JPH0999741A - Installing structure of back door regulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily install a back door regulator on an inner panel of a back door, and make it suitable for mass production. SOLUTION: An opening part 29 is arranged on an inner panel 12b of a springing-up type back door 12 pivoted on the upper end of a vehicle rear part. A raising-lowering device 17a to raise and lower door glass 14 and a back door regulator 17 having a baseplate 18 to fix the raising-lowering means 17a is inserted into the inner panel 12b through the opening part 29, and is installed on the inner panel 12b. A projecting part 29a to fix the baseplate 18 to the opening part 29 is formed so as to narrow the opening area of the opening part 29, and a locking means 31 to be locked on the projecting part 29a is arranged in a position corresponding to the projecting part 29a of the baseplate 18. The baseplate 18 is constituted so as to be temporarily fastened by locking the locking means 31 on the projecting part 29a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a back door regulator which is provided on a flip-up type back door pivotally supported at an upper end of a rear portion of a vehicle and which moves a door glass up and down. More specifically, the present invention relates to a backdoor regulator mounting structure in which a backdoor regulator is inserted through an opening provided in an inner panel of the backdoor and mounted on the inner panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a window regulator for raising and lowering a door glass has a motor fixed to a base plate,
Door glass raising and lowering means driven by this motor is pivotally mounted. Arm type, wire type, tape type, and the like are known as door glass elevating means, and they are put into practical use. The door glass lifting means is usually attached to the door inner panel via a base plate. That is, a plurality of screw holes are provided on the peripheral edge of the base plate, the same number of mounting holes are also provided in the inner panel corresponding to these holes, and bolts are respectively inserted into these holes and the mounting holes and screwed into the nuts. By doing so, the lifting means is attached to the door inner panel via the base plate. Since such a window regulator is composed of a base plate, a motor, and an elevating means, and has a considerable weight, the regulator is usually attached after the door is attached to the vehicle body in consideration of workability.

On the other hand, in recent years, there has been an increasing demand for station wagons, vans or one-box type vehicles which can be loaded or loaded with a relatively large number of passengers or luggage. In some of such vehicles, a flip-up type back door is provided at the rear of the vehicle in order to effectively use the space behind the vehicle. In addition, attempts have been made to open and close the door glass provided on the back door for multipurpose use of the vehicle. In order to open and close the door glass, it is necessary to install a window regulator in the inner panel of the back door.

[0004]

However, in order to mount the wind regulator on the back door already mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle, it is necessary to mount the wind regulator inside the inner panel located above the worker while standing. When screwing the regulator to the inner panel, the regulator could fall due to its own weight. In order to prevent this, it is possible to install the regulator with the back door closed, but in this case it is necessary to carry in the regulator inside the vehicle and work from the inside of the vehicle,
The workability was not good at all, and there was a problem in performing continuous work. An object of the present invention is to provide a backdoor regulator mounting structure that allows a backdoor regulator to be easily mounted on an inner panel of a backdoor and is suitable for mass production.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
As shown in FIG. 1, the opening 29 is formed in the inner panel 12b of the flip-up type back door 12 pivotally supported at the upper end of the rear part of the vehicle.
Elevating means 17 for raising and lowering the door glass 14
The back door regulator 17 having a and a base plate 18 for fixing the elevating means 17a is inserted into the inner panel 12b through the opening 29 to insert the inner panel 12b.
It is an improvement of the mounting structure of the back door regulator mounted on the. The characteristic configuration is that a projection 29a for fixing the base plate 18 to the opening 29 is formed so as to narrow the opening area of the opening 29, and the projection 29a is provided at a position corresponding to the projection 29a of the base plate 18. The locking means 31 for stopping is provided, and the base plate 18 is configured to be temporarily fixable by locking the locking means 31 to the protruding portion 29a.

The locking means 31 may have any shape and structure as long as it can be locked to the protruding portion 29a. However, because of the relationship in manufacturing the base plate 18, the locking means 31 projects a part of the base plate 18 and bends the base plate 18, and the protrusion 29a of the inner panel 12b penetrates between the bent portion and the base plate 18. It is preferable to configure so that When the locking means 31 is locked to the projecting portion 29a, the back door regulator 17 is driven by the back door regulator 17 due to its own weight.
The locking means 31 tries to fall from the protruding portion 2b.
The back door regulator 17 is temporarily locked immediately before being fixed to the inner panel 12b by preventing the back door regulator 17 from being locked to the inner panel 12b.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 4, a door opening 11 is formed at the rear of the station wagon type vehicle 10, and a flip-up type back door 12 is pivotally supported at the upper end of the door opening 11. Back door 12
Closed so that it can be opened. Although not shown, a weather strip for the door is provided on the periphery of the door opening 11 for the vehicle 10.
When the back door 12 is closed, the inner surface of the back door 12 contacts the weather strip for the door to prevent rainwater and the like from entering.

A door window 13 is formed above the back door 12, and a door glass 14 that can be opened and closed is formed in the door window 13.
Is provided. The back door 12 is a panel door, and is formed by joining the outer peripheral edge and the inner peripheral edge of the outer panel 12a and the inner panel 12b having the door window 13 to each other, as shown in FIG. Returning to FIG. 4, the both side edges of the door window 13 have a pair of side frames 12c and 12c.
The upper edge of the door window 13 is formed by the upper frame 12d. Although not shown, a glass weather strip is provided on the periphery of the door window 13, and the periphery of the door glass 14 contacts the glass weather strip when the door glass 14 is closed so that rainwater or the like can be prevented from entering. It has become.

The back door 12 is formed by a pair of gas stays 16 for doors so as to be capable of jumping up to the rear of the vehicle 10. One end of the gas stay 16, 16 for the door is pivotally attached to rear pillars 10a, 10a provided on both sides of the rear part of the vehicle via ball joints 16a, 16a, respectively, and the other end is ball joints 16b, 16b above the side frames 12c, 12c. Is pivoted through. The gas stay 16 in this example includes a tube cylinder 16c filled with gas (not shown), a piston (not shown) slidably inserted in the cylinder 16c, and a piston fixed to the piston and protruding from the cylinder 16c. Rod 16d
And The pair of door gas stays 16 and 16 are designed to prevent the back door 12 from closing due to its own weight by urging the back door 12 in a state of being flipped up rearward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a back door 12 of a vehicle is a door glass 14 which appears and disappears from a gap portion 13a formed at a lower edge of the door window 13 to close the door window 13 in an openable manner. A back door regulator 17 is provided inside the back door 12 below the gap 13a and is connected to the lower end of the door glass 14. Back door regulator 1
Reference numeral 7 is a lifting means 17a for further lifting the door glass 14.
And a base plate 18 for fixing the lifting means 17a to the inner panel 12b.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lifting means 17a has a pair of lift arms 2 each having an intermediate portion rotatably attached to the base plate 18 via support shafts 22,22.
3, 23, a half-moon driven gear 24 fixed to one of the lift arms 23, a pinion (not shown) rotatably attached to the base plate 18 and meshing with the driven gear 24, and the driven gear 24 via the pinion. And a servo motor 26 for moving. A pair of lift arms 23,
The base end of 23 is provided with half-moon-shaped interlocking gears 27, 27 that mesh with each other.
The pair of lift arms 2 is formed by the engagement of 27 with each other.
3 and 23 rotate symmetrically with respect to each other in the directions indicated by the arrows in the figure. Rollers 23a and 23a are provided at the tips of the pair of lift arms 23 and 23, respectively.
Is rotatably attached, and the rollers 23a, 23a are rotatably inserted into an arm bracket (not shown) provided at the lower end of the door glass 14, and the pair of lift arms 2
The door glass 14 is configured to be opened and closed through the arm brackets by rotating the door glasses 3 and 23 symmetrically to each other.

