EP0686748B1 - Charnière en tÔle sans fiche et sans entretien pour véhicules - Google Patents

Charnière en tÔle sans fiche et sans entretien pour véhicules Download PDF

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EP0686748B1
EP0686748B1 EP95107379A EP95107379A EP0686748B1 EP 0686748 B1 EP0686748 B1 EP 0686748B1 EP 95107379 A EP95107379 A EP 95107379A EP 95107379 A EP95107379 A EP 95107379A EP 0686748 B1 EP0686748 B1 EP 0686748B1
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Bernd-Alfred Dipl.-Ing. Klüting
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/10—Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/10—Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins
    • E05D5/12—Securing pins in sockets, movably or not
    • E05D5/121—Screw-threaded pins
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/10—Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins
    • E05D5/12—Securing pins in sockets, movably or not
    • E05D5/128—Securing pins in sockets, movably or not the pin having a recess or through-hole engaged by a securing member
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/10—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis
    • E05D7/1044—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis in an axial direction
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/531—Doors

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  • the invention relates to a hinge pin maintenance-free motor vehicle door hinge made of sheet metal blanks, consisting of two hinge halves which can be fastened to one of the two door arrangement parts by means of hinge tabs and which interlock with their commercial part areas, both of which are formed from a sheet metal blank and both are vertical in their commercial area have commercial sections facing the hinge axis, and in which the two hinge halves are pivotally mounted about their hinge axis by way of their mutually assigned, parallel parallel to the hinge axis commercial section areas when the motor vehicle door hinge is installed, and with the interposition of bearing bushes or washers made of maintenance-free bearing material.
  • Such a hinge is known from EP-A-0 215 568.
  • a type of motor vehicle door hinge is also already known, see EP-OS 0215568, in which the two hinge halves are also formed from sheet metal blanks, but are not connected to one another by means of a continuous hinge pin.
  • a hinge pin stub is attached to one of the two commercial parts of a hinge half, which engages in an eye bore lined with a collar bushing made of a maintenance-free bearing material in the corresponding commercial part of the other hinge half. Since this design requires two hinge pin stubs to be manufactured separately and fastened to the commercial parts of the hinge halves, the manufacturing effort for a hinge designed in this way is at least not less than the manufacturing effort for a hinge provided with a continuous hinge pin.
  • the object of the invention is to create a motor vehicle door hinge with maintenance-free storage which is formed from sheet metal material blanks and consists of the smallest possible number of one-piece parts and which can be manufactured and assembled using fully automated machines.
  • This object is achieved in that concentric passages to each other and to the hinge axis are arranged in the mutually parallel commercial sections of each hinge half, and that the passages from one hinge half to the other have different diameters have such that the passages of both hinge halves can be plugged into one another to form the hinge connection in the manner of a male and female connector part.
  • the passages form on one side a type of stub axles and on the other side a type of hub parts, with the advantage that both the stub axles and the hub parts in the course of forming the hinge halves each from a sheet material blank in one operation and can be made or formed in one piece with the hinge halves, so that neither additional parts nor special assembly work for their connection to the hinge halves are required.
  • the two preformed hinge halves only have to be plugged into one another, optionally with the addition of bearing means made of maintenance-free bearing material.
  • the sheet metal hinges designed according to the invention can be assembled on relatively simple automatic machines.
  • both a design of the passages which is oriented in the same direction with respect to the two commercial sections of both hinge halves and a design of the each of the two hinge halves which is aligned in opposite directions from one to the other commercial section Swaths are applied.
  • the outer diameter of the passages forming the male plug part of the one hinge half corresponds at least approximately to the inner diameter of the passages forming the mother plug part of the other hinge half, so that the two parts, male and female plug part with one another Interlocking play allowing rotation about the hinge axis.
  • Maintenance-free storage of the hinge is expediently achieved in that the commercial parts of the two hinge halves rest on one another by means of washers made of a maintenance-free bearing material.
  • the outer diameter of the passages forming the male plug part of the one hinge half is smaller than the inner diameter of the passages forming the mother plug part of the other hinge half, wherein it is advantageously additionally provided that those having the larger inner diameter , the mother plug part forming passages of the other hinge half are provided with an extended area against a narrowed area delimitation, such that in the extended area of the passages forming the mother plug part forming bushings made of a maintenance-free bearing material can be used as collar bushings and at the same time are supported in the axial direction .
  • the load-bearing capacities of the hinge are also reduced by means of the collar of the bearing bushes Maintenance-free storage transfer of commercial sections of the hinge halves lying on top of each other
  • the passages forming the respective male connector parts of the one hinge half in the radial direction are supported exclusively via the bearing bushes designed as collar bushings in the female connector parts, so that complete maintenance-free storage of all mutually movable regions of the two hinge halves is ensured.
  • This embodiment also makes it possible for the inside diameter of the narrowed area of the passages having the larger inside diameter and forming the mother plug parts to allow free passage of the passages forming the father plug parts of the other hinge half. This precludes any metallic contact between the two hinge halves, so that neither wear nor corrosion resulting from long-term operation of the hinge can occur.
  • the invention further provides that the passages forming the male connector part of one hinge half have a greater axial length than the passages forming the mother connector part of the other hinge half and in the area of their free End are provided with means for attaching a securing element.
  • the safety catch can be formed by a snap ring that can be placed on the male connector part, for which it can be provided that the means for attaching a securing element are formed by a circumferential constriction in the region of its free end.
  • a screw nut or the like can also be considered as a securing means forming a securing means, in which case it must then be provided that the means for attaching a securing element are formed by a rolled thread.
  • a particularly simple and no additional component design of a safety catch can be achieved by a subsequent deformation of the free end of the male connector part, for which purpose it can be provided according to a further feature of the invention that the passages forming the male connector part of a hinge half have a greater axial length than the passages forming the mother plug part of the other hinge half and in the region of their free end are designed as hollow rivets or the like.
  • the motor vehicle door hinges shown in Figures 1 and 2 consist of two hinge halves 1 and 2 each formed from a sheet material blank, each of which can be fastened to one of the two door arrangement parts of the door or door pillar via a hinge tab 3 or 4, and each of which is parallel to and parallel to each other Hinge axis 5 has vertically aligned commercial sections 6 and 7, respectively.
  • the commercial part areas 6 of the one hinge half 1 concentric, male connector parts forming passages 8 are formed to the hinge axis 5.
  • the other hinge half 2 to the hinge axis 5 and to the passages 8 of the one hinge half 1 are concentric but mother plug parts forming passages 9 are formed.
  • the passages 8 have an outer diameter substantially corresponding to the inner diameter of the passages 9, such that the two hinge halves are pivotally connected to one another about the hinge axis 5 when the passages 8 and 9 are inserted into one another.
  • the maintenance-free storage is designed from a maintenance-free bearing material by means of washers 10 inserted between the commercial sections 6 and 7 of both hinge halves 1 and 2 resting on one another.
  • the passages 8 forming the male connector part have a greater axial length than the passages 9 forming the female connector part and are provided in the area of their free end projecting beyond the female connector part with a circumferential constriction 11 which is assigned to the fixing of a snap ring 12 which may be provided as a safety catch.
  • the diameter of the through-hole 9 forming the female connector part is reduced in the area of its free end by means of a shoulder 13.
  • the maintenance-free storage is designed in this embodiment by collar bushings 14 made of a maintenance-free bearing material, the collar bushings 14 engaging over their collars 15 between the superimposed commercial parts 6 and 7 of the two hinge halves 1 and 1, while they engage with their bushing part 16 in one of the larger ones Upper longitudinal sections 17 of inner diameter of the passages 9 forming the mother plug part are accommodated.
  • the passages 8 forming the male connector part here also have a smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the narrowed area of the passages forming the female connector part, such that the passages 8 are supported in the radial direction exclusively via the collar bushings 14 and also not in this area with the Passages 9 come into contact.
  • the passages 8, which form the male connector part are provided with a rolled-up thread onto which a nut 18, which forms a safety catch, can be screwed.

