JPH0514890Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to the structure of the roof side part of an automobile having a sillless door. The present invention relates to a roof side structure of an automobile, in which a seal attachment surface portion for attaching a door glass seal is formed.

(Prior Art) Sillless doors are increasingly being used in automobiles in order to improve the appearance and provide a sense of openness. In the case of an automobile having such a sealless door, a seal that seals between the upper edge of the door, that is, the upper edge of the door glass, and the vehicle body is provided on the vehicle body side.

Conventionally, the mounting surface of such a door glass seal was constituted by a roof side rail. Then, the side edges of the roof panel are bent toward the outside of the vehicle body, thereby
Drips had begun to form that blocked water from flowing down from the roof to the sides of the car.

However, when the side edges of the roof panel are bent toward the outside of the vehicle body, the side edges protrude outward from the general surface of the vehicle body.
This causes problems such as wind noise when the vehicle is running.

Therefore, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-182470, a drip is formed by providing a concave groove at a position slightly closer to the center from the side edge of the roof panel. It has been proposed to form a mounting surface portion of the door glass seal by bending the side edge portion toward the inside of the vehicle body. The door glass seal is fixedly held by a retainer that is fixed to the seal mounting surface. In that case, since the retainer is exposed to the outside of the vehicle body, a molding that covers the retainer from the outside of the vehicle body is attached to the seal mounting surface portion together with the retainer. The molding has a decorative part that covers the retainer from the outside of the vehicle body, and a mounting part that extends from the decorative part to the inside of the vehicle body, and the mounting part is overlapped with the bottom part of the retainer and sealed. It is attached to the vehicle body by fixing it to the mounting surface.

By adopting such a structure of the roof side part, the general surface of the roof side part and the outer surface of the molding can be made the same plane, and the appearance thereof becomes extremely good. In addition, wind noise is also prevented from occurring. Further, water on the center portion of the roof panel is collected and drained from the side edges of the roof panel by a groove serving as a drip provided at a position slightly closer to the center.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the case of such a roof side structure, there is a certain width of the roof side surface between the drip groove and the seal mounting surface on the side edge of the roof panel. will be formed. When it rains or when a car is washed, water droplets also adhere to the roof side surface. Usually, the roof side surface is a curved surface that slopes downward. Therefore, the water droplets adhering to the roof side surface flow down along the roof side surface toward the side surface of the vehicle body due to vehicle body vibration or the like.

On the other hand, the retainer that fixes the door glass seal is usually fixed to the seal mounting surface together with the molding by clips or the like. Therefore, the fastening force of the molding to the seal mounting surface is relatively weak, and it is inevitable that a gap will occur between them. For this reason, in a case where the side edge of the roof panel is folded toward the inside of the vehicle body to form the seal mounting surface, there is a problem that water that flows down along the roof side surface as mentioned above will enter the inside of the vehicle body through the gap between the molding and the seal mounting surface.

To prevent such water ingress, usually
A sealant or the like is filled between the molding and the seal mounting surface, but cracks are likely to occur in the sealant, so it is extremely difficult to achieve complete waterproofing using only this sealant.

Further, even if it is possible to completely seal the space between the molding and the seal attachment surface, in that case, water flowing down from the roof side surface to the side surface of the vehicle body will adhere to the door glass.

The present invention was developed in view of these problems, and its purpose is to bend the side edges of the roof panel inward to the vehicle interior to form a seal mounting surface, and to attach clips, etc. to the seal mounting surface. To securely secure a retainer and molding by a seal, securely seal between the seal mounting surface part and the molding, and also to drain water on a roof panel without flowing down to a door glass side. It is.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a molding that is fixed together with a retainer to a seal mounting surface formed on the side edge of the roof panel. A seal lip is provided that protrudes toward the seal mounting surface and seals the space between them by coming into close contact with the seal mounting surface, and the seal lip forms a groove extending along the side edge of the roof panel on the outside of the general side edge of the roof panel. Letting it be formed.

(Function) With this configuration, when the mounting part of the molding is superimposed on the outside of the retainer and attached to the seal mounting surface on the side edge of the roof panel, the seal lip provided on the molding comes into close contact with the seal mounting surface. , the space between them is sealed. Therefore, even when the molding and retainer are fixed to the seal mounting surface using a clip or the like, water is prevented from entering the vehicle body through the gap between them.

Further, since a groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is formed by the seal lip, water flowing down from the roof side portion to the side surface of the vehicle body is blocked by the groove and guided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
Therefore, water is prevented from flowing toward the door glass.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described using the drawings.

The figures show an embodiment of the leaf side structure of an automobile according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of an automobile equipped with the structure, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automobile. It is.

As is clear from Figure 2, this car 1 is
The door 2 of the vehicle is a doorless door, and the upper edge and front and rear edges of the door glass 3 are in direct contact with a seal provided on the vehicle body side.

As is clear from FIG. 1, the roof panel 4 is provided with grooves 5 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body on both sides of its horizontal portion, that is, at positions slightly closer to the center from the side edges. Water flowing from the center of the top surface to the sides of the vehicle body is blocked by the groove 5 and is guided to the front and rear of the vehicle body. Both sides of the roof, that is, the roof side surfaces 4a, are curved surfaces that slope downward toward the sides of the vehicle body.

The side edge portion of the roof panel 4 is bent at a substantially right angle toward the inside of the vehicle body, and the surface facing toward the inside of the vehicle body forms a seal attachment surface portion 6 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. Its seal mounting surface 6
The side edge portion 6a on the outer side of the vehicle body, that is, the portion connected to the general surface of the roof panel 4 is bent upward in a step-like manner. In addition, the seal mounting surface 6
The inner edge of the welding flange 7 is bent downward, thereby forming a welding flange 7. A roof side rail 10 formed in a box-shaped cross section by a roof side outer panel 8 and a roof side inner panel 9 is welded to the welding flange 7.

A door glass seal 11 is attached to the seal attachment surface portion 6 to provide a seal between the door glass 3 and the door glass 3 by making close contact with the upper edge of the door glass 3. The door glass seal 11 is fixedly held by retainers 12 that sandwich both sides of the door glass seal 11. And the retainer 12
is fixed to a seal attachment surface 6 on the side edge of the roof panel 4 by a clip 14 together with a molding 13 superimposed on the bottom surface. A sealant is applied to the surface of the seal mounting surface portion 6.

The molding 13 includes a decorative portion 13a that covers the outer surface of the retainer 12 from the outside of the vehicle body;
It has an approximately L-shaped cross section, and has a mounting portion 13b that extends inward from the inside of the vehicle body, overlaps the bottom surface of the retainer 12, and is fixed to the seal mounting surface 6, and its surface is made of soft rubber or synthetic resin. covered by. And the decoration part 1
A seal lip 15 is formed at the tip of the door glass seal 3a by extending the surface coating, and the seal lip 15 comes into contact with the door glass seal 11 to close the gap therebetween. Also,
A seal lip 16 is provided on the outer edge of the mounting portion 13b, which is integrally formed with the surface covering and projects upward from the molding 13, that is, toward the center of the vehicle body. The tip of the seal lip 16 is adapted to abut against the outer edge 6a of the seal mounting surface 6 to seal the space therebetween.

The decorative portion 13a of the molding 13 is attached to the roof panel 4.
The roof side surface 4a is located substantially on an extended surface of the roof side surface 4a. And seal lip 16
is located inside the vehicle body from that surface. In this way, a seal is formed from the inside of the vehicle body by the seal lip 16 between the side edge 6a of the seal mounting surface portion 6 on the outside of the vehicle body and the side edge of the mounting portion 13b of the molding 13 on the outside of the vehicle body. Second groove 17
is beginning to form. The groove 17
In this case, the outer edge 6a of the seal mounting surface 6 is attached to the molding 1.
3, the width is relatively wide.

In the automobile 1 having such a roof side structure, the retainer 12 that fixes and holds the door glass seal 11 is covered and hidden by the molding 13, and the outer surface of the molding 13 is the general surface of the roof side part of the roof panel 4. Since the area is located almost on the extension of the area, the appearance of that area is extremely good. Furthermore, since there are no members protruding outward from the vehicle body, wind noise and the like are not generated while the vehicle is running.

Most of the rainwater that falls on the top surface of the roof panel 4 is collected in a drip formed by a groove 5 provided along the side edge of the roof panel 4, and is discharged from drainage holes at the front and rear of the vehicle body. Since the groove 5 is provided in the horizontal part of the roof panel 4, it can be made sufficiently deep, thereby allowing a large amount of water to be collected and drained.

