JP6693426B2 - Vehicle window mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle window mounting structure.

  The following Patent Document 1 discloses an invention relating to a fastening structure for a vehicle resin window and functional parts and the like. In this fastening structure for a vehicle resin window and functional parts, the window is rotatably supported by the sunroof housing via a hinge. The hinge supporting the window has one hinge piece fixed to the sunroof housing with bolts. The hinge piece on the other side of the hinge is fixed by a bolt fastened to a flanged nut that is heat-pressed into a cylindrical boss integrally provided in the window.

  Therefore, in the prior art described in Patent Document 1 below, it is possible to suppress the components used for mounting the window from being exposed on the design surface side of the window.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-078533

  However, in the case of the prior art described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to improve the design of the appearance of the vehicle while complicating the configuration around the window. That is, the prior art described in Patent Document 1 has room for improvement in terms of suppressing the complication of the configuration around the window while improving the design of the appearance of the vehicle.

  In view of the above, a configuration may be considered in which the hinge piece on the other side of the hinge is joined to the window at a joining portion such as an adhesive. However, in such a configuration, when the window is rotated, this joining is performed. It is conceivable that stress will occur in the part. In other words, the problem remains in supporting the window in a stable state.

  In consideration of the above facts, the present invention is capable of suppressing the complication of the configuration around the window while improving the appearance design of the vehicle and supporting the window in a stable state. The purpose is to obtain.

A vehicle window mounting structure according to a first aspect of the present invention is a window capable of covering an opening provided in a door rotatable with respect to a vehicle body from the outside of the vehicle, and the window provided in the door. And a first mounting wall portion that is rotatably supported with respect to the window, is attached to a surface of the window on the side of the rotation shaft of the window on the door side via a joint, and a fastening member on the door. A hinge portion including a fastened second mounting wall portion, a connection wall portion that connects the first mounting wall portion and the second mounting wall portion on the rotation shaft side and is elastically deformable, and the rotary shaft side end portion and the opposite end side and the name Ru position of said window to at least partially the bonding portion and the weight of Li Kui said rotary shaft as viewed from the axial direction of the rotating shaft to connecting the with the window the door is arranged closer to the It has an elastically deformable elastic body.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the door that is rotatable with respect to the vehicle body is provided with the opening, and the window that can cover the opening is provided on the door through the hinge. It is rotatably supported. Therefore, the window can open and close the opening of the door.

  Specifically, the first mounting wall portion provided on the hinge portion is attached to the door-side surface of the end portion of the window on the rotating shaft side via the joint portion. On the other hand, the second mounting wall portion provided on the hinge portion is fastened to the door by a fastening member. The first mounting wall portion and the second mounting wall portion are connected to each other on the rotation shaft side of the window by the elastically deformable connecting wall portion. Therefore, the window can rotate with respect to the door by elastically deforming the connecting wall portion.

  By the way, according to the said structure, it can suppress that the component used for attachment of a window is exposed to the design surface side of the said window. Further, the configuration around the window can be simplified as compared with the case where a fastening member or the like is used to attach the window to the hinge portion. However, it is conceivable that stress will occur at the joint between the window and the first mounting wall when the window rotates. In other words, the problem remains in supporting the window in a stable state.

Here, in the present invention, the window and the door are connected by an elastically deformable elastic body, and at least a part of the elastic body when viewed from the axial direction of the rotation axis of the window is It is arranged at a position where it overlaps with a joint portion interposed between the mounting wall portion and the mounting wall portion. Therefore, the window can be supported not only by the joint portion but also by the elastic body. Further, since the elastic body can elastically deform in response to the rotation of the window, the elastic body can support the window even when the window rotates. As a result, in the present invention, when the window rotates, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of stress in the joint portion interposed between the window and the first mounting wall portion.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle window mounting structure according to the first aspect, the longitudinal direction of the elastic body is the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

  As described above, the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present invention according to claim 1 can suppress the complication of the configuration around the window while improving the design of the appearance of the vehicle, and is stable. It has an excellent effect that the window can be supported in a state.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view (enlarged view of a portion surrounded by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4) showing a configuration of a main part of a rear side door to which the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied. It is a sectional view showing a movable range of a window in a rear side door to which a vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied, and (A) shows a state in which an opening of the rear side door is closed by the window. (B) shows the state when the window is rotated and the rear side door is opened. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view (a cross-sectional view showing a state cut along line 3-3 in FIG. 5) showing a configuration around a hinge portion in a rear side door to which the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a rear side door to which a vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied (a cross-sectional view showing a state cut along line 4-4 in FIG. 5). It is the side view seen from the vehicle width direction outside which shows the composition of the rear side door to which the window mounting structure for vehicles concerning this embodiment was applied.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of a vehicle window mounting structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. In addition, an arrow FR appropriately shown in each drawing indicates the vehicle front side, an arrow UP indicates the vehicle upper side, and an arrow OUT indicates the vehicle width direction outer side.

  First, a schematic configuration of a "vehicle 10" including a "rear side door 12" as a door to which the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG. Note that, in the present embodiment, the vehicle 10 is basically configured to be bilaterally symmetrical, and therefore, hereinafter, the configuration of the left side portion of the vehicle 10 in the vehicle width direction will be mainly described, and the right side portion in the vehicle width direction will be described. The description of the configuration will be omitted as appropriate. As described above, the vehicle 10 is configured to include the rear side door 12 and the "vehicle body 14" to which the rear side door 12 is attached.

  The vehicle body 14 forms a part of the vehicle body 14 on the upper side of the vehicle and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction, and forms a part of the vehicle body 14 on the lower side of the vehicle and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. It is configured to include an existing rocker (not shown). Further, a center pillar 18 and a rear pillar 20 that connect the roof side rail 16 and the rocker are provided on a side portion of the vehicle body 14. More specifically, the center pillar 18 extends in the vehicle up-down direction and connects the central portion of the roof side rail 16 in the vehicle front-rear direction to the vehicle front-rear center of the rocker. On the other hand, the rear pillar 20 extends in the vehicle vertical direction and connects the vehicle rear side portion of the roof side rail 16 and the vehicle rear side portion of the rocker in the vehicle vertical direction. A side wall of the vehicle body 14 is partitioned by a roof side rail 16, a rocker, a center pillar 18, and a rear pillar 20, and is a door (not shown) that is opened and closed by the rear side door 12 and has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed in the vehicle width direction. An opening is formed.

  In the state where the door opening is closed (the rear side door 12 is closed), the width direction (door width direction) of the rear side door 12 matches the vehicle front-rear direction, and the thickness direction (door thickness direction) of the rear side door 12 is Matches the vehicle width direction. Note that the door width direction and the door thickness direction used in the following description both refer to the direction in which the rear side door 12 is closed.

  The rear side door 12 is configured to include a door outer panel 22 forming an outer side portion of the rear side door 12 in the vehicle width direction and a door inner panel 24 forming an inner side portion of the rear side door 12 in the vehicle width direction. There is. The door outer panel 22 and the door inner panel 24 extend in the vehicle up-down direction and the vehicle front-rear direction, and are configured in a plate shape having the vehicle up-down direction as a longitudinal direction when viewed from the vehicle width direction. The peripheral edge of the door outer panel 22 and the peripheral edge of the door inner panel 24 are joined by hemming.

  Here, in the present embodiment, a substantially trapezoidal "opening portion 26" whose longitudinal direction is the door width direction when viewed from the vehicle width direction is provided in a portion of the rear side door 12 on the vehicle upper side. The opening 26 is covered with "window glass 28" as a window from the outside of the vehicle. The present embodiment is characterized by the structure for attaching the window glass 28 to the rear side door 12. Hereinafter, the mounting structure of the window glass 28 that constitutes the main part of the present embodiment will be described in detail. Although the rear side door 12 and the window glass 28 are separately treated below, the window glass 28 may be regarded as a part of the rear side door 12. Further, unless otherwise specified, the description will be given with the window glass 28 closing the opening 26.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the window glass 28 is formed in a plate shape slightly larger than the opening 26, and its longitudinal direction is the door width direction and its thickness direction is The door is arranged in the thickness direction. A portion of the window glass 28 on the vehicle front side is supported by the rear side door 12 via a "hinge portion 30", and a portion of the window glass 28 on the vehicle rear side is provided with a pop lock 32 (lock portion). And is supported by the rear side door 12.

