US 12,692,730 B2Granted

Vehicle rear gate panel

AssigneeSubaru Corporation

InventorsKenichi Araki, Akihisa Nomura, Yuhei Suda

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Abstract

A vehicle rear gate panel includes a vehicle body panel that constitutes a rear gate panel, a first ratchet opening that is provided in the vehicle body panel and through which a ratchet mechanism is inserted, a first handle opening that is provided in the vehicle body panel at a position aligned with the first ratchet opening in a vehicle width direction and through which a pull handle is inserted, and a bracket that integrally reinforces regions where the first ratchet opening and the first handle opening are provided. The bracket has a second ratchet opening at a position corresponding to the first ratchet opening and through which the ratchet mechanism is inserted, a second handle opening at a position corresponding to the first handle opening and through which the pull handle is inserted, and beads on respective sides of the second ratchet opening.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A vehicle rear gate panel comprising:

a vehicle body panel that constitutes a rear gate panel;
a first ratchet opening that is provided in the vehicle body panel and through which a ratchet mechanism is inserted;
a first handle opening that is provided in the vehicle body panel at a position aligned with the first ratchet opening in a vehicle width direction and through which a pull handle is inserted;
and
a bracket integrally reinforcing a region where the first ratchet opening is provided and a region where the first handle opening is provided in the vehicle body panel, wherein
the bracket comprises:
a second ratchet opening that is provided at a position corresponding to the first ratchet opening and through which the ratchet mechanism is inserted,
a second handle opening that is provided at a position corresponding to the first handle opening and through which the pull handle is inserted,
beads that are provided on respective sides of the second ratchet opening in the vehicle width direction, and
a flange on an edge of the second handle opening, the flange extending from a rear edge to left and right edges of the second handle opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/383,230Filed 24 Oct 2023
Priority: JP 2022-1776404 Nov 2022
Published: US 2024/0149648 A19 May 2024
Granted: 28 Jul 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E05B 79/06
Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof: mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
B60J 5/107
For non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans: constructional details, e.g. about door frame, panels, materials used,…
E05B
Locks
B60J
Windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices for vehicles