The seats of Xingtu VX have rarely been seen in real form. The key is that photographers rarely pay attention to these details. Now with the continuous advancement of the long vacation, it seems that the original estimated three The monthly warm-up is about to come to nothing, and the actual car cannot be photographed, so it is a good choice to find some patent application pictures. As expected, two unique projects appeared in the invention column, one involving the middle row and the other. The center folding armrest of the seat and the rear tailgate reinforcement structure.
The seat style itself is indeed difficult to distinguish, but fortunately there is a clear spy photo of the middle-row seat in the actual car (see the picture below). It can be seen that it is basically consistent with the patent picture. Individual details can be ignored. After all, what the patent picture wants to express is the central folding armrest rather than the seat itself. At the outline level, it can be seen that it is specially matched for which model.
The central folding armrest is nothing unusual for most models. The more advanced one is a bunch of control buttons after it is folded down. The ordinary one is equipped with two water cup slots. The stretch version is also It’s really not that common. As you can see from the exploded view below, the center armrest can be pulled forward a certain distance after being pulled down. The front end can move left and right to a certain angle, which is convenient for rear seat passengers to take objects or place things. Putting objects increases convenience.
However, there is no sign of this function in an early video screenshot. It seems to be an ordinary version. When it is tilted down, there are only two water cup slots. Of course, the application this time is The invention patent was only officially filed in November last year. Unfortunately, the video appeared in November as well, so we cannot rule out the possibility of a high-end version to be followed in the future. At least from the outline details, it is indeed very close to the style in the patent picture. (The front and rear segments can still be seen very clearly), just make slight changes.
The other is the invention of strengthening the tailgate structure. From the outline comparison, we can also find that it is the tailgate structure of Xingtu VX. Generally speaking, two-seater models have a very troublesome problem, that is, there are no three seats. The trunk of a sedan acts as a buffer zone to directly face rear-end collisions, so the importance of the tailgate structure is particularly important.
According to the information disclosed in the patent, the purpose of the present invention is to propose a car back door with high structural strength at the window frame. The automobile back door of the present invention is composed of a back door inner panel, a back door outer panel and a lower window frame reinforcing plate. The key is that the back door inner panel is composed of a lower back door inner panel sub-assembly and an upper back door inner panel. The upper window frame, the side window frames on both sides of the upper part and the lower window frame connecting plates on both sides are integrated, and a virtual position corresponding to the position of the lower window frame is formed between the lower window frame connecting plates on both sides; the lower window frame is strengthened The panel is provided with a wiper motor mounting hole, and the lower window frame reinforcing plate corresponds to the virtual position of the rear door inner panel. Both ends of the lower window frame reinforcing plate are welded and fixed to the lower window frame connecting plates on both sides, so that The lower window frame reinforcing plate forms the lower window frame of the back door inner panel; the back door inner panel sub-assembly is provided with a number of support beams below the lower window frame reinforcing plate, and the tops of the support beams are in contact with the lower window The frame reinforcement plate is welded and fixed; the top end of the lower window frame reinforcement plate is welded and fixed to the top end of the lower window frame of the rear door outer panel.
As can be seen from the early spy photos of the trunk of the actual car, the trunk volume of the Xingtu VX is quite considerable, and it is quite far away from the rear tailgate. At the same time, the rear tailgate structure has been strengthened. , the safety of the third row occupants has been greatly improved. At present, rear-end collision tests are not common in China, and the main focus is still on front-end collisions. This in itself also shows that Chery is gradually paying more attention to the safety structure of the body. The improvement also indicates the possibility that subsequent models will follow suit. At least one model of the Tiggo series may develop a model based on the VX framework (it is still a rumor in the market).
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