JPH0137925Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a roof window of a vehicle such as a vehicle, and in particular,
At the engagement part between the drive shoe that drives the cover member that is slidably provided on the guide rail on the outer surface of the roof and the connecting member that is provided on the cover member and is engaged with the drive shoe, there is a This invention relates to an improvement in the structure to provide play in the width direction.

For example, in the roof window of a vehicle, a window opening is formed in the roof, guide rails are provided on both sides of the window opening on the outer surface of the roof, and a sliding cover member is provided on the guide rail to open and close the window opening. A driving shoe is provided on both sides of the part with drive rails that slidably include a driving shoe, and a cover member is provided with a connecting member that engages with the driving shoe, and by driving the driving shoe, the cover member slides via the connecting member. There is something that lets you do it. By the way, in the above-mentioned roof window, if there is no play in the vertical direction and in the width direction of the cover member at the engagement portion between the drive shoe and the connecting member, the machining accuracy and assembly accuracy of the components of the roof window will be affected. As a result, sliding of the cover member relative to the guide rail and sliding of the drive shoe relative to the drive rail may not be carried out well, resulting in twisting, etc., and this also raises the risk of rainwater intrusion. Therefore, in the past, various proposals have been made to provide play in the engagement portion between the drive shoe and the connecting member, but the reality is that none of them have been fully satisfactory.

The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and its characteristics are that a window opening is formed in the roof, guide rails are provided on both sides of the window opening on the outer surface of the roof, and the guide rail is provided with a window opening on the outside of the roof. A cover member that opens and closes the opening is slidably provided, drive rails are provided on both sides of the window opening that are slidably provided with a drive shoe, the cover member is provided with a connecting member that engages with the drive shoe, and the drive shoe is provided with a connecting member that engages with the drive shoe. In the roof window of a vehicle in which the cover member is slid through the connecting member by driving the drive shoe, an engaging hole that opens inward and into which the connecting member is inserted and engaged is formed in the drive shoe. At both end sides in the sliding direction of the cover member in the mating hole, a groove is formed that engages with the connecting member in the sliding direction of the cover member and comes into contact with a protrusion formed on the connecting member so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the protruding portion of the connecting member. A pair of mounting members each having a stepped portion to prevent detachment is provided, and vertical play is provided between the connecting member and the upper and lower inner surfaces of the engagement hole, and the protruding portion of the connecting member and the stepped portion of each mounting member are provided. The point is that play in the width direction of the cover member is formed between the cover member and the cover member.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a roof window of a vehicle will be described based on the drawings. Section 2 is formed. On the front side and both sides of the window opening 2 on the outer surface of the roof 1, groove-shaped guide rails 3 that open rearward or inward are arranged in a U-shape. Guide rail 3 is roof 1
The guide rail 3 is fixed by a bolt/nut 5 via a spacer 4, and a flocked weather strip 6 is installed inside the guide rail 3 as a sliding material. Reference numeral 7 denotes an outer slide type cover member for opening and closing the window opening 2, and the cover member 7 is provided so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions on the guide rail 3 by inserting both sides into the weather strip 6 inside the guide rail 3. . A sealing material 8 that contacts the cover member 7 is fitted onto the opening edge of the window opening 2, and a gutter portion 9 is formed on the outer side of the sealing material 8 of the roof 1. A reinforcement 10 is fixed to the lower side of the roof 1 around the window opening 2, and the reinforcement 10 has a vertical wall portion 11 around the window opening 2. Reference numeral 12 denotes a pair of left and right drive rails, which are disposed below both sides of the opening edge of the window opening 2 and are detachably attached to the vertical wall portion 11 with bolts 13. Drive rail 12
A guide groove 14 that opens upward is formed in the upper part in the front-rear direction. A driving shoe 15 slides the cover member 7 in the front-back direction, and is provided on each drive rail 12 so as to be slidable in the front-back direction.
The drive shoe 15 slides on the upper surface of the drive rail 12, and from the drive shoe 15, the drive rail 12
A holding part 16 that slides in the guide groove 14 is provided below, and a flexible cable 18 that interlocks with a drive device 17 is fixed to the holding part 16, so that the drive shoe 15 slides back and forth when driven by the drive device 17. move. The drive device 17 is arranged in front of the window opening 2 on the lower surface of the roof 1. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the drive shoe 15 is formed with an engagement hole 19 that penetrates in the lateral direction, and the engagement hole 19 has a narrow width in the front and back direction on the inner side. a wide portion 20 and a wide portion 2 that is wider in the front-rear direction than the narrow portion 20 on the outer side
1, and the depth of the wide portion 21 is greater than the depth of the narrow portion 20. Lateral insertion grooves 22 are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of both ends of the wide portion 21 in the front-rear direction. Reference numeral 23 denotes a pair of upright plate-shaped mounting members, which are inserted into the front and rear ends of the engagement hole 19, and whose upper and lower ends are fitted into the insertion groove 22 and welded to the drive shoe 15. The mounting member 23 has a shape that follows the front and rear inner surfaces of the engagement hole 19, and has a fitting portion 24 that fits into the insertion groove 22 of the wide portion 21 on the outer side.
and a projecting piece 2 located inside the narrow part 20 on the inner side.
5 are connected by a stepped portion 26. Reference numeral 27 denotes a bent plate-shaped connecting member that is detachably attached to the lower surface of both sides of the cover member 7 with bolts and nuts 28, and the outer side thereof is connected to the engagement hole 19 of the drive shoe 15.
inserted into and engaged with. The outer end of the connecting member 27 is connected to both mounting members 23 at the wide portion 21 of the engagement hole 19.
A pair of protrusions 29 are formed on the outer end of the fitting portions 24 and protrude in the front-rear direction. When engaged, the drive shoe 15 slides the cover member 7 in the front-rear direction via the connecting member 27. Further, the width of the outer end of the connecting member 27 is equal to the width of the narrow portion 20 of the engagement hole 19.
is narrower than the width in the front-rear direction of the projection part 2, but is larger than the distance between the stepped parts 26 of both the mounting members 23, and
9 and the stepped portion 26, which can come into contact with and separate from each other,
The connecting member 27 is prevented from disengaging inwardly from the engagement hole 19 of the drive shoe 15. In addition, connecting member 2
There is play in the vertical direction between 7 and the upper and lower inner surfaces of the engagement hole 19, and play in the width direction of the cover member 7 between the protrusion 29 of the connecting member 27 and the stepped part 26 of the mounting member 23. are formed respectively. Note that when inserting and engaging the connecting member 27 into the engaging hole 19 of the drive shoe 15, first insert the connecting member 27 from the narrow portion 20 into the engaging hole 19 that is not provided in the mounting member 23.
The outer side of the drive shoe 15 with the protruding part 29 is inserted through the wide part 21 to the outside of the drive shoe 15, and then the gap between each protruding part 29 and the opening edge of the wide part 21 is Then, each mounting member 23 is inserted and welded.

Although the present invention is applied to the roof window of a vehicle in the embodiment, the present invention can also be applied to the roof window of other vehicles.

As described in detail above, the present invention has a structure in which the drive shoe is formed with an engagement hole into which the connection member is inserted and engaged, and the connection member is prevented from coming off from the engagement hole. By providing a mounting member having a stepped portion that comes into contact with a protrusion formed on the connecting member so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the connecting member, the connecting member can have play in the vertical direction and in the width direction of the cover member with respect to the drive shoe. The amount of movement of the cover member in the width direction is regulated by the contact between the protruding part and the stepped part, so that the cover member does not shift to one side more than necessary, and the cover member can be smoothly moved. This ensures proper operation. Also, compared to a structure in which the connecting member and the drive shoe are connected by a connecting pin, there is no need to form an insertion hole in the connecting member or the drive shoe for the insertion of the connecting pin, resulting in an extremely simple structure, Deterioration of the strength of the shoe can be prevented. Therefore, by forming the connecting member into a thin plate shape, a sufficiently large play in the vertical direction can be taken without increasing the size of the parts. Furthermore, since both mounting members are provided to engage with each other in the sliding direction of the connecting member and the cover member,
Even when the drive shoe is reinforced by both attachment members and the size of the engagement hole is made larger than the size of the drive shoe, sufficient strength of the drive shoe can be ensured.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the roof, and Fig. 3 is A of Fig. 2.
- A sectional view taken along the line A; Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the main parts;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line B--B in FIG. 3. 1... Roof, 2... Window opening, 3, 12... Guide/drive rail, 7... Cover member, 15...
Drive shoe, 19...Engagement hole, 23...Mounting member, 27...Connecting member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A window opening is formed in the roof, guide rails are provided on both sides of the window opening on the outer surface of the roof, cover members for opening and closing the window opening are slidably provided on the guide rails, and driving shoes are provided on both sides of the window opening. In a roof window for a vehicle, the roof window is provided with a slidably provided drive rail, the cover member is provided with a connecting member that engages with the driving shoe, and the cover member is slid through the connecting member by driving the drive shoe, An engagement hole that opens inward and into which the coupling member is inserted and engaged is formed in the drive shoe, and a coupling hole is formed on both end sides of the engagement hole in the sliding direction of the cover member to engage with the coupling member in the sliding direction of the cover member. and a pair of mounting members each having a stepped portion that comes into contact with a protrusion formed on the connecting member so as to be able to move toward and away from the connecting member to prevent the connecting member from coming off from the engaging hole. There is play in the vertical direction between the inner surface of the side, and
A roof window for a vehicle, characterized in that play in the width direction of the cover member is formed between the protruding part of the connecting member and the stepped part of each mounting member.