JPH0242483Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a wiring/piping device for a movable roof installed on the roof of a vehicle such as an automobile.

(Prior Art) Some vehicles such as automobiles are equipped with a so-called sunroof device on the roof to improve indoor ventilation and lighting. That is, an opening is provided in the fixed roof of the vehicle, and the opening is covered by a movable roof so that it can be opened and closed. Various types of movable roofs are well known, such as those that are removably fitted into an opening, and those that are movable in the front and rear directions.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In recent years, the development of solar cells and the like has progressed, and vehicles in which solar cells are attached to the roofs of vehicles have been devised. However, in vehicles equipped with sunroof devices, it has been difficult to attach solar cells to the movable roof. The reason for this is that since the movable roof is movable, it is difficult to connect wiring and piping from the fixed roof side to the movable roof side.

Therefore, the present invention has been developed to facilitate the wiring and piping of vehicle movable roofs between the fixed roof side and the movable roof side.
The purpose is to provide piping equipment.

(Means for solving the problems) In order to achieve the above objective, the following measures were taken.
That is, the feature of the present invention is that a movable roof that opens and closes an opening provided in a fixed roof of a vehicle is provided so as to be movable rearward by entering below the fixed roof at the rear of the opening; A rain gutter is provided below the rear edge of the movable roof and extends along the entire length of the movable roof in the left and right width direction, and is movable along with the movable roof, and one end of a bendable link is pivotally supported on the rain gutter. The other end of the link is pivotally supported on the fixed roof side, and the link holds bendable wiring and piping from the fixed side to the movable roof side.

(Function) According to the present invention, the rain gutter also moves back and forth as the movable roof moves back and forth, and this movement causes the link to expand and contract. The wiring and piping held by this link also expand and contract.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example 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, and a movable roof frame 3 is attached to the lower surface of the fixed roof 1 around the periphery of the opening 2 from inside the vehicle. has been done.

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

On both left and right sides of the upper surface of this movable roof frame 3,
Guide rails 8, 8 are provided from both left and right sides of the frame opening 4 across 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 movable roof support plate 13 is connected to the front sliding means 9 via a front lifting device 11 and to the rear sliding means 10 via a rear lifting device 12.

In this way, the guide rail 8, sliding means 9, 10, lifting devices 11, 12, support plate 13, etc. are integrally assembled on the upper surface of the movable roof frame 3 before it is attached to the lower surface of the fixed roof 1. It consists of 14. After this assembly 14 is attached to the lower surface of the fixed roof 1, the movable roof 15, which is removably fitted into the fixed roof opening 2 from the outside of the vehicle, is attached to the assembly 14.
is fixed to the support plate 13 of. A lip seal 16 is fitted and fixed to the periphery of the movable 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. 2, 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).

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a movable rain gutter 25 is integrally incorporated into the assembly 14. This movable rain gutter 25 is located behind the support plate 13 and behind the fixed roof opening 2 when the movable roof 15 is blocking the fixed roof opening 2 (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3). It is located below the edge and is provided so as to straddle the pair of left and right guide rails 8. The movable rain gutter 25 has an upwardly open U-shaped cross section, and lip seals 26, 26 are fitted to the front and rear edges thereof. Both left and right ends of the movable rain gutter 25 are open, and the rainwater in the rain gutter 25 is configured to flow from both ends to the fixed rain gutter 7 of the frame 3.

Brackets 27 are attached to both ends of this movable rain gutter 25.
A guide rail 8 is provided on the bracket 27.
A support shaft 28 that protrudes to the left and right outside is fixed,
A connecting rod 29 is rotatably connected to the support shaft 28. On the other hand, brackets 30 are also fixed to both left and right sides of the support plate 13.
0 is also provided with a support shaft 31 projecting outward from the guide rail 8 in the left and right directions, and the front end of the connecting rod 29 is rotatably connected to this 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.

A coil spring 32 is fitted onto the support shaft 31 on the side of the support plate 13, and one end of the spring 32 is engaged with the bracket 30, and the other end is engaged with the connecting rod 29. This spring 32 always urges the rear part of the connecting rod 29 upward.

Therefore, the movable rain gutter 25 is pivotally connected to the rear part of the connecting rod 29 which is urged upward by the spring 32.
is always biased upward. Therefore,
In the opening closed state shown in FIG. 2, the lip seals 26, 26 on both the front and rear edges of the movable rain gutter 25 come into elastic contact with the back surfaces of the movable roof 15 and the fixed roof 1.