  The hinge portions 30 are provided at two locations along the “end portion 28A” on the vehicle front side of the window glass 28 and at predetermined intervals, and also include the “first mounting wall portion 30A” and the “second mounting wall portion 30A”. It includes a wall portion 30B "and a" connecting wall portion 30C ", and is made of a stainless steel plate material.

  When viewed from the vehicle width direction, the first mounting wall portion 30A is formed in a plate shape in which the central portion of the peripheral edge portion on the vehicle rear side is recessed toward the vehicle front side. The first mounting wall portion 30A is attached to the "face 28A1" on the rear side door 12 side of the end portion 28A of the window glass 28 via a "joint portion 34" made of an adhesive or the like.

  The second mounting wall portion 30B is formed in a hexagonal plate shape including a trapezoidal portion that is widened in accordance with a portion on the vehicle front side when viewed in the vehicle width direction, and a portion that extends in a rectangular shape from this portion. .. The "stud bolt 36" as a fastening member is joined to the second mounting wall portion 30B at a joint portion such as welding (not shown) with the shaft portion thereof facing the rear side door 12. Further, the rear side door 12 is formed with an inserted portion 38 corresponding to the stud bolt 36, and the shaft portion of the stud bolt 36 is inserted into the inserted portion 38. Then, the "nut 40" as a fastening member is attached to the shaft portion of the stud bolt 36 from the vehicle width direction inner side, so that the second attachment wall portion 30B is fastened to the rear side door 12.

  30 C of connection wall parts are comprised by the plate shape made into the U shape whose cross-sectional shape seen from the direction along the edge part 28A of the window glass 28 becomes convex toward the vehicle front side, and 30 A of 1st attachment wall parts. The front peripheral portion of the vehicle and the peripheral peripheral portion of the second mounting wall portion 30B on the front side of the vehicle are connected. The connecting wall portion 30C is elastically deformable, and the elastically deforming of the connecting wall portion 30C allows the window glass 28 to rotate about the rotation axis L with respect to the rear side door 12. It is possible. That is, the hinge portion 30 having the above-described configuration is attached to the end portion 28A of the window glass 28 on the rotation axis L side, and the connecting wall portion 30C includes the first attachment wall portion 30A and the second attachment wall portion 30B. Can be regarded as being connected on the rotation axis L side.

  On the other hand, the pop lock 32 includes a fastening member 42, a mounting portion 44, a link portion 46, and a base portion 48. The fastening member 42 is inserted into the inserted portion 50 of the window glass 28 from the outside in the vehicle width direction and is fastened to the mounting portion 44 disposed inside the window glass 28 in the vehicle width direction. It is in a state of being sandwiched between 42 and the mounting portion 44.

  The link part 46 connects the attachment part 44 and the base part 48, and is configured to include a plurality of link members 52. The link parts 52 can be expanded and contracted by relatively rotating. Has been done. When the link portion 46 is in the most contracted state, the link portion 46 is locked while the window glass 28 closes the opening 26. On the other hand, when the link part 46 is in the most extended state, the link part 46 is locked while the window glass 28 is rotated and the opening part 26 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a weather strip 54 is arranged on the flange portion 12A forming the peripheral edge of the opening 26 of the rear side door 12 so as to form an annular shape along the flange portion 12A. The weather strip 54 has a U-shaped cross section and a locking portion 54A that is locked to the flange portion 12A, and a circle that is integrally formed with the locking portion 54A and bulges outward in the vehicle width direction. And a hollow seal portion 54B having a shape cross section. When the window glass 28 closes the opening 26, the window glass 28 is positioned by being brought into contact with the hollow seal portion 54B of the weather strip 54. That is, the weather strip 54 functions not only as a seal member but also as a positioning member.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the end portion 28A of the window glass 28 is also supported by the elastically deformable “elastic body 56”. The elastic body 56 is made of an adhesive having elasticity and flexibility such as urethane adhesive and is formed into a substantially rectangular column shape, and connects the window glass 28 and the rear side door 12. More specifically, the elastic body 56 has the longitudinal direction thereof as the axial direction of the rotation axis L, and is arranged between the hinge portions 30 along the end portion 28A of the window glass 28 as viewed from the vehicle width direction and the hinge portion 30. Are provided in two places with a predetermined interval. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the elastic body 56 at least partially overlaps with the joint portion 34 joining the window glass 28 and the hinge portion 30 when viewed in the axial direction of the rotation axis L. It is located in a position.

