JPS63176716A - Upper part car body structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify constitution, by forming a roof panel, rear header and a rear panel, so that they can be mounted and removed or opened and closed, and a front header, side rail, pillar and an end panel into a car body structure, in case of the captioned structure for the roof panel or the like. CONSTITUTION:A roof panel 10 is formed being removably mounted, and a rear panel 20, formed by a rear window 22 extended to the bottom integrally from a rear header 21, is constituted so as to be able to open and close longitudinally turning with the bottom end of the rear panel serving as the center. While side rails 2, 2 are provided extending in such a manner as to be placed along both sides of the roof panel 10 from both ends of a front head 1, and a rear pillar member 3 is vertically connected to the end part of said side rail. A car body structure is formed by connecting an end panel 4 to the bottom end of the rear pillar member 3. By this constitution, an open car of large rigidity can be formed by a little correction of a conventional car body structure.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an upper body structure forming the upper part of a single compartment of an automobile, and more particularly to an upper body structure of an automobile in which a roof panel etc. can be freely opened and closed. It is something.

(Prior Art) Various so-called oven cars have been proposed in the past, in which a roof panel and the like constituting the cabin of an automobile can be opened and closed. For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 61-25219 discloses a cabriolet type vehicle whose roof is made from Gambus or the like and can be opened and closed. Note that this automobile is provided with a roll bar in consideration of supporting rigidity of the roof when the roof is closed and safety against overturning when driving with the roof open. In addition, although the roof is not made to open and close freely, it is
Publication No. 215 also discloses a pickup truck in which a rear panel located behind the driver's seat is detachable.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above case, in order to realize an oven car, it is necessary not only to make the roof part openable and closable, but also to ensure that the roof has sufficient support rigidity when the roof is attached. For example, it is necessary to install a roll bar and strengthen the frame structure and door structure of the automobile. For this reason, compared to the normal type of automobile on which the oven car is based, the oven car requires significant modifications to the frame structure and door structure, making the overall structure more complex and increasing manufacturing costs.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In view of the problems such as the complicated structure of conventional oven cars, the present invention has been developed by significantly modifying the base ordinary type car. The purpose of this invention is to solve the above problem by realizing an oven car without moving the vehicle.As a means for that purpose, the vehicle body structure of the present invention is constructed as follows.

In other words, the upper vehicle body structure of the present invention includes a roof panel,
A front header disposed along the Ii1'I edge of this roof panel, and a pair of left and right roof side rails disposed along both side edges of the roof panel, the front ends of which are joined to both ends of the front header, respectively. and a rear header disposed along the rear edge of the roof panel, a rear panel extending downward from the rear header, and a rear panel extending along both side edges of the rear panel and having upper ends joined to the rear ends of the roof side rails. It consists of a pair of left and right pillar members and an end panel that is arranged in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of the rear panel and has both ends joined to the lower edge of the pillar members, and the roof panel and rear panel can be detached or opened and closed. It is arranged and configured.

(Function) If the upper body of the car is configured as described above, when the roof panel and rear panel are removed or opened to create an oven car, the parts other than the oven are the front header, left and right roofs. side rail,
The pillar member and the end panel are joined and connected to each other and have high rigidity. Therefore, the oven car can be manufactured without much modification to the base car body, and the oven car can have a relatively simple structure and high rigidity.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing an automobile having an upper body structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows a roof panel 1.
0 indicates the state in which the rear panel 20 is closed, and FIG. 2 shows the state in which the roof panel 10 is removed and the rear panel 20 is opened. This example shows the upper body structure of a pickup truck as an example. In this example, the roof panel 10 can be attached freely, and the rear panel 20 is attached to the vehicle along the rear edge of the roof panel 10. It consists of a rear header 21 extending in the width direction and a substantially vertical rear window 22 extending downward from the rear header 21, and can be opened and closed by rotating back and forth around its lower end. To change from the state shown in Fig. 1 to the oven car state shown in Fig. 2, first remove the roof panel 10, and then open the rear panel 20 by rotating it forward around its lower end. It looks like this. These roof panel 10 and rear panel 2
The structure supporting the roof panel 10 is as shown in FIG.
a front header 1 extending in the vehicle width direction along the front edge of the roof panel 10; and left and right headers extending longitudinally along the left and right edges of the roof panel 10 and having their front ends joined to the left and right ends of the front header 1, respectively. A pair of roof side rails 2゜2
, a pair of left and right rear pillars 3.3 extending vertically along the left and right side edges of the rear panel 20 and whose upper ends are joined to the rear ends of the roof side rails 2, 2, respectively; It is comprised of an end panel 4 which is disposed and whose left and right ends are respectively joined to a rear pillar 3.3. Furthermore, a front pillar 6 extending forward and downward is joined to both left and right ends of the front header 1, and a door 7 is provided in a portion surrounded by the front pillar 6, roof side rail 2, and rear pillar 3 so as to be openable and closable.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the upper vehicle body structure taken along the arrow ■-■ in FIG. A rain rail is formed at the top of the rail, and a sealing member 2a is attached to the tip of the rail to prevent water from entering the vehicle interior.The roof panel 10 is mounted on the inner end where the sealing member is attached. It is designed to be placed.

