JPH071304Y2 - Sun shade device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a sunshade device incorporated in a sunroof device of a vehicle such as an automobile.

(Prior Art) For example, in a passenger car, an opening is formed in the roof,
A sunroof device is configured by slidably and / or tiltably providing a roof panel that opens and closes the opening, and when a transparent panel is used for the roof panel, a sunshield device is provided for shielding light.

The sunshade device has a sunshield panel that is slidable in the front-rear direction from below the roof opening to the rear thereof, and a pair of left and right guide rails that support and guide the left and right side edges of the sunshield panel. Each guide rail is one long piece. Further, contact members are provided at the front and rear of the sun shield panel, and stoppers for setting the front and rear movement limit positions of the sun shield panel are provided at the front and rear ends of the guide rail or on the roof side.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned prior art, since each of the left and right guide rails is a single long piece, it is troublesome to process and difficult to install in a narrow space. A member that abuts the front and rear stoppers must be provided on the front and rear ends of the aed panel, which requires a large number of parts and is troublesome to assemble.

According to the present invention, the left and right guide rails are divided into two parts in the front and rear to facilitate processing and mounting, and a stopper is provided on the front upper part of the rear divided rail so that one contact member for contacting the front and rear stoppers can be provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sunshade device that is made possible.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A specific configuration for achieving the above-mentioned object in the present invention is arranged below a roof panel that opens and closes an opening of a vehicle roof, and extends in the front-rear direction from below the opening to the rear thereof. A slidable sun shield panel and a pair of left and right guide rails fixed to the vehicle roof and supporting and guiding the left and right side edges of the sun shield panel, and the left and right front upper portions of the sun shield panel. In a sunshade device having a contact member that abuts a stopper for setting a forward movement limit position on a side portion, the left and right guide rails can be divided into front and rear, and the front and upper portions of a rear split rail can contact the contact member. That is, a stopper for setting the rearward movement limit position is formed.

(Operation) As shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, when the roof panel 12 closes the opening 4, the contact member 26 contacts the front stopper 28, and the sunshield panel 23 is in the light-shielding state, the sunshield panel is closed.
23 is supported by the front split rail 24F, and moves the sunshield panel 23 rearward by interlocking with the rearward movement of the roof panel 12 artificially via the grip 25 or via the engaging body 27. Then, the rear ends of the left and right side edges of the sunshade panel 23 are guided by the guide portion 32 at the front end of the rear split rail 24R and enter the rear split rail 24R, and are supported and guided during rearward movement. When reaches the rearward movement limit position, the contact member 26 comes into contact with the rear stopper 29 of the front upper part of the rear split rail 24R, and the movement is stopped.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a sunroof device provided on a roof 2 of a passenger car. Roof 2 has large and small openings in front and back
3, 4 are formed, and the front sunroof device 5 is equipped in the small front opening 3, and the rear sunroof device 6 is installed in the large rear opening 4.

The front sunroof device 5 opens and closes the front opening 3 by tilting a front roof panel 7 made of glass or plastic. The front roof panel is pivotally supported on the roof 2 via a U-shaped metal fitting 8, The rear portion is detachably fixed to the intermediate beam portion 9 via a toggle-type attachment (not shown). A front sunshield panel 10 is detachably attached to the lower surface of the front roof panel 7.

The rear sunroof device 6 opens and closes the rear opening 4 by sliding operation of the rear roof panel 12, and the sunshield device 13 of the present invention is incorporated therein.

The rear sunroof device 6 has a pair of left and right supporting members 14F and 14R attached to the front and rear of the lower surface of the rear roof panel 12 made of glass or plastic, and a front guide rail 15 provided below the left and right sides of the rear opening 4. A pair of left and right rear guide rails 16 are provided on the upper rear portion of the roof 2, and shoes 17F, 17R provided under the front and rear supporting members 14F, 14R are slidably supported and guided by the front and rear guide rails 15, 16. ing.

The front and rear guide rails 15 and 16 rise upward and rearward from the front end to the middle portion, respectively, and gently incline rearward and downward from the middle portion to the rear end.

A linear cable guide 18 formed integrally with the left and right front guide rails 15 is arranged, and is fixed to the attic panel 19 together with the front guide rails 15. The front guide rail 15 has a cable guide at the rear as shown in FIG.
While it is the same height as 18 and is integral, the front part is curved forward and downward, so as shown in FIG.
It is further down from 18. In addition, in FIG. 2, the front guide rail 15 is illustrated by being shifted upward.

Although not shown, the cable inserted in the cable guide 18 is connected to the front support member 14F and is moved in the longitudinal direction by a speed reduction mechanism driven manually or by an electric motor, and the rear roof panel. Move 12 back and forth.

When moving the rear roof panel 12 backwards,
The front elevations of 15, 16 raise the vehicle in a horizontal position parallel to the upper rear, and perform a linear rearward movement on the roof 2.

The rear guide rails 16 are two plates facing each other, and plate members forming one guide groove are fixed on the rear portion of the roof 2 via bolts 20 and nuts 21.

The sunshade device 13 has a sunshade panel 23 formed of a light-shielding plastic plate or the like, and a pair of left and right guide rails 24 for supporting and guiding the sunshade panel 23. Each of the left and right guide rails 24 is divided into front and rear. Rear split rail 24R
Is formed of a channel material having a U-shaped cross section, and the front split rail 24F has a cable guide 18 as shown in FIG.
It is formed by a groove between the protruding wall 18a and the attic panel 19. However, the front split rail 24F may also be formed of a channel material.

A grip portion 25 is formed on the front lower surface of the sunshield panel 23, and a pair of abutting members 26 are screwed to the left and right of the front upper surface. The contact pieces 26a of the left and right contact members 26 extend to above the front split rail 24F, and the rear roof panel 1
The engagement body 27 provided on the second front support member 14F can come into contact with the front side. Therefore, the sunshade panel 23 is
It can be manually slid backward through 25 and can also be driven backward by rearward movement (opening operation) of the rear roof panel 12.

A front end of the front split rail 24F is bent upward to form a stopper 28. The front stopper 28 can contact the contact piece 26a and sets the forward movement limit position of the sunshade panel 23. The front stopper 28 may be formed by screwing or welding a block to the upper surface of the front split rail 24F.

The front end of the rear split rail 24R is flared in a trumpet shape, and a guide portion 32 for facilitating the rear end of the sunshade panel 23 to enter the rear split rail 24R is formed. The front is a rear stopper 29. After this, the stopper 29 can also come into contact with the contact piece 26a, and sets the rearward movement limit position of the sunshade panel 23.

A plurality of mounting plates 30 are erected upward on the rear split rail 24R, and the mounting plates 30 are fastened to the roof 2 together with the rear guide rails 16 via the bolts 20 and nuts 21. The rear split rail 24R is arranged in the space between the rear part of the roof 2 and the interior material 31, and this space is a sunshade panel.
It has 23 storage compartments.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention described in detail above, the left and right guide rails 24
Since it is divided into two in the front and back, it is easy to process, and because it is a short object and lightweight, it is easy to install, and the stopper 2 for setting the rearward movement limit position is set on the front upper part of the rear split rail 24R.
Since 9 is formed, the abutting member 26 that abuts the stopper 28 for setting the forward movement limit position can also be used for the backward movement, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of the main part, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of the entire sunroof device, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the main part. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the sunshade device, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 2, and FIG.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is VII-VII in Fig. 2.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the front portion of the rear split rail, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the front portion of the front split rail. 1 ... sunroof device, 2 ... roof, 4 ... rear opening,
6 ... Rear sunroof device, 12 ... Rear roof panel, 13 ...
… Sunshade device, 23 …… Sunshade panel, 24F
Front split rail, 24R rear split rail, 26 contact member, 28 front stopper, 29 rear stopper.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sunshade panel which is disposed below a roof panel for opening and closing an opening of a vehicle roof and is slidable in the front-rear direction from below the opening to the rear thereof, and which is fixed to the vehicle roof. A pair of left and right guide rails for supporting and guiding the left and right side edges of the sunshield panel, and a contact member for contacting a stopper for setting the forward movement limit position on the left and right side portions of the front upper portion of the sunshield panel. In the provided sunshade device, the left and right guide rails are divided into front and rear parts, and a rear movement limit position setting stopper capable of contacting with the contact member is formed on a front upper part of the rear divided rail.