JP3052636B2 - How to store jacks and wheel stoppers for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of combining a jack for a vehicle and a wheel stopper and storing it in a trunk room or the like of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional method of storing a jack for a vehicle and a wheel stopper will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. Before describing the storing method, a jack for a vehicle and a wheel stopper are shown in FIG. 7 (December 1988, published by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Service Newsletter No. 615, "Introduction of C33 Type Cars", page D-84).

FIG. 6 shows the structure of a jack for a vehicle. The in-vehicle jack 11 includes a ground plate 12 placed on a road surface and a toggle joint type lifting mechanism 13.

The lifting mechanism 13 includes an engaging member 14 to be engaged with the bottom of the vehicle, and four links 15a to 15d, and a screw shaft having a connecting portion 22 to an operating tool (not shown). By adjusting at 23, the engaging member 14 is raised and lowered.

FIG. 6 shows the jack 11 in a stored state.
It becomes as shown in. That is, when the elevating mechanism 13 is folded during storage, the elevating mechanism 13 is in a substantially rod state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the wheel stopper 1 is formed by bending a single steel plate into an L-shape to form a ring-shaped portion 2 on one side and a pressure-receiving portion 4 on the other side. Has become. In addition, a round portion 3 for improving the grounding property is provided at an end of the contact ring portion 2, and a waveform portion 5 for preventing slip is provided at an edge of the pressure receiving portion 4.

The wheel stopper 1 is used by being inserted between the wheel 6 and the road surface 7 in the posture shown in FIG. The force from the wheel 6 is mainly received as a compression force of the pressure receiving portion 4 as shown by an arrow A.

Next, the storage location of the jack secured in the trunk room of the vehicle will be described. The storage location is, for example, the floor of the trunk room 30 which is the body luggage compartment as shown in FIGS. It is provided on the side. That is, a recess 32 is provided at a lower end of the trunk floor 31 in the vehicle width direction, and a bracket 34 for storage is provided on the vertical wall surface 33 of the recess 32 as shown in FIG.

The bracket 34 includes a substrate 35 spot-welded to the vertical wall surface 33, a rectangular frame-shaped receiving portion 36 horizontally projecting below the substrate 35, and a hook portion horizontally protruding above the substrate 35. 37.

The jack 1 for a vehicle having the above-described structure.
1 and the wheel stopper 1 are stored in a storage place provided in a trunk room 30 of the vehicle by being combined as shown in FIG.

The procedure will be described first.
Is folded into a rod shape, and the in-vehicle jack 11 is turned upside down. Then, the contact ring portion 2 of the pair of wheel stoppers 1 is put on the ground plate 12 facing upward in a manner of being hooked. In this position, the contact pressure portion 4 hanging down from the wheel stopper 1 is
The links 15c and 15d of the on-vehicle jack 11 are placed on the pedestal portion 36 such that the lower end of the contact pressure portion 4 is inserted into the pedestal portion 36 with the bracket 34 positioned on the substrate 35 side.
Then, the connecting portion 22 is slightly rotated so that the in-vehicle jack 1 is rotated.
1, a force is generated, and the jack 11 and the wheel stopper 1 are fixed between the receiving portion 36 and the hook portion 37, thereby completing the storage.

[0012]

The storage of the on-board jack 11 is often performed with one hand, and in particular, the storage location of the jack is, as described above, the trunk room 3.
This tendency is more pronounced when the fixing bracket 34 is provided on the vertical wall surface 33 or the like of the recess 32 provided at the end of the vehicle in the direction of the vehicle width in the direction 0.

However, in the conventional storage method, the wheel stopper 1 is simply replaced by the ground plate 12 of the jack 11 for the vehicle.
Since the wheel stopper 1 is easily slipped off because it is stored only by being put on the upper side, work is performed with one hand while holding the wheel stopper 1 with the thumb as shown in FIG. However, there is still a problem that the wheel stopper 1 is easily displaced and falls, and one-handed work is performed in an unstable posture, so that a considerable gripping force is required, and a great deal of labor is required for storage and removal.

In the retracted state, the pressure receiving portion 4 of the wheel stopper 1 is provided.
However, the bracket 34 hangs below the in-vehicle jack 11, and the receiving base 36 of the bracket 34 must be structured to receive the end of the pressure receiving part 4, and the bracket 34 has to be attached to the vertical wall surface 33. Therefore, the strength and shape of the bracket 34 must be increased, and the weight of such a large bracket 34 and the large weight of the on-vehicle jack 11 and the wheel stopper 1 are reduced by the vertical wall surface 33 of the bracket 34. Therefore, the number of spots has to be increased to withstand this, which leads to an increase in work. Further, since the bracket 34 is large, it is difficult to insert a sealing gun around the bracket 34 and perform sealing on the vehicle body side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of storing a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper which can be easily stored and removed, and can reduce the weight and size of a bracket.

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention of claim 1 forms a substantially L-shaped jack for mounting on a vehicle, which can be folded into a substantially rod-like body, and one surface portion and another surface portion. A wheel stopper having a through-hole through which one end of a vehicle jack that is folded into a substantially rod-like body is inserted into a bracket on a surface portion is provided in a bracket in the vehicle body luggage compartment. Then, one end of the folded vehicle-mounted jack is inserted into the through-hole of the wheel stopper, the other surface of the wheel stopper is aligned with the vehicle jack, and the two are first integrated. After that, the two integrated parts are simultaneously accommodated in the bracket in the vehicle body luggage compartment, and then the other parts of the in-vehicle jack and the wheel stopper are brought into contact with the bracket by the generation of the force of the in-vehicle jack to pinch and fix. Feature To.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle-installed jack and wheel stopper according to the first aspect, wherein the bracket on the vehicle body side is provided on a floor surface on the vehicle body side.
A lower bracket member for supporting the integrated components from below, and an upper bracket member provided on a vertical wall surface on the vehicle body side adjacent to the floor surface and supporting the integrated components from above.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a substantially rod-shaped jack for vehicle mounting is inserted into a through hole in one surface portion of the wheel stopper, and the other surface portion of the wheel stopper is attached to the vehicle mounting jack to integrate the two. And can be stored in the bracket on the vehicle body side.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the other surface portion of the wheel stopper attaches to the on-vehicle jack when integrated, the lower bracket member provided on the floor surface can support the flat surface from below. It will be good. The upper bracket member provided on the vertical wall only needs to support the in-vehicle jack and the wheel stopper from the upper side, and the entire weight of both does not depend on the upper bracket member.

[0020]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show a procedure in which the on-board jack 11 and a pair of wheel stoppers 51 are combined and stored in a trunk room. The in-vehicle jack 11 is the same as that shown in FIG.
Is different. This will be described first with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. A rectangular through hole 60 is formed in the contact ring portion 51 that contacts the wheel 6 of the wheel stopper 50. The inner circumference of the through hole 60 is
A plate portion having an appropriate width is formed around the through-hole 60 so as to support the surface pressure received from the wheel 6. The reason why the through hole 60 is formed in the contact part 51 corresponding to the wheel 6 is that the force from the wheel 6 is mainly received by the pressure receiving part 4 as described with reference to FIG.
This is because the force acting on the contact ring portion 51 is considerably smaller than that of the pressure receiving portion 4. The other configuration is the same as that of the conventional wheel stopper 1 shown in FIG. 7, and therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will not be repeated.

Next, as shown in FIG.
A lower bracket member 71 and an upper bracket member 72 constituting a vehicle body-side bracket 70
Are provided. The lower bracket member 71 is fixed to the floor surface 32a in the recess 32 by spot welding, for example, and has a substantially flat shape. In addition, the lower bracket member 71 is provided with engaging portions 71 a and 71 b that engage with the widthwise edge of the wheel stopper 50. The upper bracket member 72 is fixed to the vertical wall surface 33 on the vehicle body side adjacent to the floor surface 32a, for example, by spot welding. The upper bracket member 72 includes
A support member 72a that supports the in-vehicle jack 11 from above is provided.

The in-vehicle jack 11 and the wheel stopper 50 are stored as shown in FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG.
Are combined with the on-vehicle jack 11. That is, the in-vehicle jack 11 is folded, and one end of the elevating mechanism 13 having a substantially rod shape is inserted into the through-hole 60 of the pair of wheel stoppers 50 stacked. Then, the ground plate 12 of the in-vehicle jack 11 is placed on the pressure receiving portion 4 of the wheel stopper 50. In this state, the in-vehicle jack 11 and the pair of wheel stoppers 50 are integrated.

Therefore, when the in-vehicle jack 11 and the wheel stopper 50 combined in this manner are accommodated in the trunk room of the vehicle, the end of the lifting / lowering mechanism 13 that passes through the wheel stopper 50 is shown in FIG. Even with one hand as in 2, there is no need to worry about the wheel stopper 50 coming off. And ground plate 1
Put into the trunk room with the posture of Fig. 2 with the two sides down,
As shown in FIG. 3, the bracket 70 is mounted between the lower bracket member 71 and the upper bracket member 72.

