JPH059216Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (Industrial application field) This invention provides a window glass that opens and closes the window opening, and when this window glass is moved backward, the rear part of the window glass moves outward from the vehicle. The present invention relates to an opening/closing device for an automobile window, which is configured to open the window opening while deflecting the window.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there are automobile windows in which a window opening formed on the side of the vehicle body is opened and closed by moving the window glass in the front and back direction.
For example, there is one shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 41 denotes a vehicle body panel constituting a side wall of the vehicle body, and a window opening 42 is provided in this vehicle body panel 41.
is formed. A guide rail 45 extending along the lower opening edge 43 of the window opening 42 is provided with a guide rail 45 extending along the lower opening edge 43.
A guide groove 46 is formed therein.

Further, a window glass 47 for opening and closing the window opening 42 is provided. A bracket 48 is attached to the window glass 47, and a substantially cylindrical guide pin 49 is protruded from the bracket 48. The guide pin 49 is fitted into the guide groove 46 and guided so as to be slidable back and forth. When the window glass 47 is moved back and forth, the guide pin 49 is guided by the guide groove 46, and the window glass 47 opens and closes the window opening 42 accordingly.

In the above case, when moving the window glass 47 backward, the guide groove 46 is
guides the guide pin 49 to the outside of the vehicle, thereby
The rear part of the window glass 47 is deviated to the outside of the vehicle, so that the window opening 42 is opened.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the conventional configuration described above, when the window opening 42 is opened as described above, the wind from the vehicle tends to enter the inside of the vehicle through the opened window opening 42. There is a possibility that the wind when the vehicle is running collides with the front end of the windshield 47 and generates wind noise.

Further, in the above configuration, the guide pin 49 is connected to the guide groove 4.
Because it is guided while making frictional contact with the inner surface of 6,
There is also a possibility that the operation of moving the window glass 47 becomes difficult.

(Purpose of the invention) This invention was made with attention to the above-mentioned circumstances, and aims to suppress the generation of wind noise caused by the wind when the window opening is opened, and to open and close the window opening. The purpose of this invention is to make it easier to move the window glass when moving the window glass.

(Structure of the device) The feature of this device to achieve the above object is that the guide groove is bent in the middle, so that the guide groove on the front side of the bent portion is on the inside of the car, and the guide groove on the rear side is bent. are mutually offset toward the outside of the vehicle, and a front guide pin is installed slightly rearward from the front end of the windshield and is fitted into the guide groove and guided in the guide groove so as to be movable back and forth, on the other hand,
A rotating arm protruding toward the inside of the vehicle is rotatably supported around a vertical axis at the front and rear midpoints of the windshield, and is attached to the rotating end of the rotating arm and attached to the guide groove. A pair of front and rear guide pins with vertically oriented axes are provided which are fitted into the guide groove and guided so as to be movable back and forth, and each of these rear guide pins is rotatable about its own axis.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of this invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In FIG. 2, 1 is a car, 2 is a car body, and a side door 3 is provided on the side of the car body 2. This side door 3 has a door opening 4 formed in the vehicle body 2 and a sliding door 5 that is slidable back and forth along the outer surface of the vehicle body 2, and when the sliding door 5 is moved forward or backward, The door opening 4 is closed or opened. Further, a rear quarter window 6 is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body 2 behind the side door 3.

Above the sliding door 5 is a door window 1.
0 is set. This door window 10 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The door window 10 has a window opening 11 formed at the top of the sliding door 5, and a piece of window glass 13 that is supported by an opening edge 12 of the window opening 11 and opens and closes the window opening 11.

The opening edge 12 is provided with a wind frame 15 extending along the opening edge 12. A weather strip 16 is attached to the outer edge of the wind frame 15. Further, guide rails 17, 17 are attached to an upper frame (not shown) and a lower frame 15a, which constitute the wind frame 15, respectively. Both guide rails 17, 17 are made of resin, and
A guide groove 18 having a substantially U-shaped cross section and extending in the front-rear direction.
have.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 3, the guide groove 18 is bent in the middle, and the guide groove 18 on the front side of the bent part is deviated to the outside of the vehicle.

A fixed arm 19 is attached to the interior side of the vehicle in front of the window glass 13. This fixed arm 19 is provided with a substantially cylindrical front guide pin 20, and this front guide pin 20 is located a little rearward from the front end of the window glass 13.
The front guide pin 20 is fitted into the front part of the guide groove 18, and is guided by the guide groove 18 so as to be movable back and forth.

In FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, a bracket 21 is attached to the interior side of the vehicle at a midway point in the front and back of the window glass 13 by screws. The bracket 21 has a U-shaped front cross section, and a vertically oriented pivot shaft 25 is installed between the upper and lower projecting ends of the bracket 21.

A rotating arm 22 is provided that protrudes toward the inside of the vehicle from the window glass 13 side, and the end of the rotating arm 22 on the window glass 13 side is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft 25 so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. There is.
A pair of front and rear guides 23, 23 are protruded from the lower surface of the rotary end of the rotary arm 22.

Each of the rear guide tools 23 is connected to the rotating arm 22.
The pivot arm 22 has a support shaft 27 projecting downward from the pivot end thereof, and the support shaft 27 is attached to the pivot arm 22. In addition, each of the above-mentioned rear guide tools 23
has a rear guide pin 26 fitted onto the support shaft 27 so as to be rotatable around its axis, and the rear guide pin 26 is fitted into the guide groove 18 together with the support shaft 27 .

The lower end of the support shaft 27 is connected to the rear guide pin 26.
The diameter of the rear guide pin 26 is larger than that of the inner hole 26a, thereby preventing the rear guide pin 26 from falling off the support shaft 27. Further, in this case, the outer diameter of the rear guide pin 26 is larger than the lower end of the support shaft 27.

As shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, when the window glass 13 is moved forward, the front guide pin 20 reaches the front end of the guide groove 18;
Both rear guide pins 26, 26 are located at the bent portion of the guide groove 18, thereby determining the attitude of the rotating arm 22, and the window glass 13 fully closes the window opening 11.

When the window glass 13 is moved backward from the above state as shown by arrow A in FIG. The front part of the glass 13 is guided rearward. On the other hand, the rear guide pins 26, 26 move from the bent portion of the guide groove 18 to the rear thereof, and the rear guide pins 26, 26 rotate the rotating arm 22 toward the outside of the vehicle. As a result, the rear portion of the window glass 13 is rotated toward the outside of the vehicle about the front guide pin 20 to assume an inclined position (as shown by arrow B and phantom lines in FIGS. 1 and 3).

Further, as described above, when the rear part of the windshield 13 rotates toward the outside of the vehicle around the front guide pin 20, on the contrary, the front end of the window glass 13 rotates around the front guide pin 20. It rotates slightly toward the inside of the vehicle around .

Therefore, the wind that is trying to enter the inside of the vehicle through the window opening 11 opened as described above is prevented from colliding with the front end of the window glass 13, thereby preventing the generation of wind noise. suppressed.

When the window glass 13 is further moved rearward from the above state, the front guide pin 20 slides rearward on the front part of the guide groove 18, and the rear guide pins 26, 26 move rearward on the rear part of the same guide groove 18. Possibly, the window glass 13 moves backward while remaining in the inclined position, and the window opening 11 is further opened.

Further, if the window glass 13 is moved forward from the above state, the window glass 13 operates in the opposite manner to the above, and the window opening 11 is closed.

In the above case, when each rear guide tool 23 moves in the guide groove 18, the lower surface of each support shaft 27 slides on the bottom surface of the guide groove 18, but the rear guide pin 23
When it comes into contact with the inner surface of the guide groove 18, it rotates around its axis and rolls on the inner surface of the guide groove 18.

(Effect of the invention) According to this invention, the middle part of the guide groove is bent so that the guide groove on the front side of the bent part is on the inside of the vehicle.
A front section whose rear guide grooves are mutually offset toward the outside of the vehicle, which is attached slightly rearward from the front end of the windshield, and which is fitted into the guide groove and guided by the guide groove so as to be movable back and forth. A guide pin is provided, and on the other hand, in the middle part of the front and rear of the window glass,
A rotary arm protruding toward the inside of the vehicle is pivotably supported around a vertical axis, and is attached to the rotary end of the rotary arm, and is fitted into the guide groove so that it can move back and forth in the guide groove. A pair of front and rear guide pins with longitudinal axes guided by the front and rear guide pins are provided, and each of these rear guide pins is rotatable around its own axis, so that when the window glass is moved rearward in an attempt to open the window opening, , the front guide pin and both rear guide pins are guided by the guide groove and move rearward, and the both rear guide pins guided by the guide groove rotate the rotating arm, and further, the rotating arm causes the rotating arm to rotate. Then, the rear part of the window glass is rotated toward the outside of the vehicle around the front guide pin, and the window opening is opened.

When the rear part of the windshield rotates toward the outside of the vehicle around the front guide pin as described above, the front guide pin must be attached a little rearward from the front end of the windshield. Therefore, as a reaction to the rotation, the front end of the window glass rotates toward the inside of the vehicle.

Therefore, the wind from the vehicle that is trying to enter the interior of the vehicle through the window opening opened as described above is prevented from colliding with the front end of the window glass, thereby suppressing the generation of wind noise. Ru.

In addition, since the rear guide pin is rotatable around its axis, when the rear guide pin is guided by the guide groove when the windshield moves back and forth, the rear guide pin comes into contact with the inner surface of the guide groove. At times, this rear guide pin rotates about its axis to prevent it from coming into great force frictional contact with the inner surface of the guide groove.

Therefore, the operation of moving the window glass can be made easy, and the operation of opening and closing the window becomes easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show examples of this invention,
Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the - line in Figure 3;
The figure is an overall side view of the car, and Figure 3 is the same as Figure 2.
FIG. 4 is an expanded perspective view of the rear guide pin, and FIG. 5 shows a conventional example and corresponds to FIG. 1. 1...Car, 2...Vehicle body, 10...Door window (window), 11...Window opening, 12
...Opening edge, 13...Wind glass, 18...
Guide groove, 20...front guide pin, 22...swivel arm, 26...rear guide pin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A window opening is formed on the side of the vehicle body, a window glass for opening and closing the window opening is provided, and a guide groove extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and guiding the window glass is provided at the upper and lower opening edges of the window opening. In an automobile window opening/closing device formed on at least one opening edge of the opening, the middle part of the guide groove is bent so that the guide groove on the front side of the bent part is on the inside of the car and the guide groove on the rear side is on the inside of the car. Provided with front guide pins that are mutually offset toward the outside of the vehicle, are attached slightly rearward from the front end of the window glass, and are fitted into the guide groove and guided in the guide groove so as to be movable back and forth, on the other hand,
A rotating arm protruding toward the inside of the vehicle is rotatably supported around a vertical axis at the front and rear midpoints of the windshield, and is attached to the rotating end of the rotating arm and attached to the guide groove. An automobile window characterized in that a pair of front and rear guide pins are fitted and guided in the guide groove so as to be movable back and forth, and each of the rear guide pins is rotatable about its own axis. switchgear.