EP0828050B1 - Türscharnier, insbesondere für Kraftfahrzeug - Google Patents

Türscharnier, insbesondere für Kraftfahrzeug Download PDF

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EP0828050B1
EP0828050B1 EP97402069A EP97402069A EP0828050B1 EP 0828050 B1 EP0828050 B1 EP 0828050B1 EP 97402069 A EP97402069 A EP 97402069A EP 97402069 A EP97402069 A EP 97402069A EP 0828050 B1 EP0828050 B1 EP 0828050B1
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Bilal Anbari
Didier Michelin
Laurent Dupriez
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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
    • 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
    • E05D7/1083—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis facilitating simultaneous assembly of a plurality of hinges, e.g. for mounting heavy wings
    • 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
    • E05D7/1005—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis by axially moving free pins, balls or sockets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E05D2003/025—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles
    • E05D2003/027—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles the end knuckles being mutually connected
    • 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 present invention relates to a hinge and relates more particularly to a hinge for an opening of a motor vehicle such as a door comprising a first knuckle fixed to an opening and connected, by an attached hinge pin, to a second knuckle fixed to the vehicle structure.
  • the first and second hinges of the hinges provided with an attached articulation axis comprise at least one extension provided with a bore intended to receive the articulation axis so as to form a holding element for the axis d 'joint.
  • This bore carried by the knuckles is generally surrounded by a circular bearing face, perpendicular to the axis of the bore, intended to come into abutment against the bearing face of the hinge holding element coming into contact screw, thus preventing any relative movement of the first and second knuckles in the direction of the hinge axis.
  • Such hinges have the disadvantage of making it difficult to assemble the door on the vehicle, the fitting of the attached hinge pins, which takes place while the door is in the open position to gain access to the hinges, requiring before contacting the bearing faces and aligning the bores carried by the holding elements of the different knuckles.
  • This alignment is all the more difficult to perform as the weight of the door is large and it is not uncommon, during the assembly operation of the latter, that the front part of the door strikes the vehicle, damaging thus the edge or the outer skin of the latter.
  • This damage created by the punctual contact of the edge of the door on an element of the vehicle leads to costly touch-ups of the parts for which the external appearance, reflecting the quality of the product, must be perfect.
  • Document DE 39 40 926 discloses a hinge comprising two knuckles intended to be secured by an attached hinge pin. Each knuckle is provided with at least one retaining element having a bore intended to receive the articulation axis, a retaining element of one of the knuckles comprising a recess capable of cooperating with a retaining element of the other knuckle. One of the knuckles is designed to be secured to a support on which the hinge pin is mounted. Such a hinge is not fully satisfactory in terms of ease of assembly of the hinge pin as well as in terms of simplicity and cost of production.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to propose a hinge, as well as a door fitted with this hinge, facilitating the mounting of the reported hinge pin by eliminating the risks of overshoot. pronounced the commitment position of the latter and which is simple and economical to achieve.
  • the subject of the invention is a hinge, in particular for a sash of motor vehicles, comprising a first knuckle, capable of being fixed to the sash, and a second knuckle, capable of being fixed to the structure of the vehicle, joined together by an added articulation axis, said first knuckle being provided with at least one retaining element having a bore intended to receive a part of said articulation axis, the other part engaging in a bore belonging to a retaining element carried by said second knuckle, said first and second knuckles comprising guide means intended to limit the relative displacements of the opening relative to the structure of the vehicle and to facilitate the alignment of the bores and for the establishment of the hinge pin, characterized in that said element for holding the first knuckle comprises a part extending beyond the bore, said part being provided with a wall of app ui cooperating with a surface of the retaining element to limit the relative displacements of the opening relative to the structure of the vehicle in the direction of the
  • the dimensions of the support wall of the first knuckle are adapted to the contact surface of the second knuckle.
  • the normal to the bearing wall of the first chamon is slightly inclined relative to the axis of the bore.
  • said first knuckle comprises a second holding element provided with a bore intended to receive a part of the articulation axis, the end of said second holding element cooperating with a projecting wall carried by the holding element so as to limit the relative movements of the opening relative to the structure of the vehicle along a plane perpendicular to the axis of articulation, said wall being of a shape adapted to partially surround the end of the holding element of the first knuckle.
  • said first and second holding element and frame the holding element of the second knuckle are identical to each other.
  • the invention also relates to a motor vehicle opening fitted with two hinges of the type defined above, characterized in that the two hinges are symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of articulation hinges.