In addition, water droplets adhering to the roof side surface 4a of the roof panel 4 flow down to the side surface of the vehicle body along the surface 4a, and the water droplets that adhere to the roof side surface 4a of the roof panel 4 flow down to the side surface of the vehicle body, and the water droplets adhere to the side surface 4a of the roof panel 4 and flow down to the side surface of the vehicle body. 2 groove 1
7 will be collected. Then, it is guided along the groove 17 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. Therefore, the water is prevented from flowing toward the door glass 3 side. Also, at this time, the groove 17 is connected to the seal lip 16.
Since the seal is sealed from the inside of the vehicle body, and a sealant is filled between the seal mounting surface portion 6 and the molding 13, water will not enter the interior of the vehicle body.

In this way, the gap between the roof panel 4 and the molding 13 that covers the outer surface of the door glass seal 11 is filled with not only the sealant filled between the seal mounting surface portion 6 and the molding 13 but also the sealant provided integrally with the molding 13. Since it is also sealed by the seal lip 16 that is in close contact with the mounting surface 6, even if there are some cracks in the sealant, water will not infiltrate into the vehicle body from between the roof panel 4 and the molding 13. This will definitely be prevented. Therefore, the application of the sealant does not require skill. In addition, the retainer 12 and molding 13 that hold the door glass seal 11 need only be fixed to the seal attachment surface 6 with the clip 14, so that the attachment work does not become complicated.

Furthermore, since the gap between the roof panel 4 and the molding 13 is closed by the seal lip 16, the appearance becomes even better.

In the above embodiment, the outer edge 6a of the seal mounting surface 6 is bent upward into a step shape to increase the distance between the seal mounting surface 6 and the molding 13. It is also possible to bend the outer edge downward in a stepped manner. Alternatively, both of them may be bent in a direction that increases the distance from each other.
Furthermore, if the area of the roof side surface 4a of the roof panel 4 is sufficiently small, there will be few water droplets adhering to that surface 4a, so the seal lip 16 can be made flat without providing such an expanded portion. It is also possible to form a small groove 17 by contacting the seal mounting surface 6.

Further, in the above embodiment, it is assumed that sealant is filled between the seal mounting surface part 6 and the mounting part 13b of the molding 13, but if a sufficient sealing effect can be obtained only by the seal lip 16, Such sealants can also be omitted.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the retainer of the door glass seal is fixed to the seal mounting surface portion together with the retainer, and protrudes from the molding to cover the retainer from the outside of the vehicle body. Since a seal lip is provided to seal between the roof panel and the seal mounting surface, even when the seal mounting surface is formed by bending the side edge of the roof panel toward the inside of the vehicle, the seal mounting will be easier. Water that attempts to enter the interior of the vehicle body from between the surface portion and the molding is blocked by the seal lip. Therefore, the work of applying the sealant to be filled between the seal mounting surface portion and the molding can be simplified. Moreover, since the retainer and molding can be fixed to the seal mounting surface portion with clips or the like as in the conventional case, the mounting work as a whole becomes easy.

The general surface of the roof side part and the outer surface of the molding can be made almost the same surface, and the gap between the roof panel and the molding can be closed by the seal lip, so wind noise can be reduced. In addition to being able to suppress the occurrence of this problem, it is possible to provide a vehicle body structure with an extremely excellent appearance.

Furthermore, in addition to the main drip groove provided by the seal lip at a position slightly closer to the center from the side edge of the roof panel, a second groove is formed on the outside of the vehicle body. Water on the panel can be reliably prevented from flowing onto the door glass.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the roof side structure of an automobile according to the present invention.
FIG. 2, which is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of the automobile taken along a line, is a perspective view of the automobile equipped with the roof side structure. 1... Car, 2... Satsushiless door, 3...
... Door glass, 4 ... Roof panel, 5 ... Concave groove, 6 ... Seal mounting surface part, 11 ... Door glass seal, 12 ... Retainer, 13 ... Mall, 1
3a... Decorative part, 13b... Mounting part, 16... Seal lip, 17... Second groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of claim for utility model registration] A concave groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is provided at a position slightly toward the center from the side edge of the roof panel, and the side edge of the roof panel is bent toward the inside of the vehicle body. The mounting surface of the door glass seal is formed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and the seal mounting surface has a retainer for fixing and holding the door glass seal, and a decorative portion that covers the retainer from the outside of the vehicle body. The mounting part is
In a roof side structure of an automobile that is superimposed and fixed; a molding that protrudes from the molding toward the center of the vehicle body and contacts the seal mounting surface to create a gap between the molding and the seal mounting surface. A sealing lip is provided for sealing, and the sealing lip causes a second groove located on the outer side of the vehicle body from the groove.
A roof side structure of an automobile having a sillless door, characterized in that a concave groove is formed therein.