JPH0781426A - Sunroof equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a sunroof device which suppresses rattling of a movable panel at a slide-down position of the movable panel. [Structure] At the slide-down position of the movable panel (4), the side surface (54b) of the regulating member (54) is brought into contact with the support bracket (52) in the width direction so as to regulate the movable panel (4). did.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention operates a link by the sliding motion of a driving body when the sliding panel is slid by the sliding motion of the driving body to open and close an opening formed in the roof panel. The present invention relates to a sunroof device in which the slide panel is set to the slide-down position.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a sunroof device of this type, one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-170017 is known. This is to slide the movable body along the guide rail to slide the movable panel, thereby opening and closing the opening formed in the roof panel.When the movable panel slides, In the movable panel, when the link is rotated by the sliding motion of the driving body, the movable panel is flush with the support bracket and the opening formed in the roof panel is closed. From the closed position, the rear end of the movable panel is in a slide-down position below the roof panel. Further, in this conventional apparatus, an elastic body for pressing the support bracket in the vertical direction of the movable panel at the fully closed position of the slide panel is provided in the drive body, and the support bracket is pressed by the elastic body pressing the support bracket. The rattling of the linking part with the link is suppressed, and thereby the rattling of the movable panel in the vertical direction due to the rattling is suppressed.

[0004]

However, in the above-described sunroof device, since the movable panel is not restricted at the slide-down position of the movable panel, the movable panel serves as a support bracket when the movable panel slides. There is a possibility that rattling may occur in the vertical direction or the width direction due to rattling of the linking portion with the link, and abnormal noise may be generated. In particular, rattling of the movable panel in the width direction also impedes smooth sliding operation of the movable panel.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a sunroof device which suppresses rattling of a movable panel at a slide-down position of the movable panel.

[0006]

[Constitution of the invention]

[0007]

The technical means taken in the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problem is provided in a driving body at least at a slide-down position of a movable panel on a side surface in a width direction of the movable panel. That is, it has a restricting member that comes into contact with the support bracket.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned technical means, in the sliding down position of the movable panel, the width direction of the movable panel is regulated by the contact between the support bracket and the regulating member. Therefore, rattling of the movable panel at the slide-down position of the movable panel can be suppressed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, an opening 2 is formed in a roof panel 1 of a vehicle, and guide rails 3 are arranged on both edges of the opening 2. Opening 2
A slide panel 4 is disposed on the guide rail 3, and the slide panel 4 is movably supported by the guide rail 3 via a slide panel operating mechanism 5 described later. The opening 2 is opened and closed by the movement of the slide panel 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slide panel operating mechanism 5 includes a driving body 51, a support bracket 52,
The link 53 and the elastic body 54 are provided.

The guide rail 3 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is formed with a pair of opposed guide grooves 3a extending in the longitudinal direction.

The driving body 51 has a substantially U shape having a pair of shoe portions 51a integrally, and is slidably supported on the guide rail 3 by inserting the shoe portion 51a into the guide groove 3a. Has been done. A connecting portion 51c is formed on the lower surface of the shoe portion 51a, and the driving body 51 is connected to a driving mechanism (not shown) via a cable (not shown) connected to the connecting portion 51c. ing.

The support bracket 52 is a bracket body 52.
1 and a guide block 522. The bracket body 521 has an inverted L-shape having a side wall 521a and an upper wall 521d integrally, and the side wall 521a is formed with a long hole 521b at its front end and a cam long hole 521c at its rear portion, respectively. This bracket body 521 has an elongated hole 521b.
The front panel 57 is swingably supported by inserting the shaft 56 therein, and the upper wall 521d is fixed to the slide panel 4 via an interposer (not shown). Connected to four. Front shoe 5
The guide rail 7 is slidably supported by being inserted into the guide groove 3a of the guide rail 3.

Guy block 522 is a bracket body 521.
The side wall 521a is fixed to the rear side of the side wall 521a with an appropriate space between the side wall 521a and the side wall 521a. The guide block 522 has a cam slot 522a facing the cam slot 521c of the bracket body 521. This cam slot 521
The c and 522a have a substantially V shape with different bending angles, and are linked with a link 53 described later. or,
As shown in FIG. 5, in the vicinity of the rear end of the guide block 522, a first contact surface 52 to which an elastic body 54 described later is pressed
2b, a second contact surface 522c and a third contact surface 522d are formed respectively. The first contact surface 522b and the second contact surface 5
22c is formed continuously using the lower surface of the guide block 522, and the third contact surface 522d is formed using the side surface of the wall extending downward from the second contact surface 522c. . That is, the second contact surface 522c and the third contact surface 522d are formed by making the cross-sectional shape of the rear end of the guide block 522 into a horizontal L shape. The second contact surface 522c and the third contact surface 522d are not connected to the guide block 522.
The rear end may be formed so as to have a horizontal L-shaped cross section by utilizing the upper surface and side surface of the notch.

The link 53 is arranged between the bracket body 521 of the support bracket 52 and the guide block 522. One end of the link 53 is arranged between the shoe portions 51a of the driving body 51 and the pin 58 rotates the driving body 51 to the driving body 51. Guide brackets 53a and 53b, which are freely supported and whose opposite ends are formed on both side surfaces in different phases, are slidably inserted into cam slots 521c and 522a, respectively, to support bracket 52.
Are linked to. When the guide pins 53a, 53b are fitted into the cam elongated holes 521c, 522a, the slide panel 4 is flush with the roof panel 1 with the guide pins 53a, 53b positioned at the bent portions of the cam elongated holes 521c, 522a. Then, the opening 2 is closed to the fully closed position (shown in FIG. 1), and the guide pins 53a and 53b are attached to the cam elongated hole 5.
21c and 522a, the rear end of the slide panel 4 is located below the roof panel 1 in the slide-down position (see FIG. 3), and the guide pins 53a and 53b are located in the cam slots 521c. , 522a, the rear end of the slide panel 4 is at a tilt-up position (not shown) located above the roof panel 1.

The elastic body 54 is the shoe portion 5 of the driving body 51.
It is arranged between 1a, is inserted in the pin 58, and is rotatably supported by the driving body 51. The elastic body 54 has a peripheral surface 54a with a first contact surface 522b of the guide block 522.
The second contact surface 522c is pressed against the second contact surface 522c, and the side surface 54b thereof contacts the third contact surface 522d of the guide block 522. When the slide panel 4 is in the fully closed position, the peripheral surface 54a contacts the first contact surface 522c. When the slide panel 4 is in the slide-down position by pressing the contact surface 522b, the peripheral surface 54a moves to the second position.
The contact surface 522c is pressed and the side surface 54b contacts the third contact surface 522d.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the slide panel 4 shown in FIG. 1 is in the fully closed position, the link 53 is moved forward by sliding the driver 51 forward along the guide rail 3 via the cable by the operation of the drive mechanism. Pushed by the guide pin 53
a and 53b slide forward in the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, and guide pins 53a and 53 at this time
By the action of b and the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, the slide panel 4 together with the support bracket 52 and the shaft 56 due to the shape of the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a and the rotation of the link 53.
Tilt up operation is performed by swinging around. This allows
The guide pins 53a and 53b are provided with cam elongated holes 521c and 522.
The slide panel 4 is brought to the tilt-up position by reaching the front end portion of a.

When the slide panel 4 shown in FIG. 1 is in the fully closed position, when the drive body 51 is slid backward along the guide rail 3 through the cable by the operation of the drive mechanism, the link 53 moves backward. Pulled by the guide pin 53
a and 53b are slid backward in the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, and the guide pins 53a and 53 at this time are slid.
By the action of b and the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, the slide panel 4 together with the support bracket 52 and the shaft 56 due to the shape of the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a and the rotation of the link 53.
It swings around and slides down. As a result, the guide pins 53a, 53b are moved to the cam elongated holes 521c, 5
22a to reach the rear end portion of the slide panel 4
Is in the slide-down position as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the peripheral surface 54a of the elastic body 54 is supported by the support bracket 52.
The second contact surface 522c is pressed. As a result, the support bracket 52 is pressed upward to form the link 53.
The play around the pin 58 between the drive member 51 and the drive body 51 and the play at the portions where the guide pins 53a and 53b are fitted into the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a are suppressed, and the slide panel 4 is vertically restricted.

The side surface 54b of the elastic body 54 contacts the third contact surface 522d. As a result, the slide panel 4 is restricted in the width direction.

