JP2013132910A - Vehicular rear lamp and vehicle body side part structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a sliding amount of a sliding door.SOLUTION: A sliding door 50 is moved (slid) on the rear side in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and thereby opening a getting-on/off opening 20. When a center hinge arm 70 reaches a rear end of a sliding door rail 60, the center hinge arm 70 enters a lamp opening 130 of a rear combination lamp 100. Therefore, a sliding amount of the sliding door 50 is increased only by the amount of a part in which the center hinge arm 70 enters the lamp opening 130 of the rear combination lamp 100.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle rear lamp and a vehicle body side structure.

  There is known a sliding door that opens and closes an opening for getting on and off a vehicle provided on a side of the vehicle by sliding in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an automobile door characterized by having only a sliding front door on the right or left side of a vehicle body and having a swing type front door and a rear door on the left or right side of the vehicle body (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

  Here, as in Patent Document 1, an opening (slit) extending in the vehicle front-rear direction provided on the side of the vehicle body for moving the hinge arm guided by the slide door rail is provided on the vehicle rear lamp. In the case of the configuration wrapped in the direction, the rear end of the opening (slit) can be provided only up to the front of the vehicle rear lamp. Therefore, there is room for improvement with regard to increasing the sliding amount of the sliding door.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 03-38215

  An object of the present invention is to increase the sliding amount of the sliding door in consideration of the above fact.

  The rear lamp for a vehicle according to claim 1 has an opening portion whose front side in the vehicle front-rear direction is opened so that a hinge arm of a slide door guided by a slide door rail provided in the vehicle body side portion with the vehicle front-rear direction as a longitudinal direction can enter. It is provided at the vehicle width direction end of the rear part of the vehicle.

  In the vehicle rear lamp according to the first aspect, the hinge arm guided by the slat rail enters the rear lamp opening, so that the sliding amount of the sliding door is increased.

  In the vehicular rear lamp according to a second aspect of the present invention, an inclined surface that is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the design surface is formed on the outer periphery of the opening in the vehicle width direction.

  In the vehicular rear lamp according to the second aspect, the opening portion appears to be recessed due to the inclined surface formed on the outer peripheral edge of the opening in the vehicle width direction, the opening portion becomes less conspicuous, and the appearance quality of the vehicle is improved.

  The vehicle rear lamp according to claim 3 is formed with a protruding portion that protrudes in a plate shape from the outer edge portion of the opening.

  In the rear lamp for a vehicle according to the third aspect, it is difficult to see the structure at the back of the opening due to the protrusion protruding in a plate shape from the outer edge of the opening of the rear lamp, and the appearance quality of the vehicle is improved.

  The vehicle body side part structure according to claim 4 is provided on the vehicle body side part with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle as a longitudinal direction, and a sliding door rail that guides a hinge arm of a sliding door that opens and closes the opening for getting on and off by moving in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the opening is provided at an end of the vehicle rear portion in the vehicle width direction and into which the hinge arm guided by the sled rail can enter. And a rear lamp.

  In the vehicle body side structure according to the fourth aspect, since the hinge arm guided by the slat rail enters the opening of the rear lamp for the vehicle, the sliding amount of the sliding door is increased, and thereby the entrance / exit of the entrance / exit in the vehicle front-rear direction. A larger opening width is secured.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sliding amount of the sliding door can be increased as compared with the configuration in which the vehicle rear lamp is not provided with the opening.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the appearance quality of the vehicle is improved as compared with the configuration in which the inclined surface is not formed on the outer periphery in the vehicle width direction of the opening of the vehicle rear lamp.

  In the invention of claim 3, the appearance quality of the vehicle is improved as compared with the configuration in which the protruding portion does not protrude from the outer edge portion of the opening of the vehicle rear lamp.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the sliding amount of the sliding door is increased, it is possible to secure a larger opening width in the vehicle front-rear direction of the opening for getting on and off.

It is a side view showing typically a vehicle body side part concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the principal part of the vehicle body side part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view along the AA line of FIG. It is a horizontal sectional view in alignment with the BB line of FIG.

