JP4069501B2 - Car luggage compartment structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a luggage compartment structure of an automobile.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the increasing popularity of RV vehicles in recent years, multi-purpose vehicles such as station wagons and 1.5 box cars tend to require greater ease of use. Under such circumstances, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-179150 discloses that when the seat back is tilted forward after the seat portion of the rear seat is raised, the back surface of the seat back becomes substantially the same level as the luggage floor panel. There has been proposed a luggage compartment structure that is designed and provided with a pair of left and right rails extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body on the back surface of the seat back and the luggage floor.
[0003]
According to this proposal, when loading / unloading a baggage into an enlarged cargo compartment by tilting the seat back of the rear seat forward, the back door is opened and the cargo is placed at the rear end of the cargo compartment, and then a rail is used. By pushing the baggage, there is an advantage that the baggage can be easily fed into the deep part of the expanded cargo space, that is, the back of the seat back.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the proposal of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-179150, a fixed rear seat is employed in order to obtain the convenience of sending the cargo to the deep part of the cargo compartment. That is, the front end of the seat of the rear seat is attached to the vehicle body via the first hinge, and similarly, the lower end of the seat back is attached to the vehicle body via the second hinge.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a slide back and forth of the rear seat while realizing the convenience of feeding or taking out the cargo to the deep part of the cargo room using the rails proposed by the above-mentioned JP-A-7-179150. An object of the present invention is to provide a cargo compartment structure for an automobile that can be realized with a simple configuration.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, the above-described technical problem includes a back door that opens and closes a rear end opening of a vehicle and a rail laid on the floor surface of the luggage compartment, and when the back door is opened to load and unload luggage. In a vehicle luggage compartment structure in which a luggage is sent to or taken out from a luggage compartment using a floor board attached to the rail, the rail is forward from a luggage floor portion constituting the floor surface of the luggage compartment. The rear seat is extended to the rear seat installation floor portion where the rear seat is installed, and the rear seat is attached to the rail so that it can be moved back and forth. There is a rear floor board provided behind the board, and the front floor board is positioned at the front end with respect to the rail so that the rear seat can be moved to the part occupied by the front floor board. Or it is accomplished by providing a luggage compartment structure for an automobile, characterized by being adapted to swing about the rear end portion.
[0006]
That is, according to the present invention, as in the conventional case, the convenience of feeding or taking out the cargo in the cargo compartment can be realized using the rail, but at the same time, the rear seat is slid back and forth using this rail. This rear seat can be slid further back into the cargo compartment. Therefore, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to separately provide a guide rail for sliding the rear seat.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following preferred embodiments of the invention.
[0007]
【Example】
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a rear portion of a 1.5 box car body, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. The underbody of the rear part 1 of the vehicle body is composed of conventionally known members such as a rear side member 2, a rear cross member 3, a rear floor panel 4, and the like. In the figure, reference numeral 5 indicates a luggage floor portion constituting the floor surface of the luggage compartment 6 behind the rear seat, and reference numeral 7 indicates a rear seat installation floor portion.
[0008]
1 and 2, reference numeral 9 indicates a bumper, and reference numeral 10 indicates a back door. The back door 10 has a structure that is vertically divided into an upper door 11 and a lower door 12, and the upper door 11 has an upper end connected to the vehicle body via an upper hinge (not shown) below the upper hinge. It consists of an open door. On the other hand, the lower door 12 has substantially the same height as the bumper 9, and the bumper 9 is attached to the lower door 12. The lower door 12 has a lower end connected to the vehicle body via a lower hinge 13. The lower door 12 can open the lower door 12 around the lower hinge 13. (Refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4). When the lower door 12 is opened, the plate member 14 attached to the inner side of the lower door 12 is designed to be in a substantially horizontal state, as can be understood from FIG.
[0009]
1 and 2, the rear floor panel 4 is provided with a pair of left and right guide rails 15 that are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction and extend in parallel with each other. The guide rail 15 has a front end 15 a located at the front end portion of the rear seat installation floor portion 7 and a rear end 15 b located at the rear end portion of the luggage floor portion 5. The guide rail 15 includes a floor board 16. And the rear seat 17 is attached so that it can move back and forth. The mounting of the floor board 16 to the guide rail 15 will be described in detail later. First, the rear seat 17 will be described. The rear seat 17 has a pair of rear rails 20 corresponding to the guide rail 15 on its lower surface. The rear seat upper rail 20 is attached via a base member 21 and is slidably fitted to the corresponding guide rail 15 (see FIG. 5).
[0010]
The rear seat 17 is also attached such that the front end of the base member 21 is pivotable with respect to the front end of the rear seat upper rail 20 via the lateral pin 22 (see FIG. 2), and thus takes the next retracted posture. Be able to. That is, the rear seat 17 folds the seat back 23 forward and folds it over the seating surface of the seat 24, and then raises the rear seat 17 forward about the lateral pin 22. The rear seat 17 can be in a folded state in which the rear seat 17 is in an upright position along the back of the seat back 23 of the front seat (not shown) and is shown in phantom lines in FIG. As a result, the luggage compartment 6 formed by the luggage floor portion 5 is expanded to the rear seat installation floor 7 at the same level as the luggage floor portion 5 so that the interior space behind the front seat can be loaded with no steps. Can be used as a room.
[0011]
The floor board 16 has a size that substantially covers the luggage floor portion 5, and constitutes a substantial floor surface of the luggage compartment 6. The floor board 16 includes a separate front board assembly 30 and a rear board 31 assembly. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the front board assembly 30, and FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the rear board assembly 31.
[0012]
The front board assembly 30 includes a front board body 32 and a transverse plate 33 extending along the front end edge of the front board body 32, and both sides of the front end portion of the front board body 32 are provided with a pair of lateral pins 34. The crossing plate 33 is swingably connected. The transverse plate 33 also has a pair of left and right short upper rails 35 fixed to both end portions of the lower surface thereof, and each short upper rail 35 is slidably fitted to the guide rail 15 described above. .
[0013]
The rear board assembly 31 is provided to project forward from the rear board body 37, a pair of left and right long upper rails 38 extending along both side edges, and the front edge of the rear board body 37. The long upper rail 38 is slidably fitted to the above-described guide rail 15 (see FIG. 6).
[0014]
With the above configuration, the front board assembly 30 and the rear board assembly 31 can be moved independently along the guide rail 15 independently of each other, and the front board assembly 30 has a front end portion thereof. The front board body 32 can be erected forward about the horizontal pin 34. The front board assembly 30 and the rear board assembly 31 are locked by the locking means 40 in a state where the front board assembly 30 is tilted and the rear end of the front board main body 32 is seated on the receiving portion 39 of the rear board main body 37. Can be integrated (see FIG. 9). The locking means 40 is configured by a locking tool 41 attached to the center portion of the rear end on the lower surface of the front board body 32 and a swing lock member 42 disposed at the center portion of the front end of the rear board body 37. . The rocking lock member 42 has a claw 42 a that engages with the locking tool 41 and a handle portion 42 b, and can rock around the horizontal pin 43.
[0015]
A spring-like hooker 45 that holds the front board body 32 in a retracted position when the front board body 32 is raised forward corresponding to the locking tool 41 provided on the front board body 32 is provided in the rear seat. It is attached to the back surface of the seat back 23 (see FIG. 10). As can be understood from FIG. 8, the rear board assembly 31 includes a handle 50 disposed at the central portion of the rear end, a second rocking lock member 51 disposed on one side edge, A rear board position fixing means 53 configured by a wire 52 that connects the swing lock member 51 and the handle 50 to each other is provided. The swing lock member 51 extends along the guide rail 15 adjacent to the vehicle body. A claw 51 a that engages with a plurality of locking holes (not shown) formed on the side is provided, and the rear board is fixed at an appropriate location along the guide rail 15 by the rear board position fixing means 53. The position of the assembly 31 can be fixed, and this position fixing can be released by pulling up the handle 50.
[0016]
The operational effects of the first embodiment described above will be described below with reference to FIG.
FIG. 11 exemplifies how to use the floor board 16 when the rear seat 17 is set in a regular form on which an occupant can be seated. FIG. 6A shows a state where the luggage floor portion 5 is covered with the floor board 16. That is, the floor board 16 in this usage mode is in a state in which the front board assembly 30 and the rear board assembly 31 are integrated by the lock means 40, while the rear seat 17 affects the floor board 16. It can slide back and forth on the rear seat installation floor portion 7 without exerting any effect. In this state, when loading / unloading luggage into / from the luggage compartment 6, the back door 10 is opened (the lower door 12 is opened), and the floor board 16 is pulled out to the rear of the vehicle body. The protruding position shown in (c) can be taken.
