JP2000085365A - Trunk room split structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To increase the storage space in a trunk room. A partition 18 in a trunk room 16 includes a sheet member 20, a bottom plate 22, and an inclined plate 24. The sheet member 20 can be wound into a sheet winding device 26. A guide 32 for guiding the rod 28 fixed to the sheet-like member 20 is disposed on the front side wall 30A of the luggage side trim 30.
Left and right storage sections 36 are formed behind the front side wall section 30A. The hinge plate 38 prevents the inclined plate 24 from swinging backward from a predetermined opening angle. Inclined plate 2
A small-diameter pipe 42 is stored in the pipe 40 fixed to 4, and the small-diameter pipe 42 can be engaged with an engagement recess 44 formed in an upper portion of the rear side wall 30B of the luggage side trim.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a trunk room dividing structure, and more particularly to a trunk room dividing structure in which a trunk room formed at the rear of a vehicle such as an automobile is divided by a partition wall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been known a trunk room dividing structure in which a trunk room formed in a rear portion of a vehicle such as an automobile is divided by a partition wall.
No. 636027C1.

[0003] As shown in FIG. 6, this trunk room divided structure is a vehicle 1 which is a metal top open car.
00 in the rear trunk room 102,
A partition 104 is used to store the rear trunk room 102 and the front trunk room 102 for storing the folded hood 101.
A and a rear trunk room 102B. The partition wall 104 is formed of a winding blind, and a drop rod 106 fixed to the rear end of the partition wall 104 is used from a use position where the drop rod 106 is engaged with a mounting table 108 disposed at an upper rear portion of the rear trunk room 102. ,
It can be stored in a non-use position wound up in a blind casing 106 disposed at the front bottom of the rear trunk room 102.

[0004]

However, as shown in FIG. 7, in this trunk room divided structure, the luggage side trim (lining) 110 made of resin is disposed on the left and right side walls in the rear trunk room 102. A pair of left and right guides 112 extending in the direction are integrally formed, and the rotating rod 115 fixed to the middle part of the partition wall 104 in the front-rear direction moves along the guides 112 in the front-rear direction. In addition, these guides 1
Numeral 12 extends to a position behind the rear tire wheel house 114 shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 7 in order to prevent the partition wall 104 from interfering with the folded hood 101.

As a result, in this trunk room split structure, the rear tire wheel house 11 is formed by the left and right luggage side trims 110 in which the guides 112 are integrally formed.
4 is covered with left and right spaces 116, so that the storage space in the trunk room is narrowed accordingly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a trunk room division structure that can increase the storage space in a trunk room.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a trunk room dividing structure having a partition for dividing the inside of a trunk room, wherein the partition wall comprises a front portion, and left and right side wall portions of the trunk room. A sheet-like member movable in the front-rear direction along guide means disposed at the front of the vehicle, and capable of being wound by a sheet winding device disposed in front of a trunk room; To form the rear of the bulkhead,
A plate-like member which is divided and can be pivoted from an overlapped state to an open state at a predetermined angle by an opening angle control means provided at an intermediate portion, and a plate-like member which is disposed at a rear end of the plate-like member and which is located behind a trunk room; And an engaging means which can be locked to an engaging portion formed on the side portion.

[0008] Therefore, when the inside of the trunk room is divided by the partition wall, two spaces are required before and after forming the rear part of the partition wall.
The divided plate-like member is swung from the superposed state to the open state. At this time, the plate member is opened at a predetermined angle by the opening angle control means. When the plate-like member is moved rearward, the sheet-like member connected to the plate-like member is pulled out from the sheet winding device provided in front of the trunk room, and is placed at the front of the left and right side walls of the trunk room. It moves backward along the provided guide means. Thereafter, the engaging means provided at the rear end of the plate-like member is engaged with the engaging portion formed on the rear side of the trunk room. As described above, the rear portion of the partition wall is divided into two parts by the front and rear, and is constituted by the plate-shaped member which can be swung from the overlapped state to the opened state at a predetermined angle by the opening angle control means provided at the intermediate part, so that the sheet is formed. The guide means for guiding the shaped members may be provided only at the front portions of the left and right side walls of the trunk room.
As a result, behind the guide means, the left and right side walls of the trunk room can be widened in the vehicle width direction, and the storage space in the trunk room can be increased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the trunk room dividing structure according to the first aspect, the plate-like member is made of a rigid body.

Therefore, in addition to the contents described in the first aspect, the plate-shaped member can be made hard to deform.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a trunk room dividing structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The arrow UP in the figure indicates the upward direction of the vehicle, the arrow FR in the figure indicates the forward direction of the vehicle, and the arrow IN in the figure.
Indicates the inside direction of the vehicle width.

As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, a roof 12 of a vehicle 10 which is a metal-top open car is provided.
And the back door 14 can be moved to the rear of the vehicle, and these are formed at the rear of the vehicle with the roof 12 folded above the back door 14 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. It can be stored in the rear trunk room 16. Further, a tonneau cover 18 as a partition is disposed in the trunk room 16, and the tonneau cover 18 allows the trunk room 16 to have a front trunk room 16A for storing the folded roof 12 and the back door 14, and a rear trunk room 16B. It can be divided into

The tonneau cover 18 has a sheet-like member 20 made of TPO leather, cloth or the like constituting a front part, a bottom plate 22 as a plate-like member constituting a rear front part of the tonneau cover 18 made of a rigid body such as resin or metal. And an inclined plate 24 as a plate-like member that is made of a rigid body such as resin or metal and that constitutes the rear rear side of the tonneau cover 18.
The sheet member 20 can be wound into a sheet winding device 26 disposed at the front of the bottom 16C of the trunk room 16, and when the sheet member 20 is in the drawn-out state, the sheet Left and right holders 2 of winding device 26
The winding direction (the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 1) of the sheet-like member 20 by a biasing means such as a coil spring disposed in the inside of the sheet member 6A.
Tension is acting.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rod 28 extending in the vehicle width direction is provided at the rear end of the sheet-like member 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the trunk room 16
Luggage side trim 30 on each side
Are arranged, and these luggage side trims 30 are provided.
The front side wall portion 30A has a guide 32 along the front-rear direction.
Are arranged.

As shown in FIG. 3, both end portions 28A of the rod 28 (only the right side is shown in FIG. 3) are engaged with left and right guides 32, respectively.
The rod 28 can move in the vehicle front-rear direction along.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front side wall 30A of the luggage side trim 30 on which the guide 32 is disposed.
Is a portion opposed to the rear tire wheel house 34, and is a rear side wall portion 30 that continues behind the front side wall portion 30A.
B is widened outward in the vehicle width direction. As a result, in the trunk room divided structure of the present embodiment, the storage portions 36 are formed behind the left and right rear tire wheel houses 34, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front end 22A of the bottom plate 22 is connected to the rod 28, and one end 24A of the inclined plate 24 is connected to a rear end 22B of the bottom plate 22.
Are connected by a pair of left and right hinges 38 as opening angle control means. Due to these hinges 38, the inclined plate 24 is folded on the upper portion of the bottom plate 22 (see FIG. 1).
From the position shown by the two-dot chain line) to the open state inclined rearward of the vehicle shown by the solid line in FIG. This prevents the swing from moving backward from this open state.

An aluminum pipe 40 is fixed to the other end 24B of the inclined plate 24 along the vehicle width direction, and both ends of the pipe 40 are provided in the axial direction (arrows in FIG. 1). A small-diameter pipe 42 as an engagement means movable in the direction B) can be stored. These small diameter pipes 42 are respectively provided with engaging recesses 4 as engaging portions formed on the upper portion of the rear side wall portion 30B of the luggage side trim 30.
4, and the small diameter pipe 42 is engaged with the engagement concave portion 44, so that the tonneau cover 18 is held at the use position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the engagement recess 44 has a U-shaped portion having an opening in the upper portion 30C of the luggage side trim 30.
It is shaped like a letter and is inclined diagonally downward and forward of the vehicle. A switch 46 is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the engagement concave portion 44.
Actuator 46A is protruding, and the switch 46
Is a small-diameter pipe 42 inserted into the inner peripheral portion of the engagement concave portion 44.
To be turned on. When the switch 46 is not turned on, the drive motor for storing the roof 12 and the back door 14 in the trunk room 16 is not turned on.

When the small-diameter pipe 42 is removed from the engagement recess 44 and the tip of the small-diameter pipe 42 is stored inside the pipe 40, the small-diameter pipe 42 does not interfere with the front side wall 30A of the luggage side trim 30. . As a result,
The inclined plate 24 can be swung in the direction of the bottom plate 22 (the direction of the arrow D in FIG. 1) to be in a superimposed state (the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1) folded on the bottom plate 22. . Further, the sheet-like member 20 is wound up by urging means such as a coil spring disposed in the sheet winding device 26, and the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24 move integrally (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1) forward. , The rod 28 is the tip 32A of the guide 32
2 is stopped at a non-use position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

The reference numeral 50 in FIG.
0 shows a caution label affixed to the top surface.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, the interior of the trunk room 16 is covered by the tonneau cover 18 in the front trunk room 1.
In the case of dividing into the 6A and the rear trunk room 16B, the inclined inclined plate 24 which is folded at the upper part of the bottom plate 22 and is in the overlapped state is swung rearward. At this time, the opening angle θ of the hinge 38
As a result, the inclined plate 24 swings from the overlapping state to the open state inclined rearward of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 and stops at this position.

