JP6509535B2 - Window regulator for vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a window regulator device for a vehicle for raising and lowering a slide window of a vehicle door.

Patent Document 1 is an example of a window regulator device that raises and lowers a slide window with respect to a door panel of a vehicle door.
The window regulator device is moved up and down by the power of the electric motor by being hung on the holder fixed to the lower end of the slide window, the electric motor fixed to the door panel, the plurality of pulleys rotatably supported on the door panel, and each pulley. A drive cable and a holder (sliding fixing device) fixed to the lower end of the drive cable and the slide window are provided.

The holder is a member having a substantially U-shaped cross section made of plastic. That is, when the holder is fixed to the lower end portion of the slide window, it has a pair of side walls respectively facing the both surfaces of the slide window and connecting the lower end portions of both. The upper portions of the pair of side walls are inclined away from each other. Therefore, the distance between the upper portions of the pair of side walls (in the thickness direction of the slide window) is larger than the thickness of the slide window. On the other hand, the distance between the portions excluding the upper portions of the pair of side walls is substantially the same as the thickness of the slide window. Further, on the inner surface of the middle portion in the vertical direction of one side wall, a protruding portion protruding toward the other side wall is provided in a protruding manner.
When the holder is attached to the lower end of the slide window, the lower end of the slide window is brought close to the holder from above, and the lower end of the slide window is inserted between the upper portions of the pair of side walls, and the lower end of the slide window The projection is pressed downward by the part (lower end face). Then, since one side wall integral with the protrusion elastically deforms in a direction to widen the distance between the upper portion and the upper portion of the other side wall, the gap formed by the lower end of the slide window between the protrusion and the other side wall Through the gap (protrusion) to the lower part. Then, when the hole formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the slide window moves to the same height as the protrusion, one side wall returns to the free state, and the protrusion automatically fits into the hole of the slide window. For this reason, the slide window is restricted from coming off the holder.

  When the electric motor generates a drive force, the drive cable receiving the drive force moves in the extension direction of itself while rotating the pulley. A portion of the drive cable extends in the vertical direction, and the holder is fixed to the portion extending in the vertical direction. Therefore, since the holder moves up and down together with the vertically extending portion of the drive cable, the slide window integrated with the holder moves up and down to open and close the window hole of the vehicle door.

  In the holder of Patent Document 1, in order to easily insert the lower end portion of the slide window into the gap between the pair of side walls, the distance between the upper portions of the pair of side walls is larger than the thickness of the slide window. Therefore, although the upper portion of the holder is enlarged in the thickness direction of the slide window, the upper portion of the holder does not function at all after the holder and the slide window are integrated, and the upper portion of the holder causes dead space in the vehicle door ( The vehicle door must be unnecessarily enlarged in the thickness direction of the slide window in accordance with the size of the upper part of the holder).

In addition, since the holder is provided with a projection for preventing the slide window from coming off, in order to mount the lower end of the slide window to the holder, as described above, the lower end of the slide window ( It is necessary to elastically deform one side wall (to the extent that the gap between the projection and the other side wall is larger than the thickness of the lower end of the slide window) while pressing the projection downward by the lower end face). However, in order to elastically deform one side wall to a large extent, since it is necessary to strongly press the projection by the lower end of the slide window, the projection may be damaged or deformed.
However, if the protrusion is damaged or deformed, when the protrusion is fitted to the hole of the slide window, the protrusion can not restrict the slide window from coming off from the holder.

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses a technology capable of solving the problem of Patent Document 1.
This vehicle window regulator device is of an arm type utilizing an X link mechanism. At the lower end of the slide window, a glass holder having a substantially L-shaped cross section and supported by an arm (X link mechanism) is attached. The glass holder has a first holding plate (side wall) substantially orthogonal to the horizontal direction. Further, the lower end portion of the second holding plate (side wall) is rotatably connected to the glass holder via the rotation shaft. The second holding plate is provided with a protruding portion provided on the surface facing the first holding plate, and the second holding plate is located below the rotation axis (when the second holding plate is parallel to the first holding plate). And a contact piece.

When the glass holder of Patent Document 2 is applied to Patent Document 1 (in place of the holder), in order to mount the lower end of the slide window to the glass holder, the second holding plate is moved away from the first holding plate ( For example, after rotating in a substantially horizontal direction, insert the lower end of the slide window between the first and second sandwiching plates from the gap between the first and second sandwiching plates of the glass holder, The contact piece provided on the second sandwiching plate is pressed downward by the end face, and the second sandwiching plate is rotated in a direction approaching the first sandwiching plate. Then, the first holding plate and the second holding plate face both surfaces of the slide window, and the projection provided on the second holding plate is fitted in the hole formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the slide window. Since the lower end portion of the slide window can be attached to the glass holder simply by pressing the contact piece provided on the second holding plate downward by the lower end face of the slide window in this way, both of them can be attached easily Is possible.
Moreover, before mounting the lower end portion of the slide window to the glass holder, it is necessary to increase the distance between the first holding plate and the second holding plate beyond the thickness of the slide window, but in the mounting completion state the first holding plate It is possible to make the distance between the second holding plate and the second holding plate approximately the same as the thickness of the slide window. Therefore, it is not necessary to enlarge the glass holder in the thickness direction of the slide window (in the mounting completed state).
Furthermore, when the lower end of the slide window is attached to the glass holder, the lower end face of the slide window presses the contact piece but does not press the protrusion. Therefore, there is no possibility that the projection may be damaged or deformed at the time of mounting. Therefore, it is possible to reliably hold the slide window by the projection.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-503540 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-257170

However, there are the following problems in the window regulator device for vehicles combining patent documents 1 and 2.
That is, in the case where the vehicle window regulator device is broken or the slide window is broken after the glass holder and the second holding plate are attached to the lower end portion of the slide window, the slide window is moved from the glass holder and the second holding plate. It will be removed and repair of the dual window regulator device and replacement of the slide window will be performed on it.
However, when trying to rotate the second holding plate away from the first holding plate in order to remove the slide window from the glass holder and the second holding plate, it is in contact with the side surface of the lower end of the slide window The contact piece hinders the rotation of the second holding plate with respect to the slide window.
Therefore, it is difficult to remove the slide window from the glass holder and the second holding plate.

  According to the present invention, the holder can be easily attached to the lower end portion of the slide window in a state in which the slide window is reliably prevented from coming off by the fixing projection provided on the holder without enlarging the holder in the thickness direction of the slide window Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle window regulator device in which the holder can be easily removed.

  The vehicle window regulator device according to the present invention is a vehicle window regulator device that raises and lowers a slide window having a fixing portion including a through hole or a recess on a surface in the thickness direction of the vehicle with respect to a door panel of a vehicle door. A flexible pulling member which is advanced and retracted by the driving force of the driving unit, and a holder which is fixed to the pulling member and the fixed portion and which is moved up and down with the slide window with respect to the door panel. A first plate portion and a second plate portion sandwiching the slide window inserted in a gap formed between the two, and the lower portion of the first plate portion and the second plate portion; A rotary connection portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion so as to be relatively rotatable in a direction in which the first plate portion and the second plate portion move close to each other, and a fixing projection fitted to the fixing portion provided on the first plate portion A pressing portion provided on the first plate portion, facing the lower end surface of the slide window, and having a pressed portion at the same position as the rotating connection portion or above the rotating connection portion; When the lower end surface of the slide window presses the pressed portion when the fixed portion is not fitted, the pressed portion causes the fixing projection to be fitted to the fixed portion. It is characterized in that one plate portion is rotated in a direction approaching the second plate portion.

  When the lower end surface of the slide window does not press the pressed portion, the holder provisionally sets the gap between the first plate portion and the second plate portion to a predetermined size larger than the thickness of the slide window. You may provide the temporary holding means to hold | maintain.

  The pressed portion is a protrusion that protrudes from the first plate portion toward the second plate portion, and the second plate portion includes a through hole through which the pressed portion can be inserted. When the plate portion and the second plate portion face both surfaces of the slide window, the lower surface of the pressed portion may be in contact with the bottom surface of the through hole.

In order to mount the lower end portion of the slide window to the holder of the present invention, the lower end portion of the slide window is placed between the first plate portion and the second plate portion from the gap between the first plate portion and the second plate portion of the holder. Inserting and pressing the pressed portion provided on the first plate portion downward by the lower end face of the slide window, the first plate portion is rotated in a direction approaching the second plate portion. Then, the first plate portion and the second plate portion face both surfaces of the slide window, and the fixing projections provided on the first plate portion are engaged with the fixing portion including the through hole or the recess provided on the slide window Do. Since the lower end of the slide window can be attached to the holder simply by pressing the pressed portion provided on the first plate downward by the lower end face of the slide window as described above, both mounting operations can be performed easily. It is possible.
Moreover, before mounting the lower end of the slide window to the holder, it is necessary to increase the distance between the first plate and the second plate more than the thickness of the slide window. It is possible to make the distance between the second plate portions substantially the same as the thickness of the slide window. Therefore, there is no need to enlarge the holder in the thickness direction of the slide window (in the mounting completed state).
Furthermore, when mounting the lower end portion of the slide window to the holder, the lower end surface of the slide window presses the pressed portion but does not press the fixing protrusion. Therefore, there is no possibility that the fixing projections may be damaged or deformed at the time of mounting. Therefore, it is possible to securely hold the slide window by the fixing projection.
In addition, when the first plate portion and the second plate portion face both surfaces of the slide window, the pressed portion is located at the same position as the rotational connection portion (rotational shaft) or above the rotational connection portion. Therefore, when the first plate portion of the holder mounted on the lower end portion of the slide window is rotated in the direction of separating from the second plate portion, the pressed portion does not prevent the rotation of the first plate portion with respect to the slide window . Therefore, it is possible to easily remove the holder from the lower end of the slide window.

According to the invention of claim 2, before mounting the lower end portion of the slide window to the holder, the temporary holding means sets the gap between the first plate portion and the second plate portion to a predetermined size larger than the thickness of the slide window Can be temporarily held.
Therefore, the lower end portion of the slide window can be easily inserted between the first plate portion and the second plate portion from the gap between the first plate portion and the second plate portion.

According to the invention of claim 3, the first plate portion and the second plate portion are brought close to each other even when the pressed portion is made longer in order to make the lower end surface of the slide window contact the pressed portion reliably. It is possible to prevent the pressed portion and the second plate portion from interfering with each other.
Furthermore, when the opposing portion of the first plate portion and the second plate portion faces both surfaces of the slide window, the pressed portion is held by the first plate portion and the bottom surface of the through hole of the second plate portion. Therefore, damage to the pressed portion can be suppressed as compared with the case where the pressed portion is cantilevered only by the first plate portion. Furthermore, since the further downward movement of the pressed portion is restricted, the vertical position of the slide window relative to the holder can be easily positioned at the desired position (design position).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the side view seen from the vehicle outer side which shows the vehicle door of one Embodiment of this invention typically. It is a perspective view of a guide rail, a holder attached to the guide rail, and a lower end portion of a slide window separated from the holder. It is a perspective view of a lower end part of a slide window fixed to a holder and a holder. (A) is sectional drawing in alignment with the IV (a)-IV (a) arrow line of FIG. 2, (b) is sectional drawing in alignment with the IV (b)-IV (b) arrow line of FIG. It is sectional drawing when the lower end surface of a slide window contact | abuts to the to-be-pressed protrusion of the holder temporarily held by the cross-sectional substantially V-shaped state, (a) is IV (a)-IV (a) of FIG. It is sectional drawing when it cut | disconnects in the same position as an arrow line, (b) is sectional drawing cut | disconnected in the same position as IV (b)-IV (b) arrow line | wire of FIG. It is sectional drawing when a vehicle outer side attachment part rotates in the direction which approaches with respect to a vehicle inner side attachment part, when (a) is cut | disconnected in the same position as IV (a)-IV (a) arrow line of FIG. (B) is a cross-sectional view cut at the same position as the arrow IV (b) -IV (b) in FIG. It is sectional drawing when the lower end part of a slide window and a holder are fixed, and (a) is a sectional view when it cuts at the same position as the IV (a)-IV (a) arrow line of FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view cut at the same position as the arrow IV (b)-IV (b) in FIG. It is sectional drawing corresponding to FIG.7 (b) of a modification.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. In addition, each direction of front and rear, up and down, and the inside and outside of a vehicle in the following description is based on the arrow direction in a figure.
The illustrated vehicle door 10 includes a metal door panel (an outer panel and an inner panel positioned on the inner side of the outer panel) P, and a metal front sash (slanting upward) from the front end of the upper edge of the door panel P. (Not shown) and a metal rear sash (not shown) extending upward from the rear end of the upper edge of the door panel P and having its upper end connected to the upper end (rear end) of the front sash doing.
An upper bracket 11 and a lower bracket 12 are fixed to the door panel P, and upper and lower end portions of a metal guide rail 15 extending in the vertical direction are fixed to the upper bracket 11 and the lower bracket 12, respectively. Both front and rear end portions of the guide rail 15 are constituted by guide portions 16 having a substantially L-shaped cross section (see FIG. 2).
A slide window S made of transparent glass or resin is attached to the vehicle door 10, and a front sash and a rear sash slidably support the front edge and the rear edge of the slide window S in the vertical direction, respectively. . The slide window S has a fully closed position closing the window hole surrounded by the upper edge of the door panel P, the front sash, and the rear sash, and a fully open position moving downward from the fully closed position to open the window hole. It is slidable with respect to the vehicle door 10 between. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a recess S1 is formed at the lower edge of the slide window S, and a fixing hole S2 is formed as a through hole before and after the recess S1.
A holder 20 which can slide along the guide rail 15 is attached to the guide rail 15. The holder 20 is made of resin, and a mounting groove 22 of a cross-sectional shape in which the front and rear guide portions 16 of the guide rail 15 slidably fit and correspond to the guide portion 16 (only the front side mounting groove 22 is shown in FIG. 2) have. The lower end of the slide window S is fixed to the holder 20.

  In the door panel P, a take-up drum device 35 (drive unit) takes up a drive wire W (pulling member) as a whole annular in both forward and reverse directions by using a drive force of a motor (not shown) built in itself. It is fixed. The upper bracket 11 and the lower bracket 12 are both provided with a guide pulley 36 and a guide pulley 37 rotatable around a rotation axis extending in the thickness direction (vehicle width direction) of the vehicle door 10. Since the guide pulley 36 and the guide pulley 37 are wound around, the portion of the drive wire W located between the guide pulley 36 and the guide pulley 37 is a vertically moving portion W1 moving up and down. Then, since the holder 20 is fixed to the vertical direction portion W1, when the winding drum device 35 which receives the driving force of the motor winds the driving wire W in both forward and reverse directions, the holder 20 and the holder 20 are integrated. The formed slide window S moves up and down along the guide rails 15.

Subsequently, the detailed structure of the holder 20 and the fixing procedure of the holder 20 and the slide window S will be described.
The holder 20 made of an elastic resin includes the base portion 21, the bottom surface portion 26, the in-vehicle attachment portion 27, the rotational connection portion 30, the in-vehicle attachment portion 31, the rectangular frame 32 a, the cylindrical protrusion 32 c, and the pressed protrusion 33. And a fixing member 34 which is molded as a separate body from the integrally molded portion.
The holder 20 is provided with a base 21 that constitutes the central portion thereof. The mounting groove 22 which both upper and lower ends open | released is formed in two places of front and back of the vehicle interior side of the base 21, respectively. Furthermore, a wire mounting hole 23 is formed in the central portion of the base 21, and a wire locking hole 24 communicating with the wire mounting hole 23 is formed in the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the wire mounting hole 23. Each is formed.
Furthermore, the holder 20 is provided with a pair of front and rear bottom surface configuration portions 26 linearly extending forward and backward from the same upper and lower positions of the front and rear surfaces of the base 21 respectively. The widthwise dimension of the bottom surface configuration 26 is slightly larger than the thickness of the slide window S. A flat inner mounting portion 27 (second plate portion) extends upward from the inner side edge portion of the front and rear bottom surface configuration portions 26. The front and rear interior mounting portions 27 are both integrated with the base portion 21, and the front and rear interior mounting portions 27 are located on the same plane. Further, a projection receiving hole 28 is formed as a through hole at the central portion of the front and rear inside mounting portion 27. Furthermore, a rectangular projection insertion hole 29 (through hole) located below the projection receiving hole 28 is formed as a through hole in the front and rear interior attachment portions 27.
Further, a pair of front and rear vehicle outside attachment parts 31 (first plate parts) located at the front and rear of the base 21 are connected to the vehicle outside edge of the bottom surface configuration part 26 via the rotary connection part 30. The rotary connection portion 30 is thinner than the outer side attachment portion 31 (and the inner side attachment portion 27), and the axis thereof is in the front-rear direction (a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and the vertical direction of the vehicle door 10. Note that this "orthogonal" Extends both completely orthogonal and substantially orthogonal. The front and rear outer side attachment portions 31 are rotatable independently of each other in the vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface configuration portion 26 and the inner side attachment portion 27 centering on each rotary connection portion 30. Further, a rectangular frame 32a is integrally protruded at a central portion of one surface of the front and rear outer side attachment portion 31 and a locking claw 32b is protruded at a part of the rectangular frame 32a. . On the other hand, a substantially cylindrical cylindrical projection 32c (fixing projection) is integrally provided in the center of the other surface of the front and rear exterior mounting portion 31 (portion corresponding to the center of the rectangular frame 32a). A through hole is formed on the inner peripheral side of the cylindrical projection 32c to penetrate the vehicle outer side attachment portion 31 in the thickness direction. The outer diameter of the cylindrical protrusion 32c is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the fixing hole S2. Further, in the vicinity of each of the rotary connection portions 30 of the front and rear outer side attachment portions 31, a pressed projection 33 extending in a direction orthogonal to the outer side attachment portion 31 is integrally protruded. The front and rear pressed projections 33 include a pressed portion 33a linearly extending from the vehicle outer side mounting portion 31 and a pair of front and rear retaining claws 33b that respectively project forward and backward and rearward from the tip end of the pressed portion 33a. doing. The front-rear width of the pressed portion 33 a of the projection 33 to be pressed is slightly smaller than the front-rear width of the projection insertion hole 29, but the front-rear gap between the front and rear stop claws 33 b is larger than the front-rear width of the projection insertion hole 29.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of die removal holes 31 a located on the front and rear sides of the root portion of the pressed portion 33 a are formed as through holes in each of the vehicle outer side attachment portions 31. The front and rear die removal holes 31a are opposed in the thickness direction (inward and outward directions in FIG. 2) of the front and rear retaining claws 33b of the corresponding pressing projection 33 and the outside attachment portion 31.
The integrally molded portion is manufactured by injection molding using a fixed mold and a movable mold (not shown). A cavity is formed on the opposite surface to the fixed movable type. On the other hand, on the opposite surface to the movable fixed die, a pair of projecting pieces projecting toward the fixed die are provided. When molding the outside mounting portion 31 and the pressed projection 33 of the integral molding portion, the movable mold is moved linearly (in the "vehicle outside" direction in FIG. 2) with respect to the fixed mold and both molds are clamped. A resin material having fluidity is injected into the cavity. Then, the pair of movable pieces of the movable type occupy the space between the die hole 31a and the retaining claw 33b and the space corresponding to the die hole 31a. After the resin material is cured, the movable mold is moved linearly (in the "in-vehicle" direction in FIG. 2) to move it away from the fixed mold, the part occupied by the pair of projecting pieces is formed in the external mounting portion 31 It becomes the removal hole 31a (and the space between the die removal hole 31a and the retaining claw 33b).
Since the pair of front and rear mold removal holes 31a are thus formed in the vehicle outside attachment portion 31 (as the movable die has a pair of projecting pieces), the projection 33 to be pressed has the retaining claw 33b. However, the outside attachment portion 31 and the projection 33 can be formed only by the fixed type and the movable type.

  On the other hand, the fixing member 34 has a substrate portion 34a substantially the same shape as the inner peripheral surface shape of the rectangular frame 32a, and a cylindrical portion 34b protruding from the central portion of the substrate portion 34a. The outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 34b is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the cylindrical protrusion 32c. Further, a female screw groove 34c is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 34b. The fixing member 34 inserts the cylindrical portion 34b inside the cylindrical projection 32c while fitting the substrate portion 34a to the inside of the rectangular frame 32a of the front and rear outer side mounting portion 31, and the tip of the cylindrical portion 34b Are mounted on the vehicle outer side mounting portion 31 in a state of protruding from the tip of the cylindrical projection 32c. When the substrate portion 34a is fitted inside the rectangular frame 32a, the locking claw 32b engages with the substrate portion 34a from the outside, so there is no risk of the substrate portion 34a falling off the rectangular frame 32a unintentionally.

When fixing the lower end portion of the slide window S to the holder 20, first, the upper end or the lower end of the guide rail 15 separated from the upper bracket 11 and / or the lower bracket 12 (the upper bracket 11 and the lower bracket 12 are fixed The holder 20 is slidably attached to the guide rail 15 by fitting the lower end or the upper end of the front and rear mounting grooves 22 of the holder 20 to the end of the holder 20). Then, the guide rail 15 is fixed to the door panel P using the upper bracket 11 and the lower bracket 12 in a mode in which the holder 20 is positioned lower than the lower end face of the slide window S, and both ends of the drive wire W (vertical direction The portion constituting the portion W1 is locked (fixed) to the upper and lower wire locking holes 24 via the use holes 23 at the time of wire attachment.
Subsequently, the pressed portions 33a of the front and rear exterior mounting portions 31 of the holder 20 are inserted into the projection insertion holes 29 of the front and rear interior mounting portions 27. Then, each retaining claw 33b penetrates the corresponding projection insertion hole 29 while being elastically deformed, and returns to the free state (initial shape) on the inner side of the inner side mounting portion 27. Then, the rotation to the vehicle outside with respect to the front and rear mounting portions 27 with respect to the front and rear mounting portions 31, the retaining claws 33b are the inner side surfaces of the mounting portion 27 (engaged portion; peripheral portion of the projection insertion hole 29) ) At the position where it abuts. Further, when the projection 33 to be pressed is inserted into the projection insertion hole 29, the outside mounting portion 31 is rotated by its own weight to the outside (at this time, the front and rear rotational connection portions 30 rotate the outside mounting portion 31 to the outside of the vehicle) It is possible to exert an urging force to urge the vehicle outer side attachment portion 31 to be rotated to the vehicle outer side by the rotation urging force), and when the holder 20 does not exert an external force on the holder 20 The retaining claw 33b (engagement portion) of 33 (temporary holding means) is temporarily held in a substantially V-shaped cross section in which the inner side surface of the in-vehicle attachment portion 27 (temporary holding means) abuts (see FIG. 5A) . Then, the gap in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle inside-outside direction) of the gap between the vehicle interior mounting portion 27 and the upper portion of the vehicle exterior mounting portion 31 is the vehicle width direction dimension of the lower end portions of the vehicle interior mounting portion 27 and the vehicle exterior mounting portion 31 And (several) larger than the dimension in the vehicle width direction of the slide window S. The insertion work of each pressed projection 33 into the projection insertion hole 29 may be performed before attaching the holder 20 to the guide rail 15 or before fixing the upper bracket 11 and the lower bracket 12 to the door panel P.
Then, the lower end portion of the slide window S is attached to the inside of the vehicle by lowering the slide window S along the front sash and the rear sash of the vehicle door 10 or (and) raising the holder 20 along the guide rail 15 The space 27 is inserted between the in-vehicle attachment portion 27 and the in-vehicle attachment portion 31 from the gap between the upper portion 27 and the upper portion of the in-vehicle attachment portion 31. Then, after the lower end face of slide window S (the part located before and after recess S1) passes through the gap between the tip of fixing member 34 (cylindrical part 34b) and in-vehicle attachment part 27, vehicle-exterior attachment part 31 Are pressed downward from above. Then, since the front and rear outer mounting portions 31 integrated with the front and rear pressed projections 33 rotate toward the inner mounting portion 27, the front and rear mounting members 31 are integrated with the front and rear mounting portions 31. The cylindrical portion 34b is inserted from the vehicle outer side into the front and rear fixing holes S2 of the slide window S, and the retaining claw 33b is separated from the vehicle inner side mounting portion 27 to the vehicle inner side (see FIG. 6).
When the front and rear exterior mounting portions 31 rotate further toward the interior mounting portion 27 from the state shown in FIG. 6, the front and rear cylindrical projections 32c are completely fitted in the fixing holes S2 as shown in FIG. The cylindrical portion 34b of the fixing member 34 is loosely fitted to the front and rear projection receiving holes 28. When the lower surfaces of the front and rear pressed projections 33 abut on the bottom surfaces of the corresponding projection insertion holes 29 (see FIG. 7A), the external mounting portion 31 stops rotating toward the internal mounting portion 27. The in-vehicle attachment portion 27 and the in-vehicle attachment portion 31 are in contact with both surfaces of the slide window S (the upper surface of the projection 33 is opposed to the lower end surface of the slide window S).
As described above, the lower end portion of the slide window S can be temporarily temporarily fixed to the holder 20 only by pressing the pressed projection 33 provided on the vehicle outside attachment portion 31 downward by the lower end surface of the slide window S. When temporarily fixed, the cylindrical projections 32c at the front and rear of the holder 20 restrict the slide window S from coming off the holder 20 upward. However, in this state, the holder 20 and the slide window S are not completely fixed. Therefore, the fixing bolts 40 are respectively inserted into the projection receiving holes 28 from the vehicle inner side through the working holes of the door panel (inner panel) P, and the screw portions 40a of the fixing bolts 40 are female screw grooves of the cylindrical portions 34b. While screwing with 34c, the head 40b of each fixing bolt 40 is brought into pressure contact with the inner mounting portion 27 (the peripheral portion of the projection receiving hole 28 on the inner side of the vehicle), and the holder 20 and the slide window S are completely Fix it. When the holder 20 and the slide window S are completely fixed in this manner, it is possible to raise and lower the holder 20 and the slide window S along the guide rail 15 using the take-up drum device 35 (motor).

When the lower end portion of the slide window S is attached to the holder 20, the lower end surface of the slide window S does not press the cylindrical projection 32c. Therefore, when the slide window S is attached to the holder 20, there is no possibility that the cylindrical projection 32c is damaged or deformed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the slide window S from being removed by the cylindrical projection 32c.
Moreover, before mounting the lower end portion of the slide window S to the holder 20, although it is necessary to increase the distance between the upper portion of the in-vehicle attachment portion 27 and the upper portion of the outer-vehicle attachment portion 31, more than the thickness of the slide window S In the state, it is possible to make the distance between the upper portion of the in-vehicle attachment portion 27 and the upper portion of the in-vehicle attachment portion 31 substantially the same as the thickness of the slide window S. Therefore, the holder 20 is not enlarged in the thickness direction of the slide window S in the mounting completed state. Therefore, a dead space is generated in the vehicle door 10 by the upper portion of the holder 20 (the thickness of the vehicle door 10 does not have to be increased unnecessarily).
In addition, although the pressed portion 33a is elongated in order to ensure that the lower end surface of the slide window S contacts the pressed portion 33a, the projection insertion hole 29 is formed in the in-vehicle attachment portion 27. It is possible to smoothly rotate the outside mounting portion 31 with respect to the inside mounting portion 27 without interference between the pressing portion 33 a and the inside mounting portion 27.

Furthermore, when the lower end portion of the slide window S is temporarily fixed to the holder 20, the projection 33 to be pressed is held by the outer attachment portion 31 and the bottom surface of the projection insertion hole 29. Therefore, damage to the pressed protrusion 33 can be suppressed as compared with the case where the pressed protrusion 33 is cantilevered only by the vehicle outside attachment portion 31.
Furthermore, if the projection 33 to be pressed is cantilevered only by the outer attachment portion 31, the projection 33 is elastically deformed downward when the lower end surface of the slide window S presses the projection 33. The window S may move below the design position, and as a result, the cylindrical projection 32c may not be able to fit in the fixing hole S2. However, in the present embodiment, the downward elastic deformation of the pressed protrusion 33 is restricted (suppressed) by holding the pressed protrusion 33 on both sides by the vehicle outer side attachment portion 31 and the protrusion insertion hole 29. The vertical position with respect to the holder 20 can be easily positioned at the design position, and the cylindrical projection 32c can be easily fitted to the fixing hole S2.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7A, when the lower end of the slide window S is attached to the holder 20, the pressed portion 33a is positioned above the rotary connection portion 30 (the pressed portion 33a is mounted outside the vehicle) Located between the tip of the part 31 and the rotary connection 30). Therefore, when the outside mounting portion 31 of the holder 20 mounted at the lower end of the slide window S is rotated in a direction away from the inside mounting portion 27, the projection 33 prevents rotation of the outside mounting portion 31. (It does not prevent the cylindrical projection 32c from escaping from the fixing hole S2). Therefore, it is possible to easily remove the holder 20 from the lower end of the slide window S.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be implemented in various aspects.
For example, instead of providing the rotary connection portion 30 at the outer side edge of the bottom surface configuration portion 26, the rotary connection portion 30 connects portions located above the lower ends of the outer side mounting portion 31 and the inner side mounting portion 27. (The bottom surface configuration 26 may be omitted in this case). However, if the mounting position (upper and lower position) of the rotary connection portion 30 with respect to the vehicle outside mounting portion 31 is too high, the vehicle outside mounting portion 31 of the holder 20 mounted at the lower end of the slide window S is separated from the vehicle inside mounting portion 27 When it is attempted to rotate in the direction of rotation, the lower parts of the vehicle outside attachment part 31 and the vehicle inside attachment part 27 (sites located below the rotational connection part 30) interfere with each other (rotation of the vehicle outside attachment part 31 And the cylindrical protrusion 32c may be prevented from escaping from the fixing hole S2. Therefore, in the case of this modification, when the outside mounting portion 31 is rotated in the direction away from the inside mounting portion 27, the lower portions of the outside mounting portion 31 and the inside mounting portion 27 do not interfere with each other. It is necessary to set the attachment position (upper and lower position) of the rotational connection portion 30 with respect to the vehicle outside attachment portion 31.
When the lower end portion of the slide window S is attached to the holder 20, the outside mounting portion 31 of the pressed portion 33a is positioned so that the pressed portion 33a is located at the same position (in the vertical direction) as the rotary connection portion 30. You may change the attachment position to.
The number of the protrusion receiving holes 28 provided in the holder 20, the protrusion insertion holes 29, the rectangular frame 32a, the cylindrical protrusions 32c, the pressed protrusions 33, the number of the fixing members 34, and the number of the fixing holes S2 of the slide window S It may be three or more than two.
The retaining claw 33 b may be omitted from the projection 33 to be pressed.
The entire holder 20 (including the fixing member 34) may be formed by integral molding.
The protrusion insertion hole 29 may be changed to a recess whose part is open at the front end face or the rear end face of the in-vehicle attachment part 27. In addition, the front-rear width of the in-vehicle mounting portion 27 is shortened (for example, the front end surface position of the in-vehicle mounting portion 27 on the front side is made the same position as the rear end surface of the projection insertion hole 29 on the front side The rear end position is the same position as the front end surface of the rear projection insertion hole 29), and the lower end of the slide window S is attached to the holder 20. 27 is positioned on the inner side of the inner mounting portion 27 through the front of the front end face and the rear of the rear end surface of the rear inner mounting portion 27, and the retaining claw 33b is on the inner side of the front inner mounting portion 27 It may be locked. In addition, when the pressed projection 33 is shortened to such an extent that the tip end of the pressed projection 33 is positioned outside the in-vehicle mounting portion 27 when the lower end of the slide window S is attached to the holder 20 The projection insertion hole 29 (consisting of a recess) may be omitted.

The lower end portion of the slide window S may be fixed to each holder 20 after a plurality of guide rails 15 are provided on the door panel P and the holder 20 is slidably supported on each guide rail 15.
Further, the pressed projection 33 has a shape different from that shown in the drawing, or the pressed projection 33 is formed as a separate body from the holder 20 (vehicle outer attachment portion 31) and then fixed to the holder 20 (vehicle outer attachment portion 31) You may

After the cylindrical projection 32c and / or the fixing hole S2 has a shape different from that illustrated, or the cylindrical projection 32c is formed separately from the holder 20 (vehicle outer attachment portion 31), the holder 20 (vehicle outer attachment portion) 31) may be fixed.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the cylindrical protrusion 32 c ′ may have the illustrated shape without changing the shape of the fixing hole S 2. The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical projection 32c 'is constituted by a tapered surface 32c1 whose diameter decreases from the base end side (vehicle outer side) to the tip end side (vehicle inner side). Therefore, when the lower end portion of the slide window S is mounted to the holder 20, the base end portion of the cylindrical projection 32c '(taper surface 32c1) contacts the inner peripheral surface of the fixing hole S2 (or very small between both) Although the clearance is formed, the portion distal to the proximal end portion forms a (relatively) large clearance with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing hole S2. According to this modification, when the outside mounting portion 31 of the holder 20 mounted at the lower end of the slide window S is rotated in a direction away from the inside mounting portion 27, the cylindrical projection 32c 'is used as the fixing hole S2. And the holder 20 can be removed very easily from the lower end of the slide window S.
Generally, when the holder 20 is removed from the lower end portion of the slide window S, work is often performed while lifting the slide window S relative to the holder 20 (by hand or the like). Therefore, at this time, the lower surface of the cylindrical protrusion and the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface of the fixing hole S2 easily interfere with each other. Therefore, only the lower portion (not the entire circumference) of the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical protrusion may be a tapered surface.

The fixing portion (S2) provided on the slide window S (where the fixing protrusion is fitted) may be configured by a "recess" in which the fixing protrusion can be fitted and does not penetrate the slide window S. In this case, the in-vehicle attachment portion 27, the in-vehicle attachment portion 31, and the slide window S may be fixed to each other by fixing means different from the fixing bolt 40.
Also, instead of the guide pulley 36 and the guide pulley 37, a fixed wire guide which can not be rotated with respect to the upper bracket 11 or the lower bracket 12 and has a wire support groove on the outer peripheral surface may be fixed to the upper bracket 11 or the lower bracket 12 Good.
The pulling member (for example, a rack belt) other than the drive wire W may be moved up and down to fix the holder 20 to the pulling member.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle door 11 Upper bracket 12 Lower bracket 15 Guide rail 16 Guide part 20 Holder 21 Base 22 Mounting groove 23 Wire installation hole 24 Wire locking hole 26 Bottom structure part 27 Car inner mounting part (second plate part) (provisional) Holding means) (engaged portion)
28 projection receiving hole 29 projection insertion hole (through hole)
30 Rotating connection part 31 Vehicle outside mounting part (first plate part)
31a Die removal hole 32a Rectangular frame 32b Locking claw 32c 32c 'Cylindrical projection (projection for fixing)
32c1 Tapered surface 33 Pressed projection (temporary holding means)
33a Pressed part 33b Retaining claw (engagement part)
34 Fixing member 34a Substrate portion 34b Cylindrical portion 34c Female thread groove 35 Winding drum device (drive portion)
36 37 Guide pulley 40 Fixing bolt 40a Screw 40b Head P Door panel (inner panel)
S Slide window S1 Recess S2 Fixing hole (fixed part)
W Drive wire (traction member)
W1 vertical direction part

Claims (3)

A window regulator device for a vehicle, which raises and lowers a slide window having a fixing portion including a through hole or a recess on a surface in the thickness direction of the vehicle with respect to a door panel of a vehicle door,
A drive unit,
A flexible pulling member which is advanced and retracted by the driving force of the drive unit;
A holder fixed to the pulling member and the fixing portion and vertically moved with the slide window with respect to the door panel;
Equipped with
The above holder is
A first plate portion and a second plate portion sandwiching the slide window inserted into a gap formed between the two;
A rotary connection portion connecting the first plate portion and the lower portion of the second plate portion so as to be relatively rotatable in a direction in which the first plate portion and the second plate portion are in contact with or separated from each other;
A fixing projection which is provided on the first plate portion and which is fitted to the fixing portion;
A pressed portion provided on the first plate portion, facing the lower end surface of the slide window, and located at the same position as the rotational connection portion or above the rotational connection portion;
Equipped with
When the lower end surface of the slide window presses the pressed portion when the fixed protrusion is not fitted to the fixed portion, the pressed portion fits the fixed protrusion to the fixed portion. A vehicle window regulator device, wherein the first plate portion is rotated in a direction approaching the second plate portion so as to cause the first plate portion to move. In the vehicle window regulator device according to claim 1,
The above holder is
Temporary holding of the gap between the first plate portion and the second plate portion to a predetermined size larger than the thickness of the slide window when the lower end surface of the slide window does not press the pressed portion Window regulator device for vehicles comprising means. In the window regulator device for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2,
The pressed portion is a protrusion that protrudes from the first plate portion toward the second plate portion,
The second plate portion includes a through hole through which the pressed portion can be inserted;
The vehicle window regulator device, wherein the lower surface of the pressed portion contacts the bottom surface of the through hole when the first plate portion and the second plate portion face both surfaces of the slide window.

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