JP6794007B2 - Open / close adjustment device for vehicle doors - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for adjusting the opening and closing of a vehicle door.

Patent Document 1 below discloses a gas spring used as a damper in a vehicle back door. This gas spring can change the protruding length of the piston rod from the cylinder by sliding the piston rod with respect to the cylinder by utilizing the reaction force of the gas filled in the cylinder. As a result, the back door is held openable and closable by the gas spring.

Further, the gas spring is provided with an operating member (cap) that can be manually rotated by the user, and is configured so that the piston rod is locked with respect to the cylinder by the rotation of the operating member (cap). In the case of this configuration, the sliding of the piston rod with respect to the cylinder is locked by the stop operation of rotating the operation member in one direction, while the above lock is released by the stop release operation of rotating the operation member in the opposite direction. ..

According to this gas spring, the user can manually operate the operating member to stop the back door at an arbitrary intermediate position between the fully closed position and the fully open position. For this reason, even when the size of the space behind the back door is limited, such as in a narrow parking lot, the user can stop the back door at this intermediate position to put in and take out luggage. It can be carried out.

Japanese Patent No. 3863640

However, when the above gas spring is used, there are the following problems.
That is, the user needs to rotate the operating member in one direction to stop the back door at an arbitrary intermediate position, and then operate the operating member again to rotate the back door in the opposite direction in order to open and close the back door. is there. In this case, the user needs to operate the operating member at least twice from the time when the back door is stopped at the intermediate position to the time when the back door is moved again, which is troublesome. Moreover, such a problem may occur not only in the back door but also in other vehicle doors.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an opening / closing adjusting device for a vehicle door, which allows a user to easily perform an operation of stopping the vehicle door at an arbitrary intermediate position and then moving the vehicle door again. It is something to try.

One aspect of the present invention is
An operating member that can perform stop operation and stop release operation,
The vehicle door is held openable and closable, and the vehicle door held at an arbitrary intermediate position between the fully closed position and the fully open position is held only in one of the opening and closing directions in accordance with the stopping operation of the operating member. An adjustment unit that locks and releases the lock in accordance with the stop release operation of the operation member,
Equipped with a,
The above adjustment part
A shaft attached to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door,
An outer pipe that holds the shaft slidably in the axial direction of the shaft by using the reaction force of gas and is attached to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle door.
A movable surface that is slidably provided in the axial direction between the shaft and the outer pipe, has an inclined surface extending in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the shaft, and moves in conjunction with the operation of the operating member. Members and
A rolling member rotatably interposed between the inclined surface of the movable member and the shaft,
With
The movable member slides in the first direction in which the rolling member is urged inward in the radial direction by the inclined surface in the axial direction in conjunction with the stop operation of the operating member, while the operating member. When the movable member slides in the second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with the stop release operation of the above, and the movable member slides in the first direction, the slide of the shaft in the first direction is performed. The rolling member allows this slide by rolling in a direction that weakens the pressing against the shaft, and the rolling member strengthens the pressing against the shaft for the sliding in the second direction of the shaft. It is in a vehicle door open / close adjuster, which is configured to regulate this slide by rolling into .

According to the above-mentioned opening / closing adjustment device, the vehicle door held at an arbitrary intermediate position is adjusted to a stopped state in which the operating member is stopped to lock only in one of the opening / closing directions. At this time, only one of the opening operation and the closing operation of the vehicle door is regulated. In addition, the lock is released with the stop release operation of the operating member. At this time, neither the opening operation nor the closing operation of the vehicle door is regulated.
Then, after the vehicle door is locked, the user urges the vehicle door in the opening / closing direction in which the operation is not regulated, thereby fully closing the vehicle door without operating the operating member. It can be easily moved to the position or the fully open position.

As described above, according to the above aspect, the user can easily perform the operation from stopping the vehicle door at an arbitrary intermediate position to moving it again, which improves convenience.

