JPH06106986A - Soft top structure for convertible car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a soft top structure for an automobile-cum-awning in which awning pipes can be folded into a compact shape together with a rear soft top attached thereto after side and rear windows are removed from the rear soft top. CONSTITUTION:In a convertible car in which a soft top 24 is developed over foldable awning pipes which are developed above a vehicle body so that the soft top 24 is stretched while the awing pipes are folded so as to store the soft top 24, side windows 47 provided at the side surfaces of the soft top 24 and a rear window 48 provided at the rear surface of the same are removable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hood structure for an automobile with a hood that allows easy storage of the hood and has no folds in the windows.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of automobiles with a hood in which the roof of the automobile is covered with a hood are known. Known are those that can open the entire roof and those that can open a part of the roof. By the way, there is a jeep type vehicle whose rear portion can be used as a passenger seat or a luggage carrier, in which the roof on the driver's side and the upper portion of the rear seat are opened and the open portion is covered with a hood. In this automobile with a hood, generally, the roof on the driver's side and the upper part of the rear seat are collectively covered by one hood.

28 and 29 show an automobile with a hood of this type. An automobile 100 with a hood has a front seat 102 provided with a driver seat 101 at the front of the vehicle body and a rear seat 104 covered with a hood 103 at the rear.

The opening 1 is formed in the roof 105 of the front seat 102.
06 is provided, and the opening 106 is collectively covered with the hood 103. Top 103 covering this opening 106
The front part of the opening / closing mechanism 10 is provided on both sides of the opening 106.
It is provided so that it can be opened. Opening / closing mechanism 107
Is composed of rotating arms 108 on both sides and a hood fixing plate 109 provided at the tips of the rotating arms 108, and engaging holes 110 provided at regular intervals on the back surface of the hood fixing plate 109. A hook 111 sewn at regular intervals is hooked on the tip of the hood 103 to fix the tip of the hood 103.

On the other hand, the hood 103 covering the rear seat 104 is stretched by a top bow frame 113 provided on a vehicle body 112. The top bow frame 113 has both lower ends supported by the vehicle body 112 and is provided so as to project obliquely upward and rearward. The top surface of the top bow frame 113 is hooked to hook the top top 103.

When the hood 103 is folded, the hook 111 at the tip of the hood 103 is removed from the hood fixing plate 109, the top bow frame 113 is tilted down, the hood 103 is removed from the top bow frame 113, and the roof 105 and the rear seat 104.
The upper space is open.

[0007]

However, when opening the upper space of the rear seat 104, the opening 106 of the roof 105 must also be opened, and the hood 103 cannot be removed only from the rear seat 104. . Further, since the top bow frame 113 cannot be folded with the hood 103 attached, the hood 103 must be removed when folding the top bow frame 113. Further, when the front seat roof 105 is opened halfway, the hood 103 is loosened and the hood portion of the rear seat 104 has a problem of rattling.

The present invention solves the above problems, and since the hood can be stored without removing the hood main body from the hood bone, the hood can be easily folded and the side window and the rear window are not creased, so that the appearance is improved. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hood structure for an automobile with a hood capable of achieving the above.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention extends a hood on a foldable hood, expands the hood above the vehicle body, and extends the hood, and In a hood-equipped vehicle in which the hood is stored by folding the hood, a side window provided on a side surface of the hood and a rear window provided on a rear surface of the hood are made detachable.

[0010]

[Function] When folding the hood, remove the side windows and the rear window and then fold the hood bone. In this way, without making a crease in the side window and rear window,
The hood can be folded together with the hood bone.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of an automobile with a hood, and a front seat roof 2 of the vehicle body 1 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, an opening 6 surrounded by the front roof rail 3, the side body panels 4 and 4 and the center pillar 5 is provided, and the opening 6 is covered by a front hood 7. Reference numeral 8 is a weather strip arranged on the periphery of the opening 6. On the other hand, the rear of the center pillar 5 in which the rear seats are provided has an open upper portion, and the upper space is covered with a rear hood 24 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the front hood 7 is mounted on a support frame 9 arranged at the periphery of the opening 6. The support frame 9 is composed of a movable frame 11 on the front side and a fixed frame 12 on the rear side, which are connected to each other via hinges 10 provided on both sides of the opening 6.

The movable frame 11 is composed of a hood fixing plate 14 having engaging holes 13 formed on the back surface at regular intervals, and two arms 15 supporting the hood fixing plate 14. The fixed frame 12 is fixed by a bracket 17 fixed to the side body panel 4 via screws 16.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front hood 7 is attached to the hood fixing plate 14 by hooking a synthetic resin hook 18 sewn on the front end at a constant interval to the engaging hole 13 as shown in FIG. The rear end portion is wound around the fixed frame 12 and attached via a surface fastener (magic fastener) or the like.

