JPS5885713A - Device for converting shape of car body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to convert a closs type body to an open type, by dividing the roof of a car into a front roof and a rear roof and by allowing the front roof to longitudinally slide for opening and closing the front roof. CONSTITUTION:During the normal use, a front roof is completely closed at its frontmost position so that a closed type body is formed. In order to convert the body from this closed type to the open type, both side glasses 5 are raised to be closed by operating opening and closing devices which are not shown. Then, a roof operating motor is driven to rotate pinions 28 through worms 24, worm wheels 25 and flexible shafts 27, and therefore, the front roof is slid rearward along rear guide rails 7 including rack gears meshed with the pinions 28. In this stage, the front part of the front roof 1 is supported by supporting arms 10 each having at its lower end a guide 11 engaged with a guide rail 6 attached to the upper edge of each side glass 5, and is also guided by the supporting arms 10 along the guide rails 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automobile body shape converting device that can convert a closed body to an open wrinkled body by sliding the roots back and forth to open and close the body.

Traditionally, the roof of a car was fixed to the car body over its entire surface, covering the entire area above the single cabin.

In this case, even if the left and right side windows are opened, there is insufficient air circulation within the single compartment, and the interior of the vehicle becomes stuffy and hot, especially in the summer when the temperature is high, making it difficult to drive comfortably. Also,
I felt trapped in the small cabin and had almost no sense of freedom. In order to deal with this, a roof board above the front seat has a part cut out in a substantially rectangular shape, and a sliding roof that can be slid in the front and back direction is provided in this part, but even in this case, In the above-mentioned sliding 1w theory, the circumferential roof plate of the roof is fixed with the upper part of the single cabin in mind, making it difficult to obtain sufficient air circulation and a sense of openness within the cabin.

The present invention has been made in response to the above-mentioned circumstances, and the roof of the automobile is divided into a front roof and a rear roof, and the front roof unit is slid back and forth to open and close. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body shape conversion device RT that can transform the body shape of an automobile.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the roof of the automobile according to the present invention is divided into a front roof 1 that covers above the front seats and a rear roof 2 that covers above the rear seats.

The rear roof 2 is integrally fixed to the rear of the center pillar 3, and the front roof 1 has a width and length that can cover the space between the center pillar 3 and the front glass frame 4, It can slide forward and backward using a front guide rail 6 provided on the upper edges of the left and right side windows 5 and a rear guide rail T provided on the upper surface of the rear roof 2 as guides.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front guide rail 6 has recesses 9.9 formed in the upper and lower surfaces of a rail member 8 provided horizontally above the side glass 5 along its elongated direction. It is formed. This front guide rail 6 has a fourth
As shown in the figure, a guide 11 provided at the lower end of a support arm 10 (see FIG. 2) that projects downward from the front end side of the front room root 1 is engaged. This guide 11 has a channel-shaped cross section, and an inwardly bent end 102.12 fits into the recess SS, 9, and is supported by the shaft 13.
It is pivotally attached to the lower end of 1i110. When the guide 11 slides using the recess #19.9 of the front guide rail 6 as a guide, the front room root 1 can slide back and forth. The front end of the front guide rail 6 curves downward as shown in FIG. 2 and descends, and its front end 5116f extends horizontally again as shown in FIG. When the side glass 5 is raised and closed at the rear end 6r of the fixing guide rail 6m provided horizontally at the lower end of the bottom edge of the image frame 4 → → on both sides of the glass frame 4 (Fig. 5 #fi) are connected on the same axis. That is, when the 0m roof 1 moves forward to the maximum extent and is completely closed, the guide 11 transfers from the front end 6f of the front guide rail 6 to the fixing guide rail 6a and engages with it, thereby locking the front room root 1. Fix it to the vehicle body. At this time, the recess 36 at the front end of the fflJ room unit 10 comes into contact with the seal 16 provided on the upper surface of the seal receiver 14 at the rear of the front glass frame 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the rear end of the front guide rail 60 is cut at the rear end of the side glass 5, and is cut at the front end of the backward guide rail 6b provided horizontally at the upper edge of the center pillar 3. They are connected so that they are on the same axis when the side glass 5 is raised and closed. That is, when the front room root 1 is moved back the most and is completely opened, the guide 11 moves from the rear end of the front guide rail 6 to the retreating guide rail 6b and engages with it, and the front room root 1
be fixed to the vehicle body. In addition, in FIG. 3, the reference numeral 17 is a seal provided on both sides of the front room root 10, and in FIG. 6, the reference numeral 18 is a front pillar.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, rear guide rails 7, 7 are provided on both sides of the upper surface of the rear roof 2 along the longitudinal direction of the ItIs guide rail 6.6. The rear S guide rail T is a drive rail that engages with the binion of the *1llJ device 21 to be described later and slides the front room root 1 backward #i, and as shown in FIG. 7, the cross section 1
A rack-like shape is formed by cutting comb-shaped teeth 20 on the upper side of the letter-shaped rail 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the teeth 20 are provided so as to face each other inward.

