JP3424727B2 - Jack fixing device 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 vehicle jack fixing device, and more particularly, to a structure of a jack bracket for mounting a jack on a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Related Background Art A vehicle is equipped with a jack for lifting up the vehicle in an emergency or when replacing wheels. This jack is disclosed, for example, in JP-A-3-112.
As disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 740, it is mounted so as to be fixed to a vehicle body in a floor recess in a trunk room of a vehicle, such as a storage portion for a spare tire. More specifically, a U-shaped jack bracket is provided on the vehicle body in a protruding manner. The jack bracket is sandwiched between surfaces of the jack bracket facing each other, and is fixed to the vehicle body by stretching them.

Therefore, when the jack is mounted on a vehicle, the jack is stored without obstructing other loads and is securely fixed to the vehicle body, so that the jack does not rattle even while the vehicle is running. Retained. However, as disclosed in the above publications and the like, when the jack is stored in the floor recess in the trunk room such as the storage portion for the spare tire, when there is a load in the trunk room, the load is loaded. There is a problem that the jack cannot be taken out unless it is taken out of the trunk room once, and it takes time and trouble to use the jack.

Therefore, in recent years, it has been considered to store the jack in a place other than the floor recess, for example, in the space between the side body outer panel and the side body inner panel in the trunk room. By doing so, there is an advantage that a useless space having no purpose can be effectively utilized.

[0005]

By the way, when the jack is housed between the side body outer panel and the side body inner panel as described above, the jack is fixed to, for example, the jack bracket protruding from the side body inner panel. At this time, depending on the storage method, the tip of the jack may hit the side body outer panel and deform the side body outer panel, impairing the aesthetics and appearance of the vehicle.

On the other hand, in a vehicle such as a three-door hatchback vehicle or a recreational vehicle (RV vehicle) in which the size of the trunk room in the vehicle front-rear direction is set short, it is difficult to store the jack horizontally in the vehicle front-rear direction. Therefore, it is considered to store the jack while tilting it in the vehicle front-rear direction. However, in this case, in a simple U-shaped jack bracket disclosed in the above publication, the jack may slip on the jack bracket due to its own weight and fall off from the jack bracket mainly during storage. . When the jack falls off in this way, it collides with the rear end of the side body outer panel and deforms it, which may also impair the aesthetics and appearance of the vehicle, which is not preferable.

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to reliably store a jack between a side body outer panel and a side body inner panel without interfering with the side body outer panel. It is to provide a jack fixing device for a vehicle.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the vehicle jack fixing apparatus according to the invention of claim 1, when the jack is fixed and stored in the jack bracket in a state of being inclined in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. In the above, normally, the jack is held at the fixed position by restricting the movement to the lower side of the inclination by the stopper provided on the seat holding portion.
Even if the jack has passed over the stopper, the jack is held in the jack bracket by the receiving portion, which restricts the downward movement of the jack due to its own weight. Therefore, even if there is a side body outer panel, which is an outer plate member, behind the accommodating portion of the jack, the side body outer panel is prevented from being deformed by the collision of the jack, and the side body due to the collision of the jack is prevented. The appearance (quality of appearance) of the vehicle is not impaired due to the deformation of the outer panel, that is, the unevenness.

Accordingly, even if the jack is randomly inserted into the jack bracket, the jack is not always held in the jack bracket and the side body outer panel, which is the outer plate member, is not damaged, and the jack is used as the jack bracket. Workability at the time of fixing and storing can be improved. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the jack bracket has the restriction plate that extends to the lower side of the slope and restricts the movement of the jack to the side body outer panel side. Therefore, when the jack bracket is fixed and stored in the jack bracket. In this case, even if the jack is randomly inserted into the jack bracket, the tip of the jack is prevented from colliding with the side body outer panel which is the outer plate member. The appearance (quality of appearance) of the vehicle is not impaired due to the above. Furthermore, the contract
In the invention of claim 3, the head holding portion of the jack bracket is
As a recess with a slope to position the head of the jack
Constrained to be continuous with one slope of this recess
As a plate is provided, the jack can be used as a jack bracket.
When fixing and storing, jack the head of the jack
The regulation plate functions as a guide to guide into the recess of the
However, the head is easily guided to the recess.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, a rear perspective view of a vehicle (for example, an RV vehicle) 1 to which a vehicle jack fixing device according to the present invention is applied is shown with a rear gate open.