[0017]
Since the floor board 16 has almost the same size as the luggage floor portion 5, when loading a large number of luggage, the luggage is placed on the floor board 16 that has been pulled out to the protruding position, and then placed on the floor board. A large number of luggage can be accommodated in the luggage compartment 6 in a state of being arranged simply by pushing the 16. Therefore, it is not necessary to put the upper body in the luggage compartment 6 and arrange a large number of luggage accommodated in the luggage compartment 6. Thus, when the floor board 16 is pulled out to the rearward position of the vehicle body to the protruding position (FIG. 11 (c)) and a load is loaded, a part of the load is distributed to the vehicle body side, which can be understood from FIG. Further, the floor board 16 is preferably supported by the plate member 14 of the lower door 12.
[0018]
FIG. 11B shows a state where the front board body 32 is erected and fixed by the hooker 45 of the rear seat back 23. In this state, the front board assembly 30 is separated from the rear board assembly 31 and can slide back and forth together with the rear seat 17. Further, since the guide rail 15 is opened at the portion occupied by the front board assembly 30, as shown in FIG. 11 (b), until it abuts on the rear board assembly 31 in the luggage compartment 6, The rear seat 17 can be greatly slid rearward. Even in the form of use shown in FIG. 11B, when the back door 10 is opened, the rear board assembly 31 is pulled out to the protruding position, and the rear board assembly 31 is used to carry the luggage. Can be loaded and unloaded.
[0019]
The front-rear length dimensions of the front board assembly 30 and the rear board assembly 31, that is, the relative sizes of the front board body 32 and the rear board body 37 are, for example, the front-rear length of the front board body 32, The determination may be made in relation to the height dimension of the rear seat back 23. That is, when the front board body 32 is erected along the back surface of the rear seat back 23 ((b) in FIG. 11), at least the upper side of the seat back 23 does not protrude above the rear seat back 23 and looks good. The maximum length may be selected while being positioned along the back surface. Thereby, the sliding amount to the back of the rear seat 17 can be set large.
[0020]
Although not shown, the floor board 16 can be folded in the same manner as described above with reference to FIGS. 11A and 11C even when the rear seat 17 is folded in two and set in the retracted position. Needless to say, it is possible to load and unload luggage using the door, but slide the floor board 16 forward from the luggage floor portion 5 and push the floor board 16 to the vicinity of the rear seat 17 in the retracted position. Can do. Therefore, the use of the floor board 16 can easily carry out loading / unloading of luggage into the deeper part of the cargo room expanded by storing the rear seat 17.
[0021]
According to the above-described embodiment, the back door 10 that opens and closes the opening at the rear end of the vehicle body is substantially expanded downward to the height level of the bumper 9 by the lower door 12. Since the height level of the floor 4 at the rear of the vehicle body can be lowered without being restricted by the height level, there is an advantage that it is easy to expand the volume of the cargo compartment downward. Furthermore, since the gap G (see FIG. 4) between the lower door 12 and the floor panel 4 is bridged by the projecting floor board 16, the loadability of the luggage through the back door 10 to the cargo compartment 6 is improved. Can be improved.
[0022]
FIGS. 12-14 is a figure corresponding to FIG. 11 which shows the other Example according to this invention, and illustrates the usage of the floor board in these other Examples. Regarding the description and illustration of these other embodiments, the same elements as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate, and the features of the other embodiments will be described below. To do.
[0023]
In the second embodiment (FIG. 12), the basic idea of the present invention is presented, and the floor board 16 is composed of only the rear board assembly 31. The operation and effect of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 12. The rear seat 17 can be slid rearward until it abuts against the floor board 16, that is, the rear board assembly 31 (FIG. )). Further, when the rear seat 17 is slid forward ((b) in FIG. 12), the luggage can be sent to the vicinity of the rear seat 17 using the floor board 16 ((c) in FIG. 12). )).
[0024]
In the third embodiment (FIG. 13), the floor board 16 is composed of a front board body 32 and a rear board assembly 31, and the front board body 32 is connected to the front edge of the rear board body 37 via a hinge 60. Thus, the front board body 32 can be folded on the rear board body 37 ((a) of FIG. 13). A pair of sliding members 61 are provided at the front ends on both sides of the lower surface of the front board body 32, and when the floor board 16 is unfolded by tilting the front board body 32 forward (FIG. 13B), the floor board 16 is moved back and forth. When moved, the sliding member 61 slides on the guide rail 15. Although the usage of the floor board 16 of the third embodiment is exemplified in FIGS. 13A to 13D, it is basically the same as the first embodiment.
[0025]
In the fourth embodiment (FIG. 14), the floor board 16 is sized to cover approximately half of the length of the luggage floor portion 5 in the front-rear direction, and includes, as its components, a front board assembly 30, The rear board assembly 65 basically has the same configuration as this, and a second short upper rail 66 is attached to the rear end of the rear board body 37 via a lateral pin (not shown). The board main body 37 can stand up around its rear end. Further, in the floor board 16, the rear end of the front board main body 32 and the front end of the rear board main body 37 are connected via a hinge 67, whereby the floor board 16 is as shown in FIG. In addition, it can be folded in half into a mountain shape.
[0026]
According to the fourth embodiment, as can be understood by comparing FIGS. 14A and 14C, the floor board 16 is folded in two in a mountain shape so that the rear seat 17 is fully extended to the rear of the vehicle body. Can be slid. Moreover, the usage when the floor board 16 is unfolded is illustrated in FIGS. 14A and 14B, but is basically the same as the second embodiment (FIG. 12).
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a rear portion of an automobile to which a cargo compartment structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a rear end portion of a vehicle body.
4 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3, showing a state in which the lower door of the upper and lower divided back doors is opened and the floor board is pulled out to a protruding position behind the vehicle body.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the front board assembly.
FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a rear board assembly.
FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the front board assembly and the rear board assembly are integrated using the locking means when the floor board is developed.
10 is a view showing a state in which the front board main body is raised and the retracted posture along the back surface of the rear seat back 23 is maintained. FIG.
FIGS. 11A and 11B are explanatory diagrams for illustrating the operational effects of the first embodiment, in which FIG. 11A shows a state where the floor board is unfolded, FIG. 11B shows a state where the front board body is stored, and FIG. ) Shows a state in which the unfolded floor board is projected to the rear of the vehicle body.
FIGS. 12A and 12B are explanatory views for illustrating the configuration and operational effects of the second embodiment, wherein FIG. 12A shows a state in which the rear seat is fully slid rearward, and FIG. 12B shows the rear seat forward; A state in which the floor board is fully slid is shown, and (c) shows a state in which the floor board is projected to the rear of the vehicle body.
FIGS. 13A and 13B are explanatory views for illustrating the configuration and operational effects of the third embodiment. FIG. 13A shows a state in which the rear seat is fully slid rearward, and FIG. (C) shows how to use the floor board when the rear seat is fully slid forward, and (d) shows a state in which the floor board protrudes to the rear of the vehicle body.
FIGS. 14A and 14B are explanatory views for illustrating the configuration and operational effects of the fourth embodiment, wherein FIG. 14A shows a state in which the floor board is unfolded, and FIG. 14B shows the rear seat fully slid forward; (C) shows a state in which the floor board is folded in half and the rear seat is fully slid rearward.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car body rear part 5 Luggage floor part 6 Cargo compartment 7 Rear seat installation floor part 10 Back door 15 Guide rail 16 Floor board 17 Rear seat

Claims (2)

A backboard for opening and closing a rear end opening of a vehicle and a rail laid on the floor surface of a cargo compartment, and when loading and unloading a load by opening the back door, a floor board attached to the rail for loading the load In the cargo compartment structure of an automobile in which the luggage is sent into or taken out of the cargo compartment using
The rail is extended forward from the luggage floor portion constituting the floor of the cargo room to the rear seat installation floor portion for installing the rear seat,
The rear seat is attached to the rail so as to be movable back and forth,
The floor board has a front floor board attached to the rear of the rear seat so as to be movable back and forth, and a rear floor board provided behind the front floor board,
The front floor board swings around the front end portion or the rear end portion with respect to the rail so that the rear seat can move to the portion occupied by the front floor board. Car luggage compartment structure.   The rear seat stood up with the seat back folded forward and folded on the seat, and stood up around the front end of the seat, and stood almost upright along the back of the seat back of the front seat 2. The cargo compartment structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle can take an attitude.

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