JP2015189446A - vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle that can absorb efficiently a collision load from rearward without bending positively a frame-like member extending in a longitudinal direction.SOLUTION: The vehicle is equipped with: a vehicle body having a frame extending in a longitudinal direction; a crossing member that is provided at a rear end part inside the vehicle body and extended in a width direction of the vehicle body; and a connection member that is connected to the crossing member, protruded rearward from a lower edge of the rear end of the vehicle body and can be connected to a traction object. The connection member has a collision part that collides with the vehicle body when the connection member is deformed or moved by receiving a collision load from rearward. The crossing member is provided to be shifted from the frame in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and arranged at a position being same or almost same as a position at which the collision part collides with the vehicle body inside the vehicle body.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle.

Conventionally, as in the invention described in Patent Document 1, for example, when a collision load is input from behind, an impact is generated by bending the rear side member by an appropriate member and a bending inducing portion formed on the rear side member. There was a vehicle to absorb.
As a structure for absorbing impact in a vehicle capable of towing cargo or the like, not only a mode in which a rear side member that is a frame-like member is bent but also a frame by inputting a collision load in an axial direction to the frame-like member, for example. There is also an aspect in which the shaped member absorbs an impact along the axial direction.

JP 2009-262660 A

There has been a demand for a structure that can more easily absorb the impact than a mode in which the above-described frame-shaped member is positively bent, bent, or bent at the time of a collision from the rear.
Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a vehicle capable of efficiently absorbing a collision load from the rear without positively bending the frame-like member extending in the front-rear direction. is there.

  As means for solving the above problems, the vehicle includes a vehicle body having a frame extending in the front-rear direction, a transverse member provided at a rear end portion inside the vehicle body, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle body, and a transverse member. A connecting member that is connected, protrudes rearward from the lower edge of the rear end of the vehicle body, and is connectable to a towed object. The connecting member contacts the vehicle body when the connecting member deforms or moves in response to a collision load from the rear. The crossing member has a collision portion, and is provided so as to be shifted from the frame in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and is disposed inside the vehicle body at the same position or substantially the same position as the position where the collision portion contacts the vehicle body.

  In the vehicle, the vehicle body preferably has an input portion to which a collision load from the rear is transmitted, and the input portion and the cross member are preferably in the same position in the vertical direction of the vehicle body.

  In the vehicle, it is preferable that the connection member has an outer input transmission member that transmits a collision load to the crossing member, and the outer input transmission member has a collision portion between the connection member and the crossing member.

  The vehicle has an inner input transmission member between which the collision load is transmitted from the connection member, and the inner input transmission member is located at the same position as the position where the collision portion contacts the vehicle body. It is preferable to arrange at a position or substantially the same position.

  The vehicle includes a vehicle body side input transmission member that transmits a collision load from the connection member to the cross member between the connection member and the cross member. The vehicle body side input transmission member has a collision portion that contacts the vehicle body. It is preferable to arrange at the same position as the position or substantially the same position.

  In the vehicle, the transverse member is preferably deformable when subjected to a collision load.

  The vehicle has a rotating shaft that can rotate about an axis parallel or substantially parallel to the width direction of the vehicle. When the connecting member receives a collision load from the rear, the connecting member is centered on the rotating shaft. It is preferable to rotate and contact the vehicle body.

According to the present invention, the connecting member that protrudes rearward from the vehicle body easily receives an input of a collision load from the rear, and contacts the vehicle body when the connecting member receives the collision load. When the connecting member comes into contact with the vehicle body, the transverse member arranged at a position different from the frame in the vertical direction of the vehicle body receives a collision load, and the transverse member collides without actively bending, bending, or bending the frame. The load can be absorbed.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle that can efficiently absorb a collision load from the rear without actively bending, bending, or bending the frame.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle shown in FIG. FIG. 3B is a schematic plan view of the vehicle shown in FIG. FIG. 4A is a partially enlarged side view showing another embodiment of the vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 4B is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle shown in FIG. FIG. 5 (A) is a partially enlarged side view showing another embodiment of the vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 5B is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle shown in FIG.

The vehicle according to the present invention includes a vehicle body and a trailer hitch. The vehicle according to the present invention can be applied to a vehicle that pulls cargo or the like. In addition, as the collision load input to the vehicle according to the present invention, for example, the collision load input through the cargo, etc. due to the collision from the rear in the state of pulling the cargo, the cargo, etc. For example, a collision load directly input from a collision object from the rear in a state where the vehicle is not towed. An embodiment of a vehicle according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the drawings shown below, in the explanatory diagram when a collision load is input, the collision load from the outside of the vehicle is indicated by a white arrow, and the collision load transmitted inside the vehicle body is indicated by a black arrow.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a vehicle 1 which is an embodiment of a vehicle according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle 1. In FIG. 1, the bumper face 10 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 2 is omitted to show the entire apparatus.
In the following, the forward direction of the vehicle 1 is the forward direction, the backward direction is the backward direction, and the left and right directions and the up and down direction are determined with reference to the forward direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle 1 includes a vehicle body 2 and a trailer hitch 3.

The vehicle body 2 includes a pair of side frames 4, a bumper stay 5, a bumper beam 6, and a rear suspension 7.
The vehicle body 2 is an example of a vehicle body in a vehicle according to the present invention.

The side frame 4 is a highly rigid cylindrical member extending in the front-rear direction, and is arranged so that the long axes are substantially parallel to the left and right sides of the vehicle body 2. A floor panel (not shown) that is a part of the vehicle body 2 is joined to the upper part of the pair of side frames 4.
The side frame 4 is an example of a frame in a vehicle according to the present invention.

  A rear suspension 7 is attached below each side frame 4. A rear wheel (not shown) is attached below each rear suspension 7. A cross member 8 extending in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 is spanned between the pair of side frames 4, and a rear suspension support member 9 is spanned between the pair of rear suspensions 7. A fuel tank (not shown) or the like is arranged in front of the cross member 8. The cross member 8 and the rear suspension support member 9 are members that support the side frame 4 and the rear suspension 7, and the vehicle body against various collision loads such as impact and vibration acting in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 by these members. 2 can be reinforced.

A part of the trailer hitch 3 and a bumper stay 5 are attached to the rear end of each side frame 4. The trailer hitch 3 will be described later with reference to FIG.
The bumper stay 5 is a member that extends rearward from the rear end portion of the side frame 4, and is a member for mounting the bumper beam 6.

  The bumper beam 6 is a member that is attached to the rear of the bumper stay 5 and extends in the width direction of the vehicle body 2. The bumper beam 6 is a member disposed close to or in contact with the inside of a bumper face described later. The bumper beam 6 is a member disposed at the rear end of the vehicle body 2, and when a collision load is input from the rear during a collision or the like, the bumper beam 6 is applied to the pair of front side frames 4 via the bumper stay 5. Can be transmitted.

In FIG. 2 that follows, a part of the bumper face 10 as a part of the vehicle body 2 is indicated by a broken line. The bumper face 10 is a component on the outer surface that covers part or all of the pair of side frames 4, the bumper stay 5, the bumper beam 6, the rear suspension 7 and the like in the vehicle body 2, and is made of a reinforced plastic containing an appropriate synthetic resin. It is a plate-shaped member formed using. Note that the inside of the bumper face 10, that is, the front side of the bumper face 10 in FIG.
The bumper face 10 which is a part of the vehicle body 2 has an input unit C. The input part C is a part where a bent part 151 described later comes into contact. The operation when the bent portion 151 is brought into contact with the input portion C and further pushed in will be described later.
A rear bumper face 10 is usually disposed behind the bumper beam 6 at the rear of the vehicle that pulls cargo or the like, and takes into account the design of the appearance of the vehicle body 2 and the like, and extends below the bumper beam 6 as shown in FIG. It is often present. Further, regarding the shape of the trailer hitch 3, there are cases where the trailer hitch 3 does not protrude backward through the bumper face 10 in consideration of the design of the appearance of the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the trailer hitch 3 protrudes rearward from the lower edge of the rear end of the vehicle body 2 so as to pass under the bumper face 10.

  The trailer hitch 3 includes a bracket 11, a cross tube 12, a mounting base 13, a locking pin 14, a connecting arm 15, and a hitch ball 16.

  The height from the road surface of the pair of side frames 4 in the vehicle body 2 is basically substantially constant, although there are some differences depending on the vehicle type. Moreover, the height from the road surface of the connection portion with the trailer hitch 3 in the cargo or the like towed by the vehicle 1 is also substantially constant. That is, the height from the road surface of the hitch ball 16 that is a connecting member to the cargo or the like in the trailer hitch 3 is substantially constant. Therefore, the pair of side frames 4 and the hitch balls 16 are often different in height from the road surface, in other words, in the vertical direction of the vehicle body.

  The bracket 11 is a member for attaching the cross tube 12 to the pair of side frames 4. A part of the bracket 11 is sandwiched between the side frame 4 and the bumper stay 5, and extends below the bumper stay 5 substantially in parallel with the extending direction of the bumper stay 5. The rear end portion of the bracket 11 extends to substantially the same position as the rear end portion of the bumper beam 6. A cross tube 12 is attached below the rear end of the bracket 11.

The cross tube 12 extends in the width direction of the vehicle body 2, and is spanned between brackets 11 that are respectively attached to the pair of side frames 4. The cross tube 12 is a cylindrical member, and is disposed at substantially the same position as the bumper beam 6 in the front-rear direction. When the cross tube 12 receives a collision load from the rear, the cross tube 12 can be bent, bent, bent, or the like.
The cross tube 12 is an example of a cross member for a vehicle according to the present invention.

  Below the cross tube 12, an attachment base 13 is provided at a substantially central portion in the extending direction of the cross tube 12. The attachment base portion 13 has a cylindrical portion that protrudes rearward and opens. The mounting base 13 is a member for mounting a connecting arm 15 described later.

The connecting arm 15 has a rod-like or cylindrical insertion part that can be inserted into the cylindrical part of the mounting base 13 at the front, extends upward and rearward from the insertion part, and the vertical direction is the same as the cross tube 12. A plate-like portion that is bent so as to extend in the front-rear direction at substantially the same position is provided on the rear side. The bent portion 151 formed by bending the connecting arm 15 can press the cross tube 12 via the bumper face 10 when a collision load is input to the trailer hitch 3 as will be described later. Formed in position. A hitch ball 16 is fixedly attached to the rear end portion of the connecting arm 15. The insertion portion of the connection arm 15 is inserted into the cylindrical portion of the attachment base portion 13 to an appropriate position, and is fixed by the locking pin 14 so as not to drop off.
The connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 are examples of a connecting member for a vehicle according to the present invention. Moreover, the bending part 151 is an example of the collision part of the connection member of the vehicle which concerns on this invention.

