JP2000065653A - Fixing structure, pressure-sensitive sensor fixing method, and pressure detecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fixing structure which can surely fix an object to be fixed, such as the pressure-sensitive sensor, etc., to another object to which the object is to be fixed, such as the door panel, bracket, etc. SOLUTION: When an adhesive filling up the filled-up section 158 of a pressure-sensitive sensor 120 is cured while the bent section 166 of a bracket 164 is inserted into the section 158, the adhesive 162 sticks to the bent section 166. When the sensor 120 is pulled with the purpose of removing the sensor 120 from the bracket 164 thereafter, the cured adhesive 162 sticks to the bottom section 154 of the sensor and restricts the movement of the sensor 120. Therefore, the sensor 120 does not come off the bracket 164 even when the cured adhesive 162 is not firmly fixed (does not adhere) to the sensor 120.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fixing structure for fixing a fixed body to an object to be fixed, a method for fixing a pressure-sensitive sensor to a supporting means such as a support bracket, and the like.
And a pressure detection device using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In vehicles generally called wagons, vans, and recreational vehicles, an operation switch provided near a driver's seat or at a predetermined position in a rear seat is operated at a door corresponding to a rear seat. There is a vehicle that employs a so-called automatic slide door device that opens and closes a doorway formed on a vehicle body side wall by driving a motor and sliding a door panel back and forth along a vehicle body side wall portion by a driving force of the motor.

[0003] In this type of automatic sliding door device, a pressure-sensitive sensor having a hollow outer skin portion receives a pressing force and elastically deforms the outer skin portion so that a plurality of electrodes inside the outer skin portion come into contact with each other. There is an automatic sliding door device that employs a pressure detecting device that detects and detects that a pressing force has acted on the outer cover for detecting the foreign substance being caught or preventing the foreign substance from being caught when the door panel closes.

Here, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-264094 discloses an example of a pressure detecting device for an automatic sliding door device (referred to as "opening / closing detecting device" in the official gazette).

The configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-264094 will be briefly described. A pressure detecting device (opening / closing detecting device) has a long mounting base formed of relatively hard solid rubber. . A groove opened toward the vehicle rear side is formed in the mounting base along the longitudinal direction, and a vehicle front end of the door panel is fitted to the groove of the mounting base to form a cross section formed inside the groove. The front end of the door panel is held by the elastic force of the tongue-shaped holding portion.

The end of the mounting base on the vehicle front side is a flat flat surface toward the vehicle front side, and a hollow portion is integrally provided at the end of the mounting base. The hollow portion is formed of sponge rubber or the like which is more flexible than the mounting base portion, and the inside thereof is formed as a long hollow gap substantially along the vertical direction of the vehicle. In this hollow gap, a pair of long conductive parts are arranged so as to be separated from each other substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

In a state where the door panel is closed and moved toward the front of the vehicle, when foreign matter relatively comes into contact with the hollow portion from the front side and presses the hollow portion rearward, the hollow portion is elastically deformed. The pair of conductive portions disposed in the hollow gap contact each other due to the elastic deformation of the hollow portion to short-circuit each other, so that the foreign material can be detected as being caught.

[0008]

By the way, in the pressure detecting device (open / close detecting device) disclosed in the above publication, when the mounting base is fixed to the door panel, the fixing is reliably performed only by the elastic force of the holding portion. Have difficulty. Therefore, in addition to the above elastic force, for example, the inside of the groove is filled with an adhesive, and the mounting base is fixed to the door panel by the adhesive force (adhesive force) of the adhesive, or the front end of the door panel is moved rearward. The door panel is folded in a hook shape, and the front end of the door panel is engaged and fixed inside the groove.

However, in the embodiment using an adhesive,
With a general adhesive, a strong adhesive force cannot be obtained, and there is a problem that it is difficult to securely fix the adhesive.

That is, while the mounting base is formed of a rubber material, the door panel is formed by bending an iron plate. Generally, commercially available adhesives usually have a strong adhesive force to one of rubber, a soft synthetic resin material, and a metal such as iron, but do not adhere to the other, or even if they adhere, the adhesive force is Low. Therefore, there is a possibility that the cured adhesive is peeled off from the side where the adhesive does not adhere or the side where the adhesive strength is low. Adhesives with strong adhesion to both rubber materials and metals such as iron are available on the market, but they are more expensive than adhesives with strong adhesion to only one of them, so they are used. Then, the cost increases.

On the other hand, a mode in which the front end of the door panel is folded back into a hook shape and engaged with the groove of the mounting base requires a bending step, which increases the cost.

In view of the above facts, the present invention provides a fixing structure capable of reliably and inexpensively fixing a fixed body such as a pressure-sensitive sensor to a fixed body such as a door panel or a bracket.
It is an object of the present invention to obtain a pressure-sensitive sensor fixing method capable of securely fixing a pressure-sensitive sensor at a low cost, and to obtain a pressure detecting device that securely fixes a pressure-sensitive sensor and that is inexpensive.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for fixing a fixed body in a state in which one of the fixed body and a fixed body is inserted into a recess formed in the other. A fixing structure for fixing to the fixed body, wherein the inside of the concave portion is filled and cured according to the internal shape of the concave portion, and in the cured state, the other one enters the inside of the concave portion. A substantially liquid fixing means to be fixed at a portion, and an engaging portion formed in the recess and engaged with the fixing means hardened in the recess to restrict the movement of the fixing means to the opening end side of the recess. And a fixing structure for fixing the fixed body and the fixed body.

According to the fixing structure having the above-described structure, substantially liquid fixing means is filled in the recess formed in one of the fixed body and the fixed body, and in this state, the fixed body and the fixed body are inserted into the recess. When the fixing means is inserted into either one of the fixed bodies, the fixing means is hardened in accordance with the internal arrangement of the recess. When the fixing means is hardened, the fixing means engages with the engaging portion formed in the concave portion, thereby preventing the fixing means from falling out of the concave portion. Further, the cured fixing means is fixed to the surface of the portion of the fixed body or the fixed body that has entered the concave portion of the other one of the fixed body and the fixed body, and is integrated with the other of the fixed body and the fixed body. Therefore, even if the fixing means does not adhere to the inside of the concave portion (the inner wall or the like), the engaging portion prevents the other of the concave portions from coming off through the fixing means.

In the present invention, as the fixing means, for example, any substance can be used as long as the substance is cured from a substantially liquid state and fixed to one of the other.
An example thereof is a synthetic resin agent which is cured by causing a reaction such as dispersing force, dipole interaction, hydrogen bond, ionic bond, or chemical bond by aging, heating, cooling, mixing of a plurality of solutions, or the like.

[0016] The "substantially liquid" of the mode of the fixing means is as follows.
In addition to the general “liquid”, it includes a fluid state excluding a gas state such as “gel state”. That is, the term “substantially liquid” as used in the present invention refers to a state in which a liquid does not have a specific shape per se, but has a shape corresponding to the internal shape when filled into a recess or the like.

Further, the recess may be in any form as long as it can be filled with a fixing means such as a bottomed hole or a long groove along the predetermined direction (the cross-sectional shape is not limited). Absent.

