EP1586727B1 - Opening and closing mechanism for a vehicle door - Google Patents

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EP1586727B1
EP1586727B1 EP05007234A EP05007234A EP1586727B1 EP 1586727 B1 EP1586727 B1 EP 1586727B1 EP 05007234 A EP05007234 A EP 05007234A EP 05007234 A EP05007234 A EP 05007234A EP 1586727 B1 EP1586727 B1 EP 1586727B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/10—Handles
    • E05B85/14—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing
    • E05B85/16—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
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    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/02—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes for accident situations

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  • the present invention relates to a door opening / closing mechanism of a motor vehicle.
  • This mechanism is of the type comprising a handle pivotally mounted on a base around an axis substantially parallel to the plane of the door and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
  • a handle generally comprises two branches protruding from its ends, including a pivoting branch pivotally connected to the base and an actuating branch acting on a transmission assembly, to achieve the unlocking of the door.
  • US 6,447,030, EP 1,286,009 or US 2002/059693 illustrate existing mechanisms.
  • motor vehicle door opening / closing mechanisms comprising means for locking the handle in the locked position of the door in the event of an accident, including inertia systems including flyweights.
  • the present invention aims to remedy these disadvantages.
  • Its main purpose is therefore to provide a handle mechanism of the aforementioned type, which allows a perfectly satisfactory locking of the handle.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism whose operation remains simple and natural for the user.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism having a structure that remains relatively simple, with reliable operation.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a particularly simple mechanism to assemble.
  • Such a pivoting locking member normally held in the locking position by the elastic member, allows a permanent and reliable locking of the handle in the door lock position, as long as actuation of the control member is not possible. not realised.
  • This locking member retains a simple structure to achieve and has a reliable operation.
  • the locking member may engage with the actuating leg of the handle.
  • the latter comprises gripping zones with which the locking member cooperates in the locking position.
  • These gripping zones may in particular be cavities arranged in the actuating branch.
  • the operating member Before the first actuator of the mechanism, the operating member is in the non-cooperation position, which greatly facilitates the mounting of the handle on the base; the locking member is then actuated, which brings the operating member into the cooperation position and then maintains the operating member in this cooperation position.
  • the locking member may advantageously have a shape symmetrical with respect to its median plane, so that the same locking member can be used on both left door mechanisms and mechanisms for straight doors.
  • the control member is advantageously located on the handle. It then allows a simple and natural actuation of the locking member simultaneously with the actuation of the handle.
  • this control member is positioned so as to face the thumb of the user when the latter grasps the handle.
  • the mechanism may then comprise a transmission between this control member and the locking member comprising a sliding finger through the actuating leg that includes the handle.
  • the mechanism according to the invention thus has a relatively simple structure to achieve and having a reliable operation.
  • the control member may in particular be constituted by a button that can be pressed to actuate the locking member.
  • FIG. 1 represents a mechanism 1 for opening / closing a motor vehicle door, comprising a handle 2, a base 3, a locking member 4, a spring 5 and a transmission assembly 6.
  • the handle 2 comprises a body 10 on which is fixed a cover hubcap 11, a control button 12, a base 13 receiving the button 12 is a transmission part 14 located between this button and this base.
  • the body 10 comprises a pivoting branch 15 and a branch 16 for actuating the transmission assembly 6.
  • the pivoting branch 15 has a curved shape, allowing its engagement in a housing that comprises the base 3, and has a notch 17 at its free end, allowing its pivotal engagement on a rounded cross member that comprises the base 3 in this housing.
  • the actuating branch 16 is bent at its free end, and is intended to pass through an opening 20 (see Figure 3) arranged in the base 3, to cooperate with the locking member 4, on the one hand , and with the transmission assembly 6, on the other hand.
