EP2193853B1 - Device for provisional support and handling of a rear door of an automobile on the assembly line - Google Patents

Device for provisional support and handling of a rear door of an automobile on the assembly line Download PDF

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EP2193853B1
EP2193853B1 EP20090173317 EP09173317A EP2193853B1 EP 2193853 B1 EP2193853 B1 EP 2193853B1 EP 20090173317 EP20090173317 EP 20090173317 EP 09173317 A EP09173317 A EP 09173317A EP 2193853 B1 EP2193853 B1 EP 2193853B1
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Joël Guillien
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/0012—Accessories in connection with locks for lock parts held in place before or during mounting on the wing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
    • B05B13/02—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
    • B05B13/0292—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work devices for holding several workpieces to be sprayed in a spaced relationship, e.g. vehicle doors spacers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C21/00—Arrangements or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by a single preceding main group; Locking kits
    • E05C21/005—Provisional arrangements between door and frame for holding vehicle doors closed or partially open during manufacturing or maintenance
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B1/00—Knobs or handles for wings; Knobs, handles, or press buttons for locks or latches on wings
    • E05B1/0015—Knobs or handles which do not operate the bolt or lock, e.g. non-movable; Mounting thereof

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  • the present invention relates generally to a device for temporarily supporting and handling a rear door of a motor vehicle on an assembly line.
  • the present invention relates to a support and handling device having an upper part for supporting the flap on its frame at the rear part of the body, this device having a lower part with a handle to be temporarily fixed to a rear flap of a motor vehicle.
  • This support device makes it possible, on the one hand, to guarantee the geometry of the flap during the various treatments that this flap undergoes on the assembly line and, on the other hand, to eliminate the cataphoresis drips on the rear flap liner after the painting of it.
  • the patent DE 201 08 100 U1 relates to a temporary handling handle of a rear door of a motor vehicle, this handle being fixed temporarily on the lower part of said rear door, by means of a securing member, providing spacing with the rear door.
  • FIG. figure 1 A rear flap handle according to the state of the art is shown in FIG. figure 1 .
  • This handle 1a rear flap 2 is a specific tooling fixed to the shoe on the rear flap 2, including the lining of rear flap.
  • This handle 1a is used by the operators and the robots during the assembly and / or painting of various elements for the manipulation of the rear shutter 2 in order to carry out, among other things, sealing beads, shutters, dampers as well as the application of the base and the varnish.
  • This handle 1a extends out of the rear door between the rear door 2 and the rabbet 9 of the rear panel of the vehicle body.
  • this handle 1a bears on the lining of the rear flap, which generates cataphoresis flows on visible areas, shown in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the figure 3 represents an embodiment of a rear flap handle 1a, according to the state of the art, fixed on a lining 3 of rear flap with medallion an enlargement of the attachment of the handle 1a on the lining 3 of the rear flap.
  • the handle 1a is secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap via a securing member 6.
  • This member 6 comprises a portion 6a abutting on the other side of the liner 3 that facing to this handle 1a.
  • the member 6 covers the liner 3 by a portion 6c which terminates at its end opposite the handle 1a by the portion 6a bent downwards.
  • the member 6 receives the end of the lining 3 of the rear flap by inserting it between its side 6b adjacent to the body of the handle 1a and its bent portion 6a.
  • This lining 3 is advantageously covered by a lock reinforcement plate 5 on its face opposite to that turned towards the handle 1a, this reinforcement 5 being also secured to the handle 1a.
  • the fastening member 6 of the handle and the liner 3 may be secured by at least one screw 8 and a crimping nut 8a, preferably by two screws. With this method of joining, it can occur through gaps 7a and 7b subsequent flows of paint residue contained in the cavity 7c between member 6 and liner 3. These interstices 7a and 7b are respectively between the member 6 and the head 8b of the screw 8, on the one hand, and between the member 6 and the liner 3, on the other hand.
