JP4470669B2 - Tonneau cover structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle tonneau cover structure that conceals a cargo space provided behind a seat, and that can cope with seat reclining and movement of a seat slide.

  As a conventional tonneau cover structure for a vehicle, for example, a structure in which cloth or PVC leather is attached to the front of the tonneau cover and its front end is hooked and fixed to the back of the seat back (for example, refer to Patent Document 1) or a board is used. 2. Description of the Related Art A structure that has a structure that can be slid in an up and down direction and has a front end that is hooked and fixed to the back of the seat back is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-59277 JP 2001-30833 A

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
That is, in the above-described conventional example, when the seat back is tilted forward, if the connecting portion with the seat back is not removed, the seat back does not fall forward and stops halfway. In addition, when the seat back is tilted forward, the cloth, PVC leather, board, etc. that hides the space between the seat and the tonneau cover will come off and the seat back will need to be fixed again. There is a problem that the operation is troublesome.
Further, when cloth, PVC leather, or the like is used, there is a problem that sagging occurs depending on the position of the seat back in a state of being coupled to the seat back, and the appearance is poor.

  The present invention has been made by paying attention to the conventional problems as described above, and does not deteriorate the appearance and requires a special operation to reclin the seat back or slide the seat. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tonneau cover structure for a vehicle that can always keep the back of the seat back in a concealed state.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the tonneau cover structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 of the present application has a reclining mechanism, a plate-like hard core board formed of resin on the back surface, and a tension on the surface of the board. And a tonneau cover main body disposed on the rear side between the seat back and the back door, and a substantially horizontal board shape between the tonneau cover main body and the seat back. The front tonneau cover is disposed such that the front tonneau cover is pivotable from a substantially horizontal state downward from the substantially horizontal state around a hinge portion formed at a rear edge of the vehicle. the vehicle front end edge parts tonneau cover, while along the inclination of the back of the seat back, rounded portion in contact with the board portion of the seat back rear surface are formed, said front tonneau cover The upper surface containing the definitive said rounded portion is attached non-woven fabric, characterized in that said hinge portion, biasing means for biasing upward the front tonneau cover to be substantially horizontal state is provided And

In the tonneau cover structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, as described above, a plate-like hard core board having a reclining mechanism and formed of resin on the back surface, and a skin stretched on the surface of the board A tonneau cover body is disposed on the rear side between the seat back and the back door, and a substantially horizontal board-like front tonneau cover is provided between the tonneau cover body and the seat back. The front tonneau cover is disposed in a state in which the front side of the front tonneau cover is pivotable downward from a substantially horizontal state around a hinge portion formed at a rear edge of the vehicle. the end edge, the state along the inclination of the back of the seat back, rounded portion in contact with the board portion of the seat back rear surface are formed, said rounded in the front tonneau cover The upper surface including the affixed nonwoven fabric, wherein the hinge portion, that has a configuration that is provided with biasing means for biasing upward the front tonneau cover to be substantially horizontal state, the reclining When the seat back is tilted backward by the operation, the rounded portion of the front tonneau cover in contact with the back of the seat back is pressed by a plate-like hard core board made of resin, and by the component force of the pressing force When the front tonneau cover is pivoted downward about the hinge, and when the seat back is raised forward, the board-like front tonneau cover is centered on the hinge by the urging force of the urging means. Since the gap behind the seat back is concealed by turning upward, the back of the seat back is always concealed in response to the reclining operation of the seat back without requiring any special operation. Effect that it is possible to maintain the.
Further, since the front tonneau cover at the rear of the seat back is in a board shape and simply rotates, it does not cause sagging or the like, and therefore does not deteriorate the appearance.
Further, since the nonwoven fabric is attached to the upper surface of the front tonneau cover including the rounded portion, the relative movement between the seat back and the front tonneau cover occurs due to the shaking of the vehicle body when traveling on an uneven road, etc. As well as preventing the rubbing sound generated by rubbing the back surface of the front cover and the rounded portion of the front tonneau cover, the wear resistance can be improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The tonneau cover structure for a vehicle according to this embodiment corresponds to the invention described in claims 1 to 3.
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a normal use state in which a seat back showing a tonneau cover structure for a vehicle according to this embodiment is raised, FIG. The principal part expansion perspective view which shows the detail of the hinge part in the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of this, FIG. 4 is an effect | action explanatory drawing which shows the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of an Example.

The vehicle tonneau cover structure of this embodiment includes a rear seat 1, a sheet-like tonneau cover body 2, and a board-like front tonneau cover 3 as main components.
The rear REIT 1 is provided with a reclining mechanism that can change the inclination angle of the seat back 11.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the sheet-like tonneau cover main body 2 is disposed on the rear side between the seat back 11 of the rear seat 1 and a back door (not shown), and is a winder in the tonneau cover frame 21. A sheet-like main body 23 having one end connected to 22 is urged in a direction that is always wound by a spring (not shown), and the sheet-like main body 23 is pulled out to the rear side of the vehicle against this urging force. Then, the rear end is locked to the vehicle body so that a rear luggage room R is formed below the rear end.

The board-like front tonneau cover 3 has a vehicle rear end side 3 a of the front tonneau cover 3 attached to a front side wall surface of the tonneau cover frame 21 by a hinge portion 31 so as to be rotatable, and on the front side of the tonneau cover frame 21. The front end portion 3a of the front tonneau cover 3 can be rotated downward from the horizontal state by a stopper portion 21a that protrudes horizontally from the edge toward the front of the vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 3, the hinge portion 31 is provided with a spring (biasing means) 32 that biases the tonneau cover 3 upward so as to be in a substantially horizontal state.

  In addition, as shown in detail in FIG. 2, the vehicle front end edge 3 a side of the tonneau cover 3 is formed with an inclined portion 33 that is inclined downward toward the front of the vehicle, and at the tip thereof, A rounded portion 34 is formed along the inclination of the back surface 11a of the reclining seat back 11.

Further, a front end reinforcing inner 35 formed of a resin plate is attached to the back surface of the front end portion including the inclined portion 33 in the front tonneau cover 3.
Further, a non-woven fabric 36 is affixed to the upper surface of the tonneau cover 3 including the rounded portion 34, the leading end of the non-woven fabric 36 is folded inside the leading edge of the rounded portion 34, and the folded portion is The front edge portion and the front edge portion of the front tonneau cover 3 are fixed in a sandwiched state.
Further, the tip portion where the round portion 34 is formed is in contact with the back surface 11 a of the seat back 11. Further, on the back surface 11 a of the seat back 11, a carpet-like skin 13 is stretched on the surface of a plate-like and hard core board 12 made of resin.

The nonwoven fabric 36 is caused by relative movement between the seat back 11 and the front tonneau cover 3 due to the shaking of the vehicle body when traveling on an uneven road (especially when the vehicle body rolls left and right), whereby the back surface 11a of the seat back 11 is formed. In order to prevent rubbing noise generated by rubbing the rounded portion 34 of the board-like front tonneau cover 3 and to increase wear resistance, to achieve both rubbing noise prevention and wear resistance. As a result of an experiment in which the combination of the basis weight and density of the nonwoven fabric 36 was changed, as shown in Table 1 below, the nonwoven fabric 36 having a basis weight of 182 g / m ² and a density of 2.1 g / cm ³ was able to prevent rubbing Both were found to be satisfactory in terms of wear resistance.

次に、実施例の作用・効果について説明する。
この実施例の車両用トノカバー構造では、上述のように構成されるため、シートバック１１を立てた図１の状態から、リクライニング操作によりシートバック１１を後方へ倒して行くと、図２に示すように、ボード状の前部トノカバー３の車両前方側端部３ａに形成された丸み部３４が、シートバック１１の傾斜状背面１１ａで押圧され、該押圧力Ｆの分力Ｆｓで、図４に示すように、ボード状の前部トノカバー３がそのヒンジ部３１を中心として下方へ回動される。

Next, functions and effects of the embodiment will be described.
Since the tonneau cover structure for a vehicle according to this embodiment is configured as described above, when the seat back 11 is tilted backward by a reclining operation from the state of FIG. Further, a rounded portion 34 formed at the vehicle front side end portion 3a of the board-like front tonneau cover 3 is pressed by the inclined back surface 11a of the seat back 11, and the component force Fs of the pressing force F is shown in FIG. As shown, the board-like front tonneau cover 3 is rotated downward about the hinge portion 31.

  Further, when the seat back 11 is stood forward, the board-like front tonneau cover 3 is rotated upward about the hinge portion 31 by the urging force of the spring 32, so that a gap behind the seat back 11 is formed. It will be hidden.

Accordingly, there is an effect that the rear of the seat back 11 can always be kept in a concealed state in response to the reclining operation of the seat back 11 without requiring a special operation.
Further, since the front tonneau cover 3 at the rear of the seat back has a board shape and is merely rotated, it does not cause sagging or the like, and therefore does not deteriorate the appearance.

  The board-shaped front tonneau cover 3 has a configuration in which a rounded portion 34 is formed along the inclination of the back surface of the reclining seat back 11 on the vehicle front edge 3a. When the front tonneau cover 3 rotates downward, the sliding with the back surface 11a of the seat back 11 is performed smoothly, whereby the board-shaped front tonneau cover 3 can be smoothly rotated.

In addition, a non-woven road having a basis weight of 182 g / m ² and a density of 2.1 g / cm ³ is attached to the surface of the round portion 34 of the board-like front tonneau cover 3, thereby driving on uneven roads. Even when the seat back back surface 11a and the rounded portion 34 of the board-like front tonneau cover 3 are rubbed due to the vibration of the vehicle body, the generation of a rubbing sound can be suppressed and the durability can be enhanced by wear resistance. It becomes like this.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention can be applied even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. included.
For example, in the embodiment, the tonneau cover main body 2 is a sheet and wound around the winder 22, but the tonneau cover main body 2 may be a hard flat plate formed of resin or the like.

  In the embodiment, the seat is used as a reclining seat, but the seat can also be slid. That is, when the seat slides toward the rear of the vehicle, it is pushed by the seat back 11 and the round portion 34 is formed in the front tonneau cover 3, so that the front tonneau cover 3 rotates downward and the hinge portion 31. The horizontal distance between the front tonneau cover 3 and the front end of the front tonneau cover 3 is shortened, and a slide space is generated, and the front tonneau cover can be further rotated downward by the slide.

It is a side view which shows the normal use condition which stood the seat back which shows the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of an Example. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of an Example. It is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the detail of the hinge part in the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of an Example. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the tonneau cover structure for vehicles of an Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rear seat 11 Seat back 11a Back surface 12 Board of core material 13 Carpet cover 2 Sheet-like tonneau cover 21 Cover frame 21a Stopper part 22 Winder 23 Sheet-like main body part 3 Board-like front tonneau cover 3a Front end of tonneau cover Edge portion 3b Vehicle rear edge portion of tonneau cover 31 Hinge portion 32 Spring (biasing means)
33 Inclined part 34 Round part 35 Inner part for tip part reinforcement 36 Non-woven fabric R Rear luggage room

Claims (1)

A rear seat back having a reclining mechanism and a plate-like hard core board formed of resin on the back surface and a skin stretched on the surface of the board; between the seat back and the back door A tonneau cover main body is disposed on the rear side of the tonneau cover, and a substantially horizontal board-shaped front tonneau cover is disposed between the tonneau cover main body and the seat back,
The front tonneau cover is provided in a state in which the front side of the vehicle can rotate downward from a substantially horizontal state around a hinge portion formed at a rear edge of the vehicle,
A rounded portion in contact with the board portion of the back of the seat back is formed on the front edge of the front tonneau cover along the inclination of the back of the seat back,
A non-woven fabric is attached to the upper surface including the rounded portion in the front tonneau cover,
The vehicle tonneau cover structure, wherein the hinge portion is provided with an urging means for urging the front tonneau cover upward so as to be in a substantially horizontal state.

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