  • Figure 1 shows a hinge for a motor vehicle door consisting of a first wheelwright 1 connected to the door of a vehicle and a second knuckle 2 fixed to a structural element of the vehicle and connected to the first knuckle 1 by a hinge pin, not shown in the figure.
  • the first knuckle is composed of a foot 21 comprising two fixing holes allowing its fixing on the door of the vehicle and two holding elements 3a and 3b extending from a lateral edge of the foot 21, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the latter.
  • Each retaining element 3a and 3b of the first knuckle 1 respectively has a bore 6a and 6b disposed in the same axis so as to receive the hinge pin, not shown in the figures, joining the first knuckle 1 to the second knuckle 2.
  • These bores 6a and 6b of the first knuckle 1 open respectively onto two bearing faces Sa and 5b facing each other, intended to come respectively opposite to bearing faces of the second knuckle 2.
  • the second knuckle 2 is composed of a foot 22 which is fixed by welding to the structural element of the vehicle and of a holding element 4 extending from a lateral edge. of the foot 22 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the latter.
  • the retaining element 4 of the second knuckle 2 comprises, near its end, a bore 7 intended to receive the hinge pin connecting the second knuckle 2 to the first knuckle 1.
  • This bore 7 opens on either side of the holding element 4 on two circular support faces Sa and 8b intended to come respectively opposite the support faces 5a and 5b of the first knuckle 1.
  • the holding element 4 of the second knuckle also has at its end two guide faces 14a and 14b respectively juxtaposed with the bearing faces 8a and 8b carried by the end of the holding element 4. These guide faces 14a and 14b are slightly inclined with respect to each other so that the end of the holding element 4 is convergent.
  • the holding element 3a of the first knuckle 1 has a part 9 extending beyond of bore 6a.
  • This part 9 comprises, in the extension of the support face 5a, a support wall 10 whose dimensions are adapted to cooperate with the support face 8a of the second knuckle 2.
  • This support wall 10 is inclined d 'about 1 ° relative to the bearing face 5a so that the angle formed by these two faces is salient.
  • the holding element 4 of the second knuckle 2 shown in FIG. 3, has a wall 11 projecting a few millimeters partially bordering the support face 8b and along an edge of the guide face 14b.
  • This wall 11, of circular shape around the support face 8b is disposed only on the part of the support face 8b and of the guide face 14b oriented towards the front and towards the inside of the vehicle in order to allow the approach, by the other side, of the bearing face 5b of the first knuckle 1.
  • the two holding elements 3a and 3b of the first knuckle 1 come from either side of the holding member 4 of the second knuckle 2 in order to carry out the locking in translation of the knuckles in the direction of the articulation axis, the locking in translation along the plane perpendicular to the articulation axis being produced by the axis itself.
  • FIG. 4 The assembly phase on a vehicle of a door, equipped with such hinges, is shown in FIG. 4.
  • This figure shows a door fitted with a first hinge 12, identical to that described in FIGS. 1 to 3, arranged in the lower part of the door and with a second hinge 13, symmetrical with the hinge 12 relative to the median plane perpendicular to the axis of the hinges, arranged along the same axis, in the upper part of the door.
  • the door is brought towards the vehicle in the open position.
  • the operator then maneuvers the door so that, for each of the hinges 12 and 13, the support wall 10 of the holding element 3a of the first knuckle 1 comes opposite the support face 8a carried by the holding element 4 of the second knuckle 2.
  • This positioning of the door is facilitated by the inclination of approximately 1 ° from the normal of the bearing walls 10 relative to the axis of articulation allowing increase the interval between the bearing walls 10 as well as by the converging end of the holding element 4 of the second knuckles 2 at the level of the guide faces 14a and 14b.
  • the bearing wall 10 of the first knuckle I of the hinge 13 is then brought against the bearing face 8a of the second knuckle 2, a slight clearance then appearing between the bearing wall 10 and the bearing face 8a of the hinge 12.
  • the door is then pushed by the operator, perpendicular to the axis of the hinges, so that for each hinge 12 and 13, the bearing face 5b of the second knuckle 2 is engaged on the guide face 14b of the first knuckle 1 and that simultaneously the end of the holding element 3b of the first knuckle 1 comes into contact with the wall 11 of the second knuckle 2.
  • the bores 6a, 6b and 7 then being substantially coaxial, the positioning of the axes is simplified, the latter having chamfered edges making it possible to make up for slight offsets.
  • the establishment of the axis then makes it possible to refocus the bores 6a, 6b and 7, the dimensions of the first and second knuckles 1 and 2 being adapted so as to leave a slight clearance between the end of the holding element 3b of the first knuckle 1 and the wall 11 of the second knuckle 2 to allow their free rotation.
  • the hinge thus produced allows rapid mounting of doors on a vehicle and this without risk of exceeding the mounting position of the hinge pin, the hinge incorporating guide faces limiting any overshoot.
  • This hinge is particularly advantageous for mounting doors having, in the open position, a very small clearance between an element of the vehicle and the outer edge of the door, such as for example doors with curved lines at the hinges or with a very small clearance between the door and the body.
  • the hinge according to the invention makes it possible to considerably reduce the number of touch-ups to be carried out on the doors, which makes it possible to largely compensate for the additional cost of this hinge by compared to a traditional hinge.
  • the hinges mounted on the doors can be identical, whether they are mounted in the upper or lower part of the door.
  • the means for guiding the door during its docking on the vehicle can be carried by only one of the hinges fitted to the door.
  • the means for guiding the door during its docking on the vehicle can be carried by appendages of the hinges not belonging to the elements for holding the hinge pin.

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  1. Scharnier, insbesondere für die Tür eines Kraftfahrzeuges, mit einer ersten Scharnierhälfte (1) zur Befestigung mit der Tür und mit einer zweiten Scharnierhälfte (2) zur Befestigung mit dem Kraftfahrzeugaufbau, die miteinander über eine eingesetzte Gelenkachse verbunden sind, wobei die erste Scharnierhälfte (1) mit wenigstens einem Befestigungselement (3a) versehen ist, das eine Bohrung (6a) aufweist zur Aufnahme eines Abschnittes der Gelenkachse, während der andere Abschnitt in eine Bohrung (7) eingreift, die zu einem Befestigungselement (4) gehört, welches von der zweiten Scharnierhälfte (2) getragen wird, wobei die erste Scharnierhälfte (1) und die zweite Scharnierhälfte (2) Führungsanordnungen aufweisen, zur Begrenzung der Relativverschiebungen der Tür bezüglich des Kraftfahrzeugaufbaus und zur Erleichterung der Ausrichtung der Bohrungen (6a und 7) für das Einsetzen der Gelenkachse, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Befestigungselement (3a) der ersten Scharnierhälfte (1) einen Abschnitt (9) aufweist, der sich über die Bohrung (6a) hinaus erstreckt, wobei der Abschnitt (9) mit einer Stützwand (10) versehen ist, die mit einer Fläche (8a) des Befestigungselementes (4) zusammenwirkt, um die Relativverschiebungen der Tür bezüglich des Kraftfahrzeugaufbaus in Richtung der Gelenkachse während des Zusammenbaus der ersten Scharnierhälfte mit der zweiten Scharnierhälfte zu begrenzen.
  2. Scharnier nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abmessungen der Stützwand (10) der ersten Scharnierhälfte (1) an die Fläche (8a) der zweiten Scharnierhälfte (2) angepasst sind.
  3. Scharnier nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Senkrechte zur Stützwand (10) der ersten Scharnierhälfte (1) geringfügig bezüglich der Achse der Bohrung (6a) geneigt ist.
  4. Scharnier nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Scharnierhälfte (1) ein zweites Befestigungselement (3b) aufweist, das mit einer Bohrung (6b) versehen ist zur Aufnahme eines Abschnittes der Gelenkachse, wobei das Ende des zweiten Befestigungselementes (3b) mit einer hervorspringenden Wand (11) zusammenwirkt, die vom Befestigungselement (4) getragen wird, sodass die Relativverschiebungen der Tür bezüglich des Kraftfahrzeugaufbaues entlang einer Ebene senkrecht zur Gelenkachse begrenzt sind und wobei die Wand (11) derart ausgestaltet ist, dass sie das Ende des Befestigungselementes (3b) der ersten Scharnierhälfte (1) teilweise umgibt.
  5. Scharnier nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erste Befestigungselement (3a) und das zweite Befestigungselement (3b) das Befestigungselement (4) der zweiten Scharnierhälfte (2) umgeben.
  6. Tür für ein Kraftfahrzeug, die mit zwei Scharnieren (12, 13) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 versehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Scharniere (12 und 13) symmetrisch zueinander bezüglich einer zur Gelenkachse der Scharniere senkrechten Ebene sind.
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