JPH0423053Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a backwind storage device for a convertible vehicle.

Prior Art A vehicle has a hood made of a flexible material and a back window made of a rigid body separate from the hood, and when the hood is closed to cover the upper part of the vehicle body, the back window covers the rear window hole of the hood. Convertible vehicles are well known in the art, in which the upper part of the vehicle body can be opened by occupying a use position and folding the top and back window into a storage position.

This type of convertible car has higher visibility to the rear when the hood is attached than a vehicle that has a flexible back window that is integrated with the hood made of soft synthetic resin, and the back window made of a rigid body is separate from the hood. Since they are separate parts, they can be separated and folded for compact storage.
However, in conventional convertible cars of this type, when folding and storing the back window, it is first necessary to separate the back window and the hood using a fastener, and then push the back window down toward the inside of the vehicle from outside the vehicle. The problem was that it took a lot of time and effort.

Purpose The purpose of the present invention is to provide a backwind storage device that can easily store and set up a backwindow.

Configuration In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a canopy made of a flexible material, a backwind made of a rigid body,
The hood is attached to a rotating hood rib that is rotatably supported in the front and back directions in the rear region of the vehicle body, and when the hood is closed to cover the upper part of the vehicle body, the back window The back window of a convertible car occupies a usage position that covers the rear window hole of the hood, and the hood and back window can be folded and stored in the storage position by rotating the rotating hood rib rearward to open the hood. In the storage device, one end side of a rotation link that is rotatable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is pivotally supported on the rotation hood frame, and an upper side of the back window is pivotally attached to the other end side of the rotation link. , A rotatably supported roller is fitted in the lower part of the back window so that it can roll freely. A guide is provided on the vehicle body to guide the vehicle, and when the rotating hood rib is rotated toward the rear of the vehicle body in order to open the hood and the back window reaches a position intermediate between the use position and the storage position, the back window is opened. The length of the guide is set so that the lower roller hits the lower end of the guide and stops, and when the back window is in the use position, the rotation link is oriented such that its upper side moves downward. We propose a configuration in which a stopper is provided on the rotating hood to prevent the rotating hood from rotating.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figures 1a, b, and c show an example of a convertible car, and Figure 1a shows a hood 1 made of a flexible sheet such as soft synthetic resin or cloth, and a back window 2 located at the rear of the hood 1. FIG. 1b shows the roof 3 in a closed state, FIG. 1c shows the roof 3 in the middle of being opened, and FIG. ing. The roof 3 and the backwind storage device described below are configured symmetrically on the left and right sides of the vehicle,
Therefore, the drawings shown below mainly show only the configuration on the left side when viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle. However, FIG. 4 shows both the left and right configurations.

Figures 2a and 3 are the same as Figure 1a.
4 shows details of the rear part of the roof when the upper part 5 is closed, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view with the top removed to clarify the internal structure of the top. As can be seen from these figures, brackets 6 are fixed to both sides of the rear region of the vehicle body 4, and these brackets 6
The lower end portions of a pivoting canopy 8 having a horizontal strut portion 8a are pivotally connected to the respective lower ends via pins 7. This top frame 8 can rotate in the longitudinal directions X ₁ and X ₂ of the vehicle around the pin 7 as shown by arrow A in FIG. 2a. Two front ends 8b of the rotating hood bone 8 (Fig. 4)
As can be seen from FIG. 1, other hood bones 9 and 10 are sequentially pivoted in a chain, and a horizontal hood bone (not shown) extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle is attached to these hood bones 9 and 10. It is being The hood 1 is attached to these horizontal hood bones and the illustrated hood bones 8, 9, and 10, and the hood 1 is attached to the first hood bone.
It is held in a predetermined form as shown in Figure a.

A window hole 14 is formed at the rear of the hood 1, and when the hood is attached to the vehicle body, the hood 1 is inserted so as to cover the upper portion 5 of the vehicle body.
In the closed state, the rear window hole 14 is covered from the inside of the vehicle by the back window 2 which is in the operating position, and the occupant can see the rear of the vehicle through the back window 2. The back window 2 is made of a rigid body such as transparent glass or a transparent hard synthetic resin molded product, and is configured as a separate member from the top 1. A weather strip 2a is attached to the outer periphery of the back window 2.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a rotation link 12 is attached to the horizontal support portion 8a of the rotation canopy 8 via left and right brackets 13 fixed thereto and a pivot pin 11 supported thereon. One end side of is pivoted.
These rotary links 12 are pivotally supported so as to be rotatable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body as shown by the arrow B, and each of the rotary links 12 is supported by a stopper 13a provided on the rotary hood frame 8 via each bracket 13. It is prevented from rotating clockwise beyond the position shown in Figure 2a. Mounting brackets 16 are pin-coupled to the other ends of both rotation links 12 via pins 15, and these mounting brackets 16 are fixed to the interior side surfaces of the upper side of the back window 2, respectively. This allows the backwind 2 to bend relative to both rotation links 12. In this way, the upper side of the back window 2 is pivotally attached to the other end side of the rotation link 12.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, connection brackets 17 are fixed to both sides of the lower part of the back window 2, and pins 18 are attached to these brackets 17.
The rollers 19 are each rotatably supported by. 20 is the connecting bracket 17 and the roller 1
This is a spacer sandwiched between 9 and 9. In this way, the roller 19 is rotatably supported at the bottom of the back window 2.

