JPH0537687Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) This invention relates to a vehicle body side structure of an automobile in which a door and a window glass are arranged side by side in the front and back of the vehicle body.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, the above-mentioned vehicle body side structure of an automobile is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-73321.

According to this, a door opening is formed on the side surface of the vehicle body, and a window opening is formed behind the door opening, and the vehicle body between the door opening and the window opening is used as a center pillar.

A door is provided for opening and closing the door opening, and a window glass is provided for opening and closing the window opening. Further, the front part of the hinge is screwed to the outer surface of the center pillar, and the rear part of the hinge is forked, and the front end of the window glass is fitted into the fork. The front end of the window glass is pivotally supported on the center pillar by this hinge.

Further, the front and rear midway portions of the hinge are formed into inclined surfaces whose outer surfaces in plan view are inclined outward as they go rearward.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the above configuration, if the car body is deformed due to a collision of the car and the door moves backward, and the rear part of the door directly collides with the center pillar, the damage caused by the collision The impact force will be directly supported by the center pillar, but since this center pillar is inherently highly rigid, the center pillar will not easily deform due to the impact force. Therefore, the absorption of the above-mentioned impact may be inhibited.

Further, when the door moves backward, the rear end of the door is guided outward along the slope, and when it reaches the rear end of the slope, the rear end of the door is guided outwardly along the slope. There is a possibility that the windshield may collide with the surface (as shown in FIG. 2 of the above publication) or become stuck between the inclined surface and the front end of the window glass (as shown in FIG. 3 of the above publication).

In this case, the impact force is indirectly supported by the center pillar through the window glass and the hinge, and in this case as well, the absorption of the impact may be inhibited.

(Purpose of the invention) This invention was made with attention to the above-mentioned circumstances, and the purpose of this invention is to make it possible to absorb the impact more effectively in the event of a car collision by deforming the car body.

(Structure of the device) The feature of this device to achieve the above object is that when the door moves backward when the vehicle body is deformed due to impact force such as a collision, the impact force from the door is directly applied to the center pillar. The rearward movement of the door is not restricted by the center pillar by inhibiting the door from being supported indirectly or indirectly through the window glass and the hinge.

(Example) Examples of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, 1 is a three-door car, 2 is a car body, and the arrow Fr in each figure indicates the front of the car 1. A front door 3 is located on the front side of the vehicle body 2.
A rear quarter window 4 is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body 2. A center pillar 5, which constitutes a part of the side portion of the vehicle body, is arranged between the front door 3 and the rear quarter window 4. 6 is the rear pillar.

The front door 3 has a door opening 8 formed in the vehicle body 2, and a door 9 that allows the door opening 8 to be opened and closed. The front end of the door 9 is pivotally supported on the front opening edge of the door opening 8 by door hinges 10, 10. The door opening 8 is opened and closed by the rotation of the rear end of the door 9 in the vehicle width direction. On the other hand, the rear quarter window 4 has a center pillar 5.
The vehicle is comprised of a window opening 12 formed between the rear pillar 6 and the rear pillar 6, and a window glass 14 for opening and closing the window opening 12.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a window glass 14 is provided near the rear of the door 9, and the outer surfaces of the door 9 and the window glass 14 are substantially flush with each other. Further, the rear end 9a of the door 9 and the front end 14a of the window glass 14 are close to each other outside the center pillar 5 in the vehicle width direction. The front end 14a of the window glass 14 is pivotally supported on the outer surface 5a of the center pillar 5 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 15, 15', and the rear end of the window glass 14 is rotatable in the vehicle width direction.

The rotating end of the window glass 14 is connected to the rear pillar 6 by a locking means 16 which also serves as a handle. When this locking means 16 is operated, the window glass 14 is moved to the hinges 15, 1.
It rotates outward or inward in the vehicle width direction about 5' (as shown by arrow A in FIG. 1), thereby opening or closing the window opening 12.

Here, the lower hinge 15 of the two hinges 15, 15' will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.

The hinge 15 is a hinge plate 1 made of a leaf spring.
7, the front part of the hinge plate 17 is screwed to the front outer surface 5a of the center pillar 5 by first screw members 18, 18, and the first screw members 18, 18 are attached to the rear end of the door 9. 9a from the outside of the vehicle. In addition, the same hinge plate 1
The front end 14a of the window glass 14 is screwed to the rear outer surface of the hinge plate 17 by a second screw member 19, so that the front end 14a of the window glass 14 is in close contact with the rear outer surface of the hinge plate 17.

The front and back midway portions of the hinge plate 17 are bent, and the outer surface of the hinge plate 17 is an inclined surface 22 that slopes outward as it goes rearward in plan view. Further, this inclined surface 22 is located between the rear end 9a of the door 9 and the front end 14a of the window glass 14 when viewed from the side. In addition, 24 is Patsukin.

In FIG. 1, the front outer surface 5a of the center pillar 5 is formed so as to be inclined outward as a whole toward the rear in plan view. Further, a virtual extension line 25 of the inclined surface 22 is located forward of the front end 14a of the window glass 14.

