EP1112200A1 - Dispositif dans un ensemble porteur de charge monte sur le toit d'un vehicule - Google Patents

Dispositif dans un ensemble porteur de charge monte sur le toit d'un vehicule

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EP1112200A1
EP1112200A1 EP99949505A EP99949505A EP1112200A1 EP 1112200 A1 EP1112200 A1 EP 1112200A1 EP 99949505 A EP99949505 A EP 99949505A EP 99949505 A EP99949505 A EP 99949505A EP 1112200 A1 EP1112200 A1 EP 1112200A1
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Prior art keywords
lever
support member
handle
gripping
gripping member
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Göran Andersson
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Mont Blanc Industri AB
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/04—Carriers associated with vehicle roof
    • B60R9/058—Carriers associated with vehicle roof characterised by releasable attaching means between carrier and roof

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  • the present invention relates to a device at a load carrier for vehicles, which is intended for roof mounting, said load carrier having support members which are adapted to rest against the upper side of the vehicle roof close to the edge thereof, a gripping member gripping the edge portion of the vehicle roof in a hook- shaped manner, actuators which are actuatable by means of a vertically pivotable lever and adapted to pull together the support member and the gripping member to a position gripping the associated roof edge portion, and a handle in connection with the lever for operating the same .
  • US-A-5, 641, 107 discloses a device of the type mentioned above.
  • the actuators for pulling together the support member and the gripping member are formed of an eccentric cam means on a pivotable lever, said cam means, as the lever pivots, actuating a yoke member which in turn is connected with a gripping member in such manner that the gripping member, as the lever pivots upwards, grips and is pressed against the edge portion of the roof of the vehicle.
  • the lever itself forms both a handle and a cover which in the clamping position of the lever rests against the support member and thus encloses sensi- tive parts of the clamping mechanism and protects these against unintentional and unauthorised actuation.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide a device which permits a greater pivoting motion of the lever and, thus, a greater motion of the gripping member and/or a greater exchange of forces, which results in increased gripping safety of the device with a reduced degree of sensitivity as to its presetting.
  • this object is achieved by a device which is essentially characterised in that the lever and the handle are interconnected by means of a pivot which in the active state of the device, i.e. in its clamping position, is positioned in the area of the upper part of the support member, while the lever at its other end portion is non-positively connected to said actuators in the area of the lower part of the support member, the handle and the lever forming a toggle joint system, which is foldable from the clamping position with a folded knee located in the upper part of the support member when pivoting the lever outwards to the release position of the device while straightening said knee.
  • the lever Owing to this construction in which the handle, which preferably is also designed to form a cover, is hingedly connected with the lever as a separate part, the lever is allowed to make an extremely great angular movement without being obstructed by the handle which thus does not come into conflict with the other parts of the support member and the gripping member.
  • the lever's enhanced possibility of pivoting results in very great liberty in respect of selecting exchange of forces and/or size of the motion which the force-transferring means at issue is allowed to perform.
  • actuators arranged between the support member and the gripping member than the type of actuator dis- closed in the above-mentioned US-A-5 , 641 , 107 , in which the actuators are formed of a combination of eccentric means and a yoke member which is movable in a so-called scissor pinch between a cam surface and a cam path inclined to the cam surface.
  • Fig. 1 shows a portion of a vehicle on which a load carrier according to the invention is placed
  • Fig. 2 is a view which corresponds to that in Fig. 1 and in which the load carrier has been clamped to the vehicle,
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the load carrier and the vehicle at one support member of the load carrier in the not yet clamped state of the load carrier as shown in Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 is a corresponding cross-sectional view of the load carrier in connection with its one support member in a partially clamped and fully clamped state of the load carrier, and
  • Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the same load carrier in connection with its one support member, the section being made centrally through the support member and associated parts.
  • the load carrier shown in the drawings consists of a load-carrying rail 2, which extends transversely of the vehicle across the roof 1 thereof and which in the vicinity of the outer side edges of the roof rests against the upper side of the vehicle roof by means of support members 3, of which, for the sake of simplicity, only one is shown.
  • the support member 3 can be fixed to the load- carrying rail in any suitable manner whatever, for example by means of a screw joint or some kind of clamping joint. Since this attachment can be of any type known per se and is not crucial to the invention, it will not be described here.
  • the support member 3 is suitably in its lower part provided with an engaging part 3 ' which preferably is fitted with a soft sole and which is turnably fixed to the remaining portion 3" of the support member and, thus, adaptable to the inclination of the roof in the position of engagement.
  • a lever designated 4 is vertically pivotally mounted at a fulcrum 5 which suitably can be formed of a horizontal pivot pin extending through the lever 7 and the support member 3.
  • the lever is composed of two lever members extended essentially in parallel with each other, as is best seen in Fig. 1. Each of the levers is, at its end closest to the fulcrum 5, formed with a cam-like eccen- trie portion 6.
  • a yoke member extended essentially in parallel with the pivot pin 5 is designated 7 and is dis- placeable in its transverse direction, mounted in a guide means 8 which in the shown embodiment consists of two spaced-apart , seen in the longitudinal direction of the yoke member 7, guide slots.
  • the support member 3 can be U-shaped, seen in a horizontal cross-section, and is directed with an open side outwards to the side of the vehicle.
  • actuators are accommodated, which cause tightening of a gripping member 9 against the underside of the roof edge portion and, thus, clamping of the support member against the upper side of the roof edge.
  • the gripping member 9 is in the shown embodiment formed as a metal sheet which in its lower part is bent in a hook-shaped manner and which extends into the support member past the yoke member 7 and rests, with a support portion 9' above the yoke member, in a slidable manner against a supporting surface 10 in the interior of the support member.
  • the hook-shaped end portion of the gripping member is designated 9" in the drawing.
  • a set bolt is designated 11. One end portion 11' of the set bolt extends in a hook-shaped manner round the yoke member 7 and its other end portion 11", which is threaded, extends through an opening in the gripping member 9.
  • a supporting nut 12 is screwed onto the threaded end portion and is used to set the distance between the gripping member 9 and the yoke member 7.
  • a handle 14 is pivotally fixed by means of a pivot 13 and can be pivoted, together with the lever, between the position shown in Fig. 3 and the position indicated by dash dot lines in Fig. 4.
  • the handle is provided with a locking lug 15, and the support member is in its upper part formed with a corresponding locking recess 16, in which the locking lug is insertable by pivoting the lever 4 upwards, the handle being in an out- wardly pivoted position, and subsequently the handle is pivoted downwards to the position indicated by dash dot lines in Fig. 4.
  • the lever 4 forms together with the handle 14 a toggle joint system, which in the position indicated by dash dot lines in Fig. 4 forms a folded knee which is positioned at the top and which can be straightened when pivoting to the position shown in Fig. 3.
  • the handle 14 is designed to form a cover, which in the position indicated by dash dot lines in Fig.4 covers the open outside of the support member and, con- sequently, encloses actuator parts positioned in the support member and an associated motion transfer mechanism.
  • its cam-shaped eccentric portion 6 forms, together with the guide means 8, a scissor- blade-like motion, the yoke member 7 forming a slide mem- ber which is made to perform a motion in front of the
  • the position of the yoke member is thus determined by the position of the "scissor pinch” i.e. the pivoting position of the lever 14 relative to the support member 3.
  • the lever 4 can be considered a single-armed lever, the cam curves being located on the same side of the fulcrum 5 as the handle and oriented so that the "scissor pinch” is displaced away from the fulcrum as the handle/lever is pivoted inwards to the support member 3.
  • the eccentric portion 6 forces the yoke member 7 to move up the guide means 8 and thus pull along the gripping member 9 in this motion, which is controlled by cooperation between the upper portion 9 ' of the gripping member and the guide path 10 formed in the support member.
  • the eccentric portion 6 is at the upper end of its active part formed with a shoulder 17, whose supporting edge for the slide member is directed transversely of the direction of the traction acting on the slide member.
  • the load carrier is suitably fixed to a vehicle by placing it on the roof of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 1 with the gripping member 9 and the handle 14 hanging down over the side of the vehicle. Subsequently the lever 4 is pivoted upwards by raising the handle 14 via the position indicated by full lines in Fig. 4 to the position which is indicated by dash dot lines in Fig. 4, the "clamping position" . With the supporting nut 12 set in advance in the correct position, it will thus be possible to clamp the support member with great force against the roof of the vehicle and thus efficiently fix the load carrier to the vehicle.
  • the articulated connection of the handle with the lever 4 in the toggle joint 13 allows the lever to perform a very long pivoting motion independently of the thickness of the handle 14.
  • the resulting liberty as to the design of the lower portion of the handle 14 renders it possible to make this portion so spacious as to allow gripping thereof by the person who is going to release the load carrier from the vehicle obtaining a large space for his fingers so that the handle can easily be pulled outwards to the release position.
  • the handle/protective cover 14 and the lever 4 can be provided with mutually compatible parts of a key-actuated lock to prevent the load carrier from being released by an unauthorised person.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif situé dans un ensemble porteur de chargeur monté sur le toit d'un véhicule et possédant des éléments de support (3) conçus pour s'appuyer contre le côté supérieur du toit (1) du véhicule à proximité de son bord, une élément de retenue (9) se fixant à la partie bord du toit du véhicule, des éléments de commande pouvant être mis en service au moyen d'un levier (4) et conçus pour être serrés autour du bord du toit, ainsi qu'une poignée (14) accouplée au levier (4) afin de l'actionner. Selon l'invention, le levier (4) et la poignée (14) sont reliés l'un à l'autre au moyen d'un pivot (13) qui, dans l'état actif du dispositif, c'est-à-dire dans sa position de serrage, est placé dans la zone de la partie supérieure de l'élément de support, tandis que le levier, au niveau de son autre partie d'extrémité, est accouplé de façon non positive aux éléments de commande dans la zone de la partie inférieure de l'élément de support (3), la poignée et le levier constituant un joint articulé pouvant être plié depuis la position de serrage au moyen d'une articulation située dans la partie supérieure de l'élément de support par pivotement du levier vers l'extérieur vers la position de libération du dispositif, tout en plaçant ladite articulation en position rectiligne.
EP99949505A 1998-09-11 1999-09-09 Dispositif dans un ensemble porteur de charge monte sur le toit d'un vehicule Withdrawn EP1112200A1 (fr)

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SE9803086 1998-09-11
SE9803086A SE512302C2 (sv) 1998-09-11 1998-09-11 Anordning vid en takmonterad lastbärare till fordon
PCT/SE1999/001567 WO2000015465A1 (fr) 1998-09-11 1999-09-09 Dispositif dans un ensemble porteur de charge monte sur le toit d'un vehicule

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SE521631C2 (sv) 2002-04-04 2003-11-18 Thule Sweden Ab Lastbärarfot
EP2380777B1 (fr) * 2010-04-22 2013-01-30 Thule Sweden AB Pied support de charge et agencement de grille pour véhicule

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SE512302C2 (sv) 2000-02-28

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