JP5776253B2 - Support stay mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an assisting stay mounting structure for providing an assisting force to an opening / closing operation of a back door provided at a back door opening of a rear part of a vehicle.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a back door opening is formed at the rear of a vehicle, and a back door body that can be opened and closed by a weatherstrip member that is attached to the periphery of the back door opening, and a pillar outer member on the vehicle body side. It is comprised so that watertightness between panel members, such as, may be maintained (for example, refer patent document 1 grade).

  In such a configuration, a stay-shaped mechanical actuator device that automatically opens and closes the back door body by expansion and contraction is provided.

  This mechanical actuator device is mainly composed of components such as a motor, a gear, and a rail.

  And in a vehicle in which such a mechanical actuator device is mounted, one end of this mechanical actuator device is connected to the back door body side, and the other end is more than the pillar outer member on the vehicle body side. Connected to the inner position in the vehicle width direction, the back door body is opened and closed by expansion and contraction.

Japanese Patent No. 3813093

  However, in such a conventional assist stay mounting structure, in the arrangement in which the other end of the mechanical actuator device is connected to the inner position in the vehicle width direction with respect to the pillar outer member on the vehicle body side, Further, the weather strip member mounted on the periphery is further positioned on the inner side in the vehicle width direction by the size of the mechanical actuator device.

  For this reason, a mechanical actuator device having a certain volume is provided between the pillar outer member and the back door body in a state where the back door is closed so as not to reduce the opening area of the back door opening. It was difficult to accommodate.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an assist stay mounting structure capable of suppressing a reduction in the opening area of the back door opening.

  In order to achieve the above object, a weather strip member provided along a peripheral edge of the back door opening provided with a back door that can be opened and closed at a back door opening formed at the rear of the vehicle body, An actuator opening is formed at a position outside the weather strip member in the vehicle width direction between the rear pillar outer member constituting the back door opening.

In addition , an assist stay device that assists the opening and closing operation of the back door body by expansion and contraction is inserted through the actuator opening.
Further, the lower portion of the assisting stay device is supported by a mounting bracket member installed at a wheel house inner portion that supports the upper portion of the shock absorber device.
The central axis extension line in the longitudinal direction of the assist stay device and the central axis extension line of the shock absorber device intersect, and the mounting bracket member is mounted at the intersection.

  In the assist stay mounting structure of the present invention, the assist stay device is inserted into the drilled actuator opening at the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the weather strip member mounted along the periphery of the back door opening. ing.

  When the assist stay device expands and contracts in the actuator opening, the back door opening formed in the rear part of the vehicle body can be opened and closed by the back door.

  For this reason, a reduction in the opening area of the back door opening can be suppressed by accommodating the assist stay device in the vehicle compartment in a state where the back door is closed.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the assist stay mounting structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional inner side view illustrating the structure of the rear left portion of the vehicle with the back door body removed in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a rear side view of the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment, illustrating the configuration of the rear left side of the vehicle, with the back door body removed. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the connection structure of a back door main body and an assist stay apparatus in the assist stay attachment structure of embodiment. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a vehicle in which an assist stay mounting structure according to an embodiment is used. It is a partial cross section inside side view explaining the state where the back door main part of the left part of vehicles left was closed with the assist stay attachment structure of an embodiment. It is a partial cross section side view explaining the state in the middle of opening and closing the back door main body of the vehicle left rear part by the assist stay attachment structure of embodiment. It is a partial cross section side view explaining the state which opened the back door main part of the vehicle left rear part by the assist stay attachment structure of embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5 for explaining the configuration of the rear left portion of the vehicle in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment. , FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view at a position along the line BB in FIG. 5 for explaining the configuration of the rear left portion of the vehicle in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 5 for explaining the configuration of the rear left portion of the vehicle in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view at a position along the line DD in FIG. 5 for explaining the configuration of the rear left portion of the vehicle in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE in FIG. 5 for explaining the configuration of the rear left portion of the vehicle in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an assisting stay mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the structure of the assist stay mounting structure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. In the vehicle 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. An opening is formed.

  On the upper side 3b of the back door opening 3, a back door body 5 constituting the back door is provided via hinges 4 and 4 so that the back door opening 3 can be opened and closed. .

  In addition, a rubber weather strip member 8 is attached to the peripheral edge 3a of the back door opening 3 so as to surround the back door opening 3, and the back door body 5 is closed. The inside and outside of the vehicle are configured to be watertight.

  Further, the rear pillar outer members 6 and 6 and the rear pillar inner members 7 and 7 overlap each other on the left and right edges 3c and 3c in the vehicle width direction of the peripheral edge 3a of the back door opening 3 as shown in FIG. They are joined together.

  Among these, as shown in FIG. 1, the inclined surfaces 7 a and 7 a of the rear pillar inner members 7 and 7 are provided between the edge 6 a of the rear pillar outer member 6 and the weather strip member 8. Actuator openings 9 and 9 having a substantially oval shape extending in the longitudinal direction in the vehicle vertical direction are formed in the outer side in the vehicle width direction from the position where the strip member 8 is mounted. .

