JPS63235176A - Body structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable employment of body of three-box type automobile for a two-box type automobile by assembling a unit comprising a rear window frame, a trunk lid and a rear parcel panel to a rear opening of the body. CONSTITUTION:A rear parcel panel 3 is splitted into a unit 9 together with a rear window frame 5 and a trunk 7 lid, 7 then the unit 9 is set to a rear opening 11 of the body and fastened thereto. The unit 9 is welded in an independent line from the body 1, then a parcel trim 19 is fixed onto the rear parcel panel 3 and an arm 34 is fixed to a bracket 35 so as to set the trunk lid 7. A rear window shield panel 27 is fixed through adhesive to the rear window frame 5 and a molding 29 is fitted in. When the unit is assembled to the rear opening of the body, two-box type body can be constructed easily.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to an automobile body structure.

(Prior art) As is well known, the body of an automobile is made up of various types of leaflets, side sills,
Various panel materials are connected using closed cross-section strength members such as side members, cross members, cowl boxes, and roof rails as a framework.In the 2-box type, the engine compartment and cabin are connected, and in the 3-box type, the engine compartment and cabin are connected. They are separated from the trunk room. For any of these types of car bodies, Automotive Engineering Complete Book, Volume 19, Automobile Manufacturing Methods: April 20, 1980, published by Sankaido, pages 178 to 1.
79 True Item 7.4 "Vehicle body assembly process" As is clear from the contents described in item 7.4 "Vehicle body assembly process", the above-mentioned various frame members and panel materials are sequentially joined to form a white body, which is then subjected to the painting process and parts assembly process. Transferred sequentially to the process and finally various functional parts,
I am trying to assemble the interior parts.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in order to reduce manufacturing costs or facilitate management, instead of manufacturing completely different car bodies for each type of 2-box type or 3-box type, It is desirable that the basic structure of is shared as much as possible.

However, since a conventional 3-box type vehicle has a back cell panel, even if this car body is shared with a 2-box type car and a back door is attached to the rear opening of the car body, the rear cell panel becomes an obstacle. Box type is not established.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile body structure that allows the body of a three-box type automobile to be used in common with a two-box type automobile.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a vehicle equipped with a rear parcel panel that partitions a cabin and a trunk room, in which the rear parcel panel is combined with a rear window frame and a trunk lid into a unit. The unit is assembled separately, and the unit is set in a rear opening provided in the vehicle body and fastened and connected.

(Function) If a unit consisting of a rear window frame, a trunk lid, and a rear bar cell panel is attached to the rear opening of the vehicle body, it becomes a three-box type automobile with a rear bar cell panel. Furthermore, when the unit is removed, the rear bar cell panel is removed and the rear opening of the vehicle body is opened, allowing it to be shared with a two-box type vehicle body.

(Example) This invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows the rear side of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The vehicle body 1 of this automobile is constructed by dividing a rear bar cell panel 3 together with a rear window frame 5 and a trunk lid 7 into a unit 9, and this unit 9 is set in a rear opening 11 provided in the vehicle body 1 and fastened together. .

The rear bar cell panel 3 partitions the cabin CB and the trunk room TR, and has through holes 3 on the upper surface of both ends.
a, and is also provided with a rear seat back side place 13 at the front end. This place 13 is provided with a curved recess 17 that matches the curved shape of the inner wheel 15. A parcel trim 19 extending up to the place 13 is laid on the upper surface of the rear bar cell panel 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and is fixed with screws 21.

A rear waist 23 having a box cross-sectional shape is integrally provided at the rear of the rear bar cell panel 3.

A drip channel 25 extending in the vehicle width direction along the rear waist 23 is integrally provided at the rear of the rear waist 23. Both ends 25a of the drip channel 25 in the vehicle width direction are formed to face toward the rear of the vehicle body. The end flange 25b of the drip channel 25 is provided with a weather strip 26 that will be assembled later. This weather strip 26 is continuous with an end flange of a drip channel around the trunk room TR, which will be described later.

Further, the rear window frame 5 is integrally provided at the upper part of the rear waist 23, and a rear window shield panel 27 is attached thereto.

In the gap between this rear window shield panel 27 and the rear window frame 5, a third
A molding 29 shown in the figure is attached. Flanges 3 are provided on the upper edge and both left and right edges of the rear window frame 5.
1 is integrally provided, and this flange 31 extends to both sides (rla 25 a) of the drip channel 25 in the vehicle width direction. The flange 31 is provided with through holes 32 at predetermined intervals, so that bolts 33 can be inserted. It has become.

Arms 34 are attached to both left and right sides of the trunk lid 7, and the arms 34 are rotatably supported by brackets 35 attached to the rear bar cell panel 3, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the rear opening 11 of the vehicle body 1 extends from the part where the rear window is attached to the upper part of the trunk room TR.

On the other hand, the opening 11 extends from the part where the rear window is attached to the upper part of the trunk room TR, and the part where the rear window frame 5 is attached is connected to the left and right rear villas 37.
Also, a mounting surface 39 is provided which is integrally formed with the rear 7-rail 38 shown in FIG. This mounting surface 39 has a shape that matches the seven flange 31 of the rear window frame 5. The lower end of this mounting surface 39 reaches the left and right rear fenders 41, and the flange 31 is attached to this mounting surface 39.
A mounting hole 43 is provided opposite the through hole 32, and a weld nut 44 shown in FIG. 2 is fixed inside the mounting surface 39 at the mounting hole 43.

Also, on the inner surfaces of the left and right rear villas 37, there are barsel side 4.
A mounting hole 47 is provided in the parcel side 45, and a weld nut (not shown) is mounted on the lower surface.

A drip channel 51 that is continuous with the drip channel 25 of the unit 9 is integrally provided on the left and right upper edges of the trunk room TR of the vehicle body 1. A weather drip 26 attached to the flange 25b is continuously attached.

The vehicle body 1 is assembled after constructing a white body, but the vehicle body 1 mainly consists of the front engine compartment and floor panel, with the power unit etc. assembled to the modularized and painted panels, and various painted panels. It is divided into a floor unit with seats, etc. assembled, a body side with various flyers, side sills, and side roof rails, and a roof unit with the roof panel as the main body and painted trim, lamps, etc. It may be fastened and connected using bolts, nuts, etc.

Next, the assembly of the unit 9 will be described.

The unit 9 is welded at the welding points on a separate line from the vehicle body 1, and the bar cell trim 19 is attached to the rear bar cell panel 3, the arm 34 is attached to the bracket 35, the trunk lid 7 is set, and the rear land frame Attach the rear window shield panel 2 with adhesive to 5.
7 and fit the molding 29. A striker is attached to the trunk lid 7 to engage and disengage the trunk lock on the vehicle body 1 side. Since the unit 9 is assembled in parts in this way, the unit 9 can be assembled in an open space.
Automatic assembly by robots is also possible.

In addition, in the case of a vehicle in which the vehicle body 1 is a white body, there is no partition between the cabin CB and the trunk room TR as shown in Fig. The movement of the parts is not restricted, making work easier, and automatic assembly by robots is also facilitated.

Next, when the unit 9 is set in the rear opening 11 of the vehicle body 1, the 7 langes 31 of the unit 9 are butted against the three mounting surfaces of the vehicle body 1, and the bolts 33 are inserted through each through hole 32 and inserted into the weld nuts 44 on the mounting surface 39 side. Fasten and flange 31
is fixed to the mounting surface 39.

Next, insert the bolt 46 into the through hole 3a of the V base panel 3.
and fasten it to the weld nut on the parcel side 45, and then attach the rear bar cell panel 3 to the parcel side 4 of the vehicle body 1.
Fixed at 5.

In this way, the unit 9 is fixed to the rear opening 11 of the vehicle body 1, and the rear seat pack side place 13 of the rear bar cell panel 3 is aligned with the outer surface of the rear wheel inner 15 via the curved recess 17.

Note that the rear windshield panel 27 can also be attached to the rear, and in the case of attachment to the rear, the work of fastening the bolts 46 on the rubber cell panel 3 becomes easier.

Both ends 2 in the vehicle width direction of the drip channel 25 of the unit 9
5a is overlapped with the drip channel 51 on the trunk room TR side from above as shown in FIG. 5, and both drip channels 25 and 51 are continuous. And flanges 25a, 51a of this continuous drip channel 25°51
1. : A continuous weather top 26 is attached. Therefore, when the trunk lid 7 is closed, the trunk lid 7 comes into contact with the weather strip 26, and the sealing property is maintained. The trunk lid 7 can be opened and closed via the arm 34, and the striker of the trunk lid 7 engages with a trunk lock on the vehicle body 1 side to lock the trunk lid 7.

By installing the unit 9 in this manner, the vehicle body 1 can be used as a three-box type sedan.

Next, a case where the vehicle body 1 is shared as a two-box type hatchback vehicle will be described.

In this case, a canopy 53 shown in FIG. 5 is attached to the rear opening 11 of the vehicle body 1 instead of the unit 9 shown in FIG. The canopy 53 has a closed cross-section structure for various types of flyers 5.
5. Side member 57. It consists of various frame members such as a rear cross member 59 and roof rails 60 (FIG. 7) and a roof 61, and is provided with a side window 63 and a pack door door 5 that can be locked and unlocked. The flange 31 of the unit 9 is located around the front of the canopy 53.
7 langes 67 of the same shape are attached.

Further, the pack door arrow 5 is attached to a flange 60a of a roof rail 60 via a back door hinge 69 so as to be openable and closable.

Then, the unit 9 is removed from the vehicle body 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the canopy 53 is set in the rear opening 11. In this state, in the same way as fixing the seventh flange 31 of the unit 9, attach the flange 67 of the canopy 53 to the mounting surface 39 of the vehicle body 1 using the bolt 33.
If it is fixed as shown in the figure, the main 11 knob 53 will be fixed to the vehicle body 1, and the vehicle body 1 can be used as a hatchback vehicle without the rear parcel panel 3. At this time canopy 53
The side member 57 and rear cross member 59 of
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 9, the flange 51a comes into contact with the weather strip 26 to maintain sealing performance.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the configuration of the present invention, when the unit is attached to the rear opening of the vehicle body, the rear parcel panel is attached, so it can be used as a 3-box type sedan, and the number of parts is reduced. It is possible to reduce the Once the unit is removed, the rear parcel panel is also removed at the same time, opening the rear opening of the vehicle body, making it possible to easily configure this as a two-box type hatchback vehicle according to the user's preference. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the rear of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the molding, Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in Figure 1, Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing the drip channel connection, Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the entire canopy, 7
The figure shows the opening/closing structure of the back door. Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ■-'■ in Figure 6. Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 6. Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line rX-IX in Figure 5. FIG. 1... Vehicle body 3... Rear parcel panel 5... Rear window frame 7... Trunk lid 9... Unit 11... Rear opening agent Patent attorney Yasuo Miyoshi Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 36 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an automobile equipped with a rear parcel panel that partitions a cabin and a trunk room, the rear parcel panel is divided into a unit together with a rear window frame and a trunk lid, and this unit is set and fastened into a rear opening provided in the vehicle body. The body structure of a new car.