JPH0331604Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an improvement of an automobile door device.

(Prior Art) In order to reduce air resistance, recent automobiles are designed to have a flat surface, that is, to eliminate steps on the outer surface of the vehicle body so that the outer surface of the vehicle body is as flush as possible. In order to create such a flat surface, there is a door glass that is raised and lowered so that it is located on the outer side of the vehicle than the door glass provided at the top of the door panel (U.S. Patent No.
4240227).

In this way, when the door glass is positioned on the outside of the vehicle, a weather strip is attached to the door glass and the weather strip is brought into contact with the door glass in order to seal between the door glass and the door glass.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the case of the door device which is made into a flash surface as mentioned above, it is impossible to insert an intrusion tool such as a wire or a thin plate from outside the vehicle from the vicinity of the lock operation knob of the door. Problems such as theft could easily occur if the vehicle was inserted into the vehicle interior and the door was unlocked. To elaborate on this point, the weather strip that seals between the door sash and the door glass is easily deformed, and for this reason, an intrusion tool that is easily inserted between the door glass and the weather strip from outside the vehicle is After following the inside surface of the door glass, it was possible to gain access to the locking knob.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automobile door device that improves safety against theft by preventing intrusion tools such as wires used to unlock the door from reaching the locking knob. It's about doing.

(Means and effects for solving the problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, in an automobile door in which a door glass that is raised and lowered is placed on the outside of the vehicle of a door sash provided at the upper part of the door panel, a weather strip that seals between the door sash and the peripheral edge of the door glass is attached to the door sash; A trim material is attached to the peripheral edge of the glass, and the trim material is integrally molded and includes a mounting part that is fitted to the peripheral edge of the door glass and comes into contact with the weather strip, and a mounting part that is attached to the door glass from the mounting part. an extension part extending inward in the direction of the plate surface of the door glass along the inner surface; a garnish part extending toward the vehicle interior from the inner end of the extension part and covering the inner peripheral surface side of the door sash; The guide block part extends from the garnish part toward the outside of the plate surface of the door glass and is slidable with respect to the door sash.

With this configuration, an intrusion tool such as a wire inserted from outside the vehicle through between the door glass and the weather strip hits the garnish part of the trim material, making it impossible to infiltrate any further. Become.

(Embodiments) Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the attached drawings.

In FIG. 1, a car A is a two-door type, and the door 1 has a door sash 3 integrally provided on the upper part of a door panel 2, and the door sash 3 is provided on the outside of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. The door glass 4 that is raised and lowered is positioned there. As a result, when the door glass 4 is closed (when it is in the highest position), the door glass 4 is
The roof panel 5, front pillar 6, and rear pillar (center pillar) 7 are made to be almost flush with each other without any step, while the upper edge 2a of the door panel 2 is smoothed toward the surface of the door glass 4. They are formed in a row to create a flashy surf ace.

As shown in FIG. 2, the door sash 3 includes a rear edge 3A that extends substantially vertically, and a front edge 3B that is strongly sloped toward the rear as it goes upward in accordance with the slope of the front pillar 6. It consists of an upper edge 3C that connects the upper ends of the front and rear edges 3A and 3B. Moreover, the door 1 mentioned above is
As is well known, the door 2 is opened and closed using the handle 14, but the door 2 can be opened or closed by operating a locking knob 15 located inside the vehicle near the rear end, regardless of the operation of the handle 14. It can be locked in the closed position.

Next, the relationship between the door sash 3 and the door glass 4 will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. First, the door sash 3 has a flange portion 21 that extends substantially parallel to the door glass 4, and an intermediate rib portion 22 that extends toward the vehicle interior at a substantially right angle from an intermediate portion of the flange portion 21.
A portion of the flange portion 21 outside the intermediate rib portion 22 (outside in the direction of the plate surface of the door glass 4) is an outer flange portion 21a, and a portion inside the intermediate rib portion 22 is an inner flange portion 21b. From the inside end of the intermediate rib portion 22, a closed cross-section support column 23 that is bent so as to face the inner flange portion 21b and be substantially parallel to the inner flange portion 21b is connected. A U-shaped locking portion 24 that opens toward the outer flange portion 21a is formed near the inner end of the vehicle. In the embodiment, such a door sash 3 is constructed by, for example, roll-forming a single metal plate such as aluminum or iron plate.

