JPH07215066A - Roof opening/closing device for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively utilize space by turning a center roof for the side wall of a rear roof and compactly accommodating both the roofs, thus obviating the necessity of a wide space for accommodating both the roofs between the rear side of the car body. CONSTITUTION:A cable 6 having an engagement pin 7 is installed in a whiftable manner at the edge part in a guide pipe 5 installed on the side wall 4 of a rear roof 3, and a guide hole 10 for guiding the engagement pin 7 is installed in a shitable manner on a supporting shaft 8 having a link 9 in close to the front end of the side wall 4, and a leading hole 11 is formed on the link 9. Further, a slot hole 14 is formed on an arm 13 installed on the side wall 12 of a center roof 2, and the end part of the link 9 is engaged, and the lower part of the side wall 4 is connected in a rotatable manner in close to the front end of the quater panel 15 of the car body, and the other end part of the cable 6 is connected at the upper part for the turning center of a rear roof 3, and the top end part of the arm 13 is connected in the vicinity of the center in close to the front end of the side wall 4. Accordingly, the center and rear roofs 2 and 3 can be accommodated in each compact form, between the rear sides of the car body 1, and the space can be effectively utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle roof opening / closing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a roof panel is disposed above a center of a vehicle body, a rear window is disposed in an upper portion between a center of the vehicle body and a rear portion, and rear pillars are provided on both sides of the rear window. , A trunk lid is provided on the upper part between the rear sides of the vehicle body so that it can be opened and closed, a roof storage part is formed inside the trunk lid, and both sides of the roof panel are movably engaged with the upper end of the rear pillar in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. There is known a roof opening / closing device for an automobile in which a lower end portion of a rear pillar is rotatably connected above a front end portion of a rear side of a vehicle body.

[0003]

However, in the conventional vehicle roof opening / closing device, when opening the roof opening above the vehicle body, after rotating the trunk lid so as to incline with respect to the rear side of the vehicle body, Rotate the rear pillar above the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body so that the roof panel follows the inclination of the trunk lid, and move both sides of the roof panel to the rear of the vehicle body with respect to the upper end portion of the rear pillar.
The roof panel must be stored inside the roof storage part of the trunk lid, and the rear window must be stored between the rear side of the vehicle body, and between the roof panel and the roof storage part of the trunk lid of the rear window and the rear side of the vehicle body. Had to be stored separately in.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to turn the side wall of the rear roof with respect to the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body while the center roof and the rear roof close the roof opening above the vehicle body. The movement causes the rear roof to move from above between the center of the vehicle body and the rear portion toward the rear side of the vehicle body, and the guide pipe rotates along with the side wall of the rear roof while moving along the longitudinal direction of the cable. , The cable swings with the rotation of the guide pipe with respect to the upper portion near the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body, and the guide hole in the side wall of the rear roof slides in the longitudinal direction of the cable while engaging with the engaging pin. , The guide hole of the link slides in the direction crossing the guide hole of the side wall of the rear roof while engaging with the end of the engaging pin, and the link is rotated on the side wall of the rear roof. While swinging around the support shaft as a fulcrum, the end of the link moves along the long hole of the side wall of the center roof, the side wall of the center roof rotates as the link swings, and the arm moves to the center roof. As the side wall of the rear roof pivots, the side wall of the rear roof swings toward the center near the front end, and the center roof rotates with respect to the side wall of the rear roof while maintaining a substantially horizontal state. The center roof and the rear roof move from the roof opening above the vehicle body to the rear side of the vehicle body, and the roof opening above the vehicle body is in an open state. Is stored between the rear sides of the vehicle body and when the center roof and the rear roof are stored between the rear sides of the vehicle body, the center roof rotates with respect to the side wall of the rear roof. For a vehicle in which the center roof and the rear roof are compactly assembled, and a wide space for storing the center roof and the rear roof is not required between the rear sides of the vehicle body, and the space between the rear sides of the vehicle body can be effectively used. To provide a roof opening / closing device.

