JPH0241926A - Canvas top for car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the interference between a canvas member and a car body by providing a guide means for moving the canvas member outside of the car body and guiding while it is separated from the car body when the canvas member rides a rear header. CONSTITUTION:When a ceiling part is opened, of a moving body 31 is moved in the rear direction of a car body, a link member 35 is moved rearward along a guide rail 11 and a canvas member 4 is gradually folded. When the moving body is further moved rearward, the link member 35 is erected due to the engagement of a pinion and a rack. The canvas member 4 is raised through a front board 29 and situated data position higher than a rear header 7 in the front side of the car body of thereof. The link member 35 is moved to the lower side of a rear window glass 8 along the guide rail 11 according to the successive rearward movement and oscillated. According to the vibration of a link member 52, while the canvas member 4 is separated from the car body 51, the link member 35 is moved to the lower side of the rear window glass 8 and stored. Thus, the interference with the car body can be avoided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to canvas tops for motor vehicles.

(Prior art) The canvas top of the car is made of Utility Model 61-3052
As shown in Publication No. 5, an opening is formed in the roof of the vehicle body,
A flexible canvas member is disposed on the opening so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.1. It is generally known that the rear end of the canvas member is fixed to the rear end of the opening. In this case, by displacing the front end of the canvas member in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the opening is opened and closed by the canvas member.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above canvas top, when the canvas member is opened to bring the opening into an open state, the canvas member is positioned in a group (for example, in a wave shape) at the rear end of the opening. As a result, a portion of the opening was covered with the canvas member, making it impossible to open the entire opening. For this reason, the feeling of freedom for the occupants was not yet sufficient.

Further, when the opening is opened, the canvas members are located in a cluster on the rear end side of the opening, so that the canvas member protrudes above the roof, and the clustering of the canvas members causes an increase in running resistance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to improve the feeling of openness for the occupant and to reduce running resistance based on the canvas member.

(Means and operations for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above object, the first invention provides an opening front end portion formed on the roof of the vehicle body on the front side of the vehicle body relative to the rear header. a canvas member that expands and contracts between the rear end of the opening and opens and closes the opening; and a canvas member that is provided between the canvas member and the vehicle body and that moves the canvas member to the outside of the vehicle body when the canvas member passes over the rear header. A canvas top for an automobile, comprising: guiding means for guiding the canvas top of the vehicle in a spaced state relative to the vehicle body.

With the above-described configuration, when the opening is opened, the canvas member can be positioned below the rear window glass, and the entire opening can be opened. Therefore, the feeling of freedom for the occupants is significantly improved.

Further, when the opening is in an open state, the canvas portion side can be positioned below the rear window glass, and the canvas member can be hidden by the vehicle body when viewed from the front side of the vehicle body.

Therefore, running resistance based on the canvas member can be reduced.

Furthermore, since the canvas member in the closed state and the outer surface of the rear header are connected to the road surface, the guide rail is located below the outer surface of the header, but when moving the canvas member to a position near the bottom of the rear windshield, the rear header Since a guide means for getting over is provided, interference between the canvas member and the vehicle body can be avoided.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the second invention provides an expansion and contraction mechanism between the front end of the opening and the rear end of the opening, on the opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body on the front side of the vehicle body rather than the rear header. a canvas member for opening and closing the opening; and a canvas member provided between the canvas member and the vehicle body, between the roof position and the lower side of the rear windshield.
a guide means for guiding the canvas member in a spaced state relative to the vehicle body; the guide means includes a guide rail provided on a side of the vehicle body; and one end supported by the guide rail so as to be able to be guided. a link member whose other end is connected to the canvas member;
A link raising means provided on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to the rear header and causing the link member to stand up centering on one end portion of the link member when linked with the link member. It has a canvas top.

With the above-mentioned structure, the same effect as in the case of the first invention is naturally produced, and furthermore, the link member is erected in advance by the link erecting means on the front side of the vehicle body than the rear header, and the canvas member is erected in advance. can be reliably positioned above the rear header. For this reason,
When moving, the canvas member can reliably get over the rear header without interference.

(Margin below) (Example) Examples will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 11, l is a canvas top car, and a rectangular opening 3 is formed in the roof 2 of the canvas top car l, and the opening 3 is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is designed to be opened and closed by a canvas member 4.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the roof 2 is provided with a flange portion 5 at the peripheral edge of the opening 3, of which the flange portions 5a and 5b on both sides in the vehicle width direction are
It extends from the front header 6 at the front end of the opening 3 to the rear window glass 8 side across the rear header 7 at the rear end of the opening 3, and extends downward along the side edge of the rear window glass 8 on the rear window glass 8 side. It extends outward in the vehicle width direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, guide rails 9a and 9b are installed on both the flanges 5a and 5b, respectively. These guide rails 9a, 9b extend parallel to each other from the front end of the opening 3 to the middle of the rear end of the opening 3, and the guide grooves 10a, 10b of each guide rail 9a, 9b are arranged in a direction corresponding to the width of the vehicle as shown in FIG. It opens inward.

As shown in FIG. 3, guide rails lla and flb are provided on both flange portions 5a and 5b, respectively, on the outer side in the vehicle width direction than the guide rails 9a and 9b. Both guide rails 11a and llb are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it extends from the front end of the opening 3 across the rear header 7 to the lower position of the rear windshield 8.
On the side of the rear windshield 8 on the rear side of the vehicle body relative to the rear header 7, in order to follow the side edge of the rear windshield 8, the guide rails 11a and 11b are spaced apart from each other as they move downward, i.e. , extending in a V-shape. These guide rails 11a, 11
b, as shown in FIG. 6, two upper and lower guide grooves 13 and 14 are formed by the partition wall portion 12 over the entire length;
Each guide groove 13, 14 opens outward in the vehicle width direction. A notch 16 is formed in the upper wall portion 15 of each guide rail lla, llb. This notch 16 is located on the rear end side of the opening 3 on the front side of the vehicle body relative to the rear header 7, and a guide inclined plate 17 extending upwardly toward the rear side of the vehicle body faces the notch 16 and is part of the partition wall. 12 and the upper wall portion 15.

Furthermore, a rack 18 is provided on both flange portions 5a and 5b, as shown in FIG. This rack 18 is provided approximately adjacent to the notch 16 position of the guide rails 11a, 11b on the outer side in the vehicle width direction than the guide rails lla, llb.

On the roof 2, as shown in FIG.
, 5b is placed astride the board member 19.

This board member 19 is provided between the rear ends of the guide rails 9a, 9a and the rear end of the opening 3, and on this board member 19, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, a pair of Guide rails 20a, 20b are provided. Of these, the guide rail 20a is arranged so as to be continuous with the guide rail 9a, and the guide rail 20b is arranged so as to be continuous with the guide rail 9b. .21b is open inward in the vehicle width direction like the guide rails 9a and 9b. This board member 19 is connected to a pair of link members 52a and 52b which will be described later, and the board member 19 cannot be displaced on the roof 2.

When the opening 3 is closed, the canvas member 4 as shown in FIG.
It is arranged on the roof 2 as shown in FIG. 3 (only the frame is shown in FIG. 3). As is known, the canvas member 4 includes a leather top assembly 22, a sealing leather assembly 23 attached to the inside of the leather top assembly 22, and a sealing leather assembly 23, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 8. Multiple bones 24 attached
28, a front hard board 29 attached to the front end side of the leather top assembly 22, and a rear hard port 30 attached to the rear end side of the leather top assembly 22.
(The leather top assembly 22 and the sealing leather 23 are not shown in FIG. 3.)

This canvas member 4 has its rear hard port 30 attached to the rear end of the board member 19, and the front hard board 29 is attached to both guide rails lla, llb.
It is placed across the top of the. Both ends of the bones 25 and 27 of the canvas member 4 are connected to the guide rails 9a, 9b,
Guide grooves 10a, 10b, 21a, 21 of 20a, 20b
b, and both ends of the bones 24, 26, 28 are disposed astride the guide rails 9a, 9b, 20a, 20b. Therefore, the canvas member 4 is
Displace the front hard board 29 toward the rear of the vehicle.
If this is done, it will become wavy and shrink as shown in FIG. 4 and rest on the board member 19, and a portion of the opening 3 will be opened as in the conventional case. Furthermore, if the front hard board 29 is moved forward to the front of the vehicle body and positioned as shown in FIG. 3, the canvas member 4 will stretch and the opening 3 will
It will be closed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.

Each of the guide rails lla and llb has the markings shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, movable bodies 31 having a U-shaped cross section are each held movably. A pair of guide pins 32 are protruded from the inner side surface of the movable body 31, and the pair of guide pins 32 are connected to the guide rail l as shown in FIG.
It is movably fitted into the lower guide groove 14 of la and llb. Cables 33 and 34 of a drive unit (not shown) are connected to this movable body 31, and the movable body 31 is moved to the cable 33 by the driving force of the drive unit.
．． The guide rails 11a and llb can be displaced via the guide rails 34.

As shown in FIG. 6, link members 35a and 35b are each swingably supported at one end of each of the movable bodies 31. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
．． 37, and a connecting portion 38 that connects both link portions 36 and 37.
It consists of A pin 39 is provided protruding from the inner surface of the link portion 36, and the pin 39 is located closer to one end of the link portion 36 than the connecting portion 38 is.

Further, the link portion 36 is provided with a protrusion 40 that protrudes in the width direction between one end thereof and the pin 39, and a guide roller 51 is supported on the inner side of the protrusion 40. One end of the link portion 36 and the moving body 31
The link portion 36 is attached to the support bin 42 so as not to be relatively rotatable, and the movable body 31 is attached to the support bin 42 so as to be relatively rotatable. A pinion 43 is also attached to the support bin 42 so as to be non-rotatable relative to each other, and the pinion 43 is positioned outside the link portion 36 . One end of the link portion 37 and the moving body 31 are supported in the same way as in the above case by a support pin (not shown), and a spring 44 is attached to the support pin.
．． The link members 35a and 35b are biased in the direction of standing up with respect to the movable body 31. link member 35a,
The pin 39 of 35b is connected to the guide rails 11a, 1
On the vehicle body front side of the notch 16 of 1b, the guide rails 1a and 1b are fitted into guide grooves 13 on the upper side of the guide rails 1a and 1b so as to be movable.

When the pin 31 faces the notch 16 due to the movement of the movable body 31, the pinion 43 meshes with the rack 18. Therefore, when the movable body 31 moves further toward the rear of the vehicle from this state, the link member 35 swings in the upright direction due to the meshing relationship between the rack 18 and the pinion 43 and the biasing force of the spring 44. Become. Conversely, when the link member 35 is in the upright state,
When the movable body 31 is moved toward the front of the vehicle body, it falls down against the biasing force of the spring 44 due to the meshing relationship between the rack 18 and the pinion 43, and the pin 39 fits into the guide groove 13 through the notch 16. Become.

The other ends of the link members 35a, 35b are supported by the front hardboard 29 via a mounting bracket 45 and a support plate 46, as shown in FIG.

The mounting bracket 45 is connected to the link member 35 via a pin 47.
A and 35b are held at the other ends, and a support plate 46 is fixed to the mounting bracket 45 by bolts 48. The support plate 46 extends inward in the vehicle width direction, and has a pin 49 projecting upward at its tip. A sliding hole 50 is formed in the front hard board 29 to correspond to the pin 49, and the sliding hole 50 extends in the vehicle width direction as shown in FIG.

The pin 49 is fitted into this sliding hole 50, and as a result, the front hard board 29
It is possible to move in the width direction of the vehicle. Further, the pin 49 is provided with a head 49a, and this head 49
From a, the front hard board 29 is prevented from coming off the pin 49.

The board member 19 and the vehicle body 51 are connected via a pair of link members 52a and 52b, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 9. The link members 5'2a, 52b are longer than the link members 35a, 35b, and on the rear side of the vehicle body than the rear header 7, the guide rail l
It extends along la and llb. This link member 5
One ends of the guide rails 2a and 52b are swingably supported by the vehicle body 51 at the rear end sides of the guide rails lla and flb,
The direction of the rocking axis is the vehicle width direction.

On the other hand, the other end portions of the link members 52a and 52b are rotatably supported by the rear end portion of the board member 19.