A side view of the back door locked at an intermediate position by the vehicle door opening / closing adjustment device of the present embodiment as viewed from the side of the vehicle body. It is a side view of the opening / closing adjustment device for a vehicle door in FIG. 1, and is the figure which shows the state when the operation member is in a 1st position. The plan view of the opening / closing adjustment device for a vehicle door of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 2 showing a state when the operating member is in the second position. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 showing a state when the operating member is in the second position. In the side view of FIG. 1, the figure which shows the state when the back door is in a fully closed position. In the side view of FIG. 1, the figure which shows the state when the back door is in a fully open position. It is a figure which shows the state when the operation member interferes with a vehicle body side member and rotates from a 1st position to a 2nd position at the time of closing operation of a back door.

Preferred embodiments of the above embodiments will be described below.

In the opening / closing adjustment device, the adjustment unit holds a shaft attached to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door and the shaft so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the shaft by using the reaction force of gas. An outer pipe attached to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle door is provided slidably in the axial direction between the shaft and the outer pipe, and extends in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the shaft. A movable member having an inclined surface and moving in conjunction with the operation of the operating member, and a rolling member rotatably interposed between the inclined surface of the movable member and the shaft are provided.
The movable member slides in the first direction in which the rolling member is urged inward in the radial direction by the inclined surface in the axial direction in conjunction with the stop operation of the operating member, while the operating member. When the movable member slides in the second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with the stop release operation of the above, and the movable member slides in the first direction, the slide of the shaft in the first direction is performed. The rolling member allows this slide by rolling in a direction that weakens the pressing against the shaft, and the rolling member strengthens the pressing against the shaft for the sliding in the second direction of the shaft. It is preferably configured to regulate this slide by rolling to.

According to this open / close adjustment device, when the operating member is stopped and the movable member slides in the first direction, the shaft is allowed to slide in the first direction with respect to the outer pipe, and the sliding in the second direction is restricted. Will be done. Therefore, the movement of the vehicle door that can be caused by the sliding of the shaft in the first direction, that is, one of the opening and closing movements of the vehicle door held at the intermediate position is not regulated, and the second movement of the shaft is not restricted. Only the movement of the vehicle door that can be caused by the directional slide, i.e. the other of the opening and closing movements of the vehicle door held in the intermediate position, is regulated.
In this case, the axial sliding motion of the movable member can be converted into a radial motion of the rolling member with respect to the shaft by utilizing the inclined surface of the movable member, which is effective in simplifying the structure of the adjusting portion. Is.

In the opening / closing adjusting device, it is preferable that the adjusting portion includes a spring member that elastically biases the movable member in the first direction.

According to this open / close adjustment device, it is possible to assist the operation of the operating member in the stop operation direction by utilizing the elastic urging force of the spring member.

In the opening / closing adjusting device, the adjusting portion includes a cam member that is rotatably attached to the outer pipe in conjunction with the operation of the operating member and has an engaging cam surface that can be engaged with the movable member. The engaging cam surface includes a first cam surface and a second cam surface provided at a position farther from the rotation center of the cam member than the first cam surface.
In the movable member, the engagement cam surface with the cam member that rotates in conjunction with the stop operation of the operation member is switched from the second cam surface to the first cam surface, whereby the spring member While sliding in the first direction according to the elastic urging force, the engaging cam surface with the cam member that rotates in conjunction with the stop release operation of the operating member moves from the first cam surface to the second cam. It is preferable that the spring member is configured to slide in the second direction against the elastic urging force of the spring member by switching to the surface.

According to this opening / closing adjustment device, the movable member can be slid in the first direction or the second direction by using the cam member that rotates in conjunction with the operation of the operating member.

In the opening / closing adjusting device, the cam member preferably has a through hole through which the shaft is slidably inserted in the axial direction.

According to this open / close adjustment device, the cam member can be arranged on the axis of the shaft by providing the cam member with a through hole for the shaft, so that the structure of the adjustment portion can be simplified and the adjustment portion can be miniaturized. ..

In the opening / closing adjusting device, it is preferable that the adjusting portion includes a first attachment for attaching the outer pipe to the vehicle body and a second attachment for attaching the shaft to the vehicle door.

According to this open / close adjustment device, the use of the two attachments helps to easily attach the adjustment portion to the vehicle body and the vehicle door.

In the opening / closing adjusting device, the adjusting unit is configured to be able to lock the vehicle door only in the opening direction, and the operating member is a member on the vehicle body side when the vehicle door is closed from the intermediate position. It is preferable that the stop release operation is performed by interfering with each other.

According to this open / close adjustment device, the operation member can interfere with the vehicle body side member by utilizing the closing operation of the vehicle door to perform the stop release operation of the operation member. Further, in this case, since the operating member is automatically stopped and released without any operation by the user, there is a problem that the vehicle door cannot be opened after the vehicle door has rotated from an arbitrary intermediate position to a fully closed position. Can be prevented.

In the opening / closing adjusting device, the operating member is preferably configured as a rotary lever member capable of performing the stop operation and the stop release operation by rotation.

According to this opening / closing adjusting device, the adjusting portion can be operated with a light force by using the rotary lever member.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an opening / closing adjustment device for a vehicle door, which is attached between the back door at the rear of the vehicle and the vehicle body, will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings for explaining this embodiment, unless otherwise specified, the front of the vehicle is indicated by the arrow FR, and the upper part of the vehicle is indicated by the arrow UP. Further, the axial direction of the shaft constituting the opening / closing adjustment device for the vehicle door is indicated by an arrow X, the radial direction of the shaft is indicated by an arrow Y, and the circumferential direction of the shaft is indicated by an arrow Z. Regarding the axial direction X, one direction thereof is defined as the first direction X1, and the opposite direction is defined as the second direction X2.

(Embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, a back door (hereinafter, simply referred to as “door”) 6 as a vehicle door is attached to the rear portion 2 of the vehicle body 1 so as to be openable and closable. The door 6 is a flip-up type vehicle door that can rotate between the fully closed position P1 and the fully open position P2 via the rotating shaft 7, and the luggage behind the rearmost row seat 3 due to the rotating operation. Room 4 can be opened and closed. The rear of the luggage room 4 is partitioned by doors 6, and both sides thereof are partitioned by left and right pillar trims 5, 5.

The vehicle door opening / closing adjustment device (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “open / close adjustment device”) 10 of the present embodiment is configured to connect one of the left and right ends of the door 6 to the rear portion 2 of the vehicle body 1. There is. The opening / closing adjusting device 10 includes an operating member 11 and an adjusting unit 30. On the other hand, the other of the left and right end portions of the door 6 is connected to the rear portion 2 of the vehicle body 1 by the same mechanism as the damper portion 20 which constitutes a part of the adjusting portion 30.

The operation member 11 is a member that can be operated by a user with fingers, and is configured as a rotary lever member that can perform a stop operation and a stop release operation by rotation. FIG. 1 shows a state when the operating member 11 is set to the first position by the stop operation.

In this embodiment, a lever canceling mechanism for canceling the setting of the operating member 11 is adopted. According to this lever canceling mechanism, when the door 6 closes from an arbitrary intermediate position (half-open position) P3 between the fully closed position P1 and the fully open position P2, the operating member 11 interferes with the vehicle body side member 8. As a result, the stop release operation is performed by rotating from the first position to the second position around the rotation shaft 11a.

The adjusting unit 30 has a first function of holding the door 6 openable and closable at an intermediate position P3 between the fully closed position P1 and the fully open position P2, and a stop operation of the operating member 11 for holding the door 6 at the intermediate position P3. It also has a second function of locking only in the opening direction and releasing the lock when the operating member 11 is stopped and released.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the adjusting unit 30 includes a damper unit 20 composed of known dampers in order to achieve the first function described above. Therefore, the damper portion 20 and the adjusting portion 30 provided with the damper portion 20 can also be referred to as a "damper" or a "shock absorber".

The damper portion 20 has a piston rod 21 extending in the axial direction X and a cylindrical cylinder 22 accommodating the piston rod 21.

The piston rod 21 is provided with a piston valve 23 at one end of the rod housed in the cylinder of the cylinder 22. The space inside the cylinder 22 is divided into a first chamber 24 and a second chamber 25 by a piston valve 23.

The inner space of the cylinder 22 is filled with gas (typically nitrogen gas) in a pressurized state, and the cylinder 22 shafts the piston rod 21 by utilizing the reaction force of the gas acting on the piston valve 23. It is configured to hold slidably in direction X. Further, the oil as a damping medium filled in the cylinder space of the cylinder 22 can be moved between the first chamber 24 and the second chamber 25 through the piston valve 23.

In the cylinder 22, when the piston rod 21 moves and extends in the first direction X1 which is the insertion direction, the oil in the first chamber 24 moves to the second chamber 25 through the piston valve 23, so that a damping force is generated. On the other hand, when the piston rod 21 moves in the second direction X2, which is the insertion direction, and contracts, the oil in the second chamber 25 moves to the first chamber 24 through the piston valve 23, so that a damping force is generated. At this time, the damping force acting on the piston rod 21 is controlled by the piston valve 23 on both the extension side and the contraction side.

According to the damper portion 20, the door 6 is held openable and closable at an arbitrary intermediate position P3 between the fully closed position P1 and the fully open position P2 by the reaction force of the gas acting on the piston rod 21, and the user can open and close the door 6. The opening / closing operation when the door 6 is gripped and opened / closed is assisted (see FIG. 1).

In order to achieve the second function described above, the adjusting portion 30 also serves as a cylindrical outer pipe 31 configured by also serving as a cylinder 22 of the damper portion 20 and a piston rod 21 of the damper portion 20. A cylindrical shaft 32, a cam member 34, and a clamping mechanism 40 are provided.

According to this second function, when the operating lever 11 is manually operated by the user's finger and set to the first position (see the first position Q1 in FIG. 2), only the opening operation of the door 6 is performed. Regulated (closed operation is allowed). Further, when the operating lever 11 is manually operated by the user's finger and set to the second position (see the second position Q2 in FIG. 7), both the opening operation and the closing operation of the door 6 are allowed. ..

Further, the adjusting unit 30 includes a first attachment 30a for the outer pipe 31 and a second attachment 30b for the shaft 32. The outer pipe 31 is configured to be attached to the vehicle body 1 by the first attachment 30a. The shaft 32 is configured to be attached to the door 6 by a second attachment 30b.

The attachments 30a and 30b are in a state of following the movements of the outer pipe 31 and the shaft 32 even if the position and orientation of the adjusting portion 30 with respect to the damper portion 20 change due to the movement of the door 6 in the opening / closing direction. It is preferable to have a structure capable of holding the above.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cam member 34 is housed in a cylindrical cover 30c fixed to the outer pipe 31. Further, the cam member 34 is fixed to the operating member 11 and is attached to the cover 30c so as to be rotatable in conjunction with the operation of the operating member 11. At this time, the rotation shaft 11a of the operation member 11 also serves as the rotation center 34 of the cam member 34. Therefore, the cam member 34 can rotate around the rotation center 34a by operating the operation member 11 to rotate about the rotation shaft 11a.

Further, the cam member 34 has an engaging cam surface 35 that can be engaged with a movable member 41 described later that constitutes the clamp mechanism 40 on the outer periphery thereof. The engaging cam surface 35 includes a first cam surface 35a and a second cam surface 35b provided at a position farther from the rotation center 34a of the cam member 34 than the first cam surface 35a. ing. Therefore, the movable member 41 is connected to the operating member 11 via the cam member 34, and moves in conjunction with the operation of the operating member 11.

Further, the cam member 34 has a through hole 36 through which the shaft 32 is slidably inserted in the axial direction X. The through hole 36 prevents the inner wall surface of the cam member 34 from coming into contact with the outer surface of the shaft 32 when the cam member 34 rotates in conjunction with the operation of the operating member 11, or the cam member 34 does not come into contact with the outer surface of the shaft 32. It is configured so as not to restrict the sliding of the shaft 32 in the axial direction X. According to this configuration, the sliding operation of the shaft 32 is less likely to be disturbed by the cam member 34.

As shown in FIG. 5, the clamp mechanism 40 includes a movable member 41, a rolling member 43, and a spring member 44, all of which are housed in the cover 30c.

The movable member 41 is slidably provided between the outer pipe 31 and the shaft 32, and has an inclined surface 41a extending in a direction intersecting the axial direction X. The inclined surface 41a is inclined so that the radial distance between the inclined surface 41a and the outer surface of the shaft 32 gradually changes along the axial direction X. In FIG. 5, the inclined surface 41a of the movable member 41 is configured so that the radial distance gradually decreases toward the first direction X1. The movable member 41 has a ring shape that surrounds the outer circumference of the shaft 32, and is also called an "outer ring".

The rolling member 43 is attached to the outer pipe 31 via a retainer 42, and is rotatably interposed between the inclined surface 41a of the movable member 41 and the shaft 32 while being supported by the retainer 42. Has been done. In the present embodiment, the four rolling members 43 are arranged side by side at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the shaft 32.

One end of the spring member 44 is attached to the retainer 42, and the other end is attached to the engaging member 45 attached to the inner peripheral surface of the movable member 41. The spring member 44 has a function of elastically urging the movable member 41 in the first direction X. In this case, the elastic urging force of the spring member 44 acts in the first direction X1 so that the movable member 41 presses the engaging cam surface 35 of the cam 34. Therefore, the operation member 11 is easily held at the first position Q1 by assisting the operation of rotating from the second position Q2 to the first position Q1 by the elastic urging force of the spring member 44.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rolling member 43 is configured as a substantially cylindrical member called a “good roller”. The rolling member 43 has a concave surface portion 43a along the outer surface of the shaft 32 and end surface portions formed on both sides of the concave surface portion 43a in the circumferential direction Z when cut in a plane passing through the central axis. It includes 43b and 43b. The rolling member 43 is configured such that the concave surface portion 43a is in rollable contact with the shaft 32, and the end face portions 43b, 43b are in rollable contact with the inclined surface 41a of the movable member 41. According to such a configuration, the rolling member 43 is likely to roll due to the frictional force between the outer surface of the shaft 32 and the inclined surface 41a of the movable member 41.

The rolling member 43 is not limited to the good roller, and instead, a cylindrical or cylindrical roller, a sphere, or the like can be used. Further, the number of the rolling members 43 is not limited to four, and can be appropriately changed as needed.

Here, the operation of the adjusting unit 30 having the above configuration will be described. The adjusting unit 30 is adjusted to a stopped state (also referred to as a "clamped state" or a "locked state") in which only the operation of the door 6 in the opening direction is stopped by the stop operation of the operating member 11, while the operation is performed. By the stop release operation of the member 11, the stop release state (also referred to as "clamp release state" or "unlock state") is adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the operating member 11 rotates counterclockwise about the rotation shaft 11a and the stop operation set to the first position Q1 is performed, the cam is interlocked with this stop operation. The member 34 rotates counterclockwise with respect to the rotation center 34a. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging cam surface 35 of the cam member 34 with the movable member 41 is switched from the second cam surface 35b to the first cam surface 35a, and the movement of the cam member 34 is the movable member. It is transmitted to 41.

At this time, the movable member 41 slides in the first direction X1 according to the elastic urging force of the spring member 44, and the rolling member 43 is urged inward in the radial direction by the inclined surface 41a, so that the rolling member 43 It is pressed against the outer surface of the shaft 32. As a result, the adjusting unit 30 is adjusted to the stopped state.

With respect to the slide of the shaft 32 in the first direction X1 with respect to the outer pipe 31 in the stopped state of the adjusting portion 30, the rolling member 43 rolls in a direction in which the pressing of the shaft 32 against the outer surface is weakened. That is, the rolling member 43 rolls in the clockwise direction due to the frictional force acting on the outer surface of the shaft 32 and the movable member 41 on the inclined surface 41a. As a result, the sliding of the shaft 32 in the first direction X1, in other words, the operation of the shaft 32 plunging into the outer pipe 31 and contracting in the axial direction X is allowed. Therefore, the closing operation of the door 6 that can be caused by this slide is not regulated.

Further, in the stopped state of the adjusting unit 30, with respect to the slide of the shaft 32 against the outer pipe 31 in the second direction X2 opposite to the first direction X1, the rolling member 43 strengthens the pressing of the shaft 32 against the outer surface. Roll to. That is, the rolling member 43 rolls in the counterclockwise direction due to the frictional force acting on the outer surface of the shaft 32 and the movable member 41 on the inclined surface 41a. As a result, the sliding of the shaft 32 in the second direction X2, in other words, the movement of the shaft 32 protruding from the outer pipe 31 and extending in the axial direction X is restricted. This stopped state is a state in which the shaft 32 is clamped by the rolling member 43, and only the opening operation of the door 6 that can be caused by this sliding is restricted.

In the stopped state of the adjusting unit 30, the shaft 32 is configured to be slidable in the second direction X2 with respect to the rolling member 43 when an excessive load in the second direction X2 is received. preferable. As a result, the effect of protecting the adjusting unit 30 against an excessive load can be obtained.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the operation member 11 rotates clockwise around the rotation shaft 11a and the stop release operation set to the second position Q2 is performed, the operation member 11 is interlocked with the stop release operation. The cam member 34 rotates clockwise with respect to the rotation center 34a. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the engaging cam surface 35 of the cam member 34 with the movable member 41 is switched from the first cam surface 35a to the second cam surface 35b, and the movement of the cam member 34 is the movable member. It is transmitted to 41.

At this time, the movable member 41 slides in the second direction X2 against the elastic urging force of the spring member 44, and the inward urging of the rolling member 43 by the inclined surface 41a is weakened, so that the movable member 41 rolls. The pressing of the moving member 43 against the outer surface of the shaft 32 is weakened. As a result, the adjusting unit 30 is adjusted to the stop release state.

In the stopped release state of the adjusting unit 30, the frictional force between the rolling member 43 and the outer surface of the shaft 32 is significantly reduced, and the shaft 32 is bidirectional with respect to the outer pipe 31 in the first direction X1 and the second direction X2. Slides are not regulated. As a result, the operation of the shaft 32 plunging into the outer pipe 31 and contracting in the axial direction X is allowed, and the operation of the shaft 32 protruding from the outer pipe 31 and extending in the axial direction X is allowed. This stop release state is a free state in which the clamp of the shaft 32 is released by the rolling member 43, and both the opening operation and the closing operation of the door 6 are allowed.

Next, the opening / closing operation of the door 6 to which the opening / closing adjusting device 10 having the above configuration is attached will be described.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the door 6 is in the fully closed position P1, the operation member 11 of the opening / closing adjustment device 10 is set to the second position Q2, and the opening operation of the door 6 is restricted by the opening / closing adjustment device 10. Not done. Therefore, the user can rotate the door 6 around the rotation shaft 7 to the fully open position P2 shown in FIG. 10 by the opening operation thereof. In the process of rotating the door 6 from the fully closed position P1 to the fully open position P2, the shaft 32 of the adjusting portion 30 extends so as to protrude from the outer pipe 31.

On the other hand, when the size of the space behind the door 6 is limited, such as in a narrow parking lot, the user can move the door 6 to any intermediate position between the fully closed position P1 and the fully open position P2. With the opening to position P3 open, the operating member 11 of the open / close adjustment device 10 is manually set to the first position Q1 (see FIGS. 1 and 2). As a result, the door 6 is held openable and closable by the open / close adjustment device 10 and only the opening operation is restricted, so that the door 6 stops at the intermediate position P3. At this time, the operation of extending the shaft 32 of the adjusting unit 30 so as to protrude from the outer pipe 31 (the operation of the shaft 32 sliding in the second direction X2 in FIG. 5) is restricted.

After that, when the door 6 rotates about the rotation shaft 7 to the fully closed position P1 by the closing operation, the operating member 11 is brought to the contact surface 8a of the vehicle body side member 8 as shown in FIG. It interferes and rotates from the first position Q1 to the second position Q2 due to the pressing load received from the contact surface 8a. As a result, the restriction on the opening operation of the door 6 by the opening / closing adjusting device 10 is released, and the opening operation of the door 6 after that is possible.

In addition, in order to alleviate the noise and impact when the operation member 11 and the vehicle body side member 8 interfere with each other, a cushioning material made of a rubber material or the like is arranged on the contact surface 8a of the vehicle body side member 8, or the vehicle body side member. It is preferable to adopt a structure in which the 8 itself is formed of a cushioning material. Further, instead of or in addition to these configurations, a configuration in which a cushioning material is arranged on the outer surface of the operating member 11 can be adopted.

According to the above-described embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the opening / closing adjusting device 10, the door 6 held at the arbitrary intermediate position P3 is adjusted to a stopped state locked only in the opening direction by the operation member 11 being stopped. At this time, only the opening operation of the door 6 is restricted. Further, the lock is released with the stop release operation of the operation member 11. At this time, neither the opening operation nor the closing operation of the door 6 is regulated.

Then, after the door 6 is locked, the user can easily move the door 6 to the fully closed position without operating the operating member 11 by urging the door 6 in the closing direction with a finger. .. Therefore, the user can easily perform the operation of stopping the door 6 at an arbitrary intermediate position P3 and then moving the door 6 again, which improves convenience.

According to the above-mentioned opening / closing adjustment device 10, when the operating member 11 is stopped and the movable member 41 slides in the first direction X1, the sliding of the shaft 32 in the first direction X1 with respect to the outer pipe 31 is permitted. Moreover, the slide in the second direction X2 is restricted. Therefore, the operation of the door 6 that can be caused by the sliding of the shaft 32 in the first direction X1, that is, the closing operation of the door 6 held at the intermediate position P3 is not regulated, and is caused by the sliding of the shaft 32 in the second direction X2. Only the operation of the obtained door 6, that is, the opening operation of the door 6 held at the intermediate position P3 is regulated.

In this case, the tilting surface 41a of the movable member 41 can be used to convert the sliding motion of the movable member 41 in the axial direction X into the motion of the rolling member 43 in the radial direction Y with respect to the shaft 32, and the adjusting unit 30 can perform the sliding motion. It is effective for simplifying the structure.

According to the opening / closing adjusting device 10, the elastic urging force of the spring member 44 can be used to assist the operation of the operating member 11 in the stop operation direction.

According to the opening / closing adjusting device 10, the movable member 41 can be slid in the first direction X1 or the second direction X2 by using the cam member 34 that rotates in conjunction with the operation of the operating member 11.

According to the opening / closing adjusting device 10, the cam member 34 can be arranged on the axis of the shaft 32 by providing the through hole 36 for the shaft 32 in the cam member 34, so that the structure of the adjusting portion 30 is simplified. The adjustment unit 30 can be miniaturized.

According to the above-mentioned opening / closing adjusting device 10, the use of the two attachments 30a and 30b helps to easily attach the adjusting portion 30 to the vehicle body 1 and the door 6.

According to the above-mentioned opening / closing adjustment device 10, the operation member 11 can interfere with the vehicle body side member 8 by utilizing the closing operation of the door 6 to perform the stop release operation of the operation member 11. Further, in this case, since the operating member 11 is automatically stopped and released without any operation by the user, the door 6 can be opened after the door 6 has rotated from an arbitrary intermediate position P3 to a fully closed position P1. It is possible to prevent problems that disappear.

According to the above-mentioned opening / closing adjusting device 10, the adjusting unit 30 can be operated with a light force by using a rotary lever member as the operating member 11.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various applications and modifications can be considered as long as the object of the present invention is not deviated. For example, the following embodiments to which the present embodiment is applied can also be implemented.

In the above embodiment, the door 6 held at the arbitrary intermediate position P3 is illustrated in the case where only the opening operation of the door 6 is restricted by the stop operation of the operating member 11, but instead of this, the operating member 11 It is also possible to adopt a structure in which only the closing operation of the door 6 is regulated by the stop operation of the door 6.

In the above embodiment, the case where the adjusting portion 30 is provided with the spring member 44 elastically urging the movable member 41 in the first direction X has been illustrated, but when the elastic urging force of the spring member 44 is not required, this case is described. The spring member 44 may be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the case where the operating member 11 is composed of a rotary lever member has been illustrated, but instead of this configuration, the operating member 11 is a sliding lever member, a rotary member, and a push button. , It may be configured by a touch type switch or the like.

In the above embodiment, the adjusting portion 30 in which the outer pipe 31 is attached to the vehicle body 1 and the shaft 32 is attached to the door 6 has been illustrated, but the adjusting portion 30 is arranged in the opposite direction so that the outer pipe 31 is attached to the door 6. It may be attached so that the shaft 32 can be attached to the vehicle body 1. In this case, in order to enable the lever canceling mechanism that performs the stop release operation of the operating member 11 by utilizing the closing operation of the door 6, the operating member 11 is configured to extend diagonally downward at the first position. Is preferable.

