JPH076395Y2 - Door lock device for sliding door - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a door lock device for a slide door provided in a one-box automobile or the like.

(Prior Art) As a conventional door lock device for a sliding door, for example,
The one described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-183868 is known.

In this door lock device, a lock mechanism that engages with a lock member on the vehicle body side is provided inside the slide door, and this lock mechanism is used to unlock a remote control lever that is rotatably attached to an inner panel inside the slide door. By the motion
It is connected by a rod so that it can be unlocked.

An outside handle is provided outside the slide door on the outside of the vehicle, and an inside handle is provided on the passenger compartment side.The inside handle is connected to the remote control lever by a rod, while the outside handle is It was connected to the remote control lever.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the conventional device as described above, since the inside handle is connected to the remote control lever by the rod, the rod is not attached when the inside handle is attached to the slide door. It is necessary to work with the remote control lever.

For this reason, it is necessary to provide a large working hole in the inner panel and a large trim for closing this hole.
Furthermore, since the holes are closed with the trim only after the inside handle is attached, the work procedure is limited, or a garnish other than the trim is provided at the inside handle attachment part, and the trim is not provided after the inside handle is attached. You have to close the work hole,
In that case, the cost rises.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is a door lock for a slide door in which an inside handle can be easily attached and a trim can be integrally formed to an inside handle attachment portion. The purpose is to provide a device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in a door lock device for a sliding door of the present invention, an outer panel and an inner panel are formed in a vehicle body to have an internal space and a closed cross-sectional shape. A sliding door is provided, and inside this sliding door,
The door glass is supported by the front sash and the rear sash so as to be able to move up and down while being raised and lowered, and a working hole and a trim for covering the working hole are provided on the side surface of the vehicle body of the inner panel. The inner panel at the rear end is provided with a lock mechanism that locks the slide door at the fully closed position, and the outer panel and the inner panel at the outer front end of the slide door respectively have an outside for opening operation of the lock mechanism. A handle and an inside handle are provided, and a remote control lever is rotatably provided on an inner panel at the front end of the slide door, and the remote control lever is connected to a lock mechanism to unlock the lock mechanism by unlocking and turning. In addition, the opening operation force of the outside handle is unlocked and rotated on this remote control lever. And an inside input portion to which the opening operation force of the inside handle is input in the unlocking rotation direction, and the outside input portion is the inside input. Is disposed further in front of the front sash arranged in front of the front portion, the outside handle is connected to the outside input portion of the remote control lever,
The inside handle is provided with a kick portion extending inside the slide door, and the kick portion penetrates through a mounting hole of the trim and is provided in contact with an inside input portion of the remote control lever. And

(Operation) When the door lock device of the present invention is attached to the slide door, first, the lock mechanism is attached to the inner panel at the rear end inside the slide door through the work hole, and the outside handle is attached to the outside of the slide door. Attach to the outer panel at the front end.

Then, the remote control lever is attached to the inner panel at the front end of the slide door through the work hole, and at the same time, the remote control lever is connected to the outside handle and the remote control lever is also connected to the lock mechanism.

Then, after the trim is attached to the inner panel to close the work hole, the inside handle is attached to the inner panel at the outer front end of the slide door, and at that time, the kick portion is penetrated through the trim attachment hole to slide the door. Insert it inside and make contact with the inside input section of the remote control lever.

In this way, when attaching the inside handle,
Since it is not necessary to directly connect the remote control lever with a rod or the like, the inside handle can be attached via the trim.

Also, when the opening operation is performed with the inside handle attached in this way, the in-contact kick part pushes the inside input part, which causes the remote control lever to rotate in the unlocking direction and locks the lock mechanism. Release is done.

