JPH08113031A - Window panel having fastener - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate the fixation to the back face side of a panel by integrally forming a base body part having a surface to be fixed to the back face side of a window panel and an engaging part protrusively arranged on it, and forming them continuously in an endless shape. CONSTITUTION: A window panel 11 is embedded in an outside opening part 5 formed of a peripheral wall 3 of a window frame part 2, and when an engaging part 16 of a fastener 13 on a panel back face engages with the back face side of the inside opening edge 7 formed of a bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame part 2 while being elastically expansively opened, the bottom surface flange 4 is sandwiched. Therefore, the window panel 11 is easily and quickly installed in the window frame part 2. The fastener 13 continues in an endless ring shape along the inside opening edge 7 formed of the bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame part 2, and since the the bottom surface flange 4 is constituted so as to be sandwiched between the engaging part 16 of the fastener 13 and a base body part 15, a sealing function is applied, and the window panel 11 can be easily fixed on the back face side to the window frame part with an excellent strength.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a window glass with a fastener.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a window panel is mounted on a window frame portion formed on a vehicle body of an industrial vehicle, an agricultural vehicle, an automobile, etc., after an adhesive is placed on the bottom flange of the window frame portion, While the window panel is fitted into the outer opening formed by the peripheral wall of the frame, while the adhesive is solidified,
There is a structure in which the wind panel is held so as not to be displaced, so that the wind panel is bonded to the bottom surface flange of the window frame portion on the back surface thereof. However, in the above-described conventional structure, it takes a lot of time to solidify the adhesive, and it is difficult to reduce the installation time of the wind panel on the window frame portion. Moreover, it takes a lot of time and effort to attach / detach the wind panel due to the damage of the wind panel after the wind panel is attached to the window frame. For this reason, conventionally, a structure in which a plurality of mounting holes are provided through the bottom flange of the window frame portion and elastic clips are fixed to the rear surface of the wind panel at positions corresponding to the mounting holes, respectively. It has been known.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional one in which the window panel is attached to the window frame portion by the elastic clip, in order to stably attach the window panel to the window frame portion with a required attachment strength, A large number of mounting holes must be formed through the bottom flange of the window frame, and a large number of elastic clips corresponding to the mounting holes must be fixed to the back surface of the wind panel. Therefore, not only the rigidity of the window frame portion is lowered by the large number of mounting holes, but also a lot of labor and time are required for fixing the large number of elastic clips to the back surface of the wind panel.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to easily fix a fastener engaged with an inner opening edge formed by a bottom flange of a window frame to the back side of a wind panel, It is an object of the present invention to provide a window panel with a fastener that can be favorably attached to a window frame portion with required attachment strength.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a window panel with a fastener according to the invention of claim 1 is fitted into an outer opening formed by a peripheral wall of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, and A fastener-attached window panel having a fastener secured to an inner opening edge formed by a bottom surface flange of the window frame portion, the fastener extending over a surface and a peripheral end surface of the window panel. A base portion having a fixing surface that is fixed only to the rear surface side of the window panel without any action, and an engaging portion that projects from the base portion and engages with the inner opening edge. It is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge. Further, a window panel with a fastener according to a second aspect of the present invention is the window panel with a fastener according to the first aspect, wherein the fastener has a long continuous shape in an endless annular shape along an inner opening edge of the window frame portion. Has been formed. A window panel with a fastener according to the invention of claim 3 is fitted into an outer opening formed by a peripheral wall of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, and an inner opening edge formed by a bottom surface flange of the window frame portion on the back side thereof. A fastener-attached wind panel having fasteners secured to it, wherein the fasteners are secured only to the back side of the window panel without extending over the surface and peripheral end face of the window panel. Integrally provided with a base portion having a base and an engaging portion protruding from the base portion and engaging with the inner opening edge, and further, the fastener is formed by extrusion molding, and at the same time, the base portion is fixed. The surface is fixed to the back side of the wind panel. A window panel with a fastener according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the window panel with a fastener according to the third aspect, wherein the fastener is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge of the window frame portion. A window panel with a fastener according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the window panel with a fastener according to the third aspect, wherein the fastener is intermittently formed along an inner opening edge of the window frame portion.

[0006]

In the window panel with a fastener according to the present invention configured as described above, the fastener fixed to the back surface of the window panel has a continuous length along the inner opening edge formed by the bottom flange of the window frame portion. By being formed into a length, unlike the conventional case, it is possible to reduce the trouble of fixing a large number of fasteners to the back surface of the wind panel. Further, the fastener includes a base portion having a fixing surface that is fixed only to the back side of the window panel without extending over the surface and the peripheral end surface of the wind panel, and the inside of the window frame portion that is projected from the base portion. Since it is integrally provided with an engaging portion that engages with the opening edge, it is possible to eliminate the need for penetrating a plurality of mounting holes in the bottom surface flange of the window frame portion, unlike the conventional case, and also to provide the window frame. The wind panel can be satisfactorily attached to the portion with the required attachment strength. Further, the base portion and the engaging portion of the fastener can be formed to have a uniform cross-sectional shape over the entire length thereof regardless of the change in the overhanging length of the bottom flange of the window frame portion, and the engaging portion can be formed. It can be securely engaged with the inner opening edge formed by the bottom surface flange. Further, when the fastener is formed in an elongated shape that is continuous in an endless ring shape along the inner opening edge of the window frame portion, the fastener can have a sealing function. Further, since the fastener is formed by extrusion molding and the fixing surface of the base portion is fixed to the back side of the wind panel, the number of steps for fixing the fastener to the back side of the wind panel can be reduced. .

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4, a window frame portion 2 formed in a vehicle body (including a door) 1 is integrally provided with a peripheral wall 3 and a bottom surface flange 4 and is formed into a substantially L-shaped frame in cross section. In order to improve the external appearance of the window frame portion 2 while reducing the decrease in rigidity, the opening area of the outer opening portion 4 formed by the peripheral wall 3 is formed as large as possible, and the inner opening portion formed by the bottom surface flange 4 is formed. The opening area of 5 is formed appropriately small. Further, in order to efficiently reduce the decrease in rigidity of the window frame portion 2 while maintaining good visibility, the overhang lengths Wa and Wb of the bottom surface flange 4 are partially changed, and the outer opening 4
And the inner opening 5 have mutually non-similar planar shapes.

A window panel 11 is attached to the window frame 2 by a fastener 13. The window panel 11 is made of a glass panel, a transparent resin panel, or the like, and is formed in a size corresponding to the outer opening 5 formed by the peripheral wall 3 of the window frame 2. A black and opaque thin film (for example, black ceramic print) 12 is formed around the back surface of the wind panel 11.
Is burned.

On the back surface of the wind panel 11, the thin film 12 is formed.
Fasteners made of elastic material such as synthetic resin or rubber with a pinch in between
13 is stuck. The fastener 13 is a wind panel.
A fixing surface 14 that is fixed only to the surface of the thin film 12 on the rear surface of the window panel 11 without extending over the surface and the peripheral end surface of 11.
And a base plate portion 15 having a strip plate shape, and an inner opening edge 7 formed by the bottom surface flange 4 integrally projecting from an inner end of the base body portion 15 toward the outside to cooperate with the base body portion 15. It is integrally provided with an engaging portion 16 having a hook-shaped cross section that engages so as to sandwich it.

Further, the base portion 15 and the engaging portion 16 of the fastener 13
Is formed in a continuous shape in an endless annular shape along the inner opening edge 7, and has a uniform cross-sectional shape over its entire length. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the distance dimensions La and Lb from the peripheral end surface of the window panel 11 to the center of the fixing surface of the fastener 13 are determined by the bottom flange 4 from the peripheral wall of the window frame part 2.
The overhang lengths Wa and Wb are changed in accordance with the changes.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the fastener 13 is formed by extrusion molding using an elastic body such as synthetic resin or rubber, and at the same time, its base portion 15 is formed.
The fixing surface 14 is fixed to the thin film 12 on the back surface of the wind panel 11.

5 to 8, an extrusion port 24 corresponding to the fastener 13 is opened in a die 23 on the front surface of the molding die 22 connected to the extruder 21, and a base portion 15 of the fastener 13 is formed. The extrusion port 24 is slightly opened over one side surface of the die 23 of the die 22 so that the fixing surface 14 of the die 22 can be extruded while surely contacting the thin film 12 on the back surface of the window panel 11. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the elastic material P supplied from the extruder 21 is extruded from the extrusion port 24 of the die 22,
When the die 22 and the wind panel 11 are in contact with each other, the die 22 and the wind panel 11 are moved relative to each other along a movement locus corresponding to the inner opening edge 7 of the window frame portion 2, so that the fastener 13 is attached to the rear surface of the wind panel 11.
Is formed by extrusion molding and, at the same time, its base portion 15
The fixing surface (14) is fixed to the thin film (12) on the back surface of the wind panel (11).

Further, as described above, the wind panel 11
The fastener 13 formed by extrusion molding on the back surface of the has a uniform cross-section over its entire length and is cut out by an amount corresponding to the width of the die 22 as shown in FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 10, a supplementary member 17 having the same cross section as that of the fastener 13 and formed by another extrusion molding is joined to the cutout portion of the fastener 13, whereby the fastener 13 is formed.
Has an endless ring.

