JPH01257626A - Awning type sun roof device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the precision of assembly work and the efficiency thereof by forming a plurality of support bodies for supporting the intermediate part of an awning with an awning frame and a plurality of sliders connected to both ends of the frame, and connecting the awning frame to each slider at the projected and recessed parts thereof. CONSTITUTION:A roof opening having a guide member is so fitted with a flexible awning as to be freely movable front and rear sides. Furthermore, the awning is supported with a plurality of movable bodies at front and rear sides thereof and a plurality of support bodies 27 at an intermediate position respectively. ln this case, a fixing slider 51 slidable along the guide member and a floating slider 53 movable vertically are respectively fixed alternately to both sides of the awning frame 50 in each support body 27. Furthermore, each of projected parts 51a and 53a of cruciform section are formed respectively on the sliders 51 and 53, while a recessed part 50a is formed on each frame 50 for engagement with the projections 51a and 53a. According to the aforesaid construction, the projections and recesses can be kept in a properly engaged condition for each slider 51 and 55, while the turn of the frame 50 is being restricted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Objective of the invention 1 (Industrial application field) This invention relates to a hood-type sunroof device that facilitates assembly of a support for supporting the hood.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in the case of a foldable canopy type sunroof device called a canvas top, for example,
As described in Publication No. 1-33719, the soft top is supported by a fixed canopy aggregate that can slide along the guide rail and a floating canopy aggregate that can move up and down, and the canopy has two or three stages when fully opened. It is up to II4, which is folded into a pile of steps.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the top is supported by the top aggregate, and the top aggregate has a long shape and a predetermined span in the direction of the interior of the vehicle. For this reason, in order to ensure the rigidity of the canopy aggregate, the central part has an arch-like shape that is slightly higher than both ends, and both ends of the canopy aggregate for fixation are arranged front and back along the guide rail. The movable slider has upper and lower IJJ ends on both ends of the floating canopy aggregate.
Each is attached to a flexible floating slider. Therefore, the canopy aggregate must be installed in an arched position without rotating relative to each slider, so the canopy aggregate and slider are fixed together with screws. . However, there are at least four pieces of canopy aggregate, and since both ends are connected to the slider, the number of mounting points with screws increases, and the work is complicated because each mounting hole has to be aligned and screwed together. This is very troublesome and undesirable in terms of workability.Also, since the hood aggregate has an arched shape, if you overlap it, it may return to a straight line. There is a possibility that the screw hole of the bone phase opening may be misaligned with respect to the screw hole of the slider side, which causes a problem that seriously impairs work efficiency. Further, since the right and left mounting positions of the slider are determined by the guide rails, if the shaping of the canopy rib H is not properly controlled, problems such as installation becoming impossible may occur.

So, does this idea solve the above problem? The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new hood-type sunroof device that provides

[Structure of the invention] (Means for solving and overcoming the problems) In order to achieve the above object, this invention includes a flexible hood that is provided in the roof opening and can be moved back and forth, and a hood that is fixed to a predetermined fffl. It has fixed supports that are supported at the corners and slidable along the guide members, and floating supports that are movable up and down, and the supports include a hood aggregate that is long in the direction of the inside of the car, and a hood aggregate that is It consists of a slider coupled to both ends, and a fitting protrusion is provided on one of the hood aggregate and the slider at the coupling site, and a fitting recess that fits with the fitting protrusion is provided on the other.

(Function) In such a hood type sunroof device, by fitting the slider and the hood aggregate, the connection can be quickly completed. At the fitting portion between the two, the hood aggregate does not rotate due to the fitting convex portion and the fitting concave portion, and an arch-like posture is ensured.

In addition, the fitting margin area between the fitting convex part and the fitting concave part provides flexibility in the mounting position, making it easy to install the guide member and preventing deformation of the canopy aggregate or molding errors. Allows for trouble-free installation.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 16.

1 in the figure shows a roof consisting of an inner panel 3 and an outer panel 5, and the roof 1 has guide parts 4 on both left and right sides.
A roof opening 9 is provided in which 17 and 7 are arranged.

The guide member 7 has a cable guide groove 11 as shown in FIG.
11 and a rising wall 15 provided parallel to the rail portion 13. On the outside of the rising wall 15, the guide member 7 is exposed to weather.
An outer seal member 16a such as a strip and an inner seal member 16b are each provided in double layers, and the upper surface of the rising wall 15 forms a substantially horizontal guiding surface 15a.

Further, on the front end side of the rising wall 15, an inclined surface 17 is provided which is continuous with the guide surface 15a and which descends from the front to the rear and then rises.

On the rear end side of the roof opening 9, there is provided a drive motor 19 capable of forward and reverse rotation controlled by a hand switch (not shown), and a guard cable 21, which is pulled and controlled by the drive motor 19, is connected to the cable of the guide member 7. Guide groove 1
It is movably stored in 1. In addition, roof frontage 9
is provided with a canopy 23 made of flexible canopy fabric. The hood 23 has an outer leather 23a on the outside and an inner leather 23b on the inside that serves as a headlining.

On both sides of the canopy 23, wires 24 are provided on the outer leather 23a side to ensure tension, and when fully opened, the outer and inner seal members 16a.
It is in elastic contact with 16b.

The front region of the hood 23 is connected to the front movable body 25, the middle region is connected to a plurality of supports 27 serving as hood ribs, and the rear region is connected to the rear movable body 29.
are supported by each.

The front movable body 25 has a predetermined width and is formed in the shape of a long strip in the direction of the interior of the vehicle. The end portion of the canopy 23 that covers the upper surface of the O4-way movable body 25 and is folded back from the front edge to the back side is fixed to the back side of the front movable body 25.

Both ends of the front movable body 25 are supported so as to be slidable along the guide member 7, and the front movable body 25 is placed in an inclined position with its rear end side tilted upward by the first support means 31. It is designed to be switched and controlled.

The first stomach lowering means 31 includes a rotatable 17th arm 35 and a second arm 37 that are assembled (pulled) in an X shape by an arm shaft 33, and a guiding surface 15a provided on the standing wall 15. and a tilt r1 and 17. One end of the first arm 35, which is assembled in an It is pivoted so that it can move freely (t!! The end is the bottle P
2 is pivotally supported on the driven slider 111, and a transfer roller 43 is installed. The driven slider 41 is slidably engaged with the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7. The transfer roller 43 has an inclined surface 17 and a guiding surface 15 i
1, and is located on the rising slope side when the front movable body 25 is in the fully open position.

Further, one end of the second arm 37 is inserted into a guide hole 49 formed in the rear mounting portion of the bracket 39 through a pin P3.
T is slidably pivoted, and the other end is pivoted to the drive slider 45 by a pin P4. The drive slider 45 is slidably engaged with the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7. A guard cable 21 is screwed onto the drive slider 45 as shown in FIG. 5, and the drive slider 45 slides back and forth under traction control by the guard cable 21.
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On the other hand, the inclined surface 1 provided on the front end side of the rising wall 15
7, when the drive slider 45 moves rearward, the second The upper end of the arm 37 rotates upward with the arm shaft 33 as a fulcrum ( ).

Note that the guide hole 49 provided in the rear mounting portion of the bracket 39 has a −[end side of the second arm 37 connected to the arm shaft 3
The shape corresponds to the operating locus of the bin P3, which moves up and down with the bin P3 as a fulcrum, and ensures smooth sliding movement of the bin P3.

The supports 27 that support the intermediate region of the top 23 are arranged at four locations at approximately equal intervals, and are provided with vib-shaped top ribs t that are long in the direction of the interior of the vehicle.
450, and sliders 51 and 53, which will be described later.

The canopy aggregate 50 of the support body 27 has an arcuate shape with the center portion slightly smaller than both ends, and guide members 7 are provided on both sides of the canopy aggregates 50 located at the first and third positions. Fixed sliders 51, 51 that can be slid along are fitted and fixed on both sides of the second and fourth canopy aggregates 50, respectively. There is. In this fitting and fixing portion, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, fitting convex portions 51a and 53a having a cross-shaped cross section are provided on the side of each slider 51 and 53, and the fitting convex portion 53a is provided on the side of the canopy aggregate 50. 51a - Fitting recess 50a that engages with 51a
・50a are installed respectively, and each slider 51・
A fitted state is ensured in which the rotation of the canopy aggregate 50 with respect to the hood aggregate 53 is restricted. As a result, a predetermined arch is formed in the top 23.

In addition, each slider 51, 53 is provided with folded outer leather 2 on both sides of the hood 23 as shown in FIG.
It has a first insertion part 55 that fits into the bag part of 3a, a second insertion part 57 that fits into the bag part of the folded inner leather 23b, and pressing parts 56 and 5G that protrude back and forth. death,
The floating slider 53 is provided with a hook portion 61 that detachably engages with an engagement member 59 fixed to the guide member 7 side when the top 23 is fully opened.

The engagement surface 59a of the engagement member 59 has a shape that restricts the engagement rfl- and the initial upward movement when the hook portion 61 slides immediately afterward and when it is forcibly pressed from above. .

The fixing slider 51 is attached to the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7.
The floating slider 53 is connected to the floating slider 53 via a hinge arm 63.

The hinge arm 63 has a downward-facing cross-section,
One end is pivoted to the fixed slider 51 by the bin P5, and the other end is pivoted to the floating slider 53 by the bin P6. teeth,
Clamping pieces 63a and 63a are provided to restrain the left and right movement of the hinge arm 63 by engaging with each other from above the rail portion 13 when the top 23 is fully opened in a substantially horizontal position.

Further, a coil-shaped biasing spring 65 is interposed at the insertion base of the fixing slider 51, and one spring terminal 65
a is locked to the slider 51. The other spring terminal 65b is locked to the hinge arm 63, and the floating slider 53 is always urged upward by the urging spring 65.