  • the present invention aims to protect a flap during its manufacture when placed on its frame at the rear of the body of a vehicle on the assembly line or when it is handled on this chain against, on the one hand, the risk of deformation of its geometry by giving it more effective support and, on the other hand, to protect it against the risk of deterioration of its exterior appearance by decreasing or even canceling the possibilities of retention of paint between the handle and the shutter lining on which this handle is fixed to prevent cataphoresis subsequent drips.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for temporarily supporting and handling a rear flap of a motor vehicle on an assembly line, the flap being placed on its frame at the rear part of the vehicle body, this device comprising a handling handle temporarily fixed to the lower part of a motor vehicle rear door, characterized in that it comprises, at a location in the upper part of each lateral side of the flap, a wedging stop disposed between the flap frame on the body and said rear flap.
  • the invention also relates to a rear door of a motor vehicle characterized in that it has such a support device and handling.
  • a game is created between the fastening member of the handle and the lining of shutter.
  • the rear flap comprises a lock reinforcement partially applied to a portion of the rear flap liner, this lock reinforcement being also secured to the handle.
  • the device according to the present invention is in two parts: one part of this device is disposed under the upper part of the shutter while the other is in the form of a handle and its fastening member with the lining of the shutter on the lower part of it.
  • This upper part of the device comprises means for raising and / or setting 16 of the flap V relative to its frame 17 on the body of the motor vehicle during manufacture.
  • the shutter V is placed, without being fixed permanently, on this frame 17.
  • wedging means are in the form of abutments 16 disposed at the upper part of the lateral sides of the flap V, preferably between the latter and the side frame 17 of the flap V at the rear part of the vehicle body.
  • the height of these stops 16 is advantageously calculated so that the handle 1, attached to the lower part of the flap V is not in contact on the rabbet 15 and that there is a spacing e between them and that the middle part of the handle 1 does not touch the rabbet 15.
  • the procedure of processing the rear flap after being secured to the handling handle 1 may be as follows.
  • the stops 16 which avoid the contacts of the rear flap with the rabbet 15 forming the lower frame of the flap on the rear part of the body, are advantageously put on the shoe, which allows the front of the flap to have two points d support enhanced.
  • the abutments 16 remain in place during the operations to which the rear flap and rear portion of the vehicle body are subjected, for example during the phases of surface treatment tunnel, cataphoresis and oven for painting firing. electro-deposited and / or the polymerization of the adhesive beads in the opening seals.
  • the vehicle body arrives in the workshop funds where the first operation is to remove the stops of the rear door. This operation puts the rear flap back on its final normal supports.
  • the handle 1a of the state of the art has a handle body in U-shape with the two branches of the U fixed by a fastening member 6 with the flap lining 3.
  • the fastening member 6 of the handle 1a can be fixed on the flap lining 3 may have at least partially the shape of a plate 6 applying against the lining 3 flap.
  • This plate 6 may, for example, comprise a recess 10 towards each of its longitudinal ends to pass a fastening means 8, this recess 10 forming a buttonhole. It is in these recesses 10 that a retention of paint residue subsequently flowing through the interstices 7a and 7b may occur.
  • the handle according to the invention will advantageously retain this U-shape for its body and may also have as a member for securing with the lining a plate with buttonhole.
  • adaptations will be made to this fastening device, adaptations which will be described below.
  • the basic idea of the embodiments that follow, according to advantageous features of the present invention, is to modify the fastening member of the rear flap handle to reduce or eliminate the contact areas with the liner and thus to allow a significant reduction or even complete removal of the coulures and retouching necessary to remedy these runs.
  • the figure 5 shows, transversely with respect to the handle body and through the fastening means, a section of an embodiment of the fastening member 11 of the handle 1 with the lining 3 of the rear flap.
  • the fastening member 11 of the handle 1 with the lining 3 of the rear flap, the latter being reinforced by a lock reinforcement 13, is in the form of a contact plate 11.
  • this plate was flat.
  • this plate 11 has two cements 18 to its longitudinal ends in order to space most of the plate 11, in the figure the length a, of the lining 3 shutter and to leave that the ends of this plate 11 in contact with the lining 3.
  • the figure 6 shows an end portion of a contact plate 11 according to the invention with a buttonhole 11a.
  • This buttonhole 11a has a central recess 10 which is not completely closed, the buttonhole 11a having an open portion 12 at its bottom. This will allow a flow of paint residue retained in the recess 10 and thus prevent further sagging.
  • buttonsholes 11a preferably two, which can be connected by a plate or can be unrelated to each other or interconnected by another element than a plate.
  • buttons is independent or are independent, in cooperation with the appropriate fastening means, for example a screw with crimped nut, this or these buttonholes form alone the fastening member.
  • the appropriate fastening means for example a screw with crimped nut
  • this plate does not necessarily have the linings 18 shown in FIG. figure 5 but has elements or a configuration that removes most of the lining 3 flap, for example by folding or by interposition of ribs between the plate 11 and the liner 3.
  • the figure 7 shows, longitudinally with respect to the fastening means 8 and passing therethrough, a section of the end 11a of the fastening member of the handle according to the invention, this end being able to be in the form of a buttonhole 11a secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap.
  • the fixing means may remain the same as that mentioned according to the state of the art, for example in the form of a screw 8 with a crimped nut 8a against the lining 3.
  • the open portion 12 of the buttonhole 11a allows the evacuation of the paint residue according to the arrow F.
  • the figure 8 is a schematic representation of a longitudinal section of the handle 1 secured by a securing member 14 with the lining 3 of the rear flap, according to another separate embodiment of the present invention.
  • the body of the handle 1 is secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap, the latter being reinforced by a lock reinforcement 13, by a securing member 14.
  • This fastening member 14 may be carried by a plate with or without the cements 18 shown in FIG. figure 5 but this is not obligatory.
  • FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the fastener shown in FIG. figure 8 , it is substantially the same as that of the state of the art shown in the figure 3 .
  • the member 14 is substantially inverted U-shaped and comprises a portion 14a abutting for the liner 3 on the other side of the latter than that facing the handle 1.
  • the member 14 caps the liner 3 by a portion 14c , forming the base of the inverted U and ending at its end opposite the handle 1a by this portion 14a, curved downwardly relative to the portion 14c.
  • This portion 14a forms one of the branches of the U reversed.
  • the fastening member 14 thus receives the end of the rear flap liner 3 by interposing it between its portion 14b adjacent to the body of the handle 1 and its curved portion 14a, the portion 14b forming the other branch of the inverted U .
  • the flap liner 3 is no longer applied against the adjacent side 14b of the member 14 and there is a possibility of clearance J which is included in the gap between the portion 14a and the side 14b of the member 14.
  • any means creating a limited game between the fastening member of the handle 1 and the liner 3 may be used provided that it allows the handling of the rear door by this handle 1 without risk of detachment thereof from the liner 3.
  • a game can, for example, be created by the fastening screw 8 shown in FIG. figure 7 leaving, after crimping the nut 8a, a limited play on this screw relative to the lining 3.
  • the middle part of the handle 1 is slightly lowered compared to that described in the state of the art and is approaching when the rear door is mounted on the rear part of the body of a vehicle chain mounting, rebate 15 of the lower frame of this component on this body.
  • the handle can be used by operators and / or robots, the flap pressing on its normal supports until the final removal of the handle.

