JP3586135B2 - Non-fixed roof seal structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a movable or detachable non-fixed roof seal structure mounted on a vehicle such as a convertible car.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 3 is an external view showing an open car to which a top 1 as a non-fixed roof is attached. The hood 1 is a foldable openable type. When opened, the folded roof 1 is stored in the lower part (not shown) on the rear side of the vehicle body, and when closed, a header for fixing the upper end of the windshield 2 as shown in FIG. The front end of the hood 1 is in contact with the upper end of the front pillar 3.
More specifically, a corner portion of the roof side weather strip 7 attached along the front end and the side end of the roof 1 is provided at a corner portion of the body side weather strip 5 attached along the header 3 from an upper end portion of the front pillar 4. When the hood 1 is closed, water is prevented from leaking by covering it from the outside and making elastic contact.
[0003]
The roof-side weather strip 7 has a substantially L-shaped tip, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a hollow seal with which the door glass 9 elastically contacts a portion along the roof-side end. It has a portion 7B and an in-vehicle lip portion 7C extending from the hollow seal portion 7B to the inside of the vehicle. 4 is a perspective view of a roof-side weather strip 7 according to a conventional example, FIG. 5 is a perspective view when viewed from the X direction in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is another conventional roof-side weather strip. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the strip 7, as viewed from the Y direction in FIG.
The body-side weather strip 5 also has a hollow seal portion 5B with which the door glass 9 elastically contacts. Reference numeral 8 denotes a mounting hole for the roof-side weather strip 7.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the roof side weather strip 7 according to the conventional example shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the hollow seal portion 7B is formed with the in-car lip portion 7C so as to receive water trying to enter the inside of the car. In some cases, water received by the in-car lip portion 7C may enter the inside of the vehicle from a portion of the roof-side weather strip 7 along the front end of the roof due to an insufficient drainage path. In particular, if there is a variation in the assembly of the vehicle, a large amount of water will enter. Therefore, the soft sponge 11 was stuck on the wall surface inside the vehicle to prevent water from entering.
[0005]
However, since water cannot be drained only by attaching the soft sponge 11, water accumulates on the lip portion 7C in the vehicle. Further, depending on the state of the soft sponge 11 stuck, it is not possible to prevent sufficient water from entering. Further, in order to effectively prevent water from entering, the soft sponge 11 must be stuck in a complicated manner, so that the sticking operation is not easy and takes a long time.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a non-fixed roof seal structure that does not require sticking of soft sponge and that can prevent water from entering the inside of a vehicle by securing a drainage path. .
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, a sealing structure for a non-fixed roof according to claim 1, wherein the windshield is provided from an upper end of a front pillar (4) of a vehicle having a movable or removable non-fixed roof (1). (2) A roof-side weatherstrip (7) mounted along the front end and the side end of the roof (1) at a corner of a body-side weatherstrip (5) mounted along a header (3) for fixing an upper end. ) Is to cover the roof (1) from the outside when the roof (1) is closed to make elastic contact with the roof-shaped weather strip (7). The roof-side weather strip (7) has a door at a portion along the roof (1) side end. It has a hollow seal portion (7B) where the glass (9) elastically contacts, and an in-car lip portion (7C) extending from the hollow seal portion (7B) to the vehicle interior. In a non-fixed roof seal structure having a hollow seal portion (5B) in which a door glass (9) elastically contacts a portion along the upper end of the front pillar (4), a roof side weather strip (7) is provided. A water receiving lip portion (21) connected from the vehicle interior lip portion (7C) is formed on the inside of the vehicle along a portion along the front end of the roof (1), and water guided to the vehicle interior lip portion (7C) is subjected to roof weather. A drain hole (22) for leading to the hollow seal portion (7B) of the strip (7) is provided on the side wall surface (7D) of the hollow lip portion (7C) of the hollow seal portion (7B).
[0008]
In the seal structure for a non-fixed roof according to the second aspect, the water guided to the hollow seal portion (7B) of the roof side weather strip (7) is further used to seal the hollow seal portion (5B) of the body side weather strip (5). ), A drain port (23) is provided in the corner-shaped forming portion of the roof-side weather strip (7).
