JPH0616808Y2 - Vehicle sun roof device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a sunroof device for a vehicle in which an opening provided in a fixed roof of a vehicle such as a passenger car is opened and closed by a slide roof.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a slide roof is attached to an opening provided in a fixed roof of a vehicle, and a slide roof supported by curved guide rails arranged on both left and right sides is provided with respect to the opening. There is a sunroof device which is slid backward while being opened to be opened, and is slid forward while being lowered to close an opening. In this conventional device, the geared cable that drives the slide roof is also guided by a bending guide that matches the bending of the guide rail.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned conventional technique, since the geared cable is bent, there is a problem that sliding resistance increases and a motor with a large output is required.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sunroof device capable of forming a linear cable guide without bending a geared cable that drives a slide roof. To provide.

(Means for Solving Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.

That is, according to the present invention, a pair of guide rail bodies 30 are arranged on the left and right sides of a roof opening 2 formed in a fixed roof 1, and a support bracket 13 is provided at a lower front portion of a slide roof 12 that opens and closes the roof opening 2. The guide rail body 30 guides the support bracket 13 so as to be slidable forward and backward, and the guide rail 9 for the bracket whose front portion is inclined forward and downward is formed, and the drive slider 24 for transmitting power to the support bracket 13 is slidable forward and backward. In a sunroof device for a vehicle in which a cable guide rail 21 for guiding to a cable guide rail 21 is formed and a geared cable 20 for driving a drive slider 24 is inserted through the cable guide rail 21, the support bracket 13 and the drive slider 24 are provided on one side. The pin 27 provided on the other side is engaged with the vertically formed elongated hole 19 so as to be linked so as to be capable of relative vertical movement, and the front portion of the cable guide rail 21 is tilted forward and downward. Are formed linearly from the front of the bracket for the guide rail 9 separated upward.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the slide roof 12 is opened and closed in the front-rear direction by the drive slider 24 connected to the geared cable 20 which is linearly guided on both the left and right sides.
The roof opening 2 is closed at the beginning of opening and then at the end of closing to close the roof opening 2. Then, when the slide roof 12 is moved up and down, the drive slider 24 and the front side support bracket 13 are linked through the elongated hole 19, so that the support bracket 13 moves up and down with respect to the drive slider 24 together with the slide roof 12. The drive slider 24 moves linearly.

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

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a fixed roof of a vehicle, and a rectangular roof opening 2 which is long in the left-right direction is formed in the front side of the fixed roof 1. A slide roof support pedestal 3 having a substantially trapezoidal cross section that projects above the fixed roof 1 is formed on the four edges of the opening edge of the roof opening 2, and a trapezoidal cross section that projects downward at the inner four circumferential edges thereof. The gutter part 4 is formed in a communicating manner. Sealing materials 5 and 6 are attached to the upper surface of the support pedestal 3 and the four edges of the opening inside the gutter 4 so that rainwater and the like inside the gutter 4 can be discharged outside by a drainage channel (not shown). It has become.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a rain hosement, which has a groove-shaped cross section with a lip that opens upward, and is provided over the entire length of the gutter part 4 on the lower side of the gutter part 4 and in the vicinity of both sides thereof. , Are fixed to the lower surfaces of both sides of the trough portion 4.

In addition, the fixed roof 1 has a sloped surface 8 on the rear side of the roof opening 2 behind the rear rain hosement 7, the front side of which is lowered.
Is formed over substantially the entire width of the roof opening 2 in the lateral direction.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a pair of guide rails arranged on the left and right, having a front guide rail 9 for a bracket and a cable guide rail 21 at the front, and a rear guide rail 10 for the bracket at the rear.

The front and rear guide rails 9 and 10 for the bracket are provided with inclined portions 9A and 10A whose front ends are bent downward at the same angle. The inclination angle of the inclined portions 9A and 10A and the inclination of the fixed roof 1 It is made equal to the inclination angle of the surface 8. The front guide rail 9 has a substantially U-shaped guide portion whose cross-sectional shape has a horizontal lip 11 extending downward inward,
The vertical wall surfaces are fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the left and right rain hosements 7 inside the roof opening 2. Further, the rear guide rail 10 has a U-shaped cross-section, and inclined portions 10A are fixed to both sides of the upper surface of the fixed roof 1 along the roof inclined surface 8.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a slide roof, which is an outer slide type that is made of a rectangular panel formed of glass, synthetic resin, or metal, and that opens and closes the roof opening 2 from the outside. 14 is detachably attached with bolts 15 and nuts 16.

