DE8521598U1 - Mud flaps for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

G.4547

Applicant : Cannon Rubber Limited Ashley Road Tottenham London, N 17 9LH Great Britain

Mud flaps for vehicles

The innovation concerns a mud flap for vehicle · testify with a one-piece mounting flange formed on it, which is initially in the same Level is like the main part of the mud flap but to form the mounting flange can be bent out of this plane in such a way that the mud flap without a special bracket made of metal can be attached directly to the vehicle.

Various forms of mud flaps and brackets for attaching them are known. These Shapes depend mainly on the design of the wheel arch, on which the mud flap is usually attached with a special metal bracket or bracket. The wheel arch often has the Form of an arched border on which the upper part of the vehicle body is joined to the lower part is, with the lower part recess

for the wheel is located on the inside of this bezel.

One common shape of a mud flap is'., ;; hence a sideways upright '..' wing to be attached, whereby the mounting bracket serves to hold the dirt flap inside- '···· half of the side wing to be attached to the wheel recess of the "·. lower body part. Various Brackets are in the form of bent metal strips that are also attached to the rim of the wheel arch can be attached and protrude inwards to provide another attachment option for the mud flap to offer.

The object of the innovation is to provide an improved dirt trap and means for its attachment to accomplish.

This object is achieved according to the innovation in that the flange part there along a fold line is bendable, where it abuts the main part of the mud flap, the remaining edge of the The main part remains unconnected with the rest of the flange part when the flange part is in use as Mounting bracket is bent.

The innovation therefore creates a dirt trap that is shaped on one level, but one Has flange, which in use can be folded out of this plane in such a way that a three-dimensional one Form is created, which enables direct attachment to a vehicle wheel arch.

Thereafter, the innovation on the customarily used, special, metallic mounting brackets be waived.

In a preferred embodiment of the strainer has nien two convolutional] i, which along the flange

¹ J can be unfolded twice from the plane mentioned,

'that a three-dimensional form arises, that of form

, of the vehicle on which the dirt · - '· ,, ' ·

catcher is to be attached. . "! '·

The innovation is in the drawing and description

explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment uMd ', shown schematically. * · Ί

It shows:

ι Fig. 1 the most important part of an innovation

moderate mud flaps in plan view,

2 shows a cross section along the lines 2-2

T of Fig. 1 to illustrate a flange

(i detail,

ν Fig. 5 shows a ready-to-use bent flange.

In Fig. 1, the side face shown is that of the

ί Eye visible surface when the mud flap is backwards

is mounted behind the wheel in a wheel arch.

The mud flap is made in the usual manner from synthetic rubber with a main part 10, which stiffening ribs 12 made.

On one side, the main part 10 has an upstanding wing part 14. As indicated at 16, the contoured top and inner edge of the main part 10 is reinforced, and on the wing 14 this has reinforced Part zv / egg mounting holes 18, by means of which the wing 14 directly on the wheel arch surround can be attached with suitable fasteners, e.g. screws and nuts.

Within the wing 14, an upstanding flange 20 is formed on the contoured upper and inner edge, the flange 20 initially coplanar with and generally coplanar with the main part 10 Direction as the length of the wing 14 protrudes.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, two folding lines 22 and 24 are formed on the puddle 20. The first fold line 22 extends along the FIaHSCbJi ₁₁ 'edge which is attached to the main part 10 of the mud flap j "|"bumps; the second paddling edge 24 extends ". between the paddling side edges 26 and 28 approximately; **"

in. the middle "between the first folding line 22 _## ,

and a free outer edge 30 of the flange 20. This latter split line 24 has a small "*. *" Angle of inclination, about 5 to 10 degrees, to the front · * "." Folding line 22 and delimits an outer flange * - »·" part 32 which is provided with a hole 34 for a fastening means.

In the case of use, the splash 20 is bent twice out of the plane of the main part 10, as in FIG Fig. 3 shown, whereby a mounting flange is formed, which is attached, e.g. by a screw connection, to the wheel recess of the lower part of the body v / can earth. In this way, a three-dimensional shape is obtained by means of such a folding formed, which can be easily adapted to the wheel arch outline of the vehicle, whereby also a metal mounting bracket is made redundant.

The plan 20 will be described in more detail below. The cleavage lines 22 and 24 are formed by narrow and relatively deep grooves, each in opposite one another Sides of the flange are formed, whereby two lines with on the opposite flange sides diminished strength, which easily folds in one sense along the one such Line and allow a fold in the opposite sense along the other such line. The groove defining the folding line 22 is molded into the side of the mud flap visible in FIG. 1; the groove of the fold line 24 is on the other side.

In one embodiment with a flange thickness of approximately 7.5 mm, the thickness is at the fold lines at the bottom of the grooves conveniently 2.5 to 5, Ο; i.e. the thickness at the fold lines is approximately j; third "to two thirds of the total flange thickness.

The walls of the grooves are advantageously each at an angle of approximately 10 degrees to the normal of the Sloping paddling surfaces. In the mounting hole 34. * may have a median membrane of about 0.25 to P.75 ao *. Thickness be formed, which is pierced when attaching AeA fastening bolts, with a membrane diameter of 5.0 to 5.25 mm is provided on one side and an outward taper of about 5 degrees on the other side results in a slightly larger diameter in which the fastening bolt can be introduced.

Although not specifically shown, the flange 20 may preferably have reinforcing ribs (like 12) so that the risk of shearing or tearing is reduced if the The joint formed by a palte is pressed or pulled during use.

The embodiment described above can be designed in various respects within the scope of the claims will. In particular, the shape of the dirt

before
catcher, especially the surface at its upper and inner edge, where the flange part 20 is provided integrally with it, can be changed in such a way that it can be adapted to the shape of the different wheel arch constructions, and accordingly the position of the flange part 20 at the upper edge, if necessary , can also be changed as required for convenient and easy installation.

The arrangement of the folding lines

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also differ depending on the requirements. In the embodiment described, the respective folding lines formed for a folding in the opposite sense, if necessary Of course, folding twice in the same sense would also result in an advantageous attachment.

A further advantageous embodiment can consist in the folding lines as opposing one another and then forming approximately V-shaped grooves with the zone of reduced thickness in the The center plane of the mud flap is created and can be bent in every direction around every folding line. Finally, an embodiment with only a single folding line to produce a three-dimensional one adapted to certain body shapes Form of yorteil.

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Claims (13)

Protection claims 1. Mud flaps for vehicles with a one-piece molded on it mounting flange, which is initially in the same plane "as the Main part of the mud flap but to form the mounting flange in this way from this plane can be bent out that the mud flap without a special, metal bracket directly on the Vehicle can be attached, characterized in that the flange part (20) there along a fold line (22) can be bent, where it abuts against the main part (10, 16) of the mud flap (10), the remaining edge of the main part remains unconnected with the rest of the flange part when the flange part is in the Usage position is bent as an attachment bracket. 2. Mud flaps after. Claim. 1, characterized by two folding lines (22, 24), along which the puddle (20) can be bent twice in such a way that a three-dimensional, The form that can be adapted to the vehicle is created. 3. Dirt trap after. Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, known- '·· shows that the one-piece with the main part (10)) "' Paddling part (20) is equipped with a hole (34) for receiving a fastening means. . * ·. · 4. Dirt trap according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Flanschtfcil (20) a with the main part (10, 16) one-piece edge, two free side edges (26, 28) and one free, the previously mentioned has opposite edge (30) and the fold line or lines (22, 24), each between the two side edges extend. 5. Mud flap according to claim 4, characterized in that a single fold line (22) on or abutting is located on the first-mentioned side edge. 6. Mud flap according to claim 5, characterized in that there is a second fold line (24) between the both side edges (26, 28) at a distance from and at an angle to the first fold line (22). 7. Mud flap according to claims 3 and 6, characterized in that the fastening hole (34) in the Edge part (32) of the flange (20) between the second fold line (24) and the free, the first mentioned opposite edge (30) is formed. 8. Strainer according to any one of the preceding claims 4, wherein the or each convolution. Line (22, 24) consists of a groove formed by the i \ a region of reduced thickness which corresponds "long which the Flange can be folded. 9 * Mud flaps according to claim 8, characterized in that the or each fold line (22, 24) with reduced / 'Dioke on a side surface of the flange (20) is -. ". · Arranged.. ".' 1 w 10. Mud flap according to claim 9 »characterized in that the respective folding lines (22, 24) are reduced Thickness are arranged on opposite side surfaces of the mud flap. 11. Mud flap according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the main part (1O) of the mud flap has a side wing (14) with fastening holes (18) with which the dirt | i can be attached to the catcher rim of a wheel house, and an outer edge of the Flü- y gels leading edge, a lower edge and a con- tured, at the bottom extending into the edge wing edge, said flange portion (20) the contoured edge is molded, 12. Dirt trap according to claim 11, characterized in that the flange part (20) is initially outside>; from the contoured edge in generally the same line device extends like the length of the wing (14). 13. Dirt trap according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the fastening flange (20) with reinforcing ribs (such as 12) is provided φ . I.