JP5168922B2 - Vehicle door structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure that guides window glass up and down along rails of a window regulator device.

  As a window regulator device for a vehicle door, various types such as a wire type and an arm type are used as means for driving the window glass up and down. In such a window regulator device, a pair of rails that guide the window glass up and down are attached to the door inner panel in a pair of front and rear. Each of the pair of front and rear rails extends substantially in parallel in the vertical direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Here, in the window regulator device, the locate hole provided in the intermediate portion in the height direction of the rail is fitted and positioned to the locate pin protruding from the door inner panel, and the upper and lower portions of the rail are arranged in the door inner panel. The rail is assembled to the door inner panel by fastening to the door.

In the sashless door, when the installation of the window glass is adjusted by moving the rail in the vehicle width direction, the lower portion is rotated in the vehicle width direction around the upper fastening portion of the rail.
JP 2000-177390 A (page 3, FIG. 2)

  However, when the locating pin is protruded in a direction perpendicular to the door inner panel, that is, in the vehicle width direction, the locating pin of the rail is moved to the locating pin when the rail is rotated around the upper fastening portion. There was a risk of interference.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a vehicle door structure that can smoothly adjust the installation of window glass without causing interference between the locating pin and the locating hole when the rail is rotated around the upper fastening portion. To do.

The vehicle door structure according to the present invention includes a door inner panel provided on the vehicle interior side, and a lower fastening portion that is adjusted to the door inner panel so that the upper fastening portion rotates around the upper fastening portion. A rail for a window regulator device that is supported and adjusted so as to have a locating hole below the upper fastening portion, and a locating pin that protrudes from the door inner panel toward the outside of the passenger compartment and can be fitted into the locating hole of the rail. The upper fastening portion includes a hinge block attached to the door inner panel via an upper adjuster bolt, and extends along the vehicle front-rear direction. The upper end portion of the rail can be rotated on the hinge block. A pivot shaft that pivotally supports the projecting direction of the locating pin, and the direction of the arc along the rotation trajectory of the rail centered on the upper fastening portion. And it sets the line direction, to the periphery of the locating hole formed in the rail, the most important feature in that a cylindrical flange that fits closely to the locating pin.

  According to the vehicle door structure of the present invention, the locating pin provided on the door inner panel is arranged in the tangential direction of the arc along the rotation trajectory of the rail centering on the upper fastening portion. Therefore, when assembling the rail to the door inner panel, the locating pin is inserted into the locating hole of the rail without causing a twist. When adjusting the window glass, the locating pin on the door inner panel has already been inserted into the locating hole on the rail, and the lower part rotates around the upper part of the rail toward the outside of the vehicle interior. When it is moved, the locating hole of the rail moves without causing twisting with respect to the locating pin, thereby making it possible to smoothly adjust the window glass.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First embodiment]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  1 to 10 show a first embodiment of a window regulator device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a door inner panel to which a window regulator device is attached, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which the rail of the window regulator device is being attached to the door inner panel, and FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which fitted the locate pin to the hole.

  4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion B in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion C in FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion D, FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line EE in FIG. 3, FIG. 9 is a front view showing a portion corresponding to the rail upper portion of the door inner panel, and FIG. It is an expanded sectional view along the FF line.

  The window regulator device 10 of the present invention is configured as a wire type as shown in FIG. 1, and in particular, a case where it is applied to the sashless door 1 will be described as an example. FIG. 1 is a side view of the door inner panel 2 as viewed from the outside in the vehicle width direction with the door outer panel (not shown) removed, and the window regulator device 10 is attached to the door inner panel 2. In the present embodiment, the sashless door 1 will be described by taking a side door disposed on the side of the vehicle as an example.

  That is, the window regulator device 10 slides on a pair of front and rear front rails 11 and rear rails 12 and front and rear rails (rails for window regulator devices) 11 and 12 as shown in FIG. The sliders 13 and 14 that are freely attached, the wire 15 connected to the sliders 13 and 14, and the electric motor 16 that moves the wire 15 are provided. Then, by driving the electric motor 16, the sliders 13 and 14 are moved up and down along the front and rear rails 11 and 12 through the wire 15. Since a window glass (not shown) is fixed to the sliders 13 and 14, the window glass moves up and down together with the sliders 13 and 14.

