JPH061483Y2 - Carrier for car roof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a vehicle roof carrier.

(Prior Art) A vehicle roof carrier including pedestals arranged at right and left positions on a roof, and a bar for loading a luggage that is laid horizontally between the left and right pedestals. It is already known that a lower pedestal placed at a certain position and an upper pedestal arranged on the lower pedestal and holding an end portion of the bar are provided.

Then, when a heavy object is loaded on the roof carrier having such a structure, a reaction force acts on the lower pedestal outward in the vehicle width direction to increase the rigidity of the pedestal in order to mount a heavy object, and In the case where the pedestal is arranged on the roof by using the locking tool, the rigidity of both the pedestal and the locking tool is increased.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Therefore, in the conventional roof carrier, the structure of the pedestal and the locking device is complicated, and it is difficult to mount the roof carrier on the roof.

In particular, in the case where the pedestal is arranged on the roof by using a locking tool that is inserted into the gap in the roof edge portion, it is necessary to secure a large length of the locking tool in order to cope with heavy load placement. However, there is a problem in that, in order to attach the locking tool, it is necessary to perform processing such as providing a bolt hole on the vehicle body side.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to mount a heavy object on a vehicle without complicating the structure of the pedestal or the fastener, and to improve the mountability of the vehicle. To provide roof carriers.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a pedestal placed on each of left and right positions on a roof and a bar for loading a luggage which is laid across between the left and right pedestals. In the carrier for a roof of an automobile, the pedestal is composed of a lower pedestal placed on right and left portions of the roof, and an upper pedestal arranged on the lower pedestal and holding an end portion of the bar, The upper pedestal and the lower pedestal are variably engaged with each other through a spherical surface, the upper pedestal and the lower pedestal are fastened with connecting bolts, and the hanger is locked to the connecting bolts, and the locking tool is attached to the roof. And fixing the locking tool and the lower pedestal with an adjusting bolt,
A connecting member that connects the left and right lower pedestals and restricts movement of the lower pedestal in the vehicle width direction is provided, and the connecting member is attached to the lower pedestal by locking its end portion to the hanger. Is characterized by.

(Action) The force acting on the lower pedestal (13) outward in the vehicle width direction is applied to the connecting member (13
Received by 1). Therefore, as in the past, the pedestal (9) and the locking device (7)
It is not necessary to increase the rigidity of the carrier, and the structures of the pedestal (9) and the fastener (7) can be simplified to improve the mountability of the carrier (5) on the roof (1).

Also, in the case of using the insertion type locking tool (7),
The carrier (5) can be easily attached onto the roof (1) having the conventional vehicle body structure without the need to secure a large insertion length of the roof (1) to the edge of the roof (1).

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 (A) is a front view of the roof carrier, FIG. 1 (B) is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a state in which the roof carrier is attached to the roof, and FIG. 2 is a view on arrow II of FIG. 1 (B). .

(1) is a roof with left and right sides sloping, (3) is a door glass,
(5) is a roof carrier, and the roof carrier (5) is a pedestal (9), (9) placed on the left and right ends of the roof (1) by a locking member (7), respectively, and the pedestal. (9), and a bar (11) extending horizontally between (9), and a plurality of pedestals (9), (9) and bars (11) are provided on the roof (1) at front and rear intervals.

The locking member (7) is a plug-in type in the embodiment, and a gap (105) is formed between the edge of the roof (1) and the rubber lip (103) protruding from the inside of the stainless steel molding (101) on the body side. ) To locking tool (7)
The lower piece (7A) is inserted, and in the figure, (107) is a guard tape stuck on the roof, (109) is a sealing material, and (111) is a drainage groove.

The pedestal (9) is a lower pedestal (13) placed on the roof (1),
Upper pedestal (1) that holds the bar (11) connected to the upper edge of the lower pedestal (13)
5) Composed of and.

The lower pedestal (13) is shown in plan view in FIG. 3, side view in FIG. 4, bottom view in FIG. 5, and sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4 in FIG. Top (17), front (19) and side (2
1), the rear part (23) and the bottom part (25), and the lower pedestal (1
An open space (27) is defined inside the vehicle (3) inward of the vehicle width.

