JP2009029358A - Power supply path cover structure for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply path cover structure for a vehicle for covering a part at which a power supply path passes through an opening part in a side face of a vehicle body. <P>SOLUTION: The power supply path cover structure comprises a fixed cover 8 fixed to a vehicle body 1, and a turnable cover 9 which is turnably held by the fixed cover 8. The turnable cover 9 is turned following a movable part 3b of a power supply hinge 3 as a movable part of a power supply path 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a power feeding path cover structure for a vehicle.

Conventionally, in a vehicle provided with a slide door that closes and opens the side opening of the vehicle body, the power supply path for supplying electric power from the vehicle body side to the electrical components in the slide door is open when the slide door is open. What was comprised so that a part might be penetrated is known (patent documents 1).
JP 2002-127844 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, a portion of the power supply path that penetrates the side opening of the vehicle body is exposed when the slide door is open. For this reason, the aesthetics are impaired, and the exposed power feeding path may interfere with passengers getting on and off and loads to be loaded and unloaded.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle power supply path cover structure that covers a portion where a power supply path passes through a side opening of a vehicle body.

  According to the present invention, a vehicle power supply path cover structure that covers a portion through which the power supply path passes through the side opening of the vehicle body includes a fixed cover fixed to the vehicle body, and a rotation that is rotatably held by the fixed cover. The main feature is that the rotary cover rotates following the movable part of the power feeding path.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to cover the penetrating portion suitably even in the open state of the sliding door by rotating the rotating cover following the movable portion of the power supply path.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  (First Embodiment) FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view of the lower part of the vehicle body side opening when viewed from the outside of the vehicle compartment when the slide door is in the fully open position, and FIG. 2 is a view of the vehicle body side opening when the slide door is in the closed position. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the lower part as viewed from the vehicle interior side, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a part of the power feeding path as viewed from the vehicle interior side with the cover removed. In each figure, FR indicates the front of the vehicle, UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle, and OUT indicates the outer side in the vehicle width direction.

  The slide door 6 is supported on the outside of the side surface of the vehicle body 1 so as to be slidable back and forth. The sliding door 6 slides back and forth between a closed position that closes the vehicle body side opening 1a (FIG. 2) and a fully open position (FIG. 1) that opens the vehicle side opening 1a behind the closed position. It has become. Reference numeral 1b denotes a floor panel.

  Various electric parts (for example, a motor for a power window, a speaker, a door lock device, a communication device, a lamp, etc .: none are shown) are provided inside the slide door 6. In order to supply power from the power supply path 2 is set.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 with the cover removed, the power supply path 2 includes the vehicle body side harness 4 routed on the vehicle interior side of the vehicle body 1 and the slide door 6 when the slide door 6 is opened. And a flexible door-side harness 5 that is partly routed outside the vehicle compartment, and a power supply hinge 3 provided between the vehicle body-side harness 4 and the door-side harness 5. The other end of the door-side harness 5 is connected to a power supply hinge 7 (FIG. 2) on the slide door 6 side. In addition, the door-side harness 5 is configured such that wiring is inserted into a corrugated tube that can be bent in a covered state. With such a configuration, protection of wiring, suppression of catching, improvement of aesthetics, and the like are achieved. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the power supply hinge 3 is disposed on the vehicle interior side with respect to the vehicle body side opening 1 a. When the slide door 6 opens and moves from the closed position to the outside of the passenger compartment (the slide door 6 is in the open state), the power supply hinge 7 (FIG. 2) attached to the slide door 6 is placed on the vehicle body side opening 1a. Move outside the room. For this reason, in the present embodiment, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, when the slide door 6 is in the open state, the door-side harness 5 passes through the vehicle body side opening 1 a. In addition, not only in a fully open position, when the slide door 6 exists between the position slightly opened from the closed position and the fully open position, the door-side harness 5 penetrates the vehicle body side surface opening 1a.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, when the slide door 6 is in the fully open position, the portion (penetrating portion) where the power supply path 2 penetrates the vehicle body side opening 1 a is replaced with the fixed cover 8 and the rotation. Covered with a moving cover 9. Specifically, the fixed cover 8 covers the power supply hinge 3 and the connection end of the vehicle body side harness 4 and the door side harness 5 to the power supply hinge 3 from the vehicle interior side, and the rotation cover 9 is the vehicle exterior side. It covers from. Further, both the fixed cover 8 and the rotating cover 9 cover the penetrating portion from the front.

  The rotation cover 9 is attached to the front end portion of the fixed cover 8 so as to be rotatable around an axis Ax2 (FIG. 4) extending substantially along the vertical direction (the vehicle vertical direction). As will be described in detail later, when the slide door 6 is in the closed position, it is rotated toward the vehicle interior side so as to cover the penetrating portion from the vehicle interior side as shown in FIG. It has become.

