JPS6116126A - Opening/closing roof for car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To intensify support strength of a movable lid by supporting said lid through three-point support by means of side arms and a center arm and opening the lid above a rear roof. CONSTITUTION:A roof side rail part 19a of a movable lid 19 is formed by extending both side parts of said lid 19 up to the upper end of a door opening part 20, while a weather strip is provided on the edge of the rail part 19a. The movable lid 19 is formed so as to be movable onto a rear roof 13 through a longitudinal pair of side arms 17 and a center arm 18. One end parts 17a of the side arms 17 are pivoted on both lateral end parts of the front end edge parts 13a of the rear roof 13, while the other end parts are pivoted on the reverse sides of side rail parts 19a of the movable lid 19. Furthermore, the center arm 18 is arranged nearly in the middle part between the side arms 17 and connects the movable lid 19 to the car body. Accordingly, said lid 19 is supported by three arms 17, 17, 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a retractable roof for a vehicle in which the roof opening of the vehicle can be opened and closed by a movable lid.

Problems to be Solved by the Prior Art and the Invention Conventionally, an opening formed in the roof of an automobile has been made openable and closable with a lid, and opened to the occupants on sunny days to allow sunlight and ventilation. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, a lid 3 is provided to open and close an opening 2 formed in the roof 1 of the vehicle body. There is a device in which the opening 2 is opened by sliding the lid 3 rearward and moving it above the roof 1 (Utility Model No. 59-5).
(See Publication No. 416).

However, in such a vehicle, although it is relatively easy to open and close the opening 2, both sides of the opening 2, that is, the roof side rail portion 1a of the vehicle body, are required for installing slide rails, etc. In addition, in order to support the sliding lid 3 on the roof 1, it must be supported only at the front end of the lid 3, which has weak support strength. Since there is a limit and the opening 2 cannot be widened that much, it is difficult to say that the open feeling is very good. Incidentally, in the case of the type in which the lid slides rearward and is stored inside the roof, a storage space must be provided in the roof, so the opening 2 can only be expanded to at most half of the entire roof.

Also, as another example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-85713
As described, the roof side rail part 1
Some models have an opening extending to the area corresponding to point a to improve the sense of openness, but this uses the upper edge of the door window glass to guide the sliding of the lid, so the support strength is not sufficient. There is also the problem that the lid cannot be slid when the window glass is opened.

Furthermore, as another example, a type with a removable lid that can be opened to the roof side rails is also suitable for children, but since it takes time to put on and take off, opening and closing the lid is troublesome and has poor operability, making it unsuitable for frequent opening and closing. There is also the problem of having to worry about where to store the removed lid.

As described above, the conventional lid has sufficient support strength, can be easily opened and closed, and can have a wide opening, improving the sense of openness. I couldn't find anything that satisfied these conditions.

In order to solve the troublesome problem, the retractable roof for a vehicle of the present invention has a roof opening continuous with the door opening formed between the front roof and the rear roof of the vehicle body. , is provided with a movable lid that opens and closes the roof opening,
The movable lid has both side portions extending to the upper end of the door opening to form a roof side rail portion, and
A pair of side arms, one end of which is rotatably attached to the rear roof, and the other end of a pair of side arms are rotatably attached to each of the movable lid near the roof side rail portion along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Between the two side arms, a center arm having substantially the same length as the side arm along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has one end rotatably attached to the rear roof or the vehicle body near the rear roof, and the other end. is rotatably attached to a position offset in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle from the attachment position of the other end of the side arm, and when the roof opening is opened, the movable lid is rotated by the rotation of each arm. It is characterized by being set to be moved above the rear roof.

According to this method, the movable lid is supported at three points by the side arms and the center arm, and these arms are rotated and moved onto the rear roof to open the roof opening. Therefore, since the support strength of the movable lid is strong, the movable lid can be made larger, and as a result, the width of the roof opening in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle can be increased, and since no slide rails are required, the roof side rails of the vehicle body can be eliminated. The roof opening is continuous with the door opening, and the width of this opening in the vehicle width direction can also be increased, making the roof opening wider as a whole and improving the feeling of openness for the occupants.

Moreover, since it is not removable, it can be opened and closed easily without worrying about where to store it.

Example Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on examples.

1 to 10 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

First, to explain the structure, the reference numeral 11 in the figure is the front roof that is continuous with the front pillar 12, and ]3 is the quarter pillar 14.
and a rear roof continuous with the rear pillar 15, between the rear roof 13 and the front roof 11.

A roof opening 16 is formed, and the roof opening 16 is connected to a pair of side arms 17 and a center arm 18.
A movable lid 19 is provided which can be opened and closed via.

Specifically, the roof opening 16 is formed continuously with the door openings 20 on both sides of the vehicle, that is, the roof side rails of the vehicle body are removed, and the area is set to be more than half the area of the entire roof. . At the center of the roof opening 16 in the vehicle width direction, the front roof 11 and the rear roof 13 are connected.
A connecting bar 21 located below the movable lid 19 is provided along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Furthermore, the movable lid 19 has door openings 20 on both sides.
A roof side rail portion 19a is formed by extending to the upper end, and a weather strip (not shown) is provided at the edge of the roof side rail portion 19a to seal the space between the roof side rail portion 19a and the door glass A. The movable lid 19 is moved onto the rear roof 13 via a pair of side arms 17 and a center arm 18 extending in the front-rear direction. Namely.

The pair of side arms 17 each have one end 17a that is
It is rotatably attached to both ends in the vehicle width direction of the front edge portion 13a of the rear roof 13, while the other end portion 17b is pivotally attached to the back side of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle near the roof side rail portion 19a. The attached state of the one end portion 17a is as shown in FIG.
22 are screwed, and one end 17a is rotatably attached to this bracket 22 via a rotating shaft 23. The other end portion 17b is attached with the bracket 24 screwed to the movable lid 19 as shown in FIG.
the other end of the bracket 24 via the rotating shaft 25], 7
b is rotatably attached.

The center arm 18 has approximately the same length as the sight arm 17, and has one end 18a rotatably attached to a portion of the connecting bar 21 near the rear roof 13 with approximately the same structure as the one end 17a of the side arm, and the other end. The portion 18b is the movable lid 19
It is rotatably attached to the side arm 17 with substantially the same structure as the other end portion 17b of the side arm, and is disposed at a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction between both side arms 17 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The mounting position of the other end of the center arm 18b is set, for example, further forward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle than the mounting position of the other end of the side arm 17b, and the shape connecting each mounting position is triangular, with three The movable lid 19 is supported at three points by arms 17 and 18.

The weather strip 26 seals between the movable slit 19 which can be moved by each arm 17 and 18 in this way.
, 27 are attached to the raised portion 11b of the rear edge 11a of the front roof 11 and the raised portion 13b of the front edge +3a of the rear roof 13, respectively, and a drip portion is formed in this portion.

A closing lock mechanism 28 maintains the closed state of the movable lid 19, and an open lock mechanism 2 maintains the open state of the movable lid 19.
9 is provided. The closing lock mechanism 28 is disposed at both ends of the movable lid 19 in the vehicle width direction on the front edge 19b side, as shown in FIG.

That is, first, the bracket 1-30 is fixed to the lower surface of the front edge 19b of the movable slit 19, and to this bracket 30,
A handle 32 provided with an annular link 31 is rotatably attached via a shaft 33, and a hook 34 to which the annular link 31 is engaged and released by rotation of the handle 32 is attached to the lower surface of the front roof rear edge 11a. It is fixed to the part with screws.

Further, the opening locking mechanism 29 is disposed on the connecting bar 21, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the opening locking mechanism 29 is first
A notch 35a is formed in this base 35, into which the center arm 18 enters when the movable lid 19 moves rearward. A handle 37 to which a link 36 is connected to the side portion 35b is rotatably held (=J), and a hook portion 36a of the link 36 is locked to and released from the other side portion 35c by rotation of the handle 37. 3
8 is provided.

Next, the operation of the retractable roof for a vehicle constructed as described above will be explained.

First, when the roof opening 16 is in the open state, the annular links 31 and hooks 34 of the pair of closing locking mechanisms 28 are in a locked state as shown by solid lines in FIG. 8, and the movable lid 19 is closed to the weather strip. The movable lid 19 is fixed in contact with 26 and 27, and even if the car vibrates while driving, the movable lid 19 will remain closed, and will not wobble and maintain a stable state even when driving. .

On the other hand, opening the movable lid 19 is performed as follows. First, move the handle 32 of the closing lock mechanism 28 to the eighth position.
The annular link 31 is removed from the hook 34 by rotating it as shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure. Then, when the movable lid 19 is pushed up, each arm 17, 18 or one end 17a,
By rotating around 18a, the movable lid 19 is moved to above the rear roof 13, as shown in FIG.
The roof opening 16 is opened.

In this open state, the base notch 3 of the open lock mechanism 29
A center arm 18 is inserted into and supported within 5a, and this arm 18 is locked by a locking mechanism 29 when opened.

That is, by rotating the handle 37 from the position shown by the chain double-dashed line to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. is locked between the link 36 and the base 35. As a result, the movable lid 19 is maintained in a supported state on the rear roof 13 as shown in FIG. 5, and is maintained in the open state without wobbling even when the vehicle is running.

In this open state, the movable lid 19 has three arms 17
．． Since it is supported at three points by 18, the support state is stable, and the rear side of the movable lid 19 is supported by the rear roof 13.
Since it can be supported without any problem even if it protrudes more rearward, the width of the movable lid 19' in the front-rear direction can be set wide, and as a result, the width of the roof opening 16 in the front-rear direction can be increased. Also,
Since the movable lid 19 is not a sliding type, there is no need for rails and the roof side rail section of the vehicle body can be used for soil removal.In other words, the roof side rail section 19a of the movable lid 19 serves as the roof side rail section of the vehicle body, so the roof opening 16 can be used as a door. Continuing with the opening 20, the width in the vehicle width direction can be set wide. Therefore, since the roof opening 16 can be made wider in both the front and rear directions and the vehicle width direction, the area of the roof opening 16 can be increased compared to the conventional one, and the sense of openness for the occupants is improved.

In addition, in order to close the roof opening 16, the opening locking mechanism 29 is released in the opposite manner as described above, the movable lint 19 is moved forward to close the roof opening 16, and then the closing locking mechanism 28 is activated. Lock and close.

In this way, the operability is better than that of a removable type, and the roof opening 16 can be opened and closed easily without worrying about the storage space of the lid after it is removed. It can be opened and closed with a relatively simple structure using only three arms 17 and 18, which requires a sliding mechanism such as a type.

Further, as in this embodiment, the provision of the connecting bar 21 is advantageous in terms of the strength of the vehicle body, and if the center arm 18 is disposed on the connecting bar 21, this arm 18 is not visible from the interior of the vehicle, which improves the appearance. But it will be good.

Further, FIGS. 11 to 16 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment is more connected than the first embodiment.

The bar 21 has been removed, and the center arm 48 has been disposed at a different position. That is, one end 4Ba of the center arm 4B is rotatably attached to the rear roof 43, and the other end 48b is rotatably attached to the movable lid 49. The mounting position of this other end 48b is from the mounting position of the other end 17b of the side arm 17.
Contrary to the first embodiment, it is set at a position shifted to the rear, and the shape connecting the three mounting positions also forms a triangle. The rear roof 43 has a groove 4 along the front and back direction.
A bracket 1-50 is fixed in this groove 43a as shown in FIG. 16, and one end 48a of the center arm is rotatably attached to the bracket 1-50. A closing locking mechanism 28 similar to that of the first embodiment is provided at the same position, while an opening locking mechanism 29 is provided at the front edge 43b of the rear roof 43, and the side arm 1
7 is set to lock.

In this way, since the connecting bar 21 is removed compared to the first embodiment, the feeling of openness is further increased.

The other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, so their explanations will be omitted.

Note that the arrangement positions of the side arms and center arm, which are components of the present invention, are not limited to those in the above embodiments, but may be such that the movable lid is supported at three points, for example, in the second embodiment. Of course, the side arm 17 shown in the example may be shifted rearward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle like the center arm 4B, and conversely, the center arm 48 may be shifted forward.

X row! As explained above, according to this invention, the movable lid is supported at three points by the side arm and the center arm so that it can be opened onto the rear roof. The support strength can be strengthened and the roof opening can be widened.
It can improve the feeling of openness for the occupants, and has a simple structure that allows for easy opening and closing operations, which are beneficial effects in practical terms.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 10 are views showing a first embodiment of the retractable roof for a vehicle according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a plan view of the automobile, and FIG.
3 and 3 are perspective views of the automobile showing the movable lid closed state and open state, respectively, and FIG. 4 is the N-I of FIG. 1.
5 is a sectional view taken along line V, FIG. 5 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 4 showing the movable lid in an open state, and FIGS. ■Line arrangement■−■
9 is an enlarged side view of section Y in FIG. 5,
FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X in FIG. 9, and FIGS. 11 to 16 are views showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the car similar to Figure 1, Figures 12 and 13 are perspective views of the car similar to Figures 2 and 3, respectively, and Figure 14 is the NN line of Figure 11. 115 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 5, and FIG. 16 is a sectional view along FIG. 11.
FIG. 17 is a sectional view taken along the C--C line in the figure, and a perspective view of a conventional automobile. 11... Front roof, 13.43... Rear roof, 16... Roof opening, 17... Side arm, 17a... One end, 17b... Other end, 18.48 ... Center arm, 18a, 48a - one end, 18b, 48b -...
Other end portion, 19.49... Movable lid, 19a... Roof side rail portion, 20... Door opening. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12

Claims (1)

[Claims] A retractable roof for a vehicle, which has a roof opening continuous with a door opening formed between a front roof and a rear roof of a vehicle body, and a movable lid that opens and closes the roof opening. The movable lid has both side portions extending to the upper end of the door opening to form a roof side rail portion, and
A pair of side arms, one end of which is rotatably attached to the rear roof, and the other end of a pair of side arms are rotatably attached to each of the movable lid near the roof side rail portion along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Between the two side arms, a center arm having substantially the same length as the side arm along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has one end rotatably attached to the rear roof or the vehicle body near the rear roof, and the other end. is rotatably attached to a position offset in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle from the attachment position of the other end of the side arm, and when the roof opening is opened, the movable lid is rotated by the rotation of each arm. A retractable roof for a vehicle, characterized in that it is set to be moved upwards of the rear roof.