JP4202341B2 - Tire lid structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tire lid structure that covers a spare tire stored in a lower part of a cargo compartment with a tire lid.

As a technology related to the tire lid structure that covers the spare tire stored in the tire storage section at the lower part of the luggage compartment so that the tire lid can be opened and closed, the tire lid is pivotally supported in the storage section mounted on the spare tire ( For example, refer to Patent Document 1) and tire lids are provided so as to be rotatable via hinges (for example, refer to Patent Document 2).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-122147 JP-A-58-188863

  In the structure described in Patent Document 1 described above, when the spare tire is taken in and out, it is necessary to take out the storage body placed so as to cover the entire spare tire and the tire lid pivotally supported by the storage body, The work was heavy and cumbersome.

  Further, in the structure described in Patent Document 2 described above, when the spare tire is taken in and out, the tire lid is rotated around the hinge. However, since the tire lid cannot stand on its own, the string is attached to the trunk lid. It was necessary to support, and the work was still troublesome.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a tire lid structure that allows a spare tire to be easily taken in and out.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 covers an upper part of a spare tire (for example, the spare tire 28 in the embodiment) housed in a lower part of a luggage room (for example, the luggage room 12 in the embodiment), and A tire lid (for example, the tire lid 23 in the embodiment) whose one edge portion (for example, the one edge portion 55 in the embodiment) is engaged with a partition wall (for example, the partition wall 15 in the embodiment) that divides the cargo compartment in the vehicle. The tire lid has a protruding claw portion (for example, the claw portion 54 in the embodiment) at the one edge portion, and the partition wall is a wall that partitions the cargo compartment in the vehicle A portion (for example, the wall portion 36 in the embodiment) and a shelf portion (for example, the shelf portion 37 in the embodiment) that protrudes toward the cargo compartment so as to receive the one edge portion of the tire lid. In addition, an engagement groove (for example, the engagement groove 50 in the embodiment) that engages the claw portion so that the tire lid can rotate and can stand independently on the shelf portion extends from the wall portion to the shelf portion. It is characterized by being formed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a contact portion (for example, the protruding edge portion 46 in the embodiment) that can be brought into contact with the claw portion when the tire lid is self-supporting below the shelf portion. It is characterized by being provided.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a storage body that is opened and closed by the tire lid so as to partially cover the spare tire on the spare tire (for example, the storage body 65 in the embodiment). ) Is provided.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the engagement groove formed from the wall portion of the partition wall dividing the cargo compartment in the vehicle to the shelf portion protruding toward the cargo compartment so as to receive one edge portion of the tire lid, By engaging the claw portion protruding from one edge portion of the lid, the tire lid can be rotated and can stand on the shelf. As a result, when the spare tire is taken in and out, the tire lid may be rotated to be independent, and the spare tire can be easily taken in and out. In addition, since it is only necessary to engage the claw portion of the tire lid with the engagement groove formed from the wall portion of the partition wall to the shelf portion, the tire lid can be rotated with a simple and easy assembly structure, thereby reducing the cost. And can be removed easily. Moreover, since one edge part will be received by a shelf part and this edge part will be received by this shelf part also in a self-supporting state, the rattle at the time of rotation can be suppressed.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, when a tire lid is made into a self-supporting state, a nail | claw part will remove | deviate from an engaging groove because the nail | claw part of a tire lid contact | abuts the contact part below a shelf part. regulate. Therefore, the tire lid can be prevented from falling off.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the storage body that is opened and closed by the tire lid is provided on the spare tire so as to partially cover the spare tire, tools can be stored in the storage body.

A tire lid structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a rear portion of a vehicle 11, and a luggage compartment 12 is provided at the rear portion of the vehicle 11. The cargo compartment 12 is defined by a pair of trunk side members 14 whose both sides in the vehicle width direction are recessed outward in the vehicle width direction, and the front part in the vehicle front-rear direction is the front part of these trunk side members 14. The partition 15 is vertically defined so as to connect each other in the vehicle width direction. That is, the partition wall 15 divides the cargo compartment 12 in the vehicle. Although not shown, an occupant room for mainly occupants is provided on the front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the partition wall 15.

  A portion between the upper portions and the portion between the rear portions of the trunk side member 14 is a luggage compartment opening 19 that is opened and closed by a trunk lid 18 and allows the cargo compartment 12 to communicate with the outside of the vehicle. Further, the portion between the lower portions of the trunk side members 14 and the rear portion of the partition wall 15 constitutes an upper opening 22 of a spare tire storage portion 21 that is recessed below the floor panel 20 shown in FIG. And the tire lid 23 is arrange | positioned substantially horizontal so that this opening part 22 may be obstruct | occluded.

  The partition wall 15 is erected on the upper portion of the intermediate portion of the spare tire storage portion 21 in the vehicle front-rear direction. Here, the vehicle 11 is a fuel cell vehicle that runs on the power of the fuel cell, and a hydrogen tank 26 is disposed on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the partition wall 15 and above the front half in the vehicle front-rear direction of the spare tire storage unit 21. It is installed.

  The spare tire storage unit 21 stores the spare tire 28 with the central disk portion 30 of the wheel 29 facing downward, and is located at the bottom of the spare tire storage unit 21 and below the partition wall 15. A fixing portion 33 is formed in which a butterfly bolt-type mounting bracket 32 inserted into the hole portion 31 of the disk portion 30 of the spare tire 28 is screwed. The mounting bracket 32 screwed to the fixing portion 33 presses the spare tire 28 against the bottom of the spare tire storage portion 21, whereby the spare tire 28 is positioned and fixed to the spare tire storage portion 21.

  The partition wall 15 includes a wall portion 36 that divides the cargo compartment 12 in the vehicle, and a shelf portion 37 that protrudes from the lower edge of the wall portion 36 toward the cargo compartment 12 side, that is, rearward substantially horizontally. The wall portion 36 is located on a portion other than the lower end edge portion side, and protrudes from the lower end edge portion of the wall plate portion 40 to the front lower side, and the wall plate portion 40 is erected substantially vertically along the vehicle width direction. And a back plate portion 42 that protrudes in parallel with the wall plate portion 40 downward from the front end edge portion of the inclined plate portion 41. As shown in FIG. 1 only on one side, both side portions in the vehicle width direction of the wall plate portion 40 are slightly inclined so as to be located on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction. Is formed with a protrusion 43 that slightly protrudes rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the shelf portion 37 has a shelf plate portion 45 that protrudes from the lower end edge of the back plate portion 42 of the wall portion 36 toward the cargo compartment 12 side, that is, rearward, substantially horizontally. It has a pair of protrusion edge parts (contact part) 46 which protrudes below from the vehicle width direction both sides of the rear-end edge part of the shelf board part 45. As shown in FIG.

  Insertion groove portions 48 that are elongated in the vehicle width direction are formed in the middle portions in the vertical direction of the protruding edges 46 so as to penetrate in the vehicle front-rear direction. The insertion groove portions 48 are adjacent to each other, that is, in the vehicle width direction. On the inner side, a guide groove portion 49 is formed that extends from the insertion groove portion 48 through the upper portion of the protruding edge portion 46, passes through the shelf plate portion 45, and reaches the back plate portion 42. The insertion groove 48 and the guide groove 49 connected to each other constitute an engagement groove 50, and a pair of such engagement grooves 50 are provided in the vehicle width direction. In other words, the engagement grooves 50 are formed from the back plate portion 42 of the wall portion 36 to the shelf plate portion 45, and further from the shelf plate portion 45 to the protruding edge portion 46.

  The tire lid 23 has a plate shape and covers the opening 22 on the rear side of the partition wall 15 of the spare tire storage portion 21. The main plate portion 53 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and one edge portion of the main plate portion 53 shown in FIG. 55 has a pair of claw portions 54 projecting from the main plate portion 53 in the same plane. As shown in FIG. 3, only one side of the pair of claw portions 54 includes an engagement plate portion 56 that protrudes in parallel and in the same direction from one edge portion 55 of the main plate portion 53, and a distal end portion of these engagement plate portions 56. A claw plate portion 57 projecting in the opposite direction, and the interval between the close proximity sides of the engagement plate portion 56 is substantially the same as the interval between the close proximity sides of the guide groove portions 49 of the pair of engagement grooves 50. In addition, the interval between the mutually separated sides of the engagement plate portion 56 is substantially the same as the interval between the mutually separated sides of the guide groove portion 49. Further, the interval between the adjacent sides of the nail plate portion 57 is substantially the same as the interval between the adjacent sides of the insertion groove portion 48 of the pair of engaging grooves 50, and the interval between the mutually separated sides of the nail plate portion 57 is The spacing between the mutually spaced sides of the insertion groove 48 is substantially the same.

  Thus, when the tire lid 23 is engaged with the partition wall 15, the pair of claw portions 54 of the tire lid 23 are inserted into the insertion groove 48 of the protruding edge 46 of the partition wall 15 from the rear as shown by an arrow in FIG. 3. After the insertion, the engaging plate portions 56 of the pair of claw portions 54 are moved upward and forward along the guide groove portions 49 of the pair of engaging grooves 50. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the claw portion 54 cannot be pulled out in a state where the claw plate portion 57 is located on the opposite side to the main plate portion 53 of the partition wall 15, and the tire lid 23 is on the one edge 55 side of the partition wall 15. Is engaged.

  The engagement plate portion 56 of the claw portion 54 is positioned at the position of the guide groove portion 49 of the back plate portion 42 of the partition wall 15, so that the tire lid 23 is located behind the partition wall 15 of the spare tire storage portion 21 in the main plate portion 53. In this case, one edge portion 55 is placed on the shelf plate portion 45, and the reverse edge portion 58 shown in FIG. 2 forms a rear edge portion of the spare tire storage portion 21. The side edge portions 60 which are placed on the portion 59 and shown only on one side in FIG. 1 are placed on the inner edge portions 61 at the lower portions of the trunk side members 14. In this manner, the tire lid 23 supported on the peripheral edge of the opening 22 by receiving the one edge 55 by the shelf 45, in this state, is placed in the spare tire storage 21 in the lower part of the luggage compartment 12. The upper part of the stored spare tire 28 is covered. In addition, on the spare tire 28 stored in the spare tire storage portion 21, a storage body 65 including a storage recess 64 having an opening 63 on the upper side is placed on the rear portion in the vehicle front-rear direction. The opening 63 of the storage body 65 is also closed by the tire lid 23. The housing 65 is sized to cover the latter half of the spare tire 28.

  When an article is taken in or out of the storage body 65 or a spare tire 28 is taken in or out, the rear portion of the tire lid 23 is lifted. Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, the tire lid 23 is centered on the side of the claw portion 54 engaged with the partition wall 15, and the one edge portion 55 of the main plate portion 53 is behind the wall plate portion 40. It is rotated while appropriately shifting the position while being placed on the shelf plate portion 45 protruding to the right. When the tire lid 23 is raised vertically, the claw plate portion 57 of the lower claw portion 54 comes into contact with the front surface of the protruding edge portion 46 in the vehicle front-rear direction, thereby further moving the lower portion rearward. It will be regulated. In this state, the tire lid 23 is in a self-supporting state as shown in FIG. During such rotation of the tire lid 23, the claw portion 54 is appropriately moved by the engagement plate portion 56 in the guide groove portion 49 while the claw plate portion 57 maintains the state in which the claw plate portion 57 is prevented from coming off from the partition wall 15. Moving. In other words, the claw portion 54 is engaged so that the engagement groove 50 can rotate the tire lid 23 and can stand on the shelf plate portion 45.

  When the spare tire 28 is taken in and out, the spare tire 28 is removed from the partition wall 15 of the spare tire storage portion 21 by appropriately attaching and detaching the mounting bracket 32 with the tire lid 23 being self-supporting as described above. Also, it is taken in and out from the rear opening 22.

  When the spare tire 28 is taken out of the spare tire storage portion 21 and then replaced with the puncture tire 68, the puncture tire 68 is wider than the emergency spare tire 28 as shown in FIG. The whole cannot be stored in the spare tire storage unit 21, and leans against the tire lid 23 and the partition wall 15 in the open state while being placed on the bottom of the spare tire storage unit 21. At this time, a mounting bracket 69 such as a butterfly bolt is inserted into the hole 70 of the puncture tire 68, the through hole 71 formed in the tire lid 23, and the through hole 72 formed in the partition wall 15, and on the back side of the partition wall 15. The puncture tire 68 is fixed to the partition wall 15 by the mounting bracket 69 by being screwed to the fixing portion 73 provided. Since the diameter difference of the puncture tire 68 varies depending on the puncture state, it is preferable to use a mounting bracket 69 that can absorb this diameter difference.

  According to the tank lid structure of the present embodiment described above, the shelf that protrudes toward the cargo compartment 12 so as to receive the one edge 55 of the tire lid 23 from the wall portion 36 of the partition wall 15 that partitions the cargo compartment 12 in the vehicle. By engaging the claw portion 54 protruding from one edge portion 55 of the tire lid 23 with the engaging groove 50 formed over the portion 37, the tire lid 23 can be rotated and can stand on the shelf portion 37. As a result, when the spare tire 28 is taken in and out, the tire lid 23 may be rotated to be independent, and the spare tire 28 can be taken in and out easily. Further, since the claw portion 54 of the tire lid 23 may be engaged with the engagement groove 50 formed from the wall portion 36 to the shelf portion 37 of the partition wall 15, the tire lid 23 rotates with a simple and easy assembly structure. It becomes possible, and cost can be reduced. If necessary, the tire lid 23 can be easily detached from the partition wall 15 by moving the claw 54 from the insertion groove 48 by moving the guide groove 49 of the engagement groove 50. Further, since the tire lid 23 can receive the one edge portion 55 by the shelf portion 37 and the one edge portion 55 can be received by the shelf portion 37 even in a self-supporting state, it is possible to suppress rattling during rotation. it can.

  In addition, when the tire lid 23 is in a self-supporting state, the claw portion 54 of the tire lid 23 comes into contact with the protruding edge portion 46 below the shelf portion 37, so that the claw portion 54 is detached from the engagement groove 50. There is nothing. Therefore, the tire lid 23 can be prevented from falling off.

Further, since the storage body 65 that is opened and closed by the tire lid 23 is provided on the spare tire 28 so as to partially cover the spare tire 28, tools can be stored in the storage body 65.
It is possible to fix the spare tire 28 to the spare tire storage portion 21 with the storage body 65 instead of the mounting bracket 32. In this case, if the spare tire 28 is displaced with respect to the fixed position of the spare tire storage portion 21, the position of the storage body 65 is shifted and the tire lid 23 is lifted. The deviation can be easily detected.

1 is a perspective view showing a rear portion of a vehicle to which a tire lid structure of one embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. 1 which shows the tire lid structure of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the engaging groove and claw part of the tire lid structure of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is an X arrow view of FIG. 2 showing an engagement state between a tire lid of the tire lid structure of one embodiment of the present invention and a partition wall. FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 2 showing an engaged state between the tire lid and the partition wall of the tire lid structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is BB sectional drawing of Drawing 1 showing the engagement state of the tire lid of the tire lid structure of one embodiment of the present invention, and a partition, and shows the closed state of a tire lid. It is BB sectional drawing of Drawing 1 showing an engagement state of a tire lid of a tire lid structure of one embodiment of the present invention, and a partition, and shows an open state (self-standing state) of a tire lid. It is a sectional side view which shows the attachment state of the puncture tire which shows the tire lid structure of one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

12 Cargo compartment 15 Bulkhead 23 Tire lid 28 Spare tire 36 Wall part 37 Shelf part 46 Projection edge part (contact part)
50 engaging groove 54 claw part 55 one edge part 65 container

Claims (3)

A tire lid structure having a tire lid that covers an upper portion of a spare tire housed in a lower part of the cargo compartment and whose one edge portion is engaged with a partition wall that divides the cargo compartment in a vehicle;
The tire lid has a protruding claw at the one edge,
The partition wall includes a wall portion that divides the cargo compartment in a vehicle and a shelf that protrudes toward the cargo compartment so as to receive the one edge portion of the tire lid, and the tire lid is rotatable and A tire lid structure, wherein an engagement groove for engaging the claw portion is formed from the wall portion to the shelf portion so as to be able to stand on the shelf portion.   The tire lid structure according to claim 1, wherein a contact portion that can contact the claw portion when the tire lid is self-supporting is provided below the shelf portion. The tire lid structure according to claim 1, wherein a storage body that is opened and closed by the tire lid is provided on the spare tire so as to partially cover the spare tire.

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