JPH0516670A - Vehicle having wing door - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely prevent a window panel from interfering with a vehicle body when a wing door is opened. CONSTITUTION:A vehicle in which a window panel 7 is shifted to its retreat position provided within the room of the vehicle so as to disclose the opening 18 of a wing door, is provided with detection means 32, 33 for detecting the state of at least either one of the wing door 2 and the window panel 7 and a discrimination means 34 which determines according to signals output from the detection means 32, 33 whether or not the window panel 7 may interfere with the vehicle body 1. An interference avoiding means comprising an engaging member 24 and the like is provided which urges the window panel 7 to avoid such interference when the possibility of the interference is recognized by the discrimination means 34.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a wing door in which a side door portion and a roof portion are integrally formed and which is swingably supported by a support shaft provided in the roof portion. It concerns the improvement of vehicles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-152822.
As disclosed in the publication, a vehicle configured to improve the occupant's entry / exitability by swinging and displacing the wing door upward with the support shaft at the upper end as a fulcrum to open the side surface of the vehicle body. Are known. In addition, in a vehicle having the wing door, an opening is formed in the roof part of the wing door or the upper part of the ticket window in order to obtain a feeling of opening inside the vehicle without opening the door. A window panel covering the opening is provided, and the window is opened by moving the window panel to a retracted position provided in the vehicle compartment.

[0003]

According to the construction in which the opening formed in the wing door is opened by moving the window panel to the retracted position provided in the vehicle compartment as described above, the window panel is formed. As in the case where the vehicle is configured to be moved to the outside of the vehicle, it has an advantage that the opening can be opened without causing a problem that the wind panel comes into contact with an obstacle located outside the vehicle. There is a problem in that the window panel interferes with the vehicle body and is damaged when the wing door is accidentally opened while the provided window panel is moved to the retracted position.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a window panel for covering an opening formed in a wing door is moved to a retracted position provided in a vehicle compartment to open the opening. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle having a wing door capable of reliably preventing the window panel from interfering with the vehicle body during the operation of opening the wing door.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
The vehicle has a wing door provided on a side portion of the vehicle body and a window panel that covers an opening formed in the wing door, and the window is moved to a retracted position provided in the vehicle compartment. In a vehicle configured to open the vehicle, there is a possibility that the detection means for detecting the state of at least one of the wing door and the wind panel and the wind panel may interfere with the vehicle body in response to the output signal from the detection means. It is provided with a discrimination means for discriminating whether or not there is, and an interference avoidance means for bringing the wind panel into the interference avoidance state when it is confirmed that the interference may occur.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an engaging member for selectively engaging the window panel with the wing door or the vehicle body is provided, and door detection means for detecting the state of the wing door and a panel for detecting the state of the window panel are provided. According to the detection signal of the detection means, when the opening operation of the wing door is confirmed with the window panel opened, the engagement member engages the window panel with the vehicle body side. It was done.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a drive mechanism for driving the window panel to open and close is provided, and the window detection means detects the state of the wing door and the panel detection means detects the state of the window panel. When it is confirmed that the wing door has been opened while the panel is open, the drive mechanism slides the window panel in the closing direction.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the wind panel is installed so as to cover the opening formed in the roof portion of the wing door, and from the closed position covering the opening to the retracted position on the rear side of the vehicle body. It is configured to be slidable.

[0009]

According to the invention described in claim 1, when it is confirmed that the window door may interfere with the vehicle body in accordance with the detection signal output from each detecting means, the wing door is opened. From the closed position to
This prevents the wind panel from coming into contact with the vehicle body.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when it is confirmed that the wing door is opened while the window panel is open, the window panel is disengaged from the wing door and integrally engaged with the vehicle body. Will be done.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when it is confirmed that the wing door is opened while the window panel is open, the wing door is moved from the open position to the closed position. The panel is prevented from coming into contact with the vehicle body.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the wing is provided with the window formed on the roof portion of the wing door slidably displaced to the rear side of the vehicle body to open the opening formed in the roof portion. When it is confirmed that the door has been opened, the window panel is locked by integrally engaging the wing door with the vehicle body or advancing to the closed position to prevent interference between the wing door and the vehicle body. Contact with the vehicle body is prevented.

[0013]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a vehicle according to the present invention, in which a vehicle body 1 is provided with a pair of left and right wing doors 2 and a rear lid 3 composed of a back door. . The wing door 2 is composed of a side door portion 5 having an ascending / descending window 4 serving as a ticket window, and a roof portion 6 integrally connected to an upper side portion thereof. The roof portion 6 has a wind panel serving as a sunroof. 7 is provided.

The wing door 2 has a roof portion 6
Is supported so as to be swingable about a support shaft 8 provided at the side of the vehicle body, so that the side door portion 5 is lifted from a closed position installed along the side portion of the vehicle body 1 and displaced to the open position. It is configured. Further, a gas stay 9 is installed between the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2 and the vehicle body 1. By urging the wing door 2 in the opening direction by the gas stay 9, when the wing door 2 is opened, The operation force is reduced, and the wing door 2 that has been raised to the maximum open position is held at this raised position. Note that, in FIG. 2, a gas stay located in a front portion of the wind panel 7 is not shown, and the gas stay 9 is provided in the wind panel 7 as shown in FIG.
Are arranged on both front and rear sides.

The window panel 7 extends along a first guide rail 10 installed below the roof portion 6 and a second guide rail 11 extending from the rear end of the first guide rail 10 to the rear side of the vehicle body 1. A slide shoe 12 slidably supported, a tilt mechanism 13 for lowering a rear end portion of the wind panel 7, and a front end portion of the tilt mechanism 1 described above.
3 is detachably connected to the operation portion 14 and the terminal portion has a drive cable 16 introduced into a drive mechanism 15 having a winding motor.

Then, in a state where the window panel 7 is unlocked by a lock mechanism (not shown), the drive cable 1
In accordance with the driving force of the drive mechanism 15 for winding 6 up and down, the rear end portion of the wind panel 7 is lowered by the tilt mechanism 13 as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Slide along the guide rail 10 and the second guide rail 11 to the rear side of the vehicle body 1,
By retreating to the retracted position below the rear header 17 of the vehicle body 1, the closed position that covers the opening 18 formed in the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2 shifts to the open position where the opening 18 is opened. It is designed to let you.

The first guide rail 10 is a base frame 1 disposed below the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2.
9 is fixed on the upper surface of the base frame 19,
A window bracket 20 rotatably supported by the support shaft 8 and a first locking portion 21 protruding from the lower surface of the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2 or a first header formed on the front header 22 of the vehicle body 1. An engaging member 24 that is selectively engaged with the two locking portions 23 is attached. Then, by engaging the engaging member 24 with the first locking portion 21, the base frame 19 and the first guide rail 10 are engaged.
Is integrally connected to the wing door 2, and the engaging member 24
The base frame 19 and the first guide rail 10 are integrally connected to the vehicle body 1 by engaging with the second locking portion 23.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engaging member 24 includes a first engaging member 24a, which is installed to face the first engaging portion 21, and a second engaging portion 23. A support bracket 25, which is formed of a second engaging member 24b installed so as to face the fitting hole, is fixed to the upper surface of the base frame 19, and a slide member 26 slidably supported by the support bracket 25. An engaging pin 27 protruding from the slide member 26, an urging member 28 formed of a compression spring for urging the engaging pin 27 and the slide member 26 in a backward direction, and an urging force of the urging member 28. And a cam 29 for advancing the engagement pin 27 in the opposite direction, and a cam shaft 30 of the cam 29 is rotationally driven by a drive motor 31.

In a normal state, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging pin 27 of the first engaging member 24a is engaged with the first engaging portion 2a.
1 and the engaging pin 27 of the second engaging member 24b is held in a state of being disengaged from the second locking portion 23, so that the base frame 19 and the first guide rail 10 are winged. It is connected integrally with 2.
As a result, when the wing door 2 is opened, the wing door 2 and the first guide rail 10 and the like, and the window panel 7 held by the first guide rail 10 are integrated into the support shaft 8. It will be swingingly displaced to the fulcrum.