Further, in the present invention, the materials of the fixed body and the fixed body are not limited.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the fixing structure of the first aspect, one of the fixed body and the fixed body communicates with the concave portion, and the substantially leaked out from the inside of the concave portion. A storage portion for storing the liquid fixing means is formed.

[0020] In the fixing structure having the above structure, the accommodating portion communicating with the concave portion is formed in one of the fixed body and the fixed object, and the fixing means is filled in the concave portion, and the inside of the concave portion is filled. When the fixing means leaks out of the recess by inserting the other of the fixing body and the fixed body into the housing, the leaking fixing means is housed in the housing portion. For this reason, the fixing means does not leak to the outside of one of the fixed body and the fixed body (that is, the side where the concave portion is formed), and the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the fixed body and the fixed body can be performed without worrying about the leakage of the fixing means, the work efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the fixing structure according to the first or second aspect, the color after curing of the fixing means is substantially the same as the color of one of the fixed body and the fixed body. It is characterized by having.

In the fixing structure having the above structure, the color of the fixing means after curing is substantially the same as the color of one of the fixed body and the fixed body. Even if the means leaks out and cures as it is, the fixing means leaking out in color does not stand out. Therefore, the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the fixed body and the fixed body can be performed without worrying about the leakage of the fixing means, the work efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the pressure-sensitive sensor supported by the support means and provided with a plurality of electrodes inside the outer skin, an external force acts on the outer skin by conduction of the plurality of electrodes. A method for fixing a pressure-sensitive sensor to the support means in a pressure detection device for detecting that the pressure-sensitive sensor has been inserted, wherein one of the support means and the pressure-sensitive sensor is formed so as to be able to enter the other, and an opening dimension is provided. The inside of the concave portion having the engaging portion formed in the direction of shrinking is filled with substantially liquid fixing means which can be fixed to one of the other and is cured according to the internal shape of the concave portion, and the filled state Then, one of the other is inserted into the concave portion, and the fixing means is cured.

According to the pressure-sensitive sensor fixing method having the above structure,
When a substantially liquid fixing means is filled in the recess formed in one of the pressure sensor and the support means, and in this state, the other of the pressure sensor and the support means is inserted into the recess, The fixing means is cured according to the inside of the recess.
When the fixing means is hardened, the fixing means engages with the engaging portion formed in the concave portion, thereby preventing the fixing means from falling out of the concave portion. Also, the cured fixing means is fixed to the surface of the portion of the other of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means that has entered the concave portion, and is integrated with the other one. Therefore, even if the fixing means is not fixed to the inner wall or the like of the concave portion, the engaging portion prevents the other of the concave portions from coming off through the fixing means.

In the present invention, as the fixing means, for example, any substance can be applied as long as the substance is cured from a substantially liquid state and fixed to one of the other.
An example thereof is a synthetic resin agent which is cured by causing a reaction such as dispersing force, dipole interaction, hydrogen bond, ionic bond, or chemical bond by aging, heating, cooling, mixing of a plurality of solutions, or the like.

The “substantially liquid” of the fixing means is as follows.
In addition to the general “liquid”, it includes a fluid state excluding a gas state such as “gel state”. That is, the term “substantially liquid” as used in the present invention refers to a state in which a liquid does not have a specific shape per se, but has a shape corresponding to the internal shape when filled into a recess or the like.

Further, the recess may be in any form as long as it can be filled with fixing means such as a bottomed hole or a long groove along a predetermined direction (the cross-sectional shape is not limited). Absent.

Further, in the present invention, the materials of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means are not limited.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the pressure sensor fixing method according to the fourth aspect, one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means is connected to the recess at the opening end side of the recess. A portion is formed, and the substantially liquid fixing means leaking from the inside of the concave portion is housed in the housing portion.

In the pressure-sensitive sensor fixing method having the above-described structure, the receiving portion communicating with the concave portion is formed in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means, and the fixing portion is filled in the concave portion. When the fixing means leaks out of the recess by inserting the other of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means into the inside of the recess, the leaking fixing means is housed in the housing portion. For this reason, the fixing means does not leak to the outside of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means (that is, the side where the concave portion is formed), and the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means can be performed without concern for the leakage of the fixing means, the working efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the method for fixing a pressure-sensitive sensor according to the fourth or fifth aspect, the color after curing of the fixing means is changed to one of the color of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means. It is characterized by being substantially the same as.

In the pressure sensor fixing method having the above-described structure, the color of the fixing means after curing is substantially the same as the color of either the pressure sensor or the support means. Even if the liquid fixing means leaks out and hardens as it is, the fixing means leaking out in color is not noticeable. Therefore, the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means can be performed without concern for the leakage of the fixing means, the working efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pressure sensor which is supported by a support means and has a plurality of electrodes provided inside an outer skin portion, wherein the pressure sensor is connected to the plurality of electrodes. A pressure detecting device that detects that an external force has acted on the outer skin portion, wherein a concave portion is formed in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the support means and the other can enter, and An attachment portion having an engagement portion formed inside the concave portion in a direction in which the opening dimension of the concave portion is reduced, and the inside of the concave portion is filled and deformed according to the internal shape of the concave portion in the filled state. And a substantially liquid fixing means for fixing at a portion where the other enters the inside of the recess in the deformed state after curing.

According to the pressure detecting device having the above structure, the substantially liquid fixing means is filled in the recess formed in the attaching portion of one of the fixed body and the fixed body. When the fixing means is inserted into the other of the fixed body and the fixed body, the fixing means is hardened in accordance with the inside of the concave portion. When the fixing means is hardened, the fixing means engages with the engaging portion formed in the concave portion, thereby preventing the fixing means from falling out of the concave portion. Further, the cured fixing means is fixed to the surface of the portion of the fixed body or the fixed body that has entered the concave portion of the other one of the fixed body and the fixed body, and is integrated with the other of the fixed body and the fixed body. Therefore, even if the fixing means is not fixed to the inner wall or the like of the concave portion, the engaging portion prevents the other of the concave portions from coming off through the fixing means.

In the present invention, as the fixing means, for example, any substance can be used as long as it is a substance which is cured from a substantially liquid state and is fixed to one of the other.
An example thereof is a synthetic resin agent which is cured by causing a reaction such as dispersing force, dipole interaction, hydrogen bond, ionic bond, or chemical bond by aging, heating, cooling, mixing of a plurality of solutions, or the like.

The “substantially liquid” of the fixing means is as follows.
In addition to the general “liquid”, it includes a fluid state excluding a gas state such as “gel state”. That is, the term “substantially liquid” as used in the present invention refers to a state in which a liquid does not have a specific shape per se, but has a shape corresponding to the internal shape when filled into a recess or the like.

Further, the recess may be in any form as long as it can be filled with a fixing means such as a bottomed hole or a long groove along a predetermined direction (both are not limited in cross-sectional shape). Absent.

Further, in the present invention, the materials of the fixed body and the fixed body are not limited.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the pressure detecting device according to the seventh aspect, one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means communicates with the recess and leaks from the inside of the recess. A storage portion for storing the substantially liquid fixing means is formed.

