JPH08175172A - Sunshade device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To move a shade sheet wound and housed in a winding device along a guide rail, in a good looking in the appearance. CONSTITUTION: A shade sheet 18 wound and housed in a winding device 17 a stay 19 installed in the point end of the shade sheet 18, whose both ends are led and guided along a guide rail, guide members 24 provided movable along the guide rail between the winding device 17 and the stay 19, and a cord form member 28 connecting the guide members 24, whose one end is fixed while the other end is connected to the stay 19, are provided, and the side edge 32 of the shade sheet 18 is held movable relatively by the guide members 24. Both sides 11 of the guide rail are provided unparallel each other, and the shade sheet and the stay are made allowable to extend and contract according to the interval between both sides of the guide rail.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sunshade device for covering a window of a vehicle such as an automobile, and more particularly to a vehicle for moving a light-shielding sheet housed in a winding device along a guide rail in good appearance. Regarding sunshade device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a vehicle sunshade device in which a stay is attached to the tip of a light-shielding sheet that is wound and housed in a winding device and both ends of the stay are moved along guide rails, the applicant has actually The invention of Japanese Patent Application No. 5-53650 is provided. When the stay is fixed at a desired position on the guide rail by pulling out the light-shielding sheet to a desired length, the light-shielding sheet is pulled by the winding force of the winding device and arranged in a state along the window. It has become so.

[0003]

In the conventional example described above, the flexible light-shielding sheet is maintained in the stretched state only by the winding force of the winding device, and only the tip of the light-shielding sheet is fixed to the guide rail by the stay. It is configured to. Therefore, for example, vibration and wind pressure during traveling of the vehicle may bend the middle portion of the pulled out light-shielding sheet, impair the light-shielding effect, or cause fluttering and abnormal noise.
Recently, it has become possible to find vehicles with trapezoidal windows in which the length of the window frame differs between the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion. There is also a possibility that a gap may occur between them and the light may not be shielded sufficiently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is not to impair the light shielding effect when the vehicle is running, and
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle sunshade device that does not generate abnormal noise and does not cause a gap between a light shielding sheet and a window frame even when used for a trapezoidal window.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle sunshade device according to the present invention comprises a light-shielding sheet wound around a winding device and housed at both ends of the light-shielding sheet. The stay guided along the guide rail, the guide member movably arranged along the guide rail between the winding device and the stay, and the guide member are connected to each other so that one end is fixed and the other end is stayed. And a string-shaped member connected to the light-shielding sheet, and the guide member holds the side edge portion of the light-shielding sheet so as to be relatively movable. Further, both side portions of the guide rail are arranged non-parallel to each other, and the light shielding sheet and the stay can be expanded and contracted according to the distance between the both side portions of the guide rail.

[0006]

When the stay is moved along the guide rail and the light shielding sheet is pulled out from the winding device, the guide member holding the side edge portion of the light shielding sheet also starts moving along the guide rail. Then, when the guide member moves by a predetermined amount as the light-shielding sheet is pulled out, the portion of the string-shaped member from the portion where the guide member is connected to the fixed end is completely extended, and the guide member cannot move any more and stops. However, since the light shielding sheet is sandwiched so as to be movable relative to the guide member, it is further moved along the guide rail and stretched. Even if the guide member does not move due to relative movement between the guide member and the light shielding sheet at the beginning of pulling out the light shielding sheet, the string-shaped member is connected between the stay and the guide member. If the light-shielding sheet is pulled out until the string-shaped member of the part extends, the guide member moves out, and the light-shielding sheet can be moved to a predetermined position while being stretched.

As described above, the side edge portion of the light-shielding sheet is sandwiched so as to be relatively movable by the guide member arranged so as to be movable along the guide rail between the winding device and the stay. , The light-shielding sheet is regulated by the guide member and stretched, and combined with the winding force of the winding device, is hard to bend,
Difficult to flutter due to wind pressure during driving. Further, even in the case where both sides of the guide rail are arranged non-parallel to each other, the extendable stay and the guide member allow the light shielding sheet to be expanded along the shape of the window without impairing the light shielding property. .

[0008]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of a vehicle sunshade device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the device, FIG. 3 is a front view of a stay, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of a guide member. 5 is a front view of the guide member, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing how the guide member of FIG. 5 is attached to the guide rail.

The guide rail is attached to the window frame portion of the inner wall surface of the vehicle. Reference numeral 11 is a left side portion of the guide rail, and 12 is a right side portion of the guide rail. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, since it is applied to a window having a trapezoidal shape,
Although the left and right sides 11 and 12 of the guide rail are arranged non-parallel to each other as an example, the present invention is not limited to this and is applied to a rectangular window.
It can also be implemented in a case where the left and right sides of the guide rail are arranged parallel to each other.

As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of guide grooves 13 and 14 are formed in the left and right side portions 11 and 12 of the guide rail along the longitudinal direction, respectively. A driving member 15 is slidably arranged in each of the guide grooves 13 and 14 so that the moving directions are opposite to each other.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 6, the driving member 15 passes through the guide groove 14 from the upper end of the left side portion 11 of the guide rail, and is folded back at the lower end of the left side portion 11 of the guide rail into the guide groove 13. Inserted, guide rail left side 11
From the upper end of the guide rail right side portion 12 through the guide groove 14, folded back at the lower end of the guide rail right side portion 12, and inserted into the guide groove 13. It has a loop shape connected to the guide groove 14 at the upper end of the left side portion 11. The motor 16 is provided at the exposed portion between the guide rail left side portion 11 and the guide rail right side portion 12 of the drive member 15.
Are arranged so as to mesh with the driving member 15.

When the driving members 15 are arranged in a loop like this, one motor 16 is used to form the left and right sides 1 of the guide rail.
The drive member 15 in 1 and 12 can be driven.
Further, when the motor 16 is driven, the drive member 1 that slides in the guide grooves 13 of the left and right side portions 11 and 12 of the guide rail.
The moving directions of 5 can be matched. Although the drive member 15 is electrically slid by the motor 16 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, it may be manually slid.

Reference numeral 17 is a winding device which is attached to the upper frame portion of the window frame on the inner wall surface of the vehicle and winds up the light shielding sheet 18. When the light shielding sheet 18 is not used, it is wound around the winding device 17 and stored.

The light-shielding sheet 18 for covering the window of the vehicle is stretchable so that its width is approximately equal to the maximum width of the window (the width at the lowermost end in the illustrated example). The light-shielding sheet 18 is made of a fabric that stretches when tension is applied, for example, a knit fabric. Then, when the fabric can be expanded and contracted in the vertical direction (downward from the winding device 17),
It is relatively wrinkle-free and has a favorable appearance.

A stay 19 guides and supports the light shielding sheet 18. The stay 19 is attached to the front end portion of the light shielding sheet 18 by an attaching means such as a clip. The stay 19 is configured to be expandable and contractable as the distance between the left and right side portions 11 and 12 of the guide rail gradually increases as it moves downward from the winding device 17. For example, as shown in detail in FIG. 3, the stay 19 is composed of a small-diameter portion 20 and a large-diameter portion 21 movably fitted to the small-diameter portion 20, and the spring 22 fitted to the small-diameter portion 20 expands and contracts. Therefore, the large diameter portion 21 may be configured to move.

Both ends of the stay 19 are detachably attached to the runner 23, respectively. The runner 23 is attached to the drive member 15. And the motor 16
When the driving member 15 is driven, the driving member 15 slides in the guide rail, and the stays 19 connected at both ends to the runner 23 driven by the driving member 15 are guided and guided along the guide rail while varying the length. The Rukoto.

Reference numeral 24 is a guide member that is arranged between the stay 19 and the winding device 17 so as to be movable along the left side portion 11 and the right side portion 12 of the guide rail. Guide member 24
Are provided on the left and right side portions 11 and 12 of the guide rail at least in pairs. The guide member 24 is the guide groove 1
3 is slidably fitted into the guide body 25, and a holding portion 26 is formed so as to project from the guide body 25 toward the light shielding sheet 18 side.
Have and.

A recess 27 is formed in the guide body 25, and the drive member 15 is movably inserted into the recess 27. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a cord-like member 28 is attached to the recessed portion 27 so as to connect the guide body 25. One end of the string-shaped member 28 is connected to the runner 23 so that the string-shaped member 28 follows the runner 23. The other end of the string-shaped member 28 has a fixing member 29 fixed to the left and right sides 11 and 12 of the guide rail near the winding device 17.
Connected to.

As shown in FIG. 6, the holding portion 26 of the guide member 24 is rotatably held in the holding piece 30 and a pair of ball-shaped ladle-shaped holding pieces 30 extending from one end of the guide body 25. And a ball 31. And the light shielding sheet 1
The side edge portion 32 of 8 is interposed between the ball 31 and the holding piece 30.

In order to interpose the light shielding sheet 18 on the holding portion 26 of the guide member 24, for example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18 is folded back over the entire length and sewn. The hollow hem portion 33 may be formed by wearing the ball 31 so that the ball 31 is located inside the hem portion 33. Further, a mounting piece (not shown) is attached to the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18.
May be provided, and this attachment piece may be interposed in the holding portion 26 of the guide member 24. Thus, the light-shielding sheet 18 moves along the guide rail and is stretched while the position in the width direction is regulated by the desired number of guide members 24, and the side edge portion 32 is formed.
It is possible to prevent a gap from being formed between the guide rail left and right side portions 11 and 12.

Next, a method of operating the vehicle sun shade device according to the present invention will be described. When pulling out the light shielding sheet 18 that is wound and stored in the winding device 17, the drive member 15 is driven by the motor 16 and the drive member 15 slides in the guide groove. Then, the runner 23, which is connected to the driving member 15 and moves in the guide grooves 13 of the left and right side portions 11 and 12 of the guide rail, moves in the pull-out direction of the light shielding sheet 18 along the guide rail, and the stay connected to the runner 23. Move 19

At this time, the guide member 24 holding the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18 also starts to move along the guide rail, and when the light shielding sheet 18 is further pulled out and the guide member 24 moves by a predetermined amount, the guide member 24 is guided. The portion of the string-like member 28 between the member 24 and the fixing member 29 is stretched, and the guide member 24 cannot move any more and stops. After that, the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18 slips between the ball 31 of the guide member 24 and the holding piece 30, and only the light shielding sheet 18 moves and rolls along the guide rail to cover the window.

Even when the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18 slips through the guide member 24 and the guide member 24 does not move when the light shielding sheet 18 is initially drawn out, a cord-shaped member is provided between the stay 19 and the guide member 24. Since it is connected by 28, the stay 19 stays until the string-like member 28 of this portion extends.
By pulling out, the guide member 24 moves out, and the light shielding sheet 18 can be moved to a predetermined position while being stretched.

In this manner, since the side edge portion 32 of the light shielding sheet 18 is regulated by the guide member 24 and expanded, it is possible to prevent a gap from being generated between the side edge portion 32 and the guide rail side portion. it can. Further, when the light-shielding sheet 18 is stored, the light-shielding sheet 18 is stored in the winding device 17 along with the relative movement with the guide member 24, and the guide member 24 is connected to the stay 19 in the guide groove 13 of the guide rail. It is pushed by the moving runner 23 and is stored at a position where it abuts on the fixing member 29. Even when the light shielding sheet 18 covers a part of the window, the guide members 24, 24, ... Are connected to the string-like member 28, and the guide member 24 is pulled and moved by the runner 23 in sequence, so that there is no problem. It does not cause any trouble.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the side edge portion of the light-shielding sheet is sandwiched by the guide member movably arranged along the guide rail between the winding device and the stay so as to be relatively movable. Since the light-shielding sheet is constrained by the guide member, the light-shielding sheet is stretched, and the light-shielding sheet is prevented from being bent by vibration or wind pressure during traveling of the vehicle to impair the light-shielding effect, and no fluttering noise is generated. Further, even in the case where both sides of the guide rail are arranged non-parallel to each other, the extendable stay and the guide member allow the light shielding sheet to be expanded along the shape of the window without impairing the light shielding property. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the main part of the apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a stay.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of a guide member.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a guide member.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing how the guide member of FIG. 5 is attached to a guide rail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Guide rail left side part 12 Guide rail right side part 17 Winding device 18 Shading sheet 19 Stay 24 Guide member 28 String-like member 32 Shading sheet side edge part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A light-shielding sheet that is wound around a winding device to be housed therein, a stay that is attached to the leading end of the light-shielding sheet and has both ends guided and guided along guide rails, and between the winding device and the stay. It has a guide member movably arranged along the guide rail, and a cord-like member that connects the guide member and has one end fixed and the other end connected to the stay. A sunshade device for a vehicle, wherein the sunshade device is sandwiched so as to be relatively movable. 2. The guide rail according to claim 1, wherein both sides of the guide rail are arranged non-parallel to each other, and the light-shielding sheet and the stay can be expanded and contracted in accordance with a distance between the both sides of the guide rail. Vehicle sunshade device.