JPH0338014Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] "Industrial application field" This invention forms a roof panel separately from the car body, and provides a locking device to detachably attach the roof panel to the car body. The present invention relates to an attachment/detachment device for the roof of a vehicle in which the locking device is covered with a cover.

``Prior Art'' Some automobiles have removable roof panels. In this case, it is desirable that the roof panel can be attached and detached easily and quickly, and it also needs to be done reliably. In this sense, it is undesirable to require tools or take a lot of time to attach and detach the roof panel. Also, it is not suitable that the work requires skill or is difficult to install reliably.

``Problems to be solved by this invention'' In view of the above, the vehicle body and the roof panel, which is formed separately from the vehicle body, are locked using a hook and a locking device provided on the hook so that it can be freely engaged and disengaged. has been devised (see Utility Model Application Publication No. 11828/1983). Although this made it easier to attach and detach the roof panel, there were problems in that the locking device was obtrusive when viewed from inside the vehicle, and that it protruded and could get caught on something.

This invention was made in order to solve such problems caused by the hook and lock device being exposed indoors, and to ensure the reliable operation of the lock device.

"Means for solving the problem" The means constructed by this invention to solve the above problem is to attach a hook near the inner edge of the roof panel formed separately from the vehicle body, and In an automobile in which a locking device that can be freely engaged and disengaged from a hook is attached to a receiving body side member, the locking device is attached to a flange attached to the vehicle body side member;
It consists of a lever that is rotatably pivoted to the upright part raised from this flange, and separate from this locking device, the lever of this locking device and the upright part are individually connected to each other. The lock device is provided with a cover having a mating protrusion, and the cover is attached by engaging both the lever and the upright portion of the locking device with the two protrusions.

``Function'' With this configuration, the cover can be removed only when operating the locking device to attach or detach the roof panel from the car body, and the cover can be easily put back on when the locking device has been operated. .
If the cover is placed correctly, the lever of the locking device can be maintained in the correct position.

``Embodiment'' Next, an embodiment of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. In FIG. A roof panel 4, which will be described later, is removably attached to the roof panel, and a hood cloth 5 is stretched over the rear part. FIG. 2 shows the attachment structure of the roof panel 4 to the vehicle body 2, and is an enlarged sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1. The roof side rail 6 connects the outer panel 7 and the inner panel 8. The roof panel 4 has a box-like cross section, and the end of the roof panel 4 is placed on top of the outer panel 7 with a weather strip 9 interposed therebetween. In the inner panel 8, a locking device 10 having a shape as shown in FIG.
3 (see FIG. 2) and is fixed by screwing into the nut 14.

In the locking device 10, a shaft 16 is suspended between the upright portions 15 on both sides, and the base end of a lever 17 is attached to the shaft 16, and both ends of a U-shaped ring 18 are bent and attached to the lever 17. It is something that A spring 19 is wound around the shaft 16,
The lever 17 is biased clockwise about the shaft 16 in FIGS. 2 and 3. As shown in FIG. 2, a hook 21 is attached by a screw 20 near the inner end of the roof panel 4, and the ring 18 of the locking device 10 is adapted to engage with this hook 21. .

As shown in FIG. 3, a notch 22 is formed on the inside of the lever 17, and a protrusion 24 is formed on the inside of a separately made cover 23 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
are now engaged. The cover 23 is the fourth
It has the shape shown in the figure, and is made of resin to have appropriate elasticity. As shown in FIG. 5, this cover 23 is provided with protrusions 25 on the outside in addition to the above-mentioned inner protrusion 24, so as to engage with the upright portion 15. Since this cover 23 is always attached to the lever 17 by an inner protrusion 24, a notch 26 is formed at the upper end so as not to interfere with the movement of the lever 17.

In this device configured as described above, if the lever 17 of the locking device 10 is rotated about the shaft 16 and raised while riding in the automobile 1, and the engagement of the ring 18 with the hook 21 is released, The roof panel 4 can be removed from the vehicle body 2. When the lever 17 is pulled up, the cover 23 opens slightly between the part where the inner protrusion 24 is provided and the outer protrusion 25, and the protrusion 25 comes off from the upright part 15. When the cover 23 is pulled up together with the lever 17, the upright portion 15 and the ring 18 enter into the notch 26.
In order to reattach the removed roof panel 4 to the vehicle body 2, the operation described above may be reversed. Lever 17
If you press correctly, the protrusion 25 on the outside of the cover 23 will automatically move to the upright portion 15 due to the elasticity of the material.
It engages with the lever 17 to perform the locking function of the lever 17, and also notifies the operator of the state.

"Effect of the invention" As explained above, this invention is such that the lever 17 of the locking device 10 that locks the roof panel 4 to the vehicle body 2 and the upright part 15 at the bottom of this lever 17 are covered with the cover 23. Because it is,
In addition to improving the appearance, the lever 1 of the locking device 10
This has the advantage of being able to perform lock operations and check locks. And since it has a simple structure,
It can be manufactured at low cost and has good workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile to which this invention is applied;
The figure is an enlarged sectional view taken along the - line in Figure 1,
5 is a perspective view of the locking device in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cover in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the portion indicated by the arrow in FIGS. 2 and 4. 1...Automobile, 2...Car body, 4...Roof panel, 6
...Roof side rail, 10...Lock device, 15
...Standing portion, 16...Shaft, 17...Lever, 21...Hook, 23...Cover, 24, 25...Protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In the automobile, a hook is attached near the inner end of a roof panel formed separately from the vehicle body, and a locking device that can freely engage and disengage from the hook is attached to the vehicle body side member that receives the end of the roof panel. The locking device is composed of a flange attached to the vehicle body side member, and a lever pivotably attached to an upright portion raised from the flange,
Separately from the lock device, a cover is provided which has protrusions that individually engage both the lever of the lock device and the upright portion, and the cover is connected to the lever of the lock device by the two protrusions. An automobile roof attaching/detaching device characterized in that it is attached by engaging both with an upright portion.