JPH0728022Y2 - Open car roof lock structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention provides an open car having a roof portion that can be opened and closed so that a roof member forming the roof portion can be securely fixed to a vehicle body in a mounted state. The roof lock structure of the convertible.

(Prior Art) In recent years, a roof member that forms a roof portion of a vehicle body so that the roof portion of the vehicle body can be opened and closed in response to a passenger's request has been
2. Description of the Related Art There is known an open-top type automobile that is detachably attached to a vehicle body or is openably and closably supported. In this type of open-top type automobile, a lock device for securely fixing the roof member to the vehicle body with the roof portion closed by the roof member is mounted.

For example, according to Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-198128, a substantially inverted U-shaped retractable pillar that is arranged in a vehicle width direction at a predetermined position of a vehicle body and is rotatable in the vehicle front-rear direction, and In an open-top type automobile equipped with a roof panel rotatably attached to the top of the fallen pillar via a hinge member, the retractable pillar and the roof panel are housed in the rear part of the car body to the front of the car body. Move towards
A lock device is provided for fixing the roof panel to the vehicle body in a mounted state of covering the upper portion of the vehicle body. This locking device includes a striker fixed to the lower surface of the front fader, which comes into contact with the front end of the roof panel moved from the rear to the front of the vehicle body, and a striker provided on the lower surface of the front edge of the roof panel. And a control lever that rotates toward the rear of the vehicle body to engage the hook member with the striker to fix the roof panel to the vehicle body in the mounted state. When fixing the roof panel to the vehicle body, the roof panel is moved toward the front of the vehicle body so that its front end edge is brought into contact with the front fader, and in that state, the operation lever is directed toward the rear of the vehicle body. By pivoting the roof panel, the hook member is engaged with the striker to fix the roof panel to the vehicle body in the mounted state.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the locking device as described above, when fixing the roof panel to the vehicle body in a mounted state, the operation lever in the locking device is mounted in the mounting direction of the roof panel to the front of the vehicle body. By rotating toward the rear of the vehicle body opposite to the above, the hook member is engaged with the striker and the roof panel is fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state. That is, the mounting direction of the roof panel and the operating direction of the operating lever when the roof panel is fixed are opposite to each other. Therefore, the operability of the operating lever when fixing the roof panel is poor, and the operating lever Since the operation direction of is reverse, there is a possibility that an erroneous operation is likely to occur and the roof panel cannot be securely fixed to the vehicle body.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a roof lock structure for an open car in which the roof member forming the roof portion is opened or closed by placing the roof member in the mounted state or the non-mounted state to mount the roof member forming the roof portion. The direction in which the roof member is fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state is the same as the operating direction of the operating lever when the roof member is fixed in the locking device to fix the roof member in the mounted state to the vehicle body. An object of the present invention is to provide a roof lock structure for an open car, which improves the operability of the lever and prevents an erroneous operation when fixing the roof member to reliably fix the roof member to the vehicle body.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is characterized by being configured as follows.

That is, in a roof lock structure for an open car in which the roof member forming the roof portion is opened or closed by placing the roof member in the mounted state or the non-mounted state, the roof member moved from the rear to the front of the vehicle body A striker fixed at a predetermined position of the vehicle body with which the front edge abuts, a hook member provided at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the roof member for engaging the striker, and rotating from the rear of the vehicle toward the front. And a lock device having an operating lever for engaging the hook member with the striker to fix the roof member to the vehicle body.

The roof member may be, for example, a hard roof that is made of hard synthetic resin and is detachable from the vehicle body, or a roof member that is folded into a predetermined position at the rear of the vehicle body via a link mechanism and the roof. A soft top supported by the vehicle body so as to be rotatable in a mounted state in which a part is closed is considered.

(Operation) According to the above configuration, when the roof member is closed by the roof member, the operation at the time of mounting the roof member is a movement operation from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle body. In the locking device for fixing the roof member to the vehicle body in the mounted state, the operation of fixing the roof member to the operation lever is the same as the moving direction of the roof member when the roof member is rotated from the rear side to the front side. Therefore, for example, when fixing a hard roof that can be attached to and detached from the vehicle body to the vehicle body, the hard roof is temporarily placed on the roof portion, and from this state, the hard roof is moved toward the front of the vehicle body. By making the front edge of the hard roof touch the front side of the vehicle body, push the hard roof forward while directing the operation lever toward the front of the vehicle body as well as the hard roof. The hook member provided at the predetermined position on the inner surface side of the hard roof engages with the striker fixed at the predetermined position of the vehicle body with which the front edge of the hard roof abuts, and the hard member is rotated. The roof can be securely attached to the vehicle body in a mounted state. As described above, when the hard roof is fixed to the vehicle body, the operation lever may be pivoted from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle body in the same manner as when the hard roof is mounted. The operability of is further improved, and erroneous operation when fixing the hard roof can be prevented, and the hard roof can be reliably fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state.

Further, even when the soft top is fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state, the front edge of the soft top is moved toward the vehicle body side by moving the soft top toward the front of the vehicle body from the stored state folded at a predetermined position on the rear portion of the vehicle body. The hook member provided at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the soft top is brought into contact with the soft top while rotating the operation lever toward the front of the vehicle body in the same direction as the soft top is mounted while pressing the soft top forward. The soft top can be fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state by engaging the striker fixed at a predetermined position of the vehicle body with which the front end of the soft top abuts. Also in this case, when fixing the soft top to the vehicle body, it is sufficient to rotate the operation lever from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle body in the same manner as when mounting the soft top. The operability of the lever is further improved, and the soft top can be securely fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state without causing an erroneous operation when fixing the soft top.

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

1 and 2 are an overall schematic side view and an overall schematic plan view of an automobile to which a roof lock structure for an open car according to the present embodiment is applied, respectively. The automobile 1 has a hard roof forming a roof portion 2. 3 is detachably mounted, and similarly, the roof portion 2 is moved via a link mechanism 4 to form the roof portion 2 to a mounted state in which the roof portion 2 is mounted and a stored state in which the roof portion 2 is folded at a predetermined position in the rear portion of the vehicle body. A soft top 5 having a hood (not shown) is provided. Then, as shown in the drawing, when the hard roof 3 is mounted, the soft top 5 is in a stored state in which it is folded at a predetermined position on the rear portion of the vehicle body. The roof portion 2 can be opened and closed by detaching the hard top 3 or moving the soft top 5 between the mounted state and the housed state with the hard top 3 removed.

The hard roof 3 has a pair of left and right fixing means 6 and 6 provided at predetermined positions in the vehicle width direction at the rear edge of the hard roof 3 and the inner side of the front edge 3a of the hard roof in the vehicle width direction. The roof portion 2 is fixed in a mounted state by a pair of left and right locking devices 8 provided at a predetermined position and a predetermined position in the vehicle width direction on the lower surface side of the front fader portion 7 with which the front edge 3a abuts. Has been done.

Then, in the present embodiment, the lock device 8 is configured as follows.

That is, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG.
Is a striker 12 fixed by a plurality of fixing members 11 ... 11 via a reinforcing member 19 on the lower surface side of the front fader portion 7 that supports the upper edge of the front window glass 9, and the front fader portion. The front end edge 3a of the hard roof 3 is attached to a flange portion 7a formed integrally with the vehicle 7, and abuts against a weather strip 13 extending in the vehicle width direction.
Locking mechanism fixed to the inner surface side for fixing the hard roof 3 to the vehicle body in a mounted state between the striker 12 and the striker 12.
It is composed of 14 and.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, the lock mechanism 14 includes a holder body 16 fixed to the inner surface of the front edge 3a of the hard roof 3 by a plurality of fixing members 15 ...
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a pair of projecting piece portions 18a, 18b are formed on a pair of standing wall portions 16a, 16b integrally formed in the substantially central portion of the holder body 16 via fulcrum pins 17a, 17b. An operation lever 18 supported by the holder body 16 so as to be rotatable relative to the holder body 16 and one end of the operation lever 18 which is interposed between the upright wall portions 16a and 16b and has one end.
An elongated hole 20 rotatably supported by 18c via a support pin 19 and the other ends of which are formed in the standing wall portions 16a and 16b, respectively.
A pair of left and right link members 22a, 22b pivotally attached to the connecting pin 21 erected between a and 20b, and one end provided on the outer surface side of the standing wall portions 16a, 16b are pivotally attached to the connecting pin 21. Further, the other end has a pair of left and right hook members 24a, 24b on which an engagement pin 23 that engages with the striker 12 is provided, and for pivoting operation around the fulcrum pins 17a, 17b of the operation lever 18. Accordingly, the pair of left and right link members 22a and 22b, one end of which is connected to the base end portion 18c of the operation lever 18 through the support pin 19, and the other end of which is connected to the link members 22a and 22b through the connection pin 21. The pair of left and right hook members 24a 24b described above are configured to move substantially in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in accordance with the turning operation of the operation lever 18 around the fulcrum pins 17a and 17b, the locking direction for engaging the engagement pin 23 with the striker 12 and the engagement direction. The hook members 24a and 24b are urged in an unlocking direction in which the dowel pin 23 is disengaged from the striker 12.
An attachment member in which one side of the support pin 25 erected at a predetermined position between 24a and 24b and the holder body 16 are fixedly installed at the predetermined position.
A tension coil spring 27 as an urging means interposed between the holder main body 16 and the holder 26 is rotatable by a support pin 28 on one side of the holder body 16 as shown in FIGS. Is supported by the hooks 24a, 24b by restricting the rotation of the operation lever 18 by being biased in a predetermined direction by a coil spring 29 wound around the outer periphery of the support pin 18. Dowel pin 23 striker
A lock lever 30 that is engaged with 12 and holds the lock state is provided.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the hook members 24a, 2
Between the connecting pin 21 and the support pin 25 which are installed between 4b,
A tightening force adjusting mechanism 31 for variably adjusting the tightening force between the engagement pin 23 and the striker 12 when locked is provided. The tightening force adjusting mechanism 31 includes a left screw member 31a whose one end is pivotally attached to the connecting pin 21, a right screw member 31b whose one end is pivotally attached to the support pin 25, and left and right screw members 31a and 31b. Each of the left and right screw members 31a and 31b screwed to the adjusting member 31c is moved in the axial direction by rotating the adjusting member 31c. The distance to pin 25 will change. As a result, the connecting pin 21
A pair of left and right hook members whose one end is pivotally attached in a loosely fitted state
By moving 24a and 24b in the front-back direction of the vehicle body, the tightening force at the time of locking can be adjusted.

Further, on one side surface (lower side in FIG. 4) of the left screw member 31a, the guide pin 32 is fixed in a protruding shape so as to engage with the elongated hole 20b in the one standing wall portion 16b of the holder body 16. As shown in FIG. 8, there are provided guide grooves 33a and 33b which engage with the guide pin 32 and guide the guide pin 32 in a predetermined direction. Is integrally formed continuously at one end of the engagement pin 23 by rotating the operation lever 18 toward the rear of the vehicle body as shown by a chain line in FIG.
The hook members 24a and 24b are interlocked with the operation of rotating the operation lever 18 in the direction of the arrow (a) when further detached.
When the head moves forward, the guide pin 32 is guided downward along the guide groove 33a and the entire pair of left and right hook members 24a, 24b is pushed downward, as shown by the chain line in FIG. It will be. Then, as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6, the connecting pin 21 pivotally attached to one end of the hook members 24a, 24b passes over the tension coil spring 27 installed between one end of the support pin 25 and the mounting member 26, and When it moves to the front side, the hook coil 24a is automatically rotated in the unlock direction by the action of the tension coil spring 27. Further, when the hook members 24a, 24b move rearward of the vehicle body in a direction opposite to the direction of the arrow (a) shown in FIG. 7 of the operating lever 18, that is, in conjunction with the turning operation toward the front of the vehicle body. The guide pin 32 is guided upward along the guide groove 33b as shown by the chain line in FIG. 8, and the hook members 24a, 24b are pushed upward. When the connecting pin 21 pivotally attached to one end of the hook members 24a, 24b gets over the tension coil spring 27 and moves to the vehicle body rear side, the action of the tension coil spring 27 causes the hook members 24a, 24b to automatically move. It is configured to rotate in the locking direction.

Further, at the center of the tip of the holder body 16, the protrusion 16e
Is integrally formed with the hook member 24a while the protrusion 16e abuts on a recess 12a (see FIG. 3) integrally formed on the front end edge of the striker 12 when the hard roof 3 is fixed. , The engaging pin 23 in 24b is the striker 12
By engaging with, the front end edge 3a of the hard roof 3 is fixed to the front fader portion 7.

Although not shown, a lock mechanism 14 having the same structure as that described above is also provided on the lower surface side of the front edge of the soft top 5 (shown in FIG. 1), and the lock mechanism 14 is provided on the front fader. Striker 12 fixed to the lower surface of part 7
By engaging with, the soft top 5 can be fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state.

According to the above configuration, the lock lever 30 is rotated in the arrow (B) direction shown in FIG. 7 to release the rotation restriction of the operation lever 18, and the operation lever 18 is moved to the fulcrum pins 17a, 1
A pair of left and right link members 22a, 22b whose one end is connected to the operation lever 18 via a support pin 19 by rotating in the direction of the arrow (a) around 7b, that is, toward the rear of the vehicle body.
However, it will move toward the front of the vehicle body. Along with this, the pair of left and right hook members 24a, 24b connected to the link members 22a, 22b via the connecting pin 21 move forward,
As a result, the engaging pin 23 at the tip of the hook members 24a, 24b moves forward from the state in which it is engaged with the striker 12 as shown in FIG.
By the action of 27, the striker 12 is detached, and the locked state can be released. In contrast to the above, the operating lever 18 is pivoted in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow (a) shown in FIG. 7, that is, toward the front of the vehicle body, so that the engaging pins of the hook members 24a and 24b are engaged. 23
By engaging with the striker 12, the hard roof 3 can be fixed in the mounted state.

Therefore, the hard roof 3 that is detachable from the vehicle body
When the vehicle is fixed to the vehicle body, the hard roof 3 is temporarily placed on the roof portion 2, and from this state, the hard roof 3 is fixed.
While pressing the button toward the front of the vehicle,
Is rotated toward the front of the vehicle body in the same manner as the hard roof 3, the hook member 24 of the lock mechanism 14 provided at a predetermined position on the inner side surface side of the front end edge 3a of the hard roof 3 is rotated.
The engaging pins 23 at the tips of a and 24b are attached to the hard roof 3
The hard roof 3 can be securely fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state by engaging with the striker 12 fixed to the lower surface of the front fader portion 7 with which the front end edge 3a of the hard roof 3 abuts. In this way, when fixing the hard roof 3 to the vehicle body,
Since the operation lever 8 can be pivoted from the rear of the vehicle body toward the front in the same manner as when the hard roof 3 is mounted, the operability of the operation lever 18 when the hard roof 3 is fixed is further improved, and Since the mounting direction of the roof 3 and the operating direction of the operating lever 18 are the same, the hard roof 3 can be securely fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state without fear of erroneous operation when the hard roof 3 is fixed.

Even when the soft top 5 is fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state, the soft top 5 should be moved toward the front of the vehicle body from the stored state (see FIG. 1) folded at a predetermined position on the rear portion of the vehicle body. The front edge of the soft top 5 is brought into contact with the front fader portion 7 on the vehicle body side by itself.
By pushing the operation lever 18 toward the front of the vehicle body in the same direction as the mounting direction of the soft top 5, the hook member 24a of the lock mechanism 14 provided at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the soft top 5 is pressed. , 24b are engaged with the striker 12 fixed to the lower surface of the front fader portion 7 with which the front edge of the soft top 5 abuts, so that the soft top 5 is mounted. It can be fixed to the vehicle body in this state, and in this case also, when fixing the soft top 5 to the vehicle body, the operation lever 18 is rotated from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle body as in the case of mounting the soft top 5. Since it can be operated, the operability of the operation lever 18 when the soft top 5 is fixed is further improved, and the soft top 5 can be securely mounted without causing an erroneous operation when the soft top 5 is fixed. It can be fixed to the vehicle body in a state.

Since the locking device 8 of this embodiment is provided with the tightening force adjusting mechanism 31, when the hard roof 3 and the soft top 5 are fixed, the striker 12 and the hook members 24a, 24b engaging with the striker 12 are fixed. It is possible to appropriately adjust the tightening force with the engagement pin 23. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the hard roof 3 or the soft top 5 is fixed, the entire lock mechanism 14 is covered by the operation lever 18 as viewed from the inside of the vehicle, so that the appearance is improved. Become.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the roof lock structure for an open car according to the present invention, when the roof member forming the roof part that can be opened and closed is fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state, Since the mounting direction and the operating direction of the operating lever when the roof member is fixed in the lock mechanism for fixing the roof member to the vehicle body in the mounted state are both the directions from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle body, the roof member is in the mounted state. Thus, the operability of the operation lever when fixing to the vehicle body is further improved, and the roof member can be securely fixed to the vehicle body in the mounted state without causing an erroneous operation when fixing the roof member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are an overall schematic side view and an overall schematic plan view of an automobile to which an open car roof lock structure according to this embodiment is applied, respectively. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of an essential part showing the locking device of the present embodiment taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a lock shown by breaking a part of the line along the line IV-IV in FIG. The bottom view of the mechanism and FIGS. 5 to 8 are a sectional view taken along the line VV, a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI, a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII and a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 4, respectively. 2 ... Roof part, 3, 5 ... Roof member (hard roof, soft top), 3a ... Front edge (hard roof),
8 ... Lock device, 12 ... Strike, 14 ... Lock mechanism, 18 ... Operating lever, 24a, 24b ... Hook member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A roof lock structure of an open car in which a roof member forming a roof portion is opened or closed by placing the roof member in a mounted state or a non-mounted state, and the roof lock structure moves from a rear side of a vehicle body to a front side. A striker fixed at a predetermined position of the vehicle body with which the front edge of the roof member abuts, a hook member provided at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the roof member and engaged with the striker, and directed from the rear to the front of the vehicle. And a lock device having an operating lever for fixing the roof member to the vehicle body by engaging the hook member with the striker by rotating the roof lock structure for an open car.