EP1621710A1 - Charnière pour véhicule - Google Patents

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EP1621710A1
EP1621710A1 EP05015787A EP05015787A EP1621710A1 EP 1621710 A1 EP1621710 A1 EP 1621710A1 EP 05015787 A EP05015787 A EP 05015787A EP 05015787 A EP05015787 A EP 05015787A EP 1621710 A1 EP1621710 A1 EP 1621710A1
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Gerhard Heuel
Peter Tillmann
Ralf Rottmann
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Dura Automotive Plettenberg Entwicklungs und Vertreibs GmbH
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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
    • E05D7/1061—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis in a radial direction
    • E05D7/1077—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation or connection of the parts at the hinge axis in a radial direction with snap-fitted pins
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING 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
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof characterised by the type of wing
    • E05Y2900/132—Doors

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  • the invention relates to a hinge for a motor vehicle, in particular for the tailgate of a motor vehicle.
  • the hinge has a first hinge half, which includes a receptacle for a rotation axis, and a second hinge half, which comprises the axis of rotation.
  • the axis of rotation can be formed in particular by a hinge pin.
  • the first hinge half can be mounted on the body.
  • the second hinge half can be mounted on a door or flap of the motor vehicle.
  • Such a hinge is known from DE 878 545 B.
  • DE 102 26 881 A1 discloses a door hinge with a first hinge part, which carries a hinge pin, and a second hinge part, which has a pivot bearing opening for the hinge pin.
  • the pivot bearing opening and the section of the hinge pin projecting into the pivot bearing opening have circular guide sections and eccentrically located brake sections, which effect a pivoting inhibition of the door during the rotational movement of the hinge caused by the opening of the door.
  • a sleeve is provided which is rotatably connected in a selectable angular position with the mounting portion of the hinge pin, so that the door can be installed without time-consuming adjustments.
  • DE 197 32 999 A1 discloses a locking device for a pivotable flap of a motor vehicle with a rotary latch lock and a housing-side lock bolt, which is arranged in a housing-side recess, the is largely closed with the flap open by a spring back swinging cover.
  • the cover is at the same time designed as a flap in the direction of opening position pivoting ejector.
  • the object of the invention is to propose an improved hinge of the type specified.
  • the receptacle comprises a segment which can be moved away from its position enclosing the axis of rotation, which can be formed in particular by a hinge pin.
  • the hinge operates in the usual manner in which the axis of rotation is pivotable in its receptacle.
  • the axis of rotation can be removed from the receptacle.
  • the hinge according to the invention thus works like a conventional hinge.
  • the hinge according to the invention can be opened; it then has the function of a castle.
  • the hinge according to the invention can be referred to as a hinge lock. It combines two functions, namely the rotation of an axis of rotation about a receptacle and the locking and unlocking of two components. It is a hinge for motor vehicles with integrated lock function.
  • a 3-way tailgate can be realized.
  • the receptacle can also comprise two or more segments, which can be moved away from their position enclosing the axis of rotation.
  • the segment can be pivoted out of its position enclosing the axis of rotation.
  • a further advantageous development is characterized in that the segment is releasably lockable in its position enclosing the axis of rotation.
  • the segment may be provided on a driver, which is pivotable about a driver axis of rotation.
  • the driver rotation axis is preferably provided on the first hinge part.
  • the driver on a Eindschreib Siemens for the axis of rotation is preferably designed in such a way that the driver is brought into the position in which the segment encloses the axis of rotation by a pressure of the axis of rotation exerted on the indentation region.
  • the driver on a locking cam, which engages behind a pawl of a locking device.
  • the driver is detachably lockable in its position enclosing the axis of rotation.
  • the locking device is preferably spring-loaded, in particular by a compression spring. It can be actuated by an unlocking rod.
  • the locking device is provided on the first hinge half.
  • a further advantageous embodiment is characterized in that the segment is provided on a pawl which is pivotable about a pawl rotation axis.
  • Another segment may be provided on a further pawl, which is pivotable about one or the pawl rotation axis.
  • one or both pawls have an indentation region for the axis of rotation.
  • the pawls can be brought into the position in which the segments enclose the axis of rotation by a pressure exerted by the axis of rotation on the indentation region.
  • a further advantageous development is characterized in that one or both latches have inclined surfaces which can be actuated by a wedge.
  • the wedge is preferably part of a slider, which is preferably spring-loaded, for example by a compression spring.
  • the pawls are pivotable by the wedge.
  • the first embodiment of the hinge shown in Figs. 1 to 4 comprises a first hinge half 1 and a second hinge half 2.
  • the first hinge half 1 is fixedly mounted on the body side by screws or bolts (not shown in the drawing), pass through the through holes 13 of the first hinge half 1.
  • the second hinge half 2 also has through holes 14, which serve for mounting on the body part to be opened, in particular on a tailgate.
  • a receptacle 15 for the axis of rotation X of the hinge is provided on the first hinge half 1.
  • the axis of rotation X may be formed in particular by a hinge pin.
  • the receptacle 15 comprises in each case a fixed, U-shaped segment 16 at the ends of the first hinge half 1 and a segment 17 which is movable away from its position enclosing the axis of rotation X, which is shown in Fig. 2 and 3, in such a way in that the axis of rotation X can emerge from the receptacle 15, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the fixed, U-shaped segments 16 are provided at the ends of one of the base plate 18 of the first hinge half 1 obliquely outwardly and upwardly extending fold 19.
  • the U of the fixed, U-shaped segments 16 opens in extension of the fold 19 upwards and outwards.
  • the segment 17 When the segment 17 is in the position enclosing the axis of rotation X, as shown in Fig. 2 and 3, it closes the opening of the U of the U-shaped receptacle 16. In the moved away position shown in Fig. 4, this opening from the segment 17th Approved.
  • the segment 17 is provided on a driver 3, which is mounted pivotably about a driver axis of rotation Y.
  • the driver axis of rotation Y is part By pivoting the driver 3 about the driver axis of rotation Y, the segment 17 is pivotable out of its position enclosing the axis of rotation X and can also be pivoted back into its position enclosing the axis of rotation X.
  • a locking device 20 which comprises a compression spring 6, a spring abutment 21, a pawl member 5 with a pawl 22 and an unlocking rod 7.
  • the unlocking rod 7 is movable in a through hole of the spring abutment 21. It is connected to the latch part 5.
  • the compression spring 6 surrounds the unlocking rod 7. It is supported on the spring abutment 21 and on the pawl part 5 from.
  • a locking cam 8 is provided which engages under the locking pawl 22 in the locking position shown in Fig. 2 and 3.
  • the driver 3 is biased by springs 4, which surround the driver axis of rotation Y and which are supported on the fold 19 and on the driver 3, in the clockwise direction in Fig. 2.
  • the locking cam 8 which engages under the pawl 22 of the locking device 20, the segment 17 is locked in its the axis of rotation X enclosing position shown in Fig. 2 and 3.
  • the unlocking rod 7 is retracted against the force of the compression spring 6 (in Fig. 2 and 3 to the left) until the pawl 22 releases the locking cam 8.
  • the driver 3 is then pivoted about the driving axis of rotation Y in a clockwise direction until the position shown in Fig. 4 is reached, in which the segment 17, the rotation axis X releases.
  • the axis of rotation X can be moved out of the receptacle 15.
  • the openable body part connected to the second hinge half 2 can be moved.
  • the hinge or hinge lock has the function of a lock.
  • the driver 3 has an indentation region 23 for the axis of rotation X.
  • the indentation region 23 adjoins the segment 17.
  • the inner contour of the segment 17 and the indentation region 23 form the shape of a large U, wherein the inner, the driver axis of rotation Y facing leg, which is formed by the indentation region 23, is higher than that of the segment 17th
  • the axis of rotation X When closing the lock, the axis of rotation X is moved from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the opening of the U of the fixed, U-shaped segment 16. It meets in this way on the indentation region 23, whereby the driver 3 is pivoted against the force of the springs 4 about the driver rotation axis Y in the counterclockwise direction until the end position shown in Fig. 2 and 3 is reached, in which the Segment 17, the axis of rotation X encloses.
  • On the underside of the locking cam 8 a rounding or oblique surface is provided which cooperates with a corresponding rounding or oblique surface on the upper side of the pawl 22 such that the pawl member 5 is pressed against the force of the compression spring 6 to the outside.
  • the mounted on the driver 3 locking cam 8 presses the pawl 22 against the force of the compression spring 6 to the outside.
  • the compression spring 6 pushes the pawl member 5 with the pawl 22 inwardly (in Fig. 2 and 3 to the right) back, so that the locked end position shown in Fig. 2 and 3 is achieved , In this end position of the pawl 22 of the driver 3 is blocked again and thus locks the hinge lock.
  • a second embodiment of the hinge lock according to the invention is shown, are provided in the same or corresponding components with the same reference numerals and will not be described again.
  • a first, upper pawl 10 and a further, lower pawl 11 are provided, which are pivotable about a pawl rotation axis Y.
  • the pawl rotation axis Y is located in cheeks 24, which are provided on the walls of the first hinge half 1 respectively above and within the folds 19.
  • the upper pawl 10 has at its outer end a segment 25 which, in the position of the upper pawl 10 shown in FIG. 5, encloses the axis of rotation X of the hinge.
  • the lower pawl 11 has a further segment 26 which, in the position of the pawl 11 shown in FIG. 5, likewise encloses the axis of rotation X.
  • the axis of rotation X is further enclosed by the U of the fixed, U-shaped segment 16 of the receptacle 15.
  • the ends of the segments 25, 26 leave a small gap between them, so that the axis of rotation X is enclosed by almost 360 °.
  • the pawls 10, 11 have on the segments 25, 26 opposite side of the pawl rotation axis Y each have an inclined surface 27, 28, which in the locked position shown in Fig. 5, in which the segments 25, 26, the rotation axis X. enclose, on corresponding wedge surfaces 29, 30 of a wedge 31 rest.
  • the wedge 31 is part of a wedge slide.
  • the first hinge half 1 is provided in its rear region with a compression spring abutment 32, on which one end of a compression spring 6 is supported, the other end is supported on the outer surface of the wedge slide 9.
  • a compression spring abutment 32 on which one end of a compression spring 6 is supported, the other end is supported on the outer surface of the wedge slide 9.
  • an actuating rod 7 is connected, which extends within the compression spring 6 and which penetrates the compression spring abutment 32 slidably.
  • the inclined surfaces 27, 28 of the pawls 10, 11 slide on the wedge surfaces 29, 30 of the wedge 31 along.
  • the pawls 10, 11 are biased by torsion springs 12 surrounding the pawl rotation axis Y, in such a manner that the upper pawl 10 is moved in the clockwise direction and the pawl 11 in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the unlocking of the hinge function takes place via the wedge 31 of the wedge slide 9.
  • the hinge function is realized by the upper pawl 10 and the lower pawl 11, which with its segments 25, 26, the axis of rotation X at the second Fix hinge half 2. In this position shown in Fig. 5, the rotation axis X in the receptacle 15 can rotate.
  • the upper pawl 10 and the lower pawl 10 can rotate about the pawl rotation axis Y against each other, whereby the segments 25, 26 are removed from each other and the rotation axis X is released.
  • the opposite rotational movements of the pawls 10, 11 are supported by a torsion spring 12.
  • the hinge lock In the unlocked position shown in Fig. 6, the hinge lock has the function of a lock.
  • the pawls 10, 11 each have an indentation region 33, 34 for the axis of rotation X.
  • the indentation areas 33, 34 are located at the outer ends of the pawls 10, 11. They close to the segments 25, 26 to the outside. In the locked position according to Fig. 5 include the indentation 33, 34 an angle of about 90 °.
  • the segments 25, 26 can be opened by a movement of the rotation axis X. In this case, the rotation axis X comes with the indentation 33, 34 in contact.
  • the locked position shown in Fig. 5 is achieved from the open position shown in Fig. 6, characterized in that the unlocking rod 7 is released. Then, the compression spring 6 presses the wedge slide 9 to the outside (in Fig. 5 and 6 to the left), whereby the wedge surfaces 29, 30, the inclined surfaces 27, 80 each outwardly urging, so that the pawls 10, 11 about the pawl rotation axis Y be pivoted until the locking position shown in Fig. 5 is reached.
  • the hinge according to the invention also has a lock function.
  • the first hinge half 1 and the second hinge half 2 may be made of steel. Instead of an unlocking rod 7, a Bowden cable can be used.
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CN107178269A (zh) * 2017-07-04 2017-09-19 湖北东润专用汽车有限公司 一种仓栅车箱花栏用可拆铰链
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EP0494496A1 (fr) 1991-01-10 1992-07-15 Kato Hatsujo Kaisha Ltd. Dispositif à charnière bilatérale décrochable pour une boîte console de véhicule
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