JP2899731B2 - Jig for assembling car door - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile door constructed by assembling an outer panel constituting an outer panel of an automobile door and an inner panel constituting an inner panel of the automobile door. It relates to an assembling jig.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automobile door has a door body of a bag structure formed of a door outer panel forming a door outer panel and a door inner panel forming a door inner plate.
Door internal components such as a window regulator and a door glass are incorporated. Further, the door outer panel and the door inner panel are hemmed on three sides of the periphery except for the belt line portion, thereby improving the appearance of the door outer panel, particularly, the appearance quality of the periphery.

Since the hemming process is performed by pressing the door outer panel and the door inner panel together, internal components such as a window regulator are usually attached later. That is,
First, the door outer panel and the door inner panel are assembled in a bag shape, and then the door internal components are inserted into the bag-shaped space from the working holes provided in the door inner panel, and then the door inner panel is positioned at a predetermined position on the back surface of the door inner panel. When assembled, an automobile door is constructed. Therefore, the assembling work of the door internal components is a groping operation, so that the assembling workability is poor, and the assembling workability of the entire door is reduced.

[0004] An example of an automobile door in which this problem is improved is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-175523.
According to this structure, as shown in FIG. 5 (A), a pillar 102 extending inward in the vehicle width direction is formed integrally with an edge of the door outer panel 100 to an intermediate portion in the door thickness direction. ing. In addition, the door outer panel 100 includes:
The door frame 104, the sub outer panel 106 for reinforcing the door outer panel 100, and the like are assembled in advance.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5B, a mounting piece 110 extending outward in the vehicle width direction to an intermediate portion in the door thickness direction corresponding to the support 102 is provided on the edge of the door inner panel 108.
Are integrally formed. Door inner panel 1
08 has window regulator 112 and door glass 1
14, internal components such as the door glass guide 115 are pre-assembled. Therefore, the door 116 having the above structure is
By automatically assembling the door inner panel 108 to the door outer panel 100 by using an assembling jig, the door assembling operation is completed, so that the automobile door structure is completed. In this regard, the door assembling operation is simplified. It is planned.

[0005]

However, in the door 116 having the above-described door structure for an automobile, the assembling error of the internal components such as the door glass guide 115 and the window regulator 112, and the assembling of the door outer panel 100 and the door inner panel 108. In addition, errors due to addition, as well as manufacturing errors of each part and the panel itself are accumulated, so that the door outer panel 100
Internal components after assembling with the door inner panel 108,
In particular, there is a problem that readjustment of the assembling position of the door glass 114 is required, and the operation becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide an assembling jig for an automobile door which does not require re-adjustment of an assembling position of a door glass after assembling a door outer panel and a door inner panel. .

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outer panel which is located outside a vehicle compartment and has a notch of a predetermined shape in a belt line portion inside a door outer wall portion. An inner panel that includes an outer panel part that forms a plate part, and an inner panel that is located on the vehicle interior side and that is fitted with a window regulator that raises and lowers the door glass along the vertical direction of the door; A jig for an automobile door used at the time of assembling the inner panel portion of the automobile door configured by assembling, a base on which a window regulator and an inner panel are set; and A rail extending from the base and supporting the glass mounting plate so as to be slidable, and provided integrally with the glass mounting plate and conforming to the shape of the door glass; By setting the door glass according to the gauge, the relative mounting position of the door glass with respect to the inner panel at the highest position of the door glass is determined in a state where the inner panel portion is mounted on the outer panel portion. Adjusting means for adjusting to the optimum position;
Is included. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a jig for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention.
In the invention described in (1), the adjusting means is a plurality of gauges which are chamfered so as to conform to the shape of the door glass and are installed at a plurality of locations on the glass mounting plate.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an automobile door including an outer panel provided outside the vehicle compartment and constituting an outer plate portion of a vehicle door, and an inner panel located inside the vehicle interior. And an inner panel part that forms the inner plate part of the above, an automobile door is formed. At this time, a notch of a predetermined shape is formed in the belt line portion inside the door outer wall portion of the outer panel, and the inner panel portion can be assembled to the outer panel portion by using this notch, so that the inner panel portion side The door glass can be attached to the door panel, and the door glass can be positioned at the same time when the window regulator and the like are assembled before the door glass is assembled to the outer panel portion.

