JPH0511692Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

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

This invention relates to a top mounting structure for a car with a top, and more specifically, to a structure that allows the top to be easily attached to the vehicle body.

[Prior art and its problems]

Many four-wheel drive vehicles for off-road driving are equipped with a canopy to cover the cargo bed behind the passenger compartment. Such vehicles are provided with a gate-shaped hood frame that is supported between the central part or the rear end of both side frames of the cargo bed so that both legs can rotate in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. , and is configured to cover the cargo bed with the rear proper portion supported by a horizontal shaft extending in the vehicle width direction between the legs of the top bone. Further, the hood is usually fixed to the vehicle body by hooking its bottom portion to the vehicle body. In other words, the front hem of the hood in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is connected to the gate-shaped roll bar provided on the vehicle body to separate the passenger compartment and the cargo bed, the hem portions on both sides are connected to the frames on both sides of the cargo bed, The hems are each hooked to the rear frame of the cargo platform. In this case, the work of hooking the hem of the top to the side frames or rear frame of the cargo bed is not a problem, but the work of hooking the front hem of the top to the roll bar that is attached to the vehicle body while standing upright. The difficulty of the work was a problem because it had to be carried out at a high height above the ground. In particular, hooking the top to the ceiling of the roll bar is extremely difficult because the top is attached to several locations in the width direction of the vehicle and must be done while pulling the top. Various proposals have been made in the past to facilitate the work of attaching the top. For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 55-178423 proposes a method in which an appropriate number of elastic clips are provided at the rear of the legs of the roll bar. A hood locking device has been proposed in which a bag portion with a holding tube inserted therein is formed in the front hem of the hood, and this bag portion is fitted into the elastic clip to fix the front hem of the hood to the vehicle body. .
However, applying the canopy device of the above publication,
By providing an appropriate number of the above-mentioned elastic clips over the entire roll bar, that is, the ceiling or the legs, and fitting the bag portion provided at the front hem of the hood into each of the elastic clips, the front hem of the hood can be fixed. Even if a method of fixing the roll bar to the roll bar is used, it is necessary to forcibly fit each elastic clip into the roll bar. Therefore, there is almost no difference from the conventional method using hooks, and the difficulty of working particularly at the ceiling portion of the roll bar is not improved at all. The present invention was devised under the above-mentioned circumstances, and is an improved hood installation that facilitates the installation of the hood to the vehicle body, especially the work of fixing the front hem to the vehicle body. Its task is to provide structure.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problem, the present invention takes the following technical measures. That is, in a covered vehicle having a canopy that covers the cargo bed at the rear of the roll bar, a concave groove extending over the entire length of the ceiling or both legs is formed on the outer surface of the rear part of the roll bar, and the ceiling of the roll bar is In each opening of the groove in the part and the groove in both legs,
A unit supported so as to rotate integrally while being elastically biased in the direction of the lock position moves between a locked position where the opening of the groove is closed and an unlocked position where the lock enters into the groove and opens the opening of the groove. Alternatively, each locking means is provided with a plurality of locking pieces, and each of the locking means is provided at the front edge of the hood, and each locking means can fit into the groove and is in a locked position when the hood enters the groove. A bulge is provided which can be engaged with the stopper and prevented from coming off the groove.

[Action and effect]

The top mounting structure of the present invention eliminates the work of fixing the front edge of the top to the roll bar, which is considered to be the least workable task when fixing the top that is supported by the top rib and covers the cargo bed to the vehicle body. , the bulge provided on the front edge can be easily inserted into and taken out from a groove provided in the roll bar. That is, the locking pieces provided at the openings of the grooves in the ceiling and both legs are normally located at the lock position and close the openings of the grooves. If you press the bulge of the hood against such a hook by pushing it into the groove,
The locking piece is rotated in the direction of the unlocked position against the biasing force, and the bulging portion moves into the groove. Then, when the bulge completely enters the groove, the locking piece is released from the pressing force of the bulge and automatically rotates to the lock position due to the urging force in the direction of the lock position. Return. When the bulge enters the groove, the bulge becomes
Since the latching piece located at the lock position prevents the hood from coming off the groove, the front edge of the hood is fixed to the roll bar. The front edge of the top can be completely fixed to the roll bar by performing this simple operation of pushing the bulge into the groove at the ceiling and both legs of the roll bar. In this case, since the one or more locking pieces provided at each opening of the groove are configured to rotate together, all the locking pieces can be moved by simply pressing the bulge against one position of the locking piece. The locking pieces are simultaneously rotated toward the unlocked position. In other words, there is no need to push the bulge against each of the locking pieces, and by pressing the bulge against one spot on the locking piece, the locking state of the entire locking means is released and the bulge is immediately removed. The whole can be inserted into the opening. Therefore, even if, for example, one of the locking pieces is installed in a place that is out of reach on the ceiling of the roll bar, the top can be fixed to the roll bar without having to push the bulge into it. Compared to the conventional canopy mounting structure in which the roll bar has to be hooked at multiple locations, workability can be significantly improved. Further, in order to remove the front edge of the hood from the roll bar, it is sufficient to push down the latch piece to the unlocked position, open the opening of the groove, and pull out the bulge from the groove. In this case as well, by simply pushing down the locking piece at one location, the entire bulge can be immediately pulled out from the groove. As described above, in the hood mounting structure according to the present invention, the bulge provided on the front edge of the hood can be easily pushed into the groove by pushing the latching piece. The entire front edge of the top can be fixed to the roll bar by pushing the bulge into one place on the stopper, so the front edge of the top can be easily and quickly attached to the roll bar. Can be fixed.

