JPH0526567U - Seal structure for automobile hood cloth - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a seal structure of an openable roof for an automobile, which can greatly improve the sealability with a simple structure. [Composition] An openable roof for an automobile in which a hood cloth 17 covering an upper part of a vehicle compartment is supported by a roof frame configured to be rotatable with respect to a vehicle body, and the hood cloth 17 is attached to a pillar portion 30 of the roof frame. Configure so that the parts can be sealed. In this case, the inner sheet 62 is fixed to the inner surface of the hood 17 and the front edge of the inner sheet 62 is fixed to the outer surface of the pillar portion 30. Then, the weather strip 61 fixed to the pillar portion 30 is integrally formed with a seal piece 61a that comes into close contact with the outer surface of the inner sheet 62. Further, the peripheral edge portion 19a of the hood cloth 17 is provided outside the sealing piece 61a.
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Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a sealing structure for a hood cloth for automobiles, and more particularly to an improvement of a sealing structure for improving a sealing property between a hood cloth and a roof frame at a rear edge of a door opening or the like.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 The openable roof of an automobile generally has a structure in which a hood cloth that covers the upper part of the passenger compartment is supported by a roof frame that is rotatably supported by the vehicle body. In such a retractable roof, as a seal structure between a roof frame, for example, a rear edge of a door opening and a roof frame, conventionally, a weather strip is attached to a peripheral edge of the roof frame, and a door is attached to a front edge of the weather strip. It is common to press the glass and fix it so that the rear edge of the cloth covers the periphery of the hood cloth (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-39137).

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above-mentioned openable roof, the door opening peripheral portion of the hood cloth tends to open outward due to the traveling wind. Therefore, depending on the sealing structure of the opening portion, there is a problem that rainwater or the like is likely to enter inward from the outer open portion of the hood cloth during traveling. Therefore, a sealing structure capable of improving sealing performance is required. Has been done. The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a seal structure for an openable roof for an automobile, which can greatly improve the sealability with a simple structure.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the present invention, in a sealing structure of an attachment portion of a hood cloth covering an upper part of a vehicle compartment to a roof frame supporting the hood cloth, an inner sheet is fixed to an inner surface of a peripheral edge of the hood cloth, and a front edge of the inner sheet is fixed to the roof frame The weather strip fixed to the outer surface of the roof frame, and a sealing piece closely contacting the outer surface of the inner sheet is formed on the weather strip fixed to the roof frame, and the peripheral portion of the hood cloth is positioned outside the sealing piece. Is characterized by.

[0005]

[Action]

 According to the seal structure of the present invention, since the front edge of the inner sheet attached to the inside of the hood cloth is fixed to the outer surface of the roof frame, and this is covered with the seal piece extending to the weather strip. The part has a double seal structure. Therefore, even if the peripheral edge of the hood cloth located outside of this double seal structure portion opens outward due to running wind and rainwater enters through the gap, the rainwater and the like will not be separated from the seal piece and the inner sheet. The double seal structure prevents entry into the room and improves the sealability.

[0006]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 are views for explaining a sealing structure of an opening / closing roof for an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are sectional views taken along line II and line II-II of FIG. 3 and 4 are a side view and a perspective view of a roof portion, FIG. 5 is a side view of a roof frame, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are side views of the automobile of the embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is an automobile equipped with a retractable roof 2 adopting the structure of the present embodiment, 3 is a vehicle body with the roof portion removed, and 4 and 5 are front and rear wheels. A pillars 6 are erected upward on both sides of the front part of the vehicle body 3, the A pillars 6 are connected to each other by a windshield header 7, and a windshield 8 is formed in a windshield formed by these members. Is fixed. A door opening 3a is formed in the side panel portion of the vehicle body 3, and a door 9 is arranged in the door opening 3a so as to be openable and closable. The door 9 is arranged so as to pass through the door body 10, the door sash 11 formed only at the front portion of the upper edge of the door body 10, and the division bar 11a of the sash 11 in the front-rear direction, and is vertically movable. And the door glass 12 are included.