In the state where the slide panel 4 shown in FIG. 3 is at the slide-down position, the drive member 51 is moved through the cable by the operation of the drive mechanism in the opposite manner to the guide rail 3 described above.
When it is slid forward along the track, the link 53 is pushed forward and the guide pins 53a and 53b move toward the cam elongated holes 521c,
The guide pins 53a, 53b and the cam slots 521c, 522a are slid forward toward the inside in 522a.
The sliding panel 4 swings around the shaft 56 together with the support bracket 52 by the shape of the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a and the rotation of the link 53 to perform a tilt-up operation. As a result, the guide pins 53a and 53b reach the bent portions of the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, so that the slide panel 4 is in the fully closed position as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the peripheral surface 54a of the elastic body 54 presses the first contact surface 522b of the support bracket 52. This allows
The support bracket 52 is pressed upward so that play is suppressed around the pin 58 between the link 53 and the driving body 51 and in the insertion portions of the guide pins 53a and 53b into the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a. To be As a result, the slide panel 4 is restricted in the vertical direction. The width direction of the slide panel 4 is regulated by the loop panel 1.

When the slide panel 4 shown in FIG. 3 is in the slide-down position, the drive member 51 is further slid backward along the guide rail 3 via the cable by the operation of the drive mechanism. , 53b
Is located at the rear end portions of the cam elongated holes 521c and 522a, the link 53 does not rotate, and the support body 52 and the slide panel 4 slide with the driving body 51 to slide backward. Therefore, the opening 2 of the roof panel 1 is opened. Elastic body 5 also during this sliding operation
No. 4 peripheral surface 54a is the second contact surface 52 of the support bracket 52.
The side surface 54b of the elastic body 54 contacts the third contact surface 522d of the support bracket 52 and presses the 2c, and regulates the slide panel 4 in the vertical direction and the width direction.

As described above, when the slide panel 4 is at the fully closed position, the peripheral surface 54a of the elastic member 54 presses the support bracket 52 in the vertical direction, whereby the slide panel 4 is restricted in the vertical direction and the roof. It is restricted by the panel 1 in the width direction. In the slide-down position of the slide panel 4, the peripheral surface 54a of the elastic body 54 presses the support bracket 52 in the vertical direction to regulate the slide panel 4 in the vertical direction and the side surface 54b of the elastic body 54. The slide panel 4 is restricted in the width direction. This allows the slide panel 4 to be in the fully closed position and the slide down position.
Backlash is suppressed, abnormal noise is prevented from occurring, and a smooth sliding operation of the slide panel 4 is ensured. Further, the regulation of the slide panel 4 at the slide down position of the slide panel 4 uses the elastic body 54 which regulates the slide panel 4 at the fully closed position of the slide panel 4 which has been conventionally used, and moreover, the support bracket 52
It is performed only by changing the shape of the guide block 522. Therefore, the number of parts does not increase, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

[0025]

According to the present invention, in the sliding down position of the movable panel, the width direction of the movable panel is regulated by the contact between the support bracket and the regulating member. Yotsutte
It is possible to suppress rattling of the movable panel at the slide-down position of the movable panel, thereby preventing generation of abnormal noise during the sliding operation of the movable panel and ensuring smooth sliding operation of the movable panel.

Further, as the regulating member, an elastic body for vertically regulating the movable panel 4 at the fully closed position of the movable panel is used, and moreover, only by changing the shape of the support bracket, the movable panel can be moved at the slide down position. Since the panel can be regulated, the number of parts does not increase and the cost can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a sunroof device according to the present invention in which a movable panel is in a fully closed position.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view in which a movable panel is in a slide-down position.
It is a side view corresponding to.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view showing an enlarged main part of the sunroof device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 roof panel 2 opening 3 guide rail 4 slide panel (movable panel) 51 driver 52 support bracket 53 link 54 elastic body (regulating member) 522c second contact surface (upper wall) 522d third contact surface (side wall)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A guide rail disposed on both edges of an opening formed in a roof panel, a drive member slidably supported by the guide rail, and a drive member arranged to be openable and closable in the opening. A movable panel connected to the driving body via a link and a support bracket, and the movable panel moves at least in a fully closed position and slides down together with the supporting bracket by operating the link by the sliding motion of the driving body. In the sunroof device located at the position, the sunroof device has a restricting member that is provided on the driving body and abuts the support bracket in the width direction of the movable panel at the side surface at least in the slide-down position of the movable panel. 2. The regulating member further presses the support bracket in the vertical direction of the movable panel at the peripheral surface at the slide-down position of the movable panel.
The described sunroof device. 3. The sunroof device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction member is an elastic body that presses the support bracket in a vertical direction of the movable panel at a fully closed position of the movable panel. 4. A portion of the support bracket that comes into contact with the regulating member has a shape that integrally has a side wall that comes into contact with the regulating member and an upper wall that is pressed by the regulating member.
The sunroof device according to claim 2.