JPH0626928B2 - Car body structure - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an upper vehicle body structure of an automobile, and more particularly to an upper vehicle body structure in which first and second hard roofs are displaceably provided at a rear portion of a main roof.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in an automobile, it is known that a roof portion is movable in the front-rear direction of a vehicle body, and a rear space of a vehicle compartment can be expanded or contracted by the movement of the roof portion. (See, eg, US Pat. No. 4,168,859 and drawings).

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in a conventional vehicle in which the roof portion is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, the vehicle interior is opened to the outside by moving the roof portion. However, there is a problem that the occupant in the vehicle cabin gets wet when the roof is moved during rainfall.

Therefore, for the purpose of being able to extend the vehicle compartment space for traveling regardless of weather conditions, the present inventor hinge-couples the rear portion of the main roof constituting the upper portion of the vehicle body and the rear deck of the vehicle body with each other. The first hard roof and the second hard roof located on the vehicle rear side of the first hard roof are displaceably provided so as to have a plurality of states, and the hard roofs are expanded or folded. By doing so, we have developed an upper body structure of an automobile that can expand or reduce the passenger compartment space and filed a separate application.

By the way, in such a structure, there is a demand for automatically performing the expanding or folding operation of the first and second hard roofs.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an upper body structure of an automobile capable of automatically expanding or folding both hard roofs in the above structure.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a solution means of the present invention is a first hard roof hinged to each other between a rear portion of a main roof constituting an upper part of a vehicle body and a rear deck of the vehicle body. And a second hard roof located on the vehicle rear side of the first hard roof so as to be displaceable so as to have a plurality of states, and by expanding or folding the both hard roofs, the vehicle interior space is expanded. Or, it is premised on the upper body structure of a car that can be reduced. An elastic member that has one end connected to a fixed portion of the vehicle body and the other end connected to the second hard roof and is expandable and contractable so as to expand or fold both hard roofs; Drive means for expanding and contracting the member is provided.

(Operation) As a result, by driving the drive means, the expansion / contraction member expands / contracts, and the expansion / contraction operation expands or folds the first and second hard roofs.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described along drawing.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the roof portion of the automobile according to the present invention, the front edge portion of the first hard roof 2 is rotatably displaceable to the rear edge portion of the main roof 1 which constitutes the upper part of the vehicle body and is in a substantially horizontal state. The front edge of the second hard roof 3 is hinged to the rear edge of the first hard roof 2, and the rear edge of the second hard roof 3 pivots to the rear deck 4 of the vehicle body. It is displaceably pivoted.

The first and second hard roofs 2 and 3 are shown in FIG. 2 (a).
As shown in (b) and (c), it is supported by the vehicle body so as to be in a plurality of states. That is, the first hard roof 2 largely inclines downward from the rear edge of the main roof 1 to form the rear part of the passenger compartment, and the second hard roof 3 extends rearward from the lower edge of the first hard roof 2 to extend toward the rear deck 4. With the folded state S ₁ (see FIG. 2A) arranged on the upper surface, the first hard roof 2 is slightly inclined downward from the rear edge of the main roof 1, and the second hard roof 3 is the first hard roof. 2 and an intermediate state S ₂ (see FIG. 2B) that extends rearward to form a continuous roof portion, and the first hard roof 2 extends substantially horizontally rearward from the main roof 1 and is continuous with the roof portion. And an expanded state S ₃ (see FIG. 2 (c)) in which the second hard roof 3 inclines downward from the rear edge of the first hard roof 2 and extends to the rear deck 4 to form the rear part of the vehicle compartment. Including.

An opening 1a is formed in the main roof 1 and the opening 1a is formed.
A sliding roof 6 is provided so that it can be opened and closed.

Each of the first and second hard roofs 2 and 3 is provided with a rectangular window glass 7 or 8 in the center thereof. Further, quarter windows 9, 9 extending downward are fixed to both sides of the first hard roof 2, and the quarter windows 9, 9 are capable of appearing in and out of the center pillars 10, 10. Side panels 12, 12 extending downward are continuously provided on both sides of the second hard roof 3, and the side panels 12,
12 is behind the quarter windows 9, 9 and rear fender 1
It is possible to appear and disappear for 1 and 11.

The quarter window 9 has the outer portion 10 of the center pillar 10 when the hard roofs 2 and 3 are folded.
It is adapted to be stored in a space portion 10c formed between a and the inner portion 10b. As shown in FIG. 3, the sealing material 13 is provided at the entrance to the space 10c.
a and 13b are provided, and the sealing materials 13a and 13b are in contact with both side surfaces 9a and 9b of the quarter window 9.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the lower end portion of the quarter window 9 has another space portion formed between the outer portion 11a and the inner portion 11b of the rear fender 11 when the hard roofs 2 and 3 are in an expanded state. The seal material 14a,
The sealability is maintained and supported by 14b.

When the first and second hard roofs 2 and 3 are in an expanded state, the rear edge of the quarter window 9 is, as shown in FIG.
Reinforcing portion 12a of the side panel 12 of the second hard roof 3
It is adapted to engage with the recess 12b formed in the above through the rubber 30 in a detachable manner.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the space 11c of the rear fender 11 further rearward of the portion where the quarter window 9 is supported, the lower end of the side panel 12 is in the folded state of both hard roofs 2 and 3. It is stored so that it can appear and disappear.

The seal structure of the hinge portion between the main roof 1 and the first hard roof 2 is as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). That is, the seal material 15 is installed between the rear edge of the main roof 1 and the front edge of the first hard roof 2 over the entire vehicle width direction so as to close the gap.
A first hard roof 2 is rotatably connected to a reinforcing portion 1 a having a closed cross-section structure of the main roof 1 below 5 through a hinge means 16.