[0005]

A roof opening / closing device for an automobile according to the present invention has a center roof disposed above a center of a vehicle body and a rear roof disposed between a center and a rear portion of the vehicle body. A guide pipe is provided on the side wall of the rear roof, a cable is movably provided inside the guide pipe, and an engagement pin is provided at one end of the cable.
A support shaft is provided near the front end of the side wall of the rear roof, a link is swingably provided on the support shaft, and a guide hole for guiding the engagement pin is provided at a lower portion near the front end of the side wall of the rear roof. A guide hole intersecting with the guide hole is provided near the center, an end portion of the engaging pin is slidably engaged with the guide hole of the link, and an arm is provided near a rear end of a side wall of the center roof, An elongated hole is provided in a rear end portion of a side wall of the center roof along a longitudinal direction of the arm, and an end portion of the link is movably engaged with the elongated hole of the side wall of the center roof, so that a rear side of the vehicle body is secured. A lower part of the side wall of the rear roof is rotatably connected to the front end, and the other end of the cable is rotatably connected to an upper part of the rear roof of the vehicle body near the front end of the rear roof. In front of the side wall of the rear roof And it has a structure which is characterized in that the tip portion of the arm near the center of the deviation rotatably connected to.

[0006]

From the position where the center roof and the rear roof close the roof opening above the vehicle body, the side wall of the rear roof disposed above between the center of the vehicle body and the rear part of the vehicle body is positioned near the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body. When rotated, the rear roof moves from above between the center of the car body and the rear part toward the rear side of the car body, and the guide pipe provided on the side wall of the rear roof along with the side wall of the rear roof along the longitudinal direction of the cable. The cable is rotated while moving, and the cable provided inside the guide pipe is swung with respect to the upper portion near the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body as the guide pipe is rotated, and is provided at the lower portion near the front end of the side wall of the rear roof. The guide hole slides in the longitudinal direction of the cable while engaging with the engaging pin at one end of the cable, and at the same time, the guide hole provided near the center of the link While engaging in part slides in a direction intersecting the side wall of the guide hole of the rear roof and swing the support shaft as a fulcrum while the link with the rotation of the side wall of the rear roof,
The end of the link moves along a long hole provided at the rear end of the side wall of the center roof, and the side wall of the center roof arranged above the center of the vehicle body rotates while the link swings.
An arm provided near the rear end of the side wall of the center roof swings around the center near the front end of the side wall of the rear roof as the side wall of the center roof rotates, and the center roof rotates with respect to the side wall of the rear roof. While moving in a substantially horizontal state, the vehicle moves from above the center of the vehicle toward the rear side of the vehicle, and stores the center roof and the rear roof between the rear sides of the vehicle.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body, and a center roof 2 is arranged above the center of the vehicle body 1 and a rear roof 3 is arranged above the center of the vehicle body 1 and a rear portion thereof. A guide pipe 5 is provided on the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 as shown in FIG.
A cable 6 is movably provided inside the vehicle, an engaging pin 7 is provided at one end of the cable 6, a support shaft 8 is provided near the front end of the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3, and a support shaft 8 is provided at the support shaft 8. A link 9 is swingably provided, and a guide hole 10 for guiding the engagement pin 7 is provided in a lower portion of the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 near the front end.
Is provided, and a guide hole 11 that intersects with the guide hole 10 is provided near the center of the link 9, and the end of the engagement pin 7 is slidably engaged with the guide hole 11 of the link 9.

An arm 13 is provided near the rear end of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a longitudinal direction of the arm 13 is provided at the rear end of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2. A long hole 14 is provided along the rear side of the center roof 2, the end of the link 9 is movably engaged with the long hole 14 of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2, and the rear roof is provided near the front end of the quarter panel 15 which is the rear side of the vehicle body 1. 3, the lower part of the side wall 4 of the vehicle body 3 is rotatably connected, and the other end of the cable 6 is rotatably connected to the upper portion of the rear roof 3 near the front end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. A tip portion of an arm 13 is rotatably connected to the side wall 4 of the armature 3 near the center near the front end thereof.

