JPH05105000A - Car body structure for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the under surface of a floor panel with box sufficiently large in size and in volume for housing a large article such as a detachable roof or the like in the box. CONSTITUTION:A housing box main body 10 where a cover body 12 is rotatably installed is installed on an under surface 9a of a floor panel 9, and an engagement part 21 at which a rotation end (free end) 12a of the cover body 12 is engaged is provided at a side sill 4 at a sidepart, so an article containing box 5 is formed of the containing box main body 10, the cover body 12, the floor panel 9, and part of the side sill 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle body structure, and more particularly to a vehicle body structure in which an article storage box is arranged under a floor panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various article storage boxes are arranged in the interior of an automobile. For example, an article storage box of this type is arranged in an instrument panel, a console box, or the like, and a lid (lid) of the box is configured so that an occupant can open the lid in a vehicle compartment.
In addition to this, an article storage box may be provided outside the vehicle compartment.

Conventionally, when the article storage box is arranged outside the vehicle compartment, a rotatable lid is attached to the side surface of the side sill, and the side sill and the lid constitute the article storage box. There is something like this.

[0004]

However, when the article storage box is constructed using only the side surface of the side sill as described above, the shape of the box is
Although the length of the vehicle body in the front-rear direction can be increased, the length in the vehicle width direction cannot be sufficiently reduced, and therefore, in reality, only elongated articles such as umbrellas can be stored in the article storage box.

By the way, recently, various automobiles having a detachable split type roof have been proposed. However, since this roof is quite large, the roof detached from the vehicle body is stored in the article storage box as described above. I can't. Therefore, conventionally, the roof is actually arranged in the passenger compartment or the luggage compartment. However, this causes a problem that the space in the vehicle compartment or the luggage compartment becomes narrow.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an article storage box having a sufficiently large size and shape and a large volume in a lower portion of a floor panel of an automobile (outside the vehicle body). An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure of an automobile in which an article storage box capable of storing and arranging a large article such as a roof can be disposed without narrowing the space of a vehicle compartment or a luggage compartment.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a storage box body having a lid rotatably attached is attached to a lower surface of a floor panel, and
An engaging portion to which a rotating end of the lid is attached is provided on a side sill of a side portion of the floor panel, and an article storage box is formed by the storage box body and the lid and a part of the floor panel and the side sill. I am trying to do it.

[0008]

[Operation] A part of the floor panel and the side sill, the storage box body, and the lid body provide a large volume article storage box extending from the lower portion of the side sill to the lower portion of the floor panel at the lower portion of the floor panel.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a lightweight compact automobile 1 having a vehicle body structure according to the present invention, in which 2 is a roof, 3 is a side door, and 4 is a side sill of a side portion of a floor panel. Reference numeral 5 is an article storage box arranged in the lower part of the vehicle body, 6 is a front hood, 7a is a front wheel, and 7b is a rear wheel.

The roof 2 described above is a center roof 2a.
And a front roof 2b arranged in front of the center roof 2a and a rear roof 2c arranged behind the center roof 2a. And
The front roof 2b is composed of a pair of roof portions hinged to each other at the fitting portion 2d, and is detachably attached to the vehicle body. Therefore, under the condition that the front roof is removed from the vehicle body, the front roof can be folded in two around the mating portion 2d. On the other hand, the above-mentioned rear roof 2c is composed of a hood or the like, and a rear part of the vehicle body (center roof 2
It is configured so that it can be folded in a bellows shape at a position apart from a).

The above-mentioned article storage box 5 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a storage box body 10 attached to the lower surface 9a of the floor panel 9, and a lid 12 rotatably attached to the tip of the storage box body 10 via a hinge 11. And the floor panel 9 and the side sill 4 facing the storage box body 10 and the lid 12.
It is composed of a part of.

More specifically, the storage box main body 10 has a substantially rectangular bottom wall 1 as shown in FIG.
4 and side walls 1 erected on the three edges of the bottom wall 14.
5, 16 and 17 and a series of flanges 18 formed on the side walls 15, 16 and 17, the flanges 18 being welded to the lower surface 9a of the floor panel 9 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Installed. Thereby, the storage box body 10 is arranged corresponding to the part 9b of the floor panel 9 (side portion of the floor tunnel 19), and the opening 20 is provided between the side end of the storage box body 10 and the side end of the floor panel 9. Has been formed.

On the other hand, an engaging portion 21 is provided on the side portion of the side sill 4 as shown in FIG.
The lid 12 has a rotating end (free end) 12a that is detachably attached and locked. Thus,
By engaging the rotating end 12a of the lid body 12 with the engaging portion 21, the opening 20 is covered with the lid body 12 to form the object storage box 5.

Aerospace parts 22 are attached to the lower left and right sides of the floor panel 9 and to the front of the storage box body 10 so that the storage box body 10 can be installed.
And the bottom of the aero parts 22 are arranged substantially flush with each other.

In the light and small automobile 1 of this embodiment, the body of the cab-over type automobile has a high vehicle height and full-size front wheels 7a and rear wheels 7b having a large diameter are used. Because it is, floor panel 9
Is located relatively high above the road. Therefore,
As described above, the storage box body 10 can be easily arranged on the lower surface 9a of the floor panel 9, and a sufficient gap can be provided between the bottom surface of the storage box body 10 and the road surface. Further, the vehicle body of the automobile 1 of this example is also used as a front engine vehicle, and the storage box body 10 is attached to the lower portion of the floor panel 9 where the full size spare tire is conventionally installed. I am trying. In response to this, in the present example, as shown in FIG. 4, the engine is not placed in the front chamber 26 partitioned by the dash panel 25 between the cowl 24 and the floor panel 9, and the engine is mounted on the vehicle body. The full-size spare tire 27 is housed in the chamber 26 while being arranged in the rear part.

The size and shape of the article storage box 5 is
The front roof 2b is designed in accordance with the size and shape of the front roof 2b folded in two, and the front roof 2b can be stored in the article storage box 5 in a folded state.

According to the vehicle body structure including the article storage box 5 as described above, a large volume article storage box 5 extending from the side sill 4 to the side of the floor tunnel 19 of the floor panel 9 can be arranged. Therefore, when the front roof 2b is removed, the front roof 2b having a large size can be stored and arranged in the article storage box 5 in a state of being folded in half. The front roof 2
Instead of the front roof 2b, it is possible to appropriately store a large automobile part, a passenger's personal belongings, or the like in the article storage box 5 when wearing and using b.

The above is a description of one embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the shapes of the storage box body 10 and the lid 12, the mounting position of the storage box body 10 on the lower surface 9a of the floor panel 9, and the like can be changed as necessary.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the storage box body is attached to the lower surface of the floor panel, and the pivot end of the lid is attached to the side sill on the side portion of the floor panel. A large-sized article storage box extending from the lower portion of the side sill to the lower portion of the front panel can be provided below the floor panel outside the vehicle compartment. Therefore, the volume of the article storage box can be made large, the capacity of the luggage compartment can be increased, and a large article such as a removable roof can be stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lightweight compact automobile including a vehicle body structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an article storage box arranged below a floor panel.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view schematically showing a vehicle body structure of a front portion of the automobile.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lightweight Small Vehicle 2 Roof 2b Front Roof 4 Side Sill 5 Article Storage Box 9 Front Panel 9a Lower Surface 10 Storage Box Main Body 11 Hinge 12 Lid 12a Rotating End 20 Opening 21 Engagement Part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage box body to which a lid is rotatably attached is attached to a lower surface of a floor panel, and an engaging portion to which a rotating end of the lid is attached is provided on a side portion of the floor panel. A vehicle body structure for an automobile, characterized in that an article storage box is formed on a side sill, and the storage box main body and lid and a part of the floor panel and the side sill are formed.