JP3314632B2 - Sunroof car roof structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sunroof vehicle, and more particularly to a roof structure of a sunroof vehicle provided with an outer sliding sunroof.

Conventionally, a sunroof is provided with a sunroof opening formed in a roof panel, and an outer sliding sunroof which is supported by guide rails externally attached to the roof panel on both sides of the sunroof opening and is guided by the sunroof opening to open and close the sunroof opening. There is. There is a structure in which a garnish that covers the guide rail is provided (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-039531). In recent years, a roof rack for mounting luggage is often mounted on a roof of a vehicle, and a roof rack is often mounted on a vehicle provided with an outer sliding sunroof. In this case, the roof rack side bar is attached so as to bridge between the left and right garnishes.

As shown in FIG. 6, a guide rail 1A for externally fixing a roof panel 3 is generally used along the left and right side edges of a sunroof opening as shown in FIG. Only shown). The guide rail 1A has a U-shaped cross section and is divided into two front and rear parts. The front guide rail 1A1 is provided along the side edge of the sunroof opening, supports and guides the front end side edge of the sunroof, and the rear guide rail 1A2 is The guide rail 1A1 has the same structure as that of the guide rail 1A1 and is provided rearward on the same line as the guide rail 1A1. The front and rear ends of each of the guide rails 1A1 and 1A2 are closed, and their front ends are respectively curved downward. The sunroof is lifted up from the closed state and moved rearward to open the sunroof opening. It is like that. The garnish 8 is attached to the guide rail 1A from the front end of the guide rail 1A1 to the rear end of the guide rail 1A2 so as to cover the garnish 8. In the drawing, reference numeral 9 denotes a stay for mounting the roof rack side bar 6.

As shown in FIG. 7, a guide rail 1A1 having a U-shaped cross section is arranged with the opening side facing inward, and a plurality of stud bolts 14 provided on the lower surface are inserted into mounting holes 33 of the roof panel 3. It is fixed to the roof panel 3 by tightening the nut 15 from below. The guide rail 1A2 is similarly fixed to the roof panel 3. Guide rail 1A
1, 1A2 movably receive rollers 71 provided on the side edges of the front end and the rear end of the sunroof 7, and support and guide the sunroof 7. The stay 9 is also fastened and fixed to a predetermined position on the roof panel 3 similarly to the guide rail 1A.

The garnish 8 is a plate made of a synthetic resin. The garnish 8 is provided with clips 81 provided at a plurality of locations near the inner edge of the back surface thereof, and is engaged with a locking member 10 provided on the upper surface of the guide rail 1A opposite thereto. The guide rail 1A is mounted so as to cover and hide the guide rail 1A. The garnish 8 has a height substantially flush with the sunroof 7 lifted up for opening and closing movement. A hole 82 is formed in the garnish 8 at a position facing the stay 9, and the cover member 5A is usually fitted and closed.

When the roof rack is mounted, the cover member 5A of the garnish 8 is removed, the base end of the roof bar lateral bar 6 is inserted into the through hole 82, and the roof rack is fixed to the stay 9 with bolts.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned conventional structure,
A guide rail 1A for supporting and guiding the sunroof 7, a garnish 8 for covering and covering the sunroof 7, and a stay 9 for mounting the roof rack horizontal bar 6 are single parts, and the number of parts is large, and these must be individually assembled to the roof panel. The assembly workability is poor. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to reduce the number of parts constituting the support portion of the sunroof and improve the assembling workability.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a roof panel.
The sunroof opening formed on the outside of the roof panel
Outer slide type sun lure that opens and closes with a girder sunroof
Along the left and right side edges of the sunroof opening
Place the sunroof on both sides on the roof panel surface.
A guide rail is provided to support and guide this
And a garnish for covering the guide rail.
The above guide rails
Is located above the rail section having a U-shaped cross section and the opening side of the rail section.
Invert horizontally from the edge to cover the top of the rail
And curved to cover the side of the rail.
The garnish portion extending in the direction is integrally formed (claim 1). The guide rail can be easily manufactured by extruding a metal material such as stainless steel. Further, the workability of assembling to the roof panel is improved.