When the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24 are moved backward, the sheet-like member 20 connected to the bottom plate 22
The sheet-like member 20 is pulled out from the sheet winding device 26 and
Is disposed on the front side wall 30A of the left and right luggage side trims 30, and is guided by a pair of left and right guides 32 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction to move rearward of the vehicle. Thereafter, the small-diameter pipes 42 were drawn out from both ends of the pipe 40 provided at the rear end of the inclined plate 24, and these small-diameter pipes 42 were formed above the rear side wall 30 </ b> B of the luggage side trim 30. By engaging with the engagement concave portion 44, the tonneau cover 18 is held at the use position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the bottom plate 22 and the bottom plate 22 which can be pivoted from the overlapped state to the open state at a predetermined angle by the hinges 38 provided at the intermediate part of the rear part of the tonneau cover 18 are divided into two parts. With the configuration using the inclined plate 24, it is possible to shorten the front-rear length of the sheet-like member 20 constituting the front part of the tonneau cover 18 without interfering with the roof 12 and the back door 14 where the tonneau cover 18 is stored. .

As a result, in this embodiment, the pair of left and right guides 32 for guiding the sheet-like member 20 may be short, and the guides 32 may be provided only on the front side wall 30A of the luggage side trim 30. Therefore, the rear side wall portion 30B following the front side wall portion 30A of the luggage side trim 30 is widened outward in the vehicle width direction, and the storage portions 36 are formed behind the left and right rear tire wheel houses 34, respectively. Storage space can be increased.

In this embodiment, since the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24 are made of a rigid body, the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24 can be hardly deformed.

In this embodiment, when returning the partition wall 18 to the non-use position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, the small diameter pipe 42 is removed from the engagement concave portion 44, and only the tip end portion is left. When the inclined plate 24 is folded over the bottom plate 22 to be in a superimposed state, the sheet-like member 20 is wound up by biasing means such as a coil spring disposed in the sheet take-up device 26, and the bottom plate 22 is retracted. And the inclined plate 24 integrally move forward (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1),
The rod 28 comes into contact with the distal end portion 32A of the guide 32 and stops.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with respect to a specific embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various other embodiments are included within the scope of the present invention. It is clear to a person skilled in the art that is possible. For example, in the above embodiment, a pair of left and right guides 3 is provided.
2, the final position when the sheet-like member 20 is pulled out is determined. However, instead of the pair of left and right guides 32, an engaging portion as guide means is formed at the same position as the rear end of the guide 32, A configuration may be employed in which both end portions 28A of the rod 28 are locked to this locking portion. In the above embodiment, the hinge 38 is used as the opening angle control means. Instead, the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24 are swingably connected to each other, and the rearward rotation of the inclined plate 24 with respect to the bottom plate 22 is performed. A stopper for stopping the angle at a predetermined angle θ may be provided on at least one of the bottom plate 22 and the inclined plate 24. Further, in the above embodiment, the small-diameter pipe 42 as the engagement means movable in the axial direction (the direction of the arrow B in FIG. 1) is provided at both ends of the pipe 40 so as to be retractable. If the shape of the front side wall portion 30A can be shaped so as not to interfere with both ends of the pipe 40, the small-diameter pipe 42
Instead, both ends of the pipe 40 may be extended.

[0032]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a trunk room dividing structure having a partition for dividing an inside of a trunk room, wherein the partition room has a front portion and is disposed at a front portion of left and right side walls of the trunk room. A sheet-like member movable in the front-rear direction along the provided guide means and capable of being taken up by a sheet take-up device disposed in front of a trunk room; and a rear portion of the partition wall connected to the sheet-like member. And a plate-shaped member which is swingable from an overlapped state to an open state at a predetermined angle from an overlapped state by opening angle control means which is divided into two parts at the front and rear, and is provided at a rear end of the plate-shaped member. And an engaging means that can be engaged with an engaging portion formed on the rear side of the trunk room, and has an excellent effect that the storage space in the trunk room can be increased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the trunk room dividing structure according to the first aspect, since the plate-like member is made of a rigid body, the plate-like member can be hardly deformed in addition to the effect of the first aspect. It has an excellent effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a trunk room division structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from diagonally forward of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a trunk room division structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a rear portion of the vehicle to which the trunk room division structure according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a rear portion of a vehicle to which a trunk room division structure according to a conventional embodiment is applied.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a trunk room division structure according to a conventional embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle 16 Trunk room 18 Tono cover (partition wall) 20 Sheet member 22 Bottom plate (plate member) 24 Inclined plate (plate member) 26 Sheet winding device 28 Rod 30 Luggage side trim 32 Guide 34 Rear tire wheel house 36 Left and right storage parts 38 Hinge (opening angle control means) 40 Pipe 42 Small diameter pipe (engagement means) 44 Engagement concave part (engagement part)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A trunk room dividing structure having a partition for dividing an inside of a trunk room, wherein the partition room has a front part, and the guide part is provided along a front part of a left and right side wall part of the trunk room. A sheet-like member movable in the front-rear direction and capable of being taken up by a sheet take-up device disposed in front of a trunk room; and A plate-like member which is swingable from an overlapped state to an open state at a predetermined angle by an open-angle control means provided at an intermediate portion and provided at a rear end of the plate-like member, and provided in a trunk room And an engaging means which can be locked to an engaging portion formed on a rear side of the trunk room. 2. The trunk room division structure according to claim 1, wherein the plate-like member is made of a rigid body.