IP Library Granted Patent US 7,628,440
Granted Patent B2
US 7,628,440 · App. 11/968,895 · Granted Dec 8, 2009

Cargo space arrangement

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Patent No.
US 7,628,440
App. No.
11/968,895
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cargo space arrangement for a vehicle comprising a main cargo space positioned inside a vehicle door, a load floor forming a lower area of the main cargo space, and a floor lid arranged in the load floor. The floor lid being arranged to conceal a storage compartment located below the floor lid. The floor lid comprises a first, upwardly openable end that faces the vehicle door and a second, opposite end that, at least when the floor lid is in a closed position, is firmly attached to the vehicle. The first end of the floor lid extends below at least a part of the vehicle door when both the floor lid and the vehicle door are in a closed position such that the floor lid is prevented from being opened when the vehicle door is closed.

Claims (9)

1. Cargo space arrangement for a vehicle, said cargo space arrangement comprising:

a main cargo space positioned inside a vehicle door;

a load floor forming a lower area of the main cargo space,

a floor lid arranged in the load floor, said floor lid being arranged to conceal a storage compartment located below the floor lid, wherein the floor lid comprises a first, upwardly openable end that faces the vehicle door and a second, opposite end that, at least when the floor lid is in a closed position, is firmly attached to the vehicle, and

a gas spring having one end, via a first joint, attached to a load rail disposed along one side and positioned below the floor lid and another end, via a second joint, attached to a reinforcement member of the floor lid such as to facilitate opening and closing of the floor lid, wherein the gas spring is arranged such that, when the floor lid is closed, the second joint is located further away, seen in a vertical direction, from the floor lid than the first joint.

2. The cargo space arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the floor lid, when closed, forms at least a part of the load floor.

3. The cargo space arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second end of the floor lid is attached directly or indirectly to a body structure of the vehicle via a hinge arrangement.

4. The cargo space arrangement as claimed in claim 3 wherein the hinge arrangement comprises an upper hinge part fastened to the floor lid and a lower hinge part fastened to the body structure of the vehicle , wherein one of the hinge parts comprises an axis and the other hinge part comprises a recess adapted to receive said axis.

5. The cargo space arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vehicle door is a tailgate.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2010
From: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024915/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2008
From: BERNHARDSSON, NILS; LAINE, KENNETH; SANDSTROM, KENT
To: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020535/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2008
From: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 020535/0157 →