That is, the pressure receiving portion 4 of the wheel stopper 50 below the ground plate 12 is placed on the lower bracket member 71, and the engaging member 14 of the jack 11 is mounted under the supporting portion 72 a of the upper bracket member 72. Position. In this state, the connecting portion 22 of the on-vehicle jack 11 is slightly rotated to generate a vertical force, and the lower bracket member 71
The in-vehicle jack 11 and the wheel stopper 50 are sandwiched and fixed between the upper bracket member 72 and the upper bracket member 72. The engagement portions 71a and 71b of the lower bracket 71 are on the side of the wheel stopper 50.
Thereby, the lateral displacement is regulated.

When the work is performed as described above, the jack 11 for the vehicle and the wheel stopper 50 are first combined in an integrated form, so that they can be easily stored and removed without being displaced by one hand. . In addition, when the in-vehicle jack 11 is used, the wheel stopper 50 is also used at the same time, so that it is convenient to take it as one and can be carried anywhere.

A wheel stopper 5 is provided on the bottom side of the on-vehicle jack 11.
Since the zero pressure receiving portion 4 is located, the lower bracket member 71 of the bracket 70 can be made substantially flat and small. Further, as shown in the present embodiment, the flat lower bracket member 71 can be directly installed on the floor surface 32a of the concave portion 32, so that the strength of the upper bracket member 72 supported by the vertical wall surface 33 can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced. Size and size can be reduced. This also makes it possible to reduce the welding strength of the upper bracket 72 to the vertical wall surface 33, thereby reducing the amount of work such as reducing the number of spot weldings. Further, since the bracket 70 is miniaturized, the welding gun can be easily inserted around the bracket 70, and the sealing work on the vehicle body side around the bracket 70 becomes easy. Further, since the wheel stopper 50 has the through hole 60, the wheel stopper 50 itself also becomes lighter.
The weight of the entire bracket 70 can be further reduced.

The bracket 70 is located in the trunk room 3
It can also be attached to the inner surface of the rear fender panel inside.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since one end of the jack for the vehicle is passed through the through hole provided in the wheel stopper, both can be integrated. Therefore, there is no fear that the wheel stoppers will slip off during storage and removal operations, and the storage and removal can be easily performed simply by holding the end of the vehicle-mounted jack with one hand.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the other surface portion of the wheel stopper can be housed in the body of the vehicle with the bottom surface as the bottom surface, the bracket is made up of the upper bracket member and the lower bracket member, and the lower bracket member is made of the lower bracket member. It can be installed on the floor surface, on which the in-vehicle jack and wheel stopper can be placed. Also, since the lower bracket member is installed on the floor surface, the weight of the jack for vehicle mounting can be received on the floor surface via the lower bracket member, and how the load is applied to the upper bracket member on the vertical wall surface. Can be reduced. Therefore, the welding strength to the vertical wall surface of the upper bracket member can be made smaller than before, and the welding operation can be reduced. Moreover, the weight and size of the bracket can be reduced, and the sealing work around the bracket can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing a state in which a jack for vehicle and a wheel stopper are combined.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of one embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing a state in which a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper are combined and held by hand.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper are combined and stored in a storage place in a trunk room of a vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a wheel stopper used in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a use state of a wheel stopper used in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of a jack for a vehicle.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a conventional wheel stopper, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view showing a used state of the wheel stopper.

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of a storage state of a conventional in-vehicle jack and a wheel stopper.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a conventional method of storing a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper, and illustrates a state in which the vehicle-mounted jack is to be housed in a rear trunk room of a vehicle while being held in a hand.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view used to explain a conventional method of storing a jack for a vehicle and a wheel stopper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Pressure receiving portion (other surface portion) 11 In-vehicle jack 32a Floor surface 50 Wheel stopper 51 Ring contact portion (one surface portion) 60 Through hole 70 Bracket 71 Lower bracket member 72 Upper bracket member

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 11/06 B60T 3/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An on-board jack that can be folded into a substantially rod-like body, and one end of a substantially on-board jack that is folded into a substantially rod-like shape is inserted through one surface portion and the other surface portion to form a substantially L shape. A method for storing a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper that accommodates a wheel stopper having a possible through-hole in a bracket in a vehicle body luggage compartment, wherein the wheel stopper is folded into a substantially rod-shaped body through the through-hole. One end of the on-vehicle jack is inserted and the other surface of the wheel stopper is attached to the on-vehicle jack to integrate the two together first. Then, the combined two are simultaneously accommodated in a bracket in the vehicle body luggage compartment. A method for storing a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper, wherein the other surface portion of the vehicle-mounted jack and the wheel stopper is held and fixed by abutment of a force of the vehicle-mounted jack. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle body-side bracket is provided on a vehicle body-side floor surface, and supports the integrated two members from below. A method for storing a vehicle-mounted jack and a wheel stopper, comprising: a lower bracket member; and an upper bracket member provided on a vertical wall surface on a vehicle body side adjacent to the floor surface, and integrally supporting the both from above.