Now, a bracket 40 is provided at the rear of the movable rain gutter 25 at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction, protruding rearward.
In addition, a bracket 41 is provided at a position offset in either the left or right direction from the center in the left and right direction of the rear end of the movable roof frame 3, and both brackets 4
0 and 41 are connected by bendable links 42 and 43.

Electrical equipment such as a solar cell (not shown) is mounted on the surface of the movable roof 15, and the electrical equipment and the vehicle body are connected by wiring 44. This wiring 44 is bendable, passes through a through hole 45 made in the center of the support shaft 31, goes rearward along the connecting rod 29, and is provided in the center of the support shaft 28 of the movable rain gutter 25. The wire is routed along the bottom of the movable rain gutter 25 through the through hole 46, and the bracket 40 and link 42 are routed along the bottom of the movable rain gutter 25.
It passes through a recess 47 (see FIG. 4) formed on the surface of the link 42 from the pivot portion of the bracket 41, passes through the recess 47 of the link 43, and extends from the pivot portion of the bracket 41 to the fixed side of the vehicle.

The operation of the sliding roof device having the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG. 3. First, from the closed state shown in FIG. 3, the push-pull cable 24 is
By moving forward (to the left in the figure), the front and rear sliding means 9 and 10 move together and move forward. As the rear sliding means 10 moves forward, the link 22 is erected, and the link pin 23 slides in the cam groove 21, thereby causing the movable roof 15
The rear part of the vehicle is lifted upward to a tilted-up state as shown in FIG. 3. When the movable roof 15 tilts up, only the lip seal 26 at the rear end of the movable rain gutter 25 comes into elastic contact with the back surface of the fixed roof 1 and the support shaft 2
The bracket 27 is provided with a stopper 33 to prevent it from rotating 8 times.

During the tilt-up, the wiring 44 passes through the center of each support shaft 31, 28, so it does not interfere with the tilt operation.

Next, when the push-pull cable 24 is moved backward from the tilted-up state, the sliding means 9 and 10 are also moved backward, returning to the original closed state. Further, when the sliding means 9 and 10 are moved backward by the cable 24, the movable roof 15 is lowered via the front and rear lifting devices 11 and 12, and during this movement, the movable rain gutter 25 is moved downward together with the movable roof 15. do.
By further moving the cable 24 backward, each sliding means 9, 10 and the lifting device 11, 1
2 moves rearward integrally to store the movable roof 15 in the storage section 6 (the state shown in FIG. 3). During this storage movement, the movable rain gutter 25 also moves together.

By moving the movable roof 15 backward, the link 4
2 and 43 are bent, resulting in the state shown in the imaginary line in FIG. By bending the links 42, 43, the wiring 44 held by the links 42, 43 is also bent. Since the wiring 44 is protected by the links 42 and 43 when bent, there is no risk of damage.

The one shown in FIG. 5 is one in which compressed air is sent to the lip seal 16 provided on the periphery of the movable roof 15 to enhance the sealing effect.
The inside of 6 is hollow 47, and a pipe 48 for blowing compressed air is connected to the hollow 47. This piping 48 is connected to the roof fixed side through the same route as the wiring 44 described above.

Therefore, by moving the movable roof 15, the piping 48
is not crushed.

Note that the pipe 48 is connected to a negative pressure generator,
The hollow part 47 may be made to have a negative pressure to facilitate fitting and removing the movable roof 15.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

(Effects of the invention) According to the invention, since the wiring and piping to the movable roof are held by links, there is less chance of shortcuts due to jamming, compared to systems that absorb slack in the wiring with tension rollers or take-up reels. This eliminates the occurrence of such problems, and makes it easier to attach electrical components to the movable roof.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1... Fixed roof, 2... Opening, 15... Movable roof, 25... Rain gutter, 42, 43... Link, 4
4... Wiring, 48... Piping.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A movable roof that freely opens and closes an opening provided in a fixed roof of a vehicle is provided so as to be movable rearwardly by entering below the fixed roof behind the opening, and
A rain gutter is provided below the rear edge of the movable roof and extends along the entire length of the movable roof in the left and right width direction, and is movable along with the movable roof, and one end of a bendable link is pivotally supported on the rain gutter. A wiring/piping device for a movable roof of a vehicle, characterized in that the other end is pivotally supported on the fixed roof side, and the link holds bendable wiring/piping from the fixed side to the movable roof side. .