Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-04
2003-01-14
Patel, Kiran (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
C296S190110, C296S039200, C296S037160
Reexamination Certificate
active
06505872
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an installation structure of a mid-gate provided for securing a cargo loading space in the sport utility truck that can combine a passenger portion of an automobile and practicality of a pickup truck, and more particularly to an installation structure of a mid-gate that can secure a part of a vehicle body to install the mid-gate and reinforce strength of the part.
2. Brief Description of the Related Art
In general, a conventional vehicle that has a mid-gate to distinguish a passenger portion and a cargo loading portion, as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, can shut or open the front passenger portion and the rear cargo loading portion of a vehicle body with the mid-gate. The installation structure of the mid-gate
100
, as shown in
FIG. 3
, is constructed to rotatively support the mid-gate
100
with a hinge bracket
104
at a rear floor panel
102
of a vehicle body in a simple structure.
In the structure where a mid-gate
100
is constructed with a simple hinge bracket
104
at the single rear floor panel
102
of the vehicle body as described above, the gravitational weight of the mid-gate
100
and the weight of cargo at the cargo loading part are interacted, and the rear portion of the vehicle is easily twisted by the weight of the loaded cargo to readily deform the installation part of the hinge bracket
104
, thereby causing a problem of deteriorating its strength.
If the installation part of the hinge bracket
104
is readily deformed, there are problems that the mid-gate
100
may not be easily opened or closed and that noise generates.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to solve the aforementioned problems and provide an installation structure of a mid-gate of a sport utility truck that can secure a stable and strong installation structure of a mid-gate by reinforcing a part where the mid-gate is mounted and by restricting the occurrence of twists at the rear cargo loading portion of the vehicle body to the maximum.
In order to accomplish the aforementioned object of the present invention, there is provided an installation structure of a mid-gate of a sport utility truck, the structure comprising:
a rear floor panel;
a deck floor panel positioned with a predetermined interval over the rear floor panel;
a closing panel directly connecting the front portion of the deck floor panel with the rear floor panel; and
a mid-gate mounting panel whose a rear end is connected with the closing panel, a front end is connected with the rear floor panel and an upper surface is provided with a mid-gate hinge.
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Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Hyundai Motor Company
Patel Kiran
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