JPH0431845Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a door glass elevating structure for elevating and lowering a door glass installed in an automobile door.

(Prior Art) Generally, a door glass of an automobile is disposed between a door outer panel and a door inner panel that face each other, and is raised and lowered by a lifting mechanism such as a window regulator. When the door glass assumes a lowered position where the entire door glass is stored between the door outer panel and the door inner panel, the door glass is designed to avoid interference with various members arranged on the inner surface of the door outer panel. , typically maintained at a predetermined distance from the door outer panel. Therefore, in the raised state of the door glass, a relatively large step is formed between the outer surface of the door glass and the outer surface of the door outer panel.

The relatively large step formed between the outer surface of the door glass and the outer surface of the door outer panel is
This is a part where eddy currents and the like are generated when the vehicle is running, resulting in inconveniences such as increasing the running resistance of the vehicle or producing relatively loud wind noise.

In this way, in order to reduce the level difference formed between the outer surface of the door glass and the outer surface of the door outer panel, which causes an increase in vehicle running resistance and the generation of relatively large wind noise, for example, , Utsukai Showa 60-
Publication No. 227 discloses that a molding member integrally formed with a weather strip is engaged with a flange portion formed on a window frame portion of a door outer panel, and thereby a lower portion of the window frame portion of the door outer panel An automobile door structure has been proposed in which the outer surface of the door glass is continuous with the outer surface of the door glass through a smooth surface obtained by a molding member, a weather strip, or the like.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventionally proposed automobile door structures as described above, a molding member having a weather strip and a lower part of the window frame portion of the door outer panel is attached. Therefore, there is a possibility that the appearance quality of the door may be impaired.

In view of this, the present invention aims to reduce the amount of air that is formed between the outer surface of the door outer panel and the outer surface of the door glass, which causes increased running resistance of the vehicle and relatively large wind noise generated when the vehicle is running. An object of the present invention is to provide a door glass elevating structure for an automobile, which can reduce the step difference without impairing the appearance quality of the door.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the automobile door glass elevating structure according to the present invention is arranged between a door outer panel and a door inner panel facing each other, and is arranged along a predetermined path. an engaging member provided on the elevating member; an engaging member provided on the elevating member; and an engaging member provided on the elevating member; and a door glass support member in which a guide groove is formed into which the engaging member is slidably inserted, and the guide groove moves the door glass toward the door outer panel when the elevating member is raised. It is said that

(Function) In the automobile door glass elevating structure according to the present invention configured as described above, when the elevating member is raised along a predetermined path together with the engaging member, the engaging member is slidable. A door glass support member having a guide groove inserted therein is regulated by the guide groove and guided in a direction approaching the door outer panel, and the door glass is accordingly moved toward the door outer panel.

As a result, the difference in level between the outer surface of the door outer panel and the outer surface of the door glass can be reduced without requiring a molding member or the like to be attached to the lower portion of the window frame portion of the door outer panel. Therefore, the running resistance of the vehicle is reduced without degrading the appearance quality of the door, and the wind noise generated when the vehicle is running is suppressed.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the main parts of an example of the door glass elevating structure of an automobile according to the present invention, and FIG.
1 shows a door to which the illustrated example is applied, together with a part of the body of a car on which it is installed;

In Figure 2, door 2 attached to the vehicle body
is mainly composed of a door body part 4, a door glass 6, a window frame part 8, and the like. Door body part 4
As shown in FIG. 1, which shows a cross section taken along the - line in FIG. and a door inner panel 4b. Note that the door outer panel 4a is also integrally formed with the outer surface portion of the window frame portion 8, and the door body portion 4 is provided with increased strength on its inner surface facing the door inner panel 4b. A reinforcing plate member 10 is attached to the frame.

A rail member 14 is disposed between the door inner panel 4b and the reinforcing plate member 10 along the vertical direction of the door main body portion 4. The rail member 14 includes
As clearly shown in FIG. 3, a projection 14a and a bent portion 14b are formed, and the projection 1
4a and the engagement plate portion 16 that engages with the bent portion 14b.
a, and an elevating member 16 having a protruding portion 16b integrally formed with the engaging plate portion 16a, is connected to the rail member 1.
4 so as to be slidable. The elevating member 16 is
It is raised and lowered along a predetermined path regulated by the rail member 14 by a lifting mechanism such as a wind regulator (not shown). In addition, the elevating member 16
An engagement pin 18 extending along the front-rear direction of the door body 4 is attached to the protrusion 16b. Therefore, when the elevating member 16 is moved up and down along the rail member 14, the engagement pin 18 attached to the elevating member 16 is moved along the two-dot chain line l in FIG.
It moves along a predetermined route as shown in .

Rail member 14 at the lower edge of door glass 6
A pair of door glass support members 20 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape are arranged at predetermined positions sandwiching the door glass. The door glass support member 20 has a support portion 2 on its upper end surface.
0a and a flat plate portion 20b extending toward the upper end of the door glass 6.
is attached to the door glass support member 20 by being fastened to the flat plate portion 20b with bolts 22 with its lower edge supported by the support portion 20a. Furthermore, guide grooves 24 are formed in the pair of door glass support members 20 in opposing plane parts with the rail member 14 in between. The guide groove 24 is
An upper edge 24a located on the door inner panel 4b side and a lower edge 24b located on the door outer panel 4a side are continuous via an inclined portion 24c. In each guide groove 24 of the pair of door glass support members 20, an engaging pin 18 attached to the elevating member 16 is provided.
Both ends of are slidably inserted. In this way, the elevating member 16 is moved up and down along the path regulated by the rail member 14 along with the engagement pin 18, so that the door glass 6 is moved up and down along with the door glass support member 20. The position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1 is the highest position of the door glass 6.

One end of a bracket 12 is attached to the upper end of the door inner panel 4b, and a bracket 12 is provided at a predetermined position so as to protrude toward the door outer panel 4a and have one end substantially parallel to the door glass 6. The other end of the stopper member 26 bent upward is attached by a screw 28. The stopper member 26 comes into contact with the peripheral edge of the door glass support member 20 when the door glass 6 is at the highest position as shown by the solid line in FIG. The position is to be regulated in the width direction.

Further, at a predetermined position of the reinforcing plate member 10 attached to the door outer panel 4a, there is a bracket that protrudes toward the door inner panel 4b and is bent downward so that one end thereof is substantially parallel to the door glass 6. The other end of 30 is attached by a pin 32. And bracket 3
A guide plate member 34 extending in the vertical direction of the door main body 4 is attached to one end bent downward at 0 in a state substantially parallel to the rail member 14. When the door glass 6 is in the lowered position as shown by the dashed line in FIG.
The position of the vehicle in the width direction of the vehicle is regulated. Weather strips 36 and 38 are arranged at the upper ends of the door outer panel 4a and the door inner panel 4b, respectively.

The door glass 6 moves along a path regulated by the window frame section 8 when going up and down. As shown in FIG. 4A, the window frame portion 8 that regulates the movement path of the door glass 6 extends along the height direction of the vehicle, and its width is minimum at the upper end and increases toward the lower end. Groove 40 becomes larger
have. In this groove 40, an inner guide 42 made of a flexible material and supporting the front and rear edge portions of the door glass 6 is disposed.

The inner guide 42 has a groove portion 40 at its upper end.
Fig. 4 shows a cross section taken along the line B-B in Fig. 4A, while the window frame portion 8 is held in a state where it cannot be moved because it is held at the upper end of the window frame portion 8 where the width is the minimum. As shown in B, the groove 40
It is supported movably in the vehicle width direction by a pin 46 inserted into a long hole 44 extending in the vehicle width direction and formed near the lower end of the window frame portion 8 where the width is maximum. A leaf spring member 50 is disposed near the lower end of the groove 40 in the window frame 8 to urge the lower end of the inner guide 42 inwardly into the vehicle interior. Further, the other end of a weather strip 48, which has one end fixed to the surface of the window frame 8 on the inside side of the vehicle interior, is brought into contact with the inner surface of the door glass 6.

Based on the above-described configuration, when the elevating member 16 is raised along the rail member 14 by the elevating mechanism, the door glass support member 20 to which the door glass 6 is attached is shown by the dashed line in FIG. When in the lowered position shown, the peripheral edge of the door glass support member 20 is brought into contact with the guide plate member 34, so the engagement pin 18 of the elevating member 16 is in the inclined portion 24c of the guide groove 24.
The door glass support member 20 is raised while in contact with the door glass support member 20. In this way, by bringing the peripheral edge of the door glass support member 20 into contact with the guide plate member 34, the position of the door glass 6 in the vehicle width direction is regulated. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the lower end of the arranged inner guide 42 is biased toward the inside of the vehicle interior by the leaf spring member 50.

Then, when the elevating member 16 is further raised and the state in which the peripheral edge of the door glass support member 20 and the guide plate member 34 are brought into contact with each other is released, the engagement pin 18 of the elevating member 16 moves into the guide groove 2.
The door glass support member 20 is raised in a state in which it is in contact with the upper edge 24a at 4, and the door glass support member 20 is raised to the highest level shown by the solid line in FIG. It becomes something that takes a position. In this way, the engagement pin 18 of the ascending/lowering member 16 is connected to the upper edge 2 of the guide groove 24.
4a, the door glass support member 20 and the door glass 6 are moved toward the door outer panel 4a, and at this time, the lower end of the inner guide 42 disposed in the groove 40 of the window frame 8 , as shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, which shows a cross section along the line B-B in FIG. 5A,
It is moved toward the outside of the vehicle compartment against the biasing force of the leaf spring member 50.

In this way, the door glass 6 is moved toward the door outer panel 4a in the state of rising to take the highest position as shown by the solid line in FIG. The difference in level between the outer surface of the door glass 6 and the outer surface of the door glass 6 is significantly reduced, so that the running resistance of the vehicle is reduced and the wind noise generated when the vehicle is running is suppressed. become.

(Effect of the invention) As is clear from the above explanation, according to the automobile door glass elevating structure according to the present invention, when the elevating member is raised along a predetermined path together with the engaging member, the engaging member The door glass support member having a guide groove through which the door glass is slidably inserted is regulated by the guide groove and guided in a direction approaching the door outer panel, so that the door glass is moved toward the door outer panel. It is possible to reduce the level difference formed between the outer surface of the door outer panel and the outer surface of the door glass, thereby reducing the running resistance of the vehicle and minimizing wind noise when the vehicle is running. It can be small. Moreover, unlike the case where a molding member or the like is provided in the lower part of the window frame portion of the door outer panel, the appearance quality of the door is not impaired.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the essential parts of an example of a door glass elevating structure for an automobile according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows a door to which the example shown in Fig. 1 is applied, and a car equipped with the door glass is shown. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the elevating member and door glass support member used in the example shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing the window frame shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4B is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 4A, and FIG. 5A is a perspective view illustrating the movement of the door glass in the example shown in FIG. 1. , FIG. 5B is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5A. In the figure, 4 is the door main body, 4a is the door outer panel, 4b is the door inner panel, 6 is the door glass,
16 is a lifting member, 18 is an engagement pin, 20 is a door glass support member, 24 is a guide groove, and 26 is a stopper member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An elevating member disposed between a door outer panel and a door inner panel that face each other and that is moved up and down along a predetermined path; an engaging member provided on the elevating member; and the door outer panel and the door inner panel. The engaging member is provided in a lower part of the door glass that is movably disposed between the parts, and is slidably inserted therein so as to move the door glass toward the door outer panel when the elevating member is raised. A door glass lifting structure for an automobile, comprising: a door glass support member in which a guide groove is formed.