JP6252498B2 - Vehicle door structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure.

  As a conventional vehicle door structure, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known. The vehicle door structure described in Patent Document 1 includes a slide door that opens and closes a front area of a rear door opening, and a swing door that opens and closes a rear area of the rear door opening together with the slide door. The sliding door slides forward and backward through the vehicle body via the sliding mechanism. The swing door rotates with respect to the vehicle body via the hinge mechanism in a state where the swing door overlaps with the fully open slide door. Further, the vehicle door structure includes a swing door opening / closing regulating mechanism that locks the swing door and the vehicle body when the swing door is in a fully closed state, and a slide door and a swing door when the slide door is in a fully open state. And a slide restricting mechanism that locks.

JP 2011-46271 A

  However, in the above-described conventional vehicle door structure, if the swing door is opened when the slide door and the swing door are not locked, the slide door rattles or the swing door is rotating. There is a possibility that the sliding door moves relative to the swing door.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door structure that prevents the swing door from being opened when the slide door and the swing door are not locked.

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure including a sliding door that opens and closes a first area of a door opening provided in a vehicle body, and a swing door that opens and closes a second area of the door opening together with the sliding door. A first lock unit that locks the swing door and the vehicle body when the door is fully closed, a second lock unit that locks the slide door and the swing door when the slide door is fully open, When the slide door and the swing door are not locked by the lock unit, the swing door and the vehicle body are locked. When the slide door and the swing door are locked by the second lock unit, the swing door and the vehicle body are locked. And a locking unit for releasing the locking.

  In such a vehicle door structure of the present invention, in a state where the slide door and the swing door are not locked by the second lock unit, the swing door and the vehicle body are locked by the locking unit. For this reason, even if the lock between the swing door and the vehicle body by the first lock unit is released, the swing door cannot be opened.

  The locking unit may include a hook portion attached to the swing door and a hook receiving portion that is provided on the vehicle body and to which the hook portion is hooked.

  In this case, the swing door and the vehicle body can be easily locked by hooking the hook portion to the hook receiving portion.

  The second lock unit includes a latch portion rotatably attached to the swing door, a striker attached to the slide door and engaged with the latch portion, and an urging member that urges the latch portion. By engaging the striker with the striker, the sliding door and the swing door are locked, the hook part is integrated with the latch part, and the urging member latches the hook part in the direction to hook the hook part. May be energized.

  In such a configuration, since the latch portion is not engaged with the striker, the hook portion is hooked on the hook receiving portion by the biasing force of the biasing member when the slide door and the swing door are not locked. Thus, the swing door and the vehicle body are locked. On the other hand, when the latch part is engaged with the striker and the sliding door and the swing door are locked, the hook part is separated from the hook receiving part against the urging force of the urging member. The lock with the vehicle body is released. In this case, the structure of the second lock unit and the locking unit can be simplified.

  The latch portion is pivotably attached to the swing door via a latch base, and the second lock unit is configured so that the latch portion rotates and sandwiches the striker in cooperation with the latch base. The locking unit locks the swing door, and the locking unit releases the locking between the swing door and the vehicle body by releasing the hook portion from the hook receiving portion when the latch portion cooperates with the latch base to sandwich the striker.

  In this case, the slide door and the swing door can be reliably locked by the second lock unit. Further, when the sliding door and the swing door are locked, the locking of the swing door and the vehicle body can be reliably released.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle door structure that prevents the swing door from being opened when the slide door and the swing door are not locked.

1 is a side view showing a vehicle including an embodiment of a vehicle door structure according to the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows a mode that the sliding door shown in FIG. 1 and a swing door are opened. It is a top view which shows the sliding door full open lock unit shown by FIG. 1 with the latching unit.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or equivalent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a side view showing a vehicle provided with an embodiment of a vehicle door structure according to the present invention. In the figure, a vehicle door structure 1 according to this embodiment is applied to a side portion of a vehicle body 2. A front door opening 3 located on the side of the front seat and a rear door opening 4 located on the side of the cargo compartment disposed behind the front seat are provided on the side of the vehicle body 2. It has been. The front door opening 3 is opened and closed by the front door 5.

  The rear door opening 4 is opened and closed by a slide opening / closing slide door 6 and a swing opening / closing swing door 7. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the slide door 6 can slide in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 2 to open and close the front region 4 a (first region) of the rear door opening 4. When the sliding door 6 is fully opened, the sliding door 6 is located outside the swing door 7 and overlaps with the swing door 7 (see FIG. 2B).

  As shown in FIG. 2C, when the swing door 7 overlaps the slide door 6, the swing door 7 rotates with respect to the vehicle body 2 and the rear region 4b (second region) of the rear door opening 4. ) Can be opened and closed together with the sliding door 6.

  An outer handle 8 for slide door is provided on the outer surface of the slide door 6, and an inner handle 9 for slide door is provided on the inner surface of the slide door 6. The slide door outer handle 8 and the slide door inner handle 9 are handles for performing an operation of opening and closing the slide door 6. A swing door handle 10 for performing an operation of opening the swing door 7 is provided at the front end of the swing door 7.

  The vehicle door structure 1 includes a slide door support unit 11A to 11C that supports a slide door 6 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 2 (openable and closable), and a swing door 7 that is rotatable (openable and closable). The swing door support unit 12 is supported.

  The slide door support unit 11A is attached to the upper portion of the vehicle body 2 so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 2 (the opening and closing direction of the slide door 6), and an upper slide rail 13 for sliding the slide door 6 with respect to the vehicle body 2. The guide body 14 is attached to the upper part of the front end of the slide door 6 and guided to the upper slide rail 13 when the slide door 6 slides. When the slide door 6 is fully opened, the guide body 14 is detached from the upper slide rail 13 and can move in the vehicle width direction.

  The slide door support unit 11B is attached to the lower portion of the vehicle body 2 so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 2, and is provided at a lower slide rail 15 for sliding the slide door 6 with respect to the vehicle body 2 and a lower front end of the slide door 6. The guide body 16 is attached and guided to the lower slide rail 15 when the slide door 6 slides. When the slide door 6 is fully opened, the guide body 16 is detached from the lower slide rail 15 and is movable in the vehicle width direction.

  The slide door support unit 11 </ b> C is attached near the center of the outer surface of the swing door 7, and is attached to the intermediate slide rail 17 for sliding the slide door 6 with respect to the swing door 7 and the rear end of the slide door 6. And a guide body 18 guided by the intermediate slide rail 17 when the slide door 6 slides.

  The swing door support unit 12 includes a rear pillar 19 provided at the rear end portion of the vehicle body 2 and two upper and lower hinges 20 that rotatably connect the swing door 7 to the rear pillar 19.

  Further, in the vehicle door structure 1, when the slide door 6 is fully closed, the slide door fully closed lock unit 21 that locks the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 and the slide door 6 are fully opened. When the sliding door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked, the upper and lower two slide door fully open lock units 22 (second lock unit) and the swing door 7 are fully closed. Two swing door lock units 23 (first lock units).

  The slide door fully-closed lock unit 21 is attached to a lock member 24 attached to the rear end portion of the slide door 6 and a front end portion of the swing door 7, and engages with a latch portion (not shown) of the lock member 24. And striker 25. When the slide door 6 is fully closed, the latch portion of the lock member 24 and the striker 25 are engaged, so that the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked.

  The lock member 24 is connected to the sliding door outer handle 8 and the sliding door inner handle 9 by a cable (not shown). The unlocking of the sliding door 6 and the swing door 7 by the sliding door fully closing lock unit 21 is performed by an operation of opening the sliding door 6 by the sliding door outer handle 8 or the sliding door inner handle 9.

