JPH0139220Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to a sliding roof device for a vehicle.

As is well known, in a sunroof device that has an opening in the fixed roof of a vehicle such as an automobile and a movable roof that can be opened and closed, leakage from between the movable roof and the periphery of the opening can occur to the inside of the vehicle during rainy weather. A rain gutter must be provided below the periphery of the opening to catch rainwater, etc.

However, if the sunroof device is a sliding roof device that can be moved back and forth in which the movable roof is stored in the lower part of the fixed roof, a guide rail must be provided from the opening to the sliding roof storage section behind it. The rain gutter below the trailing edge must have a structure that straddles the rail, and if such a rain gutter is fixedly installed, it will get in the way of the movement of the sliding roof, so the rain gutter should be constructed so that it can move together with the sliding roof. ing.

As conventional techniques for sliding roof devices having such movable rain gutters, those described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 13218/1982 and Japanese Utility Model Application No. 164824/1988 are known.

However, in the device described in JP-A-52-13218, the rear part of the rear elevating device for tilting up the movable roof and the movable rain gutter are connected by a link mechanism, so when the movable roof is tilted up, the front part of the link is The amount of upward movement of the rain gutter is large, and there is a risk that the rain gutter will not only move upward, but also move forward, causing premature wear of the sliding portion of the rain gutter. Further, since the link mechanism is provided inside the rail, when the link mechanism is tilted up, it essentially narrows the opening and is visible from the inside of the vehicle, which is unfavorable in terms of appearance.

Furthermore, the system described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 56-164824 also has the problem of narrowing the actual opening as described above because the roof support panel and the rain gutter are connected on the inside of the left and right guide rails in the left and right direction. There is.

In all of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the gutter must be connected and assembled from the inside of the guide rail, resulting in poor assembly and maintenance workability.

Therefore, the present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a sliding roof device for vehicles that has a simple structure, does not substantially narrow the opening when connecting movable rain gutters, and has good assembly workability. The purpose is to provide. Therefore, its features include a sliding roof frame that is attached to the fixed roof opening of the vehicle from inside the vehicle, rails that are provided along the front and back direction on both left and right sides of the top surface of the frame, and The front and rear sliding means are slidably fitted together, and the front sliding means is provided with a front elevating device, and the rear sliding device is provided with a rear elevating device so as to be movable back and forth and tiltable. and a support plate provided in the slide roof device which constitutes an integral assembly, and in which a slide roof fitted into an opening of the vehicle is fixed to the support plate from outside of the vehicle, the support plate A rain gutter located behind the rear edge of the opening and below the rear edge of the opening when the sliding roof closes the opening is provided to be slidable back and forth on the rail, and both ends of the rain gutter and a support plate in front of the rear lifting device are provided. Support shafts are provided at both ends of the rail and project outward from the rail to the left and right, and the support shafts are rotatably connected by a connecting rod.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an opening 2 is provided in a fixed roof 1 of a passenger car shown as an example of a vehicle,
A sliding roof frame 3 is attached to the lower surface of the fixed roof 1 around the opening 2 from the inside of the vehicle.

This sliding roof frame 3 has a slightly smaller opening 4 facing the fixed roof opening 2. A covering part 5 covering the lower surface of the fixed roof 1 is formed at the rear of the frame opening 4, and a space between the covering part 5 and the fixed roof 1 is a sliding roof storage part 6. A fixed rain gutter 7 is formed at the peripheral edge of the sliding roof frame 3.

Guide rails 8, 8 are provided on both left and right sides of the upper surface of the slide roof frame 3, extending from both left and right sides of the frame opening 4 to the covering portion 5 in the front-rear direction.

A pair of front and rear sliding means 9 and 10 are fitted into each guide rail 8 so as to be slidable in the front and rear direction. A sliding roof support plate 13 is connected to the front sliding means 9 through a front lifting device 11 and to the rear sliding means 10 through a rear lifting device 12.

In this way, the guide rail 8 is attached to the top surface of the sliding roof frame 3 before it is attached to the bottom surface of the fixed roof 1.
The sliding means 9, 10, the lifting devices 11, 12, the support plate 13, etc. are integrated into an assembly 14. After this assembly 14 is attached to the lower surface of the fixed roof 1, the sliding roof 15, which is removably fitted into the fixed roof opening 2 from the outside of the vehicle, is fixed to the support plate 13 of the assembly 14. A lip seal 16 is fitted and fixed to the periphery of the sliding roof 15 and comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixed roof opening 2.

To explain the elevating devices 11 and 12 in detail with reference to FIG. 3, the front elevating device 11 has cam plates 17 fixed to both left and right sides of the front part of the support plate 13, and the cam grooves 18 of the cam plate 17. A pin 19 of the front sliding means 9 is slidably engaged with the front sliding means 9.
The rear lifting device 12 also has a cam plate 20 fixed to both left and right sides of the rear part of the support plate 13, and a pin 23 of a link 22 is slidably engaged with a cam groove 21 of the cam plate 20. It is pivotally connected to the rear sliding means 10 so as to be swingable.

A push-pull cable 24 is connected to each of the sliding means 9, 10 and is moved by a drive means (not shown).

