JPH11124052A - Automobile roof panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent rainwater on the roof panel or rainwater containing wax applied to the roof panel from flowing over an upper window molding of front window down to the front window plate during a rain. SOLUTION: In this roof panel, a water receiving part 4 is formed along an upper window molding 3 of a front window 2 by making a raised wall all along the length of the molding. Rainwater thereby does not flow over the upper window molding down to the front window plate, so wax does not adhere to the front window plate or wiper. As a result, the visibility is not disturbed keeping a good field of view for a safe driving.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roof panel in which rain water on a roof panel of an automobile, particularly rain water containing wax applied on the roof panel, does not flow over an upper window molding onto a front window plate. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is no roof panel of an automobile in which rainwater on a roof panel does not flow over an upper window molding onto a front window plate.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, rainwater on a roof panel, particularly rainwater containing wax applied on the roof panel, flows down over a front window plate over an upper window molding and adheres thereto.
Therefore, visibility is impaired and visibility becomes poor, and an object is to solve this.

[0004] During heavy rain, a large amount of rainwater flows from the roof panel onto the front window plate and cannot be wiped out even with a wiper. Especially when driving a car during the night of heavy rain, rainwater containing wax applied on the roof panel flows down and adheres to the front window plate and wiper, obstructing visibility, causing poor visibility and making driving difficult Is what the driver experiences. Also, once the wax adheres to the front window plate and the wiper, it is difficult to remove the wax. Even if the wax on the front window plate is removed cleanly with chemicals or solvents, the wax attached to the wiper adheres to the front window plate each time the wiper is operated, and the wax must be removed each time. There is nothing complicated. For this reason, professional taxi drivers self-defense by thickening the front window plates and roof panels with soap, or losing wax on the roof panels, or frequently replacing them with new wipers.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the following automobile roof panel. A roof panel for an automobile, wherein a water receiving portion is formed by providing a rising wall portion along the entire length of an upper window molding of a front window.

[0006]

According to the present invention, since the above-mentioned measures are taken, a part of the roof panel itself is inclined toward the front of the automobile,
Due to the operation of the sudden brake during traveling, rainy weather, rainwater on the roof panel, especially rainwater containing wax applied on the roof panel, is blocked by the rising wall even if it tries to flow down to the front window plate side, It flows down to both front doors along the water receiving part.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a part of an automobile. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 for explaining a use state. As shown in FIG. 2, a rising wall is provided along the upper window molding of the front window over the entire length thereof to form a water receiving portion on the roof panel. The roof panel is processed to form a rising wall portion, and then turned up to form a step portion. After fitting the front window plate into the opening of the front window and fixing it with the adhesive in the step, the upper window molding is inserted into the gap between the upper window molding and the roof panel before the adhesive solidifies. Insert the legs and bury them in the adhesive.

When mounted, one end of the lower surface of the head of the upper window molding is pressed against the front window plate, and the other end of the lower surface of the head of the upper window molding is pressed against the head of the rising wall. The height of the water receiving part may be a required one. The water receiving portion in FIG. 2 has a substantially L-shaped cross-sectional view, but may have a substantially C-shaped cross-sectional view in FIG. Further, instead of the rising wall, a different material such as metal or synthetic resin may be fixed to the roof panel to form the water receiving portion. Even if the rainwater on the roof panel attempts to flow over the upper window molding and onto the front window plate, it is blocked by the rising wall and flows down to the front doors along the water receiving part. If a water repellent is applied to the water receiving portion, the effect of rainwater flowing down is great.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the rainwater on the roof panel, particularly the rainwater containing wax, does not flow down onto the front window plate over the upper window molding of the front window during rainfall. Since it does not adhere to the wiper or the wiper, the visibility is not hindered, the visibility is maintained well, and safe driving can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a part of an automobile.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of one embodiment of AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of one embodiment of AA in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Front window plate 3 Upper window molding 4 Water receiving part 5 Roof panel 6 Front door 7 Upper window molding head 8 Leg of upper window molding 9 Rising wall part 10 Rising wall part head 11 Roof panel Step 12 adhesive

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Keiko Miyamoto, Inventor Keiko Miyamoto 708 Uedacho, Kawachinagano City, Osaka (72) Inventor Ryutaro Miyamoto Room 1-23-6, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Room 10

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roof panel for an automobile, wherein a water receiving portion is formed by providing a rising wall portion along an upper window molding of a front window over the entire length thereof.