Further, when avoiding the interference which will be described later, the cam shaft 30 is rotated by the drive motor 31 so that the engagement pin 27 of the first engagement member 24a is engaged with the first engagement portion 21 as shown in FIG. When the base frame 19 and the first guide rail 10 are disengaged from the front header 22 of the vehicle body 1, the engagement pin 27 of the second engagement member 24b is switched to the state of being engaged with the second locking portion 23. It is designed to be integrated with.

As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit of the vehicle has a door detecting means 32 for detecting whether or not the wing door 2 is opened by detecting the locked state of the wing door 2, and a window panel. Panel detection means 33 for detecting whether 7 is in the open position or not is provided. Then, the detection signals of the detection means 32 and 33 are input to the determination means 34, and it is confirmed that the window panel 7 is at the open position in the determination means 34, and the wing door 2 is opened in this state. If it is confirmed that the engaging member 24
It is possible to prevent the wind panel 7 from interfering with the vehicle body 1 by outputting a control signal for rotating the cam shaft 30 to the drive motor 31 to control the engagement state of the engagement member 24. ing.

That is, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3, with the window panel 7 in the retracted position inside the vehicle compartment, that is, in the open position below the rear header 17, the wing door 2 is operated to open and the window is integrated with the wing door 2. When the panel 7 is lifted, the window panel 7 interferes with the rear header 17 of the vehicle body 1. Therefore, when it is confirmed by the determining means 34 that the possibility of such a state arises, the drive motor 31 is turned on. The engagement state of the engagement member 24 is switched by operating the base frame 19 and the first guide rail 10 so as to be integrally connected to the vehicle body 1. As a result, when the wing door 2 is opened, the window panel 7 remains on the vehicle body 1 side together with the first guide rails 10 and the like, and the occurrence of the interference is prevented.

Next, the control operation of the control unit will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. When this control operation starts, it is first determined in step S1 whether or not the wing door 2 has been opened according to the detection signal from the door detection means 32, and the result of this determination is Y.
When it becomes ES, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is determined whether or not the wind panel 7 is in the open position according to the detection signal of the panel detection means 33. If the result of this determination is NO, and it is confirmed that the wind panel 7 is in the closed position, it is possible that the wind panel 7 will contact the vehicle body 1 even if the wing door 2 is opened in this state. Since it is not there, I just return.

If it is confirmed in step S2 that the wind panel 7 is in the open position, in step S3 a control signal for engaging the engaging member 24 with the second locking portion 23 on the vehicle body 1 side. To output the engaging member 2
By switching the engagement state of No. 4, the interference avoidance control of the wind panel 7 is executed.

Next, in step S4, it is determined whether or not the wing door 2 is in the closed state. When the result of this determination is YES, in step S5, the engaging member 24 is moved to the wing door 2 side. First locking portion 21
The wing door is returned to a normal state by outputting a control signal for engaging the wing door to switch the engagement state of the engagement member 24.

In the vehicle constructed so as to open the opening 18 formed in the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2 by retracting the window panel 7 to the retracted position in the passenger compartment in this manner, the wing door 2 is opened. At the time of operation, it is determined whether or not the window panel 7 may interfere with the vehicle body 1 according to the position of the window panel 7, and if it is confirmed that there is the possibility of the interference, the interference avoiding means. The engagement state of the engagement member 24 constituting the
Since the window panel 7 is integrally engaged with the vehicle body 1 by the engaging member 24, the wing door 2 with the window panel 7 set to the open position.
Even when the vehicle is opened, the window panel 7 does not come into contact with the vehicle body 1 and the occurrence of the interference can be reliably prevented.

Further, with the wind panel 7 set to the closed position, the engagement state of the engagement member 24 can be switched so that the wind panel 7 is engaged with the vehicle body 1 side. In this case, Since the window panel 7 can displace only the wing door 2 in a state where the upper surface of the entry / exit portion is covered, there is an advantage that the user can get on / off the vehicle without getting wet in the rain at the time of rain.

In the above embodiment, the door detecting means 32
In accordance with the detection signal output from the panel detection means 33, the engagement state of the engagement member 24 is switched when the opening operation of the wing door 2 is confirmed in the open state of the window panel 7. I am
When it is confirmed that the wing door 2 is operated to be opened according to the detection signal of the door detection means 32, the engagement state of the engagement member 24 is switched regardless of the position of the wind panel 7. You may comprise. When it is confirmed that the wind panel 7 is in the open position according to the detection signal output from the detection means 33,
The engagement state of the engagement member 24 may be switched regardless of the state of the wing door 2.