[Explanation of Examples]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The top mounting structure according to this example is characterized by a mounting structure that fixes the front edge of the top 1 to the roll bar 2, and the support structure of the top 1 and the fixing means on both sides and rear hems are , has almost the same configuration as the conventional one. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the top 1 has an upper rear corner attached to a gate-shaped top frame 6 whose lower ends are rotatably supported by both side frames 4 of the cargo platform 3. The loading platform 3 is covered in a box shape with the corner portion 1a supported. The side and rear hem portions of the top 1 are fixed to the vehicle body by being hooked to hooks 8 provided on the outer surfaces of the side frames 4 and rear frame 5 of the cargo platform 3, respectively. Now, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a groove 9 is formed on the outer surface of the rear part of the roll bar 2, and extends over the entire length of the ceiling 2a and both legs 2b, 2b in the longitudinal direction. . In this groove 9,
Opening 9a in ceiling 2a and both legs 2
A locking means 1 is provided at the openings 9b and 9b in the grooves 9b and 2b for blocking the openings of the grooves 9 and preventing the bulging portion 14 of the hood 1, which will be described later, from coming off the grooves 9.
0 is provided for each. As shown in FIG. 2, the ceiling part 2 of the roll bar 2
The locking means 10 in a has an axial length slightly smaller than the longitudinal length of the opening 9a in the ceiling 2a of the groove 9, and is supported by a bracket (not shown) along the opening 9a of the roll bar 2. It includes a rotational support shaft 11 and a plurality of hanging pieces 12 each having a substantially J-shaped cross section and whose base end is unrotatably supported by the rotational support shaft 11 and which are arranged at appropriate intervals thereon. . The rotation support shaft 11 is elastically biased in one rotational direction by a biasing spring (not shown), and its rotational range is restricted by the bracket. As a result, the locking piece 12 can be placed in a locked position where it closes approximately half of the opening of the groove 9 as shown by the solid line in FIG. In the direction of the lock position (second
(counterclockwise in the figure), and is configured to be able to rotate integrally with the rotation support shaft 11 while being regulated so that it cannot rotate further in the direction of the lock position than the lock position. . Therefore, when one latch piece 12 is rotated between the locked position and the unlocked position, all the other latch pieces 12 are also rotated in the same way. As shown in FIG. 3, similarly to the locking means 10 in the ceiling part 2a, each opening 9b, 9b of the groove 9 in both leg parts 2b, 2b
The locking means 10, 10 of FIG. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3 without FIG.
A cover member 13 having a shape corresponding to the gate-shaped roll bar 2 and for exerting a sealing function between the roll bar 2 and the top 1 overhangs from the rear above the groove 9 by a predetermined width. It's set up. This cover member 13 has a distal end that is connected to the distal end of the locking piece 12 located at the lock position.
The proximal end portion thereof is fixed to the outer surface of the roll bar 2 so as to take a positional relationship that closes the opening of the groove 9 while leaving a gap for the passage thereof. This allows the cover member 13 to lock onto the latch piece 12 located in the locked position.
In cooperation with this, the bulging portion 14 of the top 1 that has entered the groove 9 is prevented from coming off from the groove 9. On the other hand, in this example, the above-described bulging portion 14 of the top 1 is shaped like a thin round bar having a portal shape corresponding to the roll bar 2 on the front edge of the top 1, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. It is formed by winding up the core material 15 and fixing it with sewing means or the like. The bulging portion 14 is large enough to fit into the groove 9 and is larger than the distance between the tip of the locking piece 12 and the tip of the cover member 13 in the locked position. , and the diameter of the core member 15 is determined to be smaller than the distance between the outer surface of the locking piece 12 and the tip of the cover member 13 in the unlocked position. Therefore, when the bulging portion 14 is inserted into the groove 9, it is prevented from leaving the groove 9 by the locking pieces 12 located in the lock position and the cover member 13, and the bulging portion 14 is prevented from leaving the groove 9. Only when the stopper piece 12 is located at the unlocked position can it come out of the groove 9. Incidentally, in forming the bulging portion 14, the core material 15 may be formed of an elastic member having a certain degree of shape retention. In this case, the bulge 14 is replaced by the groove 9.
When the roll bar 2 is inserted into the canopy, contact between the bulging portion 14 and the locking piece 12 or the cover member 13 due to its elasticity is achieved, improving the watertightness between the roll bar 2 and the canopy 1. can be achieved. In the top mounting structure of this example configured as described above, in order to fix the front edge of the top 1 to the roll bar 2, the bulging portion 14 of the top 1 is pressed against the locking piece 12 located at the lock position. The work of pushing it into the opening 9a in the ceiling 2a of the roll bar 2 of the groove 9 and both legs 2b, 2b
This may be done at the openings 9b, 9b, respectively. Then, the locking pieces 12... are rotated to the unlocked position as shown by the imaginary lines in FIGS. 2 and 3, and along with this, the bulging portion 1
4 enters the concave groove 9, and after this, the latch piece 12
. . . automatically returns to the locked position as shown by the solid line in FIGS. 2 and 3 with a biasing force. In this state, the opening of the recessed groove 9 is closed by the locking pieces 12 .
The front edge of is completely fixed to the roll bar 2. By the way, in this example, the plurality of locking pieces 12 . 2a, by pushing the bulge 14 into one of the latch pieces 12 within reach, all the other latch pieces 12... will be unlocked at the same time. The swollen portion 14 can be pushed into the groove 9 by rotating to this position. Therefore, the work of fixing the top 1 to the ceiling portion 2a of the roll bar 2, which has conventionally been considered the most difficult task, can be performed very easily. This means that both legs 2 of the roll bar 2
The same applies to b and 2b. Further, in this example, by providing the cover member 13, the second
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 3, the inner surface of the canopy 1, which is usually fixed to the roll bar 2 in a tensioned state, is in close contact with the outer surface of the tip of the cover member 13, so that the roll bar 2 and the canopy are tightly connected to each other. A certain level of watertightness can be obtained between the On the other hand, in order to attach and detach the front edge of the hood 1 from the roll bar 2, push the locking pieces 12 into the unlocked position, open the opening of the groove 9, and move the bulge 14 from the groove 9. Just pull it out. In this case as well, it is only necessary to push in one of the locking pieces 12, and the attachment and detachment work is also easy. In this way, in the canopy mounting structure of this example,
The ease of attaching the front edge of the hood 1 to the roll bar 2 is considerably improved compared to the conventional example.
In addition, the structure is such that the watertightness between the top 1 and the roll bar 2, which is another problem with the top 1, can be improved. Note that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments; for example, the locking means may be configured so that the locking pieces provided on the ceiling and both legs of the roll bar rotate together at the same time. if,
The effect of the present invention is further enhanced. Further, in the above embodiment, the locking means is constituted by a plurality of latching pieces, but it may be constituted by a single latching piece. Furthermore, various design changes can be made to the supporting structure for the hanging pieces and the bulging portion of the hood other than those of the above-mentioned embodiments.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a covered car to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, seen from the rear, and Fig. 2 is a - of Fig. 1.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1. 1...Top, 2...Roll bar, 2a...Ceiling (of the roll bar), 2b...Legs (of the roll bar), 3...Loading platform, 9...Concave groove, 9a...(Roll bar) 9b...opening (in the leg of the roll bar), 10...locking means, 12...hanging piece, 14...bulge.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a covered vehicle that has a canopy that covers the cargo bed behind the roll bar, a concave groove is formed on the outer surface of the rear part of the roll bar that extends over the entire length of the ceiling or both legs of the roll bar. At the same time, each opening of the groove in the ceiling of the roll bar and the groove in both legs,
A unit supported so as to rotate integrally while being elastically biased in the direction of the lock position moves between a locked position where the opening of the groove is closed and an unlocked position where the lock enters into the groove and opens the opening of the groove. Alternatively, each locking means is provided with a plurality of locking pieces, and each of the locking means is provided at the front edge of the hood, and each locking means can fit into the groove and is in a locked position when the hood enters the groove. A top mounting structure for an automobile with a top, characterized in that a bulge is provided which can be engaged with a stopper and prevented from being removed from a recessed groove.