JPH057910Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides a side panel for a passenger car in which a quarter window window opening is formed for a van-type automobile equipped with a box-shaped luggage compartment. The present invention relates to a quarter wind panel structure for a van-type vehicle in which an opening is covered by a quarter wind panel, and particularly to improving the appearance of the boundary between a window opening and a door opening.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, side panels for passenger cars have been used for van-type automobiles in order to reduce costs by standardizing parts. In this case, since the quarter window opening formed at the rear of the side panel for a passenger car is not necessary for a van-type vehicle, the quarter window opening is generally closed with a quarter window panel.

Conventionally, such a quarter wind panel structure is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a side panel with the door panel 12 removed, and a quarter window window opening 11a formed at the rear of the side panel is covered with a quarter window panel 13. This quarter window panel 13 is a plate-shaped body having substantially the same shape as the window opening 11a, and its peripheral edge is fixed to the peripheral edge of the window opening 11a by welding.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, the conventional structure described above has a problem in that the appearance of the boundary between the quarter window panel 13 and the door panel 12 is particularly poor. That is, when the side panel 11 is used for a passenger car, the front edge of the door glass 14 is located at the boundary, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, and the boundary is exposed to the outside. The inside of the rear edge of the door panel 12 is not visible from the outside. On the other hand, when the side panel 11 is used in a van-type vehicle, there is no door glass 14, so in the conventional structure, the boundary portion is exposed to the outside and the inside of the door is visible from the outside. , appearance deteriorates.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a quarter wind panel structure for a van-type vehicle that can solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and improve the appearance.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a quarter wind panel structure for a van type vehicle in which a quarter window window opening is covered with a quarter wind panel.
The quarter window panel consists of a main body part that covers the window opening, and a covering part that extends the front edge of the main part and covers the boundary between the door opening and the window opening of the side panel. The present invention is characterized in that the glass bracket is fixed to the side panel using nuts or bolts, and a closed cross section is formed between the covering portion of the quarter window panel and the boundary portion of the side panel.

[Effect]

In the quarter wind panel structure according to the present invention, the boundary between the door opening and the window opening of the side panel is covered by a covering section that extends the front edge of the quarter wind panel, and the boundary section extends outward. The inner rear edge portion of the door panel is not exposed to the rear edge of the door panel from the outside, and the problem of deterioration in appearance described above is solved.

Furthermore, since the quarter window panel is fixed to the side panel using a bracket fixing nut for quarter window glass, the quarter window panel can be temporarily fixed, and the installation work efficiency can be improved.

Furthermore, since a closed cross section is formed between the boundary portion of the side panel and the covering portion of the quarter wind panel, the mounting strength of the quarter wind panel can be improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams for explaining a quarter wind panel structure of a van-type vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the side panel, which is 2 with quarter windows.
This is a side panel for a door-type passenger car that has been repurposed for a van-type car. A door opening 2 is formed approximately in the center of the side panel 1, and the opening 2 is opened and closed by a door panel 3, and when the door is closed, the periphery of the door panel 3 follows the step formed at the periphery of the door opening 2. It is designed to overlap with the falling part 2a.

Further, a window opening 4 is formed at the rear of the side panel 1. When this side panel 1 is used as a side panel for a passenger car, the window opening 4 constitutes a quarter window, and a fourth The illustrated quarter window glass 14 is rotatably supported via a hinge.

In the side panel 1 of this embodiment, the window opening 4 is covered with a quarter window panel 5. The quarter window panel 5 is formed by press-molding a steel plate, and includes a main body part 6 having substantially the same shape as the window opening 4, and a covering part 7 integrally formed on the front edge of the main body part 6.

In the main body part 6, a joining flange part 6a formed at the peripheral edge thereof is welded and fixed to a support flange part 4b formed at the edge of the window opening 4. The covering portion 7 is formed by extending the front edge portion of the main body portion 6 forward, covers the boundary portion 4a that is the portion between the door opening 2 and the window opening 4 of the side panel 1, and covers the front edge portion 4a of the side panel 1. is located inside the rear edge 3a of the door panel 3. A bolt hole 7a is formed in this covering portion 7, and the bolt hole 7a is used to fix the hinge supporting the quarter window glass 14 by using a fixing hole and a nut provided on the side panel 2 side. It is tightened and fixed with bolts 8. In addition, when the bolt for fixing the said hinge is planted in the side panel 2 side, the said covering part 7 will of course be fixed using this bolt. Further, the central portion of the covering portion 7 is bulged outward, and the bulging portion 7b and the boundary portion 4a form a closed cross section.

Next, the effects of this embodiment will be explained.

In this embodiment, the front part of the quarter window panel 5 is extended to form the covering part 7, and the covering part 7 covers the boundary part 4a between the door opening 2 and the window opening 4 of the side panel 1. The boundary portion 4a is not exposed to the outside, and the inner portion of the rear edge portion 3a of the door panel 3 is not visible from the outside, so that the problem of poor appearance in the conventional structure described above can be solved.

To attach the quarter window panel 5 of this embodiment to the side panel 1, first the covering portion 7 of the quarter window panel 5 is temporarily fixed to the boundary portion 4a of the side panel 1 with mounting bolts 8 by utilizing the bolt holes 7a formed therein, and in this state the joining flange portion 6a of the main body portion 6 is welded to the support flange portion 4b of the window opening 4. In this manner, in the structure of this embodiment, the quarter window panel 5 is attached by utilizing the hinge holes for supporting the quarter window glass, so that temporary fixing can be easily performed without the need for any additional temporary fixing means.
Workability can be improved.

Further, the boundary portion 4 between the bulge 7b formed in the covering portion 7 of the quarter window 5 and the side panel 1
Since a closed cross section is formed with a, the mounting strength of the quarter wind panel 5 can be improved.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the quarter wind panel structure for a van type vehicle according to the present invention, the front edge of the quarter wind panel is extended forward to cover the boundary between the door opening and the quarter window opening of the side panel. This has the effect of improving the appearance, and since the quarter wind panel is fixed using quarter window glass bracket fixing nuts or bolts, installation workability can be improved, and the covering part and Since a closed cross section is formed with the boundary, it has the effect of improving the mounting strength of the quarter wind panel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side view of a quarter wind panel structure for a van type vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a side view showing a conventional quarter wind panel structure. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 3. In the figure, 1 is a side panel, 2 is a door opening, 3 is a door, 4 is a window opening, 4a is a boundary, 5 is a quarter wind panel, 6 is a main body,
7 is a covering portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In the quarter wind panel structure of a van-type automobile in which a quarter window window opening formed at the rear of the side panel is covered by a quarter window panel disposed on the outside of the side panel, the quarter wind panel is Consisting of a main body portion that covers the window opening, and a covering portion that extends the front edge of the main body portion to the rear edge of the door opening and covers the boundary between the door opening of the side panel and the window opening, A van characterized in that the covering portion is fixed to a side panel using a quarter window glass bracket fixing nut or bolt, and a closed cross section is formed between the covering portion of the quarter wind panel and the boundary between the side panel. Quarter wind panel structure of type automobile.