JPH0724270Y2 - Car sunshade support equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a sunshade supporting device for an automobile, in which the sunshade is prevented from being bent by its own weight.

(Prior Art) A sunshade device provided in an automobile is provided with a pair of rails on both opening edges of a window opening formed on a roof panel, and the respective ends of the sunshade are slidably fitted into the rails. There is a sunshade that opens and closes a window opening so that lighting or light blocking can be selected through the window opening.

Further, in the above structure, since the roof panel is usually curved so as to be convex upward, the movement path of the sunshade is also curved so as to match this shape. In other words, the sunshade needs to perform this sliding while bending when it is sliding, and therefore it is configured to have flexibility.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) By the way, as described above, the sunshade is required to have a predetermined flexibility, but due to this flexibility, the middle portion in the width direction of the sunshade is bent by its own weight. However, this is not preferable because it causes the appearance of the passenger compartment to deteriorate.

Therefore, it is conceivable to provide a supporting means for supporting the middle portion in the width direction of the sunshade to prevent the above-mentioned bending. However, simply providing such means may complicate the configuration, and if this means is seen from the vehicle interior, it will hinder the improvement of the appearance of the vehicle interior.

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention was made by paying attention to the above-described circumstances, and it is possible to prevent the middle part of the sunshade in the width direction from being bent, and to prevent the sunshade from being aesthetically pleasing to make the interior of the vehicle look good. The purpose is to improve.

(Structure of the device) The feature of the device for achieving the above-mentioned object is that the sunshade storage case is formed in one direction in which the sunshade moves along the rail, and the sunshade can be put in and out of the case. In the sunshade device for an automobile in which the case opening is formed, a support body for supporting the sunshade in contact with the lower surface of the widthwise middle portion of the sunshade is provided at the lower opening edge of the case opening.

(Operation) The operation of the above configuration is as follows.

Since the widthwise middle portion of the sunshade 31 is supported by the support body 37, the widthwise middle portion of the sunshade 31 is prevented from being bent by its own weight.

In the above case, the support 37 that supports the sunshade 31
Since it is provided by using the case 30, a bracket for supporting the support 37 on the roof panel 10 side is unnecessary. That is, the prevention of the bending of the sun shade 31 is achieved by a simple structure. Also, the above-mentioned bearing 37 is a case
Since it is provided at the opening edge of the case opening 30a formed in the 30, the support body 37 is prevented from being easily seen from the vehicle interior 11 by locating the support body 37 inside the case opening 30a. To be done.

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

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body, and arrow Fr indicates the front thereof. The vehicle body 1 has a front window 2 on its front surface and front doors 3 and side doors 4 on its side surfaces. Further, on the upper surface of the vehicle body 1, a pair of left and right front sunroofs 6, 6 and an intermediate sunroof are provided.
7,7 and rear sunroofs 8,8 are provided.

Since the sunroofs have the same configuration as each other, the intermediate sunroofs 7, 7 will be described in detail.

3 to 6, the roof panel of the vehicle body 1 is shown.
10 has a double structure made of sheet metal, this roof panel
A ceiling lining material 12 which is a resin molded product is provided so as to cover the surface of 10 on the side of the vehicle interior 11. On the other hand, the vehicle compartment 11 is provided with a seat 13 for seating an occupant.

Each of the intermediate sunroofs 7 has a window opening 14 formed in the roof panel 10 and a ceiling lining material corresponding to the window opening 14.
12 has a ceiling opening 15 formed therein, and each of the window openings 14 is openably and closably closed by a window glass 16. 17 is a weather strip.

A pair of left and right ceiling frames 19, 19 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on the upper surface side of the ceiling lining material 12, and although not shown, each ceiling frame 19 is supported on the roof panel 10 side, while the ceiling It supports the lining material 12. Further, the vehicle width direction outer end of each ceiling frame 19 is vertically joined to the opening edge of the ceiling opening 15 on the vehicle width direction inner end side, and the opening edge of the ceiling opening 15 including this joining portion is made of resin. Opening trim 20 made of steel is fitted.