  • This branch 16 comprises a longitudinal bore 21, opening in its front face and in the face of the body 10 opposite the base 3.
  • the fixing of the cover 11 on the body 10 is achieved by means of snap-fastening projections 22 provided on the body 10 and complementary cavities provided on the cover 11.
  • This attachment makes it possible to trap the button 12, the base 13 and the transmission part 14 between the body 10 and the cover 11, thus allowing the assembly of these parts 12 to 14 on the handle 2.
  • the button 12 is pivotally mounted on the base 13.
  • the transmission part 14 comprises a finger 23 intended to be slidably engaged in the bore 21.
  • the button 12 when pressed, makes it possible to slide this finger 23 in this bore 21.
  • the base 3 is intended to be fixed to the door, against the sheet thereof. It has a central portion 25, a rear portion and a front portion.
  • the central portion 25 has a recessed concave shape, allowing the user's fingers to pass around the handle 2, and delimits a housing for receiving the locking member 4, the spring 5 and the transmission assembly 6 .
  • the locking member 4 comprises a central portion 26 shaped "C" shaped for, once mounted in the base 3, extend around the opening 20, and comprises a median pin 27, suitable to be engaged in the bore 21, facing the finger 23. This finger 23 can thus act on this lug 27 when the button 12 is pressed.
  • the ends of said central portion 26 are extended by journals 28 engaging in corresponding bearings arranged on the base 3.
  • the locking member 4 also comprises two hooks 29 projecting from one of its faces.
  • This locking member 4 has a symmetrical shape with respect to a median plane passing through the lug 27, so that the same part can be used for mechanisms 1 actuating left or right doors.
  • the spring 5 is engaged on one of the pins 28 and comprises a branch bearing against the member 4, on the one hand, and against the base 3, on the other hand.
  • This spring 5 is such that it normally holds the locking member 4 in a locking position shown in Figures 3, 4, 6 and 7; the locking member 4 may, however, by pressing the finger 23 against the pin 27, be brought into a pivoted unlocking position, shown in Figures 5, 8 and 9.
  • the transmission assembly 6 comprises a pivoting body 30, a spring 31 adapted to maintain normally this pivoting body 30 in a position corresponding to the locking of the door and an axis 32 engaging in corresponding bearings arranged on the base 3, the spring 31 and the body 30 being engaged on this axis 32.
  • the body 30 comprises a cage 35 for receiving the spring 31, a curved finger 36 intended to cooperate with the actuating branch 16, a radial arm 37 intended to be connected to an actuating cable (not shown) which controls the movement of the opening / closing latch of the door, and a pair of radial walls 38 having a rod 39.
  • the cage 35 is provided with a notch 40 through which an end branch of the spring 31 can be connected to the body 30, the other end branch of this spring being, after assembly, connected to the base 3.
  • the radial walls 38 and the rod 39 are, for their part, intended to cooperate with a hook 29 of the locking member 4.
  • the body 30 is slidably movable along the axis 32.
  • this body 30 can by virtue of the stretching of the spring 31, being placed in the position shown in FIG. 3, in which the finger 36 is in a position offset from the side with respect to the opening 20, and can be held in this position by the abutment of a wall 38 against the adjacent hook 29, against the return force of the spring 31; the branch 16 can then easily be engaged in the opening 20, the finger 36 not preventing this commitment (see Figure 4).
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 show the respective locking positions of the mechanism 1 (FIG. 7), the unlocking of this mechanism (FIG. 8) and the pivoting of the handle 2 effecting the pivoting of the body 30 (FIG. 9).
  • FIG. 10 shows a handle 2 very similar to that which has just been described, except that the branch 16 comprises, on the side of its free end and on either side of the bore 21, two cavities 41.
  • the locking member 4 is engaged on an axis 28 and is movable between a locking position, in which it is inside these cavities 41 (see Figure 12), and an unlocking position, in it is pivoted so as to be totally extracted from these cavities 41.
  • the body 30, the spring 31 and the axis 32 are mounted in the longitudinal axis of the mechanism 1, and this mechanism does not include a system promoting the engagement of the branch 16 in the opening 20, as described. previously.
  • the invention provides a mechanism for opening / closing a motor vehicle door allowing a perfectly satisfactory locking of the handle 2, having an operation which remains simple and natural for the user, having a structure which remains relatively simple, with reliable operation, and is simple to assemble.
  • control member may be an electrical system, in particular wave-powered, and / or the mechanism may include such a system.

