JPH0585251A - Lower car body structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a lower vehicle body structure of an automobile 1 capable of quickly and easily moving a wheelchair 3 to a predetermined position in a vehicle body 2. [Constitution] It is premised on a lower body structure of an automobile in which an introduction part 4 such as an introduction port 5 for introducing a wheelchair 3 is formed in a rear part of a vehicle body 1 and an upper surface of a floor 14 in the vehicle body 1 is a moving surface of the wheelchair 3. To do. Under that premise, on the floor 14, the wheelchair 3
A guide means 19 such as a guide protrusion 21 for guiding the vehicle is provided from the introduction portion 4 side toward the front side of the vehicle body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lower body structure of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art EP890
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 481, there is a vehicle body in which a rear portion of the vehicle body is provided with an introduction portion into which a wheelchair can be introduced, and a floor upper surface in the vehicle body serves as a moving surface of the wheelchair. According to this, it is possible to get on and off while moving on the wheelchair and move to a predetermined position in the vehicle body.

[0003]

However, the inside of the vehicle body constitutes a kind of tubular passage, and the length in the vehicle width direction is sufficiently long, although the wheelchair can pass through it. Not widely). For this reason, it is necessary to correct the wheelchair when the direction of travel of the wheelchair deviates from the desired direction, but with the correction action, the wheelchair tends to be restricted by the inner wall of the vehicle body, and the wheelchair can be quickly moved to a predetermined position in the vehicle body. And they cannot move easily. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a lower vehicle body structure of an automobile capable of moving a wheelchair quickly and easily to a predetermined position in the vehicle body.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention (first invention), an introducing portion for introducing a wheelchair is formed in a rear portion of a vehicle body, and an upper surface of a floor in the vehicle body is a wheelchair. In a lower body structure of an automobile which is a moving surface, guide means for guiding a wheelchair is provided on the floor from the introduction portion side toward the front side of the vehicle body. With the above configuration, the traveling direction of the wheelchair is determined by the guide means, and the traveling direction does not deviate from the desired one. For this reason,
The wheelchair can be quickly and easily moved to a predetermined position on the vehicle body.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention (the second invention), the guide means is formed such that the wheelchair guide direction is inclined with respect to the vehicle body front-rear direction. There is.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention (third invention), the guide means is constructed by bulging the floor upward.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention. The automobile 1 includes a wheelchair 3 at a rear portion of a vehicle body 2.
Is formed to allow the introduction of This introduction part 4
In FIG. 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the introduction port 5 is covered with a back door 6, and the lower end portion of the back door 6 is covered with a bumper 7. Inlet 5 is a bumper-7
It extends from the vicinity of the lower portion along the rear surface of the vehicle body to a substantially central portion of the roof 8 in the vehicle front-rear direction, and its width (length in the vehicle width direction) is made longer than the width of the wheelchair 3. The back door 6 is rotatably attached to the upper edge of the inlet 5 via a hinge 9 and is biased in the opening direction by a gas spring (not shown). At times, the back door 6 is adapted to spring up above the roof 8. The bumper 7 is provided in the lower rear part of the vehicle body 2 as usual. The bumper 7 is divided at the portion covering the back door 6,
A split bumper 10 is formed, and this split bumper is formed.
A lower end portion 10 of the vehicle body 2 is supported by a vehicle body (frame, for example) so as to be able to move up and down. When the split bumper 10 is in a normal standing state, the vehicle body 2 is locked by a locking means (not shown).
Is supposed to be locked against. A plurality of sloping plates 11 are housed in the split bumper 10 in a folded state, and the sloping plates 11 are sequentially connected from the split bumper 10 to form a split bumper 10. -10
When the sloping plate is laid down and the sloping plate 11 is opened and laid down, as shown in FIG. 3, the split bumper 10 and the sloping plate are inclined to form an integral inclined plate 12. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the tip of the inclined plate 12 comes into contact with the road surface 13 in an inclined state.

A floor 14 is laid inside the vehicle body 2 as shown in FIGS. This floor 14
It is attached to the pair of rear frames 15a and 15b on the rear side of the vehicle body, and is attached to the pair of front frames (not shown) on the front side of the vehicle body. This floor 14
Is approximately in the center in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and on one side in the vehicle width direction (see FIG. 2).
Swelling portion 16 that bulges upward in the middle and upper side)
Is formed to form a recess 17 on the lower surface side of the floor 14, and a gasoline tank 18 is disposed in the recess 17.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 to 6, guide means 19 are provided on the floor. This guide means 19 comprises a guide groove 20 and a guide protrusion 21 in this embodiment.

The guide groove 20 has a function of guiding the outside of the wheels 3a on both sides of the wheelchair 3, and the guide groove 20 is located on the front side of the vehicle body between the introduction port 5 and substantially the center of the vehicle body 2 in the front-rear direction. As the vehicle advances, it is inclined so as to proceed to the other side in the vehicle width direction (lower side in FIG. 2). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a pair of rear frames 15a and 15b and a floor 14 are used in order to facilitate entry of the wheelchair 3 into the vehicle compartment from the introduction port 5 to the vicinity of the introduction port 5. Thus, a guide groove 20 having a large entry width is formed. In this case, on the floor 14, as shown in FIG.
A spare tire housing hole 22 is formed on one side of the bottom wall of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, and a spare tire 23 is housed in the spare tire housing hole 22. By being arranged, even in the spare tire accommodation hole 22, the flushness is ensured. Further, as a result of the spare tire accommodation hole 22 being formed, a recess 24 is formed on the lower surface side of the bottom wall of the guide groove 20 on the other side in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIG. 5, the guide groove 20 is formed in the center of the vehicle body 2 in the front-rear direction from the vicinity of the introduction port 5 by using the rear frame 15a while denting the floor 14.

The guide protrusion 21 is provided on both wheels 3a of the wheelchair 3.
Has a function of guiding the inside of the
On the other side in the vehicle width direction, extends from the approximate center of the vehicle body 2 in the front-rear direction to the engine 26 side in front of the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 6, the guide protrusion 21 is formed by bulging the floor 14 upward, and as a result, on the lower surface side of the floor 14, a recess 25 is formed at a portion corresponding to the guide protrusion 21. Are formed. The front end portion of the guide protrusion 21 is inflated in the vehicle width direction, and its length is longer than the inner space between the wheels 3a on both sides of the wheelchair 3. This allows
The forward movement of the wheelchair 3 from the tip of the guide protrusion 21 is restricted.

An exhaust pipe 27 extends from the engine 26 toward the rear of the vehicle body, as shown in FIG. The exhaust pipe 27 is located on the other side in the vehicle width direction, and the exhaust pipe 27 is provided with a catalyst device 28, a pre-silencer 29, and a main silencer 30. Of these, the catalyst device 28 and the pre-silencer 29 are housed in the recess 25, and the main silencer 30 is housed in the recess 24.

Next, a case where the wheelchair 3 is loaded on the automobile 1 having such a structure will be described. First, the split bumper 10 and the sloping plate 11 inside the split bumper 10 are tilted so that the tilted plate 12 straddles the road surface 13 and the floor 14, and subsequently, the back door 6 is unlocked. The back door 6 is flipped up and the introduction port 5 is opened. Next, the wheelchair 3 is moved, and the wheelchair 3 is put into the passenger compartment from the inclined plate 12 through the introduction port 5. After that, the wheelchair 3 further advances to the front side of the vehicle body and reaches a predetermined position. However, the wheelchair 3 is located between the introduction port 5 and substantially the center of the vehicle body 2 in the longitudinal direction of the wheelchair 3. Guide groove 2 on the outside
0, and the insides of the wheels 3a on both sides of the wheelchair 3 are guided by the guide protrusions 21 from the approximate center in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body 2 to the vehicle body front side.

Therefore, the wheelchair 3 has the guide groove 2
0, the guide protrusion 21 allows quick and easy movement to a predetermined position. Further, in this embodiment, since the guide groove 20 is inclined with respect to the front-rear direction of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. 2, the wheelchair 3 is used when the automobile 1 is stopped on a slope or the like. In the case of no, the load of the movement of the wheelchair 3 is reduced, and the movement of the wheelchair 3 to a predetermined position becomes easy. Further, the wheelchair 3 is locked at a predetermined position by a locking means (not shown). In addition to this, the inclination of the guide groove 20 functions as a stopper against the rearward movement of the vehicle body. Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the catalyst device 28 and the pre-silencer 29 are housed in the recess 25, the vehicle height (road surface 13
(Height from the roof to the roof 8) can be reduced.

In this embodiment, since the guide groove 20 is formed between the vicinity of the introduction port 5 and substantially the center of the vehicle body 2 in the longitudinal direction, the reference height from the road surface 13 to the bottom surface of the vehicle is between them. Since it is necessary to secure the height of the floor 14 as shown in FIG. 1, the introduction port 5 is extended to the substantially central portion of the roof 8 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body so that the wheelchair 3 is provided. Since the head of the sitting person does not hit the roof 8, it is not necessary to increase the height of the roof 8 as the floor 14 rises.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention includes the following. The back door 6 is composed of a glass hatch that swings upward and a door that swings downward. A sliding type sloping plate is built in the door, and when the door is tilted, Make the sloping board slide toward the road surface,
By this, the inclined plate 12 is formed. Use only the guide protrusion 21 as the guide means 19.

[0017]

As described above, the present invention can quickly and easily bring a wheelchair to a predetermined position in the vehicle body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an introduction portion in a rear portion of a vehicle body.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 automobile 2 vehicle body 3 wheelchair 4 introduction part 14 floor 19 guide means 20 guide groove 21 guide protrusion

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A lower vehicle body structure of an automobile, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a wheelchair is formed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, and a floor upper surface in the vehicle body is a moving surface of the wheelchair, and a guide means for guiding the wheelchair to the floor. Is provided from the side of the introduction portion toward the front side of the vehicle body. 2. The lower vehicle body structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the guide means is formed so that a wheelchair guide direction is inclined with respect to a vehicle body front-rear direction. 3. The lower body structure for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the guide means is formed by bulging the floor upward.