  Further, pulleys P1 to P4 for circularly guiding the wire 15 are rotatably attached to the outer side surfaces of the upper and lower sides 11a and 12a and the lower portions 11b and 12b of the front and rear rails 11 and 12, respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the wire 15 is a push-pull type between the front and rear rails 11 and 12, and is accommodated in the outer tube 15a.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front rail 11 and the rear rail 12 are attached to a vehicle width direction outer side surface (vehicle compartment outer side surface) of the door inner panel 2 so as to face each other at a predetermined interval in the vehicle front-rear direction. It extends substantially parallel to the vertical direction. In the present embodiment, the upper portions of the front rail 11 and the rear rail 12 are slightly inclined toward the vehicle rear side.

  Further, the sliders 13 and 14 slidably attached to the front and rear rails 11 and 12 are windshields at the positions where the sliders 13 and 14 are raised to the upper limit positions 13T and 14T indicated by two-dot chain lines in FIG. The closed state and the position lowered to the lower limit positions 13B and 14B are in a state where the window portion is fully opened.

  For example, the front and rear rails 11 and 12 are provided with locating holes 17 and 18 formed in the rails 11 and 12 from the door inner panel 2 as shown in FIG. It is assembled by fastening the upper portions 11a and 12a and the lower portions 11b and 12b to the door inner panel 2 in a state of being fitted and positioned to the locating pins 19 and 20 projecting in the outdoor direction.

  Here, the installation adjustment of the window glass is performed by rotating the rails 11 and 12 in the vehicle width direction, but the adjustment margin of the rear rail 12 is particularly larger than that of the front rail 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the rear rail 12 is provided with an upper adjuster bolt 22 at the upper fastening portion 21 and a lower adjuster bolt 24 at the lower fastening portion 23.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the upper adjuster bolt 22 is rotatably supported by a bracket 30 joined to the door inner panel 2, and a screw is formed at the distal end portion 22 a. And the front-end | tip part 22a is screwed by the hinge block 21a mentioned later. By rotating the upper adjuster bolt 22 from the vehicle interior side, the vehicle width direction position (position in the vehicle interior and exterior direction) of the upper fastening portion 21 with respect to the door inner panel 2 is finely adjusted.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower adjuster bolt 24 is rotatably supported by a bracket 31 joined to the door inner panel 2. Further, a male screw is formed at the tip 24 a of the lower adjuster bolt 24, and the tip 24 a is screwed into the nut 32 of the rear rail 12. When the lower adjuster bolt 24 is rotated, the position in the vehicle width direction of the lower portion 12b of the rear rail 12 is adjusted. In particular, in this embodiment, the length of the lower adjuster bolt 24 is set longer than that of the upper adjuster bolt 22, and the adjustment margin in the vehicle width direction of the lower portion 12b of the rear rail 12 is made larger than that of the upper retaining portion 21. .

  At this time, the upper fastening portion 21 of the rear rail 12 has a hinge structure that allows rotation in the vehicle width direction as shown in FIGS.

  That is, the upper fastening portion 21 includes a hinge block 21a that is screwed to the upper adjuster bolt 22, and a bracket 21b that covers the front and rear sides and the upper side of the hinge block 21a and is coupled to the upper end portion of the rear rail 12. A pivot (bolt) 21c that penetrates the hinge block 21a and the bracket 21b substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction and is rotatably connected. The rear rail 12 is centered on the pivot 21c in the vehicle width direction ( It can be rotated in the direction outside the vehicle interior).

  On the other hand, the locating pin 20 is disposed closer to the upper side than the central portion in the vertical direction of the rail 12, and the small-diameter portion 20a on the front end side projects from the door inner panel 2 outward in the vehicle width direction (outside the vehicle compartment). A large-diameter portion 20b on the base side is fixed to the door inner panel 2, and a locating hole 18 formed in the rear rail 12 is closely fitted to the small-diameter portion 20a.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the locate pin 20 is arranged in the tangential direction of the arc C along the rotation trajectory of the rail 12 with the upper fastening portion 21 as the center.

  At this time, the locate pin 20 is preferably curved along the arc C, that is, along the tangent line of the arc C centering on the upper fastening portion 2 of the rail 12.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a cylindrical flange 18 a that closely fits with the locating pin 20 is protruded from the peripheral portion of the locating hole 18 formed in the rail 12.

  At this time, the cylindrical flange 18a protrudes from the rear rail 12 toward the door inner panel 2, that is, toward the vehicle interior.

  By the way, in this embodiment, it has been described above that the rear rail 12 is provided with the upper fastening portion 21 and the lower fastening portion 23. However, as shown in FIG. A portion 26 is provided.

  The upper fastening portion 21 and the lower fastening portion 23 of the rear rail 12 use the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the lower adjuster bolt 24 as the fastening members for assembly, but the upper fastening portion 25 of the front rail 11 and Bolts 25a and 26a (see FIG. 1) are used for the lower fastening portion 26 as the respective fastening members for assembly.