Reference numeral 22 is a sunshade device, which has a pair of front and rear rails 23, 23 that extend between the front and rear opening edges of the window opening 14 and the front and rear opening edges of the ceiling opening 15 and extend in the vehicle width direction.

The cross section of each rail 23 is U-shaped, and the recessed grooves 24 face each other. Each rail 23 has the window opening 14
And a roof panel 10 located between the left and right window openings 14 and 14, and a resin rail 25 located between the front and rear opening edges of the ceiling opening 15 and the front and rear opening edges of the ceiling opening 15. It has a sheet metal rail 26 provided between the ceiling lining material 12. And these resin rails 25 and sheet metal rails
The opposite ends of 26 are connected to each other, and at this time, the concave groove 24a in the resin rail 25 and the concave groove 24b in the sheet metal rail 26 are smoothly connected.

A pair of brackets 27 and 2 are attached to the resin rails 25, respectively.
Although not shown, the resin rail 25 is firmly supported on the roof panel 10 side by the bracket 27, although not shown. The outer ends of the front and rear resin rails 25, 25 in the vehicle width direction are connected to each other by a connecting bar 28 made of sheet metal, and the connecting bar 28 can be detached from each resin rail 25. On the other hand, each sheet metal rail 26 is firmly supported by the ceiling frame 19 by a sheet metal bracket 29.

In addition, the sheet metal rails 2 of the above left and right middle sunroofs 7, 7
6,26 are formed integrally by stacking vertically.

Reference numeral 31 is a sunshade, and the front and rear ends of the sunshade 31 are slidably fitted into the corresponding rails 23, whereby the sunshade 31 is guided by the rails 23 and is movable in the vehicle width direction. By this movement, if the sunshade 31 is positioned on the resin rail 25 side, the ceiling opening 15
Is closed to block light, and on the other hand, if it is moved to the side of the sheet metal rail 26, the ceiling opening 15 is opened to enable daylighting.

In the above case, the case 30 is provided to store the sunshade 31 when the ceiling opening 15 is opened and moved to the sheet metal rail 26 side. That is, the case 30 is formed by the roof panel 10 located between the left and right window openings 14 and 14, and the ceiling lining material 12 located between the left and right ceiling openings 15 and 15. A case opening 30a that allows the opening and closing 31 is formed between the opening edge of the window opening 14 on the inner end side in the vehicle width direction, the inner end of the opening trim 20 in the same direction, and the upper surface of the ceiling frame 19.

In particular, referring to FIG. 1, the sunshade 31 will be described in more detail.

This sunshade 31 has an upper seat 3 that is stacked vertically
2, consists of the middle part seat 33 and the lower seat 34,
These are adhered to each other with an adhesive. The upper sheet 32 serves as a base material for the sunshade 31, and has a convex portion.
A cross-sectional waveform having alternating pitches 32a and concave portions 32b is formed, and these convex portions 32a and concave portions 32b extend in the front-rear direction. Further, the material of the upper sheet 32 has a multiple structure in which a nonwoven fabric and paper are alternately laminated on top and bottom.

On the other hand, the intermediate sheet 33 is a water resistant paper, which prevents rainwater from passing through the sunshade 31 and reaching the passenger compartment 11. Also, the lower sheet 34 is a non-woven fabric, which improves the appearance of the sunshade 31 from the passenger compartment 11.

3 and 4, sliders 35 are provided at the respective corners of the sunshade 31 so that the sunshade 31 slides on the rail 23 without rattling. That is, the slider 35 slides while being pressed against the inner surface of the groove 24 of the rail 23 by the elastic force. In addition, 36 is a handle.

Then, the sunshade 31 has a flat plate shape in the free state, but can be bent three-dimensionally. Particularly, since the concave portion 32b has a shape extending in the front-rear direction and easily bent up and down at that position, this sunshade
31 is a rail that extends in the vehicle width direction and is bent up and down 23,2
You will be smoothly followed by 3.

