JPH071307Y2 - Convertible passenger car - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a convertible passenger car.

(Prior Art and Problems Thereof) A conventional general convertible passenger car has a foldable hood. However, when this hood is installed, wrinkles tend to come close to the hood, and the hood has a vehicle body outer panel. Since the same coating cannot be applied, the appearance is poor, and the heat insulation and sound insulation effects are low. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to see the rear side using the rearview mirror because the hood has no rear window or is very small even if there is one.

Therefore, a so-called Targa top type passenger car in which a roof panel made of a rigid body is detachable was proposed, but this takes time and time to attach and detach the roof panel, and since the rear pillar and the rear windshield cannot be removed, There was a problem that the feeling of openness was low even when the roof panel was removed.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and its gist is to provide a hard roof panel made of a rigid body with a front half part that covers the upper part of the front seat. A means for storing the front half of the hard roof panel in a substantially vertical state behind the seat back of the front seat, and a rear pillar that covers the upper part of the rear seat and a rear pillar and a rear window. It is a convertible passenger car characterized by being integrated with glass and having a means for storing it together with it in a luggage compartment.

(Operation) In the present invention, because of the above configuration, the front half of the hard roof panel is stored in a substantially vertical state behind the front seat, and the rear half of the hard roof panel is put together with the rear peeler and the rear windshield. Store in the trunk room.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a hard roof panel made of a rigid body, which comprises a front half 1a made of glass and a rear half 1b made of a metal plate or the like. 2 is a front pillar, 3 is a rear pillar, 4 is a front window glass, 5 is a rear window glass, 6 is a front door, 7 is a front door glass, 8 is a rear door, 9 is a rear door glass, 10 is a trunk lid 11 is a spoiler. .

When it is raining or the like, as shown in FIG. 1, it has an appearance similar to that of a sedan-type passenger car, and the passenger compartment is shielded from the outside world.

To open the passenger compartment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
First, the seat back 12a of the driver's seat 12 and the seat back 13a of the passenger's seat 13 are tilted forward, and the front half 1a of the hard roof panel 1 is folded forward around the upper end of the B pillar 25 so that the driver's seat 12, the passenger's seat 13 Stores almost vertically behind the. Then, open the trunk lid 10 to open the hard roof panel 1
The rear half 1b of the vehicle is stored in the trunk room 21 together with the rear pillar 3 and the rear window glass 5.

A drive mechanism for the rear half 1b of the hard roof panel 1, the rear pillar 3, and the rear window glass 5 is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6.

The trunk lid 10 is rotatably supported on the vehicle body at a lower portion of its rear end so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis 14. The rear half 1b of the hard roof panel 1 is integrated with the rear pillar 3 and the rear window glass 5. A roller 15 is pivotally supported at the rear end of the lower portion of the rear pillar 3, and the roller 15 is fitted to a guide rail 16 provided on the inner side surface of the trunk lid 10. Further, the lower end of the bar 3a protruding downward from the center of the lower portion of the rear pillar 3 is locked to the wire 17. The wire 17 is stretched between a drive roller 18 and a guide roller 19, and when the drive roller 18 is rotated by a motor 20, the wire 17 travels in the front-rear direction along the inner surface of the tractroom 21.

When the seat back 22a of the rear seat 22 is raised vertically, the lock between the trachride 10 and the rear pillar 3 is released.
Next, when the motor 20 is driven by turning on a switch (not shown), the drive roller 18 is rotationally driven and the wire 17 travels in the arrow direction. Then, the lower end of the bar 3a is pulled by the wire 17 and moves rearward, and accordingly, the roller 15 moves while being guided by the guide rail 16, so that the rear half 1b of the hard roof panel 1, the rear pillar 3, and the rear window. The glass 5 collapses forward, moves backward, and is stored in the trunk room 21. During this time, as the rear pillar 3 moves rearward, the roller 23 pivotally supported at the inner front end of the trunk lid 10 abuts on the upper edge of the rear pillar 3 and is lifted, and the trunk lid 10 rotates about the fulcrum 14 and its front end. , But once the rear pillars 3 etc. are in the trunk room 21
When the rollers 15 enter the inside and the roller 15 enters the curved rear portion of the guide rail 16, the trunk lid 10 rotates in the opposite direction around the fulcrum 14 to close the trunk room 21 as shown in FIG. If the motor 20 is rotated in the opposite direction from this state, the old state is restored.

