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The method of assembling the door parts on an automobile door according to a first embodiment is characterized in that a product assembled by modularizing door parts (modularized product) 100A is assembled on a front door with a door sash 2 while a product assembled by modularizing door parts (modularized product) 100B is assembled on a rear door with a door sash 2.
The door parts to be modularized and assembled on the front door mainly include: a glass run 10; a roof molding 40A; a pillar molding 40B on a rear side of the front door; and a decorative belt line molding 40C to be mounted along a belt line 700. In the present embodiment, the door parts to be modularized also include: a glass run channel 71 of which one end is connected with the roof molding 40A on a front side of the front door while the other end extends lower than the belt line 700 and has a fixing part 70 provided on a lower end part thereof for fixing the glass run channel 71 to the front door; and a channel 72 of which one end is connected with a lower end of the pillar molding 40B while the other end extends lower than the belt line 700 and has the fixing part 70 provided on a lower end part thereof for fixing the channel 72 to the front door. However, each of the glass run channel 71 and the channel 72 are not necessarily modularized.
On the other hand, the door parts to be modularized and assembled on the rear door mainly include: the glass run 10; the roof molding 40A; the pillar molding 40B on a front side of the rear door; the belt line molding 40C; a division bar 60; a fixed glass 250; and sealing materials 61, 62 and 63. In the present embodiment, the door parts to be modularized also include a channel 73 of which one end is connected with a lower end of the pillar molding 40B while the other end extends lower than the belt line 700 and has the fixing part 70 provided on a lower end part thereof for fixing the channel 73 to the rear door. However, the channel 73 is not necessarily modularized.
In the same manner as the prior art, the glass run 10 for guiding lifting or lowering of a door glass 200 includes: a cross-section roughly U-shaped installation base member 11 consisting of an outer-cabin side wall 11a, a bottom wall 11b and an inner-cabin side wall 11c; an outer lip 12 formed inward from the outer-cabin side wall 11a of the installation base member 11; and an inner lip 13 formed outward from the inner-cabin side wall 11c of the installation base member 11. The installation base member 11 has a ditch part 20 formed therein for guiding the door glass 200, that is a space enclosed by the outer-cabin side wall 11a, the bottom wall 11b and the inner-cabin side wall 11c. The outer lip 12 and the inner lip 13 are slidably brought into contact with the door glass 200 lifting or lowering.
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In the Figs., the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B are painted in black.
Each of the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B are integrally molded with a cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41 having the installation base member 11 of the glass run 10 fitted therein. That is, the channel part 41 is a little larger than the cross-section roughly U-shaped installation base member 11 of the glass run 10 and has the glass run 10 assembled therein making use of elasticity of the glass run 10.
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The division bar 60 forming a boundary between the door glass 200 and the fixed glass 250 includes: a division channel 65 having cross-section roughly U-shaped channel parts formed both on the front side and the rear side thereof, the glass run 10 which is provided with the lips slidably brought into contact with the door glass and fitted on the front side of the division channel 65; and the sealing material 61 which is fitted on the rear side of the division channel 65 and has a front end of the fixed glass 250 fitted therein.
The fixed glass 250 has a roughly triangle shape and is fixed to a rear corner part of the rear door by means of the sealing materials 61, 62 and 63, provided around circumference of the fixed glass 250. As shown in
Assembling force of the glass run 10 to the molding member 40 is increased by fitting an anchoring lip 14 provided on an outer side of the inner-cabin side wall 11c of the glass run 10 into a concave part 43 formed between the door sash 2 and an inner-cabin side end part 42 of the roof molding 40A or the pillar molding 40B. The concave part 43 may be formed by bending the door sash 2 to the inner-cabin side compared with the inner-cabin side end part 42 of the straight-lined roof molding 40A as shown in
On the roof side, anchoring parts 46 are formed by bending the upper side of the roof molding 40A, that is, the upper side on a bottom wall side of the channel part 41. The anchoring parts 46 anchor to an installation base member 3a of a drip seal 3 which makes an elastic contact with a body panel 300 when the door is closed. An installation base member of a weather strip 4 is formed on the upper side of the door sash 2. The weather strip 4 makes the elastic contact with the body panel 300 when the door is closed. The drip seal 3 and the weather strip 4 are integrally molded.
Said door parts assembled in the above-mentioned manner can be provided as the modularized product prior to a vehicle assembly line in which the modularized product is assembled on the automobile door.
The modularized product 100A for use on the front door is assembled by: connecting an upper end part of said pillar molding 40B formed by fitting the glass run 10 into the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41 to the rear end of the roof molding 40 A formed by fitting the glass run 10 into the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41; connecting the belt line molding 40C both to the front end part of the roof molding 40A and the lower end part of the pillar molding 40B; connecting the glass run channel 71 to the roof molding 40A at the front side of the front door; and connecting the channel 72 to the lower end of the pillar molding 40B.
The modularized product 100B for use on the rear door is assembled by: fitting the rear side slope part of the fixed glass 250 into the sealing material 62 provided on the rear side of the roof molding 40A formed by fitting the glass run 10 into the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41; connecting the upper end part of the division bar 60 to the roof molding 40A while fitting the front end of the fixed glass 250 into the sealing material 61 on the rear side of the division bar 60 having the glass run 10 mounted on the front side thereof, connecting the upper end part of the pillar molding 40B formed by fitting the glass run 10 into the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41 to the front end of the roof molding 40 A; connecting the belt line molding 40C both to the rear end part of the roof molding 40A and the lower end part of the pillar molding 40B; connecting the sealing material 63 having the lower end of the fixed glass 250 fitted thereon to the belt line molding 40C by means of the resin insert 64; and connecting the channel 73 to the lower end of the pillar molding 40B.
The sealing material 61 may be fitted on a front end of the fixed glass 250 prior to assembling the sealing material 61 on the rear side of division bar 60 whereas the sealing material 61 may also be assembled on the rear side of division bar 60 prior to fitting the front end of the fixed glass 250. The sealing material 62 may be fitted on the rear side slope part of the fixed glass 250 prior to assembling the sealing material 62 on the roof molding 40A whereas the sealing material 62 may also be assembled on the roof molding 40A prior to fitting the rear side slope part of the fixed glass 250. The sealing material 63 may be fitted on the lower end of the fixed glass 250 prior to assembling the sealing material 63 on the belt line molding 40C whereas the sealing material 63 may also be assembled on the belt line molding 40C prior to fitting the lower end of the fixed glass 250.
Boundaries between each of the moldings 40A, 40B and 40C; the moldings 40A, 40B and the channels 71, 72, 73; and the molding 40A and the division bar 60 are connected by a connecting member 74 shown in
Then, the modularized product 100A for use on the front door and the modularized product 100B for use on the rear door, which are respectively assembled in a manner shown in
On the front door side, the modularized product 100A is assembled on the front door by fitting the roof molding 40A, the pillar molding 40B and the belt line molding 40C of the modularized product 100A along the door sash 2 and the belt line 700 of the front door in the vehicle assembly line. More specifically, the roof molding 40A, the pillar molding 40B and the belt line molding 40C are fitted respectively along the roof side of the door sash 2, the pillar side of the door sash 2 and the belt line 700 of the front door by means of fastening tools including a nail, the screw, a caulking pin and the clip. In addition, fixing parts 70 provided on the glass run channel 71 and the channel 72 are fixed to the front door.
Lastly, the door glass 200 is inserted into the front door panel so as to complete the assembly. The door glass 200 may also be inserted into the front door panel prior to pressing down the modularized product 100A from the upper side of the door glass 200.
On the other hand, on the rear door side, the door glass 200 is inserted into the rear door panel at the beginning of the vehicle assembly line.
Then, as shown in
In the assembly of the modularized product 100B, as shown in
According to the method of assembling the door parts on an automobile door of the present invention, the door parts including: the roof molding 40A; the pillar molding 40B; the belt line molding 40C; the division bar 60; the sealing materials 61, 62 and 63; and the fixed glass 250 to be assembled on the front door with the sash or the rear door with the sash are assembled into the modularized product 100A, 100B prior to the vehicle assembly line. Therefore, unevenness in any of the parts, detected in a connecting operation of the parts, can be adjusted prior to the vehicle assembly line. As a result, in the vehicle assembly line, adjustment of the unevenness in any of the parts is unnecessary so that the modularized product excellent in appearance can be easily selected and assembled on the door panel.
In addition, the assembly of the modularized product, carried out in the final vehicle assembly line, enables streamlined assembly of the door parts so that even an unskilled operator can easily carry out the assembly.
Apart from the door panel, the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B are modularized to provide a part of which external appearance exposing part 500 as a decorative surface can be freely luster painted in harmony with design of an automobile body. In addition, the use of the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B, which are made of metal excellent in rigidity and weatherability results in improved durability. In addition, luster peculiar to the metal demonstrates unique decorativeness.
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Each of the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B are integrally molded with the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 41 having the installation base member 11 of said glass run 10 fitted therein. Therefore, periphery of the glass run 10 is covered with the roof molding 40A or the pillar molding 40B and the glass run 10 is firmly assembled with the roof molding 40A or the pillar molding 40B.
A method of assembling door parts on another automobile door, according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described hereinafter. According to the method, modularized products 101A and 101B, neither of which includes a belt line molding 40C, as shown in
In order to stable a shape of the modularized products 101A, the modularized product 101A includes a connecting member 77 connecting the roof molding 40A and the glass run channel 71 by the surface. Numeral 78 shows a cover for a door mirror.
On a front door side, the method of assembling the door parts on another automobile door, according to the first embodiment comprises the steps of connecting an upper end part of a pillar molding 40B having a glass run 10 fitted therein to a rear end of a roof molding 40 A having the glass run 10 fitted therein, thereby assembling the modularized product 101A in advance; and assembling the modularized product 101A on the front door by fitting the roof molding 40 A and the pillar molding 40B along the door sash 2 and inserting the door glass 200 into the front door panel in the vehicle assembly line.
Alternatively, the door glass 200 may also be inserted into the door panel prior to pressing down the modularized product 101A from the upper side of the door glass 200 and assembling the modularized product 101A on the front door.
On the other hand, on a rear door side, the method of assembling the door parts on another automobile door, according to the first embodiment comprises the steps of fitting a rear side slope part of a fixed glass 250 into a sealing material 62 provided on a rear side of the roof molding 40A having the glass run 10 fitted therein, connecting an upper end part of a division bar 60 to the roof molding 40A while fitting a front end of the fixed glass 250 into a sealing material 61 on a rear side of the division bar 60 having the glass run 10 provided on the front side thereof, and connecting the upper end part of the pillar molding 40B having the glass run 10 fitted therein to the front end of the roof molding 40A, thereby assembling the modularized product 101B in advance; and, in a vehicle assembly line, inserting the door glass 200 into the rear door panel, pressing down the modularized product 101B from the upper side of the door glass 200 so as to insert an upper part of said door glass 200 into the glass run 10 on the roof side and assembling the modularized product 101B on the rear door by fitting the roof molding 40 A and the pillar molding 40B along the door sash 2.
Although the present embodiment describes an example that the inner-cabin side of the channel part 41 formed on the roof molding 40A is fixed to the flange 400 extending from the door sash 2 by means of the caulking pin 44 as shown in
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The method of assembling the door parts on an automobile door, according to the second embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a glass run 10 is mounted on the door sash 2 by means of a roof molding 50A or a pillar molding 50B, which are made of resin. The present embodiment employs: the roof molding 50A made of resin instead of the roof molding 40A made of metal of the first embodiment; and the pillar molding 50B made of resin instead of the pillar molding 40B made of metal of the first embodiment.
The roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B respectively cover an outer-cabin side wall 11a of the glass run 10 from an outer-cabin side and an external appearance exposing part 500 which is an outer-cabin side of the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B is a decorative surface.
Each of the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B, in the same manner as the roof molding 40A and the pillar molding 40B of the first embodiment, are integrally molded with a cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 51 having an installation base member 11 of the glass run 10 fitted therein. That is, the channel part 51 is a little larger than the cross-section roughly U-shaped installation base member 11 of the glass run 10 and has the glass run 10 assembled therein making use of elasticity of the glass run 10.
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Further, anchoring parts 54 are formed on the upper side of the roof molding 50A, that is, they are formed on an outer-cabin side and an inner-cabin side on an upper side of a bottom wall of the channel part 51. The anchoring parts 54 anchor to the installation base member 3a of the drip seal 3 which makes the elastic contact with the body panes 300 when the door is closed. The drip seal 3 and the weather strip 4 are integrally molded.
According to the present embodiment, the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B are integrally molded with the cross-section roughly U-shaped channel part 51 having the installation base member 11 of the glass run 10 fitted therein. Therefore, periphery of the glass run 10 is covered with the roof molding 50A or the pillar molding 50B and the glass run 10 is firmly assembled with the roof molding 50A or the pillar molding 50B. In addition, the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B can easily separate from the door sash 2. Therefore, the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B can be painted, for example, on parts makers' end and colors painted on the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B can be freely selected.
Further, in the second embodiment, since the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B are made of resin, productivity is improved as well as downsizing because the roof molding 50A and the pillar molding 50B made of resin can be set up the same color as the glass run 10 so that further painting is not required.
Furthermore, the integral molding of the inner-cabin side of the roof molding 50A with the grip 52 for installing the roof molding 50A on the flange 400 formed on the door sash 2 results in the improved productivity and the increased assembling force because producing and mounting the grip 52 as an extra part becomes unnecessary.
Although the present embodiment shows the assembly of the roof molding 50A and the glass run 10, which are respectively and separately formed, the roof molding 50A and the glass run 10 may be integrally extrusion-molded as shown in
Said structure results in further improved productivity because assembling the roof molding 50A with the glass run 10 or the pillar molding 50B with the glass run 10 becomes unnecessary.
In addition, the roof molding 50A may be installed on an aluminum door sash 2 by means of a metal clip 55 as shown in
Although the present embodiment shows the use of the division bar 60 having the glass run 10 and the sealing material 61 respectively fitted on the front side and the rear side thereof as shown in
The present embodiment is intended for use on an automobile having the division bar 60, the fixed glass 250 and the sealing member 61 provided on the rear door thereof. In case
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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JP2006-134500 | May 2006 | JP | national |