Here, in the present invention, the door glass is assembled as follows using the assembling jig. A window regulator and an inner panel are set on a base of the assembling jig. On the other hand, a glass mounting plate is supported on a rail extending from the base of the mounting jig, and a door glass is set on the glass mounting plate. At this time, by using an adjusting means integrally provided on the glass mounting plate and constituted by a gauge having a shape matching the shape of the door glass, that is, by setting the door glass according to the gauge, the door glass is The relative mounting position of the door glass relative to the inner panel at the highest position can be adjusted to the optimal position in the state where the inner panel portion is mounted on the outer panel portion. Thereafter, the glass mounting plate is slid to a predetermined position along the rail, and the door glass and the window regulator are connected. As described above, according to the present invention, an effect equivalent to that in which the fine adjustment of the mounting position of the door glass or the like is performed before the assembly of the inner panel portion and the outer panel portion is obtained. Therefore, it is not necessary to adjust the assembling position of the door glass again after assembling the inner panel portion to the outer panel portion. Therefore, the number of steps for assembling the automobile door can be reduced, and the assembling workability can be improved. Further, the present invention can further contribute to automation of the assembling work of the automobile door. Further, in the present invention, since the adjusting means integrally provided on the glass mounting plate is constituted by a gauge having a shape matching the shape of the door glass, the structure of the assembling jig can be simplified. Further, since the door glass assembling position can be adjusted to the optimum position simply by setting the door glass on the gauge, the accuracy of the door glass assembling position can be improved and the door glass assembling workability is also improved. Is done. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the adjusting means is constituted by a plurality of gauges which are chamfered so as to conform to the shape of the door glass and are provided at a plurality of locations on the glass mounting plate. By forming a concave portion on the mounting plate so as to match the shape of the door glass, manufacturing becomes easier as compared with a case where a gauge (adjusting means) is used. In other words, in the case of the above example, high dimensional accuracy is required over the entire circumference of the concave portion so that the door glass is fitted into the concave portion with high accuracy, but a plurality of gauges are pinpointed as in the present invention. If installed, only the dimensional accuracy of the chamfered portion of each gauge needs to be managed. Therefore, the manufacturing of the adjusting means becomes easier.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a jig for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In these figures, the arrows FR, as appropriate, indicate the vehicle front side, the arrow UP indicates the vehicle upper side, and the arrow IN indicates the vehicle interior.

As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle door 10 is a right front door, and includes an outer panel portion 12 and an inner panel portion 14.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the outer panel portion 12 includes a door outer panel 16 located outside the vehicle compartment when the vehicle door 10 is assembled to the vehicle. The door outer panel 16 has a door outer wall portion 16A and a U-shaped door car which is continuously opposed to a front edge, a rear edge, and a lower edge portion of the door outer wall portion 16A and viewed from the vehicle interior side. The vehicle includes an interior side wall edge 16B and a connecting portion 16C for connecting the door interior side wall edge 16B and the door outer wall 16A. In other words, a rectangular notch 1 having an opening end on the upper side of the vehicle is formed in the center of the side wall of the door cabin.
8 are formed, and the periphery of the notch 18 is defined as a side wall edge portion 16B of the door compartment. A plurality of mounting holes 19 (see FIG. 4) for mounting an inner panel portion 14 to be described later are provided in a portion along the notch 18 of the side wall edge portion 16B of the door vehicle interior.

The end of the connecting portion 16C on the side of the door outer wall 16A is formed as a flange 16D bent toward the periphery of the door outer wall 16A, and the end thereof is formed by hemming with the end of the door outer wall 16A. Are combined. Further, of the connecting portion 16C, a rising portion located on the vehicle front side also functions as a door hinge side panel, and a door hinge (not shown) is attached.

A door frame 20 is attached to the upper end of the door outer panel 16 and guides the movement of the door glass 26 when the door glass 26 is moved up and down, which will be described later. Further, a reinforcing material (not shown) is provided on the door outer panel 16, and the outer panel portion 12 thus assembled constitutes an outer plate portion of the vehicle door 10.

The inner panel section 14 is provided with the automobile door 10.
And a door inner panel 22 located on the vehicle interior side in a state of being mounted on the vehicle. The door inner panel 22 is a rectangular plate, and as can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 4, the window regulator 24, the door glass 26, the door lock 28, the door inside handle, and the door Internal components such as a door lock knob 30 are provided at the same position as the inside handle. Further, a mounting hole 29 is formed in a peripheral portion of the door inner panel 22 so as to correspond to the mounting hole 19 of the door outer panel 16.

Hereinafter, the inner panel portion 14 will be described with reference to FIG.
A description will be given of an assembling jig 32 as an assembling jig for an automobile door used when assembling itself, and internal components assembled to the door inner panel 22 by the assembling jig 32. FIG. 1 shows a state before the door glass 26 and the window regulator 24 are combined.

The assembling jig 32 has a rectangular base 34, and columns 36, 38, 40, 4 at the four corners of the base 34.
2 are erected. Of these, positioning pins 44 are erected on the columns 36 and 40 located on the diagonal line,
It is used for penetrating the positioning hole 46 of the door inner panel 22.

A flat mounting plate 48 is disposed on the base 34 in parallel with the base 34, and a columnar supporting portion 50 is provided.
Supported by One corner of the mounting plate 48 is cut into a rectangular shape, and a prism 52 having a small-area flat plate fixed to the upper end surface is fixed to the cut portion. A block 56 is fixed to the center of the flat plate 54. Similarly, a block 58 is fixed to a corner of the mounting plate 48 facing the notch. These blocks 56,
A long main guide 60 is placed on 58.
A drum 62 is mounted at the center of the mounting plate 48, and the drum 62 and both ends of the main guide 60 are connected by tubes 64. The drum 62 rotates by receiving a driving force of a motor 66 integrated with the drum 62, and rotates to move a wire (not shown) wound around the drum 62 along a predetermined loop. . A guide slider (not shown) is fixed to this wire, and a channel 6 is connected to the guide slider.
8 is loosely engaged. This guide channel 68
Are fastened to a pair of brackets 70 provided at the lower end of the door glass 26. The window regulator 24 is constituted by the main guide 60, the drum 62, the motor 66, the channel 68 and the like.

On the mounting plate 48, a channel-shaped front lower glass guide 72 for assisting the movement of the front end of the door glass 26 on the vehicle when the door glass 26 is lowered is mounted. Front door glass guide 7
Reference numeral 2 is attached to the door inner panel 22 by welding the attachment plate 74 to the door inner panel 22. Further, at a position adjacent to the front door glass guide 72, the door lock knob 30 connected to the link 76 of the door lock 28 provided at the rear end of the door inner panel 22 is provided.
Is placed.

A pair of rails 78 is fixed to the base 34, and a glass mounting plate 80 is slidably mounted on the rails 78 along the rails 78. Gauges 82, 84, 86, and 88 are fixed to the four corners of the glass mounting plate 80 as adjusting means with a predetermined radius of curvature and a corner on the side facing the door glass 26 cut. When the door glass 26 is set in accordance with these gauges 82, 84, 86, 88, the door glass 2 with respect to the door inner panel 22 at the highest position of the door glass 26.
The relative mounting position of No. 6 is determined to be an optimum position in a state where the inner panel portion 14 is mounted on the outer panel portion 12 (the state shown in FIG. 4).

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 through the procedure for assembling the door 10 for the automobile, particularly the procedure for assembling the inner panel portion 14 itself.

First, the window regulator 24, the front door glass guide 72, and the door lock knob 30 are set at predetermined positions on the mounting plate 48 of the base 34. Next, the door glass 26 is set on the glass mounting plate 80 while being aligned with the gauges 82, 84, 86, 88 at the four corners.

Thereafter, the door inner panel 22 to which the door lock 28 is attached in advance is mounted on the columns 82, 84, 86, 88 of the base 34 so that the positioning pins 44 of the door inner panel 22 pass through the positioning holes 46. Is placed.
The mounted state is shown in FIG. 2. In this state, using the machine tool 90, the door inner panel 22 and the window regulator 24 are fastened at both longitudinal ends of the main guide 60 by bolts or the like. At the same time, fastening work with bolts and the like is performed in other necessary places. Thereby, the fastening operation of the internal components centering on the window regulator 24 and the door inner panel 22 is completed, and both are integrated.

Next, the door glass 26 is moved to a pair of rails 78.
2 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, and the channel 68 in a state of being loosely engaged with the bracket 70 of the door glass 26 and the main guide 60 of the window regulator 24.
Are fastened from the work hole 92 of the door inner panel 22 with bolts or the like. Thereby, the fastening operation of the door glass 26 and the window regulator 24 is completed, and both are integrated.

When the above assembling work is completed, the assembling work of the inner panel portion 14 itself is completed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the inner panel portion 14 is gripped by another machine tool 94 and inserted into the notch 18 of the outer panel portion 12 along the arrow B direction in FIG. Thereafter, the inner panel portion 14 and the outer panel portion 12 are fastened with bolts or the like at appropriate locations or are joined by spot welding or the like, and the two are integrated. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 4, the automobile door 1 including the inner panel portion 14 and the outer panel portion 12 is formed.
0 is configured.

When the window regulator 24 is operated in a state where the assembly is completed, the door glass 26 moves up and down along the door frame 20 of the outer panel portion 12.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the gauges 82, 84, 86 and 88 are provided on the assembling jig 32, if the automobile door 10 is constructed by the above-described assembling procedure,
The relative assembling position of the door glass 26 in the automobile door 10 can be determined and positioned at an optimum position in the assembling stage of the inner panel portion 14 itself. In other words,
At the highest position of the door glass 26, the gauges 82, 8
By assembling the door glass 26 using 4, 86, 88, the assembly error of the door glass 26 can be suppressed to a negligible level. Therefore, it is not necessary to adjust the position of the door glass 26 again after the construction of the vehicle door 10. Therefore, it is possible to further contribute to automation of the assembling work of the automobile door 10, and it is possible to improve the assembling workability. It also leads to cost reduction.

In this embodiment, the gauges 82, 84, 86 and 88 are provided on the assembly jig 32 as adjusting means.
The configuration of the adjusting means is not limited to this, and the relative mounting position of the door glass 26 with respect to the inner panel at the highest position of the door glass 26 is determined by the outer panel 1 of the inner panel 14.
Any configuration can be applied as long as it can be adjusted to the optimum position in the state of being assembled to the second position. For example,
The glass mounting plate 80 may be made thick to provide a concave portion into which the door glass 26 is fitted tightly.
In this case, the gauges 82, 84,
The functions as 86 and 88 will be provided.

In this embodiment, the gauge 8 is provided at four places.
Although 2, 84, 86, and 88 are provided, the gauge is not limited to this, and may be installed at at least two or more places. Preferably, a total of three places (gauges 82, 84, 86), two places at the lower end and one place at the upper end of the door glass 26, should be secured.

Further, in this embodiment, the outer panel 1
2 has been described as an example of the vehicle door 10 of the type in which the door frame 20 is provided, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the assembly of the vehicle door according to the present invention may be applied to the assembly of a vehicle door without the door frame 20. It is also possible to apply a jig.

The window regulator 24 applied in this embodiment is of a so-called wire type. However, if the design around the mounting of the window regulator is changed, another type of window regulator (one using an X-type arm) may be used. Etc.), gauges 82 and 8 as adjustment means
It is possible to apply the jig for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention provided with 4, 86, 88.

[0033]

As described above, the jig for assembling an automobile door according to the first aspect of the present invention has a base on which a window regulator and an inner panel are set, and a glass extended from the base. A rail that slidably supports the mounting plate, and a gauge that is provided integrally with the glass mounting plate and that has a shape that matches the shape of the door glass. The door glass is set by setting the door glass according to the gauge. Adjusting means for adjusting a relative mounting position of the door glass to the inner panel at the highest position of the inner panel to an optimum position in a state where the inner panel is mounted on the outer panel. In the state prior to assembly with the part, the same effect as when the fine adjustment of the assembly position of the door glass etc. was obtained, as a result, the door outer panel and After assembling the Ain'napaneru have an excellent effect of readjusting the assembly position of the door glass is not required. According to the jig for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention, the adjusting means integrally provided on the glass mounting plate is formed of a gauge having a shape matching the shape of the door glass. The installation position of the door glass can be adjusted to the optimum position simply by setting it, which simplifies the structure of the installation jig, improves the accuracy of the installation position of the door glass, and improves the workability of the installation of the door glass. An excellent effect of being able to be obtained is also obtained. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile door assembling jig according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the jig is chamfered so as to conform to the shape of the door glass and is installed at a plurality of locations on the glass mounting plate. Since the adjusting means described above is constituted by a plurality of gauges, only the dimensional accuracy of the chamfered portion of each gauge needs to be managed, and as a result, the manufacturing of the adjusting means is simplified, and the cost of the assembling jig is reduced. This has an excellent effect that it can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view mainly showing a jig for assembling an automobile door provided with a gauge according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembling operation of an inner panel and a window regulator.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an operation of assembling an inner panel portion to an outer panel portion.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an automobile door configured through the assembling work of FIGS. 1 to 3;

FIG. 5 shows a conventional automobile door, and FIG.
5A is a perspective view showing a door outer panel, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view showing a door inner panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Automotive door 12 Outer panel part 14 Inner panel part 16 Door outer panel (outer panel) 22 Door inner panel (Inner panel) 24 Window regulator 26 Door glass 32 Assembly jig (Automobile door assembly jig) 82 Gauge (Adjustment) Means) 84 gauge (adjusting means) 86 gauge (adjusting means) 88 gauge (adjusting means)

(72) Inventor Ryoichi Fukumoto 2-1-1 Asahi-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuhide 2-1-1 Asahi-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-1-278837 (JP, A) JP-A-3-131227 (JP, A) JP-A-56-142714 (JP, A) JP-A-3-91214 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 2-29821 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 58-35478 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 59-12783 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application 63-75482 (JP, U) (58) (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B62D 65/00 B60J 5/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A door outer wall portion which is located outside a vehicle compartment .
An outer panel having a notch of a predetermined shape in an inner belt line portion, an outer panel portion constituting an outer plate portion of an automobile door , and a door glass located on the vehicle interior side and along a door vertical direction. It includes a inner panel window regulator is assembled for lifting Te, using the time of assembly of the inner panel of the automotive door constructed by assembling the inner panel portion constituting the inner plate portion of the automotive door, with is that assembling of automotive door
A jig in which a window regulator and inner panel are set
The base and the glass mounting plate extending from the base are slidably supported.
Rail and the glass mounting plate are integrated with the door mounting glass
Consists of a gauge with a shape that matches the shape
By setting the door glass,
Door glass against the inner panel at the highest position
Assemble the relative assembly position to the inner panel outer panel
Automotive assembly jig of the door, characterized in that configured to include an adjusting means to conform to the optimum position in the attached state, the. 2. The adjusting means conforms to the shape of a door glass.
To be placed on multiple places on the glass mounting plate
The automobile door assembly according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of gauges are installed .
jig.