The drive mechanism for the front half 1a of the hard roof panel 1 is shown in FIGS.

The front half 1a is slidably supported on the upper end of the B pillar 25. The B pillar 25 is divided into two parts at the center thereof, and is composed of an upper half part 25a and a lower half part 25b. The lower end of the upper half part 25a and the upper end of the lower half part 25b are connected to each other so as to be bendable around an axis 26, and Half 25b
The lower end of is connected to the vehicle body so that it can be bent around the shaft 27.

When the shaft 27 is driven from the motor 28 via the bevel gears 27 and 30,
Sprocket 31, chain 32, sprocket 33, shaft 26,
The adjusting wheel 37 rotates via the sprocket 34, the chain 35, and the sprocket 36. Then, the wire wound around the wheel 37
Since one end of 38 is locked to the front end of the front half 1a and the other end is locked to the rear end of the front half 1a, the front half 1a is supported on the upper end of the upper half 25a of the B pillar 25. Eighth after moving backward
Occupies the position shown in the figure. Therefore, when the lock mechanism 39 is excited to lock the sprocket 34 and then the motor 28 is rotated in the reverse direction, the upper half portion 25a pivots around the shaft 26 and bends, as shown in FIG. When the lock mechanism 40 is excited to lock the sprocket 31, the lower half 25b is
It turns around and bends. Therefore, the lock mechanism 3
By demagnetizing 9 and 40 and rotating the wheel 37 in the reverse direction, the first half 1
When a is moved forward, the front half 1a is stored behind the front seat in a substantially vertical state. If it is operated in reverse, the old state can be restored. In addition, the rear end of the first half 1a is the B pillar 25
The front half 1a can be stored behind the front seat by supporting the upper end of the vehicle so that it can be tilted forward and by making the B pillar 25 extend and contract freely.

(Effect of the Invention) In the present invention, the hard roof panel made of a rigid body is divided into a front half part covering the upper part of the front seat and a rear half part covering the upper part of the rear seat, and the front half part of the hard roof panel is divided into the front part. Since it has a means for storing it in a substantially vertical state behind the seat back and a means for storing the latter half of the hard roof panel together with the rear pillar and the rear window glass in the luggage compartment, the hard roof panel, the rear pillar and the rear window are provided. Even though the glass is made of a rigid body, they can be installed or stored quickly and easily without depending on human power. And when these hard roof panel, rear pillar and rear window glass are installed, it has the same appearance as a sedan type passenger car, the appearance and heat insulation and sound insulation effects are improved, and the rear window glass is transparent through the room mirror. The rear can be seen widely. Also, when the hard roof panel, the rear pillar, and the rear windshield are stored, the open feeling similar to that of an open car can be obtained. The front half of the hard roof panel is stored behind the front seat in a substantially vertical state, so that it does not interfere with getting on and off the passengers in the rear seat, and the wind that blows from the rear to the front seat while driving is on the front half of the hard roof panel. It is possible to prevent the hair of passengers on the front seats from being disturbed by blocking it with the section.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a state when a hard roof panel is installed, FIG. 2 shows a state where the hard roof panel is being stored, and FIG. 3 shows a state where the hard roof panel is stored. FIG. 4 to 6
The drawings are schematic side views showing different operating states of the drive mechanism of the rear half of the hard roof panel, the rear pillar, and the rear window glass, respectively. 7 to 9 are schematic side views showing different operating states of the drive mechanism of the front half of the hard roof panel, and FIG. 10 is a schematic sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. is there. Hard roof panel …… 1, first half …… 1a, second half ……
1b, front pillar …… 2, rear pillar …… 3, front seat…
… 12,13, seat back …… 12a, 13a, driving means for front half …… 25 ～ 38, driving means for rear half …… 15 ～ 20,23

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rigid hard roof panel is divided into a front half part covering the upper part of the front seat and a rear half part covering the upper part of the rear seat, and the front half part of the hard roof panel is located behind the seat back of the front seat. A convertible passenger vehicle characterized by having a means for storing in a substantially vertical state and a means for storing the rear half of the hard roof panel integrally with a rear pillar and a rear window glass and storing them together in a trunk room together with them. .