JPH08104140A - Tail gate of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the tail gate of an automobile which can prevent the intrusion of rain droplets into the inside of the car room, through the transmission along the tail gate when the tail gate is perfectly opened in the rain fall. CONSTITUTION: As for the tail gate 2 of an automobile which is opened in a springing-up form, having a hinge installed on the upper end side, as fulcrum, a garnish 6 is installed along the upper edge of the glass 4 of the tail gate 2, and between the garnish 6 and the glass 4, a gap 7 for the flow of rain water is formed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile tailgate, and more particularly to a tailgate constructed to prevent raindrops transmitted through the tailgate from entering the passenger compartment when the tailgate is fully opened during rainfall. It is about the gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle equipped with a flip-up type tailgate requires measures to prevent raindrops propagating through the tailgate from entering the passenger compartment when the tailgate is fully opened during rainfall. Therefore, a drip molding for collecting raindrops flowing on the outer surface of the tailgate and dropping it into the drip channel of the vehicle body is provided at the upper edge of the tailgate, or the width of the tailgate is narrower than that of the drip channel provided on the vehicle body. The drip channel is designed to capture all the raindrops that travel through the tailgate.

[0003]

However, the former of the above-mentioned conventional types is inevitable that the drip molding has a shape projecting from the outer surface of the tailgate, which is a source of wind noise during traveling. is there. In the latter case, the opening width of the tailgate cannot be increased, so
There is a difficulty in terms of usability.

The present invention has been devised in order to eliminate such disadvantages of the prior art, and its main purpose is to:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tailgate of an automobile that can prevent raindrops transmitted through the tailgate from entering the vehicle interior when the tailgate is fully opened during rainfall without causing the above-mentioned inconvenience.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a tailgate of an automobile, which opens in a flip-up manner with a hinge provided at an upper end as a fulcrum, according to the present invention. Garnish along the upper edge,
This is achieved by forming a gap between the garnish and the glass through which rainwater can flow.

[0006]

With this structure, rainwater can flow through the gap provided between the glass of the tailgate and the garnish. Therefore, for example, if a gap is provided in the middle of the glass in the left-right direction. , It is possible to guide raindrops to the drip channel without dropping from the left and right ends of the tailgate.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a rear appearance of a vehicle to which the present invention is applied. In this vehicle, the roof 1 is extended to the rear part of the vehicle body, and the tailgate 2 that closes the rear surface of the vehicle body is configured in a so-called hatchback type that opens so that the upper end of the tailgate 2 jumps up as a hinge.

A rear glass 4 is fixed with an adhesive 5 to the outer surface of the window frame 3 of the tailgate 2 press-molded with sheet metal. The surface of the rear glass 4, especially in the left-right direction, is a so-called flash surface that is smoothly connected to the vehicle body surface. A garnish 6 made of synthetic resin is attached to its upper edge.

The garnish 6 is provided with a contour for smoothly connecting to the outer surface of the roof 1 with the tailgate 2 closed, and in particular, in the center portion in the vehicle width direction, it is appropriately connected to the surface of the rear glass. There is a gap 7 (Fig. 2
reference).

A drip channel 8 for discharging rainwater to the outside of the vehicle is provided along the upper edge of the opening at the rear of the vehicle body closed by the tailgate 2 in the vehicle width direction (FIG. 3).
reference).

Now, as shown in FIG. 3, the tailgate 2
When it is fully flipped up, the upper end of the surface of the rear glass 4 becomes a downward inclined surface. Therefore, at the time of rainfall, raindrops flowing on the glass surface pass through the gap 7 between the garnish 6 and the glass surface, and flow down onto the tailgate skin 9 facing the inner surface of the garnish 6. Then, the raindrops flow down to the drip channel 8, travel along the drip channel 8 and are discharged outside the vehicle without entering the vehicle interior.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
With a very simple structure, raindrops that have flowed down the glass surface of the tailgate can be captured and guided to the drip channel provided at the upper edge of the rear opening of the vehicle body, so even if the tailgate is opened during rainfall, the tailgate can be opened. Since the raindrops transmitted through do not enter the vehicle interior, it is possible to improve the usability in the rain and to exert a great effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a vehicle to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part with a tailgate closed.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts with a tailgate opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Roof 2 Tailgate 3 Window frame 4 Rear glass 5 Adhesive 6 Garnish 7 Gap 8 Drip channel 9 Tailgate skin

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tailgate of an automobile that opens in a flip-up manner using a hinge provided on an upper end side as a fulcrum, wherein a garnish is provided along an upper edge of the glass of the tailgate, and the glass and the garnish A tailgate of an automobile, characterized in that a gap is formed between the two, through which rainwater can flow.