JPH0336418Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

This invention relates to a storage device for a removable roof panel, and in particular, a roof panel fixing device to which one edge of a removable roof panel is locked, and a roof panel fixing device to which the other edge of the roof panel is locked. The present invention relates to an improvement in a removable roof panel storage device in which a roof panel is held in a storage space of an automobile by restricting movement of the roof panel in the vertical, horizontal, and front-back directions using a panel holding device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, with removable roofs (sunroofs), after being removed from the roof of a car, the roof panel is stored in a case, etc., and then placed on the rear deck or rear seat, or when the roof panel is placed while driving. A structure has been proposed in which it is fixed with a belt or the like to prevent it from moving inside. However, with any of these structures, there is a problem in that the removed roof panel is placed inside the vehicle interior, and the roof panel becomes an obstacle for passengers to get on and off the vehicle or for loading luggage. Furthermore, the method of fixing the roof panel with a belt has the problem that the fixation is not reliable and is poor in reliability. On the other hand, the applicant has already
65120, as shown in Utility Model 60-65122.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, a roof panel fixing device 4 for inserting and fixing the mounting hinge 2 of the roof panel 1 and the mounting bracket to the stay 3, and a roof panel fixing device 4 disposed at the edge of the roof panel 1 on the opposite side from the mounting hinge 2 are provided. A holding device 6 for holding and fixing the installed lock handle 5
Accordingly, a roof panel storage device is proposed in which the roof panel 1 is held and stored in the luggage room 7. In addition, the reference numeral 4A in the figure is a locking portion into which the mounting hinge 2 of the roof panel 1 is fitted and locked, and the locking portion 4B is a locking portion that prevents the inner panel of the roof panel 1 from coming into direct contact with the stay 3 and being damaged. Indicates a cushioning member made of rubber or synthetic resin. However, the stay 3 of the fixing device 4 in the above proposal is fixed and protrudes into the luggage room 7, and this storage device is adopted at the rear of the rear deck, and the fixing device 4 of the storage device is attached to the lower back reinforcement at the rear of the rear deck. When the luggage compartment 7 is attached to the luggage compartment 7, there arises a problem that the protruding stay 3 becomes a hindrance to loading and unloading luggage or reduces the capacity of the luggage room 7. On the other hand, by dividing the roof panel fixing device into a support and a stay, and connecting these supports and stays with a rotating shaft, the stay can be rotated with respect to the support, and the roof panel fixing device as a whole can be folded. The song may be composed freely. That is, the roof panel fixing device is moved to a retracted position in which the roof panel fixing device is rotated about a support attached to the inner circumferential wall of the storage space and a rotation axis provided horizontally on the support, and is substantially in close contact with the inner circumferential wall of the storage space. and a stay rotatably pivoted in a range including a position protruding into the storage space from the retracted position, and to which one end edge of the roof panel is locked, and a rotation axis of the stay on the support. A locking rod is provided with an operation knob and is disposed so as to be movably and elastically pressed towards the roof panel. When the locking rod is at the position where it locks with the storage space, a locking hole is formed at the panel storage locking hole where the tip of the locking rod locks, and the outer periphery of the rotation shaft insertion portion of the stay, and the stay is connected to the inner circumferential wall of the storage space. and a locking hole in which the tip of the locking rod locks when the stay is folded. In this case, when storing the stay, the operating knob is pulled upward, the locking rod and the locking hole are unlocked, and the stay is rotated. Therefore, it is necessary to pull up the operation knob and rotate the stay to release the lock, which is time-consuming and creates a new usability problem in that the roof panel fixing device cannot be easily operated in a one-touch manner. A dot appears.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it minimizes the reduction in luggage space due to the fixing device of the storage device when the removable roof is not stored. It is possible to prevent deterioration in lowering performance and improve the appearance quality of the fixing device when the roof is not retracted,
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a removable roof panel storage device that allows a one-touch stay rotation operation for storing the roof panel.

[Means to solve the problem]

This invention uses a roof panel fixing device to which one edge of a removable roof panel is locked, and a roof panel holding device to which the other edge of the roof panel is locked. In a removable roof panel storage device that holds a roof panel within a storage space of an automobile by restricting movement in the left-right and front-back directions, the roof panel fixing device includes a support that is attached to an inner circumferential wall of the storage space. , freely rotatable about a rotation axis horizontally disposed on the support within a range including a retracted position in close contact with the inner circumferential wall of the storage space and a position protruding into the space from this retracted position; a stay that is pivotally mounted and to which one end edge of the roof panel is locked; and a stay that is disposed on the support so as to be movable and resiliently pressed toward a rotational axis of the stay; A locking rod provided with an operation knob is formed on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft insertion portion of the stay, and when the stay is in a position where it locks with a part of the roof panel, the tip of the locking rod is locked. a locking hole when the panel is stored, and a stay that is formed on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft insertion portion of the stay, and that the tip of the locking rod locks when the stay is in a position along the inner circumferential wall of the storage space. a locking hole when the stay is folded, and an outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft insertion portion of the stay from the locking hole when the stay is folded to the locking hole when the panel is stored is such that the stay is connected to the locking rod with respect to the locking hole. The above object is achieved by forming the tip of the locking rod so that it can ride on it when the stay is rotated from the locking hole for folding the stay toward the locking hole for storing the panel.

[Effect]

In this invention, the roof panel fixing device is divided into a support and a stay, these supports and stays are connected by a rotation axis, and the stay is configured to be bendable relative to the support, so that the roof panel fixing device is divided into a support and a stay. The stay that protrudes into the luggage space when not stored can be folded so that it does not protrude into the luggage space. Thereby, it is possible to prevent deterioration in the ease of loading and unloading luggage in the luggage space and a reduction in luggage space when the roof panel is not stored. Furthermore, the appearance of the roof panel fixing device when the roof is not retracted can be improved. Further, the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft insertion portion of the stay extending from the locking hole when the stay is folded to the locking hole when the panel is stored is such that the stay can be connected to the locking rod from the locking hole when the stay is folded to the locking hole when the panel is stored. When the stay is rotated in the direction of the locking hole, the tip of the locking rod is formed so that it can ride on the operation knob. There is no need to lift the stay folding locking hole upward to release the locking between the stay folding locking hole and the locking rod, and the stay can be swung upward by the tip of the locking rod riding on the gentle slope that can be climbed on. This allows the
The panel fixing device can be brought into the panel storage state with a single touch.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, this embodiment includes a roof panel fixing device 20 to which a mounting bracket 12 at one edge of a removable roof panel 10 is locked, and a roof panel fixing device 20 to which a mounting bracket 12 at one end of a removable roof panel 10 is locked, and A removable roof in which the roof panel 10 is held in the storage space 11 of the automobile by regulating the movement of the roof panel 10 in the vertical, horizontal, and longitudinal directions by a roof panel holding device 50 to which the edge of the roof panel is locked. In the panel storage device, the roof panel fixing device 20 is arranged on the inner peripheral wall 1 of the storage space 11.
4 and the support 22 attached to the support 2
2, the range includes a retracted position in close contact with the inner circumferential wall 14 of the storage space 11 and a position protruding into the storage space 11 from this retracted position. A stay 26 that is rotatably pivoted and to which the mounting bracket 12 at one end of the roof panel 10 is locked.
and a stay fixing means 2 for fixing the stay 26 at the protruding position so that the mounting bracket 12 on one edge of the roof panel 10 is engaged with the stay 26.
8. As shown in FIG. 3, the roof panel fixing devices 20 are provided in pairs on the lower back reinforcement 15 at the rear of the rear deck at symmetrical positions with the vehicle centerline as the axis of symmetry. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the stay 26 includes a roof panel contact portion 40 with which the lower surface of the roof panel 10 comes into contact, and an upper direction, a rear direction, and a rear direction of the mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10. A mounting bracket locking portion 42 that gradually expands upward is formed to restrict left-right movement. The roof panel contact portion 40 is made of a cushioning material made of rubber or synthetic resin and is provided on the upper part of the stay 26 so as not to damage the lower surface of the roof panel 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the mounting bracket locking portion 42 is formed on the inner end side in the left-right direction of the stay 26, and serves as a left-right movement restriction member for restricting the left-right movement of the mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10. The wall 42A, and a backward movement regulating wall 42B that similarly regulates the backward movement of the mounting bracket 12;
Similarly, an upward movement regulating convex wall 42C extending above the rearward movement regulating wall 42B, which regulates the upward movement of the mounting bracket 12, and the left and right movement regulating wall 42A and the upward movement regulating convex wall 42
A mounting bracket guide wall 42D is provided which extends above the C and gradually expands upward. As shown in FIG. 6, the stay fixing means 28 is disposed on the support 22 so as to be movable toward the pivot shaft 24 of the stay 26 and to be elastically pressed by a coil spring 29. will be established. A locking rod 32 having an operation knob 31 is formed on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft insertion portion 30 of the stay 26,
When the stay 26 is at the position where it locks with the mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10, the locking rod 3
2 is formed on the outer periphery of the panel storage locking hole 34 where the tip end 32A of the stay 26 locks, and the rotation shaft insertion portion 30 of the stay 26.
The stay is provided with a locking hole 36 in which the tip end 32A of the locking rod 32 locks when the stay is in a position along the inner circumferential wall 14 of the stay. The locking holes 34 and 36 are cut out in the shape of a truncated cone whose opening area gradually decreases toward the bottom so that the locking holes 34 and 36 have the same shape as the tip 32A of the locking rod 32. Further, the locking hole 36 for folding the panel is formed to be shallower than the locking hole 34 for storing the panel. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft insertion portion 30 of the stay 26 from the stay folding locking hole 36 to the panel retracting locking hole 34 is such that the stay 26 is When the stay rod 32 is rotated from the stay folding locking hole 36 toward the panel storage locking hole 34, the tip 32A of the locking rod 32 is configured as a gentle slope 38 so that it can ride on it. be done. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the roof panel holding device 50 is attached to the inner peripheral wall 1 of the storage space 11 facing the roof panel fixing device 20.
4, and a case 52 that is held movably in the direction of the roof panel fixing device 20 within the case 52, and a case 52 that is attached to the mounting notch 1 of the roof panel 10.
6 to restrict vertical movement of the roof panel 10 and elastically push the roof panel 10 toward the roof panel fixing device 20. The pushing body 54 has a shoe 56 at its tip that fits into and locks the mounting notch 16 of the roof panel 10;
The movable elongated hole 58 is formed to be elongated in the pushing direction, and the coil spring engaging step portion 60 is protruded below the movable elongated hole 58. Further, a groove 53 having a U-shaped cross section is formed in the case 52, and a groove 53 is inserted into the elongated moving hole 58 of the pushing body 54 so that the pushing body 54 can freely slide into the case 52. Two guide pins 61 to be attached, and a coil spring 62 whose one end engages with the case 52 and the other end engages with the coil spring engagement step 60 of the pushing body 54 and presses the coil spring engagement step 60 outward. is provided. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, when storing the roof panel 10, as shown in FIG.
The stay 26 of No. 0 is lifted upward and swung upward about the rotation shaft 24 until the stay 26 becomes approximately horizontal. This upward swinging of the stay 26 causes the distal end 3 of the locking rod 32 of the stay fixing means 28 to
2A is inserted and fitted into the locking hole 34 when the panel is retracted due to the elastic force of the coil spring 29, and the stay 26 is held horizontally at a substantially right angle to the support 22, resulting in the roof panel retracted state. In this way, when the stay 26 becomes horizontal and protrudes into the storage space 11 and the roof panel 10 is in the stored state, the mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10 is locked onto the stay 26 and attached to the stay 26. This is for fixing the roof panel 10. That is, when storing the roof panel 10, as shown in FIG.
