JPH0126890B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cable drive device for a sliding roof device of a motor vehicle.

As is well known, the sliding roof device raises or lowers the rear part of the sliding roof from a roof opening, and then slides the sliding roof above or below the rear roof via various guides to open the roof opening.

Therefore, the sliding roof device is provided with a tilt-up device for raising and lowering the rear portion of the sliding roof, and a sliding roof moving device for moving the sliding roof back and forth.

Conventionally, this type of tilt-up device and sliding roof moving device is operated by moving a cable back and forth, one end of which is connected to a drive motor.
The free end of the cable, which is provided separately for operating the sliding roof moving device and is not connected to the tilt up device or the sliding roof moving device, simply moves back and forth without operating in any way.

Therefore, the number of parts increased, such as installing independent drive motors and related parts, arranging cables for the tilt-up device and cables for the sliding roof moving device, and securing space for the free ends of the cables. This method increases the weight and space of the device, complicates assembly work, and reduces productivity.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a sliding roof that can freely close the roof opening, a slide stay arranged on both sides of the sliding roof, and a rear part of the sliding roof. In a sliding roof device that is equipped with a tilt-up device that can freely move up and down, and that opens a roof opening by sliding the sliding roof upward or downward from the rear roof, the intermediate portion is connected to a drive source. This cable drive device for a sliding roof device is characterized in that one end of the cable is connected to the sliding roof side and the other end is connected to the tilt up device side.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention applied to an external sliding roof device will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a cutaway plan view of essential parts of a sliding roof device equipped with a cable drive device according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side view showing the same in the tilt-up state, Fig. 4 is a side view showing the same in the sliding roof fully open state, Fig. 5 is Fig. 2 A-
A-line equivalent sectional view, Figure 6 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the cable drive device, Figure 7 is a plan view of the cable drive device, and Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11 are sliding roofs. A side view showing the operating state of the moving device, FIG. 12 is a plan view of the same, and FIG.
14 is a perspective view of the cable slider, FIGS. 15 to 18 are plan views showing the operating state of the cable drive transmission device, and FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional view corresponding to the line X-X in Figure 15, and Figures 20 A to G are the lines AA, B-B, and C-C in Figure 19, respectively.
FIG.

1 is a roof, 2 is a sliding roof, the sliding roof 2 can freely close the roof opening 3, the rear part 4 of the sliding roof can be tilted up as shown in FIG. When moved onto the rear roof 5, the opening 7 provided in the roof opening 3 and the roof lining 6
The interior of the vehicle is opened to the atmosphere through the

A pair of front slide stays 11, 11 are provided on both sides of the lower front end of the sliding roof 2.
is installed vertically.

The front slide stay 11 includes an arm portion 12 extending forward and diagonally downward, and a support shaft 13 protrudes from the front portion of the arm portion 12 as shown in FIG.
A slider 14 is attached to the lower front end.

From the front to the rear on both sides of the opening 7,
A pair of main guide rails 15, 15 each having a guide portion 15a are extended.
The slider 14 is slidably fitted into the hole a.

A pair of roof-side sub-guide rails 16, 16 extend from the middle to the rear on both sides of the lower surface of the sliding roof 2.

An opening 7 is located inside the main guide rail 15.
A pair of frame-side sub-guide rails 22, 22 are provided from substantially the middle to the rear on both sides, with their front ends pivoted to hinges 21, respectively.

Between the roof-side sub-guide rails 16, 16 and the frame-side sub-guide rails 22, 22, the rear upper end is connected to the roof-side sub-guide rail 16.
, attach the front lower end to the frame side sub guide rail 22.
A pair of rear slide stays 23, 23 are provided so as to be slidably fitted to the rear slide stays 23, 23.