A convex spherical surface (29) is formed on the upper surface of the upper portion (17), and a long groove (31) extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is formed on the spherical surface (29).

An arcuate surface is formed on the lower surface of the upper portion (17) facing above the space portion (27).
(33) is formed, and ribs (35), (35), (37) are formed so as to project downward from the front and rear ends and the rear end of the arc surface (33).

An engaging surface (39) for engaging the locking tool (7) is formed on the side surface portion (21), and an open long groove (41) is formed on the bottom surface portion (25) inward of the vehicle width.

To attach the lower pedestal (13) to the roof (1), as shown in FIG. 1 (B), a cushion made of rubber or the like fitted to the bottom surface (25).
(43) is placed on the guard tape (107) of the roof (1), and the upper part of the locking tool (7) locked to the edge of the roof (1) is fixed to the engaging surface (3).
9), and by tightening the upper part of the locking tool (7) and the engagement surface (39) with the adjusting bolt (45) and the nut (47).

In the embodiment, the nut (47) is provided with a female screw (48) at a middle portion in the longitudinal direction of a cylindrical member having a predetermined length in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
Even if the threaded portion of the adjusting bolt (45) is inclined with respect to the engaging surface (39), the nut (47) can be easily made to follow the threaded portion to adjust it. Bolt (4
5) and nut (47) can be tightened smoothly.
Incidentally, in the case where the bolt is erected on the roof (1), the bolt (7) is not used, and the bolt is attached to the long groove (4) of the bottom surface part (25).
It may be inserted into 1) and tightened with a nut for mounting.

The upper pedestal (15) corresponds to the cross section of the bar (11) as shown in a side view in FIG. 7, a bottom view in FIG. 8 and a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 7 in FIG. A hole that has a shape that penetrates in the vehicle width direction
(51) and a recess (53) extending from the inner center of the hole (51) in the vehicle width direction to the outside by a required length.

A spherical surface (55) engageable with the spherical surface (29) is formed on the lower surface of the upper pedestal (15), and a counterbore part (57) is provided between the bottom surface of the recess (53) and the spherical surface (55). A bolt insertion hole (59) is formed, and slits (61) and (61) are formed at both sides of the bolt insertion hole (59) on the bottom surface of the recess (53). Upper pedestal (15)
At the bottom of the vehicle, the screw hole (6
2) is formed.

As shown in FIG. 16, the bar (11) is made of a hollow steel material and is a front surface (79) facing the front of the vehicle, a rear surface (81) facing the rear of the vehicle, and a horizontal upper surface (83). And the lower surface (85) form a substantially quadrilateral cross section, and caps (8
Insert 7).

In the embodiment, the front surface (79) is tilted forward, and the rear surface (81) is the front surface (7).
The front surface (79) and the rear surface (81), that is, the height (H) of the bar (11) is formed by inclining the front surface at an angle gentler than the inclination angle of (9). It is formed larger than the front-rear width (W1) of 83) and the front-rear width (W2) of the lower surface (85). And the front (79) and bottom (8
5) and the upper surface (83) and the rear surface (81) are connected by curved surfaces (89) and (91) having a large radius of curvature, respectively, and the front surface (79) and the upper surface (83) and the rear surface (8) are connected.
1) and the lower surface (85) are connected by curved surfaces (93), (95) having a smaller radius of curvature than the curved surfaces (89), (91), and front and rear surfaces with different inclination angles in the front and rear direction. Even if the bar is composed of (79) and (81) and heavy objects are loaded on the bar (11), the bar (11)
Of the bar (11) and reduces the wind noise of the bar (11) while the running wind is rectified by the front surface (79) and the rear surface (81) while flowing, as shown by the arrow in FIG. I decided to do it.

The bar (11) is attached to the upper pedestal (15) by using the retainer (63).

