JP2022130801A - Vehicle sliding door opening/closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable improved handling of a vehicle slide door opening/closing device during transportation and installation thereof to a vehicle body panel.SOLUTION: A vehicle slide door opening/closing device includes: a guide member 10 fixed to a vehicle body panel in such a manner of extending along the upper surface of a guide rail 42; a cable 13 that is wound around a rotary drum 12 rotated by a motor 8 so as to be capable of winding up and feeding out and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the guide member 10 by the rotation of the rotary drum 12; and a cable connecting member 14 connected to the cable 13 and also connected to the slide door through a guide roller unit 32 assembled to the guide rail 42 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction. The guide member 10 is configured to have an approximately inverted L-shaped vertical cross section by having a vertical wall part 102 whose lower end face is opposed to the upper face of the guide rail 42 and a horizontal part 103 extending from the upper end of the vertical wall part 102 toward the inside of the vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle sliding door opening/closing device for automatically opening and closing a vehicle sliding door.

In Patent Document 1, a guide rail fixed to a vehicle body panel, a moving member supported by the guide rail so as to be movable in the opening and closing direction and connected to the slide door, and one end and the other end of the guide rail and a cable that can transmit the rotation of the motor to the moving member as a force in the opening/closing direction by being wound around and connected to the moving member, and the cable is moved by the power of the motor to move the sliding door. A sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle is disclosed that opens and closes a door.

Patent Document 2 discloses a belt guide portion that is fixed to a vehicle body panel and has a structure separate from a guide rail for supporting a slide door movably in the opening and closing direction, and has a substantially C-shaped vertical cross-section, An endless belt guided so as to circulate by a belt guide section, a belt connector connected to the endless belt, and a motor for driving the endless belt to guide the belt connector connected to the endless belt. A slide door opening/closing device for a vehicle is disclosed, which is connected to a slide door via an arm movably assembled to a rail so that the slide door is opened and closed by the circulating movement of an endless belt driven by the power of a motor. .

Japanese Patent No. 5796238 Japanese Patent No. 6697826

However, in the sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle disclosed in Patent Document 1, a door opening/closing drive unit including a motor and a cable are directly attached to a very heavy metal guide rail having rigidity capable of supporting the sliding door. Since it is an assembly structure, the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device becomes large, and there is a problem that handling performance is deteriorated when the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device is transported and attached to a vehicle body panel.

In the sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle disclosed in Patent Document 2, since the endless belt is supported by the belt guide portion, the belt can circulate at least the height of the belt guide portion arranged above the guide rail. It must be of a degree that can support Therefore, since the endless belt is largely separated upwards from the arms assembled to the guide rails, it is necessary to make the belt connector extend largely downwards. However, when the belt connector is extended downward, it is necessary to increase the strength of the belt connector in order to efficiently transmit the circulating movement of the endless belt to the arm. This leads to an increase in the weight of the door opening/closing device, which leads to deterioration in handling performance when the sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle is transported and attached to a vehicle body panel.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle, which is capable of improving handling during transportation and attachment to a vehicle body panel.

According to the present invention, the above problems are solved as follows.
In a vehicle door opening/closing device, a guide member fixed to a vehicle body panel along the upper surface of a guide rail for slidably supporting a slide door on the vehicle body panel, and a rotating drum rotated by a motor winds up and feeds out. a cable that is wound around the guide member and is hung around one end and the other end of the guide member so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the guide member by the rotation of the rotating drum; and a cable that is connected to the cable. and a cable connection member connected to the slide door via a guide roller unit assembled to the guide rail so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, the guide member having a lower end surface of the guide rail. It has a vertical wall portion facing the upper surface and a horizontal portion extending from the upper end of the vertical wall portion toward the interior of the vehicle, and has a substantially inverted L-shaped longitudinal section.

Preferably, a portion of the cable that is routed inside the guide member is routed between the horizontal portion of the guide member and an upper surface of the guide rail.

Preferably, the guide member has a holding portion which is connected to the cable and which can detachably and temporarily hold the cable connection member that is not connected to the guide roller unit at a predetermined position.

Preferably, the holding portion is an opening hole that passes through the vertical wall portion of the guide member and into which a temporary holding engaging portion provided on the cable connecting member is fitted.

Preferably, the cable connecting member is held at a position retracted outside the movement locus of the guide roller unit when temporarily held by the holding portion.

