JPH0112979Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a removable roof device for an automobile.

As shown in Fig. 1, in a vehicle body 2 where the roof 1 is very small, such as a sports car, a removable roof 4, 4, rather than a sliding roof, is attached to the opening 3, 3 formed in the roof 1. In addition, the removable roofs 4, 4 are designed with two roofs in order to reduce weight and make them more compact and to facilitate installation and removal work.
(Refer to Utility Model Application Publication No. 55-120518).

However, with the split removable roof mentioned above, it is necessary to separately remove the left and right removable roofs 4, 4 and store them in the trunk space, etc., so the installation and removal work is complicated.
Carrying and storing them was cumbersome, and there was a risk of them coming into contact with each other and damaging painted surfaces and trim.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the removable roof is divided into at least two parts,
The divided parts of this split removable roof are foldably connected by a hinge member, and below the divided part,
A rain rail hinged to one of the removable roofs allows the split removable roof and rain rail to be folded compactly, making it easy to carry and store, and reducing the risk of damage due to contact. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, a roof 11 of a sports car type automobile body 10
A long rectangular opening 12 is formed in the left and right sides, and a series of rain rails 13 are formed around the periphery of the opening 12 by bending the front, left and right roof outer parts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d into a U-shape. A series of weather strips 14 are fitted to the rising ends of each roof outer 11a to 11d.

As shown in FIG. 6, a drainage hose 15 passing through the pillar is connected to the rain rail 13.
Rainwater etc. accumulated on the rain rail 13 is discharged to the outside of the vehicle.

The opening 12 is provided with a removable roof 16 that fits into the opening 12 and has an inner panel 16c in contact with the weather strip 14 for sealing.

The removable roof 16 has two parts on the left and right in the center part.
These are divided roofs 16a and 16b.

A series of seal members 17a and 17b are fitted into the joints between the inner panel 16c and the outer panel 16d of each of the split roofs 16a and 16b, respectively.

The left seal member 17a of the left split roof 16a is
The right seal member 17 of the right split roof 16b contacts the front and left roof outer parts 11a, 11b, and 11c.
b is the front and right roof outer 11a, 11b, 1
1d, and as shown in FIG.
Left seal member 1 at the split end of the left split roof 16a
7a and the right sealing member 17b at the split end of the right split roof 16b butt against each other and come into contact (butt type), and seal their respective contact portions.

As shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10,
Hinge metal fittings 3 are attached to the inner panels 16c, 16c on the side surfaces of the split ends of the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b at appropriate locations (two locations in the embodiment) in the front and back direction.
6 and 36 are fixed with bolts 37 and 37, and the opposing hinge fittings 36 and 36 are connected with hinge pins 38 and 38, and the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b are separated into two parts so that the inner panels 16c and 16c are face-to-face. It is designed to be foldable (see Figure 5).

In addition, a recess 16e is formed in the inner panel 16c on the lower surface of the split end of the left split roof 16a, and rises 18a and 18a serving as weirs are formed on both sides.
rain rails 13 before and after the opening 12.
One end of the rain rail 18 projecting upward is hingedly connected to a hinge pin 40 and a hinge fitting 39 fixed to the rising edge of the recess 16e, and the other end of the rain rail 18 is connected to the right split roof 16b. A sealing member 19 that contacts and seals the inner panel 16c is fitted. In addition, 41
is trim.

The rain rail 18 includes a spring (not shown).
are provided below the left and right seal members 17a, 17b (sealed portions) at both divided ends of the left and right divided roofs 16a, 16b, and when the left and right divided roofs 16a, 16b are deployed, infiltration occurs through these sealed portions. While the rainwater and the like is discharged to the rain rail 13 of the opening 12, when the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b are folded, it can be reversed 180 degrees by the above-mentioned point spring and stored in the recess 16e of the left split roof 16a. can. Note that the rain rail 18 may be provided on the right split roof 16b side.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, hinge mails 20, 20 protruding forward from two locations are fixed to the front parts of the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b with bolts 21, 21, and The hinge mail 2 is attached to the rising portion of the front roof outer 11a of the opening 12 corresponding to the hinge mails 20, 20.
The left and right split roof 16 is fixed by fixing the hinge females 22, 22, which have elastic members inside which can be inserted with bolts 23, 23, and inserting the hinge females 20 into the hinge females 22.
The front portions of a and 16b are now locked. Note that since the inside of the hinge female 22 is made of an elastic material, the rear portions of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b can be tilted up.

In addition, at the rear of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b, as shown in FIGS. 11a and 11b,
A hollow manual lever 26 is attached to a bracket 25 fixed to the inner panel 16c with screws 24, 24.
A pair of locking levers 2 are attached to the rear of the hand-operated lever 26.
8, 28 are pivotally connected by a hinge pin 29, and a lock pin 30 is fixed to the front part of the locking levers 28, 28, while a roof inner rear part of the locking levers 28, 28 is connected to the opening corresponding to the lock pin 30. 11
e, a hook 3 capable of engaging and detaching the lock pin 30;
1 with bolts 32, 32.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11a, the locking lever 28
By locking the locking pin 30 on the hook 31 and rotating the manual lever 26 counterclockwise, the rear portions of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b are locked, and as shown in FIG. 11b, Then, the manual operation lever 26 is rotated around the hour hand, the locking lever 28 is also rotated around the lock pin 30 around the hour hand, and the manual operation lever 26 and the locking lever 2 are rotated.
8 and expand in a straight line.

In this case, the manual lever 26 and the locking lever 28
It is held in an expanded state by a stopper. The rear parts of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b are now tilted up, and in this state the locking lever 28
By removing the lock pin 30 from the hook 31, the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b can be pulled rearward and removed from the opening 12.

If the removable roof 16 is configured as described above, when the removable roof 16 is closed, the left and right split roof 16
The front portions of a and 16b are locked by a hinge mail 20 and a hinge female 22, and the rear portions are locked by a manual lever 26, a locking lever 28, and a hook 31.

Rainwater, etc. that has entered through the seal portion formed by the seal members 17a, 17b on the outer periphery of the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b collects on the rain rail 13, and rainwater, etc. that has entered from the seal portion formed by the central seal members 17a, 17b is collected from the rain rail 18. It is discharged onto the rain rail 13 and then discharged out of the vehicle through the drainage hose 15. The seal member 19 of the rain rail 18 has a double seal structure together with the seal members 17a and 17b, so that the waterproof and soundproof effects are improved.

Next, when tilting up the removable roof 16, it is sufficient to operate the manual lever 26 as described above to unfold it linearly together with the locking lever 28.

When the removable roof 16 is to be removed, the lock pin 30 of the locking lever 28 is removed from the hook 31 in the tilted-up state as described above, and the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b are pulled rearward.

The removable roof 16 thus removed is stored in the recess 16e by inverting the rain rail 18 by 180 degrees, and then folding the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b into two compactly around the hinge pin 38,
Carry it around and store it in your trunk space.

In the above embodiment, the removable roof 16 is divided into left and right parts, but it may also be divided into front and rear parts.Also, although the removable roof 16 is divided into two parts, it can be divided into three or more parts. Further, although the divided end portions of the removable roof 16 were of the abutting type, they may be of an overlapping type in which the divided ends are relatively overlapped.

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention
The removable roof is divided and the divided parts are connected with hinge members, and the rain rail is hinged to one of the removable roof parts, so the removable roof and the rain rail can be folded compactly. It is easy to carry and can be easily stored in the trunk space.

Furthermore, the risk of damage caused by contact between the removable and removable roof parts is also reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with a conventional removable roof device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an automobile equipped with a removable roof device according to the present invention, and FIG.
A cross-sectional view, Figure 4 is a - cross-sectional view of Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2.
The figure is a side view of the removable roof when folded, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2, Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2, Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of the right split roof, and Figure 9 is a side view of the removable roof when folded.
The figure is a perspective view of the bottom side of the left split roof, Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2, and Figure 11a is a - of Figure 2.
The sectional view, FIG. 11b, is a sectional view of FIG. 11a when the device is tilted up. 10...Vehicle body, 11...Roof, 12...Opening, 13...Rain rail, 14...Weather strip, 16...Removable roof, 16a...Left split roof, 16b...Right split roof, 16e ……
Recessed portion, 17a, 17b... Seal member, 18...
Rain rail, 36, 39...Hinge fitting, 3
8, 40...hinge pin, 20, 22, 26, 3
1... Locking means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A removable roof that covers an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body is divided into at least two parts, and the adjacent divided parts of the divided removable roof are foldably joined by a hinge member, and a is a removable roof device for an automobile, characterized in that a rain rail hinged to one of adjacent split removable roofs is located.