This embodiment is constructed as described above.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the window panel 11 is fitted into the outer opening 5 formed by the peripheral wall 3 of the window frame 2, and the engaging portion 16 of the fastener 13 on the rear surface of the panel is elastically expanded. On the other hand, by engaging with the back side of the inner opening edge 7 formed by the bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame portion 2, the bottom surface flange 4 is clamped by the engagement portion 16 and the base body portion 15, whereby the window frame portion 2 The wind panel 11 is easily and quickly installed. As described above, in the state where the window panel 11 is mounted on the window frame part 2, the fasteners 13 are continuous in an endless annular shape along the inner opening edge 7 formed by the bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame part 2, and Due to the structure in which the bottom surface flange 4 is sandwiched between the engaging portion 16 of the fastener 13 and the base portion 15, the fastener 13 can have a sealing function. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for disposing a dedicated seal member between the bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame portion 2 and the window panel 11.

In the case of a structure in which a dedicated seal member is arranged between the bottom surface flange 4 of the window frame portion 2 and the window panel 11, the fastener 13 is not necessarily formed continuously in an endless annular shape. There is no need. For example, the fastener 13 fixed to the back surface of the wind panel 11 at the same time as the extrusion molding is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge 7 of the window frame portion 2 as shown in FIG. It may be removed by an amount corresponding to the width, or may be intermittently formed along the inner opening edge 7 of the window frame portion 2 as shown in FIG. 11. Further, the fastener 13 may be fixed to the back surface of the wind panel 11 with an adhesive after being formed by extrusion molding, injection molding or the like. However, in this case, the fastener 13 is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge 7 of the window frame portion 2. This can reduce the work of fixing the fastener 13 to the back surface of the wind panel 11.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A fastener that engages with the inner opening edge formed by the bottom flange of the window frame can be easily fixed to the back side of the window panel, and the window panel can be attached to the window frame with the required mounting strength. Therefore, unlike the prior art, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of penetrating a large number of mounting holes in the bottom flange of the window frame and fixing the elastic clips corresponding to these mounting holes to the rear side of the wind panel. it can. Further, even in the window frame portion in which the protruding length of the bottom surface flange is changed, the base portion and the engaging portion of the fastener can be formed in a uniform cross-sectional shape over the entire length, The fastener can be easily formed by extrusion. Further, when the fastener is formed in a long continuous shape in an endless ring shape along the inner opening edge of the window frame portion, the fastener can have a sealing function, so that the window frame portion It is also possible to eliminate the need for disposing a dedicated seal member between the bottom flange and the wind panel. Further, by fixing the fastener to the back side of the wind panel at the same time as the extrusion molding, the number of steps for fixing the fastener to the back side of the window panel can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced accordingly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a window panel with a fastener according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a window frame portion of the vehicle body.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a state in which a window panel is mounted on the window frame portion.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a fastener is extrusion-molded on the back surface of the wind panel.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a molding die and a die separately.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an assembled state of a molding die and a die.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a state in which a fastener is extrusion-molded on a wind panel.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state in which the supplementary member is joined to the notch of the fastener.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a state in which a fastener is intermittently extrusion-molded on the back side of the wind panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle Body 2 Window Frame 3 Surrounding Wall 4 Bottom Flange 5 Outer Opening 7 Inner Opening Edge 11 Wind Panel 13 Fastener 14 Fixing Surface 15 Base 16 Engagement

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A fastener that is fitted into an outer opening formed by a peripheral wall of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, and has a fastener engaged with an inner opening edge formed by a bottom surface flange of the window frame portion on the back side thereof. And a base part having a fixing surface that is fixed only to the back side of the wind panel without extending over the surface and the peripheral end face of the wind panel. A wind panel with a fastener, which is integrally provided with an engaging portion projecting from and engaging with the inner opening edge, and which is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge. 2. The window panel with a fastener according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is formed in an elongated shape continuous in an endless annular shape along an inner opening edge of the window frame portion. Wind panel with. 3. A fastener that is fitted into an outer opening formed by a peripheral wall of a window frame portion of a vehicle body, and has a fastener that is engaged with an inner opening edge formed by a bottom surface flange of the window frame portion on the back side thereof. And a base part having a fixing surface that is fixed only to the back side of the wind panel without extending over the surface and the peripheral end face of the wind panel. Integrally provided with an engaging portion projecting from and engaging with the inner opening edge. Moreover, the fastener is formed by extrusion molding, and at the same time, the fixing surface of the base portion is fixed to the rear surface side of the wind panel. Wind panels with fasteners that are characterized by being. 4. The wind panel with fastener according to claim 3, wherein the fastener is formed in a continuous length along the inner opening edge of the window frame portion. . 5. The wind panel with fastener according to claim 3, wherein the fastener is intermittently formed along an inner opening edge of the window frame portion.