JPH0647337B2 - Hood type sunroof device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a hood type sunroof device suitable for an automobile.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a foldable hood type sunroof device called a canvas top, for example, the actual open sho 61-
The one described in Japanese Patent No. 37019 is known.

The outline of the hood type sunroof device is that a roof made of a flexible material is provided in a roof opening having a guide rail, and the front area of the hood is long in the vehicle width direction and extends along the guide rail. A strip-like front movable plate that can be moved back and forth, an intermediate area of the hood is fixed to the hood that can be moved back and forth along the guide rails, and a floating hood that can be moved vertically, and a roof opening at the rear end of the hood. The hood bones for floating, which are respectively supported by the rear end portions, have a structure in which they are constantly urged upward by an urging spring.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the intermediate area of the hood is supported by the hood bone for fixing and floating, and the hood bone for floating is constantly urged upward by the urging spring, When closed, it is held down by the tension of the hood. Therefore, when the front movable plate is slid backward, the tension of the hood is released, so that the hood bone stands up and pushes up the hood in accordance with the sliding movement amount of the hood. For this reason, when the slide opening is completed, the hood comes to the rear end side of the roof opening in a state of being folded into, for example, three ridges.

In this case, since the hood is folded through the hood, the fold area of the hood, that is, the occupied space is expanded, and the amount of overhang with respect to the roof opening is increased. Further, since the front movable plate is formed in the shape of a strip plate, the area of the front movable plate is added to the folding region of the hood, and as a result, the opening area of the roof opening is narrowed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hood-type sunroof device capable of increasing the opening area of the roof opening and providing a deflector function and a rear spoiler function.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a hood that is provided in a roof opening having a guide member and is movable back and forth and a front region of the hood are provided. For fixing, which is long in the width direction of the vehicle and which can be moved back and forth along the guide member, and which supports the middle area of the hood and is long in the width direction of the vehicle and slides along the guide member. And each supporting body for floating that can move up and down and the rear area of the hood,
By the rear movable body that is long in the vehicle width direction and is slidable along the guide member, the urging means that constantly pushes the floating support body upward, and the completion of the rearward movement of the front movable body from the fully closed state. Until the roof opening is fully opened, the first elevating means that tilts the rear end side of the front movable body upward and secures the inclined posture, and when the roof opening is fully opened by the completion of the forward movement of the rear movable body, Second raising / lowering means for raising and tilting the rear end side of the front movable body is provided.

(Operation) In such a hood type sunroof device, by moving the front movable body at the fully closed position rearward, the hood is folded rearward and the roof opening state is obtained. Further, when the rear movable body is moved forward when the roof opening is fully closed, the hood is folded in front of the roof opening, and the open state of the roof opening is obtained. In this case, at the time of fully opening the roof opening in which the hood is folded rearward or forward, the front movable body is ensured to have an inclined posture in which the rear end side is upwardly inclined. As a result, the area of the roof opening is increased. Further, the front movable body in the inclined posture in which the hood is folded at the front position of the roof opening functions as a deflector that guides the traveling wind flowing along the roof panel upward to prevent the wind from being entrained in the vehicle interior. . Similarly, the front movable body in the inclined posture folded at the position behind the roof opening functions as a rear spoiler that secures traveling stability during high-speed traveling.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 15.

Reference numeral 1 in the figure shows a roof composed of an inner panel 3 and an outer panel 5, and the roof 1 is provided with a roof opening 9 in which guide members 7 are arranged on both left and right sides.

As shown in FIG. 5, the guide member 7 has a cable guide groove 11
It has a shape including a rail member 13 having 11 and a rising wall 15 provided in parallel with the rail member 13. The outer seal member 16a such as a weather strip and the inner seal member 16b are provided on the guide member 7 in a double manner outside the rising edge 15, and the upper surface of the rising wall 15 is a substantially horizontal guide surface 15a. . Further, on the front end side of the rising wall 15, there is provided an inclined surface 17 which is continuous with the guide surface 15a and which descends from the front to the rear and then rises.

