JP5280765B2 - Window regulator assembly and assembly method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a window regulator assembly which includes a guide provided along the direction of opening and closing window glass, a slider movably engaged with the guide and provided with a hole for mounting the window glass and a wire arranged along the guide and connected to the slider, and which prevents a decrease in the durability of the wire; and to provide a method for assembling the window regulator assembly. <P>SOLUTION: The window regulator assembly includes a protective material 81 that is removable from the wire, and which is provided on the wire in such a manner as to cover an externally-exposed portion with a portion along the guide for the wire. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a guide provided along the opening and closing direction of the window glass, a slider movably engaged with the guide, provided with a hole for attaching the window glass, and routed along the guide. The present invention relates to a window regulator assembly having a wire connected to the slider and a method of assembling the window regulator assembly.

  The window regulator assembly will be described with reference to FIG. The window regulator assembly has two guides 56 and 56 'having the same structure arranged side by side. Therefore, the description will be made mainly using the guide 56 side, and the same part on the guide 56 'side will be given the same reference symbol with a dash ('), and overlapping description will be omitted.

  A turn guide 54 is rotatably attached to an upper base 52 provided at an upper portion of the guide 56, and a turn guide 55 is rotatably attached to a lower base 53 provided at a lower portion. The upper base 52 and the lower base 53 are attached to the inner panel of the door so that the guide 56 follows the opening / closing direction of the window glass 51.

A slider 57 is movably engaged with the guide 56. The window glass 51 is fixed to the slider 57.
The motor 60 is attached to the inner panel of the door. A reduction gear 61 composed of a worm and a worm wheel is provided on the output shaft of the motor 60, and a drum 101 is attached to the output shaft 61 a of the reduction gear 61. The first wire a having one end hooked to the drum 101 reaches the slider 57 via the turn guide 54, and the other end is connected to the wire end case 64 of the slider 57.

  The second wire b having one end hooked to the wire end case 64 reaches the slider 57 ′ via the turn guide 55 and the turn guide 54 ′, and the other end is a wire end case 64 provided on the slider 57 ′. 'Hung on.

Further, the third wire c having one end hooked to the wire end case 64 ′ is hooked to the drum 101 via the turn guide 55 ′.
Accordingly, the wire a, the wire b, and the wire c can be regarded as a single wire through the wire end cases 64 and 64 ′.

The operation of the window regulator having such a configuration will be described. When the motor 10 is driven, the wire a, wire b, and wire c that have become substantially one move, and the slider 57 attached to the wire a and wire b, and the wire b and wire c are attached. The slider 57 ′ moves along the guide 56 and the guide 56 ′, and the window glass 51 opens and closes (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3802364

  Generally, in order to protect a wire used in a window regulator, the wire may be inserted into an outer tube having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the wire, and both ends of the outer tube may be locked to portions that do not move.

  Although the wire a, wire b, and wire c of the window regulator assembly shown in FIG. 8 are exposed to the outside, the following configuration is possible when the outer tube is used to protect the wire.

 (1) The wire a between the turn guide 54 and the drum 101 is an outer tube having one end locked to the upper base 52 and the other end locked to the vicinity of the drum 101 (a tube having an inner diameter larger than that of the wire a). Insert the inside.

 (2) The wire c between the drum 101 and the turn guide 55 ′ has an outer tube (one tube with a larger inner diameter than the wire c) with one end locked in the vicinity of the drum 101 and the other end locked to the lower base 53 ′. ) Insert through.

 (3) The wire b between the turn guide 54 ′ and the turn guide 55 has an outer tube (an inner diameter larger than that of the wire b) with one end locked to the upper base 52 ′ and the other end locked to the lower base 53. Insert the tube inside.

  However, the end of the outer tube cannot be locked to the sliders 57 and 57 ′ that move in the opening / closing direction of the window glass. Therefore, the wire a between the turn guide 54 and the wire end case 64, the wire b between the wire end case 64 and the turn guide 55, that is, the wire routed along the guide 56 cannot be protected by the outer tube, It becomes bare. Similarly, the wire b between the turn guide 54 ′ and the wire end case 64 ′, the wire c between the wire end case 64 ′ and the turn guide 55 ′, that is, the wire routed along the guide 56 ′ is also the outer tube. It cannot be protected by and is exposed to the outside.

  The window regulator assembly shown in FIG. 8 is inserted into a space between the inner panel and the outer panel through a hole formed in the inner panel of the door. It is attached to the inner panel.

  When the window regulator assembly is passed through the hole in the inner panel, a wire that is not protected by the outer tube may hit the edge of the hole and damage the wire. When the wire is damaged, there is a problem that the durability of the wire is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a window regulator assembly and an assembling method thereof in which the durability of the wire does not deteriorate.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide provided along an opening / closing direction of the window glass, a slider movably engaged with the guide, and provided with a hole for attaching the window glass, and the guide. A wire regulator assembly that is wired and connected to the slider, wherein the wire is detachable from the wire and covers a portion of the wire along the guide that is exposed to the outside. It has a protective material provided on the protective material, the protective material body provided on the wire so as to cover the exposed portion to the outside by the guide along a portion of the wire, the said protective material body The window regulator assembly is characterized in that the window regulator assembly is provided with a string attached to a hole for mounting the window glass of the slider .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first member facing one surface of the slider and covering the window glass mounting hole, and facing the other surface of the slider. A second member that can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted into the hole for attaching the window glass when elastically deformed, and in order of the second member and the first member from the tip of the string providing the the attached retaining member is a window regulator assembly according to claim 1, wherein.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a convex portion having a sharp tip is formed on the second member, and when the convex portion is pulled, the convex portion first enters the hole for attaching the window glass. The window regulator assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the window regulator assembly is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide provided along the opening / closing direction of the window glass, a slider movably engaged with the guide, and provided with a hole for attaching the window glass, and along the guide. In a method of assembling a window regulator assembly, the wire regulator assembly having a wire that is wired and connected to the slider so as to cover the portion that is detachable from the wire and that is exposed to the outside along the guide of the wire A protective material provided on the wire is attached to the window regulator assembly, the window regulator assembly is inserted into a space between the inner panel and the outer panel from a hole formed in the inner panel of the door, and the guide is inserted into the window regulator assembly. It is attached to the inner panel, the protective material is removed, and the window glass is attached to the window using a hole for attaching the window glass. A method of assembling the window regulator assembly, characterized in that fitted with Ndogarasu.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the protective material is provided on the wire, the protective material main body provided on the wire so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide of the wire. 5. The method of assembling a window regulator assembly according to claim 4, wherein the tip end side comprises a string attached to a window glass mounting hole of the slider.

The invention according to claim 6 is a first member that faces one surface of the slider and covers the window glass mounting hole, and faces the other surface of the slider. A second member that can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted into the hole for attaching the window glass when elastically deformed, and in order of the second member and the first member from the tip of the string 6. The method of assembling the window regulator assembly according to claim 5, further comprising an attached retaining member.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, the second member has a convex portion with a sharp tip, and when the string is pulled, the first member enters the window glass mounting hole from the tip side of the convex portion first. 7. The method of assembling the window regulator assembly according to claim 6, wherein the second member is attached to the string.

According to the invention which concerns on Claim 1, Claim 4 It has the protective material provided in the said wire so that it could be attached or detached to the said wire and the part along the said guide of the said wire covered the part exposed outside. As a result, there is no exposed portion on the outside of the wire. Therefore, when the window regulator assembly is passed through the hole in the inner panel, the wire is not damaged at the edge of the hole, and the durability of the wire does not deteriorate.

According to the inventions according to claim 1 and claim 5 , the protective material includes a protective material body provided on the wire so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide of the wire, Suppose that you forgot to remove the protective material body after attaching the window regulator assembly to the outer panel of the door by comprising a string that is provided on the protective material body and whose tip side is attached to the window glass mounting hole of the slider However, when the window glass is attached to the slider, the string is attached to the window glass attachment hole of the slider, so that it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the protective material.

According to the inventions according to claim 2 and claim 6 , the first member that faces one surface of the slider and covers the hole for attaching the window glass, and the other surface of the slider faces the natural state. Then, in a shape that can not be inserted through the hole for attaching the window glass, and when it is elastically deformed, it comprises a second member that can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted through the hole for attaching the window glass, and the second member from the tip of the string, By providing the retaining member attached in the order of the first member, the movement of the string can be prohibited and the position of the leading end of the string can be determined. And since the 1st member covers the hole for window glass attachment, it can prevent further forgetting to take a protective material. In addition, by providing the second member, it is possible to prevent the string window from coming out of the window glass mounting hole, and the second member is in a shape that cannot be inserted through the window glass mounting hole in a natural state, and is elastically deformed. Then, since it can deform | transform into the shape which can penetrate the said hole for window glass attachment, it can attach and detach with respect to the hole for window glass attachment easily.

According to the inventions according to claim 3 and claim 7 , the second member has a convex part with a sharp tip, and when the string is pulled, the second member is first attached to the window glass from the tip side of the convex part. Since the second member is attached to the string so as to enter the hole, when the string is pulled, the second member enters the window glass attaching hole from the pointed tip side of the convex portion and elastically deforms. While passing through the window glass mounting hole. Therefore, it becomes easy to remove the member from the hole for attaching the window glass.

Initially, the whole structure of the window regulator assembly of this embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a front view of the window regulator assembly, and FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway view of FIG.
In these drawings, the window regulator assembly 1 has two guides 6 and 6 ′ having the same structure arranged side by side. Therefore, the description will be made mainly using the guide 6 side, and the same part on the guide 6 ′ side will be given the same reference symbol with a dash (′), and the duplicate description will be omitted.

  A turn guide 4 is rotatably attached to the upper base 2 provided at the upper part of the guide 6, and a turn guide 5 is rotatably attached to the lower base 3 provided at the lower part. The upper base 2 and the lower base 3 are attached to the inner panel of the door so that the guide 6 is along the opening / closing direction of the window glass.

A slider 7 is movably engaged with the guide 6. A window glass is fixed to the slider 7.
The motor 10 is attached to the inner panel of the door. A reduction gear 11 comprising a worm and a worm wheel is provided on the output shaft of the motor 10, and a drum 71 is attached to the output shaft of the reduction gear 11.

  The first wire a hooked on the drum 71 is connected to the lower portion of the slider 7 via the turn guide 5. The wire b connected to the upper part of the slider 7 is connected to the lower part of the slider 7 'via the turn guide 4 and the turn guide 5'. The wire c connected to the slider 7 'is locked to the drum 71 via the turn guide 4'.

Accordingly, the wire a, the wire b, and the wire c can be regarded as a single wire through the sliders 7 and 7 ″.
The operation of the window regulator having such a configuration will be described. When the motor 10 is driven, the wire a, wire b, and wire c that have become substantially one move, and the slider 7 attached to the wire a and wire b, and the wire b and wire c are attached. The slider 7 'moves along the guide 6 and the guide 6' and the window glass 51 opens and closes. In the window regulator assembly 1 of this embodiment, the wire is protected using the following outer tube.

 (1) The wire a between the turn guide 5 and the drum 71 is an outer tube (tube having an inner diameter larger than that of the wire a) A having one end locked to the lower base 3 and the other end locked to the vicinity of the drum 71. Insert the inside.

 (2) The wire c between the drum 71 and the turn guide 4 'has an outer tube (one inner diameter larger than that of the wire c) with one end locked in the vicinity of the drum 71 and the other end locked to the upper base 2'. Tube) Insert through C.

 (3) The wire b between the turn guide 4 and the turn guide 5 'has an outer tube (one inner diameter larger than that of the wire b) with one end locked to the upper base 2 and the other end locked to the lower base 3'. Tube) Insert through B.

  In the window regulator assembly 1 of this embodiment, the portion that cannot be protected by the outer tube is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the state where the sliders 7 and 7 ′ are raised to the uppermost position. X portion exposed to the outside by a wire a between the lower part of 7 and the turn guide 5 (part along the guide 6), and a wire b between the lower part of the slider 7 ′ and the turn guide 5 ′ (along the guide 6 ′) Part Y) exposed to the outside.

  A protective material is attached to each of the X and Y portions. In addition, since the protective material attached to the wire of the X portion and the Y portion has the same structure, the description will be made with the protective material 81 attached to the X portion, and the description of the protective material 81 ′ attached to the Y portion will be omitted. .

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the protective material 81 includes a protective material main body 83 provided on the wire a so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide 6 of the wire a, and a protective material main body 83. The front end side includes a string 85 that is attached to the hole 7 a for attaching the window glass 2 of the slider 7, and a retaining member 87.

The protective material body 83 is a clip that is made of an elastic resin, has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is urged in a direction in which the opening is closed in a natural state.
The retaining member 87 opposes one surface of the slider 7, opposes the first member 87 a made of a non-woven fabric covering the hole 7 a for attaching the window glass 2, and the other surface of the slider 7. The second member 87b is made of a non-woven fabric that can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted into the hole 7a for attaching the window glass 2 when elastically deformed. The second member 87b and the first member 87a are attached in this order from the tip. Further, the second member 87b has a convex portion 87c having a sharp tip, and when the string 85 is pulled, the second member 87b first enters the hole 7a for attaching the window glass 2 from the tip side of the convex portion. Is attached to a string 85.

Next, a method for assembling the window regulator assembly 1 configured as described above to the door will be described.
First, the door will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a view of the sashless door with the lining removed, as viewed from the inside of the vehicle. In the figure, 91 is an outer panel and 93 is an inner panel. The outer panel 91 and the inner panel 93 are assembled by spot welding by hemming three sides excluding the waistline.

  In the space between the inner panel 93 and the outer panel 91, mechanical parts such as a window regulator and a door lock device are arranged and attached to the inner panel 93. The inner panel 93 is formed with holes (service holes) 93a for attaching these mechanical components. The hole 93b is a speaker hole.

  Then, the window regulator assembly 1 is inserted into a space between the inner panel 93 and the outer panel 91 through a hole 93a formed in the inner panel 93 of the door (step 1). At this time, the portions of the window regulator assembly 1 where the wires are exposed to the outside, that is, the X portion and the Y portion, are provided with protective material bodies 83 and 83 ', and are inserted into the holes 7a and 7a' of the sliders 7 and 7 '. Retaining members 87 and 87 'are attached.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, guides 6 and 6 ′, that is, upper bases 2 and 2 ′ and lower bases 3 and 3 ′ are attached to inner panel 93, and guides 6 and 6 ′ are attached to inner panel 93. (Step 2).

Next, the protective members 81 and 81 ′ are removed from the wire (step 3).
Finally, as shown in FIG. 7, the window glass 2 is attached using the holes 7a, 7a 'for attaching the window glass of the sliders 7, 7' (step 4).

According to such a window regulator assembly 1 and its assembling method, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) When the window regulator assembly 1 is inserted into the space between the inner panel 93 and the outer panel 91 through the hole 93a formed in the door inner panel 93 in step 1, the wire of the window regulator assembly 1 is The portions exposed to the outside, that is, the X portion and the Y portion are provided with the protective material main bodies 83 and 83 ', so that there are no exposed portions outside the wire. Therefore, when the window regulator assembly 1 is passed through the hole 93a of the inner panel 93, the wire is not damaged at the edge of the hole 93a, and the durability of the wire is not lowered.

 (2) The protective material 81, 81 ′ is provided on the protective material main body 83, 83 ′ provided on the wire so as to cover the portion exposed to the outside along the wire guide, and the protective material main body 83, 83 ′. The window regulator assembly 1 is attached to the inner panel 93 of the door by being provided with a string 85, 85 'attached to the holes 7a, 7a' for attaching the window glass 2 of the slider 7, 7 'on the tip side. After that, even if the protective material main bodies 83 and 83 'are forgotten, when the wind glass 2 is attached to the sliders 7 and 7', the strings 85 and 85 'are used for attaching the wind glass 2 of the sliders 7 and 7'. By being attached to the holes 7a and 7a ′, it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the protective materials 81 and 81 ′.

(3) Since the retaining members 87 and 87 ′ are provided, the strings 85 and 85 ′ can be easily attached to and detached from the holes 7a and 7a ′ for attaching the window glass 2.
(4) The second members 87b and 87b ′ have convex portions 87c and 87c ′ having sharp pointed ends, and when the strings 85 and 85 ′ are pulled, the window glass 2 is first drawn from the leading ends of the convex portions 87c and 87c ′. Since the second members 87b and 87b ′ are attached to the strings 85 and 85 ′ so as to enter the mounting holes 7a and 7a ′, the second members 87b and 87b ′ when the strings 85 and 85 ′ are pulled. Enters the holes 7a and 7a 'for attaching the window glass 2 from the pointed tip side of the convex portions 87c and 87c', and passes through the holes 7a and 7a 'for attaching the window glass 2 while being elastically deformed. Therefore, it becomes easy to remove the retaining members 87, 87 ′ from the holes 7a, 7a ′ for attaching the window glass 2.

It is a figure explaining the protective material of a form example. It is sectional drawing in the cutting line AA of FIG. It is a front view of the window regulator assembly of the example of a form. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway view of FIG. 3. It is the figure which looked at the sashless door which removed the lining from the vehicle inside. In FIG. 5, it is a figure which shows the state which assembled | attached the window regulator. In FIG. 6, it is a figure which shows the state which assembled | attached the window glass. It is a front view of a window regulator assembly.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Window regulator assembly 2 Window glass 6 Guide 7 Slider 7a Hole 81 Protective material 83 Protective material main body 85 String 87 Retaining member 87a 1st member 87b 2nd member

Claims (7)

A guide provided along the opening and closing direction of the wind glass,
A slider movably engaged with the guide, and provided with a window glass mounting hole;
A wire routed along the guide and connected to the slider;
In a window regulator assembly having
The wire to be removable, have a protective material provided on the wire so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along said guide of said wire,
The protective material is
A protective material body provided on the wire so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide of the wire;
A string that is provided in the protective material main body, and the tip side is attached to the window glass mounting hole of the slider,
Window regulator assembly characterized in that it consists of. A first member facing one surface of the slider and covering the window glass mounting hole;
A second member that faces the other surface of the slider and cannot be inserted through the window glass mounting hole in a natural state, and can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted through the window glass mounting hole when elastically deformed. Become
2. The window regulator assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a retaining member attached in order of the second member and the first member from the tip of the string . The second member has a convex part with a sharp tip side,
3. The window regulator according to claim 2 , wherein when the string is pulled, the second member is attached to the string so as to first enter the window glass attachment hole from the front end side of the convex portion. Assembly. A guide provided along the opening and closing direction of the wind glass,
A slider movably engaged with the guide, and provided with a window glass mounting hole;
A wire routed along the guide and connected to the slider;
In the method of assembling the window regulator assembly having
A protective material provided on the wire is attached to the window regulator assembly so as to cover the portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide of the wire that is detachable from the wire,
Inserting the window regulator assembly into a space between the inner panel and the outer panel through a hole formed in the inner panel of the door;
The guide is attached to the inner panel,
Remove the protective material,
Features and to roux Indian regulator assembly assembling method that fitted with the window glass with a hole for window glass mounting of the slider. The protective material is
A protective material body provided on the wire so as to cover a portion exposed to the outside at a portion along the guide of the wire;
A string that is provided in the protective material main body, and the tip side is attached to the window glass mounting hole of the slider,
The method of assembling the window regulator assembly according to claim 4, comprising : A first member facing one surface of the slider and covering the window glass mounting hole;
A second member that faces the other surface of the slider and cannot be inserted through the window glass mounting hole in a natural state, and can be deformed into a shape that can be inserted through the window glass mounting hole when elastically deformed. Become
6. The method of assembling the window regulator assembly according to claim 5 , further comprising a retaining member attached in order of the second member and the first member from the tip of the string . The second member has a convex part with a sharp tip side,
7. The window regulator according to claim 6 , wherein when the string is pulled, the second member is attached to the string so as to enter the window glass attachment hole from the front end side of the convex portion first. Assembly method of assembly.

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