Further, instead of the interference avoiding means composed of the engaging member 24, the drive mechanism 15 for slidingly displacing the wind panel 7 can be used as the interference avoiding means. That is, when it is confirmed that the wing door 2 is operated to be opened while the window panel 7 is in the open position, the drive mechanism 15 is operated to move the window panel 7 to the closed position. It may be configured to avoid the interference between the panel 7 and the vehicle body 1.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example in which the roof portion 6 of the wing door 2 is provided with the opening portion 18 and the window panel 7 covering the opening portion 18 has been described, but as shown in FIG. Lifting window 4 installed in
The opening 35 is formed above the
5 is installed, or a wind panel 36 covering
As shown in FIG. 2, a large opening 37 is formed to cover substantially the entire surface of the side door 5, and a window panel 38 is installed to cover the opening 37.
In a vehicle configured to be slidably displaced rearward in the passenger compartment, an engaging member for selectively engaging the window panels 36, 38 with the vehicle body 1 and the wing door 2 or the window panels 736, 38 is provided. The structure may be such that interference avoiding means including a drive mechanism for sliding displacement is provided.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, an opening is formed in a wing door, and a window panel covering the opening is slid to a retracted position in the vehicle compartment to open the opening. In the vehicle configured as described above, it is determined whether or not the window panel may interfere with the vehicle body, and according to the determination result, the window panel is integrally engaged with the wing door, Since the interference is avoided by switching the engagement state to the integrally engaged state or slidingly displacing the wind panel from the open position to the closed position, the wind panel can be installed on an obstacle located outside the vehicle. The above-mentioned opening can be opened without causing problems such as abutting, and the window panel touches the vehicle body when the wing door is opened. From being reliably prevented, an effect that it is possible to prevent these from being damaged there is an advantage that simultaneously obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a vehicle having a wing door according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view showing an opened state of the wing door.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of an installation portion of a wind panel.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the engagement member is engaged with the wing door side.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the engagement member.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which an engagement member is engaged with a vehicle body side.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the control unit.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of a vehicle having a wing door.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of a vehicle having a wing door.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car body 2 wing door 7 wind panels 15 Drive mechanism (interference avoidance means) 17 openings 24 Engagement member (interference avoidance means) 32 Door detection means 33 panel detection means 34 Judgment means 35.37 Opening drive mechanism (interference avoidance means) 36,38 wind panel

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masahiro Osumi             3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture Mazda             Within the corporation (72) Inventor Shigefumi Takano             3-1, Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture Mazda             Within the corporation

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A wing door provided on a side portion of a vehicle body, and a window panel covering an opening formed in the wing door, and the window panel is moved to a retracted position provided in a vehicle compartment. In the vehicle configured so that the opening is opened, the detection means that detects the state of at least one of the wing door and the wind panel, and the wind panel interferes with the vehicle body according to the output signal from the detection means. And the interference avoiding means for bringing the wind panel into the interference avoiding state when it is confirmed that the interference may occur. A vehicle having a wing door. 2. An engagement member for selectively engaging the window panel with the wing door or the vehicle body is provided, and the door detection means for detecting the state of the wing door and the detection signal of the panel detection means for detecting the state of the window panel are provided. Accordingly, when the opening operation of the wing door is confirmed with the window panel being opened, the window panel is engaged with the vehicle body side by the engaging member. A vehicle having the wing door according to claim 1. 3. A drive mechanism for driving to open and close the wind panel is provided, and the wind panel is opened in response to a detection signal of a door detection means for detecting the state of the wing door and a panel detection means for detecting the state of the wind panel. 2. The vehicle having a wing door according to claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism is configured to slide and displace the wind panel in the closing direction when it is confirmed that the wing door has been opened. . 4. A wind panel is installed so as to cover an opening formed in a roof portion of a wing door, and is slidably displaced from a closed position covering the opening to a retracted position on the rear side of the vehicle body. A vehicle having a wing door according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: