JPH0647895B2 - Opening / closing device for opening / closing parts of automobile windows - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention provides a lighter opening / closing plate when opening / closing a vehicle body opening formed in a vehicle body panel by moving the opening / closing plate, particularly at the beginning of opening and the end of closing. The present invention relates to an opening / closing device for an opening / closing portion of an automobile window or the like that can be moved and operated.

(Prior Art) For example, a window for an automobile has an actual construction of Sho 60-1797.
80 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-62270.

According to these, a vehicle body opening is formed in the vehicle body panel, and an opening / closing plate for opening and closing the vehicle body opening is provided. Also,
A guide rail is provided which fits the edge of the opening / closing plate and guides the opening / closing plate along the vehicle body panel so that the opening / closing plate can slide forward and backward.

The guide rail is bent toward the vehicle body opening side at a position corresponding to the vehicle body opening. When the opening / closing plate that is slid back and forth reaches the vehicle body opening, or when the opening / closing plate slides back and forth to move away from the vehicle body opening, the opening / closing plate is bent as described above. Guided by the rail, it moves in the vehicle width direction to open and close the vehicle body opening.

By the way, in the above-described conventional configuration, the movement of the opening / closing plate in the vehicle width direction is performed by the component force in the vehicle width direction of the operating force when the opening / closing plate is slid back and forth.

For this reason, there is a problem in that the amount of the component force required makes the operation of the opening / closing plate to be heavy when opening / closing the vehicle body opening.

Therefore, it is conceivable to apply the configuration shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-20899 to the above-mentioned configuration so that the above-mentioned operation becomes light.

That is, the guide rail is movable in the vehicle width direction, and the movable rail allows the opening / closing plate to be inserted into and removed from the vehicle body opening by this movement, and the extension of the movable rail when the opening / closing plate is removed from the vehicle body opening. It is conceivable that the fixed rail is located on the line and can receive the opening / closing plate from the movable rail.

With this configuration, fitting of the opening / closing plate into / from the vehicle body opening is achieved by supporting the opening / closing plate on the movable rail and moving them in the vehicle width direction.

Further, when opening the vehicle body opening, the movable rail is moved from the above state in the vehicle width direction, and the movable rail is moved to the position where the fixed rail is located on the extension line of the movable rail. Then, the opening / closing plate may be moved from the movable rail to the fixed rail side.

In this case, the opening and closing plate may be slid linearly along the rails by linearly arranging the rails.

With this configuration, when the opening / closing plate is moved in the vehicle width direction or in the front-rear direction to open / close the vehicle body opening, the component force of the operating force is not necessary for this movement, and thus the vehicle body opening is opened / closed. This will make the operation easier.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, even in the case of the above assumption, there are the following problems.

In other words, since the parallel movement of the movable rail in the vehicle width direction is performed only by the spring, if the operating force is applied to the opening / closing plate supported by the movable rail in a biased manner, the movable rail will be reliably moved in parallel. Therefore, linearly matching the movable rail with the fixed rail becomes complicated, and the operation of moving the opening / closing plate from the movable rail to the fixed rail becomes complicated.

The spring is located right beside the guide rail and extends in the vehicle width direction.

Therefore, when the above configuration is applied to an automobile having a thin side wall, each spring normally projects into the vehicle compartment and unnecessarily narrows the vehicle compartment.

Moreover, since the springs are exposed in the vehicle compartment, the appearance of the vehicle compartment is significantly deteriorated.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and when opening and closing the vehicle body opening, an operation for moving the opening and closing plate can be easily performed, and The purpose is to prevent unnecessary narrowing and to maintain a good appearance of the passenger compartment.

(Structure of the Invention) A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is that a guide rail for guiding an opening / closing plate is made movable in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate, and the opening / closing plate is moved by this movement. It is composed of a movable rail that can be freely inserted into and removed from the opening, and a fixed rail that is located on an extension line of the movable rail when the opening and closing plate is detached from the vehicle body opening and that can receive the opening and closing plate from the movable rail. In this case, one end side is pivotally supported on the vehicle body panel side and the other end side is pivotally supported on the movable rail side, and a link group for translating the movable rail in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate is provided. The group is provided along the guide rail and is arranged on the back side of the guide rail on the opposite side to the opening / closing plate.

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

1 to 5 show the first embodiment.

In FIG. 2, 1 is an automobile, 2 is its vehicle body, and an arrow Fr in each figure indicates the front of the automobile 1. A side door 3 is provided on the side surface of the vehicle body 2 in the front-rear direction. The side door 3 is a door opening 4 formed in the vehicle body 2.
And a slide door 5 which is slidable back and forth along the outer side surface of the vehicle body 2. When the slide door 5 moves rearward, the door opening 4 is opened, and when the slide door 5 moves forward, The door opening 4 is closed.

A rear quarter window 6 is provided on the side surface of the vehicle body 2 behind the side door 3. This rear quarter window 6 has a quarter window opening 7 formed in the vehicle body 2.
And a quarter window glass 8 fixed to the opening edge of the quarter window opening 7 with the quarter window opening 7 closed.