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The mechanism has a pivoting locking unit (4) mounted on a base (3). The unit pivots between a locking position and an unlocking position of a handle (2), where the unit engages and disengages with an activating arm (16) or a transmission assembly (6), respectively. A helical spring (5) maintains the locking unit in the locking position. A knob (12) controls pivoting of the locking unit towards its unlocking position.

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La présente invention concerne un mécanisme d'ouverture/fermeture de portière de véhicule automobile.The present invention relates to a door opening / closing mechanism of a motor vehicle.

Ce mécanisme est du type comprenant une poignée montée pivotante sur une embase autour d'un axe sensiblement parallèle au plan de la portière et sensiblement perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de la poignée. Une telle poignée comprend généralement deux branches faisant saillie de ses extrémités, dont une branche de pivotement reliée de manière pivotante à l'embase et une branche d'actionnement agissant sur un ensemble de transmission, permettant de réaliser le déverrouillage de la portière. Les documents US 6,447,030, EP 1 286 009 ou US 2002/059693 illustrent des mécanismes existants.This mechanism is of the type comprising a handle pivotally mounted on a base around an axis substantially parallel to the plane of the door and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle. Such a handle generally comprises two branches protruding from its ends, including a pivoting branch pivotally connected to the base and an actuating branch acting on a transmission assembly, to achieve the unlocking of the door. US 6,447,030, EP 1,286,009 or US 2002/059693 illustrate existing mechanisms.

Il est connu de réaliser un tel mécanisme sans verrouillage du mouvement de la poignée lorsque que le véhicule roule, ce qui peut occasionner une ouverture intempestive de la portière en cas d'accident, soit sous l'effet d'accélérations, soit sous l'effet de déformations subies par la portière et/ou la carrosserie du véhicule, particulièrement en cas de choc latéral.It is known to make such a mechanism without locking the movement of the handle when the vehicle is rolling, which may cause an inadvertent opening of the door in case of accident, either under the effect of accelerations or under the effect of deformation on the door and / or the bodywork of the vehicle, particularly in the event of a side impact.

Il est par ailleurs connu de réaliser des mécanismes d'ouverture/fermeture de portière de véhicules automobiles comprenant des moyens de verrouillage de la poignée en position de verrouillage de la portière en cas d'accident, notamment des systèmes à inertie incluant des masselottes.It is also known to provide motor vehicle door opening / closing mechanisms comprising means for locking the handle in the locked position of the door in the event of an accident, including inertia systems including flyweights.

Les systèmes existants s'avèrent toutefois ne pas permettre un blocage de la poignée parfaitement satisfaisant en cas d'accident et ont pour inconvénient d'avoir des structures relativement complexes.The existing systems however prove to not allow a perfectly satisfactory handle lock in case of accident and have the disadvantage of having relatively complex structures.

La présente invention vise à remédier à ces inconvénients.The present invention aims to remedy these disadvantages.

Son objectif principal est donc de fournir un mécanisme à poignée du type précité, qui permette un verrouillage parfaitement satisfaisant de la poignée.Its main purpose is therefore to provide a handle mechanism of the aforementioned type, which allows a perfectly satisfactory locking of the handle.

Un autre objectif de l'invention est de fournir un mécanisme dont l'actionnement reste simple et naturel pour l'utilisateur.Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism whose operation remains simple and natural for the user.

Un autre objectif encore de l'invention est de fournir un mécanisme ayant une structure qui reste relativement simple, avec un fonctionnement fiable.Yet another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism having a structure that remains relatively simple, with reliable operation.

Un objectif supplémentaire de l'invention est de fournir un mécanisme particulièrement simple à assembler.A further object of the invention is to provide a particularly simple mechanism to assemble.

Pour atteindre ces objectifs, le mécanisme selon l'invention comprend :

  • un organe de verrouillage pivotant, monté sur l'embase, cet organe étant pivotant entre une position de verrouillage de la poignée, dans laquelle il vient en prise avec la branche d'actionnement de la poignée ou avec ledit ensemble de transmission, et une position de déverrouillage de la poignée, dans laquelle il n'est pas en prise avec cette poignée ou cet ensemble ;
  • un organe élastique maintenant normalement l'organe de verrouillage en position de verrouillage, et
  • un organe de commande du pivotement de l'organe de verrouillage vers sa position de déverrouillage.
To achieve these objectives, the mechanism according to the invention comprises:
  • a pivoting locking member, mounted on the base, which member is pivotable between a locking position of the handle, in which it engages with the actuating leg of the handle or with said transmission assembly, and a position unlatching the handle, in which it is not engaged with this handle or assembly;
  • an elastic member normally holding the locking member in the locking position, and
  • a control member for pivoting the locking member towards its unlocking position.

Un tel organe de verrouillage pivotant, maintenu normalement en position de verrouillage par l'organe élastique, permet un verrouillage permanent et fiable de la poignée en position de verrouillage de la portière, tant qu'un actionnement de l'organe de commande n'est pas réalisé.Such a pivoting locking member, normally held in the locking position by the elastic member, allows a permanent and reliable locking of the handle in the door lock position, as long as actuation of the control member is not possible. not realised.

Cet organe de verrouillage conserve une structure simple à réaliser et a un fonctionnement fiable.This locking member retains a simple structure to achieve and has a reliable operation.

L'organe de verrouillage peut venir en prise avec la branche d'actionnement de la poignée. Dans ce cas, cette dernière comprend des zones de prise avec lesquelles l'organe de verrouillage vient coopérer en position de verrouillage.The locking member may engage with the actuating leg of the handle. In this case, the latter comprises gripping zones with which the locking member cooperates in the locking position.

Ces zones de prise peuvent notamment être des cavités aménagées dans la branche d'actionnement.These gripping zones may in particular be cavities arranged in the actuating branch.

L'organe de verrouillage peut également venir en prise avec un organe de manoeuvre que comprend l'ensemble de transmission. Dans ce cas, avantageusement,

  • cet organe de manoeuvre est mobile entre une position de coopération avec ladite branche d'actionnement et une position de non coopération avec cette branche, et comprend un moyen d'arrêt permettant à l'organe de verrouillage de le maintenir, avant le premier actionnement du mécanisme, en position de non coopération ;
  • l'ensemble de transmission comprend un organe élastique tendant à amener ledit organe de manoeuvre de sa position de non coopération à sa position de coopération puis à maintenir cet organe de manoeuvre dans cette position de coopération.
The locking member may also engage an actuating member that includes the transmission assembly. In this case, advantageously,
  • this operating member is movable between a position of cooperation with said actuating branch and a position of non-cooperation with this branch, and comprises a stop means allowing the locking member to maintain it, before the first actuation of the mechanism, in position of non-cooperation;
  • the transmission assembly comprises an elastic member tending to bring said operating member from its non-cooperation position to its cooperation position and then to maintain this operating member in this cooperation position.

Avant le premier actionnant du mécanisme, l'organe de manoeuvre est en position de non coopération, ce qui facilite grandement le montage de la poignée sur l'embase ; l'organe de verrouillage est ensuite actionné, ce qui amène l'organe de manoeuvre en position de coopération puis maintient cet organe de manoeuvre dans cette position de coopération.Before the first actuator of the mechanism, the operating member is in the non-cooperation position, which greatly facilitates the mounting of the handle on the base; the locking member is then actuated, which brings the operating member into the cooperation position and then maintains the operating member in this cooperation position.

L'organe de verrouillage peut avantageusement présenter une forme symétrique par rapport à son plan médian, de telle sorte qu'un même organe de verrouillage peut être utilisé tant sur des mécanismes pour portières gauches que des mécanismes pour portières droites.The locking member may advantageously have a shape symmetrical with respect to its median plane, so that the same locking member can be used on both left door mechanisms and mechanisms for straight doors.

L'organe de commande est avantageusement situé sur la poignée. Il permet alors un actionnement simple et naturel de l'organe de verrouillage simultanément à l'actionnement de la poignée.The control member is advantageously located on the handle. It then allows a simple and natural actuation of the locking member simultaneously with the actuation of the handle.

Selon une forme de réalisation avantageuse dans ce cas, cet organe de commande est positionné de manière à être en regard du pouce de l'utilisateur lorsque que ce dernier saisit la poignée.According to an advantageous embodiment in this case, this control member is positioned so as to face the thumb of the user when the latter grasps the handle.

Le mécanisme peut alors comprendre une transmission entre cet organe de commande et l'organe de verrouillage comprenant un doigt coulissant au travers de la branche d'actionnement que comprend la poignée.The mechanism may then comprise a transmission between this control member and the locking member comprising a sliding finger through the actuating leg that includes the handle.

Le mécanisme selon l'invention a ainsi une structure relativement simple à réaliser et ayant un fonctionnement fiable.The mechanism according to the invention thus has a relatively simple structure to achieve and having a reliable operation.

L'organe de commande peut notamment être constitué par un bouton pouvant être pressé pour actionner l'organe de verrouillage.The control member may in particular be constituted by a button that can be pressed to actuate the locking member.

L'invention sera bien comprise, et d'autres caractéristiques et avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront, en référence au dessin schématique annexé, représentant, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, deux formes de réalisation possibles du mécanisme qu'elle concerne.

  • La figure 1 en est une vue en perspective éclatée, selon une première forme de réalisation ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective de l'embase qu'il comprend, sous un autre angle ;
  • les figures 3 à 6 sont des vues partielles, en perspective, de cette embase, montrant un ensemble de transmission que comprend cette embase, dans quatre positions différentes d'un organe de verrouillage et d'un organe de manoeuvre que comprend le mécanisme ;
  • les figures 7 à 9 sont des vues en perspective de la poignée, dudit organe de verrouillage et dudit ensemble de transmission, correspondant aux positions relatives de cet organe de verrouillage et de cet ensemble montrées sur les figures 4 à 6, respectivement ;
  • la figure 10 est une vue du mécanisme en perspective éclatée, selon une deuxième forme de réalisation, et
  • les figures 11 et 12 sont des vues de ce mécanisme selon cette deuxième forme de réalisation, dans des positions respectives de verrouillage et de déverrouillage de la poignée que comprend ce mécanisme.
The invention will be better understood, and other features and advantages thereof will appear, with reference to the appended schematic drawing, showing, by way of non-limiting examples, two possible embodiments of the mechanism that it relates.
  • Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view, according to a first embodiment;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the base it comprises, from another angle;
  • Figures 3 to 6 are partial views, in perspective, of this base, showing a transmission assembly that comprises the base, in four different positions of a locking member and an actuating member that includes the mechanism;
  • Figures 7 to 9 are perspective views of the handle, said locking member and said transmission assembly, corresponding to the relative positions of said locking member and this assembly shown in Figures 4 to 6, respectively;
  • FIG. 10 is a view of the exploded perspective mechanism, according to a second embodiment, and
  • Figures 11 and 12 are views of this mechanism according to this second embodiment, in respective positions of locking and unlocking the handle that includes this mechanism.

Par simplification, les parties ou éléments d'une forme de réalisation qui se retrouvent de manière identique ou similaire dans l'autre forme de réalisation seront identifiés par les mêmes références numériques et ne seront pas à nouveau décrits.For simplicity, parts or elements of an embodiment that are identical or similar in the other embodiment will be identified by the same reference numerals and will not be described again.

La figure 1 représente un mécanisme 1 d'ouverture/fermeture de portière de véhicule automobile, comprenant une poignée 2, une embase 3, un organe de verrouillage 4, un ressort 5 et un ensemble de transmission 6.FIG. 1 represents a mechanism 1 for opening / closing a motor vehicle door, comprising a handle 2, a base 3, a locking member 4, a spring 5 and a transmission assembly 6.

La poignée 2 comprend un corps 10 sur lequel est destiné à être fixé un capot enjoliveur 11, un bouton de commande 12, une embase 13 recevant ce bouton 12 est une pièce de transmission 14 située entre ce bouton et cette embase.The handle 2 comprises a body 10 on which is fixed a cover hubcap 11, a control button 12, a base 13 receiving the button 12 is a transmission part 14 located between this button and this base.

Le corps 10 comprend une branche de pivotement 15 et une branche 16 d'actionnement de l'ensemble de transmission 6.The body 10 comprises a pivoting branch 15 and a branch 16 for actuating the transmission assembly 6.

La branche de pivotement 15 présente une forme recourbée, permettant son engagement dans un logement que comprend l'embase 3, et présente une encoche 17 à son extrémité libre, permettant son engagement à pivotement sur une traverse arrondie que comprend l'embase 3 dans ce logement.The pivoting branch 15 has a curved shape, allowing its engagement in a housing that comprises the base 3, and has a notch 17 at its free end, allowing its pivotal engagement on a rounded cross member that comprises the base 3 in this housing.

La branche d'actionnement 16 est recourbée au niveau de son extrémité libre, et est destinée à traverser une ouverture 20 (cf. figure 3) aménagée dans l'embase 3, pour coopérer avec l'organe de verrouillage 4, d'une part, et avec l'ensemble de transmission 6, d'autre part.The actuating branch 16 is bent at its free end, and is intended to pass through an opening 20 (see Figure 3) arranged in the base 3, to cooperate with the locking member 4, on the one hand , and with the transmission assembly 6, on the other hand.

Cette branche 16 comprend un alésage longitudinal 21, débouchant dans sa face avant et dans la face du corps 10 opposée à l'embase 3.This branch 16 comprises a longitudinal bore 21, opening in its front face and in the face of the body 10 opposite the base 3.

La fixation du capot 11 sur le corps 10 est réalisée au moyen de saillies d'encliquetage 22 aménagées sur le corps 10 et de cavités complémentaires aménagées sur le capot 11. Cette fixation permet d'emprisonner le bouton 12, l'embase 13 et la pièce de transmission 14 entre ce corps 10 et ce capot 11, permettant ainsi le montage de ces pièces 12 à 14 sur la poignée 2.The fixing of the cover 11 on the body 10 is achieved by means of snap-fastening projections 22 provided on the body 10 and complementary cavities provided on the cover 11. This attachment makes it possible to trap the button 12, the base 13 and the transmission part 14 between the body 10 and the cover 11, thus allowing the assembly of these parts 12 to 14 on the handle 2.

Le bouton 12 est monté pivotant sur l'embase 13.The button 12 is pivotally mounted on the base 13.

La pièce de transmission 14 comprend un doigt 23 destiné à être engagé à coulissement dans l'alésage 21. Le bouton 12, lorsqu'il est pressé, permet de réaliser le coulissement de ce doigt 23 dans cet alésage 21.The transmission part 14 comprises a finger 23 intended to be slidably engaged in the bore 21. The button 12, when pressed, makes it possible to slide this finger 23 in this bore 21.

L'embase 3 est destinée à être fixée à la portière, contre la tôle de celle-ci. Elle présente une partie centrale 25, une partie arrière et une partie avant.The base 3 is intended to be fixed to the door, against the sheet thereof. It has a central portion 25, a rear portion and a front portion.

La partie centrale 25 présente une forme évidée concave, permettant le passage des doigts de l'utilisateur autour de la poignée 2, et délimite un logement de réception de l'organe de verrouillage 4, du ressort 5 et de l'ensemble de transmission 6.The central portion 25 has a recessed concave shape, allowing the user's fingers to pass around the handle 2, and delimits a housing for receiving the locking member 4, the spring 5 and the transmission assembly 6 .

L'organe de verrouillage 4 comprend une partie centrale 26 en forme de "C" conformée pour, une fois montée dans l'embase 3, s'étendre autour de l'ouverture 20, et comprend un ergot médian 27, propre à être engagé dans l'alésage 21, en regard du doigt 23. Ce doigt 23 peut ainsi agir sur cet ergot 27 lorsque que le bouton 12 est pressé.The locking member 4 comprises a central portion 26 shaped "C" shaped for, once mounted in the base 3, extend around the opening 20, and comprises a median pin 27, suitable to be engaged in the bore 21, facing the finger 23. This finger 23 can thus act on this lug 27 when the button 12 is pressed.

Les extrémités de ladite partie centrale 26 sont prolongées par des tourillons 28 venant en engagement dans des paliers correspondants aménagés sur l'embase 3.The ends of said central portion 26 are extended by journals 28 engaging in corresponding bearings arranged on the base 3.

L'organe de verrouillage 4 comprend également deux crochets 29 faisant saillie de l'une de ses faces.The locking member 4 also comprises two hooks 29 projecting from one of its faces.

Cet organe de verrouillage 4 a une forme symétrique par rapport à un plan médian passant par l'ergot 27, de sorte qu'une même pièce peut être utilisée pour des mécanismes 1 actionnant des portières gauches ou droites.This locking member 4 has a symmetrical shape with respect to a median plane passing through the lug 27, so that the same part can be used for mechanisms 1 actuating left or right doors.

Le ressort 5 est engagé sur l'un des tourillons 28 et comprend une branche portant contre l'organe 4, d'une part, et contre l'embase 3, d'autre part. Ce ressort 5 est tel qu'il maintient normalement l'organe de verrouillage 4 dans une position de verrouillage montrée sur les figures 3, 4, 6 et 7 ; l'organe de verrouillage 4 peut cependant, par appui du doigt 23 contre l'ergot 27, être amené dans une position pivotée de déverrouillage, montrée sur les figures 5, 8 et 9.The spring 5 is engaged on one of the pins 28 and comprises a branch bearing against the member 4, on the one hand, and against the base 3, on the other hand. This spring 5 is such that it normally holds the locking member 4 in a locking position shown in Figures 3, 4, 6 and 7; the locking member 4 may, however, by pressing the finger 23 against the pin 27, be brought into a pivoted unlocking position, shown in Figures 5, 8 and 9.

L'ensemble de transmission 6 comprend un corps pivotant 30, un ressort 31 propre à maintenir normalement ce corps pivotant 30 dans une position correspondant au verrouillage de la portière et un axe 32 venant en engagement dans des paliers correspondants aménagés sur l'embase 3, le ressort 31 et le corps 30 étant engagés sur cet axe 32.The transmission assembly 6 comprises a pivoting body 30, a spring 31 adapted to maintain normally this pivoting body 30 in a position corresponding to the locking of the door and an axis 32 engaging in corresponding bearings arranged on the base 3, the spring 31 and the body 30 being engaged on this axis 32.

Le corps 30 comprend une cage 35 de réception du ressort 31, un doigt courbe 36 destiné à venir coopérer avec la branche d'actionnement 16, un bras radial 37 destiné à être relié à un câble d'actionnement (non représenté) qui commande le mouvement du loquet d'ouverture/fermeture de la portière, et une paire de parois radiales 38 comportant une tige 39.The body 30 comprises a cage 35 for receiving the spring 31, a curved finger 36 intended to cooperate with the actuating branch 16, a radial arm 37 intended to be connected to an actuating cable (not shown) which controls the movement of the opening / closing latch of the door, and a pair of radial walls 38 having a rod 39.

La cage 35 est pourvue d'une encoche 40 grâce à laquelle une branche d'extrémité du ressort 31 peut être liée au corps 30, l'autre branche d'extrémité de ce ressort étant, après montage, liée à l'embase 3.The cage 35 is provided with a notch 40 through which an end branch of the spring 31 can be connected to the body 30, the other end branch of this spring being, after assembly, connected to the base 3.

Les parois radiales 38 et la tige 39 sont, quant à elles, destinées à coopérer avec un crochet 29 de l'organe de verrouillage 4.The radial walls 38 and the rod 39 are, for their part, intended to cooperate with a hook 29 of the locking member 4.

En pratique, comme cela apparaît par comparaison des figures 3 et 4, d'une part, et 5 et 6, d'autre part, le corps 30 est mobile en coulissement le long de l'axe 32. Ainsi, ce corps 30 peut, grâce à l'étirabilité du ressort 31, être placé dans la position montrée sur la figure 3, dans laquelle le doigt 36 est dans une position décalée sur le côté par rapport à l'ouverture 20, et peut être maintenu dans cette position par la venue en butée d'une paroi 38 contre le crochet 29 adjacent, à l'encontre de la force de rappel du ressort 31 ; la branche 16 peut alors facilement être engagée dans l'ouverture 20, le doigt 36 ne faisant pas obstacle à cet engagement (cf. figure 4).In practice, as appears by comparison of Figures 3 and 4, on the one hand, and 5 and 6, on the other hand, the body 30 is slidably movable along the axis 32. Thus, this body 30 can by virtue of the stretching of the spring 31, being placed in the position shown in FIG. 3, in which the finger 36 is in a position offset from the side with respect to the opening 20, and can be held in this position by the abutment of a wall 38 against the adjacent hook 29, against the return force of the spring 31; the branch 16 can then easily be engaged in the opening 20, the finger 36 not preventing this commitment (see Figure 4).

Lors du premier pivotement de l'organe de verrouillage 4, réalisé au moyen du bouton 12 par l'intermédiaire du doigt 23 et de l'ergot 27 (cf. figure 5), le crochet 29 libère la paroi 38, ce qui permet le coulissement du corps 30 dans les positions montrées sur les figures 5 et 6, sous l'effet de la force de rappel du ressort 31. Le doigt 36 est alors amené dans une position de coopération avec la branche 16.During the first pivoting of the locking member 4, realized by means of the button 12 by means of the finger 23 and the lug 27 (see FIG. 5), the hook 29 releases the wall 38, which allows the sliding of the body 30 in the positions shown in Figures 5 and 6, under the effect of the return force of the spring 31. The finger 36 is then brought into a position of cooperation with the branch 16.

Le retour de l'organe de verrouillage 4 dans sa position normale déterminée par le ressort 5 permet l'engagement du crochet 29 autour de la tige 39, verrouillant ainsi le pivotement du corps 30 et empêchant par conséquent l'ouverture de la portière.The return of the locking member 4 in its normal position determined by the spring 5 allows the engagement of the hook 29 around the rod 39, thus locking the pivoting of the body 30 and thus preventing the opening of the door.

Les figures 7 à 9 montrent les positions respectives de verrouillage du mécanisme 1 (figure 7), de déverrouillage de ce mécanisme (figure 8) et de pivotement de la poignée 2 réalisant le pivotement du corps 30 (figure 9).FIGS. 7 to 9 show the respective locking positions of the mechanism 1 (FIG. 7), the unlocking of this mechanism (FIG. 8) and the pivoting of the handle 2 effecting the pivoting of the body 30 (FIG. 9).

La figure 10 montre une poignée 2 très similaire à celle qui vient d'être décrite, sinon que la branche 16 comprend, du côté de son extrémité libre et de part et d'autre de l'alésage 21, deux cavités 41. Dans ce cas, l'organe de verrouillage 4 est engagé sur un axe 28 et est mobile entre une position de verrouillage, dans laquelle il se trouve à l'intérieur de ces cavités 41 (cf. figure 12), et une position de déverrouillage, dans laquelle il est pivoté de manière à être totalement extrait de ces cavités 41.FIG. 10 shows a handle 2 very similar to that which has just been described, except that the branch 16 comprises, on the side of its free end and on either side of the bore 21, two cavities 41. case, the locking member 4 is engaged on an axis 28 and is movable between a locking position, in which it is inside these cavities 41 (see Figure 12), and an unlocking position, in it is pivoted so as to be totally extracted from these cavities 41.

Par ailleurs, le corps 30, le ressort 31 et l'axe 32 sont montés dans l'axe longitudinal du mécanisme 1, et ce mécanisme ne comprend pas de système favorisant l'engagement de la branche 16 dans l'ouverture 20, comme décrit précédemment.Furthermore, the body 30, the spring 31 and the axis 32 are mounted in the longitudinal axis of the mechanism 1, and this mechanism does not include a system promoting the engagement of the branch 16 in the opening 20, as described. previously.

Comme cela apparaît de ce qui précède, l'invention fournit un mécanisme d'ouverture/fermeture de portière de véhicule automobile permettant un verrouillage parfaitement satisfaisant de la poignée 2, ayant un actionnement qui reste simple et naturel pour l'utilisateur, ayant une structure qui reste relativement simple, avec un fonctionnement fiable, et étant simple à assembler.As appears from the foregoing, the invention provides a mechanism for opening / closing a motor vehicle door allowing a perfectly satisfactory locking of the handle 2, having an operation which remains simple and natural for the user, having a structure which remains relatively simple, with reliable operation, and is simple to assemble.

Il va de soi que l'invention n'est pas limitée à la forme de réalisation décrite ci-dessus à titre d'exemple mais qu'elle s'étend à toutes les formes de réalisations couvertes par les revendications ci-annexées. Ainsi, l'organe de commande peut être un système électrique, notamment actionné par ondes, et/ou le mécanisme peut inclure un tel système.It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above by way of example but that it extends to all embodiments covered by the appended claims. Thus, the control member may be an electrical system, in particular wave-powered, and / or the mechanism may include such a system.

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  1. Mechanism (1) for opening/closing the door of a motor vehicle, comprising a handle (2) mounted so that it swivels on a base plate (3) around an axis approximately parallel to the plane of the door and approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle (2), this handle (2) comprising an actuating section (16) acting on a transmission assembly (6) which enables the door to be unlocked;
    mechanism (1) characterised in that it includes:
    - a swivelling locking component (4), mounted on the base plate (3), this locking component (4) swivelling between a locking position of the handle (2), in which it engages with the actuating section (16) of the handle (2) or with the said transmission assembly (6), and an unlocking position of the handle (2), in which it is not engaged with this handle (2) or this assembly (6);
    - a flexible component (5) normally holding the locking component (4) in the locking position, and
    - a component (12) controlling swivelling of the locking component (4) towards its unlocking position.
  2. Mechanism (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the locking component (4) engages with the actuating section (16) of the handle (2) and in that the handle (2) includes engagement areas (41) with which the locking component (4) operates in the locking position.
  3. Mechanism (1) according to claim 2, characterised in that the engagement areas are cavities (41) made in the actuating section (16).
  4. Mechanism (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the locking component (4) engages with an operating component (30) included in the transmission assembly (6) and in that:
    - this operating component (30) can move between a position where it operates with the said actuating section (16) and a position where it does not operate with this section (16), and includes a means of stopping (38) which enables the locking component (4) to hold it, before the first actuation of the mechanism (1), in the position of non-operation;
    - the transmission assembly (6) includes a flexible component (31) bringing this operating component (30) from its position of non-operation to its position of operation then holding this operating component (30) in this operating position.
  5. Mechanism (1) according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the locking component (4) has a shape which is symmetrical in relation to its mid plane.
  6. Mechanism (1) according to claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the control component (12) is located on the handle (2).
  7. Mechanism (1) according to claim 6, characterised in that the control component (12) is positioned so that it is opposite the user's thumb when the latter grasps the handle (2).
  8. Mechanism (1) according to claim 6 or claim 7, characterised in that it includes a transmission (14) between the control component (12) and the locking component (4) including a pin (23) sliding across the actuating section (16) included in the handle (2).
  9. Mechanism (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the control component consists of a button (12) which may be pressed to actuate the locking component (4).
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