JPH0524419U - Vehicle sliding door structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The sliding door of the vehicle is opened and closed electrically to improve the convenience of the vehicle. [Structure] A guide rail 15 supported by the vehicle body 2 is engaged with a center rail 6 located inside the slide door 3 to guide opening and closing of the slide door 3. A wire drum 34, which is connected to the support column 24 of the guide roller 15 and winds up and feeds out the wire 26 guided by the pulleys 28 and 29, is installed on the slide door 3. The wire drum 34 is rotated by the slide motor 36, the guide roller 15 is relatively moved, and the slide door 3 is opened and closed.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a vehicle slide door structure that can be electrically opened and closed.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, doors for vehicles such as automobiles have been constructed such that, in addition to doors that rotate around hinges, the doors slide and open and close with respect to the vehicle body to enhance convenience when passengers get on and off. Came to exist.

The so-called slide door having such a structure is openably and closably attached to the side surface of the vehicle, and the occupant manually opens and closes the slide door from inside or outside the vehicle when the occupant gets in and out of the vehicle.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As described above, the conventional slide door has a structure in which an occupant manually holds and slides the opening / closing handle of the slide door and slides the door to open / close. On the other hand, in recent years, in order to further improve convenience, there has been a demand for something that can be opened and closed by operating a switch from the driver's seat.

In order to meet the above demands, the present invention has an object to provide a vehicle slide door structure capable of electrically opening and closing the slide door.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the sliding door structure of a vehicle according to the present invention, a sliding door having a rail that engages with a guide roller mounted on the vehicle body moves along the surface of the vehicle body while being guided by the guide roller. In a sliding door structure for a vehicle that opens and closes the sliding door, a wire having one end connected to a column that supports the guide roller, and a wire supported at both ends of the rail of the sliding door, respectively. Connected to the wire drum, a pair of pulleys around which the wire is wound, a wire drum that is attached to the slide door and that winds the other end of the wire by winding and rotating the wire. And a slide motor that is driven by a motor.

[0007]

[Action]

 The guide roller guides the slide door while engaging with the rail of the slide door, and the slide door moves along the surface of the vehicle body to open and close the slide door with respect to the vehicle body.

At this time, when the sliding motor rotates, the wire drum also rotates, the wire is guided to the pool and rotates along the rail, and the guide roller is pulled along the rail by being pulled by the end of the wire. Move relatively. As a result, the slide door moves with respect to the guide roller fixed to the vehicle body, and the slide door is opened and closed.

[0009]

【Example】

 One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, and this embodiment will be described based on these drawings.

Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle adopting an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an entire sliding door according to the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a drive system of a slide door according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a view showing a periphery of a swing motor of a slide door according to one embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a periphery of a guide roller of a slide door according to one embodiment. 6 is a detailed enlarged view of a portion, FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 5 and showing a state in which wires are connected, and FIG. 7 is a center rail end portion of a slide door according to an embodiment. 8 is an enlarged perspective view, FIG. 8 is a detailed enlarged view of a sliding motor of a slide door according to an embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a slide door 3 is slidably attached to a rear portion of a vehicle body 2 which constitutes a vehicle 1, and can be opened and closed by sliding in the left-right direction in the figure. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper arm 4 and the lower rail 5 fixed to the vehicle body 2 side are engaged with the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 8 of the slide door 3 and fixed to the inside of the slide door 3. The center arm 6 on the side of the vehicle body 2 engages with the center rail 6 formed so that the slide door 3 moves along the surface of the vehicle body 2 while being guided by the upper rail 4, the lower rail 5 and the center arm 9. There is.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of arm plates 12 and 13 are supported by a body plate 11 of a center arm 9 mounted on the vehicle body 2 so as to swing in parallel with each other. A swing arm 14 is swingably supported at the tip ends of the arm plates 12 and 13. Further, a pair of guide rollers 15 and 16 for smoothly sliding on the center rail 6 are rotatably supported on the tip end side of the swing arm 14. Therefore, the slide door 3 is installed in the guide rollers 15 and 16.

Further, the front ends of the upper rail 4 and the lower rail 5 have curved portions 4a, 5a which are curved inwardly of the vehicle. Therefore, when the slide door 3 moves to the front side of the vehicle body 2 and is closed, the slide door 3 sinks to the vehicle body 2 side so that the outer plate surface of the vehicle body 2 and the outer plate surface of the slide door 3 coincide with each other. The door lock (not shown) is activated at this time.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a swing motor 18 for swinging the arm plates 12, 13 is fixed to the body plate 11, and the pinion 19 of the swing motor 18 is attached to the body. It meshes with a rack 21 on a slide rod 20 that is reciprocally mounted on the plate 11. The arm plate 13 and the slide rod 20 are connected to each other by connecting pins 22 swingably connected thereto. The swing motor 18 is connected to a switch in the driver's seat (not shown) and operated by operating this switch.

As described above, when the swing motor 18 rotates, the slide rod 20 moves in the left-right direction in FIG. 4 through the engagement with the pinion 19, and the arm plate 13 joined to the connecting pin 22. Also, the arm plate 12 swings. That is, when the slide door 3 is closed, the slide door 3 sinks toward the vehicle body 2 side, so that the swing motor 18 is driven to move the arm plates 12 and 13 as shown by a broken line C in FIG. When swinging and when the slide door 3 is opened, the arm plates 12 and 13 are returned to the position shown by the solid line D 1 in FIG.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the support column 24 that rotatably supports the lower guide roller 15 of the pair of guide rollers 15 and 16 has a pin 27 fixed to the end of the wire 26. The connecting piece 25 for engaging with is engaged, and the end portion of this wire 26 is engaged as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the wire 26 is wound around and guided by pulleys 28 and 29 which are rotatably supported so as to be positioned at both ends of the center rail 6, and the center rail 6 is also guided. One end of the cable 6 is fixed to both ends of the cable, and the cable is cabled into the cable outer cables 31 and 32. The other ends of the cable outer cables 31, 32 are connected to a door slide unit 33 as shown in FIGS. 3, 8 and 9, and the cable outer cable 31 is connected to the wire drum 34 in the door slide unit 33. The end portion of the wire 26 passing through the inside of the wire 32 is wound several times and fixed. Further, a gear 37 of a sliding motor 36 mounted in the door slide unit 33 and a gear 35 coaxially fixed to the wire drum 34 are meshed and connected. The slide motor 36 is also connected to the switch in the driver's seat, like the swing motor 18.

Therefore, when the sliding motor 36 rotates, the gear 35 of the wire drum 34 meshed with the gear 37 rotates, and the guide rollers 15 and 16 to which the ends of the wires 26 are connected are attached to the center rail 6. It will reciprocate relatively along. Then, when the guide rollers 15 and 16 finally reach the end of the center rail 6, the load applied to the slide motor 36 increases, and the current value of the slide motor 36 that increases accordingly is detected by a detector (not shown). It detected and stopped the motor.

Next, the function and effect of the above-described embodiment will be described.

When the sliding door 3 is opened, the door lock is unlocked by operating the switch in the driver's seat, and the swing motor 18 is rotated, so that the broken line C in FIG. The arm plate 13 is caused to change from the state of 1 to the state of the solid line D. Along with this, the guide rollers 15 and 16 push out the center rail 6, and the slide door 3 is integrally fixed by being depressed toward the vehicle body 2 side along the curved portions 4a and 5a of the upper rail 4 and the lower rail 5. Moving. Therefore, the slide door 3 can be slid relative to the vehicle body 2 by protruding from the vehicle body 2 by the thickness of the slide door 3.

Then, as the sliding motor 36 rotates, the wire drum 34 rotates and one wire 26 is wound around the wire drum 34 and the other wire 26 is sent out from the wire drum 34. 6, the guide rollers 15 and 16 are relatively moved from the upper right side to the lower left side in FIG. As a result, the slide door 3 moves relative to the vehicle body 2 along the upper rail 4 and the lower rail 5, and the slide door 3 is opened.

On the other hand, when the sliding door 3 is closed, the sliding door 36 moves relative to the vehicle body 2 by rotating the sliding motor 36 and the swing motor 18 in the reverse order as described above, in the reverse order. Then, the slide door 3 closes the vehicle body 2.

[0023]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the sliding door structure of the vehicle of the present invention, the end of the wire guided by the pulley is connected to the guide roller, and the wire is pulled by the sliding motor to relatively move the guide roller. As a result, the sliding doors can be opened and closed electrically, further increasing the convenience of the vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle adopting an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an entire slide door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a drive system of a slide door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B are views showing the periphery of a swing motor for a slide door according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 4A is a side view and FIG. 4B is a bottom view.

FIG. 5 is a detailed enlarged view of a peripheral portion of a guide roller of a slide door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing a state in which wires are connected, which is taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing an end portion of a center rail of a slide door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a detailed enlarged view of a sliding motor of a sliding door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle 2 Body 3 Slide Door 6 Center Rail 9 Center Arm 12, 13 Arm Plate 15, 16 Guide Roller 18 Swing Motor 24 Strut 25 Connecting Piece 26 Wire 27 Pin 28, 29 Pulley 31, 32 Cable Outer Cable 33 Door Slide Unit 34 wire drum 35, 37 gear 36 motor for sliding

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A slide door having a rail that engages with a guide roller attached to a vehicle body moves along the surface of the vehicle body while being guided by the guide roller to open and close the slide door with respect to the vehicle body. In a sliding door structure for a vehicle, a wire having one end connected to a column that supports the guide roller, and a pair of pulleys supported so as to be located at both ends of the rail of the sliding door and around which the wire is wound. A wire drum that is attached to the slide door and that winds the other end of the wire by winding around the wire and rotating the wire.
A sliding door structure for a vehicle, comprising: a sliding motor that is connected to and driven by the wire drum.