KR101405779B1 - Tail gate damper for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tailgate damper of a vehicle.

The present invention relates to a tailgate damper which contacts a body damper provided on a vehicle body when a tailgate is closed and absorbs an impact force, the tailgate damper including a damper member contacting the vehicle body damper,

And an adjustment device for movably mounting the damper member on the inner panel of the tailgate in the width direction to adjust the gap step with the vehicle body damper.

The gap between the tail gate damper and the body damper can be adjusted by mounting the tail gate damper mounted on the tail gate movably in the vehicle width direction as described above, There is an effect that the quality of the tail gate damper can be improved.

Description

TAIL GATE DAMPER FOR VEHICLE < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a tailgate damper of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a tailgate damper of a vehicle capable of adjusting a gap step between a tailgate damper and a body damper.

Generally, a companion vehicle has a space for transporting goods, and a tail gate is provided in the rear of the vehicle so that the goods can be easily loaded and unloaded.

Particularly, the tail gate is provided with a tail gate damper for absorbing an impact force generated when the shuttle is closed to prevent breakage and deformation of the tail gate and to suppress vibration and noise, and the tailgate damper is provided with a tail body And a body damper which contacts the gate to absorb the impact force of the tail gate.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a tail gate damper of a vehicle according to the prior art, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A shown in FIG.

1 and 2, a tail gate damper of a vehicle according to the related art includes a tail gate damper 20 installed inside a lower portion of a tail gate 10, a tail gate 10 and a corresponding body body 30 And a body damper 40 installed to be protruded from the tail gate damper 20 and contacting the tail gate damper 20.

The tail gate damper 20 includes a first damper member 21 provided on the inner panel of the tailgate 10 and a bolt 22 connecting the first damper member 21 to the inner panel of the tailgate 10 22 and a nut (23).

The body damper 40 includes a second damper member 41 provided on an outer panel of the vehicle body 30 to contact the first damper member 21 and a second damper member 41 disposed on the vehicle body body 30, And a bolt 42 and a nut 43 that engage with the outer panel of the case.

Therefore, when the tail gate 10 is closed, the tail gate damper 20 and the body damper 40 are brought into contact with each other to absorb the impact force generated when the tail gate 10 and the body 30 are in contact with each other, Thereby reducing the generated vibration and noise.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tail gate damper 20 and the body damper 40 preferably have a gap step of 1.5 mm in order to effectively absorb an impact force. This is the result obtained from the experiment.

However, when the tailgate 10 is assembled to the body 30 of the vehicle body, the tailgate 10 is often eccentrically mounted on one side. Thus, the tailgate damper 20 fixed to the tailgate 10 and the body- There is a problem in that the gap step of the gap 40 becomes larger or smaller than 1.5 mm.

That is, since the conventional tailgate damper 20 is of a fixed type, the gap between the tailgate damper 20 and the body damper 40 can not be adjusted, resulting in quality problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a tailgate damper for a tailgate damper which is capable of adjusting a position of a tailgate damper mounted on a tailgate in a direction of a body damper, And to provide a tailgate damper of a vehicle which can be uniformly adjusted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tailgate damper that contacts a body damper provided on a body of a vehicle when the tailgate is closed to absorb an impact force, the damper member contacting the body damper, And an adjusting device for adjusting the gap step with the body damper by movably mounting on the inner panel in the width direction.

The adjustment device includes a coupling member coupled to an inner panel of the tailgate, a first adjustment screw inserted in the through hole formed in the coupling member and having one end of the damper member coupled to the threaded portion, A second adjusting screw fastened to the head portion of the first adjusting screw through the cover member and advancing or retracting the damper member in the vehicle width direction together with the first adjusting screw in the rotating direction, And an elastic member provided between the coupling member and the damper member and elastically supporting the damper member.

The through hole has a tapered shape and the head of the first adjusting screw has a tapered shape so as to be in surface contact with the through hole.

And a supporting member for supporting the coupling member so as not to flow when the damper member is moved is coupled to the other side of the coupling member.

The support member has an elongated hole formed therein with a scale or a letter in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a ruler indicating the scale or character is coupled to the main surface of the damper member corresponding to the elongated hole.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the tail gate damper mounted on the tail gate is movably mounted in the vehicle width direction, the gap step between the tail gate damper and the body damper can be adjusted to improve the work efficiency, So that the quality of the tail gate damper can be improved.

Hereinafter, a tail gate damper of a vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 attached hereto.

In the meantime, in describing the tail gate damper of the vehicle according to the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the components having the same structure and function as those described in the prior art, and redundant description will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the tailgate damper of the vehicle according to the present invention is for effectively absorbing the impact force by contacting the body damper 40 provided on the body body 30 when the tailgate 10 is closed. A damper member 100 whose front end is in contact with the vehicle body damper 40 and an adjusting device 200 for adjusting a gap step between the damper member 100 and the vehicle body damper 40.

The damper member 100 is a member for contacting the body damper 40 when the tailgate 10 is closed and absorbing the impact force. The tip of the damper member 100 is extended in the direction of the body damper 40 to be in contact with the body damper 40, And the engaging portion 110 is formed at the rear end thereof to engage with the threaded portion of the first adjusting screw 220, which will be described later.

The adjusting device 200 adjusts the gap step with the vehicle body damper 40 by mounting the damper member 100 on the inner panel of the tailgate 10 so as to be positionally adjustable in the vehicle width direction as shown in Fig. And includes a coupling member 210, a first adjusting screw 220, a cover member 230, a second adjusting screw 240, an elastic member 250, a supporting member 260, and a ruler 270 do.

The coupling member 210 is for coupling the tailgate damper to the inner panel of the tailgate 10 and is fitted and engaged with the coupling groove formed in the tailgate 10. The coupling member 210 has a diameter which increases toward the damper member 100 The tapered through hole 211 is formed so that the first adjusting screw 220 is inserted into the through hole 211.

The first adjusting screw 220 is for fixing the damper member 100 and includes a head 221 and a screw 222. The head 221 is inserted into the through hole 211 And a screw groove 221a formed with a screw thread is formed at the center of rotation of the head 221. [ The threaded portion 222 penetrates the through hole 211 and extends to the outside, and the coupling portion 110 of the damper member 100 is coupled to the tip end.

The first adjusting screw 220 can be always positioned at the center of the through hole 211 by forming the through hole 211 and the head 221 of the first adjusting screw 220 in a tapered shape.

The cover member 230 is provided to prevent detachment of the first adjusting screw 220. The cover member 230 can be detachably attached to one surface of the coupling member 210 having the head 221 of the first adjusting screw 220 And an insertion hole is formed in the center so that the second adjusting screw 240 is inserted.

The second adjusting screw 240 is for advancing or retracting the damper member 100 in the vehicle width direction and more specifically toward the body damper 40 together with the first adjusting screw 220, 241 and a threaded portion 242.

That is, the head portion 241 is supported on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion hole of the cover member 230, and the screw portion 242 passes through the insertion hole and is screwed into the screw groove formed in the head portion 221 of the first adjustment screw 220 (Not shown).

When the second adjusting screw 240 is rotated, the screw portion 242 of the second adjusting screw 240 rotates in the screw groove 221a of the first adjusting screw 220 to rotate the first adjusting screw 220 The damper member 100 is advanced or retracted together.

The elastic member 250 is provided between the coupling member 210 and the damper member 100 and elastically supports the damper member 100 outward so that the first adjusting screw 220 The damper member 100 can be advanced only in the direction of the vehicle body damper 40 together with the first adjusting screw 220. [

The elastic member 250 may be a coil spring so as to be coupled to the coupling member 110 of the damper member 100 so as to surround the coupling member 110.

The support member 260 supports the damper member 100 so that the damper member 100 can be moved forward or backward only while the damper member 100 is fixed to the other side surface of the coupling member 110 where the screw portion 222 of the first adjustment screw 220 is located. A support hole is formed in the center of the damper member 100 so that the coupling portion 110 of the damper member 100 is inserted and retained and an elongated hole 261 having a scale or letter 261a formed in the vehicle width direction is formed on the main surface thereof do.

The ruler 270 is for accurately adjusting the gap between the damper member 100 and the vehicle body damper 40 by identifying the position of the damper member 100 in a scale or a letter, The tip of the damper member 100 is coupled to the main surface of the damper member 100 and the tip thereof indicates a scale or character 261a displayed on the elongated hole 261. Accordingly, the position value of the damper member 100 can be confirmed, The change value can be known when the damper member 100 is moved by the adjusting device 200. [

The operation of the tail gate damper of the vehicle having such a structure will be described as follows.

First, a tailgate 10, to which a tailgate damper is mounted, is rotatably mounted on a bodybody 30 on which a body damper 40 is mounted.

Then, in the closed state of the tailgate 10, a gap between the damper member 100 of the tailgate damper and the damper member 100 of the tailgate damper is checked, and then the scale or number 261a indicated by the scale 270 is checked .

When the gap between the body damper 40 and the damper member 100 is less than 1.5 mm, the damper member 100 is advanced in the vehicle width direction by using the adjusting device 200, So that the gap step of the member 100 is 1.5 mm.

On the other hand, when the gap between the body damper 40 and the damper member 100 is larger than 1.5 mm, the damper member 100 is moved backward in the vehicle width direction by using the adjustment device 200, 100) is adjusted to be 1.5 mm.

A method for adjusting the gap between the tail gate damper and the body damper will be described in detail as follows.

5, when the gap between the body damper 40 and the damper member 100 is less than 1.5 mm, when the second adjusting screw 240 is rotated, the second adjusting screw 240 and the first The damper member 100 advances as the adjustment screws 220 are opened.

At this time, the damper member 100 is moved in the direction of the body damper 40 by the elastic support of the elastic member 250 and is brought into contact with the gap to increase the gap step. When the scale member 270 is engaged with the damper member 100, 261).

Thereafter, when it is confirmed through the ruler 270 that the gap has been shifted within the scale or character 261a by a gap step of 1.5 mm, the rotation of the second adjusting screw 240 is stopped, and thereby the body damper 40 and the damper member 100 can be precisely adjusted.

On the other hand, when the gap step between the body damper 40 and the damper member 100 is larger than 1.5 mm,

When the second adjusting screw 240 is rotated in the opposite direction, the damper member 100 moves in a direction opposite to the body damper 40 as the distance between the second adjusting screw 240 and the first adjusting screw 220 is narrowed The scale member 270 moves in the long hole 261 in cooperation with the damper member 100 to reduce the gap step and the scale 270 is inserted into the long hole 261 in cooperation with the damper member 100, ≪ / RTI >

Thereafter, when it is confirmed through the scale 270 that the movement has been made within the scale or character 261a by a gap step exceeding 1.5 mm, the rotation of the second adjustment screw 240 is stopped so that the vehicle body damper 40 and the damper member It is possible to precisely match the gap step of the gap 100. [

1 is a rear view of a tailgate damper of a vehicle according to the prior art;

2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A shown in Fig.

3 is a sectional view showing a tailgate damper of a vehicle according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing the adjustment device shown in Fig.

5 is a sectional view showing the operation of a tailgate damper of a vehicle according to the present invention.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

100: damper member 200: adjusting device

210: engaging member 220: first adjusting screw

230: cover member 240: second adjusting screw

250: elastic member 260: support member

270: Ruler

Claims (5)

A tailgate damper that contacts a body damper provided on a body of a vehicle when the tailgate is closed to absorb an impact force, A damper member contacting the vehicle body damper, And an adjustment device for movably mounting the damper member in the width direction on the inner panel of the tailgate to adjust a gap step with the vehicle body damper, The adjustment device includes a coupling member coupled to an inner panel of the tailgate, a first adjustment screw inserted in the through hole formed in the coupling member and having a threaded portion to which one end of the damper member is coupled, A second adjusting screw fastened to the head portion of the first adjusting screw through the cover member and advancing or retracting the damper member in the vehicle width direction together with the first adjusting screw in the rotating direction, And an elastic member provided between the coupling member and the damper member and elastically supporting the damper member. delete The method according to claim 1, The through-hole has a tapered shape, Wherein a head portion of the first adjusting screw has a tapered shape so as to be in surface contact with the through hole. The method according to claim 1, And a support member is coupled to the other side of the coupling member to prevent the damper member from moving when the damper member is moved. The method of claim 4, Wherein an elongated hole having graduations or characters formed in the longitudinal direction is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the support member, And a ruler indicating the scale or character is coupled to the main surface of the damper member corresponding to the long hole.

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