JPH0439985Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention is based on a vehicle window regulator structure that supports a door glass so that it can be raised and lowered by rotating the regulator handle on the indoor side. Regarding.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a vehicle window regulator structure of the above-mentioned example, there is a device described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-134673.

That is, it includes a guide rail extending vertically at approximately the center inside the door, a cable operated by a drive device, and a carrier plate fixed to the lower part of the door glass and connected to the cable,
A device configured to run the above-mentioned cable and raise and lower the door glass via a carrier plate connected to this cable when the regulator handle connected to the drive shaft of the drive device is rotated from inside the room. It is.

However, the conventional device described above has the following problems.

In other words, when the above-mentioned conventional device is applied to an open-top automobile in particular, above the waist line of the door, the door glass is only guided by its leading edge by the front door sash, and the door glass is Since there is no guide member to guide the trailing edge, when the door glass is raised or lowered, the rotating tension is applied to the door glass, causing the door glass to tilt diagonally, which prevents the door glass from moving up and down smoothly. had.

(Purpose of the invention) This invention uses a plurality of unique sliders on a rigid carrier plate to restrict movement in the front-rear direction and vehicle width direction when the door glass is raised and lowered, allowing smooth raising and lowering of the door glass. At the same time, the regulation structure can be made compact and effective regulation can be carried out, especially on the side opposite to the side where the glass guide that supports only the front end of the door glass, that is, above the waistline. By providing a front-rear regulating slider that restricts the front-back movement of the door glass when the door glass is raised or lowered on the guide rail protrusion on the side where there is no member that supports the door glass,
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle window regulator structure capable of expanding a region for regulating the movement of a door glass in the longitudinal direction caused by a rotational tension applied to the door glass.

(Structure of the invention) This invention consists of a glass guide that connects the upper and lower ends of the door body and supports only the front end side of the door glass, and a glass guide that extends vertically at approximately the center of the interior of the door and is attached to the door body. A vehicle window regulator structure comprising a substantially C-shaped guide rail, a cable operated by a drive device, and a carrier plate fixed to a lower part of a door glass and connected to the cable, The carrier plate is provided with first and second sliders vertically spaced apart from each other, which fit into the convex portion of the guide rail on the side opposite to the glass guide to restrict the movement of the carrier plate in the front and back direction. , the first and second sliders are fitted at positions vertically offset from each other and spaced apart from each other so that the outer periphery is regulated by the guide rail having a substantially C-shaped cross section. The present invention is characterized by a vehicle window regulator structure that is provided with third and fourth sliders that restrict movement of the rear plate in the vehicle width direction.

(Effect of the invention) According to this invention, in a door glass door in which a glass guide is provided only on the front end side of the door glass, the movement of the carrier plate in the front and rear direction is restricted by the first and second sliders described above. It is possible to restrict the movement of the door glass in the longitudinal direction when the glass is raised and lowered.

Further, by regulating the movement of the carrier plate in the vehicle width direction by the third and fourth sliders described above, it is possible to regulate the movement of the door glass in the vehicle width direction when the door glass is raised and lowered.

As a result, when the door glass is raised and lowered, the above-mentioned sliders prevent the door glass from tilting in the longitudinal and vehicle width directions, and the door glass can be smoothly raised and lowered.

In addition, since each of the sliders described above is attached to a rigid carrier plate, the structure (regulating structure) of the slider itself can be made compact, and the above-mentioned regulation can be performed effectively. effective.

In particular, the convex part of the guide rail on the side opposite to the side where the glass guide that supports only the front end side of the door glass is installed, that is, the side where there is no member that supports the door glass above the waistline (anti-glass guide As the first and second sliders are provided on the protrusion on the side of the door as a front-back regulating slider to restrict the movement of the door glass in the front and back direction when the door glass is raised and lowered, This has the effect of expanding the area in which the movement of the door glass in the longitudinal direction is restricted.

(Example) An example of this invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows the structure of a vehicle window regulator. In FIG. 1, an open-top automobile 1 includes an open roof 3 that covers the upper part of the vehicle body 2 so as to be openable and closable, a door body 4, and a door from the upper front end of the door body 4. Front door sash 5 tilting backward and extending upward
The front side door 6 is provided with a front side door 6 as a sillless door.

The above-mentioned front side door 6 (sashless door) includes a door outer panel 7 and a door inner panel (not shown) shown in FIG. 8 is installed.

The above-mentioned guide rail 8 is a metal rail having a substantially C-shaped cross section as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and an L-shaped bracket 9 is welded and fixed to the indoor side surface of this guide rail 8. Further, the above-mentioned guide rail 8 is arranged and fixed to a door inner panel (not shown) of the door body 4 by an inner fixing member 10 welded and fixed to the indoor side surface of the bracket 9.

The door glass 13, which is movable along the front and rear glass guides 11 and 12 attached to the door outer panel 7, is a cable-type window regulator 1.
4 for lifting and lowering operations.

Here, the above-mentioned glass guide 11 is a guide member that connects the upper end and lower end of the door body 4 and supports only the front end side of the door glass 13, as shown in FIG.

Further, the above-mentioned window regulator 14 includes the above-mentioned guide rail 8, a cable 16 operated by a drive device 15, and a 3
The above-mentioned cable 16 is stretched between the pulleys rotatably disposed above and below the above-mentioned bracket 9.
A part of the cable 16 is connected to the carrier plate 17, and by rotating the regulator handle 18 on the indoor side fitted to the drive shaft of the drive device 15, the cable 16
The door glass 13 is moved up and down via the carrier plate 17.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the above-mentioned carrier plate 17 has a protruding portion 8a on the rear edge of the guide rail 8 on the side opposite to the glass guide (on the right side in the drawing). First and second bulges 1
9, 20 are integrally formed, and each of these bulges 19, 2
A first slider 22 and a second slider 23 are provided in the substantially L-shaped recesses 21 and 21 as front and rear regulating sliders.

The above-mentioned first slider 22 and second slider 23
(front/rear regulating sliders) are provided vertically at intervals as shown in Fig. 2, and each of these sliders 2
As shown in FIG. 3, by slidably fitting the rear edge convex portion 8a of the guide rail 8 on the side opposite to the glass guide, these first and second sliders 22 and 23 move the carrier. The movement of the plate 17 in the front-rear direction, that is, in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 3 is restricted.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the first and second sliders 2 in the carrier plate 17 described above are
2 and 23, respectively, there are third and fourth substantially T-shaped third and fourth guide rails bulging toward the indoor side corresponding to the recessed portion of the guide rail 8 having a substantially C-shaped cross section.
bulging portions 24, 25 are integrally formed, and at both front and rear ends of each of these bulging portions 24, 25 are U-shaped third sliders 26, 26 as left and right regulating sliders,
Fourth sliders 27, 27 are attached, and the outer circumferential surfaces of these sliders 26, 27 are regulated by guide rails 8 having a substantially C-shaped stepped surface.

Then, each slider 2 for these left and right regulations
6 and 27 are slidably fitted into the inner recesses on both the front and rear edges of the guide rail 8, as shown in FIG. Movement in the width direction (horizontal direction), that is, in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 4 is restricted.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above,
The action will be explained below.

When the regulator handle 18 is rotated from the inside of a vehicle equipped with a sillless door, the drive shaft of the drive device 15 rotates, causing the cable 16 to run. Through door glass 1
3 can be raised and lowered to open and close the window.

The above-mentioned carrier plate 17 has its longitudinal movement regulated by the first and second sliders 22 and 23 for longitudinal regulation, which are spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction. 13 is restricted from moving forward and backward.

Furthermore, since the above-mentioned carrier plate 17 is restricted in its movement in the vehicle width direction by the third slider 26 and fourth slider 27 for left and right regulation, which are arranged apart from each other in the vertical direction, when the door glass 13 is raised and lowered, Movement of this door glass 13 in the vehicle width direction is restricted.

As a result, each of the above-mentioned four types of sliders 22,
23, 26, and 27 can prevent the door glass 13 from tilting in the longitudinal direction and the vehicle width direction when the door glass 13 is raised and lowered, so that the door glass 13 can be smoothly raised and lowered. There is.

In addition, each of the above-mentioned sliders 22, 23, 26,
27 is attached to the rigid carrier plate 17, so the sliders 22, 23, 2
The structure of the 6, 27 itself (regulating structure) can be made small and compact, and the above-mentioned regulation can be effectively carried out.

In particular, the convex portion of the guide rail 8 on the side opposite to the side where the glass guide 11 that supports only the front end side of the door glass 13 is disposed, that is, the side where there is no member that supports the door glass 13 above the waist line. (Protrusion on the anti-glass guide side) 8a
Since the first and second sliders 22 and 23 are provided as longitudinal regulating sliders for regulating the movement of the door glass 13 in the longitudinal direction when the door glass 13 is raised and lowered, the rotating tension biased against the door glass 13 is This has the effect of expanding the area in which the movement of the door glass 13 in the front-back direction due to the above-mentioned movement is restricted.

In terms of the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the embodiment described above, the door of this invention corresponds to the front side door 6 (sashless door) of the convertible type automobile in the embodiment, and similarly, the door opposite to the glass guide side of the guide rail. The convex portion corresponds to the rear edge convex portion 8a of the guide rail 8.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of this invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is an internal front view showing the structure of a vehicle wind regulator; FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 2; and FIG. It is an enlarged sectional view along the - line. 4...Door body, 6...Front side door (sashless door), 8...Guide rail, 8a
... Trailing edge convex portion, 11 ... Glass guide, 13 ...
Door glass, 14...Window regulator, 1
5... Drive device, 16... Cable, 17... Carrier plate, 22... First slider, 23...
...Second slider, 26...Third slider, 27...
...Fourth slider.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] Door glass 1 connecting the upper and lower ends of door body 4
a glass guide 11 supporting only the front end side of the door 3; a guide rail 8 extending vertically at approximately the center inside the door 6 and having a substantially C-shaped cross section and attached to the door body 4; cable 16
and a carrier plate 17 fixed to the lower part of the door glass 13 and connected to the cable 16. First and second sliders 22 and 23 that fit into the convex portion 8a on the guide side and restrict the movement of the carrier plate 17 in the front-rear direction are vertically spaced apart from each other, and the first and second sliders 2
The carrier plate 17 is fitted to the guide rail 8, which has a substantially C-shaped cross section, at vertically offset positions such as 2 and 23, and with a space between them, so that the outer periphery of the guide rail 8 is regulated. A vehicle window regulator structure is provided with third and fourth sliders 26 and 27 for regulating movement in the vehicle width direction.