Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Auxiliary article compartments
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-17
2001-11-20
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Auxiliary article compartments
C296S037160, C296S106000, C296S076000, C296S146800
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318782
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle for opening/closing a luggage space provided in the rear of the vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Concerning with an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle mentioned above, there is a conventional structure described, for example, in Japanese registered utility model laid-open publication No. Hei 6-68938.
More specifically, it is such an opening/closing rear component structure that a back door is openably/closably supported on an upper portion of the rear of a vehicle body to open/close a rear luggage space, an opening for a rear window is formed corresponding to an upper half of this back door and a rear window is openably/closably mounted on this opening.
According to this conventional structure, it is possible to load and unload large luggage easily when the whole back door is opened/closed, and also possible to load and unload small luggage such as hand luggage when only the rear window is opened/closed, which offers advantages improving the operability of opening/closing the back door and the rear window and also loadability and unloadability of luggage, whereas there arises such a problem as stated below.
More specifically, the conventional structure as stated above has problems that the effect of the air-conditioning is lessened owing to intrusion of the outside air into the compartment of the vehicle because the compartment is communicated with the outside of the vehicle when the rear window is opened on air-conditioning, and there arises feeling awkward about loading, for example, dirty luggage and the like into the rear luggage space because it is not so constituted like a sedan-type vehicle as to have an independent luggage space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising a luggage space being divided into a upper luggage space and a lower luggage space, a openable/closable door being provided to the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space respectively, and the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of opening/closing the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space integrally so that the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space may be opened/closed at the same time, or a mode of opening/closing the door independently so that the upper luggage space and/or the lower luggage space may be opened/closed, whereby it becomes possible to selectively adopt an independent luggage space separated from the compartment (such a luggage space as a sedan-type vehicle has) or a large luggage space in which large luggage can be loaded and unloaded easily (such a luggage space as a hatchback-type vehicle has), and it becomes also possible to keep the air-conditioning from lessening its effect when the independent luggage space is opened/closed, and also possible to store, for example, dirty luggage and the like in the independent luggage space.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising the door for the upper luggage space being openably/closably supported on a vehicle body via a hinge means, and the door for the lower luggage space being openably/closably supported on the door for the upper luggage space via a hinge means, whereby it becomes possible to load and unload large luggage when the door for the upper luggage space is opened/closed, and to load and unload luggage in the independent luggage space (the lower luggage space) separated from the compartment when the door for the lower luggage space is opened/closed.
Another object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising a partition member being provided to separate the upper luggage space from the lower luggage space, and the partition member provided movably relative to the vehicle body being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of separating the upper luggage space from the lower luggage space, or a mode of making both of these luggage spaces communicable with each other, whereby it becomes possible to use the lower luggage space as an independent luggage space when the luggage space is separated by the partition member, and it becomes possible to form one large communicable luggage space out of both luggage spaces when both spaces are made communicable by the partition member and at the same time small articles can be loaded and unloaded from the compartment, thus improving the availability of the structure.
Another object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising said door for the lower luggage space being mounted to said door for the upper luggage space via a link member so that said door for the lower luggage space may be opened/closed by moving vertically in parallel, whereby it becomes possible to easily open/close the door for the lower luggage space even if the space for opening/closing the door existing backward from the vehicle is small.
Another object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising the upper portion of said door for the lower luggage space being openably/closably supported on said door for the upper luggage space via a hinge means, whereby it may simplify the opening/closing door mechanism and improve the operability of opening/closing the doors by making each door open/close in the same direction.
The present invention includes an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle for opening/closing a luggage space provided in the rear of the vehicle, comprising said luggage space being divided into a upper luggage space and a lower luggage space, a openable/closable door being provided to the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space respectively, and the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of opening/closing the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space integrally so that the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space may be opened/closed at the same time, or a mode of opening/closing the door independently so that the upper luggage space and/or the lower luggage space may be opened/closed.
In addition to the forgoing construction of the invention, the present invention includes an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising said door for the upper luggage space being openably/closably supported on a vehicle body via a hinge means, and said door for the lower luggage space being openably/closably supported on the door for the upper luggage space via a hinge means.
In addition to the forgoing construction of the invention, the present invention includes an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising a partition member being provided to separate the upper luggage space from the lower luggage space, said partition member being provided movably relative to a vehicle body, and said partition member being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of separating the upper luggage space from the lower luggage space, or a mode of making both of these luggage spaces communicable with each other.
The present invention further includes an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising the upper portion of said door for the lower luggage space being mounted to said door for the upper luggage space via a link member so that said door for the lower luggage space may be opened/closed by moving vertically in parallel.
The present invention further includes an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising the upper portion of said door for the lower luggage space being openably/closably supported on said door for the upper luggage space via a hinge means.
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Kikuchi Reiji
Kirita Takami
Suzuki Toshifumi
Watanabe Masaya
Mazda Motor Corporation
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Pape Joseph D.
Patel Kiran B.
Studebaker Donald R.
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