Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
  • B60J7/185—Locking arrangements
  • B60J7/19—Locking arrangements for rigid panels
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
  • E05B81/12—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators
  • E05B81/20—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators for assisting final closing or for initiating opening
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
  • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
  • E05B81/64—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
  • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
  • E05B81/64—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
  • E05B81/66—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors the bolt position, i.e. the latching status
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
  • E05B81/12—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators
  • E05B81/20—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators for assisting final closing or for initiating opening
  • E05B81/21—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators for assisting final closing or for initiating opening with means preventing or detecting pinching of objects or body parts

Definitions

• the invention relates to a locking device of a movable vehicle part, in particular a displaceable roof part of a vehicle roof to be opened, with a locking element for fixing the vehicle part in a movement end position, and a method for locking such a vehicle part.
• Such a locking device is provided for example on a folding top of a convertible for locking the open top in its storage position in a storage compartment (see, eg, BMW Mini Convertible).
• the locking device which also locks the closed hood on the cowl panel, is covered with convertible top components both when the top is closed and when the top is open, and thus out of sight.
• locking devices of vehicle sliding doors are open in the field of vision, which may be undesirable for design reasons.
• the invention has for its object to provide a locking device mentioned above, which is particularly advantageous by their structure in the vehicle environment and which is improved in terms of their ability to function, and to provide a corresponding method.
• a locking device having the features of claim 1. Characterized in that a pivot support is provided which is pivotable between a rest position and an operating position, and that the locking element is movably mounted on the pivot carrier, is covered on the visible side by the pivot carrier pivoting into the operating position and is movable into an approach position from which it can be moved into its locked position in order to fix the vehicle part moved into its movement end position optically unobtrusively integrated on the vehicle, so that it emerges only in case of need with at least one component from the surrounding body surface.
• the design of the vehicle can thus be designed independently of the locking mechanism.
• a sensor lever is provided, which is in the operative position of the pivot carrier in operative position and is moved from moving in its movement end position vehicle part in a signal position on a proximity sensor.
• the sensor lever which may generally be any transmission element, the position of the vehicle part on the locking device can be detected without it having to be in direct contact or in the immediate vicinity of the proximity sensor.
• the proximity sensor can be arranged in a favorable and in particular concealed and invisible position with respect to the installation space.
• the proximity sensor is a Hall sensor which is provided for detecting a metallic part of the sensor lever.
• the vehicle part to be locked at least partially made of any material such as glass or plastic, since the vehicle part is not detected directly from the Hall sensor.
• the sensor lever with the pivot support between the rest position and the operating position is pivotable and it has a actuated in the operating position of the approximate vehicle part actuating end and an opposite sensor end with a sensor part detectable by the proximity sensor.
• the sensor lever is mounted in particular coaxial with the pivot axis of the pivot carrier and adjustable between two stops on the pivot carrier.
• a locking sensor which is assigned to the locking element and detects at least one position of the locking element, and a drive device is provided, which moves the locking element due to a signal of the proximity sensor and the locking sensor in its locked position.
• the locking sensor is a Hall sensor that can detect the at least partially metallic locking element.
• the locking element is in particular a pivotable locking hook, which has at its free end of the bolt a coating or an attachment for gently grasping the vehicle part, which may be a roof part of a hardtop roof which consists completely or at least partly of plastic or glass.
• a control device of the locking device can be normalized by a reference between the position of the locking element and a position stored in the control device by means of an automatically performed normalization run or without such a visible normalization run will be produced.
• This can either be dispensed with normalizing or re-normalizing or this is carried out by means of the control without the user's intervention.
• An optical and functional integration of the locking device is possible in a simple manner when it is accommodated in a bearing housing, which is arranged under a recess of the Karosseriehaut, so that the pivot support is arranged in its rest position in the recess flush with the Karosseriehaut and when pivoting in the Operating position the is pivoted locking element from its covered position through the recess on the level of Karosseriehaut.
• a method having the features of claim 8. Characterized in that a locking element of the locking device is moved from a hidden rest position to a waiting position in which it is detected directly by a first sensor, that in its locking position on the locking device moving vehicle part is indirectly detected by a transmission part of a second sensor and that due to the signals of the two sensors, the locking element is moved from its waiting position into its locking position defining the vehicle part, a secure locking is effected in a simple manner by means of an optically inconspicuous locking device when not in use.
• the locking element is mounted on a pivot support of the locking device, which covers the locking device in the rest position, is pivoted into an operating position and thereby moves the locking element from a covered rest position to a waiting or approach position.
• the transmission part is formed by a sensor lever, which is mounted on the pivot carrier and is moved by the pivoting pivot carrier in an approach position in which the associated second sensor does not detect the sensor lever, an otherwise direct contact between the vehicle part and the second sensor is not required .
• the vehicle lever actuating the vehicle part can be formed from any material. While no signal is generated by the second sensor in this position, it is possible to tion of the locking device may be provided in expedient manner that the movement end position of the locking device engaging vehicle part actuates the sensor lever and moves from its approach position to its locking position, in which the second sensor detects the sensor lever and thus generates a control signal.
• Figure 1 is a side view of a locking device of a vehicle having a pivot support and a locking element in the rest position.
• FIG. 2 shows a perspective plan view of the locking device in a first intermediate position during pivoting of the pivot carrier
• FIG 3 shows a side view of the locking device, wherein the locking element is moved with the swivel-pivoted support in an approach position
• FIG. 4 shows a side view of the locking device, wherein the vehicle part to be locked has actuated a sensor lever
• a locking device 1 for a movable part of a vehicle for.
• a glass roof part 2 of a convertible includes a locking element in the form of a locking hook 3, which is pivotally mounted by means of a pivot bearing axis 4 on a pivot support 5.
• the pivot support 5 is pivotally mounted between a bearing plate 6 and a drive carrier 7 about a pivot bearing shaft 8 supported thereon, which is arranged parallel to the pivot bearing axis 4 of the locking hook 3 and spaced therefrom.
• the bearing plate 6 and the drive carrier 7 are fixedly mounted in a bearing housing 9, which in turn is secured to the vehicle.
• a arranged on the pivot carrier 5 in its longitudinal direction sensor lever 10 is pivotally mounted between its two ends on the pivot support 5 in particular also about the pivot bearing axis 8 and pivotable together with the pivot carrier 5.
• the designated as the operating end 14 second end of the sensor lever 10 is also disposed below the pivot support 5.
• the first sensor 15 which is also referred to as a locking sensor, is provided for detecting the position of the locking hook 3, while the second sensor 16, which is also referred to as a proximity sensor, for detecting the position of the sensor lever 10 via the sensor part 13 is used.
• a drive device has an actuatable by a drive motor 17 drive cable 18, for. B. a train-pressure cable on (shown only in Fig. 1), the Drive carrier 7 is received in a cable guide 19 and is longitudinally movable and is connected to a coupling unit 20, which is provided for adjusting the pivot support 5 and the locking hook 3
• the pivot support 5 In the rest position of the locking device (see Fig. 1), the pivot support 5 is arranged with its top or outside 21 facing up.
• the shape of the top of the pivot carrier 5 is adapted to the adjacent Karosseriehaut 22 and the pivot carrier 5 is arranged in a recess of the body skin 22 flush with this.
• the latch hook 3 is in a downward pivoting position in which z. B. arranged semicircular downwardly extending bearing housing 9.
• Swivel support 5 and the locking hook 3 is taken along, which swings with its hook end 24 relative to the Karosseriehaut 22 (movement in the clockwise direction of FIGS. 1 to 3).
• the sensor lever 10 In the ready position, the sensor lever 10 is arranged such that its metallic sensor part 13 is still outside the detection range of the second sensor 16. By contrast, the metallic latch hook 3 is arranged in the detection range of the first sensor 15. The operating end 14 of the sensor lever 10 projects upwardly beyond the level of the support member 23.
• Fig. 4 shows the position of the locking device after the glass roof part 2 has been moved to the open or storage position.
• the glass roof part 2 is located now on the support member 23 of the pivot carrier 5 and has the sensor lever 10 pivoted about its operating end 14 relative to the pivot carrier 5.
• the sensor end 11 reaches a position in which its sensor part 13 is arranged in the detection range of the second sensor 16.
• a pivot drive means of the convertible roof or the glass roof part 2 can be controlled such that the depositing movement of the glass roof part 2 is now completed.
• a control device of the locking device is designed such that in the presence of the signals of the first sensor 15 and the second sensor 16 of the drive motor 17 of the locking device, the latch hook 3 relative to the pivot support 5 in its locking position (see Fig. 5) further pivoted in the be Hook end 24 surrounds the edge of the glass roof part 2 and keeps locked.
• the switching off of the drive motor 17 can be controlled, for example, by the absence of the signal of the first sensor 15, when the latch hook 3 leaves the detection range of the first sensor 15 when pivoting into its locked position and / or via the measurement of a speed gradient of the drive motor 17, when the latch hook. 3 engages on the glass roof part 2 and its thus stopped pivoting generates a reaction on the drive motor 17.
• the detection of the speed gradient can also be used as anti-pinch, wherein the motor-driven pivotal movement of the locking hook 3 can be stopped by the control device in case of need.
• a guide slot 25 may be provided for a laterally projecting from the locking hook 3 guide pin 26.
• the locking device is, for example, mounted centrally in the rear of a convertible or two of these locking devices are spaced from each other to lock the glass roof part 2 at its transverse edge or at opposite side edges.
• other vehicle parts such as flaps, lids or doors with this locking device can be locked.
• Locking device 14 actuating end

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