Rear trunk for a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichi Tanaka, Toshinori Nakano, Terunari Saiki
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Abstract
A rear trunk for a vehicle having a rear wall which is inclined with respect to a bottom portion of the trunk such that it overhangs the bottom of the trunk. The opening of the trunk may be narrower than the bottom of the trunk without requiring complicated manufacturing steps. The body of the trunk can be formed in this shape as an integral piece by blow molding. An inner member can be included which divides the interior space of the trunk body into separate compartments, and may be blow molded integrally with the trunk body.
Claims17
A trunk for a vehicle comprising:
- a lid;
- a body portion including:
- a bottom;
- side walls extending substantially along a longitudinal direction of the body portion;
- a rear wall extending substantially along a transverse direction of the body portion;
- a front wall, wherein edges of the walls of the body portion each form a part of an opening edge of the body portion, a longitudinal distance from the rear wall part of the opening edge to the front wall part of the opening edge being less than a longitudinal distance across the bottom of the body portion;
- and
- a body space provided in the body portion, the body space extending from the opening edge of the front wall to form a C-shape within which a passenger seat is locatable.
A trunk body comprising:
- a bottom;
- side walls extending substantially along a longitudinal direction of the trunk body;
- a rear wall extending substantially along a transverse direction of the trunk body;
- and
- a front wall, wherein the walls of the body portion form an opening edge of the body portion and further form a body space extending from the opening edge of the body portion to form a C-shape within which a passenger seat is locatable, the rear wall extending at an angle to the bottom of the trunk body such that a portion of the rear wall which forms a rear part of the opening edge of the trunk body overhangs the bottom of the trunk body, and
- the walls and the bottom of the trunk body are integrally formed by blow molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.