0 shoe 56 and roof panel 10 mounting notch 1
6 and fit the shoe 56 into the mounting notch 16. Then, the roof panel 10 is pushed forward against the elastic force of the coil spring 62 inside the case 52, and the roof panel Push the edge of the roof panel fixing device 20 side of 10 downward,
The mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10 is fixed by being engaged with the mounting bracket locking portion 42 of the stay 26. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, when the fixing device side edge of the roof panel 10 is pushed downward, the mounting bracket 12 of the roof panel 10 first touches the mounting bracket guide wall 42D of the mounting bracket locking portion 42. When the mounting bracket 12 is guided by the mounting bracket 12 and moves downward over the upward movement regulating convex wall 42C, the mounting bracket 12 is locked by the left and right movement regulating wall 42A and the rearward movement regulating wall 42B. It is located within the section 42. Therefore, in this embodiment, the roof panel 10 can be easily installed in the storage space 11 by simply pushing the rear edge of the roof panel 10 downward after fitting the shoe 56 into the mounting notch 16.
can be stored inside. Moreover, when the roof panel 10 is not retracted,
By pulling up the operation knob 31 of the roof panel fixing device 20, the tip 32A of the locking rod 32
However, the stay 26 comes off from the locking hole 34 when the panel is retracted, and the stay 26 can swing downward about the rotation shaft 24 due to its own weight. This results in
At a position where the inner circumferential wall 14 of the storage space 11 and the stay 26 are in substantially close contact, the tip portion 32 of the locking rod 32
A is locked in the panel folding locking hole 36 of the rotation shaft insertion part 30, and the fixing device 20 can be folded in a one-touch manner. Therefore,
When the roof panel 10 is not retracted, the stay 26 does not protrude into the luggage space, so it does not become an obstacle to loading and unloading luggage.
Further, since the stay 26 does not remain protruding into the luggage space as in the conventional case, it is possible to prevent the luggage space from decreasing. Moreover, when the stay 26 is positioned along the inner circumferential wall 14 of the storage space 11 to which the support 22 is attached, the rotation shaft insertion portion 3 of the stay 26
By forming a stay folding locking hole 36 in which the tip end 32A of the locking rod 32 locks on the outer periphery of the stay 26 when the stay is folded, the stay 26 can be fixed so that it does not rotate. . Furthermore, by forming the stay folding locking hole 36 to be shallower than the panel retracting locking hole 34, the elastic force of the coil spring 29 when locked in the panel folding locking hole 36 is reduced. Since the elastic force of the coil spring 29 can be made larger than the elastic force of the coil spring 29 when the locking hole 34 is locked when the panel is stored, the elastic force of the coil spring 29 allows the stay 26 to be attached to the support 22 when the stay 26 is folded and stored. It can be installed permanently. Therefore, the stay 26 does not wobble on the rotating shaft 24, and thereby the generation of abnormal noise can be eliminated. Further, the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft insertion portion 30 of the stay 26 from the stay folding locking hole 36 to the panel retracting locking hole 34 is such that the stay 26 can be folded with respect to the locking rod 32. When the roof panel 10 is rotated from the locking hole 36 toward the locking hole 34 when the panel is retracted, the tip 32A of the locking rod 32 is formed as a gentle slope 38 on which it can ride. When lifting the stay 26 upward to make it approximately horizontal, there is no need to push the operating knob 31 upward to remove the tip 32A of the locking rod 32 from the locking hole 36 when folding the stay. Since the stay 32 can be easily removed from the locking hole 36 due to the gentle slope 38, the stay 26 can be easily placed in the retracted state of the roof panel 10. Further, in the above embodiment, the locking hole 34 for storing the panel is formed into a cone-shaped or pyramid-shaped notch so that the opening area gradually decreases toward the bottom.
Further, the tip end 32A of the locking rod 32 is connected to the locking hole 34.
By making the shape match the shape, the locking rod 3
The stay 26 can be securely fixed to the support 22 without any play in the fit between the stay 26 and the locking hole 34. Furthermore, by providing the roof panel holding device 50 with a pushing body 54 that elastically pushes the roof panel 10 in the direction of the roof panel fixing device 20,
By working together with the roof panel fixing device 20, the roof panel 10 can be fixedly stored within the storage device without moving back and forth, up and down, and left and right. In the above embodiment, the roof panel holding device 50 includes the pushing body 54 that elastically pushes the roof panel 10 in the direction of the roof panel fixing device 20, but this invention is not limited to this. For example, a structure for fixing the lock handle of the roof panel may be used, as proposed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-65122. Further, in the above embodiment, the mounting bracket locking portion 42 of the stay 26 is connected to the left and right movement regulating wall 42.
Although the mounting bracket guide wall 42D is configured to extend above the upward movement regulating convex wall 42C, the present invention is not limited thereto; for example, as shown in FIG. , it may have a simple shape composed of a left-right movement regulating wall 42A, a backward movement regulating wall 42B, and an upward movement regulating convex wall 42C. Furthermore, the mounting bracket locking portion 42 may be, for example, a hole into which a mounting hinge of the roof panel 10 is fitted.

[Effect of the idea]

Since this invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to easily fold the stay side of the storage device into the storage state, or project the stay into the storage space and put it into the panel storage state, in a one-touch manner. become. Therefore, even when holding the roof panel or luggage, the stay can be operated with one hand into the panel storage state or the folded storage state when the panel is not stored, thereby improving the usability of the roof panel fixing device. It has the excellent effect of being able to

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a removable roof panel storage device according to this invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a roof panel fixing device in the same embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the mounting position of the roof panel fixing device, FIG. 4 is a front view showing the roof panel fixing device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the stay mounting bracket locking portion, and FIG. The figure also shows the stay fixing means, in Fig. 4 -
7 is a sectional view showing the rotating shaft insertion portion of the stay, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the roof panel holding device, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 8, and FIG. 1 is a side view showing the state of engagement between the stay and the mounting bracket of the roof panel.
1 is a perspective view showing a roof panel fixing device in a second embodiment, FIG. 12 is a side view showing a conventional roof panel storage device, and FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the conventional roof panel storage device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Roof panel, 12... Mounting bracket, 20... Roof panel fixing device, 26... Stay, 28... Stay fixing means, 31... Operation knob, 31... Locking rod, 50... Roof panel Holding device, 54...pushing body, 56...shu.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A roof panel fixing device that locks one edge of a removable roof panel and a roof panel holding device that locks the other edge of the roof panel. In a removable roof panel storage device that holds a roof panel within a storage space of a vehicle by restricting vertical, horizontal, and front-back movement of the roof panel, the roof panel fixing device is attached to an inner circumferential wall of the storage space. a support to be attached, and a range including a retracted position in which the support is pivoted about a rotation axis horizontally disposed on the support, and a retracted position substantially in close contact with the inner circumferential wall of the storage space, and a position protruding into the storage space from this retracted position; a stay that is rotatably pivotally connected to the roof panel and to which one end edge of the roof panel is locked; and a stay that is arranged to be movably and elastically pressed toward the pivot axis of the stay. a locking rod provided with an operation knob; formed on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft insertion portion of the stay;
a panel storage locking hole in which the tip of the locking rod locks when the stay is in a position to lock with a part of the roof panel; and a locking hole formed on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft insertion portion of the stay;
a stay folding locking hole in which the tip of the locking rod locks when the stay is in a position along the inner circumferential wall of the storage space; The outer circumferential surface extending from the hole to the locking hole when the panel is retracted is configured to lock when the stay is rotated relative to the locking rod from the locking hole when the stay is folded toward the locking hole when the panel is stored. A storage device for a removable roof panel, characterized in that the tip of a rod is formed so that it can be climbed onto.