JP2001030834A - Vehicular tonneau cover device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate loading and unloading of baggage in the presence of vehicular laterally sliding tonneau cover devices for covering a top access to baggage compartments behind rear seats. SOLUTION: The vehicular tonneau cover device has a case 21 (21a, 21b) accommodating a tonneau cover body 23 wound thereinto for later unwinding operations. The case 21a, 21b is supported turnably on a front-side pivot 25 and is connected at its rear end to a glass hatch 14 by connecting ropes 30, so that opening and closing operations of the glass hatch 14 pivots the case 21a, 21b accordingly. Opening the glass hatch 14 automatically opens the access to a baggage compartment 11, which is thus easy of access for baggage loading and unloading.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tonneau cover device for a vehicle to which a tonneau cover can be slid in a lateral direction. The tonneau cover for a vehicle has improved usability by rotating in conjunction with opening and closing operations of a glass hatch and a rear gate. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a luggage room is provided behind a rear seat of a vehicle as a space for loading luggage.

[0003] Conventionally, in a vehicle having a back door that can be opened and closed, as shown in FIG. 10, a luggage room 2 for loading luggage is installed behind the rear seat 1. Is formed in the space defined by the back side of the seat back, the luggage side 3 on both sides and the rear lower gate 4 on the rear side, and an openable hatch gate such as a glass hatch 5 or a rear upper gate can be opened and closed above the rear lower gate 4. Is provided.

[0004] A tonneau cover device 6 for covering luggage loaded in the luggage room 2 so as to be invisible from the outside.
In the case where it is installed on the rear side of the rear seat 1 as before, it is necessary to pull out the tonneau cover device with an unreasonable posture by putting the body into the luggage room. In addition, a tonneau cover device 6 that can slide laterally from one side of the luggage sides 3 on both sides of the luggage room 2 to the other side is proposed.

That is, a case 7a is provided on the upper edge of one side of the luggage side 3 along the front-rear direction of the vehicle. In the case 7a, a tonneau cover body 8 is retractably wound up and housed. The tonneau cover body 8 is pulled out to the case 7b side provided along the upper edge of the luggage side 3 on the other side, and the tonneau cover body 8 is respectively engaged via a locking member so that the tonneau cover body 8 is locked in a pulled-out state. I have to.

[0006]

As described above, in the structure in which the lateral sliding type tonneau cover device 6 is installed in the luggage room 2 on the rear side of the rear seat 1, the glass hatch 5 is opened, and the luggage room is opened. When loading and unloading the luggage into and from the interior 2, the luggage is loaded and unloaded while the tonneau cover body 8 of the tonneau cover device 6 is once wound and housed in the case 7a. However, there is a problem that a lot of labor is required for loading and unloading the luggage and the like.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the present invention is a laterally-sliding tonneau cover device provided on the rear side of a rear seat, which is capable of carrying luggage into a luggage room. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tonneau cover device for a vehicle that can carry out work smoothly.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 of the present application is provided at a rear side of a rear seat of a vehicle having a back door provided with an opening / closing hatch, and the tonneau cover body is disposed in a lateral direction. By mounting the slide on
A tonneau cover device for a vehicle that covers an upper surface opening of a luggage room, wherein the tonneau cover device is provided along front and rear directions of upper edges of both side walls of the luggage room, and is rotatably supported around a front side as a fulcrum. A tonneau cover body that is wound and housed in one case and is drawn out laterally so as to cover the luggage room upper surface opening, and a connecting member that connects the rotating end sides of both cases and the open / close hatch. It is characterized in that the case of the tonneau cover device is rotated to open or close the luggage room in connection with the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing hatch.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
If the case of the tonneau cover device and the opening and closing hatch are connected by a connecting member, the opening and closing of the opening and closing hatch will open the opening and closing hatch because the case of the tonneau cover device will be lifted upward with the front side as the fulcrum. And the luggage room can be opened, and conversely, if the opening and closing hatch is closed, the case of the tonneau cover device returns to the base position in connection with it.

If the connecting member is released, the tonneau cover device can be used independently of the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing hatch.

The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is characterized in that the opening and closing hatch is a glass hatch.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention,
If the glass hatch and the case of the tonneau cover device are connected by a connecting member, the entire tonneau cover device can be rotated following the opening and closing operation of the glass hatch, and the upper surface in the luggage room can be opened or closed. it can.

According to the invention of claim 3 of the present application, an inward flange projecting inward is formed at the rear end side of the case in the tonneau cover device, and an insertion hole through which the connecting member is inserted is formed in the inner flange. It is characterized by having been done.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention,
The other end of the connecting member having one end connected to the opening / closing hatch is connected to the free end of the case of the tonneau cover device. At this time, the connecting member is provided on an inward flange protruding inward toward the rear end of the case. By inserting the connecting member through the insertion hole, the rear end side of the case of the tonneau cover device moves up and down in connection with the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing hatch. Since the case-side joint of the connecting member is moved toward the center of the vehicle, the connecting member does not interfere with the vehicle body-side pillar.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is characterized in that the pivot end side of the case in the tonneau cover device is provided on the inner surface of the rear lower gate, and is supported on a receiving piece projecting inside the luggage room.

Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 4,
Since the pivoting end of the tonneau cover device is supported on receiving trays projecting inward to the left and right sides of the rear lower gate, it is not necessary to provide a support flange corresponding to the lower surface of the case on the luggage side. The opening area in the room can be increased, and loading and unloading of luggage can be easily performed.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a vehicle tonneau cover device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a tonneau cover device for a vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tonneau cover device in a state where a glass hatch is closed and a drawn-out state. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the tonneau cover device is pulled out, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the tonneau cover device which operates in conjunction with the opening operation of the glass hatch, FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the tonneau cover device linked to the hatchback door.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment of the vehicle tonneau cover device according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the glass hatch is opened, and FIG. Plan view of the tonneau cover device showing a closed state,
8 and 9 show a third embodiment of the vehicle tonneau cover device according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a tonneau cover device that operates in connection with a glass hatch, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the tonneau cover device showing a state in which the glass hatch is closed.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the lower gate 13 is partially cut away, but the luggage room 11 provided on the rear seat 10 side of the vehicle has four peripheral side walls having a rear side of the rear seat 10 and a luggage side 1.
2. The inner space of the rear lower gate 13 has a required space whose periphery is defined. In this embodiment, an openable / closable glass hatch 14 is provided above the rear lower gate 13.
Is rotatably provided.

Then, a tonneau cover device 20 is installed so as to cover the upper opening of the luggage room 11, and this tonneau cover device 20 is used to smoothly carry in and carry out luggage into and out of the luggage room 11. It has a configuration that can be connected to the glass hatch 14.

That is, the tonneau cover device 20 is supposed to be of a lateral sliding type, and can perform a pulling-out operation in a natural posture without difficulty as compared with a conventional sliding operation in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2, the tonneau cover device 20 includes a support flange 1 provided on the upper edges of the left and right luggage sides 12 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
5, a pair of left and right cases 21a and 21b, a tonneau cover body 23 that is retractably wound and housed in a drawer opening 22 of one of the cases 21a and 21b, and a drawer end of the tonneau cover body 23. There is provided a locking means which can maintain the pulled-out state by engaging the provided locking member 24a with the locking member 24b of the other case 21b.

Furthermore, the tonneau cover device 20 according to the present invention
As shown in FIG. 3, each of the cases 21a and 21b has a front end on the wall surface of the
5 so as to be rotatable. This case 21
Since a and 21b are desirably lightweight and have desired rigidity, they are made of an injection-molded body of a synthetic resin such as a PP resin, and are wound around the tonneau cover main body 23 (reference numeral 2 in FIG. 2).
3a), and a biasing spring (not shown) for biasing the tonneau cover body 23 in the winding direction is provided on the case 21.
a.

In the tonneau cover device 20, the cases 21a and 21b on both sides are rotatably supported with the front side as a fulcrum, and one end 30a of a connecting rope 30 is fixed to the left and right sides of the glass hatch 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the other end 30b of the connecting rope 30 is inserted into the insertion hole 26a of the flange 26 of the case 21a, 21b. 31 is fixed. The diameter of the stopper piece 31 is set smaller than the diameter of the insertion hole 27 provided in the flange 26 of the case 21a, 21b, so that the connection between the case 21a, 21b and the connecting rope 30 can be released.

As described above, the tonneau cover device 20 is connected to the case 2 of the tonneau cover device 20 by using the connecting rope 30.
1a, 21b and the glass hatch 14 can be connected or released from each other.
By connecting the connecting rope 30 into the insertion hole 27 on the rear end side of the case 21 of the tonneau cover device 20 and connecting the two, as shown in FIG. 30 through the tonneau cover device 20
The cases 21a and 21b are lifted up on the rear side on the basis of the rotation fulcrum 25, and the interior of the luggage room 11 is opened, so that the tonneau cover body 23 of the tonneau cover device 20 is stored and pulled out as before. No operation is required, and the loading and unloading of luggage can be performed quickly.

If the connection of the connecting rope 30 is released, the case 21 of the tonneau cover device 20 does not operate even if the glass hatch 14 is opened and closed, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The state where the upper opening of the room 11 is closed can be maintained.

As described above, the tonneau cover device 20 according to the present invention employs the horizontal slide system in which the pull-out operation is easy to perform, and the case 21 for accommodating the tonneau cover body 23 is rotated about the front side as a rotation fulcrum. It is supported so that it can be opened and closed by opening and closing the glass hatch 14 via the connecting rope 30, so that loading and unloading of luggage can be performed quickly and easily.
There is an advantage that usability can be improved. Note that a connecting rod or the like may be used instead of the connecting rope 30.

Also, instead of the glass hatch 14 type,
In the vehicle to which the hatchback door 16 shown in FIG. 5 is applied, if the hatchback door 16 is connected to the rear sides of the cases 21a and 21b via the connecting rope 30, the same operation and effect can be obtained. In FIG. 5, even if the connection between the back door 16 and the tonneau cover device 20 is released, the vertical width indicated by the dimension (a) in FIG.
Loading and unloading of luggage into the luggage room 11 is possible, but the hatchback door 16 and the connecting rope 30
If the case 21 of the tonneau cover device 20 is connected via the opening, the case 21 is lifted up in conjunction with the opening operation of the hatchback door 16, so that the luggage can be more smoothly loaded and unloaded into the luggage room 11. Can be done.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment according to the present invention, in which the support structure of each of the left and right cases 21a and 21b of the tonneau cover device 20 is improved.
The structure in which the front sides of the cases 21a and 21b are rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 25 is the same, but the cases 21a and 21b are provided on the inner surface side of the rear lower gate 13 with the glass hatch 14 closed. It is supported by the receiving piece 17.

Therefore, by replacing the support flange 15 used in the first embodiment with the compact receiving piece 17, a large opening area of the luggage room 11 can be secured, so that the work of loading and unloading luggage can be more easily performed. It can be performed easily and the material cost can be reduced.

Next, FIGS. 8 and 9 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the connecting portion of the connecting rope 30 to the case 21 is shifted toward the center. This is characterized in that interference with the pillar portion 18 of the vehicle is avoided.

That is, at the rear ends of the left and right cases 21a and 21b of the tonneau cover device 20, an inward flange 28 projecting inward is formed in the shape of a tongue. The connecting rope 30 is inserted and fixed through the insertion hole 29.

Therefore, in terms of molding, the pillar portion 18 of the vehicle is
The shape of the connecting rope 30 and the case 21 is set closer to the center of the vehicle by the inward flange 28. There is no interference between the connecting rope 30 and the pillar portion 18 of the vehicle, the durability of the connecting rope 30 can be increased, and the turning operation of the tonneau cover device 20 can be performed smoothly.

[0034]

As described above, the tonneau cover device for a vehicle according to the present invention is of a lateral slide type in which the tonneau cover body is laterally pulled out of the case along the width direction of the vehicle to cover the upper opening of the luggage room. There are
The case that accommodates the tonneau cover body is rotatably supported with the front side as a rotation axis, and is configured so that the tonneau cover can be rotated by connecting to the opening and closing operation of the glass hatch or the like via a connecting member. Opening and closing the hatch gate, etc., can rotate the tonneau cover in conjunction with it and open or close the luggage room, making loading and unloading work easier, greatly improving usability. It has the effect that can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle rear portion showing a closed state of a glass hatch of a vehicle to which a first embodiment of a vehicle tonneau cover device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a turning state of the tonneau cover device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a structure of a joining portion between the tonneau cover device shown in FIG. 1 and a connecting member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tonneau cover device shown in FIG. 1 is applied to a vehicle provided with a hatchback door.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the tonneau cover device for a vehicle according to the present invention, and showing the tonneau cover device that operates in conjunction with the glass hatch.

7 is a plan view of the tonneau cover device shown in FIG. 6 in a closed state of a glass hatch.

FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the tonneau cover device according to the present invention, and is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which it operates in conjunction with a glass hatch.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the tonneau cover device shown in FIG. 8 in a closed state of a glass hatch.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a conventional horizontal slide type tonneau cover device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 rear seat 11 luggage room 12 luggage side trim 13 rear lower gate 14 glass hatch 15 support flange 16 hatchback door 17 receiving piece 18 pillar portion 20 tonneau cover device 21 (21a, 21b) case 22 tonneau cover draw-out opening 23 tonneau cover main body 23a take-up shaft 24a, 24b Locking portion 25 Rotating shaft 26 Flange 27 Insertion hole 28 Inward flange 29 Insertion hole 30 Connecting rope 31 Stopper piece

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle having a back door provided with an opening / closing hatch, which is installed behind a rear seat (10) and which covers a top opening of a luggage room (11) by slidingly mounting a tonneau cover body (23) in a lateral direction. A tonneau cover device for a vehicle, wherein the tonneau cover device (20) is a luggage room (1).
The case (21) is provided along the front and rear directions of the upper edge of both side walls of (1) and is rotatably supported on the front side as a fulcrum.
a, 21b) and a tonneau cover body (2) which is wound and housed in one side case (21a) and is drawn out in a lateral direction so as to cover the upper opening of the luggage room (11).
3) and a connecting member (30) for connecting the rotating end sides of both cases (21a, 21b) and the opening / closing hatch, and linked to the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing hatch. A tonneau cover device for a vehicle, wherein the cases (21a, 21b) are turned so that the luggage room (11) can be opened or closed. 2. The tonneau cover device according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing hatch is a glass hatch. 3. An inward flange (28) projecting inward from the rear end side of the case (21a, 21b) in the tonneau cover device (20), and a connecting member (30) is formed on the inner flange (28). ) Through the hole (2
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein 9) is established.
A tonneau cover device for a vehicle according to claim 1. 4. The rear end of the rear lower gate (1) is connected to a pivot end of the case (21a, 21b) in the tonneau cover device (20).
3) The tonneau cover device for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tonneau cover device is provided on an inner surface and supported on a receiving piece (17) protruding inward of the luggage room (11).