In the pressure detecting device having the above-described structure, the accommodation portion communicating with the concave portion is formed in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the support means. When the other of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means is inserted into the inside, and the fixing means leaks out of the concave portion, the leaked fixing means is accommodated in the accommodation portion. For this reason, the fixing means does not leak to the outside of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means (that is, the side where the concave portion is formed), and the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means can be performed without concern for the leakage of the fixing means, the working efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the pressure detecting device according to the seventh or eighth aspect, the color after curing of the fixing means is substantially the same as the color of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means. It is characterized by being the same.

In the pressure detecting device having the above structure, the color of the fixing means after curing is substantially the same as the color of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means. Even if the fixing means leaks out and cures as it is, the fixing means which has leaked in color does not stand out. Therefore, the appearance after fixing can be improved. Further, since the fixing work between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means can be performed without concern for the leakage of the fixing means, the working efficiency in the fixing work can be improved.

[0043]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] FIG.
An example in which the pressure detecting device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is employed for preventing foreign matter from being caught between the door panel 18 and the vehicle body 20 when the door panel 18 is closed in the automatic sliding door device 16 of the vehicle 14 is shown. This is shown by a perspective view. Prior to the description of the configuration of the present pressure detecting device 10, first, the configuration of the automatic sliding door device 16 will be described.

(Configuration of Automatic Sliding Door Device 16) FIG.
As shown in FIG.
2 (vehicle body 20) is provided with a slide door actuator 24 provided at a rear end side middle portion in the vehicle vertical direction. The slide door actuator 24 is disposed in an engine room (not shown) on the front end side of the vehicle body 20 or below the driver's seat via connection means (not shown) such as a harness and a cable according to the first embodiment of the present invention. And a sliding door motor 28 electrically connected to the battery.

A plurality of gears including a gear meshed with the output shaft of the slide door motor 28 are housed beside the slide door motor 28, and the external drive is performed while the rotation of the slide door motor 28 is reduced by these gears. A speed reducer 32 that transmits the pulley 30 to rotate the drive pulley 30 is provided. The drive pulley 30 is rotatable about this axis with the vehicle vertical direction as the axial direction.
An endless belt 36 is wound around a plurality of driven pulleys 34 provided apart from the drive pulley 30. When the slide door motor 28 starts driving and the drive pulley 30 rotates, the endless belt 36 is rotated. Starts driven rotation.

As shown in FIG. 6, an attachment 38 is integrally fixed to a part of the endless belt 36 in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIG.
Is substantially parallel to the side wall portion 40 along the vehicle width direction.
And a connecting portion 44 connecting the attachment 38 and each upper end of the side wall portion 42 are integrally formed.
(That is, the side wall portion 40 is opposed to the side wall portion 42 via the side wall portion 48). ing). The side wall 42 of the attachment 38 is fixed to the tip of the door panel 18,
The center panel 50 is connected to the inner panel 54 of the pair of inner panels 54 and the outer panel 56 constituting the door panel 18. When the endless belt 36 rotates, the door panel 18 slides in the rotation direction.

The door panel 18 is formed to correspond to a rectangular entrance 58 formed on the side wall 22 for passenger entry / exit. The door panel 18 can be closed by fitting into the entrance 58, and the door 58 can be fully closed. In the state, the outer surface of the outer panel 56 of the door panel 18 and the outer surface of the side wall 22 are substantially flush.

As shown in FIG. 8, a roller 60 that rotates around the axis of the center arm 50 with a direction substantially along the vehicle width direction as an axial direction is provided at the distal end of the center arm 50. A pair of rollers 62 that rotate around the axis with the direction along the axis being axially supported, respectively. The outer periphery of the roller 62 contacts the bottom wall 64 of the center rail 46 and rolls on the bottom wall 64. On the other hand, the outer peripheral portions of both rollers 60 are in contact with the side wall 66 provided so as to face the center rail 46 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the center rail 46, and the outer side in the vehicle width direction by the side wall 66. Is restricted, and rolls in a state of contact with the side wall portion 66.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8,
The front end side of the center rail 46 is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, when the door panel 18 fitted into the entrance 58 slides toward the rear side of the vehicle 14, first, the rollers 60 are guided by the side wall 66 at the front end side of the center rail 46, and the door panel 18 is moved. It moves outward in the vehicle width direction while sliding toward the rear side of the vehicle 14,
From the state where the door panel 18 is located outside the side wall 22 in the vehicle width direction, the door panel 18 slides rearward along the vehicle width direction while facing the side wall 22.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, an upper rail 68 is provided near the upper end of the side wall 22 along the upper end of the entrance 58. As shown in FIG. 9, the upper rail 68 has a U-shaped cross section that is open downward, and has an upper arm 70 that is rotatable about the axis, with the vertical direction of the vehicle 14 being substantially axial. A roller 72 pivotally supported at the tip enters. The upper rail 68 has a pair of side wall portions 74 facing each other substantially along the vehicle width direction, and the outer peripheral portion of the roller 72 abuts on the side wall portion 74 of the pair of side wall portions 74 on the outside in the vehicle width direction,
The outward movement in the vehicle width direction is restricted by the side wall portion 74, and the roller rolls in a state of being in contact with the side wall portion 74.

The base end of the upper arm 70 is fixed to the vicinity of the upper end of the inner panel 54 by fastening means (not shown) such as bolts, and the movement of the roller 72 to the outside in the vehicle width direction is restricted by the side wall 74. This restricts the movement of the door panel 18 to the outside in the vehicle width direction. Also,
The front end side of the upper rail 68 is also inclined inward in the vehicle width direction similarly to the center rail 46, and when the roller 60 is guided to the side wall 66 at the front end side of the center rail 46, the roller 72 It is guided to the upper rail 68 at the front end side.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a lower rail 76 is provided near the lower end of the side wall 22 along the lower end of the entrance 58. Lower rail 76
Is provided below a step 78 that constitutes a part of the floor of the vehicle 14, and has a generally U-shaped cross section that opens outward in the vehicle width direction.

A lower arm 80 is provided inside the lower rail 76.
The tip side of has entered. At the tip of the lower arm 80, a roller 82 rotates around its axis in a direction substantially along the vehicle width direction, and a roller 84 rotates around its axis in a direction generally along the vertical direction of the vehicle 14.
And are respectively supported. The outer periphery of the roller 84 contacts the lower wall 86 of the lower rail 76 and rolls on the lower wall 86.

On the other hand, the roller 82 enters a guide rail 88 having a U-shaped cross section which opens downward. The guide rail 88 is fixed to the upper wall portion 90 of the lower rail 76, and the outer peripheral portion of the roller 82 is moved to the side wall portion 92 located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction among the pair of side wall portions 92 facing each other substantially along the vehicle width direction. Is in contact. The movement of the roller 82 to the outside in the vehicle width direction is restricted by the side wall portion 92 on the outside in the vehicle width direction, and the roller 82 rolls while being in contact with the side wall portion 92. Also, the front end side of the guide rail 88 is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction similarly to the center rail 46, and when the roller 60 is guided to the side wall 66 at the front end side of the center rail 46, the roller 82 is moved. The guide rail 88 is guided to the side wall 92 at the front end side.

That is, the door panel 18 includes the roller 62 of the center arm 50, the roller 72 of the upper arm 70,
And vehicle 14 via rollers 84 of lower arm 80.
The slide door actuator 24 is slidably mounted on the vehicle body 20 on a track along the front-rear direction.
When the slide door motor 28 is driven forward or backward, the slide door motor 28 slides rearward or forward of the vehicle 14 to open and close the entrance 58.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 5, the slide door actuator 24 includes a slide door driver 94 constituted by a control circuit such as a relay.
Is electrically connected to Sliding door driver 94
Is connected to the battery 26 via a computer 96. For example, when an operation switch 98 provided near the driver's seat of the vehicle 14 is operated, a signal corresponding to the switch state of the operation switch 98 at that time is slid. The slide door motor 28 is sent to the door driver 94 to drive the slide door motor 28 forward or reverse, or to stop.

On the other hand, the automatic sliding door device 16 has a position detecting device 100. The position detecting device 100 includes, for example, a disk-shaped slit disk in which slit holes are radially formed at predetermined angles along the circumferential direction, and which rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the output shaft of the slide door motor 28, Counts the number of times light emitted from the light emitting element and passed through the slit of the rotating slit disc is received by the light receiving element. By doing so, the number of rotations of the output shaft of the sliding door motor 28, that is, the sliding amount of the door panel 18 is detected.

As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic sliding door device 16 includes a closer actuator 102 provided on the vehicle body 20. The closer actuator 102 includes a closer motor 104, and a pair of junctions (not shown) provided at an end portion of the door panel 18 on the closing movement direction side and an inner peripheral portion of the entrance 58 facing the same, respectively. When the door panel 18 slides until it is electrically connected to each other, and becomes a so-called half-door state, the closer motor 104 is energized to start driving to close the door panel 18 and to determine the sliding amount at this time by a position detecting device. 100 detects that the computer 9
6 operates the slide door driver 94 to operate the battery 2.
From 6, the power supply to the slide door motor 28 is stopped, and the slide door motor 28 is stopped. Closer motor 10
4 closes the door panel 18 and closes the door panel 18. When a latch switch (not shown) of the closer actuator 102 detects this, the door panel 18 is locked via a mechanical transmission means such as a link mechanism.

(Configuration of Pressure Detector 10) Next, the configuration of the pressure detector 10 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pressure detecting device 10 is a fixed member that is provided along the end of the door panel 18 on the closing movement side and that is elongated along the vertical direction of the vehicle 14. It has a pressure-sensitive sensor 120 as a body. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 has an outer skin portion 124 that is formed in a long shape from an insulating elastic material such as rubber or a soft synthetic resin material and that forms a sensor main body 122. Have. A cross hole 126 having a cross-shaped cross section is formed inside the outer skin portion 124 along the longitudinal direction of the outer skin portion 124. The cross hole 126 is gradually displaced around the center of the outer skin portion 124 along the longitudinal direction of the outer skin portion 124.

An electrode wire 128 is formed inside the outer sheath 124 by twisting a conductive thin wire such as a copper wire into a long strip having flexibility and covered with a conductive rubber. , 130, 132, 134 are provided.
These electrode wires 128 to 134 constitute a sensor main body, are spaced apart from each other via the cross hole 126 near the center of the cross hole 126, and are spirally arranged along the cross hole 126. It is integrally fixed to the part.
Therefore, the electrode wires 128 to 134 bend due to the elastic deformation of the outer skin portion 124. In particular, if the outer skin portion 124 is elastically deformed to the extent that the cross hole 126 is crushed, the electrode wire 128 or the electrode wire 132 becomes the electrode wire 130 or the electrode wire. Conducts by contacting the line 134. If the outer skin 124 is restored, the electrode wire 1
28-134 are also restored.

As shown in the circuit diagram of FIG. 4, the electrode wire 128 and the electrode wire 132 are conductive at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the electrode wire 130 and the electrode wire 134 are also at one end in the longitudinal direction. Conducted in the part. Electrode wire 130 and electrode wire 13
Reference numeral 2 denotes the other end in the longitudinal direction, which is electrically connected via the resistor 136, and the other end in the longitudinal direction of each of the electrode wires 128, 134 is connected to the battery 26 via the lead wire 138. Further, the other end in the longitudinal direction of each of the electrode wires 128 and 134 is connected to the battery 26 via a lead wire 138 and a harness (not shown). However, the electrode wire 13
No. 4 is connected to the battery 26 via an ammeter, a current detecting element 142 which cuts off the circuit when a current of a predetermined value or more flows, a lead wire 138 and a harness. That is, the current flowing from the electrode wire 128 to the electrode wire 134 via the electrode wire 130 and the electrode wire 132 usually flows via the resistor 136. However, if the outer sheath portion 124 is crushed, the electrode wire 128 or the electrode wire When the contact 132 is brought into contact with the electrode wire 130 or the electrode wire 134 to conduct and short-circuit, the current flows through the resistor 13.
6, the current value changes if a current is passed through this circuit at a constant voltage. Therefore, if a change in the current value at this time is detected, the outer
Is crushed, that is, whether an external force acts on the outer skin portion 124 can be detected. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the current detecting element 142 is connected to the computer 96, and when the current detecting element 142 flows a current of a predetermined value or more in the circuit, that is, the electrode line 128 or the electrode line 132 The computer 96 operates the slide door driver 94 and the closer driver 110 to operate the slide door motor 28 and the closer motor 104 when the current detecting element 142 detects that the Is driven in reverse.

The sensor body 122 having the above-described structure is used
4 is held by a synthetic resin material or a rubber material having a lower rigidity than that of the synthetic resin material forming the cover 4 while being inserted into a protector 144 as a holding means formed in a long tube shape.

The protector 144 has a concave holding portion 146 whose cross section is open toward the front side of the vehicle 14. The radius of curvature of the concave portion of the holding portion 146 is the same as that of the outer skin portion 1 described above.
The outer diameter corresponds to the radius of curvature of the outer diameter of 24, and is in contact with a portion of the outer cover 124 corresponding to the rear side of the vehicle 14. On one front side of the vehicle 14 of one of the holding portions 146, a concave flexible portion 148 opened toward the rear side of the vehicle 14 is continuously formed. The radius of curvature of the concave portion of the flexible portion 148 also corresponds to the radius of curvature of the outer diameter of the outer skin portion 124, and covers the portion of the outer peripheral portion of the outer skin portion 124 that is not in contact with the holding portion 146. Is in contact with That is, the flexible portion 148 and the holding portion 146 form an elongated tube having an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the outer skin portion 124, and the sensor main body 122 is accommodated inside the tube. A silicon layer (not shown) is formed on the surface of the flexible portion 148 to prevent the flexible portion 148 from freezing and hardening when the temperature in winter or the like decreases.

