JPS6122013Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the improvement of a tailgate device for a motor vehicle, particularly a tailgate device made of glass material.

Conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a tailgate 8 made of a glass material and capable of opening and closing the rear opening 4 of an automobile 2 has been hinged to a vehicle body 10 by a hinge 6. Further, in order to maintain the open state of the tailgate 8, a damper stay 12 that is extendable and retractable in the longitudinal direction is provided between the side edge of the tailgate 8 and the side edge of the opening 4. Furthermore, in order to fix the tailgate 8 to the vehicle body 10 when the tailgate 8 is in the closed state, a latch (not shown) is attached to the lower edge of the opening 4 of the vehicle body 10, and the latch is engaged with the latch. A striker 14 was attached to the open end of the tailgate 8.

According to the above configuration, in order to attach the hinge 6, damper stay 12 and striker 14 to the tailgate 8 made of glass material using bolts etc.
A number of holes must be made in the glass plate of the tailgate 8, which increases the number of man-hours and reduces the strength of the tailgate 8.

Furthermore, when the tailgate 8 is closed, an input is constantly applied from the damper stay 12 to the tailgate 8 in the direction in which the damper stay 12 extends, and the input is applied to the vehicle body from the hinge 6 and the striker 14 via the tailgate 8. 10 will be informed. For this reason, the tailgate 8 is constantly subjected to a load equal to the bending moment, and when an impact force or the like is applied from the outside, the tailgate 8 made of glass material
In order to prevent the tailgate from being damaged, it is necessary to use a glass plate with high strength, which increases the weight of the tailgate 8 and increases the manufacturing cost. The present invention was devised in view of the above, and consists of a glass tailgate that is hinged to the upper edge of the rear opening of a car and opens and closes the opening; one end is connected to the side edge of the tailgate and the other end is connected to the a stay mechanism connected to a side edge of the opening for holding the tailgate in an open state and capable of varying the distance between the two ends; and a latch provided on the edge of the opening when the tailgate is closed. The object of the present invention is to provide a tailgate device for an automobile, wherein the tailgate is equipped with a striker that engages with the tailgate to keep the tailgate in a closed state, and the striker is provided at one end of the stay mechanism. It is something to do.

According to the present invention, the striker is provided at one end, which is the end on the side of the attachment part to the tailgate made of glass, of the stay mechanism that can vary the distance between both ends. There is no need to separately drill holes in the gate, and compared to conventional devices, the number of man-hours required to drill holes in the glass plate can be reduced, and the strength of the tailgate can also be increased.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since a protruding striker is provided at one end of the stay mechanism, which is the end on the tailgate side, input from the stay mechanism acts directly on the vehicle body via the striker and latch, and Since the reaction force of the striker also acts directly on the stay mechanism, the above input and reaction forces hardly act on the tailgate body made of a glass plate, so the forces such as bending moments that act directly on the tailgate are considerably reduced compared to conventional devices. It is something that Therefore, compared to conventional devices, the thickness of the glass plate of the tailgate can be made thinner, the weight of the tailgate can be reduced, and manufacturing costs can also be reduced.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 2. Note that since the overall configuration is substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 1, detailed explanation regarding the overall structure will be omitted.

The stay mechanism 15 includes a damper stay 12 and a mounting member 16 provided at the end of the damper stay 12 on the tailgate 8 side. The mounting member 16 is
As shown in FIG. 2, it is composed of a first bracket 18 and a second bracket 20, and the first bracket is connected to the second bracket 2 by a bolt 22 and a weld nut 24 welded to the second bracket 20.
It is rotatably mounted at 0. One end of the first bracket 18 is fixed to the end of the damper stay 12, and the other end is formed with a hole 26 through which a bolt 22 is inserted. The second bracket 20 also comes into contact with the glass surface of the side of the open end of the tailgate 8, and has a hole 28 for inserting a bolt or the like (not shown) in order to fix it to the tailgate 8 using a bolt or the like (not shown). A pair of left and right flanges 30, 31 with holes 29, and the same pair of flanges 30, 31
A main body 34 having a U-shaped cross section, in which the weld nut 24 is welded and a hole 32 through which the bolt 22 is inserted is bored, and a U fixed to the main body 34.
It consists of a letter-shaped striker 36.

According to the above configuration, the striker 3 is attached to the mounting member 16 that attaches the damper stay 12 to the tailgate 8.
6 is provided, and there is no need to drill a new hole in the glass plate of the tailgate 8 in order to attach the striker, so the number of man-hours required to drill a hole in the glass plate of the tailgate 8 is reduced compared to conventional equipment. It is possible to reduce this and increase the strength of the tailgate 8 made of a glass plate.

Further, with the tailgate 8 closed, the tailgate 8 is removed from the damper stay 12 and the striker 36.
Even if the input and reaction forces act on the tailgate 8, the striker 36 is formed on the attachment member 16 of the damper stay 12 to the tailgate 8, and the input and reaction forces do not act directly on the glass plate of the tailgate 8.
Compared to conventional devices, almost no force such as bending moment acts on the glass plate of the tailgate 8. Therefore, the thickness of the glass plate of the tailgate 8 can be made thinner than in the conventional device, so that the weight of the tailgate 8 can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, a damper stay was used as an example of a stay mechanism in which the distance between both ends can be varied, but the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained even if a foldable stay mechanism is used. Of course it is possible.

Further, depending on the weight of the tailgate, the stay mechanism based on the present invention can be attached to both sides of the tailgate, or it can be attached only to one side, and in either case, the above-mentioned effects can be obtained. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire rear part of the conventional deprivation device;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts showing an embodiment based on the present invention. 2...Car, 4...Rear opening, 6...Hinge, 8...Tailgate, 10...Vehicle body, 12...
...Dumper stay, 36... Striker.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A glass tailgate that is hinged to the upper edge of a rear opening of an automobile to open and close the opening; one end is connected to the side edge of the tailgate and the other end is connected to the side edge of the opening; a stay mechanism that maintains the tailgate in an open state and allows the distance between the two ends to vary; and a striker that engages with a latch provided on the edge of the opening when the tailgate is closed to maintain the tailgate in the closed state. A tailgate device for an automobile, characterized in that the striker is provided at the one end of the stay mechanism.