JP5098755B2 - Car tonneau cover equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tonneau cover device for an automobile.

  Many automobiles such as station wagons have a tonneau cover device that covers the cargo compartment.

In particular, a tonneau cover device for a passenger car is required to have the following, for example.
(1) A tonneau cover is not always necessary. Therefore, it can be stored compactly when not in use.
(2) Excellent operability when stored and used.
(3) Do not impair the design.
(4) The tonneau cover device itself can be easily attached and detached.

  2. Description of the Related Art Currently, a winding device that automatically winds a cover sheet when not in use and that pulls out the cover sheet when in use is widely known. As a result, the above request (1) can be met.

  On the other hand, when the luggage compartment is covered with the tonneau cover and the tailgate is opened and the luggage in the luggage compartment is accessed from the luggage compartment opening, the user unlocks the cover tip and stores it in the take-up device. This is necessary and sometimes annoying. In addition, when the user wants to cover the cargo compartment again with the tonneau cover, the user tilts his / her body forward, and in some cases, enters the cargo compartment, reaches to the winding device in front of the cargo compartment, and pulls out the tip of the cover. As work is added, the annoyance is doubled. That is, there is room for improvement in the operability of (2).

  Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration example that directly solves the above problem. Specifically, in FIG. 1 of the same document, one end is supported on the side wall 4 by a hinge 29 and the other end is provided with a lever 28 that receives a pin 26 at the front end of the cover. A mechanism is disclosed. 2 to 4 disclose a mechanism in which a guide rail 35 is provided on the side edge 12 of the rear opening 7 and the front end of the blind seat 17 moves along the guide rail 35 as the tailgate 8 is opened and closed. FIG. 5 discloses a configuration in which a groove 43 is provided in the side edge 12 of the rear opening 7 and the tip of the blind sheet 17 slides along the groove 43. According to these configurations, it is possible to access the luggage compartment 2 without bothering returning the blind sheet 17 to the housing 16, and thereafter, the work of covering the blind sheet 17 can be easily performed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an example of use in which at least two cover sheets that can be simultaneously wound by a winding device are provided, and the tips of the cover sheets are locked at various positions including the ceiling. This disclosure provides a suggestion for a configuration that allows access to luggage in the luggage compartment without having the tonneau cover be fully wound by the take-up device.

Japanese Patent No. 3613581 Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-104849

  However, none of the configurations disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 considers the design property of (3) above. The presence of the lever 28, the guide rail 35, the groove 43, and the like in Patent Document 1 may deteriorate the design of the cargo compartment. Moreover, in patent document 2, although the front-end | tip of a cover sheet | seat can be latched in various positions, since the rail which cannot be necessarily used frequently is always visible even when a rear gate is closed, it does not look good.

  Moreover, in patent document 1, 2, the guide part of a cover sheet front-end | tip part will be provided in a vehicle. Therefore, the range of the guide portion is limited by the shape and design of the passenger compartment such as the ceiling position and the inclination of the inner wall, and there is a problem that it is difficult to provide a sufficiently high guide portion. The guide portion can be formed by trimming, but in that case, it is difficult to design the appearance of the trim and the functional structure such as the shock absorbing rib. On the other hand, when the guide portion is formed of a separate member, an increase in the number of parts, securing of an installation location, and deterioration in appearance are problems, and it is necessary to consider them.

  Moreover, the conventional tonneau cover device has a problem in its ease of attachment / detachment. For example, when removing the tonneau cover device, the holding of the tonneau cover device is released, and then the tonneau cover device is pulled out in a substantially horizontal direction toward the cargo compartment opening. However, since the tonneau cover device generally has a full width in the vehicle width direction, the end of the device tends to collide with the side wall of the cargo compartment. The user has to pull out the device at an angle so that this is not the case, and the operation is not easy.

  In Patent Document 1, since a mechanism for guiding the vertical movement of the front end portion of the cover sheet is provided on the inner side surface of the vehicle, the horizontal movement of the tonneau cover device is restricted at the cargo compartment opening, and the tonneau cover device is attached to and detached from the cargo compartment. Is even more troublesome.

  The present invention is an improvement of the tonneau cover apparatus, and an object thereof is to solve at least one of the above-described problems. For example, an object of the present invention is to provide a tonneau cover device that improves the operability without impairing the design while suppressing an increase in the number of parts.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tonneau cover device for a luggage compartment in an automobile comprising a cargo compartment, a cargo compartment opening, and a gate that covers the luggage compartment opening so as to be openable and closable. A cover member that extends toward the cargo compartment opening and covers the cargo compartment; a weather strip that is provided in the cargo compartment opening and prevents water from entering between the gate when the gate is closed; and A tonneau cover device for an automobile is provided, wherein the weather strip forms at least a part of the weather strip and includes a guide portion that guides the vertical movement of the cover tip portion of the cover member.