(Operation and effect of this embodiment)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an opening 26 is provided in the rear side door 12 that is rotatable with respect to the vehicle body 14, and a window glass that can cover the opening 26. 28 is rotatably supported by the rear side door 12 via a hinge portion 30. Therefore, the window glass 28 can open and close the opening 26 of the rear side door 12.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a first mounting wall portion 30A provided on the hinge portion 30 is joined to a surface 28A1 on the rear side door 12 side of an end portion 28A on the rotation axis L side of the window glass 28. It is attached via the portion 34. On the other hand, the second mounting wall portion 30 </ b> B provided on the hinge portion 30 is fastened to the rear side door 12 with stud bolts 36 and nuts 40. The first mounting wall portion 30A and the second mounting wall portion 30B are connected to each other on the rotation axis L side by the elastically deformable connecting wall portion 30C. Therefore, the window glass 28 can be rotated with respect to the rear side door 12 by elastically deforming the connecting wall portion 30C.

  By the way, according to the said structure, it can suppress that the components used for attachment of the window glass 28 are exposed to the design surface side of the said window glass 28. Further, as compared with the case where a fastening member or the like is used to attach the window glass 28 to the hinge portion 30, the configuration around the window glass 28 can be simplified. However, it is conceivable that stress will occur at the joint 34 between the window glass 28 and the first mounting wall portion 30A when the window glass 28 rotates. That is, a problem remains in supporting the window glass 28 in a stable state.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the window glass 28 and the rear side door 12 are connected by an elastic body 56 that is elastically deformable. Then, the elastic body 56 is arranged at a position where at least a part of the elastic body 56 when viewed in the axial direction of the rotation axis L of the window glass 28 overlaps the joint portion 34 interposed between the window glass 28 and the first mounting wall portion 30A. (See FIG. 3). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2A, the window glass 28 with the opening 26 closed can be supported not only by the joint 34 but also by the elastic body 56. Further, since the elastic body 56 can be elastically deformed in response to the rotation of the window glass 28, the elastic body 56 can also be rotated when the window glass 28 rotates as shown in FIG. The window glass 28 can be supported by. That is, the elastic body 56 also functions as a hinge when the window glass 28 is opened and closed.

  As a result, in this embodiment, when the window glass 28 rotates, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of stress in the joint portion 34 interposed between the window glass 28 and the first mounting wall portion 30A. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress the complication of the configuration around the window glass 28 while improving the external appearance of the vehicle 10 and to support the window glass 28 in a stable state.

  Further, since the elastic body 56 can be attached to a completed vehicle, the elastic body 56 can be added to a vehicle that uses the hinge portion 30 or parts similar thereto to enhance the holding force of the window glass. It is possible. Although the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied to the rear side door 12 in the above-described embodiment, the vehicle window mounting structure can also be applied to a back door or the like. Further, the vehicle window mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applicable not only to a door having a glass window but also to a door having a window made of a material other than glass such as resin.

10 Vehicle 12 Rear side door (door)
14 Body 26 Opening 28 Window glass (window)
28A end (end of the window on the rotating shaft side)
28A1 surface (door side surface at the end)
30 Hinge part 30A 1st mounting wall part 30B 2nd mounting wall part 30C Connecting wall part 34 Joint part 36 Stud bolt (fastening member)
40 nut (fastening member)
56 elastic body L rotation axis

Claims (2)

A window capable of covering the opening provided in the door rotatable with respect to the vehicle body from the outside of the vehicle,
A first mounting wall portion that rotatably supports the window with respect to the door, and that is attached to a surface on the door side at an end portion of the window on the rotation shaft side of the window via a joint portion; A second mounting wall portion fastened to the door with a fastening member; and a connecting wall portion that connects the first mounting wall portion and the second mounting wall portion on the rotation shaft side and is elastically deformable. Hinge part,
That Do the opposite end side of the end portion of the rotary shaft side of the window to at least partially the joint portion as viewed in the axial direction and weight of Li Kui the rotation axis of said rotating shaft an elastically deformable elastic member for connecting the with the window the door is arranged closer to the position,
A vehicle window mounting structure having. The longitudinal direction of the elastic body is the axial direction of the rotating shaft,
The vehicle window mounting structure according to claim 1.