The openable roof 2 is composed of a hood cloth 17 that covers the upper portion of the vehicle body 3 and a roof frame 18 that supports the hood cloth 17 in a tensioned state. The roof frame 18 is composed of a rear frame 24 having a substantially gate shape in a front view, a front frame 25 having a substantially U shape in a plan view, and a rear cross pipe 26 having a substantially gate shape in a front view. Has been done.

The rear frame 24 has a structure in which a pair of left and right pillar portions 30 are rigidly connected to each other by a front, rear pair of front and middle cross pipes 28 and 29. It is rotatably supported on the vehicle body 3 by a support pipe 33 having an axis line in the width direction. The lower left and right ends of the rear cross pipe 26 are pivotally supported near the rear side of the support bracket 32. A cylinder 35 of a damper stay 34 for assisting the pivoting operation of the rear frame 24 is pivotally supported slightly above the pivotal support portion of the rear cross pipe 26 of the support bracket 32. The tip end of the piston rod 36 of the damper stay 34 is pivotally supported by the tip of a connecting arm 37, and the connecting arm 37 is rotatably supported by the vehicle body 3.

The front frame 25 is formed by rigidly connecting the front ends of a pair of left and right roof portions 38 with a cross member 39 extending in the vehicle width direction. The front frame 25 has a bracket at the front end of the rear frame 24. A shaft is rotatably supported via 34 and 40. Reference numeral 44 is a stopper arm configured to stand up at the angle between the front frame 25 and the rear frame 24 when the front frame 25 is folded, and 49 rotates the arm 44. The drive pin 50 is an auxiliary spring for reducing a moment due to its own weight when returning the front frame 25 to its original position.

The pillar portion 30 is a tubular body in which inner and outer panels 30a and 30b are connected, and the roof portion 38 is flanged to the inner and outer panels 38a and 38b, respectively. A strip mounting seat is formed on the door opening side of the roof portion 38 by bending the flange portion 38c inward, and the base portion of the weather strip 65 is fixed to the mounting seat.

A strip attachment groove is formed by fixing a holding piece 30c on the door opening side of the pillar portion 30, and a base portion 61d of a weather strip 61 is fitted and fixed in the attachment groove. ing. The weather strip 61 is formed by integrally forming a door seal piece 61c on the base portion 61d and extending a hood seal piece 61a to the rear of the vehicle. Reference numeral 61b is a notch groove for facilitating outward bending of the hood seal piece 61a.

The hood cloth 17 is composed of a roof portion 17a, a side portion 17b, and a back portion 17c which are respectively located at the upper portion, the left and right portions, and the rear end portion of the passenger compartment. The back portion 17c is composed of a main body portion 17g which is continuous with the roof portion 17a and the side portion 17b, and a window portion 17f which is located inside the main body portion 17g and is detachable by the zipper 21a. Window openings 17e and 17d are formed in the window portion 17f and the side portion 17b, respectively, and a transparent plate 20 made of a transparent resin is attached to the outer surface of the window openings 17d and 17e.

On the inner surface of the front edge (the rear edge of the door opening) of the side portion 17b and the inner surface of the side edge (the upper edge of the door opening) of the roof portion 17a, a reinforcing cloth 19a for reinforcing the important parts of the hood cloth 17 is formed. , 19b are affixed, and an edge cloth 19d for performing a terminal treatment is sewn on the peripheral edge of the hood cloth 17. The edge cloth 19d and the reinforcing cloths 19a and 19b are strips made of the same material as the hood cloth 17. Reinforcing cloths 19b located on the left and right sides of the roof portion 17a extend rearward along the ridgeline between the roof portion 17a and the side portions 17b, and the extended end portions 19c of the rear cloth pipe 2 are extended. It is wound around and fixed to 6.

An inner sheet 62 is provided on the inner surface of the reinforcing cloth 19a attached to the door opening rear edge portion of the hood cloth 17, and the rear edge portion of the sheet 62 is located behind the reinforcing cloth 19a. It is adhered to the edge and further sewn to the top cloth 17. The front edge of the inner sheet 62 is fixed to the outer surface of the holding piece 30c of the pillar portion 30 with a tapping screw 63. The hood seal piece 61a of the weather strip 61 is in close contact with the outer surface of the inner sheet 62 by its elastic force. A portion of the reinforcing cloth 19a attached to the rear edge of the door opening of the hood cloth 17 covers the outer surface of the hood seal piece 61a.

