Patent ID: 7669916
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B60J,E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rear part structure of a vehicle for hinging a rear door to a vehicle body at a rear end of the vehicle, comprising: a hinge assembly configured to support the rear door in a manner that permits the rear door to swing about a pivot axis located in a position fixed relative to the vehicle body near an upper end of the rear door, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a hinge base part and a door hinge part, the hinge base part being provided in a groove formed at a joint between a roof panel and a side panel of the vehicle body, and the door hinge part being attached to the rear door and swingably supported by the hinge base part, wherein the hinge base part comprises an anchor portion, a swing motion support portion and a connecting portion, the anchor portion being fixed to a bottom of the groove, the swing motion support portion being disposed in a position aligned in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle with the anchor portion and separate from the anchor portion, and configured to support the door hinge part in a manner that permits the door hinge part to swing in upward and downward directions, and the 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, wherein the groove is formed to extend in the longitudinal direction from a front end to a rear end of the roof panel and opened upward at an upper exterior surface of the vehicle body, the groove having a uniform width in the transverse direction of the vehicle along the whole length and being covered with a single roof molding placed on the entire opening of the groove, the hinge base part being covered with the roof molding; and wherein the anchor portion has a fixing hole through which a fastening is inserted and the swing motion support portion has a shaft bearing hole through which a hinge pin is inserted so that the door hinge part is swingably supported, the shaft bearing hole and the fixing hole being aligned in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.