At the rear end of the front root 1, as shown in FIG. 8, a drive Mt21 is provided. This drive [1121 is
It opens and closes by sliding the front room root 1 back and forth.
A motor 22 shown in the figure, a worm 24 fixed to the tip of its rotating shaft 23, a worm wheel 25 that meshes with the worm 24, and a flexible shaft 2T connected to a shaft 2 extending left and right from the worm wheel 25. , and a binio/28 connected to the tip of the flexible shaft 21. As shown in FIG. 9, the motor 22, worm 24, and worm wheel 25 are installed in an internal space in a slightly swollen part of the rear end of the front part 11111, and the worm wheel 25 As shown in FIG. 8, the nine flexible shafts 27 connected to the left and right sides from the shaft 26 are inserted into passage holes 29 bored in the front room root 1 and reach both sides of the front room root 10. The tip end is connected to a pinion 28 rotatably provided in the cavities on both sides as shown in FIG. The teeth 30 of the pinion 28 are shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
As shown in the figure, it is provided on the rear roof 2 and meshes with rack-shaped teeth 20 of the companion rear guide rail 7, and when the motor 22 rotates forward and backward, the pinion 28 is rotated via the flexible shaft 2T, and the pinion 28 is rotated through the flexible shaft 2T. Proceeding on the guide rail T, the front room root 1 is slid back and forth.

Note that the roller 31 provided on the shaft of the binion 28
This supports the front room root 1 on the rear guide rail T so that it can slide smoothly. Also,
In FIG. 10, the hook portions 32 provided at the lower portions of both sides of the rear end of the front room root 1 are used to adjust the position of the front room root 1 and the rear guide rail 1 when the front room root 1 slides as described above. It is for maintaining proper relationships.

At the joint between the rear end of the front root 1 and the front end of the rear roof 2, there is a rear edge on the lower surface of the rear end of the front root 1, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11. Concave step 33 along
is bored and a locking stage s34 is formed behind it. And, at the front end of the rear 5jil11fjk2, there is a sixth
An overhang 2' is provided which descends with a curve substantially similar to the downward curve of the front end of the front guide rail 6 shown in the figure, and a stopper s35 is formed at the tip thereof. That is, when the front room root 1 is moved forward most and completely closed, the engaging stepped portion 34 comes into contact with the stopper part 35 of the rear roof 2 and stops. In addition, in FIGS. 9 and 11, the reference numeral 31 is a seal provided on the stopper part 35, and in FIG. 10, the reference numeral 38? Mae S
Roof 1 and rear S! This is a drainage hole for rainwater that enters the joint with the roots 2.

FIG. 12 is a wiring diagram of the motor 22 of the jlIK moving device 21. When the front room root operation switch 39 is operated to ``Open 1'', current flows from the power source E to the motor 22, causing the motor 22 to rotate forward, for example, and when it is operated to ``Close 1111'', the motor 22 rotates in the reverse direction.