The movable frames 11 are lock devices 1 provided on the left and right sides of the interior of the front roof rail 3, respectively.
It is detachably fixed by 9. As shown in FIG. 7, the locking device 19 includes a base 20 screwed to the indoor side of the front roof rail 3, a lever 21 pivotally supported by the base 20, and a hook 22 pivotally supported by the lever 21. The hook 22 is hooked on the hook 23 attached to the hood fixing plate 14, the lever 21 is tilted to fix the movable frame 11, the lever 21 is raised, and the hook 22 is released from the hook 23. By doing so, the movable frame 11 can be opened.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, the rear hood 24 has a hood bone 2 foldably attached to the vehicle body 1.
It is attached to 5. This hood bone 25 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 13 to 15. The hood bone 25 is an arch-shaped front frame 28 in which a U-shaped bracket 27 provided on side panels 26 on both sides of a rear seat of the vehicle body 1 is pivotally supported so as to rotatably cross its lower portion in the front-rear direction. The rear frame 29, a link 30 in which the lower portions of the front frame 28 and the rear frame 29 are linked to each other, and a spring 31 provided between the lower portion of the front frame 28 and the bracket 27. .

The side panel 26 is constructed by joining a side body outer panel 32 and a side body inner panel 33. The side body inner panel 3
The bracket 27 is fixed to the upper surface of 3 via a screw 34 and a nut 35. The front frame 28 is formed by crushing a lower portion of the pipe, and the lower portion is curved backward and drawn out to the rear of the rear frame 29, and the bracket 27 is inserted through the pin 36 and the nut 37.
It is rotatably attached to. The rear frame 29
Is composed of a pipe, and the lower end is rotatably attached to the bracket 27 in front of the front frame 28 via a pin 38 and a nut 39.

The front frame 28 is the center pillar 5
This front frame 2 is formed along the rear surface of the
A plate 41 that is in contact with the weather strip 40 on the rear surface of the center pillar 5 is welded to the outer side of 8.

The rear frame 29 extends diagonally rearward to form an X shape with the front frame 28. When the front frame 28 rises, the rear frame 29 rises via the link 30 and the front frame 2
When 8 falls rearward, rear frame 2 is passed through link 30.
The rear hood 24 is stowed when 9 is tilted backward.

The front frame 28 is fixed to a lock device 42 provided inside the center pillar 5. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the locking device 42 includes a base 43 screwed to the center pillar 5,
A lever 44 rotatably supported by the base 43,
It is composed of a hook 45 supported by the lever 44, and the hook 45 is hooked on a hook portion 46 attached to the front frame 28 and the lever 44 is tilted to be fixed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rear hood 24 is provided with detachable side windows 47 on both side surfaces and a rear window 48 on the rear surface. The mounting structure of the side window 47 and the rear window 48 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 27. The side window 47 is shown in FIG. 18 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, the side panel 26 and the center pillar 5
The front part and the lower part are supported and attached to a support tool 49 attached to the.

As shown in FIG. 21, the side window 47 is formed by sewing a frame 51 framed in a quadrilateral shape on a cloth 50, and the film 5 is provided at the opening of the cloth 50.
2 is attached. A band-shaped hard resin material 53 is attached to the upper side and the rear side of the side window 47. The frame 51 of the side window 47 is gripped by the support tool 49 to support the side window 47.

As shown in FIGS. 22 to 27, the supporting member 49 is composed of a holder portion 54 and a main body portion 55, and the main body portion 55 is provided on the side panel 26 and the center pillar 5 at several places, for example. It is fixed by screws, etc. A wire 56 is internally provided in the overlapping portion of the rear hood 24 corresponding to the upper side and the rear side of the side window 47, and the wire 56 has its tip end fixed, and
A spring 57 having one end attached to the lower end of the hood 24 is attached to the rear end. The spring 57 is provided with a rubber cover (not shown). Reference numeral 58 is a seal rubber disposed on the rear surface of the rear hood 24 along the wire 56. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 21, hook-and-loop fasteners 59 and 60 are attached to the lower end where the rear hood 24 and the side panel 26 overlap.

The rear window 48 is attached to the rear hood 24 via a fastener 61, as shown in FIG. In addition, the side window 47 is also the rear window 48.
It is also possible to attach to the hood body via a fastener in the same manner as.

Next, the operation of the hood structure of the hood-equipped vehicle according to the present invention will be described. When opening the front hood 7 half open,
The hook 22 of the lock device 19 is removed to move the movable frame 11
Knock back. In this way, the opening 6 is in a semi-open state.
The movable frame 11 is fastened to the fixed frame 12 or the center pillar 5 with a belt or the like. Next, when the opening 6 is fully opened, the hook 18 of the front hood 7 is removed from the hood fixing plate 14 and the hood 7 is removed from the support frame 9.

Next, the case where the rear hood 24 is folded will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the lock device 4
The hook 45 of No. 1 is removed from the hook portion 46, the wire 56 is loosened, and then the side window 47 is removed from the support tool 49. On the other hand, remove the fastener 61 and remove the rear window 48.
Is removed from the rear hood 24 (see FIG. 9). Then, the front frame 28 is tilted backward. At this time, the link 30 is rotated by the rotation of the front frame 28, the tension of the rear hood 24 is loosened, and the rear frame 29 is also collapsed rearward (see FIG. 12). At this time, since the side window 47 and the rear window 48 have been removed beforehand,
The rear hood 24 is not bulky and can be thinly folded.

When the rear hood 24 is extended, the front frame 28 is rotated to stand up, the rear frame 29 also rises accordingly, and the rear hood 24 is extended. At this time, since the lower portion of the front frame 28 is curved backward and the spring 31 is provided between the front frame 28 and the bracket 27, the front frame 28 can easily stand up by the elastic force. And the side window 4
7 is attached to the support 49, and the upper end of the side window 47 is slid into the inside of the rear hood 24. Then, the hook 44 of the lock device 41 is engaged with the hook portion 45 of the front frame, and the lever 43 is tilted and fixed. As a result, the wire 56 is pulled so that the overlapping portion of the rear hood 24 comes into pressure contact with the resin material 53 of the side window 47 (see FIG. 18). This improves the sealing performance between the rear hood 24 and the side window 47. Further, since the frame 51 is arranged on the side window 47, sufficient rigidity can be obtained, and therefore, the area of the film 52 portion can be increased. Further, the side window 47 can also be attached to the hood body by a fastener similarly to the rear window 48.

[0029]

As described above, according to the hood structure of the automobile with the hood according to the present invention, the hood is extended on the foldable hood, and the hood is extended above the vehicle body to extend the hood. In addition, in a car with a hood in which the hood is stored by folding the hood, the side windows provided on the side surfaces of the hood and the rear window provided on the rear surface of the hood are detachable. The fabric part is reduced and the hood can be folded compactly. Moreover, since the side window and the rear window are removed, the side window and the rear window are not folded.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automobile with a hood according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automobile with a hood shown in FIG. 1 viewed from the rear.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a vehicle body structure with a front hood removed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a front hood.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a rear hood.

FIG. 9 is a side perspective view showing the rear hood with the side windows removed.

FIG. 10 is a side perspective view showing the rear hood during folding.

FIG. 11 is a side perspective view showing the rear hood during folding.

FIG. 12 is a side perspective view showing the rear hood in a folded state.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a hood bone of a rear hood.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a lower end portion of the hood bone of the rear hood.

15 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a lock device for the rear hood.

17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

18 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

19 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

20 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a front view showing a side window.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a support tool.

FIG. 23 is a plan view showing a support tool.

FIG. 24 is a front view showing the support tool.

FIG. 25 is a bottom view showing the support tool.

26 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

27 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 28 is a conceptual diagram showing a conventional hooded vehicle.

FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing a conventional hood mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 vehicle body 2 front seat roof 5 center pillar 6 opening 7 front hood 9 support frame 10 hinge 11 movable frame 12 fixed frame 24 rear hood 25 hood bone 27 bracket 28 front frame 29 rear frame 30 link 31 spring 47 side window 48 Rear window 49 Support 51 Frame 52 Film 53 Resin material 54 Holder 56 Wire 57 Spring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle with a hood, wherein a hood is extended on a foldable hood, the hood is expanded above a vehicle body to extend the hood, and the hood is stored by folding the hood. 2. A hood structure for an automobile with a hood, characterized in that a side window provided on a side surface of the hood and a rear window provided on a rear surface of the hood are detachable. 2. A frame is arranged around the side window, and a support tool for supporting the frame is provided on the vehicle body side.
The hood structure for a hood-equipped vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a line member that contracts the hood body side edge portion is disposed at the hood body side edge portion that overlaps with the side window. 3. The hood structure for an automobile with a hood according to claim 1, wherein the side window and the rear window are attached to the hood body via a fastener.