Vehicle back door device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214083-B2
Application number	US-201715667762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vehicle back door device that improves workability when mounting a damper. The vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper is positioned in a vehicle up-down direction and in vehicle front-rear direction relative to the bracket, by abutting an abutting piece provided at a vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper against a positioning portion of a bracket. Further, by moving the abutting piece in a vehicle transverse direction, the vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper can be supported by a pin of the bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle back door device comprising:
a back door supported such that the back door is able to open and close at a vehicle main body; and
a damper provided such that the damper is able to extend and retract between the vehicle main body and the back door, the damper including one end portion in an extension/retraction direction mounted to the vehicle main body via a bracket fixed to the vehicle main body and another end portion in the extension/extraction direction mounted to the back door, and the damper dampening urging force that urges the back door or a direction in which the back door opens,
the bracket comprising:
a supporting portion that supports the one end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper; and
a positioning portion formed facing the supporting portion in a vehicle transverse direction, the positioning portion being abutted against by an abutting portion provided at the one end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper,
the supporting portion comprising:
a supporting wall disposed along a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle up-down direction; and,
a pin provided at the supporting wall, an axial direction of the pin extending in the vehicle transverse direction,
a first distance in the vehicle up-down direction between an upper end surface of the positioning portion and art axial center of the pin being set to be equal to a second distance in the vehicle up-down direction between a lower surface of the abutting portion and a hole center of an insertion hole provided in the abutting portion, and
a third distance in the vehicle front-rear direction between a rear end surface of the positioning portion and an axial center of the pin being set to be equal to a fourth distance in the vehicle front-rear direction between a front surface of the abutting portion and the hole center of the insertion hole.

2. The vehicle back door device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the other end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper is mounted to the back door at an upper side in the vehicle up-down direction of the position of the pin; and
a facing wall, provided at the bracket, faces the supporting portion in the vehicle transverse direction, and, when the other end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper is mounted to the back door, the facing wall overlaps with the one end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper when seen in a vehicle side view.

3. The vehicle back door device according to claim 2 , wherein the positioning portion is provided at the facing wall, and the abutting portion is capable of overlaps with the facing wall when seen in a vehicle side view.

4. The vehicle back door device according to claim 1 , wherein
the positioning portion includes:
a bracket-side vertical surface, disposed at the bracket and extending in the vehicle up-down direction and the vehicle transverse direction, the bracket-side vertical surface being used to position the bracket in the vehicle front-rear direction, and
a bracket-side horizontal surface, joined to the bracket-side vertical surface, and disposed at the bracket extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and the vehicle transverse direction, the bracket-side horizontal surface being used to position the bracket in the vehicle up-down direction, and
the abutting portion includes:
a damper-side vertical surface provided in such a way that the damper-side vertical surface is capable of abutting against the bracket-side vertical surface from a rearward side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the bracket-side vertical surface; and
a damper-side horizontal surface provided in such a way that the damper-side horizontal surface is capable of abutting against the bracket-side horizontal surface from an upper side at the vehicle up-down direction of the bracket-side horizontal surface.

5. A vehicle back door device comprising:
a back door supported such that the back door is able is open and close at a vehicle main body; and
a damper provided such that the damper is able to extend and retract between the vehicle main body and the back door, the damper including one end portion in an extension/retraction direction mounted to the vehicle main body via a bracket fixed to the vehicle main body and another end portion in the extension retraction direction mounted to the back door, and the damper dampening urging force that urges the back door in a direction in which the back door opens,
the bracket comprising:
a supporting portion that supports the one end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper; and
a positioning portion formed facing the supporting portion in a vehicle transverse direction, the positioning portion being abutted against by an abutting portion provided at the one end portion in the extension/retraction of the damper,
the supporting portion comprising:
a supporting wall disposed along a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle up-down direction; and
a pin provided at the supporting wall, an axial direction of the pin extending in the vehicle transverse direction,
a fifth distance in the vehicle up-down direction between a lower end surface of the positioning portion and an axial center of the pin being set to be equal to a sixth distance in the vehicle up-down direction between an upper surface of the abutting portion and a hole center of an insertion hole provided in the abutting portion, and
a seventh distance in the vehicle front-rear direction between a rear end surface of the positioning portion and an axial center of the pin being set to be equal to an eighth distance in the vehicle front-rear direction between a front surface of the abutting portion and the hole center of the insertion hole.

6. The vehicle back door device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the other end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper is mounted to the back door at an upper side in the vehicle up-down direction of the position of the pin; and
a facing wall, provided at the bracket, faces the supporting portion in the vehicle transverse direction and when the other end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper is mounted to the back door, the facing wall overlaps with the one end portion in the extension/retraction direction of the damper when seen in a vehicle side view.

7. The vehicle back door device according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning portion is provided at the facing wall, and the abutting portion is capable of overlapping with the facing wall when seen in a vehicle side view.

8. The vehicle back door device according to claim 5 , wherein
the positioning portion includes:
a bracket-side vertical surface, disposed at the bracket, and extending in the vehicle up-down direction and the vehicle transverse direction, the bracket-side vertical surface being used to position the bracket in the vehicle front-rear direction; and
a bracket-side horizontal surface, joined to the bracket-side vertical surface, and disposed at the bracket extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and the vehicle transverse direction, the bracket-side horizontal surface being used to position the bracket in the vehicle up-down direction, and
the abutting portion includes:
a damper-side vertical surface provided in such a way that the damper-side vertical surface is capable of abutting against the bracket-side vertical surface from a rearward side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the bracket-side vertical surface; and
a damper-side horizontal surface provided in such a way that the damper-side horizontal surface is capable of abutting against the bracket-side horizontal surface from a lower side in the v

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Hiroyuki

Classifications

• E05F5/022

  specially adapted for vehicles, e.g. for hoods or trunks · CPC title

• B60J5/107 Primary

  constructional details, e.g. about door frame, panels, materials used, reinforcements · CPC title

• E05D2005/067

  gooseneck shaped · CPC title

• B60J5/00

  Doors (B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00 {; side board or tailgate structures for open load compartments B62D33/023}) · CPC title

• E05B79/22

  Operative connections between handles, sill buttons or lock knobs and the lock unit (mounting of non-movable base elements of a handle to a lock E05B79/06) · CPC title