JP5703727B2 - Roller assembly structure of sliding door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a roller assembly structure for a sliding door.

  Conventionally, a structure has been adopted in which a cable holding bracket for supporting a cable is provided on a slide door, and the slide door is opened and closed by pulling the cable (for example, see Patent Document 1). Specifically, the cable holding bracket is connected to an opening cable extending to the rear of the vehicle and a closing cable extending to the front of the vehicle. When the opening cable is wound up, the slide door moves backward and opens, and when the closing cable is wound up, the slide door moves forward and closes.

  In addition, the connection holder (cable holder) which supports the edge part of a cable is attached to the fitting recessed part of the cable holding bracket described in patent document 1. FIG.

JP 2003-314143 A

  In the cable holding bracket described in Patent Document 1 described above, it is difficult to clearly determine whether or not the connecting holder is securely held by the cable holding bracket.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a roller assembly structure that can reliably determine whether or not a connection holder (cable holder) that supports an end portion of a cable in a slide door is held.

The present invention is a slide door roller assembly structure in which a roller assembly is provided on a slide door and the roller assembly is engaged with a guide rail on the vehicle body side. The roller assembly has a cable holder holding portion for holding a cable, and a roller bracket projecting toward the guide rail, and a pair of thrust rollers on the front and rear of the roller bracket are arranged between the thrust rollers. The roller group which arrange | positioned the radial roller, and the two cable holders and fitting brackets which were accommodated in the cable holder holding part of the said roller bracket are provided. The cable holder holding portion of the roller bracket has a vertical wall provided on the slide door side and extending in the vertical direction, and a horizontal wall extending from the vertical wall toward the guide rail, and the two cables Each of the holders is disposed in the vicinity of the pair of front and rear thrust rollers disposed in the cable holder holding portion, and is respectively held at a portion on the guide rail side of the lateral wall of the cable holder holding portion. It is configured to determine whether each of the two cable holders is securely held by the cable holder holding part by being inserted between the vertical wall of the holder holding part and the cable holder.

  According to the roller assembly structure of the sliding door according to the present invention, it is possible to reliably determine whether or not the cable holder is securely held by a simple operation of inserting the fitting bracket.

1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle to which a roller assembly structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. 1 is a perspective view showing a roller assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2. It is a side view which shows the state before inserting a cable holder in the cable holder holding part of the roller bracket by embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which has inserted the cable holder in the cable holder holding part of the roller bracket by embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which inserted the cable holder in the cable holder holding part of the roller bracket by embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which inserted the fitting bracket in the cable holder holding part of the roller bracket by embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  In the vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1, a guide rail 5 extends along the front-rear direction at the center in the vertical direction of the side panel 3 at the rear of the vehicle body. In front of the side panel 3, a slide door 7 that can slide in the front-rear direction is closed.

  A roller assembly 9 shown in FIG. 2 is attached to the indoor side of the slide door 7, and each roller is engaged with the guide rail 5. Thus, the slide door 7 is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail 5 via the roller assembly 9.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the roller assembly 9 includes a roller bracket 13, thrust rollers 15 and 17 and a radial roller 19 provided on the roller bracket 13, and a cable holder holding portion 21 of the roller bracket 13. The cable holders 23 and 25 and the fitting bracket 27 accommodated therein are provided.

  The roller bracket 13 includes a door-side support bracket 29 having a U-shaped side view supported on the slide door 7 side, and a roller bracket body 31 fixed to the door-side support bracket 29. A cable holder holding portion 21 is formed on the upper portion of the roller bracket body 31 so as to protrude toward the guide rail 5 side. Thus, the roller bracket body 31 is bent and formed in an L shape when viewed from the side.

  The cable holder holding portion 21 is disposed on the slide door 7 side and extends in the vertical and longitudinal directions, and the horizontal wall 35 extends from the front and rear ends of the vertical wall 33 toward the guide rail 5. And an upper wall 37 disposed inside the vertical wall 33 and the horizontal wall 35. On the back wall 39 of the vertical wall 33 on the slide door 7 side, a pair of locking grooves 41 that are engaged portions are disposed in the front and rear, and the locking grooves 41 include locking claws of the fitting bracket 27. 43 is locked. Further, a concave groove 47 is formed on the side surface of the lateral wall 35 so that the tabs 45 of the cable holders 23 and 25 are locked. An end portion of the horizontal wall 35 on the guide rail 5 side is formed in a corner portion 49 bent inward in the front-rear direction, and a holder groove 51 is formed in the corner portion 49.

  The cable holders 23 and 25 are arranged in a pair of front and rear. In each cable holder 23, 25, a cable 55 having a spherical fastener 53 attached to the tip is held in a cable holding groove 57. Further, a claw 45 extending upward is provided at the front end of the front cable holder 23, and a claw 45 extending upward is provided at the rear end of the rear cable holder 25, and the claw 45 is a concave groove in the lateral wall 35. 47 is locked.

  The fitting bracket 27 includes a plate-like main body 59 extending in the vertical direction and the front-rear direction, and a pair of front and rear holding pieces 61, 61 integrally formed on the slide door 7 side of the main body 59, A locking claw 43 is formed on the upper end of the holding piece 61. The locking claw 43 is locked in the locking groove 41 of the vertical wall 33 of the roller bracket 13.

  The thrust rollers 15 and 17 and the radial roller 19 are rotatably supported on the upper wall 37 of the cable holder holding portion 21 via shafts 63 and 65. Specifically, one radial roller 19 is disposed between the front thrust roller 15 and the rear thrust roller 17 disposed at a predetermined interval in the front and rear pair.

  Next, the procedure for assembling the cable holders 23 and 25 and the fitting bracket 27 described above to the cable holder holding portion 21 of the roller bracket 13 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the guide rail 5 has a substantially U-shaped cross section. The thrust rollers 15 and 17 are engaged with the upper end portion of the guide rail 5, and the radial roller 19 is engaged with the lower end portion. doing.

  First, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, after inserting the cable holder 25 obliquely upward from between the lower end 67 of the opening of the guide rail 5 and the lower end 69 of the vertical wall 33 of the cable holder holding part 21, The holder 25 is moved toward the guide rail 5 while being arranged substantially horizontally, and the state shown in FIG. 7 is obtained.

  After that, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fitting bracket 27 is moved upward from the lower position, and the body portion 59 of the fitting bracket 27 is held by the end 25 a of the cable holder 25 on the slide door 7 side and the cable holder. It is inserted between the vertical wall 33 of the part 21. Here, when the cable holder 25 is securely accommodated up to the edge on the guide rail 5 side in the cable holder holding portion 21, the fitting bracket 27 can be inserted, and the locking claw 43 is connected to the vertical wall 33. The locking groove 41 can be locked. On the other hand, when the cable holder 25 is not securely accommodated up to the end of the cable holder holding portion 21 on the guide rail 5 side, the fitting bracket 27 cannot be inserted, and the locking claw 43 is connected to the vertical wall 33. The locking groove 41 cannot be locked.

  Below, the effect by this embodiment is demonstrated.

  (1) A slide door for supporting the slide door 7 slidably along the guide rail 5 via the roller assembly 9 by engaging the roller assembly 9 attached to the slide door 7 with the guide rail 5 on the vehicle body side. 7 is a roller assembly structure. The roller assembly 9 includes a roller bracket 13 having a cable holder holding portion 21 protruding toward the guide rail 5, thrust rollers 15 and 17 disposed in a pair of front and rear on the roller bracket 13, and these thrust rollers 15. , 17, a radial roller 19, cable holders 23 and 25 and a fitting bracket 27 housed in the cable holder holding portion 21 of the roller bracket 13. The cable holder holding portion 21 of the roller bracket 13 includes a vertical wall 33 provided on the slide door 7 side and extending in the vertical direction, and a horizontal wall 35 extending from the vertical wall 33 toward the guide rail 5. . The cable holders 23 and 25 are held at a portion of the lateral wall 35 of the cable holder holding part 21 on the guide rail 5 side, and the fitting bracket 27 is connected to the vertical wall 33 of the cable holder holding part 21 and the cable holders 23 and 25. It is configured to determine whether or not the cable holders 23 and 25 are securely held by the cable holder holding portion 21 by being inserted between the two.

  Therefore, it is possible to reliably determine whether or not the cable holders 23 and 25 are securely held by a simple operation of inserting the fitting bracket 27.

  (2) A locking groove 41 (engaged portion) is provided on the back surface 39 on the slide door 7 side of the vertical wall 33 of the cable holder holding portion 21, and the fitting bracket 27 can be engaged with the locking groove 41. It has a locking claw 43.

  Therefore, when the roller assembly 9 is viewed from the back, if the locking claw 43 of the fitting bracket 27 is engaged with the locking groove 41 of the roller bracket 13, the fitting bracket 27 is completely inserted and held. Can be determined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle 3 ... Side panel 5 ... Guide rail 7 ... Sliding door 9 ... Roller assembly 13 ... Roller bracket 15 ... Front thrust roller (thrust roller)
17 ... rear thrust roller (thrust roller)
19 ... Radial roller 21 ... Cable holder holder 23 ... Front cable holder (cable holder)
25 ... Cable holder (Cable holder)
25 ... Rear side cable holder 27 ... Fitting bracket 33 ... Vertical wall 35 ... Horizontal wall 39 ... Back surface 41 ... Locking groove (engaged portion)
43 ... locking claw

Claims (2)

A roller assembly structure of a slide door that engages a roller assembly attached to the slide door with a guide rail on the vehicle body side and slidably supports the slide door along the guide rail via the roller assembly,
The roller assembly is
A roller bracket having a cable holder holding portion protruding toward the guide rail;
A thrust roller disposed in a pair of front and rear in the roller bracket, and a radial roller disposed between the thrust rollers;
Two cable holders and fitting brackets housed in the cable holder holding portion of the roller bracket,
The cable holder holding portion of the roller bracket has a vertical wall provided on the slide door side and extending in the vertical direction, and a horizontal wall extending from the vertical wall toward the guide rail,
The two cable holders are arranged in the vicinity of each of the thrust rollers that is disposed on the pair back and forth in said cable holder holding unit, respectively held in the region of the guide rail side in the lateral wall of the cable holder holding portion, the fitting The mating bracket is inserted between the vertical wall of the cable holder holding part and the cable holder so as to determine whether each of the two cable holders is securely held by the cable holder holding part. A roller assembly structure of a sliding door characterized by comprising.   The engaged portion is provided on the back surface of the vertical wall of the cable holder holding portion on the slide door side, and the fitting bracket has an engaging claw that can be engaged with the engaged portion. The roller door structure of the sliding door described in 1.

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