[0009]
The symbols in parentheses above correspond to the symbols described in the drawings and the embodiments of the invention described later.
[0010]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the water receiving lip portion is formed on the inside of the portion along the roof front end of the roof-side weather strip attached to the vehicle having the movable or detachable non-fixed roof. Therefore, water that has entered the vehicle interior from the elastic contact surface between the roof side weather strip and the body side weather strip is received by the water receiving lip portion. In addition, since the water receiving lip portion is provided continuously from the vehicle interior lip portion, the water received by the water receiving lip portion is guided from the water receiving lip portion side to the vehicle interior lip portion side. Furthermore, since a drain hole is provided on the side wall surface of the interior lip portion of the hollow seal portion of the roof side weather strip, the water guided to the interior lip portion passes through the drain hole to the hollow seal portion of the roof side weather strip. Be guided.
As described above, water that has entered the vehicle interior from the elastic contact surface between the roof-side weather strip and the body-side weather strip is automatically guided to the hollow seal portion of the roof-side weather strip. Accumulation at the lip portion in the vehicle and overflow from the pool to enter the vehicle interior are prevented.
[0011]
According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first aspect, the water guided to the hollow seal portion of the roof-side weather strip is provided at the drain port provided at the corner-shaped forming portion. The water is guided into the hollow seal portion of the body-side weather strip through the through hole, so that water is reliably discharged to the outside of the vehicle from the lower portion of the hollow seal portion of the body-side weather strip.
Since the route to the drain is secured in this way, water can be more reliably prevented from entering the vehicle interior.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same parts as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view when viewed from a Z direction in FIG. 1 and 2, the arrow W indicates the direction in which water flows.
[0013]
The seal structure of the non-fixed roof according to the embodiment of the present invention is an upper end of a front pillar 4 of an open car having a foldable automatic opening and closing hood 1 which is an example of a movable or removable non-fixed roof. A substantially L-shaped roof-side weatherstrip 7 mounted along the front and side edges of the hood 1 at the corners of the body-side weatherstrip 5 mounted along the header 3 that secures the upper end of the windshield 2 from above. This is a structure in which the corner-shaped molded part is covered from the outside when the roof is closed and is elastically contacted. Moreover, the roof-side weather strip 7 has a hollow seal portion 7B where the door glass 9 that rises and lowers resiliently contacts a portion along the roof-side end, and an in-car lip portion 7C extending from the hollow seal portion 7B to the vehicle interior, The body side weather strip 5 is the same as the conventional example in that the body side weather strip 5 is configured to have a hollow seal portion 5B where the door glass 9 elastically contacts the portion along the upper end of the front pillar 4, but the following points are particularly different.
[0014]
First, a water receiving lip portion 21 for receiving water entering the vehicle interior is formed on the interior side of the roof weather strip 7 along the roof front end.
The water receiving lip portion 21 is connected to the vehicle interior lip portion 7C so that the vehicle interior lip portion 7C extends from the side end of the canopy 1 to the front end of the top portion 1, and the water receiving lip portion 21 becomes closer to the vehicle interior lip portion 7C side. The groove for receiving is formed to be low.
As a result, the water that has entered the vehicle interior from the elastic contact surface between the roof-side weather strip 7 and the body-side weather strip 5 is received by the water receiving lip portion 21, and the water is transferred from the water receiving lip portion 21 to the in-vehicle lip portion 7C Is led to.
[0015]
Secondly, a drain hole 22 is provided in the wall surface 7D of the hollow seal portion 7B of the roof side weather strip 7 on the side of the interior lip portion 7C, and water guided to the interior lip portion 7C through the drain hole 22 is provided. Is guided to the hollow seal portion 7B of the roof side weather strip 7.
Here, the water guided to the vehicle interior lip portion 7C is, as described above, the water guided from the water receiving lip portion 21 and the water directly received by the vehicle interior lip portion 7C from the side end of the hood 1 beyond the hollow seal portion 7B. Consists of
[0016]
Thirdly, a drain port 23 is provided in a corner-shaped molding portion of the roof-side weather strip 7, and water guided to the hollow seal portion 7 </ b> B of the roof-side weather strip 7 is used to remove water from the hollow seal portion of the body-side weather strip 5. 5B. More specifically, the drain port 23 is provided at a lower portion of the tip of the corner-shaped molded portion and at a position where the hollow seal portion 7B is closed by the corner-shaped molded portion, so that water in the hollow seal portion 7B is straightened. The air is discharged toward the hollow seal portion 5B.
The water guided into the hollow seal portion 5 </ b> B of the body side weather strip 5 is drained to the outside of the vehicle below the front pillar 4.
[0017]
As described above, water that has entered the vehicle interior from the elastic contact surface between the roof-side weather strip 7 and the body-side weather strip 5 and water that has entered the vehicle interior from the side end of the hood 1 are subjected to the water receiving lip portion 21 and the vehicle interior. Since the lip portion 7C, the hollow seal portion 7B through the drain hole 22 and the hollow seal portion 5B through the drain port 23 are sequentially drained to the outside of the vehicle, the water is discharged inside the vehicle. It is prevented that water accumulates on the lip portion 7C or water enters the inside of the vehicle.
[0018]
In the present embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to an open car having a foldable automatic opening / closing hood 1 as an example of a movable or detachable non-fixed roof is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to a mating portion between a body side weather strip on the front side and a rear side of a detachable T-bar roof and a roof side weather strip.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, water that has entered the vehicle interior from the elastic contact surface between the roof-side weather strip and the body-side weather strip without attaching a soft sponge, Since it is automatically guided to the hollow seal portion of the strip, it is possible to prevent water from accumulating in the water receiving lip portion or the lip portion in the vehicle, or overflowing from the pool and entering the vehicle interior.
[0020]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation and effect of the first aspect of the present invention, a route to drainage is secured, so that water can be more reliably prevented from entering the vehicle interior. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to the embodiment of the present invention when viewed from a Z direction in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an external view showing a convertible car.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to a conventional example.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to a conventional example when viewed from an X direction in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a roof side weather strip according to another conventional example.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a roof-side weather strip according to another conventional example when viewed from the Y direction in FIG. 6;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cover 2 Windshield 3 Header 4 Front pillar 5 Body side weather strip 5B Hollow seal part 7 Roof side weather strip 7B Hollow seal part 7C Interior lip part 7D Interior lip side wall surface 8 Mounting hole 9 Door glass 11 Soft sponge 21 Water Receiving lip part 22 Drain hole 23 Drain port W Water flow direction

Claims (2)

From the upper end of the front pillar of a vehicle having a movable or removable non-fixed roof, to the corner of a body-side weatherstrip attached along the header that fixes the upper end of the windshield, along the front and side edges of the roof When the roof is closed, the substantially L-shaped corner-shaped molded portion of the attached roof-side weather strip is elastically brought into contact with the roof-side weather strip, and the roof-side weather strip is provided with a door glass at a portion along the roof-side end. A hollow seal portion that resiliently contacts and an in-vehicle lip portion extending from the hollow seal portion to the vehicle interior, wherein the body-side weather strip is a hollow seal portion where a door glass resiliently contacts at least a portion along an upper end of a front pillar. In a non-fixed roof seal structure configured to have
A water receiving lip portion connected to the interior lip portion is formed inside the vehicle along a portion along the roof front end of the roof side weather strip, and water guided to the interior lip portion is used for hollow sealing of the roof side weather strip. A non-fixed roof sealing structure, characterized in that a drain hole for leading to the vehicle is provided on the side wall surface of the interior lip portion of the hollow seal portion. Further, a drain port for guiding water guided to the hollow seal portion of the roof side weather strip into the hollow seal portion of the body side weather strip is provided in the corner-shaped forming portion of the roof side weather strip. The seal structure for a non-fixed roof according to claim 1.

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