Vehicle

• US 9,061,601 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nishimori, Hiroyuki, Uchiyama, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): LYJAK, LORI LYNN
• Application Number:
  US14/224,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20140292027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 296/65.01, 296/63, 296/69, 296/169, 296/174, 296/184.1, 296/183.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0487 simplified doors related to cabins of, e.g. golf carts, tractors, jeeps, cranes, forklifts, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/00 Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles railway seats B61D33/00; cycle seats B62J1/00; aircraft seats B64D11/06, B64D25/04, B64D25/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence

Abstract

A vehicle includes a cargo area having folding seats and rear doors. The rear doors are provided with a seat stopper on an inner side. The seat stopper presses a seat back plate from above when the door is closed and the seat back plate is folded down to prevent the seat back plate from being lifted.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

seat cushions provided on the vehicle body frame;

seat back plates attached to the seat cushions via folding mechanisms and foldable to form a cargo deck; and

doors openably and closably provided on the vehicle body frame on outer sides of the seat cushions in a width direction of the vehicle,

wherein rear portions of the doors are attached to the vehicle body frame via hinges, and the doors are provided with seat stoppers having lower surfaces which, when the doors are closed, press the seat back plates from above to prevent the seat back plates from being lifted,

wherein the seat stoppers each include a sloped surface extending from the lower surface, the sloped surface sloping upwards toward an inner side in the width direction of the vehicle when the doors are closed.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the seat back plates have upper protrusions, and upper portions of the upper protrusions are protruded to outer sides in the width direction of the vehicle further from lower portions thereof when the seat back plates are raised, and

wherein the upper protrusions are pressed by the seat stoppers when the seat back plates are folded and the doors are closed.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1,

Wherein the sloped surfaces are positioned to contact the seat back plates as the doors are closed.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the doors have recesses.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4,

wherein the recesses are continuously arranged below the seat stoppers, and upper ends of the recesses are connected to the lower surfaces.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the cargo deck has side-portion cargo deck frames on side portions in the width direction of the vehicle,

wherein front portions of the side-portion cargo deck frames are configured to have the doors, and rear portions thereof are configured to have rear-portion frames which are attached to the vehicle body frame,

wherein the doors are attached to the rear-portion frames via the hinges, and

wherein the seat stoppers are arranged on the vehicle further outward in the width direction of the vehicle than an inner surface of the rear-portion frames.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the seat cushions are divided at a center in the width direction of the vehicle to configure a left seat cushion in the left of the vehicle and a right seat cushion in the right thereof,

wherein the vehicle body frame has a rear center frame which is provided between the left seat cushion and the right seat cushion and is extended in the front and rear direction of the vehicle, and

wherein an upper surface of the rear center frame and back surfaces of the folded seat back plates form a substantially continuous surface.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the seat back plates have a wave-shaped cross-section when the seat back plates are viewed in the width direction of the vehicle.

9. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat cushion provided on the vehicle body frame;

a seat back plate foldable from a raised position to a folded position to form a cargo deck;

a door provided on the vehicle body frame on an outer side of the seat cushion in a width direction of the vehicle; and

a seat stopper disposed on the door such that when the door is closed and the seat back plate is in the folded position, a lower surface of the seat stopper overlies the seat back plate to prevent the seat back plate from being lifted, the seat stopper including a sloped surface extending from the lower surface, the sloped surface sloping upwards toward an inner side in the width direction of the vehicle.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the sloped surface is positioned to contact the seat back plate as the door is closed.

11. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the stopper is configured such that the lower surface of the stopper presses the seat back plate when the door is closed and seat back plate is in the folded position.

12. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the cargo deck has a cargo deck frame on a side portion of the vehicle,

wherein the door is disposed on a front portion of the cargo deck frame,

wherein an inner surface of a rear portion of the cargo deck frame defines an extension line, and

wherein the stopper is disposed outwardly from the extension line in the width direction of the vehicle.

13. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the seat back plate has a wave-shaped cross-section when the seat back plate is viewed in the width direction of the vehicle, the wave-shaped cross-section defining upper and lower portions when the seat back plate is in the folded position, and wherein the stopper overlies an upper portion of the wave shaped cross-section.

14. The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the seat back plate has a protrusion extending outwardly in the width direction of the vehicle, wherein the stopper overlies the protrusion when the seat back plate is folded and the door is closed.

15. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat cushion provided on the vehicle body frame;

a seat back plate foldable from a raised position to a folded position to form a cargo deck;

a door provided on the vehicle body frame on an outer side of the seat cushion in a width direction of the vehicle; and

a seat stopper disposed on the door such that when the door is closed and the seat back plate is in the folded position, the seat stopper overlies the seat back plate to prevent the seat back plate from being lifted,

wherein the cargo deck has a cargo deck frame on a side portion of the vehicle,

wherein the door is disposed on a front portion of the cargo deck frame,

wherein an inner surface of a rear portion of the cargo deck frame defines an extension line, and

wherein the stopper is disposed outwardly from the extension line in the width direction of the vehicle.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the door is attached to the cargo deck frame with a hinge on a rear portion of the door.

17. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the seat back plate has a protrusion extending outwardly in the width direction of the vehicle beyond the extension line when the seat back plate is folded.

18. The vehicle according to claim 15, further comprising a striker disposed on the seat back plate.

19. The vehicle according to claim 15, further comprising a center frame extending in a front to rear direction of the vehicle, wherein an upper surface of the center frame and back surface of the folded seat back plate form a substantially continuous surface.

20. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the door has a recess on an inner side beneath the stopper.