At this time, the front room root 1 slides back and forth using the front guide rail 6 provided at the upper edge of the left and right side windows 5 as a guide, so the upper 1 motor 22 is operated by the right side glass operation switch 4G and the left side glass operation switch 41. A right side glass closed position switch 42 and a left side glass closed position switch 43 are connected in series to the ground side so that both of them operate only when "closed 1".The right side glass closed position switch 42 and the left side glass closed position switch 43 is electrically connected only when the right side glass and the left side glass are in the closed position 1.In addition, in order to open and close the left and right side glass 5 only when the front room root 1 is open or closed, the right side glass operating motor is connected. 44 and the ground side of the left side window operating motor 45, a front roof open position switch 46 and a front roof closed position switch 47 are connected in parallel. The front chamber root closed position switch 4T conducts only when the front chamber roots are completely closed. Therefore, each of the above position switches 42.43% 46.47 Due to this function, the front room root 1 or the side glasses 5 do not operate in the event of an erroneous operation, and damage to the front room root 1, the left and right side glasses 5, etc. can be prevented.

Next, we will discuss the use of the single shape converting device according to the present invention. In the normal case, as shown in FIG. 13, the front room root 1 is completely closed at its most advanced position, forming a closed body.

From this state, slide the front root 1 backward to open it,
In order to create an open type body as shown in FIG. 14, first, the left and right side glass operation switches 4 shown in FIG.
Operate 0 and 41 to 1 close 1 side and open left and right side glass 5.
t-rise and close. At this time, the left and right side glass closed position switches 42 and 43 are electrically connected. Next, the 12th
The front room root operation switch 3s shown in the figure is operated to "It@@Turn."At this time, the motor 22 shown in FIG. 9 rotates forward, for example, and the pinion 28 is rotated backward, and the binion 2. moves backward on the rear guide rail T. The front chamber 1i
The guide 11, which has been pivoted to the lower end of the support arm 10 that protrudes downward from both front end portions, begins to retreat from the position of the fixing guide rail 6a shown in FIG. Get on board. At this time, as shown in Figure 11,
The binion 28 extends diagonally rearward and upward according to the curved shape of the rear guide rail T, and together with the curved guide of the front guide rail 6 shown in FIG. 2, and in this state, as shown in Figure 1Ik2, d
In this way, when the room root 1 reaches the most retracted position, the limit switch etc. is activated and the motor 220 stops rotating, and as shown in Figure d14, the front room root 1 is moved to the rear. It is stopped and fixed above the roof 2 and converted into an open type body. Here, since the guide 11 at the lower end of the support arm 10 is engaged with the retreating guide rail 6b provided above the center pillar 3 shown in FIG. The upper and lower and left and right doors 4S of this side glass 5 can be freely opened and closed.

At this time, the front room root open position switch 46 shown in FIG. 12 is in a conductive state.

Next, in order to convert the oven body shown in FIG. 14 to the sealed deaf body shown in FIG. 13, first operate the left and right side glass operation switches 40 and 41 shown in FIG. The left and right side windows 5 are raised and closed. At this time, the left and right side glass close position switches 42
and 43 are electrically connected as described above. Next 1st
When the front room root operation switch 39 shown at 261 is operated to 1/close/1@, the motor 22 rotates in the reverse direction, the binion 28 rotates in the forward direction, and moves forward on the rear guide rail T. As a result, the front root 1 begins to move forward, and the guide 11 pivotally attached to the lower end of the support arm 10 moves forward from the position of the backward guide rail 6b shown in FIG. Move.

As it is, it moves forward in the reverse operation of the above-mentioned backward movement, and when the front room root 1 reaches the most advanced position, the cocoon end of the front guide rail 6 and the rear guide The front roof 1 sinks in accordance with the curved shape of the front end of the rail T, and becomes flush with the rear roof 2, as shown in FIG. In this state, a limit switch or the like is activated to stop the motor 220 rotation, and as shown in FIG. 6, the support arm 10
Guides 11 are fixed to both sides of the front glass panel 4, and are engaged with the nine fixing guide rails 6a to be fixed to the vehicle body, converting it into a closed lid body. Here, as mentioned above, support arm 1
Since the guide 11 of No. 0 is removed from the front guide rail 6, the left and right side glasses 5 are free, and the upper and lower sides of the side glasses 5 and the left and right doors 48 can be opened and closed freely. At this time, the front room root closed position switch 47 shown in FIG. tA12 is in a conductive state.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the vehicle body shape changing device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the teeth of comb cedar are cut in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the IItI part guide rail 6' provided on the upper edge of the left and right side glass 5 to form a rack shape.
The front guide rail 6' is used as a drive rail for the front room root 1. The drive device 21' is covered with a cover or the like, and the support arms 10 (
(see Fig. 2) etc., and is attached to the front crest of the front room root 1. Rear guide rail T' provided on the upper surface of the rear roof 2
may be of any type as long as it can engage with the hook portion 32 provided at the inner lower part of the rear end of the anterior root 1 shown in FIG. 10 and guide the front and back slide of the anterior axillary root 1. For example, it may be a straight I-shaped rail 1s as shown in FIG. By rotating the binions 2I at both ends of the drive fjd21' while engaging with the rank-shaped teeth of the front guide rail 6', the front room root 1 can be opened and closed by sliding back and forth. In addition, the fixing guide rail 6
Needless to say, the rear guide rails 6 and 6b are also provided with rack-like teeth.

As explained above, the present invention divides the roof of an automobile into the front roof 1 and the rear roof 2, and the front roof 1 can be slid back and forth. The roof 1# can be opened by retreating, and the shape of the car body can be easily converted from a closed body to an open body.

Therefore, there is no roof plate covering the upper part of the front seats, and it is possible to obtain sufficient air circulation within the single room and a sense of openness. In addition, by operating the drive device, the front roof 1 can be freely opened and closed according to changes in the weather even while the vehicle is running, and the vehicle can be converted into a closed body or an open body.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a *t1 side view showing the roof of the automobile according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the wound root in a half-open state, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 1t-tn of Fig. g1, and Fig. 4 The figure is a plan view showing the front end of the front room root shown in Figure 2, and Figure 6 is the Vl of Figure 2.
-VI line sectional view, FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 2, FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of VN-VMg in FIG. Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of part B in Fig. 8, and Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken along the line XI-XI of Fig. 1O. 12
The figure is exhilarating! + Figures 13 and 14 are side views showing the wiring diagram of the motor of the device in use, and Figure 15 is a perspective view showing another embodiment in a half-opened state. 1... Front roof, 2... Rear roof, 3... Center pillar, 4...
・Front glass frame, 5...Side glass, 6
．． 6'...Front guide rail, 6a% 61
'...Guide rail for rigid rectangle, @b, 6b'・
・・・・・・Retirement % Inner v-le, 1.7′・・・・・・
・4Ik part guide rail, 1G...Support arm,
11...Guide, 21.21'...
... drive # device, 22 ... motor, 24
... Worm, 25 ... Worm wheel 2T ... Flexible shaft,
28... Binion, 34... Engaging stepped portion, 35... Part of stopper, 36.
...Concavity, 39...Previous S roof inspection and repair switch Applicant Takashi Adachi 1'vA Figure 2 Figure 80 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 7 Procedural amendment (self-funded) ) August 1932, λθ, Japan Patent Office, Kazuo Wakasugi, 1, Indication of the incident, 1986 Patent Application No. 1 II! ! No. 289 No. 2, Title of the invention Single shape conversion device for automobiles 3 Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Mr. Permit - Address 1-101 Suzuki-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo
Name Takashi Ashioki 4, Agent 106 Den 1! i! 1n-57495,
Date of amendment order Voluntary amendment 8, Contents of amendment (1) Amended as shown in the appendix in the scope of claims column of the specification. (2) Drawings Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 6, Figure 1, Figure 11, llX1
Figures 3 and 14 will be amended as shown in the attached drawings. Attachment 2 above, Claims The roof of an automobile is divided into a front roof and a rear roof, and the rear roof is divided into a front roof and a rear roof.
The l root is fixed as a single unit, and the front roof is guided by the front guide rail provided on the upper edge of the left and right side windows and the rear guide rail provided above the rear m root. It can be pushed up and slid, and the l! 11 A unitary shape conversion device for automobiles featuring a KL&Kotof feature that slides back and forth to open and close using a full-drive device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The roof of the car is divided into a front roof and a rear roof. The rear roof is fixed to the vehicle body, and the front roof is mounted on the cocoon guide rails provided on the upper edges of the left and right side windows and on the upper surface of the rear roof. The rear roof can be pushed up and slid onto the upper surface of the rear roof using the provided rear guide rail as a guide, and the front room root can be opened and closed by sliding back and forth using a drive device provided on the front room unit. An automobile body shape conversion device characterized by: