JPH0519218Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] <Industrial field of application> The present invention is a system for fixing particularly the corner portions of a drain groove member superimposed on the inner frame in a slide roof device. Concerning the structure of

<Prior art> A sliding roof is a type of sliding roof in which an opening is formed in the fixed roof of an automobile, and a movable panel made of glass, steel plate, etc. is provided so as to be able to slide in the front and back directions, thereby opening and closing the opening. sunroof) devices are well known.

In addition, by installing a deflector blade along the front edge of this opening so that it can be raised and lowered with respect to the outer surface of the fixed roof, it is possible to prevent wind noise from being generated when driving with the movable panel open, and to reduce noise from entering the vehicle. A technique for suppressing the wind entrainment is also known (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 16735/1983).

On the other hand, in order to provide a mechanism to move the movable panel up and down, a guide rail to guide the sliding movement, etc.
An inner frame is fixed to the inner surface of the fixed roof, and the outer periphery of this inner frame is designed to catch water droplets that enter the fixed roof through the gap between the opening and the movable panel and discharge them to the outside of the vehicle. A drainage ditch is provided.

By the way, in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 62-058081, the present applicant has provided a sealing member integrally surrounding the fixed roof and the inner frame in order to increase the waterproofness and prevent rusting. We proposed a technology that superimposes drainage groove members made of synthetic resin on the inner frame.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> However, in order to accommodate the deflector blade described above between the movable panel and the inner frame, the area near the front corner of the drain groove member is not suitable for the deflector blade. In order to avoid interference, the width must be widened, resulting in a larger area and a decrease in the rigidity of the area. Therefore, the drain member is
Although the shape of the outer periphery can be kept relatively rigid by joining with the edge of the inner frame, the inner periphery becomes somewhat easily deformed, making it difficult to maintain the desired waterway shape. It is possible that

It is possible to provide a separate fastener means, but this would inevitably increase the number of parts and assembly man-hours.
Undesirable.

The present invention was devised in view of these problems, and its main purpose is to fix the corner parts of the drain groove member, which is superimposed on the inner frame, without increasing the number of parts and assembly man-hours. It is an object of the present invention to provide a fixing structure for a drain groove member for a slide roof device, which can be securely held and fixed.

[Structure of the invention] <Means for solving the problem> According to the invention, the purpose is to provide a guide for slidably guiding a movable panel capable of closing an opening provided in a fixed roof of an automobile. In a slide roof device having a guide rail stay whose base portion is fixed to an inner frame fixedly installed on the inner surface of the fixed roof via a fastening means to hold one end of the rail, the inner frame The structure is such that a drainage groove member superimposed on an outer peripheral part is fixed to the inner frame, and the inner peripheral part of the drainage groove member is attached to the base of the guide rail stay in accordance with the contour of the inner peripheral part. This is achieved by providing a fixing structure for a drain groove member for a slide roof device, which is characterized in that it is clamped and fixed to the inner frame at an engaging portion formed in the inner frame.

<Function> In this way, the inner peripheral edge of the corner portion of the drain groove member can be fixed to the inner panel together with the front end portion of the guide rail that guides the movable panel.

<Embodiments> Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the main parts of a slide roof device to which the present invention is applied. A generally rectangular opening 2 extending in the left-right direction of the vehicle body is formed in the front portion of the fixed roof 1, and this opening 2 can be closed complementarily with a movable panel 3 made of glass, for example. has been done.

The movable panel 3 is guided by a pair of guide rails 4 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at left and right positions inside the fixed roof 1, and is moved toward the rear inner surface of the fixed roof 1 from a position where the opening 2 is completely closed. It is made to be able to slide in the front and rear directions. In addition, opening 2
A deflector blade 5 curved in an arcuate shape along the inner edge of the opening is provided at the front portion of the deflector blade 5 so as to be movable up and down in accordance with the opening/closing operation of the movable panel 3.

On the other hand, as also shown in FIG. 2, a glass holder 9 is fixed to the inner peripheral edge of the movable panel 3 via seal members 7a, 7b and an adhesive 8. At the same time, panel stays 10 are vertically installed on the lower surface of both front sides of the glass holder 9. This panel stay 10 is formed into a substantially channel shape by bending the inner end portion downward and outward, and the outer end portion 10a has a slide shaft made of, for example, fluororesin. U6 is fixed.

