JPH0139364B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sliding roof structure for a vehicle, and more particularly to a mounting structure for a finisher plate in a sliding roof structure for a vehicle equipped with a movable lid made of glass or synthetic resin. .

Conventional sliding roof structures for vehicles of this type include:
For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a movable lid 3 made of glass or synthetic resin is inserted into a roof opening 2 opened at the front of a roof panel 1, and the roof panel 1 A lid storage part 5 is formed between the frame 4 disposed at the lower part of the frame 4, and guide rails 6 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body are installed on both left and right sides of the frame 4, and a support mechanism is attached to the guide rails 6. There is a vehicle in which the movable lid 3 is slidably supported via the lid 7, and the movable lid 3 is slid toward the rear of the vehicle body and stored in the lid storage section 5. Furthermore, the second
In the figure, 10 is a drive wire that drives the movable lid 3, 11 is a drive motor that moves the drive wire 10 forward and backward, and 12 is disposed at the lower rear of the movable lid 3, and rainwater is removed from the rear edge of the movable lid 3. It is a rear drain that catches such things.

In this type, since the movable lid 3 is transparent or semi-transparent, there is a frame 4 at the bottom of the movable lid 3 so that the interior of the vehicle is not completely exposed through the movable lid 3 when the movable lid 3 is closed.
A finisher plate 9 is provided to close an indoor opening 8 opened at the front of the vehicle (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application No. 55-58421).

Then, in Figures 3 and 4, the lines in Figure 1 and -
As shown in the line cross section, the finisher plate 9 is larger than the opening 8 of the frame 4, and since it is necessary to fit the slider 13 screwed on both sides to the guide rail 6, the movable lid 3 is installed as shown in FIG. Before installation, the finisher plate 9 was bent and assembled. However, with such an assembly method, it is difficult to assemble when the finisher plate 9 has high rigidity, and if the finisher plate 9 is bent too much, the finisher plate 9 will be permanently deformed and its function as an interior decoration member will deteriorate. I end up. on the other hand,
When the rigidity is low, although assembly becomes easier, there is a drawback that the center portion of the finisher plate 9 sags downward after assembly, resulting in poor quality.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to improve the workability of assembling the finisher plate to the guide rail while ensuring the rigidity of the finisher plate. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention engages the locking pins provided upright on both sides of the finisher plate with the locking holes formed in the base of the slider, so that the slider is not fitted into the guide rail. The finisher plate is slid in sequence through the locking hole, which has a first holding part for temporarily fixing the slider end to the finisher plate, and a second holding part for final attachment, in which the end of the slider protrudes into the guide rail. It is designed so that it can be assembled to the guide rail without bending.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an illustrated embodiment. As schematically shown in FIG. These guide rails 6, 6 allow the finisher plate 9 to slide freely in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. It is slidable from a position where it is placed directly below the lid 3 to block the incident light from the lid 3 to a position where it is slid toward the rear of the vehicle body and released from the shielding state.

Therefore, in the present invention, the finisher plate 9 is directly attached to the channel portion 6 of the guide rails 6, 6.
As shown in FIG. 6, sliders 15, 15, 15, 15 are provided protruding from the front and back of both left and right edges of the finisher plate 9, and the tips 16 of the sliders are connected to the guide rails, respectively, instead of being engaged with the 6, 6 so as to be slidably engaged with the channel portions 6a.

The slider 15 is made of synthetic resin, as shown in FIG. Elastic tongue pieces 1 are attached from both ends.
7 and 17 are provided to protrude toward the center in the width direction, and the elastic tongues 8 and 8 are elastically deformed by an external force in the direction of arrow C, and the tip 16 of the slider 15 is engaged with the guide rails 6 and 6. At this time, the elastic tongues 17, 17 come into pressure contact with the side wall portion 6b of the channel portion 6a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, substantially L-shaped fixing holes 20, 20 are bored in the base of the slider. This locking hole 20 is connected to a locking pin 1 which will be described later.
Large diameter portion 2 through which the large diameter head 14d in 4 can be inserted.
1. Three elastic tongues 22, 23, 2 connected to the large diameter portion 21 and protruding inward from the inner edge of the locking hole 20
4 is a first holding part 25 having a smaller diameter than the large diameter part 21, and a recess 26 and an elastic tongue piece 24 provided on the base 18 side of the locking hole 20 form the first holding part 2.
5 has a second holding portion 27 having substantially the same diameter as that of the second holding portion 27.

On the other hand, the finisher plate 9 is a metal substrate 9a with a pad 9b, a skin 9c, etc. adhered to it, and the bottom side of the substrate 9a is decoratively covered.
Locking pins 14 for fixing the slider 15 described above are provided on both left and right edges of the substrate 9a.

That is, the locking pin 14 has a mounting portion 14b projecting downward from the flange plate 14a fitted onto the base plate 11, thereby connecting the flange plate 14a to the small-diameter neck portion 14c and the large-diameter head portion 14d connected thereto. make it stand out.

Then move the slider 15 to the finisher plate 9.
In order to fix it, the large diameter head 14d of the locking pin 14 protruding from the substrate 11 is inserted into the large diameter part 21 of the end of the locking hole 20 for fixing the slider 15.
The large-diameter head portion 14d is projected upward from the opening 21, and from this state, the small-diameter neck portion 14c of the locking pin 14 is
is introduced into the first holding part 25 which is continuous with the large diameter part 21, and the base part 14c is brought to the position A shown by the dashed dotted line in the figure.
It is held between the three elastic tongues 22, 23, and 24 forming a temporary fixed state.

Furthermore, if the small-diameter neck part 14c is forcibly inserted from the above state to the second holding part 27, which is the inner part of the first holding part 25, and is brought into the position B shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure, the neck part 14c can be moved against the elastic tongue. The slider 15 is elastically supported in the recess 26 by the tip of the piece 24, and the base 18 of the slider is sandwiched between the lower surface of the large-diameter head 14d and the flange plate 14a. It will be fixed to the finisher plate 9.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the slider 15 fixed to the rear side of the finisher plate 9 has an elastic stopper 28 projecting toward the rear of the vehicle body at its tip 16, and the stopper 28 has a curved locking protrusion. 2
As shown in FIG. 6, the guide rail 6 is provided with a sunshade locking portion 6c and a daylight locking portion 6d formed of a channel portion or the like so that the guide rail 8a is removably locked. As clearly shown in the figure and FIG. 9, the locking curved protrusion 28a of the elastic stopper 28 engages with the sunshade locking portion 6c, so that the finisher plate 9 blocks the light incident from the lid 3. held in position.

Next, by operating the slider using the knob 29 shown in Figures 3 and 6 to move the plate 9 in the direction of arrow F in Figure 6, that is, toward the rear of the vehicle body, the finish is moved to the position where the shield is released. plate 9
When moved, the elastic stopper 28, which has come off from the sunshade locking part 6c and comes into sliding contact with the inner surface of the upper side of the guide rail 6, is locked to the daylight locking part 6d.
Lighting through the lid 3 is now ensured.

The present invention, as embodied by the above embodiments,
For sunroof vehicles in which an opening 2 provided in the roof panel 1 can be opened and closed by a translucent lid 3, a pair of guide rails 6, 6 are provided along both left and right sides of the frame on the back side of the roof panel 1. , locking pins 14 are provided on both left and right edges of the finisher plate 9.
a large diameter portion 21 in which the locking pin 14 is inserted into a locking hole 20 for fixing that is formed in the slider 15;
Further, a first holding part 25 for temporary fixing that is continuous with the large diameter part 21 is radiated, and a second holding part 25 is elastically held by the elastic tongue piece 24.
By providing the holding portion 27, the slider 15 is fixed so as to protrude from the finisher plate 9, and the tip portion 16 of the slider is freely engaged with the pair of guide rails 6, 6. Therefore, the slider can be fixed by engaging the locking pin 14 and the fixing locking hole 20 without using screws, etc., so that the assembly work can be performed easily and quickly, and the finisher plate 9 can be bent. Because it can be assembled without any
Assembly is easy, and the finisher plate 9 is not permanently deformed or sagging after assembly, so a high quality finisher plate can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a plan view of the sunroof vehicle, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the sunroof device, Figures 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along lines - and - in Figure 1, respectively.
The figure is a sectional view similar to FIG. 4 showing the procedure for assembling a conventional finisher plate, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the finisher plate of the present invention and the guide rail, and FIGS. FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 6. 1... Roof panel, 2... Opening, 3... Lid, 6... Guide rail, 9... Finisher plate, 14... Locking pin, 14c... Small diameter neck, 14d... Large diameter head, 15...Slider, 2
0... Locking hole, 21... Large diameter portion, 25... First holding part, 27... Second holding part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. For sunroof vehicles in which the opening formed in the roof panel is covered with a transparent or translucent lid and a finisher plate is provided below the lid,
A pair of guide rails are provided below the roof panel along the left and right sides of the vehicle body, and locking pins having a small diameter neck part and a large diameter head part are provided protruding from the left and right sides of the finish plate, and the guide rails are provided with a locking pin having a small diameter neck part and a large diameter head part. A large-diameter portion through which the large-diameter head of the locking pin can be inserted into a locking hole drilled in the slider that slides inside, and a small-diameter portion of the locking pin that is continuous with the large-diameter portion and has a smaller diameter than the large-diameter portion. A state in which a first holding part with which the neck engages and a second holding part located on the base side of the first holding part and having approximately the same diameter as the first holding part are provided, and the locking pin is locked in the first holding part. A sunroof vehicle characterized in that, after the slider is temporarily fixed to the finisher plate, the locking pin is moved to the second holding part so that the slider tip protrudes from the finisher plate and engages in the guide rail. The mounting structure of the finisher plate.