JPS62184920A - Rear window structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To give a sufficient open-feeling to passengers, and to enable the passenger's compartment to be smoothly ventilated, by enabling a rear window panel to be opened to a substantially horizontal attitude, and to be slid in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along guide rails. CONSTITUTION:A guide rail 6 is fixed by mans of welt bolts 9 and nuts 10 to a rear inner pillar panel 8 on the passenger's compartment side of a rear pillar 5 defining the opening side edge of a rear window. Further, first and second arms 15, 14 and one end of an auxiliary link 26 journalled to the first arm 15 are adapted to be moved guided by the guide rail 6. The other end of the link 26 is journalled to each side end part of a rear window panel 13 is leaped up outward while it is held in its horizontal attitude by means of the first and second arms 15, 14 and the auxiliary link 26, and a wire 20 is wound up by a motor 32 to be moved downward. As a result, the rear window panel 13 is moved toward the rear deck while it is held in its horizontal attitude to open the rear window to a fully opened extent.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to improvements in the rear window structure of automobiles.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as shown in "Automotive Engineering Complete Book 13: Passenger Car Body" published by Sankaido, the rear window of a car has been fixed to the car body with a weather strip or the like.

[Problems with conventional technology]

By the way, with such a conventional rear window structure of an automobile, the window panel cannot be opened or closed, so the occupants cannot have a sufficient sense of openness, and the interior of the vehicle cannot be ventilated immediately. I couldn't.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a rear window structure for an automobile that can ensure a sufficient sense of openness for the occupants and can quickly ventilate the interior of the vehicle.

[Technical means and effects of the present invention]

In order to solve such a technical problem, the present invention provides a method for opening the rear window of an automobile on the inside of the vehicle.

a first arm that is provided with a guide rail, one end of which is slidably attached to the guide rail, and the other end of which is pivoted to both ends of the rear window panel; and a first arm that is located below the first arm. An arm is provided with a lower edge bent toward the vehicle body, and the rear window panel can be opened and closed freely and is slidable in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along the guide rail.

〔Example〕

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

In the rear window structure of an automobile according to this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, guides are provided on the interior side of the rear pillar 5 constituting the side edge of the rear window opening of the automobile 4. The rail 6 is located at the upper end 11 of the rear pillar 5.
and the lower end portion 12. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the rear pillar 5 is formed with a closed section structure by the rear pillar 7 outer panel 7 and the rear pillar inner panel 8, and the guide rail 6 is attached to the rear pillar inner panel 8 via weld bolts 9 and nuts 10. is fixed. Incidentally, the reference numeral 25 in FIG. 2 is a weather strip.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, at both ends of the rear window panel 13, the first arm 15 and the second arm 14 have two arms each, making a total of four arms. The arm supports the rear window panel 13. The first arm 15 is pivoted at a substantially middle position in the width direction of the rear window panel 13.
Also.

The second arm 14 is pivoted at a location approximately midway between the pivoting location of the first arm 15 and the upper end portion 16 of the rear window panel 13 . Each of the first arm 15 and the second arm 14 has one end that moves guided by the guide rail 6, and the other end that is pivoted to both ends of the rear window panel 13. There is.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a hole 18 is formed in one end 17 of the second arm 14 at right angles to the length direction of the arm 14, and a shaft 19 is formed in the hole 18. is rotatably mounted and fixed, and the other end of this shaft 19 is joined to a wire 20 disposed within the guide rail 6. Further, the other end portion 21 of the second arm 14 is rotatably attached to both side end portions 22 of the rear window panel 13 via a bracket 23 by a shaft 24. Note that the first arm 15 is also attached to the guide rail 6 and the rear window panel 13 with the same configuration as the second arm 14 in L. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, a short auxiliary link 26 is attached to the first arm 15 to support the first arm 15 (in this embodiment). In the example, the first arm 1 including the auxiliary link 26
5). One end of this auxiliary link 26 is connected to a shaft 27, similar to the second arm 14 and first arm 15.
is connected to the wire 20 disposed in the guide rail 6 through the wire 20, and the other end is connected to the wire 20 disposed in the guide rail 6, and the other end is connected to the wire 20 near the end of the first arm 15 at right angles to the length direction of the first arm 15. It is attached to a shaft 29 provided therein. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the wire 20 disposed within the guide rail 6 is configured to be wound up or down by a motor 32 provided within the roof portion 31 of the automatic II. ing.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the rear window panel 13
To open the rear window panel, first, as shown in FIG. The window panel 13 is supported substantially horizontally. Thereafter, the motor 32 is driven to unwind the wire 20, in this case, the first arm 15. Since the second arm 14 and the auxiliary link 26 are connected to the wire 20, these arms 14, 15° 26 move downward in parallel while supporting the rear window panel 13 while being guided by the guide rail 6. The rear window panel 13 is positioned on the rear deck 33. In addition, when closing the rear window panel 13, the motor 32 is first driven to close the rear window panel 13.
is moved in parallel to the upper end of the guide rail 6 while being horizontally supported by the first arm and the second arm 15.14. Thereafter, the rear window panel 13 is reversed downward to close the rear window panel opening. Furthermore, in this embodiment, as described above, since the auxiliary link 26 that supports the first arm 15 is provided, when moving the rear window panel 13 up and down,
The first arm 15 securely holds the rear window panel 13 and the first arm 15 is formed with the auxiliary link 26.
As shown in FIG.
0 can be avoided, so the rear window panel 13 can be lowered as far as possible.

In this embodiment, the first arm 15 and the second arm 14 are connected to a wire 20 disposed within the guide rail 6.
Although the case where the arms 14 and 15 are rotatably attached via the shaft 19 has been explained as an example, it is sufficient that the arms 14 and 15 are configured to move while being guided by the guide rail 6, and the design may be changed as appropriate. There is no problem, and the auxiliary link 26 may not be provided, and is not limited to this embodiment at all.

Further, FIGS. 5 to 7 show the self-contained parts according to the present invention. ! 2 shows a second embodiment of the rear window structure of a J car. In this embodiment, unlike the previous embodiments, the rear window panel can be opened and closed automatically without any manual intervention. It is configured as follows. That is, in the automobile rear window structure according to this embodiment, the first slider 52 and the second slider 54 are disposed within the guide rail 66.
is arranged, and only the second slider 54 is connected to the wire (
(not shown). The first arm 50 and the second arm 51 are pivotally supported by a first slider 52, and the auxiliary link 53 is pivotally supported by a second slider 54. A hook member 55 is supported by a shaft 56 on the side surface of the upper end of the second slider 54 .

A hook portion 57 is formed at the tip of the hook member 55, and a pin 58 is provided to protrude at right angles to the length direction of the hook member 55.

On the other hand, the first slider 52 is held and fixed by a stopper 60 through a hole 59 formed in the upper surface of a guide rail 66, as shown in FIG. This stopper 6
0 consists of a locking arm 61 and a support pin 62 that projects from the locking arm 61 at right angles and projects into the guide rail 66, and a disk-shaped suppressing plate 63 is attached to the tip of the support pin 62. It is formed. And the first slider 52
The first slider 52 is fixed by the distal end 67 of the locking arm 61 being engaged with an engaging protrusion 69 formed on the upper surface of the slider 52 . Furthermore, a substantially U-shaped retaining portion 68 is formed at the lower end of the first slider 52 . Further, an inclined block 65 is provided on the lower surface portion 64 of the guide rail 66 slightly below the upper end stop position of the first slider 52 .

Therefore, in the automobile rear window structure according to the present embodiment, when the rear window panel is closed, the first slider 52 is in the position shown in FIG. The slider 54 is located slightly lower than the position shown in FIG.

At this time, the first arm 50, the second arm 51, and the auxiliary link 53 are in a state closer to the horizontal position due to the guide rail 66 than in the state shown in FIG. and,
When attempting to open the rear window panel, a motor (not shown) is driven from inside the vehicle to wind up the wire. At this time, as shown in FIG.
gradually slides upward within the guide rail 66, and the first arm 50. The second arm 51 and the auxiliary link 53 gradually rise up on the guide rail 66, and the rear window panel gradually begins to open.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the hook member 55 that is pivotally supported by the second slider 54 rides on the inclined block 65, the hook portion 57 at the tip of the hook member 55 is positioned upward. The pressing plate 63 of the stopper 60 is pushed up, and the hook member 55 engages with the engaging portion 68 of the first slider 52. Then, the entire stopper 60 is lifted upward, and the distal end 67 of the locking arm 61 is in the first position.
from the engaging protrusion 69 of the slider 52.

At this time, as described above, in the hook portion 57, the engaging portion 68 of the first slider 52 has the hook member 5.
Since the hook portions 57 of No. 5 are engaged, the first slider 52 and the second slider 54 are in a connected state.

In addition, in this case, the rear window panel is in a fully open state, and the first
arm 50, supported by the second arm 51), ν
has been done. After that, the motor reverses, and the second slider 54 is connected to the first slider 52! At the island, it begins to descend within the guide rail 66. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the second slider 54 descends while indexing the first slider 52 via the hook member 55, and then stops near the lower end of the guide rail 66. A rear deck (not shown) supports the rear window panel in the north direction.

Conversely, when closing the rear window panel, the second slider 54 pushes up the first slider 52 inside the guide rail 66 via the hook member 55 in the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, when the hook member 55 climbs over the inclined block 65, the hook member 55 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 56, so that the stopper 60 is no longer supported by the support pin 62. Then, the stopper 60 falls into the guide rail 66 and the locking arm 61 engages with the retaining protrusion 69 of the first slider 52. Therefore, the first slider 52 is held in a state 59. by the stopper 60. The second slider 54 descends below the guide rail and is supported by the first arm 50.
The second arm 51 and the auxiliary link 53 are connected to the guide rail 6
It stops W at a position 1g which is approximately parallel to 6.

Further, FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of a rear window structure for an automobile according to the present invention.

In the automobile rear window structure according to the present embodiment, both the first arm 35 and the second arm 34 are bent so that the window panel side is directed downward from the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 9, at the rear window opening lower end 36, a weather strip 40 is attached to a seven-rung portion 39 that is bent by joining an outer panel 37 and an inner panel 38. Therefore, when the arm is formed in a straight line as in the above embodiment, the first arm 15 comes into contact with the weather strip 40 and the flange portion 39, and the rear window panel 13 is lowered sufficiently downward. Although there is a risk that the first arm 35 used in the automobile rear window structure according to this embodiment is bent, the bent portion 41 formed on the arm 35 allows the flange portion 39 and Since the weather strip 40 can be avoided, the rear window panel 13 can be brought very close to the rear deck 33 and supported directly above it. In this embodiment, the case where the first arm 35 and the second arm 34 are linearly bent at one place has been explained as an example, but FIGS. As shown in FIG. 11, the first arm 42. The entire second arm 43 may be curved in a curved shape, or may be linearly bent at two places.
．． The second arm 43 may be partially curved, and is not limited to the above embodiments.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a notchback type vehicle is taken as an example, and the theory +51 is obtained.
The present invention may be applied to a hatchback vehicle equipped with a large back door, and is not limited to the above embodiment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to open and close the rear window panel, and it is also possible to completely open the rear window opening to the bottom without impairing the sealing performance, and it is possible to obtain a sufficient feeling of openness. At the same time, it becomes possible to quickly ventilate the vehicle interior.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of a drive motor and wires when the rear window structure of an automobile according to the present invention is applied to a notchback type vehicle, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the drive motor and wires. -II line sectional view, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the rear window is supported by an arm and moved in the vertical direction of the vehicle body using the automobile rear window structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 to 7 are side views showing the state in which the rear window is supported by an arm and moved to the farthest position using the rear window structure for a vehicle according to the present invention. FIGS. 5 is a side view showing a state where the rear window panel has started to open automatically or a state where the rear window panel is about to close, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing the state where the rear window panel is fully opened. 7 is a side view showing a state in which the rear window panel is automatically lowered onto the rear deck or a state in which the rear window panel is automatically raised, and FIG. 8 is a rear view of the automobile according to the present invention. 9 is a side view showing a third embodiment of the window structure in which the arm is bent; FIG. 9 is a side view showing a third embodiment of the rear window structure for an automobile according to the invention; FIGS. 10 (1), (2) and 11 are explanatory diagrams showing a state in which the arm is positioned at the lower end of the rear window opening, and FIGS. FIG. 5... Rear pillar 6... Guide rail 13... Rear window panel 14... Second arm 15... First arm 22... Both ends of rear window panel Patent applicant
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Representative Ben/Unjo Tsuchitachibana Hakodate 2 Figure 6: - ~ Rail 13: Rear window panel 14: Z211 arm 22: Rear window panel both 1! J 41iS Fig. 3 1 standing, 1 arm Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 et al. 1 Fig. 8 Fig. 11

Claims (1)

[Claims] Guide rails are provided on the interior side of a rear window opening of an automobile, and a first arm has one end that moves while being guided by the guide rail, and the other end that is pivoted to both ends of the rear window panel. A second arm is provided below the first arm and has a lower edge bent toward the vehicle body, so that the rear window panel can be opened and closed in a substantially horizontal position and can be slid in the vertical direction of the vehicle body along the guide rail. An automobile rear window structure characterized in that it is movable.