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a movable rain gutter 25 is integrally incorporated into the assembly 14. This rain gutter 2
5 is located behind the support plate 13 and below the rear edge of the fixed roof opening 2 when the sliding roof 15 is blocking the fixed roof opening 2 (the state shown in FIG. 2 1 and FIG. 3 1). It is located so as to straddle the pair of left and right guide rails 8. This rain gutter 25 has a U-shaped cross section that is open upward, and both left and right ends are also open, and the rain water in the rain gutter 25 is configured to flow from both ends to the fixed rain gutter 7 of the frame 3.

A bracket 26 is provided at both ends of the rain gutter 25, and a slider 27 is provided on the bracket 26. This slider 27 is slidably fitted into the guide rail 8. Furthermore, a support shaft 28 projecting laterally outward from the guide rail 8 is fixed to the bracket 26, and a connecting rod 29 is rotatably connected to the support shaft 28. On the other hand, brackets 30 are also provided on both left and right sides of the support plate 13.
The bracket 30 is also provided with a support shaft 31 projecting outward from the guide rail 8 to the left and right, and the front end of the connecting rod 29 is rotatably connected to the support shaft 31. The bracket 30 on the side of the support plate 13 is provided at a position further forward than the rear lifting device 12.

The operation of the sliding roof device having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. First, from the closed state shown in FIGS. 2 1 and 3, the push-pull cable 24 is moved forward ( By moving the front and rear sliding means 9 to the left side),
10 moves together and moves forward. The link 22 is erected by the forward movement of the rear sliding means 10, and the link pin 23 slides in the cam groove 21, so that the rear part of the slide roof 15 is greatly lifted upwards, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The state will be tilted up as shown below. At this time, the front sliding means 9
As the slide roof 15 moves forward, the pin 19 slides on the cam groove 18 and raises the front end of the slide roof 15 a little to prevent it from falling as it moves backward, and the front edge of the slide roof 15 and the fixed roof opening 2 to maintain the same level as the leading edge.

During this tilt-up, the front end of the connecting rod 29 that connects the movable rain gutter 25 also rises, but since the front end of the connecting rod 29 is located in front of the rear lifting device 12, the amount of rise is small, and the connecting rod 29 Since the rain gutter 29 is longer than that of the conventional example described above, the amount of movement of the rain gutter 25 is extremely small, and there is no risk of the slider 27 being worn out. Therefore, it is desirable that the front end pivot portion of the connecting rod 29 be located as forward as possible.

In addition, since the connecting rods 29 are located outside the left and right sides of the guide rail 8, the actual opening in the left and right width direction is not narrowed in the tilted-up state, and the connecting rods 29 are difficult to see from inside the vehicle. .

Next, when the push-pull cable 24 is moved backward from the tilt-up state, each sliding means 9, 10 is also moved backward and returned to the original closed state.
Furthermore, each sliding means 9, 10 is connected by the cable 24.
When the is moved backward, the front/rear lifting device 11, 12
The sliding roof 15 is lowered through the slider 15 to the state shown in FIG. 3. Even during this movement, the rain gutter 25 does not move at all for the reasons mentioned above. By further moving the cable 24 backward,
The sliding means 9, 10 and the lifting devices 11, 12 integrally move rearward to store the sliding roof 15 in the storage portion 6 (the state shown in FIG. 2 and 3). During this storage movement, the rain gutter 25 also moves together.

The above is an explanation of the operation, but according to the embodiment of the present invention, the movable rain gutter 25 is integrated into the assembly 14, so the rain gutter can be assembled before being assembled to the vehicle body. Workability is improved. In addition, since the support plate 13 and the rain gutter 25 are connected to each other on both sides, assembly can be performed from the outside, which makes the assembly easier than conventional ones that are installed on the inside.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the specific configurations of the sliding means and the elevating means are arbitrary.

According to the present invention, assembly and maintenance are easy, and the opening is not substantially narrowed, so that it can be put to practical use and has great effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of operation, Fig. 3 is a sectional view for explaining operation, Fig. 4 is a plan view of main parts, and Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view. 1 and 4, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIGS. 1 and 4. 2...Fixed roof opening, 3...Sliding roof frame, 8...Rail, 9, 10...Front/rear sliding means, 11, 12...Front/rear lifting device, 13...
Support plate, 14... Assembly, 15... Sliding roof, 25... Rain gutter, 28... Support shaft, 29...
Connecting rod, 31...support shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A sliding roof frame 3 is attached to a fixed roof opening 2 of the vehicle from inside the vehicle, and a rail 8 is provided along the front and back direction on both left and right sides of the upper surface of the frame, and a slide roof frame 3 is slidably fitted to the rail. Front and rear sliding means 9, 10 are provided so as to be movable back and forth and freely tiltable through a front lifting device 11 on the front sliding means and a rear lifting device 12 on the rear sliding means. and a support plate 13 constitute an integral assembly 14, and a slide roof 15 fitted into an opening from outside of the vehicle is fixed to the support plate of the assembly. A rain gutter 2 located behind the plate 13 and below the rear edge of the opening when the sliding roof 15 closes the opening 2.
5 is provided on the rail 8 so as to be slidable back and forth, and support shafts 28 and 31 protruding outward from the rail to the left and right are provided at both ends of the rain gutter and at both ends of the support plate in front of the rear lifting device 12. A sliding roof device for a vehicle, characterized in that both support shafts are rotatably connected by a connecting rod 29.