Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rear part structure of vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆后部结构
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Application No.: US12005044Application Date: 2007-12-21
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Publication No.: US07669916B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Kenichi Munenaga , Fumiyoshi Mizutani
- Applicant: Kenichi Munenaga , Fumiyoshi Mizutani
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier, Blackman & Associates P.C.
- Agent William D. Blackman; Joseph P. Carrier
- Priority: JP2006-348454 20061225
- Main IPC: B60J5/02
- IPC: B60J5/02

Abstract:
A rear door is supported at a rear end of a vehicle by a hinge assembly, which includes a hinge base part and a door hinge part. The hinge base part is provided in a groove formed at a joint between a roof panel and a side panel of a vehicle body, and the door hinge part is attached to the rear door and swingably supported by the hinge base part. The hinge base part includes an anchor portion fixed to a bottom of the groove, a swing motion support portion disposed in a position aligned in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle with the anchor portion and separate from the anchor portion to support the door hinge part, and a connecting portion extending between the anchor portion and the swing motion support portion to fix the swing motion support portion relative to the anchor portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080148518A1 Rear part structure of vehicle Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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