(Constitution)
The structure of the vehicle body side part structure and the rear lamp according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The arrow FR indicates the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction, the arrow UP indicates the upper side in the vehicle vertical direction, and the arrow OUT indicates the vehicle width direction outer side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a slide door 50 is provided on the vehicle body side portion 12 of the vehicle 10. The sliding door 50 moves in the vehicle front-rear direction to open and close the entrance / exit opening 20 provided in the vehicle body side portion 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a groove-like slide door rail mounting portion 14 that is recessed inward in the vehicle width direction is provided on the vehicle longitudinal direction rear side of the opening 20 for getting on and off in the vehicle body side portion 12. A slide door rail 60 that guides a center hinge arm (hinge arm) 70 (see FIG. 3) provided on the slide door 50 in the vehicle front-rear direction is fixed to the slide door rail mounting portion 14 by welding, bolts, or the like. . The slide door rail 60 is arranged with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the center hinge arm (hinge arm) 70 is provided on the inner side surface in the vehicle width direction at the rear end portion of the slide door 50 in the vehicle front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the center hinge arm 70 has an inclined portion 72 that is inclined upward in the vehicle vertical direction toward the inner side of the vehicle width. The upper end portion of the inclined portion 72 extends along the vehicle width direction. An existing guide portion 74 is provided. The guide portion 74 is provided with a rotating shaft 76 whose axial direction is the vehicle vertical direction, and a guide roller 78 is rotatably provided on the rotating shaft.

  A longitudinal section along the vehicle width direction of the slide door rail 60 has a groove shape with an opening on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, and the guide roller 78 of the guide portion 74 of the center hinge arm 70 is slidably engaged with the slide door rail 60. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle body side portion 12 is provided with a slide opening 32 through which the center hinge arm 70 moves in the vehicle front-rear direction. The slide opening 32 includes a rail cover opening 30 which will be described later and a lamp opening 130 which will be described later and which continues from the rear end of the rail cover opening 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, lamp mounting portions 150 that are recessed inward in the vehicle width direction are provided at both ends of the rear end portion of the vehicle 10 in the vehicle width direction. A rear combination lamp 100 as an example of a vehicle rear lamp is mounted on the lamp mounting portion 150 (see also FIG. 1). The outer portion of the rear combination lamp 100 in the vehicle width direction is curved from the rear end surface of the vehicle to the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction and wraps around the vehicle body side portion 12 side when attached to the lamp mounting portion 150.

  In the present embodiment, the slide door 50 (see FIG. 1) is configured to be opened and closed by a drive mechanism having a drive motor, a wire, and the like that are not shown. The rear end portion 60E of the slide door rail 60 extends to the lamp mounting portion 150, and a wire holding mechanism 62 including a guide pulley around which the wire is wound is provided in the lamp mounting portion 150. ing.

  The slide door rail mounting portion 14 to which the slide door rail 60 is fixed is covered from the outer side in the vehicle width direction by a long plate-like cover member 16 (see also FIG. 1). Further, the cover member 16 is configured to be substantially flush with the vehicle body side portion 12.

  A gap (slit) is formed between the lower edge of the cover member 16 and the vehicle body side portion 12, and this gap (slit) becomes the rail cover opening 30 that constitutes the slide opening 32 described above.

  In the present embodiment, the rear combination lamp 100 attached to the lamp attaching portion 150 shown in FIG. 2 incorporates a vehicle width light, a brake light, and a direction indicator light that are not shown. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rear combination lamp 100 includes an inner casing 110 to which the vehicle width light, the brake light, and the direction indicator light are attached, and includes a reflecting mirror (reflector) that reflects light, And a lens cover 120 constituting the outer surface.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rear combination lamp 100 is formed with a substantially U-shaped lamp opening (opening) 130 that opens on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction. Note that the lamp opening 130 is configured by both the inner casing 110 and the lens cover 120 being recessed in a substantially U-shaped rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lamp opening 130 is provided at the same position as the vehicle vertical direction position of the rail cover opening 30, and constitutes the rear end portion of the slide opening 32 described above. .

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the slope of the lamp opening 130 of the lens cover 120 of the rear combination lamp 100 is inclined so as to be recessed inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the design surface 132. A surface 134 is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lens cover 120 is formed with a protruding portion 136 that protrudes in a plate shape from the outer edge portion of the lamp opening 130. In the present embodiment, the protrusion 136 is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction and constitutes a part of the inclined surface 134 (see FIG. 3).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in the lens cover 120, the lower side wall 124 is positioned on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the upper side wall 122, and a lamp opening 130 is formed between the lower side wall 124 and the upper side wall 122. ing.

(Function and effect)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slide door 50 (see FIG. 1) is configured so that the guide roller 78 of the guide portion 74 of the center hinge arm 70 is guided by the slide door rail 60 (see also FIGS. 1 and 2). Move (slide) back and forth.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the boarding opening 20 is opened by moving (sliding) the slide door 50 rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction. At this time, the center hinge arm 70 moves through the rail cover opening 30 of the sliding opening 32.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the center hinge arm 70 reaches the rear end of the slide door rail 60, the center hinge arm 70 comes out of the rail cover opening 30, and the lamp opening 130 ( (See also FIGS. 1 and 2).

  Therefore, the sliding amount of the slide door 50 (see FIG. 1) is increased by the amount of the entry of the center hinge arm 70 into the lamp opening 130 of the rear combination lamp 100. In other words, the slide opening 32 through which the center hinge arm 70 moves can be enlarged to the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction by the lamp opening 130.

  If the slide door 50 is slid swiftly in the vehicle front-rear direction, the center hinge arm 70 may overstroke in the vehicle front-rear direction rear. The length of the lamp opening 130 in the vehicle front-rear direction is set so that the overstroke of the center hinge arm 70 can be absorbed.

  In addition, since the slide door 50 can be moved further to the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction in this way, the opening width in the vehicle front-rear direction of the opening / closing opening 20 that is opened and closed by the slide door 50 is secured. As a result, boarding / exiting performance is improved.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the lamp opening 130 appears to be recessed by the inclined surface 134 formed at the periphery of the lamp opening 130 of the lens cover 120 of the rear combination lamp 100, and the lamp opening 130 is formed. It becomes less noticeable and the appearance quality of the vehicle is improved.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the protrusion 136 protruding in a plate shape from the outer edge of the lamp opening 130 of the lens cover 120 makes it difficult to see the structure behind the lamp opening 130. The appearance quality of the vehicle is improved.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the lens cover 120 has a lower side wall 124 located on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the upper side wall 122, and a lamp is interposed between the lower side wall 124 and the upper side wall 122. An opening 130 is formed. Therefore, when viewed from obliquely above, the lamp opening 130 is not easily seen by the upper side wall 122, and the appearance quality of the vehicle is further improved.

  Here, the sliding opening (rail cover opening / sliding door rail) is shifted upward or downward in the vehicle vertical direction with respect to the rear combination lamp, and the sliding opening (rail cover opening) is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction. It is possible to extend it to the rear side. However, this method restricts the position of the sliding opening (rail cover opening / sliding door rail) in the vehicle vertical direction.

  Alternatively, the width of the rear combination lamp in the vehicle front-rear direction may be shortened to extend the sliding opening (rail cover opening) rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction, or the rear combination lamp may be shifted upward or downward in the vehicle vertical direction. Conceivable. However, such a method restricts the design of the rear combination lamp.

  In contrast, in the present embodiment, as described above, the slide opening 32 (rail cover opening 30) and the rear combination lamp 100 are provided by providing the lamp opening 130 on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the rear combination lamp 100. , And the sliding amount of the sliding door 50 can be increased.

(Other)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the rear combination lamp (vehicle rear lamp) 100 includes a vehicle width lamp, a brake lamp, and a direction indicator lamp, but is not limited thereto. It is sufficient that at least one of these is incorporated.

  In the case where the slide door is provided only on either the left or right side (one side), the present invention is applied only to the vehicle rear lamp provided at the end in the vehicle width direction on the side where the slide door is provided. May be. That is, the present invention may be applied to at least one of the vehicle rear lamps provided at both ends in the vehicle width direction of the rear portion of the vehicle.

  Moreover, it cannot be overemphasized that it can implement with a various aspect in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

12 Car body side part 20 Opening / alighting opening part 50 Sliding door 60 Sliding door rail 70 Center hinge arm (hinge arm)
100 Rear combination lamp (vehicle rear lamp)
130 Lamp opening (opening)
132 Design surface 134 Inclined surface 136 Projection

Claims (4)

  An opening with a front side in the vehicle front-rear direction opened so that a hinge arm of a slide door guided by a slide door rail provided on the side of the vehicle body with the vehicle front-rear direction as a longitudinal direction can enter the vehicle width direction end at the rear of the vehicle Vehicle rear lamp provided.   2. The vehicle rear lamp according to claim 1, wherein an inclined surface that is inclined inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the design surface is formed at a periphery of the opening in the vehicle width direction outside.   The vehicular rear lamp according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a protruding portion that protrudes in a plate shape from an outer edge portion of the opening portion is formed. A sliding door rail that is provided on the side of the vehicle body with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle as a longitudinal direction and that guides the hinge arm of the sliding door that opens and closes the opening for getting on and off by moving in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
The vehicle rear lamp according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vehicle rear lamp is provided at an end of the vehicle rear portion in the vehicle width direction and into which the hinge arm guided by the sled rail can enter. When,
A vehicle body side structure comprising:

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