  The hitch ball 16 has a substantially spherical portion protruding upward. When a part of a towed object such as cargo is engaged with the spherical portion, the vehicle 1 and the towed object are connected to each other. In the present invention, as the shape of the connecting member, for example, a hook shape that can be hooked on a towed object, or when a hook-like engaging member is provided on the towed object, the engaging member can be hooked. It can be variously modified such as an opening that can be formed.

  The cross tube 12, the connecting arm 15, and the hitch ball 16 are connected via an attachment base 13 and a locking pin 14. The trailer hitch 3 protrudes from the lower edge of the bumper face 10 that is the rear end of the vehicle body 2, and further extends upward and rearward. Therefore, the overall shape from the mounting base 13 to the hitch ball 16 attached to the cross tube 12, that is, the overall shape of the connecting member connected to the cross member shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, passes under the bumper face 10. Thus, a substantially curved shape extending is formed.

  A rear end portion of the connecting arm 15 and a hitch ball 16 which are part of the connecting member are located at the rearmost end portion of the vehicle 1. Therefore, in the state where the vehicle 1 is pulling a towed object such as cargo, if a collision load is input from the rear to the towed object, the collision load is first applied to the hitch ball 16 directly connected to the towed object. Will be entered. Further, in the state where the vehicle 1 is not towing a towed object such as cargo, when a collision load related to a collision or the like is input to the vehicle 1 from behind, the collision load is the rearmost end of the vehicle 1. First, an input is made to the rear end of the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 which are the parts.

Here, a case where a conventional vehicle receives a collision load from the rear will be described in detail.
Conventionally, a cross member like a cross tube 12 is often disposed at the same position as the pair of side frames 4 and the bumper stay 5 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2. As described above, the position of the side frame 4 and the position of the hitch ball 16 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2 are substantially constant and are not the same position. In other words, the position of the side frame 4 and the position of the hitch ball 16 are shifted in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2. Usually, in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2, the position of the side frame 4 is relatively high, and the position of the hitch ball 16 is often relatively low.

  Therefore, conventionally, when a collision load is input to the rear end portion of the connecting arm 15 in the trailer hitch 3 and the connecting member such as the hitch ball 16, the connecting member is used for attachment such as the attachment base 13. It may break near the member, and may be pushed forward so that the connecting member may enter under the side frame 4.

  On the other hand, in the vehicle 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the connection arm 15 moves forward in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2 when the position of the cross tube 12 and the collision load from the rear are input. The position where it comes into contact and is pushed further is the same position. The cross tube 12 can be deformed by inputting a collision load from the rear.

  Here, the case where the collision load from the rear is input with respect to the vehicle 1 is demonstrated, referring FIG. FIG. 3A is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle 1 from the rear. FIG. 3B is a schematic plan view of a part of the vehicle 1 when a collision load is input.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3A, a collision load acts on the vehicle 1 in the direction indicated by the white arrow. Specifically, a towed object such as cargo or a collision object such as a following vehicle comes into contact with the rear end portion of the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 and further presses forward, so that the vehicle 1 Receive impact load.

  When a part of the connection member in the vehicle 1 receives a collision load, the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 before the collision load input indicated by the alternate long and short dash line are displaced forward. When the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 are subjected to a collision load, a portion near the locking pin 14 of the mounting base 13 is broken, and the connecting arm 15 is released from the fixed state. As a result, the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 that are connecting members rotate around the axis of the locking pin 14 that is parallel or substantially parallel to the width direction of the vehicle body 2. That is, the locking pin 14 can function as a rotating shaft.

  When the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 rotate, the bent portion 151 of the connection arm 15 located on the front side in the rotation direction comes into contact with the bumper face 10. As a result, the connecting member having the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 transmits the collision load received from the rear to the vehicle body 2. Normally, the bumper face 10 is not a high-rigidity member, so even if the bent portion 151 of the connecting arm 15 contacts the bumper face 10, the rotation of the connecting member does not stop. Therefore, the connecting member is further displaced forward and pushed into the vehicle body 2 while deforming or breaking the bumper face 10.

The bent portion 151 that is a collision portion is a member that comes into contact with the vehicle body 2 when the connection member rotates and receives a collision load from the rear. In the vehicle according to the present invention, the collision member may contact the vehicle body by deformation such as bending, bending, or bending forward instead of rotational movement by the collision load from the rear.

  When the connecting member rotates forward about the locking pin 14 as a rotation axis, the bent portion 151 of the connecting arm 15 presses the cross tube 12 forward via the bumper face 10. Thereby, the collision load received from the rear by the connecting member is transmitted to the cross tube 12 via the vehicle body 2. In other words, the collision load input to the vehicle 1 from the rear includes connection members such as the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 in the trailer hitch 3, the bumper face 10 in the vehicle body 2, and the cross tube 12 in the trailer hitch 3. And it is transmitted sequentially.

  In the vehicle body of the present invention, the part to which the collision load from the rear is transmitted is the input part, and in the vehicle body 2, the bent part 151 of the connecting arm 15 is pushed in as shown in FIG. Therefore, the part where the collision load is transmitted is the input part C. 2 and 3, the input portion C of the vehicle body 2 is substantially in the same position as the input portion C and the cross tube 12 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2. As shown in FIG. 3A, the cross tube 12 is provided inside the vehicle body 2 in the vicinity of the input portion C, so that when a collision load is input from the connecting member to the input portion C, the cross The collision load is easily transmitted to the tube 12.

  When a collision load is transmitted to the cross tube 12, the cross tube 12 is deformed so as to be bent, bent, or bent forward by the collision load as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. By deforming the cross tube 12, the cross tube 12 can absorb the collision load to some extent.

Conventionally, the cross tube 12 is often a high-rigidity member. If the pair of side frames 4 and the cross tube 12 are arranged at substantially the same position in the vertical direction as in the prior art, and the cross tube 12 is highly rigid, the collision load input from the rear side can be applied to the connecting member. In such a case, even if a collision load is transmitted from the connecting member to the cross tube 12 via the attachment member such as the attachment base 13, the cross tube 12 is not easily deformed. If the cross tube 12 is difficult to deform, for example, below the side frame 4 and the cross tube 12, the connecting member is pushed into the vehicle body 2 while drawing a rotational trajectory forward about the axis of the cross tube 12, and the trailer hitch There is a possibility that the whole 3 rotates.
When the trailer hitch 3 as a whole rotates about the axis of the cross tube 12, a collision load acts in the vertical direction in front of the connection portion of the side frame 4 with the cross tube 12. As a result, the side frame 4 has a folding line in the left-right direction, which may cause bending deformation, bending deformation, or bending deformation in the up-down direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, in the vehicle 1, the cross tube 12 can be deformed. Therefore, even if a collision load is input from the rear toward the left and right front, the side frame 4 is bent greatly in the vertical direction. It is difficult to transmit a collision load that can be deformed, curved, or bent to the side frame 4 from the cross tube 12. Therefore, the pair of side frames 4 may be bent and deformed particularly in the vertical direction due to a collision load transmitted from the cross tube 12 in the related art, whereas the vehicle 1 is bent and deformed forward. The transmission of the collision load from the collision object to the side frame 4 can occur independently of each other. That is, most of the collision load input to the cross tube 12 is absorbed by the deformation of the cross tube 12, and the side frame 4 can be bent, bent or bent in the vertical direction. The effect is not positive or difficult.

A part of the collision load transmitted to the cross tube 12 is transmitted to the pair of side frames 4 via the bracket 11, and the pair of side frames 4 are attached to the vehicle body 2 by the collision load transmitted through this transmission path. There is a possibility of bending deformation, bending deformation or bending deformation inward in the width direction. However, compared to the conventional configuration in which the pair of side frames 4 are positively bent, deformed or bent in the vertical direction, the cross tube 12 attenuates the collision load by reliably absorbing it. Since the collision load is transmitted to the pair of side frames 4, the absorption efficiency of the collision load of the vehicle 1 is good.
Moreover, the various deformation | transformation form of a pair of side frame 4 via the bracket 11 originates in the collision load attenuate | damped by the cross tube 12 being transmitted via the bracket 11 not the pushing of a connection member. . That is, the cause of the deformation of the side frame 4 is different from the conventional one, and this causes a difference in the absorption efficiency of the collision load.

As described above, when a collision load is input to the vehicle 1 from behind, the connecting member that is displaced while rotating forward due to the collision load is not the pair of side frames 4 but the cross tube. The collision load is transmitted to 12. As a result, the forward displacement of the trailer hitch 3 does not positively cause the pair of side frames 4 to bend, bend, or bend.
Further, since the cross tube 12 is provided at a position different from the pair of side frames 4 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2, input of a collision load from the collision object to the side frame 4 is not hindered. Further, since the cross tube 12 is provided at a position where it does not interfere with the pair of side frames 4 even if the cross tube 12 is pushed forward and deformed, the collision load applied to the side frame 4 by the collision object is input. I do not disturb.

Conventionally, the pair of side frames 4 is actively bent, bent, or bent in the vertical direction, or the pair of side frames 4 is bent, bent, or bent in the vertical direction. This is an easily deformable form.
On the other hand, since the vehicle 1 divides the absorption of the collision load between the cross tube 12 and the pair of side frames 4, the side frame 4 is unintentionally bent or bent by the collision load input to the cross tube 12. Deformation or bending deformation can be prevented. Part of the collision load input from the connecting member to the vehicle body 2 is reliably absorbed by the cross tube 12 inside the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the collision load is not or hardly acts in the direction in which the side frame 4 is unintentionally bent, bent, or bent, for example, in the vertical direction, and the collision load from the collision object to the side frame 4 is further reduced. Since the input is not affected, the vehicle 1 has good collision load absorption efficiency.

  In the present invention, when a collision load is input from the rear to the connection member in the trailer hitch 3 as in the vicinity of the locking pin 14, a fragile portion that is easily broken by the collision load is provided. This is preferable because it easily functions as the rotation axis of the connecting member, the connecting member easily rotates, and as a result, a collision load is easily input to the transverse member.

  Fragile parts that can be broken when a collision load is input in the vicinity of the locking pin 14 are generated when, for example, vibration and impact generated when the vehicle travels, inertial force along the front-rear direction caused by acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle, and when the vehicle turns right or left It should be strong enough not to break by the inertial force in the left-right direction, but to break by the collision load input by the collision object.

  In the present invention, the part of the connecting member that comes into contact with the vehicle body is not particularly limited as long as it comes into contact with the transverse member at the same position in the vertical direction at the rear end of the vehicle body when receiving a collision load from the rear of the vehicle. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, a part other than the bent portion 151 of the connecting arm 15, for example, the hitch ball 16, contacts the vehicle body 2 and transmits the collision load to the cross tube 12. It may be. In addition, when the composition of the cross members such as the cross tube 12 is increased, the connecting member is not largely pushed into the inside of the vehicle body and may remain in contact with the cross member. It is only necessary that a collision load is transmitted from to the cross member.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the connecting arm 15 protrudes rearward from the lower edge of the rear end of the bumper face 10 and extends upward and rearward. In the present invention, in addition to the shape of the connecting member extending upward and rearward, for example, it protrudes rearward from the lower edge of the rear end of the vehicle body, and further extends upward along the outer surface of the vehicle body such as the bumper face 10. The shape to be used can be adopted. When the connecting member has this shape, the transverse member and the connecting member are not only disposed at the same position in the vertical direction, but also disposed close to each other via the rear surface of the vehicle body such as the bumper face 10. As a result, when a collision load from the rear is input to the connection member, the connection member is simply moved forward even if a rotation shaft such as the locking pin 14 is provided and the connection member is not displaced forward while rotating. The collision load can be transmitted to the cross member through the vehicle body simply by being pushed in while sliding.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a modified example of the trailer hitch. The difference between the trailer hitch 3 shown in FIG. 1 and the trailer hitch 31 shown in FIG. 4 is that a mounting base 171 is provided instead of the mounting base 13, the shape of the bracket 11 is changed, and This is the position of the cross tube 12. The trailer hitch 31 uses the same members as the trailer hitch 3 except for the differences, so the same reference numerals are assigned and detailed descriptions of the same members are omitted. FIG. 4A is a partially enlarged side view of a vehicle 101 provided with a trailer hitch 31 instead of the trailer hitch 3 shown in FIG. FIG. 4B is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle 101 from the rear.

  The bracket 111 in the vehicle 101 shown in FIG. 4A has a smaller rearward extension distance than the bracket 11. Therefore, the cross tube 12 spanned between the pair of brackets 111 provided on the left and right sides of the vehicle body 2 is positioned in front of the cross tube 12 formed on the vehicle body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the mounting base 171 has a cylindrical portion that is fixedly attached to the lower side of the cross tube 12 and opens rearward, like the mounting base 13, and includes a connecting arm 15. An insertion portion extending forward is inserted and can be fixed by the locking pin 14. The mounting base portion 171 includes an inner input transmission portion 18 inserted from below the cross tube 12 between the cross tube 12 and the bumper face 10 generated when the cross tube 12 is disposed in front of the bumper face 10. Have. The inner input transmission portion 18 is formed as a portion protruding upward from the upper rear portion of the mounting base portion 171 extending downward from the cross tube 12. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4A, the attachment base 171 and the inner input transmission portion 18 are integrally formed. However, in the present invention, they may be provided as separate members. The inner input transmission portion 18 of the mounting base 171 has a contact portion 19 formed at the front and a flat plate portion 20 formed at the rear. The contact portion 19 is a portion that contacts the rear surface of the cross tube 12. The flat plate portion 20 is a plate body having a width in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 fixed to the inner input transmission portion 18, and its rear surface is arranged in parallel or substantially parallel to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. It is a part which adjoins or contacts.

  The inner input transmission unit 18 is an example of an inner input transmission member in the vehicle according to the present invention, and is a member to which a collision load is transmitted from the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 which are connection members. As shown in FIG. 4 (A), the inner input transmission portion 18 is attached to the transverse member inside the vehicle body 2 between the connecting member and the transverse member. In particular, the flat plate portion 20 in the inner input transmission portion 18 is disposed at the same position or substantially the same position as the position at which the bent portion 151 of the connecting arm 15 that is a collision portion contacts the vehicle body 2.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4B, a collision load is input from the collision object to the rear end portion of the connection member in the vehicle 101 in the direction indicated by the white arrow. When the collision object abuts against the rear end portion of the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 and presses the connecting member forward, the portion in the vicinity of the locking pin 14 is broken like the vehicle 1, and the connecting arm 15 and The hitch ball 16 rotates forward about the locking pin 14 as a rotation axis.

