EP1102909A1 - Mecanisme de couplage destine a relier un dispositif d'immobilisation de porte a une charniere de porte de vehicule - Google Patents

Mecanisme de couplage destine a relier un dispositif d'immobilisation de porte a une charniere de porte de vehicule

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EP1102909A1
EP1102909A1 EP99952319A EP99952319A EP1102909A1 EP 1102909 A1 EP1102909 A1 EP 1102909A1 EP 99952319 A EP99952319 A EP 99952319A EP 99952319 A EP99952319 A EP 99952319A EP 1102909 A1 EP1102909 A1 EP 1102909A1
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Prior art keywords
hinge
holder housing
door
connecting element
face
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EP1102909B1 (fr
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Johannes Kremer
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ED Scharwachter GmbH and Co KG
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ED Scharwachter GmbH and Co KG
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/08Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts
    • E05D11/082Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts with substantially radial friction, e.g. cylindrical friction surfaces
    • E05D11/084Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts with substantially radial friction, e.g. cylindrical friction surfaces the friction depending on direction of rotation or opening angle of the hinge
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles characterised by the type of wing
    • E05Y2900/531Doors

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  • Connection device for connecting a door arrester with a
  • the invention relates to a connection device according to the preamble of claim 1 for connecting a door arrester to a vehicle door hinge, in particular one consisting of a brake and holding body which is connected directly or indirectly in a rotationally secure manner to one hinge half and a holder housing which is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the other hinge half, the brake thereof - And holding body is formed by an engagement body deviating from the pure circular shape, and its holder housing is formed by a housing profile section, which in turn has at least one braking or holding position, for the initial contour.
  • the proposal is known to reduce the required high material and processing effort in an integrated hinge design of the door arrester in that im ⁇ im least the holder housing of the door arrester is designed as an independent component and as such is connected to the hinge eye of one hinge half .
  • this has the advantage that the hinge half can be made simpler and made from a less expensive material and with less machining effort, and also achieves the advantage that the holder housing can be produced in a separate production step from a continuous profile material, but also requires this design of a vehicle door hinge equipped with a connected door lock still requires considerable processing effort for the mutual positive interventions required for the rotationally secure fixing of the holder housing to the hinge eye of one hinge half.
  • the connecting element forming a connecting device can be used with particular advantage in those door locks in which the holder housing is to be connected to the corresponding hinge half in a smooth axial extension of the hinge eye bore of the hinge half in which the hinge pin is mounted with a sliding seat.
  • the connecting element is cut by a clear profile cross section of the hinge eye or of the hinge eye in terms of its clear profile cross section Holder housing, depending on which of these two parts has the larger clear diameter, corresponding and in the axial direction from its one to its other end face alternately formed with at least one groove recess and a projection ring body.
  • the free end face of the hinge eye of the one hinge half is provided with at least one groove-shaped recess and the ring body forming the connecting element is equipped on its end face facing the hinge eye with at least one complementarily designed axial projection and that the holder housing on has at least one axial projection on its end face facing the hinge eye, to which a complementarily shaped groove recess in the ring body is assigned.
  • the annular connecting element on its end face facing the holder housing has two mutually offset by 180 °, has groove-like recesses and on its front side facing the hinge eye has two axial projections which are offset by 180 ° to one another.
  • the annular connecting element is expediently formed by an injection-molded part made of a plastic material, in addition to relatively easily formable metals, plastic materials with sufficient strength are particularly suitable as the material for the annular connecting element.
  • a simplified, embossed design of the form-fitting interlocking means for the rotationally secure fixing of the holder housing or the ring-shaped connecting element on the hinge eye can also be provided, in particular in that the alternately on the one hand on the lower commercial surface of the hinge eye or on the upper end face of the holder housing and on the other hand on the two end faces of the annular connecting element, means for mutual positive engagement are each formed by a plurality of preferably groove-shaped axial recesses or depressions.
  • the means alternately formed on both parts can each be designed in the manner of a toothing.
  • the engaging part forming the braking and holding body of the door arrester in turn with the shaft part of the hinge pin by means of a material consisting of a limited elastically deformable material and with both Share over alternately formed projections and recesses in the form of positive engagement coupling element in a rotationally secure drive connection.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first longitudinal section through an assembly consisting of a hinge and a door stay.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second longitudinal section through the assembly from FIG. 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows a side view of a holder housing joined with a connecting element.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side view of the holder housing from FIG. 3 rotated by 90 °.
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view of the holder housing from FIGS. 3 and 4 joined with a connecting element.
  • Fig. 6 shows a side view of a connecting element.
  • FIG. 7 shows a representation of the connecting element from FIG. 5 rotated by 90 °.
  • the separable motor vehicle door arm shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the exemplary embodiment consists of a first hinge half 1 that can be attached to one of two door arrangement parts (not shown in the drawing), door or door pillar, and a second hinge half 2 to be attached to the other door arrangement part and one hinge half 1 and 2 pivotally connecting hinge pin 3.
  • the hinge pin 3 is held in the hinge eye 5 in the first hinge half 1 by means of radially directed, form-fitting means 4 when the hinge is assembled, the hinge pin 3 also has a radially protruding, between the mutually facing commercial surfaces 6 and 7 of the two hinge halves 1 and 2 engaging collar 8, which on its side facing the detachable hinge half 1 forms a cone 9 tapering towards the end of the hinge pin 3, which has a complementarily formed con isische extension in the hinge eye bore 5 of the hinge half 1 is assigned.
  • the hinge pin 3 is also secured by means of a screw connection 11 lying against the outer commercial surface 10 of the hinge half 1 against automatic lifting out of its eye bore, the securing against automatic lifting by being screwed onto a peripheral thread of the free end of the hinge pin by means of a conical Approach 12 in a conical extension of the hinge eye engaging screw nut 13 is formed.
  • the hinge pin 3 is via a cylindrical shaft part 15 by means of a bearing bush 14 from a maintenance-free Storage material, e.g. fiber-reinforced Teflon, freely rotatable with a running seat.
  • a door lock 17 is connected, which consists essentially of a section formed by a Profilmaterialab holder housing 18 and an axial extension of the hinge pin 3 formed, the holder housing penetrating engagement part 19.
  • the hinge pin 3 connected engaging part 19 has, in a manner known per se, a profile cross-sectional shape not particularly shown in the drawing, deviating from the pure circular shape, and the holder housing 18 for generating braking and holding forces as a function of a rotational movement of the other hinge half 2 with respect to the hinge pin 3 complementary inner circumferential surface.
  • the holder housing 18 is supported by means of a tolerance-compensating, ring-shaped connecting element 20 in a rotationally secure manner on the lower commercial surface 21 of the hinge eye 16 of one hinge half 2 by means of positive locking means.
  • the annular connecting element 20 consists of a plastic injection molded part and, as can be seen in particular from the illustrations in FIGS. 1 and 2, has a clear width corresponding to the clear width of the inspection eye bore 22 in the hinge eye 16.
  • the annular connecting element 20 of its end face 23 assigned to the lower commercial surface 21 of the hinge eye 16 has two axial projections 24 which are offset by 180 ° and which, when the connecting element 20 or the holder housing 18 is mounted, form-fittingly in accordance arranged axial groove recesses 25 engage in the lower commercial area 21 of the hinge eye 16.
  • the ring-shaped face Connecting element 20 On its lower end face 26, which faces the holder housing 18, the ring-shaped face Connecting element 20 has two axial groove recesses 27 which are arranged offset by 180 °, into which engages corresponding projections 29 which are axially projecting on its end face 28 when the holder housing 18 is mounted.
  • the pairs of axial projections 24 and axial groove recesses 27, which are alternately arranged on the annular connecting element 20 from its one 23 to its other end face 26, are each offset by 90 ° to one another.
EP99952319A 1998-08-06 1999-08-05 Mecanisme de couplage destine a relier un dispositif d'immobilisation de porte a une charniere de porte de vehicule Expired - Lifetime EP1102909B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE19835572 1998-08-06
DE19835572A DE19835572A1 (de) 1998-08-06 1998-08-06 Anschlußeinrichtung zur Verbindung eines Türfeststellers mit einem Kraftwagentürscharnier
PCT/DE1999/002462 WO2000008284A1 (fr) 1998-08-06 1999-08-05 Mecanisme de couplage destine a relier un dispositif d'immobilisation de porte a une charniere de porte de vehicule

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EP1102909A1 true EP1102909A1 (fr) 2001-05-30
EP1102909B1 EP1102909B1 (fr) 2002-04-10

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US (1) US6594858B1 (fr)
EP (1) EP1102909B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2002522670A (fr)
CN (1) CN1311842A (fr)
AT (1) ATE216022T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU6462399A (fr)
BR (1) BR9912645A (fr)
DE (2) DE19835572A1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2000008284A1 (fr)

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JP2002522670A (ja) 2002-07-23
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ATE216022T1 (de) 2002-04-15
BR9912645A (pt) 2001-05-02
DE19835572A1 (de) 2000-02-10

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