JP5583810B2 - Vehicle door sash - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door sash.

  A vehicle door sash has been proposed and put into practical use for the purpose of reducing the weight, using an aluminum alloy extruded product in place of a conventional roll-formed product of an iron-based material.

JP 2007-145282 A

  Extruded door sash is advantageous for weight reduction, but it is a technical problem how to ensure strength while reducing the thickness. In particular, extruded products, unlike roll-formed products, require post-processing (vertical column sash bending) for vertical column sashes that bend the vertical column sash according to the bulge in the left and right (vehicle width) direction of the vehicle door. For the upper sash, post-processing (upper sash bending) that bends according to the side shape of the sash is indispensable, and strength that does not cause unexpected deformation during this post-processing is required.

  An object of the present invention is to obtain a door sash structure (cross-sectional shape) having a well-balanced strength while reducing the thickness and weight.

The present invention provides a vehicle door sash that is provided on a vehicle door that opens and closes a door opening of a vehicle body and forms a window opening of the vehicle door, and is made of a metal material having a uniform cross section; A vehicle-side extending wall extending from the bag-shaped portion or the cross-sectional U-shaped portion to the vehicle outer side ; a protrusion projecting toward the vehicle inner side is formed on the vehicle longitudinal direction wall. And a die receiving flat portion for bending the door sash is formed on the inner side of the ridge .

  Specifically, the vehicle outer extension wall includes a vehicle front-rear direction wall extending in the vehicle front-rear direction from the bag-like portion or the U-shaped cross-section and a vehicle width direction wall extending from the vehicle front-rear direction wall to the vehicle outer side. The protrusion and the die receiving flat surface portion can be formed on the vehicle longitudinal wall.

A weather strip holding groove located at the end of the bag-like portion or the U-shaped cross-sectional portion on the vehicle outer side can be formed by the protrusion. The bottom wall of the holding groove is constituted by the wall on the vehicle body side of the bag-shaped part or the U-shaped section, and the weather strip is attached to the end of the bag-shaped part or the U-shaped section on the vehicle inner side. It is possible to form a weather strip holding edge that holds the inner end of the vehicle.

  The wall on the vehicle body side of the bag-like portion or the U-shaped cross-section can be used as the bottom wall of the holding groove that holds the weather strip.

  A design portion exposed to the outer surface of the vehicle door can be integrally formed on the vehicle outer extension wall on the vehicle outer side. Or the aspect which couple | bonds the design member as another member exposed to the vehicle door outer surface with the vehicle exterior extension wall on the vehicle exterior side is also possible.

Of the pair of inner and outer walls constituting the bag-shaped portion, the outer wall of the vehicle is formed with a recessed portion recessed in the inner side of the vehicle for holding the glass run, and the outer wall of the vehicle is crank-shaped in cross section. Can do.

  In another aspect, the present invention is a vehicle door having the above vehicle door sash.

The present invention includes a bag-like portion or a U-shaped portion positioned inside the vehicle, the vehicle door sash comprising a vehicle outer extension wall extending outside of the vehicle from the bag-like portion or U-shaped cross section, the vehicle outer extension The wall is formed with a protrusion that protrudes toward the inside of the car, and on the inner side of this protrusion, a mold receiving flat part for bending the door sash is formed. A high-strength vehicle door sash can be obtained.

It is a side view which shows an example of the vehicle door which applies the extrusion vehicle door sash by this invention. It is sectional drawing of the door sash single-piece | unit along the II-II line of FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the elements around the door sash along the line II-II in FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a state in which an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention is bent by an upright column sash bending mold. It is a schematic cross section of the state which bends the extrusion vehicle door sash by this invention with an upper sash bending die. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing another embodiment of an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing yet another embodiment of an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing another embodiment of an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows a side view of a passenger car to which a vehicle door sash according to the present invention is applied. A vehicle door 10 that opens and closes a door opening (body opening) A of a vehicle body B includes a door sash (window frame) 20 that forms a window opening 12 on an upper portion of a door body (inner panel and outer panel) 11.

  The door sash 20 has an upper sash portion 20A bent in a side view for receiving the upper edge of the window glass G, and a vertical column sash portion 20B for receiving the vertical edge of the window glass G along the center pillar 16 of the vehicle body B. doing. The lower portions of the upper sash portion 20 </ b> A and the upright column sash portion 20 </ b> B extend into the door body 11 and are fixed to the door body 11. The upper end portion of the upright column sash portion 20B and the end portion of the upper sash portion 20A are connected and fixed by known means. The present embodiment is intended for the door sash 20. The upper sash portion 20A is bent mainly according to the side shape of the door sash 20, and the upright pillar sash portion 20B is bent mainly according to the bulging shape of the vehicle door 10 in the vehicle width direction, but has a basic cross-sectional shape. Are the same (can be the same), and will be described as the door sash 20 in the following description.

  2 and 3 show an embodiment of the door sash 20 according to the present invention. The door sash 20 has a uniform cross-sectional shape formed by extrusion molding of an aluminum alloy, and is straight after molding. Although only the cross-sectional shape is shown in the figure, the uniform cross-section continues in the length direction perpendicular to the paper surface. In the following description, as shown in the figure, the vehicle outside IN, the vehicle inside OUT (vehicle width direction), the body B side, and the window glass G side are used as reference directions.

  The door sash 20 includes a bag-like portion 21 positioned on the vehicle inner side IN, and a vehicle-side extension wall 22 that extends from the bag-like portion 21 to the vehicle outer side OUT. The bag-like portion 21 includes a pair of inner walls 23 and outer walls 24 in the vehicle width direction (vehicle inner side IN and vehicle outer side OUT), and a pair of glass side walls 25 and body side walls on the window glass G side and the vehicle body B side. 26 has a closed cross section. A concave portion 27 for holding a glass run is formed in the outer wall 24, and has a cross-sectional crank shape having an outer outer wall 24a and an inner outer wall 24b. The outer wall 24 is longer than the inner wall 23, and the glass side wall 25 and the body side wall 26 extending from both end portions of the inner wall 23 toward both end portions of the outer wall 24 open in a cross section C shape toward the vehicle outer side OUT. It has a shape. The glass side wall 25 has a curved shape that is convex toward the window glass G, whereas the body side wall 26 is a body-side straight wall that forms a straight line (planar). The reason why the glass side wall 25 has a convex curved cross section is that the wall is exposed to the exterior, and if it is linear, slight irregularities are conspicuous. In other words, the size of the curved surface should be minimized so that slight unevenness is not visually observed.

  The wall thickness of the inner wall 23 and the wall thickness of the outer side wall 24a of the outer side wall 24 (the longer side of the outer side outer wall 24a and the inner side wall 24b) are the glass side wall 25 and the body side straight line. It is thicker than the wall 26. As a specific example, when the thickness of the glass side wall 25 and the body-side straight wall 26 is 1.6 mm, the thickness of the inner wall 23 and the outer outer wall 24a is set to 2.0 mm.

  The vehicle outer extension wall 22 includes a vehicle front / rear (vertical) direction wall 22a and a vehicle width direction wall 22b extending from the vehicle front / rear (vertical) direction wall 22a to the vehicle outer side OUT. The vehicle front-rear (up and down) direction wall 22a and the vehicle inner side outer wall 24b of the outer wall 24 of the bag-like portion 21 are located on the same plane. On the vehicle outer side OUT of the vehicle longitudinal (up and down) direction wall 22a, a ridge 28 is formed on the body side of the recess 27. Further, a design portion 29 exposed to the outer surface of the vehicle door is integrally formed at the end of the vehicle width direction wall 22b on the vehicle outer side OUT, and a glass run is provided at the end of the design portion 29 on the window glass G side. A holding edge 29a is formed to be bent toward the vehicle interior side. The concave portion 27 and the protrusion 28 together with the glass run holding edge 29a constitute a holding portion (contact portion) of a glass run GR (FIG. 3) having a uniform cross section made of a synthetic resin material. The glass run GR has a groove for receiving the edge of the window glass G when the window glass G moves to the closed position, and various shapes and materials are well known.

  In this embodiment, the design portion 29 is substantially orthogonal to the vehicle width direction wall 22 b of the vehicle outer side extension wall 22 and is not orthogonal to the vehicle body side linear wall 26.

