JPS60222320A - Sliding roof structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently utilize a space form in the underside of a roof and avoid narrowing a head clearance as well as to make the roof height so as not to be yet higher, by displacing a guide at the on-off body side more to the central side in a car width direction than a guide at the body side. CONSTITUTION:A roof 1 and an on-off body 2 are formed in bent so as to make a central part in a car width direction higher than both end parts in the car width direction, and at both sides of the underside of the on-off body 2, a pair of roof side sub-guide rail 14 having a guide part 13 are extendedly installed. A main guide rail 21 extendedly installed on a frame member 15 of roof lining 6. On the other hand, a frame side sub-guide rail 41 is as well installed on the same axis of an arm part 25 of a window deflector 24, while the guide rail 14 is set up in a way of displacing this rail 14 more to the car width direction central side than the guide rail 41. With this constitution, coupling devices including a rear slide stay or the like are arrangeable inside a large space.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a sliding roof structure for a vehicle.

(Prior Art) For example, an external sliding roof structure is known as one of the sliding roof structures for vehicles. The external sliding roof structure has an opening formed in the vehicle body, an opening/closing body that allows the opening to be opened and closed, a guide on the vehicle body that guides the opening/closing body, a guide on the opening/closing body that guides the opening/closing body, and both guides. The opening/closing body is slid onto the roof to open the interior of the vehicle to the atmosphere.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) On the other hand, the roof is generally curved so that the center part in the vehicle width direction is higher than both ends in the vehicle width direction. The area closer to the center in the width direction is larger.

Therefore, in a sliding roof structure, it is desirable to arrange various components such as guides in accordance with the shape of the vertical space under the roof, and depending on the arrangement of these components, the components may move toward the passenger compartment. This causes problems such as narrowing the protruding head clearance or increasing the roof height.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently utilize the shape of the space under the roof, without narrowing the head clearance, and to increase the roof height. To provide a sliding roof structure in which various constituent members can be arranged without making the structure too large.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention forms an opening in the vehicle body, provides an opening/closing body for opening and closing the opening, and provides guides for guiding the opening/closing body on the vehicle body side and the opening/closing body side, respectively. A connecting means is provided between the two guides, and the guide on the opening/closing body side is displaced toward the center in the vehicle width direction relative to the guide on the vehicle body side.

(Embodiment) A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a cutaway plan view of the main parts of the sliding roof structure for vehicles, Figure 2 is a side view of the same, Figure 3 is a side view of the same in the tilted-up state, and the fourth tooth is the same with the opening/closing body open. The side view, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 are cross-sectional views taken along the lines V-V and -vt in FIG. 2, respectively.

(1) is the roof, (2) is the opening/closing body, and the opening/closing body (2) can freely close the roof opening (3). As shown in Fig. 4, when the opening/closing body (2) is moved onto the rear roof (5), the air inside the vehicle is filled with air through the roof opening (3) and the opening (7) provided in the roof lining (8). The roof (1) and the opening/closing body (2) are curved so that the center portion in the vehicle width direction is higher than both ends in the vehicle width direction, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The vertical space between the roof (1) and the roof lining (6) and the vertical space between the end of the opening/closing body (2) and the roof lining (6) are wider than both ends in the vehicle width direction. The area closer to the center in the width direction is larger.

A pair of front slide stays (12) each having a slider (11) attached to its lower end is vertically installed on both sides of the front end of the lower surface of the opening/closing body (2). A pair of roof-side sub-guide rails (14), (1) having guide portions (13) extend from
4) has been extended.

A thin plate-shaped frame member (15) is arranged on the roof lining (6) around the opening (7), and a pair of main frames are arranged on the frame member (15) on both sides of the opening (7). Guide rails (21), (21) are extended.

A guide portion (22) with a U-shaped cross section is formed at the outer side of the main guide rail (21) and extends from the front to the rear of the roof opening (3).
) is oriented toward the outside of the vehicle body, and the slider (11) is slidably fitted into the guide portion (22).

The inner part of the main guide rail (21) has a width that allows the arm part (25) of the wind deflector (24) to be placed thereon, and extends from the front of the roof opening (3) to approximately the middle part. A support plate portion (28
) is formed.

The front end of the support plate part (26) is screwed to the frame member (15) through the mounting pole (27), and the rear end is screwed to the frame member (15) through the mounting pole (29) together with the frame side sub guide rail hinge (28). It is screwed onto the frame member (15).

A wind deflector hinge (31) is fixed near the rear end of the support plate portion (26) and in front of the frame side sub-guide rail sheep (28). The wind deflector (24) is located at the front edge (3) of the roof opening.
2) having a leading edge (33) corresponding to the shape;

The hinges (31), (31) are used as fulcrums to swing downwards, and the front edge (33) is formed to protrude and retract from the front edge (32) of the roof opening as shown in FIG. 4 when the opening/closing body is opened. It is.

A guide groove (35) for slidingly guiding the drive cable (34) is formed between the guide part (22) and the support plate part (2B) of the main guide rail (21). (The end of 30 is the front slide stay (
12).

Inside the guide portion (22) of the main guide rail (21), from approximately the middle to the rear on both sides of the roof opening (3) are the wind deflectors (24).
A pair of frame-side sub-guide rails (41) are provided extending approximately on the same axis as the axis of the arm portion (25) of the first arm portion (25).
As shown in the figure and FIG. 6, the roof-side sub-guide rail (14) is displaced from the frame-side sub-guide rail (41) toward the center in the vehicle width direction, and both guide rails (14)
, (41) are arranged.

The frame-side sub-guide rail (41) is arranged such that the open part (43) of the guide part (42) having an opening-shaped cross section faces inward of the vehicle body, and the front end is attached to the hinge (28). The rear end is pivoted to a pair of drive levers (45) of the tilt-up mechanism (40) disposed below the rear roof (5), and the drive lever (45) is pivoted by the operation of the tilt-up mechanism (44). The drive lever (45) that swings up and down
It is designed to swing up and down with the front end as a fulcrum.

A pair of slide stays (51) are slidably provided between the roof-side sub-guide rails (14), (14) and the frame-side sub-guide rails (41), (41).
.

(51) is fitted, and the rear slide stay (51)
As shown in FIG. 6, the cross section has an oval shape.

The rear slide stay (51) includes a slider (53) attached to the front lower end of an arm (52) extending in the front-rear direction.
), (54) are attached to the guide part (42) of the frame side sub guide rail (41), and the slider (55) attached to the rear upper end of the arm part (52) is attached to the roof side sub guide rail (1).
They are slidably fitted into the guide portions (13) of 0, respectively. As shown in Fig. 3, when the tilt-up mechanism (40) is activated to tilt up the rear part of the opening/closing body (0), the opening/closing body (2) is moved forward and backward by the drive cable (30) and the front slide stay (12) and rear Slide stay (51
), it can be freely moved onto the rear roof (5) and returned to the roof opening (3). Therefore, in the embodiment, the front slide stay (12) and the rear slide stay (51) constitute a connecting means between the vehicle body side guide and the opening/closing body side guide.

This embodiment is constructed as described above, and the roof side sub-guide rail (14) is disposed so as to be displaced toward the center in the vehicle width direction from the frame-side sub-guide rail (41). Frame side sub guide rail (
41), it is possible to secure a large vertical space between the two, and therefore, connecting means such as the rear slide stay (51) can be disposed within such a large space without narrowing the head clearance.

In other words, the connecting means such as the rear slide stay (51) and the guides such as the frame side sub-guide rail (41) do not protrude into the passenger compartment, or the rear slide stay (51)
1) etc. and the roof side sub guide rail (14
) can be installed without protruding above the roof.

In addition, in the embodiment, since the shape of the rear slide stay (51) is formed into a cross-sectional shape, the roof-side sub-guide rail (14) and the frame-side sub-guide rail (41)
) can be provided close to each other in the vehicle width direction, and the left-right width of the opening (7) can be increased.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the shape of the space on the underside of the roof is efficiently utilized, so the sliding movement is achieved without narrowing the head clearance or increasing the roof height. Components of a type roof structure can be arranged.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a cutaway plan view of the main parts of the sliding roof structure for vehicles, Figure 2 is a side view of the same, Figure 3 is a side view of the same in the tilted-up state, and Figure 4 is the same with the opening/closing body open. The side view, FIGS. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views taken along lines VV and Vl-VI in FIG. 2, respectively. In the drawing, (2) is the opening/closing body, (3) is the roof opening,
(12) is the front slide stay, (14) is the roof side sub guide rail, (21) is the main guide rail, (24) is the wind deflector 1 (41) is the frame side sub guide rail, (51) is the rear slide Stay. Patent Applicant Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney 1) Kuni Ohashi, Patent Attorney, Department, Yu Koyama, Patent Attorney, Department

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An opening formed in the vehicle body, an opening/closing body that opens and closes the opening, a guide provided on the vehicle body side that guides the opening/closing body, a guide provided on the opening/closing body side that guides the opening/closing body, and both of the guides. A sliding roof structure for a vehicle, characterized in that the opening/closing body side guide is displaced toward the center in the vehicle width direction from the vehicle body side guide. (2) The sliding roof structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means has a cross-sectional shape.