As shown in FIG. 1, doors 16 are provided on both sides near the center of the vehicle body 1, and the vehicle body 1
Front fenders 17 are provided on both sides of the front part of the vehicle, a front roof 18 is provided above the front part of the vehicle body 1 and near the center, and both sides of the front roof 18 are directed downward. Side walls 19 are formed respectively, and a front pillar 20 is formed on the side wall 19 of the front roof 18 toward the upper edge of the rear end portion of the front fender 17.

As shown in FIG. 1, quarter panels 15 are provided on both sides of the rear portion of the vehicle body 1, and a trunk room 21 that opens upward is formed between the quarter panels 15 of the vehicle body 1. At the same time, a concave portion 22 that opens upward is formed at an upper edge between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, and is formed in an upper portion between the rear end portion and the rear end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. A trunk lid (not shown) is provided so as to be openable and closable.

As shown in FIG. 1, a support shaft 23 protruding inward is provided between the upper edge and the center of the front end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, and the quarter panel of the vehicle body 1 is provided. A support shaft 24, which projects inward, is provided obliquely above the support shaft 23 near the upper edge of the front end of the support shaft 15.
A support shaft 25 protruding inward is provided above the rear end of the quarter panel 15.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rear deck 26 is disposed in the upper portion between the recesses 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, and the side walls 2 are provided on both sides of the rear deck 26 so as to face downward.
7 are formed respectively, and an arm 28 protruding rearward is provided inside a rear end of the side wall 27 of the rear deck 26, and a base end portion of the arm 28 has a side wall 2 of the rear deck 26.
The trunk room 21 between the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is fixed to the inner surface near the rear end of the vehicle body 7 by a trunk lid and a rear deck 26.

As shown in FIG. 1, an arm 28 is arranged inside the upper portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 near the rear end thereof, and a support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 near the tip end of the arm 28. Is swingably supported, and the rear deck 2
The reference numeral 6 is adapted to rotate together with the arm 28 with respect to the support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rear roof 3 is arranged above the center of the vehicle body 1 and between the rear part thereof, and the side walls on both sides of the rear roof 3 are directed downward as shown in FIG. 4 are formed respectively, and a rear pillar 29 is formed on the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 toward the upper edge of the front end portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. Inside the rear pillar 29 of the rear roof 3 near the lower end, As shown in 3,
An arm 30 protruding downward is provided, and the arm 3
The base end portion of 0 is fixed to the inner surface of the rear roof 3 near the lower end of the rear pillar 29.

As shown in FIG. 1, an arm 30 is arranged inside the front end portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the arm 30 is swingably supported, and the rear roof 3 is rotated together with the arm 30 with respect to the support shaft 23 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.

The side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29
As shown in FIG. 2, a guide pipe 5 is disposed inside the inner wall of the rear pipe 3, and at one end of the guide pipe 5, a straight line is formed inside the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 along the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. A portion 31 is formed, and a bent portion 32 is formed near one end of the guide pipe 5. Between the one end of the guide pipe 5 and the other end, the bent portion 32 extends obliquely downward inside the rear pillar 29 of the rear roof 3. A straight portion 33 is formed, and a flexible portion 34 is formed between the bent portion 32 of the guide pipe 5 and the straight portion 33.

As shown in FIG. 3, a cable 6 is movably inserted into the guide pipe 5, a cable end 35 is fixed to one end of the cable 6, and a ring portion is attached to the tip of the cable end 35. 36, the ring portion 36 of the cable end 35 is fixed near the center of the engaging pin 7 and the annular portion 37 is formed at the other end of the cable 6, as shown in FIG. Cable 6
The annular portion 37 of the is the support shaft 24 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.
It is rotatably supported by.

As shown in FIG. 2, a base plate 38 is provided inside the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3, and a lower edge near the center of the base plate 38 is provided with a base plate 38 as shown in FIG.
A bulging portion 39 bulging downward is formed, and
Side walls 40, 40 that are bent outward are formed at one end and the other end of the base plate 38, respectively, and the end edges of the side walls 40, 40 of the base plate 38 are stretched toward the front and rear of the vehicle body 1. Projecting pieces 41, 41 are formed respectively, and near the center of the lower edge of the base plate 38,
As shown in FIG. 4, the support shaft 8 protruding outward is fixed by caulking, and the bulging portion 3 of the base plate 38 is fixed.
As shown in FIG. 5, a support shaft 42 protruding inward is fixed near the center of the base plate 9 by caulking, and the projecting pieces 41, 41 of the base plate 38 are attached to the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3.
It is fixed inside each of the upper edges.

Inside the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 near the lower edge thereof, as shown in FIG. 2, an elongated plate 43 is arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 1, and the plate 43 is shown in FIG. 5, the guide hole 10 is provided along the longitudinal direction, and at one end and the other end of the plate 43, as shown in FIG. 5, side walls 44, 44 bent outward are formed, and Overhanging pieces 45, 45 projecting toward the front and the rear of the vehicle body 1 are formed on the edges of the side walls 44, 44 of the plate 43, and the guide holes 10 of the plate 43 are located near the outer ends of the engaging pins 7. Is slidably engaged with the plate 4
The straight part 31 of the guide pipe 5 is fixed inside the other end of the guide pipe 3, the engaging pin 7 is located at one end of the guide hole 10 of the plate 43, and the projecting pieces 45, 45 of the plate 43 are the rear roof 3 Is fixed to the inside of the side wall 4 near the lower edge.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bracket 46 is provided inside the rear pillar 29 of the rear roof 3 near the front edge thereof.
Is disposed on the bracket 46, as shown in FIG.
The bent portion 32 of the guide pipe 5 is supported, and the bracket 4
The overhanging piece 47 of 6 is fixed inside the rear pillar 29 of the rear roof 3 near the front edge.

Inside the front end of the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3, as shown in FIG. 2, one end of the link 9 is arranged so as to face the outside of the base plate 38, and in the vicinity of the center of the link 9, FIG. 4, a guide hole 11 is provided, and an engaging pin 48 protruding outward is fixed to the other end of the link 9 by caulking as shown in FIGS. One end of a link 9 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 8 of 38, and the guide pin 11 of the link 9 is slidably engaged with the guide pin 11 near the inner end thereof.
Is located at one end of the guide hole 11 of the link 9.

Above the center of the vehicle body 1, a center roof 2 is arranged between a front roof 18 and a rear roof 3 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, side walls 12 are formed downward, respectively, and inward of the lower end of the rear end of the side walls 12 of the center roof 2, as shown in FIG. The arm 13 is provided, and at the base end of the arm 13, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
Is formed, an overhanging piece 50 is formed at an end edge of the bent portion 49 of the arm 13, and the overhanging piece 50 of the arm 13 is formed on the side wall 1 of the center roof 2.
It is fixed to the inner surface of the rear end portion 2 near the lower edge by welding.

Inside the front edge of the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 near the lower edge of the front end of the base plate 38, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the tip end portion of the arm 13 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 42 of the bulging portion 39 of the hood 38, and the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 together with the arm 13 bulges the bulging portion 39 of the base plate 38. The support shaft 42 is rotated.

Inside the rear end of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 near the lower edge of the center roof 2, a guide plate 51 is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the arm 13 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, elongated holes 14 are provided along the longitudinal direction, and one end and the other end of the guide plate 51 are outwardly bent side walls as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. 52,52
The side walls 52, 52 of the guide plate 51 are respectively fixed to the inner side surfaces of the rear end of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 near the lower edge.

Inside the rear edge of the side wall 12 of the center roof 2, near the lower edge of the rear end of the center roof 2, as shown in FIG. 5
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the engaging pin 48 at the other end of the link 9 is slidably engaged with the elongated hole 14 of the first guide pin 51. Is located at one end.

In FIG. 1, the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is closed by the rear deck 26, and the roof opening above the vehicle body 1 is closed by the center roof 2 and the rear roof 3. The rear deck 26 is the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.
The center roof 2 is locked to the front roof 18 by a lock mechanism (not shown).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the rear deck 26 is the vehicle body 1 shown in FIG.
Of the rear deck 26 from the position where the trunk room 21 between the lower part of the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 is closed.
When the side wall 27 of the vehicle body 1 is rotated clockwise with respect to the support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 in the clockwise direction in FIG. At the same time as swinging in the clockwise direction of FIG.
While swinging, the vehicle moves from the upper part between the recesses 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 to the upper part near the rear end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, and as shown in FIG. The trunk room 21 between the lower part of the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 is opened upward.

From the position where the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is opened upward as shown in FIG. 7, the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29 are attached to the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. Spindle 2
When the arm 3 is rotated clockwise with respect to FIG.
0 swings in the clockwise direction of FIG. 7 with the support shaft 23 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 as a fulcrum as the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29 rotate, and as shown in FIG.
As the arm 30 swings, the rear roof 3 moves from above between the center and the rear of the vehicle body 1 toward the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.

The side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29
The rotation of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 with respect to the support shaft 23 causes the guide pipe 5 to move along the longitudinal direction of the cable 6 together with the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29, and the support shaft 24 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. 2 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2, and the cable 6 swings in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 with the support shaft 24 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 as a fulcrum as the guide pipe 5 rotates. Guide hole 10 slides in the longitudinal direction near one end of cable 6 while engaging with engagement pin 7 as side wall 4 of rear roof 3 rotates, and at the same time guide hole 11 of link 9 forms side wall of rear roof 3. 4 is slid in a direction intersecting with the guide hole 10 of the plate 43 while engaging with the engagement pin 7 as the pin 4 moves, and the link 9 rotates as the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 rotates. The supporting shaft 8 of the preparative 38 swings counterclockwise in FIG. 2 as a fulcrum.

By swinging the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 of the link 9 with respect to the support shaft 8 of the base plate 38,
The engaging pin 48 at the other end of the link 9 slides from one end to the other end while engaging with the elongated hole 14 of the guide plate 51, and the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 moves as the link 9 swings. With the guide plate 51, the arm 13 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 2 with respect to the support shaft 42 of the bulging portion 39 of the base plate 38.
2 with the support shaft 42 of the bulging portion 39 of the base plate 38 as a fulcrum as the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 rotates.
As shown in FIG. 9, the center roof 2 swings with respect to the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 while keeping the substantially horizontal state, as shown in FIG. It moves towards the top between the 15 recesses 22.

Body 1 of center roof 2 and rear roof 3
Quarter panel 15 of the car body 1 from the roof opening above
By moving the lower part of the concave portion 22 into the trunk room 21, the roof opening above the vehicle body 1 is opened as shown in FIG. 10, and the center roof 2 and the rear roof 3 are opened as shown in FIG. Quarter panel 1 of car body 1
5 is housed inside the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 and the engaging pin 7 is located at the other end of the guide hole 10 of the plate 43 and one end of the guide hole 11 of the link 9 and The engaging pin 48 at the other end is located near the other end of the elongated hole 14 of the guide plate 51.

From the position where the roof opening above the vehicle body 1 is open as shown in FIG. 10, the side wall 27 of the rear deck 26 is opened.
10 is manually rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 10 with respect to the support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, the arm 28 is rotated along with the side wall 27 of the rear deck 26 while the support shaft of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is supported. At the same time that the rear deck 26 swings counterclockwise in FIG. 10 around the fulcrum 25 as a fulcrum, the rear deck 26 moves from the upper part between the rear end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 and the recessed portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 while the arm 28 swings. Two
12, the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is closed by a rear deck 26, and the rear deck 26 is closed by the center roof 2 and the rear roof 3 as shown in FIG. Cover part of.