A garnish member 53 is attached to the pair of link members 52a and 52b, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 1O. The garnish member 53 consists of a pair of gutter-shaped covering parts 54a and 54b, and a connecting part 55 that connects the two gutter-like covering parts 54a and 54b. The cover portion 54b extends along the link member 52b, and the cover portion 54b is attached to the link member 52b via a support 56 from the outside of the vehicle body. When the link member 52b is lying down on the vehicle body 51 side, the cover portion 54b is closed to the board member 19.
When the cover portion 54a is located on the roof 2, it comes into contact with the vehicle body 51 and covers the link member 52b and the guide rail Ilb, as shown in FIG.
is attached to the link member 52a via a support, and when the board member 19 is positioned on the roof 2, the cover portion 54a comes to cover the link member 52a and the guide rail lla. . When the pair of link members 52a, 52b swing, the garnish members 54a, 54b also swing integrally.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, when the movable body 31 is moved to the rear of the vehicle body via the cables 33 and 34 by the drive unit (the illustrated path), the link members 35a and 35b are guided by the guide rails lla and 11b and are moved to the rear of the vehicle body. , and the front hard board 29 also moves to the rear of the vehicle body. Therefore, the canvas member 4 is gradually contracted, and both ends of the bones 25 and 27 are connected to the guide grooves 20a and 20b of the guide rails 20a and 20b on the port member 19.
a, 21b, and the bones 24, 26, 28 move above the guide rails 20a, 20b (see FIG. 4). As a result, the opening 3 is partially opened as in the conventional case.

When the movable body 31 is further moved to the rear of the vehicle body in this state, the pins 39 of the link members 35a and 35b face the notch 16 as shown in FIG.
8, the link members 35a and 35b stand up as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. , the upright state of the link members 35a, 35b is the same as that of the guide roller 41 and the guide rails 11a, ll.
b It is held by the abutting relationship with the upper wall portion 15. As a result, the canvas member 4 as shown in FIG.
is connected to the link member 35a via the front hard board 29.
, 35b, and the board member 19 is lifted via the bones 25, 27 of the canvas member 4, and the lean members 35a, 35b are also erected as the board member 19 moves. As a result,
The canvas member 4 is located at a higher position than the rear header 7 on the front side of the vehicle body.

In this state, the moving body 31 is further moved to the guide rails 1a, l.
When the link member 3 is moved toward the rear of the vehicle according to lb.
5a and 35b are the guide rails 11a and 11 in the above state.
According to b, the link members 35a and 35b move to the lower side of the rear window glass 8, and accordingly, the link members 35a and 35b
In Fig. 11, it swings clockwise and gradually falls down. For this reason, the canvas member 4 and the board member 19 are moved to a position below the rear window glass 8, and during this time, the canvas member 4 remains spaced apart from the vehicle body 51, as shown in FIG. It will be maintained in a substantially horizontal state.

Therefore, in the embodiment described above, when the opening 3 on the roof 2 is opened, the canvas member 4 is not positioned at the rear end of the opening 3, but the canvas member 4 is moved toward the rear window glass 8 as shown in FIG. Since it is moved to the lower position, all the openings 3 on the roof 2 can be opened, and the feeling of openness for the occupant can be improved.

Furthermore, since the canvas member 4 can be positioned on the rear window glass 8 side when the opening 3 is open, the canvas member 4 can be hidden in the vehicle body 51 when viewed from the front side of the vehicle body, which reduces running resistance. Become.

Furthermore, when moving the canvas member 4 to the position below the rear windshield 8, the canvas member 4 is separated from the vehicle body 51, so the vehicle body 51 and the canvas member 4 (sealing leather assembly 23) come into contact with each other ( interference) can be prevented. At the same time, the canvas member 4 can easily ride over the rear header 7, and there is no need to lower the rear header 7 toward the interior of the vehicle to avoid interference with the rear header 7. Therefore, the head clearance of the rear seat occupant does not become small.

Moreover, in this case, two link members 35a and 52a (3
5b, 52b) and the guide rails 1la (llb), the canvas member 4 can be moved while being maintained substantially horizontally as shown in FIG. is held, and when the canvas member 4 is returned to the roof 2 position to close the opening 3 again, the opening 3 can be immediately closed. For this reason,
This means that the opening 3 can be opened and closed quickly and smoothly as a whole.

Furthermore, since the link members 35a and 35b are reliably erected using the rack 18 and the pinion 43 on the front side of the vehicle body than the rear header 7, and the canvas member 4 is positioned above the rear header 7, the canvas member 4
This means that the driver can reliably cross over the rear header 77 without interference.

Further, due to the shape of the rear window glass 8, the guide rails lla and llb are directed outward in the vehicle width direction as they move downward on the rear window glass 8 side. The link member is movable in the vehicle width direction relative to the pin 47 of the link member.

35a and 35b can move between the roof 2 position and the lower position of the rear window glass 8 according to the guide rails lla and llb, and the canvas member 4 can be moved between the roof 2 position and the lower position of the rear window glass 8. This means that even if the guide rails 11a and llb are arranged as described above, the movement can be performed reliably.

As a result, at the lower position of the rear window glass 8, the support rigidity of the canvas member 4 can be increased by effectively utilizing the expanded distance between the guide rails lla and flb.

Furthermore, since the canvas member 4 is moved between the roof position and the lower side position of the rear window glass 8 by placing the canvas member 4 on the board member 19, the flexible canvas member 4 must be disassembled during the movement. Therefore, the canvas member 4 can be smoothly moved between the roof position and the position below the rear window glass 8.

Further, when the board member 19 is located on the roof 2, that is, when the opening 3 on the roof 2 is closed or a part of the opening 3 is open, the board member 19 is interlocked with the link members 52a and 52b. The garnish member 53 connects the guide rails 11a and llb with the link members 52a and 52b.
It will cover up. For this reason, the guide rail 11
It is possible to prevent the wind flow from being caught in the guide grooves 13 and 14 of a and flb, and also to prevent corrosion due to water intrusion, and also to improve the appearance.

(The following is a blank space) (Effects of the invention) As described above, in the first and second inventions, it is possible to improve the feeling of freedom for the occupant and to reduce the running resistance based on the canvas member, Moreover, interference between the canvas member and the vehicle body can be avoided when riding over the rear header.

Further, in the second aspect of the invention, when moving the canvas member, the canvas member can be reliably positioned above the rear header by the link upright means in advance on the front side of the vehicle body than the rear header. This allows the canvas member to reliably cross over the rear header without causing the canvas member to interfere with the rear header.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the canvas top vehicle according to the embodiment with the opening on the roof closed; FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the canvas top vehicle according to the embodiment with the opening on the roof open; Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a canvas top vehicle according to the embodiment, Fig. 4 is a simplified vertical sectional view of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the v-v line of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a guide. A front view showing the relationship between the rail and the link member, Figure 7 is a diagram showing the attachment relationship between the link member and the front hardboard, Figure 8 is an explanatory diagram explaining the canvas member, and Figure 9 is a pair of guide rails. Figure 10 is an enlarged perspective view showing the relationship between the link member, garnish member, and board member, Figure 10 is a sectional view taken along the line x-X of Figure 9, Figure 11 is the canvas member from the roof position to the lower position of the rear window glass 8. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a movement locus of a board member. 2: Roof 3: Opening 4: Canvas members 11a, 35a, 7: Rear header 11b Guide rail 35b: Link member 18 Neck 43: Pinion

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A canvas member that expands and contracts between the front end of the opening and the rear end of the opening to open and close the opening over an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body on the front side of the vehicle body relative to the rear header, and the canvas member An automobile characterized in that it is provided with a guide means provided between the vehicle body and for moving the canvas member to the outside of the vehicle body and guiding the canvas member in a spaced state relative to the vehicle body when the canvas member passes over a rear header. canvas top. (2) a canvas member that expands and contracts between a front end of the opening and a rear end of the opening to open and close the opening over an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle on the front side of the vehicle than the rear header; Provided between the vehicle body and between the roof position and the rear window glass lower position,
a guide means for guiding the canvas member in a spaced state relative to the vehicle body; the guide means includes a guide rail provided on a side of the vehicle body; and one end supported by the guide rail so as to be able to be guided. a link member whose other end is connected to the canvas member;
A link raising means provided on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to the rear header and causing the link member to stand up centering on one end portion of the link member when linked with the link member. Canvas top.