JPS625933Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to an improvement to a ceiling window that is installed in the roof of a vehicle such as a passenger automobile so as to be able to be opened and closed.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 1, an opening 2 is formed at the front of a vehicle roof 1, and a storage section 4 is provided between the roof 1 and the ceiling plate 3 below the opening 2. There is a so-called sliding roof type vehicle in which a sliding roof 5 that opens and closes the opening 2 is provided so as to be slidable back and forth between the opening 2 and the storage section 4 . The sliding roof 5 includes a roof cover plate 6 and an interior plate 7 attached to the lower side of the roof cover plate 6, and when the opening 2 is closed with the roof cover plate 6, the sliding roof 5 corresponds to the opening 2. In order to close the opening 2 by lifting the rear part of the interior panel 7, the front end of each interior panel 7 is pivotally connected to the roof cover plate 6 with clips 8 or the like, so that even when the roof cover plate 6 is lifted, , the rear end portion of the interior plate 7 is configured to not rise above the welt 9. However, when only the front end of the interior board 7 is supported in this way,
As shown in FIG. 2, during sliding, the rear end and lower surface of the interior board 7 comes into contact with the bead 10 of the ceiling board 3, so dust etc. attached to the ceiling board 3 may cause the interior board 7 to There was a high possibility that the bottom surface would become soiled.

Therefore, the present invention aims to solve the above problems, and its features include an opening in the roof of the vehicle and a sliding roof that can open and close the opening. A storage section is provided between the roof at the rear of the section and the ceiling board below the storage section, and a drive body is provided for sliding the sliding roof into and out of the storage section, and the sliding roof is connected to the roof covering board and the roof covering board. In a vehicle, an engaging member is provided on either the rear end of the interior plate or the driving body, and the other is engaged with the engaging member. A cam member having a mating cam groove is provided, and when the sliding roof slides, the rear end of the interior plate is raised and separated from the bottom surface of the storage part by the engagement of the engaging member and the cam groove, and in this state, The sliding roof is slidable, and the cam groove is formed so that the rear end of the interior plate comes into contact with the bottom surface of the storage part when the opening is closed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. In FIGS. 3 to 6, 11 is a vehicle;
Reference numeral 12 denotes a vehicle roof, and a ceiling plate 13 made of a sheet metal frame is attached to the lower side of the vehicle roof.
4 is provided. Reference numeral 15 denotes a ceiling interior board, which is connected to the ceiling board 13 by a seaming welt 16 on the opening 14 side. Reference numeral 17 denotes a storage section, which is formed between the roof 12 and the ceiling plate 13 behind the opening 14. 18 is a sliding roof, and a drive device 19
Therefore, it can be slid back and forth, that is, between the opening 14 and the storage section 17, and the opening 14 can be opened and closed, and it can be inserted into and removed from the storage section 17. The sliding roof 18 includes a roof cover plate 20 on the roof 12 side and an interior plate 21 on the indoor side. has been done. The drive device 19 includes a pair of left and right guide rails 23 provided between the roof 12 and the ceiling plate 13.
and four driving bodies 24 on the front, rear, left and right sides that are slidably supported on the guide rail 23, and are connected to the left and right driving bodies 24, respectively, and are pulled and pushed by a driving means 25 such as a motor. It is provided with a pair of flexible cables 26 that are movable, and each of the driving bodies 24
is normally connected to the roof cover plate 20. for example,
As shown in FIG. 5, the guide rail 23 consists of a lower guide rail 27 and a guide rail cover 28 provided above the lower guide rail 27, and in slide grooves formed on both sides of the rail 27 and the cover 28 in the width direction. A slide shaft 29 and a cable connecting portion 30 provided at the lower ends of both sides of each drive body 24 are slidably engaged, and a shaft 3 is attached to the top of each drive body 24.
1 is provided in an outwardly projecting shape, and the shaft 31 is slidably inserted into and engaged with a cam groove 33 of a cam bracket 32 mounted on the roof cover plate 20. 3
4 is a snap spring for preventing detachment. As shown in FIG. 5, each of the left and right rear driving bodies 24 has an inner end side of the shaft 31 protruding inwardly,
It constitutes a shaft-shaped engagement member 35. Also, the fourth
As shown in the drawings and FIG. 5, cam members 36 are erected on both sides of the upper surface of the rear end of the interior panel 21 by screws 37, etc., and the cam members 36 have ends of the engaging members 35. The cam groove 38 is provided with a cam groove 38 and a plate spring member 42 which are inserted and engaged so as to be relatively slidable, and as shown in FIG. It consists of a second groove part 40 and a third vertical groove part 41, and is formed in a substantially right triangular annular shape. A leaf spring material 42 having elasticity is installed in the second groove part 40,
The leaf spring material 42 has a back end prevention portion 43 formed at its rear end, and an engagement elastic portion 44 formed at its front end. and,
The cam groove 38 and the leaf spring material 42 constitute a cam groove portion.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, in the closed state where the opening 14 is closed by the sliding roof 18, the engaging member 35 is in the A position, and when the sliding roof 18 is operated in the opening direction, Each driver 24 via a cable 26
is pushed backward along the guide rail 23. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the rear end of the roof cover plate 20 is lowered through relative sliding between the shaft 31 and the cam groove 33 of the cam bracket 32 at the rear end of the sliding roof 18. At the same time, the rear end portion of the interior plate 21 is raised through relative sliding between the engaging member 35 and the cam groove 38 of the cam member 36, and the interior plate 2
a state in which the rear end of 1 is separated from the bottom surface of the storage section 17;
That is, it is in a state separated from the welt 16 and the ceiling board 13. At this time, the engaging member 35
9 to position B at the rear end of the second groove portion 40 via the reverse prevention portion 43. In this state, it is slid and guided into the storage section 17 as shown by the imaginary line.

Furthermore, when the engaging member 35 is operated in the closing direction, the engaging member 35 is moved to the second position.
The engaging elastic portion 4 slides forward in the groove portion 40 .
4 and is in the C position where it is abutted and locked, and is slid forward in the separated and raised state. Then, when the opening 14 is closed, against the elasticity of the engagement elastic part 44,
The engaging member 35 is in the D position, and the interior plate 21 is lowered by its own weight and comes into contact with the welt 16 . At this time, the engaging member 35 is relatively
It slides upward in the groove 41 and returns to the A position.

As described above, since the rear end of the interior panel 21 moves back and forth within the storage section 17 while being lifted upward, there is always a gap between the bottom surface of the storage section 17 and the upper surface of the ceiling panel 13 and the rear welt 16. Therefore, there is no risk of the interior panel 21 coming into contact with or sliding against the ceiling panel 13 or the rear welt 16, and the lower surface of the interior panel 21 is prevented from being soiled by dust or the like adhering to the ceiling panel 13 or the welt 16. can. In addition, when the opening 14 is in the closed state, the rear end portion of the interior board 21 is lowered and comes into contact with the welt 16 on the bottom surface of the storage section 17, thereby preventing the generation of a gap between the welt 16 and the bottom surface of the interior board 21. .

Note that the leaf spring 42 may be provided to protrude outward from the second groove portion 40. Further, in the above embodiments, the shaft 31 and the engagement member 35 are shown as integrally formed, but they may be provided separately. Alternatively, the engaging member 35 may be provided on the interior plate 21 side, and the cam member 36 may be provided on the drive body 24 side. Furthermore, the shape of the cam groove is not limited to the shape of the embodiment.

As described above, the present invention provides a cam member in which an engaging member is provided on either the rear end of the interior plate of the sliding roof or the drive body, and the other is provided with a cam groove that engages with the engaging member. is provided, and when the sliding roof slides, the engagement member and the cam groove part engage to raise the rear end of the interior panel away from the bottom surface of the storage part, and in this state, the sliding roof can freely slide. Therefore, staining of the lower surface of the interior panel during sliding of the sliding roof can be prevented. In addition, since the cam groove is formed so that the rear end of the interior plate comes into contact with the bottom surface of the storage compartment when the opening is closed, there is no gap between the interior plate and the welt, resulting in a good appearance. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams showing conventional examples;
The figure is a plan view showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line of FIG. is an enlarged side view of the main part of FIG. 4. 11...Vehicle, 12...Vehicle roof, 13...Ceiling plate, 14...Opening, 17...Storage section, 18...
... Sliding roof, 20 ... Roof cover plate, 21 ... Interior board, 24 ... Drive body, 35 ... Engagement member, 36 ...
...Cam member, 38...Cam groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The vehicle roof has an opening and a sliding roof that allows the opening to be opened and closed, a storage section is provided between the roof behind the opening and the ceiling plate below the opening, and the sliding roof is inserted into and removed from the storage section. In a vehicle that is equipped with a drive body that freely slides, and a sliding roof that includes a roof cover plate and an interior plate that is pivotally connected to the lower surface of the front end of the roof cover plate, the rear end of the interior plate or One of the driving bodies is provided with an engaging member, and the other is provided with a cam member having a cam groove that engages with the engaging member, and when the sliding roof slides, the engaging member and the cam groove are provided. When the opening is closed, the rear end of the interior panel is raised away from the bottom of the storage compartment, and in this state, the sliding roof is slidable, and when the opening is closed, the rear end of the interior board is moved up and away from the bottom of the storage compartment. A ceiling window for a vehicle, characterized in that the cam groove portion is formed so as to come into contact with the cam groove portion.