JPH09277835A - Sliding tool for sunlight shielding plate of sun roof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding tool for sunlight shielding plate which can be easily mounted on a sunlight shielding plate such as a sunshade. SOLUTION: A sliding tool 20, which is mounted on a sunshade 10 sliding to the internal wall of a guide rail 15, is provided with upper and lower holding pieces 30 and 40, which are separately formed from each other, and are turnably connected to the sliding tool through connection sections. The external surface of the flexible section 32 formed in the upper holding piece 30 by a notch (slit 31) is provided with a projection 33, and when the holding pieces 30 and 40 are closed, the flexible section 32 is energized outward by the spring member 50 supported by the spring supporting piece 41 of the lower holding piece 40. The spring supporting piece 41 is formed with a through hole, with which a lock arm 35 provided in the upper holding piece 30 is engaged when the holding pieces 30 and 40 are closed. This sliding tool 20 is mounted only to hold the sunshade 10 between the holding pieces 30 and 40, eliminating rivet caulking work as in conventional sliding tools. The attached sliding tool 20 presses the projection 33 against the guide rail 15, supporting the sunshade 10 without chattering.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding contact member which is mounted on a sunshade plate of a sunroof of an automobile and slides in a grooved guide.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sunroof of an automobile is provided with a shield plate for shielding the sunlight so as to be slidable in an opening / closing direction. Therefore, guide rails are provided facing the opening edge of the window opening on the ceiling surface, and the sunshade plate (hereinafter referred to as the sunshade) is assembled so as to slide along the guide rails. . In order to prevent the careless opening / closing operation, a sliding contact device is attached to the date difference shield plate so that it can be pressed against the inner wall surface of the guide rail, so that the necessary frictional force can be obtained. It was

The state of incorporation of the sliding contact tool is as shown in FIGS. The structure will be briefly described. As described above, a pair of guide rails 2 having a U-shaped cross section are provided along the front-rear direction at the opening edge of the window opening on the roof of the automobile. The both ends of the sunshade 1 in the width direction are fitted and slidably supported as a whole. A stopper 9 is attached to an end portion of the sunshade 1 in the front-rear direction so as to come into contact with an abutting metal fitting 2a provided at an end portion of the guide rail 2 at the fully open / fully closed position. . Now, for the attachment of the sliding contact member 3, notches 1a are formed at both ends in the width direction of the sunshade 1, that is, at proper positions (two positions before and after) corresponding to the fitting portion to the guide rail 2. ing. As shown in FIG. 13, the sliding contact tool 3 incorporated therein is mainly composed of a housing H. The housing H has a substrate portion 5 and a case portion 4 and is integrally formed.
After the whole is fitted into the notch 1a from the side,
The substrate portion 5 is fixed by fixing the rivet 8.

The sliding contact with the upper and lower wall surfaces in the guide rail 2 is as follows, and the sliding contact with the upper wall surface is performed by the sliding contact ridges 4a formed on the upper surface of the case portion 4,
The sliding contact projection 6 is used for the lower wall surface. That is, the spring 7 is incorporated inside the housing H together with the sliding contact projection 6. The sliding contact protrusion 6 is incorporated so that a part thereof protrudes from the central opening of the substrate portion 5,
The spring 7 is pressed against the lower wall surface of the guide rail 2 with an elastic force.

[0005]

Although the sliding contact tool 3 has been assembled as described above, there is room for consideration in the following points.

As described above, the sliding contact projection 6 is incorporated in the housing H together with the spring 7, but the height dimension for the incorporation is inevitably small and the work is difficult. Further, since the housing H is attached to the sunshade 1 by the rivets 8, caulking work using a tool results in poor workability. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sliding contact plate for a sunshade shield plate that can be easily attached to a sunshade plate such as a sunshade.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems and Functions / Effects]

<Invention of Claim 1> Claim 1 for achieving the above object
The invention according to claim 1 is a slide contactor which is attached to a sliding type sundial shielding plate for adjusting the sunshine of an automobile, and which slidably contacts an inner wall surface of a grooved guide for guiding the sliding direction of the sundial shielding plate. A pair of sandwiching pieces that sandwich the sundial shielding plate in a thick direction, and an engagement mechanism that enables the sandwiching pieces to engage with each other with elastic force when the sandwiched strips sandwich the sundial shielding plate. It is characterized by that.

