JP5877046B2 - Front window side structure in vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a front window side portion structure in a vehicle in which a front pillar has front and rear pillar members and a glass panel is provided to close a space between the front and rear pillar members.

  Conventionally, there is a front wind side structure in the vehicle described in Patent Document 1 below. According to this publication, the front window side structure in the vehicle has a space between the front pillar having the rear pillar member and the front and rear pillar members before being arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A glass panel provided so as to be closed, and a front garnish and a front garnish provided so as to cover each side of the front and rear pillar members.

  As described above, the front pillar has front and rear pillar members, and a glass panel is provided so as to close the space between the front and rear pillar members. The expansion of is planned.

  Further, as described above, the garnish is provided so that the front and rear pillar members each cover the side surface, thereby improving the appearance of the passenger compartment.

JP 2003-276519 A

  By the way, in the above prior art, the front and rear pillar members, the glass panel, and each garnish are provided separately from each other, and these body parts are individually attached to the body body. However, in this case, the assembly work of each component to the body of the vehicle body becomes complicated, and the productivity may be reduced.

  The garnish is provided as a separate body from the pillar member, and the passenger compartment of the pillar member is provided slightly apart from the side surface with a gap. For this reason, the space occupied by the pillar member and the corresponding garnish tends to be large, which is not preferable because it may hinder the expansion of the field of view in front of the vehicle.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a front window side structure in a vehicle for enlarging the field of view in front of the vehicle as seen from the passenger compartment. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily perform an assembling work when assembling the component parts to the wings, and to obtain the expansion of the field of view more effectively.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front pillar 19 having the rear pillar members 28 and 29 and the space between the front and rear pillar members 28 and 29 are closed before being arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 2. a glass panel 38 which is provided, garnish 41 and molding 39-joined to the outer edge portion of the TURMERIC by enclosing the outer edge portion, is provided so as to cover the passenger compartment 2 side surface of the front pillar member 28 of the glass panel 38 In the windshield side structure in a vehicle equipped with
The front pillar member 28 secured by fasteners 35 and 36 relative to the vehicle body 2 body, the upper Symbol garnish 41 to the vehicle compartment 12 side surface of the front pillar member 28 with integrally formed with the molding 39 1 is a side view of a structure of a front windshield in a vehicle that is surface-bonded.

  In addition, in this section, the reference numerals and drawing numbers appended to the above terms are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention to the “Example” section and the contents of the drawings described later.

  The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a front pillar having a rear pillar member before being arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, a glass panel provided so as to close a space between the front and rear pillar members, and the glass. a mall are-joined to the outer edge portion of the TURMERIC by enclosing the outer edge of the panel, the front window side structure in a vehicle and a garnish that is provided so as to cover the passenger compartment Kanagawa surface of the front pillar member,
The front pillar member secured by a fastener to the vehicle body side and on the Symbol garnish engaged interview with the vehicle interior I surface before the pillar members and forming integrally with the mall.

  For this reason, an integral combination of these, the front pillar member and the glass panel is formed by the molding and the garnish integrally formed as described above. And since the said front pillar member of this combination is a vehicle body main body being fixed to a wrinkle by a fastener as mentioned above, according to the fixation of this front pillar member, the said vehicle body main body is On the other hand, in addition to the front pillar member, the glass panel, the molding, and the garnish can be integrally assembled. Therefore, as compared with the case where these component parts are individually provided, the assembly work when the vehicle body body assembles the component parts can be easily performed, and the productivity is improved.

Further, since the passenger compartment of the upper SL front pillar member the garnish is engaged interview I face, before the garnish to the pillar member in comparison with the prior art which has been provided separately, and the front pillar member and garnish The occupied space can be reduced. Therefore, the expansion of the field of view in front of the vehicle as seen from the vehicle compartment can be obtained more effectively.

It is a perspective development view of the front window side. 1 is an overall side view of a vehicle. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 1.

  The front window side part structure in the vehicle according to the present invention relates to the front window side part structure that facilitates the assembly work when the vehicle body body is assembled to the body and further expands the field of view. In order to realize the object of obtaining effectively, the form for carrying out the present invention is as follows.

That is, the front window side structure in the vehicle is a glass panel provided so as to close a space between the front pillar having the rear pillar member and the front pillar and the rear pillar member before being arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. If, comprising the a mall are-joined to the outer edge portion of the TURMERIC by enclosing the outer edge of the glass panel and a garnish that is provided so as to cover the passenger compartment Kanagawa surface of the front pillar member. The front pillar member is secured to the body of the vehicle body by a fastener . Upper Symbol garnish is engaged interview cabin Kanagawa surface of the front pillar member while being formed integrally with the molding.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, an embodiment thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a vehicle exemplified by an automobile, and an arrow Fr indicates the front in the traveling direction of the vehicle 1. The left and right described below refer to the width direction of the vehicle 1.

  The vehicle 1 includes a vehicle body 2 made of sheet metal, and rear wheels 4 and 5 before the vehicle body 2 is suspended and supported on the running surface 3.

  The rear part of the vehicle body 2 has a left and right side wall 8, a roof panel 9 installed on each upper end edge of the left and right side walls 8, and a front edge of the roof panel 9 so as to reinforce the front edge. A front header panel 10 coupled to the lower surface and a roof side rail 11 coupled to the lower surface of the outer edge to reinforce the outer edge of the roof panel 9 are provided. A space surrounded by the left and right side walls 8 and the roof panel 9 is a vehicle compartment 12.

  The side wall 8 is formed with rear door openings 15 and 16 before the inside and outside of the vehicle compartment 12 communicate with each other. Before and after the front and rear door openings 15 and 16 are opened and closed, the rear side doors 17 and 18 are formed. Provided. The front edge of the side wall 8 constitutes a front opening edge of the front door opening 15, and this corresponds to the front pillar 19 constituting the skeleton member of the vehicle body 2.

  A front window 22 is formed by the rear upper edge of the front portion of the vehicle body 2, the front edge of the roof panel 9, the upper portions of the left and right front pillars 19, and the space surrounded by these. The front window 22 has a window opening 23 formed by the space, a window glass 24 covering the window opening 23 from the front, and an outer edge of the window glass 24 bonded to an opening edge of the window opening 23. And an adhesive 25.

  Hereinafter, the side structure of the front window 22 will be described.

  The upper portion of the front pillar 19 has front and rear pillar members 28 and 29 before being arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body 2. The front pillar member 28 includes a pipe member 31 extending in the vertical direction, an upper mounting piece 32 coupled to the upper end portion of the pipe member 31 by welding W, and a lower portion coupled to the lower end portion of the pipe member 31 by welding. And an attachment piece 33. The pipe material 31 and the upper and lower attachment pieces 32 and 33 are all made of metal. The pipe material 31 is formed by extrusion molding or bulging (hydroforming) so that the front surface portion 31a and the outer surface portion 31b of a pipe having a circular cross section are flat plates. It has a fan shape.

  The upper mounting piece 32 is fastened by a pair of fasteners 35, 35 so as to straddle the outer end of the header panel 10, which is the body of the vehicle body 2, and the front end of the roof side rail 11. The lower mounting piece 33 is fastened by a pair of fasteners 36, 36 to the rear end portion of the front portion of the vehicle body 2 which is the body of the vehicle body 2. That is, the front pillar member 28 is fixed to the body of the vehicle body 2 with the fasteners 35 and 36.

  The rear pillar member 29 is made of sheet metal and has a U-shape that opens forward in a side view of the vehicle 1. An upper end portion of the rear pillar member 29 is coupled to a front end portion of the roof side rail 11, and a lower end portion is coupled to a lower portion of the front pillar 19.

  A glass panel 38 that closes the space between the front and rear pillar members 28 and 29 from the outside of the vehicle 1 is provided. This glass panel 38 is called fixed glass. Further, a molding 39 is provided which is surface-bonded to the outer edge so as to enclose the outer edge of the glass panel 38. The molding 39 is made of a slightly elastic resin. The molding 39 is insert-molded by setting the glass panel 38 in a mold, and is firmly fixed to the outer edge of the glass panel 38.

  A garnish 41 is provided to cover the front surface of the casing 12 of the front pillar member 28, and the garnish 41 is made of the same material as the molding 39. The garnish 41 is integrally formed with the front portion of the molding 39 joined to the front end portion of the glass panel 38 by the insert molding. Specifically, the front portion of the molding 39 is surface-bonded to the outer surface of the outer surface portion 31b of the pipe material 31 of the front pillar member 28 and the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper and lower ends of the pipe material 31. It is firmly fixed. Note that the molding 39 is not joined to the outer surface of the front surface portion 31a in the middle in the longitudinal direction of the pipe material 31, and the outer edge portion of the window glass 24 is bonded to the outer surface of the front surface portion 31a by the adhesive 25. Is glued.

  Base portions of a pair of front and rear locking projections 43 and 43 are embedded in a lower portion of the molding 39 joined to a lower outer edge portion of the glass panel 38. These locking protrusions 43, 43 protrude toward the lower part of the rear pillar member 29, and are then locked in locking holes 44, 44 formed in the lower part of the pillar member 29. Further, the molding 39 is bonded to the outer surface of the rear pillar member 29.

  3 to 5, on the front surface and the outer surface of the portion of the molding 39 that is surface-bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the front pillar member 28, the outer end portion of the header panel 10 and the roof side rail 11 are provided. The front end is in surface contact and pressure contact. Thereby, the portion of the molding 39 seals between the upper end portion of the front pillar member 28 and the outer end portion of the header panel 10 and the front end portion of the roof side rail 11. The seal prevents rainwater from entering the vehicle compartment 12 from the outside of the vehicle body 2.

  Similarly to the above, the lower portion of the vehicle body 2 is in surface contact and pressure contact with the outer surface of the portion of the molding 39 that is surface-bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the front pillar member 28. Accordingly, the molding 39 seals between the lower end of the front pillar member 28 and the lower part of the vehicle body 2. The seal prevents rainwater from entering the vehicle compartment 12 from the outside of the vehicle body 2.

  According to the above configuration, the front pillar member 28 is fixed to the body 2 with the fasteners 35 and 36, and the garnish 41 is integrally formed with the molding 39 by the insert molding, and the front pillar member. Twenty-eight passenger compartments 12 are joined to the side surface.

  For this reason, by the molding 39 and the garnish 41 integrally formed as described above, an integrated combination 28, 38, 39, 41 of the 39, 41 and the front pillar member 28 and the glass panel 38 is obtained. It is formed.

  Since the front pillar member 28 of the combination bodies 28, 38, 39, 41 is such that the body 2 of the vehicle body is fixed to the waist by the fasteners 35, 36 as described above, According to the fixing of the pillar member 28, the glass panel 38, the molding 39, and the garnish 41 can be integrally assembled to the body 2 of the vehicle body in addition to the front pillar member 28. Therefore, as compared with the case where these components are individually provided, the assembly work when the vehicle body 2 body assembles the components 28, 38, 39, and 41 can be facilitated, and the productivity is improved. To do.

  Further, when assembling the above-mentioned combined body to the body of the vehicle body 2 described above, the molding 39 of the glass panel 38 is adhered to the rear pillar member 29 with another adhesive 45, and the engagement of the rear pillar member 29 is performed. If the locking projection 43 on the glass panel 38 side is locked in the stop hole 44, the assembly can be assembled to the rear pillar member 29.

  And since the said combination bodies 28,38,39,41 are assembled | attached by the adhesion | attachment by the other adhesive material 45 with the said rear pillar member 29, and the latching by the latching protrusion 43 and the latching hole 44, the said rear pillar member 29 is reinforced. Therefore, the main body of the front pillar member 28 is a pipe material 31 that can be reduced in cross-sectional area as compared with a sheet metal having a middle shape of two stacked layers. Therefore, the field of view in front of the vehicle 1 as seen from the vehicle compartment 12 can be further enlarged accordingly.

  Further, since the casing 12 of the front pillar member 28 is surface-bonded to the side surface by insert molding, the garnish 41 is compared with the conventional technique in which the garnish 41 is provided separately from the front pillar member 28. The space occupied by the front pillar member 28 and the garnish 41 can be reduced. Therefore, the expansion of the field of view in front of the vehicle 1 as seen from the vehicle compartment 12 can be obtained more effectively.

  Here, the body 2 of the vehicle body is made of sheet metal formed by applying an external force by a pressing die or the like, while the main body of the front pillar member 28 has a different formation method from that made of sheet metal. The material 31. For this reason, when the vehicle body 2 is produced, generally, the vehicle body 2 body and the front pillar member 28 are formed on separate production lines, and then the vehicle body 2 body fastens the front pillar member 28 to the fastening position. It is supposed to be fixed by the tools 35 and 36.

  Therefore, in view of the actual situation of the production line of the vehicle body 2 described above, the vehicle body 2 body is formed with a single production line, while the front pillar member 28, the glass panel 38, the molding 39, and the garnish 41 are attached to other production lines. It was formed into an integrated combination 28, 38, 39, 41 on the production line, and then the front pillar member 28 of the combination was fixed to the body with the fasteners 35, 36 on the body 2 body. It is. Then, by fixing the front pillar member 28, the glass panel 38, the molding 39 and the garnish 41 can be integrally assembled in addition to the front pillar member 28 as described above. However, since it can be rationalized according to the actual situation of the production line of the vehicle body 2, its productivity is effectively improved.

  In addition, although the above is based on the example of illustration, the pipe material 31 of the said front pillar member 28 may be any of circular cross-section, an ellipse, and a polygon. Further, at least one of the front and rear pillar members 28 and 29 may be made of resin.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Car body 3 Running surface 4 Wheel 5 Wheel 8 Side wall 9 Roof panel 10 Header panel 11 Roof side rail 12 Car compartment 15 Door opening 17 Door 19 Front pillar 22 Front window 23 Window opening 24 Wind glass 25 Adhesive material 28 Front pillar member 29 Rear pillar member 31 Pipe material 31a Front surface portion 31b Outer side surface portion 32 Upper mounting piece 33 Lower mounting piece 35 Fastening tool 36 Fastening tool 38 Glass panel 39 Mall 41 Garnish W welding

Claims (1)

A front pillar having a rear pillar member, a glass panel provided so as to close the space between the front and rear pillar members, and an outer edge portion of the glass panel are included before being arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. a mall are-joined to the outer edge portion of the TURMERIC good, the front window side structure in a vehicle and a garnish that is provided so as to cover the passenger compartment Kanagawa surface of the front pillar member,
The front pillar member secured by a fastener to the vehicle body, characterized in that the upper Symbol garnish was-joined to the cabin Kanagawa surface before the pillar members and forming integrally with the molding Front wind side structure in a vehicle.

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