JPS6137745Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a structure for preventing contamination of driving wires in an opening/closing window.

Usually, a vehicle door such as an automobile has an inner panel and an outer panel that face each other in a spaced manner, and an opening/closing window board that is inserted between these panels so as to be able to rise and fall freely.
and a drive device that drives the opening/closing window plate material up and down. This drive device consists of a guide rail provided between both panels, a slider fixed to the opening/closing window board material and slidably engaged with the guide rail, and connected to the slider through the guide rail. Some devices consist of a driving wire and a wire operating mechanism. Conventionally, in this type of drive device, there is a large possibility that dust and water accumulate on the upper part of the wire guide member provided at the lower end of the guide rail, and the dust and water adhere to the wire and stain the wire. The possibility was great. Furthermore, the dust and water adhering to the wires are brought into the outer tube, causing problems such as making it difficult to operate the wires.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has been developed to prevent the accumulation of dust and water, and its feature is that a slider fixed to the opening/closing window board is movably engaged with a guide rail. , wherein a drive wire connected to the slider is passed through the guide rail and through wire guide members provided at both upper and lower ends of the guide rail, and the drive wire opens and closes the opening/closing window plate material; The present invention is characterized in that the upper surface portion of the wire guide member at the lower end is provided with a slope portion that slopes downward toward the opening side of the guide rail.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 5, a vehicle door 1 for a passenger or the like has an inner panel 2 and an outer panel 3 facing each other and spaced apart in the width direction of the vehicle. , an opening/closing window plate 4 inserted between these panels 2 and 3 so as to be able to rise and fall freely, and a drive device 5 for driving the opening/closing window plate 4 up and down. The plate material 4 is inserted from the top of both panels 2 and 3,
A window opening 6 above both panels 2 and 3 can be opened and closed.

The opening/closing window board material 4 is vertically slidably fitted into a pair of front and rear guide frames 7, 7 provided between both panels 2, 3, and the upper parts of these guide frames 7, 7 are mutually connected. an upper frame body 8 connected to the upper frame body 8, both panels 2,
3 and the upper edge is the window opening 6. Moreover, seal members 9 are provided between the upper edges of both panels 2 and 3 and the opening/closing window plate material 4, respectively.

The drive device 5 includes a guide rail 10, a slider 11, a flexible drive wire 12, an operating mechanism 13, and the like. The guide rail 10 is fixed in the vertical direction between the panels 2 and 3 via a bracket 14, etc., and is located inside the opening/closing window board 4 and parallel to the guide frames 7 and 7. Further, the guide rail 10 has a U-shaped groove in cross section with an opening 15 toward the outside, and is formed into an arc shape that bulges toward the outside. Said slider 1
1 is located on the outside of the guide rail 10, and holds the lower end of the opening/closing window plate 4 via a pair of elastic members 16, 16, bolts 17, nuts 18, etc.
The slider 11 is mounted on the guide rail 10 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, and its convex wire connecting portion 19 projects into the inside of the guide rail 10 from the opening 15 thereof. The operating mechanism 13 includes a case 20 provided on the inner panel 2, a horizontal support shaft 21 rotatably supported by the case 20, and a manual handle fixed to the inner end of the support shaft 21. 22, and a wire winding drum 2 fixedly installed on the outer side of the support shaft 21.
Consists of 3rd class. The wire 12 is wound an appropriate number of times around the drum 23, and a pair of flexible outer tubes 24, 24 are provided between the case 20 and the upper and lower ends of the guide rail 10. Each end of the wire 12 is slidably inserted in the wire 24 in the axial direction. Wires 12 guided at both upper and lower ends of the guide rail 10
Each end of the wire is passed through wire guide members 25, 25 provided at both upper and lower ends of the guide rail 10, and is further passed through the guide rail 10 to form a wire connection protruding into the guide rail 10 of the slider 11. They are each removably connected to the portion 19. 26 is outer tube 24 case 20
An adjuster star 26 is provided at the side end, and the outer tube 24 is adjusted to move in the axial direction by screwing in and out of the adjuster star 26 .

The wire guide member 25 provided at the lower end of the guide rail 10 includes a main body 27 fitted to the lower end of the guide rail 10, as shown in FIGS. A pair of engagement protrusions 28, 28 are provided in a protruding manner.
8 and 28 are provided with burrs 29 and 29, respectively, which are formed to protrude in directions away from each other. These engaging protrusions 28, 28 are connected to the guide rail 10.
The wire guide member 25 is detachably engaged with an opening 35 provided in the guide rail 10 . Further, a guide portion 30 is connected to the lower surface side of the main body 27, and guides the driving wire 12 while changing its direction, and a groove 31 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is formed in the guide portion 30. Furthermore, the upper surface of the main body 27 is formed with an inclined part 32 that is inclined downward in the direction toward the opening 15 of the guide rail 10, that is, in the outward direction in this embodiment. Further, a receiving hole 33 with a bottom is provided from the lower part of the main body 27 into which the end of the outer tube 24 is inserted and received, and a wire through hole 34 communicating with the receiving hole 33 is provided in the upper part of the receiving hole 33 . Reference numeral 36 denotes a thin plate-like packing made of an elastic material such as rubber, which is attached to the inclined portion 32 of the wire guide member 25, and the wire 12 passes through it.
Further, the wire guide member 25 provided at the upper end has substantially the same structure and is similarly equipped.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the inclined portion 32 of the wire guide member 25 provided at the lower end of the guide rail 10 is configured to be inclined downward toward the side of the opening 15 of the guide rail 10.
Since the patchkin 36 is attached to 2,
Dust that has fallen along the guide rail 10 and water that has flowed along the guide rail 10 are guided along the slope formed by the slope portion 32 and fall below the guide rail 10. Therefore,
There is no fear that dust or water will accumulate on the upper part of the wire guide member 25, and the wire 12 can be prevented from becoming dirty. Furthermore, when the wire 12 slides relative to the wire guide member 25, dust and water attached to the wire 12 are rubbed off by the gasket 36, and the scraped dust and water fall along the slope as described above. I am made to do so. Therefore, there is no fear that dust or water adhering to the wire 12 will be brought into the outer tube 24, and the wire 12 can be easily and favorably operated by the manual handle 22. Further, the wire guide member 25 has a simple structure in which the inclined portion 32 is provided on the upper part, and can be provided at low cost.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment, in which an inclined member 37 made of an elastic material such as rubber is fixed to the upper surface of the wire guide member 25. FIG. A convex part 39 is provided at the lower part of the inclined member 37 and is fitted into a recessed part 38 provided at the upper part of the guide member 25.
A downwardly inclined inclined portion 40 is provided in the side direction of the opening 15 . The wire insertion hole 41 of the inclined member 37 has a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the wire 12,
The wire 12 is elastically biased as it is tightened. Therefore, dust, water, etc. adhering to the wire 12 are more reliably rubbed off, and there is almost no possibility that the dust or water will be brought into the outer tube 24. Alternatively, the inclined member 37 may be fixed to the wire guide member 25 with an adhesive or the like. Although the drawings show the wire guide member 25 at the lower end, the wire guide member 25 at the upper end may also have a substantially similar configuration. Also, the wire guide member 25 at the upper end
In this case, a configuration may be adopted in which the inclined portion 40 is not provided.

Incidentally, the amount of inclination and shape of the inclined portions 32 and 40 may be determined as appropriate, and are not limited to those of the embodiment.

As described above, in the present invention, the upper surface of the wire guide member provided at the lower end of the guide rail is provided with an inclined portion that slopes downward toward the opening side of the guide rail. The dust that has fallen and the water that has flowed along the guide rail are guided along the slope of the slope and fall below the guide rail. That is, there is no fear that dust or water will accumulate on the upper part of the wire guide member, and therefore the wire can be prevented from becoming dirty. Furthermore, it also prevents dust and water from being brought into the outer tube.
You can keep the steering wheel easy to operate. Also,
It has a simple structure in which an inclined portion is provided on the upper surface of the wire guide member, and has the advantage that it can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view of a vehicle door equipped with an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line from Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken from Fig. 1 taken from the line shown in Fig. 4. 1 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the main part showing another embodiment, and FIG. This is a perspective view. 4... Opening/closing window board material, 10... Guide rail, 11...
Slider, 12... Drive wire, 15... Opening,
25... Wire guide member, 32... Inclined part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A slider 11 fixed to the opening/closing window board 4 is movably engaged with a guide rail 10, and a drive wire 12 connected to the slider 11 is passed through the guide rail 10, and is connected to both upper and lower ends of the guide rail 10. Wire guide member 2 provided in
5, 25, and the driving wire 12 opens and closes the opening/closing window plate material 4, the wire guide member 25 at the lower end has an inclined portion on the upper surface of the wire guide member 25, which is inclined downward in the side direction of the opening 15 of the guide rail 10. A structure for preventing contamination of a drive wire in an opening/closing window, characterized in that a drive wire is provided with an opening/closing window.