JPH0621775Y2 - Vehicle rear body - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention is a van-type rear body for a vehicle, which is suitable for transporting, selling, and displaying various articles, and in particular, its side wall is rotated upward to expand. The present invention relates to a wing body type rear body having an open cargo bed.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a truck in which a van-shaped rear body is arranged behind a cab, the left and right side walls of the rear body are normally bisected on both sides of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle body for convenience of loading and unloading of articles and display. In addition to the left and right roof members, a so-called wing body has been already proposed in which the rear body is rotated and expanded like a bird's wing so as to widen the side of the rear body. In this type of rear body, it is necessary to reliably lock the side wall to the closed position during traveling, and it is desirable from the viewpoint of cost reduction that the locking device is commonly used for the cab door. However, in order to securely restrain the side wall, which is significantly larger than the door, in the locked position, it is necessary to install lock devices at two positions in front of and behind the side wall. In this case, it is desirable to install outer handles similar to those of the door near the front and rear ends of the side walls in order to unlock the front and rear locking devices. A human operator must unlock the front and rear outer handles, which causes a problem that one operator cannot open the outer handles.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the present invention, a lock device and an outer handle for unlocking each lock device are provided at the front and rear ends of the side wall of the rear body, and one of the outer handles is unlocked. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rear body in which a side wall can be opened by operation, in other words, a side body can be opened by one operator.

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention was devised in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the left and right side walls of the rear body are rotated upward so that the cargo bed is opened. In the vehicle, a striker for locking is provided on each of the front and rear end portions or the front wall and the rear wall of the luggage carrier, and a locking device that cooperates with the striker is provided on each of the front and rear end portions of the side wall adjacent to the striker. Outer handles for unlocking the locking devices are provided on the outer surfaces near the front and rear end portions of the side wall, and the outer handles for the front and rear are unlocked by operating one of them to unlock the other locking device. The gist is a rear body of a vehicle, which is connected to each other via a cable or a rod so as to be locked.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the wing body type rear body is provided with locking devices at the front and rear ends of the side wall, respectively, and the side walls are engaged with the front and rear ends of the luggage carrier or the front and rear walls in cooperation with the locking device. A striker to stop is provided. Also, outer handles for unlocking each locking device are provided on the outer surfaces of the front and rear end portions of the side wall, and the front and rear outer handles are connected by a cable or a rod, and by unlocking one of the outer handles, the outer handles are simultaneously unlocked. The other locking device is unlocked. As a result, the left and right side walls can be easily opened by one worker. Of course, the above lock device and striker, and the outer handle,
Mass-produced and inexpensive cab doors can be used.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 10 generally indicates a truck having a so-called wing body type van-shaped rear body 12, 14 is a cab of the truck, 16 is a door of the cab 14, 18 is a front wheel, and 20 is a rear wheel. The rear body 12 has a loading platform 22.
And a front wall 24 and a rear wall 26 established at the front and rear ends of the loading platform.
It is equipped with Side walls 28L on both left and right edges of the loading platform 22
And 28R are arranged, and left and right side walls 28L and 28R
A roof member 30L and 30R, which is divided into left and right parts along the longitudinal center line of the vehicle body, is preferably provided at the upper opening of the loading platform 22 surrounded by the front and rear walls 24 and 26.

