Structure configured to raise and lower vehicle glass door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10167659-B2
Application number	US-201615287216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2016
Priority date	Nov 24, 2015
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A structure configured to raise and lower vehicle glass door, the structure includes: a door glass; a raising-and-lowering guide tab that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a glass end section at one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass; a slider that includes a slide groove section open at the one vehicle front-rear direction side and into which the raising-and-lowering guide tab is inserted, that is fixed to an inner surface at the vehicle width direction inner side of the glass end section, and that is raised and lowered along the raising-and-lowering guide tab; and restricting sections that are respectively provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion in a vehicle up-down direction of the slider, that project out from an inner side groove wall face at a vehicle width direction inner side of the slide groove section toward a vehicle width direction outer side, and that face the raising-and-lowering guide tab in a vehicle width direction further toward a vehicle width direction outer side than the inner side groove wall face at an intermediate portion in the vehicle up-down direction of the slider.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structure configured to raise and lower vehicle glass door, the structure comprising:
a door glass that is provided at a vehicle side door and that closes or opens a window opening of the vehicle side door as a result of being raised or lowered;
a raising-and-lowering guide tab that is provided at the vehicle side door, that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a glass end section at one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass, and that extends along a vehicle up-down direction;
a slider that includes a slide groove section open at the one vehicle front-rear direction side and into which the raising-and-lowering guide tab is inserted, that is fixed to an inner surface at the vehicle width direction inner side of the glass end section, and that is raised and lowered along the raising-and-lowering guide tab; and
restricting sections that are respectively provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion in a vehicle up-down direction of the slider, that project out from an inner side groove wall face at a vehicle width direction inner side of the slide groove section toward a vehicle width direction outer side, and that face the raising-and-lowering guide tab in a vehicle width direction further toward a vehicle width direction outer side than the inner side groove wall face at an intermediate portion in the vehicle up-down direction of the slider.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the raising-and-lowering guide tab is provided with a slider weather strip that extends in the vehicle up-down direction along the raising-and-lowering guide tab and that closes gaps between the raising-and-lowering guide tab, and the inner side groove wall face and the restricting sections.

3. The structure of claim 2 , wherein, as viewed from the one vehicle front-rear direction side of the restricting sections, each of the restricting sections includes:
a facing face that faces the raising-and-lowering guide tab in the vehicle width direction and that contacts the slider weather strip; and
a sloped face that slopes toward the vehicle width direction inner side on progression from the facing face toward a center side in the vehicle up-down direction of the slider and that connects the facing face with the inner side groove wall face.

4. The structure of claim 2 , wherein:
the vehicle side door is provided with an outside biasing lip that presses and biases the inner surface of the door glass toward the vehicle width direction outer side, that causes the restricting sections to press-contact an inner surface at a vehicle width direction inner side of the raising-and-lowering guide tab with the slider weather strip interposed therebetween, and that forms a gap between an outer surface at a vehicle width direction outer side of the raising-and-lowering guide tab, or between a covering member that covers the outer surface and an outer side groove wall face at a vehicle width direction outer side of the slide groove section.

5. The structure of claim 2 , wherein the slider weather strip includes an inside biasing lip that is press-contacted by the inner side groove wall face and the restricting sections.

6. The structure of claim 5 , wherein:
the restricting sections are respectively press-contacted by the raising-and-lowering guide tab with the inside biasing lip interposed therebetween at the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the slider; and
a gap is formed between the inside biasing lip and the raising-and-lowering guide tab at the intermediate portion of the slider.

7. The structure of claim 5 , wherein:
the slider weather strip includes an attachment wall that is joined to an inner surface at the vehicle width direction inner side of the raising-and-lowering guide tab; and
the inside biasing lip extends out from the attachment wall toward a vehicle width direction inner side and toward the one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass and is press-contacted by the inner side groove wall face.

8. The structure of claim 7 , wherein:
the restricting sections are respectively press-contacted by the attachment wall with the inside biasing lip interposed therebetween at the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the slider; and
a gap is formed between the inside biasing lip and the attachment wall at the intermediate portion of the slider.

9. The structure of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section profile of the slider as viewed from a vehicle upper side forms a U-shape open at the one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass.

10. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the slider is formed of a resin.

11. The structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle side door includes a side door main body that configures a lower section of the vehicle side door, and a window frame section that configures an upper section of the vehicle side door and that forms the window opening; and
the raising-and-lowering guide tab is provided spanning the window frame section and the side door main body.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• SAGISAKA Takashi
• Dosaki Tomohiro
• Yamada Yoshinobu

Classifications

• B60J1/17 Primary

  vertically · CPC title

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• E05D15/165 Primary

  Details, e.g. sliding or rolling guides (E05D15/18 - E05D15/24 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2201/684

  Rails; Tracks · CPC title