With the above-mentioned structure, since the sandwiching piece sandwiches the date difference shielding plate, the engaging mechanism elastically engages the sandwiching pieces with each other, and the conventional rivet stop is abolished. The work of assembling the fitting can be facilitated. <Invention of Claim 2> Further, in the invention according to Claim 2, in the sliding contact device for a sundial shielding plate according to Claim 1, both the sandwiching pieces are formed separately, and each sandwiching piece is formed. It is characterized in that a connecting portion is formed on one end side for connecting each other while permitting rotation in the contacting / separating direction. In the above configuration, by connecting the one end side of the separately formed sandwiching piece with the connecting portion, it can be carried to the assembly site in the assembled state, so that it is easy to handle, and the sandwiching pieces can be attached to each other at the time of attachment to the sunshade shielding plate. It suffices to close the in the direction of approach.

<Invention of Claim 3> Further, in the invention according to Claim 3, in the sliding contact device for a day difference shielding plate according to any one of Claims 1 and 2, at least one of the both holding pieces is provided with the above A flexible portion that can be flexibly deformed in a direction approaching and separating from the inner wall surface is integrally formed on a surface facing the inner wall surface of the grooved guide, and the flexible portion is provided between the both holding pieces. It is characterized in that it is biased so as to be pressed against the inner wall surface by the biasing means provided. In the above configuration, the flexible portion that is in sliding contact with the grooved guide is integrally provided on the sandwiching piece, and the biasing means for this can be assembled with both sandwiching pieces open, so that the assembly is performed more than before. Excellent workability.

<Invention of Claim 4> Furthermore, in the invention according to Claim 4, in the sliding contact device for a day difference shielding plate according to Claim 3, the support portion for the biasing means also serves as the engagement mechanism. It is characterized by being configured. In the above configuration, since the support portion also serves as the engagement mechanism,
Therefore, the structure of the sliding contact tool is simplified.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 schematically shows a sunroof portion of an automobile. As shown in this figure, a window portion opened and closed by a sunroof glass G is opened on the ceiling surface of the automobile, and a sunshade 10 is arranged inside the sunroof glass G to shield the sunlight from there. There is. This sunshade 10
Are slidably installed in the ceiling surface of a double-structured automobile having a predetermined height gap therebetween.

More specifically, the sunshade 1 is located inside the wall of the ceiling of the automobile and outside the opening edge of the window.
A pair of guide rails 15 that support 0 are arranged along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. Both guide rails 15 have a U-shaped cross section and are installed so that their openings face each other. Further, a contact metal fitting 16 serving as a stopper for restricting the opening / closing position of the sunshade 10 is provided at the end of the guide rail 15. The sunshade 10 is formed in a rectangular plate shape larger than the window portion, and both end portions thereof are inserted into the openings of the guide rails 15 and slidable in the front-rear direction.
In addition, the guide rail 15 of the outer edge of the sunshade 10
The sliding contact device 20 according to the present invention is provided near the end of the edge corresponding to
The mounting portion 11 for is set. As shown in FIG. 2, these are L-shaped notches 12 formed by notching the corner portion of the sunshade 10, and concave notches 13 formed at positions that are inwardly intruded along the outer edge of the sunshade 10 from here. And a convex portion 14 formed between these notches 12 and 14.

The sliding contact device 20 according to the present invention is mounted on each of the above-mentioned mounting portions 11, and after the mounting, after being mounted for the sunroof, only the sliding contact device 20 is guided rail 1.
The upper and lower wall surfaces in 5 are slidably contacted with each other so that other portions are not slidably contacted. As shown in FIG. 2, the slide contactor 20 has a pair of sandwiching pieces 30 and 40 (one is referred to as an upper sandwiching piece 30 and the other is referred to as a lower sandwiching piece 40), each formed of a synthetic resin material. There is. The sandwiching pieces 30 and 40 can be assembled by the connecting portion 21 arranged on one end side thereof. Explaining the connecting portion 21, as shown in FIG. 9 and the like, one end side of the lower sandwiching piece 40 is formed narrow, and a pin-shaped connecting shaft 46 is integrally and laterally formed on the upper surface of the end portion. Are formed so that both ends thereof equally project outward.

On the other hand, a clip portion 37 is formed at the end portion on the corresponding side of the upper holding piece 30. The clip part 37 receives the above-mentioned connecting shaft 46 and holds both clamping pieces 3
It plays a role of integrating the clamping pieces with each other in a state where the opening and closing operations of 0 and 40 are possible. The clip portion 37 is formed in a downward U-shape, and the clip portion 37 is allowed to be appropriately bent in the expanding direction and can be assembled by inserting the connecting shaft 46. The locking groove 37a is open. Further, in order to smoothly perform the insertion work, the following configuration is added. As shown in FIG. 6, tapered surfaces 46a, 46a are formed on the upper sides of both ends of the connecting shaft 46, while a tapered surface 37b is formed inside the lower end surface of the clip portion 37. At the time of connecting the two holding pieces 30 and 40, the lower end of the clip portion 37 is pressed against the connecting shaft 46. Then, the tapered surface 46a and the tapered surface 37b are brought into sliding contact with each other to guide the deformation in the direction in which the clip portion 37 is expanded and the locking groove 37a.
When the connecting shaft 46 is taken in, the original state is restored. As a result, both clamping pieces 30, 40 are in the assembled state. Further, the locking groove 37a has a vertically long hole shape so that the connecting shaft 46 can be easily taken in.

However, from the inside of the clip portion 37,
A bearing protrusion 38 for pressing down the connecting shaft 46 is suspended. Further, when the connecting shaft 46 is inserted, the angular displacement operation of the connecting shaft 46 is smoothly performed so that the connecting shaft 4 can be smoothly moved.
The area surrounding 6; that is, the inner peripheral surface of the end of the locking groove 37a and the lower surface of the bearing projection 38 is an arc surface 38a adapted to the curvature of the connecting shaft 46. Further, when the connecting portion 21 is attached to the sunshade 10, the connecting portion 21 slightly projects from the end surface of the sunshade 10. When the sunshade 10 is opened and closed, the connecting portion 21 is provided at the end portion of the guide rail 15. It contacts the metal fitting 16 (see FIG. 3).

An engaging mechanism 22 for holding the sandwiching pieces 30 and 40 in a closed state (a state in which the sunshade 10 is sandwiched) is arranged at substantially central portions of the facing surfaces of the sandwiching pieces 30 and 40. . That is, L of the sunshade 10
When the holding pieces 30, 40 are closed by aligning the connecting portion 21 of the sliding contact member 20 with the notch 12, the engaging mechanism 22 is inserted into the notch 13 while holding the protrusion 14, as shown in FIG. Is set to fit. The engagement mechanism 22 includes the upper clamping piece 3
0 of the pair of lock arms 35 and the lower holding piece 4
0, the lock arm 35 is provided with a spring support piece 41 arranged to be engageable with the lock arm 35. (See FIGS. 4 and 5) In both lock arms 35, the sliding contact member 20 has the sunshade 10.
The engaging lock 36 is arranged at a position so as to be substantially in contact with the inner wall surface of the recessed notch portion 13 when mounted on, and a hook-shaped engagement lock 36 is formed inward at the tip thereof.

The spring support piece 41 is arranged so as to be located slightly inside of the above-mentioned lock arms 35 when they face each other. Further, a through hole 44 is formed at the base portion of the side surface thereof, so that the engagement lock 36 of the lock arm 35 can be elastically engaged. The spring support piece 41 described above is used together with the engagement mechanism 22 to secure the spring member 50.
It is also used for installation. However, in this embodiment, as the spring member 50, a metal plate spring curved in an arc shape is used, and both ends of the spring member 50 are folded back upward to form the support portion 51. For mounting the spring member 50, the spring support piece 41 is formed so that a pair of shift prevention pieces 43 are opposed to each side edge, and the support portion 51 of the spring member is received between them to form an overall structure. The position shift is regulated. Further, a retaining claw 42 projects inward from the upper end of the spring support piece 41, and engages the support portion 51 to prevent the spring member 50 from coming out upward.

