EP1524396A2 - Laufwerkmodul und entsprechendes Türsystem - Google Patents

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EP1524396A2
EP1524396A2 EP04291858A EP04291858A EP1524396A2 EP 1524396 A2 EP1524396 A2 EP 1524396A2 EP 04291858 A EP04291858 A EP 04291858A EP 04291858 A EP04291858 A EP 04291858A EP 1524396 A2 EP1524396 A2 EP 1524396A2
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Benoít Bon
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Wagon Automotive SA
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F5/00—Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers
    • E05F5/003—Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers for sliding wings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1042—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage
    • E05D15/1047—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage specially adapted for vehicles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D2015/1026—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane accessories, e.g. sliding or rolling guides, latches
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1042—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage
    • E05D2015/1055—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage with slanted or curved track sections or cams
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/684—Rails; Tracks
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/688—Rollers
    • 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 trolley module for a sliding door, in particular a motor vehicle, type including a carriage and a carriage support, the carriage comprising a base body and a support roller moving relative to the base body around an axis of rotation, the carriage being hinged to the carriage support around a hinge axis extending perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the support of carriage comprising means for fixing the module to a leaf of the door.
  • Sliding doors include a central rail horizontal fixed on the structure of the vehicle and a leaf door extending along a vertical door plan.
  • a carriage is hinged on the door leaf around an axis vertical and is equipped with a roller adapted to roll in the rail.
  • the roller is not movable in the direction of the axis articulation relative to the leaf.
  • the set of centering keeps the door in a defined position following a longitudinal horizontal direction, a horizontal cross direction and direction vertical.
  • the centering assembly includes a centraliser upper, lower centering, arranged on the part front of the leaf, and a lock arranged on the part back of the leaf. When the door is in the closed state, it is kept in the position defined by these elements as well as by the trolley.
  • the centering assembly requires weak manufacturing and assembly tolerances, given that the trolley and lock hold the leaf following the vertical direction.
  • the trolley and lock hold the leaf following the vertical direction.
  • the whole has a high cost of manufacturing and assembly and requires forces to close in the event that the components are not not aligned with each other.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the mentioned drawbacks, and to propose a set of trolley which allows a quick and economic mounting on a leaf sliding door, while allowing a maintenance of the leaf in a predetermined position.
  • the invention relates to a module of carriage of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the carriage is movable to slide relative to the carriage support along the axis of articulation over a distance of at least 5 mm, and in that the carriage support comprises an element centering device adapted to hold the carriage support following a holding direction extending parallel to the axis of articulation.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a set of sliding door comprising a door leaf extending following a door plane and at least one guide rail defining a longitudinal sliding direction, the door leaf being movable between an open position and a closed position, the assembly further comprising means for centering the door leaf in its position closed in the longitudinal direction, following a transverse direction extending perpendicular to the door plan, and following a direction of height extending perpendicular to the longitudinal directions and transverse, characterized in that the means of centering comprise a first centraliser acting solely following the transverse and height directions, second and third centralizers acting only next the transverse direction and a fourth centralizer acting only in the longitudinal and height direction, and in that the fourth centralizer comprises a module such as defined above.
  • Figure 1 shows a motor vehicle designated by general reference 2.
  • the longitudinal direction X will designate the horizontal direction that extends forward towards the rear of the vehicle
  • the transverse direction Y extends horizontally perpendicular to the direction longitudinal
  • the direction of height Z extends vertically.
  • the vehicle 2 comprises a support structure 4 defining an opening 6 and a sliding door 8.
  • the door 8 comprises a door leaf 10 movable in sliding relative to the structure 4 between a position not shown and a closed position ( Figure 1).
  • the leaf 10 extends along a leaf plane which is parallel to the X and Z directions.
  • the door 8 comprises three upper rails 12, central 14 and lower 16, extending in the direction X. These rails are fixed on the structure 4.
  • the door 8 further comprises three sets of upper carriage 18, central 20 and lower 22 corresponding which are set on the leaf.
  • Upper carriage sets 18 and lower 22 are known per se and each comprise a non shown adapted for rolling in the rail 12, 16 corresponding.
  • the central rail 14 consists of a part rectilinear rear 24 and a front part bent 26, tilted to the vertical plane XZ and having components extending in the X and Y directions.
  • the set of central trolley 20 comprises a trolley 30 and a support of trolley 32.
  • the carriage 30 comprises a basic body 34 constituted a C-shaped profile having a core 36 and two branches upper 38 and lower 40.
  • a support roller 42 is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation horizontal A-A on the basic body 34.
  • the carriage 30 further comprises a guide roller 44 which is mounted mobile in rotation around a guide axis B-B perpendicular to the axis of rotation A-A.
  • the support 32 comprises two fittings 50, 52 integral with each other forming flanges of fixing 54, 56 to the leaf 10.
  • the base body 34 is articulated to the support 32 around an axis of articulation C-C extending according to the Z direction by means of a pin 58 ( Figure 5).
  • the cart 30 is movable around the axis of articulation C-C between a opening position in which the axis A-A of the roller 42 extends in the Y direction, and a closed position of the door 8, in which this axis C-C extends obliquely with respect to the leaf plane, following directions Y and X.
  • the base body 34 has an outer height HE less than an inner height HI of the support 32 measured along the axis CC, so that the base body 30 is vertically movable along the axis CC with respect to the support 32 from a distance HE-HI.
  • Axial mobility is at least 5mm.
  • a first helical spring 60 is interposed between the two branches 38, 40 of the basic body. This spring 60 applies to the support 32 and solicits the basic body 30 to its open position.
  • a second coil spring 62 is interposed between the upper branch 38 of the basic body 30 and the fitting upper 50 and urges the base body 30 towards the lower fitting 52.
  • the stiffness of the second spring 62 is chosen so that it is not completely compressed by the fraction of the weight of the leaf 10 acting on this spring 62 when the leaf 10 is outside its closed position.
  • the door 8 further comprises a centering assembly 70 of the leaf 10 with respect to the structure 4, when finds in its closed position.
  • the centering assembly 70 comprises a front centering device upper 72, a lower front centralizer 74, a centraliser rear 76 and a lock 78.
  • the two front centering devices 72, 74 are known per se and each comprise a centering element 80, 82 fixed on the door leaf 10 and a centering element corresponding 84, 86 fixed on the structure 4.
  • the elements 80, 84 of the upper front centering device 72 are example a centering pin and an oblong hole, which are adapted to hold the leaf 10 in the Y direction and to give him a degree of freedom according to the X and Z directions.
  • the centering elements 82, 86 of the lower centralizer 74 are for example a centering pin and an orifice which are adapted to hold the leaf 10 following directions Y and Z and to give it a degree of freedom following direction X.
  • the lock 78 comprises a pin 90 fixed on the structure of the vehicle 4 and extending in the X direction as well as a strike 92 articulated on the rear part of the leaf 10.
  • the striker 92 is movable between a locking position in which it clamps the pin 90 against a holding surface 94, and a leaf release position 10.
  • the lock 78 is adapted to hold the leaf 10 in the Y direction, and gives degrees of freedom to the leaf 10 along the X and Z directions.
  • the rear centering device 76 comprises a centering pin 98 (FIG. 4) fixed on the support 32 and having a shape of revolution around a D-D axis extending along the Y direction.
  • the rear centering device 76 further comprises a centering bridge 100 fixed on the structure 4.
  • the bridge 100 consists of a folded sheet metal U-shape, the core 102 of which is provided with a centering insert 104.
  • the centering insert 104 delimits an orifice of centering 106 extending along an axis E-E. In the position closed leaf 10, the lug 98 extends into the hole 106 and keeps the leaf 10 along the X and Z directions.
  • the centering aperture 106 has a shaped portion funnel 108 widening towards the lug 98 and the lug 98 has a frustoconical centering tip 110 complementary to the surface of the funnel 108.
  • the lug 98 can be plugged into the centering hole 106 although the axes DD and EE are not aligned.
  • the maximum permissible radial offset ⁇ R is greater than the axial mobility HE - HI of the carriage relative to the support 32.
  • the lug 98 and the bridge 100 can cooperate even when the carriage 30 bears against the support 32.
  • the carriage assembly 20 and the bridge 100 are mounted in the following manner.
  • the support 32 is fixed on leaf 10 at a predetermined location. Thanks to the axial mobility of the carriage 30, the tolerances of the position of the support 32 relative to the leaf 10 can be relatively important.
  • centering bridge 100 is plugged into the lug 98, and the leaf 10 is brought into a position closed approximate.
  • the door according to the invention operates in the manner next.
  • the leaf 10 When the leaf 10 is in its open position, it is maintained by the three carriage assemblies 18, 20, 22. When the leaf 10 is brought into its closed position, the centering pin 98 plugs into the centering hole 106, and maintains the rear part of the leaf in its ideal closed position in the X and Z directions.
  • the striker 92 urges the pin 90 against the leaf 10 and keeps the leaf 10 in its ideal closed position along the Y direction. Since lock 78 gives the leaf 10 a freedom in the direction Z, the striker 92 and the pawn 90 are not stuck one against to the other.
  • the second spring 62 urges the roller 42 against the guide rail 14, so that it does not generates no noise when driving the vehicle.
  • the leaf 10 being maintained in its ideal closed position reduces wear on joints sealing.
  • the lock 78 Since the lock 78 has no function of maintained in the Z direction, it can be manufactured with important tolerances, which reduces its cost.

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  • Automobile Manufacture Line, Endless Track Vehicle, Trailer (AREA)
  • Support Devices For Sliding Doors (AREA)
  • Power-Operated Mechanisms For Wings (AREA)
  • Window Of Vehicle (AREA)
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FR0309617 2003-08-04
FR0309617A FR2858645B1 (fr) 2003-08-04 2003-08-04 Module de chariot et ensemble de porte correspondant

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