As shown in the figure, a jack storage portion 6 is provided in the right side body portion 4 located in the trunk room 2 of the vehicle 1, and the jack storage portion 6 stores the jack. More specifically, a lid 7 that is a part of the interior material is provided on the indoor side of the jack storage portion 6, and by opening the lid 7, the jack is stored in the jack storage portion 6 or from the jack storage portion 6. It can be taken out.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a detailed view of the jack housing portion 6 viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 with the jack 90 housed therein. The configuration of will be described. Note that, in FIG. 2, the right side body portion 4 is shown in a state in which the interior material shown in FIG. 1 is removed, that is, in a state where only the panel parts constituting the vehicle body are included.

As shown in the figure, the right side body portion 4
Is configured by welding a side body inner panel 10, a wheel house inner 12, and a rear gate inner panel 14 at a predetermined position on the indoor side, and a side body outer panel 20 that is an outer plate member at a predetermined position. Has been done. Then, as shown in the figure, a jack bracket 30 is provided in the space between the side body inner panel 10 and the side body outer panel 20. Specifically, jack bracket 30
Is provided so that the rear end of the jack 90 is lowered in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 1 so that the jack 90 can be stored obliquely, and is fixed to the side body inner panel 10 by welding at a predetermined position. In this way, the jack 90 is stored obliquely in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 1 because the vehicle 1 such as an RV has a trunk room 2 having a relatively short dimension in the front-rear direction, and therefore the right side body portion corresponding to the trunk room 2 is provided. 4 is also short, which is based on the difficulty of housing the jack 90 horizontally in the right side body portion 4. In other words, by storing the jack 90 at an angle, even in the vehicle 1 such as an RV vehicle,
Therefore, the space between the side body inner panel 10 and the side body outer panel 20 can be effectively used to house the jack 90.

Further, as shown in the figure, the side body inner panel 10 is provided with an opening hole 11 for inserting the jack 90 so that the jack 90 can be housed in the jack bracket 30. The opening hole 11 has an opening dimension that ensures the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the jack 90 so that the jack 90 can be easily accommodated in the jack bracket 30.

The part indicated by the double-dotted chain line 18 in the figure is a rear combination lamp provided at the rear end of the side body. Here, referring to FIG. 3, a perspective view of the jack bracket 30 seen from the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2 is shown, and referring to FIG. 4, C- in FIG.
A cross-sectional view of the right side body portion 4 along the line C, that is, a cross-sectional view of the jack bracket 30 and the jack 90 is shown, and the structure of the jack bracket 30 will be described in detail based on these drawings.

As shown in FIG. 3, the jack bracket 3
0 is composed of two parts, an upper bracket 32 and a lower bracket 34. More specifically, the lower surface flange portion 36 of the upper bracket 32 and the upper surface portion 38 of the lower bracket 34 are integrally joined by welding to form the jack bracket 30. As a result, the jack bracket 30 has a U-shaped cross section by the upper bracket 32 and the upper surface portion 38 of the lower bracket 34, as shown in FIG. 4, and the upper bracket 32 of the U-shaped jack bracket 30 is formed. The jack 90 can be housed between the upper surface flange portion (head portion holding portion) 40 and the upper surface portion (seat portion holding portion) 38 of the lower bracket 34.

The upper bracket 32 is welded to the side body inner panel 10 at the welding flange portion 42, and the lower bracket 34 is similarly welded to the side body inner panel 10 at each welding flange portion 44. There is. As shown in FIG. 3, a stopper 46 and a guide 48 are formed on the upper surface portion 38 of the lower bracket 34 by cutting and raising.
These stoppers 46 and guides 48 are for positioning the seat portion 92 of the jack 90 in the front-rear and lateral directions when the jack 90 is stored.