Note that the seal member 7b at the upper end of the window frame that supports the window glass 7a of the door 7 comes into contact with the roof side rail 2 to seal this portion.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the upper vehicle body structure taken along the arrow IV-IV in FIG. It is composed of A guide plate 3b having a seal member and protruding inward is joined to the rear inner circumference of the rear pillar 3.
b receives and stops the rear panel 20 that has been rotated around the lower end, and holds the rear panel 20 in the closed position, and the sealing member of the guide plate 3b seals this contact portion. The seal member 7b at the rear end of the window frame that supports the window glass 7a of the door 7 comes into contact with the rear pillar 3 having a closed cross section to seal this portion.

Furthermore, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the upper vehicle body structure taken along the arrow v--■ in FIG. 1. As can be seen from this figure, there is a front header 1, a windshield 8 extending forward and downward from the front header 1, and a removable roof panel 1.
0. A conductor 30 is formed surrounded by a rear panel 20 which integrally has a rear ladder 21 and an end panel 4, and inside the cabin 30 there is a seat back 31 and a seat bottom 32 that can be rotated back and forth. Seats are arranged.

An end panel 4 extending substantially vertically in the vehicle width direction is located behind the seat back 31.
A luggage compartment 5 is formed at the rear of the vehicle.

The lower end of the rear panel 20 is connected to the upper end of the end panel 4 via a hinge 22a, so that the rear panel 20 can be rotated forward (in the direction of arrow B) about the hinge 22a. ing. Therefore, by rotating the rear panel 20 forward about the hinge 22a from the state shown by the solid line, the rear panel 20 can be stored behind the seat back 31 as shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure. However, in order to rotate the rear panel 20 in this manner, it is necessary to remove the roof panel 10 and also to tilt the seat back 31 forward. With this configuration, the rear panel 20 can be easily opened and closed, and the rear panel 20 can also be easily stored.

This rear panel 20 must be held in an upright position as shown by the solid line, and a mechanism for maintaining this upright position will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the right side roof side rail 2 and the right side of the rear header 21. The rear part of the roof side rail 2 is bent inward, and an engagement hole 2b is formed on the inner end surface of this bent part. It is formed. The rear header 21 has a closed cross section constructed by stacking two upper and lower plates 21a and 21b,
A rear window 22 is joined to its lower end. FIG. 7 shows the right end of the upper plate 21a of the rear header 21 when viewed from the direction of the arrow in the figure. As shown in this figure, the end of the plate 21a is narrowed to form a stepped flange. A seal member 21d is provided on the flange portion. Therefore, when the rear panel 20 is in an upright state, the sealing material 21d of the flange portion contacts the inwardly bent portion of the roof side rail 2 to seal this portion. Rear header 21 and roof side rail 2 with rear panel 20 upright
The arrows indicate the latch mechanism for engaging the
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along FIG. A latch 23 is attached to the end of the rear header 21 to engage with an engagement hole on the inner end surface of the roof side rail 2.
The rod 23a can freely protrude from the inner end of the rear header 21 by the rider's operation of a lever 23b. This rod 23a enters into an engagement hole 2b formed in the inner end surface of the roof side rail 2 in a protruding state, so that the rear header 21 is engaged with the roof side rail 2. Due to this engagement, the rear panel 20 is held in an upright state. In addition, to release this engagement,
It is sufficient to pull the lever 23b as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the iron 23a is thereby retracted and disengaged.