Next, the function and effect of this embodiment will be described. In the automobile 1 of the present embodiment, the roof is provided between the state in which the hood cloth 17 is stretched (see FIG. 6) and the state in which the hood cloth 17 is stored together with the roof frame 18 in the storage compartment at the rear of the vehicle body (see FIG. 7). Can be opened and closed. In order to stretch the top cloth 17, the roof frame 18 is rotated upward from the retracted state shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3, and the front end of the front frame 25 is locked to the windshield header 7 by a locking mechanism (not shown). Lock). As a result, the entire roof is pulled forward, and the edge cloth 19d at the front edge of the hood cloth 17 is pressed against the weather strip of the windshield header 7.

In the opening / closing roof configured to perform the opening / closing operation as described above, the hood cloth 17 tends to open outward particularly near the trailing edge of the door opening due to the running wind, and therefore the seal at this portion is a problem. Becomes In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, an inner sheet 62 is fixed to the inner surface of the reinforcing cloth 19a, the front edge of the inner sheet 62 is fixed to the pillar portion 30, and the weather strip 61 is attached to the outer surface of the inner sheet 62. A double seal structure is employed in which the integrally formed hood seal piece 61a is in close contact. Therefore, even when the reinforcing cloth 19a portion of the hood cloth 17 opens outward due to running wind or the like, and rainwater or the like enters from there, the rainwater or the like enters the room and the hood seal piece 61a and the inner sheet 62 do not enter. It is surely prevented by the double seal.

As described above, in this embodiment, as the sealing structure between the pillar portion 30 of the roof frame 18 and the hood cloth 17, the inner sheet 62 adhered to the hood cloth 17 and the hood integrated with the weather strip 61 are integrated. Since the double seal structure with the seal piece 61a is adopted, the sealability of the portion can be greatly improved. In assembling the double seal portion, the inner seat 62 is fixed to the outer panel 30b with the tapping screw 63 in a state where the hood seal piece 61a and the reinforcing cloth 19a are respectively bent outward, and the hood seal piece 61a is fixed. It is sufficient that the elastic force is brought into close contact with the outer surface of the inner sheet 62, and finally the reinforcing cloth 19a is returned to the normal position and fixed. Therefore, there is no problem that the assembly becomes complicated while adopting the double seal structure. Although the inner sheet 62 is separate from the hood cloth 17 in the above embodiment, it may be formed by bending the hood cloth 17.

[0019]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the sealing structure for the automobile hood according to the present invention, the rear edge of the inner sheet is fixed to the inner surface of the rear edge of the door opening of the hood, and the front edge of the inner sheet is fixed to the outer surface of the roof frame. Since the inner sheet is covered with the seal piece that is fixed and integrally formed with the weather strip, the seal at that portion is doubled, and there is an effect that the sealability can be improved accordingly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a sealing structure of an automobile hood cloth according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is a sectional view taken along line II of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the roof frame portion of the above-described embodiment structure.

FIG. 6 is a side view of an automobile having the structure of the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a side view of an automobile having the structure of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 2 Openable roof 3 Vehicle body 17 Top cloth 18 Roof frame 19a Reinforcing cloth (peripheral edge of the top cloth) 61 Weather strip 61a Top seal piece 62 Inner sheet

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a seal structure of a mounting portion of a hood cloth covering an upper part of a vehicle compartment to a roof frame supporting the hood cloth, an inner sheet is fixed to an inner surface of a peripheral edge of the hood cloth, and a front edge of the inner sheet is fixed to the roof. While being fixed to the outer surface of the frame, the weather strip fixed to the roof frame is integrally formed with a seal piece that is in close contact with the outer surface of the inner sheet,
A seal structure for an automobile hood cloth, characterized in that a peripheral portion of the hood cloth is positioned outside the sealing piece.