  On the vehicle front-rear (vertical) direction wall 22 a of the vehicle outer extension wall 22, a protrusion 30 is formed on the vehicle inner side IN, and faces the vehicle front-rear (vertical) direction on the vehicle inner side IN of the protrusion 30. A mold receiving flat portion 31 is formed. The die receiving flat surface portion 31 is a contact surface of the die when the entire door sash 20 is bent corresponding to the swelling of the vehicle door in the vehicle width direction. The ridge 30 forms a weatherstrip holding groove 32 between itself and the body-side straight wall 26. In addition, a weather strip holding edge 33 toward the vehicle outer side OUT is formed at the end of the body side straight wall 26 on the vehicle inner side IN. The body-side surface of the body-side straight wall 26 forms the bottom wall of the weather strip holding groove 32, and the weather strip WS (FIG. 3) having a uniform cross section has a weather strip holding groove 32 and a weather strip holding edge 33. The vehicle-side extension wall 22 extends to the body-side surface of the vehicle width direction wall 22b. Various types of weatherstrips WS that are watertight when the vehicle door 10 is closed are known in both shape and material, similar to the glass run GR.

  The door sash 20 having the above configuration is subjected to bending after extrusion. The bending process includes vertical column sash bending in which the vertical column sash portion 20B is bent according to the bulge in the left and right (vehicle width) direction of the vehicle door, and upper sash bending in which the upper sash portion 20A is bent in accordance with the side surface shape. 4 shows a vertical column sash-bending die 41 and a door sash 20 (standing column sash portion 20B) stored in the die 41. FIG. 5 shows an upper sash-bending die 42 and the die. The storage state of the door sash 20 (upper sash portion 20A) with respect to 42 is shown. In either case, the door sash 20 is bent with respect to the direction perpendicular to the paper surface, and the bending directions are shown in FIGS.

  The vertical pillar sash bending mold 41 shown in FIG. 4 includes a recess 41a for accommodating the bag-like portion 21 and the weather strip holding edge 33 of the door sash 20 with the inner wall 23 at the back, a die receiving flat portion 31, and a vehicle outer side. A receiving surface 41 b is formed along the body-side surface of the extension wall 22. When the door 41 is bent by the die 41, the body-side straight wall 26 that forms the straight shape of the bag-like portion 21 prevents the door sash 20 from being bent (unexpectedly deformed). The higher the degree of coincidence between the direction of the body-side straight wall 26 and the bending direction (that is, the higher the degree of orthogonality between the body-side straight wall 26 and the design portion 29), the higher the buckling prevention effect. Even if the wall 26 is slightly inclined with respect to the direction orthogonal to the design portion 29, a much higher buckling prevention effect can be obtained as compared with the conventional example in which the wall is curved. In other words, the curvature in the vehicle width direction (curvature radius) given to the door sash 20 in vertical column sash bending is smaller (larger) than the curvature (curvature radius) along the roof curvature given to the door sash 20 in upper sash bending. Therefore, the body-side straight wall 26 exhibits a sufficient buckling prevention effect. Further, the mold receiving flat surface portion 31 abuts on the mold 41 to similarly prevent buckling and process the door sash 20 into a smooth curve.

  The upper sash bending mold 42 shown in FIG. 5 includes a recess 42a for accommodating the bag-like portion 21 of the door sash 20 and the vehicle front-rear (vertical) direction wall 22a of the vehicle outer extension wall 22 with the window glass side wall 25 at the back. A receiving surface 42b is formed along the glass side surface of the vehicle width direction wall 22b of the vehicle outer side extension wall 22. When the door sash 20 (upper sash 20A) is bent by the mold 42, the thick outer side outer wall 24a and the inner wall 23 of the bag-like portion 21 prevent the door sash 20 from buckling. In this upper sash bending, in order to bend the door sash 20 with a large curvature (small curvature radius) along the roof curvature as described above, the pair of the outer outer wall 24a and the inner wall 23 are made thick. This can effectively prevent buckling.

  In the above embodiment, of the outer side wall 24a and the inner side outer wall 24b of the outer side wall 24 of the bag-like portion 21, only the outer side outer wall 24a is thick. The wall 24b may be (also) thick. When only one of the vehicle outer wall 24a and the vehicle outer wall 24b is thick, the longer one is preferably thick.

  In the above embodiment, the design portion 29 is integrally formed on the vehicle outer side of the vehicle outer extension wall 22, but the rear design portion 29 </ b> S as a separate member is formed on the vehicle outer side OUT of the vehicle width direction wall 22 b of the vehicle outer extension wall 22. It may be fixed later. FIG. 6 shows the embodiment, and the retrofit design portion 29 </ b> S is fixed to the vehicle width direction wall 22 b by a fixing clip 34. The back design part 29S of the illustrated embodiment is a roll-formed product of an iron-based material.

  FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention. This embodiment corresponds to an embodiment in which the glass side wall 25 in the bag-like portion 21 of the above embodiment is cut (removed). That is, instead of the bag-shaped portion 21, the inner wall 23, the outer wall 24, and the body-side straight wall 26 form a U-shaped section 21X. This embodiment is the same as the embodiment of FIGS. 2 to 5 except that the glass side wall 25 (bag-like portion 21) does not exist, and the same reference numerals are given to the same portions. According to this embodiment, it is possible to further reduce the weight. This door sash structure may be applied to a rear door that is not required to be as strong as the front door.

  FIG. 8 shows yet another embodiment of an extruded vehicle door sash according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the thickness of the vehicle width direction wall 22b extending from the vehicle outer side to the vehicle inner side of the vehicle outer extension wall 22 is made non-uniform, and the wall thickness is gradually increased from the vehicle outer side to the vehicle inner side. In the embodiment of FIG. 8, the wall thickness in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle width direction wall 22 b of the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 7 is gradually increased toward the vehicle inner side. As a standard, the wall thickness can be gradually reduced to the outside of the vehicle. If the cross-sectional area of the vehicle width direction wall 22b is constant (if the amount of metal material used is the same), it is possible to increase the strength by increasing the wall thickness from the outside of the vehicle to the inside of the vehicle. Is possible.

B Vehicle body A Door opening (body opening)
G Window glass WS Weather strip 10 Vehicle door 11 Door main body 12 Window opening 20 Door sash 20A Upper sash part 20B Standing pillar sash part 21 Bag-like part 21X Cross-sectionally U-shaped part 22 Vehicle outer side extension wall 22a Vehicle front-rear (vertical) direction wall 22b Vehicle width direction wall 23 Inner wall 24 Outer wall 24a Outer vehicle outer wall 24b Car inner outer wall 25 Glass side wall 26 Body side straight wall 27 Recess 28 Projection 29 Design part 29a Glass run holding edge 29S Rear design part 30 Projection 31 Mold receiving flat portion 32 Weather strip holding groove 33 Weather strip holding edge 41 42 Mold

Claims (8)

In a vehicle door sash that is provided in a vehicle door that opens and closes a door opening of a vehicle body and forms a window opening of the vehicle door,
Made of a metal material having a uniform cross section;
Providing a bag-like part or a U-shaped cross-section located inside the vehicle;
Providing a vehicle outer extension wall extending outward from the bag-like portion or the U-shaped cross-sectional portion;
A protrusion projecting inside the vehicle is formed on the vehicle outer extension wall; and
A mold receiving flat portion for bending the door sash is formed on the inner side of the ridge ;
Vehicle door sash characterized by.  2. The vehicle door sash according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle outer extension wall includes a vehicle front-rear direction wall extending in the vehicle front-rear direction from the bag-like portion or the U-shaped cross-section, and a vehicle extending from the vehicle front-rear direction wall to the vehicle outer side. A vehicle door sash having a width direction wall, wherein the protrusion and the mold receiving flat portion are formed on the vehicle front-rear direction wall. 3. The vehicle door sash according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion forms a weather strip holding groove positioned at an outer end of the bag-shaped portion or the U-shaped cross-sectional portion, and the bag-shaped portion or the cross-section. The wall on the vehicle body side of the U-shaped portion constitutes the bottom wall of the holding groove, and the end of the weather strip on the inner side of the weather strip is connected to the end of the bag-shaped portion or the U-shaped section of the cross section. A vehicle door sash with a weatherstrip retaining edge to hold.  The vehicle door sash according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a design portion exposed to an outer surface of the vehicle door is integrally formed on the vehicle outer extension wall on the vehicle outer extension wall. The vehicle door sash according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a design member as a separate member exposed to the outer surface of the vehicle door is coupled to the vehicle outer extension wall on the vehicle outer extension wall. . The vehicle door sash according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the outer wall of the pair of inner and outer walls constituting the bag-like portion is recessed inward of the vehicle for holding the glass run. A vehicle door sash in which a recess is formed and the outer wall of the vehicle has a crank shape in cross section.  7. The vehicle door sash according to claim 6, wherein the longer outer wall of the crank-shaped vehicle is thicker than the pair of walls on the vehicle body side and the window glass side.  The vehicle door which has a vehicle door sash of any one of Claim 1 thru | or 7.

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