Vehicle slide deck

Abstract

To provide a slide deck which is installed in a vehicle to form a simple bed or the like and is excellent in usability and operability.SOLUTION: A slide deck for a vehicle, comprising: a fixed deck that can be fixed in a vehicle interior; and a movable deck that can be slid and spread from a side of the fixed deck, is characterized in that each of the fixed deck and the movable deck has a deck portion including a plurality of panels, each of adjacent panels among the plurality of panels has an insert portion at one end and an insert receiving portion at the other end, and the insert portion of one panel is inserted into the insert receiving portion of the other panel at a predetermined degree.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a slide deck that is installed in a vehicle and serves as a simple bed or the like, and to a slide deck that is superior in usability and operability. [Background technology]

[0002] As simple beds to be installed inside the vehicle cabin, for example, a bed board stored in the upper part of the cabin is suspended by a cross-link mechanism when in use (Patent Document 1), and a simple bed that is placed on a frame assembled using anchors that support the seat belts of a three-row seat (Patent Document 2) have been developed. On the other hand, the inventors have developed a slide deck that is excellent at compacting the installation space inside the vehicle by having a fixed deck that can be fixed inside the vehicle cabin and a movable deck that can be slid into the fixed deck side, requiring almost no modification or assembly work on the vehicle side (Patent Document 3). The present invention is an improvement over this slide deck to provide improved usability and operability as a simple bed or the like. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-184576 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 7-291041 [Patent Document 3] Patent application 2020-178647 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a slide deck that is installed in a vehicle and serves as a simple bed or the like, and that is superior in usability and operability. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The vehicle slide deck of the present invention is a vehicle slide deck comprising a fixed deck that can be fixed inside the vehicle cabin and a movable deck that can be slid out from the fixed deck side, wherein the fixed deck and the movable deck each have a deck portion consisting of a plurality of panels, and among the plurality of panels, adjacent panels have an insertion portion at one end and an inserted portion at the other end, and the insertion portion of one panel is inserted into the inserted portion of the other panel to a predetermined degree. Here, "inserted to a predetermined degree" means that the tip of the inserting portion is inserted in a state where it does not necessarily abut on the bottom of the inserted portion. In this way, the overall length of the deck section can be finely adjusted by adjusting the degree of insertion of the inserting portion and the inserted portion of the adjacent panels. This eliminates the need to install a dedicated panel for fine-tuning the overall length, and the versatility of panels made of extruded material is excellent. Furthermore, load can be transmitted to each panel via the fitting portion formed by the inserting portion and the inserted portion, making it easy to ensure the rigidity of the deck portion. Furthermore, when a load is applied, the adjacent panels are interlocked by the fitting portions, which helps prevent gaps from occurring between the panels.

[0006] In the present invention, the deck section comprises a front panel on the front end side, a plurality of intermediate panels, and a rear panel on the rear end side, the front panel and the rear panel having a hollow and / or semi-hollow cross-sectional shape, and the intermediate panel may have a semi-hollow and / or solid cross-sectional shape. If each panel were to be made rigid, the weight of the deck would increase. However, if the load can be transmitted to each panel via the inserting portion and the inserted portion as in the present invention, rigidity can be ensured across the entire plurality of panels. Therefore, even if the intermediate panel has a solid and / or semi-hollow cross-sectional shape, which has a smaller moment of inertia than a hollow cross-sectional shape, the load can be transmitted to the panels on both sides, making it possible to reduce the weight of the deck while maintaining its rigidity.

[0007] One aspect of the present invention is a vehicle slide deck comprising a fixed deck that can be fixed within the vehicle cabin and a movable deck that can be slid out from above the fixed deck, characterized in that the front end of the fixed deck part that forms the upper surface of the fixed deck has a downwardly sloping portion that slopes downward in the direction in which the movable deck is deployed, and the rear end of the movable deck part that forms the upper surface of the movable deck has a sliding portion that slides in contact with the downwardly sloping portion of the fixed deck part. Such a slide deck can be stored behind the second seat when the vehicle is moving, for example, and when used as a bed, the movable deck part can be pulled out while sliding on the fixed deck part. The sliding section with a low coefficient of friction provided on the movable deck slides against the downward section of the fixed deck, reducing the load of the slide operation and preventing abnormal noise caused by metal touch. In the present invention, it is preferable that the sliding portion does not abut against the fixed deck when the movable deck is fully deployed and / or when the movable deck slides along the upper side of the fixed deck portion and when the movable deck is fully retracted. For example, the sliding part does not come into contact with the fixed deck part after running up the downward section, and is not subjected to the weight of people using the bed or loaded luggage when the bed is fully deployed or stowed, which means that it does not require high strength and can be made low cost, lightweight and compact. For example, the sliding portion may be simply fixed like a general-purpose resin clip.

[0008] Furthermore, in the present invention, the fixed deck section may have an erected portion erected at the front end, and the movable deck section may have a hanging portion hanging down at the rear end, one of the erected portion and the hanging portion may have a removal prevention hole portion and the other may have a removal prevention protrusion portion, and when deployment is complete, the removal prevention protrusion portion may be inserted into the removal prevention hole portion, thereby restricting the vertical movement of the movable deck section. When the deployment is complete, if the hanging part of the movable deck section is placed on the front end side of the fixed deck section, the movable deck section and the fixed deck section can be used in a state where they are continuous in the front-to-rear direction. However, if a force pushing upward from below is applied to the movable deck section in this state, the movable deck section will easily separate from the fixed deck section. Therefore, the present invention provides a locking protrusion on one of the movable deck section and the fixed deck section, and a locking hole on the other section into which the locking protrusion is inserted, which act as stoppers to limit the vertical movement of the movable deck section when the bed is in use. In such a stopper structure, if the protruding length of the retaining projection is too long, there is a possibility that the front end of the movable deck unit will get caught on the retaining hole when it is lifted upward. Furthermore, when storing the device, it is necessary to remove the stopper. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the protruding length of the retaining projection is equal to or less than the inner diameter of the retaining hole in the vertical direction. This results in a structure in which the retaining projection naturally comes out of the retaining hole when the front end of the movable deck section is lifted upward, thereby providing a stopper function without interfering with the storage operation. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the present invention, a slide deck can be provided which can be installed in a vehicle and used as a simple bed, and which is excellent in usability and operability. For example, there is a slide deck that is lightweight while maintaining the rigidity of the deck portion, and a slide deck that is excellent in terms of slide operability and usability as a bed. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1A and 1B are perspective views showing an example of the structure of a vehicle slide deck according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a state in which the movable deck is deployed, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the deployment is completed. [Figure 2] The cross-sectional view of the movable deck section is shown, where (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1(b), (b) is an enlarged view of part B, and (c) is an enlarged view of part C. [Figure 3]1A and 1B are cross-sectional views showing the degree of insertion of an inserting portion and an inserted portion, where (a) shows an example of a deep insertion, (b) shows an example of a slightly deep insertion, and (c) shows an example of a shallow insertion. [Figure 4] (a) shows a cross-sectional view to explain load transfer, and (b) shows a cross-sectional view to explain the interlocking of panels. [Figure 5] 1A and 1B are enlarged partial views for explaining the sliding portion, the retaining protrusion, and the retaining hole portion, in which (a) shows the movable deck sliding along the upper edge of the fixed deck portion, and (b) shows the completed deployment. [Figure 6] The cross-sectional views near the sliding part are shown, where (a) is the E-E cross-sectional view in Figure 5(b), (b) shows the state in which the sliding part is in sliding contact with the descending part, and (c) shows the state after the sliding part has climbed up the descending part. [Figure 7] The cross-sectional views of the vicinity of the anti-removal protrusion and anti-removal hole are shown, where (a) is the FF cross-sectional view in Figure 5(b), (b) shows an example in which a force is acting on the movable deck section from below, and (c) shows an example in which the front end of the movable deck section is lifted upward. [Figure 8] An example of a slide deck installed on a vehicle is shown, with (a) showing the deck fully stored and (b) showing the deck fully deployed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] An example of the structure of a vehicle slide deck according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The slide deck includes a fixed deck 300 that can be fixed inside the vehicle interior, and a movable deck 100 that can be slid and deployed from the fixed deck side. FIG. 1(a) shows a state in which the movable deck 100 is deployed, and FIG. 1(b) shows an example of a state in which the deployment is complete. In this specification, the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is referred to as the longitudinal direction, the vertical direction as the up-down direction, the width direction of the vehicle as the left-right direction, the deployment direction of the movable deck as the forward direction, and the storage direction as the rearward direction.

[0012] As shown in Figure 1(b), the fixed deck 300 has a fixed deck section 30 made up of multiple panels and a pair of frames 40, 40 that support the fixed deck section 30 from both the left and right sides, and legs 41 hanging down from the frames 40. There are no restrictions on the shape or material of the frame 40, as long as the longitudinal direction is the front-to-rear direction and the frame can connect and hold a plurality of panels in the front-to-rear direction. Furthermore, there are no restrictions on the shape, material, or mounting position of the legs 41, as long as they can be fixed inside the vehicle cabin while supporting the fixed deck portion 30 and the frame 40, and they may be attached directly to the fixed deck portion or may have a detachable or foldable structure. For example, the lower end of the leg 41 may have a horizontal portion 41a that is approximately horizontal to the floor surface, and a fixing hole provided in this horizontal portion may be fixed to a service hole on the vehicle side with a useful nut or the like. This allows the legs 41 of the fixed deck to be erected and fixed to the floor surface 4 (for example, a deck board) in the luggage compartment 2 as shown in FIG. FIG. 8 shows an example in which a fixed deck is fixed to a luggage compartment 2 in a passenger compartment 1a of a vehicle 1, and a movable deck can be slid out by tilting the seat back of a rear seat 3 forward.

[0013] As shown in FIG. 1(b), the movable deck 100 has a movable deck section 10 made up of multiple panels, a pair of frames 25, 25 that support the movable deck section 10 from both the left and right sides, and legs 26 that can hang down from the frames 25. In this embodiment, the frame 25 that connects and holds multiple panels in the front-rear direction is positioned on the left and right outer sides of the frame 40 of the fixed deck, and has a space below it where the legs 26 can be folded and stored. This allows the movable deck 100 to be deployed and retracted while the legs 26 are stored compactly. Furthermore, although this embodiment is an example in which the movable deck section 10 can slide directly on the fixed deck section 30, for example, a rail section may be formed on the frame 40, or the underside of the movable deck section may slide by contacting only the frame 40.

[0014] The structures of the movable deck section 10 and the fixed deck section 30 will now be described in more detail. The movable deck section 10 of this embodiment comprises a front panel 11 and a rear panel 15 at both front and rear ends, and a plurality of intermediate panels 12, 13, and 14 therebetween, and the fixed deck section 30 similarly comprises a front panel 31, intermediate panels 32, 33, and 34, and a rear panel 35. For example, a cross-sectional view of the movable deck section 10 taken along line AA in FIG. 1(b) is shown in FIG. 2(a), and enlarged views of portions B and C thereof are shown in FIGS. 2(b) and 2(c), respectively. 3 and 4 show enlarged views of part D in FIG. 2(b). It is preferable that the multiple panels constituting each deck section have one or more intermediate panels between the front and rear panels arranged at both the front and rear end sides, and the number of panels constituting the movable deck section and the fixed deck section may be different.

[0015] In this specification, a hollow cross section refers to a cross-sectional shape having a hollow portion, a solid cross section refers to a cross-sectional shape having an opening but no hollow portion, and a semi-hollow cross section refers to a cross-sectional shape with a small opening. The front panel 11 of the movable deck section 10 is an example of a hollow cross-sectional shape having multiple rib edges 11e within an approximately rectangular frame formed by an upper edge 11a, a lower edge 11b, a front edge 11c, and a rear edge 11d, as shown in Figure 2(b), and has an insertion portion (insertion protrusions 16, 17) at the rear end. It is sufficient that the adjacent panels have an inserting portion at one end and an inserted portion at the other end, and the front panel 11 may have an inserting portion at the rear end. The inserted portion in this embodiment is formed between an inserted protrusion 16 that protrudes approximately horizontally rearward from the upper edge 11a and an inserted protrusion 17 that protrudes approximately vertically rearward from the rear edge 11d, into which the insertion portion 18 described below can be inserted, and is similarly formed at the rear end of the intermediate panel. The multiple intermediate panels may have a hollow cross-sectional shape as long as they have an inserted portion at one of the front and rear end portions and an insert portion at the other, but from the standpoint of weight reduction, etc., it is preferable that they have a solid and / or semi-hollow cross-sectional shape. The intermediate panels 12, 13, and 14 of this embodiment are an example of a solid panel having an opening 19a and a semi-hollow panel having a small opening 19b in cross section, as shown in FIG. 2(a). For example, Figure 2(b) shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of the intermediate panel 12. Like the front panel 11, the intermediate panel 12 has an upper edge 12a, a front edge 12c, a rear edge 12d, and multiple rib edges 12e, but the lower edge 12b is cut by multiple openings 19a, 19b and does not have a hollow portion. There are no limitations on the position or size of the opening, and the cross-sectional shapes of the multiple intermediate panels may be different from one another. The insertion portion 18 in this embodiment protrudes forward approximately perpendicularly from the front edge 12c, for example, and is formed so that when inserted between the insertion protrusions 16, 17 of adjacent panels, the upper edges 11a, 12a of each panel are approximately the same height, and is similarly formed on the front end of the rear panel. The shape of the inserted portion and the inserting portion is not limited to that of this embodiment as long as they are fitted together in a state where they can come into contact with each other and the degree of insertion can be adjusted as described later. An enlarged cross-sectional view of the rear panel 15 is shown in FIG. 2(c). The rear panel 15 has an upwardly sloping portion 15f behind the lower edge 15b that slopes upward along the rear, and this upwardly sloping portion 15f, the upper edge 15a, the lower edge 15b, the front edge 15c, and the multiple rib edges 15e form a hollow cross-sectional shape, with an insertion portion 18 at the front end and a hanging portion 20 at the rear end that hangs down from the upper edge 15a. It should be noted that either or both of the front panel and the rear panel may have a semi-hollow cross section.

[0016] The multiple panels that make up the deck section are arranged such that the insertion portion 18 of one adjacent panel is inserted between the insertion protrusions 16, 17 of the other panel at a predetermined degree, and this state is maintained by a pair of frames (for example, frame 25 in the case of the movable deck section 10). Examples of the insertion degree are shown in Figures 3(a) to 3(c). For example, Figure 3(a) shows an example in which the tip 18a of the inserting portion 18 is inserted in a state in which it is almost in contact with the bottom 16a of the inserted portion, and Figure 3(c) shows an example in which the tip 18a and the bottom 16a are inserted in a state in which they are spaced apart, but the predetermined degree can be selected as appropriate. By forming a fitting portion with the inserting portion and the inserted portion in this manner, the load received by one of the adjacent panels can be transmitted to the other panel, for example, via the inserted protrusion 16 and the inserting portion 18, as shown in Figure 4(a). Similarly, the load received by the other panel can be transmitted to one panel via, for example, the insertion portion 18 and the inserted protrusion 17, and the rigidity of the deck portion can be ensured by the entire panel. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 4(b), if the tip 16b of the inserted protrusion 16 abuts against the upper edge, front or rear edge, etc. of the other panel when subjected to a load, and the panels move in conjunction with each other, there is no risk of large gaps occurring between the panels.

[0017] Each panel constituting the fixed deck section 30 also has an insertion section 18 at one end of the adjacent panel and an inserted section (inserted protrusions 16, 17) at the other end, and the insertion section 18 of one panel is inserted between the inserted protrusions 16, 17 of the other panel to a predetermined degree. For example, as shown in Figure 7(b), the cross-sectional shape of the front panel 31 has a downwardly sloping portion 36 in front of the upper edge 31a that slopes downward along the front, and this downwardly sloping portion 36, the upper edge 31a, the lower edge 31b, the rear edge (not shown), and multiple rib edges 31e form a hollow cross-sectional shape, and has an insertion portion (not shown) at the rear end. The downward portion 36 has an extension portion 36a at the tip end side thereof, which is formed by extending the lower side 31b forward, and an erect portion 37 erected at the tip end of the extension portion 36a. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the extending portions 36a and the erected portions 37 are not provided on the left and right ends of the front panel, and notches 39 are formed at the tip ends of the left and right ends of the fixed deck portion 30. If the intermediate panels 32, 33, 34 of the fixed deck portion 30 have a solid and / or semi-hollow cross-sectional shape and the rear panel 35 has a hollow cross-sectional shape, it is possible to reduce the weight while maintaining the rigidity of the movable deck portion. Such hollow, solid and semi-hollow cross sections can be formed by extruding aluminum, for example, and by constructing the deck section from such panels, the overall length, width and height can be set as desired.

[0018] In this embodiment, a sliding portion 22 is further provided at the rear end of the movable deck portion 10 as shown in FIG. 5, and this sliding portion 22 slides against the downward portion 36 of the fixed deck portion 30 and passes through the notch 39 . There is no limitation on the material of the sliding portion 22 as long as it can reduce sliding resistance, and although this embodiment is an example of a resin clip held by the substantially L-shaped mounting portion 21, it is not limited to this. In this embodiment, a resin material 23 is fixed to the lower edge of the panel that constitutes the movable deck section 10 with rivets or the like, and as shown in Figure 6(a), a sliding section 22 is provided behind the resin material 23 and in front of the hanging section 20 so as not to abut against the upper edge of the panel that constitutes the fixed deck section 30. Specifically, the mounting portion 21 is attached so as to fit into the approximately triangular space between the upward portion 15f and the hanging portion 20, and the sliding portion 22 exposed downward from this mounting portion 21 is arranged so as not to protrude downward from the resin material 23 or the lower edge of the movable deck portion, for example, the lower edge 15b. As a result, the sliding portion 22 slides against the downward portion 36 of the fixed deck portion as shown in Figure 6(b), but when the resin material 23 slides against the upper edge of the fixed deck portion, for example, the upper edge 31a as shown in Figure 6(c), there is a gap d between the sliding portion 22 and the upper edge 31a and the sliding portion 22 does not come into contact. The sliding portion 22 thus provided does not come into contact with the fixed deck when the movable deck is fully deployed as shown in FIG. 6(a), or when it slides along the upper edge of the fixed deck portion 30 or when it is stored as shown in FIG. 6(c).

[0019] In this specification, the fully deployed state of the movable deck refers to a state in which the hanging portion 20 of the movable deck section rests on the extension portion 36a of the fixed deck section, as shown in Figure 7(a), for example, and the deck sections are continuous with each other from front to back. In this case, if the upper edges of the panels constituting each deck section 10, 30, for example, upper edges 15a, 31a, are approximately the same height, the upper surface heights of each deck 100, 300 will be approximately the same, making it excellent for use as a bed. In this embodiment, when deployment is complete, as shown in Figure 5(b), hanging portion 20 engages with upright portion 37 to prevent forward movement of movable deck portion 10, and stopper structures (removal hole portion 24, removal protrusion 38) are provided at corresponding positions on hanging portion 20 and upright portion 37 to also restrict vertical movement of movable deck portion 10. Specifically, as shown in Figure 7(a), a retaining projection 38 is provided on the upright portion 37 so that a protrusion 38a protrudes rearward, and a retaining hole portion 24 is provided in the corresponding hanging portion 20 of the movable deck portion into which the protrusion 38a can be inserted. In addition, a retaining protrusion may be provided on the hanging portion so that the protrusion projects forward, and a retaining hole may be provided on the erected portion. The retaining projection 38 of this embodiment is an example of a resin material in which the head 38b is engaged with the standing portion 37 when the projection 38a is inserted into a hole provided in a part of the standing portion 37. The protruding portion 38a has a protruding length a from the rear surface of the standing portion 37 to the tip end thereof, and is in a generally cylindrical shape with a diameter shorter than the protruding length a. On the other hand, the retaining hole 24 has a substantially elliptical shape, and the inner diameter b in the vertical direction is larger than the protruding length a. As a result, even if a force acts on the movable deck section 10 from below as shown in Figure 7(b), the protrusion 38a engages with the anti-removal hole 24, preventing the movable deck section 10 from moving up and down. Furthermore, when the front end of the movable deck section 10 is lifted upward as shown in Figure 7(c), the protrusion length a of the protrusion 38a is less than the vertical inner diameter b of the anti-removal hole section 24, so the protrusion 38a naturally comes out of the anti-removal hole section 24. As shown in FIG. 1(a), a handle 27 may be provided on the front end side of the movable deck unit 10 to facilitate lifting and sliding operations. Furthermore, the panel fitting structure of the present invention can be applied to products other than slide decks, as long as the rigidity of the entire panel is ensured by arranging multiple panels. [Explanation of symbols]

[0020] 10 Movable deck section 11 Front Panel 12, 13, 14 Middle panels 15 Rear panel 16, 17 Inserted protrusion 18 Insertion section 20 Drooping part 22 Sliding part 24 Retaining hole 30 Fixed deck section 31 Front Panel 32, 33, 34 Middle panels 35 Rear panel 36 Downhill 37 Standing section 38 Stopper protrusion

Claims

1. A vehicle slide deck including a fixed deck that can be fixed in a vehicle interior and a movable deck that can be slid and deployed from above the fixed deck, a downwardly inclined portion at the front end of a fixed deck portion that forms the upper surface of the fixed deck, the downwardly inclined portion being inclined downward along the direction in which the movable deck is deployed; a sliding portion that slides on the rear end of the movable deck portion that forms the upper surface of the movable deck and that slides on the downward portion of the fixed deck portion; A sliding deck for a vehicle, characterized in that the sliding portion does not abut against the fixed deck when the movable deck is fully deployed and / or when the movable deck slides along the upper edge of the fixed deck portion and when storage is complete.

2. the fixed deck section has an upright portion erected at a front end side, and the movable deck section has a hanging portion hanging down at a rear end side, a retaining hole portion in one of the erected portion and the hanging portion, and a retaining protrusion portion in the other; 2. The vehicle slide deck according to claim 1, wherein, when the deck is fully deployed, the retaining projection is inserted into the retaining hole, thereby restricting the vertical movement of the movable deck section.

3. 3. The vehicle slide deck according to claim 2, wherein the length of the retaining projection is equal to or less than the inner diameter of the retaining hole in the vertical direction.

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