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

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a one-box automobile equipped with a door lock device for a sliding door according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a slide door, which is provided in a door opening 3 formed in a side wall of the vehicle body 2. The slide door 1 has a center portion of a rear end slide-guided by a center guide rail 4 and a front-end upper and lower portion slide-guided by a guide rail (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the sliding door is formed into a closed cross-section by joining an outer panel 5 and an inner panel 6, and a door glass for accommodating a liftable door glass 7 therein. The accommodation space 8 is formed, and sashes 9, 9 for supporting the door glass 7 in a vertically slidable manner are provided at front and rear positions of the door glass accommodation space, and an inner rear end portion of the sliding door 1 is provided. The panel 6 is provided with a lock mechanism 11 that engages with the striker 10 on the vehicle body side when the slide door 1 is fully closed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the slide door 1 is provided with a working hole (not shown) and a trim 12 covering the hole on the side surface of the inner panel 6 in the vehicle compartment. In addition, this trim 12
A small mounting hole 12a for mounting an inside handle 18, which will be described later, is formed in this.

The lock mechanism 11 is connected to one end of an intermediate lever 14 by a rod 13. As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate lever 14 is rotatably supported by a pin 16 with respect to a base plate 15 attached to the inner panel 6,
When the intermediate lever 14 rotates in the direction of arrow A and the rod slides in the direction of arrow B, the lock mechanism 11 is unlocked.

The rotation of the intermediate lever 14 is operated by the remote control lever 17. The remote control lever 17 transmits the operating force input to an inside handle 18 and an outside handle 19 described later to the intermediate lever 14. The remote control lever 17 is, as shown in FIG. 17a and outside input lever 17b and output lever 17
It is formed into a three-pronged shape with c and its crossing portion is rotatably attached to the base plate 15 by a pin 20.

The output lever 17c of the remote control lever 17 and the intermediate lever 14 are connected to each other through an elongated hole 17d formed in the output lever 17 and an output pin 21 movably provided in the elongated hole 17d. It is connected so that it can be switched between a possible unlocked state and a locked state where output cannot be transmitted.
That is, when the output pin 21 is arranged in the lower line of the elongated hole 17d as shown by the imaginary line in the figure, the output pin 21 is in contact with the end portion of the intermediate lever 14 and the remote control lever 17
The output pin 21 comes into contact with the intermediate lever 14 to transmit the operating force by the rotation in the direction of arrow C. The output pin 21 is arranged at the upper end of the slot 17d as shown by the solid line in the figure. In this case, even if the remote control lever 17 is rotated in the direction of arrow C, the output pin 21 will be swung with respect to the intermediate lever 14, and the intermediate lever 14 will not be rotated.

The lock lever 22 switches the output pin 21 between the locked state and the unlocked state. The lock lever 22 is rotatably provided on the base plate 15 by a pin 23 and has an elongated hole 22a at one end.
The output pin 21 is inserted through. The other end of the lock lever 22 is connected via a rod 24 to a lock knob (not shown) protruding into the vehicle compartment. That is, when the lock knob in the vehicle compartment is pushed, the lock lever 22 is arranged at the position shown by the solid line in the figure, whereby the output pin 21
Is in the locked state, and when the lock knob is pulled up, the lock lever 22 is rotated to the position shown by the imaginary line in the figure, and the output pin 21 is brought into contact with the intermediate lever 14 to be in the unlocked state. ing.

As described above, the rotation of the remote control lever 17 unlocks the lock mechanism 11.
As for the rotation of 17, the operating force from the outside handle 19 and the inside handle 18 provided on the slide door 1 is applied to the input pieces 17e and 17f bent at the tip portions of the both input levers 17a and 17b, respectively. This is done by inputting in directions D and E, respectively.

Here, the connection between the remote control lever 17, the outside handle 19 and the inside handle 18 will be described.

The outside handle 19 is, as shown in FIG.
It is provided on the outer panel 5 at the outer front end of the slide door 1. The outside handle 19 has a rear end rotatably supported by a base member 26 via a shaft 25, and can be rotated from a position shown by a solid line in FIG. 1 to a position shown by an imaginary line.

Further, the outside handle 19 has a front end portion provided with an intruding portion 19a intruding into the slide door 1, and the intruding portion 19a has a pin 19b extending forward of the vehicle.
Are provided integrally.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a bell crank 27 which is a link portion is rotatably supported by a pin 28 at the front end portion of the base member 26, and one end of the bell crank 27 is provided with the outside handle. The pin 19b of 19 is in contact with the other end, while the other end is connected to the input piece 17f of the outside input lever 17b of the remote control lever 17 in contact with it. That is, pull the outside handle 19 and move the pin 19b to the arrow G
When moved in the direction, the bell crank 27 rotates in the direction of arrow H and presses the input piece 17f downward, whereby the remote control lever 17 is unlocked and rotated in the direction of arrow C.

The inside handle 18 is provided on the inner panel 6 at the front end outside the slide door 1. That is, the inside handle 18 is rotatably supported by the bracket 29a of the escutcheon 29 shown in FIG.
This escutcheon 29 is referred to as VI-VI and VII-VII in FIG.
As shown in the sectional views of FIGS. 6 and 7, the inner panel 6 is fastened together with the trim 12 and the bracket 15a of the base plate 15 by screws 31 and 31.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, a handle lever 18a is extended to the back side of the inside handle 18, and the kick portion 18b at the tip of the handle lever 18a penetrates through the mounting hole 12a of the trim 12. Input piece 17e of the remote control lever 17
Are provided in contact with each other.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the procedure for assembling the lock device and the like to the slide door of this embodiment will be described.

First, the base member 26 and the outside handle 19 are attached to the outer panel 5 from the work holes (not shown).

Next, the sashes 9 and 9 are attached, and thereafter, the base plate 15 to which the remote control lever 17, the intermediate lever 14 and the lock lever 22 have already been assembled is also attached to the inner panel 6 from the work hole (not shown). At this time, the input piece 17f of the remote control lever 17 and the bell crank 27 on the outside handle 19 side are brought into contact with each other, the intermediate lever 14 and the lock mechanism 11 are connected by the rod 13, and the lock lever 22 and the outside of the figure. The lock knob of is connected with the rod 24.

Then, a regulator (not shown) for raising and lowering the door glass 7 is attached inside the slide door 1, and the door glass 7 is fitted into the sashes 9, 9.

After that, the trim 12 is attached to the vehicle compartment side surface of the inner panel 1 to close the work hole (not shown) necessary for performing the above-mentioned work.

Then, the escutcheon 29 to which the inside handle 18 is attached is attached to the inner panel 6 by fastening the trim 12 and the brackets 15a and 15a together as shown in FIGS. In this state, the kick portion 18b of the handle lever 18a of the inside handle 18 is in contact with the input piece 17e.

In addition, the escutcheon 29 allows the mounting hole 12 for the trim 12 to be
a is closed.

Next, when the lock mechanism 11 is unlocked, the lock knob (not shown) is pulled up to rotate the lock lever 22 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 2 to unlock the output pin 21, That is, the output pin 21 is kept in contact with one end of the intermediate lever 14.

When the lock is released from the outside of the vehicle, the outside handle 19 is pulled in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 1 and rotated about the shaft 25. The crank 27 rotates in the direction of arrow H in FIG. As a result, the input piece 17f is pushed down, the remote control lever 17 is unlocked and rotated in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 3, this rotation is transmitted to the intermediate lever 14 via the output pin 21, and the intermediate lever 14 is moved. , Rotate in the direction of arrow A.

By rotating the intermediate lever 14 in the direction of arrow A, the rod 13
Is pulled in the direction of arrow B, and the lock mechanism 11 is unlocked.

Further, when the lock is released from the inside of the vehicle, the inside handle 18 and the pin 30 are rotated in the arrow J direction in FIG. Then, due to the contact between the kick portion 18b and the input piece 17e, the input piece 17e is pushed in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 3, and the remote control lever 17 is unlocked and rotated in the direction of arrow C, whereby the lock mechanism 11 is released. Is unlocked.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the inside handle 18 and the remote control lever 17 are not directly connected by a rod or the like, but the kick portion 18b and the input piece 17e are simply brought into contact with each other. When installing the inside handle 18, the connecting work between the inside handle 18 and the remote control lever 17 is not required, and the installation work is very easy. Furthermore, by this, the trim 12 for closing the working hole is installed. The inside handle 18 can be easily installed even after the installation, and the flexibility of the installation work procedure is increased, and the trim 12 can be integrally formed to the inside handle 18 installation part as in the example. The cost can be reduced and the appearance is improved compared to the case where a garnish other than the trim 12 is provided in the part.

Furthermore, since neither the outside handle 19 nor the remote control lever 17 is directly connected by a connecting member such as a rod, the effect of simplifying the work of attaching both is obtained.

Further, the outside handle 19 is provided so as to rotate around the shaft 25 at the rear end, and is arranged in front of the front end of the outside handle 19 and the sash 9 supporting the front side of the door glass 7. Since it is brought into contact with the input piece 17f of the remote control lever 17, the portion for transmitting the operation force of the outside handle 19 can be arranged at the front end position inside the slide door 1, whereby a connecting member such as a rod is provided. However, it is possible to secure a wide door glass accommodation space inside the slide door 1 without traversing the door glass accommodation space 8.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, in the door lock device of the sliding door of the present invention, since the kick portion of the inside handle is brought into contact with the inside input portion of the remote control lever, Since it is not necessary to directly connect the remote control lever with a connecting member such as a rod at the time of mounting, an effect that the mounting work of the inside handle is very simple can be obtained.

Furthermore, because no connection work is required,
The inside handle can be easily attached even after attaching the trim for closing other work holes, etc., which increases the degree of freedom in the installation work procedure, and the trim must be integrally formed to the inside handle attachment part. As a result, the cost can be reduced and the appearance can be improved as compared with the case where a garnish different from the trim is provided on the mounting portion.

Also, both the outside handle and the remote control lever are provided at the front end of the slide door, and the outside input section is arranged further forward than the front sash arranged in front of the inside input section. Since it was set up,
It is also possible to obtain an effect that it is easy to secure a space for raising and lowering the door glass.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a door lock device for a sliding door according to a first embodiment of the present invention (I-I section in FIG. 2), and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a one-box automobile equipped with the embodiment apparatus, FIG. 3 is a side view showing an essential part of the first embodiment apparatus as seen from the outside of the vehicle, and FIG. FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 are front views showing the essential parts of the first embodiment device, and FIG.
7 and 8 are cross-sectional views showing the main parts of the first embodiment device (VI-VI, VII-VII cross sections in FIG. 3), and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the main parts of the first embodiment device. is there. 1 ... Sliding door 2 ... Vehicle body 5 ... Outer panel 6 ... Inner panel 11 ... Lock mechanism 17 ... Remote control lever 17e ... Input piece (inside side input section) 17f ... Input piece (outside side input section) 18 ... Inside handle 18b ... Kick Part 19 ... Outside handle

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vehicle body is provided with a slide door having an inner space formed by an outer panel and an inner panel and having a closed cross-sectional shape. Inside the slide door, a door glass is provided with a front sash and a rear sash. Is provided so as to be able to be lifted up and down by being supported by the front and rear sides, a working hole and a trim for covering the working hole are provided on the side surface of the inner panel in the vehicle compartment, and the inner panel at the rear end of the sliding door has a slide A lock mechanism for locking the door in a fully closed position is provided, and an outer handle and an inner panel at an outer front end portion of the slide door are respectively provided with an outside handle and an inside handle for opening operation force of the lock mechanism, A remote control lever is rotatably provided on the inner panel at the front end of the slide door, and the remote control lever is unlocked. The remote control lever is connected to the lock mechanism to unlock the lock mechanism by movement, and the remote control lever further includes an outside input section for receiving an opening operation force of the outside handle in a lock release rotation direction and an inside handle. And an inside-side input section through which the opening operation force is input in the unlocking rotation direction, and the outside-side input section is further forward than the front-side sash arranged in front of the inside-side input section. The outside handle is connected to the outside input portion of the remote control lever, and the inside handle is provided with a kick portion extending inside the slide door. It is characterized in that it is provided in a state of facing the inside input portion of the remote control lever through the mounting hole. Slide A of the door lock device.