JPH09202135A - Door glass stabilizer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door glass stabilizer capable of being used in a vehicle kind with wide clearance between a vertical wall of a door waste molding 4 and a reinforcement of a door outer panel and in a vehicle kind with narrow clearance. SOLUTION: In a vehicle kind with wide clearance L between a vertical wall 5 of a door waste molding 4 and a reinforcement 3 of a door outer panel 1, an extension part 27C of a foundation cloth 27 of a door glass stabilizer 11 is turned around a back side of a stabilizer base 12 and fixed thereto, the door glass stabilizer 11 is fitted to the vertical wall 5, and the back side of the stabilizer base 12 is abutted on the reinforcement 3. When the door glass stabilizer is used for the vehicle kind with narrow clearance L, the extension part 27C is detached, and the back side of the stabilizer base 12 is directly abutted on the reinforcement 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile door glass stabilizer, and more particularly, to a door glass attached to a vertical wall disposed in a door waist opening of a door waist molding attached to a door outer panel to expose the door glass to the outside of the vehicle. The present invention relates to a door glass stabilizer that performs steady rest.

[0002]

The door glass stabilizer is fixed to the vertical wall of the door waist molding, and the back side of the door glass stabilizer is brought into contact with the reinforcement of the door outer panel to support the reaction force of the door glass. Is obtained (actual Kaihei 2-135325
See Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-135326).

Therefore, when the width dimension of the door waist molding is different depending on the vehicle type and the distance between the vertical wall of the door waist molding and the reinforcement of the door outer panel is increased, another door having a size corresponding to this distance is provided. A glass stabilizer must be used, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the distance between the vertical wall of the door waist molding and the reinforcement of the door outer panel is different for each vehicle type, the dimension of the door glass stabilizer in the vehicle width direction can be adjusted for common use. It is intended to provide a door glass stabilizer capable of.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the door outer panel is fixed to a vertical wall arranged in a door waist opening of a door waist molding mounted on the door outer panel, and the back surface of the door outer panel contacts the reinforcement of the door outer panel. A stabilizer base in contact with the holder, a holder fitted and fixed to a holder accommodating portion provided on the front surface of the stabilizer base, and a base cloth having a flocked portion in contact with the door glass surface and wound and fixed on the holder, In the provided door glass stabilizer, one of the upper and lower pieces of the base cloth is provided with an extending portion which is fixed around the back surface of the stabilizer base.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the stabilizer base according to the first aspect is arranged in a notch formed in a vertical wall of a door waist molding, and an extending portion of the base cloth is extended to an upper piece of the base cloth. On the other hand, a claw piece is projectingly provided on the upper end portion of the stabilizer base, the extending portion is arranged around the lower end of the stabilizer base around the rear surface, and the end portion is fixedly attached to the claw piece. It is characterized in that the claw piece is inserted and engaged with an engaging hole formed in the upper edge portion of the cutout portion.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the extending portion of the base cloth is fixed around the back surface of the stabilizer base, the gap between the vertical wall of the door waist molding and the reinforcement of the door outer panel is increased. In a wide range of vehicle types, the thickness of the extended portion can be used to fill the widening of the gap, and the stabilizer base can be brought into contact with the reinforcement to obtain an appropriate supporting reaction force.

Further, in the vehicle type with the narrowed spacing, the extended portion of the base cloth is cut off and the rear surface of the stabilizer base is brought into direct contact with the reinforcement to prevent the contact pressure with the door glass from increasing. Therefore, the door glass stabilizer itself can adjust the gap, and the door glass stabilizer can be commonly used among vehicle models having different gaps.

According to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, it is only necessary to attach the extending portion to the claw piece at the upper end portion of the stabilizer base, so that the extending portion can be easily fixed, and By inserting and engaging the claw piece into the engaging hole at the upper edge of the notch, the extension part can be securely fixed, and the stabilizer base is also more securely fixed, which causes vibration due to rattling. It is possible to further improve the sense of quality and reliability without producing noise.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a door outer panel, on the waist flange 2 of which an upper end portion of a reinforcement 3 is wound and fixed.

A metal door waist molding 4 is attached to the waist flange 2 by a fastening means such as a clip (not shown), and an end rubber 6 is provided on the outer lower end thereof.
Is provided to avoid metal contact with the door outer panel 1.

On the vertical wall 5 arranged in the door waist opening 32 of the door waist molding 4 and fixed to the waist flange 2, a seal lip 7 made of an elastic material such as rubber that closely contacts the surface of the door glass 33. Are integrally formed.

Further, a notch portion 8 for mounting the stabilizer is formed at an arbitrary portion of the vertical wall 5, and engaging grooves 9 are notched at the front and rear side edges thereof, and a pair is provided at the upper edge portion. Engaging holes 10 are formed.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a vertical wall 5 of the door waist molding 4.
1 shows a door glass stabilizer which is mounted and fixed to a stabilizer glass base 12. A stabilizer base 12 made of a synthetic resin material is provided with a holder accommodating portion 13 opening to the front and a bracket portion having an L-shaped cross section on both sides in the longitudinal direction thereof. 14 are provided.

Guide grooves 15 into which the clip portions 24 of the holder 23 are inserted are formed on both side edges of the holder accommodating portion 13 in the longitudinal direction, and the rear wall 16 is penetrated through the guide grooves 15 at the inner portions thereof. 17 and also the rear wall 16
A pair of locate holes 18 are formed in the.

A punching hole 19 is formed in each vertical wall 14a of the bracket portions 14 and 14, and a pressing projection 20 is provided on the front surface of the upper edge portion thereof, while a projection 20 is provided on the lower wall 14b.
A locking hook 21 is provided so as to be offset slightly to the front side.

Further, the upper end of the stabilizer base 12,
Specifically, on the upper surface of the holder housing portion 13, a pair of claw pieces 22 engaging with the engaging holes 10, 10 are provided to project from the back side of the vertical wall 5 of the door waist molding 4.

Like the stabilizer base 12, the holder 23 is made of a synthetic resin material and is formed in a rectangular case shape having an open front surface so that it can be fitted into the holder accommodating portion 13, and the rear edges of both longitudinal ends thereof. A clip portion 24 having a substantially U-shaped plane is projectingly provided on this.

A locating pin 25, 25 is attached to the back surface of the holder 23, and a base cloth 27 described later is engaged with the locating hole 18, 18 in the rear wall of the holder accommodating portion 13.
Is protruding.

A damper 26 made of a cushion material such as wool felt is accommodated in the holder 23.

Numeral 27 is a base cloth having a flocked portion 28 and being wound around and fixed to the holder 23 with the damper 26 accommodated in the holder 23. The upper and lower pieces 27A and 27B are provided with the holder 23.
Locking holes 29, 29 are formed to insert and engage with the locate pins 25, 25 on the rear surface.

The upper and lower pieces 27A, 27 of the base cloth 27 are also
One of B, for example, the upper piece 27 in the present embodiment.
The extended portion 27C is formed in A, and the locking holes 30, 30 are formed in the upper end portion thereof, and the extended portion 27C is arranged around the lower end of the stabilizer base 12 to the back surface. The locking holes 30 and 30 are engaged with and fixed to the claw pieces 22 and 22.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a seal lip made of an elastic material such as rubber which is fixed by sandwiching the base portion between the upper surface of the holder 23 and the upper wall of the holder accommodating portion 13 and is in close contact with the surface of the door glass 33.

When assembling the door glass stabilizer 11, first, the damper 26 is placed inside the holder 23 as described above.
The base cloth 27 is wound around the holder 23 so as to wrap the damper 26 in a state where the base cloth 27 is accommodated.
The end portions of the locating pins 25, 2 with the locking holes 29, 29
5 is inserted, fixed and fixed, and the upper piece 27
At the end of A, the locking holes 29, 29 of the locate pin 25,
Insert into 25 and fasten.

Next, the clip portions 24, 24 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the holder 23 to which the base cloth 27 is wound and fixed are inserted into the guide grooves 15, 15 of the holder accommodating portion 13, and the holder 23 is inserted.
Is pushed into the holder accommodating portion 13.

As a result, the locate pins 25, 25 on the back surface of the holder 23 are inserted into and engaged with the locate holes 18, 18 to determine the position of the holder 23, and the clip portion 24,
24 is a guide groove 15;
17 is engaged with the rear edge of the holder 17 by its own elasticity, and the holder 2
3 is fixed to the stabilizer base 12.

In this embodiment, since the seal lip 31 is attached to the holder accommodating portion 13, when the holder 23 is assembled to the holder accommodating portion 13, the holder 2
The base portion of the seal lip 31 is sandwiched between the upper surface of 3 and the upper wall of the holder housing portion 13.

The door glass stabilizer 11 assembled in this manner is attached to the cutout portion 8 of the vertical wall 5 of the door waist molding 4, and the vertical wall 5 and the reinforcement 3 of the door outer panel 1 are attached to each other. When used in a vehicle type having a wide space L, the extending portion 27C of the base cloth 27 is arranged around the lower side of the stabilizer base 12 from the back side, and the end portions thereof are provided with the locking holes 30, 30. The base 12 is inserted and fixed to the claw pieces 22, 22 at the upper end of the base 12.

Then, the holder accommodating portion 13 is inserted into the cutout portion 8 from below, and the vertical walls 5, 5 on both sides of the cutout portion 8 are inserted.
Is inserted between the pressing protrusions 20 and 20 of the bracket portions 14 and 14 and the locking hooks 21 and 21, and the locking hook 2
1, 21 are engaged with the locking grooves 9, 9 and the claw pieces 2
2 and 22 are inserted into the engaging holes 10 and 10 from the back side of the vertical wall 5 and fixed.

As a result, the rear surface of the stabilizer base 12 passes through the extending portion 27C of the base cloth 27 and the reinforcement 3
To come into contact with the vertical wall 5 and the reinforcement 3
Even when used in a vehicle model in which the distance L between and is wide, it is possible to prevent the stabilizer base 12 from separating from the reinforcement 3 surface and impairing the stabilizer function.

On the other hand, when the door glass stabilizer 11 is used for a vehicle type in which the distance L between the vertical wall 5 of the door waist molding 4 and the reinforcement 3 is narrow, the extending portion 27C of the base cloth 27 is used for the stabilizer base 12. Instead of wrapping around the back surface, it may be mounted on the vertical wall 5 in the same manner as described above, and the back surface of the stabilizer base 12 may be brought into direct contact with the reinforcement 3 surface.

In this case, since the extending portion 27C of the base cloth 27 is unnecessary, the base cloth 27 is wound around the holder 23 or after the base cloth 27 is wound around the holder 23, for example, by a chain line in FIG. The extending portion 27C may be cut off at the portion shown.

As described above, according to the structure of this embodiment, the extending portion 27C of the base cloth 27 is attached to the stabilizer base 12.
In the vehicle model in which the distance L between the vertical wall 5 of the door waist molding 4 on which the door glass stabilizer 11 is mounted and the reinforcement 3 of the door outer panel 1 is wide, this extension is performed because it is fixed around the back surface of the door glass stabilizer 11. It is possible to fill the expansion of the interval L with the thickness dimension of the installation portion 27C, to properly contact and support the rear surface of the stabilizer base 12 with the reinforcement 3, and to secure the supporting reaction force of the door glass stabilizer 11. it can.

When the space L between the vertical wall 5 and the reinforcement 3 is narrow, the extended portion 27C of the base cloth 27 is cut off so that the back surface of the stabilizer base 12 directly contacts the reinforcement 3. By bringing them into contact with each other, it is possible to prevent the contact pressure between the flocked portion 28 and the seal lip 31 and the door glass 33 from increasing, and the door glass stabilizer 11 itself can adjust the distance, so that the distance L becomes smaller. The door glass stabilizer 11 can be shared between different vehicle types, which can greatly contribute to cost reduction.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the base cloth 27
The extended portion 27C of the stabilizer base 12 need only be engaged with the claw pieces 22, 22 at the upper end portion of the stabilizer base 12.
Is easily fixed, and moreover, the claw pieces 22 and 22 are attached to the vertical wall 5
The extended portion 27C can be reliably fixed by inserting and engaging the engaging holes 10 and 10 at the upper edge portion of the notch portion 8.

By engaging the claw pieces 22 and 22 with the engaging holes 10 and 10 in this manner, the door glass stabilizer 11 is more securely fixed to the vertical wall 5.
Vibration noise due to rattling of the door glass stabilizer 11 does not occur, and the sense of quality and reliability can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the door glass stabilizer of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Door Outer Panel 3 Reinforce 4 Door Waist Mall 5 Vertical Wall 8 Notch 10 Locking Hole 11 Door Glass Stabilizer 12 Stabilizer Base 13 Holder Housing 22 Claw 23 Holder 27 Base Cloth 27A Upper Piece 27B Lower Piece 27C Extension 28 Flocked part 32 Door waist opening 33 Door glass

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A stabilizer base fixed to a vertical wall arranged in a door waist opening of a door waist molding attached to the door outer panel, and a rear surface of the stabilizer base abutting against a reinforcement of the door outer panel, and a stabilizer base provided on a front surface of the stabilizer base. A door glass stabilizer having a holder fitted into and fixed to a holder accommodating portion, and a base cloth having a flocked portion that comes into contact with a door glass surface and wound around and fixed to the holder. A door glass stabilizer, wherein one of the pieces is provided with an extended portion that is fixed around the back surface of the stabilizer base. 2. A stabilizer base is arranged in a notch formed in a vertical wall of a door waist molding, and an extending portion of a base cloth is extended to an upper piece of the base cloth, while a claw piece is provided on an upper end portion of the stabilizer base. Projecting, and extending the extended portion around the lower end of the stabilizer base to the rear surface to fix the end portion to the claw piece and form the claw piece at the upper edge portion of the cutout portion. The door glass stabilizer according to claim 1, wherein the door glass stabilizer is inserted and engaged in the engaging hole.