Guide Rail Assembly And Automobile With Same

Abstract

A guide rail assembly for an automobile includes a guide rail body, a cover plate and a fixing bracket. The guide rail body is provided with a snapping slot and a mounting edge adjacent to the snapping slot. The mounting edge includes a supporting section connected with a fixing section, and a sealing strip snaps into the snapping slot for sealing the gap between the guide rail body and a side edge of triangular glass and sealing the gap between the guide rail body and a lifting glass. The supporting section is suitable for carrying the side edge; one side of the cover plate is fixed on the fixing section and another side of the cover plate at least partially covers the sealing strip. The fixing bracket is disposed on the fixing section for fixing the guide rail body to the door sheet metal of the automobile.

Claims

1. A guide rail assembly for use with a triangular glass, a lifting glass, and a door sheet metal of an automobile, said guide rail assembly comprising: a guide rail body having a snapping slot and a mounting edge adjacent to the snapping slot along a length direction, wherein the mounting edge includes a supporting section and a fixing section connected with the supporting section; a sealing strip snapped into the snapping slot for sealing a gap between the guide rail body and a side edge of the triangular glass and sealing the gap between the guide rail body and the lifting glass, wherein the supporting section is suitable for carrying the side edge of the triangular glass; a cover plate, wherein one side of the cover plate is fixed on the fixing section and another side of the cover plate at least partially covers the sealing strip; and a fixing bracket disposed on the fixing section for fixing the guide rail body onto the door sheet metal.

2. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein the slot bottom of the snapping slot is concavely provided with a first embedding cavity and a second embedding cavity, and the sealing strip is convexly provided with a first protrusion embedded in the first embedding cavity and a second protrusion embedded in the second embedding cavity.

3. The guide rail assembly according to claim 2, wherein the sealing strip comprises a first sealing strip and a second sealing strip connected with the first sealing strip, wherein the first sealing strip is coupled to the supporting section to seal the gap between the side edge of the triangular glass and the guide rail body, and wherein the second sealing strip is coupled to the fixing section to seal the gap between the guide rail body and the lifting glass.

4. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the cover plate is disposed in a V shape.

5. The guide rail assembly according to claim 4, wherein the cover plate is convexly provided with a stopper used to limit a movement of the sealing strip along the width direction of the cover plate.

6. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein a material of the cover plate is plastic, wherein the cover plate is provided with a limiting notch, and a bump which snap-fits with the limiting notch and which is disposed at the position of the sealing strip corresponding to the limiting notch, and wherein the bump is snapped into the limiting notch, so as to limit the movement of the sealing strip along the length direction of the guide rail body.

7. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein the material of the guide rail body is aluminum and wherein a surface of the guide rail body is sprayed with paint.

8. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket and the guide rail body are fixed by riveting or welding.

9. The guide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover plate and the guide rail body are connected and fixed by screws.

10. An automobile comprising: a triangular glass; a lifting glass; a door sheet metal; and a guide rail assembly, said guide rail assembly comprising: a guide rail body having a snapping slot and a mounting edge adjacent to the snapping slot, wherein the mounting edge includes a supporting section and a fixing section connected with the supporting section, a sealing strip snapped into the snapping slot for sealing the gap between the guide rail body and a side edge of the triangular glass and sealing a gap between the guide rail body and the lifting glass, wherein the supporting section is suitable for carrying the side edge of the triangular glass, a cover plate, wherein one side of the cover plate is fixed on the fixing section and another side of the cover plate at least partially covers the sealing strip, and a fixing bracket disposed on the fixing section to fix the guide rail body onto the door sheet metal.

11. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein a slot bottom of the snapping slot is concavely provided with a first embedding cavity and a second embedding cavity, and the sealing strip is convexly provided with a first protrusion embedded in the first embedding cavity and a second protrusion embedded in the second embedding cavity.

12. The automobile according to claim 11, wherein the sealing strip comprises a first sealing strip and a second sealing strip connected with the first sealing strip, wherein the first sealing strip is coupled to the supporting section to seal the gap between the side edge of the triangular glass and the guide rail body, and wherein the second sealing strip is coupled to the fixing section to seal the gap between the guide rail body and the lifting glass.

13. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein a cross-section of the cover plate is disposed in a V shape.

14. The automobile according to claim 13, wherein the cover plate is convexly provided with a stopper, and wherein the stopper is used to limit the movement of the sealing strip along a width direction of the cover plate.

15. The automobile according to claim 10, wherein a material of the cover plate is plastic, wherein the cover plate is provided with a limiting notch, and a bump which snap-fits with the limiting notch and which is disposed at the position of the sealing strip corresponding to the limiting notch, and wherein the bump limits the movement of the sealing strip along the length direction of the guide rail body.

16. The automobile according to claim 15, wherein a raised bar in abutment with the stopper is disposed at the position of the sealing strip corresponding to the stopper

17. The guide rail assembly according to claim 5, wherein a raised bar in abutment with the stopper is disposed at the position of the scaling strip corresponding to the stopper

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the subject disclosure or the prior art more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the subject disclosure, and it is also possible for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings according to the structures shown in these drawings without creative work.

[0009] FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the guide rail assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0010] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the guide rail assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0011] FIG. 3 is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the guide rail assembly and the triangular glass of the subject disclosure;

[0012] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view at A-A in FIG. 3;

[0013] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view at B-B in FIG. 3;

[0014] FIG. 6 is a back view of the guide rail assembly in an embodiment of a guide rail assembly of the subject disclosure;

[0015] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view at C-C in FIG. 6;

[0016] FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a cover plate in an embodiment of a guide rail assembly of the subject disclosure; and

[0017] FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view at D-D in FIG. 8.

ILLUSTRATION OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0018] 10. guide rail body; 20. cover plate; 30. fixing bracket; 40. sealing strip; 10a. snapping slot; 110. mounting edge; 11. supporting section; 12. fixing section; 10a1. first embedding cavity; 10a2. second embedding cavity; 21. stopper; 20a. limiting notch; 41. bump; 100. guide rail assembly; 200. triangular glass.

[0019] The realization of the purpose, functional characteristics and advantages of the subject disclosure will be further illustrated in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the subject disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the subject disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a portion of the embodiments of the subject disclosure, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the subject disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope protected by the subject disclosure.

[0021] It should be noted that if there is a directional indication (such as up, down, left, right, front, back . . . ) involved in the embodiment of the subject disclosure, the directional indication is only used to explain the relative positional relationship, motion conditions, etc. between the components in a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawing). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change therewith accordingly.

[0022] In addition, if there are descriptions involving first, second, etc. in the embodiments of the subject disclosure, the descriptions of first, second, etc. are for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood indicate or suggest their relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined with first and second may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of these features. In addition, if and/or appearing in the whole text means including three parallel schemes, then taking A and/or B as an example, it includes scheme A, or scheme B, or a scheme that both A and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must take that those skilled in the art can realize as a basis. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination of technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and to be not within the protection scope claimed by the subject disclosure, either.

[0023] The subject disclosure proposes a guide rail assembly, which is suitable for installing the triangular glass of the A-pillar of the automobile, but not limited to this.

[0024] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, in an embodiment of the subject disclosure, the guide rail assembly 100 includes a guide rail body 10, a cover plate 20 and a fixing bracket 30. The guide rail body 10 is provided with a snapping slot 10a and a mounting edge 110 adjacent to the snapping slot 10a along its length direction, and the mounting edge 110 includes a supporting section 11 and a fixing section 12 connected with the supporting section 11. A sealing strip 40 is snapped into the snapping slot 10a for sealing a gap between the guide rail body 10 and the side edge of the triangular glass 200 and sealing a gap between the guide rail body 10 and the lifting glass. The supporting section 11 is suitable for carrying the side edge of the triangular glass 200. One side of the cover plate 20 is fixed on the fixing section 12, and another side of the cover plate 20 at least partially covers the sealing strip 40. The fixing bracket 30 is disposed on the fixing section 12 for fixing the guide rail body 10 on the door sheet metal.

[0025] In this embodiment, the guide rail body 10 can be integrally formed with structures such as the snapping slot 10a, the supporting section 11 of the mounting edge 110, and the fixing section 12, etc., and the guide rail body 10 can be made of metal material, especially aluminum, but not limited to this.

[0026] The surface of the guide rail body 10 can be sprayed with paint, such as high-gloss black paint, to improve aesthetics and oxidation corrosion resistance.

[0027] Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the guide rail body 10 can be provided with the mounting edge 110 along its length direction, its supporting section 11 may be arranged flush with the fixing section 12, and a portion of the cover plate 20 fixed to the fixing section 12 can also be arranged flush with the triangular glass 200 so as to ensure zero steps at the joint and improve the overall aesthetics.

[0028] In this embodiment, the cover plate 20 and the guide rail body 10 can be connected and fixed by the way of screws or snap-fit, etc. The cover plate 20 can be made of plastic material, especially PA66, but not limited to this.

[0029] The fixing bracket 30 can be a metal piece, and the fixing bracket 30 and the guide rail body 10 can be fixed by the way of riveting, welding or threading, etc. The fixing bracket 30 may be an integrally formed component, or may be an assembly assembled from a plurality of components, but not limited to this.

[0030] It can be understood that the guide rail body 10 can be integrally pre-formed with structures such as the snapping slot 10a and the mounting edge 110. During production and assembly, the sealing strip 40 is firstly snapped or bonded in the snapping slot 10a, then the fixing bracket 30 is installed, and then the fixing section 12 at the lower end of the guide rail body 10 can be covered with a cover plate 20. The subject disclosure reduces the number of parts of the guide rail assembly 100, simplifies the installation process, improves the convenience of assembly of the guide rail assembly 100, and reduces the manufacturing cost. At the same time, the sealing between the guide rail assembly and the triangular glass, and between the guide rail assembly and the lifting glass is also improved.

[0031] In order to improve the reliability of the connection between the guide rail body 10 and the sealing strip 40, and to avoid the sealing performance being affected by the sealing strip 40 disengaging from the installed position, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in an embodiment, the slot bottom of the snapping slot 10a can be concavely provided with a first embedding cavity 10a1 and a second embedding cavity 10a2, the slot bottom of the snapping slot 10a is concavely provided with a first embedding cavity 10a1 and a second embedding cavity 10a2, and the sealing strip 40 is convexly provided with a first protrusion embedded into the first insertion cavity 10a1 and a second portion embedded into the second insertion cavity 10a2.

[0032] In this embodiment, the sealing strip 40 may include a first sealing strip and a second sealing strip connected with the first sealing strip. The first sealing strip 40 disposed corresponding to the supporting section 11 is used to seal a gap between the side edge of the triangular glass 200 and the guide rail body 10, and the second sealing strip 40 disposed corresponding to the fixing section 12 is used to seal a gap between the guide rail body 10 and the lift glass.

[0033] The first sealing strip and the second sealing strip can be extruded separately, and then connected together by injection molding. The material of the first sealing strip and the second sealing strip can be EPDM, but not limited to this.

[0034] Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, in an embodiment, the cross section of the cover plate 20 may be disposed in a V shape to cover the sealing strip 40 at the lower end of the guide rail body 10. The cover plate 20 of this structure is easy to be machined and easy to assemble, further improving the sealing and aesthetics.

[0035] In conjunction with FIG. 5 and FIG. 9, in this embodiment, the inner side of the cover plate 20 can be convexly provided with a stopper 21, and a raised bar in abutment with the stopper 21 is disposed at the position of the top portion of the sealing strip 40 corresponding to the stopper 21 can be provided with to limit the movement of the sealing strip 40 along the width direction of the cover plate 20. As such, the stability of the sealing strip 40 is improved, and the movement of the sealing strip 40 is avoided from affecting the sealing performance.

[0036] In order to further avoid sealing failure of the sealing strip 40 to improve the stability of the guide rail assembly 100, referring to FIG. 2, referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 8, in an embodiment, the cover plate 20 is provided with a limiting notch 20a, a bump 41 which snap-fits with the limiting notch 20a is disposed at the position of the sealing strip 40 corresponding to the limiting notch 20a, and the bump 41 is snapped into the limiting notch 20a to limit the movement of the sealing strip 40 along the length direction of the guide rail body 10.

[0037] The subject disclosure also proposes an automobile, which includes a guide rail assembly 100, the specific structure of which refers to the above-mentioned embodiments. Since the automobile proposed by the subject disclosure includes all the solutions of all the embodiments of the above-mentioned guide rail assembly 100, it has at least the same technical effect as that of the guide rail assembly 100, which will not be elaborated here one by one.

[0038] What is described above is only an optional embodiment of the subject disclosure, and does not therefore limit the patent scope of the subject disclosure. Under the inventive concept of the subject disclosure, the equivalent structural transformation made by using the specification and the contents of the accompanying drawings of the subject disclosure, or their direct/indirect applications in other related technical fields are all included in the patent protection scope of the subject disclosure.