JP2008018785A - Floor structure of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor structure allowing an occupant to further safely get on/off at a doorway of a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: The floor structure comprises a vehicle body 11 having the doorway opened and closed by a door 13, a floor opening 16 formed at a floor 15 of the vehicle body 11 so as to face the doorway 12, and an opening/closing member 20 opening and closing the floor opening 16. The floor opening 16 opens inside the door 13 in a size allowing the occupant in a vehicle getting off to the ground. The opening/closing member 20 is provided so as to move between a first position closing the floor opening 16 and a second position opening the floor opening 16. When the opening/closing member 20 moves to a first position, the floor opening 16 is blocked, and the opening/closing member 20 becomes a part of the floor 15. When the opening/closing member 20 moves to a second position, the floor opening 16 is opened, and the occupant in the vehicle can get off from the floor opening 16 to the ground on the vehicular inside. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a floor structure near an entrance of a vehicle such as an automobile.

  For example, when a package is delivered by a van-mounted truck such as a parcel delivery service, an occupant holding the package may get on and off from an entrance on the side of the vehicle. When getting on and off, for example, when getting off, the passenger's feet may land on the ground at the same time as the passenger leaves the vehicle while holding the luggage. Also, when riding, it is necessary to take an unstable posture with one leg raised with a part of the occupant's body on the road side. For this reason, if the posture collapses while holding a load, there is a concern that the body may touch obstacles on the road side.

Also, for example, a step plate that can be raised and lowered is provided at the entrance and exit, as in the vehicle entry / exit devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, and the step plate is raised and lowered by a drive source such as an electric motor or a hydraulic cylinder. Things have also been proposed. These conventional boarding / alighting devices can assist the boarding / alighting because the step plate can be lowered to the vicinity of the ground when the passenger enters / exits the boarding / exiting gate.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-207673 JP 2000-203342 A

  Since the lifting device provided with the step plate which can be moved up and down disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 only moves the step plate in the vertical direction, even if the step plate is lowered to the maximum, the step plate is removed from the ground. It is at a certain height. Even if the step board is lowered, the occupant cannot get down to the ground directly inside the door. In other words, there is always a difference in height when the occupant leaves the step board on the road, so that there is a problem that the foot is likely to become unstable when it is difficult to confirm the foot while holding the luggage.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle floor structure that allows an occupant to get on and off at an entrance and exit more safely.

  The present invention has a vehicle body having an entrance that is opened and closed by a door, and a size that allows a passenger in the vehicle to descend to the ground inside the vehicle so as to face the entrance and communicate with the entrance on the floor of the vehicle body. A floor opening that opens, a first position that closes the floor opening, and a second position that opens the floor opening, the floor opening being moved to the first position. And an opening / closing member that allows the occupant to get down to the ground at the floor opening in a state of being moved to the second position.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a support member that supports an end portion of the opening / closing member when the opening / closing member is in the first position and the door is in a fully closed state is provided on the inner surface of the door. It has been.

  An example of the door is a sliding door that moves in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body with respect to the doorway opening in the side surface of the vehicle body. In order to guide the opening and closing of the door, for example, when the door moves in the opening direction from the fully closed state, the door is moved to the outside of the vehicle and the support member is removed from the end of the opening and closing member. A guide mechanism for sliding the door back along the vehicle body is provided.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the opening / closing member includes a link mechanism that supports the opening / closing member so as to be movable over the first position and the second position, and the opening / closing member over the first position and the second position. A drive source that is moved, and the opening / closing member is configured to overlap the lower surface side of the floor portion on the side opposite to the entrance / exit when moved to the second position. In one form of this invention, the said floor opening part and the said opening-and-closing member are provided in the floor part of the van mounting truck for luggage delivery, for example.

  According to the present invention, in a state where the opening / closing member is moved to the first position to close the floor opening, the opening / closing member becomes a part of the floor of the vehicle body. When the vehicle stops and the occupant gets off, when the opening / closing member is moved to the second position to open the floor opening and the door is opened, the occupant can move to the floor inside the doorway (inside the vehicle). Since it can get off to the ground from an opening part, it can get off safely. Since it is possible to get in after getting into the floor opening when riding, it is possible to avoid interference with roadside obstacles even if the posture is lost.

  A vehicle floor structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows, as an example of a vehicle 10, a part (side part) of a van body truck used for delivery of a package such as a parcel delivery service.

  On the side of the vehicle body 11 of the vehicle 10, an entrance 12 serving as a loading / unloading port and a passenger entrance / exit is formed. The doorway 12 is opened and closed by a sliding door 13. The door 13 is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 11 (the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIG. 2, a floor opening 16 is formed on the floor 15 of the vehicle body 11 so as to face the entrance 12. The floor opening 16 communicates with the doorway 12. Further, the floor opening 16 opens to a size that allows an occupant in the vehicle to get down to the ground directly inside the door 13.

  The floor 15 is provided with an opening / closing member 20 for opening and closing the floor opening 16. The opening / closing member 20 is movably provided between a first position where the floor opening 16 is closed and a second position where the floor opening 16 is opened. 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 show a state in which the opening / closing member 20 has moved to the first position. FIGS. 2, 5, and 8 show the opening / closing member 20 in the second position. The state moved to the position is shown.

  When the opening / closing member 20 is in the first position, the floor opening 16 is closed by the opening / closing member 20. In this state, the opening / closing member 20 is at the same height as the floor 15, and the opening / closing member 20 forms a part of the floor 15. As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, when the opening / closing member 20 is in the first position, the opening / closing member 20 has a portion where the one end 20 a of the opening / closing member 20 and the end 15 a of the floor 15 are opposed to each other. Steps that are combined with each other are formed so that the end portion 15a of the floor portion 15 can support the one end portion 20a from below.

  When the opening / closing member 20 is in the second position, the floor opening 16 is opened, so that an occupant in the vehicle gets on the floor at the floor opening 16 inside the door 13 and goes down to the ground. It becomes possible.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the opening / closing member 20 is supported by the floor portion 15 by the link member 30 and can move over the first position and the second position. The link member 30 is driven by drive sources 31 and 32 by mechanical force such as an electric motor or a hydraulic cylinder. That is, the link member 30 and the drive sources 31 and 32 drive the opening / closing member 20 across the first position shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and the second position shown in FIG.

  A support member 35 is provided on the inner surface of the door 13. As shown in FIG. 6, the support member 35 can support the other end 20b of the opening / closing member 20 from below when the door 13 is in the fully closed position and the opening / closing member 20 is in the first position. It is like that. For this reason, when the opening / closing member 20 is in the first position, the both end portions 20a, 20b of the opening / closing member 20 are supported from the lower side, so that a malfunction occurs in the link member 30 and the drive sources 31, 32. However, the opening / closing member 20 can be prevented from moving toward the second position.

  The vehicle 10 includes a guide mechanism 40 for guiding opening and closing of the door 13. The guide mechanism 40 includes a guide rail 41, a guide roller 42 (only a part is shown in FIGS. 3 to 5), and the like. The guide mechanism 40 moves the door 13 to the outside of the vehicle when moving the door 13 from the fully closed state to the opening direction, and removes the support member 35 from the other end 20b of the opening / closing member 20 as shown in FIG. Further, the door 13 is configured to move rearward along the vehicle body 11. The guide rail 41 is disposed at a position where it does not interfere with the floor opening 16.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
Except when getting on and off, the opening / closing member 20 is held at the first position and the door 13 is closed as shown in FIGS. In this state, the floor opening 16 is closed by the opening / closing member 20, and the opening / closing member 20 forms a part of the floor 15 of the vehicle body 11. At this time, the other end portion 20 b of the opening / closing member 20 may be supported by the support member 35.

  When passengers get on and off, such as when loading and unloading luggage from the entrance 12, the floor opening 16 is opened by moving the opening / closing member 20 to the second position while the vehicle is stopped. As shown in FIG. 8, when the opening / closing member 20 moves to the second position, the opening / closing member 20 overlaps the lower surface side of the floor portion 15 on the side opposite to the entrance / exit 12.

  When the opening / closing member 20 moves to the second position, the floor opening 16 is opened. In this state, the floor opening 16 communicates with the doorway 12 and the ground faces directly below the floor opening 16, so that passengers in the vehicle can safely get off to the ground inside the vehicle at the floor opening 16. Can do. In addition, since it is possible to get on the inside of the vehicle after putting the body into the floor opening 16 when riding, it is possible to avoid interference with obstacles on the road side even if the posture is lost.

  The floor structure of the present invention can be applied not only to a luggage delivery vehicle but also to a passenger car. Further, if the floor opening 16 is formed so that a part of the wheelchair can enter, it can be applied to a welfare vehicle. Furthermore, when implementing this invention, it cannot be overemphasized that the component of this invention can be suitably deform | transformed and implemented including a vehicle body, a door, a floor opening part, and an opening-and-closing member.

1 is a perspective view of a part of a vehicle having a floor structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where an opening / closing member of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 is opened. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the horizontal direction in a state where the door of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 is closed. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the horizontal direction in a state where the door of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 starts to open. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the horizontal direction in a state where the door of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 is opened. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the up-down direction of the state which the door of the vehicle shown by FIG. 1 closed. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the up-down direction of the state which started the door of the vehicle shown by FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the up-down direction of the state which the door of the vehicle shown by FIG. 1 opened.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle 11 ... Vehicle body 12 ... Entrance / exit 13 ... Door 15 ... Floor part 16 ... Floor opening part 20 ... Opening / closing member 35 ... Support member 40 ... Guide mechanism

Claims (5)

A vehicle body having an entrance that is opened and closed by a door;
A floor opening that is formed to communicate with the entrance facing the entrance to the floor of the vehicle body and opens to a size that allows a passenger in the vehicle to get down to the ground inside the vehicle;
The floor opening is provided movably over a first position that closes the floor opening and a second position that opens the floor opening, and forms a part of the floor in a state of moving to the first position, An opening and closing member that enables the occupant to get down to the ground at the floor opening in a state of moving to a second position;
A vehicle floor structure characterized by comprising:   A support member that supports an end portion of the opening / closing member when the opening / closing member is in the first position and the door is in a fully closed state is provided on an inner surface of the door. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1.   The door is a sliding door that moves in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body with respect to the doorway opening on the side surface of the vehicle body, and the door is moved from a fully closed state to an open direction to guide opening and closing of the door. And a guide mechanism for sliding the door rearward along the vehicle body after moving the door to the outside of the vehicle and moving the support member from the end of the opening / closing member. The floor structure of the vehicle according to claim 2.   A link mechanism for movably supporting the opening / closing member over the first position and the second position, and a drive source for moving the opening / closing member over the first position and the second position, 4. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing member overlaps a lower surface side of the floor portion opposite to the doorway when the opening / closing member is moved to the second position. 5. .   5. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1, wherein the floor opening and the opening / closing member are provided on a floor of a van mounting truck for luggage delivery.

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