JP2007204018A - On-vehicle tool accommodation structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle tool accommodation structure which is more reliable than a known vehicular jack accommodation structure for supporting a vehicular jack and its supporting member by a joining part having a smaller area when the vehicular jack is accommodated in a rear corner of a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: An opening part 5a is formed of a rear inside panel 5 having an opening portion, and a mating part of a wheel house 3a and an extension wheel house, a floor 4, and a substantially U-shaped flange ranging to a rear pillar 2 are formed in the opening part 5a. The substantially U-shaped flange is fitted to the vicinity of a center of a side face, and a vehicular jack 10 is accommodated in an accommodation box 8 with its side faces being brought into contact with each panel of the wheel house 3a, the extension house, the floor 4, and the rear pillar 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage structure for an in-vehicle tool including a vehicle jack. Specifically, the present invention relates to the structure of the vehicle rear corner for storing the tools.

  A vehicle is equipped with a jack for lifting the vehicle body for the purpose of exchanging wheels, and the jack is normally carried by the vehicle. A pantograph-type jack is generally used as such a vehicle jack.

  In this type of vehicle jack, a dedicated vehicle jack mounting bracket is conventionally fixed to the floor recess at the bottom of the load carrying portion at the rear of the vehicle in which a spare tire is stored, and is fixed by the bracket. However, in this case, in order to take out the jack, first, the baggage must be taken out from the baggage stacking portion at the rear of the vehicle, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort when the tire must be changed urgently.

  Therefore, a structure in which a jack is housed in the rear corner of the vehicle is used. When a vehicle jack is stored in the rear corner of the vehicle, it is relatively easy to take out, and this part is a dead space that has not been used in the past, but it can be used effectively to utilize the space inside the vehicle. There is an advantage that you can. Such a vehicular jack storage structure is such that an opening is formed in the rear inside panel behind the wheel house behind the vehicle, and the vehicular jack is fixed in the opening. In this case, the vehicular jack is fixed to a vehicular jack mounting bracket that is joined to a panel that forms the rear corner of the vehicle body.

Patent Document 1 discloses a structure in which a vehicle jack mounting bracket is joined to a flange portion of a rear wheel house and a rear pillar. Patent Documents 2 and 3 disclose a structure in which a vehicle jack mounting bracket is welded to a rear inside panel.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-225067 JP-A-10-181464 Japanese Patent No. 3424727

  However, the above-described structure for storing the vehicle jack in the rear inside panel opening at the rear corner of the vehicle has the following problems.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic front view of an example of a conventional load support structure when a vehicle jack is housed in a rear inside panel opening at a rear corner of the vehicle.

  In the conventional storage structure of FIG. 10, a mounting bracket 21 (hereinafter referred to as a jack holder bracket) 21 for a vehicle jack 10 is joined to a weld flange of a mating portion of a wheel house 3a and an extension wheel house 3b, both of which are thin plate panels. . As shown in FIG. 10, in the case of the conventional storage structure, the center of gravity of the jack holder bracket 21, the thin plate panel joint 22 and the vehicle jack 10 is shifted. The vehicular jack 10 fixed to the bracket 21 constantly receives vibration of a bending load that is biased to one side in the left-right direction of the vehicle.

  In particular, in the case of the conventional storage structure, as shown in FIG. 10, the jack holder bracket 21 is joined to the welding flange of the mating portion of the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b which are thin plate panels by spot welding or screwing. However, the area of the joint 22 that receives the load directly is small. Therefore, due to long-term vehicle use, for example, in the case of FIG. Therefore, when the vehicle jack is stored in the rear corner of the vehicle, a vehicle jack storage structure that is more reliable than the conventional structure is required from the viewpoint of durability.

  In view of the above-mentioned durability problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle rear corner for storing an in-vehicle tool including a vehicular jack, which is more reliable in terms of durability than in the past even in long-term vehicle travel. Is to provide the structure of the part.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention according to claim 1, the rear inside panel provided with the opening portion, the fitting portion of the wheel house and the extension wheel house, the floor, and the rear pillar are provided and provided by the rear inside panel. A substantially U-shaped flange formed around the opening and an in-vehicle tool including a vehicle jack are accommodated, and a notch groove into which the substantially U-shaped flange is fitted at the center in the left-right direction of the side surface or in the vicinity of the center. And the side faces in contact with the wheel house, the extension wheel house, the floor and the rear pillar for a predetermined length, and is fitted to the substantially U-shaped flange. And a storage box fixed to the opening. .

  The on-vehicle tool storage structure including the vehicle jack of the present invention is a relatively simple assembly structure, and in the event of an emergency, the jack can be removed relatively easily and affects the storage of luggage behind the vehicle. Does not give. Furthermore, it has the following effects.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the load applied to the vehicle by the storage box storing the vehicle jack or the like during traveling of the vehicle is each of the wheel house, the extension wheel house, the floor, and the rear pillar that the side surface of the storage box contacts. It is supported by the entire substantially U-shaped flange in the opening provided by the panel surface and the rear inside panel. Therefore, the on-vehicle tool storage structure including the vehicle jack according to the present invention is more reliable than the conventional storage structure even when the vehicle is used for a long time.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  First, the outline of the storage structure of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment is explained.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a storage structure for a vehicle jack according to the present embodiment formed at a rear corner of the vehicle. In the present embodiment, a vehicular jack storage structure 1 is formed at the right corner inside the trunk 18 behind the vehicle 17 and a vehicular jack 10 is stored. By storing the vehicle jack 10 in the corner of the trunk 18, the usability in the trunk 18 is not affected, and the vehicle jack 10 can be easily taken out in an emergency or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing in detail the storage structure of the vehicle jack at the rear corner of the vehicle according to this embodiment. The vehicular jack storage structure 1 of the present invention is realized by utilizing a thin plate panel structure inside the outer panel 6. In the vehicular jack storage structure 1, the vehicular jack 10 is stored in a vehicular jack storage portion 9 formed on a side surface of a dedicated storage box 8. The storage box 8 is fixed in the formed opening 5a by a rear inside panel 5 having an opening.

  Next, the panel structure at the rear corner of the vehicle constituting this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a panel structure constituting the storage structure of the vehicle jack of the present embodiment. As can be seen from FIG. 3, an opening 5a is formed by the rear inside panel 5 provided with an opening. In addition to the rear inside panel 5, the opening 5 a is surrounded by the rear pillar 2, the floor 4, and the panels of the combined portions of the wheel house 3 a and the extension wheel house 3 b. The opening 5a is in contact with the rear pillar 2, the rear pillar welding flange 7a is in contact with the floor 4, the floor welding flange 7b is in contact with the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b in contact with the wheel. An arch weld flange 7c is formed. The opening 5a is constituted by these three welding flanges 7a, 7b and 7c, and a substantially U-shaped flange 7 is formed across the mating portion of the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b, the floor 4 and the rear pillar 2. Yes.

  4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the vehicle jack storage structure 1 of the present embodiment in FIG. As can be seen from FIG. 4, the rear pillar welding flange 7a is a welded portion of the rear pillar 2 formed by welding two U-shaped panels. Further, the wheel arch welding flange 7c is formed to weld both panels at a joint portion of the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b forming the wheel arch 3. These welding flanges 7a and 7c are not limited to the present embodiment, but are formed at the rear corners of a normal vehicle, and are formed at positions almost facing each other.

  The opening 5a in FIG. 3 is formed by welding the rear inside panel 5 manufactured by removing the shape portion at the time of press molding to the rear pillar welding flange 7a, the wheel arch welding flange 7c, and the like at the rear corner of the vehicle. Is. The floor welding flange 7b is formed by welding one end of a thin plate member of the shape to the rear pillar welding flange 7a and the other end to the wheel arch welding flange 7c.

  Next, a storage box for a tool including the vehicle jack of the present embodiment will be described.

  An outline of the shape of the storage box will be described first. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage box of the vehicle jack of the present embodiment. As can be seen from FIG. 5, the storage box 8 as a whole has a shape that matches the opening 5a of FIG. A storage portion 9 for the vehicle jack 10 is formed on the side surface of the storage box 8 (the left front side in FIG. 5). The storage unit 9 has a hole shape that matches the shape of the contracted vehicle jack 10 with the upper and lower pedestals close to each other, and stores the contracted vehicle jack 10 in the storage unit 9 as it is. Can do.

  In addition, when the storage box 8 is disposed in the opening 5a of the rear inside panel 5 as shown in FIG. 2, a fitting notch groove 11a or the like is formed on the side surface in contact with the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. Is formed.

  Next, the fitting cutout grooves 11a, 11b and 11c (see FIGS. 5, 6A and 6B) formed on the side surface of the storage box 8 will be described.

  6 (a) and 6 (b) are a BB cross-sectional view and a C arrow view of the storage box 8 of the vehicular jack of the present embodiment in FIG. 5, respectively. As can be seen from FIGS. 5 and 6 (a) and 6 (b), in the opening 5a of the rear inside panel 5, the side surface 8a that contacts the rear pillar 2 of the storage box 8, the side surface 8b that contacts the floor 4, and the wheel arch 3 Notch grooves 11a, 11b, and 11c for fitting are formed in the vicinity of the center in the left-right direction of each of the side surfaces 8c that are in contact with both surfaces of the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) and FIG. 3, the fitting notch groove 11c on the side surface 8c is formed in such a shape that the wheel arch welding flange 7c in FIG. The notch groove 11b for fitting on the side surface 8b is formed in such a shape that the floor welding flange 7b in FIG. 3 is fitted. Further, the notch groove 11a for fitting on the side surface 8a is formed in such a shape that the rear pillar welding flange 7a in FIG. 3 is fitted. Therefore, the fitting notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c on the side surface of the storage box 8 are fitted with the substantially U-shaped flange 7 formed around the opening 5a of the rear inside panel 5 of FIG. Is formed.

  As a result, in FIG. 4, the rear pillar welding flange 7a is provided for the fitting notch groove 11a on the side surface 8a of the storage box 8, and the wheel arch welding flange 7c is provided for the fitting notch groove 11c on the side surface 8c. Are mated. Similarly, although not shown, a floor welding flange 7b is fitted into the fitting notch groove 11b on the side surface 8b of the storage box 8. In this way, the welding flanges 7a, 7b and 7c constituting the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. 3 are fitted in the notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c formed on the side surface of the storage box 8, respectively. Thus, the storage box 8 is fixed in the opening 5a.

  Here, the depth dimension of the fitting notch groove 11c on the side surface 8c of the storage box 8 is slightly larger than the height dimension of the wheel arch weld flange 7c in FIG. When the wheel arch welding flange 7c is fitted in the fitting notch groove 11c on the side surface 8c, the side surface 8c of the storage box 8 is in contact with the panel surfaces of the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b. is there. For the same reason, the depth dimension of the fitting notch groove 11b on the side surface 8b is slightly larger than the height dimension of the floor welding flange 7b in FIG. Further, the depth dimension of the fitting notch groove 11a on the side surface 8a is slightly larger than the height dimension of the rear pillar welding flange 7a in FIG.

  Next, the shape of the side surfaces 8a, 8b and 8c (see FIGS. 5 and 6B) of the storage box 8 will be described.

  As can be seen from FIG. 4, in the vehicular jack storage structure 1, the side surface 8a of the storage box 8 and the panel surface of the rear pillar 2 are in surface contact with each other without a gap over a predetermined length. Similarly, the side surface 8c of the storage box 8 is in contact with the wheel house 3a and the extension wheel house 3b, but is in surface contact with each of the panel surfaces over a predetermined length without a gap. Further, although not shown, the side surface 8 b of the storage box 8 is in surface contact similar to the panel surface of the floor 4.

  Thus, each of the side surfaces 8a, 8b and 8c of the storage box 8 is a panel corresponding to the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. 4 fitted in the notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c for fitting. It is formed so as to be in surface contact with the surface over a predetermined length.

  Next, a method for storing the vehicle jack 10 using the storage box 8 will be described.

  The storage box 8 of FIG. 5 is fixed in the opening 5a of the rear inside panel 5 as shown in FIG. First, the storage box 8 of FIG. 5 is brought to the upper part of the vehicle front side of the opening 5a of FIG. Thereafter, the welding flanges 7a, 7b and 7c (see FIG. 4) constituting the substantially U-shaped flange 7 in the fitting notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c (see FIGS. 6 (a) and (b)) of the storage box 8, respectively. ) Are moved toward the lower part of the vehicle rear side of the opening 5a. As a result, the substantially U-shaped flange 7 is fitted into the fitting notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c of the storage box 8 as shown in FIG. 2, and the storage box 8 is fixed in the opening 5a. The opening 5a in FIG. 3 is made large enough to fit and fix the storage box 8 in FIG. 5 according to the width and shape of the welding flanges 7a, 7b and 7c as described above. .

  To fix the vehicle jack 10 as shown in FIG. 1 to the storage box 8 fixed to the opening 5a as shown in FIG. As described above, the storage portion 9 has a hole shape that matches the shape of the contracted vehicle jack 10 (see FIG. 5), and the vehicle jack 10 in this state is stored in the storage portion 9 as it is. can do. After the vehicle jack 10 is placed in the storage unit 9, the screw of the jack 10 is turned so that the upper and lower pedestals are slightly expanded and pressed against the upper and lower surfaces in the storage unit 9.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the storage box 8 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the vehicle jack according to the present embodiment before assembly of the storage box. The storage box 8 is made of a resin having a hollow structure having a hollow portion 12, and is manufactured by combining two members. That is, the storage box 8 is produced by molding the resin members 81 and 82 shown in FIG. By using a resin and a hollow structure, the storage box 8 can be reduced in weight, and the storage box 8 in which the vehicle jack 10 is stored gives the panel surface and the welding flange (see FIG. 2) to which the storage box 8 comes into contact. , Can reduce the load burden.

  Hereinafter, the effects of the present invention will be described.

  As described above, in the vehicle jack storage structure 1 (see FIG. 2), the storage box 8 includes the fitting notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c on the side surface of the storage box 8 (FIGS. 5 and 6A). And (b)), the substantially U-shaped flange 7 (see FIG. 4) is fixed by being fitted. At the same time, the side surfaces 8a, 8b and 8c of the storage box 8 are in surface contact with the panel surfaces in contact with the floor 4 and the like as described above. Therefore, the load of the storage box 8 storing the vehicle jack 10 is supported by all the panel surfaces that are in contact with each other. Therefore, unlike the conventional storage structure (see FIG. 10), the load is not concentrated on a specific panel portion.

  Further, the vibration in the vehicle left-right direction of the storage box 8 generated during traveling is received by the entire substantially U-shaped flange 7 including the rear pillar welding flange 7a, the floor welding flange 7b, and the wheel arch welding flange 7c shown in FIG. It is not received at a specific weld flange or joint.

  Furthermore, the notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c formed in the side surfaces 8a, 8b and 8c of the storage box 8 with which the substantially U-shaped flange 7 is fitted (see FIGS. 5 and 6A and 6B). ) Is formed at substantially the center of each side surface in the left-right direction, and therefore, a bending load biased to one side in the left-right direction of the vehicle is not applied to the substantially U-shaped flange 7 due to vibration of the vehicle or the like.

  From the above effects, the vehicular jack storage structure 1 (see FIG. 2) according to the present invention can be used more reliably than the conventional storage structure for long-term vehicle travel. In the conventional structure for storing the jack for the vehicle at the rear corner of the vehicle, it is clearly different from the point of load support that all the loads of the jack for the vehicle are supported by the small area portion of the thin plate joint portion. It is.

  In the present embodiment, the storage box 8 of FIG. 5 has a hollow structure, but is not limited thereto, and may have a solid structure. Further, in order to prevent vibration, a cushion may be inserted into the notch grooves 11a, 11b and 11c for fitting, in which the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. 3 is fitted to the storage box 8 of FIG. Good. Furthermore, the jack storage part 9 for vehicles, the notch groove 11a for fitting, etc. of the storage box 8 can be suitably reinforced, for example using a metal reinforcement member.

<Other embodiment 1 of this invention>
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the storage box in the embodiment in which the storage box of the vehicular jack of the present invention is made of foamed polystyrene. The storage box 13 of FIG. 8 of this embodiment has the same overall shape as the storage box 8 of FIG. However, like the storage box 8, it has the jack storage part 9a for vehicles, and has the notch 19 for fitting etc. which the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. The fitting notch groove 19 corresponds to the fitting notch groove 11a of the storage box 8 of FIG. Further, the side surface of the storage box 13 in which the notch 19 for fitting and the like is formed is the same as the storage box 8 of FIG. 5 with the substantially U-shaped flange 7 of FIG. The wheel house 3b, the floor 4 and the rear pillar 2 are formed so as to come into contact with each other. Therefore, the storage box 13 of this embodiment is also fitted and fixed to the substantially U-shaped flange 7 in the opening 5a of FIG.

  Therefore, this embodiment has the same effect as the case where the resin storage box 8 of FIG. 5 is used, and can provide a vehicle jack storage structure that is more reliable than the conventional storage structure. In the case of the storage box 13 of the jack for a vehicle shown in FIG.

  In the case of the present embodiment, since the storage box 13 is made of foamed polystyrene, the reinforcing member frame 15a is fitted into the jack storage portion 9a for the vehicle and reinforced.

  Similarly, in the foamed polystyrene storage box 13 of FIG. 8, the cutout groove 19 is formed by fitting a reinforcing member 15b (see FIG. 8) having a substantially U-shaped cross section. Similarly, a reinforcing member is fitted into the cutout groove on the other side surface of the storage box 13. This is to reinforce the strength of the cutout groove made of foamed polystyrene.

<Other embodiment 2 of this invention>
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the vehicular jack storage box of the present invention.

  In the case of the storage box 14 of FIG. 9, a hole-shaped storage portion 16 can be provided in addition to the vehicle jack storage portion 9 so that tools such as a vehicle-mounted driver can be stored together. The storage box 14 is made of resin, and the shape other than the storage portion 16 is made in the same manner as the storage box 8 of FIG. Therefore, the durability is the same as that when the storage box 8 of FIG. 5 is used.

The perspective view which shows simply the accommodation structure of the jack for vehicles concerning this embodiment formed in the vehicle back corner. It is the perspective view which showed in detail the accommodation structure of the jack for vehicles of the vehicle back corner part of this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the panel structure which comprises the storage structure of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment. It is AA sectional drawing of the jack storage structure 1 for vehicles of this embodiment in FIG. It is a perspective view of the storage box of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment. (A), (b) is the BB sectional drawing and C arrow directional view in FIG. 5 of the storage box 8 of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment, respectively. It is a perspective view before the assembly of the storage box of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the storage box in embodiment which made the storage box of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment into the product made from foaming polystyrene. It is a perspective view of other embodiment of the storage box of the jack for vehicles of this embodiment. It is a schematic front view of an example of the conventional load support structure in the case of accommodating the jack for vehicles in the rear inside panel opening part of a vehicle back corner.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage structure of the jack for vehicles 2 Rear pillar 3 Wheel arch 3a Wheel house 3b Extension wheel house 4 Floor 5 Rear inside panel 5a Opening part 6 Outer panel 7 U-shaped flange 8, 14 Storage box 8a Side surface which contacts the rear pillar (side surface)
8b Side surface in contact with the floor (side surface)
8c Side (side) in contact with wheel arch
9 Vehicle jack storage portion 10 Vehicle jacks 11a, 11b, 11c, 19 Notch groove for fitting (notch groove)
12 Hollow part 13 Storage box (made of foamed polystyrene)
15a Reinforcement member frame 15b Reinforcement member 16 Storage part 17 for tools such as drivers 17 Vehicle 18 Trunk 21 Jack holder brackets 81, 82 Resin member

Claims (1)

A rear inside panel provided with an opening, and
A substantially U-shaped flange formed over the joint portion of the wheel house and the extension wheel house, the floor and the rear pillar, and around the opening provided by the rear inside panel;
An in-vehicle tool including a vehicular jack is housed, and has a notch groove into which the substantially U-shaped flange is fitted at the center in the left-right direction of the side surface or in the vicinity of the center, and the substantially U-shaped flange is fitted A storage box that is fixed to the opening by contacting the wheel house, the extension wheel house, the floor, and the rear pillar with a predetermined length and being fitted to the substantially U-shaped flange in a state;
An on-vehicle tool storage structure including a vehicular jack characterized by comprising:

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