JP2000108792A - Rear part structure for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide rear part structure capable of having a hinge function without using a hinge member to allow a rotational operation for a lid, capable of removing the lid alone independently and an article storing box alone independently, and capable of having the lid together with the article storing box. SOLUTION: In this rear part structure for a vehicle where an article storing box 3 is arranged in an upper position of a space tire storing recess formed in a rear portion of a floor panel, and where a lid 4 is arranged in an upper position of the storing box 3 to constitute the lid 4 as one part of a luggage compartment floor face, a removable insertion type hinge structure part 26 is constituted by an engaging part β formed in a front end of the lid 4 and an engaged part α formed in a quarter trim 18 corresponding to the engaging part β, and the rear end of the lid 4 is fixed to the trim 18 in a removable condition by a lip 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rear structure of a vehicle such as an automobile, and more particularly, to a structure in which an article storage box is disposed above a spare tire storage recess formed in a rear portion of a floor panel. The present invention relates to a vehicle rear structure in which a lid is arranged at a position above an article storage box, and the lid is configured as a part of a floor surface of a luggage compartment of a floor panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional example of this kind of vehicle rear structure, there is a structure as shown in FIG. In the conventional vehicle rear structure shown in FIG. 12, a tray-shaped article storage box 3 is disposed at a position above a spare tire storage recess 2 formed in a rear portion 1a of the floor panel 1,
A lid 4 made of a board-like member is disposed above the article storage box 3. The article storage box 3 and the lid 4 are connected to each other at a front end portion thereof by a hinge member 5 as shown in FIG. 12, the lid 4 is opened as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. In FIG. 12, reference numeral 6 denotes a rear seat, 7 denotes a spare tire housed and arranged in the aforementioned spare tire housing recess 2, and 8 denotes a tail member trim.

When taking out the spare tire 7 from the spare tire storage recess 2, the article storage box 3 and the lid 4 integrally connected to each other via the hinge member 5 are lifted and moved together by hand. Thus, the upper end opening 2a of the spare tire storage recess 2 is opened, and the spare tire 7 is removed in this state.

[0004]

However, in the conventional vehicle rear structure as described above, since the lid 4 is attached to the article storage box 3 via the hinge member 5, only the lid 4 is detached alone. Also, it is not possible to remove only the article storage box 3 by itself, which is inconvenient. In order to solve such a problem, it is conceivable to adopt a configuration in which the lid 4 is placed on the article storage box 3 without connecting the lid 4 and the article storage box 3 with the hinge member 5. In this case, although only the lid 4 can be removed, the lid 4 cannot be fixed under the closed state,
Moreover, another problem arises in that the lid 4 and the article storage box 3 cannot be held together.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a hinge function without using a hinge member and to rotate the lid with respect to the article storage box. The operation can be enabled, the lid alone can be removed alone and the article storage box alone can be removed alone, and the lid and the article storage box can be held together. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle rear structure having a configuration.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, an article storage box is arranged at a position above a spare tire storage recess formed in a rear portion of a floor panel. An engaging portion formed at a front end of the lid and the engaging portion, in a vehicle rear structure in which the lid is disposed at a position above the box for storing articles and the lid is configured as a part of the floor surface of the luggage compartment. A detachable hinge structure is configured to be detachable with an engaged portion formed on the quarter trim and the rear end of the lid is detachably fixed to the quarter trim by a clip. I have to. In the present invention, a step formed by cutting out a corner at the front end of the lid is defined as an engagement portion of the lid. Further, in the present invention, the clip is attached to the quarter trim, and an engaging claw provided at the rear end of the lid is engaged with the clip, so that the rear end of the lid can be trimmed via the clip. To fix it. In the present invention, an insertion opening or notch corresponding to the handle of the article storage box is provided in the lid, and the handle of the article storage box is inserted through the insertion opening or notch of the lid. The article storage box and the lid placed on the article storage box can be grasped and held together. Further, in the present invention, the insertion opening or notch is provided on both the left and right sides of the lid, and the insertion opening or notch for opening and closing the lid is provided at the rear end of the lid. ing.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 1
In FIG. 1, the same parts as those in FIGS.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an automobile 10 having a vehicle rear structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
On the floor panel 1 of the vehicle 10, two front seats 11, 12 and these front seats 11, 12 are provided.
And one rear seat 13 provided at the rear of the vehicle. The upper portion of the floor panel portion on the rear side of the above-described rear seat 13, that is, the rear portion (rear floor panel portion) 1a of the floor panel 1 is higher than the basic height surface of the floor panel 1 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, the rear portion 1a has
A recess (recess for storing a spare tire) 2 for storing the spare tire 7 is provided. The floor panel 1
The rear portion 1a is set one step higher as described above because the rear portion 1a and the seat back 13a form a flat (flat) luggage compartment when the seat back 13a of the rear seat 13 is located at the forward position. This is for constituting the floor surface P (see FIGS. 1 to 3).

The concave portion 2 for storing the spare tire is formed of a concave portion in which the rear portion 1a of the floor panel 1 on the rear side of the rear seat 13 is lowered one step below the basic surface and is lowered. An article storage box 3 and a lid 4 are sequentially arranged in an overlapping state above the recess 2. A lid 4 disposed so as to cover the upper end opening 3a of the article storage box 3 forms a part of the luggage compartment floor surface of the rear portion 1a of the floor panel 1, and the carpet ( (Not shown) is laid and the upper part thereof is used as a luggage compartment.

The above-mentioned article storage box 3 is a tray-like member made of an integrally molded resin product, and has a rectangular bottom wall 3b and a side wall 3c and an upper end opening 3a as shown in FIGS. Has a peripheral flange 3d bent outward. Further, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, a pair of depressions (hand insertion portions) are provided at substantially the center of the left and right sides of the peripheral flange 3 d.
15 are formed, and the inner portion of the peripheral flange 3d corresponding to each of the recesses 15 is a handle 3e. On the other hand, the lid 4 is also a board-like member made of a resin integrally molded product similarly to the article storage box 3, and the left and right sides of the article storage box 3 as shown in FIGS. A pair of insertion openings 16 respectively corresponding to the depressions 15 are formed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, an insertion opening 17 for inserting a hand when the lid 4 is opened is formed at substantially the center of the rear end edge of the lid 4. Have been. On the other hand, a concave portion 3f corresponding to the insertion opening 17 is provided in a rear end portion of the peripheral flange 3d of the article storage box 3 described above.

The article storage box 3 and the lid 4 are configured to be separately supported by quarter trims 18 provided at the side portions at the rear of the passenger compartment. The quarter trim 18 is made of an integrally molded resin product. As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 9, the quarter trim 18 has two edge-shaped extending portions at different heights. Step surfaces 19, 20
Is provided. One of the step surfaces 19, that is, the step surface 19 disposed at a relatively low position on the vehicle interior side is a receiving surface (hereinafter referred to as a box mounting surface) for mounting the article storage box 3. Mounting surface 19), and the other step surface 20, that is, the step surface 20 disposed at a relatively higher position on the side outside the vehicle compartment, receives the receiver 4 for mounting the lid 4. Surface (hereinafter, referred to as a lid mounting receiving surface 20).

As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the article storage box 3 has the peripheral flange 3d of the article storage box 3 hanging on the box mounting receiving surfaces 19 of the pair of left and right quarter trims 18. 3g pieces are placed,
Under this condition, the article storage box 3 is supported by the box mounting receiving surface 19 and arranged above the spare tire 7 in the spare tire storage recess 2.

Further, in this embodiment, the lid 4
The front end 4a (see FIGS. 7 and 8) of the lid 4 is hinged to the quarter trim 18 without the intervention of a separate hinge member, and the rear end 4b (see FIG. 10) of the lid 4 is clipped to the quarter trim 18. It is configured to be fixed via the. First, the hinge connection between the lid 4 and the quarter trim 18 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 4, 7 and 8, the left and right quarter trims 18 each have a hinge coupling concave portion 21 formed at a position separated from the rear end by a predetermined distance as an engaged portion α. As shown in FIG. 8, an inclined surface 22 is formed on the upper part of the concave portion 21. On the other hand, a notch 23 is formed at each of a pair of left and right corners γ of the front end 4a of the lid 4 as shown in FIG. 11, and a step 24 is provided. The inclined surface 2 corresponding to the inclined surface 22 of the quarter trim 18
5 are formed, respectively. Thus, as the notch 23 (step 24) of the lid 4 is arranged to face the recess 21 of the quarter trim 18 and the lid 4 is moved obliquely downward toward the front of the vehicle, the engaging portion of the lid 4 is engaged. β is inserted into the engaged portion α of the quarter trim 18 and the inclined surface 25 of the lid 4 and the inclined surface 22 of the quarter trim 18 are combined in a state where they are in contact with each other (see FIGS. 7 and 8). The engaged part α and the engaging part β
Is configured as a plug-in type hinge structure 26 that can be attached and detached (the combination can be released). That is, in this assembled state, the insertion opening 17 of the rear end 4b of the lid 4
In response to the turning operation performed by inserting the hand 27 as shown in FIG. 4, the inclined surface 25 of the lid 4 slides along the inclined surface 22 of the quarter trim 18 while the lid 4 rotates around the hinge structure 26. It is configured to be moved to open or close the lid.

On the other hand, the rear surface of the pair of left and right quarter trims 18 is provided with
0, clips 28 are respectively attached. In FIG. 4, a portion indicated by a symbol K is a mounting portion of the clip 28. Also, the rear end 4 of the lid 4
As shown in FIG. 10, a pair of right and left engaging claws 29 having hemispherical engaging protrusions 29a are integrally formed on the b. The lid 4 is turned around the hinge structure 26 in the lid closing direction. Accordingly, a pair of engaging claws 29 of the lid 4 are click-engaged with the clips 28 on the quarter trim 18, respectively. As a result, the rear end 4b of the lid 4 is connected to the quarter trim 1 via the clip 28.
8 and lid 4 is quarter trim 1
8 is configured to be mounted on the lid mounting receiving surface 20.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a plurality of hemispherical projections 30 are integrally formed on the lower surface of the left and right side edges of the lid 4 at intervals. When the lid 4 is disposed and fixed at the lid closing position as described above, the lid 4 is disposed in contact with the lid mounting receiving surface 20 of the quarter trim 18 and the lid 4 with respect to the lid mounting receiving surface 20. 4 is set in a state where rattling is prevented. In this manner, the article storage boxes 3 separately placed on the article storage box placement receiving surface 19 and the lid placement receiving surface 20 of the quarter trim 18 respectively.
As shown in FIG. 6, the rear end of the lid 4 is arranged to correspond to the tail member trim 32 that covers the upper part of the tail member 31. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 33 denotes a rear skirt panel disposed between the floor panel 1 and the tail member 31, reference numeral 34 denotes a rear bumper, reference numeral 35 denotes a back door, and reference numeral 36 denotes a back door trim.

According to the vehicle rear structure having such a structure,
The article storage box 3 and the lid 4 can be separately mounted on the box mounting receiving surface 19 and the lid mounting receiving surface 20 formed on the quarter trim 18, and the article storing box 3 is replaced with the spare tire storing recess. 2 and the lid 4 can be arranged on the upper part of the article storage box 3 so that various articles can be stored in the article storage box 3 below the lid 4 constituting the luggage compartment floor. The underfloor storage structure can be provided. On the other hand, the engaging portions β provided on the left and right corners γ on the front end 4a side of the lid 4 are inserted obliquely downward toward the vehicle front into the engaged portions α provided on the quarter trim 18 and assembled. Thereby, this assembly location can be configured as the hinge structure 26,
By inserting the hand 27 into the insertion opening 17 of the lid 4 and lifting the rear end 4b of the lid 4 upward as shown in FIG.
Can be turned to be placed at the lid opening position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6). Further, the lid 4 is rotated in the closing direction about the hinge structure portion 26 so that the engaging claw 29 of the lid 4 is click-engaged with the clip 28 previously mounted on the outer trim 18 so that the lid 4 is rotated.
6 can be engaged with the quarter trim 18, and the lid 4 can be disposed in a closed state as shown by a solid line in FIG. 6 (a state where the lid 4 does not float upward). .

Further, according to the vehicle rear structure of the present embodiment, the lid 4 can be detached separately from the article storage box 3. In this case, a pull-out operation is performed in which the engaging claw 29 of the lid 4 is disengaged from the clip 28 to rotate the lid 4 to the half-open position, and in this state, the lid 4 is moved obliquely upward toward the rear of the vehicle. Thereby, only the lid 4 can be removed alone with the article storage box 3 left. After the lid 4 is removed, the left and right handles 3e of the article storage box 3 can be grasped by hand, and only the article storage box 3 can be removed alone.

When replacing the spare tire 7, the lid 4
When it is necessary to prevent the articles stored in the article storage box 3 from jumping out when the article storage box 3 is taken out of the vehicle, the lid 4 and the article storage box 3 are simultaneously put together. It is possible to have.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the right and left hands 27 are inserted into the left and right insertion openings 16 of the lid 4 and the recessed portions 15 of the article storage box 3 so that the left and right handle parts of the article storage box 3 are inserted. By gripping the lid 3e and the lid 4 together, the lid 4 and the article storage box 3 can be removed by simultaneously holding the lid 4 and the article storage box 3 with the hand 27 in a combined state.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
Various modifications and changes are possible based on the technical concept of the present invention. For example, the recess 15 of the article storage box 3
Alternatively, the insertion openings 16 and 17 of the lid 4 may be formed with cutouts instead. The hinge structure 26 may be configured so that the front end 4a of the lid 4 is inserted (fitted) into the quarter trim 18 so that the lid 4 is rotatably supported with respect to the article storage box 3. Any hinge mechanism may be used.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an article storage box is disposed above a spare tire storage recess formed in a rear portion of a floor panel, and an upper position of the article storage box is provided. In the vehicle rear structure in which the lid is arranged as a part of the luggage compartment floor surface, an engaging portion formed at a front end of the lid and a quarter trim corresponding to the engaging portion are formed. And a detachable insertion-type hinge structure with the engaged portion, and the rear end of the lid is detachably fixed to the quarter trim with a clip, so that a hinge member is used. The lid can be provided with a hinge function, and the lid can be rotated, and when the lid is closed, the engagement between the engaged portion and the engaging portion can be achieved. It is possible to fix the lid without causing floating of the lid by the locking action of the lip. In addition, since the engaged state between the engaged portion and the engaging portion can be released to release the assembled state of the hinge structure, the lid alone can be removed alone. Furthermore, it is also possible to remove only the article storage box alone after removing only the lid alone.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since a step formed by cutting out a corner at the front end of the lid is used as an engaging portion of the lid, a detachable insertion type. The hinge structure can be provided with a simple configuration.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a clip is attached to the quarter trim and an engaging claw provided at the rear end of the lid is engaged with the clip, so that the rear end of the lid is interposed through the clip. Since the lid is fixed to the quarter trim by a simple structure, the lid can be fixed to the quarter trim with a simple configuration, and the lid can be arranged at the closed position without floating.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an insertion opening or notch corresponding to a handle of an article storage box is provided in the lid, and the article is stored through the insertion opening or notch of the lid. Is designed so that the article storage box and the lid placed thereon can be held together by gripping the handle of the storage box, so that the lid can be detached independently as described above. Even in the case where the articles stored in the article storage box are prevented from jumping out with the lid in the closed state, the lid and the article storage box are simultaneously moved out of the vehicle while holding the lid and the article storage box together. It becomes possible. Therefore, particularly when exchanging spare tires and the like, it is possible to prevent a problem that an article in the article storage box jumps out when the lid and the article storage box are taken out of the vehicle together with the lid together, and it is very possible. It is convenient.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an insertion opening or notch is provided on each of the right and left sides of the lid, and an insertion opening or cutout for opening and closing the lid is provided at the rear end of the lid. Since the cutout portion is provided, the lid and the article storage box can be removed together by grasping the lid and the article storage box with both hands, and the lid can be easily opened and closed with one hand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile having a vehicle rear structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the automobile shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a rear portion of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a quarter trim provided on a side portion of the floor panel.

5 is an enlarged plan view showing a rear portion of the vehicle indicated by an arrow X in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5;

8 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line EE in FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an engagement portion formed at a corner of the front end of the lid.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional vehicle rear structure.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by an arrow Y in FIG. 12, and is a cross-sectional view showing a hinge member provided between the lid and the article storage box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 floor panel 1 a rear part 2 spare tire storage recess 3 article storage box 3 a upper end opening 3 d peripheral flange 3 e handle 4 lid 7 spare tire 13 rear seat 15 recess 16, 17 insertion opening 18 quarter trim 19 box mounting Receiving surface 20 Lid mounting receiving surface 21 Hinge coupling concave portion 22, 25 Inclined surface 23 Notch portion 26 Hinge structure portion 28 Clip 29 Engaging claw K Clip mounting point α Engaged part β Engagement part γ corner

Claims (5)

[Claims] An article storage box is disposed above a spare tire storage recess formed in a rear portion of a floor panel, and a lid is disposed above the article storage box to load the lid. In a vehicle rear structure configured as a part of a cabin floor, an engagement portion formed at a front end of the lid and an engaged portion formed on the quarter trim corresponding to the engagement portion. A vehicle rear structure comprising a detachable plug-in type hinge structure, and a rear end of the lid is detachably fixed to the quarter trim by a clip. 2. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 1, wherein a step formed by cutting off a corner at a front end of the lid is used as an engagement portion of the lid. 3. The clip is attached to the quarter trim, and an engaging claw provided at the rear end of the lid is engaged with the clip, so that the rear end of the lid is attached to the quarter trim via the clip. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle rear structure is fixed. 4. An insertion opening or notch corresponding to the handle of the article storage box is provided in the lid, and the handle of the article storage box is gripped through the insertion opening or notch of the lid. The vehicle rear structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the article storage box and a lid placed thereon can be held together. 5. The insertion opening or notch portion is provided on both left and right sides of the lid, and a insertion opening or notch portion for opening and closing the lid is provided at a rear end portion of the lid. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 4, wherein: