Patent Grant
11858426
The present application claims priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0113463 filed on Aug. 26, 2021, the entire content of which is incorporated herein for all purposes by this reference.
The present invention relates to a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle. The luggage board apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper board and a lower board capable of being moved in a vertical direction, such that the upper board is capable of being moved with respect to the lower board in a front-rear direction and which allows a shopping cart to be kept by being seated on a luggage board.
Recreational vehicles (RV, SUV, MPV, etc.) are provided with a luggage room in which loads may be loaded at the rear of a rear seat, the floor of the luggage room consists of a luggage board, and a luggage tray which may receive a spare tire, a tool, etc. is provided under the luggage board, so that a storage space of the luggage tray is opened or closed by opening and closing operations of the luggage board.
Typically, a conventional general structure includes the luggage board installed to be simply placed on the luggage tray. Therefore, since the luggage board cannot be moved in a vertical direction and a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a worker may feel uncomfortable upon loading or pulling out loads on the luggage board.
Also, in the conventional art, when a shopping cart with wheels is loaded on the luggage board, the position of the shopping cart cannot be fixed, a drawback is caused in that loads is likely to break or be damaged.
The foregoing is intended merely to aid in the understanding of the background of the present invention, and is not intended to mean that the present invention falls within the purview of the related art that is already known to those skilled in the art.
In preferred aspects, provided is a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an upper board and a lower board and is capable of being moved in a vertical direction and a front-rear direction, thereby improving the convenience of work upon keeping and pulling out loads.
Also, provided is a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle, which may keep a shopping cart by seating the shopping cart on a luggage board by using a slide rail provided on the luggage board and a slide roller coupled to the slide rail, and which allows the position of the shopping cart to be fixed upon loading the shopping cart on the luggage board, thereby maximally preventing loads from being broken or being damaged.
In an aspect, provided is a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle, and the luggage board includes an upper board and a lower board superimposed on each other in a vertical direction. The upper board and the lower board are capable of being moved together in the vertical direction, and the upper board is capable of being moved with respect to the lower board in a front-rear direction.
A full-size bed may be implemented through forward folding or backward reclining of a vehicle seat upon downward movement of the upper board and the lower board.
The luggage board apparatus may include a driving unit for vertical movement of the upper board and the lower board. The driving unit includes a motor; a lead screw rotated by receiving power of the motor; a nut coupled to the lead screw, and moved along the lead screw upon rotation of the lead screw; and an X-shaped that connects rod connected with the nut, connects floor of a luggage room and the lower board, and is changed in a vertical height thereof according to movement of the nut.
Two sets each configured by the lead screw, the nut and the X-shaped connecting rod may be symmetrically installed on left and right sides, and the motor may be configured by one motor to simultaneously actuate two lead screws.
Two sets each configured by the lead screw, the nut and the X-shaped connecting rod may be symmetrically installed on the left and right sides, and the motor may be configured by two motors each to be coupled to each lead screw.
Moving rollers which are rotated and are moved together upon movement of the nut may be coupled to one end of the X-shaped connecting rod, and the other end of the X-shaped connecting rod may be fixedly coupled to the floor of the luggage room and the lower board.
Two sets each configured by the lead screw, the nut and the X-shaped connecting rod may be symmetrically installed on the left and right sides. The luggage board apparatus may further include a support bar connecting X-shaped connecting rods on the left and right sides; and a gas lift connecting the support bar and the lower board.
A first slide rail is provided to the lower board to extend in the front-rear direction, and a first slide roller which is inserted into the first slide rail and is moved along the first slide rail, may be coupled to the upper board.
The first slide roller includes a plurality of rollers in contact with the first slide rail; and a roller housing to which the plurality of rollers are rotatably coupled. The rollers are rotated in a horizontal direction with respect to the roller housing.
Rail protrusions, which protrude inward of the first slide rail and extend in a lengthwise direction of the first slide rail, are formed on left and right side surfaces of the first slide rail, and the rollers are installed to be in contact with the rail protrusions.
A second slide rail, which extend in the front-rear direction, may be provided to the upper board, a second slide roller is inserted into the second slide rail and may be installed to be capable of being moved along the second slide rail, and loads or a storage box capable of being loaded into the luggage room may be seated on the second slide roller.
The second slide rail may extend along a straight line or a curved line in the front-rear direction.
The second slide roller may include a plurality of rollers in contact with the second slide rail; and a roller housing to which the plurality of rollers are rotatably coupled. The rollers are rotated in a horizontal direction with respect to the roller housing.
Rail protrusions, which protrude inward of the second slide rail and extend in a lengthwise direction of the second slide rail, may be formed on left and right side surfaces of the second slide rail, and the rollers may be installed to be in contact with the rail protrusions.
In an aspect, provided is a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle that includes a luggage board; a slide rail provided on an upper surface of the luggage board to extend in a front-rear direction; and a slide roller inserted into the slide rail and moved along the slide rail. As the slide roller and a lower end of a shopping cart are coupled to each other, the shopping cart may be seated on the luggage board and may be loaded and kept in a luggage room.
The slide rail may extend in a straight line in the front-rear direction or extends while including a curved section.
When the shopping cart is loaded into the luggage room, a roller provided on the lower end of the shopping cart may be inserted into the slide rail.
Two sets each configured by the slide rail and the slide roller may be symmetrically provided by being laterally spaced apart from each other. The luggage board apparatus may further include a roller moving bar coupled to connect slide rollers on left and right sides.
Two sets each configured by the slide rail and the slide roller may be symmetrically provided by being laterally spaced apart from each other. The luggage board apparatus may further include a movable storage box coupled to connect the slide rollers on the left and right sides.
Two sets each configured by the slide rail and the slide roller may be symmetrically provided by being laterally spaced apart from each other. The luggage board apparatus may further include a sliding board coupled to connect the slide rollers on left and right sides.
The luggage board apparatus may have a configuration in which a luggage board includes the upper board and the lower board, the upper board and the lower board are capable of being moved together in a vertical direction, and the upper board is capable of being moved in a front-rear direction with respect to the lower board, thereby providing an advantage in that the convenience of work is greatly improved upon keeping and pulling out loads.
In addition, the luggage board apparatus has a configuration in which a shopping cart may be kept by being seated and loaded on the luggage board by using a slide rail provided on the luggage board and a slide roller coupled to the slide rail, and the position of the shopping cart seated on the luggage board may be fixed, thereby providing an advantage in that it is possible to maximally prevent loads from being broken or being damaged.
Other aspects of the invention are disclosed infra.
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein are merely exemplified for the purpose of illustrating the embodiments according to the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are implemented in various forms, and may not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in this specification or application.
Since the embodiment according to the present invention can be diversely modified into various forms, specific embodiments will be illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and the description of the present invention. However, this is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention to specific invention forms, but should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It will be understood that although the terms “first”, “second”, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element.
Thus, a first element discussed below could be termed a second element and vice versa without departing from the nature of the present invention.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as “between” and “immediately between” or “neighboring” and “directly neighboring” should also be interpreted in the same manner.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising”, or “includes” and/or “including”, when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.
It is understood that the term “vehicle” or “vehicular” or other similar term as used herein is inclusive of motor vehicles in general such as passenger automobiles including sports utility vehicles (SUV), buses, trucks, various commercial vehicles, watercraft including a variety of boats and ships, aircraft, and the like, and includes hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g. fuels derived from resources other than petroleum). As referred to herein, a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that has two or more sources of power, for example both gasoline-powered and electric-powered vehicles.
Unless otherwise defined, the meaning of all terms including technical and scientific terms used herein is the same as that commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning which is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present invention, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
Hereinafter, a luggage board apparatus for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As illustrated in
A luggage board 100 may consist of the upper board 110 and the lower board 120 superimposed to be stacked in the vertical direction. The upper board 110 and the lower board 120 may be moved together in the vertical direction by using the power of a motor. The upper board 110 may be pulled out by being slidingly moved backward with respect to the lower board 120 by a user's manual manipulation, and may be superimposed again on the lower board 120 by being slidingly moved forward.
The luggage board 100 may implement a full-size bed when vehicle seats 1 and 2 are folded forward as illustrated in
The embodiment according to the present invention includes a driving unit 200 for the vertical movement of the upper board 110 and the lower board 120.
The driving unit 200 may include a motor 210, a lead screw 220 which is rotated by receiving power from the motor 210, a nut 230 which is coupled to the lead screw 22 and is moved along the lead screw 220 upon rotation of the lead screw 220, and an X-shaped connecting rod 240 which is connected to the nut 230, connects the floor of a luggage room 3 and the lower board 120 and is changed in the vertical height thereof according to the movement of the nut 230.
The motor 210 may be fixedly installed to be connected to the floor of the luggage room 3.
Ones of the lead screw 220, the nut 230 and the X-shaped connecting rod 240 may be coupled to form one set, and two sets are symmetrically installed by being laterally spaced apart from each other.
The motor 210 may be configured by one motor as illustrated in the embodiment of
When the motor 210 consists of one motor, cost reduction, weight loss and total package downscale are possible.
As another example, in order to reduce the load of the motor 210, the motor 210 may consist of two motors as illustrated in
The X-shaped connecting rod 240 may have a structure in which two rods are crossed in an X-shape, and may have a structure in which middle portions of the rods are hinged to be capable of being rotated with respect to each other.
When the vertical height of the X-shaped connecting rod 240 is increased, the luggage board 100 is moved upward. Conversely, when the vertical height of the X-shaped connecting rod 240 is decreased, the luggage board 100 is moved downward.
In order for upward and downward movement of the luggage board 100, moving rollers 241 which are rotated and are thereby moved together upon movement of the nut 230 may be coupled to one end of the X-shaped connecting rod 240, and the other end of the X-shaped connecting rod 240 may have a structure in which it is fixedly coupled to the floor of the luggage room 3 and the lower board 120 by bolts 242.
The moving rollers 241 may be coupled to guide channels 260 to be capable of being moved along the guide channels 260, and the guide channels 260 may be provided to be fixed to the floor of the luggage room 3 and be coupled to the lower board 120.
The embodiment according to the present invention further includes a support bar 310 which connects two X-shaped connecting rods 240 positioned on left and right sides and gas lifts 320 which connect the support bar 310 and the lower board 120.
The support bar 310 and the gas lifts 320 may serve to more stably support the luggage board 100 under the luggage board 100.
In order for the sliding movement of the upper board 110 with respect to the lower board 120 in the front-rear direction, a first slide rail 410 may be provided to the lower board 120 to extend in the front-rear direction, and a first slide roller 420 which is inserted into the first slide rail 410 and is moved along the first slide rail 410 may be coupled to the upper board 110.
The first slide roller 420 may include a plurality of rollers 421 in contact with the first slide rail 410 and a roller housing 422 to which the plurality of rollers 421 are rotatably coupled.
The roller housing 422 may be formed in an external shape of a triangle, a quadrangle or a polygon. When the roller housing 422 has the shape of a triangle, the rollers 421 may be configured by three rollers and may be coupled to the corners, respectively, of the triangle. When the roller housing 422 has the shape of a quadrangle, the rollers 421 may be configured by four rollers.
The rollers 421 may be coupled to the roller housing 422 to be rotated in a horizontal direction with respect to the roller housing 422.
Rail protrusions 411, which protrude inward of the first slide rail 410 and extend in a lengthwise direction of the first slide rail 410, may be formed on the left and right sides surfaces of the first slide rail 410 and each roller 421 is formed, on the outer circumferential surface thereof, with an inwardly concave groove, and may be installed such that the concave groove is brought into contact with the rail protrusion 411. As a consequence, through minimization of slip and minimization of a friction part, smooth sliding movement of the upper board 110 in the front-rear direction may be endured.
In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a second slide rail 510 which extends in the front-rear direction may be provided to the upper board 110 as illustrated in
As the loads 4 may be seated and moved on the second slide roller 520 which is moved along the second slide rail 510, a worker's convenience may be improved upon loading and pulling out the loads 4 on or from the luggage board 100.
The second slide rail 510 may be formed to extend along a straight line in the front-rear direction as illustrated in
The second slide roller 520 includes a plurality of rollers 521 in contact with the second slide rail 510, and a roller housing 522 to which the plurality of rollers 521 are rotatably coupled.
The roller housing 522 may be formed in an external shape of a triangle, a quadrangle or a polygon. When the roller housing 522 has the shape of a triangle, the roller 521 may be configured by three rollers and may be coupled to the corners, respectively, of the triangle. When the roller housing 522 has the shape of a quadrangle, the rollers 521 may be configured by four rollers.
The rollers 521 may be coupled to the roller housing 522 to be rotated in the horizontal direction with respect to the roller housing 522.
The structure in which the roller housing 522 is formed in the shape of a triangle may be more free to be moved in a curved section as compared to the structure in which the roller housing 522 is formed in the shape of a quadrangle. Due to this fact, when the roller housing 522 of the quadrangular structure is used, the angle of a curved section of the second slide rail 510 may be set to be greater.
Rail protrusions 511, which protrude inward of the second slide rail 510 and extend in a lengthwise direction of the second slide rail 510, may be formed on the left and right side surfaces of the second slide rail 510, and each roller 521 may be formed, on the outer circumferential surface thereof, with an inwardly concave groove and is installed such that the concave groove may be brought into contact with the rail protrusion 511. As a consequence, through minimization of slip and minimization of a friction part, a smooth sliding movement of the upper board 110 in the front-rear direction may be ensured.
As illustrated in
The shopping cart 700 may be provided with a plurality of legs 710. When the shopping cart 700 is seated on the luggage board 100 and is loaded and kept in the luggage room 3, the joint parts of the legs 710 of the shopping cart 700 may be automatically bent and folded by the contact with the luggage board 100, thereby resulting in the foldable shopping cart 700.
The slide rail 610 may be formed to extend in a straight line in the front-rear direction as illustrated in
When the shopping cart 700 is seated on the luggage board 100 and is loaded into the luggage room 3, a roller 720 provided on the lower end of the shopping cart 700 may be inserted into the slide rail 610, and through this, the smooth movement of the shopping cart 700 along the slide rail 610 may be ensured.
The roller 720 provided at the lower end of the shopping cart 700 may be a roller which is rotated in a vertical direction.
As illustrated in
When the number of roller moving bars 810 is increased, a structure such as a plate or a drawer may be moved by being placed on the roller moving bars 810, and through this, practicality and utilization can be improved.
As another way to improve practicality and utilization, as shown in
The luggage board apparatus has a configuration in which the luggage board 100 includes the upper board 110 and the lower board 120, the upper board 110 and the lower board 120 are capable of be moved together in the vertical direction, and the upper board 110 is capable of being moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the lower board 120, thereby greatly improving the convenience of work upon keeping and pulling out loads.
In addition, the luggage board apparatus has a configuration in which the shopping cart 700 may be kept by being seated and loaded on the luggage board 100 by using the slide rail 610 provided on the luggage board 100 and the slide roller 620 coupled to the slide rail 610, and a position of the shopping cart 700 seated on the luggage board 100 may be fixed, thereby maximally preventing loads from being broken or being damaged.
Although the present invention has been described and illustrated with respect to the exemplary embodiments, it would be obvious to those skilled in the art that various improvements and modifications are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
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