JPS6234567B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to improvements in sliding door structures for automobiles.

Conventionally, an inner handle that opens and closes a sliding door, which is attached to an opening provided on the side of the vehicle body so that it can slide forward and backward along the outer surface of the vehicle body, from the passenger compartment side is used to open and close the sliding door from the inside of the sliding door. It was installed so that it protruded into the room.

Therefore, when opening a sliding door, in order to close the inner handle from the passenger compartment side, the inner handle must face the inside of the opening to be able to grasp it with your hand, so some percentage of the opening is closed by the sliding door. There was a problem that the effective opening area could not be increased because the opening remained in a closed state.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and includes providing a recess near the end surface on the pull side of a sliding door, positioning an inner handle in the recess, and extending the bottom surface of the recess to the end surface on the pull side. Let me extend it,
The recess is configured to open at the end face on the pull side, and even when the front edge of the sliding door is opened to approximately the same position as the rear edge of the opening in the vehicle body, that is, when it is almost fully open,
To provide a new sliding door structure for an automobile in which an inner handle can be easily grasped from the passenger compartment side and can be closed.

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

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a sliding door 3 is provided on the side of the vehicle body 1 of the van-type vehicle, and the slide door 3 slides in the front and back direction along the outer surface of the vehicle body 1 to open and close the opening 2 of the vehicle body 1. The sliding door 3 can be opened from the outside of the vehicle body 1 in the closed position by unlocking the locking mechanism 6 via the rod 5 by operating the outer handle 4. From then on, the locking mechanism 6 can be unlocked by the inner handle 8 via the rod 9 and can be opened.

The inner handle 8 is not placed in a symmetrical position with the outer handle 4, but is placed shifted upward because it needs to be placed in a recess 15, which will be described later.

The sliding door 3 is formed of a closed cross section of an outer panel 10 and an inner panel 11, and a trim 12 is attached to the inner panel 11.

The vehicle body 1 is formed of a closed cross section of an outer panel 13 and an inner panel 14, and the front edge 2a and rear edge 2b of the opening 2 form an edge 13a of the outer panel 13 and an edge 14a of the inner panel 14. are overlap welded, and a weather strip 16 is fitted to the overlapping portion 20 of the edges 13a, 14a. Note that the weather strip 16 is connected to the opening 2.
It is attached to all inner edges including the upper and lower edges.

Therefore, the weather strip 16 contacts and is pressed against the inner panel 11 of the sliding door 3 to seal the sliding door 3 when the sliding door 3 is in the closed position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a recess 15 is formed astride the inner panel 11 and trim 12 near the front edge 3a (drawer side end face) of the sliding door 3.
The recess 15 is opened with its bottom 15a extending to the front edge 3a of the sliding door 3.

A handle cover 17 having the same shape as the recess 15 is attached to the recess 15, and the inner handle 8 is attached to the bracket 18 of the handle cover 17 by the pin 1.
Attach by pivoting with 9. The grip portion 8a of the inner handle 8 is approximately at the same height as the inner panel 11.

At the front edge 2a of the opening 2, the overlapping portion 20 of the edge 13a of the outer panel 13 and the edge 14a of the inner panel 14 is such that the fitted weather strip 16 is attached to the inner panel 11 of the sliding door 3. Its position is set so that it makes contact and is pressed. That is, in the normal part, the fourth
As shown in the figure, the overlapping part 20 is located near the passenger compartment 7 of the body 1, but in the overlapping part 20 of the part facing the recess 15 of the sliding door 3, as shown in FIG. The fitted weather strip 16 is projected outward of the vehicle body 1 in a semicircular shape so as to be pressed into contact with the corner of the inner panel 11 in the recess 15, thereby improving the sealing performance of the recess 15. We also try to ensure that.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the portion facing the vehicle width direction of the recess 15 of the sliding door 3 in the fully open position is cut out in the opening direction of the sliding door 3, that is, toward the rear, and a recess 21 is formed in the vehicle body 1. This makes it easy to grip the grip portion 8a of the inner handle 8 from the vehicle compartment 7 side.

With the sliding door structure as described above, when the sliding door 3 is closed, the inner panel 11 of the sliding door 3 contacts and presses the weather strip 16, and the inner panel 1 of the recess 15
Since the corner portions 7 also come into contact with the weather strip 16 and are pressed down, the sealing performance of the entire sliding door 3 is ensured.

Next, grasp the inner handle 8 from the side of the vehicle compartment 7, release the lock, and pull it in the opening direction.The sliding door 3 will move along the outer surface of the vehicle body 1.
The inner handle 8 opens and slides to the open position facing the recess 21 of the opening 2.

In this open position, the recess 15 of the sliding door 3 is open to the front edge 3a and is located in the recess 21 of the opening 2, so that the inner handle 8 can be accessed from the passenger compartment 7 side. Since it is easy to grasp and push in the closing direction, it is possible to slide the sliding door 3 fully open until the front edge 3a of the sliding door 3 almost coincides with the rear edge 2b of the opening 2. The effective area of is almost the maximum.

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention
A recess is provided inside the sliding door near the end surface on the pull side, and the inner handle is positioned there, and the bottom of the recess is extended to the end surface on the pull side to be opened. In addition to being able to manually operate the door without any hindrance, it is also possible to insert your hand through the recess when closing the door without any hindrance, making it possible to open the sliding door almost fully, increasing the effective area of the opening. become.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a van-type automobile, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a van-type automobile, and FIG.
3 is a perspective view of the recess of the sliding door, FIG. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to the - line in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the recess of the sliding door. FIG. 3 is a front view of the recessed portion as seen from the vehicle interior side. 1... Vehicle body, 2... Opening, 3... Sliding door, 7... Vehicle interior, 8... Inner handle, 15
... recess, 15a ... bottom, 16 ... weather strip, 20 ... overlapping part, 21 ... recess.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A sliding door that is attached to an opening provided in a side portion of the vehicle body so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction along the outer surface of the vehicle body, wherein a recess is provided inside near the end surface on the handle side of the sliding door. A sliding door structure for an automobile, characterized in that an inner handle is positioned in the recess, and the bottom of the recess is extended to an end surface on the pull side so that the recess is open to the end surface on the pull side.