JPH07327Y2 - Slide sunroof device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a slide sunroof device in which a guide rail for a cover panel and a guide rail for a sunshade are arranged in parallel on both sides of an opening of a vehicle roof.

(Prior Art) A conventional slide in which an opening is provided in a vehicle roof, and a cover panel slidable to open and close the opening and a sunshade slidable to open and close below the cover panel of the opening are provided. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 13, the sunroof device includes a guide rail 101 for a cover panel.
And a sunshade guide rail 102 are integrally formed.

Further, in another conventional sunroof device, as shown in FIG. 11, a cover panel guide rail 101 and a sunshade guide rail 102 are separately configured, and bolts are respectively attached to a frame 103 attached to the roof 101. There are some such as 104, 105 etc.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the former case, the guide rail 10 for the cover panel is used.
When the lengths of 1 and the sun shade guide rail 102 are different from each other, for example, in the sunroof device in which the cover panel is cantilevered at the front end portion to the sunroof guide rail by using a lifter, the sunshade guide rail 10
2 is longer than the guide rail for the cover panel,
As shown in the figure, the shaded portion A of the cover panel guide rail 101 must be cut, which causes a problem of high material cost and processing cost.

Further, in the latter case, in addition to the mounting portion for mounting the cover panel guide rail 101 on the frame 103, a mounting portion for mounting the sunshade guide rail 102 is required, and the structure of the frame 103 is complicated. There is a problem in that the mounting work requires a great deal of time and labor, and the interval X between the guide rails 101 and 102 becomes large, because they have to be mounted separately.

In view of the above problems, the present invention reduces the material cost and the processing cost, facilitates the mounting work, and widens the opening size of the opening.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem is to provide an opening 2 in a vehicle roof 1, and a cover panel 6 and an opening slidable to open and close the opening 2. Sunshade 40 that can be slid to open and close the lower part of cover panel 6 of part 2
And a cover panel guide rail 7 for guiding the sliding of the cover panel 6 and a sun shade guide rail 41 for guiding the sliding of the sun shade 40 on both sides of the opening 2.
In the slide sunroof device in which and are installed side by side, one of the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail 41 is provided with a fitting concave portion 39 in the rail longitudinal direction, and the other fitting convex portion 43 is provided in the rail longitudinal direction. The sun shade guide rail 41 is fixed to the cover panel guide rail 7 by fitting the fitting concave portion 39 and the fitting convex portion 43.

(Operation) The sun shade guide rail 41 is fixed to the cover panel guide rail 7 by fitting the fitting concave portion 39 and the fitting convex portion 43, and the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sun shade are separately configured. The guide rail 41 is joined by a very simple work.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the illustrated embodiment.
In FIG. 2 and FIG. 2, 1 is a vehicle roof, 2 is a vehicle roof 1
It is an opening formed in. A frame 3 is fixed to the lower surface of the roof 1 along the edge of the opening 2.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a cover panel that opens and closes the opening 2, and is made of transparent glass, plastic, steel plate, or the like. Reference numeral 7 denotes a cover panel guide rail made of an aluminum alloy or the like, which is provided on both left and right sides of the opening 2 in the front-rear direction, and is fastened by bolts and nuts 8 of the frame 3 at a plurality of front-rear positions. .

The guide rail 7 has a substantially central portion in the left-right direction that opens upward, an inner shoe guide portion 9 is formed on the inner portion thereof, and an outer shoe guide portion 10 and an arm guide portion are formed on the outer portion thereof.
11 and 11 are lined up.

Reference numeral 13 is a pair of left and right lifters, which are detachably attached to the lower left and right sides of the front end of the cover panel 6 via brackets 14 and the like.

At the front end of the lifter 13, a pair of lifter support shafts 15 projecting inward and outward are formed integrally or separately.
Slide shoes 16, which are fitted to the inner and outer shoe guide portions 9 and 10 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, are rotatably fitted to 15 respectively. In the inner part of the lifter 13 in the front-rear direction,
A cam groove 18 is formed.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a slider, which moves the cover panel 6 in the front-rear direction, and a lower portion thereof is inserted into a substantially central portion of the guide rail 7 in the left-right direction. A pair of support shafts 31 projecting inward and outward are integrally formed on the front and rear parts of the slider 30, respectively, and these support shafts 31 are slidable in the front and rear direction inside the inner and outer shoe guide parts 8 and 9. A slide shoe 32 to be engaged is rotatably fitted on the outside.

And, on the upper part of the slider 30, an upper support shaft protruding outward is formed.
35 is integrally formed, a roller 36 movably inserted into the cam groove 18 of the lifter 13 is rotatably fitted on the upper support shaft 35, and the cover panel 6 is lifted by the slider 30 when the slider 30 slides backward. 2 together with opening the cover panel 16 as shown by the chain line in FIG.
Moves along with the lifter 13 to close the opening 2 as shown by the solid line.

Reference numeral 39 denotes a fitting recess provided on the inner end surface of the cover panel guide rail 7, which is formed in a dovetail groove shape over the entire length of the guide rail 7.

Reference numeral 40 is a sunshade that opens and closes below the cover panel 6 of the opening 2. Reference numeral 41 is a sunshade guide rail, which is provided on both left and right sides of the opening 2 in the front-rear direction.

The sun shade guide rail 41 is made of an aluminum alloy or the like, has a U-shaped rail body 42 as shown in FIGS. 3 to 9, and has a fitting convex portion extending from the front middle portion to the rear end portion. 43 is provided, and the fitting protrusion is on the rear.
A mounting portion 44 that protrudes outward in the left-right direction from 43 is provided. A mounting recess 45 is provided at the rear end of the sun shade guide rail 41. The sunshade guide rail 41 is formed longer than the cover panel guide rail 7, and the length from the front end to the rear end of the mounting portion 44 projects rearward from the cover panel guide rail 7.

This sunshade guide rail 41 is formed by integrally forming a U-shaped rail main body 42, a fitting convex portion 43, and a mounting portion 44 over the entire length, and then cutting unnecessary portions. That is, the front and rear ends of the fitting protrusion 43 are cut with respect to the rail body 42, and the rail body 42 and the rear end of the fitting protrusion 43 are attached to the mounting portion 44 to form the mounting recess 45. Mostly, the first half of the mounting portion 44 is cut.

Then, both ends of the sunshade 40 are fitted in the rail main body 42 of the pair of left and right sunshade guide rails 41 so as to be slidable forward and backward, and a stopper for restricting the rearward movement of the sunshade 40 is provided at the rear end of the rail main body 42. 46 is installed.

The fitting convex portion 43 of the sun shade guide rail 41 is removably fitted into the fitting concave portion 39 of the cover panel guide rail 7, thereby fixing the sun shade guide rail 41 to the cover panel guide rail 7. is doing. A rail holder 48 is attached to the front end of the rail body 42 with screws 47 or the like. The front end of the guide rail 41 is fixed to the frame 3 or the like of the roof 1 while being pulled upward by the screw 49 via the rail holder 48, whereby the front side of the front end of the fitting convex portion 43 of the sunshade guide rail 41 is fixed. The sunshade 40 is curved so as to be spaced apart upward from the cover rail 7 for the cover panel, and the sunshade 40 is tilted upward at the front end portion, thereby ensuring the head clearance. A cushion 55 is attached to the rail holder 48 as shown in FIG.

In the middle of the rear part of the sunshade guide rail 41, it is fastened and fixed to the frame 3 with bolts and nuts using the mounting holes 50 of the mounting part 44, and the rear end part of the sunshade guide rail 41 is the rear end part of the mounting part 44. Using the mounting holes 53 of the roof 1
It is fastened and fixed to a reinforcing plate 51 projecting downwardly by a bolt 52 or the like.

