JPH0790696B2 - Central bearing for wind guide - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention is provided on a vehicle roof along a front edge of a roof opening that can be opened and closed by a sliding cover, and guides depending on sliding of the cover. A central bearing of a wind guide device which is swung around an axis extending at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which is determined by two outer bearings 14 of the wind device, and which is mounted on an immovable wind guide holder. The present invention relates to a type in which a bearing opening having a bean-shaped cross section is provided to engage with the bearing pin, and the central bearing is rotatable and slidable with respect to the bearing pin.

(Prior Art and Problems) This type of central bearing is disclosed in West German Publication No. 3,415,361 (No. 5).
It is known from FIG. In this case, the bearing pins are bent on both sides and the bent ends are welded to the baffle holder. In order to be able to insert the bearing pin into the bearing opening of the central bearing, the bearing opening is constructed as a bearing slit open on one side so that the central bearing can be clipped onto the bearing pin. However, the clip connection between the central bearing and the bearing pin may be dislodged during the installation of the air guide or the installation of the slide / tilt roof equipped with the air guide. In such a case, the height position of the air guide device changes.
In addition, the roof cannot be closed because the cover collides with the wind guide device when closed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a central bearing of the kind mentioned at the outset, which ensures that the clip connection of the central bearing is prevented from being disengaged, while it can be easily installed like known central bearings. It is about creating.

This object is achieved according to the invention by limiting the bearing opening by at least two bearing members which are connected (preferably clipped) to one another and which form a closed guideway for the bearing pin. .

The bearing pin is fixed at both ends to the baffle holder as in the known solution, so that it is not possible to introduce the bearing pin into the bearing opening in the direction of the axis of the bearing pin. However, by dividing the bearing into two parts as described above, it is possible to perform simple and quick mounting regardless of the closed guide path of the bearing opening. The bearing pin does not unintentionally deviate from the closed bearing opening. Therefore, even if it is handled roughly, the air guide device remains completely connected to the air guide device holder. Therefore, the dysfunction is effectively prevented.

To couple the bearing members together, one bearing member is provided with at least one pair of legs with opposite hooks on its outer surface, while another bearing member is provided with at least one pair of legs with opposite hooks on its inner surface. Preferably, the legs of one bearing member are at least partially surrounded by the legs of another bearing member so that the corresponding hooks of interest are locked together. In this case, it is advantageous to directly connect the bearing member with the opposing hooks on the inner surface of the leg to the air guide device. Thus, for example, when a large force is applied to the air guide device in the traveling direction, unexpected vibration of the upper half of the bearing can be avoided.

The cross section of one bearing member (preferably the upper half of the bearing) is substantially U-shaped, the inner surface of which defines the majority of the guideway, while the other bearing member (preferably the lower half of the bearing). Part)
It is expedient to provide a nose which engages the open end of the U-shaped bearing member and forms a small part of the guideway at the free end.

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

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the wind guide device 10 includes a sliding cover 11
It is provided on the vehicle roof 13 along the front edge of the roof opening 12 that can be opened and closed by. The air guide device 10 is turned around an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle depending on the opening / closing movement of the cover 11. This swivel axis is determined by the two outer bearings of the air guide device 10, one of which is shown at 14 in FIGS. The outer bearing on the other side of the wind guide device 4 is constructed in a corresponding manner. When the baffle device 10 is swiveled around the axis determined by the outer bearing 14, the central part of the baffle device 10 is caused in a direction perpendicular to the swivel axis due to the curving of the roof 13 in addition to the rotational movement. Also performs a translational movement. In order to support the central region of the air guide device 10 so that the translational movement is possible, a central bearing 16 having a bearing opening 17 having a broad bean-like cross section is provided. In the bearing opening 17, the bearing pin
18 is engaged, and the central bearing 16 can rotate and slide with respect to the bearing pin 18. As is clear from Figs.
The bearing pin 18 is bent on both sides and the bent end 19 is joined (eg welded) to a cover rail 20 which serves as a baffle holder.

The cover rail 20 is fixed to the front main portion 21 of the roof frame 22 with a screw 23. Two hinge shafts 24, each of which is bent at one side, are further fixed to the cover rail 20,
The free end 25 of the hinge shaft 24 is rotatably supported by the outer bearing 14 (FIGS. 2 and 3). Free end 25 of each hinge axis 24
On the one hand and the cover rail 20 on the other
A compression spring 26 supported by the is arranged. The compression spring 26
It acts to raise the air guide device 10.

The outer bearing 14 and the central bearing 16 are held in an opening 28 in the lower surface of the air guide device 10.

Details of the wind guide device 10 and its mounting mode are described in West German Publication No. 3,
415,361 and will therefore not be described in detail here.