  As shown in FIG. 5, each of the left and right actuator openings 9 and 9 has an assisting stay device 10 for applying an assisting force to easily open and close the back door body 5 by expansion and contraction. Gas damper devices 20 that have substantially the same outer shape as the assisting stay device 10 and provide a buffering force in the extending and contracting direction are respectively inserted.

  The assist stay device 10 of this embodiment mainly has a cylindrical shape, and a spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11 having a built-in actuator motor (not shown) in the lower part, and an upper end portion of the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the insertion rod member 13 is connected to the upper end portion 13 a via the ball joint bracket member 12, as shown in FIG. And is configured.

  And, by the rotational drive of the actuator motor, the screwing position of a built-in screw portion (not shown) is moved, and the upper end portion 13a of the insertion rod member 13 is moved in the vehicle vertical direction.

  In this embodiment, these actuator motor (not shown) and the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11 having a built-in screw portion and the insertion rod member 13 are closed as shown in FIG. In such a state, the vehicle body rear portion 2 is configured to be located in the passenger compartment R.

  Further, when the back door body 5 is closed, the insertion rod member 13 is housed inside the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower portion 10a of the assist stay device 10 is placed on the upper surface portion 14a of the wheel house inner portion 14 that supports the upper portion of the shock absorber device 17 located outside the wheel house vehicle. The mounting bracket member 15 which is installed and located inside the passenger compartment R is supported.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a rubber grommet member 16 as an elastic body is mounted between the peripheral edge 9 a of the actuator opening 9 and the assisting stay device 10. The outer watertight state is maintained.

  Further, the assist stay device 10 provided in a pair on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction of this embodiment and inserted into the left-side rear actuator opening 9 shown in FIG. Along with the inserted general gas damper device 20 shown in FIG. 5, each central axis extension line S is provided in the wheel house inner portion 14 in the vehicle rear view shown in FIG. 11 and the vehicle side view shown in FIG. 13. The shock absorber devices 17 and 17 are configured to intersect each central axis extension line A at an intersection C.

  Next, the effect of the assist stay mounting structure of this embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, the back door main body 5 shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 shows the state from the closed state of the back door opening 3 to the open state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. It explains along.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6, when the back door body 5 is shifted from the state in which the back door opening 3 is closed to the opening operation state by a door knob portion not shown or a door opening / closing remote control device. The assist stay device 10 starts extending in the actuator opening 9 formed in the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the weather strip member 8 mounted along the periphery of the back door opening 3.

  As shown in FIG. 7, even if the back door body 5 is pivotally moved so as to jump up toward the upper side of the vehicle with the hinge part 4 as the pivot center, as shown in FIGS. Since the actuator opening 9 formed in the peripheral edge 3a of the opening 3 has an oval shape, there is no possibility that the assist stay device 10 to be inserted contacts or buffers the peripheral edge 9a.

  For this reason, the back door body 5 can be smoothly opened by the further extension of the assist stay device 10 as shown in FIG.

  Further, by retracting the assist stay device 10 in the actuator opening 9, the back door opening 3 formed in the vehicle body rear portion 2 is again passed through the state in the middle of closing shown in FIG. The back door body 5 can be closed.

  When the back door opening 3 is closed by the back door body 5, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a large portion of the assist stay device 10 is accommodated in the vehicle interior R. Only the upper end 13a of the insertion rod member 13 and the ball joint bracket member 12 are positioned outside the weather strip member 8 between the rear pillar outer member 6 and the back door body 5 in the closed state. Yes.

  Accordingly, the storage capacity of the assist stay device 10 located rearward of the rear side of the rear pillar outer member 6 can be reduced as compared with the conventional case, and the reduction of the opening area of the back door opening 3 is suppressed. I can do it.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11 of the assisting stay device 10 has a cylindrical shape, and an actuator (not shown) is provided below the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11. Built-in motor.

  Therefore, the assist stay device 10 can be mounted without reducing the storage space in the passenger compartment R by positioning the actuator motor in a portion of the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11 close to the mounting bracket member 15. .

  In addition, the insertion rod member 13 is extended or contracted from the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11, and the upper end portion 13 a connected to the back door body 5 side is driven in the vehicle vertical direction by the rotational drive of the actuator motor. Move.

  The insertion rod member 13 is also housed inside the spindle actuator outer cylinder member 11 located in the vehicle interior R of the vehicle body rear portion 2 when the back door body 5 is closed. The space efficiency in the room R is good.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower portion 10 a of the assisting stay device 10 is attached to the mounting bracket member 15 installed on the upper surface portion 14 a of the wheel house inner portion 14 located inside the passenger compartment R. It is supported.

  For this reason, the lower part 10a of the assist stay device 10 that receives a large load when the back door body 5 is opened and closed is supported with high rigidity by the wheel house inner portion 14 that is a vehicle body structural member.