The inner flange portion 21b of the door sash 3 has
A guide rail 31 made of synthetic resin or the like with a small coefficient of friction is fitted. This guide rail 31
is approximately U-shaped and has the inner flange portion 21b.
A lip part 33 is provided to protrude from the outside of the vehicle toward the door glass 4, and the elasticity of the lip part 33 causes the door glass to close as described later. 4 is adapted to be pressed toward the outside of the vehicle. Note that the mounting portion 32 is reinforced by a core metal 45.

The outer flange portion 21a of the door sash 3 has
A seal member 51 is fitted. This seal member 51 includes a weather strip 61 and a door seal 4.
A weather strip 61 is provided on the outer side of the vehicle than the mounting portion 52 to the outer flange portion 21a, and a door seal 42 is provided on the inner side of the vehicle from the mounting portion 52. A core metal 53 is embedded in the mounting portion 52 in a U-shape so as to cover the outer flange portion 21a, thereby reinforcing the mounting portion 52.

The weather strip 61 has a portion facing the outer end surface of the door glass 4 that has an inner-outer double structure with a thin wall portion 62 and a thick wall portion 63 from the inside to the outside, and the tip portion is located outside the door glass 4 toward the outside of the vehicle. The first lip portion 64 extends to the first lip portion 64. Further, a second lip portion 65 is provided protruding from the thick portion 63.
This second lip portion 65 allows the door sash 3 to
A seal is formed between the vehicle body 43 and the vehicle body 43. on the other hand,
The door seal 42 is hollow and easily deformable, and serves to seal between the door sash 3 and the vehicle body 43 on the inside of the vehicle from the second lip portion 65 formed on the weather strip 61. There is. Note that this door seal 42 is
The locking portion 24 of the door sash 3 is also utilized to ensure its mounting strength.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a trim member 71, which is a characteristic feature of the present invention, is attached to the peripheral edge of the door glass 4 along its entire length. This trim material 71 is an integrally molded product made of synthetic resin, and includes a mounting portion 72, a seal portion 73 constituting the outer end of the mounting portion 72, an extension portion 74, and a garnish portion 75. In addition, a guide block portion 76 is also provided.

The mounting portion 72 has a substantially U-shape and is fitted onto the rear edge 4a of the door glass 4, and the sealing portion 7
3 extends outward from the mounting portion 72 in the direction of the surface of the door glass 4 (hereinafter, the direction of the surface of the door glass 4 will be simply referred to as the direction of the surface).
The seal portion 72 is attached to the weather strip 61.
By contacting the thin wall portion 63 of the weather strip 61, the first lip portion 64 of the weather strip 61 is bent toward the inside of the vehicle, and the first lip portion 64 contacts the seal portion 7.
It is designed to come into contact with the outside side of the vehicle.

The extension portion 74 of the trim material 71 is connected to the attachment portion 72.
It extends inward in the direction of the plate surface while being in contact with the inner surface of the door glass 4. The garnish part 75 is bent at a substantially right angle from the inner end of the extension part 74 and extends toward the inside of the vehicle, and its tip 75a extends to the vicinity of the pillar part 23 of the door sash 3. This results in
The inner peripheral surface side of the rear end edge 3A of the door sash 3 is almost entirely covered by the garnish portion 75, giving a good appearance from the inside of the vehicle interior. The extension portion 74 and the attachment portion 72 are integrated into the door glass 4 with adhesive, and the fixing action of both 72 and 74 increases the attachment strength of the trim material 71 to the door glass 4. Sufficiently secured.

The guide block portion 76 is provided from approximately the middle portion of the garnish portion 75 to protrude outward in the direction of the plate surface. This guide block 76 has its outer side surface in contact with the inner side surface of the guide rail 31, so that the door glass 4 can be raised and lowered smoothly without rattling due to the guiding action of the guide rail 31 via the guide block portion 76. It is becoming more and more common. In particular, guide rail 3
1, the guide block part 76 is always kept in contact with the guide rail 31 by the action of pressing the door glass 4 toward the outside of the vehicle by the lip part 33 provided in the door 1, so that the above-mentioned ascent and descent can be made even more smoothly. It is said that Note that this guide block portion 76 may exist only partially, and in this case, a plurality of guide block portions 76 may be formed vertically spaced apart.

As shown in FIG. 5, the above-mentioned trim material 71 has an engagement relationship between the door glass 4 and the upper edge 3C of the door sash 3 when the door glass 4 is closed (in the highest position). Other parts 74, 75, 7 excluding a part of the mounting part 72 and the seal part 73
6 is located at a position slightly lower than the upper end surface 4b of the door glass 4. In addition, in FIG. 5, the door sash 3 is omitted from the illustration.

In the above configuration, the seal between the door sash 3 and the door glass 4 is achieved by a substantially triple structure consisting of the first lip portion 64 of the weather strip 61, the thin wall portion 62, and the lip portion 33 of the guide rail 31. You will be killed. Further, the seal between the door sash 3 and the vehicle body 43 is formed by the second lip portion 65 of the weather strip 61 and the door seal 42.
This will be carried out as a dual structure.

Here, a person who attempts to steal by operating the locking knob 15 from outside the vehicle and unlocking the door 1 must carry a break-in tool such as a wire at a location near the locking knob 15, more specifically, at a location near the door sash 3. (Insert the weather strip 61 between the first lip 64 of the weather strip 61 and the door glass 4 from the lower end of the rear edge 3C (4a) of the door glass 4, and slide it along the inner surface of the door glass 4. The wire is attempted to approach the locking knob 15 by climbing over the lip portion 33 that abuts on the inner surface of the locking knob 15. At this time, the intrusion tool that has climbed over the lip portion 33 is
The garnish section 75 obstructs the entry and makes it impossible to enter any further. This prevents the vehicle from being unlocked by operating the locking knob 15 from outside the vehicle, thereby preventing theft.

(Effects of the invention) As is clear from the above, the invention has the following effects:
Wires and the like can effectively prevent theft by preventing intrusion tools from entering the vehicle interior.

In addition, the inner peripheral surface of the door sash is covered with the garnish part that prevents the intrusion tool from entering the vehicle interior, giving it a good appearance, while the trim material including the garnish part is an integrally molded product. Therefore, the structure is simple and it is advantageous in terms of ease of assembly to the door glass. Of course,
Since this trim material also has a guiding function for guiding the door glass to the door sash, it is advantageous in terms of reducing the number of parts and cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an automobile to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a side view of the door portion of the automobile shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a partially sectional perspective view of the trim material portion. FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing the upper end portion of the trim material. A: Automobile, 1: Door, 2: Door panel, 3:
Door sash, 4: Door glass, 14: Handle, 1
5: Lock knob, 51: Seal member, 61: Weather strip, 62: Thin wall part, 64: First lip part, 71: Trim material, 72: Mounting part, 73: Seal part, 74: Extension part, 75: Garnishing part Department,
76: Guide block section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In an automobile door in which a door glass that is raised and lowered is located on the outside of the vehicle of a door sash provided at the upper part of the door panel, a weather strip that seals between the door sash and the peripheral edge of the door glass. A trim member is attached to the peripheral edge of the door glass, and the trim member is integrally molded and includes a mounting portion that is fitted to the peripheral edge of the door glass and abuts the weather strip; an extension part that extends from the mounting part along the inner surface of the door glass toward the inside of the plate surface of the door glass; and an extension part that extends from the inner end of the extension part toward the passenger compartment side and covers the inner circumferential surface side of the door sash. The present invention is characterized by comprising: a garnish portion; and a guide block portion extending from the garnish portion toward the outside of the plate surface of the door glass and slidable relative to the door glass. Automobile door equipment.