JP3330029B2 - 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 a guide rail disposed inside a seal member, and a support bracket fixed to a window glass is connected to the guide bracket via a connection mechanism. The support bracket is configured to be movable in the vehicle width direction according to the slide of the guide bracket by the connection of the elongated hole and the pin, and after the window glass moves from the sealing position in close contact with the sealing member to the flap-out position in the vehicle exterior direction, It was designed to slide, so that the above problem could be solved.

[0004]

As described above, the prior art vehicle window device of the present applicant has solved the problems of the prior art and obtained excellent effects.
When the guide rail is placed on the indoor side to achieve the flash surface, the support bracket and the guide bracket connect the window glass and the guide rail side while straddling the opening, so the sliding amount is It can slide only to the position where each guide bracket and the front and rear ends of the opening interfere. For this reason, if the distance between the support brackets in the front-rear direction and the distance between the guide brackets are widened, it is not possible to secure a large sliding amount due to interference between the bracket and the end of the window opening, and the opening area when fully opened is small. Become. Further, since the guide bracket has a structure in which the guide rail slides, it is advantageous in terms of cost and installation space if a plurality of guide brackets slide in front and behind a single guide rail. Has a mechanism for moving the window glass between the sealing position and the flap-out position in the vehicle width direction, and a stopper installed in the middle of the guide rail. Difficult to wrap. For this reason, if the interval between the guide brackets is reduced, the slide range of one guide bracket immediately reaches the slide range of the other guide bracket, so that a large slide amount cannot be secured, and the support rigidity also decreases. As described above, even if the distance between the guide bracket and the support bracket is increased, the distance between the guide bracket and the support bracket is reduced, so that the sliding amount of the window glass cannot be secured, and a wide opening cannot be obtained. In particular, when the window glass has a shape in which the upper edge and the lower edge have different lengths, even if the upper and lower support brackets are installed at the intervals at which the maximum sliding amount can be obtained, the maximum sliding amount of the window glass is equal to the upper and lower edges. Is determined by the distance between the support brackets provided on the shorter edge. The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-described problems, and in the vehicle window device of the prior art, achieves as large an opening area as possible and ensures high supporting rigidity of the window glass. The aim is to improve product quality.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a window opening is formed in a vehicle body side portion, and a seal member provided around the window opening. A plurality of support brackets are fixed to the inside surface of the window glass that is pressed against the window opening to close the window opening, and a guide rail is provided in the front-rear direction along the window opening at a position closer to the vehicle interior than the seal member. The guide rails are provided on the guide rails in a number corresponding to the number of the support brackets, the guide brackets being configured to move the guide rails in the front-rear direction while the movement in the vehicle width direction is restricted. The support bracket is connected by a connecting structure including an elongated hole formed on one side and a pin inserted into the elongated hole and fixed to the other side. A vehicle width direction in which the window glass is inclined in a direction closer to the inside of the vehicle toward the ride direction so that the window glass can be moved in a vehicle width direction between a seal position pressed against the seal member and a flap-out position not pressed against the seal member. When the window glass is located in the opening slide direction from the flap-out position on the guide rail, the window glass moves in the vehicle interior direction by contacting the member on the support bracket side. In the vehicle window device having a guide surface that does not perform this control when the window glass is located at the flap-out position, the guide rail is used as the guide rail. And a lower guide rail provided along the lower edge of the opening on the indoor side. And two guide brackets are slidably provided on each of the guide rails, and the support brackets are provided on the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the window glass so as to be separated from each other back and forth. The support brackets on the side of the closing slide direction are respectively disposed at positions near the ends of the upper and lower edges of the window glass in the closing slide direction, while the support brackets on the side of the opening slide direction are respectively located on the upper edge of the window glass. A connecting arm portion is provided at an intermediate portion between the portion and the lower edge portion, and at least one of the support bracket and the guide bracket connected to the support bracket has a connecting arm portion for disposing the both at a distance from each other. The distance between the guide brackets is set wider than the distance between the support brackets. In addition, as in the invention described in claim 2, a difference is provided between the interval between the support brackets provided on the upper edge of the window glass and the interval between the support brackets provided on the lower edge, and the gap is narrower. The arm portion may be provided on at least one of the support bracket and the guide bracket, and the length of the arm portion may be equal to the difference between the intervals. Further, as in the invention according to claim 3, the window glass is:
The upper edge and the lower edge may be formed so as to have different lengths, and the support bracket may be arranged such that the support bracket on the opening slide direction side is located substantially at the center between the upper edge and the lower edge of the window glass. . Further, as in the invention according to a fourth aspect, a follow-up portion curved in the vehicle interior direction may be formed at an end of the window glass in the open sliding direction. Further, as in the invention according to claim 5, the guide bracket includes:
Wires routed along the guide rail and driven by a motor may be connected.

[0006]

When opening the window opening from the fully closed state, the guide bracket is slid with respect to the upper and lower guide rails in a predetermined opening direction. Then, the pin provided on one of the guide bracket and the support bracket moves with respect to the oblique long hole provided on the other, and the support bracket and the guide bracket are relatively displaced in the vehicle width direction. Since the movement of the bracket in the vehicle width direction is restricted by the guide rail, the support bracket is displaced in the vehicle exterior direction, whereby the window glass moves from the seal position pressed against the seal member to the flap-out position. In the structure in which the window glass is manually opened and closed when the window glass is moved from the seal position to the flap-out position, the opening operation force can be input to the window glass to move the window glass from the seal position to the flap-out position. In this case, when the window glass is moved to the flap-out position by applying an operation force to the window glass toward the outside of the vehicle body, the guide bracket is slid backward accordingly. When the motor is opened and closed as described in claim 5, when the motor is driven, the driving force is input to the guide bracket via a wire, and the guide bracket slides.

When the window glass reaches the flap-out position and the pin is moved to the end of the long hole as described above, the relative movement between the pin and the long hole is restricted, and the support bracket and the guide bracket are separated. The window glass slides along the guide rails integrally, and the window glass also slides with the slide, thereby opening the window opening. The open slide of the window glass is performed when the support bracket provided at the upper and lower edges of the window glass substantially at the center or the guide bracket connected thereto interferes with the front and rear ends of the window opening or immediately before the time. Is stopped at a predetermined position, and fully opened at this position. In the present invention, the support bracket on the closing slide direction side and the guide bracket connected thereto are provided with an arm portion on at least one side so that the guide bracket is spaced apart in the closing slide direction.
The distance between the guide brackets is wider than the distance between the support brackets. For this reason, the sliding amount that can be slid at the time of full opening described above is the distance between the support bracket provided on the opening sliding direction side and the end of the opening on the opening sliding direction side, and the distance between the guide brackets that slide on the same guide rail. In the present invention, even if the distance between the support brackets is small, the distance between the guide brackets can be widened, and the sliding amount can be increased to obtain a large opening area. Further, as described in claim 2, when the distance between the support brackets is different between the upper and lower parts,
In the past, the slide amount was determined by the dimension of the smaller support bracket interval, but in the present invention, by setting the arm portion to the narrower interval between the support brackets and widening the interval between the guide brackets , The slide amount can be increased. Also in the invention according to claim 3, since the upper and lower dimensions of the window glass are different and the support bracket on the open slide direction side is provided substantially at the center of the upper and lower edges of the window glass, the support on the close slide direction side is provided. When the brackets are provided at the ends of the upper and lower edges of the window glass, the distance between the upper and lower support brackets is different as described in claim 2, but the distance is not restricted as in the invention described in claim 2. A large slide amount can be secured. In addition, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the window glass is supported at four points vertically and vertically separated from each other, and the support bracket that is supported at substantially the center of the upper and lower edges of the window glass is a window glass. Since the support is provided in the vicinity of the center of gravity, a high support rigidity can be secured, and a large slide amount can be obtained while securing the support rigidity. That is, if the interval between the support brackets is made smaller than this, the support rigidity is reduced, and if the interval is made wider, the slide amount becomes smaller.

(Closed) When closing the window, a closing operation force is input to the guide bracket or the window glass and moved in the opposite direction to the above. At this time, in the connection structure between the support bracket and the guide bracket, the closing operation force is input in a direction in which the pin and the elongated hole are about to move relative to each other, but the movement of the support bracket in the vehicle direction is caused by the guide surface of the guide rail. The window glass moves toward the flap-out position without being displaced in the vehicle direction. When the flap-out position is reached, the guide surface no longer restricts movement in the in-vehicle direction, so that relative displacement between the pin and the long hole is made, and the window glass moves from the flap-out position to the seal position in the in-vehicle direction and presses against the seal member. As a result, the watertight state becomes a fully closed state. In addition, at the time of this fully closing, according to the invention of claim 4, the follow-up portion formed at the end portion of the window glass in the opening slide direction abuts on the seal member while being elastically deformed in the outward direction of the vehicle. The window glass is strongly adhered to the sealing member, and therefore, no support bracket is provided at the end of the window glass in the opening slide direction,
Although the structure cannot be pulled inward in the vehicle due to the connection structure of the long holes and pins that connect the support bracket and the guide bracket, the window glass is strongly adhered to the seal member to achieve high sealing performance and support rigidity. Can also be secured.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 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. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line S1-S1 of FIG. 3, that is, a longitudinal sectional view of the front window FW. A 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 by an imaginary line, a rearward end portion of the window glass 8 is formed with an additional portion 8a curved in the vehicle direction, that is, as shown by a solid line in FIG. When 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, 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.

Each of the upper support brackets 9F and 9R is supported by the upper guide rail 11 so as to be slidable back and forth, and each of the lower support brackets 10F and 10R is connected to the lower guide rail 1.
2 is slidably supported back and forth. Returning to FIG. 1, the support structure of the window glass will be described in detail. Referring back to FIG. 1, 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 1 protruding from
1b and a curtain rail portion 11c provided inside the vehicle and opened downward are integrally formed. The upper guide rail 11 is provided with two upper guide brackets 13F and 13R having a substantially L-shape, and the lower surfaces thereof are mounted on the support flange 11b at positions corresponding to the upper support brackets 9F and 9R, respectively. In this state, 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. Also,
As shown, a runner 15 for suspending a curtain (not shown) is provided on the upper curtain rail portion 11c. As shown in FIG. 2, a guide surface 11d for guiding the slide of a pin 18, which will be described later, is formed at the tip of the support flange 11b.

Returning to FIG. 1, 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. 4, it is connected to a gear mechanism 23 rotated by a motor 17. The wire 16 is connected only to the upper guide racket 13F, and each bracket 13F,
The 13Rs may be connected by a connecting means such as a rod.

The upper guide bracket 13
As shown in FIG. 2, oblique guide slots 13a and 13b displaced toward the inside of the vehicle toward the rear (in the direction of the arrow RR), which is the sliding direction of the window glass 8, are formed in F and 13R. 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. 1, the lower guide rail 12 is disposed in the recess 4c covered with the interior trim 6, and is 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. 2).

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
The lower end of the OR is connected to a wire 22 that can be pushed and pulled and has a gear formed on the outer periphery.
Are arranged along the lower end of the guide groove 12a and connected to a gear mechanism 23 rotated by a motor 17 as shown in FIG. 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. Further, similarly to the upper guide brackets 13F, 13R, each of the brackets 20F, 20R
The members may be connected by a connecting means such as a rod.

FIG. 2 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. 4, 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. 6, 7, and 8, 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. 5, 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.

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. 1, a 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. 2 (a), the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, 20b are arranged at the rear end positions of the guide slots 13a, and are also arranged in the fully closed grooves 11e, 12e.

B) Opening of the Window When opening the front window FW, the motor 17 is driven to rotate forward and the wires 16, 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. 2B 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 have moved to the front ends of the guide slots 13a, 13b, 20a, 20b, the pins 18, 19 and each guide bracket 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. 5, 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 open window FW, the motor 17 is driven in the reverse direction to push out the wires 16 and 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.

When the window glass 8 reaches the flap-out position, the pins 18 and 19 are pulled 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.

As described above, in the vehicle window device of the present embodiment, when the window glass is opened, the window glass 8 moves from the sealing position to the flap-out position and then moves rearward in parallel, so that the wide opening is provided. 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 the present embodiment, the support bracket 9 for the front guide brackets 13F and 20F is 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 set larger at the vehicle width direction of displacement of the 0R, only a change in the vehicle width due to opening and closing the entire full La Ppuauto amount kept small in while minimizing, possible rear portion of the window glass 8 at the time of full opening It can be arranged outside the vehicle 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.

Further, in the present embodiment, the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R 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. That is, in the present embodiment, it is natural that a wider spacing between the front support brackets 9F, 10F and the rear support brackets 9R, 10R provides higher support rigidity and higher sealing performance. When the distance between the front support brackets 9F, 10F and the rear support brackets 9R, 10R is narrowed, the open slide distance becomes large. The opening area can be increased, but the support rigidity and the sealing performance decrease. Under such conditions, in the present embodiment, the rear upper and lower support brackets 9R and 10R are provided substantially at the center of the upper edge and the lower edge of the window glass 8, respectively, and the front support brackets 9F and 10F are respectively attached to the window. It is provided at the front edge of the upper edge and the lower edge of the glass to increase the opening area while securing the support rigidity by taking the support span as wide as possible. 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 an arm portion 10f and is connected to the lower guide bracket 20F at a position forward of the base 10e of the lower support bracket 10F. The distance L3 between the lower guide brackets 20F and 20R is made wider than the distance L2 between 10F 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. That is, in FIG. 4, when the lower guide bracket 13F is provided at the same position as the lower support bracket 10F (this corresponds to the configuration of the prior art), the window glass 8 has only the dimension indicated by L2 in the drawing. (The lower guide bracket 13F cannot slide rearward from the position of the lower guide bracket 13R when fully closed). On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present application, since the lower guide bracket 13F is disposed at the front of the mounting position of the lower support bracket 10F by the dimension L4 as shown in the drawing when the arm portion 10f is provided and the arm is fully closed, The sliding amount increases by this amount, and a wide opening can be obtained.

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 present invention, it is included in the present 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. However, as shown in the explanatory view of FIG. It may be formed in a length. In the embodiment,
Although 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, they may be provided closer to the front upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F as shown in FIG. In the former case, the opening area can be increased, but the supporting rigidity decreases. In the latter case, the supporting rigidity increases, but the opening area decreases. further,
As shown in FIG. 9A, the arm portion 100 may be provided on both the upper and lower support brackets 9F and 10F or the guide brackets 13F and 20F, or as shown in FIG. Support bracket 9)
R, 10R or guide brackets 13R, 20R, or as shown in FIG. 9 (c), all support brackets 9F, 9R, 10F, 10R or guide brackets 13F, 13R, 20F, 20R. Is also good. Further, in the embodiment, the window glass 8 is opened and slid to the rear of the vehicle. However, the window glass 8 may be opened and slid to the front of the vehicle.

[0030]