  Accordingly, when the rails 11 and 12 are assembled, the upper adjuster bolt 22, the lower adjuster bolt 24, and the bolts 25a and 26a are attached to the fastening portions 21, 23, 25, and 26, respectively.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, the guide for guiding the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the bolt 25 a, which are fastening members for assembling the upper fastening portions 21 and 25, to the door inner panel 2 to the positions of the upper fastening portions 21 and 25. Grooves 27 and 28 are provided.

  That is, the guide grooves 27 and 28 are formed on the raised portion 2a formed on the waist portion of the door inner panel 2 from the lower side to the upper side toward the mounting portions 2b and 2c of the upper fastening portions 21 and 25. It has come to be. As shown in FIG. 10, the guide grooves 27 and 28 are formed in a recess 28b having a groove width W that can fit the tip ends of the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the bolt 25a. That is, the door inner panel 2 has a pair of convex portions 28a, 28a protruding in the vehicle width direction outer side (outward direction of the passenger compartment) at intervals in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the convex portions 28a, 28a A recess 28b is formed therebetween.

  With the above configuration, according to the window regulator device 10 of the present embodiment, the installation adjustment of the window glass is performed by adjusting the vehicle width direction positions of the front rail 11 and the rear rail 12 that guide the window glass up and down. . At this time, the adjustment margin of the window glass is larger in the rear portion than in the front portion, and in this embodiment, the rear rail 12 is mainly adjusted. By adjusting the lower adjuster bolt 24 of the rear rail 12, the rear rail 12 is configured such that the lower portion 12b is rotated in the vehicle width direction (outside of the vehicle interior) around the upper fastening portion 21. As the rear rail 12 rotates, the locating hole 18 moves in the axial direction with respect to the locating pin 20.

  At this time, since the locate pin 20 is arranged in the tangential direction of the arc C drawn in the rotation direction of the rear rail 12 with the upper fastening portion 21 as the center, when the rear rail 12 is rotated in the vehicle width direction, In addition, the locating hole 18 can slide with respect to the locating pin 20 without causing twisting, and the window glass can be adjusted smoothly. Moreover, the workability | operativity at the time of attaching the window regulator apparatus 1 to the door inner panel 2 can be improved.

  Further, since the cylindrical flange 18a that fits closely to the locating pin 20 is provided at the peripheral portion of the locate hole 18, the rigidity of the peripheral portion of the locate hole 18 can be increased, and the locate hole 18 can be used for this. The retainability of the fitted locate pin 20 can be improved.

  In other words, when the upper fastening part 21 of the rear rail 12 is free during parts transportation or factory assembly work, the rear rail 12 is centered on the lower fastening part 23 and is located outside the vehicle compartment. When an external force that falls down is applied, the locating pin 20 and the cylindrical flange 18a interfere with each other over a wide area, and the rear rail 12 can be prevented from being detached from the locating pin 20.

  Furthermore, since the cylindrical flange 18a protrudes toward the door inner panel 2 with respect to the rear rail 12, grease is applied to the surface of the rear rail 12, that is, the outer side of the passenger compartment, with the door outer panel removed. When doing so, the cylindrical flange 18a does not get in the way. In addition, grease can be easily injected from the surface of the rear rail 12 into the fitting portion between the locate pin 20 and the locate hole 18, thereby more reliably generating abnormal noise due to friction between the locate pin 20 and the locate hole 18. Can be prevented.

  Further, since the protruding direction of the cylindrical flange 18a is the locating pin 20 side, the locating pin 20 can be shortened, and the weight can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the rear rail 12 is turned in the vehicle width direction (inside the vehicle interior) by curving the locate pin 20 along the tangent line of the arc C centered on the upper fastening portion 2 of the rear rail 12. When moving, the rear rail 12 can be rotated more smoothly by preventing the locating hole 18 and the locating pin 20 from being twisted more reliably.

  Further, guide grooves 27 and 28 for guiding the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the bolt 25a used for the upper fastening portions 21 and 25 of the front rail 11 and the rear rail 12 to the upper fastening portions 21 and 25 are provided in the door inner panel 2. Was provided. For this reason, when the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the bolt 25a are attached to the upper reservoirs 21 and 25, the upper adjuster bolt 22 and the bolt 25a can be moved along the guide grooves 27 and 28, respectively. As described above, since the upper reservoir portions 21 and 25 can be easily aligned with the target portion, the upper portions of the rails 11 and 12 can be easily arranged even when the mounting portions of the upper reservoir portions 21 and 25 become blind spots due to obstacles or the like. The fastening portions 21 and 25 can be attached to the door inner panel 2.

