JPH1148797A - Seal member mounting structure of slide panel in sliding roof device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate a size error of a panel body made of glass in a sliding roof device and mount an elastic seal member on a panel body reliably with excellent appearance. SOLUTION: A molding member 5 made of a resin is fixed in a state so as to surround the outer peripheral part of a panel body 4 made of glass, and an elastic member 6 making contact with the inner peripheral part of the opening of a roof is fixed on the outer peripheral part of the molding member 5. A holder 7 made of a metal is fixed on the under surface of the outer peripheral part of the panel body 4, and the elastic seal member 6 is locked by the lock part 71 folded in an up state of the holder 7. Since, even when a size error occurs on the panel body 4, through regulation of the width of the molding member 5, the size error of the panel body 5 is absorbed, the elastic seal member 6 is not only reliably securely adhered to the outer peripheral part of the molding member 5, but also decreases the width of the elastic seal member 6 to improve appearance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding roof device for opening and closing an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle body with a slide panel having an elastic seal member attached to a peripheral edge thereof.
In particular, the present invention relates to a seal member mounting structure for the slide panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a seal member mounting structure for a slide panel is known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-4728. As shown in FIG. 5, in the conventional slide panel seal member mounting structure, a metal holder 02 is bonded to a lower surface of an outer peripheral portion of a glass panel main body 01 with a urethane sealant 03, and a rubber elastic seal member 04 is formed. The holding groove 04 ₁ formed is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body 01, and the end of the holder 02 bent upward is fitted to the locking groove 04 ₂ formed in the elastic sealing member 04, thereby providing an elastic seal. The member 04 is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body 01.

[0003]

However, since a dimensional error of about 1 mm to 2 mm occurs in the glass panel main body 01 at the time of manufacture, the elastic sealing member 04 is provided on the outer periphery thereof.
When attaching, the holding groove 04 ₁ of the elastic seal member 04
The dimension L of the slide panel measured from the edge of the elastic seal member 04 is adjusted to a predetermined value by adjusting the amount of insertion of the panel main body 01 into the panel. However,
If as described above to adjust the length L of the sliding panel, would be particularly the case size of the panel body 01 is small, it becomes a gap α is large and its edge the holding groove ₀₄ of the bottom portion of the elastic seal member 04, There is a possibility that the holding of the elastic seal member 04 becomes unstable. In order to avoid this, if sufficiently deep form retaining grooves ₀₄ of the elastic seal member 04,
There is a problem that the width of the elastic seal member 04 is inevitably widened and the appearance is deteriorated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to compensate a dimensional error of a glass panel main body and securely and formably attach an elastic seal member to the panel main body.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sliding roof for opening and closing an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle body with a slide panel having an elastic seal member attached to a peripheral edge thereof. In the device,
The slide panel includes a glass panel main body, a resin molding member fixed to surround the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body, and a resin molding member fixed to surround the outer peripheral portion of the molding member. An elastic seal member capable of contacting an inner peripheral portion of the panel main body, and a holder fixed to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body and engaging the elastic seal member with an upwardly folded engaging portion. Features.

According to the above configuration, even if there is a dimensional error in the glass panel main body, the width of the resin molding member fixed so as to surround the outer peripheral portion is adjusted to reduce the dimensional error of the panel main body. Can be absorbed. This allows
Not only can the elastic seal member be tightly fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the molding member and securely fixed, but also the appearance can be improved by narrowing the width of the elastic seal member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, an outer peripheral portion of the panel main body is fitted into a groove formed in the molding member.

According to the above configuration, the molding member can be firmly integrated with the panel body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the upper surface of the molding member, the upper surface of the panel body, and the upper surface of the elastic seal member are formed flush. Features.

According to the above configuration, the upper surface of the slide panel is formed as a flash surface, so that the air resistance can be reduced and the appearance can be improved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vehicle provided with a sliding roof device, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an attaching process of the molding member.

As shown in FIG. 1, a sliding roof device provided on a roof 1 of an automobile includes a slide panel 3 that slides in a front-rear direction to open and close an opening 2 formed in a front portion of the roof 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the slide panel 3
A molding member 5 made of synthetic resin is integrally fixed to an outer peripheral portion of a glass panel body 4. The molding member 5 of this embodiment is formed in an L-shaped cross section, and is coupled to the end surface and the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body 4. Panel body 4
Dimension W ₁ has some errors due to variations in manufacturing, by adjusting the width W ₂ of the projecting portion of the molding member 5 so as to compensate for the error, the panel body 4 and the molding member 5 and the combined slide The dimension W of the panel 3 is set to a predetermined value.

FIG. 3 shows a molding method of the molding member 5 using a mold D comprising a fixed mold D ₁ and a movable mold D ₂ . That is, fixed by setting the panel main body 4 in the central portion of the D ₁ in a state that combines the movable die D ₂ to the solid fixed D _1, L-shaped cross section of the cavity C formed in the outer peripheral portion of the panel body 4 By injecting the resin, the molding member 5 integrated with the panel body 4 is injection-molded. Therefore, by setting in advance a predetermined size dimension W of the mold D, the width W of the molding member 5 according to the error of the dimension W ₁ of the panel body 4
₂ is automatically adjusted, and the dimension W of the slide panel 3 including the panel body 4 and the molding member 5 can be set to a predetermined value.

[0016] Returning to FIG. 2, the holding groove _61, the locking groove 6
_2, the elastic sealing member 6 made of rubber and a hollow seal portion 6 ₃ is held with its holding groove ₆₁ in a state in which is fitted on the outer periphery of the molding member 5. Metal holder 7 are bonded is a urethane sealant 8 on the outer peripheral lower surface of the panel main body 4, the engaging groove 6 ₂ of the elastic sealing member 6 the locking portion ₇₁ which upwardly bent outer ends of the holder 7 The elastic seal member 6 is fixed by being fitted to the elastic seal member 6. A molding member 9 is provided at the inner end of the holder 7 to be in contact with the lower surface of the panel body 4.

[0017] The lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of a glass panel body 4 and the ceramic coating 4 ₁ black is subjected to a range indicated by A, the urethane sealant 8, the holder 7 and the strip member 9 from the upper side of the sliding panel 3 The appearance is improved by making it invisible. Mall member 5
And by the elastic sealing member 6 in the same black as the ceramic coating 4 _1, panel body 4, it is possible to obscure the boundaries between the holder 7 and the elastic seal member 6 to improve the appearance.

Since the dimensional error of the panel body 4 is adjusted by the molding member 5, when the elastic sealing member 6 is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the molding member 5, the elastic sealing member 6 is brought into close contact with the molding member 5. Can be fixed. Appearance Consequently, without specially formed deep holding groove ₆₁ of the elastic seal member 6 and the elastic seal member 6 it is possible to reliably fix the molding member 5, by narrowing the width of the elastic seal member 6 Can be improved.

Next, a modification of the slide panel 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 (A) is given to the molding member 5 formed in a J-shaped cross section provided with a groove 5 _1, the groove 5
The outer peripheral portion of the panel body 4 is fitted to _one. According to this modification, the bonding strength between the molding member 5 and the panel body 4 can be increased.

[0021] those of FIG. 4 (B), molding member 5 is provided with a stepped portion 5 _2, retention groove ₆₁ of the elastic seal member 6 on the stepped portion 5 ₂ is fitted. According to this modification, the upper surface of the molding member 5 and the upper surface of the elastic seal member 6 can be flush with each other to improve the appearance.

FIGS. 4C to 4F show the upper surface of the panel body 4, the upper surface of the molding member 5, and the upper surface of the elastic seal member 6, which are flush with each other. It can be surfaced to reduce air resistance and improve appearance. The molding member 5 is provided with a stepped portion 5 ₂ and the grooves _3, a urethane sealant by engaging the elastic seal member 6 on the stepped portion 5 ₂ and groove _3, the holder 7 on the lower surface of the panel body 4 At the time of fixing with 8, the elastic seal member 6 can be temporarily held on the molding member 5 to improve the assembling property.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, various design changes can be made in the present invention without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, the molding member 5 can be formed as follows. The outer periphery of the panel body 4 is opposed to the nozzle for extruding the molding member 5 made of synthetic resin,
The molding member 5 extruded from the nozzle is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the panel main body 4 while rotating the panel main body 4 by the control. At this time, by adjusting the thickness of the molding member 5 extruded from the nozzle in accordance with the size of the panel body 4, the dimensions of the slide panel 3 including the molding member 5 are set to a predetermined value.

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, even if there is a dimensional error in the glass panel main body, the resin molding member fixed so as to surround the outer peripheral portion thereof. The width can be adjusted to absorb dimensional errors of the panel body. Thereby, not only can the elastic seal member be firmly adhered to the outer peripheral portion of the molding member to securely fix it, but also the width of the elastic seal member can be reduced to improve the appearance.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
The molding member can be firmly integrated with the panel body.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the upper surface of the slide panel is formed as a flash surface, so that the air resistance can be reduced and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vehicle provided with a sliding roof device.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a molding member mounting process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a modification of the slide panel.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional example and corresponds to FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roof 2 Opening 3 Slide panel 4 Panel main body 5 Mold member 5 ₁ Groove part 6 Elastic seal member 7 Holder 7 ₁ Locking part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sliding roof device in which an opening (2) formed in a roof (1) of a vehicle body is opened and closed by a slide panel (3) having an elastic seal member (6) attached to a periphery thereof. A glass panel body (4); a resin molding member (5) fixed to surround the outer periphery of the panel body (4); and a resin molding member (5) surrounding the outer periphery of the molding member (5). An elastic sealing member (6) that is fixed and can contact the inner peripheral portion of the opening (2) of the roof (1); and is fixed to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the panel body (4) and folded upward. and engaging portion ₍₇₁₎ in the holder to lock the elastic seal member (6) (7), characterized by comprising a seal member attaching structure of the sliding panel in the sliding roof device. 2. The sliding device according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the panel body (4) is fitted into a groove (5 ₁ ) formed in the molding member (5). Panel seal member mounting structure. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the molding member, an upper surface of the panel body and an upper surface of the elastic sealing member are formed flush with each other. A seal member mounting structure for a slide panel in a sliding roof device.