On the other hand, a mounting portion 150 is formed continuously on the opposite side of the holding portion 146 from the flexible portion 148. The mounting portion 150 is provided with an adhesive storage portion 152 as a storage portion that opens toward the rear side of the vehicle 14 and that is elongated along the longitudinal direction of the holding portion 146 and the flexible portion 148. I have. The bottom portion 154 as an engaging portion of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 has a slit hole which is long along the longitudinal direction of the holding portion 146 and the flexible portion 148 and whose width is sufficiently smaller than the width of the adhesive accommodating portion 152. 156 is formed, and the adhesive accommodating portion 152 communicates via a slit hole 156 with a filling portion 158 formed as a recess formed in the mounting portion 150 at the front side of the adhesive accommodating portion 152. The filling portion 158 is also elongated along the longitudinal direction of the holding portion 146 and the flexible portion 148, and has a rectangular cross section whose width is sufficiently longer than the width of the slit hole 156 as shown in FIG. It has been. Further, the center of the filling section 158 in the width direction is the adhesive accommodating section 152 and the slit hole 156.
Is displaced outward in the vehicle width direction from the center in the width direction, and the vehicle width is greater than the imaginary line C with the imaginary line C crossing the filling portion 158 passing through the center of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and the slit hole 156 in the width direction. The internal space of the filling portion 158 outside in the direction is wider than the imaginary line C than the internal space inside in the vehicle width direction.

The filling portion 158 is filled with an adhesive 162 as fixing means, and the adhesive 162 leaking from the filling portion 158 through the slit hole 156 is stored in the adhesive accommodating portion 152. At least the color of the adhesive 162 in a cured state is substantially the same as the color of the holding portion 146.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the door panel 18 is provided with a bracket 164 as a fixed body. As shown in FIG.
64 is a longitudinal direction along the vertical direction of the vehicle 14 and the vehicle 14
To a portion formed at the front end side of the door panel 18 such that the thickness direction of the inner panel 54 is substantially the front-rear direction of the vehicle 14. It is fixed by welding or an adhesive.
Further, an end portion of the bracket 164 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction (that is, in the present embodiment, on the left side of the vehicle 14) is bent at a substantially right angle and extended toward the front side of the vehicle 14. 166. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the bracket 164 has a substantially L-shaped cross section. The bent portion 166 of the bracket 164 enters the above-mentioned adhesive accommodating portion 152 from the opening end thereof, further penetrates through the slit hole 156 and enters the filling portion 158, and the front end portion 168 is at the bottom of the filling portion 158. 160
Is in contact with

Here, as a property of the above-described adhesive 162, the adhesive 162 has no adhesive force to the synthetic resin material forming the mounting portion 150 of the protector 144, or even if it has an adhesive force. Although the adhesive strength is small, the adhesive 162 has a strong adhesive strength to the material (for example, iron) forming the bracket 164, and the adhesive 162 is fixed around the bent portion 166 and is integrated with the bent portion 166. It has been.

(Operation and Effect of First Embodiment) Next, the operation and effect of the present embodiment will be described.

With the door panel 18 slid to the rear of the vehicle 14 to open the entrance 58, the operation switch 9
8, the computer 96 operates the slide door driver 94 of the slide door actuator 24 to cause the slide door driver 94 to operate the slide door motor 28.
, And the door panel 18 is slid toward the front side of the vehicle 14 via the endless belt 36 and the center arm 50.

When foreign matter is present on the slide track of the door panel 18 when the door panel 18 slides forward to fully close the entrance 58, the end (front end) of the door panel 18 in the closing movement direction comes into contact with the foreign matter. To press foreign matter. When the protector 144 and the outer cover 124 are elastically deformed by the pressing reaction force from the foreign matter at this time, the electrode wire 12 in the outer cover 124
8 or the electrode line 132 comes into contact with the electrode line 130 or the electrode line 134 to conduct and short-circuit. As described above, at this time, the current flowing through the electric circuit including the electrode lines 128 to 134 (see FIG. 11) flows without passing through the resistor 136. Therefore, for example, if the current is passed through this circuit at a constant voltage, The value changes, and the outer skin portion 124 detects the change in the current value at this time. When the outer cover 124 detects a change in the current value, the computer 96 operates the slide door driver 94 and the closer driver 110 to reversely drive the slide door motor 28 and the closer motor 104 to move the door panel 18 to the rear side of the vehicle 14. Slide. This can prevent foreign matter from being caught by the door panel 18.

By the way, when the sensor body 122 is housed in the protector 144 in the pressure detecting device 10 and the longitudinal direction end of the sensor body 122 is processed by the mold 140 and the pressure sensor 120 is attached to the door panel 18, First, the substantially liquid adhesive 162 is continuously or intermittently filled in the filling portion 158 from the opening end of the adhesive storage portion 152 through the adhesive storage portion 152 and the slit hole 156 along the longitudinal direction. I do.

Next, with the adhesive 162 filled,
The bent portion 166 of the adhesive 162 fixed to the inner panel 54 (door panel 18) by an adhesive or welding is inserted into the adhesive housing 152 from the opening end of the adhesive housing 152, and further, the bottom 154 is formed. And the bent portion 166 is inserted into the inside of the filling portion 158 until the tip portion 168 comes into contact with the bottom portion 160. In this state, the adhesive 16
2 is cured. As described above, the adhesive 162 has a strong adhesive force to the material (for example, iron) forming the bracket 164. Therefore, when the substantially liquid adhesive 162 is cured, the adhesive 162 is bent at the bent portion 166.
After curing, the adhesive 162 is applied to the bent portion 16
6 and one.

As described above, the adhesive 162 is
It does not have an adhesive force to the synthetic resin material forming the mounting portion 150 of the protector 144, or has a small adhesive force even if it has an adhesive force. Therefore, the bent portion 166 and the mounting portion 150 are not firmly adhered to each other by the adhesive force of the adhesive 162 and are not integrated. However, between the filling section 158 and the adhesive accommodating section 152, the bottom 160
Is provided, and as a result, the opening width of the filling section 158 on the side of the adhesive accommodating section 152 is narrowed by the bottom 160, so that the adhesive 162 hardened in the filling section 158 is supplied to the adhesive accommodating section. If it is attempted to displace to the side 152, the back surface of the bottom 160 (that is, the surface of the bottom 160 on the side of the filling section 158) limits the displacement of the adhesive 162, so that the adhesive 162 does not fall out of the inside of the filling section 158.
The bent portion 166 of the bracket 164 that is integral with the cured adhesive 162 does not fall out of the filling portion 158.

As described above, the adhesive 162 is applied to the protector 1
Even if the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 does not have an adhesive force to the synthetic resin material forming the mounting portion 150 (or has an extremely small adhesive force), the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 can be securely fixed.

As described above, an adhesive having a strong adhesive strength to a metal such as iron, but having no or low adhesive strength to a synthetic resin material is generally used. The types are more abundant than adhesives having a strong adhesive force to both metals such as iron and synthetic resin materials. Therefore, the selection of the adhesive to be used is widened, the adhesive 162 having a hardening mode suitable for the operation can be selected, the number of operation steps can be reduced, and the metal is strong against metals such as iron. Adhesives that have adhesive strength but have no or little adhesive strength to synthetic resin materials generally have strong adhesive strength to both metals such as iron and synthetic resin materials. Since it is inexpensive as compared with the above adhesive, material costs can also be reduced.

Further, as described above, the door panel 18
When a foreign object presses the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 in a state in which the closing portion is moving, a part of the pressing force is reduced by the flexible portion 148 and the outer skin portion 12.
4. Acts on the mounting part 150 via the holding part 146. Here, if the structure is such that the adhesive 162 is not filled and the bent portion 166 of the bracket 164 is simply held and fixed by the elastic force of the mounting portion 150, the distal end 1 of the bent portion 166
68 receives the above pressing force. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the adhesive 162 is hardened inside the filling portion 158, and the adhesive 162 is integrated with the bent portion 166 of the bracket 164. The surface of the cured adhesive 162 on the side facing the bottom 160 receives the above pressing force. When the two are compared, the pressing force is dispersed since the area receiving the pressing force is wider by the surface of the side opposite to the bottom 160 of the cured adhesive 162 because the latter has a surface facing the bottom 160. Tip 1
The pressing reaction force from the 68 side does not damage the bottom part 160 (that is, the mounting part 150).

Also, as shown in FIG.
8 is sufficiently filled with the adhesive 162, the filling portion 1
When the bent portion 166 is inserted into the space 58, the filling portion 158 is formed.
The adhesive 162 may leak from the inside, but the leaked adhesive 162 is stored (accommodated) in the adhesive accommodating portion 152, and the adhesive 162 does not leak out of the mounting portion 150. Moreover, as described above, the internal space of the filling section 158 is formed by the adhesive accommodating section 152 and the slit hole 156.
The volume on the outside in the vehicle width direction with respect to the imaginary line C passing through the filling portion 158 through the center of the opening width is larger than the volume on the inside in the vehicle width direction with respect to the imaginary line C. Therefore, the virtual line C
The amount of the adhesive 162 to be filled on the outer side in the vehicle width direction from the boundary is larger, and if the adhesive 162 leaks to the outside of the mounting portion 150, the amount in the vehicle width direction is larger than the bent portion 166 on the imaginary line C. There is a high possibility that the adhesive 162 leaks to the outside of the mounting portion 150 on the outside. However, the door panel 18 is provided on the side in the vehicle width direction of the portion where the adhesive 162 leaks, and the holding portion 1 is provided on the front side.
46 and the flexible portion 148, the leaked adhesive 16
No two can be seen. Furthermore, even if the adhesive 162 leaks to a position where it can be seen from the outside, since the color is substantially the same as the color of the mounting portion 150,
The leakage of the adhesive 162 does not become conspicuous. For the above reasons, the appearance around the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 can be improved, and the assembly can be performed without worrying about the leakage of the adhesive 162. Therefore, the working efficiency can be improved. Manufacturing costs can also be reduced.

Further, when compared with a conventional fixing method in which a core material having spring properties is embedded in the inside of the mounting portion 150 and the bent portion 166 is held by the mounting portion 150 by the spring force of the core material, There is no need to bury the material, and the size (particularly, the size in the width direction of the mounting portion 150) can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced.

In the conventional fixing method of fixing the mounting portion 150 to the bent portion 166 using a fastening member such as a rivet,
By penetrating the fastening member through the mounting portion 150, there is a possibility that the mounting portion 150 will be cracked from this penetrating portion.
In the present pressure detecting device 10 to which the above-described main fixing structure (that is, the fixing method of the pressure-sensitive sensor 120) is applied, when the pressure-sensitive sensor 120 is fixed, it is not necessary to make a hole in the mounting portion 150. There is no possibility that such a crack will occur.

Note that the door panel 18 is located outside the imaginary line C in the vehicle width direction (that is, the door panel 18 is laterally located) with the imaginary line C crossing the filling portion 158 passing through the center of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and the slit hole 156 in the width direction. As described above, the volume of the filling portion on the (located side) is larger than the volume inside the imaginary line C in the vehicle width direction so that even if the adhesive 162 leaks out, it is inconspicuous. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, in a state where the bent portion 166 is inserted into the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and the filling portion 158, the adhesive 162 in the filling portion 158 is positioned outside the bent portion 166 in the vehicle width direction. It may be configured to be located only at the position. Conversely, for example, the adhesive 162 may be configured to prevent the adhesive 162 from leaking out of the mounting portion 150, for example, by sufficiently increasing the volume of the adhesive accommodating portion 152, or to prevent the adhesive 162 from leaking. If it does not matter, the adhesive 162 in the filling section 158 is positioned only inside the bending section 166 in the vehicle width direction in a state where the bent section 166 is inserted into the adhesive accommodating section 152 and the filling section 158. It is good also as a structure which performs.

[Second Embodiment] Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Hereinafter, the same parts as those in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing a main part of a pressure detecting device 180 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG.
In the pressure-sensitive sensor 182 as an object to be fixed, a concave portion 184 having a concave shape is formed on the inner wall portion of the mounting portion 150 along the width direction both end portions of the bottom portion 160 inward in the width direction. In addition, the back surface of the bottom portion 186 as the engaging portion of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 corresponding to the bottom portion 154 in the first embodiment is the inclined surface facing the holding portion 146 and facing outward in the width direction of the mounting portion 150. 188. Therefore, the end face of the adhesive 162 that is hardened in the filling portion 158 and faces the inclined surface 188 becomes an inclined surface 190 that is inclined inward in the width direction on the opening end side of the mounting portion 150.

In the pressure detecting device 180 having the above-described configuration, when the pressure-sensitive sensor 182 is attached to the bent portion 166 in a state where the molten adhesive 162 is filled in the filling portion 158, the adhesive container 152 and the filling portion 158 In the direction in which the volume is increased (that is, the direction of arrow D in FIG. 13), the mounting portion 15
When 0 is pulled, the mounting portion 150 is spread around the axis with the thinned portion formed by forming the concave portion 184 as the axis.

Further, the melted adhesive 162 is provided in the recess 184.
The pressure-sensitive sensor 182 is pulled in a direction of separating the pressure-sensitive sensor 182 from the bracket 164 (that is, the front side of the vehicle 14).
Is removed, the movement of the pressure-sensitive sensor 182 in the direction away from the bracket 164 is also limited by the adhesive 162 that has entered the recess 184 and has been hardened.

Further, after the adhesive 162 is cured (that is, after the fixing of the pressure sensor 182 is completed), the mounting portion 150 is pulled in the direction of arrow D in FIG. When the 158 is to be spread, the inclined surface 190 receives the pressing force from the inclined surface 188 generated by the above-described pulling, and the inclined surface 190 (that is, the cured adhesive 162) is moved to the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and the filling portion. 158 limits spread. For this reason, the pressure-sensitive sensor 182 does not drop off from the bent portion 166 due to the careless opening of the adhesive containing portion 152 and the filling portion 158.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing a main part of a pressure detecting device 200 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure,
Pressure-sensitive sensor 2 as a fixed body of pressure detection device 200
02 is a bottom portion 204 as an engagement portion of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 corresponding to the bottom portion 154 in the first embodiment.
(A surface on the opening end side of the adhesive accommodating portion 152) is an inclined surface 206 facing the opening end side of the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and outward in the width direction of the mounting portion 150. Therefore, the bottom portion 20 of the adhesive 162 which has leaked out from the filling portion 158 and is stored in the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and cured in this state.
The end face on the side opposite to the bottom face of 4 is an inclined surface 208 inclined on the holding portion 146 side and inward in the width direction of the mounting portion 150.

For this reason, when the mounting portion 150 is pulled in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 14 to expand the adhesive accommodating portion 152 and the filling portion 158, the inclined surface 208 is formed by the above-described pulling. The pressing force from the adhesive 206 is received, and the inclined surface 208 (that is, the cured adhesive 16) is received.
2) restricts the spread of the adhesive accommodating section 152 and the filling section 158. For this reason, the adhesive storage section 152 and the filling section 1
58 is inadvertently spread and the pressure-sensitive sensor 202 is bent.
There is no such thing as dropping out of 66.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 15 is a sectional view showing a main part of a pressure detecting device 220 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure,
Pressure-sensitive sensor 2 as a fixed body of pressure detection device 220
Reference numeral 22 denotes a bottom surface 224 serving as an engagement portion corresponding to the bottom portion 160 of the pressure detection device 10 according to the first embodiment, and has a concave curved surface facing the opening end side of the adhesive accommodating portion 152. .

When the door panel 18 is closed, foreign matter presses the pressure-sensitive sensor 222, and a part of this pressing force is transmitted through the flexible portion 148, the outer skin portion 124, the holding portion 146, and the tip portion 168, The surface of the cured adhesive 162 on the side facing the bottom 224 receives a pressing force.
4 is a curved surface as described above, so that the end surface of the cured adhesive 162 on the side facing the bottom 224 is the bottom 224.
It becomes a curved surface corresponding to. For this reason, the cured adhesive 1
The pressing reaction force acting on the bottom 224 from the base 62 is
50 are also distributed in the width direction. This can prevent the bottom portion 224 (that is, the mounting portion 150) from being damaged by the pressing reaction force.

[Fifth Embodiment] FIG. 16 is a sectional view showing a main part of a pressure detecting device 240 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure,
Pressure-sensitive sensor 2 as a fixed body of pressure detection device 240
Reference numeral 42 denotes a groove 246 elongated in the longitudinal direction of the pressure-sensitive sensor 242 on a bottom portion 244 as an engagement portion corresponding to the bottom portion 160 of the pressure detection device 10 of the first embodiment.
Are formed. The width of the groove 246 is the bent part 1
66, corresponding to the width dimension of the tip portion 168.
6 can be fitted with the tip 168.

Therefore, the pressure-sensitive sensor 242 is
6, the tip 168 is fitted into the groove 246 until it comes into contact with the bottom of the groove 246, so that the pressure-sensitive sensor 242 can be easily positioned and the adhesive 16
The displacement of the pressure-sensitive sensor 242 in the width direction in a state before the curing of the pressure sensor 2 can be limited.

As described above, in each embodiment, the pressure-sensitive sensor 12
Although the fixing method of 0 to 242 and the pressure detecting devices 10 to 240 using the same have been described, the fixing structure of the present invention according to claims 1 to 3 of the present invention has However, the present invention is not limited to the fixing of 242. For example, the door panel 18 of the vehicle 14, the entrance 58,
This fixing structure can be applied to fixing a weather strip, a cushioning material, and the like provided on a window frame or the like.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the substantially liquid adhesive 162 is applied to the fixing means, but the fixing means is not limited to the adhesive 162. In other words, the fixing means may be configured so as to be substantially liquid (excluding a gas state in a fluid state such as a liquid state or a gel state) before being cured, and to be fixed to the bent portion 166 in a state after being cured.

Further, in the present embodiment, a filling portion 158 as a concave portion is formed in the mounting portion 150 of the pressure-sensitive sensors 120 to 242 as a fixed member, and the bracket 164 as a fixed member is bent in the filling portion 158. Although the configuration is such that the portion 166 is inserted, the configuration may be such that a concave portion is formed in the fixed body and the fixed body is inserted into the concave portion. One example is shown in FIG. The pressure detection device 260 shown in FIG.
The pressure-sensitive sensor 262 as a fixed body of the protector 2
64. The protector 264 is different from the bracket 144 of the pressure detectors 10 to 240 according to each of the above-described embodiments in that the protector 264 is provided with a long and narrow plate-shaped mounting piece 266 instead of the mounting portion 150.

On the other hand, the pressure detecting device 260 is provided with a bracket 268 as a fixed body and as a mounting portion. The bracket 268 has a substantially plate shape that is long in the vertical direction of the vehicle 14 and is fixed to the inner panel 54 by welding or the like. The bracket 268 has a bent portion 270 bent outward in the vehicle width direction at the outer end in the vehicle width direction, and further has a distal end portion formed as an engaging portion bent outward toward the vehicle width direction. The flange portion 272 is provided.

Further, a plate 274 is arranged outside the bent portion 270 in the vehicle width direction so as to face the vehicle width direction. The plate 274 has a substantially plate shape that is long in the vertical direction of the vehicle 14, and is bent so that the rear end of the vehicle 14 approaches the bent portion 270, and is integrally fixed to the bent portion 270 by welding or the like. ing. Meanwhile, plate 2
A front end 74 of the vehicle 14 is formed as a flange 278 as an engaging portion bent inward in the vehicle width direction (that is, so as to approach the flange 272). The collar 272 and the collar 27
8 is slightly larger than the thickness of the mounting piece 266 described above, and the mounting piece 266 is formed as a recess between the bent portion 270 and the plate 274 through the gap between the flange 272 and the flange 278. Insert (insert) into filling section 280
You can do it.

The inside of the filling section 280 is filled with an adhesive 282 as a fixing means. This adhesive 28
Although hardened, unlike the adhesive 162 used in each of the above embodiments, the adhesive 2 has a stronger adhesive force (fixing force) to the mounting piece 266 of the pressure-sensitive sensor 262 than the bracket 268.

Even with such a configuration, the adhesive 282
After hardening, the pressure sensor 262
Is pulled out, the adhesive 282 which is hardened and integrated with the mounting piece 266 is engaged with the flanges 272 and 278, and the pulling out of the pressure-sensitive sensor 262 is restricted by the flanges 272 and 278.

The present invention, which has been described in detail in the above embodiment, employs a substantially liquid fixation filled in a recess formed in one of a fixed body (pressure-sensitive sensor) and a fixed body (bracket). The means is cured along the internal shape of the recess, and the fixed body (pressure-sensitive sensor) and the fixed body (bracket)
The fixing means is fixed to a portion which enters the other concave portion, but a fixing structure for fixing the fixing means without fixing the fixing means to either the fixed body or the fixed body is also considered as follows. Can be

That is, this fixing structure is a fixing structure for fixing the fixed body to the fixed body in a state where one of the fixed body and the fixed body is inserted into the concave portion formed on the other. A substantially liquid fixing means filled in the concave portion and cured according to the internal shape of the concave portion; and the cured fixing portion formed at a portion which enters the other of the concave portions and hardened. A first engaging portion that transmits the pulling force to the hardened fixing means when a pulling force in a direction of pulling out the other one from the recess acts on the other one; A second engaging portion that is formed and engages with the fixing unit that has been hardened in the concave portion, and restricts movement of the fixing unit toward the opening end of the concave portion.

FIG. 18 shows an example in which the above-described fixing structure is applied to the fixing of a pressure-sensitive sensor of a pressure detecting device as in the present invention.
As shown in this figure, a pressure detecting device 290 to which the present fixing structure is applied has basically the same configuration as the pressure detecting device 260 shown in FIG. Mounting piece 266 of protector 264
, An engagement groove 292 as a first engagement portion is formed. Further, the flange 272, 278 as a second engaging portion is formed on the bracket 268 as a fixed body, corresponding to the opening end of the filling portion 280 as a concave portion. These flange portions 272 and 278 are lower conceptual embodiments of the second engagement portion in the present pressure detection device 290,
Basically, it has the same configuration as each of the flanges 272 and 278 in the pressure detection device 260 described above.

When the mounting piece 266 of the protector 264 is inserted into the filling portion 280 in the above-described configuration, and the filling portion 280 is further filled with a substantially liquid synthetic resin material 294 as a fixing means in this state, the above-described engagement The inside of the groove 292 is also filled with the synthetic resin material 294, and in this state, the synthetic resin material 294 is filled.
94 cures.

When the protector 264 is to be pulled out from the filling portion 280 in a state where the synthetic resin material 294 is hardened, the inner wall of the engaging groove 292 is hardened by the hardened synthetic resin material 294 inside the engaging groove 292 on the opening side of the filling portion 280. Press The hardened synthetic resin material 294 receiving the pressing force from the inner wall of the engaging groove 292 tends to move toward the opening side of the filling portion 280, but forms at the opening end of the filling portion 280 as shown in FIG. Synthetic resin material 2 with hardened flange portions 272 and 278
Due to the engagement with 94, the movement of the cured synthetic resin material 294 to the opening end of the filling portion 280 is restricted. Therefore, in this state, the synthetic resin material 294 that has entered the engagement groove 292 and has been hardened restricts the movement of the protector 264.

As described above, in the above configuration, even if the synthetic resin material 294 does not adhere to any of the engagement groove 292 and the filling portion 280, the protector 264 from the filling portion 280 is not required.
Is prevented from coming off. Therefore, if the synthetic resin material 29 fixed to the engagement groove 292 or the filling portion 280 in the early stage of curing is used.
Even if the synthetic resin material 294 is separated from the engagement groove 292 or the filling portion 280 due to the deterioration of the protector 264 over time,
Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of a pressure detecting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the pressure detecting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a structure of a sensor main body of the pressure-sensitive sensor.

FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram showing a configuration of the pressure detection device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a pressure detecting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the rear side of the vehicle employing the pressure detecting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view from the front side of a vehicle employing the pressure detection device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a connecting structure between a door panel of a sliding door and a vehicle body at an intermediate portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a connection structure between a door panel of a slide door and a vehicle body on the upper side in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a connecting structure between a door panel of a sliding door and a vehicle body at a lower side in a vertical direction of the vehicle.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a connection structure between a door panel of a slide door and a vehicle body on a lower side in a vertical direction of the vehicle.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a modification of the pressure detection device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a modified example of the pressure detection device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a modification of the pressure detecting device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a modification of the pressure detection device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a modification of the pressure detecting device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1, illustrating a configuration in which a mounting portion is provided on a bracket as a fixed body.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1, showing another embodiment of a fixing structure for fixing a bracket as a fixed body and a pressure-sensitive sensor as a fixed body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 pressure detecting device 120 pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 150 mounting section 152 adhesive accommodating section (accommodating section) 154 bottom section (engaging section) 158 filling section (concave section) 162 adhesive (fixing means) 164 bracket (fixed body) 180 pressure detecting device 182 pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 186 bottom (engaging portion) 200 pressure detecting device 202 pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 204 bottom (engaging portion) 220 pressure detecting device 222 pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 224 Bottom (engaging portion) 240 Pressure detecting device 242 Pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 244 Bottom (engaging portion) 260 Pressure detecting device 262 Pressure-sensitive sensor (fixed body) 268 Bracket (fixed body, mounting portion) 272 Flange (engaging part) 278 Flange (engaging part) 280 Filling part (recess) 282 Adhesive (fixing means)

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A fixing structure for fixing the fixed body to the fixed body in a state where one of the fixed body and the fixed body is inserted into a recess formed in one of the fixed body and the fixed body. A substantially liquid fixing means that fills the inside of the concave portion, cures according to the internal shape of the concave portion, and fixes in the cured state at a portion where the other enters the inside of the concave portion; And an engagement portion that engages with the fixing means hardened in the concave portion and restricts the movement of the fixing means toward the opening end of the concave portion. Fixed structure of fixed body. 2. An accommodation portion which communicates with the recess and accommodates the substantially liquid fixing means leaking from the inside of the recess is formed in one of the fixed body and the fixed body. The fixing structure of the fixed body and the fixed body according to claim 1. 3. The fixing member according to claim 1, wherein a color of the fixing member after curing is substantially the same as that of one of the fixing member and the fixing member. Fixed structure of fixed body. 4. A pressure detection sensor, which is supported by a support means and has a plurality of electrodes provided inside the outer skin portion, detects that an external force acts on the outer skin portion by conduction of the plurality of electrodes. A method for fixing a pressure-sensitive sensor to said support means in an apparatus, wherein one of said support means and said pressure-sensitive sensor is formed so as to be able to enter the other, and is formed in a direction to reduce an opening dimension. The inside of the concave portion having the engaged portion is filled with substantially liquid fixing means which can be fixed to the other and hardens according to the internal shape of the concave portion, and the one of the concave portions is filled in the filled state. And fixing the fixing means. 5. A holding portion communicating with the recess at an opening end side of the recess in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the support means, and the substantially liquid fixing means leaking from the inside of the recess. The pressure-sensitive sensor fixing method according to claim 4, wherein the pressure sensor is accommodated in the accommodation portion. 6. The pressure-sensitive sensor according to claim 4, wherein the color of the fixing means after curing is substantially the same as the color of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means. Method. 7. A pressure-sensitive sensor which is supported by a support means and has a plurality of electrodes provided inside an outer skin portion, wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor applies an external force to the outer skin portion by conduction of the plurality of electrodes. A pressure detection device for detecting that the pressure sensor has been actuated, wherein a recess formed in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the support means and into which the other can enter is formed, and an opening dimension of the recess is reduced. A mounting portion having an engaging portion formed inside the concave portion toward the direction; filling the inside of the concave portion, deforming according to the internal shape of the concave portion in the filled state, and performing the deformation after curing. A substantially liquid fixing means for fixing at a portion where the other enters the inside of the concave portion in a state. 8. A housing portion, which is formed in one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the support means, for receiving the substantially liquid fixing means which communicates with the recess and leaks from the inside of the recess. The pressure detection device according to claim 7, wherein 9. The pressure detecting device according to claim 7, wherein the color of the fixing means after curing is substantially the same as the color of one of the pressure-sensitive sensor and the supporting means.