As shown in the side view in FIG. 10 and the front view in FIG. 11, the presser foot (63) has a metal fitting body (67) having legs (65), (65),
An elastic body (69) such as rubber attached to the metal fitting body (67) by means such as baking or pasting, and the leg portion (6
5) and (65) are the length of the legs with the legs (65) and (65) inserted through the slits (61) and (61) and the presser foot (63) placed on the bottom of the recess (53). The lower ends of the parts (65) and (65) are formed so as to protrude below the spherical surface (55). Then insert the end of the bar (11) into the hole (51) of the upper pedestal (15), and the spherical surface (29) of the lower pedestal (13) and the spherical surface (55) of the upper pedestal (15).
When the upper pedestal (15) is fastened to the lower pedestal (13) with the bolt (71) and the nut (73) that have been inserted through the bolt insertion hole (59) and the long groove (31), the lower pedestal (13) ), The legs (65), (65) come into contact with the spherical surface (29) and the metal fitting body (67) moves upward, and the elastic body (69) moves the bar (11) to the upper surface side of the hole (51). The bar (11) is attached to the upper pedestal (15) by pressure contact, so that the left and right pedestals (9) and (9) are fixed on the roof (1) by the locking tool (7) and the bar (11), respectively. Will be.

In the embodiment, the lower pedestal (13) and the upper pedestal (15) are spherical (25),
Since it is coupled via (55), the upper pedestal (15) can freely adjust the front and rear, left and right swinging and turning with respect to the lower pedestal (13). As shown in the schematic plan view of FIG. 12, when the roof carrier (5) is attached to a roof (1) which is formed in a curved shape so that the left and right edges of the roof (1) have a narrow width in the front and rear intermediate parts, As shown in the schematic side view in FIG. 13, the bar (11) is attached to the roof (1) even when the roof carrier (5) is attached to a portion of the roof (1) which is displaced from the front edge or the rear edge to the front or rear. It is convenient because it can be easily attached in a desired state.

Further, in the embodiment, the screw screwed into the screw hole (62) of the upper pedestal (15)
The bar (11) is temporarily tightened in advance against the upper pedestal (15) by the (115) so that the bar (11) can be easily attached.

In FIG. 1, (121) indicates a hanger, and the hanger (121)
Is interposed between the nut (73) and the circular arc surface (33) of the lower pedestal (13) when the bolt (71) is tightened.

The hanger (121) has a bolt insertion hole (123) as shown in a plan view in FIG. 14 and a side view in FIG.
A base plate portion (121A) engageable with 3) and an extension piece (121B) extending from the base plate portion (121A) and having a long hole (125) formed at the tip end portion are provided.

In the embodiment, a bolt insertion hole (123) is formed at a predetermined dimension from the edge (121C) of the substrate portion (121A), and the rib (3) of the lower pedestal (13) is formed.
5), (35) with both edges locked to the arc surface (33) on the base plate (121A)
Are brought into contact with each other so that positioning of the upper pedestal (15) with respect to the lower pedestal (13) can be easily performed at a desired mounting angle without performing the positioning each time. If a plurality of hangers (121) with bolt insertion holes (123) formed at different dimension locations from the edge (121C) are prepared for each roof shape, the roof carrier (5) can be used for various automobiles. Even when installing, it is the upper pedestal each time
It is convenient because it does not require positioning with respect to the lower pedestal (13).

And the hanger (121) attached to the lower pedestals (13) on the left and right
A connecting member (131) for restricting outward movement of the lower pedestal (13) in the vehicle width direction is provided therebetween.

In the connecting member (131), the outer end hook portion (133A) has the elongated hole (12A).
5) Left and right rods (133), (133) locked to the left and right rods (133), (133) nut member that is screwed to the inner end screw part of the (133)
(135), the turnbuckle mechanism is composed of the left and right rods (133), the inner end threads of (133) and the nut member (135). The lengths of (133) and (133) are different.

The connecting member (131) is assembled by rotating the nut member (135) so that the left and right rods (133), (133) are appropriately tensioned and arranged in parallel below the bar (11).

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, even when a heavy object is loaded on the bar (11), a force acting on the lower pedestal (13) in the vehicle width direction outward is applied to the connecting member (131). Thus, the movement of the lower pedestal (13) placed on the roof (1) that is received and inclined can be restricted from slipping outward in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the rigidity of the pedestal (9) and the locking tool (7) as in the conventional case, and the structure of the pedestal (9) and the locking tool (7) can be simplified and the carrier (5) can be mounted on the roof (1). It is possible to improve the attachability to the.

Particularly, in the case of using the insertion type locking tool (7) like the embodiment, it is not necessary to secure a large insertion length of the locking tool (7) to the edge of the roof (1), and The carrier (5) can be mounted on the roof (1) without any modification to the vehicle body structure.

FIG. 17 is a front view and FIG. 18 is a side view, which shows a ski loading attachment (99) made of synthetic resin having bifurcated leg pieces (97), (97). Since the cross section of the bar (11) is formed as in the embodiment, when the ski loading attachment (99) is attached to the bar (11), as shown by the phantom line in FIG. ) Side from the bar with the legs (97), (97)
The attachment (99) can be easily attached to the bar (11) by holding the (11) and turning the attachment (99) 90 °, and the bulging portion (141) is formed on the attachment (99). Then, if the rod (133) is inserted and supported by the support hole (143) of the bulging portion (141), vibration of the rod (133) during traveling is suppressed, and wind noise caused by such vibration is suppressed. It can be reduced.

(Effects of the Invention) As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, even if a heavy object is placed, the pedestal can be prevented from slipping outward on the roof in the vehicle width direction by the connecting member. In addition, it is possible to obtain a carrier for a roof of an automobile, which can carry a heavy load without complicating the structure of the pedestal or the locking device and can improve the mountability. Further, since the relative positions of the upper pedestal and the lower pedestal are variably engaged via the spherical surface, the relative position of the upper pedestal to the lower pedestal can be changed even if the position of the lower pedestal is not a preferable position. This allows the bar to be attached to the roof in any desired manner. Furthermore, since the upper pedestal and the lower pedestal are tightened with connecting bolts and the hanger is locked to this connecting bolt, and the connecting member is locked to this hanger, the upper pedestal and the lower pedestal should be attached when attaching the connecting member to the lower pedestal. Since the pedestal can use the connecting bolt as a locking member thereof, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (A) is a front view of a roof carrier, FIG. 1 (B) is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a state of being mounted on a roof, and FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1 (B). 3 is a plan view of the base, FIG. 4 is a side view of the same, FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the same, and FIG.
VI-VI sectional view, FIG. 7 is a side view of the upper pedestal, FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the same, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 7, and FIG. 11 is a front view of the same, FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of a roof portion of an automobile, FIG. 13 is a schematic side view of a roof portion of an automobile, FIG. 14 is a plan view of a hanger, and FIG. 15 is a side view thereof. FIG. 16 is a sectional view of the bar, FIG. 17 is a front view of the ski loading attachment, and FIG. 18 is a side view thereof. In the drawings, (1) is a roof, (5) is a roof carrier, (7) is a locking tool, (9) is a pedestal, (11) is a bar, (13) is a lower pedestal, (15).
Is an upper pedestal, and (131) is a connecting member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pedestal that is placed on each of left and right portions of a roof, and a luggage loading bar that is laid across between the left and right pedestals. The pedestal is placed on each of left and right portions of the roof. In a vehicle roof carrier including a lower pedestal and an upper pedestal that is disposed on the lower pedestal and holds an end portion of the bar, the relative positions of the upper pedestal and the lower pedestal can be varied via a spherical surface. , The upper pedestal and the lower pedestal are fastened with connecting bolts, and a hanger is locked to the connecting bolts, a locking tool is provided on the roof, and the locking tool and the lower pedestal are adjusted with each other. And a connecting member for connecting the left and right lower pedestals to each other and restricting the movement of the lower pedestal in the vehicle width direction. A vehicle roof roof characterized by being attached to a pedestal A.