JPH0640026Y2 - Vehicle's molded ceiling mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle having a sunroof.

[Prior Art] In recent years, many passenger cars have been provided with a sunroof in which a rectangular opening is formed in a roof panel, and a shade attached to cover the opening is slid to open and close. Has been done.

FIG. 7 shows a part of a conventional passenger car with a sunroof. In this structure, a sunroof frame 51 is arranged around a rectangular opening formed in a roof panel (not shown), and an opening formed in a rectangular shape below the sunroof frame 51 corresponds to the opening of the roof panel. A molded ceiling 52 having a section is arranged. Then, on the opening side, the upper surface of the molded ceiling 52 is brought into close contact with the lower surface of the sunroof frame 51, and in this state, the welt 53 is inserted so as to sandwich both the opening edge portions, and the molded ceiling 52 is inserted through the sunroof frame 51. Attached to the roof panel. In the passenger car in which the molded ceiling 52 is thus attached to the roof panel, the opening 54 bordered by the welt 53 is formed in the roof of the vehicle body. In addition, the opening 54 can be opened and closed by a glass lid (not shown) that is movably attached by being guided by a slide rail 55 and a shade 56 that slides under the glass lid.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when the welt 53 is inserted between the opening edge portion of the molded ceiling 52 and the opening edge portion of the sunroof frame 51 in this way to perform these terminal treatments, the welt 53 And the welt formed between the molded ceiling 52 and
There is a problem that the appearance of the terminal is deteriorated due to the difference in material between the 53 and the molded ceiling 52.

In addition, the molded ceiling 52 may need to be removed after maintenance, such as maintenance of the sunroof, even after once being attached.
Therefore, it is desired to have a structure that can be easily removed at such a time as well as assembling work in an assembling factory and can be easily assembled again without spoiling the appearance. However, in the conventional structure, it is necessary to open the welt 53 and insert it. Therefore, the terminal processing work is complicated and the workability is poor. In addition, every time it was removed and installed for maintenance, scratches and the like were generated on the welt 53 and its surroundings, which made it unattractive.

Furthermore, when the skin material 58 attached to the lower side of the base material 57 in the molded ceiling 52 is a cloth, it is possible to improve the aesthetics of the terminal by using flocking of the welts 53, but the welts 53 are expensive. There was also a problem that

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is not to impair the aesthetic sense, and the installation work is easy,
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle that can be an inexpensive sunroof structure.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rectangular opening corresponding to the opening below a roof panel having a rectangular opening defined by a sunroof frame. A molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising: mounting a molded ceiling having: and a sunroof that opens and closes the opening by sliding a shade slidably mounted to cover the opening of the molded ceiling. An engaging portion formed on the ceiling, a bracket having an engaged portion that is slidably engageable with the engaging portion, and a dial lock member that engages and locks when contacted with each other, One of the dial lock members is provided on the side of the bracket and the other is provided on the side of the sunroof frame corresponding thereto.

[Operation] According to this configuration, at the time of initial assembly, the molded ceiling is pressed to the sunroof frame side together with the bracket in a state where the engaging portion formed on the molded ceiling and the engaged portion formed on the bracket are engaged with each other. With this, engagement locking is performed between the dial lock members, and the formed ceiling can be attached to the sunroof frame by this engagement lock. In addition, when the molded ceiling is moved with respect to the sunroof frame after it is once mounted in this way, the engaged portion of the molded ceiling and the engaged portion of the bracket are slid and engaged accordingly. The part and the engaged part are disengaged, and the molded ceiling can be removed. Further, in the case of reassembling, it can be attached by engaging the engaging portion and the engaged portion with each other.

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

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a passenger car to which an embodiment of a molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle according to the present invention is applied, and FIG.
It is an expansion schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the AA line of a figure.

In the figure, in this passenger car 1, a rectangular opening 3 is formed in each of a roof panel 2 and a molded ceiling 12 attached to the lower side of the roof panel 2. Further, a glass lid 4 and a shade are formed to cover the opening 3. And 5 are provided. Then, when the shade 5 is slid and opened, outside light can be taken into the passenger compartment through the glass lid 4, and at the same time, when the glass lid 4 is also slid and opened, the inside and outside of the passenger compartment can pass through and outside air can be taken in. You can do it.

More specifically, the opening 3 is provided with a sunroof frame 8 attached to the vehicle body 7 via a support frame 6, and the sunroof frame 8 defines the inside of the opening 3 in a rectangular shape. It is in a state. And
The sunroof frame 8 has a high adhesive strength and is integrally formed of, for example, a Nucrel resin material, which has excellent mechanical strength even when it is thinly formed. Further, the glass lid 4 is provided on the left and right sides of the sunroof frame 8.
A rail portion 9 for slidingly guiding the shade 5 in the front-rear direction via a slide member (not shown) and a rail portion 10 for slidingly guiding the shade 5 in the front-rear direction are integrally formed.

Next, the molded ceiling 12 is composed of a skin material 13 and a base material 14. The terminal portion 13a on the one end side where the opening 3 is formed is wrapped around the back surface side of the base material 14 and fixed with an adhesive or the like to form the outer shape of the molded ceiling 12 and the terminal portion 13b on the other end side.
Similarly, it is wrapped around the back side and fixed with an adhesive.

Further, the molded ceiling 12 is provided with a plurality of engaging portions 15 scattered on the opening edge corresponding to the sunroof frame 8. The engaging portion 15 is insert-molded on the base material 14, and the vertical piece portion 15a standing on the base material 14 and the vertical piece portion 1 are provided.
The engaging piece portion 15b bent at a right angle from the tip of the 5a is integrally formed, and the engaging piece portions 15b of the engaging portions 15 are provided in the same direction. The bracket 16 is attached to each engaging portion 15.

The bracket 16 is provided with an engaged portion 17 which is a hole into which the engaging portion 15 slides and is detachably inserted and engaged. The bracket 16 is attached to the molded ceiling 12 in advance by engaging the engaged portion 17 with the engaged portion 15 when the molded ceiling 12 is attached to the lower side of the roof panel 2 in the assembly line of the manufacturing factory. It is put into a state (see FIG. 4), and in this state, it is attached to the sunroof frame 8 together with the molded ceiling 12 (see FIG. 3).
Between the 16 and the sunroof frame 8 is a pair of locking pieces 11
A dial lock member 11 composed of a and 11b is provided. This dial lock member 11 is generally known as "Magic Fastener (registered trademark)",
When the lock pieces 11a and 11b are brought into contact with each other, the engagement is locked, and when the lock pieces 11a and 11b are strongly pulled, the lock pieces 11a and 11b are forcibly peeled off and the lock can be released. Then, one lock piece 11a of the dial lock member 11 is fixed to the sunroof frame 8 with an adhesive or the like, and the other lock piece 11b is fixed to the bracket 16 with an adhesive or the like.

In the passenger car configured as described above, when the molded ceiling 12 is attached to the lower side of the roof panel 2 in the assembly line of the manufacturing factory, first, the engaging portion 15 and the engaged portion 17 are engaged with each other to form the molded ceiling 12 The bracket 16 is pre-attached to the (see FIG. 4). Next, when the molded ceiling 12 is pressed against the sunroof frame 8 with the lock pieces 11a and 11b associated with each other, the lock pieces 11a and 11b are engaged and locked, and the peripheral edge of the opening 3 of the molded ceiling 12 passes through the sunroof frame 8. Attached to the lower side of the roof panel 2 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). The outer peripheral side of the molded ceiling 12 is fixed by using a fixing means (not shown).

On the other hand, when the molded ceiling 12 attached to the lower side of the roof panel 2 as described above is to be removed in reverse for maintenance or the like, first, the outer peripheral side of the molded ceiling 12 is unfixed. Then
The entire molded ceiling 12 is moved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the engaging portion 15 is inserted into the engaged portion 17. Then, the engagement between the engaging portion 15 and the engaged portion 17 is released, and the molded ceiling 12 can be removed from the roof panel 1 this time with the bracket 16 left on the sunroof frame 8 side (Fig. 5). reference). When the molded ceiling 12 is to be reattached after maintenance and the like, first, the engaged portion of the bracket 16 fixed to the sunroof frame 8 side via the dial lock member 11 is engaged.
The engaging portion 15 is arranged corresponding to 17 (see FIG. 5). Next, the entire molded ceiling 12 is moved in the direction in which the engaging portion 15 is inserted into the engaged portion 17. Then, the engaging portion 15 and the engaged portion 17
Engage with each other, and the peripheral edge of the opening 3 of the molded ceiling 12 is fixed to the sunroof frame 8 by this engagement. Further, if the outer peripheral side is further fixed by a fixing means (not shown), it can be easily attached to the original state again.

Therefore, in the molded ceiling mounting structure of this vehicle, since it is not mounted by using the conventional welt, the assembling work is simplified, and the appearance is improved without the parting line appearing at the opening edge. Further, even when the skin material 13 is formed of cloth or the like, there is no need to implant hair on the welt, and the cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the structure in which the dial lock member 11 is formed by the magic fastener is disclosed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a clip-shaped member that is engaged when strongly pressed from the outside may be used.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle according to the present invention, the molded ceiling can be mounted only by pressing it against the sunroof frame at the time of initial assembly. Further, at the time of disassembling / reassembling after assembling, the molded ceiling can be removed / attached by simply sliding the molded ceiling with respect to the sunroof frame, so that it is possible to improve the manufacturing / assembling work and the work for maintenance.

Further, it does not require the welt used in the conventional structure, and for example, the end of the molded ceiling can be processed by simply winding the skin material on the back side of the base material, so that the appearance can be improved and the cost can be improved. Can be provided at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a passenger car to which an embodiment of a molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic vertical sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. The figure is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the portion B in Fig. 2 with the molded ceiling attached to the sunroof frame, and Fig. 4 is the state in which the molded ceiling is being attached to the sunroof frame at the factory assembly line. FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a portion corresponding to the B portion of FIG. 5, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a portion corresponding to the B portion of FIG. 2 with the molded ceiling removed from the sunroof frame for maintenance and the like. A sectional view, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a portion corresponding to part B in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a part of a conventional passenger car with a sunroof. 2 ... Roof panel 3 ... Opening 5 ... Shade 8 ... Sunroof frame 12 ... Molded ceiling 15 ... Engagement part 16 ... Bracket 17 ... Engagement part

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A molded ceiling having a rectangular opening corresponding to the opening is attached to the lower side of a roof panel having a rectangular opening defined by a sunroof frame, and the opening of the molded ceiling is provided. A molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising a sunroof that opens and closes the opening by sliding a shade slidably attached to the molded ceiling, the engaging portion formed on the molded ceiling, and the engaging portion. A bracket having a detachably slidably engageable portion and a dial lock member that engages and locks when abutted against each other are provided, and one of the dial lock members is provided on the bracket side and the other is provided. A molded ceiling mounting structure for a vehicle, characterized in that it is provided on the side of the sunroof frame.