JPH0520581Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a hard roof holding device for an open car in which the upper half of the vehicle body can be opened and closed.

(Prior Art) A convertible car is a car that does not have a roof or a rear window except for a front window, and has the advantage that it has a wide field of view and provides an exhilarating driving feeling in warm, sunny weather.

For this reason, for example, as disclosed in British Published Patent Application No. 2086316, the upper part of the rear part of the passenger compartment is covered with a hood, and a vehicle body roof is formed between the leading edge of the hood and the upper edge of the front window. There is a known convertible car that is a combination of a convertible model and a Targatop model, with a heart roof that spans the entire length.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) When a convertible car with the above structure is constructed such that when the top is folded, a hard roof is placed above the folded top for storage. In this case, the lower surface of the hard roof and the upper surface of the hood come into contact with each other, and vibrations during driving cause the hard roof and the hood to wear during use, resulting in a loss of quality.

The present invention was developed in view of this problem, and when the hard roof is stored above the folded top, the contact between the hard roof and the top is eliminated, preventing wear on both, and improving the sense of quality. The purpose is to

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the solution of the present invention includes a foldable hood that can be opened and closed over the rear of the vehicle compartment, and a foldable hood that covers the upper part of the rear part of the vehicle compartment, and a front edge of the hood when the hood is closed. The present invention is based on an open car equipped with a hard roof that spans between a front header provided above the front window and forms the roof of the vehicle body. Then, connect the rear end of the hard roof and the front edge of the hood,
a guide mechanism that guides the hard roof downward to overlap with the folded top in conjunction with the folding operation of the top when the top is folded; and a guide mechanism that projects forward from the front end of the hard roof at the front end of the hard roof a hook member that engages with the front header to connect the front end of the hard roof to the front header when the top is closed; and a hook member that is provided at a position forward of the folded top of the vehicle body;
The holding member is provided with the hook member abutting from above when the top is folded to hold the top surface of the folded top and the bottom surface of the hard roof apart from each other.

(Function) As a result, in the present invention, when the top is opened, the hook member provided at the front end of the hard roof is disengaged from the front header, and then the top is rotated rearward. is folded, and the hard roof is guided downward by the guide mechanism in conjunction with the folding operation of the top, and is stored so as to overlap above the folded top. At this time, the hard roof is held such that the hook member protruding from the front end contacts the holding member from above and the upper surface of the folded hood is separated from the lower surface of the hard roof, so that the hard roof and the hood are held together. This means that they can be stored without touching each other. Moreover, since the holding member is provided at a position in front of the folded top and in contact with the hook member protruding from the front end of the hard roof, it does not interfere with the folding operation of the top. There is no.

(Effect of the invention) According to the hard roof holding device for an open car of the present invention, when the top is folded, the hook member protruding from the front end of the hard roof is held at a position forward of the folded top of the vehicle body. It comes into contact with the member from above, and when the top is folded, the top surface of the top and the bottom surface of the hard roof are separated and both are stored.
This has the effect of preventing the top from coming into contact with the hard roof due to vibrations during driving and causing wear, and improving the sense of quality, without interfering with the folding operation of the top.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an open car according to the present invention, with the top shown in a closed state.
On the other hand, FIG. 1 is a similar view with the top folded and opened. In Fig. 2, the rear upper part of the passenger compartment 1 is covered by a hood 2 which can be opened and closed freely, and between the front header 4 above the front window 3 and the front edge of the hood 2, there is a space between the front edge of the hood 2 and the vehicle body when the hood 2 is closed. A plastic hard roof 5 forming a roof is provided. In the figure, 6 is a door, and 7 is a rear vehicle body.

The front edge 2a of the top 2 is supported by a roll bar 8 disposed on the inside of the top 2, as shown in FIG. The roll bar 8 is a substantially inverted U-shaped member, and although the right side of the vehicle body is not shown in this figure, both left and right leg ends 8a, 8a are rotatably supported by the left and right side walls of the vehicle body. It is possible to rotate rearward about both legs 3a, 3a from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the state shown in FIG. The hood 2 has its lower edge 2b attached to the rear vehicle body 7, and the roll bar 8
It can be folded freely as it rotates.

When the hard roof 5 is in the closed state shown in FIG. 2, the front end 5a is engaged with the front header 4, and the rear end 5b is engaged with the front edge 2b of the top 2. A metal hook member 9 that protrudes forward from the front end 5a is fixed to the front end 5a of the hard roof, and when the top 2 is closed, a locking member (not shown) provided on the front header is attached. ). On the other hand, the rear end 5b of the hard roof 5 is located at the front edge 2 of the hood.
The hard roof 5 and the top 2 continuously form the vehicle body roof when the top 2 is closed, and when the top 2 is folded, the hard roof 5 and the top 2 are connected to each other through a guide mechanism 10. In conjunction with the movement, the hard roof 5 is guided downward so as to overlap the folded top 2. The guide mechanism 10 has a stopper device (not shown) that maintains the hard roof 5 and roll bar 8 in an upright state in which they are substantially perpendicular.

The operation is performed by activating the stopper device when the top 2 is open, rotating the roll bar 8 forward, and engaging the hook member 9 provided at the front end of the hard roof 5 with the locking member. Canopy 2
Completes the movement to the closed state. On the other hand, when the top 2 is closed, the hook member 9 is disengaged from the locking member, the roll bar 8 is rotated rearward, and the top 2 is folded accordingly. Then, by releasing the stopper device of the guide mechanism 10, the hard roof 5 rotates rearward and is positioned above the folded top 2.

FIG. 4 shows the rear of the vehicle interior 1, and the vehicle interior wall is formed by fixing a resin trim 11 to the vehicle body. A holding member 12 is attached to the top surface of this trim 11 to hold the top surface of the top 2 and the bottom surface of the hard roof 5 apart when the top 2 is folded. The hook member 9 protruding from the front end of the top 5 is set at a position where it abuts from above, that is, at a position forward of the folded top 2. The holding member 12 is made up of a metal bracket 13 and a cushion rubber 14 attached to the upper surface of the bracket 13.
It is attached by fastening it to 1.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 5 show embodiments of the present invention.
Figures 3 to 3 are perspective views of the convertible car, with Figure 1 showing the open state with the top lowered, Figure 2 showing the state with the top up, and Figure 3 showing the state with the roll bar up.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the rear of the vehicle compartment, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Vehicle interior, 2... Top, 3... Front window, 4... Front header, 5... Hard roof, 9... Hook member, 10... Guide mechanism, 12
...Holding member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A foldable hood that can be opened and closed above the rear of the vehicle compartment, and a hood that extends between the leading edge of the hood and a front header provided above the front window when the hood is closed. In a convertible car equipped with a hard roof that forms the roof of the vehicle body, the rear end of the hard roof is connected to the front edge of the hood, and when the hood is folded, the hard roof is folded in conjunction with the folding operation of the hood. a guide mechanism for guiding the folded hood downward so as to overlap with the upper part of the folded hood; a hook member that engages with the front header so as to be connected to the front header; and a hook member that is provided at a position forward of the folded top of the vehicle body, and that when the top is folded, the hook member comes into contact with the front header from above and the folded A hard roof holding device for an open car, comprising: a holding member that holds the top surface of the roof and the bottom surface of the hard roof apart from each other;