Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505291-B2
Application number	US-201414782469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle having a rear opening formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body, a tailgate attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down and so as to open and close the rear opening, a passenger opening formed in a portion of the tailgate in the vehicle width direction for allowing passengers to board, and a door attached to the tailgate so as to be capable of opening and closing the passenger opening. A door latch which maintains the door in a closed state is attached to the door. A release operation means which can release the door latch is provided on the surface of the door inside of the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a rear opening formed across a whole rear surface;
a tailgate attached swingably to a vehicle body in such a manner as to open/close the rear opening;
an opening for getting in/out which is formed in a part in a vehicle width direction of the tailgate and through which an occupant gets in/out of the vehicle; and
a door attached to the tailgate in such a manner that the opening for getting in/out can be opened/closed,
wherein a door latch configured to keep the door closed is attached to the door,
a first releasing operation unit configured to release the door latch is provided on an inner side of the door,
a second releasing operation unit configured to release the door latch is provided on an outer side of the door, and
the first releasing operation unit is provided at a position higher than the second releasing operation unit.

2. A vehicle comprising:
a rear opening formed across a whole rear surface;
a tailgate attached swingably to a vehicle body in such a manner as to open/close the rear opening;
an opening formed in a part of the tailgate in a vehicle width direction of the tailgate through which an occupant gets in and out of the vehicle; and
a door attached to the tailgate in such a manner that the opening can be opened and closed,
wherein a door latch configured to keep the door closed is attached to the door,
a releasing operation unit configured to release the door latch is provided on a surface of the door which surface is on an inner side of the vehicle,
a seat is provided in the vehicle interior,
one end in the vehicle width direction of the seat is placed at one end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body,
the other end in the vehicle width direction of the seat is placed in a part overlapped with the opening,
a center line in the vehicle width direction of the opening is placed closer to a side of the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body than to a center line in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, and
the releasing operation unit is provided at a position away from the seat in a rear view of the vehicle body.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein in the tailgate, an opening operation unit which can open the tailgate is provided only on an outer side of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a side edge, which is on the side of the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, between right and left side edges of the opening for getting in/out is an initiation end from which the door is opened.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the releasing operation unit is provided closer to the side of the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body than to the center line in the vehicle width direction of the opening for getting in/out, and
the seat is provided closer to the side of the one end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body than to the center line in the vehicle width direction of the opening for getting in/out.

6. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a sub-seat which is extended from the other end in the vehicle width direction of the seat to the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body and which is overlapped with the opening for getting in/out in a rear view of the vehicle body is provided, and
the sub-seat can be displaced in such a manner that an occupant can pass through a side of the seat.

7. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a sub-seat which is extended from the other end in the vehicle width direction of the seat to the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body and which is overlapped with the opening for getting in/out in a rear view of the vehicle body is provided, and
the sub-seat can be displaced in such a manner that an occupant can pass through a side of the seat.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a sub-seat which is extended from the other end in the vehicle width direction of the seat to the other end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body and which is overlapped with the opening for getting in/out in a rear view of the vehicle body is provided, and
the sub-seat can be displaced in such a manner that an occupant can pass through a side of the seat.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Tomoki
• Hakamada Hitoshi
• Honda Seiji

Classifications

• B60J5/105 Primary

  comprising door or part of door being pivotable about vertical axis · CPC title

• B60N2/0292

  Multiple configuration seats, e.g. for spacious vehicles or mini-buses · CPC title

• E05B83/20

  with two or more wings, which together close a single compartment · CPC title

• B60N2/01

  Arrangement of seats relative to one another · CPC title

• B60N2/3002

  back-rest movements · CPC title