In the guide rail, a plurality of block members are fitted and fixed at predetermined positions in a space between the rail and the garnish covering the outside of the rail. The rigidity of the guide rail can be enhanced with a simple structure by the block member.

The base end of the roof rack installed on the roof is screwed and fixed to the block member provided in the space via the garnish portion of the guide rail. The installation of the roof rack is possible without providing a member dedicated to mounting the roof rack.

[0011]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
A description will be given based on FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the guide rail, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1 in a state where the guide rail is mounted on a roof panel. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guide rail 1 </ b> B is not divided into front and rear parts as in the conventional structure, but is an elongated linear integrated structure, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens in the lateral direction. The rail 11 is inverted from the upper end edge on the opening side of the rail 11 and extends in the horizontal direction so as to cover the upper surface of the rail 11, and is further curved downward so as to cover the side surface (bottom surface) of the rail 11. Garnish part 1 with its lower end folded inside
Consists of two. Garnish part 12 Horizontal part is rail part 1
1, the lower part of the garnish portion 12 extends below the side surface of the rail portion 11, and a space portion 13 is provided between the rail portion 11 and the garnish portion 12.
Exists. A plurality of stud bolts 14 are provided at predetermined positions on the lower surface of the rail portion 11 at substantially equal intervals. The surface of the garnish portion 12 is finished by painting or coating with vinyl chloride. An end cap 2 is provided at the front end and the rear end of the guide rail 1B.
Is fitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the guide rail 1B
A drip in which the opening of the rail portion 11 is directed toward the sunroof opening and the lower end of the garnish portion 12 is provided on the roof panel 3 on the convex seating surface 31 of the roof panel 3 formed along the side edge of the sunroof opening In a state where the stud bolt 14 is in contact with the upper edge of the outer surface of the portion 32, the stud bolt 14 is correspondingly passed through a bolt through hole 33 formed in the seating surface 31, and is fixed by tightening the nut 15 from below. is there. A pair of guide rails 1B are provided so that the rail portions 11 face each other along both left and right edges of the sunroof opening on the roof.

A pair of left and right guide rails 1B receive rollers 71 attached to the front and rear ends of the left and right side edges of the sunroof 7 so as to be movable inside the rail portion 11, support the sunroof 7 and move back and forth. invite. On the lower surface of the rail portion 11 of each guide rail 1B, notches 16 (FIG. 1) are formed at two places near the front end and near the center corresponding to the rollers 71 before and after the sunroof in the closed state. Below the notch 16, there is provided a guide member (not shown) in the form of an inclined surface which descends forward. The sunroof 7 is lifted down by the roller 71 moving from the lower surface of the rail portion 11 to the guide member in the notch 16 to close the sunroof opening. The sunroof 7 opens the sunroof opening by the roller 71 moving up from the guide member to the lower surface of the rail portion 11 and moving up further. In this open state, the sunroof 7 and the upper surface of the garnish portion 12 of the guide rail 1B are flush with each other.

According to the above-described first embodiment, the guide rail 1 that supports the sunroof 7 and guides the sunroof 7 to open and close.
B is made into a long linear shape without being divided as in the conventional structure, and furthermore, a garnish portion 12 covering and covering this is integrated, and can be easily manufactured by integrally extruding stainless steel. In addition, since the number of components is reduced by integral molding, the time required for the work of attaching to the roof panel 3 is reduced, and the workability of the attachment can be improved.

FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
A description will be given based on FIG. The second embodiment has a roof structure in which a roof rack can be attached to a roof. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a guide rail, and FIG. 4 is a state in which the guide rail is attached to a roof panel and no roof rack is attached. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V of FIG. 3 in a case where a guide rail is attached to a roof panel and a roof rack is attached. The basic structure of the second embodiment is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, and different points will be mainly described. In the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, the guide rail 1C has a rail section 11 having a U-shaped cross section and a garnish section 1 for covering the same, similarly to the above-described guide rail 1B.
And 2. Further, the guide rail 1C is provided with a seat surface 17 having a pair of through holes 18 formed at positions near the front end and near the rear end of the upper surface of the garnish portion 12, respectively. End caps 2 are fitted to the front end and the rear end of the guide rail 1C, respectively.

The guide rail 1C has a space 13 formed between the rail portion 11 and the garnish portion 12 immediately below each seating surface 17, and an aluminum die-cast block having substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the space portion 13. The member 4 is fitted and fixed. One side surface of the block member 4 is brought into close contact with the side surface of the rail portion 11, and the upper surface is the seat surface 1 of the garnish portion 12.
7, the other side has the middle part abutting against the curved part of the garnish part 12, and the lower end abuts against the folded end of the garnish part 12 and is fitted. In the upper surface of the block member 4, the through hole 1 of the seat
A threaded hole 42 communicating with the stud bolt 8 is formed, and a plurality of stud bolts 41 are fixed to the lower surface.

The guide rail 1C is placed on the seat surface 31 of the roof panel 3 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
The stud bolt 14 is passed through the mounting hole 33, and the nut 15 is tightened and fixed (FIG. 4). On the other hand, the stud bolt 41 of the block member 4 is also passed through the corresponding mounting hole 34 formed in the seat surface 31 and the nut 43 is tightened and fixed (FIG. 4). Guide rail 1C
Is the same as the previous embodiment, and the sunroof 7 in the open state and the garnish portion 12 of the guide rail 1C are flush with each other.

In the roof structure according to the second embodiment,
3 and 4 when the roof rack is not attached to the roof
As shown in (1), a cover member 5 is provided on each seating surface 17 of the guide rail 1C to cover the through hole 18. A locking pin 51 projects from the lower surface of the cover member 5, and the locking pin 51 is fitted into the screw hole 42 of the block member 4 through the through hole 18 and locked.

When a roof rack is attached to the roof, as shown in FIG. 5, the base end of the roof rack lateral bar 6 is placed on the seating surface 17 of the garnish portion 12 of the guide rail 1C, and A bolt 61 is tightened and fixed to the screw hole 42 of the block member 4 via the through hole 18.

According to the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the guide rail 1
By fitting the block members 4 at a plurality of locations in the space 13 of C, the rigidity of the entire guide rail 1C can be enhanced. Further, the roof rack lateral bar 6 can be fixed to a high rigidity portion where the block member 4 is fitted.
In addition, since the block member 4 is fitted on the guide rail 1C in advance, the work of attaching the block member 4 to the roof panel is easy, and the workability is good.

[0022]

According to the present invention, a plurality of parts constituting the roof of a sunroof car can be integrated, the number of parts can be reduced, and the assembling workability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a guide rail according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the guide rail in a state along the line II-II in FIG. 1 in a state where the guide rail is attached to a roof panel.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another guide rail of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the guide rail in a state along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3 in a state where the other guide rail is mounted on a roof panel.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the guide rail in a state along the line VV in FIG. 3 in a state where the other guide rail is attached to a roof panel and a roof rack is attached.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a guide rail and its peripheral members constituting a conventional roof structure of a sunroof vehicle.

7 is a cross-sectional view of the guide rail in a state along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6 in a state where the conventional guide rail is mounted on a roof panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1A Conventional guide rail 1B, 1C Guide rail of the present invention 11 Rail section 12 Garnish section 13 Space section 3 Roof panel 4 Block member 6 Roof rack side bar 7 Sunroof

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An outer sliding sunroof in which a sunroof opening formed in a roof panel is opened and closed by a sunroof provided outside the roof panel, wherein the outer roof sunroof is provided on a surface of the roof panel along both left and right edges of the sunroof opening. In a roof structure of a sunroof car provided with a guide rail that supports the sunroof on both side ends and guides the sunroof to open and close, and provided with a garnish for covering the guide rail, the guide rail has a U-shaped cross section. ,
Flip from the upper edge of the opening side of the rail and
Extends horizontally to cover the surface, and furthermore, the side surface of the rail
And a garnish that curves downward to cover
The roof structure of a sunroof car characterized by being integrally molded . 2. The guide rail according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of block members are fitted and fixed at predetermined positions in a space between the rail and the garnish that covers the outside of the rail.
The roof structure of the described sunroof car. 3. The roof structure of a sunroof vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a base end of a roof rack installed on the roof is screwed and fixed to the block member via a garnish portion of the guide rail.