JP3539444B2 - Sunroof equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to an outer slide type sunroof device for an automobile.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, an opening is formed near the center of a roof panel of a vehicle body, a slide panel is disposed above the opening of the roof panel, and a weather strip is provided above an inner periphery of the opening of the roof panel. Lower rails are provided inside the side edges of the opening to guide the front part of the slide panel parallel to each other along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and along the longitudinal direction of the lower rail on the upper part on both sides behind the opening of the roof panel. JP-A-63-242720 proposes a large sunroof for automobiles provided with upper rails for respectively guiding rear portions of slide panels parallel to each other.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the vehicle disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-242720, a back pressure acts on the rear end of the slide panel during high-speed running of the vehicle, so that the rear end of the slide panel is deformed by the back pressure. A gap may be formed between the lower surface near the rear end of the slide panel and the weather strip above the rear edge of the opening of the roof panel, and rainwater may enter the vehicle cabin from the gap between the lower surface near the rear end of the slide panel and the weather strip. was there.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to address the above-described problems, and when a vehicle travels at a high speed, even if a back pressure acts near the rear end of the slide panel, the reinforcing material reinforces the rear end and the back of the slide panel. This prevents deformation and breakage of the slide panel due to pressure, and makes it possible to compensate for the gap even if a gap is formed between the slide panel and the weather strip above the rear edge of the opening of the roof panel in the fully closed state. A sunroof device is provided.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A sunroof device according to the present invention is a sunroof having an opening formed in a roof panel of a vehicle body, a slide panel disposed above the opening of the roof panel, and a weather strip provided on an inner periphery of the opening of the roof panel. In the device, a reinforcing member is provided at a rear end of the slide panel along a width direction of the vehicle body, and an elastic body is provided at a lower portion near a rear end of the slide panel along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing member, A contact piece is formed on the elastic body so as to press against the rising portion of the roof panel when the slide panel is closed.
[0006]
[Action]
A reinforcing material provided along the width direction of the vehicle body at the rear end of the slide panel reinforces the rear end of the slide panel. Protect the rear edge of the panel.
[0007]
When the opening of the roof panel is fully closed by the slide panel, the weather strip above the rear edge of the opening of the roof panel is pressed against the lower surface of the slide panel, and the longitudinal portion of the reinforcing material is attached to the lower part near the rear end of the slide panel. The abutting piece of the elastic body provided along the direction is pressed against the rising portion of the roof panel to seal and shut off the interior of the vehicle from the outside, thereby preventing rainwater from entering the interior of the vehicle.
[0008]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a sunroof device according to an embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a roof panel of a vehicle body, and an opening 2 is formed in the front FR from the center of the roof panel 1, and as shown in FIG. A sunroof lid 3 is provided as a slide panel, and a weather strip 4 is provided on an upper portion of an inner periphery of the opening 2 of the roof panel 1. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rising portion 5 protruding upward is formed near the center of the roof panel 1.
[0010]
The sunroof lid 3 is made of a transparent or translucent glass plate or a synthetic resin plate.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 3, at the rear end of the sunroof lid 3, a reinforcement 6 serving as a reinforcing member is provided along the width direction of the vehicle body, and at the lower portion near the rear end of the sunroof lid 3, a reinforcement is provided. An elastic body 7 is provided along the longitudinal direction of the element 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the elastic body 7 has a contact piece 8 that presses against the rising portion 5 of the roof panel 1 when the sunroof lid 3 is closed, obliquely downward from the lower surface toward the front FR side of the vehicle body. Have been.
[0012]
The reinforcement 6 is made of an extruded aluminum material. As shown in FIG. 2, the reinforcement 6 is formed with a fitting groove 9 that opens toward the front FR of the vehicle body. The rear end of the sunroof lid 3 is fitted into the mating groove 9, and the reinforcement 6 is fixed to the rear end of the sunroof lid 3 with an adhesive.
[0013]
At the front end of the sunroof lid 3, as shown in FIG. 3, a protector 10 made of elastic rubber is arranged along the width direction of the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 2, the protector 10 has a downwardly extending piece 12 formed at the front end of a cover 11 that covers the upper surface of the front end of the sunroof lid 3, and the protector 10 includes an upper surface of the front end of the sunroof lid. The front end of the sunroof lid 3 is protected by an adhesive.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 3, a holder 13 is provided on both sides of the front end of the sunroof lid 3, and a bracket 14 is provided below the holder 13. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bracket 14 has one side thereof fixed to a lower portion of the holder 13 by a plurality of screws 15, and the other side thereof has a plurality of bolts 16, 16. It is inserted toward.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 3, a holder 17 is provided on both sides near the rear end of the sunroof lid 3, and a bracket 18 is provided below the holder 17. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the bracket 18 has, on one side thereof, a projecting piece 19 projecting from the side edge of the sunroof lid 3 in the width direction of the vehicle body. A slider 20 made of Teflon is externally fitted and fixed to one end of the slider. The bracket 18 is fixed at its middle and near the other side to a lower portion of the holder 17 by a plurality of screws 21 and 21.