When the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 rotate, the bent portion 151 and the like of the connecting arm 15 come into contact with the bumper face 10 so that the connecting member transmits a collision load to the bumper face 10 of the vehicle body 2. When the connecting member rotates forward while further deforming or breaking the bumper face 10, the bent portion 151, which is a collision portion, presses the flat plate portion 20 that comes close to or abuts the inner surface of the bumper face 10 via the bumper face 10. To do. When the collision load input to the connecting member is large, the connecting arm 15 presses the flat plate portion 20 to displace the inner input transmission portion 18 forward. When the inner input transmission portion 18 is displaced forward, the contact portion 19 presses the cross tube 12 to transmit the collision load. Therefore, the collision load input to the vehicle 1 from the rear is applied to the connection members such as the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16, the bumper face 10 in the vehicle body 2, the inner input transmission portion 18, and the cross tube 12. On the other hand, it is transmitted sequentially. In addition, when the flat plate part 20 is pressed and the inner input transmission part 18 is displaced forward, the attachment base 171 may be similarly displaced forward.
The input part C of the vehicle body 2 shown in FIG. 4 is a part of the vehicle body to which a collision load is transmitted when the connecting arm 15 which is a collision part is pushed. The portion 18 and the cross tube 12 are substantially at the same position. As shown in FIG. 4B, when the collision load is input from the connecting member to the input unit C by providing the inner input transmission unit 18 in the vicinity of the input unit C inside the vehicle body 2. The collision load is easily transmitted to the cross tube 12 through the inner input transmission portion 18.

  That is, in the vehicle 101, the collision load is transmitted from the connecting member to the crossing member via the members such as the inner input transmission portion 18 and the bumper face 10. In the present invention, the path through which the collision load is transmitted from the connecting member to the cross member via the inner input transmission member is not particularly limited as long as the collision load is transmitted, and the bumper face 10 and the like extend downward. It may be a direct route not via the bumper face 10 or the like, or may be an indirect route via the bumper face 10 or the like as shown in FIG.

  About the deformation | transformation aspect of the cross tube 12 when a collision load is transmitted with respect to the cross tube 12, it is the same as that of the deformation | transformation aspect shown with the dashed-dotted line in FIG.3 (B), specifically, the cross tube 12 is the front. Deforms when bent, bent or bent. By deforming the cross tube 12, the vehicle 101 can absorb the collision load to some extent.

  Similar to the vehicle 1, the vehicle 101 first absorbs the collision load with the cross tube 12, and then the collision load that the cross tube 12 did not completely absorb is input to the side frame 4 from the collision object. .

  In the vehicle 101, as in the vehicle 1, the forward bending deformation, the bending deformation, or the bending deformation of the cross tube 12 and the input of the collision load to the side frame 4 from the collision object are generated independently. obtain. That is, the collision load input to the cross tube 12 is absorbed by the deformation of the cross tube 12, and the side frame 4 has an influence that can cause bending deformation, bending deformation, or bending deformation in the vertical direction. Hard to give.

As described above, when a collision load is input to the vehicle 101 from behind, the connecting member that is displaced while rotating forward by the collision load is not the pair of side frames 4 but the inner input transmission unit 18. The collision load is transmitted to the cross tube 12 through the via. As a result, the trailer hitch 31 is pushed forward and does not lead to positive bending deformation, bending deformation or bending deformation of the pair of side frames 4 via the conventional cross tube 12 or the like.
Further, since the cross tube 12 in the vehicle 101 is provided at a position different from the pair of side frames 4 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2, input of a collision load from the collision object to the side frame 4 is not hindered. Further, since the cross tube 12 in the vehicle 101 is provided at a position where it is difficult to interfere with the pair of side frames 4 even if the cross tube 12 is deformed by being pushed forward, a collision load on the side frame 4 due to a collision object. Does not interfere with input.

  Even if the collision load is transmitted to the pair of side frames 4 via the bracket 111 and deformed inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2, the direct cause of the deformation is not the pushing of the connecting member, but the cross tube The collision load attenuated at 12 is transmitted through the bracket 111. That is, the cause of the deformation of the side frame 4 is different from the conventional one, and this causes a difference in the absorption efficiency of the collision load.

  A part of the collision load inputted to the vehicle body 2 from the connection member is reliably absorbed by the cross tube 12 inside the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the collision load does not act or hardly acts in the direction in which the side frame 4 is unintentionally bent, bent, or bent, for example, the vertical direction, and the collision load is input to the side frame 4 from the collision object. Thus, the vehicle 101 has a good collision load absorption efficiency.

A gap may be provided between the contact portion 19 and the cross tube 12 as long as the inner input transmission portion 18 can transmit a collision load from the connecting member to the cross tube 12.
Further, the size, shape, and the like of the flat plate portion 20 are not particularly limited as long as the connection member can transmit to the inner input transmission portion 18 via the vehicle body. In particular, as the size of the flat plate portion 20, for example, if there is an input including a collision load in the left-right direction with respect to the connecting member, it is pushed toward the left front or right front. It is preferable that the size is such that it can be reliably pressed by the connecting arm 15.

