JPS6234820Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an opening/closing roof device for a vehicle.In particular, when opening/closing the opening/closing roof panel provided at the roof opening, it prevents fingers etc. from getting caught between the opening/closing side and the fixed side. In consideration of the above, the structure is designed to be the simplest, and there is no resistance when opening/closing, and the possibility of troubles such as breakdowns can be effectively suppressed.

FIG. 1 shows a general passenger car as an example, and this passenger car has a roof opening 2 in its ceiling 1, as shown in FIG.

One of the general opening/closing methods of the panel 3 will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

That is, the ceiling part 1 integrally has a rail installation surface 4 formed into a low stepped shape on the inner periphery corresponding to the bottom of the opening 2, and a pair of left and right guide rails 5 are provided on this installation surface 4. As shown in FIG. 1, this rail 5 is provided so that its longitudinal direction corresponds to the front-rear direction.

The guide rail 5 extends rearward for a long time to reach the bottom of the ceiling part 1, and an opening/closing response mechanism is constructed at the front and rear of the guide rail 5, respectively.

The front opening/closing response mechanism 6 has a front shoe 7 that can move forward and backward on the guide rail 5, and the rear opening/closing response mechanism 8 is also fitted with a rear shoe 9 as shown in the fourth figure.
As shown in the figure, a flexible drive cable 10 is connected between the shoes 7 and 9, and is forcibly moved forward and backward in synchronization by a motor 11 or the like.

Here, a pivot bracket 12 is protruded from the front shoe 7, and the bracket 12 and the opening/closing roof panel 3 are connected to each other.
The front panel brackets 13 on the bottom are connected to each other by a floating pivot pin 14 and an elongated hole 15 in the longitudinal direction.

On the other hand, a swing support shaft 16 is provided at the upper end of the rear shoe 9, and the front end of a bell crank type prone guide lever 17 supported so as to be swingable back and forth is connected to a rear panel bracket 18 on the bottom surface of the roof panel 3. ing. This lever 17 is integrally provided with a lever stopper 19 at one rear end.

In this case, the opening/closing roof panel 3 first lowers its tail end to enter the first opening stage as shown in the second figure, and then is continuously driven to the bottom of the ceiling part 1 in a tilted position as shown by the imaginary line in Figure 2. It looks like it was kept there. If it is driven in the opposite direction, it will operate in the opposite direction and be closed.

This opening/closing method was previously proposed by the present applicant, and its details will be omitted here, but in any case, in this conventional structure, as clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the opening/closing roof panel 3 and its lower part are guided. It is customary to leave a variable gap space 20 between the rail 5 and the rail 5, and since an inner opening 21 is formed on the passenger compartment side, this space is closed when the vehicle is tilted as shown by the solid line in Figure 2. 20 gradually fluctuated narrowly, and it was sometimes dangerous for hands and fingers to get stuck here. In particular, in this type of passenger car, it is customary to flatten these ceilings in order to make the cabin as tall and wide as possible and to maintain a good aesthetic appearance from the inside of the car, so this has become a problem that cannot be taken lightly. be.

This idea was devised in view of these facts, and its feature is that a flexible safety decorative sheet is stretched between the guide rail side and the opening/closing roof panel side. .

5 to 13 show an example of the case where the present invention is applied to a passenger car, and in these figures, A indicates the interior side of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 5, a roof opening 2 is similarly formed in the ceiling 1, and a stepped rail installation surface 4 is formed along the lower inner circumference of the roof opening 2.

At the locations corresponding to the left and right sides of this installation surface 4,
A guide rail 5 is provided, the length of which is oriented in the front-rear direction. 3 is an openable roof panel with a roof seal 22 on its periphery, and a mounting sheet 23 on its bottom.
is attached.

On the bottom surface of this mounting sheet 23, a generally L-shaped decoration cover 24 is provided continuously on the left and right as well as front and back in the manner shown in FIG. 7, and its raised portion corresponds to the A side. . In this case, the cover 24 is removably fixed with several attachments 25.

On the other hand, the guide rail 5 is constructed to be long and extend to the bottom of the ceiling portion 1, as in the conventional structure described above, and an opening/closing response mechanism 26 is provided for this rail 5.

The response mechanism 26 in this case has a front shoe (not shown), a rear shoe 9, a cable shoe 27 fixed to them, and a drive cable 10.
As shown in the figure, a rear panel bracket 18 is provided protrudingly, and a prone guide pin 29 on the rear shoe 9 side is slidably engaged in an oblique elongated hole 28 of the bracket 18.

The variable gap space 20 formed here is formed between the outer end of the decoration cover 24 and the corresponding guide rail 5, as shown in FIG. As a result, the tail end of the panel 3 moves downward and opens, causing a small fluctuation as shown in FIG. 6.

Therefore, a decorative safety sheet 30 made of flexible cloth is provided to block the space 20 so that it does not get caught in the space.

As a structure for this purpose, first, a core material 31 in an elongated form
A longitudinal hole 32 is provided at the front end of this core material 31, and a pair of upper and lower elastic sliding receiving claws 33, 33 are arranged at a rearward position facing outward in the opposite direction from A. It is protruded in one piece.

The core material 31 is bonded to the sheet 30 so that each outer edge of the sheet 30 is wound from the outside to the inside through the bottom surface.

When installing the sheet 30 with the core material 31, first put it in a vertical position as shown in Figure 11, and with the vertically elongated hole 32 facing horizontally, install the sheet protruding integrally on the outer end surface of the decoration cover 24. If the retaining pin 34 is adapted to the retaining piece 35 and inserted, the result will be as shown in Fig. 12, and if the entire body is rotated in the direction of the arrow in the figure, it will be exactly stopped by the retaining piece 35.

On the other hand, the sheet 30 with the horizontal core material 31 is
As shown in FIG. 13, the rear shoe 9 is slidably mounted by engaging the sliding receiving claws 33, 33 with a round rod-shaped connecting slider 36 protruding from the inner end of the rear shoe 9.

In this way, the inner side of the sheet 30 is
It is completed by interposing and fixing it on the decoration cover 24 via the fixtures 25 as shown in the figure.

When the retractable roof panel 3 is closed, the safety decorative sheet 30 has a naturally curved cross-section at right angles, and when the panel 3 moves downward, the sheet 30 has an outwardly curved cross-section due to its flexibility, as shown in Figure 6. This allows it to maintain a closed state while absorbing downward movement.

This invention is as described above, and therefore, when opening and closing the retractable roof panel provided at the roof opening, fingers and the like will not be caught between the retractable side and the fixed side, especially as shown in the above embodiment. As such, it is the simplest structure, does not create any resistance when opening and closing, and can effectively reduce the risk of troubles such as breakdowns and rattling.

Although the lower end of the safety decorative sheet 30 is attached to a movable part such as the rear shoe 9, the same effect can be achieved even if it is attached to the guide rail 5 or other rail installation surface 4. or,
Although the sheet 30 is entirely flexible, the mounting surface may be non-flexible and the rest may be flexible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan external view of a retractable roof type passenger car, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a conventional example taken along the - line,
Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the - line, and Figure 4 is the second
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional rear view showing an example of this invention at the left side of the vehicle ceiling, Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing its operation, and Fig. 7 is a view showing an example of this invention with the opening/closing roof panel removed. A plan view showing the structure on the left side of the vehicle, FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line -, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line 7, FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line 7, and FIG. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing how to attach the front part of the seat, FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the inserted state, and FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing how to attach the rear part of the seat. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Ceiling part, 2... Roof opening, 3... Opening/closing roof panel, 5... Guide rail, 20... Variable gap space, 26... Opening/closing response mechanism, 30... Safety decorative sheet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A roof opening formed in the roof of the vehicle is provided with a retractable roof panel, while a pair of left and right guide rails is provided at a location corresponding to the lower part of the roof opening in the ceiling, and the longitudinal direction thereof corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. , equipped with an opening/closing response mechanism between the upper and lower sides of the guide rail and the opening/closing roof panel for making the opening/closing roof panel face down and moving back and forth, wherein the guide rail and the opening/closing roof are located on the inside of the vehicle from the guide rail. An opening/closing vehicle characterized in that a flexible safety decorative sheet is stretched between the guide rail side and the opening/closing roof panel side in order to block the inside and outside of the variable gap space formed between the top and bottom of the panel. Roof device.