JPH08156604A - Sun roof slider attaching method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To attach a slider to a guide rail without looseness. CONSTITUTION: Rail grooves 3, 4 are formed in a guide rail 1. Protrusions 5, 6 are formed in a slider 2 made of a synthetic resin such as polyacetal. By inserting an end part of the slider 2 into the grooves 3, 4 of the guide rail 1 from one ends thereof, the protrusions 5, 6 of the slider 2 are faced to edges 28, 30 at an end of the guide rail 1. The protrusions 5, 6 of the slider 2 are pressed to the edges 28, 30 at the end of the guide rail 1, and the edges 28, 30 at the end of the guide rail 1 shave a part of the protrusions 5, 6 of the slider 2. Cut faces of the protrusions 5, 6 of the slider 2 are brought into close contact with inner faces of the rail grooves 3, 4 of the rail 1 so as to attach the slider 2 to the guide rail 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slider mounting method for a sunroof which mounts a slider on a guide rail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional sunroof mounting method, a drive cable is connected to a cable connecting portion formed on one side of a die cast slider, and then one of the rail grooves is formed by forming the slider cable connecting portion on a guide rail. The slider is mounted on the guide rail by inserting the shoe fitted to the protruding piece formed on the other side of the slider into the other rail groove formed on the guide rail from the one end .

[0003]

However, in the conventional method for mounting the slider on the sunroof, only the rattling of the slider with respect to the guide rail in the vertical direction is prevented by the shoe, and the rattling of the slider with respect to the guide rail in the horizontal direction is suppressed. If the slider is moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the guide rail, a rattling noise may be generated due to the gap between the guide rail and the slider, and the shoe is made of a synthetic resin material such as polyacetal that is different from the material of the slider. However, the number of parts of the slider increases, and the manufacturing cost of the slider increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by inserting the end portion of the slider into the rail groove of the guide rail from one end, a part of the protrusion of the slider is formed on the edge of the end surface of the guide rail. Face the slider and press the slider protrusion against the edge of the guide rail end face.The edge of the guide rail end face scrapes off part of the slider protrusion, making it easier to mount the slider on the guide rail and cutting the slider protrusion. The surface is in close contact with the inner surface of the guide rail rail groove, and there is no gap between the inner surface of the guide rail rail groove and the cut surface of the slider protrusions, ensuring vertical and horizontal rattling of the slider guide rail. To prevent rattling noise from the gap between the guide rail and the slider when the slider moves in the front-rear direction with respect to the guide rail. No it does not increase the conventional slider parts as is to be reduced of the slider in the manufacturing cost to provide a slider mounting method of the sunroof capable.

[0005]

According to the method of mounting a slider for a sunroof of the present invention, after inserting an end portion of a slider having a protrusion formed laterally into a rail groove of a guide rail, the slider is attached to an edge of an end surface of the guide rail. The protrusion of the slider is pressed, a part of the protrusion of the slider is scraped by the edge of the end surface of the guide rail, and the slider is mounted on the guide rail.

[0006]

When the end of the slider is inserted into the rail groove formed on the guide rail from one end, a part of the protrusion formed on the slider faces the edge of the end surface of the guide rail.

After that, when the protrusion of the slider is pressed against the edge of the end face of the guide rail, the edge of the end face of the guide rail scrapes off a part of the protrusion of the slider, and the cut surface of the protrusion of the slider becomes the inner surface of the rail groove of the guide rail. Closely, and attach the slider to the guide rail.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a guide rail for guiding the slider 2 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
Rail grooves 3 and 4 are respectively formed on the side surface, projections 5 and 5 are formed on one side surface of the slider 2, and projections 6 and 6 are formed on the upper surface of the other side portion of the slider 2. Are formed respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, a side wall 8 is formed upward at one side edge of a bottom wall 7 which is long in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body of the guide rail 1, and the guide rail 1 is A side wall 9 is formed near the other side edge of the bottom wall 7, a side wall 8 of the guide rail 1 is formed with a rail groove 3 that opens toward the other side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 is formed. Is formed with a rail groove 4 that opens toward one side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

As shown in FIG. 1, the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 has a side portion of the rail groove 4 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
0 is provided, and a notch groove 11 is formed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body between the rail groove 4 of the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 and the insertion hole 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rising piece 12 is formed on an upper portion of the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 close to the inner edge thereof, and a lower edge of the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 projects laterally. A flange 13 is formed.

The guide rail 1 is made of an extruded aluminum material.

As shown in FIG. 1, projections 5 and 5 protruding laterally are formed on one side surface of the base body 14 of the slider 2 near the front end and the other end, respectively, and the base body of the slider 2 is formed. Protrusions 6 and 6 projecting laterally are formed on one side and on the other side of the upper surface of the other side portion of the slider 14, and the protrusion 5 of the slider 2 has tapered surfaces 15 and 15 inclined in opposite directions. Are formed respectively, and the projections 6 of the slider 2 have tapered surfaces 16 and 1 inclined in opposite directions.
6 are formed respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, the through hole 1 is formed in the slider 2 near one end and the other end of the base body 14 along the vertical direction.
7 and 17 are provided respectively, and a concave portion 18 that opens downward is formed on the lower surface of the base 14 of the slider 2.

On the other side surface of the base body 14 of the slider 2, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a protruding piece 19 protruding laterally is formed, and a cable connecting portion 20 is formed at the tip of the protruding piece 19 of the slider 2, and the cable connecting portion 2 of the slider 2 is formed.
0 has a through hole 21.

The slider 2 is made of a synthetic resin material such as polyacetal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wire 23 of the drive cable 22 is inserted into the through hole 21 of the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2, and the cable 23 of the slider 2 is connected to the tip of the wire 23 of the drive cable 22. A locking cap 24 is fixed to the outer periphery corresponding to one end of the portion 20, and a locking pipe 25 is provided on the outer periphery corresponding to the other end of the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2 near the tip of the wire 23 of the drive cable 22. The wire 23 of the drive cable 22 is fixed, and the lock cap 24 is fixed to the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2.
And a locking pipe 25.

Next, a method of mounting the slider on the sunroof of this embodiment will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, after the wire 23 of the drive cable 22 is connected to the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2 by the locking cap 24 and the locking pipe 25,
As shown in FIG. 2, the end portion of the base 14 of the slider 2 is inserted into the rail groove 3 and the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1 from one end, and the insertion cap 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 10 of the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 from one end. 24 and the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2 are inserted, and the projecting piece 19 of the slider 2 is inserted into the notch groove 11 of the guide rail 1 from one end, and as shown in FIG.
A part of the protrusion 5 of the slider 2 faces the edge 28 of one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1, and as shown in FIG. 4 faces the edge 30 on one end surface of the upper wall 29.

After that, the other side surface of the base 14 of the slider 2 is aligned with the inner surface 26a of the side wall 26 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1 serving as a reference surface, and the edge 28 of one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1 is adjusted. When the projections 5 and 5 of the slider 2 are pressed against and the projections 6 and 6 of the slider 2 are pressed against the edge 30 of one end surface of the upper wall 29 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1, as shown in FIG. The edge 28 on the one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of
6, a part of the projections 5 and 5 of the guide rail 1 is scraped off, and as shown in FIG.
Cuts a part of the protrusions 6 and 6 of the slider 2, and the cut surfaces 31 and 31 of the protrusions 5 and 5 of the slider 2 come into close contact with the inner surface 27a of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1 as shown in FIG. Then, the cut surfaces 32, 32 of the protrusions 6, 6 of the slider 2 come into close contact with the inner surface 29 a of the upper wall 29 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1, and the slider 2 is mounted on the guide rail 1.

The slider 2 slides along the rail grooves 3 and 4 of the guide rail 1 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body as the drive cable 22 is moved by driving a motor (not shown).

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which protrusions 33, 33 protruding laterally are formed on one side surface of the base 14 of the slider 2 near the front end and near the other end, respectively. Along with the upper surface of the other side of the base body 14 of the slider 2, the projections 3 projecting laterally toward one end and the other end.
4 and 34 are respectively formed, the protrusions 33 of the slider 2,
Hollow portions 35, 35 are formed in the reference numeral 33, and hollow portions 36, 36 are formed in the protrusions 34, 34 of the slider 2, respectively. The other construction of this embodiment is exactly the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the description is omitted.

Next, a method of mounting the slider on the sunroof according to another embodiment will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 8, after the wire 23 of the drive cable 22 is connected to the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2 by the locking cap 24 and the locking pipe 25,
As shown in FIG. 9, the end of the base 14 of the slider 2 is inserted into the rail groove 3 and the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1 from one end, and the insertion cap 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 10 of the side wall 9 of the guide rail 1 from one end. 24 and the cable connecting portion 20 of the slider 2 are inserted, and the protruding piece 19 of the slider 2 is inserted into the notch groove 11 of the guide rail 1 from one end. As shown in FIG. When facing the edge 28 of one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the rail 1,
As shown in FIG. 1, a part of the protrusion 34 of the slider 2 is an edge 30 of one end surface of the upper wall 29 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1.
To face.

Thereafter, the other side surface of the base 14 of the slider 2 is aligned with the inner surface 26a of the side wall 26 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1 serving as a reference surface, and the edge 28 of one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1 is adjusted. The protrusions 33, 3 of the slider 2
3 is pressed and the projection 3 of the slider 2 is attached to the edge 30 of one end surface of the upper wall 29 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1.
When 4, 4 and 34 are pressed, as shown in FIG. 12, the edge 28 of one end surface of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1 is pressed.
Scrapes off a part of the protrusions 33, 33 of the slider 2, and as shown in FIG. 13, an edge 30 on one end surface of the upper wall 29 of the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1 removes a part of the protrusions 34, 34 of the slider 2. As shown in FIG. 14, the protrusion 3 of the slider 2
The cut surfaces 37 and 37 of the guide rails 3 and 33 are pressed against the inner surface 27a of the side wall 27 of the rail groove 3 of the guide rail 1, and the cut surfaces 38 and 38 of the protrusions 34 and 34 of the slider 2 are above the rail groove 4 of the guide rail 1. The slider 2 is pressed against the inner surface 29a of the wall 29.
To the guide rail 1.

The slider 2 may be provided with any number of protrusions as long as it is one or more, and a conventionally known spring pressure contact member may be added to the outside of the protrusions.

[0028]

As described above, according to the slider mounting method of the sunroof of the present invention, a part of the protrusion of the slider is guided by inserting the end portion of the slider into the rail groove of the guide rail from one end. The slider can be mounted on the guide rail of the slider because it can be made to face the edge of the rail end face, and the protrusion of the slider is simply pressed against the edge of the guide rail end, and the edge of the end face of the guide rail scrapes a part of the protrusion of the slider. Since the cutting surface of the slider protrusion is in close contact with the inner surface of the rail groove of the guide rail, there is no gap between the inner surface of the rail groove of the guide rail and the cutting surface of the slider protrusion. It is possible to reliably prevent the guide rail from rattling, and when the slider moves in the front-back direction with respect to the guide rail, There is no possibility of generating a rattling sound due to the gap between the rail and the slider, the conventional parts of the slider does not increase so, it is possible to reduce the slider cost of production.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a guide rail and a slider relating to a slider mounting method for a sunroof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the slider of FIG. 1 inserted into a rail groove of a guide rail.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of an essential part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the slider protrusion after cutting by the edge of the end surface of the guide rail.

FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view of a main part of the slider protrusion after cutting by the edge of the end surface of the guide rail.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state where the slider is attached to the guide rail.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a guide rail and a slider relating to a slider mounting method for a sunroof according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a front view when the slider of FIG. 8 is inserted into a rail groove of a guide rail.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of an essential part of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the slider protrusion after cutting by the edge of the end surface of the guide rail.

FIG. 13 is a side cross-sectional view of a main part after cutting by the edge of the end surface of the guide rail of the slider protrusion.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing how the slider is attached to the guide rail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Guide Rail 2 Slider 3 Rail Groove 4 Rail Groove 5 Projection 6 Projection 28 Edge 30 Edge 33 Projection 34 Projection

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 21, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All drawings

[Correction method] Change

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. After inserting an end portion of a slider having a protrusion formed from a side into a rail groove of the guide rail, the protrusion of the slider is pressed against an edge of an end surface of the guide rail,
A method of mounting a slider on a sunroof, characterized in that a part of a protrusion of the slider is shaved by an edge of an end surface of the guide rail, and the slider is mounted on the guide rail.