The leg portion 13A of the support bracket 13 on the front side is made longer than the leg portion 14A of the support bracket 14 on the rear side by a length equal to the difference between the mounting heights of the front and rear guide rails 9 and 10, and the fixed roof 1 is fixed to the fixed roof 1. On the other hand, the slide roof 12 is designed to open and close in a substantially parallel state, and guide shoes 17 and 18 that slide in the front and rear guide rails 9 and 10 are attached to the lower ends of the legs 13A and 14A. There is. Furthermore, the support bracket leg 13A on the front side is provided with an elongated hole 19 extending in the vertical direction.
Is substantially equal to or longer than the height difference between the horizontal portion of the front guide rail 9 and the lower end of the inclined portion 9A.

20 is a pair of left and right geared cables for driving the slide roof, 21 is a pair of right and left straight cable guide rails,
The guide rail 21 is provided with a pair of upper and lower guide portions 22 and 23. The support bracket legs 13 are provided between the front guide rail 9 and the lips 11 of the left and right front guide rails 9.
It is installed at a distance that does not hinder the movement of A.

24 is a pair of left and right sunroof drive sliders.
Are connected to a pair of geared cables 20 wound around the drive gears 26, and are guided by the guide portions 22 and 23 of the cable guide rail 21 to slide.
Then, the pin 27 protruding from the slider 24 is fitted into the long hole 19 provided in the leg portion 13A of the support bracket 13, and the support bracket leg portion 13A is linked to the pin 27 so as to be vertically movable. It is forced.

That is, the cable guide rail 21 has a straight front portion, which guides the drive slider 24 so as to be slidable back and forth and inserts the geared cable 20 which drives the drive slider 24, while the bracket guide rail 9 has a front portion. Sloping part where the part is tilted forward and downward
9A, which is separated downward from the cable guide rail 21, and guides the front support bracket 13 slidably back and forth.

Reference numeral 28 denotes an interior material, which is arranged on the lower surface of the fixed roof 1.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the slide roof 12 is opened, the drive device 25 is started to connect the slide roof 12 to the geared cable 20 which is linearly guided on both left and right sides. By the slider 24, while moving upward, the seal members 5 and 6 are moved away from the seal members 5 and 6 in the horizontal direction and opened backward. At this time, when the leg portion 13A of the support bracket 13 is rising in the inclined portion 9A, the pin of the drive slider 24 is
Although 27 moves linearly in the horizontal direction, the long hole 19 of the support bracket leg portion 13A slides upward, so that the linkage between them is maintained.

On the contrary, when closing the slide roof 12, the slide roof 12 is moved horizontally forward by the reverse rotation start of the drive device 25, and the support brackets 13 and 14 move forward while descending to reach the inclined portions 9A and 10A. When the lower surface of the slide roof 12 comes into contact with the seal members 5 and 6, the drive device 25 is stopped and the closing operation is completed. Even in this case, when the support bracket 13 reaches the inclined portion 9A, the leg portion 13A slides down with respect to the pin 27 and the linkage between the both is maintained.

The guide rails 9, 10 and 21 in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the peripheral shape of the opening 2 can be appropriately changed in design.

(Effect of the Invention) In the sunroof device according to the present invention, the support bracket 13 and the drive slider 24 are formed in one of the vertically elongated holes 19
And a pin 27 provided on the other side are engaged with each other so as to be movable relative to each other in the vertical direction, and the front portion of the cable guide rail 21 is separated upward from the front portion of the bracket guide rail 9 inclined forward and downward to form a linear shape. Therefore, when the sliding roof 12 slides backward from the state where the roof opening 2 is closed, its front portion rises, and when it slides forward from the opened state, its front portion descends. Even in the sunroof device of the type described above, bending of the geared cable 20 in the cable guide rail 21 can be eliminated, sliding resistance of the drive slider 24 and the geared cable 20 can be reduced, and the slide roof 12 can be driven smoothly. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of an essential part, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of part A of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a B portion in the figure, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 2, and FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fixed roof, 2 ... Roof opening part, 9 ... Front guide rail, 9A, 10A ... Inclined part, 10 ... Rear guide rail, 12 ... Sliding roof, 13,14 ... Front and rear support brackets, 13A, 1
4A ... leg, 19 ... long hole, 20 ... geared cable, 24 ... driving slider.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A roof opening (2) formed in a fixed roof (1).
A pair of guide rail bodies (30) are arranged on the left and right sides of the guide rail body (30), and a support bracket (13) is provided at the lower front part of the slide roof (12) that opens and closes the roof opening (2) to support the guide rail body (30). A drive slider that guides the bracket (13) so as to be slidable forward and backward and forms a bracket guide rail (9) with its front portion inclined forward and downward to transmit power to the support bracket (13).
Cable guide rail (2
1) is formed, and in the vehicle sunroof device in which the geared cable (20) for driving the drive slider (24) is inserted into the cable guide rail (21), the support bracket (13) and the drive slider (24) are provided. Is a vertical hole (19) formed on one side and a pin (27) provided on the other side.
The front part of the cable guide rail (21) is separated from the front part of the bracket guide rail (9) inclined forward and downward to form a straight line. A vehicle sunroof device characterized in that