JPH0642536Y2 - Linear motor type curtain rail connection structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a linear motor type curtain that automatically opens and closes the curtain by using a linear motor.
In particular, it relates to the structure of the rail joint.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a linear motor type curtain, actual development sho 60-60
The one shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 89 exists. In this publication, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, linear motor type curtain rails 32, 33 are provided on both upper and lower sides of the back window BW for driving the double curtain 31 of the back window BW of the vehicle. Further, each curtain rail 32, 33 is divided into left and right by a separator 34, and one movable coil 35 is attached to each of the upper and lower ends of the left and right curtains 31 on the abutting side. The curtain 31 is operated symmetrically.

As a drive configuration, as shown in FIG. 8, magnetic pole portions 38 including a yoke 36 made of a zinc steel plate and a flat magnet 37 are provided on both left and right inner sides of the curtain rails 32, 33.
A printed circuit board 39 provided with wiring for power supply is provided on the inner upper surface, and a movable coil 35 having the open / close ends of the curtain 31 is mounted in the curtain rails 32, 33 to form a linear motor. The current collecting brush of the movable coil 35 is constantly brought into contact with the printed circuit board 39 so that the movable coil 35 is energized and is moved in the longitudinal direction of the rail by the guide of the magnetic pole portion 38.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the structure of the separator 34 of the linear motor type curtain rail 32 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is as shown in FIG. That is, the curtain rails on both sides
A cap 41 is attached to the end of the butt side of 32, an electrode that comes into contact with the printed circuit board 39 in the rail is provided in this cap 41, and a harness 42 is extended from the electrode to the outside of the rail 32, A socket 43 is provided at the tip. And
By coupling the socket 43 of the harness 42 and the socket 45 of the vehicle body harness 44, the printed circuit board 39 in the rail 32 and the vehicle body harness 44 are connected.

Since the above-mentioned harness is provided with an extra length for the wiring work, the harness corresponding to the extra length is left after the wiring work. Therefore, the cover (separator) 46 that covers the space between the rails is provided for the excess harness and socket.
It is stored inside. However, in this case, the cover 46 becomes large because the harness may be bulky. As a result, the cover 46 largely protrudes into the vehicle body, which deteriorates the comfortability and impairs the appearance.

Also, attach the cap 41 to the end of the rail 32 on the butt side.
Since the cover 46 is mounted and the cover 46 is mounted between them, the number of constituent parts is large and the workability is reduced accordingly.

The above-mentioned drawbacks are not limited to the linear motor type curtain rail coupling structure provided in the vehicle, but are similarly present in the linear motor type curtain rail coupling structure provided in a general building.

The present invention was proposed in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and its purpose is to provide a coupling structure for a linear motor type curtain rail, which is small in size, has a small number of constituent parts, and is used during coupling work. To provide an excellent bonding structure with high flexibility.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention provides a connector for coupling first and second rails divided in the longitudinal direction, and first and second connectors are provided on both sides of the connector.
While the fitting portion with the rail is provided, the first and second rails are provided with fitted portions that fit with the fitting portion of the connector. The fitting portion of the connector is provided with an electrode that comes into contact with the wiring provided in the rail when fitted to the first and second rails. The structure is characterized in that a socket to be connected to another harness outside the connector is provided in the part.

[Operation] In the present invention having the above-described configuration, the first and second rails are joined by the connector, and the rails are fixed at this time. Therefore, before fixing the rails, the harness of the connector is fixed. It is possible to wire outside the connector and to arrange this wire outside the connector. For example, in a vehicle, the head lining is attached to the vehicle body and then the rail is fixed to the vehicle body.However, in the present invention, the connector harness can be connected to the vehicle body harness before attaching the head lining. The harness and socket of can be stored in an empty space between the headlining and the vehicle body. Therefore, since it is not necessary to store the harness and the socket in the connector body, the width and thickness of the connector can be made as small as the rail. Moreover, since the connector is the only component provided between the first and second rails, the structure is simple and the workability can be improved.

Furthermore, if the connector is provided with the fixing portion, the rail fixing structure near the coupling portion can also be used, and the entire fixing structure can be simplified.