A door window 10 serving as an opening / closing portion is provided above the slide door 5. The door window 10 includes a window opening 11 that is a vehicle body opening formed in an upper portion of a slide door 5 that constitutes a vehicle body panel, a window glass 13 that opens and closes the window opening 11, and an opening and closing device 14 that opens and closes the window glass 13. Composed of and.

The window glass 13 and the opening / closing device 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The opening / closing device 14 has a window frame 16 extending along the opening edge 12 of the window opening 11 and attached to the opening edge 12. The cross section of the window frame 16 is substantially U-shaped as shown in FIG. 3, and guide rails 17 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on the upper and lower facing surfaces of the window frame 16.

On the other hand, the window glass 13 is a fixed glass 20 fixed to the front half of the window frame 16 with a seal member 19 in a state where the front half of the window opening 11 is closed.
And one movable glass 21 as an opening / closing plate that opens and closes the latter half of the window opening 11. The two glasses 20, 21 are arranged side by side on the substantially same plane as the outer surface of the vehicle body 2 with the window 13 completely closed. The movable glass 21 is supported by the guide rail 17, and the lower edge of the movable glass 21 is fitted and supported, and is slidable along the guide rail 17.

A handle 23 is provided on the inside surface of the movable glass 21 inside the vehicle. On the other hand, a weather strip 24 is attached to the rear edge of the fixed glass 20.
Seals the gap between the fixed glass 20 and the movable glass 21 when the movable glass 21 closes the latter half of the window opening 11.

The guide rail 17 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS. 3 to 5.

The guide rail 17 is a movable rail 26 that moves in parallel in the thickness direction of the movable glass 21 in the window frame 16, that is, in the vehicle width direction so that the movable glass 21 can be fitted into and removed from the rear half of the window opening 11. When the movable glass 26 is disengaged from the rear half of the window opening 11 inward in the vehicle width direction by the movement of the movable rail 26, the movable rail 2
6 and a fixed rail 27 located on the extension line of 6.

The movable rail 26 has a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.
The movable glass run 29 has a character shape, and the movable glass 21 is slidable in the movable glass run 29.

A pair of front and rear links 31, 31 'for connecting the wind frame 16 and the movable rail 26 are provided. Each of these links 31, 31 ′ is pivotally supported at its front end, which is one end side, by a pivot shaft 32, 32 to the front portion and the front-rear midway portion on the lower surface side of the wind frame 16 of the slide door 5, which is the vehicle body panel side. The end is rotatable in the vehicle width direction.
Further, the respective pivoting ends, which are the other ends of both the links 31, 31 ', and the front and rear portions of the movable rail 26 are respectively provided with pins 32', 32 'penetrating the long holes formed in the wind frame 16 in the vehicle width direction. Is rotatably connected to.

In the above case, the link 31, 31 'group is the guide rail 1
7 is provided along the movable glass 21.
It is disposed on the back side of the guide rail 17 on the opposite side to.

The movable rail 2 is connected by the links 31 and 31 '.
6 moves parallel to the vehicle width direction (see arrow A in FIG. 1 and
The solid glass and the one-dot chain line are shown in FIGS. 3, 3, and 5), which allows the movable glass 21 supported by the movable rail 26.
Is inserted into and removed from the latter half of the window opening 11.

Further, a leaf spring 33 for urging and positioning the movable rail 26 in each of these states when the movable glass 21 is fitted into the latter half of the window opening 11 and when it is detached.
33 is provided.

On the other hand, the fixed rail 27 has a fixed glass run 34 located on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the fixed glass 20, and the fixed glass run 34 is integrally molded with the seal member 19 and is attached to the front half of the wind frame 16. It is installed. The fixed glass run 34 also has a U-shaped cross section similar to that of the movable glass run 29 as shown in FIG. 4, and when the movable glass 21 is separated from the rear half of the window opening 11, The movable glass 21 can be received in the fixed glass run 34.

As described above, the movable glass 21 is fitted into the rear half of the window opening 11, and the window glass 13 is inserted into the window opening 11.
To open the door window 10 from the closed state,
First, an occupant grips the handle 23 and pulls it inward in the vehicle width direction. Then, as the movable glass 21 moves inward in the vehicle width direction, the movable rail 26 moves over the plate spring 33 and moves in parallel in the vehicle width direction (arrow B in FIG. 5 and FIG. 1). , And the dashed-dotted line in FIGS. 3 and 5).

Next, if the handle 23 is pushed or pulled forward from the above state, the movable glass 21 slides forward in the movable rail 26 and transfers to the fixed rail 27, and the inside of the fixed rail 27 is moved forward. It slides toward (shown by arrow C in FIGS. 1 and 3). And the movable glass 2
By sliding 1 in the forward direction, the window opening 11 is opened.

Further, when closing the door window 10 from the above state, contrary to the above, first, the handle 23 is pushed or pulled rearward. Then, the movable glass 21 slides in the guide rail 17 and transfers from the fixed rail 27 to the movable rail 26 (shown by an arrow D in FIGS. 1 and 3).