In the above embodiment, the case where one of the left and right ends of the door 6 is connected to the vehicle body 1 via the opening / closing adjusting device 10 has been illustrated, but each of the left and right ends of the door 6 is connected to the vehicle body 1 via the opening / closing adjusting device 10. It may be configured to be connected to the vehicle body 1.

In the above embodiment, the opening / closing adjustment device 10 for the back door has been illustrated, but another door for the vehicle, for example, a glass hatch that can be opened / closed attached to the back door, and a tilt-up that can be opened / closed attached to the ceiling panel of the vehicle body. The opening / closing adjustment device 10 can also be applied to doors such as a sunroof and a bonnet that can be opened and closed at the front of the vehicle body.

1 Body 6 Back door (vehicle door)
8 Body side members 10 Open / close adjustment device for vehicle doors (open / close adjustment device)
11 Operation member (lever member)
30 Adjustment part 30a 1st attachment 30b 2nd attachment 31 Outer pipe 32 Shaft 34 Cam member 34a Rotation center 35 Engagement cam surface 35a 1st cam surface 35b 2nd cam surface 36 Through hole 41 Movable member 41a Inclined surface 43 Rolling Member 44 Spring member P1 Fully closed position P2 Fully open position P3 Arbitrary intermediate position X Axial direction X1 First direction X2 Second direction Y radial direction

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An operating member that can perform stop operation and stop release operation,
The vehicle door is held openable and closable, and the vehicle door held at an arbitrary intermediate position between the fully closed position and the fully open position is held only in one of the opening and closing directions in accordance with the stopping operation of the operating member. An adjustment unit that locks and releases the lock in accordance with the stop release operation of the operation member,
Equipped with a,
The above adjustment part
A shaft attached to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door,
An outer pipe that holds the shaft slidably in the axial direction of the shaft by using the reaction force of gas and is attached to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle door.
A movable surface that is slidably provided in the axial direction between the shaft and the outer pipe, has an inclined surface extending in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the shaft, and moves in conjunction with the operation of the operating member. Members and
A rolling member rotatably interposed between the inclined surface of the movable member and the shaft,
With
The movable member slides in the first direction in which the rolling member is urged inward in the radial direction by the inclined surface in the axial direction in conjunction with the stop operation of the operating member, while the operating member. When the movable member slides in the second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with the stop release operation of the above, and the movable member slides in the first direction, the slide of the shaft in the first direction is performed. The rolling member allows this slide by rolling in a direction that weakens the pressing against the shaft, and the rolling member strengthens the pressing against the shaft for the sliding in the second direction of the shaft. An open / close adjuster for vehicle doors that is configured to regulate this slide by rolling into . The opening / closing adjusting device for a vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting portion includes a spring member that elastically biases the movable member in the first direction. The adjusting portion is rotatably attached to the outer pipe in conjunction with the operation of the operating member, includes a cam member having an engaging cam surface that can engage with the movable member, and is provided on the engaging cam surface. Includes a first cam surface and a second cam surface provided at a position farther from the rotation center of the cam member than the first cam surface.
The movable member is a spring member when the engaging cam surface with the cam member that rotates in conjunction with the stop operation of the operating member is switched from the second cam surface to the first cam surface. While sliding in the first direction according to the elastic urging force of the above, the engaging cam surface with the cam member that rotates in conjunction with the stop release operation of the operating member moves from the first cam surface to the first. 2. The opening / closing adjustment device for a vehicle door according to claim 2 , which is configured to slide in the second direction against the elastic urging force of the spring member by switching to the cam surface. The opening / closing adjustment device for a vehicle door according to claim 3 , wherein the cam member has a through hole through which the shaft is slidably inserted in the axial direction. The adjustment unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a first attachment for attaching the outer pipe to the vehicle body and a second attachment for attaching the shaft to the vehicle door. Opening and closing adjustment device for vehicle doors. The adjustment unit is configured to be able to lock the vehicle door only in the opening direction.
Any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the operation member is configured so that the stop release operation is performed by interfering with the vehicle body side member when the vehicle door closes from the intermediate position. The opening / closing adjustment device for vehicle doors described in the section. The opening / closing for a vehicle door according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the operating member is configured as a rotary lever member capable of performing the stop operation and the stop release operation by rotation. Adjustment device.

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