CN105383329A

CN105383329A - utility vehicles or improvements of utility vehicles

Info

Publication number: CN105383329A
Application number: CN201510710463.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·J·A·道尔
Original assignee: NORMAN TRUST
Current assignee: Global Vehicle Trust
Priority date: 2014-09-03
Filing date: 2015-09-03
Publication date: 2016-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 2035-09-03
Also published as: GB2529836A; CN105383329B; GB2529836B; BR102015021148A2; GB201415553D0

Abstract

The invention discloses utility vehicles or improvements of the utility vehicles. Sand ladders attached to the utility vehicles increase attitional weights of the vehicles, because uses of the sand ladders are relatively not frequent but must be carried in real time. A vechile is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a load space located on at least one pair of rear vehicle wheels, the load space is provided with a floor, the load space comprises a protuberance extending in an upper direction of the vehicle wheel and further comprises a removable flat plate, one end of the flat plate can be attached to the protuberance, and the other end of the flat plate is basically and horizontally support a plate. So the sand ladders can be repeatedly used as seats in the load space in normal use. The floor and/or a side panel of the load space can hold a channel and is suitable for an edge of a receiving plate. When the seats are not required to be taken as, the plate is allowed to be taken as a partition plate. One or more plates can be provided with a plurality of extensible legs, so that the plates can be supported on the ground when the plates are removed from the vehicle. In the manner, environment and the length of the legs are depended on, and the vechiles can be used as seats, small tables or shelves.

Description

MPV multipurpose vehicle or relate to the improvement of MPV multipurpose vehicle

Technical field

Present invention relates to MPV multipurpose vehicle, and seeks to make them more capable through dangerous landform.

Background technology

A FAQs when cross-country driving is stuck in soft ground, such as sand ground or mud.Have a lot of technology to solve this problem, one of them is exactly placed the thing with more high holding power by below drive wheel and/or front.Then this allow them obtain tractive force and hauled out by vehicle.

Plan therefore often to carry suitable equipment having chaufeur cross-country in potential challenges environment, such as mat and similar.So-called " husky ladder " is available, and they are rigid plate, normally metallic alloy, have protuberance hole, to provide grip to tire and hag face below.These thing volumes are a little large, and are therefore usually attached to the side of vehicle by (releasedly).

Summary of the invention

The sand ladder being attached to vehicle adds the additional deadweight of vehicle, because their use (hopefully) is relative, infrequently still they must be carried in real time.Present invention is because herein is provided vehicle, it comprises the loading space be positioned at above at least one pair of rear wheel, this loading space has floor, this floor is included in the protuberance upwards extended on wheel, comprise removable surface plate further, it at one end can be attached to protuberance and essentially horizontally support this plate at the other end, and this plate has at least one uneven sliding surface and can be used as husky ladder when removing from loading space.Therefore, husky ladder can during normal use reuse as the seat in loading space.Suppose provide such seat in any situation, this means provide husky ladder and can not increase any weight.

This plate is preferably obtained by glass fibre synthetic material, to reduce the weight of entire vehicle further.Ideally, it has at least one uneven sliding surface, and its (especially in situation of glass fibre synthetic material) can have the plate of grid surface by formation and complete.This provides grid between husky ladder and tire and/or ground.

Loading space to be defined usual by (rear portion) back shield by the sidewall on every side, by (front portion) compartment.This plate, when being attached, can extend along sidewall, thus relative vehicle longitudinal extension, thus the bench seat provided.Can also cushion be provided, its to be shaped to be engaged on this plate and protection sit passenger away from any uneven sliding surface.When cushion surface can be constructed such that proper its is placed onboard, the unsmooth face joint of itself and plate prevents cushion from sliding onboard.

The floor of loading space and/or side panel can have maintenance passage, are suitable for the edge of dash receiver.This allows plate not being required to be used as the separator of loading space as during seat.

Protuberance has the upper surface of substantially flat wall usually, and therefore our preferred plate swells concordant when being attached with this, and useful hindered phenolic can also be extended except plate above this protuberance.

Usually, will have protuberance above each trailing wheel, the most convenient layout therefore for there is a pair plate, and each protuberance can be attached one.This then provides a pair husky ladder, for inserting below wheel in the every side of vehicle.

One or more plate can have multiple extensible leg, can be supported on ground when removing from vehicle to make it.In this way, depend on the length of environment and leg, it can be used as seat, stand or shelf.

Accompanying drawing explanation

The embodiment of present invention is described by way of example referring now to accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 show the transparent view of the vehicle according to present invention;

Figure 2 illustrate plate and attachment point thereof;

Figure 3 show plate and reset to loading space separator;

Fig. 4 illustrate the alternative form of plate, be in folded state; And

Fig. 5 illustrate the alternative form of plate, be in upright state.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the transparent view from vehicle 2 rear portion, the loading space 6 that vehicle 2 has compartment 4 and roughly limited by the rear portion 8 in compartment 4, floor 10, sidewall 12,14 and back shield 16.This vehicle is depicted as has four wheels 18 (only have in Fig. 13 visible); The floor of the loading space above trailing wheel 18 is formed separately into two protuberances 20,22 at the right hand of vehicle with left-hand side.Protuberance 20,22 upwardly, from vehicle rear to front protrusion to enter loading space from respective side walls 12,14 to inner process from loading space floor 10.Guide rail 24 horizontal-extending is across the rear portion 8 in railway carriage or compartment 4 of overtaking other vehicles.Jointly, the front edge of guide rail 24 and protuberance 20,22 provides attachment point, for sidewall 12,14 attachment plate 26 along loading space 10 to be used as seat.

Fig. 2 illustrates in greater detail plate 26, together with support (it is fixed to vehicle), this plate by support installing as seat.In one end of plate shown with support 28, it is suitable for being mounted to guide rail 24 (or to rear portion, compartment) and it has lip 29, shelves thereon at the lower surface of this end of plate.What also illustrate is the second framework 30 at the other end, and it is mounted to the front edge of protuberance 20/22.Framework 30 has lip 33, is shelved on this at the lower surface of this end of plate.Also have three lugs 31, it projects upwards from lip and is suitable for the through hole of this end being bonded on plate 26, is thus held in place by plate.Plate is usually symmetrical along its length, make plate can be assembled to left side or the right side of vehicle, and it is shown as the hole square formation having and extend through its degree of depth---and this some holes provides friction when plate removes be used as husky ladder from loading space 6.Plate is preferably obtained by synthetic material, such as glass fibre, because this is cheap and easily manufactures, and has enough Rigidity and strengths to be used as seat or husky ladder.Support 28,30 is fixed to plate 26 (they can be releasably secured) and is obtained by synthetic material, or formed by metal or alloy, and there is hole 32, for making bolt or other suitable fastener (not shown) pass, suitably to install them releasedly to guide rail 24 or the guide edge to protuberance 20,22.

Fig. 3 shows the vehicle 2 of Fig. 1, and plate 26 removes from their positions as seat, and is reset to extend across loading space 6, loading space to be divided into two isolated areas.The level that minimum plate is seated in the floor 10 extending through loading space keeps in passage (not shown), and the end frame on each plate is fixed to loading space sidewall 12,14 releasedly.Additionally or alternatively, can be provided for along the sidewall 12,14 of loading space the one or more pairs of vertical maintenance passage (not shown) that plate places, think that plate provides the discharged installation being used as loading space separator.

Figure 4 and 5 show the alternative form of plate 50.This maintains identical hole square formation, to provide friction when plate 50 removes be used as husky ladder from loading space 6.But support 28 is not illustrated can be increased to plate 50 as requested, thus is auxiliaryly engaged in the loading space 6 of vehicle by plate 50, described by about Fig. 1 and 2.In addition, on the downside of plate 50, there are one group of four extensible leg 52, one, each turning leg.But each leg 52 is in rigidity cross section profile form, is the profile of flat wall in this case can uses other cross section, such as, having angle profile, round section or box sections.This cross section is attached to the downside of plate 50 with being hinged via hinge 54, this hinge 54 comprises link pin, and it extends horizontally through leg 52, and is fixed to the vertical portion of angle support of downside of plate 50.This is directed to allow leg 52 to extend between extended position (Fig. 5) and retracted position (Fig. 4), and leg extends substantially vertically downward from plate 50 in extended position, and it keeps flat along the lower surface of plate 50 in retracted position.In retracted position, plate 50 can be arranged in vehicle as described above, and in extended position, plate can be used as the interim seat of outside vehicle.

In order to fix them when leg 52 is in extended position, for each leg 52 provides folding support rod 56.This be attached to leg 52 the half place along its length and to the downside of plate 50, to be defined for the triangular support structure of leg 52 in its extended position.In a conventional manner, strut 56 has hinge 58 along its half length place, and has the hinged attachment point with leg 52 and plate 50 in every one end, to allow it to fold up when leg 52 folds in retracted position.

By the leg 52 extended, plate 50 can use as bench as shown in Figure 5.By permission, it is used as stand or shelf to longer leg 52.

Certainly, will be appreciated that and much can change above-mentioned embodiment, and do not depart from the scope of present invention.Such as, hole may extend entirely through plate, and as shown in Figure 2, or plate can be formed with interlayer, is arranged essentially parallel to the surface of plate, with towards they Central Closed holes; When flowable materials, such as sand or cereal will be carried in loading space, or when plate by be used as on fine sand or snowfield sand ladder time, such plate can be suitable for use as loading space separator.Hole can be any shape besides a square---the hole of hexagon, circle or other shape any can have advantage in a particular application.Hole on one side of the board can be specific dimensions and/or shape and hole on the other side of the board has other size and/or shape, thus be suitable for dissimilar ground and/or tire, to provide the plate with nearly four kinds of different sizes and/or shape to vehicle, provide the scope of the husky ladder of the difference being suitable for dissimilar ground and/or tire, and/or more comfortable to make plate be used as seat.More than one passage can be formed/be provided in the floor of loading space, makes loading space can be divided into the region of different size.Plate can be used as loading space separator and another plate is used as seat.When being used as loading space separator, plate can be placed in independent maintenance passage, loading space to be further divided into three isolated areas, although there is lower separation between which.Can have the more or less lug than illustrating, and lug can be arranged on each support or on two supports, for the holding plate when being used as seat.In addition, although described above is different distortion or alternative arrangement, it should be understood that, embodiments of the present invention can any appropriately combined in conjunction with such distortion and/or substitute.

Claims

1. a vehicle, comprise the loading space be positioned at least one pair of rear wheel, described loading space has floor, described floor is included in the protuberance upwards extended above wheel, described vehicle comprises removable surface plate further, described surface plate at one end can be attached to described protuberance and essentially horizontally support described plate at the other end, and described plate has at least one uneven sliding surface, and can be used as husky ladder when removing from described loading space.

2. vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, described plate is obtained by glass fibre synthetic material.

3. vehicle according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described uneven sliding surface provides by forming the described plate with grid surface.

4. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, described loading space is defined by the sidewall on every side.

5. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, before described loading space is defined by compartment.

6. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, after described loading space is defined to by back shield.

7. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, described plate relative vehicle longitudinal extension.

8. vehicle according to claim 7, wherein, described plate extends along sidewall when being attached.

9. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, floor and at least one defining in the sidewall of loading space of described loading space have maintenance passage, and it is suitable for the edge receiving described plate.

10. the vehicle according to aforementioned any one of claim, comprises cushion further, and it is shaped to be engaged on described plate.

11. vehicles according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, described protuberance has the upper surface of substantially flat, and described plate is concordant with described upper surface when being attached.

12. vehicles according to aforementioned any one of claim, have a protuberance on each trailing wheel, and a pair plate, and each protuberance can be attached a plate.

13. vehicles according to aforementioned any one of claim, wherein, at least one plate has multiple extensible leg.