JPH0732212Y2 - Deflector support structure for slide roof device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a structure for fixing a support member of a deflector in a slide roof device to an inner frame.

<Prior Art> A sliding roof (sunroof) in which an opening is formed in a fixed roof of an automobile and a movable panel made of glass or steel plate is slidably provided in the front-rear direction so that the opening can be opened and closed. Devices are well known.

An inner frame is fixedly installed inside the fixed roof in order to provide a mechanism for moving the movable panel up and down, a guide rail for guiding the sliding movement, and the like. A drain groove member made of a synthetic resin, which is integrally provided with a sealing member, is provided so as to receive water droplets that enter the fixed roof through a gap between the movable panel and discharge the water droplets to the outside. See Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 63-222925).

On the other hand, by providing a deflector blade along the front edge of the opening in the open state, it is possible to suppress the generation of wind noise and the inclusion of wind in the room when traveling with the movable panel open. Technology is known (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-16735).

Now, when the above-mentioned deflector blade is provided on the inner frame provided with the above-mentioned drainage groove member, it becomes necessary to secure a storage portion for the deflector blade at the front side portion of the drainage groove member. In order to meet such a demand, the present applicant has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 63-120968 that the front portion of the drain groove member is widened inward as compared with the general portion, and the inner peripheral wall of the drain groove member is In order to avoid interference between the partition wall extending in the vehicle body width direction and the support member of the deflector formed in a continuous portion of the general portion and the widened portion, the portion straddling the partition wall is formed in the support member. The proposed structure was proposed.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, according to the above structure, when the vertical surface of the portion of the support member straddling the partition wall comes into contact with the partition wall when the support member is rearwardly adjusted, It has been found that water may be blocked here and in some cases may flood the passenger compartment.

The present invention has been devised to eliminate such inconveniences, and its main purpose is to improve the deflector support of a slide roof device so that water is not accumulated inside the support member of the deflector. To provide the structure.

[Structure of the Invention] <Means for Solving the Problems> According to the present invention, the purpose is to slidably hold a movable panel capable of closing an opening provided in a fixed roof of an automobile. Inner frame fixed to the inside of the fixed roof, and a drain groove extending along the outer periphery of the inner frame and formed separately from the inner frame and having a substantially U-shaped cross section. A deflector support structure for a slide roof device, comprising: a member; and a deflector device attached to the inner frame via a support member so as to be vertically movable along a front edge of the opening, wherein the drain groove member is provided. Is a partition wall having a general portion along the outer circumference of the inner frame and a widened portion for housing the deflector device, and a partition wall for continuously connecting the general portion and the widened portion. The support member extends to an outer position of the guide rail, and the support member is mounted at a mounting position in the vehicle front-rear direction over the connecting portion between the general portion and the widened portion in the partition wall. It is to be extended on the drain groove member so as to be adjustable, and between the bottom portion of the portion of the support member straddling the partition wall and the upper surface of the widened portion of the drain groove member, This is achieved by providing a deflector support structure for a slide roof device, which is characterized in that a drainage space is provided.

<Operation> According to such a configuration, water flows out through the gap formed between the bottom of the support member of the deflector and the upper surface of the drain groove member to the outside.

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a main part of a slide roof device to which the present invention is applied. An opening 2 having a substantially rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction of the vehicle body is formed in the front portion of the fixed roof 1. This opening 2 can be complementarily closed by a movable panel 3 made of glass, for example. Has been done.

The movable panel 3 is guided by a pair of guide rails 4 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction at left and right positions inside the fixed roof 1 to completely close the opening 2 from the position toward the rear inner surface of the fixed roof 1. And is slidable in the front-back direction. In addition, a deflector blade 5 curved in an arc shape along the inner edge of the opening is provided at the front of the opening 2 so as to be able to move up and down according to the opening / closing operation of the movable panel 3.

On the other hand, as also shown in FIG. 2, a glass holder 9 is fixed to the peripheral portion of the inner surface of the movable panel 3 via seal members 7a and 7b and an adhesive 8. At the same time, panel stays 10 are hung vertically on both front lower surfaces of the glass holder 9. A slide shoe 6 made of, for example, a fluororesin is fixed to a tip portion 10a of the panel stay 10 that faces the outside.