  Even when the slide door 6 is between the fully open position shown in FIG. 1 and the closed position shown in FIG. 2, the rotation cover 9 rotates following the movable part of the power supply path 2, It comes to cover.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the through portion of the power feeding path 2 is fixed in both the closed state and the closed state of the slide door 6 by rotating the rotation cover 9 in accordance with the front and rear slide of the slide door 6. Covering with the cover 8 and the rotating cover 9, the power feeding path 2 is protected and the aesthetic appearance is improved.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, it is good to provide the mark etc. which alert a passenger | crew on the surface 9d of the coating | coated wall 9a of the rotation cover 9. FIG.

  4 is a perspective view of the cover structure, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the cover structure.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the fixed cover 8 and the rotating cover 9 allow the through portion, that is, the feed hinge 3 and the connection end of the vehicle body side harness 4 and the door side harness 5 to the feed hinge 3. The part is covered.

  The feeding hinge 3 is fixed to the vehicle body 1 via a bracket 3d, and a movable part supported so as to be rotatable about an axis Ax1 extending substantially along the vertical direction (the vehicle vertical direction) of the fixing part 3a. Part 3b.

  The rotation cover 9 is rotatably supported by the fixed cover 8 via the hinge mechanism 10. The hinge mechanism 10 includes a pair of protrusions 10a and 10a provided at two positions on the upper and lower sides on the rotating cover 9 side, and a protrusion 10b on the fixed cover 8 side that is narrowly provided between the protrusions 10a and 10a. Yes. The hinge mechanism 10 is formed by penetrating a shaft (not shown) in a state where the protrusions 10a, 10b, and 10a are vertically overlapped at two upper and lower portions.

  Here, in this embodiment, the rotation cover 9 is connected to the movable portion 3b of the power supply hinge 3 via a leaf spring 11 as a flexible member and an elastic member, and the rotation cover 9 is connected to the movable portion 3b. It is designed to rotate following this.

  The leaf spring 11 is arranged in a posture substantially along the covering wall 9 a of the rotation cover 9. The one end portion 11 a is locked to a pair of locking projections 9 b protruding from the back surface of the covering wall 9 a of the rotation cover 9, and the other end portion 11 b protrudes from the movable portion 3 b of the power feeding hinge 3. The pair of locking projections 3c and 3c are locked.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the axis Ax1 serving as the rotation center of the movable portion 3b of the power supply hinge 3 and the axis Ax2 serving as the rotation center of the rotation cover 9 are shifted from each other. Yes. For this reason, the distance between the movable portion 3b and the rotation cover 9 changes depending on the rotation angle, and it becomes difficult to connect the movable portion 3b and the rotation cover 9 in a fixed manner. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to absorb the change in the distance by bending the leaf spring 11 and smoothly interlock the rotation cover 9 with the movable portion 3b.

  When the slide door 6 is closed, the movable portion 3b pushes the covering wall 9a of the rotating cover 9 via the leaf spring 11, and the rotating cover 9 is returned to the vehicle interior side.

  In the present embodiment described above, as a cover that covers a portion of the power supply path 2 that penetrates the vehicle body side opening 1a, a fixed cover 8, and a rotating cover 9 that is rotatably held by the fixed cover 8, Was provided. For this reason, according to this embodiment, the rotation cover 9 is rotated in accordance with the opening of the slide door 6 and the vehicle body side opening 1a being exposed, and the rotation cover 9 is used to cover the penetrating portion. be able to. Thereby, in the open state of the slide door 6, it is possible to improve the aesthetic appearance in the vicinity of the vehicle body side opening 1a, and it is possible to more smoothly carry on and off passengers and load and unload loads. In addition, it is possible to suppress damage of the power supply path 2 or the luggage due to the collision of the luggage or the like.

  In this embodiment, the rotating cover 9 is operated following the movable portion 3b as a movable portion of the power feeding path 2. For this reason, the structure which covers the penetration part according to the attitude | positions (rotation angle, bending state, etc.) of the electric power feeding path 2 accompanying the back-and-forth slide of the slide door 6 can be obtained as a comparatively simple structure. In particular, the movable portion 3b only rotates and has a stable posture change compared to other movable portions of the power feeding path 2, and more easily forms a rigid connection structure. It becomes easy to do.

  In this embodiment, the slide door 6 slides back and forth between a closed position that closes the vehicle body side opening 1a and a fully open position behind the closed position, and the power feeding path 2 is connected to the vehicle side opening 1a. The vehicle body side opening 1a is penetrated so as to straddle the rear edge. The fixed cover 8 covers the penetrating portion at least from the vehicle interior side, and supports the rotation cover 9 so as to be rotatable about an axis Ax2 substantially along the vertical direction. Is in the fully open position, the through portion is covered at least from the outside of the passenger compartment. For this reason, according to this embodiment, it is possible to cover the penetrating portion so as to surround from the vehicle interior side and the vehicle interior outside by using the fixed cover 8 and the rotation cover 9. Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the slide door 6 is in the fully open position, both the fixed cover 8 and the rotating cover 9 cover the penetrating portion from the front side. Accordingly, the periphery of the penetrating portion can be more reliably covered over a wider range, the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle body side opening 1a can be further improved, and passengers can get on and off and load and unload cargo more smoothly. become.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the slide door 6 is closed, the movable portion 3b of the power feeding hinge 3 pushes the rotation cover 9 and rotates it toward the vehicle interior side. For this reason, the structure which returns the rotation cover 9 to the predetermined position by the side of a vehicle interior as the slide door 6 closes can be obtained as a comparatively simple structure.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the rotation cover 9 and the movable part 3b of the electric power feeding hinge 3 were connected via the leaf | plate spring 11 as a flexible member. For this reason, the distance change accompanying rotation of the rotation cover 9 and the movable part 3b can be absorbed, and the rotation cover 9 can be reliably interlocked by the movable part 3b.