As clearly shown in FIG. 3, the left and right side walls 28L
And 28R have a well-known structure in which an outer panel and an inner panel each made of a thin plate are integrally coupled by a plurality of skeleton members, that is, a frame, if necessary, and wing arms 32L and 32R are fixed to the front and rear ends thereof. ing. In the illustrated embodiment, the wing arms 32L and 32R each have an L shape, and each one leg also serves as a frame at the front and rear ends of each side wall, but the side walls 28L and 28R are made independently. One ends of the rod-shaped wing arms 32L and 32R may be fixed to the front and rear ends of the edge not contacting the cargo bed 22 (that is, the upper edge during normal traveling). The other ends of the wing arms 32L and 32R are pivoted on the brackets 34 fixed to the central portions in the vehicle width direction at the upper end portions of the front wall 24 and the rear wall 26, respectively.
It is pivoted through 6R. Also, the left and right side walls 28
The outer edges of the roof members 30L and 30R are pivotally attached to the edges of the L and 28R that are not in contact with the cargo bed 22, and the adjacent edges of the roof members 30L and 30R are pivotally attached to each other. Has been done. In this embodiment, the frames arranged at the front and rear edges of the roof members 30L and 30R also serve as the connecting links 38L and 38R, and the outer edges of the connecting links 38L and 38R in the vehicle width direction are the wing frames. 32L and 32R are pivotally attached to each other, and the ends on the longitudinal centerline side of the vehicle body are pivotally attached to each other.
At two or more arbitrary positions in the middle part in the front-back direction,
Roof members 30L and 30 for the side walls 28L and 28R
Each R can be pivoted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front wall 24 and the rear wall 26 are provided with strikers 40 and 42 having a rod shape or a U shape similar to those provided on the door 16, and Locking devices 44 and 46 that cooperate with the striker are provided at the front and rear ends of the side walls 28L and 28R.

The locking devices 44 and 46 are substantially the same as those provided on the door 16, and include a latch that engages with the strikers 40 and 42 to cause a locking action, and the latch is in a locking position. It is known per se including an unlocking member (none of which is shown) that is released from a locked or locked position. (Note that it is also possible to provide the strikers 40 and 42 at the front and rear ends of the loading platform 22 and provide the locking devices 44 and 46 at the corresponding portions of the side walls 28L and 28R.) Furthermore, the side walls 28L and 28R are also provided. Outer handles 50 and 52 that are substantially the same as the outer handle 48 of the door 16 are provided on the outer surfaces of the front and rear ends.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, when the outer handles 50 and 52 are unlocked by putting their hands on them, the unlocking rods 54 and 56 directly connected to the respective handles are indicated by arrows A in the figure. And the unlocking member of the locking device connected to each unlocking rod is operated to move the striker 4
It is possible to release the latch from 0 and 42. Connection fittings 58 and 60 are fixed to the unlocking rods 54 and 56 by welding or any other fixing means, and one end of the bell cranks 66 and 68 is connected to the connection fittings 58 and 60 via rods 62 and 64. It is connected. Each of the bell cranks 66, 68 is pivotally supported inside the side walls 28L and 28R via the respective pivot shafts 70, 72, and the other ends thereof are
Inner cable or wire 7 of cables 74 and 76
One ends of 4'and 76 'are connected. The other end of the inner cable 74 ', which is connected at one end to the bell crank 66 on the front outer handle 50 side, is connected to the locking device 46 on the rear outer handle 52 side, while the bell crank 66' on the rear outer handle 52 side is connected. The other end of the inner cable 76 ′, one end of which is connected to 68, is connected to the locking device 44 on the front outer handle 50 side. In addition, the outer cables 74 "and 7 of each cable 74 and 76 are
6 ″ has both ends fixed to support fittings 78 and 80 fixed inside the side walls 28L and 28R, respectively.

In the above structure, while the truck 10 is traveling, the side walls 28L and 28R of the rear body 12 are of course closed as shown in FIG. 1, and at this time, the locking devices are attached to the strikers 40 and 42 provided on the front wall 24 and the rear wall 26. Latches 44 and 46 engage in a known manner, with each latch being held in its respective locked position by an unlocking member. On the other hand, the side wall 28
Outer handles 5 provided at the front and rear ends of L and 28R
0 and 52 are in the rest position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, respectively.