The front end of the guide rail 4 for receiving the slide shoe 6 and guiding it in the front-rear direction is different from the inner rail 11 provided inside the fixed roof 1 in the guide rail stay 12
Fixed through. The guide rail stay 12 includes an engaging portion 13 that receives the front end portion of the guide rail 4 and a base portion 14 that is bolted to the inner frame 11, and is formed by, for example, zinc alloy die casting.

By the way, the inner frame 11 is made by deep drawing a steel plate, and is movable from a position corresponding to the opening 2 of the fixed roof 1 through an outer peripheral wall 11a having a relatively low height which is formed upright over the entire circumference. Fixed roof 1 to the position where the panel 3 is stored
A space S having an appropriate height dimension is formed between the inner surface and the inner surface.

A drain groove member 16 made of a synthetic resin material, in which a U-shaped groove 15 is formed over substantially the entire circumference, is superposed on the outer peripheral portion of the inner frame 11 facing the fixed roof 1. The outer peripheral edge portion of the drain groove member 16 is an outer peripheral wall 11a of the inner frame 11.
It is elastically and closely attached to the upper edge, and a seal projection 17 having a hollow cross section is formed on the upper edge over the entire circumference. The sealing ridge 17 is in liquid tight contact with the inner surface of the fixed roof 1.

A widened portion 16w is formed further inside the U-shaped groove 15 in the front portion of the drainage groove member 16 so as to form a storage portion of a deflector device described later. A partition wall 16a is extended along the inner peripheral edge of the widened portion 16w in order to prevent water droplets from entering the vehicle interior.

By the way, a gripping piece 18 for gripping the partition wall 16a so as to ride over the partition wall 16a is formed on the outer wall of the engaging portion 13 of the guide rail stay 12 described above. This gripping piece 18 prevents the widened portion 16w of the drain groove member 16 from rising on the inner peripheral side. Further, on the outer surface of the gripping piece 18, a projecting piece 18a is provided so as to project at a right angle, and an engaging hole 19 for fixing a deflector device, which will be described later, is formed at the projecting end thereof.

Next, the deflector device 20 including the above-mentioned deflector blade 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.

As described above, the deflector device 20 includes the deflector blade 5 that rises along the front inner edge of the opening 2, the arm 21 that vertically supports the deflector blade 5 at its front end portion 21a, the rear end portion 21b of the arm 21, and A base 22 serving as a support member for tiltably supporting the intermediate portion 21c;
A sub-arm 23 that connects the front end 22a of the
It consists of

The deflector blade 5 and the arm front end portion 21a are connected to each other with a pin shaft 24 so as to be rotatable. At the same time, by the torsion spring 25 wound around the pin shaft 24, the deflector blade 5 is appropriately repulsed so that a predetermined blade angle can be maintained when ascending and a posture suitable for storage can be obtained with relatively little resistance when descending. Being energized.

The arm rear end portion 21b is connected to the base 22 via a pin shaft 27 that is inserted into a longitudinal slot 26 formed in the base 22. The sub arm 23 has one end 23a at the front end portion 2 of the base 22.
The other end 23b is connected to the arm intermediate portion 21c via pin shafts 28a and 28b so as to be rotatable relative to each other.
At the same time, the torsion spring 29 wound around the pin shaft 28b on the side of the arm intermediate portion 21c constantly elastically urges the arm 21 and the sub-arm 23 in a direction to increase the included angle of each other.

In this way, when the movable panel 3 is closed, the deflector device 20 is housed in the space S between the movable panel 3 and the inner frame 11, and when the movable panel 3 is opened, the deflector blades 5 are pulled from the outer surface of the fixed roof 1. Protrude automatically.

On the other hand, in the drain groove member 16 described above, the widened portion 16w is interrupted behind the intermediate position in the front-rear direction of the opening 2 and only the outer U-shaped groove 15 is formed, and the rear end 22b of the base 22 described above is formed. The inner frame 11 is bolted to a position immediately after the portion where the width of the drain groove member 16 is narrowed. Then, the base 22 has a vehicle body width of the partition wall 16a provided so as to be continuous with the U-shaped groove 15 as a general part of the drain groove member 16 at the rear end portion of the widened portion 16w of the drain groove member 16. Extending forward while straddling a portion that extends obliquely along the direction, a front-rear direction projection 30 that projects into the engaging hole 19 of the projecting piece 18a is formed at the front end thereof. ing. The front-rear dimension of the projection 30 is equal to or larger than the front-rear dimension of the bolt insertion slot 31 formed at the rear end 22b of the base, and the relative position between the slot 31 and the bolt B is set. It is set so that the engagement between the engagement hole 19 and the protrusion 30 will not be released even when changed.

In this way, the base 22 has the projection 30 with the engaging hole from the rear side.
The front end portion is fixed to the inner frame 11 via the guide rail stay 12 by being thrust into the inner rail 19, and the rear end portion is directly fixed to the inner frame 11 by the nut N screwed to the bolt B.

The partition wall 16a of the portion of the base 22 that straddles the partition wall 16a
The portion of the base 22 opposite to the root is cut to the full width of the base 22 by chamfering 32 at an appropriate angle.

Now, when the position of the base 22 is set to the rearmost position, the vertical surface 22c of the portion straddling the partition wall 16a comes into contact with the partition wall 16a, but at this time, the inside and outside of the base 22 are separated by the partition wall 16a.
It communicates through the gap between the base part of and the chamfer 32. Therefore, the water that has entered the inside of the base 22 flows out from this gap to the outside. This prevents water from staying inside the base 22 and prevents water from splashing into the vehicle interior when the vehicle suddenly starts or suddenly stops.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, as described above, the base of the deflector blade is fixed to the inner frame regardless of the drain groove member, and the drainage member is drained between the partition wall and the base. A passage can be formed. Therefore, the inconvenience of water staying inside the base is eliminated, and there is a great effect in preventing water from entering the vehicle interior. Moreover, as shown in the above embodiment, since the partition wall forming the inner peripheral wall of the drainage groove is extended to the outer position of the guide rail, there is no risk of water droplets splashing on the guide rail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of an automobile roof, and FIG. 2 shows a front portion of a portion related to the present invention as shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of the drawing. FIG. 3 is a partial top view of the same, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 1 ... Fixed roof, 2 ... Opening part, 3 ... Movable panel, 4 ... Guide rail, 5 ... Deflector blade, 6 ... Slide shoe, 7a, 7b ... Sealing member, 8 ... Adhesive, 9 ... Glass Holder 10 …… Panel stay, 10a …… Tip part 11 …… Inner frame, 11a …… Outer peripheral part 12 …… Guide rail stay 13 …… Engagement part, 14 …… Base part 15 …… U-shaped groove, 16 …… Drainage groove member 16a …… Partition wall, 17 …… Seal ridge 18 …… Grip piece, 18a …… Projection piece 19 …… Engagement hole, 20 …… Deflector device 21 …… Arm, 22 …… Base 23 ...... Sub-arm, 24 ...... Pin shaft 25 ...... Torsion spring, 26 ...... Long hole 27 ・ 28a ・ 28b …… Pin shaft 29 …… Torsion spring, 30 …… Projection part 31 …… Long hole, 32 …… Chamfer

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An inner frame fixed to the inside of the fixed roof, the inner frame having a guide rail for slidably holding a movable panel capable of closing an opening provided in the fixed roof of an automobile. A drain groove member that extends along the outer periphery of the inner frame and is formed separately from the inner frame and has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a support member that can move up and down along the front edge of the opening. A deflector support structure for a slide roof device having a deflector device attached to the inner frame via, wherein the drainage groove member includes a general portion along the outer periphery of the inner frame and a widening portion for accommodating the deflector device. And a partition wall that continuously connects between the general portion and the widened portion is extended to an outer position of the guide rail, and the support member is The partition wall is extended over the drain groove member so that its mounting position can be adjusted in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body while straddling a connecting portion between the general portion and the widening portion, A deflector support of a slide roof device, characterized in that a drainage gap is provided between a bottom portion of a portion of the support member that straddles the partition wall and an upper surface of the widened portion of the drainage groove member. Construction.