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. In a vehicle window device having a structure that is movably supported, two support brackets are provided on the upper and lower edges of the window glass, separated from each other back and forth, and
At least one of the support bracket and the guide bracket connected to the support bracket is extended with a connecting arm portion for arranging the support bracket and the guide bracket to be spaced apart in the front-rear direction, so that the interval between the guide brackets is larger than the interval between the support brackets. Because of the wide configuration, as in the prior art, it is possible to obtain a wide opening with almost no change in the vehicle width dimension. In addition to the effect that it is easy to obtain, the amount of sliding of the window glass can be increased without being restricted by the spacing of the support bracket, and the effect that the opening area when fully opened can be secured widely. Can be According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the distance between the support brackets is different between the upper and lower sides, the slide amount is conventionally determined by the narrower distance, whereas in the present invention, the arm portion is provided by With the same spacing between the guide brackets at the top and bottom, there is an effect that a wide opening can be obtained without restriction on the amount of slide. According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration in which the length of the upper and lower edges of the window glass is different, the support brackets in the open sliding direction are respectively disposed substantially at the centers of the upper and lower edges of the window glass. By securing a wide span at the end, high support rigidity can be secured, and at the time of full closure, the window glass is pulled into the inside of the vehicle at the end and center to ensure high sealing performance. In addition, the configuration in which the span is taken in the front-rear direction of the support bracket in order to secure the support rigidity and the sealability as described above has an effect that a maximum opening amount can be secured and a wide opening area can be obtained. Is obtained. Furthermore, in the device according to claim 4,
Since the additional portion is provided at the end of the window glass in the sliding direction, when the window glass is pulled from the flap-out position to the sealing position, the additional portion is elastically deformed and is tightly adhered to the sealing member by its restoring force to provide a high seal. High performance is obtained, and the support bracket is not provided at the end in the opening slide direction side, and this part can not be pulled inward in the vehicle when fully closed, but the effect that high sealing performance can be secured. can get. In the device according to the fifth aspect, the effect is obtained that each guide bracket is driven by a motor to be electrically driven.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view (S1-S1 cross section in FIG. 3) showing a vehicle window device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are plan views showing the operation of the embodiment device, wherein FIG. 2A shows a sealing position, and FIG. 2B shows a flap-out position.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an automobile having the embodiment device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the embodiment device as viewed from the vehicle interior side.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the operation of the embodiment device.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a main part of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lower support bracket of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a main part of the embodiment device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the embodiment.

[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

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Seiki Takeno 101-1 Amanuma, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hideo Nakagawa 10-1 Amanuma, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. 72) Inventor Hideaki Tsubota 1185-1 Aokubo, Ueda-shi, Nagano Prefecture, Jonan Seisakusho Co., Ltd. JP-A-9-2062 (JP, A) JP-A-8-268055 (JP, A) JP-A-4-293615 (JP, A) JP-A-3-125180 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60J 1/14 B60J 1/16

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A window opening is formed in a side portion of a vehicle body, and a plurality of supports are provided on a vehicle inner side surface of a window glass which is pressed against a sealing member provided around the window opening to close the window opening. A bracket is fixed, a guide rail extends in the front-rear direction along the window opening at a position closer to the vehicle interior than the seal member, and the guide rail is restricted from moving in the vehicle width direction. Guide brackets for moving the guide rails in the front-rear direction in a state of being provided are provided in a number corresponding to the support bracket, and the guide bracket and the support bracket are inserted through a long hole formed in one side and the long hole. The long hole of the connecting structure is inclined toward the inner side of the vehicle as the open side of the window glass slides, so that the windshield is Is formed in a shape having a displacement amount in the vehicle width direction that can be moved in the vehicle width direction between a seal position pressed against the seal member and a flap out position not pressed against the seal member, and the guide rail includes: 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 that does not perform this restriction, an upper guide rail provided along an indoor upper edge of the opening as the guide rail, and an indoor side of the opening 2 with the lower guide rail provided along the lower edge
Two guide brackets are provided on each guide rail so as to be slidable, and the support brackets are spaced apart from each other at an upper edge and a lower edge of the window glass. Each of the support brackets on the side of the closing slide direction is provided at a position near an end of the upper and lower edges of the window glass in the direction of the closing slide, while the support bracket on the side of the opening slide direction is respectively provided on the window glass. A connecting arm disposed at an intermediate position between an upper edge and a lower edge of at least one of the support bracket and the guide bracket connected thereto; A vehicle window, wherein the distance between the guide brackets is set wider than the distance between the support brackets. Location. 2. A difference is provided between the interval between the support brackets provided with the upper edge of the window glass and the interval between the support brackets provided on the lower edge, and the distance between the support bracket and the guide bracket on the side where the interval is small. The vehicle window device according to claim 1 , wherein the arm portion is provided on at least one side, and a length of the arm portion is equal to the difference between the intervals. 3. The window glass is formed so that the length of its upper edge and the length of its lower edge are different from each other. The vehicle window device according to claim 1, wherein the window device is disposed substantially at the center of the vehicle window. 4. The vehicle window device according to claim 3, wherein a follow-up portion curved in a vehicle inward direction is formed at an end portion of the window glass in the opening sliding direction. To wherein said guide bracket, vehicle window according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the concatenation of wire driven by wired to the motor along the guide rail apparatus.