JP6988378B2 - Carrier plate - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a carrier plate.

Conventionally, a window regulator that raises and lowers a door glass that opens and closes a window opening of a vehicle side door is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Such a window regulator includes a carrier plate that holds the door glass, a guide rail on which the carrier plate is guided, and a motor that raises and lowers the carrier plate along the guide rail. A wire is connected to the carrier plate, and a motor drives the wire so that the carrier plate is moved up and down along the guide rail.

Further, the door glass is provided with a glass holder at the lower end portion, and the carrier plate has a mounting plate portion to which the glass holder is attached. Bolt holes are formed in the mounting plate portion and the glass holder, and the mounting plate portion and the glass holder are bolted together.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-206371

Here, when assembling the door glass to the window regulator, the glass holder is placed on the upper end of the mounting plate portion, so that the door glass is temporarily placed on the carrier plate, and the bolt holes of the mounting plate portion and the glass holder are provided. A bolt is inserted into the door, and the mounting plate and the glass holder are bolted together. However, when the mounting position where the glass holder is mounted and the position of the center of gravity of the door glass are deviated from each other, there is a problem that the temporarily placed door glass tends to fall toward the center of gravity.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a carrier plate capable of suppressing the temporarily placed door glass from falling.

The carrier plate according to the present invention is a carrier plate that moves up and down along a guide rail in a window regulator that raises and lowers a door glass that opens and closes a window opening of a vehicle side door. The carrier plate is arranged at the mounting plate portion on which the glass holder of the door glass is mounted, the mounting portion on which the glass holder is mounted, and the protruding portion protruding from the mounting plate portion toward the glass holder side. And. A stepped portion extending toward the glass holder is formed at the rear end portion of the mounting plate portion, and a plate-shaped portion extending rearward is formed at the end portion of the stepped portion opposite to the mounting plate portion side. There is. The plate-shaped portion is formed so as to extend upward, and the upper end portion is arranged above the mounting portion. The protruding portion and the stepped portion are configured to sandwich the glass holder in the front-rear direction when the glass holder is mounted on the mounting portion. The mounting plate portion and the plate-shaped portion are configured to sandwich the glass holder in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction when the glass holder is mounted on the mounting portion. The protrusion is configured so that the glass holder is engaged when the door glass tends to fall toward the center of gravity when the glass holder is mounted on the mounting portion.

With this configuration, when the door glass is temporarily placed, even if the door glass tries to fall toward the center of gravity, the glass holder is engaged with the protruding portion, so that the door glass is prevented from falling. be able to.

According to the carrier plate of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the temporarily placed door glass from falling.

It is a schematic block diagram for demonstrating the window regulator provided with the carrier plate by this embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a mounting plate portion of the carrier plate of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. It is a figure which showed the state which the door glass was temporarily placed on the carrier plate of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing a mounting plate portion of the carrier plate of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the window regulator 100 provided with the carrier plate 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

As shown in FIG. 4, the window regulator 100 is configured to raise and lower the door glass 50 that opens and closes the window opening 151 of the vehicle side door 150. The window regulator 100 is arranged in the internal space of the door body 152 of the vehicle side door 150. In FIG. 4 and the like, the front side (hinge portion side) is the X1 direction side, the rear side is the X2 direction side, the inside (inside the vehicle interior side) is the Y1 direction side, and the outside (outside the vehicle interior) is Y2. It is on the direction side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the window regulator 100 includes a carrier plate 1 for holding the door glass 50 (see FIG. 4), a guide rail 2 to which the carrier plate 1 is guided, and a carrier plate 1 along the guide rail 2. It is equipped with a motor 3 for raising and lowering.

The carrier plate 1 holds the door glass 50 and is configured to be able to move up and down along the guide rail 2. One ends of the first wire and the second wire (not shown) are connected to the carrier plate 1.

The guide rail 2 is formed so as to extend in the vertical direction and has a function of guiding the carrier plate 1. The guide rail 2 is fixed to the door body 152 (see FIG. 4) of the vehicle side door 150. An upper pulley (not shown) is provided at the upper end of the guide rail 2, and a wire housing 4a is connected to the upper pulley. A lower pulley (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the guide rail 2, and a wire housing 4b is connected to the lower pulley 2.

The motor 3 is a driving force source for raising and lowering the carrier plate 1, and is provided in the drum housing 5. A drum (not shown) is housed in the drum housing 5, and the output shaft of the motor 3 is connected to the drum. The drum housing 5 is fixed to the door body 152 (see FIG. 4) of the vehicle side door 150, and the wire housings 4a and 4b are connected to the drum housing 5. The other ends of the first wire and the second wire are connected to the drum. The first wire is housed in the wire housing 4a and wound around the upper pulley. The second wire is housed in the wire housing 4b and wound around the lower pulley.

In such a window regulator 100, when the motor 3 is rotated in one direction, the first wire is unwound from the drum and the second wire is wound around the drum, so that the carrier plate 1 is attached to the guide rail 2. It is descended along. On the other hand, when the motor 3 is rotated in the other direction, the second wire is unwound from the drum and the first wire is wound around the drum, so that the carrier plate 1 is raised along the guide rail 2.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the door glass 50 is provided with a glass holder 51 at the lower end portion. As shown in FIG. 5, the glass holder 51 has a holding portion 511 that sandwiches the lower end portion of the door glass 50, and a protrusion 512 that protrudes downward from the holding portion 511. Bolt holes 512a are formed in the protrusions 512 so as to penetrate in the thickness direction (Y1 and Y2 directions).

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the carrier plate 1 has a mounting plate portion 11 to which the glass holder 51 (see FIG. 3) is mounted, a mounting portion 12 arranged at the upper end of the mounting plate portion 11, and a mounting plate portion. It is provided with a protruding portion 13 projecting inward (Y1 direction side) from 11.

The mounting plate portion 11 is formed in a plate shape along the door glass 50 (see FIG. 4). A protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 is arranged inside the mounting plate portion 11, and the protrusion 512 is attached to the protrusion 512. A bolt hole 11a penetrating in the thickness direction is formed in the mounting plate portion 11 at a position corresponding to the bolt hole 512a of the glass holder 51. The mounting plate portion 11 is arranged on the rear side (X2 direction side) with respect to the guide rail 2.

Further, a step portion 14 extending inward is formed at the rear end portion of the mounting plate portion 11, and a plate-shaped portion 15 extending rearward is formed at the inner end portion of the step portion 14. The plate-shaped portion 15 is formed so as to extend upward, and the upper end portion of the plate-shaped portion 15 is arranged above the mounting portion 12.

The mounting portion 12 is configured to mount the glass holder 51. The mounting portion 12 has an L-shaped linear portion 12a consisting of an upper end portion of the mounting plate portion 11 and a stepped portion 14 and a planar portion 12b extending outward from the upper end portion of the mounting plate portion 11. And have.

The protruding portion 13 is formed so as to extend toward the glass holder 51, and is provided so as to face the stepped portion 14 with the bolt hole 11a interposed therebetween. Therefore, when the glass holder 51 is placed on the carrier plate 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 is configured to be sandwiched by the stepped portion 14 and the protruding portion 13. The protruding portion 13 is formed by cutting out the mounting plate portion 11 in a U shape to form a tongue piece portion, and bending the tongue piece portion inward. Therefore, an opening 13a (see FIG. 2) is formed around the root portion of the protruding portion 13.

-Door glass assembly operation-
Next, the operation of assembling the door glass 50 to the window regulator 100 of the present embodiment will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the glass holder 51 (see FIG. 5) is placed on the mounting portion 12 (see FIG. 2) of the carrier plate 1, and the door glass 50 is temporarily placed on the carrier plate 1. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 is inserted between the protruding portion 13 and the stepped portion 14 inside the mounting plate portion 11 (on the Y1 direction side). That is, the protrusion 13 is arranged so as to be adjacent to the front side (X1 direction side) with respect to the front surface portion 512b of the protrusion 512, and the step portion 14 is rearward side with respect to the rear surface portion 512c of the protrusion 512 (the X1 direction side). It is arranged so as to be adjacent to the X2 direction side). That is, the protruding portion 512 of the glass holder 51 is sandwiched by the protruding portion 13 and the stepped portion 14 in the front-rear direction (X1 and X2 directions). Further, the glass holder 51 is sandwiched by the mounting plate portion 11 and the plate-shaped portion 15 in the directions orthogonal to the front-rear direction (Y1 and Y2 directions).