  FIG. 5 shows another modification of the trailer hitch. The difference between the trailer hitch 31 shown in FIG. 4 and the trailer hitch 32 shown in FIG. 5 is that an outer input transmission member 172 is provided. Except for this difference, the trailer hitch 32 uses the same members as the trailer hitch 31, and therefore, the same reference numerals are given and detailed descriptions of the same members are omitted. FIG. 5A is a partially enlarged side view of a vehicle 102 including a trailer hitch 32 instead of the trailer hitch 31 shown in FIG. FIG. 5B is a partially enlarged side view when a collision load is input to the vehicle 102 from the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the outer input transmission member 172 is a member fixedly attached to the connecting arm 15 and protrudes from the front of the connecting arm 15 toward the bumper face 10 of the vehicle body 2. ing. The flat plate portion 20 in the inner input transmission portion 18 and the protruding portion of the outer input transmission member 172 are close to each other and face each other via the bumper face 10.

  The outer input transmission member 172 is an example of the outer input transmission member in the vehicle according to the present invention, and transmits the collision load input from the rear end portion of the connection member to the cross tube 12 that is a transverse member. It is a member. As shown in FIG. 5A, the outer input transmission member 172 is provided in front of the connecting arm 15 between the connecting member and the transverse member. In particular, the front end portion of the outer input transmission member 172 functions as a collision portion of the connection member.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, when a collision load is input from the collision object to the rear end portion of the connection member in the vehicle 102 in the direction indicated by the white arrow, the vicinity of the locking pin 14 is broken. Then, the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 rotate forward about the locking pin 14 as a rotation axis.

  When the connecting arm 15 and the hitch ball 16 rotate, the outer input transmission member 172 contacts the bumper face 10, so that the connection member transmits a collision load to the bumper face 10 of the vehicle body 2. When the connecting member rotates forward while further deforming or breaking the bumper face 10, the bent portion 151 of the connecting arm 15 causes the flat plate portion 20 that approaches or abuts the inner surface of the bumper face 10 via the bumper face 10. Press. When the collision load input to the connecting member is large, the outer input transmission member 172 presses the flat plate portion 20 to displace the inner input transmission portion 18 forward. When the inner input transmission portion 18 is displaced forward, the contact portion 19 presses the cross tube 12 to transmit the collision load. Therefore, the collision load input to the vehicle 1 from the rear includes the connection members such as the connection arm 15 and the hitch ball 16, the outer input transmission member 172, the bumper face 10 in the vehicle body 2, and the inner input transmission unit 18. And sequentially transmitted to the cross tube 12.

  The input portion C of the vehicle body 2 shown in FIG. 5 is a portion to which a collision load is transmitted when the outer input transmission member 172 is pushed, and the input portion C and the cross tube 12 are in the same position in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2. It is. As shown in FIG. 5 (B), the inner input transmission portion 18 is provided in the vehicle body 2 in the vicinity of the input portion C, so that the collision load is input from the outer input transmission member 172 to the input portion C. Then, the collision load is easily transmitted to the cross tube 12 through the inner input transmission unit 18.

  That is, in the vehicle 102, the collision load is transmitted from the connecting member to the crossing member via the members such as the outer input transmission member 172, the inner input transmission unit 18, and the bumper face 10. In the present invention, the path through which the outer input transmission member transmits the collision load to the transverse member is not particularly limited as long as the collision load is transmitted, and the path is interposed via the inner input transmission unit 18 and the bumper face 10. May be a non-direct route, or may be an indirect route through at least one of the inner input transmission unit 18 and the bumper face 10.

In the vehicle 102, since the inner input transmission portion 18 and the outer input transmission member 172 are arranged close to each other, when the collision load is input from the rear to the connection member, the connection member is only slightly displaced forward. However, the collision load can be transmitted to the cross tube 12 via the vehicle body 2. In other words, the provision of the members that assist the transmission of the collision load such as the inner input transmission portion 18 and the outer input transmission member 172 makes it possible to weaken the rotating shaft of the locking pin 14 and the vicinity of the locking pin 14. Since it is not necessary to provide a part, the apparatus can be simplified, which is preferable.
However, by providing the inner input transmission portion 18 and the outer input transmission member 172 and adopting a structure that rotates the connection member such as the locking pin 14 and the weak portion, the input is made with various angles and sizes. Even if the collision load is high, the connecting member is likely to be rotationally displaced forward, so that the collision load can be more reliably transmitted from the connecting member to the cross tube 12.

  About the deformation | transformation aspect of the cross tube 12 when a collision load is transmitted with respect to the cross tube 12, it is the same as that of the deformation | transformation aspect shown with the dashed-dotted line in FIG.3 (B), specifically, the cross tube 12 is the front. Deforms when bent, bent or bent. As the cross tube 12 is deformed, the vehicle 102 can absorb the collision load to some extent.

  As described above, when a collision load is input from the rear to the vehicle 102, the connecting member is not the pair of side frames 4, but the connecting member is connected to the cross tube via the inner input transmission portion 18 and the outer input transmission member 172. The collision load is transmitted to 12. As a result, the trailer hitch 32 is pushed forward and does not lead to positive bending deformation, bending deformation or bending deformation of the pair of side frames 4 via the conventional cross tube 12 or the like.

  Further, since the cross tube 12 in the vehicle 102 is provided at a position different from the pair of side frames 4 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2, input of a collision load from the collision object to the side frame 4 is not hindered. . Further, since the cross tube 12 in the vehicle 102 is provided at a position where it does not interfere with the pair of side frames 4 even if the cross tube 12 is pushed forward and deformed, a collision load on the side frame 4 due to an impact object. Does not interfere with input.

  Further, even if the collision load is transmitted to the pair of side frames 4 via the bracket 111 and is deformed inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2, the direct cause is not the pushing of the connecting member but is attenuated by the cross tube 12. That is, the collision load is transmitted through the bracket 111. That is, the cause of the deformation of the side frame 4 is different from the conventional one, and this causes a difference in the absorption efficiency of the collision load.

Part of the collision load input from the connecting member to the vehicle body 2 is reliably absorbed by the cross tube 12 inside the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the collision load does not act or hardly acts in the direction in which the side frame 4 is unintentionally bent, bent, or bent, for example, the vertical direction, and the collision load is input to the side frame 4 from the collision object. Therefore, the vehicle 102 has good collision load absorption efficiency.
The vehicle 102 having the outer input transmission member 172 can transmit the collision load to the cross tube 12 only by slightly moving the connection member such as the connection arm 15 forward. More specifically, the vehicle 102 has a constant distance and distance to be deformed by pressing the cross tube 12 forward compared to the vehicle 1 and the vehicle 101 with a constant direction and distance in which the connecting member is pushed toward the front body. large. That is, since the vehicle 102 can start to deform the cross tube 12 immediately after the collision, the absorption efficiency of the collision load is further improved.

In the vehicle according to the present invention, in addition to the inner input transmission portion 18 and the outer input transmission member 172, examples of members that can be provided between the connection member and the crossing member include a vehicle body side input transmission member. The vehicle body side input transmission member is a member attached to at least one of the respective members constituting the vehicle body, and transmits the collision load from the connection member to the transverse member. The vehicle body side input transmission member is disposed at the same position or substantially the same position as the position where the collision portion of the connection member contacts the vehicle body.
Specifically, as the vehicle body side input transmission member, for example, a clip-like member that is inserted from the lower end of the bumper face 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and is fixed by sandwiching the bumper face 10 from the inside and the outside, and Examples thereof include a hanging member that hangs down from the bumper beam 6 to the rear of the cross tube 12 inside the bumper face 10. The clip-like member and the hanging member are at the same position or substantially the same position as the connecting arm 15 and hitch ball 16 in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 and at the same position or substantially the same position as the input portion C in the vertical direction of the vehicle body 2. It is good to be arranged. Further, in the vicinity of the input portion C, it protrudes in at least one of the front and rear directions and easily comes into contact with at least one of the connection member, the transverse member, the inner input transmission member, the outer input transmission member, and the like. Is preferred.

  When the vehicle body side input transmission member is provided, as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a part of the collision load input to the vehicle body from the connection member is reliably absorbed by the cross member inside the vehicle body. To do. Therefore, the collision load does not act or hardly acts in the direction in which the side frame causes unintended bending deformation, bending deformation, or bending deformation, for example, the vertical direction. It does not affect. Therefore, the collision load absorption efficiency of the vehicle having the vehicle body side input transmission member is good.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied the invention made | formed by this inventor was described, this invention is not limited by the description and drawing which make a part of indication of this invention by this embodiment. That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

1, 101, 102: vehicle, 2: vehicle body, 3, 31, 32: trailer hitch, 4: side frame, 5: bumper stay, 6: bumper beam, 7: rear suspension, 8: cross member, 9: rear suspension support member 10: bumper face, 11, 111: bracket, 12: cross tube, 13, 171: mounting base, 14: locking pin, 15: connecting arm, 151: bent part, 16: hitch ball, 172: outside Input transmission member, 18: inner side input transmission part, 19: contact part, 20: flat plate part, C: input part

Claims (7)

A vehicle body having a frame extending in the front-rear direction;
A transverse member provided at a rear end portion inside the vehicle body and extending in a width direction of the vehicle body;
A connection member that is connected to the cross member, protrudes rearward from the lower edge of the rear end of the vehicle body, and is connectable to a towed object,
The connection member has a collision part that contacts the vehicle body when the connection member is deformed or moved in response to a collision load from the rear,
The cross member is provided to be shifted from the frame in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and is disposed at the inside of the vehicle body at the same position or substantially the same position as the position where the collision portion contacts the vehicle body.
vehicle. The vehicle body has an input part to which a collision load from the rear is transmitted,
The input part and the cross member are in the same position in the vertical direction of the vehicle body.
The vehicle according to claim 1. Between the connecting member and the transverse member, the connecting member has an outer input transmission member for transmitting a collision load to the transverse member;
The outer input transmission member has a collision part,
The vehicle according to claim 1 or 2. Between the connecting member and the transverse member, the transverse member has an inner input transmission member through which a collision load is transmitted from the connecting member;
The inner input transmission member is disposed at the same position or substantially the same position as the position where the collision portion contacts the vehicle body.
The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Between the connection member and the cross member, the vehicle body has a vehicle body side input transmission member that transmits a collision load from the connection member to the cross member,
The vehicle body side input transmission member is disposed at the same position or substantially the same position as the position where the collision portion abuts the vehicle body.
The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The cross member is deformable when subjected to a collision load,
The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The connecting member has a rotation axis that can rotate around an axis parallel or substantially parallel to the width direction of the vehicle,
When the connecting member receives a collision load from the rear, the connecting member rotates around the rotation axis and comes into contact with the vehicle body.
The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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