The upper holding piece 3 corresponding to the spring member 50.
A flexible portion 32 is formed at 0. The flexible portion 32 is formed so that both side edges of the upper holding piece 30 are notched with slits 31 along a length direction over a predetermined length range so that they can be flexibly deformed. Further, the central portion of the flexible portion 32 is formed with protrusions 33 and 34 on both inner and outer surfaces, the inner portion can be pressed by the top portion of the spring member 50, and the outer portion can slidably contact the inner wall surface of the guide rail 15. ing. However, as shown in FIG. 7, when the sandwiching pieces are closed before the sunshade 10 is assembled, the flexible portion 32 is pushed up by the spring member 50 to be bent and deformed upward. When incorporated in the sunshade 10, the protrusions can slidably contact the inner wall surface of the guide rail 15 with elastic force. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a sliding contact ridge 30a is formed on the upper holding piece 30 so as to sandwich the both slits 31 from the width direction and on the extension line of both slits. On the other hand, a sliding contact ridge 40a as shown in FIG. 9 is also formed on the lower holding piece along the length direction, and the operation resistance is reduced by making line contact with the inner wall surface of the guide rail 15. ing.

Further, a boss portion 30b is projected at an appropriate position on the inner surface of the upper holding piece 30, and when the sliding contact tool 20 is mounted on the sunshade 10, the sliding contact tool is prevented from slipping by engaging with the convex portion 14. Has been planned. In the present embodiment having the above configuration, the sliding contact device 20 is assembled and the sliding contact device 20 is assembled.
Is attached to the sashade 10 as follows. First, the spring member 50 is mounted between the spring support pieces 41 of the lower holding piece 40. In this case, the support portion 51 of the spring member 50 is fitted between the shift prevention pieces 43, 43 of the spring support piece 41, and is prevented from coming out upward by the retaining claw 42. As a result, the spring member 5 for the lower clamping piece 40
0 installation is completed, but these operations are performed by the lower clamping piece 40.
Since it can be performed by itself, the assembling work of the spring member 50 can be easily performed as compared with the conventional case where the assembling height is severely limited.

Next, the sandwiching pieces 30 and 40 are connected.
Above the connecting shaft 46 of the lower sandwiching piece 40, the upper sandwiching piece 30 is provided.
The clip portion 37 of is faced and pressed. Then, the elastic force of the clip portion 37 is overcome and both the holding pieces 30, 40 are
Are connected so that they can be opened and closed. Assembled sliding contact tool 20 as described above is transported to the sunshade assembly site and attached to sunshade 10 as follows. With the sandwiching pieces 30 and 40 open, as shown in FIG. 10, the lower sandwiching piece 40 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the sunshade 10 while the L-shaped notch 12 is provided with the connecting portion 21 and the concave notch 13 is spring-supported. Fit the pieces 41, 41. In that state, the upper clamping piece 30 is closed, and as shown in FIG.
The through hole 44 and the lock arm 35 are engaged with each other. Then, the convex portion 14 of the sunshade 10 is clamped between the upper and lower clamping pieces 30 and 40, and the sunshade 10 and the sliding contact member 20 are integrally assembled. Conventionally, this assembling work has been performed by crimping a rivet using a tool, but in the present embodiment, a tool is not required, and a one-touch pushing operation is performed.

Further, conventionally, after this, a stopper was attached to the sun shade so that the stopper and the stopper of the guide rail abut, but in the present embodiment, the connecting portion 21 of the sliding contact member 20 is the same. Since it also functions as a stopper,
This work is no longer necessary, and it has become possible to improve work efficiency and reduce the number of parts. When the sunshade 10 to which the sliding contact member 20 is attached is assembled in the guide rail 15, the sliding contact ridge 40a of the lower holding piece 40 slides in contact with the lower inner wall surface (15a in the figure) of the guide rail 15, and Wall (Illustration 1
5b), the protrusion 33 of the upper sandwiching piece 30 has the spring member 50.
Since it is pressed by the elastic force of and makes sliding contact, the sun shade 10 is supported in the guide rail 15 without rattling. In addition, the sliding contact ridges 30a of the upper sandwiching piece 30 are the protrusions 3
When 3 is pushed down, it comes into sliding contact with the upper inner wall surface.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
Other than the following, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. (1) In the present embodiment, the upper and lower holding pieces 30, 40 composed of two parts are connected and integrated by the connecting portion 21, and the holding pieces 30, 40 can be opened and closed centering on the connecting portion 21. However, when it is assembled to the sunshade without a connecting part, it is first integrated by an engaging mechanism,
The pair of holding pieces and the connecting portion may be integrally formed from the beginning, and the flexibility may be utilized to open and close. However, in such a case, the closing operation is performed against the elastic force of the connecting portion, but if the configuration is such that the sandwiching piece is made into two parts and is assembled at the connecting portion as in the present embodiment, the closing operation is performed. In this case, the elastic force is not applied, so that the work of attaching the sliding tool to the sunshade becomes easy. Moreover, if it has the said structure, it will become easy also in the operation | work which attaches a bias member. (2) In the present embodiment, the engagement mechanism 22 includes the two sandwiching pieces 3
A pair of lock arms 35 provided at 0 and 40 respectively
Although it is configured to be engaged with the through-hole 44 with the elastic force of, the form is not limited as long as it is configured to engage with the elastic force, for example, without providing the lock arms on both holding pieces, it is provided only on one side, The opposite side may be provided with only a hole for receiving and engaging this. Further, in the present embodiment, the through hole 44 is formed in the spring support piece 41, but it may be formed in a place other than that. However, if the through hole 44 is formed in the spring support piece so that it also serves as the engaging mechanism as in the present embodiment, the structure is simplified and the engaging mechanism can be accommodated within a small pace. (3) In the present embodiment, the flexible portion 32 having the protrusion 33 is formed in a double-supported beam shape by forming the slits 31, 31 in the upper sandwiching piece, but the slit is formed in a "U" shape. It may be cantilevered. However, in the case of the doubly supported beam shape as in the present embodiment, the projection 33 always comes into contact with the guide rail vertically, so that the posture of the sunshade in the guide rail can be stabilized. (4) In the present embodiment, the spring member 50 is formed by bending a metal plate spring, which is a separate component, as the urging means for urging the flexible portion 32. You may shape. However, if it is made of metal as in the present embodiment, even if it is used in an environment where the temperature is high due to solar heat, it does not cause creep deformation and sustain elasticity unlike a resin product. Further, the shape of the biasing means may be a coil spring shape or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of a sunshade to which a sliding contact member is mounted according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a mounting portion of the sliding contact tool and the sunshade.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the sliding contact tool is attached to a sunshade.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a disassembled state of the sliding contact tool.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the same.

6 is a view on arrow VI in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which a sliding contact tool is assembled.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an upper sandwiching piece.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a lower sandwiching piece.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a state in which the holding piece is opened and attached to the sunshade.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a state where the sandwiching piece is opened and attached to the sunshade.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which the sliding contact tool is attached to a sunshade.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a disassembled state of the sliding contact tool.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a state where the sliding contact tool is attached to a sunshade.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 ... Sliding contact 21 ... Coupling part 22 ... Engaging mechanism 30 ... Upper clamping piece 32 ... Flexible part 35 ... Lock arm 36 ... Engagement lock 37 ... Clip 37a ... Locking groove 40 ... Lower clamping piece 41 ... Spring Support piece 44 ... Through hole 46 ... Connection shaft 50 ... Spring member

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yamamoto 2-10-10 Ajimi-Shirayama-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 4 Towa Textile Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sliding contact device which is attached to a sliding type sundial shielding plate for adjusting the sunshine of a sunroof of an automobile and slidably contacts an inner wall surface of a grooved guide for guiding the sliding direction of the sundial shielding plate. A pair of sandwiching pieces that sandwich the sundial shielding plate in a thick direction, and an engagement mechanism that enables the sandwiching pieces to engage with each other with elastic force when the sandwiched strips sandwich the sundial shielding plate. A sliding contact tool for a daily light shielding plate, which is characterized in that 2. The both holding pieces are formed as separate bodies, and a connecting portion is formed at one end of each holding piece to connect the holding pieces with each other in a state where the holding pieces are allowed to rotate in the contact and separation directions. The sliding contact tool for a day difference shielding plate according to claim 1. 3. A flexible portion, which can be flexibly deformed toward and away from the inner wall surface, is integrally formed on at least one of the sandwiching pieces, on a surface facing the inner wall surface of the grooved guide. The flexible portion is urged so as to be pressed against the inner wall surface by urging means arranged between the sandwiching pieces. Sliding contact for differential shielding plate. 4. The support portion for the biasing means also serves as the engagement mechanism.
The sliding contact tool for the daylight shielding plate described in.