Next, when the handle 23 is pushed outward in the vehicle width direction from the above state, the movable rail 26 passes over the leaf spring 33 and is parallel with the parallel movement of the movable glass 21 outward in the vehicle width direction. It moves (shown by arrow E in FIG. 5). Then, at the final stage of the movement of the movable glass 21, the movable glass 21 presses the weather strip 24 and fits into the latter half of the window opening 11 to close the window opening 11 (see FIGS. 1 and 3).
And the solid line in FIG. 5). In this case, the outer surfaces of the fixed glass 20 and the movable glass 21 are substantially flush with the outer surfaces of the slide door 5 and the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the air resistance when the vehicle 1 is running can be suppressed to a low level.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show a second embodiment, the basic structure of which is the same as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 6, both links 31, 3
The reference numerals 1'are vertically stacked, and are connected to each other by a pin 37 so as to be rotatable relative to each other in the middle portion in the longitudinal direction.

Then, when the window glass 13 closes the window opening 11, both links 31 and 31 'overlap substantially on the same straight line as shown by the solid line in FIGS. 6 and 7. Further, when the window glass 13 has opened the window opening 11, as shown in FIG.
Has an X shape when viewed from above. At this time, the movable rail 26 moves along with the leaf spring 3 as the two links 31, 31 'rotate.
The vehicle moves over 3 and moves in parallel in the vehicle width direction, whereby the movable glass 21 can be freely inserted into and removed from the rear half of the window opening 11.

In each of the above embodiments, the opening / closing operation device 14 is applied to the door window 10 of the sliding door 5, but
In addition to the door window 10 above, a rear quarter window 6
It may also be applied to a side window, and also to a sunroof and a sliding door 5 in addition to the window.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, the guide rail for guiding the opening / closing plate is movable in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate, and this movement allows the opening / closing plate to be inserted into and removed from the vehicle body opening. The fixed rail is located on an extension line of the movable rail when the opening / closing plate is removed from the vehicle body opening and can receive the opening / closing plate from the movable rail.

For this reason, when opening and closing the vehicle body opening by moving the opening and closing plate, fitting and removal of the opening and closing plate to and from the vehicle body opening is achieved by supporting the opening and closing plate on a movable rail and moving them in the vehicle width direction. It

Further, when opening the vehicle body opening, the movable rail is moved from the above state in the vehicle width direction, and the movable rail is moved to the position where the fixed rail is located on the extension line of the movable rail. Then, the opening / closing plate may be moved from the movable rail to the fixed rail side.

In this case, by linearly arranging the rails, the opening / closing plate may be slid linearly along the rails.

That is, when the opening / closing plate is moved in the vehicle width direction or in the front / rear direction to open / close the vehicle body opening, the component force of the operating force is not required for this movement, and therefore the operation for opening / closing the vehicle body opening is performed. It will be lighter.

Further, in the above structure, one end side is pivotally supported on the vehicle body panel side and the other end side is pivotally supported on the movable rail side, and a group of links for moving the movable rail in parallel in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate is provided. There is.

For this reason, since the movable rail is reliably moved in parallel by the link group, even if the operating force is applied to the opening / closing plate supported by the movable rail in a biased manner, the movable rail is reliably moved. It is possible to make parallel movement and easily match the fixed rail, that is, it is possible to easily move the opening / closing plate from the movable rail to the fixed rail side. Therefore, the operation for moving the opening / closing plate can be easily performed.

The link group is provided along the guide rail.

For this reason, it is possible to prevent the link group for moving the opening / closing plate in parallel from projecting into the vehicle compartment, thereby preventing the vehicle compartment from being unnecessarily narrowed.

Moreover, the above-mentioned link group is arranged on the back side of the above-mentioned guide rail opposite to the above-mentioned opening / closing plate.

Therefore, the link group is covered with the guide rails, so that the appearance of the passenger compartment can be kept good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is an overall side view of an automobile, and FIG. 3 is II of FIG.
I-III line arrow plane enlarged sectional view, FIG. 4 is IV-IV of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are second embodiments, and FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 1 ... Automobile, 5 ... Slide door (body panel), 1
0 ... Door window (opening / closing part), 11 ... Window opening (vehicle body opening), 17 ... Guide rail, 21 ... Movable glass (opening / closing plate), 26 ... Movable rail, 27 ... Fixed rail, 31, 31 '... Link.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle body opening is formed in a vehicle body panel, and an opening / closing plate for opening / closing the vehicle body opening is provided. An edge of the opening / closing plate is fitted to guide the opening / closing plate slidably along the vehicle body panel. A guide rail is provided, the guide rail is movable in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate, and the movable rail allows the opening / closing plate to be inserted into and removed from the vehicle body opening by this movement, and the opening / closing plate is separated from the vehicle body opening. In the opening / closing part of the automobile such as a fixed rail which is located on the extension line of the movable rail and can receive the opening / closing plate from the movable rail, one end side is pivotally supported on the vehicle body panel side and the other is An end group is pivotally supported on the movable rail side to provide a link group that translates the movable rail in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate. The link group is provided along the guide rail, and at the same time as the opening / closing plate. Is An opening / closing device for an opening / closing portion of an automobile window or the like, which is arranged on the opposite side of the guide rail on the opposite side.