket 10e Base 10f Arm 11 Upper guide rail 11d Guide surface 11e Fully closed groove 12 Lower guide rail 12d Guide surface 12e Fully closed groove 13F Upper guide bracket 13R Upper guide bracket 13a Guide elongated hole 13b Guide elongated hole 16,22 Wire 17 Motor 18 pin 19 pin 20 Lower guide bracket 20a Guide elongated hole 20b Guide elongated hole 23 Gear mechanism 24 Retraction guide member 101 Connecting link (Connecting member) 102 Connecting link (Connecting member) 103 Bolt 104 Nut 105 Bolt 106 Retainer 107 Retainer

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Hideo Nakagawa 10-1, Amanuma, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-8-268055 (JP, A) JP-A-7-229356 (JP, A) JP-A-63-233178 (JP, A) JP-A-63-137023 (JP, U) JP-A-4-51812 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷⁾ , DB name) E60J 1/16 E60J 1/12 E05F 15/10

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A window opening is formed in a vehicle body side portion, and a window glass that is pressed against a sealing member provided around the window opening to close the window opening is provided above and below a vehicle interior surface. A pair of support brackets are fixed to each other so as to be separated from each other in the front and rear direction, and guide rails extend in the front and rear direction above and below the window opening at a position closer to the vehicle interior than the seal member. A guide bracket for moving the guide rail in the front-rear direction in a state where movement in the vehicle width direction is restricted, is provided apart from front to back corresponding to the support bracket, and the guide bracket and the support bracket are And a connection structure comprising a long hole formed on one side and a pin inserted into the long hole and fixed to the other side, and the long hole of this connection structure is set closer to the open sliding direction of the window glass. Side, and has a displacement amount in the vehicle width direction in which the window glass can be moved in the vehicle width direction between a sealing position pressed against the sealing member and a flap-out position not pressed against the sealing member. When the window glass is located in the opening sliding direction from the flap-out position, the guide rail abuts on the member on the support bracket side to restrict the movement of the window glass in the vehicle interior direction. When the window glass is located at the flap-out position, in a vehicle window device having a guide surface that does not perform this restriction, the pair of support brackets separated in the front and rear directions are connected by a rigid connecting member. A vehicle window device connected to a rigid. 2. A fixing structure for a pair of support brackets fixed to an upper portion of the window glass, a retainer fixed to the upper portion of the window glass so as to be separated from front to back, and protruding from each of the retainers in a vehicle inward direction. And a nut provided in the support bracket so that the bolt can be inserted, and a nut fastened to the bolt. The nut is fastened in a state where the bolt is inserted through the hole in the support bracket, and the support bracket is fastened. 2. The vehicle window device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is fixed to a window glass.