Next, when the truck 10 is stopped at a desired location, cargo is loaded into the rear body 12, or cargo stored in the rear body 12 is unloaded, or when a mobile shop is opened, it is provided on the side wall 28L or 28R. One operator puts his hand on either of the outer handles 50 or 52, and lifts and unlocks the upper handle. As shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, when the front outer handle 50 is unlocked, the unlocking rod 54 connected to the handle is pulled by the arrow A.
As shown by, the unlocking member of the front locking device 44 is directly operated and the latch is in a state where it can be separated from the striker 40. At the same time, since the connecting fitting 58 on the unlocking rod 54 descends, the bell crank 66 turns around the pivot 70 in the counterclockwise direction as indicated by the alternate long and short dash line through the rod 62, and the inner portion of the cable 74 is rotated. The cable 74 'is towed. By pulling the inner cable 74 ', the unlocking member of the rear locking device 46 is operated to the release position, and the latch is ready to be disengaged from the striker 42. Therefore, by continuously applying a lifting force to the front outer handle 50, the wing arms 32L and 32R rotate upward, respectively, and the side walls 28L and 28R are rotated and extended to positions substantially horizontal. At the same time, the roof members 30L and 30R are folded and project upward, and the state shown in FIG. 1 is formed to form a cargo handling work space or a product display space above the cargo bed 22 having a wide and sufficient height. The Rukoto.

In contrast to the above, when the rear outer handle 52 is lifted with a hand, the rear locking device 46 becomes detachable from the striker 42, and at the same time, the cable 76 is inserted through the cable 76 in the same manner as described above. Front locking device 44
Is in a state where it can be separated from the striker 40, and by subsequently applying pulling force to the rear outer handle 52, the side wall 28L or 28R is rotated upward and expanded. That is, when the side wall 28L or 28R is extended, one operator is not required for each of the front and rear outer handles 50 and 52, and a total of two operators are not required.

It should be noted that the above embodiment relates to an example in which the present invention is applied to a truck having a wing body type rear body, which is structurally advantageous in itself, but the present invention is not limited to this and the roof is not limited thereto. It is obvious that it can be widely applied to a truck or the like having an ordinary wing body which is divided into two along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle body and is integrally connected to the left and right side walls to have an L-shaped cross section. Is. Furthermore, the cables 74 and 7 in the above embodiment are also provided.
Obviously, instead of 6, a rod could be used.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the rear body of the vehicle according to the present invention is a vehicle in which the left and right side walls of the rear body are rotated upward and expanded to open the luggage carrier. Strikers for locking are provided at the front and rear ends or front and rear walls, respectively, and lock devices that cooperate with the strikers are provided at the front and rear ends of the side wall adjacent to the striker, and the vicinity of the front and rear ends of the side wall is further provided. An outer handle for unlocking each of the locking devices is provided on the outer surface of the cable, and the front and rear outer handles can be unlocked by interlocking the other locking device by unlocking one of them. The left and right side walls can be easily rotated by one worker when opening the cargo bed for the purpose of cargo handling, etc. There is an advantage that the device can be provided at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a truck showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an interconnection mode of outer handles 50 and 52 provided on the side wall 28L or 28R of FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an aspect in which the cargo bed of the truck of FIG. 1 is opened. 10 ... truck, 12 ... rear body, 14 ... cab, 2
2 ... luggage carrier, 24 ... front wall, 26 ... rear wall, 28L and 28R
... Side walls, 30L and 30R ... Roof members, 40 and 42
... striker, 44 and 46 ... locking device, 50 and 5
2 ... Outer handle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a vehicle in which left and right side walls of a rear body are rotated upward and expanded to open a cargo bed, the front and rear end portions of the cargo bed or front and rear walls are provided with locks respectively. An outer handle that is provided with a striker, a lock device that cooperates with the husband and wife striker at the front and rear ends of the side wall adjacent to the striker, and further unlocks the lock devices on the outer surface near the front and rear ends of the side wall. The front and rear outer handles are connected to each other via a cable or a rod so that when one of them is unlocked, the other locking device is interlocked and unlocked. Vehicle rear body