A frame member 6a is disposed on the roof lining 6 around the opening 7, and the frame member 6a on both sides of the rear part of the opening 7 can be vertically swung by moving the drive lever 31 back and forth. A pair of tilt-up devices 33, 33 having a tilt-up lever 32 are provided, and the tip of the tilt-up lever 32 and the rear end of the frame-side sub-guide rail 22 are pivotally supported. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the frame side sub-guide rail 22 is vertically swung, and the sliding roof 2 can be tilted up and the roof opening 3 can be closed via the rear slide stay 23. When the sliding roof 2 is tilted up as shown in FIG. 3, the sliding roof 2 is tilted up as shown in FIGS. As shown, the rear roof 5 can be moved upwardly and returned from the rear roof 5 to the roof opening 3 via the front slide stay 11 and the rear slide stay 23.

The drive levers 31, 31 of the tilt-up devices 33, 33 are connected to cable drive transmission devices 41, 41 provided adjacent to the tilt-up devices 33, 33, respectively, and the sliding roof moving devices 34, 34 and the cable Drive transmission device 4
1, 41 is actuated by a cable drive 42.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cable drive device 42 includes a motor 43 disposed below the rear roof 5 and a gear box 4 connected to the motor 43.
4, and the inside of the two cable outer 45, 46 connected to this gear box 44 is connected to the motor 45,
Two cables 47, 48 that move back and forth in opposite directions and at the same speed due to the operation of the gearbox 44.
As shown in FIG. 7, the left half 47a of one cable 47 is fitted into the guide groove 49 of the main guide rail 15 through the left half 45a of the cable outer 45, and the end 47b is inserted into the guide groove 49 of the main guide rail 15. It is connected to the sliding roof moving device 34 on the left side of the sliding roof 2, and the right half 47c is fitted to the cable drive transmission device 41 on the lower right side of the rear roof 5 via the right half 45b of the cable outer 45. , and the left half 48 of another cable 48
a is connected to the cable drive transmission device 4 on the lower left side of the rear roof 5 through the left half 46a of the cable outer 46.
The right half 48b is fitted into the guide groove 49 of the main guide rail 15 through the right half 46b of the cable outer 46, and the end 48c is inserted into the sliding roof 2 on the right side. It is connected to a mobile device 34.

The sliding roof moving device 34 includes a cable slider 51 that connects to the cable 47 or 48, a swing link 52 that connects the cable slider 51 and the front slide stay 11, and the like.

The cable slider 51 is connected to the front slide stay 1 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14.
An upper plate member 53 located inside the guide part 15a and above the guide part 15a, and a bolt 5 attached to the lower surface of this upper plate member 53.
4 and a lower plate member 55 stacked on top of each other via the cable end 47b, and a leg portion 56 extending downward is formed at the inner front portion of the upper plate member 53, and the lower end of the leg portion 56 and the cable end portion 47b or 48c is connected.

The outer rear part of the lower plate member 55 is extended to the outside of the vehicle body for a required length, and the main guide rail 15 is attached to the end thereof.
A holder portion 57 having a U-shape in side view is vertically provided apart from the holder portion 57 .

The holder portion 57 is attached to the main guide rail 1
The holder part 5 has a required length in the longitudinal direction of the holder part 5.
A slide pin 58 is attached to the front part of 7.

The holder part 57 and the main guide rail 15
The swing link 52 is disposed between the two.

The swing link 52 is connected to the main guide rail 1
It has an arm part 61 extending in the front-rear direction in parallel with 5,
A locking piece 62 is made to protrude from the intermediate portion in the length direction of the arm 61, and a long hole 63 is formed in the locking piece 62 with an inclined axis. axis 1
3 is slidably fitted.

A guide portion 15a is provided in the rear half of the arm portion 61 and extends linearly for a required length along the length direction of the arm portion 61.
A sliding groove 64 is formed whose guide height matches that of the sliding groove 64, and the rear end of the sliding groove 64 is bent diagonally downward to form a locking groove 65.

The slide pin 58 is inserted through the slide groove 64 to the guide portion 15a of the main guide rail 15.
is inserted into the sliding groove 64 and the guide portion 15 at the rear of the slider 14 with the collar 66 attached.
a is slidable.

A base part of a stopper pin 71 that enters into the guide part 15a is fixed to the front part of the arm part 61. A collar 72 is attached to the stopper pin 71, and the stopper pin 71 is attached to the slider 14.
The guide portion 15a is slidable in front of the guide portion 15a.

A stopper member 74 is fixed to the front end of the main guide rail 15, and the stopper member 74 is formed with a front hooking groove 75 that is connected to the guide portion 15a and bent diagonally upward.

Such sliding roof moving device 34 is
When the sliding roof is fully closed, the holder portion 5 of the cable slider 51 is
7 is located in the middle of the arm portion 61 of the swing link 52, the slide pin 58 faces toward the front end of the sliding groove 64, and the stopper pin 71 faces the front end of the sliding groove 64.
A sliding groove 64 formed in the arm portion 61 of the swing link 52 is formed parallel to the guide groove 15a so as to restrict the back and forth movement of the sliding roof 2.

From this state, the cable drive device 42 is operated as shown in FIG.
When the sliding roof 2 is tilted up, the rear part of the front slide stay 11 swings upward around the slider 14, but since the support shaft 13 moves while sliding within the elongated hole 63, the tilt-up movement of the sliding roof 2 is caused by the elongated hole 63. The stopper pin 71 is maintained in the state of being latched to the front latch groove 75 without swinging the swing link 52, and the slide pin 58 is absorbed by the slide groove 64 without swinging the swing link 52. and slide within the guide portion 15a.

Further, when the cable slider 51 is moved rearward via the cables 47 and 48 from the tilted up state of the rear part 4 of the sliding roof, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the swinging link 5 uses the support shaft 13 as the support shaft.
2. Swing the rear part upward and press the stopper pin 71.
is moved downward to release the latching between the stopper pin 71 and the front latching groove 75. From then on, as shown in FIG. The front slide stay 11 is also formed to slide on the guide portion 15a and move the front slide stay 11 following the movement of the cable slider 51 without swinging the swing link 52.

When the cables 47a, 48b are moved forward to close the roof opening 3 with the sliding roof 2, the stopper pin 71 is first slid and guided into the front catch groove 75 from the state shown in FIGS. 11 and 10. The rear part of the swing link 52 is swung downward, and the slide pin 5 is
8 and the locking groove 65, and thereafter operate in the opposite manner to the above-mentioned operation.

The drive lever 31 is moved back and forth with a desired stroke by a cable drive transmission device 41.

The cable drive transmission device 41 includes a case body 81 attached to the roof lining 6 adjacent to the tilt-up device 33, a slider 82 fitted into the case body 81, and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 19 and FIGS. 20A to 20F, the case body 81 has a guide portion 83 having a rectangular cross section formed in a required length parallel to the axis of the drive lever 31, and has a tilt-up function. Device 33
A long hole 85 of a required length is bored in the side wall 84 of the guide portion.

The guide portion rear wall 86 of the case body 81 includes:
A cable slider 87 having a rectangular cross section is installed by inserting the end of the cable outer 45 or 46, and is located a predetermined distance rearward from the tip of the cable fitted into the cable outer 45 or 46.
is installed.

The guide portion front wall 91 of the case main body 81 includes:
A stopper member 92 is attached to the stopper member 92, and the cable slider 8 is aligned with the end of the cable outer 45 or 46.
A relief hole 93 having a rectangular cross section is formed so that the slider 7 can freely move back and forth.

A cable protection pipe 94 having a rectangular cross section and a required length is fixed in front of the guide section front wall 91 so as to be continuous with the escape hole 93.

A window hole 96 is formed near the front end of the inner wall 95 of the guide portion of the case body 81.
A locking piece 97 is provided at the rear end.

A base portion 102 of a slider 82 having an arm portion 101 protruding from the elongated hole 85 toward the drive lever 31 is slidably fitted into the guide portion 83 .

The tip of the arm 101 of the slider 82 and the rear end of the drive lever 31 are screwed together with screws 103, 103.

On the rear end side of the base 102 of the slider 82,
A space 10 having a larger diameter than the cable outer 45 or 46 is arranged so that its axis coincides with the end of the cable outer 45 or 46 and the escape hole 93.
4 is bored to a required depth, and the front end side of the base 102 has a rectangular cross section that is vertically elongated so as to align the axis with the space 104 and make the cable slider 87 slidable but not rotatable. sliding groove 105
The space portion 104 and the sliding groove 105 are defined by an intermediate wall portion 106, and the space portion 104 and the sliding groove 10 are formed in the intermediate wall portion 106.
A guide hole 107 is formed so that the axis of the cable 47 or 48 is aligned with that of the cable 47 or 48 so that the cable 47 or 48 can freely move back and forth.

A guide groove 112 is formed in the front part of the slider base 102, which communicates the inner surface 111 of the base with the sliding groove 105, and the guide groove 112 has a support shaft part 113 that protrudes in the vertical direction. A swinging member 114 is fitted therethrough.

The swinging member 114 includes a swinging piece 115 that is substantially triangular in plan view and is swingable via the support shaft 113.
The front end of the slider base 102 is provided with the window hole 9.
6, one side edge 1
15a is flush with the inner surface 111 of the base of the slider 82 and is made non-swingable by the guide inner wall 95, and the other side 115b matches the rear wall 112a of the guide groove 112 and slides on the tip 115c. Groove 1
The cable slider 87
is formed so as to be locked to the intermediate wall portion 106,
Further, when the slider 82 is positioned so that the rear wall 112a of the guide groove 112 and the locking piece 97 are in a straight line, the front end of the slider base 102 is locked to the stopper member 92, and the forward movement of the cable 74 or 48 is prevented. Accordingly, the swinging piece 114 has the other side 115b inside the guide groove 112 and the one side 115b inside the guide groove 112.
The tip of 15a is formed to protrude outward from window hole 96.

Such cable drive transmission devices 41, 41, when the sliding roof is fully closed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, position the rear end of the slider base 102 near the rear wall 86 of the guide portion as shown in FIG. When the cable driving device 42 is operated to move the cables 47c and 48a forward from this state, the swinging piece 115 is prevented from swinging by the inner wall 95 of the guide portion and moves to the tip of the other side portion 115b. 11
5c faces into the sliding groove 105, the forward movement of the cables 47c and 48a is caused by the other side 115.
b. The signal is transmitted to the slider 82 via the support shaft 113, moves the slider 82 forward, moves the drive lever 31 forward, and tilts up the tilt-up device 33.
It is designed to operate.

Next, as the slider 82 moves forward a predetermined distance, the front part of the guide groove 112 faces the window hole 96, and the lock between the guide part inner wall 95 and one side part 115a is released, the swinging piece 114 slightly moves. The guide groove rear wall 112a swings clockwise, as shown in FIG.
is in a substantially straight line with the locking piece 97, the other side 115b is in the guide groove 112, and the one side 1
The tip of the slider base 102 protrudes outward from the window hole 96, and the front end of the slider base 102 is engaged with the stopper member 92, so that the tilt-up device 3 is fixed as shown in FIG.
3 forms the sliding roof rear tilt-up state.

In this state, the sliding roof moving devices 34, 34 are formed so that the slide pin 58 is positioned in the sliding groove 64 or latched in the latching groove 65, as shown in FIG. 9 or 10. There is.

Furthermore, from this state, the cable 47c or 48
Even if the cable 47c or 48a moves forward, the slider 82 does not move and only the cable 47c or 48a passes through the escape hole 9, as shown in FIGS.
3 and move forward in the cable protection pipe 94, while the sliding roof moving device 34
, the stopper pin 71 and the front hook groove 75
is released, and slides on the guide portion 15a with the slide pin 58 being locked in the locking groove 65,
Following the rearward movement of the cable 47a or 48b, the sliding roof 2 is moved rearward to form a fully open sliding roof state.

Next, when closing the roof opening 3, the cable drive device 42 is activated and the cable 47 is closed.
When the cables 47c and 48a are moved backward, the sliding roof 2 is moved forward by the sliding roof drive devices 34 and 34, but in the cable drive transmission device, only the cables 47c and 48a are moved backward, as shown in FIGS. When the cables 47c and 48a further move backward from the state shown in FIG. 17 and the cable slider 87 is locked to the intermediate wall 106, the sliding roof 2 is positioned above the roof opening 3 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as the cables 47c and 48a move backward due to the engagement between the cable slider 87 and the intermediate wall 106, the slider 82 moves backward, and the drive lever 3
1 to the rear, and the tilt-up device 33 is activated.

Note that the cable slider 87 is connected to the intermediate wall portion 106.
When the cable is locked in the state, the tip of the cable is in a substantially straight line with the guide groove rear wall 112a, so the slider 8
2 moves backward, the one side portion 115a is pressed by the locking piece 97, and the swinging piece 115 swings counterclockwise around the support shaft 113, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16. As shown, one side 115a is flush with the slider base inner surface 111, and the other side 115a is flush with the slider base inner surface 111.
The tip 115c of b is exposed into the sliding groove 105, and in this state, the slider 82 moves backward.

Eventually, as shown in FIG. 15, when the rear end of the slider base 102 is located near the rear wall 86 of the guide section, the cable drive device 42 is deactivated, and the tilt-up device 33 and the sliding roof moving device 34 start sliding. The roof is fully closed.

In the present invention, as described above, one end of the cable is connected to the sliding roof side and the other end of the cable is connected to the tilt-up device side. , when opening and closing the sliding roof by operating two tilt-up devices disposed below the rear roof, one drive source;
It can be carried out using two cables, and has excellent effects such as minimizing the number of parts, weight, space, etc. of the sliding roof device, simplifying assembly, and improving productivity. do.

In addition, in the present invention, the end of the cable is connected to the sliding roof side so that the sliding roof is slid by the back and forth movement of the cable, that is, the back and forth driving force of the sliding roof is transmitted from the end of the cable. This has the following advantages over, for example, the case where the driving force is taken out from the middle part of the cable. That is,
When extracting the driving force from the middle part of the cable, a member for outputting the driving force is provided in the middle part of the cable, so it is necessary to cut out the cable outer corresponding to this part, and rainwater, sand, etc. etc. will invade. In contrast, in the structure of the present invention, the driving force is taken out from the end of the cable, so there is no need to cut out the cable outer, and the cable can be protected over its entire length by the cable outer.

Furthermore, in the present invention, one end of the cable is connected to the sliding roof side and the other end is connected to the tilt-up device, so both ends of the cable become the actuating part of the driving force, and only one end of the cable becomes the actuating part. It is more durable than others. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the degree of freedom in arranging each attachment part is higher than in a structure in which a sliding roof and a tilt-up device are attached to both sides of the cable, respectively, in which these devices are attached to one end of the cable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a cutaway plan view of the main part of a sliding roof device equipped with a cable drive device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, and FIG. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the sliding roof in the fully open state, Fig. 5 is a sectional view corresponding to line A-A in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 shows the arrangement of the drive device. Plan view,
FIG. 7 is a plan view of the drive device, FIGS. 8, 9, 10, and 11 are side views showing the operating state of the sliding roof moving device, FIG. 12 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. The figure is a sectional view corresponding to the line B-B in Figure 12, Figure 14 is a perspective view of the cable slider, Figures 15 to 18 are plan views showing the operating state of the cable drive transmission device, and Figure 19 is the figure 15. Cross-sectional views corresponding to the X-X line, Figures 20 A to G are respectively Figure 19 A-A
line, B-B line, C-C line, D-D line, E-E line,
It is a sectional view corresponding to the FF line and the GG line. In addition, in the drawing, 2 is a sliding roof, 33
is a tilt-up device, 34 is a sliding roof moving device, 41 is a cable drive transmission device, 42
is a cable drive device, and 47 and 48 are cables.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sliding roof that can freely close the roof opening, slide stays provided on both sides of the sliding roof, and a tilt-up device that can freely move the rear part of the sliding roof up and down. In a sliding roof device that opens a roof opening by sliding the sliding roof above or below the rear roof, the intermediate portions of the two cables are connected to one drive source, and the two cables are connected to one driving source. A cable drive device for a sliding roof device, characterized in that one end of each of the cables is connected to the sliding roof side, and the other end is connected to the tilt up device.