Further below this hinge means 16, a hollow guide member 17 is attached to the main roof 1, and another seal member 18 slidably fitted to the first hard roof 2 side is attached.

In addition, the lower end of the main roof 1 has a first
Still another sealing material 19 that contacts the lower surface of the hard roof 2
Is provided.

Further, between the first hard roof 2 and the second hard roof 3, as shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b), a hinge means 20 for rotatably connecting the two hard roofs 2 and 3 is provided. At the upper position, a sealing material 21 is provided over the entire width in the vehicle width direction so as to close the gap between the hard roofs 2 and 3. The sealing material 21 includes a base portion 21a that is bridged between the first and second hard roofs 2 and 3, a short first tongue portion 21b that projects from the second hard roof 3 side to the front of the vehicle body, and It has a long second tongue-shaped portion 21c located above and protruding from the first hard roof 2 side to the rear of the vehicle body, and these are overlapped in the folded state to enhance the sealing performance.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, a movable member 22 is attached to the rear edge of the second hard roof 3 and is fixed to the rear deck 4 of the vehicle body behind the package tray 23. The guide member 24 is connected to the elongated hole 24a of the guide member 24 via a pin 25 so as to be movable in the vehicle front-rear direction. A cover member 27 is attached to the vehicle body side via hinge means 26 above the weather strip 28, and a weather strip 28 fixed to the tip of the cover member 27 is attached to the second hard roof 3.
Is slidably in contact with the entire width of the vehicle.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the tip end portion of the piston rod 31a of the air cylinder 31 as a telescopic member is rotatably connected to the rear edge portions of both side panels 12 of the second hard roof 3. The base end of the cylinder body 31b of the air cylinder 31 is rotatably attached to, for example, the rear part of the tire house as a fixed part of the vehicle body. The pivot point A between the rear edge of the side panel 12 and the tip of the piston rod 31a of the air cylinder 31 is, as shown in FIG. It is located in front of the position B of / 2, and the driving force for expanding or folding the hard roofs 2 and 3 is reduced.

The drive circuit of the air cylinder 31 is as shown in FIG. 41 is a battery, 42 is an ignition key,
43 is a fuse and 45 is a control box.
The control box 45 has two hard roofs 2, 3
The state detection switch 46 for detecting the state of and the opening / closing switch 47 for displacing the hard roofs 2 and 3 are connected, and by closing the opening / closing switch 47,
Air supplied from the air pump 48 via the air tank 49 and the regulator valve 50 is supplied to each air cylinder 31 via the solenoid valve box 51 (with a built-in speed control valve), and the air cylinder 31 expands and contracts so that both hard roofs 2 , 3 are displaced. Reference numeral 52 is a buzzer that informs the displacement operation of both hard roofs 2 and 3.

According to the above configuration, when the occupant closes the opening / closing switch 47, the air cylinder 31 expands and contracts according to the output of the state detection switch 46 to displace the first and second hard roofs 2 and 3. Therefore, it is possible to selectively obtain a desired state from the folded state, the intermediate state, and the expanded state, and it is possible to easily and easily expand or contract the vehicle compartment space.

In addition, the front end portion of the piston rod 31a of the air cylinder 31 is located at the rear edge portion of the side panel 12 in front of the position B which is 1/2 the length in the front-rear direction (the pivot point A).
The pivot point A is the second
The position of the hinge of the hard roof 3 is away from the center of rotation of the hinge, the rotation moment is small, and the driving force of the air cylinder 31 can be reduced.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, the expansion or folding operation of the first and second hard roofs for expanding or contracting the vehicle compartment space is automatically performed with ease and operability. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile, and FIGS. 2 (a), (b), and (c) are the folded state, intermediate state, and expansion of the first and second hard roofs, respectively. An explanatory view of the state and FIGS. 3 to 6 are respectively shown in FIG. 2 (c).
Sectional views taken along lines III-III, IV-IV, VV, and VI-VI, and FIGS. 7A and 7B show a folded state and an expanded state at the hinge portion between the main roof and the first hard roof. 8A and 8B are sectional views of the first and second hard roofs in a folded state and an expanded state at the hinge portions of the first and second hard roofs, and FIG. 9A is a second hard roof and a rear deck of the vehicle body. FIG. 9 (b) is a cross-sectional view of the hinge portion in the expanded state of FIG.
Is a perspective view of a movable member and a guide member, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a relationship between both hard roofs and an air cylinder, and FIG.
The figure shows the relationship between the side panel and the air cylinder, and FIG. 12 shows the drive circuit for the air cylinder. 1 ... Main roof, 2 ... First hard roof, 3 ...
Second hard roof, 4 ... rear deck, 5 ... vehicle interior, 9
...... Quarter wind, 10 ...... Center pillar, 10c
... space, 12 ... side panel, 31 ... air cylinder, 48 ... air pump, 51 ... solenoid valve box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first hard roof hinged to each other between a rear part of a main roof constituting an upper part of a vehicle body and a rear deck of the vehicle body, and a second hard roof located on the vehicle rear side of the first hard roof. Is a displaceable unit that can assume a plurality of states, and is an upper body structure of an automobile in which the interior space can be expanded or contracted by expanding or folding the hard roofs. An elastic member that is connected to a fixed part of the second hard roof and has the other end connected to the second hard roof and that can expand and contract to expand or fold both hard roofs; and a drive that is linked to the elastic member and expands and contracts the elastic member. An upper car body structure of an automobile, characterized by being provided with means.