[Embodiment] An embodiment in which an embodiment of a linear motor type curtain rail coupling structure according to the present invention is applied to a side window SW portion of a vehicle as shown in FIG. 1 will be specifically described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coupling structure of the present embodiment is arranged in the upper part of the side window SW part and divided in the longitudinal direction into first and second rails 1 and 2 and the first and second rails. And a connector 3 for coupling the two.

As shown in FIG. 2, fitting portions 4 for the first and second rails 1 and 2 are provided on both sides of the connector 3. The fitting portion 4 has its outer circumference dimension matched with the inner circumference dimension of the first and second rails 1 and 2, so that the open end portions of the first and second rails 1 and 2 (fitted portions). 5 is fitted. Further, an elastic locking claw 6 is provided on the upper surface of the fitting portion 4 of the connector 3, and correspondingly, the first and second rails are provided.
A locking hole 7 is provided on the upper surface of the opening ends 5 of the first and second rails, and the fitting portion 4 of the connector 3 is fitted into the opening ends 5 of the first and second rails 1 and 2. At this time, the former locking claw 6 is locked in the latter locking hole 7.

A contact brush (electrode) 9 is provided on the front surface of the fitting portion 4 of the connector 3 on the indoor side, which comes into contact with a printed circuit board 8 provided in the rails when fitted to the first and second rails 1 and 2. ing. A harness 10 is extended to the contact brush 9, and a socket 11 is provided at an end of the harness 10 to be connected to a vehicle body harness outside the connector 3. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the harness 10 is drawn to the outside through an opening projection 12 provided so as to project on the rear surface of the connector 3 on the vehicle body side.

Further, FIG. 4 is a view showing a linear motor provided on the first and second rails 1 and 2, and a yoke 13 and a flat magnet 14 are provided on the inner surface of the rails 1 and 2 on the vehicle body side. Magnetic pole part consisting of 15
Is provided, and a printed circuit board 8 provided with wiring for power supply is provided on the surface facing the same. A movable coil 16 to which an open / close end of a curtain (not shown) is attached is attached between the magnetic pole portion 15 and the printed circuit board 8. The current collecting brush 17 of the movable coil 16 is always in contact with the printed circuit board 8. Through this, the movable coil 16 is supplied with power from the printed circuit board 8 and guided by the magnetic pole portion 15 to guide the rail 1, 2 to move in the longitudinal direction.

Next, when the rails are joined together using the joining structure of this embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 5, a space is created between the roof 19 and the roof 19 formed above the pillar inner 18 of the vehicle body. Then, the socket 21 of the vehicle body harness 20 and the socket 11 of the harness 10 of the connector 3 are coupled. After that, the head lining 22 is attached so as to expose the main body of the connector 3 while covering the joint portion, and the connector 3 is attached to the pillar inner 18.

Details of this attachment are shown in FIG. That is, the connector 3
A bracket 23 is fixed to the lower surface of the opening projection 12 of the above, and the bracket 23 is fixed to the pillar inner 18 with a screw to fix the connector 3 to the vehicle body. In the figure, 24 is a pillar trim. Finally, the connector 3 is provided with the first and second
Join rails 1 and 2.

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, the first and second rails 1 and 2 are
The bracket 25 is fixed to the vehicle body by screwing it to the loose rail 26.

The operation of the coupling structure of this embodiment having the above structure is as follows.

First, it is similar to the prior art in that it has a mechanical coupling and a power feeding function which are basic functions of the coupling structure. That is, the fitting configuration of the connector 3 allows the first and second rails 1 and 2 to be mechanically coupled, and in this coupled state, a series of electrical connections from the contact brush 9 of the connector 3 to the harness 10 and the socket 11 is performed. With the dynamic connection configuration, power can be supplied from the vehicle body harness 20 to the printed circuit boards 8 of the first and second rails 1 and 2.

