GB2280253A - A vehicle's luggage compartment door with lights - Google Patents

A vehicle's luggage compartment door with lights Download PDF

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GB2280253A
GB2280253A GB9314988A GB9314988A GB2280253A GB 2280253 A GB2280253 A GB 2280253A GB 9314988 A GB9314988 A GB 9314988A GB 9314988 A GB9314988 A GB 9314988A GB 2280253 A GB2280253 A GB 2280253A
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panel
luggage compartment
compartment door
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lamp cluster
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David Huw Davies
Paul Michael Thwaites
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Ford Motor Co
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Ford Motor Co
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Priority to DE69403285T priority patent/DE69403285T2/en
Priority to EP94304618A priority patent/EP0635416B1/en
Priority to ES94304618T priority patent/ES2101442T3/en
Publication of GB2280253A publication Critical patent/GB2280253A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
    • B62D25/10—Bonnets or lids, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles
    • B62D25/105—Bonnets or lids, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles for motor cars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/30—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces
    • B60Q1/304—Adaptations of signalling devices having a part on the vehicle body and another on the boot door

Description

-v A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR 2280253 This invention relates to a rear
luggage compartment door for a motor vehicle, and in particular to a luggage 5 compartment door on which vehicle lamps are mounted.
For styling reasons it is often desirable to position the vehicle lamps across the full width of the rear of the car. At the same time however it is desirable that the sill over which objects must be lifted to place them in the boot of the car is as low as possible. These two requirements dictate that at least some of the vehicle lamps must be mounted on the luggage compartment door.
It is also desirable to manufacture the luggage compartment door so that there are no visible panel joins.
According to the present invention there is provided a rear luggage compartment door for a motor vehicle, the door comprising an outer skin panel, an inner skin panel and a lamp cluster, wherein the lamp cluster is mounted on an infill panel which is connected between outer and inner skin panels, and wherein the lamp cluster conceals the join between the outer skin panel and the infill panel.
In this specification, the term "lamp cluster" includes both passively and actively illuminated lamps and includes not only a single lamp but also any number of individual lamps.
In a pref erred embodiment, the inf ill panel provides a mounting surface for the lamp cluster behind the surface of the outer skin panel, so that when the lamp cluster is mounted on the infill panel, the front face of the cluster is substantially flush with the outer skin panel.
The inf ill panel is pref erably spot-welded to the outer skin panel, with the spot-welds being concealed by the lamp cluster. The connection of the infill panel to the inner skin panel can conveniently be through a clinched flange.
The shape of the infill panel is preferably such that when the luggage compartment door is seen in cross section, parallel to the vehicle centreline, a generally rectangular recess is formed at the bottom rear edge of the door, with the back of this recess formed by the infill panel and the roof of the recess formed partly by the infill Panel and partly by a f lange of the outer skin panel to which the infill panel is spot-welded.
The invention will now be further described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear of a motor vehicle with a luggage compartment door in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a cross-section, taken on the car centreline, and through the luggage compartment door of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is an exploded view of the luggage compartment door shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 1 shows a motor vehicle which has a rear screen 10, rear wings 12 and 14, a rear bumper 16 and a rear luggage compartment door 18. The vehicle can be a wagon, a hatchback or a notchback, and the luggage compartment door can therefore be a tailgate or a boot (trunk) lid. The rear of the vehicle also has wrap-around lamp clusters 20, 22 and 24 which are styled to form a continuous band around the rear of the car. The clusters 20 and 24 are fixed and are mounted to the respective wings 14, 12. The cluster 22 is however mounted on the luggage compartment door 18 and will move with the door when the door is opened.
Although the lamp clusters 20, 22, 24 are shown uninterrupted, they will in practice be divided up into the various lamp functions, eg direction indicators, brake lamps, reversing lamps and fog lamps. The lamp cluster may also include one or more sections of passive lighting function, such as light reflectors.
The door 18 also has a lock button 26.
is Figure 2 shows that the door is made up of an outer sheet metal skin panel 28 and an inner sheet metal skin panel 30. At the inboard end, these two skin panels are joined together by a clinched f lange at 32, in a conventional manner. The door hinges are mounted adjacent this edge.
The outer skin panel 28 extends downwardly at the rear of the vehicle and ends in an inwardly turned flange 34. The inner panel 30 extends generally horizontally at the rear of the vehicle but ends in a downturned flange 36. To connect the flanges 34 and 36 and to complete the structural integrity of the door 18, an infill panel 38 is provided. This infill panel is spot-welded to the flange 34 and is clinched to the flange 36. When seen in cross-section the infill panel 38 is of a generally inverted L-section and it provides a recess in the bottom rear corner of the door into which the lamp cluster 28 can be fitted. In Figure 2 the position of the lamp cluster is indicated in dotted lines. It will be seen that the f ront edge of the cluster is substantially flush with the rear face of the outer panel 28, although this is not essential. It will also be seen that the spot- welded joint at 40 between the outer panel 28 and the inf ill panel 38 will be concealed by the lamp cluster 22.
Figure 3 shows the three panels in more detail. The outer panel 28 is generally smooth in form and has a peripheral flange 42 for clinching over the inner panel. The outer panel 42 also has an aperture 44 for receiving the lock barrel 26.
The spot-welded joint at 40 is indicated in Figure 3, and the form of the infill panel 38 can be seen below. The infill panel has apertures 46 through which electrical power is can be supplied to the lamp cluster 22, and also fixing holes 48 by which the lamp cluster can be attached to the panel. The main function of the inner panel 30 is to reinforce the outer panel and to give it strength and rigidity. To this end the inner panel has a continuous periphery which will be clinched to the outer panel and to the infill panel, but has apertures 50 surrounded by strengthening ribs 52 in its upper face. The inner panel also has access holes 54 (see also Figure 2) for access to the rear of the lamp cluster for example for changing bulbs.
The luggage compartment described here therefore provides a neat and tidy solution to the problem of mounting a lamp cluster on a rear luggage compartment door. The structure is easy to manufacture, avoids any exposed panel joins and it does not give any increase in overall weight.
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Claims (6)

Claims
1. A rear luggage compartment door for a motor vehicle, the door comprising an outer skin panel, an inner skin panel and a lamp cluster, wherein the lamp cluster is mounted on an infill panel which is connected between outer and inner skin panels, and wherein the lamp cluster conceals the join between the outer skin panel and the infill panel.
2. A luggage compartment door as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the infill panel provides a mounting surface for the lamp cluster behind the surface of the outer skin panel, so that when the lamp cluster is mounted on the infill panel, the front face of the cluster is substantially flush with the outer skin panel.
3. A luggage compartment door as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein the infill panel is spot-welded to the outer skin panel, with the spotweld being concealed by the lamp cluster.
4. A luggage compartment door as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the connection of the infill panel to the inner skin panel is through a clinched flange.
5. A luggage compartment door as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the shape of the infill panel is such that when the luggage compartment door is seen in cross section, parallel to the vehicle centreline, a generally rectangular recess is formed at the bottom rear edge of the door, with the back of this recess formed by the infill panel and the roof of the recess formed partly by the infill panel and partly by a f lange of the outer skin panel to which the infill panel is spot-welded.
6. A luggage compartment door substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
GB9314988A 1993-07-20 1993-07-20 A vehicle's luggage compartment door with lights Withdrawn GB2280253A (en)

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GB9314988A GB2280253A (en) 1993-07-20 1993-07-20 A vehicle's luggage compartment door with lights
DE69403285T DE69403285T2 (en) 1993-07-20 1994-06-24 Trunk door
EP94304618A EP0635416B1 (en) 1993-07-20 1994-06-24 A luggage compartment door
ES94304618T ES2101442T3 (en) 1993-07-20 1994-06-24 LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR.

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GB9314988D0 (en) 1993-09-01
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ES2101442T3 (en) 1997-07-01
EP0635416A1 (en) 1995-01-25
EP0635416B1 (en) 1997-05-21

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