JP6475595B2 - Vehicle with bicycle fixing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle including a bicycle fixing device.

Conventionally, when a bicycle is transported by a vehicle, since the bicycle is fixed to a carrier on a roof, the bicycle is exposed to rainwater, dust, etc., which is not preferable.
Under such circumstances, in recent years, vehicles that can accommodate bicycles have been developed. Such a vehicle also includes a bicycle fixing device for fixing the bicycle housed in the vehicle in a standing state.

  Here, the bicycle fixing device of the following patent document includes a rail that is installed on the floor in the vehicle and on which the wheel of the bicycle is placed, and a fixing tool that fixes the bicycle on the rail.

US Pat. No. 6,382,480

  However, according to the bicycle fixing device, the rail is slidable toward the outside of the vehicle. For this reason, a plurality of rollers are required to make the rails slidable, resulting in an increase in the number of parts.

  Therefore, the present invention is an invention created in view of the above-described background, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle including a bicycle fixing device in which an increase in the number of parts is suppressed.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a vehicle according to the present invention includes a bicycle fixing device that fixes a bicycle housed in the vehicle, and the bicycle fixing device is fixed on a floor of the vehicle. A rail for mounting the bicycle and an arm for fixing the bicycle on the rail, the arm being disposed on the rail and rotatable toward the door opening. , and the said arm pivots toward the door opening, so that it can secure the bicycle with a portion of at least the bicycle has floated Rutotomoni wheels are arranged outside the vehicle through the door opening It is arranged.

According to the said invention, since a rail is fixed to a floor, the roller for sliding a rail is unnecessary. For this reason, the increase in the number of parts of a bicycle fixing device is suppressed.
Further, since the bicycle can be fixed to the arm rotated toward the door opening, the bicycle can be maintained without using a bicycle stand.
Moreover, since the bicycle fixed to the arm rotated toward the door opening is at least partially disposed outside the vehicle, the floor is difficult to get dirty during maintenance.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said floor is provided with the recessed part in which it dents below and the front part or rear part of the said bicycle is arrange | positioned.

  According to the said structure, since the front part or rear part of a bicycle is arrange | positioned at a recessed part, a bicycle will not be in a horizontal state but will be in the inclined state, and the position of a saddle will become low. For this reason, the labor of lowering or removing the saddle in order to prevent the saddle from contacting the roof can be avoided.

  In addition, the concave portion of the invention has a slope that is located upward as it goes to the door opening, and the arm rotated toward the door opening is in contact with the slope so that the door opening You may comprise so that it may extend toward.

  Moreover, in the said invention, it is preferable that the said arm rotated toward the said door opening part straddles the said door opening part.

  According to the said structure, the bicycle fixed to an arm can be arrange | positioned more on the vehicle outer side. For this reason, the site | part arrange | positioned on a vehicle outer side with a bicycle increases, and a floor becomes difficult to get dirty at the time of a maintenance.

  Moreover, in the said invention, it is preferable that the bench for maintenance is provided in the vicinity of the said door opening part.

  According to the above configuration, maintenance can be performed while sitting on the maintenance bench, and the labor of the operator can be reduced.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the vehicle provided with the bicycle fixing device by which the increase in the number of parts was suppressed can be provided.

It is the perspective view which looked at the trunk room at the time of tilting the back row seat from the upper right of the vehicle. It is the perspective view which looked at the trunk room at the time of accommodating the bicycle from the upper right of the vehicle. It is the perspective view which looked at the trunk room at the time of an arm turning toward the door opening part from the upper right of the vehicle. It is the perspective view which looked at the trunk room at the time of fixing a bicycle to the arm rotated toward the door opening part from the upper right of the vehicle. (A) is sectional drawing at the time of cutting a 2nd rail in the front-back direction, (b) is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 5 (a). (A) is the perspective view which looked at the front wheel fixing device slid forward from the inside of a trunk room, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which fixed the front wheel to the front wheel fixing device. It is the perspective view which looked at the trunk room at the time of fixing a bicycle to the arm rotated toward the door opening part from the right back of a vehicle.

  Next, the vehicle of the embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle V of the embodiment is configured such that the storage space of the trunk room T is expanded and the bicycle 70 can be accommodated when the rear row seat 40 tilts forward.
Further, the rear surface 41 of the tilted rear row seat 40 is continuous with the floor panel 50 of the trunk room T and forms a horizontal surface, in other words, the floor of the vehicle V, so that the bicycle 70 can be placed thereon.