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La présente invention concerne, d'une façon générale, un dispositif de support et de manutention provisoires d'un volet arrière de véhicule automobile sur une chaîne de montage.The present invention relates generally to a device for temporarily supporting and handling a rear door of a motor vehicle on an assembly line.

Plus particulièrement, la présente invention concerne un dispositif de support et de manutention présentant une partie haute permettant le support du volet sur son encadrement à la partie arrière de la caisse, ce dispositif présentant une partie basse avec une poignée à fixer temporairement à un volet arrière de véhicule automobile.More particularly, the present invention relates to a support and handling device having an upper part for supporting the flap on its frame at the rear part of the body, this device having a lower part with a handle to be temporarily fixed to a rear flap of a motor vehicle.

Ce dispositif de support permet, d'une part, de garantir la géométrie du volet lors des divers traitements que subit ce volet sur la chaîne de montage et, d'autre part, de supprimer les coulures cataphorèse sur la doublure de volet arrière après la peinture de celui-ci.This support device makes it possible, on the one hand, to guarantee the geometry of the flap during the various treatments that this flap undergoes on the assembly line and, on the other hand, to eliminate the cataphoresis drips on the rear flap liner after the painting of it.

Le brevet DE 201 08 100 U1 se rapporte à une poignée provisoire de manutention d'un volet arrière de véhicule automobile, cette poignée étant fixée temporairement sur la partie inférieure dudit volet arrière, par l'intermédiaire d'un organe de solidarisation, ménageant un espacement avec le volet arrière.The patent DE 201 08 100 U1 relates to a temporary handling handle of a rear door of a motor vehicle, this handle being fixed temporarily on the lower part of said rear door, by means of a securing member, providing spacing with the rear door.

Une poignée de volet arrière selon l'état de la technique est montrée à la figure 1.A rear flap handle according to the state of the art is shown in FIG. figure 1 .

Cette poignée 1a de volet arrière 2 est un outillage spécifique fixé au ferrage sur le volet arrière 2, notamment la doublure de volet arrière. Cette poignée 1a est utilisée par les opérateurs et les robots lors du montage et/ou de la peinture de divers éléments pour la manipulation du volet arrière 2 afin de réaliser la pose entre autres des cordons d'étanchéité, des obturateurs, des amortissants ainsi que l'application de la base et du vernis.This handle 1a rear flap 2 is a specific tooling fixed to the shoe on the rear flap 2, including the lining of rear flap. This handle 1a is used by the operators and the robots during the assembly and / or painting of various elements for the manipulation of the rear shutter 2 in order to carry out, among other things, sealing beads, shutters, dampers as well as the application of the base and the varnish.

Cette poignée 1a s'étend hors du volet arrière entre ce volet arrière 2 et la feuillure 9 de panneau arrière de la caisse du véhicule.This handle 1a extends out of the rear door between the rear door 2 and the rabbet 9 of the rear panel of the vehicle body.

Lors de ces divers traitements, il est apparu que le volet arrière est fragile et qu'il est susceptible de se déformer. En effet, avant passage en étuve, la colle du volet déposée entre peau et doublure n'est pas polymérisée et l'ensemble du volet ne présente pas une rigidité suffisante pour garantir sa géométrie.During these various treatments, it appeared that the rear flap is fragile and that it is likely to deform. Indeed, before passage in an oven, glue flap deposited between skin and liner is not polymerized and the entire flap does not have sufficient rigidity to ensure its geometry.

Il existe donc un risque qu'un volet soit vrillé s'il repose sur l'encadrement de volet de la caisse de véhicule comme il est montré à la figure 1.There is therefore a risk that a flap will be twisted if it is based on the flap frame of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. figure 1 .

D'autre part, actuellement, cette poignée 1a est en appui sur la doublure de volet arrière, ce qui génère des coulures cataphorèse sur des zones visibles, montrées à la figure 2.On the other hand, currently, this handle 1a bears on the lining of the rear flap, which generates cataphoresis flows on visible areas, shown in FIG. figure 2 .

Lors du passage en cataphorèse, un résiduel de peinture électro-déposée subsiste dans les zones en vis-à-vis de la doublure 3 de volet et de la poignée 1a. Lors du passage en étuve, ce résiduel entre en ébullition et provoque des coulures cataphorèse qui doivent être retouchées par un opérateur.During the passage in cataphoresis, a residual electro-deposited paint remains in the areas vis-à-vis the lining 3 shutter and the handle 1a. During the passage in an oven, this residual boils and causes cataphoresis flows which must be retouched by an operator.

Ceci est montré à la figure 2, où la doublure 3 de volet arrière présente des coulures cataphorèse 4 en ayant reçu une poignée 1a de volet arrière selon l'état de la technique.This is shown in the figure 2 , where the lining 3 of the rear flap has cataphoresis 4 catches having received a handle 1a rear flap according to the state of the art.