Further, the upper surface flange portion 40 of the upper bracket 32 is formed with a concave portion 50 which is bulged outward while the side on which the jack 90 is accommodated is depressed. The recess 50 is for positioning the head 94 of the jack 90 when the jack 90 is stored. Further, the upper surface flange portion 40 is cut and raised to guide 5
2 is formed toward the side where the jack 90 is stored, and this guide 52 serves to guide the head 94 to the recess 50 when the jack 90 is stored and to prevent lateral displacement of the head 94 after storage. To fulfill.

Further, referring to FIG. 3, a U-shaped abdomen (regulating plate) 54 of the upper bracket 32 extends to the rear of the vehicle 1 along the side body outer panel 20. The abdomen 54 extends rearward of the vehicle 1 such that the upper end 56 of the abdomen 54 is inclined and gradually approaches the lower surface flange 36. Then, as shown in the figure, a beam portion (reception portion) 58 extends toward the side body inner panel 10 from an upper end 56 of the abdomen portion 54 extending rearward of the vehicle 1 at a substantially intermediate position. Further, similarly to the beam portion 58, a beam portion 60 extends toward the side body inner panel 10 from the lower surface flange portion 36 corresponding to the rear end position of the abdomen portion 54. And these beam parts 58 and 6
A welding flange portion 43 is formed at each tip of 0, and the beam portions 58 and 60 are welded to the side body inner panel 10 at the welding flange portion 43.

The distance between the beam portion 58 and the beam portion 60, that is, the distance between the beams is determined according to the size of the jack 90. That is, when the jack 90 is housed in the jack bracket 30, the arm portion of the jack 90 is located between the beam portion 58 and the beam portion 60. However, the distance between the beams is the lower limit of the jack 90. In the opened state, the arm of the jack 90 can be penetrated, while the distance between the seat portion 92 and the head 94 is smaller than the minimum height dimension of the jack 90 so that the entire jack 90 is not penetrated. It is set. In addition, this seat 9
The distance between 2 and the head 94 is preferably made as small as possible without hindering the housing of the jack 90.

The operation of the vehicle jack fixing device constructed as described above will be described below. When the jack 90 is stored in the jack bracket 30, first, as shown by the white arrow X in FIG.
After being inserted into the opening hole 11 from the front to the diagonally rearward, the jack 90 is slid vertically and rearward along the upper surface portion 38 of the lower bracket 34.

Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown a cross section of the jack bracket 30 taken along the line D--D in FIG. 3, in which the jack 90 in the lower limit state before the completion of storage is indicated by a chain double-dashed line. Also, the jack 90 in a state where it is normally stored.
Is also shown by a solid line, but as shown above, the jack 9
When 0 is slid, the end portion 92a of the seat portion 92 of the jack 90 comes into contact with the stopper 46 in this manner. As a result, the jack 90 is under its own weight and the upper surface 3
It is prevented from sliding along 8, and the jack 90 is properly positioned.

When the height adjusting portion 96 of the jack 90 is operated as indicated by an arrow in this state, the structure of the jack 90 is known and the description thereof is omitted. The contact with the recess 50, that is, the state shown by the chain double-dashed line, changes from the state shown by the solid line, and the jack 90 is reliably fixed to the jack bracket 30 by the tensioning action of the jack 90. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the head portion 94 of the jack 90 comes into contact with the pair of corner portions of the head portion 94 and the pair of slopes 51, 51 of the recess 50, respectively, whereby the position of the head portion 94 is increased. Is uniquely determined. Therefore, together with the action of the stopper 46 and the guide 48 on the upper surface portion 38, the rattling of the jack 90 in the lateral direction as well as in the front-back direction of the vehicle 1 is prevented.

By the way, the stopper 46 is the jack 9
Since it is necessary to prevent the stopper 46 and the arm 91 of the jack 90 from interfering with each other for the structural reason of 0,
Height is limited to low. Therefore, when the jack 90 is stored, the seat portion 92 may get over the stopper 46 depending on how it is inserted. However,
As described above, the jack fixing device of the present invention is provided with the beam portion 58 and the beam portion 60 having a predetermined distance between the beams. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the jack 90 moves in the lower limit state as shown by the white arrow Y in the figure, the head portion 94 of the jack 90 is beamed. The portion 58 and the seat portion 92 come into contact with the beam portion 60 and are held in the jack bracket 30.

As a result, the jack 90 is prevented from falling off the jack bracket 30, and the jack 90 is prevented.
Is prevented from colliding with the side body outer panel 20, particularly the rear end of the side body outer panel 20.
Therefore, no unevenness is generated on the surface of the side body outer panel 20 due to the collision of the jack 90,
It is possible to reliably prevent the appearance (aesthetic appearance and appearance quality) of the vehicle 1 from being carelessly deteriorated. Usually, since the rear end of the side body outer panel 20 is a portion where sheet metal correction is difficult, it is extremely important not to make unevenness on the panel surface of the portion.

As described above, the U-shaped belly portion 54 of the upper bracket 32 extends rearward of the vehicle 1 along the side body inner panel 10. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the jack 90 is attached to the jack bracket 3
When housed in 0, the tip of the arm 91 of the jack 90 is guided well without any contact with the side body outer panel 20. Therefore, even if the abdomen 54 extends to the rear of the vehicle 1, the occurrence of unevenness on the surface of the side body outer panel 20 is reliably prevented.

Also, the abdomen 54 of the upper bracket 32
As shown in FIG. 4, is inclined toward the side body inner panel 10 side in the vicinity of the upper surface flange portion 40, and this inclination is continuous with one slope 51 of the recess 50. Therefore, the belly portion 54 also has a function as a guide for guiding the head portion 94 to the recess 50 when the jack 90 is stored in the jack bracket 30. Therefore, when the height adjuster 96 is operated to raise the head 94, the head 94 is easily guided to the recess 50.

By the way, referring to FIG. 7, there is shown a schematic view of a jack bracket 130 according to another embodiment of the vehicle jack fixing device. The jack bracket 130 according to another embodiment will be described below. Figure 7
As shown in FIG. 7, the jack bracket 130 according to the other embodiment is configured by integrally welding the upper bracket 132 and the lower bracket 34 by welding similarly to the above. Since the lower bracket 34 is as described above, the description thereof will be omitted, and only the part of the upper bracket 132 that is different from the upper bracket 32 will be described.

As shown in the figure, the upper bracket 13
2, the U-shaped abdomen 154 greatly extends rearward of the vehicle 1 along the side body inner panel 10.
Further, in the upper bracket 132, the abdomen 154
Similarly, the surface 137 that corresponds to the upper surface flange portion 140 and the beam portion 60 and is continuous with the lower surface flange portion 136 is also the vehicle 1.
A bent portion 141, which extends largely rearward of the upper surface flange portion 140 and is bent below the tip of the upper surface flange portion 140, is welded to the surface 137 at the tip thereof. Then, the upper bracket 132 is welded to the side body inner panel 10 at the welding flange portions 142 and 143. That is, the upper bracket 132 according to the other embodiment.
Also, the U-shape is maintained even in the extended portion of the abdomen 154, and a box-shape is formed from the U-shape, the side body inner panel 10, and the bent portion 141.

When the abdomen 154 has a box-shaped extension, the arm 91 of the jack 90 does not come into contact with the side body outer panel 20 at all when the jack 90 is stored, although not shown. , Even when the jack 90 gets over the stopper 46,
The jack 90 will be more reliably held on the upper bracket 132. Therefore, the unevenness on the surface of the side body outer panel 20 due to the contact of the jack 90 is more reliably prevented.

However, considering the material cost, the cost performance is higher in the above-described embodiment (see FIG. 3). As described above, in the vehicle jack fixing device according to the present invention, even if the vehicle 1 has a short trunk room 2 in the front-rear direction, the side body inner panel 1 is used.
0 and the side body outer panel 20 are effectively utilized so that the jack 90 can be stored obliquely so that its rear end is lowered in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 1.
0 and 130 are provided, and further, the jack brackets 30 and 130 do not fall off from the jack brackets 30 and 130.
Has a structure in which it does not come into contact with the side body outer panel 20.

