JP3393662B2 - Car rear structure - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rear structure of a motor vehicle having a quarter window on a rear side surface of a vehicle body. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in response to diversification of consumer needs in automobiles, in addition to conventional two-row arrangement of front seats and rear seats, for example, rear seats in van-type automobiles Is provided with a third row of seats behind the seat. In this case, it is customary to provide a quarter window on the side of the third row of seats from the viewpoint of ensuring a sense of openness of the occupant seated thereon (for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-83113). Gazette). [0003] In this case, the quarter window is
It is fixed to the vehicle body side so as to be openable and closable, and when it is opened, for example, it floats outward from the vehicle body surface as in the above known example,
It is opened by, for example, turning the one end side as a fulcrum outward of the vehicle body. [0004] By the way, in the event of a collision of an automobile, it is necessary for the occupant to escape to the outside of the vehicle. Usually, a side door provided on the side of the vehicle body, especially in the case of a van type, is required. In addition to opening the back door etc., it is designed to evacuate from here, and sufficient evacuation performance has been secured, but in order to further enhance this evacuation performance, the quarter window provided on the side of the rear of the vehicle body It is convenient if the quarter window 1 can be used as one of the evacuation ports. However, since the quarter window 1 is originally fixed to the vehicle body as described above, it cannot be used as an evacuation port. Accordingly, the present invention proposes a rear structure of an automobile in which the quarter window can be used as one of occupant escape ports in the event of a collision to further enhance the safety in the event of a collision. It was done. According to the present invention, at least two rows of seats are arranged in the vehicle length direction with respect to the vehicle body. while comprising, in lateral position of the subsequent second row seat, a rear structure of a vehicle van type quotas window opening which is attached the quota window is formed, the quota window, quota wind opening Protective bar located on the vehicle cabin side and extending in the vehicle length direction
Removably attached more outward in the vehicle width direction , above
The quarter window has one end in the vehicle length direction.
The window is attached to the quarter window opening
In this case, the outer
Is regulated and the other end of the quarter window is
The above-mentioned regulation action is released by separating from the body surface
On the other hand, on the other hand,
On the end side, it is fixed to the vehicle body
And a bracket for supporting one end of the protection bar.
The bracket is fixed to the vehicle body, and the bracket is
After removing the window, make sure that the protection bar
The protection bar can be turned up and down around one end
It is characterized that you support in capacity. [0007] [action] In the present inventions by to such a configuration
The following operation is obtained. [0008] In the invention 請 Motomeko 1 wherein, by the time an automobile collision open quotas window opening to remove the quota window provided on the rear part of the vehicle body side, the occupant is retracted to the outside of the vehicle from the quota window opening It becomes possible . The click when removing the Otawindo, engaging action of the engaging portion is released by turning off frozen action by the fixed unit by operating the protective bar be spaced a predetermined or the other side of the quarter window from the vehicle body, the The quarter window is removed from the quarter window opening and is put into a state where it can be used as an evacuation port for the occupant . And ku
After removing the water window,
The protection bar up and down around its one end.
It becomes possible. [0009] [Effect of the Invention] Accordingly, the following effects can be obtained according to the rear structure of the gun onset Ming automobile. [0010] According to the rear structure of a vehicle 請 Motomeko 1 wherein, at the time of vehicle collision since it can be utilized quotas window as passenger evacuation opening, the occupant protection performance in the event of a collision is further enhanced. Further, since it is intended to perform desorption of quotas window by using the protective bar provided originally click O over <br/> Tawindo is required a dedicated member can be a more simple structure. Also,
Evacuate the protection bar remaining on the vehicle body side
The opening area of de opening Ru can take a sufficient. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The rear structure of an automobile according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a vehicle body 1 having a rear structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. Have been. This vehicle is a so-called van type, and includes a first-row seat 5, a second-row seat 6, and a third-row seat 7 before and after in the vehicle length direction. The front door 2 is provided on the side of the first-row seat 5 and the rear door 3 is provided on the side of the second-row seat 6, and the third-row seat 7 arranged rearward of the vehicle body is provided at the rear end of the vehicle body. , Is opposed to the back door 4 provided at the front end. Further, a quarter window opening 9 is formed at a position corresponding to the side of the third row seat 7 of the vehicle body 1, and a quarter window 10 described later is detachably attached to the quarter window opening 9. Have been. The quarter window 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a support frame member 12 is attached to an outer peripheral portion of a back surface of a window glass 11 having a predetermined size.
The support frame member 12 is fixed to the outer peripheral edge of the window glass 11 in a wrapped state, and abuts against the edge 9a of the window glass 11 when attached to the quarter window opening 9; A frame portion 12b that surrounds the periphery of the window glass 11 in a rectangular shape so as to protrude from the rear surface side of the glass 11. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the quarter window 10 is mounted on the quarter window opening 9, the weather strip 16 provided on the quarter window opening 9 side is attached to the support frame. Member 12
By contacting the glass fixing portion 12a, the sealing property with the quarter window opening 9 is ensured. As will be described later, the quarter window 10 is attached to the quarter window opening 9 by a pair of fixing brackets 14 and 15 and a protection bar 13 disposed so as to cross the quarter window opening 9.
And done by The above-mentioned protective bar 13 is provided with a window glass 11.
Is protected from the collision of a load or the like, and in this embodiment, in particular, is also used as a detachable operation member of the quarter window 10 and is only a predetermined dimension larger than the width dimension of the quarter window opening 9. One end 13a of the long rod is bent in a U-shape, and is disposed on the vehicle side of the quarter window opening 9. In the following, for convenience of explanation, of the two portions facing each other at a predetermined interval in the U-shaped bent portion of the protection bar 13, the portion on the straight rod side is the first locking portion 21, and the end portion is the second locking portion. This is referred to as a locking portion 22. The first fixing bracket 14 is fixedly disposed on the vehicle side of the vehicle body side portion 1a and at one end in the width direction of the quarter window opening 9, and is fixed to the vehicle body 1 side. A base portion 14a and an extension portion 1 continuous with the base portion 14a and extending inward of the quarter window opening 9;
4b. The base portion 14a is engaged with a locking portion 25 formed at one end portion of the support frame member 12 in the vehicle width direction to restrict the outward movement of the support frame member 12 (a projection-shaped receiving portion 24). The receiving part 24 and the locking part 25 constitute a fitting part in the scope of the claims). Further, a guide groove 40 (described later) into which the other end 13b of the protection bar 13 is inserted is formed in the extension portion 14b. This guide groove 40 is provided in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, the vertical groove 40a extends vertically inside the extending portion 14b, and the lateral groove 40b extends continuously to the upper end of the vertical groove 40a toward the passenger compartment and opens to the passenger compartment side surface 14c. Have been. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the bottom surface of the lateral groove 40b extends in the horizontal direction.
The upper surface of Ob is an inclined surface provided at the other end in the width direction of the quarter window opening 9 and inclined downward at a predetermined angle θ1 toward a second fixing bracket 15 described later.
A projection 41 is formed near the bottom surface of the vertical groove 40a to elastically deform and hold the other end 13b of the protection bar 13 when the other end 13b of the protection bar 13 is brought into contact. The second fixing bracket 15 includes a base 15a fixed to the vehicle body 1 and an extension 1 extending to the inside of the quarter window opening 9 continuously from the base 15a.
5b. A guide groove 35 into which the one end 13a of the protection bar 13 is engaged is formed in the extension 15b. The guide groove 35, while being as formed inclined downward toward the side surface 15d from the end surface 15c of the extending portion 15b at a predetermined inclination angle theta _2, in the portion corresponding to the wall 36, in particular this passage shape that The bottom surface is formed horizontally. Accordingly, the protection bar 13 is rotatable within the range from the horizontal position to an angle theta ₂ upward around the one end 13a side. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the guide groove 35 is inclined at a predetermined angle θ ₃ toward the inside of the vehicle toward the end face 15c, so that the protection bar 13 is centered on one end 13a side. It has a tiltable within an angle theta ₃ into the vehicle compartment side from the state along the sides 1a of the body 1 as. An engagement protrusion 37 is formed on the inner surface of the wall portion 36 of the guide groove 35 and at a position from the end surface 15c. The second fixing bracket 15 and the first fixing bracket 14 are connected to each other by the second fixing bracket 15.
And the vertical groove 4 of the first fixing bracket 14
The mounting position in the up-down direction is relatively set so that the horizontal bottom surface of Oa is located on the same horizontal plane. The length L1 (see FIG. 4) of the opening end 35a on the side surface 15d side of the guide groove 35 is set to be appropriately larger than the length of the second locking portion 22 of the protection bar 13. Therefore, the protection bar 13 is movable along the guide groove 35 in the axial direction within the range of the dimension L1 (reference numeral 13 shown by a dashed line in FIG. 2).
See section C). On the other hand, the wall portion 36 of the second fixing bracket 15 is opposed to the support frame member 12 of the quarter window 10 when the quarter window 10 is mounted on the quarter window opening 9 as shown in FIG. The mounting position is set so that An engaging hole 31 is formed on the outer peripheral side surface of the support frame member 12 facing the wall portion 36. The engagement hole 31 is for engaging the second locking portion 22 of the protection bar 13, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the protection bar 13 rotates in the range of the angle θ 2. The second locking portion 22 has a size and a shape that allow the displacement of the second locking portion 22 when it moves. Engaging projections 32 are formed. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, when the protection bar 13 is in a horizontal state and the second locking portion 22 is engaged with the engagement hole 31, the second locking portion 22 is engaged. The quarter window 10 is pressed and held against the quarter window opening 9 by engaging the projections 32 and the first locking portions 21 with the engagement projections 37, respectively. In this case, the other end 13 of the protection bar 13
b is held in the guide groove 40 of the first fixing bracket 14 in a horizontal state by the protrusion 41.
(Hereinafter, the state of the protection bar 13 in this case is referred to as a fixed state). Also, in this embodiment,
The guide groove 35 of the second fixing bracket 15 and the engagement hole 31 of the support frame member 12 constitute a fixing portion in the claims. Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the quarter window 10 to and from the quarter window opening 9 will be described. Normal Time Normally, the quarter window 10 is attached to and held in the quarter window opening 9, but in this case, as shown by the solid lines in FIGS. Locking portion 25 formed on one end 10a side
The other end 10b side of the quarter window 10 is pressed against the quarter window opening 9 side in a state where the quarter strip 10 is locked to the receiving portion 24 of the first fixing bracket 14, and the weather strip 16 is formed to form the quarter window 10 and the quarter window. The space between the window 1 and the window 9 is sealed, and the protection bar 13 is set to a fixed state in this state.
0 is fixed to the quarter window opening 9 side. In this state, the other end 13b of the protection bar 13 is connected to the first
The protection bar 13 is held by the projections 41 on the fixed bracket 14 side, and the first and second locking portions 21 and 22 of the protection bar 13 abut against the engagement projections 32 and 37, respectively. Is tightened, and the quarter window 10 is maintained in the mounted state even while the automobile is running. The vertical displacement of the quarter window 10 is regulated by a spacer 17 provided on the quarter window opening 9 as shown in FIG. In the normal state, the protection bar 13 is provided laterally on the inner surface side of the window glass 11 to protect the window glass 11 from, for example, contact with a load, and has an original function. Demonstrate. At the time of a collision On the other hand, at the time of a collision of an automobile, the quarter window 10 is detached from the quarter window opening 9 in order to assist the occupant sitting on the third row seat 7 to retreat outside the vehicle. 9 must be made available as an evacuation exit. In this case, the middle part of the protection bar 13 in the fixed state is manually gripped at the other end 13b.
The upper side is lifted up to near the upper surface of the vertical groove 40a of the first fixing bracket 14 (the state of the reference numeral 13A shown by a chain line in FIGS. 4 and 5). Next, the protection bar 13 is pulled out toward the passenger compartment as it is, and the protection bar 13 is detached from the first fixing bracket 14 side (the state indicated by a dashed line 13B in FIGS. 2 and 5). Subsequently, the protection bar 13 is pulled upward while the protection bar 13 is being pulled out toward the passenger compartment.
It is extruded toward the a side (the state of reference numeral 13C indicated by a chain line in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5). Then, as shown by a chain line 13C in FIG.
The engaging portion 22 is disengaged from the engaging hole 31 of the support frame member 12 and the quarter window 10 and the second fixing bracket 1
5 is released. Therefore, the rest is shown by a chain line in FIG.
0 '), the other end 10b of the quarter window 10
The quarter window 10 is tilted with respect to the vehicle body 1 by pulling the side out of the vehicle. Then, with the tilting operation, the engagement between the receiving portion 24 and the locking portion 25 on the one end 10a side of the quarter window 10 is released, and the quarter window 10 is removed from the quarter window opening 9 side. Therefore, the occupant can retreat outside the vehicle from quarter window opening 9 opened by removing quarter window 10. In this case, the protection bar 13 remains on the vehicle body 1 side even after the quarter window 10 is removed, but the protection bar 13 can be set by setting the inclination angle θ2 of the protection bar 13 appropriately. The quarter window opening 9 is retracted to the upper end corner of the quarter window opening 9 so that the opening area of the quarter window opening 9 can be sufficiently taken, and no inconvenience occurs. As described above, in this embodiment, the quarter window 1 disposed on the rear side surface of the vehicle body 1 is provided.
By making 0 removable as required, the quarter window 10 can be used, for example, as an evacuation port for an occupant in the event of a collision of an automobile to enhance the evacuation of the occupant. The above-mentioned effects can be achieved with a simpler configuration by performing the attachment / detachment of the protection member 10 using the protection bar 13 which is an existing member.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile having a rear structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows IV-IV in FIG. 2; FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrows VV in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 2; DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 2 Front door 3 Rear door 4 Back door 5 First row seat 6 Second row seat 7 Third row seat 9 Quarter window opening 10 Quarter window 11 Wind glass 12 Support frame member 13 Protective bar 14 First Fixing bracket 15 Second fixing bracket 16 Weather strip 17 Spacer 21 First locking portion 22 Second locking portion 24 Receiving portion 25 Locking portion 31 Engagement hole 32 Engagement projection 35 Guide groove 36 Wall 37 Engagement projection 40 Guide groove

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Sachiyo Koyama 3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Pref. Inside Mazda Co., Ltd. (56) References Shiro 64-36238 (JP, U) -2721 (JP, U) Full-open 60-6025 (JP, U) Full-open 57-190092 (JP, U) 1-173016 (JP, U) 1-176516 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60J 1/00 B60J 1/14 B60J 9/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] At least two rows of seats are provided in the vehicle length direction with respect to the vehicle body, and quarter windows are attached to lateral positions of the seats in the second and subsequent rows. A rear structure of a van type vehicle having a quarter window opening formed therein, wherein the quarter window is provided on a vehicle side of the quarter window opening with a protection bar extending in the vehicle length direction.
Removably mounted toward the outward direction, in the vehicle length direction end side of the quotas window, said Quartey
The window is attached to the quarter window opening
In the above, it is fitted to the vehicle body and moves outward in the vehicle width direction.
And the other end of the quarter window is
The restriction action is released by moving away from the vehicle surface more than
Is provided, while the length of the quarter wind
At the other end in the direction
A fixing portion to be fixed is provided, and a bracket supporting one end of the protection bar is fixed to the vehicle body side.
Is constant, the bracket, after removal of the quota Wind,
The protection bar is left on the vehicle body side and the protection bar is
A rear part structure of an automobile, which is supported so as to be rotatable up and down around a center .