JPH0554445B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in the rear window structure of an automobile.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as shown in ``Automotive Engineering Complete Book 13 Passenger Car Body'' published by Sankaido, the rear window of a car has been fixed to the car body with a weather strip or the like.

[Problems with conventional technology]

By the way, with such a conventional rear window structure of a car, it is not possible to open or close it, so it is not possible to give the occupants a sufficient sense of openness.
Furthermore, it was not possible to immediately ventilate the interior of the vehicle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a rear window structure for an automobile that can ensure a sufficient sense of openness for the occupants and can quickly ventilate the interior of the vehicle.

[Technical means and effects of the present invention]

In order to solve this technical problem, in the present invention, a guide rail 6 is provided on the inside of the vehicle interior of both the left and right rear pillars 5 that constitute the side edges of the rear window opening of the automobile, and one end of the guide rail 6 is provided to rotate around the guide rail 6. A plurality of arms 14 and 15 are provided which are freely and slidably connected and whose other ends are rotatably connected to the side edges of the rear window panel 13 via two universal joints, and the rear window panel A base parallel movement type link mechanism consisting of the guide rail 6, the rear window panel 13, and the arms 14 and 15, which allows the base part 13 to be opened and closed freely and to be slidable in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along the guide rail 6. It is a thing that was formed.

With this configuration, by bringing the arms 14 and 15 of the link mechanism close to each other, the rear window panel 13 moves in a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal plane, and the rear window becomes open. Then, by moving the base of the link mechanism (the guide rail side mounting portions of the arms 14 and 15) downward along the guide rail 6, the rear window panel 13 is attached to the rear deck 3.
3, the feeling of freedom from the rear window is greatly enhanced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the rear window structure of an automobile according to this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, guides are provided on the interior side of the rear pillar 5 constituting the side edge of the rear window opening of the automobile 4. rail 6
is provided between the upper end 11 and the lower end 12 of the rear pillar 5. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the rear pillar 5 is connected to the rear pillar outer panel 7.
The guide rail 6 is fixed to the rear pillar inner panel 8 with bolts 9 and nuts 10.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, there are two first arms 14 and two second arms 15 at each end of the rear window panel 13, for a total of four arms. The arm supports the rear window panel 13. and,
The first arm 14 is connected to the rear window panel 13
The second arm 15 is pivoted at substantially the middle position in the width direction at both end portions of the
The rear window panel 13 is pivoted at an approximately intermediate location between the pivoting location of the arm 14 and the upper end portion 26 of the rear window panel 13 . Each of the first arm 14 and the second arm 15 moves with one end guided by the guide rail 6,
These first arm 14 and second arm 15
is provided with a rotatable joint portion 16 at its intermediate portion, and this joint portion 16 is formed by a ball joint. And Figures 2 and 3
As shown in the figure, one end 17 of the second arm 15
is connected to a wire disposed within the guide rail 6. The other end 21 of the second arm 15 is rotatably attached to both ends 22 of the rear window panel 13 by a shaft member 24 fixed via a bracket 23. This bracket 23 is attached and fixed to the rear window panel 13 by bolts 18 and nuts 19. Note that the first arm 14 is also attached to the guide rail 6 and the rear window panel 13 with the same configuration as the second arm 15 described above. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the wire 20 disposed within the guide rail 6 is configured to be wound up or down by a motor 32 provided within the roof portion 29 of the vehicle body of the automobile 4. ing.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the rear window panel 13 is opened, the rear window panel 13 is first opened manually as shown in FIG.
The rear window panel 13 is supported substantially horizontally by flipping up the lower end portion of the rear window panel outward and with the first arm 14 and the second arm 15 extended. after that,
The motor 32 is driven to unwind the wire 20. In this case, the first arm 14 and the second arm
Since the arms 15 are connected to the wire 20, these arms 14 and 15 are guided by the guide rail 6 and move downward in parallel while supporting the rear window panel 13, and move the rear window panel 13 onto the rear deck 33. It is to be located at At this time, the joints 16 of the arms 14 and 15
This absorbs the difference in distance in the vehicle width direction when the guide rails 6 are provided non-parallelly in a figure-eight shape due to the trapezoidal window opening. In addition, when closing the rear window panel 13, the motor 32 is first driven to move the upper end of the guide rail 6 while the rear window panel 13 is horizontally supported by the first arm and the second arm 14, 15. Move parallel to . Then the fifth
As shown in the figure, the rear window panel 13 is flipped downward to close the rear window panel opening.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, by bringing the arms 14 and 15 of the link mechanism close to each other, the rear window panel 1
3 can be moved in a direction approximately parallel to the horizontal plane to open the rear window, and then the base of the link mechanism (the guide rail side attachment portion of the arms 14 and 15) can be moved along the guide rail 6. By moving the rear window panel 13 downward, the rear window panel 13 is positioned above the rear deck 33, and the feeling of openness of the rear window can be greatly enhanced.
It is possible to ensure a sufficient sense of openness for the occupants and to quickly ventilate the interior of the vehicle.

Furthermore, since the guide rail is located inside the vehicle interior, it is not visible from the outside and looks good, and there is no fear of poor sealing or rusting of the guide rail portion.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the drive motor and wires when the automobile rear window structure according to the present invention is applied to a notchback type vehicle, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the drive motor and wires. Cross-sectional view and arrow A view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a rear window panel used in the rear window structure of an automobile according to the present invention and an arm supporting the rear window panel, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the automobile according to the present invention FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the rear window panel is moved in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along the guide rail using the rear window structure of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view showing the panel in a closed state. 5... Rear pillar, 6... Guide rail, 13
... Rear window panel, 14 ... First arm, 15 ... Second arm, 16 ... Joint part, 2
2...Both ends of the rear window panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A guide rail 6 is provided on the inside of the vehicle interior of both the left and right rear pillars 5 that constitute the side edges of the rear window opening of the automobile, and one end is rotatably and slidably connected to the guide rail 6. A plurality of arms 14 and 15 are provided, the other ends of which are rotatably connected to the side edges of the rear window panel 13 via two universal joints, so that the rear window panel 13 can be opened and closed. The present invention is characterized by forming a base-parallel movement type link mechanism consisting of the guide rail 6, the rear window panel 13, and the arms 14 and 15, which is capable of sliding in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along the guide rail 6. Automobile rear window structure.