In the case of the configuration of the above embodiment, the sunshade 40 may be attached / detached as follows. To remove the sunshade 40, first remove the cover panel 6, then remove the bolt 47 as shown in FIG. 9 to remove the sunshade guide rail 41 and the holder 48, and then remove the sunshade guide rail 41 from the front side.
Bend upwards as shown in Figure 10 and pull the sunshade 40 forward. The sunshade 40 may be attached in a procedure substantially reverse to the above removal. During this work, block under the sun shade guide rail 41 as shown in Fig. 10.
It is easier to work if you bite 56 mag. During this desorption,
Since the sunshade guide rail 41 has the uncut fitting convex portion 43, there is an advantage that the fitting convex portion 43 can effectively prevent the sunshade guide rail 41 from waving or rattling in the left-right direction. . Further, even when the front end side of the sun shade guide rail 41 is lifted upward and mounted so as to secure the head clearance, the fitting convex portion 43 makes it difficult for the left and right variations to occur, and thus the sun shade guide rail 41. It is possible to assemble stably.

It should be noted that in the above-mentioned embodiment, the cover panel guide rail 7 is used.
The fitting concave portion 39 is provided on the sunshade guide rail 41, and the fitting convex portion 43 is provided on the sunshade guide rail 41. Instead of this, the fitting convex portion 43 is provided on the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail 41 is provided. A fitting recess 39 may be provided.

According to the present invention, one of the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail 41 is provided with the fitting recess 39 in the rail direction, and the other is provided with the fitting projection 43 in the rail direction.
Since the sunshade guide rail 41 is fixed to the cover panel guide rail 7 by fitting the fitting tubular portion 39 and the fitting convex portion 43, the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail are provided. Since 41 and 41 can be formed separately, it is sufficient to form each with a required length even if the lengths of both are different, and the material cost and the processing cost can be reduced. Moreover, the cover panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail 41 are fitted into the fitting recess 39 and the fitting projection.
Since it is coupled with 43, the mounting of the sunshade guide rail 41 to the frame 3 etc. can be largely omitted, the structure of the frame 3 etc. can be simplified accordingly, and the troublesome mounting work with bolts etc. can be omitted. Installation work becomes very easy. Further, since the guide rails 7 and 41 can be combined as described above, the interval between the guide rails 7 and 41 can be minimized, and as a result, the sun shade guide rail 41 can be brought closer to the cover panel guide rail 7 to the extent possible. It is possible to increase the size of the opening of the frame 3 that covers the guide rails 7 and 41 from the lower side, thereby increasing the substantial size of the opening of the slide sunroof device, and the practical effect thereof is remarkable. .

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front sectional view, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a sunshade guide rail, and FIG. 4 is the same. A side view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line D-D of FIG. 3, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the front end portion of the sunshade guide rail, and FIG. 10 is a schematic side view for explaining the operation. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional example, FIG. 12 is a front sectional view of the same, and FIG. 13 is a front sectional view showing another conventional example. 1 ... vehicle roof, 2 ... opening, 6 ... cover panel,
7: Guide rail for cover panel, 39: Fitting recess,
40 …… Sunshade, 41 …… Sunshade guide rail, 43 …… Mating projection.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vehicle roof 1 is provided with an opening 2, and a cover panel 6 slidable so as to open and close the opening 2 and a sunshade 40 slidable so as to open and close below the cover panel 6 of the opening 2. In the slide sunroof device, a cover panel guide rail 7 for guiding the sliding of the cover panel 6 and a sunshade guide rail 41 for guiding the sliding of the sunshade 40 are provided side by side on both sides of the opening 2. One of the panel guide rail 7 and the sunshade guide rail 41 is provided with a fitting concave portion 39 in the rail longitudinal direction, and the other fitting convex portion 43 is provided in the rail longitudinal direction, and the fitting concave portion 39 and the fitting convex portion 43 are provided. A slide sunroof device, characterized in that the sunshade guide rail 41 is fixed to the cover panel guide rail 7 by fitting with.