The vehicle V includes a first bicycle fixing device 1A that fixes the bicycle 70 disposed on the left side of the trunk room T and a second bicycle fixing device 1B that fixes the bicycle 70 disposed on the right side of the trunk room T.
Hereinafter, the first bicycle fixing device 1A and the second bicycle fixing device 1B are collectively referred to as “bicycle fixing device 1”. The first bicycle fixing device 1A corresponds to the “bicycle fixing device” of the present invention.

The bicycle fixing device 1 is for fixing the bicycle 70 in the trunk room T in a standing state. Further, the bicycle 70 fixed by the bicycle fixing device 1 is a state in which the front wheel 80 is removed from the front fork 71.
The front wheel 80 is fixed in the trunk room T by a front wheel fixing device 32 described later (see FIG. 4).
Hereinafter, in the description of the bicycle fixing device 1, the first bicycle fixing device 1A will be described as a representative example, and only the differences from the first bicycle fixing device 1A will be described with respect to the second bicycle fixing device 1B.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first bicycle fixing device 1 </ b> A is fixed on the floor rail 50 and the first rail 11 for mounting the rear wheel 72 of the bicycle 70 fixed on the back surface 41 of the rear row seat 40. The second rail 12 and the arm 20 provided on the second rail 12 for fixing the front fork 71 of the bicycle 70 are provided.
Therefore, in the bicycle 70 fixed to the first bicycle fixing device 1A, the front fork 71 is disposed on the floor panel 50 (second rail 12), and the rear wheel 72 is the back surface 41 of the rear row seat 40 (first rail 11). Placed on top.

The floor panel 50 of the present embodiment is formed with a recess 51 that is recessed below the back surface 41 of the rear row seat 40. Therefore, the front fork 71 disposed on the floor panel 50 is disposed below the rear wheel 72, and the bicycle 70 is accommodated in the trunk room T in an inclined state. As a result, the position of the saddle 73 at the highest position in the components of the bicycle 70 is lowered, and the saddle 73 is difficult to contact the roof (not shown).
Even when the saddle 73 comes into contact with the roof, the bicycle 70 is housed by lowering or removing the saddle 73.
In addition, the bottom surface 51a of the recess 51 is a horizontal plane, and the front slope 51b is a slope that is positioned upward as it goes to the front side. Moreover, the rear slope 51c of the recessed part 51 is a slope located upwards as it goes back (door opening part 60).
Next, the details of the first rail 11, the second rail 12, and the arm 20 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the first rail 11 and the second rail 12 extends in the front-rear direction.
On the upper surface of the first rail 11, a groove 11 a for preventing the rear wheel 72 of the bicycle 70 from falling off from the first rail 11 is formed.
Further, a stopper 13 is provided at the front portion of the groove 11a so as to protrude upward and restrict the rear wheel 72 from rolling forward.

The second rail 12 is continuous with the first rail 11 so that the rear wheel 72 of the bicycle 70 can roll on the second rail 12.
An arm 20 is provided on the second rail 12. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the rear wheel 72 rolls on the second rail 12 via the arm 20.

  The second rail 12 extends forward from the bottom surface 51 a of the recess 51 to form a crank shape, and extends along the floor panel 50. A groove 12 a is formed on the upper surface of the second rail 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the arm 20 is supported by a hinge portion 15 provided at the rear end of the second rail 12 and is rotatable toward the door opening 60 (see arrow A in FIG. 3). ).
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the arm 20 rotated toward the door opening 60 can fix the bicycle 70 in a state where at least a part of the bicycle 70 is disposed outside the vehicle via the door opening 60. Is arranged. Therefore, maintenance of the bicycle 70 can be performed without using a bicycle stand.
Hereinafter, in description of the arm 20, the case where the arm 20 is arrange | positioned on the 2nd rail 12 first is demonstrated, and the case where the arm 20 rotates toward the door opening part 60 is demonstrated after that.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the arm 20 includes an arm main body 21 extending in the front-rear direction along the second rail 12, and branching upward from the rear end portion of the arm main body 21 and extending forward to the arm main body 21. And a branch portion 22 that merges with the intermediate portion of the. Further, the shaft member 16 of the hinge portion 15 passes through the rear end of the arm main body 21.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), a first through hole 22a penetrating in the left-right direction is formed in the central portion of the branching portion 22 in the front-rear direction, and the first fixture 23 is attached. Yes.
The 1st fixing tool 23 is for fixing the front fork 71 of the bicycle 70 arrange | positioned in the trunk room T to the arm 20 (refer FIG. 2).
As shown in FIG. 5B, the first fixture 23 includes a shaft member 25 inserted through the first through hole 22 a, a nut 26 screwed into one end of the shaft member 25, and the other end of the shaft member 25. And a lever 27 provided integrally on the side.

When the bicycle 70 is fixed, the front fork 71 is disposed so as to sandwich the branch portion 22 from the left and right sides, and a groove formed at the lower end of the front fork 71 is hooked on the shaft member 25. When the lever 27 is tightened, the nut 26 and the lever 27 tighten the front fork 71, and the front fork 71 is fixed to the arm 20. According to this, the front fork 71 is fixed in a state where it extends upward from the arm 20, that is, in a state where the bicycle 70 is standing (see FIG. 2).
Further, since the first fixture 23 is provided at the branching portion 22 located above the arm body 21, the lever 27 is difficult to contact the second rail 12 and the floor panel 50.

Furthermore, the 2nd through-hole 22b is formed in the site | part (intermediate part of the arm main body 21) where the arm main body 21 and the branch part 22 merge, and the 2nd fixing tool 24 is attached.
The second fixing tool 24 is for fixing the front fork 71 of the bicycle 70 to the arm 20 when the arm 20 is rotated toward the door opening 60, and like the first fixing tool 23, A shaft member 25, a nut 26, and a lever 27 are provided.

The second fixture 24 is provided in front of the first fixture 23, and is positioned rearward of the first fixture 23 when the arm 20 is rotated toward the door opening 60. (See the phantom line in FIG. 5 (a)).
According to the second fixture 24, the bicycle 70 can be more fixed on the outside of the vehicle than when the first fixture 23 is used. In other words, the number of parts arranged outside the vehicle on the bicycle 70 increases, and the possibility of the floor getting dirty during maintenance is reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the arm main body 21 has a crank shape and enters the groove 12 a of the second rail 12. Therefore, when the bicycle 70 is fixed to the first fixture 23 and a load in the left-right direction is applied to the arm 20, the arm body 21 is engaged with the groove 12 a and the movement of the arm 20 in the left-right direction is restricted. From the above, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the arm 20 moves in the left-right direction and the shaft member 16 of the hinge portion 15 is bent.

  Further, the vertical thickness T1 of the front portion 21a of the arm body 21 is formed to be smaller than the depth T2 of the groove 12a. Therefore, when the rear wheel 72 rolls on the front portion 21 a of the arm body 21, the rear wheel 72 is caught by the groove 12 a and is difficult to drop off from the second rail 12.

As shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5A, when the arm 20 rotates toward the door opening 60 (see arrow B in FIG. 5A), the branching portion 22 moves to the rear slope 51c of the recess 51. Abut. The arm 20 extends from the hinge portion 15 obliquely upward to the rear side, in other words, toward the door opening 60.
And the arm main body 21 straddles the door opening part 60, and the front part 21a of the arm main body 21 comes to be located in the vehicle outer side. Further, the first fixture 23 and the second fixture 24 are located in front of the door opening 60 and in the vicinity of the door opening 60.

When the bicycle 70 is fixed to the arm 20 rotated toward the door opening 60, the bicycle 70 is lifted and the frame (down tube) 78 of the bicycle 70 is placed on the front end surface 21 b of the arm body 21 as shown in FIG. 4. Put on.
Note that the front end surface 21b of the arm body 21 is recessed in the center in the left-right direction, and the frame 78 is difficult to drop off (see FIG. 3).

  Next, the front fork 71 is brought close to the door opening 60 and the groove at the lower end of the front fork 71 is hooked on the shaft member 25 of the second fixture 24. When the lever 77 of the second fixture 24 is tightened, the nut 26 and the lever 27 tighten the front fork 71, and the front fork 71 is fixed to the arm 20.

According to this, the bicycle 70 is fixed to the arm 20 with the rear wheel 72 and the pedal 74 disposed outside the vehicle. Therefore, even if maintenance such as cleaning of the rear wheel 72 and the pedal 74 is performed, there is no possibility that the inside of the trunk room T is soiled.
Further, since the bicycle 70 is lifted by the arm body 21 and the rear wheel 72 is in a floating state, the rear wheel 72 and the chain (not shown) can be rotated, and maintenance is easy.
Furthermore, since the base side of the arm body 21 is reinforced by the branch portion 22, the bicycle 70 can be supported more firmly.

On the other hand, the second bicycle fixing device 1 </ b> B includes a fixing arm 120 instead of the rotatable arm 20.
The fixed arm 120 is fixed to the second rail 12 and does not rotate toward the door opening 60. That is, the second bicycle fixing device 1B cannot fix the bicycle 70 in a state where at least a part of the bicycle 70 is disposed outside the vehicle via the door opening 60.
In addition, only the first through hole 22a is formed in the fixed arm 120, and only the first fixing tool 23 is provided.

  The bicycle fixing device 1 has been described above. Next, the front wheel fixing device 32 and the configuration provided around the bicycle fixing device 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, an elongated decorative member (metal member) 31 extending in the front-rear direction is embedded in the left side surface 30 of the trunk room T, and a front wheel fixing device 32 is provided at the front portion of the decorative member 31. Yes.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the front wheel fixing device 32 is an annular part that is supported through the elongated hole 31 a of the decorative member 31, and is supported so as to be slidable forward of the decorative member 31.
Further, a portion (hereinafter referred to as “hook portion 33”) that is disposed on the vehicle inner side than the decorative member 31 in the front wheel fixing device 32 is formed in a substantially C shape in plan view and protrudes toward the vehicle inner side.
The hook portion 33 is formed with a holding groove 34 in which a part of the upper surface is notched.

Next, a method of using the front wheel fixing device 32 will be described.
When the front wheel 80 is not fixed, the front wheel fixing device 32 is slid rearward as shown in FIG. 1 in order to avoid contact between the front wheel fixing device 32 and the rear row seat 40.
When the front wheel 80 is fixed, the front wheel fixing device 32 is slid forward as shown in FIG. As a result, the front wheel fixing device 32 comes close to a left rear door opening (not shown) located on the left side of the rear row seat 40 and fixes the front wheel 80 carried in from the left rear door opening to the front wheel fixing device 32. It becomes easy.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the quick lever 83 is tightened by hooking the shaft 82 penetrating the hub 81 of the front wheel 80 into the holding groove 34. According to this, the quick lever 83 and the nut 84 fasten the hub 81 and the hook portion 33, and the front wheel 80 is fixed to the front wheel fixing device 32.
The shaft 82, the quick lever 83, and the nut 84 that are used to fix the front wheel 80 to the front wheel fixing device 32 are components for attaching the front wheel 80 to the front fork 71.
In the above usage method, the front wheel 80 is carried in from the left rear door opening, but the front wheel 80 carried from the bag door door opening 60 may be fixed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a locking groove 35 is formed on the lower surface of the trunk room T, and the front wheel 80 fixed to the front wheel fixing device 32 enters the locking groove 35. Therefore, the front wheel 80 is engaged with the locking groove 35 so that the front wheel fixing device 32 and the front wheel 80 do not move in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, a net 42 is provided on the back surface 41 of the rear row sheet 40. For this reason, the thing of irregular shapes, such as changing clothes, can be accommodated, for example.
In addition, a dust box 52 is provided at the center of the floor panel 50 for storing garbage during maintenance.

The left side surface 30 of the trunk room T is provided with a bottle box 57 for storing a bottle attached to and detached from the frame of the bicycle 70 and a water storage tank 58 for storing water to be put into the bottle.
As shown in FIG. 3, the water storage tank 58 can be taken out from the left side surface 30 and carried.
One end portion 59 a of the transport strap 59 of the water storage tank 58 is detachable from the left side surface 30. For this reason, when the water storage tank 58 is accommodated in the left side wall and one end portion 59a of the transport strap 59 is attached to the left side surface 30, the transport strap 59 functions as a band for holding the bottle as shown in FIG. Fulfill.

A decorative panel 53 is provided on the rear end side of the floor panel 50.
The decorative panel 53 includes a left panel 53a positioned on the left side, a central panel 53b positioned on the center, and a right panel 53c positioned on the right, and is constituted by three panel members.
The center panel 53b and the right panel 53c are openable and closable (see arrow D in FIG. 3 and arrow E in FIG. 5), and the space below the center panel 53b and the right panel 53c is an accommodation space.
An accommodation device (not shown) can be accommodated in the accommodation space below the central panel 53b, and a maintenance bench 54 can be accommodated in the accommodation space below the right panel 53c.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, since the arm 20 rotated toward the door opening 60 extends above the left panel 53a, the left panel 53a is fixed.

The air filling device is for putting air into the wheel of the bicycle 70 with an electric pump, and includes a hose 55 and a gauge (a scale indicating the air pressure of a tire containing air) 56.
As shown in FIG. 3, the gauge 56 can be visually recognized through a notch provided in the central panel 53b.
As shown in FIG. 4, the hose 55 can be pulled out of the vehicle by passing the cutout of the central panel 53 b, and air can be introduced without taking out the air filling device itself from the accommodation space. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the maintenance bench 54 includes a base (not shown) housed under the right panel 53c, a support arm 54a extending upward from the base, and a seating surface supported by the support arm 54a. 54b. The support arm 54 a extends outside the vehicle through a notch provided in the decorative panel 53.

The base portion and the support arm 54a are detachable. Therefore, when not in use, the support arm 54a can be removed from the base, and the support arm 54a and the seating surface 54b can be accommodated under the right panel 53c.
The seat surface 54 b is located above the lower side of the door opening 60 and is adjacent to the bicycle 70. For this reason, the operator can perform maintenance of the bicycle 70 while sitting on the maintenance bench 54, and the labor can be reduced.
Although not particularly shown, a storage box that can store a maintenance tool is provided on the right side wall of the trunk room T. Therefore, the operator can take out the maintenance tool from the storage box while sitting on the maintenance bench 54.

As shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle V accommodates a shaft 63 that extends rearward from the tailgate 61 in a state where the tailgate 61 is opened, and a shaft 63 that is fixed to the front surface of the tailgate 61 and is slidable. And a cylindrical portion 64.
The shaft 63 and the cylinder portion 64 are provided on both the left and right sides of the tailgate 61.
Then, the shade 62 can be stretched behind the tailgate 61 by hooking the four corners of the shade 62 on the left and right shafts 63. For this reason, the part which becomes a shade expands back, and a worker's labor can be reduced.
When the shade 62 is not used, the shaft 63 is accommodated in the cylindrical portion 64.

  As described above, according to the first bicycle fixing device 1A of the embodiment, the first rail 11 and the second rail 12 are fixed to the floor (the back surface 41, the floor panel 50), and slide the rail as described in the prior art. Does not use a roller to do. Therefore, the bicycle fixing device 1 in which the increase in the number of parts is suppressed can be provided.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, in this embodiment, the arm 20 rotated toward the door opening 60 straddles the door opening 60, but the present invention is configured so that the arm 20 does not straddle the door opening 60. Also good.
However, it is preferable that the arm 20 straddles the door opening 60 as in the embodiment because the number of parts disposed outside the vehicle by the bicycle 70 increases and the possibility of the floor becoming dirty is reduced.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the bicycle 70 is accommodated in the trunk room T has been described. However, the bicycle may be accommodated in a space formed by tilting the second row seat and the third row seat. If there is no particular limitation.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the 2nd rail 12 is provided, this invention may be comprised from the 1st rail 11 fixed to the back surface 41, and the arm 20 fixed to the floor panel 50. FIG. . Even with such a configuration, the number of parts can be reduced, and the bicycle 70 can be fixed in a state where a part of the bicycle 70 is out of the vehicle.

  Further, a through hole into which a Velcro tape (not shown) can be inserted may be formed in the front portion 21a of the arm body 21. According to this, when the frame of the bicycle 70 is placed on the front end face 21b of the arm body 21 (see FIG. 4), the frame is attached to the arm by passing the Velcro tape through the through hole and the frame and making the Velcro tape annular. It is possible to prevent the main body 21 from falling off.

1 (1A, 1B) Bicycle fixing device (first bicycle fixing device, second bicycle fixing device)
11 First rail (rail)
12 second rail 15 hinge part 20 arm 21 arm body 22 branching part 22a first through hole 22b second through hole 23 first fixing tool 24 second fixing tool 32 front wheel fixing device 40 rear row seat 50 floor panel 51 concave part 51c rear slope (Slope)
54 Bench for Maintenance 60 Door Opening 61 Tail Gate 70 Bicycle 71 Front Fork 72 Rear Wheel 73 Saddle 80 Front Wheel 81 Hub 120 Fixed Arm T Trunk Room V Vehicle

Claims (5)

A vehicle equipped with a bicycle fixing device for fixing a bicycle housed in the vehicle,
The bicycle fixing device includes a rail for fixing the bicycle on the floor of the vehicle and an arm for fixing the bicycle on the rail,
The arm is arranged on the rail and is rotatable toward the door opening,
The arm pivots toward the door opening is disposed so as to be able to secure the bicycle with a portion of the at least the bicycle has floated Rutotomoni wheels are arranged outside the vehicle through the door opening Vehicle characterized by being.   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the floor is provided with a recess that is recessed downward and in which a front portion or a rear portion of the bicycle is disposed. The concave portion has a slope located upward as it goes to the door opening,
The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the arm rotated toward the door opening extends toward the door opening by contacting the slope.   The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the arm rotated toward the door opening straddles the door opening.   The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a maintenance bench is provided in the vicinity of the door opening.

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