On the rear end side of the roof opening 9, there is provided a drive motor 19 capable of forward / reverse rotation controlled by a hand switch (not shown) and a guard cable 21 which is traction controlled by the drive motor 19 is a cable of the guide member 7. Guide groove 1
It is movably stored in 1. Also, the roof opening 9
Is provided with a hood 23 made of flexible hood cloth. The hood 23 has an outer leather 23a on the outside and an inner leather 23b on the inside which serves as a headlining.
On both sides of the hood 23, wires 24 for securing tension are provided on the outer leather 23a side, and the outer and inner seal members 16a.
It is in contact with 6b.

The front area of the hood 23 is a front movable body 25, the intermediate area is a plurality of support bodies 27 which are hood bones, and the rear area is a rear movable body 29.
Is supported by each.

The front movable body 25 has a predetermined width and is formed in the shape of a strip plate that is long in the vehicle width direction. The end portion of the hood 23 that covers the upper surface of the front movable body 25 and is folded back from the front edge toward the back surface is fixed to the back surface of the front movable body 25.

Both ends of the front movable body 25 are slidably supported along the guide member 7, and the front movable body 25 is switched and controlled by the first elevating means 31 to an inclined posture in which the rear end side is inclined upward. Has become.

The first elevating means 31 includes a rotatable first arm 35 and a second arm 3 assembled in an X shape by an arm shaft 33.
7 and a guiding surface 15a and an inclined surface 17 provided on the rising wall 15. One end of one X-shaped first arm 35 is rotatably supported by a pin P ₁ on a front mounting portion of a bracket 39 fixed to the back surface of the front movable body 25. The other end is pivotally supported on the driven slider 41 by the pin P ₂ , while the rolling roller 43 is provided. The driven slider 41 is slidably engaged with the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7. Rolling roller 4
3 is rollable along the inclined surface 17 and the guide surface 15a, and is located on the side of the rising slope when the front movable body 25 is at the fully closed position.

Further, one end of the second arm 37 is slidably supported by a guide hole 49 formed in the rear mounting portion of the bracket 39 via a pin P ₃ , and the other end thereof is supported by a drive slider 45 by a pin P ₄ . It is pivotally supported. The drive slider 45 is slidably engaged with the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7. A geared cable 21 is screwed onto the drive slide 45 as shown in FIG. 5, and the drive slider 45 can be slid back and forth by pulling control by the geared cable 21.

On the other hand, the inclined surface 1 provided on the front end side of the rising wall 15
No. 7 is set to an inclination angle that gives a predetermined sliding resistance by the inclined surface that rises to the rolling roller 43 on the first arm 35 side when the drive slider 45 moves rearward. As a result, the upper end of the second arm 37 rotates upward with the arm shaft 33 as a fulcrum.

The guide hole 49 provided in the rear mounting portion of the bracket 39 has an arm shaft 33 on the upper end side of the second arm 37.
It has a shape corresponding to the operation locus of P _{3 that} moves up and down with the fulcrum as a fulcrum, and ensures a smooth sliding movement of the pin P ₃ .

The support bodies 27 that support the intermediate region of the hood 23 are arranged at four locations at substantially equal intervals, and are composed of a pipe-shaped hood aggregate 50 that is long in the vehicle width direction and sliders 51 and 53 described later.

The hood aggregate 50 of the support 27 has an arcuate shape in which the central portion is slightly higher than both ends, and along the guide member 7 on both sides of the first and third hood aggregates 50/50. Slidable fixing sliders 51, 51 are fitted and fixed on both sides of the second and fourth hood aggregates 50, respectively, and floating sliders 53, 53 for vertical movement. As shown in FIG. 13, in this fitting / fixing portion, fitting protrusions 51a and 53a having a cross-shaped cross section are provided on the sliders 51 and 53 side, and the fitting projection 51a is provided on the hood aggregate 50 side.
The fitting recesses 50a, 50a that engage with 51a are provided respectively, and the top aggregate 50 is provided for each slider 51, 53.
The fitting state in which the rotation of the is restricted is secured. As a result, a predetermined arch is formed on the hood 23.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the sliders 51 and 53 have outer leather 2 that is folded back on both sides of the hood 23.
3a includes a first insertion portion 55 that is fitted and inserted into the bag portion, a second insertion portion 57 that is inserted and inserted into a folded bag portion of the inner leather 23b, and pressing portions 56 and 56 that project forward and backward. The slider 53 for floating is provided with a hook portion 61 that engages with an engaging member 59 fixed to the guide member 7 side in a disengageable manner when the hood 23 is completely closed.

The engagement surface 59a of the engagement member 59 has a shape that allows the engagement when the hook 61 is slid back and forth and when the hook 61 is forcibly pressed from above and restricts the upward movement.

The slider 51 for fixing is the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7.
Are slidably engaged with each other and connected to a floating slider 53 via a hinge arm 63.

The hinge arm 63 is formed in a U shape with a downward cross section.
One end is pivotally supported by the pin P _{5 on} the slider 51 for fixing, and the other end is pivotally supported by the pin P _{6 on} the slider 53 for floating, and the hood 23 that is in a substantially horizontal posture near the slider 53 for floating is provided. Rail part 1 when fully closed
Clamping pieces 63a, 63a for restraining the left and right movements of the hinge arm 63 by engaging with each other from above are provided.

A coil-shaped biasing spring 65 is interposed in the fitting convex portion 51a of the fixing slider 51, and one spring terminal 65a is locked to the slider 51. The other spring terminal 65b is locked to the hinge arm 63, and the slider 53 for floating is constantly urged upward by the urging spring 65.

The rear movable body 29 has a predetermined width and is formed in a strip plate shape that is long in the vehicle width direction.
Can be moved over. The terminal portion of the hood 23 that covers the upper surface of the rear movable body 29 and is folded back from the rear edge to the rear surface side is fixed to the rear surface of the rear movable body 29. The rear movable body 29 is provided with lock devices 67 on the left and right for restraining the movement of the rear movable body 29 at the fully closed position.

The locking device 67 includes a handle bracket 69 slidably mounted on the rail portion 13 of the guide member 7, and a movable bracket 7 fixed to the rear surface of the rear movable body 29 via a plurality of links 68 that are coupled to the handle bracket 69.
1 and a hook arm 7 that is pivotally supported by the link 68 and engages with a locking piece 73 provided on the inner panel 3 in a disengageable manner.
5 and an operation handle 77 for engaging and disengaging the hook arm 75. The hook arm 75 engages with the locking piece 73 by the operation handle 77 when the rear movable body 29 is at the fully closed position. Set to the position.

On the other hand, the second elevating means 79 for raising and tilting the rear end side of the front movable body 25 when the forward movement of the rear movable body 29 is completed is provided on the front end side of the guide member 7.

The second elevating means 79 is formed by a holding lever 83 rotatable around a lever shaft 81 planted on the side surface of the guide member 7, and the holding lever 83 is provided with a pushing portion 85.

As shown in FIG. 1, the push-up portion 85 is in a non-acting position facing the lower side of the arm shaft 33 of the first and second arms 35 and 37 when fully closed. When the pressing portion 56 of the slider 51 rides on the lever portion 83a of the holding lever 83, the first and second
It functions to push the arm shaft 33 of the arms 35 and 37 upward.

Reference numeral 87 denotes a cover plate fixed to the rear movable body 29 and protruding forward by a predetermined amount. The cover plate 87 serves as a blind for preventing the functional parts supporting the hood 23 from being visible from the vehicle interior when the hood 23 is folded and moved in front of or behind the roof opening 9.

In the hood type sunroof device configured in this way,
When the geared cable 21 is pulled and controlled by the drive motor 19, the front movable body 25 is moved rearward by the first elevating means 31 with its rear end side being inclined upward as shown in FIG. Due to this movement, the pressing portion 5 of the fixing slider 51 whose rear end is located at the first position is the pressing portion 5 of the fixing slider 51.
In order to press 6, the slider 53 for floating is pressed through the hinge arm 63, and the hook portion 61 of the slider 53
It goes up from 9 and rises. Hereinafter, the first fixing slider 51 presses the pressing portion 56 of the next fixing slider 51 by the pressing portion 56. As a result, the hook portion 61 of the floating slider 53, which is located at the end, disengages from the engaging member 59 and rises. And the front movable body 25
Upon completion of the rearward movement of the hood, the raised support 27 allows the hood 23 to be in a fully opened state in which it is folded into two tiers. At the time of full opening, the front movable body 25 has a posture in which the rear end side is inclined upward, so that the occupying space of the hood 23 is reduced by the amount of the upward inclination as shown in FIG. The opening area of the roof opening 9 becomes large.

Further, when the roof opening 9 is fully opened, the front movable body 25
Provides a function as a rear spoiler that guides and rectifies the traveling wind upwards to ensure traveling stability at high speeds.

Next, when the roof opening 9 is fully closed, after the lock lever 67 is unlocked by the holding lever 83, the rear movable body 29 is moved forward. When the roof opening 9 is fully opened after the forward movement, the sliders 51, 53 ride on the lever portion 83a of the holding lever 83, so that the pressing portion 85 pushes the arm shaft 33 upward. As a result, the upper ends of the first and second arms 35 and 37 are erected and rotated, and the rear end side of the front movable body 25 is raised, so that the support body 27 and the rearward movable body are inwardly inclined as shown in FIG. The body 29 comes in and moves forward by α. As a result, the opening area of the roof opening 9 becomes large.

In this case, the traveling wind that flows along the roof 1 is smoothly guided and guided upward by the front movable body 25 during traveling, so that the traveling wind is not entrained in the vehicle interior and functions as a deflector. Is obtained.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the hood type sunroof device of the present invention, since the rear end side of the front movable body can be inclined upward by the first and second elevating means, when the slide is fully opened. The space occupied by the roof can be reduced, and the opening area of the roof opening when fully opened can be increased.

Further, since the front movable body is in a posture in which the rear end side is inclined upward, if it is positioned at the front end portion of the roof opening, a function as a deflector for preventing the inclusion of traveling wind into the vehicle interior can be obtained. Also, if it is located at the rear end of the roof opening, it functions as a rear spoiler, which is very preferable in terms of running stability at high speeds.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional side view of a hood type sunroof device embodying the present invention, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are operation explanatory views, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. FIG. 6 shows VI of FIG.
VI line enlarged sectional view, FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 2, FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 2, and FIG. 9 is taken along line IX-IX of FIG. Enlarged sectional view, FIG. 10 shows X in FIG.
-X-ray enlarged cross-sectional view, FIG. 11 is an enlarged side view showing a supporting state of the front movable body, FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a connecting state of fixed and floating sliders, and FIG. 13 is the same as above. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an automobile in which the sunroof device is implemented, and FIG. 15 is a plan view of a developed roof portion. 7 ... Guide member 9 ... Roof opening 23 ... Hood 25 ... Front movable body 27 ... Support body 29 ... Rear movable body 31 ... First lifting means 65 ... Biasing spring (biasing means) 79 ... Second lifting means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hood provided in a roof opening having a guide member and movable back and forth, and a front movable body which supports a front region of the hood and is long in a vehicle width direction and movable back and forth along the guide member. , A support for supporting the middle area of the hood and long in the width direction of the vehicle, and supporting each of the fixed and vertically movable floating bodies that slide along the guide member, and the rear area of the hood, and the vehicle width. Rear movable body that is long in the direction and slidable along the guide member, urging means that constantly pushes up the floating support body upward, and the roof when the rear movable body completes the rearward movement from the fully closed state. The first elevating means for inclining and raising the rear end side of the front movable body and ensuring the inclined posture until the opening of the roof is fully opened; Incline the rear end of the movable body upward Folding top type sunroof apparatus characterized by and a second lifting means for.