In FIGS. 1 and 3 to 6, the sunshade 31 has flexibility as described above. However, due to this, the front and rear midway portions are bent due to their own weight. Then, if this deflection is large, this sunshade 31 may have an unpleasant appearance, and the front and rear midway portions thereof may contact the ceiling frame 19 and the opening trim 20 to hinder the movement of the sunshade 31. .

Therefore, between the rails 23, 23, a pair of front and rear resin bearings 37,
37 is provided. Each of the bearings 37 is in sliding contact with the lower surface of the sunshade 31 in the middle in the width direction and supports the sunshade 31 so that the sunshade 31 is not largely bent. In this case, the upper surface of each bearing 37 that is in sliding contact with the lower surface of the sunshade 31 is formed in a semicircular shape to reduce the coefficient of friction, and these bearings 37 are bolted to the ceiling frame that is the lower opening edge of the case opening 30a. 19 is screwed on. It should be noted that these support bodies 37, 37 are provided at positions where the movement trajectory of the handle 36 is bent from the front and back so that these support bodies 37, 37 and the handle 36 do not interfere with each other.

In the above case, the support 37 may be provided so as to be in sliding contact with all the surfaces of the sunshade 31 in the front-rear width direction.

On the other hand, an opening trim 40 that borders the window opening 14 is provided. Each of the opening trim 40 front and rear trim
40a is integrally formed on the upper surface of each resin rail 25. The inner trim 40b of the opening trim 40 on the inner end side in the vehicle width direction detachably connects the inner ends of the front and rear trims 40a, 40a. The outer trim 40c detachably connects the outer ends of the front and rear trims 40a, 40a, and the outer trim 40c is made of sheet metal and integrally formed with the connecting bar 28.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the bearing 37. According to this, a part of the ceiling frame 19 is bent to have a semicircular cross section so as to project toward the sunshade 31, and the support body 37 is attached to the ridge body 19a.

The other structure is the same as that of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the bearing 37. According to this, the support 37 is attached to the upper surface of the opening trim 20. In this case, the support 37 may be integrally formed with the opening trim 20.

The other structure is the same as that of the above embodiment.

(Effect of the Invention) According to this invention, since the widthwise intermediate portion of the sunshade is supported by the support body, the widthwise intermediate portion of the sunshade is prevented from being bent by its own weight. Therefore,
The appearance of the passenger compartment is kept good.

Further, in the above case, since the support body for supporting the sunshade is provided by using the case, the bracket for supporting the support body on the roof panel side is not necessary. That is, the deflection of the sunshade can be prevented by a simple structure. Further, since the support is provided at the opening edge of the case opening of the case, if the support is located inside the case opening, the support is prevented from being easily seen from the passenger compartment. It Therefore, the sunshade is prevented from being bent well.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 1 shows I-I of FIG.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line, Fig. 2 is an overall perspective view of the automobile, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a partially omitted plan view of the left and right intermediate sunroofs. The drawing is a sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the left and right intermediate sunroofs.
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 each show another embodiment and are views corresponding to FIG. 1 ... Car body, 7 ... Middle sunroof, 10 ... Roof panel, 11 ... Car interior, 14 ... Window opening, 19 ... Ceiling frame (lower opening edge), 20 ... Opening trim (Lower opening edge ), 22 …… sunshade device, 23 …… rail, 30 ……
Case, 30a …… Case opening, 31 …… Sunshade, 37
…… Body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A window panel is formed in a roof panel of a vehicle body, and a pair of rails extending in parallel to each other are provided at opposite edge edges of the window window. A sunshade device for automobiles is provided with a sunshade that opens and closes the window opening in a dynamic manner, forms a case for storing the sunshade in one direction in which the sunshade slides, and forms a case opening that allows the sunshade to move in and out of the case. A sunshade support device for an automobile, wherein a support body for supporting the sunshade in contact with the lower surface of the widthwise middle portion of the sunshade is provided at the lower opening edge of the case opening.