The front end portion of the guide rail 4 that receives the slide shoe 6 and guides it in the front-rear direction is fixed to an inner frame 11 provided inside the fixed roof 1 via a guide rail stay 12. The guide rail stay 12 includes an engaging portion 13 that receives the front end of the guide rail 4, and an inner frame 11.
The base part 14 is bolted to the base part 14, and is made of, for example, zinc alloy die casting.

Now, the inner frame 11 is formed by deep drawing a steel plate, and a movable panel is inserted from a position corresponding to the opening 2 of the fixed roof 1 through a relatively short outer peripheral wall 11a that is formed upright over the entire circumference. A space S having an appropriate height is formed between the fixed roof 1 and the inner surface of the fixed roof 1.

On the outer periphery of the inner frame 11 facing the fixed roof 1, there is a U-shaped groove 15 extending over almost the entire circumference.
Drainage channel member 16 made of synthetic resin material formed with
is heavily installed. The outer peripheral edge of this drain groove member 16 is elastically and tightly engaged with the upper edge of the outer peripheral wall 11a of the inner frame 11, and a seal protrusion 17 having a hollow cross section is provided on the upper edge. It is formed all around. This sealing ridge 17 is in fluid-tight contact with the inner surface of the fixed roof 1.

A U-shaped groove 1 is formed in the front part of the drainage groove member 16 to form a housing portion for a deflector device to be described later.
An enlarged portion 16w is formed further inside the portion 5. In order to prevent water droplets from entering the vehicle interior, a rising wall 16a is provided to extend along the inner peripheral edge of the widened portion 16w.

Incidentally, a grip piece 18 is formed on the outer wall of the engaging portion 13 of the guide rail stay 12 described above, and grips the upright wall 16a so as to climb over the upright wall 16a. This gripping piece 18 prevents the inner peripheral side of the widened portion 16w of the drain groove member 16 from lifting up. In addition, gripping piece 1
A projecting piece 18a is provided on the outer surface of the deflector 8 in a perpendicular direction, and an engagement hole 19 for fixing a deflector device, which will be described later, is formed at the projecting end of the projecting piece 18a.

Next, the deflector device 20 including the deflector blade 5 described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

As described above, the deflector device 20 includes the deflector blade 5 rising along the front inner edge of the opening 2, the arm 21 that lifts and lowers the deflector blade 5 at its front end 21a, and the rear of the arm 21. A base 22 that tiltably supports the end portion 21b and the intermediate portion 21c, and a front end portion 2 of the base 22.
2a and a sub-arm 23 connecting the arm intermediate portion 21c.

Deflector blade 5 and arm front end 21a
are connected to each other by a pin shaft 24 so as to be rotatable with each other. At the same time, a torsion spring 25 is wound around the pin shaft 24, which allows the differential to maintain a predetermined blade angle when ascending and to take a suitable posture for storage with relatively little resistance when descending. The rector blade 5 is appropriately biased.

The rear end portion 21b of the arm is connected to the base 22 via a pin shaft 27 inserted into an elongated hole 26 formed in the base 22 in the longitudinal direction. The sub-arm 23 is connected at one end 23a to the base front end 22a and at the other end 23b to the arm intermediate section 21c via pin shafts 28a and 28b so as to be relatively rotatable. At the same time, the arm intermediate portion 21c
A torsion spring 29 is wound around the side pin shaft 21b, and this causes the arm 21 to move in a direction that expands the included angle between the front part of the arm 21 and the sub-arm 23, that is, the sub-arm 23 stands up and the arm 21 moves upward. It is said that the bullet is always biased in the direction of tilting.

In this way, when the movable panel 3 is closed, the space S between the movable panel 3 and the inner frame 11 is
When the deflector device 20 is housed in the movable panel 3 and the movable panel 3 is opened, the deflector blade 5 automatically protrudes from the outer surface of the fixed roof 1.

On the other hand, the drain groove member 16 described above has a widened portion 16 rearward from the middle position in the front-rear direction of the opening 2.
w is interrupted, and only the outer U-shaped groove 15 is formed, and the base rear end 22b is bolted to the inner frame 11 at a position immediately after the narrowed part of the drain groove member 16. There is. The base 22 is a widened portion 16w of the drain groove member 16.
Inner peripheral wall 16a that is diagonally horizontal at the rear end.
A front-rear projection 30 is formed at the front end of the projection 30 to project into the engagement hole 19 of the projection 18a. The longitudinal dimension of this projection 30 is the same as that of the base rear end 22.
It is said to be equal to or larger than the longitudinal dimension of the long hole 31 for bolt insertion formed in b,
Even when the relative position between the long hole 31 and the bolt B is changed, the coupling between the engagement hole 19 and the protrusion 30 is determined so as not to be uncoupled.

In this way, the base 22 is inserted into the inner frame 1 through the guide rail stay 12 by causing the protrusion 30 to enter the engagement hole 19 from the rear.
Its front end is fixed to the inner frame 11, and its rear end is directly fixed to the inner frame 11 with a nut N screwed onto a bolt B.

As described above, a water inlet 32 is provided on the outer circumferential portion of the front corner of the drain groove member 16 to which, for example, a vinyl tube or the like is connected and which drains water to the outside of the vehicle along the front pillar. In this portion, a widened portion 16w is formed inside the U-shaped groove 15 in order to avoid interference with the deflector device 20 as described above. As a result, the rigidity tends to decrease and distortion tends to occur, so that in some cases, the inner circumferential side of the inner frame 11 may be lifted up from the inner frame 11.

Therefore, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the base portion 14 of the guide rail stay 12
are curved to correspond to the inner periphery of the corner portion of the drain groove member 16, and grooves 33 and 34 are formed in the inner periphery of the drain groove member 16 and the outer periphery of the guide rail stay 12, respectively, to engage complementary with each other. I am trying to set it up. By bolting the guide rail stay 12 to the inner frame 11, the grooves 33 and 34 and the above-mentioned gripping piece 18 are engaged with the upright wall 16a, so that the inside of the corner of the drain groove member 16 is The peripheral part is inner frame 11
are held closely together.

[Effect of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, a part of the guide rail stay for fixing the front end of the guide rail to the inner frame is formed so as to be able to engage with the inner peripheral edge of the drain groove member. Therefore, the inner circumference of the corner of the drain groove member can be easily fixed without providing a separate fixing member. Therefore, it is extremely effective in suppressing the deformation of the drainage channel members and maintaining the proper shape of the waterway, and at the same time improves the appearance of the same part when the movable panel is open, increasing marketability. It's also effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partial perspective view of the automobile roof, and Fig. 2 shows the parts related to the present invention as shown in Fig. 3.
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view cut along a line. Third
The figure is also a partial top view, and Figure 4 is a partial top view.
5 is a side sectional view taken along the - line in the figure, and FIG. 5 is a side sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 3. 1... Fixed roof, 2... Opening, 3... Movable panel, 4... Guide rail, 5... Deflector blade, 6... Slide show, 7a, 7b
... Seal member, 8 ... Adhesive, 9 ... Glass holder, 10 ... Panel stay, 10a ... Tip part, 11 ... Inner frame, 11a ... Outer peripheral wall, 12 ... Guide rail stay, 13 ... ...Engagement part, 14...Base part, 15...U-shaped groove, 16
...Drainage channel member, 16a... Standing wall, 17...
Seal protrusion, 18...Gripping piece, 18a...Protrusion piece,
19...Engagement hole, 20...Deflector device, 2
1... Arm, 22... Base, 23... Sub arm, 24... Pin shaft, 25... Torsion spring, 26
... Long hole, 27, 28a, 28b ... Pin shaft, 2
9...Torsion spring, 30...Protrusion, 31...Elongated hole, 32...Water inlet, 33, 34...Groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A guide rail fixed to the inner surface of a fixed roof of a vehicle to hold one end of a guide rail that slidably guides a movable panel capable of closing an opening provided in the fixed roof of an automobile. In a slide roof device having a guide rail stay whose base portion is fixed to an inner frame via a fastening means, a drainage groove member superimposed on the outer periphery of the inner frame is fixed to the inner frame. In the structure, the inner peripheral part of the drain groove member is clamped and fixed to the inner frame by an engaging part formed in the base part of the guide rail stay corresponding to the contour of the inner peripheral part. A fixing structure for a drainage groove member for a slide roof device, characterized in that: