JPS59100016A - Removable roof structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a removable roof structure for an automobile.

It has been known in the past for automobiles to form an opening in the roof portion of a vehicle body and to attach a retractable or removable roof to the opening, and to attach the retractable or removable roof to a translucent material such as glass. It has already been proposed and put into practical use. For example, Mikiakiaki! 5
Japanese Patent Publication '2-1' 7813 discloses a structure in which an opening is formed in the front part of the roof of a vehicle body, and a transparent plate is attached to the opening.

In addition, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-69515 discloses a structure in which rectangular notches are formed on both sides of the front of the vehicle roof (-1) and a glass panel is removably attached to each of the notches. These are considered to represent two typical types of conventionally known removable glass roof structures.

However, in the above-mentioned conventionally known removable glass roof structure, in the former case, the opening formed in the roof part must be supported on the inside of the roof sight rail on the side of the roof part. There was a problem in that the opening could not be expanded to a large enough extent, and the light-transmitting plate attached to the opening did not contribute at all to improving the appearance of the automobile. In the latter case, the glass panel attached to the notch is formed to reach from the side of the roof part to the top of the door glass, giving a distinctive appearance where the glass panel and the door glass are continuous. There was a problem in that a metal panel portion extending back and forth remained in the center of the roof portion, and the openings formed by each notch could not be made sufficiently wide.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points. By covering the roof site rail with the roof site rail, there is no need for a structure to support the roof inside the roof site rail, and it is possible to extend the roof site rail to the position of the roof site rail. At the same time, the objective is to improve the appearance by forming a capsule-like appearance with a continuous band-like light-transmitting part from the door glass on both sides to the entire roof.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a coupe type automobile according to the present invention.
2 is a vehicle body, and 2 is a door opening formed on the side surface of the vehicle body 1. A side door 4 having a door glass 3 that can be moved up and down is attached to the door opening 2 so as to be openable and closable with its front end as a hinge side. . 5 is a front pillar with a closed cross section that forms the front edge of the door opening] 2, and the upper end of the front pillar 5 is connected to the roof of the closed cross section that forms the front part of the roof part 1a of the vehicle body 1. It is connected to the left and right ends of the front rail 6. Further, reference numeral 7 denotes a closed-section shaped rear pillar that forms the rear edge of the door opening 2, and the upper end of the rear villa 7 is connected to the left and right ends of the closed-section roof rear rail 8 that forms the rear part of the roof portion 1a. connected to the section.

Reference numeral 9 denotes roof sight rails with a closed cross section provided on both sides of the roof portion 1a of the vehicle body 1 (upper edge of the door opening 2), and the front end of the roof sight rail 9 is connected to the front pillar 5. The upper end and the left and right ends of the roof front rail 6 are connected, and the rear end is connected to the upper end of the rear villa 7 and the left and right ends of the roof rear rail 8, and the upper end surface of the roof sight rail 9. is set to be one step lower than the upper surfaces of the roof front rail 6 and the roof rear rail 8. A rectangular opening 10 surrounded by the roof front rail 6, left and right roof sight rails 9, 9, and roof rear rail 8 is formed in the roof portion 1a of the vehicle body 1.
A removable roof made of glass is removably attached to cover the roof 11, and the upper surface of the roof 11 is substantially continuous with the upper surfaces of the roof front rail 6 and the roof rear rail 8.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the left and right sides of the roof 11 extend along the upper surface of the roof site rail 9 to near the upper ends of the door glasses 3 of the left and right side doors 4, 4, respectively. , the roof site rail 9 is almost covered by the extension portion 11a.

On the other hand, a weather strip 12 is interposed between the side edge of the roof 11 (the tip of the extension 11a) and the upper edge of the door glass 3.
is attached to the outer end of the roof site rail 9 via a weather strip retainer 13 (~).A groove is provided on the upper side of the weather strip 12 corresponding to the inner surface of the side end of the roof 11. 1 seal part 12a is formed, and the inner surface of the end of the roof 11 comes into sealing contact with the seal part 12a.Furthermore, the 1; surface side of the weather strip 12 corresponds to the upper end of the door glass 3. A second seal portion 12b is formed, and the upper end portion of the door glass 3 comes into seal contact with the second seal portion 12b.

Further, a rain rail 14 having a generally concave cross section and opening opposite the side end surface of the roof portion is formed in the weather strip 12 at a location where the side end of the roof 11 is located, It is constructed so that rainwater, etc. that swamps and flows down the extension part 11a of the roof 11 is received by the rain rail 14 and drained outside the city.

- When the upper end of the door glass 3 comes into contact with the second seal part 12b, the rain rail 14 opens the opening 14a by elastic deformation of the weather strip 12, as shown in FIG.
The roof 11 is formed so as to spread out and easily catch rainwater etc. from the roof 11 extension 11a. In addition, in the front and rear sides of the door glass 3, for example, in the case of the front side of the door glass 3, as shown in FIG. A weatherstrip 15 continuous with weatherstrip 12 is attached via a weatherstrip retainer 16. A rain knoll portion 15a communicating with the rain rail 14 of the weather strip 12 is formed on the front side of the weather strip 15. On the other hand, a rain knoll portion 15a is formed on the rear side corresponding to the front end portion of the door glass 3. A seal portion 15b is formed, and the front end of the door glass 3 comes into seal contact with the seal portion 15b. Further, in FIG. 2, 17 is an inner trim panel attached to the inside of the roof sight rail 9.

Furthermore, claws 18 projecting forward from the inner surface of the roof 11 are attached to both sides of the front end of the roof 11 via bolts 19, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. It is inserted into a pawl receiver 20 provided on the inner end surface of the roof front rail 6.

Furthermore, on both rear sides of the roof 11, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a striker 21 that hangs downward is attached to the roof 11 via screws 22, and the striker 21 is attached to the roof sight rail 9. A locking fitting 23 is attached corresponding to 21. The lock fitting 23
includes a case 24 coupled to the roof sight rail 9;
An inner lock lever 26 has one end (front end in the figure) pivoted to the case 24 by a pin 25, and one end (rear end in the figure) to the other end (rear end in the figure) of the inner lock lever 26 by a pin 27. Pivot-coupled outer locking lever 28
By swinging the inner lock lever 26 around the bin 25, the free end of the outer lock lever 28 (
The front end (in the figure) is configured to move significantly in the front-back direction.

A lock pin 29 is attached to the free end of the outer lock lever 28.
is attached to the striker 21, and a slot 1-218 is formed at the lower end of the striker 21 to be able to engage the nuclear lock pin 29. Therefore, when the two lock pins 29 are hooked onto the slots 21a of the striker 21 and the inner and outer lock pins <-26° 28 are pushed in the - direction, the pins 27 connecting the double-ended lock pins <-26 and 28 are As shown in Fig. 7, the lock pin 29 and the inner j lock leno (-26
above the line connecting the roof 1 with the bin 25 supporting the
1 is configured to be locked.

Therefore, in the above embodiment, the second removable roof 11
To install the lock fitting 2, insert the claw 1B at the front end of the roof 11 into the claw receiver 20 of the roof front rail 6.
This is done by hooking the lock pin 29 of No. 3 to the slot 21a of the striker 21 at the rear of the roof 11 and pushing the inner and outer lock pins 26 and 28 upward to lock.

In this case, the left and right sides of the roof 11 are covered with the door glass 3 of the side door 4 so as to cover the roof site rail 9.
Since the roof 11 and the door glass 3 extend close to the upper end, the roof 11 and the door glass 3 can continuously form a glass capsule-like appearance that covers the entire width of the roof portion 1a from the side of the vehicle body 1, improving the appearance. can be achieved.

Further, the side portions of the roof 11 do not need to be provided with a structure such as a roof site rail to support the side end portions of the roof 11 inside the roof site rails 9.

As a result, the roof opening 10 can be expanded to the position of the /l/- side rail 9 as needed, and a sufficiently large opening 10 can be secured.

Further, a weather strip 12 is interposed between the side edge of the roof 11 and the upper edge of the door glass 3 so as to come into contact with both of them, and the core weather strip 12 is connected to the roof 11. Since a rain rail 14 is formed to drain rainwater, etc. flowing down along the extension part 11aK to the outside of the vehicle, rainwater, etc. does not enter the vehicle interior from the side edge of the roof 11, and sealing performance is sufficiently ensured. can do.

On the other hand, to remove the removable roof 11, contrary to the above-mentioned installation, pull the lock levers 26, 284 downward to release the locked state, and then pull out the claw 18 at the front end of the roof 11 from the claw receiver 20. This is done by

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a coupe type automobile, but it is of course applicable to various other types of automobiles.

Further, in the above embodiment, the removable roof 11 is made of glass, but in the present invention, it may be made of a synthetic resin-based translucent material, and the translucent material may be made of transparent material. It is not limited to a transparent material, and may be a translucent material.

Further, in order to improve the sealing performance between the inner surface of the side end portion of the roof 11 and the first seal portion 12a of the weather strip 12, a hollow portion may be formed in the first seal portion 12a, or a hollow portion may be formed in the first seal portion 12a, or The portion 12a is attached to the weather strip 12.
The inner surface of the roof 11 side end may be in sealing contact with the first seal part 12a in a more intimate state by forming the roof 11 with a material that is softer than the other parts.

As explained above, according to the present invention, both left and right ends of the removable roof made of a translucent material, which is removably attached to the opening of the vehicle roof, extend to near the upper end of the door glass, and extend on both sides of the roof. The weather strip covers the roof sight rail, and a weather strip is interposed between the side edge of the roof and the upper edge of the door glass, and both are in seal contact with the IJ knob, and the The weather strip has a rain rail with a generally concave cross section formed at the location where the side edge of the roof is located, so while ensuring sufficient sealing performance on the side of the roof, it can be easily removed from the side of the vehicle to the entire center of the roof. It is possible to obtain a capsule-like appearance with a translucent part across the roof, improving the appearance, and the roof opening can be expanded to the position of the roof sight rail, ensuring a sufficiently large opening. It is something.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coupe-type automobile seen from the rear and upper side; FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line ■-■ in FIG. 1; and FIG. ■- in Figure 1
■An enlarged sectional view along the line, Figure 4 is IV-IV of Figure 1.
5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line V-■ in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line vi-VI in FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the locking mechanism. 1...Vehicle body, 1a...Roof part, 3...Door glass, 4
・・Side door, 9・・Roof sight rail, 10・・
Opening, 11.../l/-7, 12...Weatherst 1 knob, 14...Rain rail.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) The left and right sides of the removable roof made of translucent material, which is removably attached to the roof of the vehicle body so as to cover the opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body, extend to near the edge of the door glass. It covers the roof sight rails on both sides of the roof, and a weather strip is interposed between the side edge of the roof and the upper edge of the door glass, and both are in seal contact with the weather strip. . A removable roof structure for an automobile, wherein the weather strip has a rain rail having a substantially concave cross section formed at a location where a side edge of the roof is located.