Further, the rear header 21 constituting the rear panel 20 is in an upright state as shown by the solid line in FIG. The roof panel 10 is placed on this seal 21a.In other words, the rear end of the roof panel 10 is supported by the rear header 21 via the seal 21a attached to the rain rail. On the other hand, the front end of the roof rail 10 is placed on a seal 1a housed in the rain rail at the front end of the front header 1, and this seal 1a
The front end of the roof rail 10 is supported by the front header 1 via. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, both ends of the roof rail 10 are placed a on the seals 2a of the roof side rails 2. It is supported by the roof side rail 2 via the seal 2a. In this case, the roof panel 10 is supported at all its front, rear, left and right ends via seals. Roof panel 1 placed in this way
0 needs to be held fixed, so a snap lock 11 as shown in FIG. 9 is used. This snap lock 11 is attached to the front end of the roof panel 10 so as to be rotatable around a shaft 13a (a lever 13 that is pulled,
The locking ring 12 is locked to the hook 1b fixed to the rain rail at the rear of the front header 1, and the lever 13 is rotated to attach the roof panel 10 to the rain rail. It is fixed by pressing it against the attached seal member 1a. In addition, here,
Although an example is shown in which the roof panel 10 is fixed to the front header 1 using a snap lock 11, the same snap lock is also provided at the rear end of the roof panel 10, and the rear end of the roof panel 10 is attached to the rear header 21. It is fixed through this snap lock.

In the upper vehicle body structure configured as described above, the roof panel 10 can be removed by lifting the roof panel 10 upward after removing the snap lock 11, and then the roof night rail 2 and the rear header 21 are removed by the latch 23. disengage the rear panel 20 from the hinge 22 at its lower end.
The rtJ can simply be turned into an oven car by rotating the rear panel 20 forward around a and folding and storing the rear panel 20 behind the seat back 31. In addition, as can be clearly seen from Fig. 2, the upper body structure in the oven car state consists of the front rudder 1, the left and right roof side rails 2.2, and the left and right pillar members 3. High rigidity.

Therefore, the vehicle body structure of the present invention can be obtained without much modification of the base vehicle body structure.

Although this example has been explained using a pickup truck as an example, the present invention is not limited to this.
It can also be used in other types of automobiles.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, a roof panel, a front header disposed along the front edge of the roof panel, a front header disposed along both side edges of the roof panel, It has a pair of left and right roof side rails whose front ends are respectively joined to both ends of the front header, a rear header arranged along the rear edge of the roof panel, a rear panel extending downward from the rear header, and both side edges of the rear panel. A pair of left and right pillar members extending along the rear panel and having their upper ends joined to the rear ends of the roof side rails, and an end panel disposed in the vehicle width direction along the lower end of the rear panel and having both ends joined to the lower ends of the pillar members. The upper body structure is constructed from the above, and the roof panel and rear panel are arranged so that they can be detached or opened and closed, so when the roof panel and rear panel are removed or opened to form an A-bunker, The parts other than the part that became the oven are the front header, left and right roof side rails, pillar members, and end panels, which are joined and connected to each other and have high rigidity. Therefore, it is possible to make a convertible car without much modification to the base car body, and it is also possible to create a highly rigid convertible car with a relatively simple structure.

4. Explanation of the Drawings Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing the upper vehicle body M4 structure of the present invention with the roof panel A3 and rear panel installed in a closed state and in a removed and opened state, respectively; Figure 5 shows the arrow 1 [[-[[, IV
-IV and V-■ A sectional view showing the upper vehicle body structure, Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the rear header and roof side rail, Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a part of the rear header, and Fig. 8 is the rear header. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a mechanism for locking and holding the roof panel on the front header. FIG.

1...Front header 2...Roof side rail 3...Rear pillar 4...End panel 1
0... Roof panel 11... Snap lock 20.
...Rear panel 21...Rear header 22...
・Rear window 23...Latch Fig. 1 Fig. 21W Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 8 Mu I Fig. 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) a roof panel that covers the upper surface of the vehicle interior; a front header disposed in the vehicle width direction along the front edge of the roof panel;
A pair of left and right roof side rails are arranged in the longitudinal direction along the left and right side edges of the roof panel, and each front end is joined to the left and right ends of the front header, and a pair of left and right roof side rails are arranged along the rear edge of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction. a pair of left and right rear panels having a rear header disposed at the upper end thereof and extending downward from the rear header; and a left and right pair extending vertically along the left and right side edges of the rear panel, each upper end of which is joined to the rear end of the roof side rail. and an end panel disposed in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of the rear panel and joined to the pillar member at both left and right ends, and the roof panel and the rear panel are arranged to be detachable or openable. An upper body structure of an automobile characterized by: