Storage system for a vehicle and interior compartment of a vehicle having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11498489-B2
Application number	US-202017004962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2020
Priority date	Aug 27, 2020
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A storage system can be located at a front end of a vehicle's rear cargo space. The vehicle can include a rear opening at the rear end of the cargo space and a closure selectively opening and closing the rear opening. The storage system can include a front panel located at the front end of the rear cargo space and a lid. The front panel can include an outer surface facing the rear cargo space and a storage space recessed from the outer surface. The lid can be selectively placed in a closed state and an opened state with respect to the front panel such that the lid conceals the storage space from the rear cargo space when the lid is in the closed state, and the storage space is opened to the rear cargo space when the lid is in opened state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage system for a rear cargo space of a vehicle, the rear cargo space having a front end and a rear end, and the vehicle including a rear opening at the rear end and a closure selectively opening and closing the rear opening, the storage system comprising:
a front panel located at the front end of the rear cargo space and including an outer surface facing the rear cargo space and a storage space recessed from the outer surface; and
a lid connected to the front panel such that the lid is selectively placed in a closed state and an opened state with respect to the front panel such that the lid conceals the storage space from the rear cargo space when the lid is in the closed state, and the storage space is opened to the rear cargo space when the lid is in the opened state, wherein
the front panel includes a channel configured to receive a floor panel forming a portion of the rear cargo space, and the channel is opened toward the rear end of the rear cargo space.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein
the front panel includes,
a main wall including a storage opening in the main wall and an outer surface facing the rear end of the rear cargo space in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and
a storage wall connected to the main wall, recessed from the outer surface, and opposed to the storage opening,

the storage space extends from the storage opening to the storage wall in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and across the storage wall in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and
the lid closes the storage opening when the lid is in the closed state and opens the storage opening when the lid is in the opened state.

3. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein
the storage wall includes a plurality of supports configured to engage a tool when the tool is stowed in the storage space, and
the supports, the storage wall and the main wall are a single, homogenous structure made of a plastic material.

4. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein
the storage space is configured to accommodate at least one of a jack assembly, a funnel, a bar jack, and a wheel wrench,
the storage wall is configured to receive the jack assembly on the supports, and
the lid includes an inner surface that faces the storage space when the lid is in the closed state, and the lid is configured to secure at least one of the funnel, the bar jack, and the wheel wrench to the inner surface of the lid.

5. The storage system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a flexible strap, wherein the storage wall includes a pair of openings spaced apart from each other, and the flexible strap passes through the openings and across the jack assembly to secure the jack assembly to the storage wall when the jack assembly is accommodated in the storage space.

6. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein
the front panel includes a first end, a second end spaced away from the first end in a transverse direction of the vehicle, a first inner edge spaced away from the first end in the transverse direction, and a second inner edge spaced away from the second end in the transverse direction of the vehicle,
the storage opening extends from the first inner edge to the second inner edge in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and
the storage wall extends from and is connected to each of the first inner edge and the second inner edge.

7. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel extends across the rear cargo space in a transverse direction of the vehicle and faces toward the rear opening in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

8. An interior storage compartment for a vehicle, comprising:
a floor;
a pair of side walls extending away from the floor in a vertical direction of the vehicle and extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the side walls are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of the vehicle;
a rear wall connected to and extending from the side walls and along the floor in the transverse direction of the vehicle;
a rear cargo space bounded by the rear wall, the floor and the side walls, and the rear cargo space has a rear end that is bounded by the rear wall and a front end that is spaced away from the rear wall in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and
a storage system extending along the floor, located at the front end of the rear cargo space, and including,
an outer surface facing the rear cargo space and spaced away from the rear wall in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
a storage space recessed from the outer surface, and

a lid selectively movable between a closed state and an opened state with respect to the storage space such that the lid conceals the storage space from the rear cargo space when the lid is in the closed state and the storage space is opened to the rear cargo space when the lid is in the opened state, wherein
the front panel includes a channel opened toward the rear end of the rear cargo space, and
the floor includes a floor panel extending along a bottom portion of the rear cargo space, the floor panel includes,
a rear edge extending along the rear wall, and
a front edge spaced away from the rear edge in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and located in the channel.

9. The interior storage compartment according to claim 8 , wherein
the storage system includes a front panel extending along the floor in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and the front panel includes the outer surface and the storage space, and
the lid is connected to the front panel when the lid is in the closed state and the lid is detached from the front panel when the lid is in the opened state.

10. The interior storage compartment according to claim 9 , wherein the front panel is substantially parallel to the rear wall.

11. The interior storage compartment according to claim 9 , wherein the front panel extends from each of the side walls in the transverse direction of the vehicle.

12. The interior storage compartment according to claim 11 , wherein
the front panel includes,
a first end adjacent to a first one of the side walls,
a second end adjacent to a second one of the side walls,
a storage opening through the front panel and spaced away from each of the first and second ends,
a first edge and a second edge extending along the opening such that the storage opening extends from the first edge to the second edge in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and each of the first edge and the second edge is spaced away from each of the first end and the second end in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and
a storage wall extending from and connected to each of the first edge and the second edge, and the storage wall opposing the storage opening in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,

the storage space extends from the storage opening to the storage wall in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and
the lid closes the storage opening when the lid is in the closed state and the lid opens the storage opening when the lid is in the opened state.

13. The interior storage compartment according to claim 8 , wherein the storage space is spaced away from each of the side walls.

14. The interior storage compartment according to claim 8 , wherein the storage space is opened toward the rear wall when the lid is in the opened state.

15. The interior storage compartment according to claim 8 , wherein
the lid includes a concave portion aligned with the channel, and
the front edge of the floor panel opposes the concave portion.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Myszkowski Marek
• Huth Sarah J
• Large Brian D
• Takai Shirena
• Satvilkar Prakalp
• Gangarangaiah Ramesh

Classifications

• B60R7/02 Primary

  in separate luggage compartment {(B60R7/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R2011/0036

  Luggage compartment · CPC title

• B60R11/06

  for tools or spare parts (for vehicle roof parts B60J7/20; for spare wheels B62D) · CPC title