  Accordingly, it is possible to reduce or eliminate reinforcement performed on the portion supporting the lower portion 10a, such as mounting a separate reinforcing member.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the rubber grommet member 16 mounted between the peripheral edge 9a of the actuator opening 9 and the assisting stay device 10 includes the assisting stay device. It is deformed with 10 movements.

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent rainwater and outside air from entering the vehicle interior R from the actuator opening 9 without hindering the operation of the assisting stay device 10.

  Further, in this embodiment, among the left and right actuator openings 9, 9 formed in the left-right direction in the vehicle width direction, the assist stay device 10 is also provided in the left actuator opening 9. The gas damper device 20 having substantially the same outer shape is inserted through the other actuator opening 9 on the right side.

  For this reason, when the single assist stay device 10 on the left side is driven in the expansion / contraction direction, the gas damper device 20 similarly expands / contracts, and the back door body 5 can be opened and closed evenly on the left and right. .

  Further, a pair of the left and right sides of the vehicle width direction according to the present embodiment, the assist stay device 10 inserted through the left rear actuator opening 9 shown in FIG. 1 and the opposite right rear actuator opening 9 are provided. In the inserted general gas damper device 20 shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 13, an imaginary line passing through the center of the longitudinal axis of these cylindrical bodies is extended downward in the vehicle. Thus, a central axis extension line S as shown by a two-dot chain line is set.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, from the shock absorber devices 17 and 17 provided in the wheel house inner portion 14, a phantom line passing through the center of the longitudinal axis is extended upward of the vehicle, and a two-dot chain line. Each central axis extension line A, A as shown in FIG.

  Then, in the vehicle rear view shown in FIG. 11 and the vehicle side view shown in FIG. 13, each center axis extension line S is substantially linear in the vehicle vertical direction at the intersection C position. The extension lines A are configured to intersect each other.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the mounting bracket member 15 is mounted at the position of the intersection C.

  For this reason, the lower portion 10a of the assist stay device 10 that receives a large load when the back door body 5 is opened and closed operates via the mounting bracket member 15 and the wheel house inner portion 14 that is a vehicle body structural member. Thus, the load input can be transmitted linearly from each central axis extension line S having the intersection C on each central axis extension line A of the shock absorber device 17, 17, and can be supported with higher rigidity. it can.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to the assist stay mounting structure of this embodiment, and the design does not depart from the gist of the present invention. Such modifications are included in the present invention.

  That is, in the assist stay mounting structure of the embodiment, the assist stay device 10 and the gas damper device 20 that extend and contract respectively in the left and right actuator openings 9, 9 in the vehicle width direction are respectively provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the assisting stay device 10 may be provided in both the left and right or at least one of the left and right actuator openings 9, and the gas damper device The shape, quantity, and drive mechanism of the assisting stay device 10 are not particularly limited to at least one of the actuator openings 9 such that 20 is omitted and another member is used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the assist stay mounting structure according to the present invention has been described as being applied to the assist stay mounting structure of the vehicle 1. For example, the drive source of the vehicle 1 is an internal combustion engine such as an engine. Of course, the vehicle may be an electric vehicle or a hybrid car.

2 Car body rear 3 Back door opening 5 Back door body (back door)
6 Rear pillar outer member 8 Weather strip member 9 Actuator opening 10 Auxiliary stay device

Claims (4)

A back door that is openable and closable at a back door opening formed at the rear part of the vehicle body, a weather strip member mounted along the periphery of the back door opening, and a rear pillar that constitutes the back door opening An assisting stay device is provided which is provided with an actuator opening at an outer position in the vehicle width direction of the weather strip member between the outer member and assisting an opening / closing operation of the back door body by expansion and contraction. inserted into,
The lower part of the assist stay device is supported by a mounting bracket member installed in a wheel house inner part that supports the upper part of the shock absorber device,
A center axis extension line in the longitudinal direction of the assist stay device and a center axis extension line of the shock absorber device intersect, and the mounting bracket member is mounted at the intersection point. Helping stay mounting structure. Help stearyl Lee mounting structure of claim 1 Symbol mounting is mounted, and having a grommet member made of an elastic body between the peripheral edge of said actuator aperture, and the assist stay device. Said actuator opening, with a pair formed left and right in a vehicle width direction, at least one actuator opening, according to claim 1 or claim 2 Symbol mounting, characterized in that said assist stay device is inserted helping stearyl Lee mounting structure. The assist stay device has a cylindrical shape and includes a spindle actuator outer cylinder member having a built-in actuator motor at a lower portion thereof, and is extended or contracted from the spindle actuator outer cylinder member. The spindle actuator having an insertion rod member that moves an upper end portion connected to the door body side in the vehicle vertical direction, and is located in the vehicle compartment at the rear of the vehicle body when the back door body is closed inside the outer tube member, helping stearyl Lee mounting structure of claim 1 to claim 3, characterized in that for accommodating the insertion through the rod member, any one claim.