JP2646544B2 - Car body structure - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vehicle body structure of an automobile.

2. Description of the Related Art Automobile roofs and bodysides are
Volume 19 Manufacturing method of car; published by Sankaido on April 20, 1980
As is clear from the description in item 7.4 “Body assembly process” of 178P to 179P, various body members are sequentially joined together with floors, engine compartments, etc., as well as various strength members with a closed cross-section structure, and white body. This is sequentially transferred to a painting process and an outfitting process so that various functional parts and interior parts are finally assembled.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the assembly and outfitting process of the white body, since the assembling work is sequentially performed on each main line in the manner described above, the length of the main line becomes longer, and the equipment becomes enormous, which is disadvantageous in cost. It becomes. Also,
If the roof and bodyside are pre-configured, when entering the roof interior, bodyside interior, and various floor parts during the outfitting process, workers must enter the cabin or manually work through the bodyside opening of the bodyside. And it requires a great deal of labor and time. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides an automobile body structure capable of improving the workability of assembling interior parts as well as the degree of freedom in assembling and assembling, as well as in assembling the body.

Means for Solving the Problems A roof having a roof trim and an internal functional component, a harness of the internal functional component being routed behind the roof trim, and a connector at the tip of the harness protruding from the periphery of the roof trim. A body side provided with an assembly, a roof rail and a body side garnish, a harness routed to the back side of the body side garnish, and a connector at the tip of the harness arranged at a position close to a roof trim of the body side garnish. An assembly is provided, and the roof and body side assemblies are joined in a vertical direction by abutting each other, and the two connectors are connected to each other. The body side garnish has at least a connection point of the connectors in a vehicle interior. Connection work position to be exposed to A cover portion movable between a fixed position for concealing the connection portion of the connector after the work is provided, and the movable cover portion is constructed by assembling to the body side assembly by hydrin or slide connection.

Effect The roof assembly is butted on the roof rail of the bodyside assembly. The connection of the harness routed to the roof assembly and the harness routed to the body side assembly is performed by moving the movable part of the body side garnish downward.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to FIG. 10 and FIG.
In the present embodiment, the vehicle body 1 is mainly composed of components divided into a roof assembly 2, a body side assembly 3, a floor assembly 4, and an engine compartment 5. The roof assembly 2 has a roof frame 6 of a roof frame member previously joined and finish-painted, and also has sub-assembly of internal functional components such as a room lamp 7 and a roof trim 8. The harness 9 of the room lamp 7 is inserted into the roof bow 6 and a connector 9a is drawn out from an end thereof. Body side assembly 3 includes side sill 10, roof side rail 11
Frame members such as A, front pillars 12, center pillars 13, and rear pillars 14 are preliminarily joined with various panel materials such as a rear end 15 and finish-painted. A body side garniture 17 is mounted inside the body side assembly 3 in advance, and a sun visor 16 and other internal functional parts are sub-assembled. On the back of the body side garnish 17, for example, a front pillar 12
A harness 18 is previously arranged along the inner surface of the roof side rail 11A from the inner surface of the vehicle. Terminal connector 18
a is disposed along the inner side surface of the roof side rail 11A near the connector 9a at the end of the harness 9 on the roof assembly 2 side, for example, near a continuous portion between the roof side rail 11A and the center pillar 13. is there. The body side garnish 17 separately forms at least a portion covering the connection portion of the connector, and the cover portion includes a connection work position for exposing the connection portion of the connector to the vehicle interior, which will be described later, and after the work is completed. The connector can be moved between a fixed position for concealing a connection portion of the connector. In this embodiment, the body side garnish 17 is
A front part 17a disposed from the front pillar 12 to a substantially front half of the roof side rail 11A, and a rear part 17b disposed to a substantially rear half of the roof side rail 11A including the center pillar 13 and the rear pillar 14. The rear part 17b is entirely rotatable inward with its lower end as a fulcrum. Each of the front part 17a and the rear part 17b is basically fixed to a corresponding panel surface by a clip 19 (generally referred to as a hidden clip) attached to the back surface, while the rear part 17b is clipped to the lower end thereof. It is to be noted that, following the bracket portion 20 fixed by 19, the movable portion integrally connected and formed integrally via a thin hinge portion 21 is basically fixed by the clip 19 as described above. Is the same as In this embodiment, the body side assembly 3 is a sub-assembly of only the roof side rail 11A of the roof rail 11, and separates the front roof rail 11B and the rear roof rail 11C.
B, Overhead garnish 2 on rear roof rail 11C
For example, when the harness is routed from the rear pillar 14 to the rear roof rail 11C because the sub-assemblies 2 and 23 are subassembled, the inner side of the rear pillar 14 and the inner side Harnesses 24 and 25 are attached in advance, and connectors 24a and 25b of each terminal are provided near the connection between the rear pillar 14 and the rear roof rail 11C.
Is placed.

Engine compartment 5, Floor assembly 4
Is roof assembly 2 and body side assembly 3
In the same way as described above, welding is performed on separate lines, and is transferred to a coating process, and when coating is completed, transferred to separate outfitting lines. In the engine compartment 5, the power train 26 and other accessories, electrical components, suspension, and the like are assembled, and the dashboard is equipped with various components such as the steering 27 and other instruments, pedals, and insulators, and interior parts. Parts are assembled.

In this embodiment, the front bumper 30, the headlamp 31, and the front grille 32 are sub-assembled based on the radiator core support 29 to form a front end assembly 28 separate from the engine compartment 5.

On the floor of the front assembly 4, an insulator, various sheets 33, suspension and the like are sub-assembled. The rear bumper 36, the rear combination lamp 37 and the like are sub-assembled on the basis of the rear panel 25 to form a floor end assembly 4 and another rear end assembly 34.

Front fender 38, engine hood 39, side door 4
The back door 41, the front window panel 42 and the like are assembled after the assembly of the respective assemblies is completed.

Floor assembly 4 and engine compartment 5
The bolts and nuts are connected to each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The body side assembly 3 is connected to the floor assembly 4 and the engine compartment 5 in the vehicle width direction by bolts and nuts. Roof assembly 2 includes front roof rail 11B and rear roof rail 11
The bolt and nut 43 are joined together from above the body side assembly 3 together with C. Specifically, the roof assembly 2 is lowered from above the body side assembly 3, the peripheral edge thereof is overlapped with the roof opening of the body side assembly 2, and the overlapped portion is joined by the bolt / nut 43. (See Figures 2 and 3). The rear end assembly 34 is connected to the body side assembly 3 and the floor assembly 4 from behind by bolts and nuts. The front end assembly 28 is connected to the engine compartment 5 from the front by bolts and nuts. Here, after the body side assembly 3 and the roof assembly 2 are combined, the harness 1 on the body side assembly 3 side is connected.
8 and 24 and the harnesses 9 and 25 on the roof assembly 2 side, it is necessary to rotate the rear part 17b inside the thin hinge portion 21 at the lower end as described above. For example, connectors at the end of each harness 9,18,24,25
9a, 18a, 24a, 25a are exposed, so the corresponding connectors 9a, 1
8a and 24a, 25a can be easily connected. After the connection is completed, the rear part 17b may be rotated upward and fixed with the clip 19 on the rear surface.

In the above embodiment, the rear part 17b is rotatable substantially vertically in the overall direction, but only the portion along the roof side rail 11A is rotatable vertically in a thin hinge structure similar to that described above. Is also good.

The embodiment shown in FIGS.
17 is formed separately from a portion along the roof side rail 11A as a center part 17C, and the center part 17C is assembled so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. At the lower edge of the front and rear ends of the center part 17C, a bracket part 45 is integrally connected and formed following the thin hinge part 44, and these bracket parts 45 are folded back to clip 19a on the inner surface of the roof side rail 11A. It is fixed, and the general part can be fixed with a concealed type clip 19 as in the above embodiment. This embodiment is effective when connecting the harnesses 9 and 18 only at the center part of the roof side rail 11A,
After the connection of the body side assembly 3 and the roof assembly 2 is completed, the center part 17C is rotated inward (downward) from the thin hinge portion 44 to connect the exposed connectors 9a and 18a, and then the center part 17C is moved upward. Rotate to fix the clip 19.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 is a body side garnish.
The part along the center pillar 13 of 17 is the center part
The center part 17d is formed separately as 17d so that the center part 17d can be slid vertically. Slide slit vertically on the inner surface of center pillar 13
On the other hand, a locking claw 47 protrudes from the back of the center part 17d, and the locking claw 47 is attached to the slide slit 46.
And is slidable in the vertical direction so that the connectors 9a and 18a can be easily connected at the central portion of the roof side rail 11A as described above.

Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the roof assembly and the body side assembly are joined by vertically abutting each other, so that the roof assembly and the body side assembly are separated by separate lines. Joined with
Painting and outfitting can be performed, and in particular, interior parts and outfitting parts of each assembly can be assembled in free space, workability can be further improved, and assembly including automation of assembly by robots can be fully implemented. The degree of freedom can be increased, which can contribute to a significant cost reduction. In addition, since the roof assembly and the body side assembly can be composed of sub-lines as described above,
The main line can be shortened, and the equipment can be made smaller and smaller. Even when the body side garnish is divided into a roof assembly and a body side assembly as described above, at least a portion close to the roof trim is movably mounted in the vertical direction. After connecting the assembly and the body side assembly, the harness connection between the roof assembly side and the body side assembly side can be easily performed by opening the body side garnish,
This has a great effect in fact that the conductive connection work of various electric components of the roof assembly is not hindered to a small extent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic development explanatory view showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional views taken along lines II-II and III-III of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIGS. 5 and 6 are sectional views taken along lines VV and VI-VI in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic development explanatory view showing a main part of the example, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are VIII-VIII in FIG.
10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX, and FIG. 10 is an overall exploded perspective view of the vehicle body. 2… Roof assembly, 3… Body side assembly, 7,16… Internal functional parts, 8… Roof trim,
11… Roof rail, 11A …… Roof side rail, 11B
… Front roof rail, 11C… Rear roof rail, 17… Body side garnish.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A roof trim and an internal functional component,
On the back side of the roof trim, a harness of an internal functional component is arranged, and a connector at the tip of the harness is provided with a roof assembly protruding from a periphery of the roof trim, while a roof rail and a body side garnish are provided.
A harness is arranged on the back side of the body side garnish, and a body side assembly is provided in which a connector at the end of the harness is arranged at a position close to a roof trim of the body side garnish. Butted together in the direction, and the two connectors are connected to each other, wherein the body side garnish has a connection work position for exposing at least a connection portion of the connector to a vehicle interior,
After the work is completed, a cover portion movable between a fixed position for concealing the connection portion of the connector is provided, and the movable cover portion is configured to be assembled to the body side assembly by hydrin or slide connection. Car body structure.