Preferably, the cable is wound around the rotating drum a plurality of times at a substantially intermediate portion in the length direction, and is hung around one end of the guide member and connected to the cable connection member; An open-side cable portion that is looped around the other end of the guide member and connected to the cable connection member is composed of a single cable.

Preferably, the cable connection member is provided with an extension portion for absorbing extension of the cable.

Preferably, the extending portion includes a coil spring that is provided on a supporting portion of the cable connecting member facing in the vertical direction and that applies a biasing force to the cable in a tensioning direction.

Preferably, the guide member is made of synthetic resin.

According to the present invention, the cable is used as the element for transmitting the power of the motor to the slide door, the guide member has a structure separate from the guide rate, and the vertical cross-sectional shape is substantially inverted L-shaped. Since the cable and the guide roller unit can be arranged close to the upper surface of the rail so that the cable and the guide roller unit can approach each other in the vertical direction, there is no need for the cable connection member to extend greatly downward. It is possible to reduce the weight and size of the sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle, thereby improving the handling performance.

1 is a side view of a vehicle equipped with a sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle according to the present invention; FIG. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a vehicle slide door opening/closing device and a perspective view of a center guide rail; FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle slide door opening/closing device and the center guide rail as seen from the outside of the vehicle; FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle slide door opening/closing device as viewed from the outside of the vehicle; FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle slide door opening/closing device as viewed from the inside of the vehicle; FIG. 5 is a plan view seen from the direction of arrow VI in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5; FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a portion similar to FIG. 7 when the cable connection member is in a temporarily held state;

An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and includes appropriate modifications from the following embodiments within the scope obvious to those skilled in the art.

As shown in FIG. 1, a vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 according to the present embodiment is arranged inside a left side body panel 4 of a small wagon type vehicle 2, and can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction on the body panel 4. The left side slide door 3 supported by is automatically opened and closed by the power of a motor 8 which will be described later.
It should be noted that orientations in the following description refer to orientations in a state where the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 is attached to the vehicle 2 unless otherwise specified.

The slide door 3 has an upper guide roller unit 31 attached to the front upper part and an upper guide rail 41 extending in the front-rear direction fixed to the upper part of the vehicle body panel 4 . A center guide rail 42 extending in the front-rear direction fixed to the central portion in the vertical direction of the vehicle body panel 4 and a lower guide roller unit 33 attached to the lower front portion of the vehicle body panel 4 attached to the lower guide rail 43 extending in the front-rear direction. They are supported so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction by being assembled so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 is arranged inside a vehicle body panel 4, and includes a motor module 5 that outputs power for automatically opening and closing the sliding door 3, and the motor module 5. and a guide module 6 for automatically opening and closing the slide door 3 by transmitting the power of the motor 8 output from the motor module 5 to the slide door 3 . 3 shows the sliding door opening/closing device 1 for a vehicle and the center guide rail 42 in a state in which the cable connection member 14 (to be described later) that constitutes a part of the guide module 6 is connected to the center guide roller unit 32, and FIG. 6 shows only the slide door opening/closing device 1 for vehicles.

(Motor module 5)
The motor module 5 includes a substantially cylindrical synthetic resin upper casing 7 facing up and down, a motor 8 attached to the upper portion of the upper casing 7 , and a speed reduction mechanism 9 housed in the upper casing 7 . consists of

The upper casing 7 is fixed to the upper portion of a later-described lower casing 11 of the guide module 6 .

The motor 8 is attached to the upper part of the upper casing 7 so that the rotating shaft faces downward. The reduction mechanism 9 reduces the speed of rotation of the motor 8, and is composed of a planetary gear mechanism in which a plurality of planetary gears rotate and revolve around a sun gear fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 8. be. Preferably, an electromagnetic clutch (not shown) capable of connecting/disconnecting the power transmission path is provided between the rotating shaft of the motor 8 and the speed reduction mechanism 9 .

(Guide module 6)
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 8, the guide module 6 includes a guide member 10 made of synthetic resin that is arranged above the center guide rail 42 and fixed to the vehicle body panel 4, and a portion of the guide member 10 that faces the inside of the vehicle. a rotating drum 12 rotatably supported in the lower casing 11 about an axis pointing in the vertical direction; It has a cable 13 to be wound and a cable connecting member 14 for connecting the cable 13 to the sliding door 3 .