Each roller 19 is connected to a guide rail 2 fixed to each side of the vehicle body 4 on the inside of the vehicle via a bracket 21a.
It is fitted in a guide hole 22 of a guide made of 1 so as to be able to roll freely. In this way, the roller 19 is connected to the guide hole 2.
2, the backwind 2 also moves toward the guide rail 21 in the direction of arrow C with the pin 18 as the center.
It is possible to rotate in the direction. The guide rail 21 extends downward or diagonally downward, and serves to guide the lower part of the back window 2 in the vertical direction or diagonally upward direction when the rotary canopy rib 8 is rotated to open and close the canopy 1. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the illustrated guide rail 21 extends in a diagonally backward curved state.

One end of a belt 23 is fixed to both ends of the horizontal support portion of the rotating canopy 8, and these belts 2
3 passes through the interior side of the aforementioned mounting bracket 16 and connection bracket 17, and its lower end is connected to the vehicle body 4.
is fixedly latched to. Each bracket 16, 17
As shown in FIG. 9, a substantially C-shaped guide member 24 is fixed to the belt, and the belt 23 passes through it, so that the belt 23 will not shift laterally or come off the brackets 16 and 17. . The position where the belt 23 contacts both brackets 16 and 17 is located on the inside of the vehicle from the line L connecting the position where the belt 23 is fixed to the rotating top frame 8 and the position where it is fixed to the vehicle body 4 (Fig. 2a). are doing.

When the hood 1 covers the upper part 5 of the vehicle body 4 and the back window 2 is in the use position as shown in FIGS. 2a and 3, the stopper 13a moves the upper part of the back window 2 downward. The rotation link 12 is prevented from rotating. The pivot link 12, via the mounting bracket 16, can thus hold the backwindow 2 in the operating position shown in FIG. 2a. Also at this time, the rotating hood bone 8
and the vehicle body 4 at both ends thereof.
3 is in a strongly tensioned state, belt 2
Since the contact position of belt 3 to both brackets 16 and 17 is on the inside of the vehicle from straight line L as described above, belt 23 presses both brackets 16 and 17 and back window 2 in the direction of arrow D (FIG. 2 a). do. Therefore, the weather strip 2a of the back window 2 comes into pressure contact with the area around the window hole of the top 1, preventing rainwater and outside air from entering the vehicle interior through the space between the back window 2 and the window hole 14, and ensuring reliable sealing. Ru.

As described above, the rotation link 12 and the stopper 1
3a functions to hold the backwind 2 at a predetermined set position in cooperation with the belt 23, but these elements 12, 13a, together with the guide rail 21, also constitute elements of the backwind storage device according to the present invention. , its action is as follows.

When opening the roof 3, the roof 1 is folded by pushing the roof 3 backward from its front end side, bending the canopy ribs 10, 9, and 8 sequentially at their pivot points, as shown in FIGS. 1b and 1c. However, due to this, the pivoting hood bone 8 is moved to the rear side, that is, the second
Rotate clockwise in figure a. As a result, the belt 23, which had been tensioned until then, is loosened as shown in FIG. 2b, and the pressing action of the back window 2 against the top 1 is released. At this time, one pin 15 for the rotation link 12 is connected to the other pin 11 and the other pin 15.
Line M (second
Since it is located further inside the vehicle than in Figure b), the rotation link 12
The upper part of the backwind 2 is pushed down while it is in contact with the stopper 13a, and the lower part of the backwind 2 is pushed down while being guided by the guide rail 21, and the roller 19 is pushed down into the guide hole 22 of the rail 21.
Move downward while rolling. In this way, the backwind 2 descends while moving away from the window hole 14 one after another.

Three pins 7, 15, 1 as shown in Figure 2c
Backwind 2 until the 8s line up on one straight line N
When the roller 19 is lowered, the roller 19 moves to the guide rail 21.
The movement of the roller 19 is stopped when the roller 19 hits the lower end of the guide hole. In this way, when the rotating hood rib 8 is rotated toward the rear of the vehicle body 4 to open the hood 1 and the back window 2 reaches a position intermediate between the use position and the storage position (FIG. 2 d), When the roller 19 at the bottom of the backwind hits the lower end of the guide rail 21, the roller 1
The length of the guide rail 21 is set so that the guide rail 9 stops.

When the canopy 8 further rotates, the rotation link 12 rotates about the pin 11 in the counterclockwise direction (in the direction of arrow E) in FIG. For this reason, backwind 2
rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2c around the pin 18 of the roller 19, which has already stopped, and is stored in the storage position within the vehicle body 4, as shown in FIG. 2d.

By rotating the rotating top rib 8 rearward as described above, the top 1 and back window 2 can be folded and stored together with the other top ribs 9 and 10 as shown in FIG. 2d. Further, by simply folding the top rib 8 and the top 1, the back window 2 can be separated from the top 1 and stored.

Roof 3 by performing the operation in reverse to the above-mentioned operation.
can be closed, but at that time the rotation link 12
When the state passes from the state shown in FIG. 2c to the state shown in FIG. 2b and reaches the state shown in FIG. Since the rotation link 12 is blocked, the rotation link 12 can lift the back window 2 to the position of the window hole 14 of the top as the rotation top rib 8 rotates.
When the back window 2 reaches the position shown in FIG. be done. In this way, when setting the back window, there is no need for complicated work such as closing the fastener.

The present invention does not consist of a canopy covering the entire roof, but rather consists of a rigid roof panel, for example, in which the front part of the roof is actuated manually or by a drive, and the rear part is a canopy connected to the roof panel. It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a roof, etc., which is covered with a canopy, and in this case, only the upper part of the rear part of the vehicle body is covered by the canopy.

In addition, a fluid pressure cylinder with a rotating hood bone attached to the vehicle body,
It can be configured to be rotated by a drive means such as a motor, and when the front part of the roof consists of a roof panel that is operated by a drive device, the rotation canopy and the roof panel are operated in conjunction with each other. It is a good idea to let them do so.

Effects According to the storage device according to the present invention, when storing the back window, there is no need to operate a fastener or push down the back window by hand from outside the vehicle, and the back window can be opened and moved in conjunction with this. The back window can be stored and its operation is very easy. The same thing applies when setting the back window.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1a, b, and c are side views schematically showing the roof of a convertible car with the roof closed, in the middle of opening, and in the open state, respectively. Figure 2a is the rear view of the roof when the roof is closed. 2B to 2D are side views illustrating the operation when opening the roof, FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of FIG. 2A, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the state with the top removed. , Figure 5 is the fourth
An enlarged perspective view of the part indicated by the arrow in the figure,
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the part indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4, and FIG.
Similarly to the figure, a part of the hood is added with chain lines, Figure 7 is an enlarged plan view of a part of Figure 4, Figure 8 is a side view seen in the direction of the arrow in Figure 7, and Figure 9 is FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the bracket shown in FIG. 7; 1...Top, 2...Backwind, 4...Vehicle body, 5...Upper part, 8...Rotating hood rib, 12...Rotating link, 13a...Stopper, 14...Window hole,
19...Rollers, _X1 , _X2 ...Back and forth direction.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A hood made of a flexible material, a back window made of a rigid body, and a rotary structure to which the hood is attached and supported so as to be rotatable in the front and back directions in the rear area of the vehicle body. When the hood is closed to cover the upper part of the vehicle body, the back window occupies a use position covering the rear window hole of the hood, and the rotating hood rib is rotated rearward to open the hood. In a backwind storage device for a convertible vehicle, which allows the top and backwindow to be folded and stored in a storage position by opening, the pivoting hood rib has one end side of a pivoting link that is pivotable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The upper side of the backwind is pivotally connected to the other end of the rotary link, and a roller rotatably supported at the lower part of the backwind is fitted in a rotatable manner. A guide is provided on the car body to guide the lower part of the back window vertically or diagonally up and down when the top rib is rotated to open and close the top. When the back window reaches a position intermediate between the use position and the storage position,
The length of the guide is set so that the roller at the bottom of the backwind comes into contact with the lower end of the guide to stop the roller, and when the backwind is in the use position, the upper side thereof moves downward. A backwind storage device characterized in that a stopper for preventing the pivot link from rotating is provided on the pivoting canopy.