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the center of gravity position P1 of the door glass 50 and the mounting position P2 on which the glass holder 51 is mounted are deviated from each other. Specifically, the center of gravity position P1 is arranged on the rear side (X2 direction side) of the mounting position P2. Therefore, the door glass 50 tries to rotate backward (in the R direction) with the upper end of the step portion 14 as a fulcrum and fall from the carrier plate 1, but the protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 is engaged with the protrusion 13. The door. Therefore, the rotation of the door glass 50 is restricted, and the fall of the door glass 50 is suppressed.

That is, the protruding portion 13 is arranged on the side opposite to the center of gravity position P1 with respect to the end portion (upper end portion of the step portion 14) on the side close to the center of gravity position P1 of the mounting portion 12. As a result, the protrusion 13 is engaged with the protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 when the door glass 50 is about to fall toward the center of gravity when the glass holder 51 is mounted on the mounting portion 12. It is configured.

The bolt holes 11a of the carrier plate 1 and the bolt holes 512a of the glass holder 51 are arranged at corresponding positions, and bolts (not shown) are inserted into the bolt holes 11a and 512a, and the mounting plate portion 11 and the glass holder 51 are inserted. Is bolted.

-Effect-
In the present embodiment, as described above, when the door glass 50 tries to fall toward the center of gravity when the glass holder 51 is mounted on the mounting portion 12, the protrusion 512 of the glass holder 51 is engaged. By providing the protruding portion 13 on the carrier plate 1, when the door glass 50 is temporarily placed, even if the door glass 50 tries to fall toward the center of gravity, the protruding portion 512 of the glass holder 51 engages with the protruding portion 13. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the door glass 50 from falling. As a result, the door glass 50 can be temporarily placed on the carrier plate 1, so that the work of assembling the door glass 50 to the window regulator 100 can be facilitated.

Further, in the present embodiment, the mounting plate portion 11 is cut out in a U shape to form a tongue piece portion, and the tongue piece portion is bent inward to form a protruding portion 13, thereby increasing the number of parts. At the same time, it is possible to suppress the increase in size of the carrier plate 1.

-Other embodiments-
It should be noted that the embodiments disclosed this time are examples in all respects and do not serve as a basis for a limited interpretation. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is not construed solely by the embodiments described above, but is defined based on the description of the scope of claims. In addition, the technical scope of the present invention includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

For example, in the present embodiment, an example in which the carrier plate 1 is moved up and down using two wires is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the carrier plate may be moved up and down using one wire.

Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which the glass holder 51 is attached to the inside of the carrier plate 1 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the glass holder may be attached to the outside of the carrier plate 1.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a carrier plate of a window regulator that raises and lowers a door glass that opens and closes a window opening of a vehicle side door.

1 Carrier plate 2 Guide rail 11 Mounting plate 12 Mounting 13 Protruding 50 Door glass 51 Glass holder 100 Window regulator 150 Vehicle side door 151 Window opening

Claims (1)

A carrier plate that moves up and down along a guide rail in a window regulator that raises and lowers the door glass that opens and closes the window opening of a vehicle side door.
The mounting plate to which the glass holder of the door glass is attached,
A mounting portion arranged at the upper end of the mounting plate portion and on which the glass holder is mounted, and a mounting portion.
It is provided with a protruding portion protruding from the mounting plate portion toward the glass holder.
A step portion extending toward the glass holder is formed at the rear end portion of the mounting plate portion, and a plate-shaped portion extending rearward is formed at the end portion of the step portion opposite to the mounting plate portion side. Is formed,
The plate-shaped portion is formed so as to extend upward, and the upper end portion is arranged above the previously described placement portion.
The protruding portion and the stepped portion are configured to sandwich the glass holder in the front-rear direction when the glass holder is placed on the previously described placing portion.
The mounting plate portion and the plate-shaped portion are configured to sandwich the glass holder in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction when the glass holder is placed on the above-mentioned mounting portion.
The protrusion is characterized in that the glass holder is engaged when the door glass is about to fall toward the center of gravity when the glass holder is placed on the above-mentioned mounting portion. Carrier plate.

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