The guide member 10 has a shape along the longitudinal direction (front-rear direction) of the center guide rail 42 in a plan view, and is arranged above the center guide rail 42 as shown in FIGS. By having a vertical wall portion 102 formed along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 42 to guide the cable 13 in the longitudinal direction, and a horizontal portion 103 extending from the upper end of the vertical wall portion 102 toward the interior of the vehicle. , the vertical cross-sectional shape is formed in a substantially inverted L shape.

7 and 8, the guide member 10 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 4 in such a manner that the lower end surface 102a of the vertical wall portion 102 faces the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42. As shown in FIGS. The guide member 10 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 4 by a front bracket 15 provided at the front end (one end) of the curved portion 101 formed at the front of the guide member 10 and a rear end (the other end) of the guide member 10 . This is achieved by fixing the rear bracket 16 provided on the body panel 4 to the vehicle body panel 4 with bolts (not shown).

At the rear of the vertical wall portion 102 of the guide member 10, as shown in particular in FIGS. A section 104 is provided. The holding portion 104 is formed of a rectangular opening that passes through the vertical wall portion 102 in the left-right direction (inside-outside direction of the vehicle) and has a predetermined opening width in the front-rear direction. The holding portion 104 temporarily holds the cable connecting member 14 in the posture shown in FIG. 8 until the cable connecting member 14 connected to the cable 13 is connected to the center guide roller unit 32 . The cable connection member 14 is detachably temporarily held with respect to the guide member 10 by fitting the temporary holding engaging portion 143 provided on the upper portion to the holding portion 104 .

As described above, by forming the guide member 10 to have a substantially inverted L-shape in longitudinal section, the lower end surface 102a of the vertical wall portion 102 can be brought closer to the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42. The cable 13 can be brought closer to the arm portion 32c of the center guide roller unit 32 compared to the guide member having a substantially C-shaped longitudinal section. As a result, the cable connection member 14 can be connected to the arm portion 32c of the center guide roller unit 32 without having a shape that greatly extends downward, thereby reducing the size and weight of the sliding door opening/closing device 1 for a vehicle. Reduce it and improve handling. Furthermore, even if the height of the guide member 10 is lowered, the distance between the horizontal portion 103 of the guide member 10 and the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42 can be reduced as compared with a guide member having a substantially C-shaped longitudinal section. In this space, for example, outer tubes 13a and 13b of the cable 13, which will be described later, can be routed.

The rotating drum 12 is supported in the lower casing 11 so as to be rotatable about an axis extending in the vertical direction. It rotates in conjunction with the reduced rotation of the speed reduction mechanism 9 that accompanies it.

The cable 13 is composed of a Bowden cable in which an inner cable is axially movably inserted into flexible outer tubes 13a and 13b. In the description of this embodiment, the cable 13 corresponds to the inner cable of the Bowden cable.

The cable 13 is wrapped around a spiral groove provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 12 at a substantially intermediate portion in the length direction a plurality of times, and when the rotating drum 12 rotates, the cable 13 extends forward from the rotating drum 12. The side cable 131 and the open side cable 132 extending rearward are wound up and sent out.

One end side of the cable 13 , that is, the closing side cable portion 131 is inserted through the closing side lead-out portion 111 provided in the lower casing 11 and is led out forward from the front outer tube 13 a to reach the curved portion of the guide member 10 . A front pulley 17 supported rotatably around a vertical axis at the front end of the cable 101 is hooked to change direction and extend rearward. It is connected to the connecting member 14 . In this embodiment, the front outer tube 13a is fixed to the guide member 10 at its front end so as to be accommodated in the gap between the horizontal portion 103 of the guide member 10 and the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42, and The end is fixed to the closed-side lead-out portion 111 .

The other end side of the cable 13, that is, the open side cable portion 132 is inserted through the open side lead-out portion 112 provided in the lower casing 11 and is led out rearward from the rear outer tube 13b so as to guide the guide member 10. The rear pulley 18 is rotatably supported at the rear end of the cable connection member 18 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis, thereby changing direction and extending forward, and being guided by the vertical wall portion 102 of the guide member 10 . 14. In this embodiment, the rear outer tube 13b is fixed to the guide member 10 at its rear end so as to be accommodated in the gap between the horizontal portion 103 of the guide member 10 and the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42. , the front end of which is fixed to the closing-side lead-out portion 112 .

As described above, the outer tubes 13a and 13b, that is, the portion of the cable 13 that is routed along the inner side of the guide member 10 is arranged between the horizontal portion 103 of the guide member 10 and the upper surface 42a of the center guide rail 42. By arranging the cable 13 in a narrow space, the handleability of the sliding door opening/closing device 1 for a vehicle can be improved.

The rotary drum 12 is rotated in one direction by the power of the motor 8 to wind the close-side cable portion 131 and send out the open-side cable portion 132, and by rotating in the other direction by the power of the motor 8, The open side cable portion 132 is wound up and the closed side cable portion 131 is sent out.

When the closing-side cable portion 131 is wound around the rotating drum 12 , the cable connecting member 14 moves forward along the longitudinal direction of the guide member 10 by pulling the closing-side cable portion 131 forward. When the open side cable portion 132 is wound around the rotating drum 12 , the cable connection member 14 moves backward along the longitudinal direction of the guide member 10 by pulling the open side cable portion 132 backward.

The cable 13 of the present embodiment is wound around the rotating drum 12 at a substantially intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction a plurality of times, and the closed side cable portion 131 and the open side cable portion 132 are composed of a single cable. Preferably, in the cable 13 , an engaging portion (not shown) that engages with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 12 in the rotational direction is fixed to the portion wound around the rotating drum 12 . By constructing the cable 13 from a single cable in this way, it is possible to efficiently perform the assembly work to the rotating drum 12 and to reduce the cost.

The cable connection member 14 includes a support portion 141 facing in the vertical direction, a connecting portion 142 extending outward from the lower end of the support portion 141, a temporary holding engaging portion 143 projecting outward from the upper end of the support portion 141, It has a stretched portion 19 to which the end of the closed side cable portion 131 and the end of the open side cable portion 132 are respectively connected. That is, the closed cable portion 131 and the open cable portion 132 are connected to the cable connection member 14 via the extension portion 19 .

Until the cable connection member 14 is connected to the arm portion 32c of the center guide roller unit 32, as shown in FIG. 7, the cable 13 and the slide door 3 are connected to each other by connecting the connecting portion 142 to the arm portion 32c with bolts (not shown).

The extension portion 19 is fixed to the side surface of the support portion 141 of the cable connection member 14 facing the outside of the vehicle, and as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. It has a front tubular portion 192 and a rear tubular portion 193 extending straight downward from the front and rear lower portions of 191 . The orientations of the front tubular portion 192 and the rear tubular portion 193 are not limited to those of the present embodiment, and may be obliquely rearward downward or forward obliquely downward.

The closing-side cable portion 131 is connected to the extension portion 19 by inserting the end portion 131a fixed to the end thereof into the rear tubular portion 193 while being guided by the guide groove 191 of the extension portion 19 . In the present embodiment, the end portion 131a is inserted into the rear cylindrical portion 193 so as to be vertically movable, and a coil spring 194 is provided inside the rear cylindrical portion 193, thereby It is provided with a configuration capable of absorbing slackness of the closing-side cable portion 131 by applying tension to the closing-side cable portion 131 .

The open side cable portion 132 is connected to the extension portion 19 by inserting the end portion 132a fixed to the end portion thereof into the front tubular portion 192 while being guided by the guide groove 191 of the extension portion 19 . In this embodiment, the end portion 132a is vertically movably inserted into the front tubular portion 192, and a coil spring 195 is provided inside the front tubular portion 192, thereby It is provided with a configuration that can absorb slackness of the open side cable portion 132 by applying tension force to the cable portion 132 .

The cable connection member 14 is held in a temporary holding posture as shown in FIG. be. This prevents the cable 13 and the cable connecting member 14 from swinging and contacting other parts or the sliding door 3 to damage them, and also improves the handleability of the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 . can.

When the cable connection member 14 is in the temporary holding posture, the cable connection member 14 is at a position retracted outside the movement locus of the center guide roller unit 32 . As a result, when the center guide roller unit 32 is assembled to the center guide rail 42 after the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 is assembled to the vehicle body panel 4, the center guide roller unit 32 does not interfere with the cable connection member 14, so that the center guide roller unit 32 does not interfere with the cable connection member 14. The guide roller unit 32 can be easily assembled to the center guide rail 42. - 特許庁

In order to temporarily hold the cable connection member 14 in the holding portion 104 of the guide member 10, as shown in FIG. In this state, the temporary holding engaging portion 143 of the cable holding member 14 is fitted to the holding portion 104 of the guide member 10 from the outside of the vehicle, and the tip of the temporary holding engaging portion 143 is attached to the upper edge of the holding portion 104. By engaging from the inside of the vehicle and engaging the root portion with the lower edge of the holding portion 104 from the outside of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. retained.

When removing the cable connection member 14 from the holding portion 104, the cable holding member 14 is slightly rotated upward from the temporary holding posture shown in FIG. 8 and pulled out toward the outside of the vehicle. Thereby, the cable connecting member 14 can be easily removed from the holding portion 104 . After that, the cable connection member 14 is set in the normal posture and connected to the arm portion 32c of the center guide roller unit 32 assembled to the center guide rail 42, so that the cable 13 is connected to the cable connection member 14 and the center guide roller unit 32. is connected to the sliding door 3 via the

As described above, when the cable connection member 14 is temporarily held by the guide member 10, the end portions 131a and 132a of the cable 13 are displaced outward from the normal track path. By setting the side cable portions 132 in a tensioned state, it is possible to suppress the vibration of the cable 13 and the unnecessary movement of the cable connection member 14 in the front-rear direction. As a result, it is possible to further improve the handling of the sliding door opening/closing device 1 for a vehicle when it is transported and when it is assembled to the vehicle body panel 4 .

(Work for connecting vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 to sliding door 3)
First, the guide member 10 is arranged on the upper side of the center guide rail 42 fixed in advance to the vehicle body panel 4, and the front bracket 15 and the rear bracket 16 are fixed to the vehicle body panel 4 with bolts (not shown), thereby forming a vehicle slide. The door opening/closing device 1 is assembled to the vehicle body panel 4. - 特許庁

The cable connection member 14 is temporarily held by the holding portion 104 of the guide member 10 when the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 is assembled to the vehicle body panel 4 . By temporarily holding the cable connection member 14 in the holding portion 104, unnecessary movement of the cable 13 and the cable connection member 14 is suppressed during transportation of the vehicle sliding door opening/closing device 1 and assembly work to the vehicle body panel 4. As a result, the handling property of the sliding door opening/closing device 1 for a vehicle is improved. Moreover, it is possible to prevent the cable 13 and the cable connection member 14 from contacting and damaging the vehicle body panel 4 and the slide door 3 .

The vehicular slide door opening/closing device 1 may be assembled to the vehicle body panel 4 with the motor module 5 preliminarily assembled with the guide module 6, or the motor module 5 and the guide module 6 may be separated from each other as in the prior art. Alternatively, the guide module 6 may be assembled to the vehicle body panel 4 first, and then the motor module 5 may be assembled to the guide module 6 .

Next, guide rollers (not shown) of the guide roller units 31, 32, 33 attached to the slide door 3 (for the center guide roller unit 32, a guide roller 32a rotatable around a vertical axis and a horizontal guide roller 32a shown in FIGS. 7 and 8) A guide roller 32b rotatable about its axis is shown) is inserted into each corresponding rail 41, 42, 43 from the rear end. Then, the slide door 3 is moved forward, that is, in the closing direction, and the center guide roller unit 32 is aligned with the position of the cable connection member 14 temporarily held by the holding portion 104 . In this case, since the cable connection member 14 is in the temporary holding posture and is in a position retracted outside the movement locus of the center guide roller unit 32, the situation in which the center guide roller unit 32 collides with the cable connection member 14 is prevented. can be avoided. Thereby, damage to the center guide roller unit 32 and the cable connecting member 14 can be prevented.

Next, a dedicated jig is inserted into the gap between the vehicle body panel 4 and the rear end of the slide door 3 to remove the cable connecting member 14 from the holding portion 104 and bring the cable connecting member 14 into a normal posture. Then, the connecting portion 142 of the cable connecting member 14 is connected to the arm portion 32c of the center guide roller unit 32 with a bolt (not shown). Thereby, the cable 13 and the slide door 3 are connected via the cable connecting member 14 and the center guide roller unit 32 .

(Operation of vehicle slide door opening/closing device 1)
The motor 8 is driven according to operation of a wireless remote switch carried by the user or a door handle provided on the sliding door 3 for opening the door. Along with this, an electromagnetic clutch (not shown) provided in the upper casing 7 of the motor module 5 is connected. As a result, the power of the motor 8 is transmitted to the cable 13 via the electromagnetic clutch, speed reduction mechanism 9 and rotating drum 12 . As a result, one of the closing side cable portion 131 and the opening side cable portion 132 is caught in the rotary drum 12 and the other is sent out from the rotary drum 12, so that the slide door 3 is connected to the cable connection member 14. With the movement, if it is in the closed position, it will open, and if it is in the fully open position, it will close.

When the slide door 3 is manually opened and closed, the electromagnetic clutch is in a non-connected state. Therefore, the opening/closing operation of the slide door 3 is transmitted to the cable 13 and the speed reduction mechanism 9, but not transmitted to the motor 8. As a result, the slide door 3 can be manually opened and closed with light force.

An embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the following various modifications, changes and combinations can be made to the above embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention.

(1) The temporary holding posture of the cable connection member 14 is changed to the vertical direction or the horizontal direction instead of the posture of facing obliquely upward on the outside of the vehicle.

(2) Instead of opening the holding portion 104 in the vehicle interior and exterior directions, the opening is vertically or obliquely oriented.

(3) The vehicle slide door opening/closing device 1 is provided at the lower portion of the vehicle body, and the cable 13 is connected to the lower guide roller unit 33 .

1 Sliding Door Opening and Closing Device for Vehicle 2 Vehicle 3 Sliding Door 31 Upper Guide Roller Unit 32 Center Guide Roller Unit 32a, 32b Guide Roller 32c Arm Section 33 Lower Guide Roller Unit 4 Body Panel 41 Upper Guide Rail 42 Center Guide Rail 42a Upper Surface 43 Lower Guide rail 5 Motor module 6 Guide module 7 Upper casing 8 Motor 9 Reduction mechanism 10 Guide member 101 Curved portion 102 Vertical wall portion 102a Lower end surface 103 Horizontal portion 104 Holding portion 11 Lower casing 111 Close side lead-out portion 112 Open side lead-out portion 12 Rotation Drum 13 Cables 13a, 13b Outer tube 131 Close side cable portion 131a End portion 132 Open side cable portion 132a End portion 14 Cable connection member 141 Support portion 142 Connection portion 143 Temporary holding engagement portion 15 Front bracket 16 Rear bracket 17 Front pulley 18 Rear pulley 19 extension part 191 guide groove 192 front tubular part 193 rear tubular parts 194, 195 coil spring

Claims (9)

a guide member fixed to the vehicle body panel along an upper surface of a guide rail for slidably supporting the sliding door on the vehicle body panel;
It is wound around a rotary drum rotated by a motor so as to be able to be taken up and forwarded, and is also hung around one end and the other end of the guide member, and along the longitudinal direction of the guide member by the rotation of the rotary drum. a cable that can be moved by
a cable connection member connected to the cable and connected to the slide door via a guide roller unit assembled to the guide rail so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction;
The guide member has a vertical wall portion with a lower end face facing the upper surface of the guide rail, and a horizontal portion extending from the upper end of the vertical wall portion toward the interior of the vehicle, and has a substantially inverted vertical cross-sectional shape. A sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle characterized by being L-shaped. 2. The vehicle slide according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the cable that is routed inside the vehicle of the guide member is routed between the horizontal portion of the guide member and an upper surface of the guide rail. door opener. 3. The guide member is connected to the cable and has a holding portion capable of detachably temporarily holding the cable connection member in a state of being unconnected to the guide roller unit at a predetermined position. A sliding door opening and closing device for a vehicle as described. 4. The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the holding portion is an opening that passes through the vertical wall portion of the guide member and into which a temporary holding engaging portion provided on the cable connecting member is fitted. Sliding door opener. 5. The vehicle door according to claim 3, wherein the cable connection member is held at a position retracted outside the movement locus of the guide roller unit when it is temporarily held by the holding portion. Switchgear. a close-side cable portion in which the cable is wound around the rotating drum a plurality of times at a substantially middle portion in the length direction thereof, and which is hung around one end portion of the guide member and connected to the cable connection member; and the guide member. 6. The vehicle slide door according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the open side cable portion that is hung around the other end of the slide door and connected to the cable connection member is composed of a single cable. Switchgear. 7. The sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the cable connection member is provided with an extension portion for absorbing extension of the cable. 8. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the extending portion includes a coil spring that is provided on a supporting portion of the cable connection member that faces in the vertical direction and that applies an urging force to the cable in a tensioning direction. for sliding door openers. The sliding door opening/closing device for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the guide member is made of synthetic resin.

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