  The sliding door fully open lock unit 22 is respectively attached to a front end upper part and a front end lower part of the swing door 7, and a front end upper part and a front end lower part of the slide door 6, and a latch part 35 (see FIG. 3) and a striker 27 to be engaged. When the slide door 6 is fully opened, the latch portion 35 of the lock member 26 and the striker 27 are engaged, so that the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked. The sliding door fully open lock unit 22 will be described in detail later.

  The lock member 26 is connected to the sliding door outer handle 8 and the sliding door inner handle 9 by a cable (not shown). Then, the unlocking state of the sliding door 6 and the swing door 7 by the sliding door fully open lock unit 22 is released by an operation of closing the sliding door 6 by the sliding door outer handle 8 or the sliding door inner handle 9.

  The swing door lock unit 23 includes a bowl-shaped lock member 28 attached to the swing door 7 and a striker 29 attached to the vehicle body 2 and engaged with the lock member 28. When the swing door 7 is fully closed, the lock member 28 protrudes from the swing door 7 toward the vehicle body 2 by the urging force of a spring (not shown) and engages with the striker 29. Is locked.

  The lock member 28 is connected to the swing door handle 10 by a cable (not shown). Then, the locked state of the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 by the swing door lock unit 23 is released by an operation of opening the swing door 7 by the handle 10 for the swing door.

  Further, the vehicle door structure 1 locks the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 in a state where the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are not locked by the slide door fully open lock unit 22, and the slide door fully open lock unit 22. When the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked by this, a locking unit 30 for releasing the locking of the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 is provided. The locking unit 30 is disposed at the upper part of the swing door 7 and the upper part of the vehicle body 2. The locking unit 30 will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slide door fully open lock unit 22 includes the lock member 26 and the striker 27. The striker 27 is attached to an attachment projection 31 fixed to the inner surface of the front end portion of the slide door 6. The mounting protrusion 31 protrudes from the inner surface of the slide door 6 toward the vehicle body 2. The guide body 14 is attached to the distal end portion of the attachment protrusion 31 via the support body 32. The striker 27 has, for example, a structure in which a rod-like member is bent into a U shape.

  The lock member 26 is attached to an upper portion of the front end portion of the swing door 7, and is rotatably attached to the latch base 33 via a rotation shaft 34, and cooperates with the striker 27 and the latch base 33. Thus, a latch portion 35 for locking the slide door 6 with respect to the swing door 7 and a spring 36 (biasing member) for biasing the latch portion 35 are provided.

  The latch base 33 is provided with a concave portion 33a into which the striker 27 enters. The latch portion 35 is provided with a concave portion 35a for interposing the striker 27 in cooperation with the latch base 33 when the slide door 6 is fully opened. The latch portion 35 is urged by a spring 36 so that the opening direction of the concave portion 35 a approaches the opening direction of the concave portion 33 a of the latch base 33.

  Although not specifically shown, the lock member 26 is rotatably attached to the latch base 33, and the latch portion 35 for the latch base 33 is maintained so that the slide door 6 is locked to the swing door 7. It has a pole that restricts the rotation of the. The pole and the outer handle 8 for sliding door and the inner handle 9 for sliding door are connected by a cable (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the locking unit 30 is integrated with a latch portion 35 of a lock member 26 attached to the upper portion of the swing door 7, and is a hook for locking the swing door 7 to the vehicle body 2. And a hook receiving portion 38 that is provided on the side surface portion of the upper portion of the vehicle body 2 and on which the hook portion 37 is hooked.

  The spring 36 of the lock member 26 urges the latch portion 35 in a direction in which the hook portion 37 is hooked on the hook receiving portion 38. That is, the spring 36 urges the latch portion 35 to rotate counterclockwise about the rotation shaft 34.

  Note that the locking unit 30 is not disposed below the swing door 7 and below the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the lock member 26 attached to the lower part of the swing door 7 has the same structure as the lock member 26 attached to the upper part of the swing door 7 except that the latch part 35 is not integrated with the hook part 37. doing.

  When the slide door 6 is not fully opened, as shown in FIG. 3A, the striker 27 does not engage with the latch portion 35, so that the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are not locked. In this state, the hook portion 37 is hooked on the hook receiving portion 38 by the urging force of the spring 36, so that the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 are locked. Accordingly, by performing an operation of opening the swing door 7 with the handle 10 for the swing door, the swing door 7 cannot be opened even if the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 are unlocked by the swing door lock unit 23.

  On the other hand, when the slide door 6 is opened to the fully open state, as shown in FIG. 3B, the striker 27 enters the recessed portion 33 a of the latch base 33 and the recessed portion 35 a of the latch portion 35, and the latch portion 35 is moved to the striker 27. The latch portion 35 rotates clockwise around the rotation shaft 34 against the urging force of the spring 36, and the striker 27 is sandwiched between the latch base 33 and the latch portion 35. At this time, the rotation of the latch portion 35 is restricted by a pole (not shown). Thereby, the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 will be in a locked state. In this embodiment, when the striker 27 pushes the latch portion 35, the slide door 6 is fully opened, and the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked.

  At this time, the latch portion 35 rotates clockwise about the rotation shaft 34, so that the hook portion 37 is detached from the hook receiving portion 38 and the locked state between the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 is released. . Therefore, when the swing door 7 is unlocked by the swing door handle 10 and the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 are unlocked by the swing door lock unit 23, the swing door 7 can be opened. Become.

  By the way, in this embodiment, when the swing door 7 is closed, in order to avoid contact between the upper slide rail 13 and the guide body 14 and contact between the lower slide rail 15 and the guide body 16, the slide door 6 is fully opened. The position of the rear end portions of the upper slide rail 13 and the lower slide rail 15 is set so that the guide body 14 is detached from the upper slide rail 13 and the guide body 16 is detached from the lower slide rail 15. (See FIG. 3B). At this time, if the locking unit 30 is not provided, the slide door 6 is fully opened even if the guide body 14 is detached from the upper slide rail 13 and the guide body 16 is detached from the lower slide rail 15. In the state where the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are not locked because they are not opened, the slide door 6 is supported by the swing door 7 only by the intermediate slide rail 17. In this state, if the swing door 7 is opened by operating the swing door handle 10, there is a possibility that the slide door 6 will rattle.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, when the sliding door 6 and the swing door 7 are not locked by the sliding door fully open lock unit 22, the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 are locked by the locking unit 30, Even if the locked state of the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 by the swing door lock unit 23 is released, the swing door 7 cannot be opened. Thereby, shakiness of the slide door 6 can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 can be easily locked by hooking the hook portion 37 attached to the swing door 7 to the hook receiving portion 38 provided on the vehicle body 2. .

  In the present embodiment, the hook portion 37 is integrated with the latch portion 35, and the spring 36 urges the latch portion 35 in the direction in which the hook portion 37 is hooked on the hook receiving portion 38. In such a configuration, since the latch portion 35 is not engaged with the striker 27, the hook portion 37 is received by the urging force of the spring 36 when the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are not locked. It is caught in the part 38. On the other hand, when the latch portion 35 is engaged with the striker 27 and the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked, the hook portion 37 is disengaged from the hook receiving portion 38 against the biasing force of the spring 36. . In this case, the configuration of the slide door fully open lock unit 22 and the locking unit 30 can be simplified.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the slide door fully open lock unit 22 locks the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 by the latch portion 35 rotating and sandwiching the striker 27 in cooperation with the latch base 33. Thereby, the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 can be reliably locked by the slide door fully open lock unit 22. In addition, the locking unit 30 locks the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 by releasing the hook portion 37 from the hook receiving portion 38 when the latch portion 35 cooperates with the latch base 33 to sandwich the striker 27. To release. Thereby, in the state where the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked, the locking of the swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 can be reliably released.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the latch portion 35 of the lock member 26 and the striker 27 are engaged, the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 are locked, and the hook portion 37 integrated with the latch portion 35 is provided. The swing door 7 and the vehicle body 2 are locked by being hooked on the hook receiving portion 38, but the configuration of the slide door fully open lock unit 22 and the lock unit 30 is not particularly limited thereto. For example, an electrical switch that detects the lock between the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 and an actuator that rotates the hook portion 37 are provided. When the lock between the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 is not detected, the hook portion 37 is detected. May be rotated so as to be hooked on the hook receiving portion 38, and when the lock between the slide door 6 and the swing door 7 is detected, the hook portion 37 may be rotated so as to be detached from the hook receiving portion 38.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the hook part 37 is attached to the swing door 7, and the hook receiving part 38 is provided in the vehicle body 2, it is not restricted to it in particular, The hook part 37 is attached to the vehicle body 2, and a hook receiving The part 38 may be provided on the swing door 7.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the latching unit 30 is arrange | positioned at the upper part of the swing door 7 and the upper part of the vehicle body 2, it is not restricted to it in particular, The latching unit 30 is the lower part of the swing door 7, and the lower part of the vehicle body 2 May be arranged.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the slide door 6 is configured to open and close the front area of the rear door opening 4, and the swing door 7 is configured to open and close the rear area of the rear door opening 4 together with the slide door 6. However, the present invention is configured such that the slide door 6 opens and closes the rear region of the rear door opening 4, and the swing door 7 opens and closes the front region of the rear door opening 4 together with the slide door 6. The present invention can also be applied to a vehicle door structure configured as described above. The present invention can also be applied to a vehicle door structure having a slide door and a swing door that open and close a door opening provided at the rear portion of the vehicle body 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle door structure, 2 ... Vehicle body, 4 ... Rear door opening part, 4a ... Front side area | region (1st area | region), 4b ... Rear side area | region (2nd area | region), 6 ... Slide door, 7 ... Swing door, 22 ... Slide door fully open lock unit (second lock unit), 23 ... Swing door lock unit (first lock unit), 27 ... Striker, 30 ... Locking unit, 33 ... Latch base, 35 ... Latch part, 36 ... Spring ( Urging member), 37 ... hook part, 38 ... hook receiving part.

Claims (1)

In a vehicle door structure comprising a slide door that opens and closes a first area of a door opening provided in a vehicle body, and a swing door that opens and closes a second area of the door opening together with the slide door,
A sliding door handle for performing an operation of opening and closing the sliding door;
A swing door handle for performing an operation of opening the swing door;
A first lock unit that locks the swing door and the vehicle body when the swing door is fully closed;
A second locking unit that locks the sliding door and the swing door when the sliding door is fully open;
In a state where the slide door and the swing door are not locked by the second lock unit, the swing door and the vehicle body are locked, and the slide door and the swing door are locked by the second lock unit. A locking unit that releases the locking between the swing door and the vehicle body ,
The locking unit has a hook portion attached to the swing door, and a hook receiving portion provided on the vehicle body, on which the hook portion is hooked.
The first lock unit unlocks the swing door and the vehicle body by an operation of opening the swing door by the handle for the swing door,
The second lock unit includes a latch part rotatably attached to the swing door, a striker attached to the slide door and engaged with the latch part, and an urging member that urges the latch part. And the latch portion engages with the striker to lock the slide door and the swing door,
The hook part is integrated with the latch part,
The biasing member biases the latch part in a direction to hook the hook part to the hook receiving part,
The latch portion is rotatably attached to the swing door via a latch base,
The second lock unit is configured to lock the sliding door and the swing door by sandwiching the striker in cooperation with the latch base by rotating the latch portion,
The locking unit is configured such that when the latch portion rotates, the hook portion is detached from the hook receiving portion when the striker is sandwiched in cooperation with the latch base. A door structure for a vehicle, wherein the locking is released .

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