According to this configuration, it is possible to guide the top end of the cover up and down using the weather strip while suppressing an increase in the number of parts.
Further, when the guide portion is formed by a weather strip alone and when the guide portion is formed in combination with the peripheral member, the guide range of the peripheral member can be reduced, and the interior design with high design becomes easy.
Furthermore, since the weather strip is provided between the closing gate and the cargo compartment opening, the guide portion is not conspicuous when the gate is closed, and the appearance is good.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the guide portion includes a vehicle body side guide portion that guides both ends in the width direction of the cover tip portion from one of the inside and outside directions of the cargo compartment, and the weather strip includes: It is set as the shape which covers the said both ends from the other.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to suppress an increase in size and complexity of the weather strip and the opposing members, and it is possible to reduce the cost with a simple configuration.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the weather strip elastically covers the tip end portion of the cover so as to be detachable.

  According to this structure, attachment / detachment with respect to the guide part of a cover front-end | tip part can be made easy.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the weather strip is formed in a shape that comes into contact with the front end portion of the cover, and has a member having elasticity and frictional resistance that can hold the cover member at an arbitrary position in the vertical direction. It is preferable to include.

  According to this structure, the opening degree of a cover member can be freely adjusted, without making a guide part a complicated shape.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to further include a second guide portion that is provided on a side surface of the cargo compartment and guides the cover member substantially horizontally.

  According to this configuration, the horizontal movement of the cover member and the insertion and removal from the luggage compartment opening are facilitated.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the metal strip further includes a cover locking portion provided in the luggage compartment for detachably locking the cover member, wherein the weather strip covers the cover front end portion. And a drawer portion that is free of the metal core and from which the cover member can be pulled out.

  According to this configuration, the strength and guide strength of the weather strip itself are improved, and the cover member can be easily pulled out from the drawer portion without the cored bar.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the tonneau cover apparatus which improved operativity, without impairing the designability, suppressing the increase in a number of parts can be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment, It shows only the specific example advantageous for implementation of this invention. In addition, not all combinations of features described in the following embodiments are indispensable as means for solving the problems of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a rear portion of an automobile 1 according to the present embodiment. 2 is a rear view of the automobile 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of the rear part of the automobile 1, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part of the rear part of the automobile 1, and FIG.

  A luggage compartment opening 3 that is opened and closed by a rear gate 2 is formed at the rear of the vehicle body of the automobile 1. A rear header 4 for reinforcing the rear end of the full panel is provided over the entire width of the rear end of the roof, and one end of the rear gate 2 is connected thereto. The rear gate 2 is configured to be openable and closable between a closed position that covers the cargo compartment opening 3 and an open position indicated by 2 ', with the connecting portion with the rear header 4 as a fulcrum.

  In the luggage compartment opening 3, a cargo compartment 6 at the rear of the vehicle body that is partitioned by the back of the backrest of the rear seat 5 and the inner surface of the rear gate 2 is formed. It is configured to be accessible to 'etc. The cargo compartment opening 3 is roughly defined by a rear header 4, a pair of left and right rear pillars 7 and 7 that support the rear header 4, and a rear end cross member 8 having both ends in the vehicle width direction connected to the lower ends of the rear pillars 7 and 7. It is formed into a shape. However, since the roof trim 4a, the rear pillar trim 7a, and the rear end trim 8a are provided inside the rear header 4, the rear pillar 7, and the rear end cross member 8, respectively, the cargo compartment opening 3 is actually defined by these trims. .

  The luggage compartment 6 can be covered with a tonneau cover 9 which is a cover member so as not to be seen through the rear quarter window 51 and the rear window 52 from outside the vehicle. The winding unit 10 is a device for winding the tonneau cover 9. The winding portion 10 is detachably locked in a recess 11 as a cover locking portion formed at a position separated from the cargo compartment opening 3, for example, behind the rear seat 5 (for example, the inside of the rear pillar 7). Has been. The take-up portion 10 can open and close the tonneau cover 9 within easy reach, and the tonneau cover 9 can be wound up to be compact and can be easily attached and detached. Since the winding part 10 can use a well-known thing, description is abbreviate | omitted about the specific structure, However, The winding part 10 is urging | biasing the direction which winds up the tonneau cover 9 by a spring drive etc. FIG.

  A cover tip portion 13 which is a tip portion of the tonneau cover 9 is formed as a handle. A rod 12 extending in the vehicle width direction is attached to the cover front end portion 13. The rod 12 is longer than the width of the tonneau cover 9 and both end portions protrude from the tonneau cover 9 to the left and right.

  Both ends of the rod 12 that protrude from the tonneau cover 9 to the left and right have L-shaped end portions 12a that are bent in an L shape in front of the vehicle, as shown in FIGS. On the other hand, a pair of left and right guide rails 14 and 14 as guide portions for guiding the vertical movement of the cover front end portion 13 is provided at a portion of the cargo compartment opening 3 covered by the rear gate 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the guide rail 14 is fastened and fixed to the inner side surface of the rear pillar 7, which is a vehicle body constituent member, by a bolt 24 via a collar 23. The guide rail 14 has a groove extending from substantially the same height as the winding portion 10 to the vicinity of the upper end of the rear pillar 7. This groove opens to the outer surface of the vehicle, for example, the rear of the vehicle, and has a diameter into which at least the L-shaped end portion 12a of the rod 12 enters. The inner side of the guide rail 14 is covered with a rear pillar trim 7a. Thus, the guide rail 14 is disposed between the rear pillar trim 7 a that covers the inside of the cargo compartment opening 3 and the rear pillar 7 that forms the cargo compartment opening 3. In this case, the rear pillar trim 7 can be easily molded, and other functions such as shock absorbing ribs can be easily used.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a guide groove 16 extending substantially horizontally is formed on the inner side surface of the rear pillar trim 7a. The front end of the guide groove 16 is open, and the lower wall portion thereof is smoothly connected to the upper surface of the trim that forms the lower edge of the window frame of the rear quarter window 51. The upper surface of the trim is a guide surface 53 shown in FIG. On the other hand, the rear end of the guide groove 16 extends to the luggage compartment opening 3 and is opened. Thus, the guide surface 53 and the guide groove 16 constitute a second guide portion that guides the tonneau cover 9 substantially horizontally from the position where the winding portion 10 is disposed to the lower portion of the guide rail 14.

  The lower end of the guide rail 14 is opened and communicates with the rear end portion of the guide groove 16.

  When the user uses the tonneau cover 9, the tonneau cover 9 held in the winding unit 10 is held from the winding unit 10 against the winding biasing force of the winding unit 10 by holding the cover tip 13. The L-shaped end portion 12a of the drawer 12 and the rod 12 can be inserted and locked at an arbitrary height position of the groove of the guide rail 14. When pulling out the tonneau cover 9 from the winding part 10, the cover tip part 13 can be pulled out along the guide surface 53 and the guide groove 16, and the operation is very smooth.

  Since the tonneau cover 9 is always urged in the winding direction by the winding portion 10, the tension state of the tonneau cover 9 covering the luggage compartment 6 is maintained even if the cover front end portion 13 is set at an arbitrary height position of the guide rail 14. Kept.

  In the present embodiment, the direction in which the tonneau cover 9 is taken in and out is the same as the engagement / disengagement direction of the cover tip 13 and the guide rail 14. For this reason, attachment and detachment of the winding part 10 becomes still easier. Further, the cover front end portion 13 is configured to be able to be pulled out behind the guide rail 14. Therefore, the user can quickly move the cover front end portion 13 slightly behind the guide rail 14 without moving it to the guide rail 14 and then easily move it to the desired position on the guide rail 14. .

  Further, the rear pillar and the rear pillar trim are generally inclined toward the inside of the vehicle in terms of the vehicle design. In other words, the width of the passenger compartment is usually narrower as it goes upward. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the cover tip end portion 13 moves up and down along the guide rail 14 from the position of the rod 12 of the tonneau cover 9 to the position corresponding to the rear pillar trim 7 a in front of the vehicle. A slide portion 20 that slides to the left and right is provided in response to a change in the spacing between the left and right rear pillar trims 7a. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 which is a BB cross-sectional view of FIGS. 5 and 5, a storage portion 21 for storing the slide portion 20 is formed, and a compression spring 22 is fixed to the inner side wall of the storage portion 21. Then, the slide portion 20 is urged toward the vehicle outer side. When the front end portion 13 of the cover is moved upward along the guide rail 14, the slide portion 20 is pushed against the urging force by the rear pillar trim 7a against the urging force, thereby separating the left and right rear pillar trims 7a. Move to the inside of the car in response to changes.

  Now, when the luggage compartment 6 is covered with the tonneau cover 9, the user may hold the cover tip 13 and move it to the lower end side of the guide rail. If the rear gate 2 is closed in this state, the interior of the luggage compartment 6 cannot be seen from outside the vehicle.

  Further, when the user wants to access the interior of the cargo compartment 6 with the rear gate 2 opened, the user can move the cover tip 13 along the guide rail 14 to any upper position until a sufficient space for access is secured. Good. That is, in this case, it is not necessary to wind the entire tonneau cover 9 around the winding unit 10.

  In this way, the user can adjust the opening degree of the tonneau cover 9 within a range in which the hand can easily reach the cover front end portion 13 near the cargo compartment opening 3. In addition, when the rear gate 2 is closed, the guide rail 14 is hidden, so that the appearance is good. Further, when the guide rail 14 is disposed on the outer surface of the vehicle as described above, the guide rail 14 is not visible from the inside of the vehicle even when the rear gate 2 is opened, so that the appearance is good.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a holding portion 15 adjacent to the vehicle inner side of the guide rail 14 is provided. 3 to 5 show examples in which the holding portion 15 is arranged on the outer surface of the rear pillar trim 7a. The holding portion 15 is configured to have a predetermined holding force in a direction in which the cover front end portion 13 is moved up and down along the guide rail 14 in order to hold the cover front end portion 13 at a predetermined position on the guide rail 14. . Specifically, the holding portion 15 is configured by a protruding portion that protrudes rearward from the vehicle, and receives a portion of the L-shaped end portion 12 of the rod 12 before the bent portion on the lower surface of the protruding portion. The holding portion 15 can prevent the cover tip end portion 13 from being displaced upward due to vibrations or the like during traveling.

  In the present embodiment, the holding part 15 has a plurality of protrusions arranged at predetermined intervals along the guide rail 14. When the user adjusts the opening degree of the tonneau cover 9, the user can pull the cover tip 13 lightly rearward of the guide rail 14 and move it to a desired projection while passing over the projection in between. The cover tip 13 can be held at a predetermined position of the guide rail 14 with a moderate feeling by the holding part 15 having such a plurality of protrusions. Thereby, the opening degree of the tonneau cover 9 can be easily adjusted. In addition, since the holding portion 15 is hidden when the rear gate 2 is closed, it is possible to prevent the dirt and the appearance from being deteriorated regardless of the shape of the holding portion 15.

  Further, the guide rail 14 in the present embodiment is disposed between the rear pillar 7 and a rear pillar trim 7a that covers the inside of the rear pillar 7 in the vehicle. For this reason, the design of the rear pillar trim 7a is higher than that in which the guide rail 14 and the holding portion 15 are provided on a part of the interior side surface of the rear pillar trim 7a, and it is easy to provide a high-functional structure such as a shock absorbing rib. is there.

  The luggage compartment opening 3 is provided with a known weather strip 17 for preventing dust and water from entering between the rear gate 2 and the cargo compartment opening 3 when the rear gate 2 is closed. This specific example is shown in FIG. 5 which is an AA cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 which is a perspective view of the main part of the rear portion of the automobile 1 when the rear gate 2 is released. Referring to FIG. 5, a flange 7b is formed at the rear end of the rear pillar 7 on the inner side of the vehicle, and a weather strip 17 made of hollow rubber is attached thereto. The weather strip 17 seals between the rear gate 2 and the cargo compartment opening 3 when the rear gate 2 is closed.

  In the present embodiment, the weather strip 17 has a lip portion 17a extending to a position corresponding to the rear gate trim 2a on the inner side of the vehicle. The lip portion 17a covers the guide rail 14 from the vehicle rear side. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the guide rail 14 is not exposed outside the vehicle even when the rear gate 2 is opened, and the appearance of the cargo compartment opening 3 is good. This can be realized without increasing the number of parts.

  Therefore, the vertical movement of the rod 12 of the cover front end portion 13 is guided between the guide rail 14 and the lip portion 17 a of the weather strip 17. Specifically, the guide rail 14 guides the rod 12 from the front of the vehicle, while the lip portion 17a of the weather strip 17 guides the rod 12 from the vehicle rear. In other words, in this case, the guide rail 14 and the weather strip 17 constitute a guide portion that guides the vertical movement of the cover distal end portion 13.

  The user can move the rod 12 at the front end portion 13 of the cover sandwiched between the guide rail 14 and the lip portion 17 a of the weather strip 17 up and down along the guide rail 14. Here, the lip portion 17a of the weather strip 17 is preferably elastic in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Then, the user can pull the cover front end portion 13 backward from an arbitrary height position against the elastic force of the lip portion 17a, and remove the cover front end portion 13 outside the vehicle. On the contrary, it is easy to insert the cover front end portion 13 into the lip portion 17a and fit into the guide rail 14. In addition, although rubber is suitable as a member used for such a lip | rip part 17, you may make it provide elastic force with a hinge mechanism instead using harder materials, such as a plastics.

  Alternatively, in order to improve the strength and guide strength of the weather strip 17 itself, a configuration in which the weather strip 17 has a cored bar can be adopted. FIG. 8 shows an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 5 in that case. As shown in FIG. 8, the weather strip 17 has a core bar 17 b inside, and the core bar 17 b extends into the lip portion 17 a and covers the rod 12 at the cover front end portion 13.

  However, when the weather strip 17 employs a configuration having the cored bar 17b as described above, the user resists the cover tip 13 from the guide height of the cored bar 17b in the lip 17a from an arbitrary height position. It will be difficult to pull it back and remove it outside the car.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a predetermined portion of the weather strip 17, for example, a portion 31 corresponding to the upper end portion of the guide rail 14, and a portion corresponding to the lower end portion of the guide rail 14, that is, the rear end opening portion of the guide groove 16. 32 may be a drawer portion without the cored bar 17b. Thereby, the tonneau cover 9 can be easily pulled out from these drawer portions.

  Further, the lip portion 17a of the weather strip 17 is formed in a shape that comes into contact with the rod 12 of the cover front end portion 13, and preferably has elasticity and frictional resistance that can hold the cover front end portion 13 at an arbitrary position in the vertical direction. If it does so, the opening degree of the tonneau cover 9 can be freely adjusted, without making a guide part a complicated shape. For example, the holding unit 15 described above is not necessarily provided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the rear gate 2 is closed, a gap is provided between the guide rail 14 where the lip portion 17a is interposed and the rear gate trim 2a so that the rod 12 of the cover tip 13 can be inserted. Yes. For this reason, even if the rear gate 2 is closed, the front end portion 13 of the cover is not damaged.

  By the way, the guide groove 16 described above can be used not only as a guide for pulling out the tonneau cover 9 but also as a guide for attaching / detaching the tonneau cover 9 together with the take-up portion 10 if it is formed to a size that allows the take-up portion 10 to enter.

  As an example, a case where the winding unit 10 is removed will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 shows a state in which the tonneau cover 9 is wound up by the winding unit 10. From this state, as shown in FIG. 10, the user opens the rear gate 2, releases the fixing in the recess 11 of the winding portion 10 from the cargo compartment opening 3, and removes the winding portion 10 from the recess 11. . Then, as indicated by a one-dot chain line F, the winding portion 10 is moved rearward along the guide surface 53, and the winding portion 10 is further taken out of the vehicle through the guide groove 16.

  Since the winding portion generally has a full width in the vehicle width direction, conventionally, the end portion of the winding portion tends to collide with the side wall of the luggage compartment or the like when attaching and detaching. This causes scratches and breakage. The user has to pull out the winding part at an angle so that this is not the case, and the work is not easy. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, since the winding part 10 can be moved substantially horizontally along the guide surface 53 and the guide groove 16, the operation | work is very smooth.

  In this embodiment, since the guide rail 14 is configured to open to the outer surface of the vehicle, that is, to the rear of the vehicle, in addition to being able to easily hide the guide rail 14 when the rear gate 2 is closed, the above described take-up portion 10 can be attached and detached. Therefore, there is an advantage that the movement in the horizontal direction is not restricted. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve both the vertical guide of the cover front end portion 13 and easy attachment / detachment of the winding portion 10 with respect to the luggage compartment 6. Moreover, since the guide rail 14 is provided not on the ceiling or the inner wall but on the outer surface of the vehicle, the guide range is hardly affected by the height of the ceiling or the inclination of the inner wall, and the guide range can be set high.

  However, the above-described embodiment provided with the guide rail 14 opened to the rear of the vehicle is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 11 to FIG. 13 show a modified example in which a guide rail portion that opens to the inside of the vehicle is adopted as a reference. FIG. 11 is a side perspective view of the rear part of the automobile 1 according to a modification, FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a main part of the rear part of the automobile 1, and FIG.

  In this modification, instead of the above-described guide rail 14, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a guide rail portion 25 for guiding the vertical movement of the cover front end portion 13 is formed on the rear pillar trim 7a. The guide rail portion 25 is a groove that opens to the inside of the vehicle, and the groove has a width that allows at least the rod 12 to enter. In this case, the end of the rod 12 does not need to be bent in an L shape.

  The lower end of the guide rail portion 25 is opened and communicates with the guide groove 16. A pocket portion 26 is formed between the lower end of the guide rail portion 25 and the guide groove 16. The user can lock the cover front end portion 13 by pulling out the cover front end portion 13 on the winding portion 10 side along the guide groove 16 and inserting the end portion of the rod 12 into the pocket portion 26.

  The upper end of the guide rail portion 25 is closed near the upper edge of the luggage compartment opening 3. When the user wants to access the interior of the cargo compartment 6 by opening the rear gate 2, the user pulls the end of the rod 12 from the pocket 26 with the cover tip 13 and slides along the guide rail 25 to its upper end position. Can be made. Thus, the user can easily adjust the opening degree of the tonneau cover 9 as in the above-described embodiment.

  In this modification, the rear gate trim 2a further includes a projecting portion 27 that projects forward from the upper portion of the pocket portion 26 to the upper edge of the cargo compartment opening 3 when the rear gate 2 is closed. When the rear gate 2 is closed, the projecting portion 27 covers the guide rail portion 25 from the inside of the vehicle as shown in FIG. For this reason, when the rear gate 2 is closed, the guide rail portion 25 is not exposed and the appearance of the cargo compartment can be improved. The upper and lower end portions of the guide rail portion 25 are not covered so that the tonneau cover 9 is not sandwiched when the rear gate 2 is closed. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to a folding tonneau board having a guide portion extending in the vertical direction on the rear surface of the cargo compartment opening.

1 is a side perspective view of a rear part of an automobile according to an embodiment. The rear view of the motor vehicle concerning an embodiment. The principal part top view of the automobile rear part which concerns on embodiment. The principal part perspective view of the rear part of the motor vehicle at the time of rear gate release concerning an embodiment. AA sectional drawing of FIG. BB sectional drawing of FIG. The principal part perspective view of the rear part of the motor vehicle at the time of rear gate release concerning an embodiment. Explanatory drawing of the weather strip which has a metal core in embodiment. , Explanatory drawing of the removal process of the winding part in embodiment. Side surface perspective drawing of the vehicle rear part which concerns on a reference modification. The principal part perspective view of the automobile rear part which concerns on a reference modification. CC sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Rear gate 3 Cargo compartment opening part 4 Rear header 5 Rear seat 6 Cargo compartment 7 Rear pillar 9 Tonneau cover 10 Winding part 11 Recess 12 Rod 13 Cover tip part 14 Guide rail 16 Guide groove

Claims (6)

A tonneau cover device for a luggage compartment in an automobile comprising a cargo compartment, a cargo compartment opening, and a gate that covers the luggage compartment opening so as to be freely opened and closed,
A cover member extending from the cargo compartment to the cargo compartment opening and covering the cargo compartment;
A weather strip that is provided in the cargo compartment opening and prevents water from entering between the gate when the gate is closed;
The weather strip forms at least a part thereof, and guides the vertical movement of the cover tip of the cover member;
A tonneau cover device for an automobile, comprising:   The guide portion has a vehicle body side guide portion that guides both ends in the width direction of the front end portion of the cover from one of the inside and outside directions of the cargo compartment, and the weather strip is configured to cover the both ends from the other. The tonneau cover device for an automobile according to claim 1.   3. The tonneau cover apparatus for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the weather strip elastically covers the cover front end portion in a detachable manner.   The said weather strip is formed in the shape contact | abutted with the said cover front-end | tip part, The member which has the elasticity and frictional resistance which can hold | maintain the said cover member in the arbitrary positions of an up-down direction is characterized by the above-mentioned. The tonneau cover device for an automobile according to any one of the above.   5. The tonneau cover device for an automobile according to claim 1, further comprising a second guide portion that is provided on a side surface of the cargo compartment and guides the cover member substantially horizontally. 6. A cover locking portion provided in the luggage compartment and detachably locking the cover member;
The weatherstrip is
A cored bar covering the tip of the cover;
A drawer portion without the metal core and capable of withdrawing the cover member;
The tonneau cover device for an automobile according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein

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