As shown in FIG. 1, the back door regulator 17 is inserted into the inner panel through an opening 29 provided in the inner panel 12b. Two protrusions 29a for fixing the base plate 18 are formed in the opening 29 so as to reduce the opening area of the opening 29.
As shown in FIG.
An insertion hole 29b into which (Fig. 1) can be inserted is provided. The base plate 18 corresponding to each of the protruding portions 29a
Insertion holes 18a into which the same bolt 32 (FIG. 1) can be inserted are provided at positions corresponding to the insertion holes 29b.
As shown in FIG. 1, by screwing a bolt 32 and a nut (not shown) through the insertion hole 29b provided in the protruding portion 29a and the insertion hole 18a provided in the base plate 18, respectively, as shown in FIG. 18 is attached to the inner panel 12b.

The base plate 18 at a position corresponding to the protruding portion 29a has a locking means 31 for locking the protruding portion.
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the locking means 31 is configured by bending a claw portion 31a which is a part of the base plate 18 protruding, and the inner panel 12b is provided between the bent claw portion 31a and the base plate 18. Has a gap into which the protruding portion 29a can penetrate. In this example, the claw portion 31
a is formed at three positions, and is integrally formed when the base plate 18 is processed into a sheet metal. By locking the claw portion 31a, which is the locking means 31, to the protruding portion 29a, the base plate 18 is in a temporarily fixed state immediately before being fixed to the inner panel 12b.

To mount the back door regulator 17 having the above-described structure, first, the back door 12 already mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle is jumped up toward the rear of the vehicle to open the door opening 11 so that the worker can operate the back door. The back door regulator 17 is prepared for mounting from below the door 12. Backdoor regulator 1 with worker standing
7, the back door regulator 17 is inserted into the inner panel 12b through the opening 29 provided in the inner panel 12b, and the locking means 3 provided in the base plate 18 is provided.
The one claw portion 31a is locked to each protruding portion 29a. In this way, the worker temporarily fixes the back door regulator 17 inside the inner panel 12b of the back door 12 located above the back door 12.

After the back door regulator 12 is temporarily fixed, an operator next prepares bolts 32 and nuts (not shown) for fixing the base plate 18 and the inner panel 12b, and insert holes 29b provided in the projecting portion 29a. Then, the bolt 32 and a nut (not shown) are respectively screwed through the insertion holes 18a provided in the base plate 18. In this way, the base plate 18 becomes the inner panel 12b.
The work is completed by attaching a trim (not shown) to the inner side of the inner panel 12b.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the protrusion is formed in the opening of the inner panel, and the base plate at a position corresponding to the protrusion is provided with the locking means for locking the protrusion. Since the base plate is configured to be temporarily fixable by locking the locking means to the protruding portion, when the locking means is locked to the protruding portion, the back door regulator is in a temporarily fixed state immediately before being fixed to the inner panel, The back door regulator prevents the back door regulator from falling from the inner panel due to its own weight by the locking means locking to the protrusion. As a result, the back door regulator can be easily attached to the inner panel of the back door, and since the work is easy, continuous work is possible, which is also suitable for mass production.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of a back door regulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 1 showing the protruding portion and locking means.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the lifting means.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a back door of a vehicle having the back door regulator is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Back Door 12b Inner Panel 14 Door Glass 17 Back Door Regulator 17a Lifting Means 18 Base Plate 29 Opening 29a Projection 31 Locking Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An elevating means for raising and lowering a door glass (14) provided with an opening (29) in an inner panel (12b) of a flip-up type back door (12) pivotally supported at the upper end of a rear part of a vehicle. 17a) and a back plate regulator (17) having a base plate (18) for fixing the elevating means (17a) are inserted into the inner panel (12b) through the opening (29), and thus the inner panel ( In the mounting structure of the back door regulator to be mounted on 12b), the protrusion (29a) for fixing the base plate (18) to the opening (29) is formed so as to narrow the opening area of the opening (29). A locking means (31) for locking the protrusion (29a) is provided at a position corresponding to the protrusion (29a) of the base plate (18), and the base plate (18) is locked by the locking means (31). ) To the projecting portion (29a) so that it can be temporarily fixed. Mounting structure of the door regulator.