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, a rising wall 22 is formed on the inner peripheral edge of the opening 2 of the roof panel 1 toward the upper side, and the upper edge of the rising wall 22 of the roof panel 1 is formed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. As shown, a weatherstrip 4 made of an elastic material for preventing rain leakage when the sunroof lid 3 is fully closed is provided, a hollow portion 23 is formed in the weatherstrip 4, and the hollow portion 23 of the weatherstrip 4 is The sunroof lid 3 is pressed against the lower surface 3a near the outer peripheral edge.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of guide rails 24, 24 parallel to each other along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body for guiding the front end of the sunroof lid 3 are provided inside both side edges of the opening 2 of the roof panel 1. A pair of guide rails 25 that are disposed and that are parallel to each other along the longitudinal direction of the guide rails 24 that guide the rear end of the sunroof lid 3 are provided on the upper part on both sides of the roof panel 1 at the rear RR. , 25 are provided respectively.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 1, lift guides 26, 26 are provided on the front portions of the guide rails 25, 25 on both sides of the roof panel 1, respectively. The lift guide is formed with a guide groove 28 that follows the guide groove 27 of the guide rail 25 that guides the rear end of the sunroof lid 3 in the vertical direction.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 6, a slider 30 is provided in the rail groove 29 of the guide rail 24 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a front guide 31 is provided upright on the slider 30. 31 is provided so as to be movable back and forth together with the slider 30. The front guide 31 is provided with a guide hole (not shown) for guiding the front end of the sunroof lid 3 in the vertical direction in an oblique manner.
[0020]
A wire 32 of a drive cable (not shown) is inserted into the slider 30 and is connected and fixed to the slider 30. The drive cable is movably fitted in the rail groove 29 of the guide rail 5. The cable is moved in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body along the rail groove 29 of the guide rail 5 by a motor (not shown).
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 6, a bracket 33 is provided on the lower surface of the bracket 14 provided at the lower part on both sides near the front end of the sunroof lid 3 shown in FIG. The bolt 16 inserted near the inner end of the bracket 14 is inserted toward the inside of the bracket 33, and the nut 34 is screwed to the bolt 16 from below the bracket 33. Fixed.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 6, a hanging wall 35 is formed downward on the outer edge of the bracket 33, and a support pin 36 projecting outward is fixed to the hanging wall 35 of the bracket 33 by caulking. An engagement roller 37 is rotatably provided on the outer periphery near the distal end of the support pin 36, and an engagement roller 38 is provided rotatably on the outer periphery near the base end of the support pin 36. 38 is slidably engaged with the guide hole of the front guide 31.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 6, an engaging roller 37 is fitted into the fitting recess 40 of the rising piece 39 of the guide rail 24, and the engaging roller 37 is fitted to the upper edge 39 a of the rising piece 39 of the front guide rail 24. The body is slid in the front-rear direction while engaging.
[0024]
Also, as shown in FIG. 5, the slider 20 provided at one end of the overhanging piece 19 of the bracket 18 provided at the lower portion on both sides near the rear end of the sunroof lid 3, as shown in FIG. The slider 20 is slidably fitted in the guide groove 28, and the slider 20 is slid in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the guide groove 27 of the guide rail 25.
[0025]
The slider 20 of the bracket 18 is positioned in the guide groove 28 of the lift guide 26, and the sunroof lid 3 is in a fully closed state in which the opening 2 of the roof panel 1 is closed.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 2, since the rear end of the sunroof lid 3 as a slide panel is reinforced by the reinforcement 6, even when a back pressure acts on the rear end of the sunroof lid 3 during high-speed running of the vehicle. The rear end of the sunroof lid 3 is not deformed or damaged by the back pressure.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 2, when the opening 2 of the roof panel 1 is fully closed by the sunroof lid 3, the weather strip 4 is pressed against the lower surface near the outer peripheral edge of the sunroof lid 3 to seal the vehicle interior from the outside. At the same time as the blocking is performed, the contact piece 8 of the elastic body 7 disposed along the lower surface of the rear end portion of the sunroof lid 3 is pressed against the rising portion 5 of the roof panel 1, so that the vehicle interior and the outside can be further connected. It is designed to shut off airtightly.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the sunroof device of the present invention, even when a back pressure acts on the rear end of the slide panel during high-speed running of the vehicle, the rear end of the slide panel is reinforced by the reinforcing member. Therefore, the rear end of the slide panel is not deformed or damaged by the back pressure, and even when the roof panel opening is fully closed by the slide panel, even if the roof panel opening and the weather strip above the rear edge of the rear edge of the opening are closed. Even if a gap is formed in the vehicle, the contact piece of the elastic body presses against the rising portion of the roof panel to make up the gap, thereby preventing rainwater from entering the vehicle interior.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a sunroof device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cutaway side view of a main part of the sunroof device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of a slide panel (sunroof lid). FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roof panel 2 Opening 3 Sunroof lid 3a Lower surface 4 Weather strip 5 Rise part 6 Reinforcement 7 Elastic body 8 Contact piece 9 Fitting groove

Claims (1)

In a sunroof device, an opening is formed in a roof panel of a vehicle body, a slide panel is provided above the opening of the roof panel, and a weather strip is provided on an inner periphery of the opening of the roof panel. A reinforcing member is provided at a rear end along the width direction of the vehicle body, and an elastic body is provided along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing member at a lower portion near the rear end of the slide panel, and the slide panel is provided on the elastic body. A sunroof device, wherein a contact piece that presses against a rising portion of the roof panel when closed is formed.

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