When the vehicle body is deformed due to the collision of the automobile 1 and the door 9 moves backward, and the rear part of the door 9 is about to collide with the front outer surface 5a of the center pillar 5, the front outer surface of the center pillar 5 Side surface 5a
is inclined outward as a whole toward the rear, so that the rear part of the door 9 is guided by the front outer surface 5a of the center pillar 5 and smoothly moves outward.

In other words, impact force from the door 9 is prevented from being directly supported by the center pillar 5.

On the other hand, as described above, when the door 9 moves backward toward the window glass 14 (as shown by the arrow B in FIG. 1) and the rear end 9a of the door 9 hits the inclined surface 22 (the two As the rear end 9a of the door 9 slides rearward along the inclined surface 22, it is guided outward.

In this case, since the virtual extension line 25 of the inclined surface 22 is located forward of the front end 14a of the window glass 14, after the rear end 9a of the door 9 reaches the rear end of the inclined surface 22, , the rear end 9a of the door 9 passes in front of the front end 14a of the window glass 14 and is moved outward (as shown by the arrow C and the dashed line in FIG. Collision with the end face of the front end 14a is suppressed.

That is, the impact force from the door 9 is suppressed from being indirectly supported by the center pillar 5 via the window glass 14 and the hinge 15.

In this way, the rearward movement of the door 9 is not significantly restricted by the highly rigid center pillar 5.

(Invention is effective) According to this invention, the front outer surface of the center pillar located at the rear of the door is formed so as to tilt outward as it goes rearward in plan view.
When the car body is deformed due to a collision of the car and the door moves backward, and the rear part of the door is about to collide with the front outer surface of the center pillar, the rear part of the door is moved by the inclined center pillar as described above. It will be guided by the front outer surface of the body and smoothly move outward.

In other words, the impact force from the door is suppressed from being directly supported by the center pillar.

In addition, since the front end of the window glass is attached to the outside surface of the rear part of the hinge, the outside surfaces of the door and window glass can be made almost flush with each other without being obstructed by the rear part of the hinge. can be matched to your preferences.

Even with this structure, if the front and rear midway portions of the hinge that pivots the front end of the window glass to the center pillar are made into sloped surfaces whose outer surfaces in plan view are inclined outward as they move rearward. Since the imaginary extension line of this slope is located ahead of the front end of the window glass, the door moves backward toward the window glass as described above, and the rear end of the door abuts the slope. After reaching the rear end of the slope,
The rear end of the door is moved outward so as to pass in front of the front end of the window glass, while preventing the rear end of the door from colliding with the front end surfaces of the window glass.

In other words, the impact force from the door is suppressed from being indirectly supported by the center pillar via the window glass and the hinge.

Therefore, although the outer surfaces of the door and the window glass are made to be approximately flush with each other as described above, the impact force from the door is not directly or directly affected by the highly rigid center pillar. ,
Indirect support via the window glass and hinges is suppressed, deformation of the vehicle body due to the collision proceeds smoothly, and impact absorption is performed effectively.

In addition, as mentioned above, the front outer surface of the center pillar is formed so as to be inclined outward as it goes rearward in plan view, so it is difficult to screw the front part of the hinge to the front outer surface. The degree of freedom in the front and back direction is improved.

Therefore, this screw-fastening part can be placed on the front side by the front outer surface, and in this way,
This screwed portion is more reliably covered by the rear end of the door, which is beneficial for the appearance of the vehicle body.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 5 show examples of this invention,
Figures 1 to 3 are the first embodiment, Figure 1 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in Figure 2, Figure 2 is an overall side view of the automobile, and Figure 3 is a partially enlarged view of Figure 2. It is a diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Automobile, 2...Vehicle body, 3...Front door, 4...Rear quarter window, 5...Center pillar, 5a...Outside surface, 8...Door opening, 9
...door, 9a...rear end, 12...window opening, 14...window glass, 14a...front end,
15, 15'... Hinge, 22... Guide surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A door opening is formed on the side of the vehicle body, a window opening is formed behind the door opening, the vehicle body between these door openings and the window opening is used as a center pillar, and the door opening is A door that opens and closes is provided, and a window glass that allows the window opening to be opened and closed is provided, and the front part of the hinge is screwed to the front outer surface of the center pillar, and the window glass is provided to the rear outer surface of the hinge. The front end of the window glass is attached to the hinge, and the front end of the window glass is pivotally supported to the center pillar by the hinge, and the front and rear midpoints of the hinge are formed into inclined surfaces whose outer surfaces in plan view incline outward as they go rearward. In the vehicle body side structure, the front outer surface of the center pillar is formed so as to be inclined outwardly toward the rear as a whole in a plan view, and the imaginary extension of the inclined surface of the hinge is connected to the front end of the window glass. An automobile body side structure characterized by being located further forward than the vehicle body.