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  1. Charnière de porte sans cheville de charnière et sans entretien pour véhicules automobiles, fabriquée à partir de segments de tôles, composée de deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2) pouvant être fixées chacune par l'intermédiaire de pattes (3), (4) sur les parties de la porte, s'engageant l'une dans l'autre par l'intermé-diaire de leurs parties de travail, formées à partir de segments de tôle, où la partie de travail de chacune des moitiés de charnière (1), (2) comporte deux zones (6), (7) perpendiculaires à l'axe de la charnière (5) et où les deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2) sont assemblées en pouvant pivoter autour de l'axe de la charnière (5), par l'intermédiaire des zones (6), (7) de leur partie de travail, parallèles les unes aux autres, perpendiculaires à l'axe de la charnière et disposées alternativement après montage de la charnière de porte, et, par l'intermédiaire de coussinets (10), (14) ou de rondelles en matériau ne nécessitant pas d'entretien, caractérisée en ce que lesdites zones (6), (7) des parties de travail, parallèles entre elles, de chacune des moitiés de charnière (1), (2) comportent des soyages (8), (9) concentriques entre eux et à l'axe de la charnière (5), les soyages (8) de la moitié de charnière (1) présentant un diamètre différent de celui des soyages (9) de l'autre moitié de charnière (2) de sorte que lesdits soyages (8), (9) des deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2) peuvent être engagés les uns dans les autres à la manière d'une fiche mâle et d'une fiche femelle.
  2. Charnière de porte selon la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que le diamètre extérieur du soyage (8) de la moitié de charnière (1) constituant la fiche mâle correspond au moins approximativement au diamètre intérieur du soyage (9) de l'autre moitié de charnière (2) constituant la fiche femelle.
  3. Charnière de porte selon les revendications 1 et 2 caractérisée en ce que les zones (6), (7) des parties de travail des deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2) sont disposées l'une sur l'autre par l'intermédiaire de rondelles de calage (10) en matériau ne nécessitant pas d'entretien.
  4. Charnière de porte selon la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que le diamètre extérieur du soyage (8) de la moitié de charnière (1) constituant la fiche mâle est plus petit, d'un montant assurant la liberté de mouvement, que le diamètre intérieur du soyage (9) de l'autre moitié de charnière (2) constituant la fiche femelle.
  5. Charnière de porte selon les revendications 1 et 4 caractérisée en ce que les soyages (9) à plus grand diamètre intérieur, constituant la fiche femelle, de la moitié de charnière (2), sont pourvus d'un décrochement (13) délimitant un espace agrandi par rapport à un espace plus petit.
  6. Charnière de porte selon les revendications 4 et 5 caractérisée en ce que des coussinets (14) en forme de coussinets à collet en matériau ne nécessitant pas d'entretien sont engagés dans la zone élargie des soyages (9) constituant les fiches femelles.
  7. Charnière de porte selon les revendications 4 à 6 caractérisée en ce que le diamètre intérieur de la zone rétrécie des soyages (9) constituant les fiches femelles permet le passage libre des soyages (8) constituant les fiches mâles de l'autre moitié de charnière (1).
  8. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 7 caracté risée en ce que les soyages (8) constituant les fiches mâles de la moitié de charnière (1) présentent une longueur axiale plus grande que les soyages (9) constituant les fiches femelles de l'autre moitié de charnière (2) et sont pourvus dans la zone de leur extrémité libre de moyens permettant la mise en place d'un élément de sécurité.
  9. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 8 caractérisée en ce que les moyens pour la mise en place d'un élément de sécurité (12) sont constitués par un évidement (11) continu sur tout le pourtour.
  10. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 8 caractérisée en ce que les moyens pour la mise en place d'un élément de sécurité sont constitués par un filet laminé.
  11. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 8 caractérisée en ce que les soyages (8) constituant les fiches mâles de la moitié de charnière (1) présentent une longueur axiale plus grande que les soyages (9) constituant les fiches femelles de l'autre moitié de charnière (2) et comportent une extrémité libre en forme de rivet tubulaire.
  12. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 11 caractérisée en ce que les soyages (8), (9) sont orientés dans le même sens par référence aux deux zones (6), (7) des parties de travail des deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2).
  13. Charnière de porte selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 11 caractérisée en ce que les soyages (8), (9) sont orientés en sens opposé par référence aux deux zones (6), (7) des parties de travail des deux moitiés de charnière (1), (2).
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