JP4732014B2

JP4732014B2 - Vehicle roof

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Publication number: JP4732014B2
Application number: JP2005166689A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 直樹馬場
Original assignee: Johnan Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Johnan Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-06-07
Filing date: 2005-06-07
Publication date: 2011-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 2025-06-07
Also published as: JP2006341631A

Description

本発明は、開口部に可動パネルを開閉自在に設置した車両用ルーフに関する。 The present invention relates to a vehicle roof in which a movable panel is installed at an opening so as to be freely opened and closed.

自動車パネルのルーフ部に開口部を形成し、この開口部に可動パネルを設置して、開口部を開閉できるようにした車両用ルーフが知られている。
このような車両用ルーフでは、開口部を閉鎖した時に雨水が浸入しないよう、ガラス板の外周縁に、開口部周縁に当接するウェザーストリップを配設してある。
ところで、近年、デザインの観点からも、空気抵抗を小さくする上でも、車両用ルーフの外面の凹凸を無くしたフラッシュサーフェイス構造とする傾向にあり、ウェザーストリップがガラス板の外面よりも突出するのは望ましくない。 There is known a vehicle roof in which an opening is formed in a roof portion of an automobile panel, and a movable panel is installed in the opening so that the opening can be opened and closed.
In such a vehicle roof, a weather strip that contacts the periphery of the opening is disposed on the outer periphery of the glass plate so that rainwater does not enter when the opening is closed.
By the way, in recent years, from the viewpoint of design, there is a tendency to make a flash surface structure that eliminates irregularities on the outer surface of the vehicle roof, even in reducing air resistance, and the weather strip protrudes from the outer surface of the glass plate. Not desirable.

従来、フラッシュサーフェイス構造を実現するために、パネル体の上面と、その外周縁に取り付けられるシールの上面とを略同一面となるよう設定し、シールの上面に沿って、下向きに変形してパネル体の端面に当接するリップを形成したパネル用シール構造が提案されている（特許文献１参照）。
しかし、この構造は、リップを湾曲させてパネル体の端面に当接し、これによってパネル体の寸法誤差を吸収しているので、どうしてもパネル体とシールとの継ぎ目に溝ができてしまい、体裁が悪く、この溝に溜まった水が車内に浸入しやすい。 Conventionally, in order to realize a flash surface structure, the upper surface of the panel body and the upper surface of the seal attached to the outer peripheral edge thereof are set to be substantially the same surface, and the panel is deformed downward along the upper surface of the seal. A panel sealing structure in which a lip that abuts against an end surface of a body is formed has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
However, in this structure, the lip is curved and abuts against the end face of the panel body, thereby absorbing the dimensional error of the panel body, so a groove is inevitably formed at the joint between the panel body and the seal, and the appearance is Unfortunately, the water accumulated in this groove tends to enter the car.

また、ガラス板の車外側面の面取部を板面に対して３０°以上６０°以下で傾斜させると共に、ガラス板の板面との境界部から端面までの距離を１．０ｍｍ以上２．０ｍｍ以下とし、ウェザストリップの内周上部に、先端がガラス板の面取り部に当接するリップ部を設けた車両用サンルーフ窓構造が知られている（特許文献２参照）。
このサンルーフ窓構造も、ウェザストリップに湾曲したリップ部を設けてあるので、ガラス板とウェザストリップとの継ぎ目に溝ができて、防水性に問題がある。
さらに、ガラス板に特殊な面取りを施さなければならず、加工が面倒である。 Further, the chamfered portion of the outer surface of the glass plate is inclined at 30 ° or more and 60 ° or less with respect to the plate surface, and the distance from the boundary portion to the end surface with the plate surface of the glass plate is 1.0 mm or more and 2.0 mm. A vehicle sunroof window structure in which a lip portion whose tip abuts against a chamfered portion of a glass plate is provided on the inner peripheral upper portion of the weather strip is known (see Patent Document 2).
This sunroof window structure also has a problem in terms of waterproofness because a curved lip portion is provided on the weatherstrip so that a groove is formed at the seam between the glass plate and the weatherstrip.
Furthermore, special chamfering must be performed on the glass plate, which is troublesome to process.

特開２００３−９４９５３号公報Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-94953 特開２００２−３３１８３９号公報JP 2002-331839 A

本発明は、ウェザーストリップ及び弾性材が透光板の外面よりも突出せず、しかも、ウェザーストリップと透光板との継ぎ目に溝ができず、構造が簡単で寸法誤差を吸収しやすく、防水性が高い車両用ルーフを提供することにある。 According to the present invention, the weather strip and the elastic material do not protrude from the outer surface of the light transmissive plate, and the groove between the weather strip and the light transmissive plate cannot be formed. An object of the present invention is to provide a roof for a vehicle having high performance.

本発明の車両用ルーフは、開口部に可動パネルを開閉自在に設置したものであって、前記可動パネルは、透光板と、該透光板の外周縁に配置されたウェザーストリップとを備え、前記ウェザーストリップの内周に、前記透光板の下面外周部を受ける段部を形成し、前記透光板の端面と前記段部の側面との間に弾性材を設置し、前記透光板の厚みと前記段部側面の高さとを等しくして、前記ウェザーストリップの上面と透光板の上面とを面一にすると共に、前記弾性材の高さを前記透光板の厚みより小さくして、弾性材の下方に、弾性材が幅方向に圧縮された時の変形量を逃がすための空所を形成してある。 The roof for a vehicle according to the present invention is provided with a movable panel that can be freely opened and closed at an opening, and the movable panel includes a light-transmitting plate and a weather strip disposed on an outer peripheral edge of the light-transmitting plate. A step portion for receiving the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface of the light transmitting plate is formed on an inner periphery of the weather strip, and an elastic material is disposed between an end surface of the light transmitting plate and a side surface of the step portion, by equally properly a height of the thickness and the stepped portion side of the plate, and a top surface of the upper surface and the translucent plate of the weather strip as well as the flush, the height of the elastic member than the thickness of the transparent plate A space is formed below the elastic material to release the amount of deformation when the elastic material is compressed in the width direction .

本発明によれば、透光板に直接ウェザーストリップを装着し、ウェザーストリップと透孔板との隙間に弾性材を挿入して寸法誤差を吸収するだけで、簡単にフラッシュサーフェイス構造とすることができ、厳密な寸法精度も必要としない。
また、寸法誤差を吸収するために弾性材が変形しても、透光板及びウェザーストリップの上面よりも突出することがない。
さらに、可動パネルの上面において、透光板とウェザーストリップの継ぎ目に溝ができないので、体裁が良く、防水性が高い。 According to the present invention, a flash surface structure can be easily obtained simply by attaching a weather strip directly to a light-transmitting plate and inserting an elastic material into a gap between the weather strip and the through-hole plate to absorb a dimensional error. It does not require strict dimensional accuracy.
Further, even if the elastic material is deformed to absorb the dimensional error, it does not protrude from the upper surfaces of the light transmitting plate and the weather strip.
Further, since the groove between the translucent plate and the weather strip cannot be formed on the upper surface of the movable panel, the appearance is good and the waterproof property is high.

以下、本発明の実施例を図面に基づいて詳細に説明する。
本発明の車両用ルーフは、図１に示すように、車両パネルのルーフ部１に開口部２が形成され、この開口部２に可動パネル３が開閉自在に設置されて成る。
可動パネル３は、図２に示すように、支持枠４と、支持枠４の上方に取り付けられた透光板５と、透光板５の外周縁に配置されたウェザーストリップ６とを有する。
支持枠４は、金属製で、開口部２に設けたガイドレールに摺動可能に嵌合されるスライドシュー等が装着されている。また、支持枠４の外周縁には、ウェザーストリップ６と係合する起立片７が、上方に向けて屈曲されている。
透光板５は、透明又は半透明のガラス板或いは合成樹脂板であり、接着剤等によって支持枠４の上面に取り付けられている。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle roof of the present invention has an opening 2 formed in a roof portion 1 of a vehicle panel, and a movable panel 3 is installed in the opening 2 so as to be opened and closed.
As shown in FIG. 2, the movable panel 3 includes a support frame 4, a translucent plate 5 attached above the support frame 4, and a weather strip 6 disposed on the outer peripheral edge of the translucent plate 5.
The support frame 4 is made of metal, and is mounted with a slide shoe or the like that is slidably fitted to a guide rail provided in the opening 2. Further, an upright piece 7 that engages with the weather strip 6 is bent upward at the outer peripheral edge of the support frame 4.
The translucent plate 5 is a transparent or translucent glass plate or a synthetic resin plate, and is attached to the upper surface of the support frame 4 with an adhesive or the like.

ウェザーストリップ６は、合成樹脂を素材とし、その外周縁には、開口部２に圧接して弾性変形する中空の当接部８が形成され、内周には透光板５の下面外周部を受ける段部９が形成される。
また、ウェザーストリップ６には、支持枠４の起立片７と係合する係止溝１０が形成されている。
そして、透光板５と支持枠４とでウェザーストリップ６を挟み付けることにより、透光板５の外周にウェザーストリップ６を固定してある。
また、段部９の側面の高さｈは、透光板５の厚みと実質的に等しく形成してあり、透光板５の外周部を段部９の張出し部分へ載置すると、ウェザーストリップ６の上面と透光板５の上面とが面一になる。 The weather strip 6 is made of synthetic resin, and has a hollow contact portion 8 that is elastically deformed by being pressed against the opening 2 at the outer peripheral edge thereof, and an outer peripheral portion of the lower surface of the translucent plate 5 at the inner periphery. A receiving step 9 is formed.
The weather strip 6 is formed with a locking groove 10 that engages with the upright piece 7 of the support frame 4.
The weather strip 6 is fixed to the outer periphery of the translucent plate 5 by sandwiching the weather strip 6 between the translucent plate 5 and the support frame 4.
Further, the height h of the side surface of the step portion 9 is formed substantially equal to the thickness of the translucent plate 5. When the outer peripheral portion of the translucent plate 5 is placed on the projecting portion of the step portion 9, the weather strip The upper surface of 6 and the upper surface of the translucent plate 5 are flush with each other.

さらに、透光板５の寸法誤差を吸収するために、段部９の側面と透光板５の端面との間に隙間１１が形成され、この隙間１１にスポンジ等の弾性材１２が設置されている。
弾性材１２は隙間１１の広さによって変形する度合いが異なり、隙間が狭いと幅方向に大きく押しつぶされて高さが高くなる。
従って、弾性材１２の高さを透光板５の厚みよりも小さくして、その下方に空所１３を形成し、弾性材１２が幅方向に大きく圧縮されても、下方の空所１３へ逃げることにより、弾性材１２が透光板５及びウェザーストリップ６の上面よりも突出しないようになっている。 Furthermore, a gap 11 is formed between the side surface of the step portion 9 and the end face of the translucent plate 5 in order to absorb a dimensional error of the translucent plate 5, and an elastic material 12 such as a sponge is installed in the gap 11. ing.
The degree of deformation of the elastic material 12 differs depending on the width of the gap 11.
Therefore, the height of the elastic material 12 is made smaller than the thickness of the light-transmitting plate 5, and a space 13 is formed below the light transmitting plate 5. Even if the elastic material 12 is greatly compressed in the width direction, the space 13 below is formed. By escaping, the elastic material 12 is prevented from projecting from the upper surfaces of the translucent plate 5 and the weather strip 6.

本発明の実施例を示す車両用ルーフの斜視図。The perspective view of the roof for vehicles which shows the Example of this invention. 本発明の実施例に係る可動パネルの要部断面図。Sectional drawing of the principal part of the movable panel which concerns on the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

１ルーフ部
２開口部
３可動パネル
４支持枠
５透光板
６ウェザーストリップ
７起立片
８当接部
９段部
１０係止溝
１１隙間
１２弾性材
１３空所
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roof part 2 Opening part 3 Movable panel 4 Support frame 5 Translucent board 6 Weather strip 7 Standing piece 8 Contact part 9 Step part 10 Locking groove 11 Crevice 12 Elastic material 13 Space

Claims

In a vehicle roof in which a movable panel is opened and closed in an opening, the movable panel includes a translucent plate and a weather strip disposed on an outer peripheral edge of the translucent plate, and is disposed on an inner periphery of the weather strip. Forming a stepped portion for receiving the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface of the translucent plate, installing an elastic material between the end surface of the translucent plate and the side surface of the stepped portion, and determining the thickness of the translucent plate and the stepped portion by equally properly and height of the side surface, a top surface of the upper surface and the translucent plate of the weather strip as well as the flush, the height of the elastic member is made smaller than the thickness of the transparent plate, the elastic member A roof for a vehicle, wherein a space for releasing deformation when the elastic member is compressed in the width direction is formed below the roof.