  (Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a cover according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are provided. Therefore, common constituent elements are given common reference numerals and redundant description is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, a coil spring 12 as an urging mechanism is provided, and the rotation cover 9A is urged to rotate in the outward opening direction, thereby improving the followability to the movable part (door-side harness 5 and the like) of the power supply path 2. It is. Specifically, the coil spring 12 is wound around the shaft 10c of the hinge mechanism 10A. And the one end part 12a is latched to the latching part 9c provided in the back surface of the coating wall 9a of the rotation cover 9A, and the latching part which provided the other end part 12b in the back surface of the coating wall 8a of the fixed cover 8A. Lock to 8b. In such a configuration, the rotation cover 9A is opened in the outward direction (that is, the rotation cover 9 is located on the vehicle interior side) by appropriately adjusting the shape of the coil spring 12 in the free state (the twist angle between the end portions 12a and 12b). To the outside of the vehicle compartment) M).

  According to this embodiment, when the slide door 6 moves from the closed position toward the fully open position and when it moves from the fully open position toward the closed position, the followability to the slide door 6 and the door-side harness 5 is achieved. Can be further increased. For this reason, while being able to obtain a covering state more reliably, the rotation cover 9A can be operated more reliably.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

  For example, in the said 1st Embodiment, although it was set as the structure which connects a rotation cover to the movable part of an electric power feeding hinge, you may connect with other movable parts, such as a door side harness. That is, the present invention can be applied to a vehicle having no power supply hinge. Further, the flexible member is not limited to the leaf spring, and other flexible members (stretchable members) such as a spring and rubber may be used.

  Further, when the slide door is in the fully open position, the front side of the penetrating portion of the power feeding path may be covered only with the fixed cover, or may be covered only with the rotating cover.

  Also, the urging mechanism that urges the rotation cover in the outward opening direction is not limited to the torsion spring, and may take various forms such as a compression spring and a tension spring.

It is the perspective view which looked at the lower part of the vehicle body side surface opening part of the vehicle provided with the electric power feeding path | route cover structure for vehicles concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention from the vehicle compartment outer side, when a slide door exists in a full open position. It is the perspective view which looked at the lower part of the vehicle body side surface opening part of the vehicle provided with the electric power feeding path cover structure for vehicles concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention from the vehicle interior side, when a slide door exists in the obstruction | occlusion position. It is the perspective view which looked at the lower part of the vehicle body side surface opening part of the vehicle provided with the electric power feeding path cover structure for vehicles concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention from the vehicle interior side in the state which removed the cover. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle power supply path cover structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the vehicle electric power feeding path cover structure concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the electric power feeding path cover structure for vehicles concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car body 1a Car body side surface opening part 2 Electric power feeding path 3b Movable part (movable part)
5 Door harness (movable part)
6 Sliding door 8, 8A Fixed cover 9, 9A Rotating cover 11 Leaf spring (flexible member)
12 Coil spring (biasing mechanism)

Claims (6)

A power supply path for supplying power from the vehicle body side to the electrical components in the slide door that closes the vehicle body side opening so as to be openable / closable is used for a vehicle configured to penetrate the vehicle body side surface opening in the open state of the slide door, A power feeding path cover structure for a vehicle that covers a penetrating portion of the vehicle body side surface opening of the power feeding path,
A fixed cover fixed to the vehicle body,
A rotation cover rotatably held by the fixed cover,
A power supply path cover structure for a vehicle, wherein the rotation cover is rotated following a movable part of the power supply path. The sliding door slides back and forth between a closed position where the side opening of the vehicle body is closed and a fully open position behind the closed position,
The power feeding path penetrates the vehicle body side opening so as to straddle the rear edge of the vehicle body side opening,
The fixed cover covers the penetrating portion at least from the vehicle interior side, and supports the rotating cover so as to be rotatable about an axis substantially along the vertical direction.
2. The vehicle power supply path cover structure according to claim 1, wherein when the sliding door is in the fully open position, the rotating cover covers the penetrating portion at least from the outside of the passenger compartment.   3. The vehicle power supply path cover according to claim 2, wherein when the slide door is in the fully open position, at least one of the fixed cover and the rotation cover covers the through portion from the front side. Construction.   The said sliding door or the movable part of the said electric power feeding path pushed the said rotation cover, and it was made to rotate toward the vehicle interior side, when the said sliding door is closed. Vehicle power supply path cover structure.   The vehicle power supply path cover structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rotating cover and a movable part of the power supply path are connected via a flexible member.   The vehicle power supply path cover structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an urging mechanism that urges the rotation cover to rotate outwardly.

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