Structure for attaching striker, having attachment bracket including base and protruding portion

• US 7,222,893 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2005
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Munenaga, Kenichi, Miyake, Yoshinori, Yamada, Kazuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): ESTREMSKY, GARY WAYNE
• Application Number:
  US11/098,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20050218671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 292/341.14, 292/341.18, 292/341.19
• US Class Current: 292/341.18
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 15/024 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/045 for bifurcated bolts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/694 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/699 Motor controlled
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/705 Adjustable

Abstract

A structure for attaching a striker, having an attachment bracket including a base fastened to a panel, and a protruding portion joined to the base. The protruding portion extends in a direction different from a direction in which the base is arranged. The striker may have a swelling portion which swells in a direction going away from the base, and is attached to the protruding portion. The structure may include a cover member for covering an outside of the attachment bracket, and a work hole for adjusting the position of the striker is formed in the cover member. Typically, the striker has a base plate and a striker main portion. The base plate is selectively approachable to and retreatable from the attachment bracket via screw members which are inserted through a through hole provided in the protruding portion of the attachment bracket and are adjustably screwed into the base plate.

Claims

1. A structure for attaching a striker in a vehicle, comprising:

an attachment bracket including a base and a protruding portion joined to the base, wherein the base is adapted to be fastened to a trunk lid of a body of the vehicle, and the protruding portion extends in a direction different from a direction in which the base is arranged,

wherein the striker has a base plate and a striker main portion, and is attached to the protruding portion of the attachment bracket; and

two screw members are screwed through a through hole of the attachment bracket into the base plate in a manner such that the striker main portion is positioned between the two screw members along a width direction of the vehicle and a distance is provided between the attachment bracket and the base plate, so that the striker is variably inclinable in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the attachment bracket.

2. The structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the striker has a swelling portion which swells in a direction going away from the base of the attachment bracket.

3. The structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the base plate is approachable to and retreatable from the attachment bracket via the screw members inserted through the through hole provided in the protruding portion of the attachment bracket.

4. The structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a cover member adapted to be operatively fastened to the trunk lid of the vehicle body for covering an outside of the attachment bracket, wherein a work hole for adjusting the position of the striker is formed in the cover member;

wherein said screw members are accessible through the work hole.

5. The structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the base plate is approachable to and retreatable from the attachment bracket via the screw members inserted through the through hole provided in the protruding portion of the attachment bracket.

6. The structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said distance is maintained between the attachment bracket and the base plate.

7. A vehicular striker structure, comprising:

a vehicle body having a trunk lid;

an attachment bracket including a base and a protruding portion joined to the base, wherein the base is fastened to the trunk lid and the protruding portion extends in a direction different from a direction in which the base is arranged;

a striker having a base plate and a striker main portion, and attached to the protruding portion of the attachment bracket; and

two screw members screwed through a through hole of the attachment bracket into the base plate in a manner such that the striker main portion is positioned between the two screw members along a width direction of the vehicle and a distance is provided between the attachment bracket and the base plate, so that the striker is variably inclinable in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the attachment bracket.

8. The structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the striker has a swelling portion which swells in a direction going away from the base of the attachment bracket.

9. The structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the base plate is approachable to and retreatable from the attachment bracket via the screw members inserted through the through hole provided in the protruding portion of the attachment bracket.

10. The structure as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a cover member operatively fastened to the trunk lid, and which covers an outside of the attachment bracket, wherein a work hole for adjusting the position of the striker is formed in the cover member.

11. The structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

the base plate is approachable to and retreatable from the attachment bracket via the screw members inserted through the through hole provided in the protruding portion of the attachment bracket.

12. The structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein said distance is maintained between the attachment bracket and the base plate.