  In addition, since the upper fastening portion 21 is configured as a hinge structure that allows rotation in the vehicle width direction, when the lower portion 12b of the rear rail 12 is moved in the vehicle width direction when adjusting the installation of the window glass, the upper fastening portion 21 is provided. The part 21 can be smoothly rotated without imposing an unreasonable burden.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 11 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and redundant description is omitted. FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the fitting portion between the locate hole and the locate pin.

  The regulator device of the present embodiment has basically the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. A locating hole 18 formed in the rear rail 12 is fitted to a locating pin 20 protruding from the door inner panel 2, and a cylindrical flange 18 b is provided at the peripheral edge of the locating hole 18.

  And this embodiment is mainly different from the first embodiment in that the cylindrical flange 18b is disposed on the side opposite to the door inner panel 2 with respect to the rear rail 12, that is, in the vehicle width direction outward direction (outside the vehicle compartment). Direction). In addition, a large curvature portion having a large curvature radius that guides insertion of the locate pin 20 is formed in the root portion 18c of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical flange 18b. Here, the curvature of the root portion 18c is set to such a size that the locating pin 20 can be inserted smoothly.

  According to the window regulator device of the present embodiment, when the rear rail 12 is assembled to the door inner panel 2, the locating hole 18 of the rear rail 12 is fitted to the locating pin 20 as in the first embodiment. At this time, the cylindrical flange 18b is provided in the locating hole 18, so that the retainability of the locating pin 20 can be enhanced while increasing the rigidity of the peripheral portion of the locating hole 18. Furthermore, since the root portion 18c on the locating hole 18 insertion side of the locating hole 18 is a large curvature portion, the locating pin 20 can be easily inserted and the assembly of the rail 12 can be improved.

  By the way, the window regulator apparatus of the present invention has been described by taking the first and second embodiments as examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various other embodiments are adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention. be able to. For example, in the above embodiment, the present embodiment has been described mainly using the rear rail 12 as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to the front rail 11.

  The window regulator device to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the wire type, but may be of another type, for example, an arm type, and the present invention can be applied to any window regulator device having a rail that guides the window glass up and down. can do.

It is a whole block diagram which shows the attachment state of the window regulator apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the state in the middle of attaching the rail of the window regulator apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention to a door inner panel. It is the perspective view which expanded the part which fitted the locate pin to the locate hole of the rail in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing along the AA line in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the B section in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the C section in FIG. It is an expansion perspective view of the D section in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view along the EE line in FIG. It is a front view which shows the part corresponding to the rail upper part of the door inner panel in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view along the FF line in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the fitting part of the locate hole and the locate pin in 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Door inner panel 10 Window regulator device 11 Front rail (rail)
12 Rear rail (rail)
18 Locating hole 18a, 18b Cylindrical flange 18c Root part 20 Locating pin 21, 25 Upper clamp part 27, 28 Guide groove C Arc

Claims (5)

A door inner panel provided on the vehicle interior side;
A window regulator device that is adjusted and supported by the door inner panel so as to be pivotable in the vehicle interior and exterior direction with the upper fastening portion as a rotation center by adjusting the lower fastening portion, and having a locate hole below the upper fastening portion Rails for,
A locating pin that projects from the door inner panel toward the outside of the passenger compartment and can be fitted into the locating hole of the rail;
The upper fastening portion includes a hinge block attached to the door inner panel via an upper adjuster bolt, and extends along a vehicle front-rear direction. The upper end portion of the rail is pivotally supported on the hinge block so as to be rotatable. A pivot, and
While setting the projecting direction of the locate pin to the tangential direction of the arc along the rotation trajectory of the rail centering on the upper fastening portion ,
A door structure for a vehicle, characterized in that a cylindrical flange that fits closely to the locating pin is provided at a peripheral portion of a locating hole formed in the rail . The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical flange protrudes from the rail toward the door inner panel. The cylindrical flange protrudes from the rail to the opposite side of the door inner panel, and the base portion of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical flange is inserted by guiding the tip of the locate pin and having a large curvature radius. The door structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the door structure is formed in a portion. The vehicle door according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a guide groove for guiding the upper fastening portion is provided in a mounting portion of the door inner panel to which the upper fastening portion of the rail is attached. Construction. Claims 1 to 4, the rail, arranged in pair back and forth at predetermined intervals in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the door inner panel, characterized by being configured the upper fastening portion of the one of the at least the rear rail hinge structure The vehicle door structure according to any one of the above.

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