From the position where the roof opening above the vehicle body 1 is open as shown in FIG. 10, the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29 are attached to the support shaft 2 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1.
When the arm 30 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 10 by hand, the arm 30 is rotated by the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29, and the support shaft 23 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is rotated.
10 swings in the counterclockwise direction as a fulcrum, and as shown in FIG. 8, the rear roof 3 moves from the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 as the arm 30 swings. 1. Move upward between the center of 1 and the rear.

The side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29
The rotation of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 with respect to the support shaft 23 causes the guide pipe 5 to move along the longitudinal direction of the cable 6 together with the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and the rear pillar 29, and the support shaft 24 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1. 11, the cable 6 is rotated counterclockwise, and the cable 6 is rotated along with the rotation of the guide pipe 5.
Swings counterclockwise in FIG. 11 with the support shaft 24 of
The guide hole 10 of the plate 43 slides in the longitudinal direction near one end of the cable 6 while engaging with the engaging pin 7 as the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 rotates, and at the same time, the guide hole 11 of the link 9 causes the guide hole 11 to move. The side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 slides in a direction intersecting with the guide hole 10 of the plate 43 while engaging with the engaging pin 7 as the side wall 4 rotates, and the link 9 rotates of the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 while the base plate 38 of the base plate 38 moves. It swings clockwise in FIG. 11 with the support shaft 8 as a fulcrum.

By swinging the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 of the link 9 with respect to the support shaft 8 of the base plate 38,
The engaging pin 48 at the other end of the link 9 slides toward the one end from the other end while engaging with the elongated hole 14 of the guide plate 51, and the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 moves as the link 9 swings. The guide plate 51 and the support shaft 42 of the bulging portion 39 of the base plate 38 are rotated clockwise in FIG.
1 with the support shaft 42 of the bulging portion 39 of the base plate 38 as a fulcrum as the side wall 12 of the center roof 2 rotates.
As shown in FIG. 9, the center roof 2 swings relative to the side wall 4 of the rear roof 3 and remains substantially horizontal while the upper portion between the recesses 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is swung clockwise. Moves upward in the vicinity of the center of the vehicle body 1.

Body 1 of center roof 2 and rear roof 3
As shown in FIG. 7, the upper roof opening of the vehicle body 1 is moved to the center roof 2 and the rear roof 3 by moving from the trunk room 21 between the lower portions of the recesses 22 of the quarter panel 15 to the upper roof opening of the vehicle body 1. Blocked by Fig. 2
As shown in FIG.
The one end of 0 and one end of the guide hole 11 of the link 9 are located, and the engaging pin 48 of the other end of the link 9 is located at one end of the elongated hole 14 of the guide plate 51.

The side wall 27 of the rear deck 26 extends from the position where the trunk room 21 between the lower portions of the recesses 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is open upward as shown in FIG.
7 is manually rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7 with respect to the support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, the arm 28 is rotated along with the side wall 27 of the rear deck 26 and the support shaft of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 is rotated. While swinging in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 7 around 25 as a fulcrum, the rear deck 26 moves from the upper part between the rear end of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 and the recessed portion of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 while the arm 28 swings. The rear deck 26 closes the trunk room 21 below the recess 22 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 as shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the rear deck 2
6 is manually rotated with respect to the support shaft 25 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, but the support shaft 25 may be rotated with respect to the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 by a driving means such as a motor. For example, the rear deck 26 of the trunk room 21 between the quarter panels 15 of the vehicle body 1 can be automatically opened and closed.

Although the rear roof 3 is manually rotated with respect to the support shaft 23 of the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1, the support shaft 23 is moved with respect to the quarter panel 15 of the vehicle body 1 by a driving means such as a motor. If it turns, the vehicle body 1
It is possible to automatically open and close the roof opening above the center roof 2 and the rear roof 3.

[0042]

As described above, according to the vehicle roof opening / closing device of the present invention, when the center roof and the rear roof close the roof opening above the vehicle body, the side wall of the rear roof is located on the rear side of the vehicle body. By rotating toward the front end, the rear roof can be moved from above between the center of the vehicle body and the rear portion toward the rear side of the vehicle body, and the guide pipe along with the side wall of the rear roof moves in the longitudinal direction of the cable. Since the cable rotates while moving along the guide pipe, the cable can be swung with respect to the upper portion near the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body as the guide pipe rotates, and the guide hole on the side wall of the rear roof serves as the engaging pin. The guide hole of the link intersects with the guide hole of the side wall of the rear roof while engaging with the end of the engaging pin while sliding in the longitudinal direction of the cable while engaging. Since the link slides in the direction of rotation, the link can swing with the pivot of the rear roof as the side wall of the rear roof pivots, and the end of the link moves along the long hole in the side wall of the center roof. Since the side wall of the roof rotates with the swing of the link, and the arm swings with the rotation of the side wall of the center roof to the vicinity of the center near the front end of the side wall of the rear roof, the center roof is attached to the side wall of the rear roof. It is possible to move from above in the vicinity of the center of the vehicle body to between the rear sides of the vehicle body while rotating in a substantially horizontal state while rotating with respect to each other, and the center roof and the rear roof can be moved from the roof opening above the vehicle body to the rear side of the vehicle body. Since it moves toward the middle, the roof opening above the vehicle body is opened, and the center roof and the rear roof can be stored between the rear sides of the vehicle body.

Further, when the center roof and the rear roof are stored between the rear sides of the vehicle body, the center roof rotates with respect to the side wall of the rear roof, so that the center roof and the rear roof can be made compact and the rear side of the vehicle body can be integrated. Since a large space for storing the center roof and the rear roof is not required between them, the space between the rear sides of the vehicle body can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automobile roof opening / closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which a trunk room between quarter panels of a vehicle body is opened.

FIG. 8 is a front view when the roof opening above the vehicle body is opened.

9 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state in which a roof opening above the vehicle body is opened.

11 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a state in which a center roof and a rear roof are stored inside a trunk room between quarter panels of a vehicle body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle Body 2 Center Roof 3 Rear Roof 4 Side Wall 5 Guide Pipe 6 Cable 7 Engagement Pin 8 Support Shaft 9 Link 10 Guide Hole 11 Guide Hole 12 Side Wall 13 Arm 14 Long Hole 15 Quarter Panel 16 Door 17 Front Fender 18 Front Roof 19 Side Wall 20 Front pillar 21 Trunk room 22 Recess 23 Support shaft 24 Support shaft 25 Support shaft 26 Rear deck 27 Side wall 28 Arm 29 Rear pillar 30 Arm 31 Straight part 32 Bent part 33 Straight part 34 Flexible part 35 Cable end 36 Ring part 37 Ring part 38 Base plate 39 Swelling part 40 Side wall 41 Overhanging piece 42 Spindle 43 Plate 44 Sidewall 45 Overhanging piece 46 Bracket 47 Overhanging piece 48 Engaging pin 49 Bending part 50 Overhanging piece 51 Guide plate 52 Sidewall

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A center roof is disposed above a center of a vehicle body, a rear roof is disposed above a center of the vehicle body and a rear portion, and a guide pipe is provided on a side wall of the rear roof. A cable is movably provided inside the guide pipe, an engagement pin is provided at one end of the cable, a support shaft is provided near a front end of a side wall of the rear roof, and a link is provided at the support shaft so as to be swingable. A guide hole for guiding the engagement pin is provided in a lower portion of the side wall of the rear roof near the front end, a guide hole intersecting with the guide hole is provided near the center of the link, and an end of the engagement pin is provided in the guide hole of the link. The center roof is provided with an arm near the rear end of the side wall of the center roof, and a long hole is provided in the rear end of the side wall of the center roof along the longitudinal direction of the arm. On the side wall of The end portion of the link is movably engaged with the long hole, the lower portion of the side wall of the rear roof is rotatably connected to the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body, and the rotation of the rear roof near the front end of the rear side of the vehicle body is rotated. For an automobile characterized in that the other end of the cable is rotatably connected to an upper part of the center of motion, and the tip end of the arm is rotatably connected near the center of the side wall of the rear roof near the front end. Roof opening and closing device.