By the way, in the prior art, because of the structural limitation, the head lining is attached and the rail can be connected to the vehicle body only after fixing the rail to the vehicle body harness.
After the wiring work, the excess harness and socket are exposed,
There was a drawback that the cover for covering this became large,
In this embodiment, the harness 10 of the connector 3 can be connected to the vehicle body harness 20 before the headlining 22 is attached. That is, in this embodiment, an extra harness for wiring work is used.
Since 10,20 and sockets 11,21 can be stored in the empty space between the headlining 22 and the vehicle body, it is not necessary to store the harness 10,20 and sockets 11,21 in the connector 3 main body.
The width and thickness of the connector 3 can be made as small as the first and second rails. Therefore, the connector 3 does not project into the vehicle, and the habitability can be improved as compared with the conventional case. Further, since the connector 3 can have a sense of unity with the rails 1 and 2, it is also excellent in appearance.

On the other hand, in the prior art, a cap provided at the open end of each rail and a cover provided between the rails were required at the rail joint, but in the present embodiment, the first and second rails 1, 2, Since only the connector 3 is provided between the two, the structure is greatly simplified and workability is improved.

Further, in this embodiment, the connector 3 is provided with a bracket.
Since the bracket 22 is provided and the bracket 22 is fixed to the pillar inner 18 of the vehicle body, there is also an advantage that the fixing structure of the rails 1 and 2 in the vicinity of the coupling portion can be used at the same portion, and the entire fixing structure can be simplified.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, there is an advantage that the gap between the headlining 2 and the pillar trim 24 can be covered by the opening projection 12 on the back surface of the connector 3.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, the fitting configuration of the connector and the first and second rails can be freely changed, and the size and shape of the connector can be freely selected. is there. Further, the specific drive configuration of the linear motor type curtain rail to which the present invention is applied can be freely selected. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the linear motor type curtain rail coupling structure of a vehicle, but can be applied to the linear motor type curtain rail coupling structure of a general building.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the connector for connecting the first and second rails is provided, and the harness is provided to the connector. Connect the harness to another harness,
Since this wiring part can be placed outside the connector and a large cover as in the past is not required, it is compact, has few constituent parts, and has high workability during connection. A bond structure can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 7 are views showing an embodiment of a linear motor type curtain rail according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle body to which the present embodiment is applied, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the parts, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the connector as seen from the rear side, FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the linear motor, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 6, FIG.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the arrow B in FIG. FIG. 8 is a rear view of a vehicle body using a conventional linear motor type curtain rail, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the arrow C of FIG.
The drawing is an exploded perspective view showing the separator portion of FIG. 1 ... First rail, 2 ... Second rail, 3 ... Connector, 4 ... Fitting portion, 5 ... Open end portion, 6 ... Locking claw, 7
...... Locking hole, 8 ...... Printed circuit board, 9 ...... Contact brush,
10 …… Harness, 11 …… Socket, 12 …… Opening protrusion, 13
...... Yoke, 14 ...... Magnet, 15 ...... Magnetic pole part, 16 moving coil, 17 …… Collector brush, 18 …… Pillar inner, 19 …… Roof, 20 …… Vehicle harness, 21 …… Socket, 22 …… Headlining, 23,25 …… bracket, 24 …… pillar trim, 26 …… loose rail. 31 …… curtain, 32,33 …… curtain rail, 34 …… separator, 35 …… moving coil, 37 …… magnet, 38 …… magnetic pole part, 39 …… printed circuit board, 41 …… cap, 42 …… harness , 43, 45 …… Socket, 44 …… Car body harness, 46…
…cover.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A movable coil having a magnetic pole portion provided on one surface on the inner side of the curtain rail, a wiring for supplying power by a printed circuit board or the like on the other surface, and a movable coil having an open / close end of the curtain mounted in the curtain rail. In the linear motor type curtain rail, which is mounted, energizes the movable coil by constantly contacting the current collecting brush of the movable coil with the wiring in the rail, and moving in the longitudinal direction of the rail by guiding the magnetic poles, the curtain rail is It is provided with first and second rails divided in the longitudinal direction and a connector for connecting the first and second rails, and fitting portions for the first and second rails are provided on both sides of the connector, The first and second rails are provided with a fitted portion that fits into the fitting portion of the connector, and the fitting portion of the connector is provided inside the rail when fitted with the first and second rails. Arrangement provided A linear motor type curtain characterized in that an electrode for contacting a wire is provided, a harness is extended to the electrode, and a socket for coupling with another harness outside the connector is provided at an end of the harness. Rail joint structure.