Therefore, when the jack 90 is housed in the jack brackets 30 and 130, even if the jack 90 is not carefully handled and is thrown in carelessly, the jack 90 causes unevenness on the side body outer panel 20 and carelessly. It is possible to reliably prevent the appearance (quality of appearance) from being impaired, and thus the workability of storing the jack 90 is improved. In particular, in the manufacturing process of the vehicle 1, the worker can work without worrying about the unevenness of the side body outer panel 20, so that the work efficiency of mounting the jack 90 on the vehicle 1 is significantly improved.

[0033]

As described above in detail, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
According to this vehicle jack fixing device, when the jack is fixed and stored in the jack bracket, normally, the movement of the jack to the lower side of the tilt is restricted by the stopper provided in the seat holding portion, and the jack is placed at the fixed position. On the other hand, even if the jack has passed over the stopper while being held, the movement of the jack to the lower side of the inclination due to its own weight is restricted by the receiving portion. Therefore, even when there is a side body outer panel, which is an outer plate member, for example, behind the housing portion of the jack, it is possible to prevent the side body outer panel from being deformed due to a collision of the jack, and carelessly improve the appearance of the vehicle. Quality).

As a result, even if the jack is randomly inserted into the jack bracket, it is possible to prevent the side body outer panel, which is the outer plate member, from being damaged by the collision of the jack, and the jack is fixed and stored in the jack bracket. In this case, workability can be improved. According to the vehicle jack fixing device of the second aspect, when the jack is fixed and stored in the jack bracket, even if the jack is randomly inserted into the jack bracket, the tip of the jack does not come into contact with the side body outer panel. It is also possible to prevent the deformation of the side body outer panel, which is also the outer plate member, and prevent the appearance (quality of appearance) of the vehicle from being impaired. Furthermore, the contract
According to the vehicle jack fixing device of claim 3, the jack is
When fixing and storing in the jack bracket,
The head is easily placed in the recess of the jack bracket by the regulation plate
Since it is guided, fix the jack to the jack bracket,
It is possible to improve workability when storing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle (for example, an RV vehicle) to which a vehicle jack fixing device according to the present invention is applied, viewed from the rear with a rear gate open.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the jack storage section viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the jack bracket viewed from the direction of arrow B in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the right side body portion taken along the line C-C in FIG. 2, showing a cross section of the jack bracket.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the jack bracket taken along the line D-D of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the jack bracket when the seat portion of the jack rides over the stopper, and is a view for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a jack bracket according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 vehicle 2 Trunk room 4 Right side body part 6 jack storage 10 Side body inner panel 11 Open hole 12 Wheelhouse Inner 14 Rear gate inner panel 20 Side body outer panel 30,130 Jack bracket 32,132 Upper bracket 34 Lower bracket 38 Upper surface (seat holder) 40,140 Top flange part (head holding part) 46 Stopper 48 Guide 50 recesses 51 slope 52 Guide 54,154 Abdomen (restriction plate) 58 Beam part (receiving part) 60 beams 90 jacks 91 arms 92 Seat 94 head

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-5-50885 (JP, A) JP-A-2-220939 (JP, A) Actually opened Sho 60-178253 (JP, U) Actually opened 61-36463 (JP , U) Actual development Sho 56-30139 (JP, U) Actual development 2-17469 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 11/06 B66F 3/12

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A side body outer panel and a side having a head holding portion for holding a head portion of a jack and a seat portion holding portion for holding a seat portion of the jack, wherein the jack is inclined in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. A jack bracket that is positioned between the body inner panel and fixed to the vehicle body, and an opening hole that is provided in the vicinity of the jack bracket of the side body inner panel to take in and out the jack, the jack bracket, A stopper provided on the seat portion holding portion so as to abut an end portion of the seat portion of the jack to regulate the movement of the jack from a fixed position to an inclined lower side, and a stopper of the jack when the stopper does not regulate the movement. A jack fixing device for a vehicle, comprising: a receiving portion that restricts movement to the lower side of the inclination. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the jack bracket has a restricting plate that extends to the lower side of the slope and restricts movement of the jack toward the side body outer panel side. Jack fixing device. 3. A head holding portion of the jack bracket.
Is a recess having a bevel for positioning the head of the jack.
The restriction plate is continuous with one slope of the recess.
The vehicle jack according to claim 2, wherein
Fixing device.