Luggage loading and unloading apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10596949-B2
Application number	US-201715789001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Priority date	Dec 7, 2016
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A luggage loading and unloading apparatus for a vehicle may include an in-wheel motor roller rotating a wheel by driving force of a motor, a slider coupled to a plate for loading luggage, and a link, one side of which is coupled to the in-wheel motor roller while the other side of the link is coupled to the slider, wherein the in-wheel motor roller is driven together with the slider, lifting and dropping the plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A luggage loading and unloading apparatus for a vehicle, the luggage loading and unloading apparatus comprising:
an in-wheel motor roller;
a slider fixed to a plate for loading luggage;
a link, a first side of which is coupled to the in-wheel motor roller while a second side of the link is coupled to the slider; and
a guide configured to be mounted into a trunk of the vehicle, the in-wheel motor roller and the slider being engaged to the guide,
wherein the in-wheel motor roller is selectively driven together with the slider along the guide so that the slider selectively moves the plate according to a movement of the slider, and
wherein the guide includes:
a floor seating portion configured to be mounted on a rear floor of the vehicle;
a panel coupling portion configured to be fixed to a back panel of the vehicle; and
a beam coupling portion configured to be fixed to a back beam of the vehicle.

2. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the in-wheel motor roller and the slider are operated within the guide.

3. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide further includes an inclined portion obliquely disposed between the panel coupling portion and the beam coupling portion.

4. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the guide further includes a board horizontal portion extending from the panel coupling portion and configured to be mounted on a lower surface of a luggage board of the vehicle.

5. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the board horizontal portion has a lower height than the panel coupling portion.

6. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the slider has a triangular shape.

7. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the link is coupled to an edge portion of the slider.

8. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the link has a longitudinally curved shape.

9. A luggage loading and unloading apparatus for a vehicle, the luggage loading and unloading apparatus including:
an in-wheel motor roller,
a slider fixed to a plate for loading luggage;
a guide configured to be mounted into a trunk of the vehicle, wherein the in-wheel motor roller and the slider are engaged to the guide; and
a link, a first side of which is coupled to the in-wheel motor roller while a second side of the link is coupled to the slider, the link having a longitudinally curved shape,
wherein the guide guides paths of the in-wheel motor roller and the slider, and
wherein the guide includes:
a floor seating portion configured to be mounted on a rear floor of the vehicle;
a panel coupling portion configured to be fixed to a back panel of the vehicle; and
a beam coupling portion configured to be fixed to a back beam of the vehicle.

10. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the guide further includes an inclined portion obliquely disposed between the panel coupling portion and the beam coupling portion.

11. The luggage loading and unloading apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the guide further includes a board horizontal portion extending from the panel coupling portion and configured to be mounted on a lower surface of a luggage board of the vehicle, the board horizontal portion being mounted at a lower height than the panel coupling portion.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jeong Yu-Seorg

Classifications

• B60P1/4421 Primary

  the loading platform being carried in at least one vertical guide · CPC title

• B60R5/04 Primary

  arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)} · CPC title

• B60R5/041

  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 title

• B60P1/4414

  and keeping the loading platform parallel to the ground when raising the load · CPC title

• B66B9/0815

  Rack and pinion, friction rollers · CPC title