JP2522318Y2 - Guide pipe mounting structure for sunroof equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a guide pipe mounting structure for a sunroof device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a drive cable for pulling and controlling an opening / closing body is routed along a rail portion of a guide rail, and an area from a rail end off the rail portion to a drive motor is guided and guided by a guide pipe. It has become.

[0003] The rail portion and the guide pipe are butt-connected via a mounting bracket, and a specific example thereof is shown in FIG.

That is, 101 is a rail portion of a guide rail,
Reference numeral 103 denotes a guide pipe for guiding the drive cable 109, and the seal member 10 is fixed by the mounting bracket 105.
7 are butt-joined.

[0005]

As described above, the rail portion 101 and the guide pipe 103 are attached to the mounting bracket 10.
5, the mounting bracket 105 and the guide pipe 103 are brazed to each other.
When the mounting bracket 105 is once attached to the rail end of the rail portion 101 from a place where the guide pipe 103 is integrally connected to the guide pipe 103, the guide pipe 103 is fixed without any degree of freedom. There was a problem that positioning work was very difficult. Also, with the guide pipe 103 positioned, the mounting bracket 10
Forcibly mounting 5 caused a problem such as peeling off the place where the brazing 111 was performed in some cases due to the influence of vibration of the vehicle body, and there was a surface lacking reliability.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a guide pipe mounting structure of a sunroof device which can easily perform a mounting operation of a guide pipe and is reliable.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a drive cable routed along a rail portion of a guide rail and for controlling the opening / closing body is connected to a rail end of the rail portion. A guide pipe is provided for guiding the guide pipe to the drive unit. A flange is formed at the pipe end of the guide pipe, and the guide pipe is disposed between the rail end of the rail and the pipe end of the guide pipe having the flange. The connected connecting member is fixed to the rail end side of the rail portion,
A flange insertion hole into which the flange portion of the guide pipe is inserted and a cable hole having a diameter smaller than the flange insertion hole and substantially the same as the outer diameter of the drive cable are provided on the same connecting member on the same axis. A mounting bracket for restricting the movement of the portion in the axial direction is retrofitted by a connecting member.

[0008]

According to such a guide pipe mounting structure, after the flange portion of the guide pipe is inserted into the flange insertion hole of the connecting member and positioned, the mounting bracket is retrofitted by the connecting member. In this case, the guide pipe can be easily positioned with respect to the rail portion with a degree of freedom, and the flange portion is securely fixed and supported by the mounting bracket without moving in the axial direction.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a roof opening 3 of an automobile.
Shows a guide rail provided along.

The guide rail 1 is made of aluminum and has a first rail main body 5 which is long in the vehicle width direction, and left and right second rail main bodies 7 extending rearward from both ends of the first rail main body 5 (opposite sides). (Not shown)).

The first rail main portion 5 and the left and right second rail main portions 7 are formed into a substantially straight and long object by pulling-out formation, and the corner region is connected and communicated by a corner rail member 8 so that it is inverted U when viewed from a plane. It is shaped like a letter. The second rail main body 7 has a rail 11 continuous in the longitudinal direction, and a drain groove 13 arranged in parallel with the rail 11, and further attached outside the drain groove 13 to the roof inner panel. The flange 15 is provided continuously along the longitudinal direction.

The bottom of the rail portion 11 of the second main rail portion 7 is overlapped and bonded to both ends of the horizontal flange 17 of the first main rail portion 5 with an adhesive.

The rail portion 11 of the second rail main body 7
A front moving shoe 23 for supporting the front of the opening / closing body 21 is provided in a rail groove 19 formed by the
An elevating mechanism 25 that supports the rear of the opening / closing body 21 is slidably provided, and the front moving shoe 23 is rotatably supported by a mounting portion 27 of the opening / closing body 21 by a pin P.

The lift mechanism 25 consists of a lifting arm 29 moves backward shoe 31. One end of the lifting arm 29 is pivotally pivoted through a pin P ₁ to the mounting portion 27. The other end of the raising / lowering arm 29 is slidably engaged with left and right guide grooves (not shown) provided in the rearward movement shoe 31 via an engagement pin 33, and is moved forward and backward by the rearward movement shoe 31. Elevation is possible.

On the other hand, the rail portion 11 has a cable guide groove 3.
5, 35 are formed, and the cable guide groove 35 on one side is idle. In the cable guide groove 35, a geared cable 37 controlled by a drive motor M capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation by a hand switch is housed so as to be relatively movable. The geared cable 37 separately meshes with a stator (not shown) integral with the rearward movement shoe 31, and the rearward movement shoe 31 can slide forward and backward by the movement of the geared cable 37.

The geared cable 37 is guided and guided by a guide pipe 41 in a region from the rail end of the rail section 11 to the drive section 39 of the drive motor M. The guide pipe 41 and the rail section 11 abut each other. Are combined. This butt-joined state is shown in FIGS.

That is, the guide pipe 41 is provided with a flange portion 42 integrally bent at the pipe end.
In addition, the rail portion 11 and the rail portion 1 serving as the rail main body portion 7 are provided.
1, the holding member 43 is fixedly supported by a screw 45 screwed into a mounting hole (dashed line in FIG. 1) on the same plane as the drain groove 13, and the holding member 4 is held between the rails 11.
A stopper member 49 made of rubber is mounted on the front rising wall 47 rising from 3 by press fitting. A sealing member 53, a connecting member 55, and a mounting bracket 57 are superimposed and connected to a rear rising wall 51 rising from the holding member 43 in this order by screws 59. Thus, the seal member 53, the connecting member 55, and the mounting bracket 57 are supported at positions facing the rail ends of the rail portion 11.

The seal member 53 is formed of a rubber material in a thin plate shape, and has a mounting hole 61 into which the screw 59 is inserted and a through hole 63 through which the geared cable 37 passes.

The connecting member 55 is made of a synthetic resin and is formed in a rectangular shape having a plate thickness, and has a mounting hole 65 into which the screw 59 is inserted.
It has a cable hole 67 through which the geared cable 37 passes, and a flange insertion hole 69 provided on the same axis W as the cable hole 67. The diameter and depth of the flange insertion hole 69 are set to substantially the same dimensions as the flange portion 42 of the guide pipe 41.

The diameter of the cable hole 67 is set substantially equal to the outer diameter of the geared cable 37. In addition, a pair of front and rear tapered surfaces 7 extending outward at the edge of the cable hole 67.
1 and 71 are formed, and the rear tapered surface 71 is continuous with the pipe insertion hole 69. The projection 73 provided on the edge of the cable hole 67 passes through the engagement groove 75 provided in the through hole 63 of the seal member 53, and
The first cable guide groove 35 can be engaged with the notch 35a. As a result, the seal member 53 is supported at two points by the screw 59, and the rotation is restricted.

The mounting bracket 57 is formed in a U-shaped cross section with a vertical portion 57a and upper and lower horizontal portions 57b bent from the vertical portion 57a. The vertical portion 57a has a mounting hole 76 into which the screw 59 is inserted. And an engagement hole 79 that is open at one end for engaging with the pipe end side 41a of the guide pipe 41.

The upper and lower horizontal portions 57b, 57b function as guide members when inserted from the side (arrow A in FIG. 1) along the upper edge 55a and the lower edge 55b of the connecting member 55, and the screw 59 Has a function as a stopper member against rotation about.

According to the guide pipe mounting structure configured as described above, the guide is inserted into the flange insertion hole 69 of the connecting member 55 which is overlapped with the rising wall 51 rising from the rear of the holding member 43 via the sealing member 53. The flange portion 42 of the pipe 41 is fitted, and the mounting bracket 57
Is slid from the side of the connecting member 55 as shown by the arrow A to fit the engaging hole 75 into the pipe end side 41a of the guide pipe 41, and then the screw 59 is inserted into each of the mounting holes 76, 65, 61. Temporarily support. (Fig. 2 chain line). At the time of this temporary support, after the guide pipe 41 and the rail portion 11 are correctly positioned, the screws 59 are tightened again to complete the mounting operation. As a result, workability is not impaired. In addition, the guide pipe 41 can be mounted in a state where the degree of freedom that can be rotated by the flange portion 42 is obtained and the movement in the axial direction is reliably restricted.

[0025]

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the guide pipe mounting structure of the present invention, workability is not impaired.
The guide pipe can be mounted in a state where the pipe end of the guide pipe is securely positioned with respect to the rail end of the rail portion. In addition, since the guide pipe has a degree of freedom that can be rotated by the flange portion, a stable mounting state can be obtained for a long time without being affected by vehicle body vibration,
Reliability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a guide pipe mounting structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cut-away plan view of a connecting member.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 4;

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing one half of a guide rail.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 3 showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Guide rail 11 Rail part 21 Opening / closing body 37 Drive cable 39 Drive part 41 Guide pipe 42 Flange part 55 Connection member 57 Mounting bracket 59 Connection member (screw) 67 Cable hole 69 Flange insertion hole

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A guide pipe for guiding a drive cable routed along a rail portion of a guide rail and for controlling the pulling of an opening / closing body from a rail end of the rail portion to a drive portion is provided. Forming a flange portion, and fixing a connecting member disposed between a rail end of the rail portion and a pipe end of a guide pipe having the flange portion to a rail end side of the rail portion; A flange insertion hole into which the flange portion of the guide pipe is inserted, and a cable hole having a diameter smaller than the flange insertion hole and substantially the same as the outer diameter of the drive cable are provided on the same axis, and the connecting member is A guide for a sunroof device, wherein a mounting bracket for restricting the axial movement of the flange portion inserted into the flange insertion hole is retrofitted by a connecting member. Pipe mounting structure.