INSTALLATION SUPPORT OF A LOADING FLOOR OF A PASSENGER CAR

• US 20090195029A1
• Filed: 02/02/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Fischer, Jan, Paschek, Joachim, Baumgart, Claus
• Granted Patent: US 8,157,318 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/193.07
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/041 extensible externally of the vehicle body, e.g. to create an open luggage compartment of increased capacity devices for anchoring the boot lid while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/087 Luggage compartments

Abstract

An installation support of a loading floor of a passenger car is distinguished in that it is a component which is different from the bodyshell of the passenger car and is provided in order to define fitting positions of side wall panels and of the loading floor relative to one another. Furthermore, a welded assemblage of a passenger car body has at least one rear longitudinal member. The welded assemblage is provided in order to be screwed to such an installation support by a screw connection. The screw connection has cage nuts which are provided for the screw connection and are guided moveably in the longitudinal member transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal member.

Claims

1. An installation support for a loading floor of a passenger car, the installation support comprising:

a component being different from a bodyshell of the passenger car and defining fitting positions of side wall panels of the passenger car and of the loading floor relative to one another.

2. The installation support according to claim 1, further comprising:

luggage securing elements; and

holders for said luggage securing elements and for defining the fitting positions of the side wall panels, the loading floor and said luggage securing elements relative to one another.

3. The installation support according to claim 1, wherein said component has a front region extending transversely between rear wheel houses of the passenger car, and side regions extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the passenger car.

4. The installation support according to claim 1, wherein said component is secured to a vehicle body of the passenger car in a predetermined position in a transverse direction of the passenger car relative to a reference point of the vehicle body.

5. The installation support according to claim 4, wherein said component is provided to be secured to the vehicle body by engagement in at least one receptacle of a lock crossmember covering of the passenger car.

6. The installation support according to claim 1, wherein said component is a single piece part.

7. The installation support according to claim 1, wherein said component has at least one separate left part and one separate right part which, in an installed state, butt against each other and, by means of their own dimensions, define a distance between outer boundaries of the installation support.

8. The installation support according to claim 2, wherein said component has first grooves formed therein running in a longitudinal direction in said component, said holders for said luggage securing elements are defined by said first grooves.

9. The installation support according to claim 8, wherein said component has second grooves formed therein running in the longitudinal direction in said component, said holders for the side wall panels are defined by said second grooves.

10. The installation support according to claim 9, wherein said second grooves run within said first grooves and are lower than said first grooves.

11. The installation support according to claim 2, further comprising screws for connecting said component to the bodyshell and for fastening said luggage securing elements to said component.

12. The installation support according to claim 1, wherein said component is composed of plastic.

14. A welded assemblage of a passenger car body, the welded assemblage comprising:

at least one rear longitudinal member; and

a screw connection having cage nuts guided moveably in said longitudinal member transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of said longitudinal member for securing the installation support according to claim 1 to said rear longitudinal member.

13. A welded assemblage of a passenger car body, the welded assemblage comprising:

at least one rear longitudinal member;

a screw connection having cage nuts guided moveably in said longitudinal member transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of said longitudinal member; and

an installation support being a component being different from a bodyshell of the passenger car body and defining fitting positions of side wall panels and of a loading floor of the passenger car body relative to one another, said rear longitudinal member being screwed to said installation support by said screw connection.