Tailgate of car

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1999-11-18

2001-03-20

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Standing

C296S056000, C296S146200, C296S146300, C296S146800

Reexamination Certificate

active

06203094

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tailgate of a car, and more particularly to a tailgate of a car which can be opened up and closed down.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally, a tailgate assembly
19
, a bumper
1
, and a lamp
3
may be mounted at the rear end of a van-type vehicle. Typically, the tailgate assembly
19
is piviotably openable and closeable about a hinge point as is illustrated in FIG.
2
.
As illustrated in
FIG. 2
, a body panel
11
is coupled to a tailgate inner panel
13
, which is again coupled at an upper side thereof to a tailgate outer panel
15
. The tailgate outer panel
15
is combined at an upper exterior side thereof with a lid
17
and is coupled at a rear exterior side thereof to a tailgate
19
.
The tailgate outer panel
15
is coupled at a tip end thereof to a seal member
21
for sealing when the tailgate
19
is closed. The tailgate
19
is combined at a middle section thereof with a hinge bracket
23
and a hinge axle
25
for hinging the tailgate
19
. The tailgate
19
is mounted with a support plate
27
arranged at the lid
17
and a glass plate
29
coupled via bolts to the support plate
27
. The glass plate
29
adheres at an upper inner surface thereof to the seal member
21
when closed.
When lifting glass plate
29
, the tailgate is lifted along an imaginary line indicated in
FIG. 2
about the hinge axle
25
coupled to the hinge bracket.
However, there is a problem in the tailgate of the conventional van-type vehicle thus constructed in that the support plate
27
is mounted with the hinge bracket
23
while hinge bracket
23
is coupled to the hinge axle, such that structure thereof is complicated, and many parts are involved therein to make it difficult to assemble and the overall outlook uncomely.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is disclosed to solve the afore-mentioned problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a tailgate of a car constructed and arranged to directly hinge a tailgate to a tailgate outer panel.
In accordance with the object of the present invention, there is provided a tailgate of a car, the car for being sequentially mounted with a tailgate inner panel and a tailgate outer panel to a tailgate thereof, while the tailgate outer panel is hinged to a tailgate which is vertically openable and closeable, wherein the tailgate comprises a glass plate, the glass plate being directly coupled at an upper end thereof to the tailgate outer panel by hinge means.
The hinge means comprises a first mounting bracket coupled to the tailgate outer panel, a second mounting bracket coupled to the glass plate, and a hinge axle for hinging the first and second mounting bracket, where the second mounting bracket is fixed to the glass plate via a packing member and a tip end of the second mounting bracket protruded outside of the glass plate is coupled to a cap-type nut.
The hinge means further comprises a first mounting pivot having a ball and coupled to the tailgate outer panel, and a second mounting pivot having a journal surface-contacting the ball, where the second mounting pivot is fixed to the glass plate via a packing member, and a tip end of the second mounting pivot protruded outside of the glass plate is coupled to a cap-type nut.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4261612 (1981-04-01), Chrysler et al.
patent: 4305614 (1981-12-01), Holka et al.
patent: 4353111 (1982-10-01), Gallitzendorfer et al.
patent: 4413854 (1983-11-01), Hirshberg
patent: 4433866 (1984-02-01), Hagiwara
patent: 4664437 (1987-05-01), Queveau
patent: 5570923 (1996-11-01), Taylor

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