JPS59128011A - Sliding roof construction for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To achieve a sufficient ventilation in a car room by drawing the rear of a finisher plate close to a mobile lid to narrow the clearance therebetween while enlarging the area of the ventilation opening when the mobile lid is operated to tilt. CONSTITUTION:When a mobile lid 3 is operated to tilt, with the advance of a slidable front shoe 21f along a guide rail 6, a link piece 23a is moved to bring forward a pivot 28 until it comes in contact with the front end of a guide slit 29 and the other link piece 23b is raised to lift the rear of the lid 3. A finisher plate 8 is also lifted up to narrow the distance between the lid 3 and the plate 8 through a support arm 27 connected to a pivot 28. Therefore, under such a condition, various parts incorporated into the plate 8 are concealed from outside to improve the appearance quality while enlarging the area of the ventilation opening.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sliding roof structure for a vehicle, and more particularly to an improvement in a sliding roof structure for a vehicle that is provided with a movable roof that can be tilted.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 1, this type of sliding roof structure for a vehicle has been constructed by inserting an AF sliding lid 3 into a roof opening 2 formed in a roof panel L, and by inserting an AF sliding lid 3 into a roof opening 2 formed in a roof panel L. A frame 4 is disposed to form a lid storage part 5 between the frame 4 and the roof panel l, while kite rails 8 extending in the longitudinal direction of the heavy body are laid on both left and right sides of the frame 4, and these guide rails 61: , the movable lid 3 is supported via a support mechanism not shown in the drawings, and the movable lid 3 is tilted to ventilate the vehicle interior, while the movable lid 3 is slid toward the rear of the vehicle body to open the lid storage section 5. There are things that are stored in the

In this type, - on the back side of the movable ret 3,
As shown in Fig. 2, finisher plates 1 and 8 are generally arranged to close the lower part of the indoor side of the frame.
The finisher plate 8 has a front portion connected to the front lid reinforcement 3a of the movable lid 3 by a clip 9, and a rear portion thereof attached to a hanging device attached to the rear lid reinforcement 3b of the movable lid 3. It is supported by lO and operates following the movable lid 3.

That is, the bipedal lifting device F) 10 has a hanging pin 11 projecting downward from the rear lid reinforcement 3b of the movable lid 3, and a hanging pin 11 at the tip of the lifting pin It. is provided with a lifting roller 12 that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the lifting pin 11 and has a locking flange 12a at the lower end, while at the rear of the finisher plate 1 and 8, there is a movement stroke of the lifting roller 12. Bracket 13 that holds the two-legged lifting roller 12
11. is provided between the washer 14 placed on the surface of the bracket 13 and the rear lid reinforcement 3b.
A spring 15 is interposed therebetween, which is moved in the opposite direction. At this time, when the mouth f moves and the throat 3 is closed, the engagement 1F flange 12a of the lifting roller 12 is placed in contact with or close to the L wall of the bracket 13. Therefore, when the movable lid 3 is tilted, the lifting roller 12 moves together with the movable lint 3 from the position shown by the two-dot chain line to the position shown by the solid line, as shown in FIG. 3(a). Therefore, hanging 1. The flange 12a of the roller 12 is connected to the bladder 13.
The rear part of the finisher plate 8 is forcibly lifted upward by the movement stroke of the lifting roller 12. Furthermore, when the movable lid 3 is sliding, it is necessary to sink the movable lid 3 from the closed position indicated by the two-dot chain line to the position indicated by the solid line, as shown in FIG. 3(b). Since the movable lid 3 can be moved downward until it comes into contact with the door wall of the bracket 13, the movable lid 3 is sufficiently prevented from sinking. In FIGS. 2 and 3, +8 is a weather strip that seals the periphery of the movable lid 3, 18 is a seal rubber provided on the periphery of the frame 4 and makes elastic contact with the back surface of the roof panel l, and 20 is the indoor side. Opening? It is a welt at the edge.

However, in such a conventional sliding roof structure for a vehicle, H+ (during the moving door 3 tilt operation,
- The rear part of the finisher plate 8 is a hanging device lO
Although the structure is such that it can be forcibly lifted by
Considering the configuration of the lifting device lO, the relative position of the rear part of the finisher plates 1 and 8 when the movable lid 3 is tilted is the relative position of both when the movable lid 3 is closed. It is almost the same as the position.

Therefore, when the movable lid 3 is tilted, a gap 16 approximately equal to the thickness of the frame 4 is formed between the UF movable lid 3 and the rear part of the fiberglass plate 8. The various parts incorporated into the finisher plate 8 can be seen from the outside through the screws, which deteriorates the quality of the appearance. 8 rear and roof opening 2
Since the ventilation area 1117 formed between the vehicle and the passenger compartment becomes narrow, there is a risk that the vehicle interior will not be sufficiently ventilated.

On the other hand, when the movable lid 3 is sliding, the rear part of the movable lid 3 is configured to forcibly sink, so the movable lid 3 is sufficiently sunk 1-, but the finisher plate 8 is In the same position, it slides into the housing section 5 formed between the roof panel l and the frame 1.4. Therefore, there was a problem in that the finisher trim 8a covering the lower surface of the finisher plate 8 came into contact with the welt 20 during sliding, resulting in the finisher trim 8a becoming dirty.

The present invention has been made from the above point of view, and the purpose of the present invention is to draw the rear part of the finisher plate toward the movable rear side when the movable lid is tilted, and thereby to separate the rear part of the finisher plate and the movable lid. To provide a sliding roof structure for a vehicle that improves the appearance quality by narrowing the gap between the roof and the roof and widening the ventilation opening area to sufficiently ventilate the interior of the vehicle.

The gist of the present invention is that the base end of the support arm is pivotally supported at the rear of the finisher play 1, and
The tip of this support arm is slid into a guide slit that extends in the front-rear direction of the heavy object, which is provided in the support bracket at the back of the movable lid, and the tip of the support arm is moved when the movable lid is tilted. This is a sliding roof structure for a vehicle in which the support arm is rotated to draw the rear part of the finisher play 1 toward the movable lid.

Hereinafter, the invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the movable lid 3 has a pair of front and rear shoes 21f and 21r slidably attached to the guide rail 6F, and includes a front shoe 21f as a driving shoe and a front support bracket 22f of the movable lid 3. The protrusion provided on the support bracket 22f slides into the elongated locking slit 24 formed on the front shoe 21f.
The pair of link pieces 23a, 23b connects the front and rear shoes 21f, 21r and the rear support bracket 22r of the moving lid 3 with the pair of link pieces 23a, 23b.
When the front shoe 21f is slid toward the front of the vehicle body from the movable lip I.'3 closed position, the link mechanism described in 1. B (When the movable lid 3 is tilted and the front shoe 21f is slid toward the rear of the vehicle from the Eq movable lid 3 closed position, the link mechanism shown in J- is tilted and activated, making it movable. The lid 3 sinks down, and in this state the movable lid 3 is housed in the lid storage section 5.

Incidentally, the tilting operation of the rIf moving lid and the sinking operation during sliding are performed by connecting the link piece 23a to the restraint slit 25 formed in the side wall of the rear shoe 21''.

This is done by restricting the movement of 23b.

On the other hand, the finisher plate 8 is a flat member whose lower surface is covered with a finisher trim 8a, and the front part of the finisher plate 8 has a front side drain force (not shown) of the movable lid 3, as in the conventional case. ), but unlike the conventional case, the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is fixed with a bracket 26 on the negative side of the finisher plates 1 and 8, and the proximal end is pivoted to this bracket 26 with a pin 32. It is supported by a pair of support arms 27. The tip of this support arm 27 is coaxially supported with a pivot 28 of the rear support brackets 23a and 23b, which is provided on the side wall of the rear support bracket 22r and extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. It is slidably supported within the elongated guide slit 28.

Note that a long hole 3o is provided at the tip of the link piece 23a, and is connected to the pivot 28 so as to be movable relative to it. In addition, in this embodiment, side finishers (not shown) are provided on both sides of the finisher plate 8 along the front and back direction, and these side finishers are provided inside the guide hole 6. The finisher plate 8 is slidably fitted into the guide channel portion 31, and when the movable rod 3 slides, the finisher plate 8 slides along the guide channel portion 31 without rattling. When the UF moving lid 3 is tilted, the rear parts of the finisher plates 1 and 8 are far away from the sight finisher.
The finisher plate 8 can be pulled by the movable member 3.

Therefore, according to the sliding roof structure for a vehicle according to this embodiment, when the sliding lid 3 is closed, the support arm 27 is located at approximately the middle position of the guide slit 28, as shown in FIG. 5(a).
is held vertically, and the finisher plate 8 closes the indoor interior part 17 of the frame 4, and the relative distance between the movable lid 3 and the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is
The thickness corresponds to J-law d.

Further, when the movable throat 3 is tilted, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the pivot 28 is moved toward the kite slit 29 by the movement of the link piece 23a accompanying the forward movement of the front shoe 21f.
Slide the inside toward the front until it touches the front end,
Raise the other link piece 23b and move the link piece 3.
Hold the rear of the L. At this time, the support arm 27 whose tip is pivotally supported by the pivot 28 rotates toward the front of the vehicle body using the pin 32 at the base end as a fulcrum as the pivot 28 slides forward. In this state, the finisher plate 8 follows the rotation of the support arm 27 and is held in the L direction.
As a result, the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is drawn toward the movable lid 3 by an amount corresponding to the rotationally moving side of the support arm 27, compared to when the throat 3 is closed during UF movement. That is, when the movable lid 3 is tilted, the relative distance d' between the movable lid 3 and the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is closer than the relative distance #d when the front movable lid 3 is closed. Therefore, the gap 1B between the movable lid 3 and the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is narrower than in the past, and the various parts assembled in the finisher plate 8 are hardly visible from the outside. Furthermore, since the rear part of the finisher plate 8 is moved toward the Of movement/gutter 3 side, the area of the ventilation gap t17 becomes wider than before, and the vehicle interior is sufficiently ventilated.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the movable lid 3 is stored, the position shown in FIG.
As shown in C), as the link piece 23a moves with the backward movement of the front shoe 21f, the pivot 28 slides rearward in the guide slit 29 until it abuts the rear end, and the other The link piece 23b is collapsed to sink the rear part of the IIf movement node 3. At this time, the support arm 27 whose tip is pivotally supported by the pivot 28 rotates rearward about the pin 32 at the base end as a fulcrum as the pivot 28 slides rearward. Therefore, the rear part of the finisher plate 8 whose rear side is connected to the support arm 27 is lifted up following the rotation of the support arm 27, and
The movable lid 3 is drawn toward the movable lid 3, thereby narrowing the rear distance 1B between it and the movable lid 3. That is, when the movable lid is sliding, the relative distance #d'' between the movable lid 3 and the rear part of the finisher plate 18 is closer than ii) the relative distance #d when the movable lid 3 is closed.

Therefore, when the movable lid 3 is stored, at the same time as the rear part of the movable lid 3 sinks, the rear parts of the finisher plates 1 and 8 are slid into the lid housing part in a slanted state. The finisher trim 1.8a that covers the surface is stored without interfering with the welt 20, and the finisher trim 8a
There is no possibility that the welt 20 will get dirty.

In the sixteenth embodiment, the support arm 27 is rotated when the movable lip F'3 is tilted and by using a link mechanism for sliding, but the invention is not necessarily limited to this. Of course, a separate drive mechanism for operating the support arm 27, such as a small motor, may be used instead. Further, in the embodiment 1-, since a link mechanism is used, the support arm 27 is
Although the link pieces 23a and 23b are coaxially supported by a pivot 28, they do not necessarily need to be coaxially supported. Furthermore, the design of the elongated holes of the kite picks 1, 1, and 28 can be changed in various ways, and the draw stroke bl of the finisher plate 8 can be changed depending on this shape.

As explained above, according to the dual-purpose sliding roof structure according to the present invention, the rear part of the finisher plate is drawn toward the itf moving lid side during the tilting operation of the If (moving lid). The rear part is closer to the movable lid than when the movable lid is closed, and the gap between the rear part of the finisher plate and the cuttable door can be narrowed accordingly.
When the movable lid is tilted, various parts inside the finisher plate become difficult to see from the outside, which not only improves the appearance quality during the movable lid tilt operation, but also improves the appearance quality between the rear of the finisher plate and the roof opening. The ventilation openings are wider, allowing for sufficient ventilation inside the vehicle.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a plan view of a vehicle with a conventional sliding roof;
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line 11-II in Figure 1, and Figure 3 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11-II in Figure 1.
FIG. 3(b) is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the operation when the r-moving lid is tilted, FIG. 3(b) is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the operation when the off-moving lid is stored, and FIG. Perspective views showing one embodiment of the structure, FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b)
and (C) are cross-sectional views of main parts showing when the movable lid is closed, when the movable lid is tilted, and when the IR lid is stowed. l...Roof panel 2...Roof opening 3...o)
tJJ lid 4...Frame 7...Indoor side port 8...Finisher plate 21f, 21r
... Front and rear shoes (moving members) 27 ... Support arm
29 River guide slit L... link mechanism

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A movable rear panel is fitted into the roof opening formed in the roof panel 7, and on the back side of the movable lid, the indoor side part 1 of the frame arranged on the back side of the roof panel is installed. In a sliding roof structure for a vehicle comprising a finisher plate that is closed and operates following a movable lid, the base end of a support arm 1 is pivotally supported at the rear of the finisher plate, and the tip of the support arm is is attached to the rear of the rear surface of the movable lid, and is slidably supported in a long hole-shaped guide slit extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, which is provided in a 4=J support bracket, so that when the movable lid is tilted, the tip of the support arm is A sliding roof structure for a vehicle, characterized in that by moving the support arm, the support arm is rotated and the rear part of the finisher plate is drawn toward the NF moving lid side. 2) The tip of the support arm is coaxially supported with a link mechanism connected to a member that moves in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body together with the movable lid when the movable lid is tilted, and follows the operation of this link mechanism to move inside the guide slit. A sliding roof structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the roof structure slides.