The central bearing 16 is configured in two parts, and the lower half part 30 of the bearing is used.
(Figs. 5, 6, 7) and bearing upper half 31 (Figs. 8, 9, 10)
It consists of and. The lower half 30 of the bearing is provided with a flange portion 32 which is inserted and held in the opening 28 of the body of the air guide device 10. Two sets of legs 34, 35 having opposing hooks 36, 37 on their inner surfaces project from the flange portion 32 on both sides of the nose 33.

The upper half 31 of the bearing has a substantially U-shaped cross section (FIG. 8), and the inner surface of the upper half 31 has a closed guide path 38 for the bearing pin 18.
Most of (Fig. 1) is determined. Bearing upper half 31 legs 39,4
On the outer surface of 0, two pairs of opposed hooks 4 are provided above the openings 43 and 44.
1,42 are provided. With the central bearing 16 installed, the nose 33 of the lower half 30 of the bearing is fitted on both legs 39, 40 of the upper half 31 of the bearing.
Enter the gap between. The free end 46 of the nose 33 has a closed guideway 38
Form a small part of. A pair of opposed hooks on the lower half 30 of the bearing
36, 37 enter into a pair of openings 43, 44 in the upper half 31 of the bearing, in which case the opposing hooks 36, 37 are locked to the opposing hooks 41, 42.

When installing the air guide device 10, attach the lower half 30 of the bearing to the bearing pin 18
Abut. Then, the bearing upper half 31 is clipped to the bearing lower half 30. Thus, the bearing pin 18 has a bearing opening 17
Secured within. When the air guide device 10 is attached as shown in FIG. 1, the bearing pin 18 abuts on one end of the bearing opening, while when the air guide device 10 is removed, the central bearing 16 is the bearing pin 18
The bearing pin 18 abuts on the other end of the bearing opening 17. However, the bearing pin 18 does not escape from the bearing opening 17.

The bearing upper half 30 and the bearing lower half 31 are preferably made of synthetic resin.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, the central bearing can be surely prevented from coming off, and the air guide device can be easily attached as in the conventional central bearing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the air guide device in the range of the central bearing according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 1 in the range of the outer bearing of the air guide device, and FIG. Fig. 4 is a partial bottom view of the air guide device, Fig. 4 is a partial view of the cover rail which serves as an air guide device holder, and is equipped with bearing pins, and Fig. 5 is a view of the central bearing along the line V-V in Fig. 6. Sectional view of lower half, No. 6
FIG. 7 is a side view of the lower half of the bearing shown in FIG. 5, and FIG.
6 is a plan view of the lower half portion of the bearing of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is an end view of the upper half portion of the central bearing as viewed from the right side or the left side of FIG. 9, and FIG. 9 is the upper half portion of the bearing of FIG. The side view and FIG. 10 are the eighth and ninth.
It is a top view of the bearing upper half part of the figure. 10 …… Bladder, 11 …… Sliding cover, 12 …… Roof opening, 13 …… Vehicle roof, 14 …… Outer bearing, 16 …… Center bearing, 17 …… Bearing opening, 18 …… Bearing pin , 20 ...... Cover rail (wind guide holder), 30 ...... Upper half of bearing, 31 ...... Lower half of bearing, 38 ...... Closed guideway.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle roof 13 is provided along a front edge of a roof opening 12 which can be opened and closed by a sliding cover 11, and depending on sliding of the cover 11, two outer bearings 14 of a wind guide device 10.
The central bearing 16 of the wind guide device 10 that is swung around an axis extending at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle determined by the bearing pin 18 attached to the stationary air guide device holder. A bearing opening 17 having a broad bean-shaped cross section is provided, and the central bearing 16 is rotatable and slidable with respect to the bearing pin 18.
Is formed by at least two bearing members 30, 31 which are connected to each other and form a closed guide path 38 for the bearing pin 18. 2. A central bearing for a wind guide according to claim 1, characterized in that both bearing members (30, 31) are connected to each other by a clamp. 3. One bearing member 31 has an opposed hook 4 on its outer surface.
With at least one pair of legs 39,40 having 1,42,
Another bearing member 30 has at least a pair of legs 34,35 with opposed hooks 36,37 on its inner surface, one bearing member leg being at least partially surrounded by another bearing member leg. The central bearing of the wind guide device according to claim 2, wherein the opposed hooks are locked to each other. 4. A bearing member 30 in which leg members 34, 35 are provided with facing hooks 36, 37 on the inner surfaces of the legs 34, 35 and are directly connected to the air guide device 10.
The central bearing of the air guide device according to claim 3, wherein 5. One bearing member 31 is substantially U in cross section.
It is configured in a letter shape, and the inner surface thereof defines most of the guide path 38, and another L-shaped bearing member 30 is replaced by a U-shaped bearing member 31.
Center of a wind guide according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it has a nose 33 which engages the open end of the and forms a small part of the guideway 38 at the free end 46. bearing.