The rear movable body 29 has a predetermined width and is formed in the shape of a long strip in the direction of the inside of the vehicle, and is connected to the rail portion 13 via the slider 66.
Can be moved on. Note that the end portion of the canopy 23 that covers the upper surface of the rear movable body 29 and is folded back from the rear edge to the back surface side is fixed to the rear surface of the rear movable body 29. Further, the rear movable body 29 is provided with locking devices 67 on the left and right sides for restraining the movement of the rear movable body 29 when the rear movable body 29 is in the fully open position.

The locking device 67 includes six handle brackets that are slidably attached to the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7, and a movable bracket 7 that is combined with the handle bracket 69 and fixed to the back surface of the rear movable body 29 via a plurality of links 68.
1, and a hook arm 7 that is pivotally supported by a link 68 and removably engages with a locking piece 73 provided on the inner panel 3.
5 and an operating handle 77 for engaging and disengaging the hook arm 75. The hook arm 75 is in a position where it engages with the locking piece 73 by the operating handle 77 when the rear movable body 29 is in the fully open position. is set to .

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 79 indicates a second elevating means that raises and tilts the rear end side of the front movable body 25 when the rear movable body 29 completes its forward movement.

The second elevating means 79 includes a holding lever 83 that is rotatable around a lever shaft 81 embedded in the side surface of the guide member 7, and the push-up part 85 of the holding lever 83 is in the upper position when fully opened as shown in FIG. 1. Arm shaft 33 of second arm 35, 37
It is in a non-active position facing below. And the holding lever 8
When the suppressing part 56 of the slider 51 rides on the lever part 83a of the lever 3, the arm shaft 3 of the first and second arms 35 and 37
It functions to push 3 upward.

Note that 87 indicates a cover plate that is fixed to the rear movable body 29 and projects a predetermined amount forward. The cover plate 87 is used to hide the functional parts supporting the top 23 from being seen from inside the vehicle when the top 23 completes folding movement in front or behind the roof opening 9.

In the hood type sunroof device configured as described above, assembly is completed by inserting the fitting recess 50a of the hood aggregate 50 into the fitting convex portion 51a, 5.3a of each slider 51, 53.

The work at this time is to connect the fitting protrusions 51a and 53a and the fitting recess 5.
Since it is only necessary to insert 0a, the process can be completed quickly and easily. Moreover, the fitting protrusions 51a and 53a and the fitting recess 50a
As a result, rotation of the canopy aggregate 50 does not occur, and a bonded state in which an arch-like posture is ensured can be obtained. Therefore, the rigidity of the canopy aggregate 50 is ensured when the canopy 23 is fully opened, fully opened, or slid as shown in FIGS. 1 and 13.

In addition, even if errors occur in the installation of the guide member or machining errors or deformation occur in the canopy aggregate 50, the degree of freedom in the installation position due to the fitting allowance ensures that the sliders 51 and 53 in the left and right positions can be fitted without any problems. state will be obtained.

It is also possible to provide the fitting protrusions 51a and 53a on the hood aggregate 50 side and the fitting recess 50a on the slider 51a and 53a side.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, according to the hood type sunroof device of this invention, the hood aggregate and the slider can be fitted without any problems due to the degree of freedom provided by the six fitting allowance areas, even if processing errors or deformation occur. can. Furthermore, due to the fitting convex portion and the fitting concave portion, rotation of the canopy aggregate does not occur, and an arch-like connected state that ensures rigidity can be obtained. In addition, since it is an insertion work, the work can be completed quickly if it is easy, and work efficiency can be improved.
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[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a bright side view of a hood-type sunroof system that implements this invention, Figure 2 is a plan view showing the connected state of each slider for fixed and 7-shift use, and Figure 3 is a side view of the hood frame ( A side view of a part of A, Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of IV/-TV line in Fig. 2, Fig. 5
The figure is a V-V enlarged sectional view of Fig. 12, Fig. 6 is an enlarged vi-via sectional view of Fig. 12, and Fig. 7 is a V-V enlarged sectional view of Fig. 12.
i-VN line enlarged sectional view, Fig. 8 (■-■ of Fig. 12)
9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IX-r in FIG. 12, FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. Figure 12, Figure 13, Figure 14
15 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with a sunroof device, and FIG. 16 is a plan view of the unfolded roof portion. 7... Guide member 9... Roof frontage 23... Canopy 25)... 110 side movable body 27... Support body 50... 44 hand A 30a... Fitting recess 51, 533... ... Slider 51a ・5ζ3a ... Fitting convex part agent Patent attorney Yasu Miyoshi Otoko procedure neho sho (method) July 7, 1988

Claims (1)

[Claims] A flexible hood that is installed in a roof opening and has a guide member and is movable back and forth; a fixed support that supports the hood at a predetermined interval and is slidable along the guide member; and a floating support that is movable up and down. The support body is made up of a hood aggregate that is long in the width direction of the vehicle, and a slider that is connected to both ends of the hood aggregate, and that is fitted into either the hood aggregate or the slider at the joining part. A hood type sunroof device characterized in that a convex portion is provided on the other side, and a fitting recess portion that fits into the fitting convex portion is provided on the other side.