La figure 3 représente une forme de réalisation de poignée 1a de volet arrière, selon l'état de la technique, fixée sur une doublure 3 de volet arrière avec en médaillon un agrandissement de la solidarisation de la poignée 1a sur la doublure 3 de volet arrière.The figure 3 represents an embodiment of a rear flap handle 1a, according to the state of the art, fixed on a lining 3 of rear flap with medallion an enlargement of the attachment of the handle 1a on the lining 3 of the rear flap.

A cette figure, la poignée 1a est solidarisée sur la doublure 3 de volet arrière par l'intermédiaire d'un organe de solidarisation 6. Cet organe 6 comprend une partie 6a faisant butée sur l'autre face de la doublure 3 que celle faisant face à cette poignée 1a. L'organe 6 coiffe la doublure 3 par une partie 6c qui se termine à son extrémité opposée à la poignée 1a par la partie 6a recourbée vers le bas.In this figure, the handle 1a is secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap via a securing member 6. This member 6 comprises a portion 6a abutting on the other side of the liner 3 that facing to this handle 1a. The member 6 covers the liner 3 by a portion 6c which terminates at its end opposite the handle 1a by the portion 6a bent downwards.

Comme il sera mieux vu au médaillon de la figure 3 qui est un agrandissement de la liaison entre doublure 3 et poignée 1a, l'organe 6 reçoit l'extrémité de la doublure 3 de volet arrière en l'intercalant entre son côté 6b adjacent au corps de la poignée 1a et sa partie recourbée 6a. Cette doublure 3 est avantageusement recouverte par une tôle de renfort 5 serrure sur sa face opposée à celle tournée vers la poignée 1a, ce renfort 5 étant aussi solidarisé avec la poignée 1a.As it will be better seen at the medallion of the figure 3 which is an enlargement of the connection between lining 3 and handle 1a, the member 6 receives the end of the lining 3 of the rear flap by inserting it between its side 6b adjacent to the body of the handle 1a and its bent portion 6a. This lining 3 is advantageously covered by a lock reinforcement plate 5 on its face opposite to that turned towards the handle 1a, this reinforcement 5 being also secured to the handle 1a.

Comme une partie de la doublure 3 est appliquée contre le côté 6b de l'organe 6, côté 6b qui est adjacent au corps de poignée 1a, cela peut entraîner ultérieurement des coulures par la partie inférieure 7 du contact de la doublure 3 avec le côté adjacent 6b. Cela peut se produire notamment lors du passage en étuve de l'ensemble et est très préjudiciable pour l'apparence du volet arrière.As part of the liner 3 is applied against the side 6b of the member 6, side 6b which is adjacent to the handle body 1a, this may subsequently lead to sagging by the lower part 7 of the contact of the liner 3 with the side adjacent 6b. This can occur especially during the oven in the oven and is very detrimental to the appearance of the rear door.

Comme il est montré à la figure 4, l'organe de solidarisation 6 de la poignée et la doublure 3 peuvent être solidarisés par au moins une vis 8 et un écrou 8a de sertissage, de préférence par deux vis. Avec ce mode de solidarisation, il peut se produire par les interstices 7a et 7b des coulures ultérieures de résidu de peinture contenue dans la cavité 7c entre organe 6 et doublure 3. Ces interstices 7a et 7b se trouvent respectivement entre l'organe 6 et la tête 8b de la vis 8, d'une part, et entre l'organe 6 et la doublure 3, d'autre part.As it is shown in figure 4 , the fastening member 6 of the handle and the liner 3 may be secured by at least one screw 8 and a crimping nut 8a, preferably by two screws. With this method of joining, it can occur through gaps 7a and 7b subsequent flows of paint residue contained in the cavity 7c between member 6 and liner 3. These interstices 7a and 7b are respectively between the member 6 and the head 8b of the screw 8, on the one hand, and between the member 6 and the liner 3, on the other hand.

De plus, il est à souligner que l'opération de retouches des coulures n'est pas anodine, du fait qu'elle supprime localement le zinc et la cataphorèse en affaiblissant ainsi la protection anti-corrosion du volet arrière et diffuse des poussières dans l'atelier, ces poussières pouvant se déposer sur les caisses des véhicules environnants. Cela peut entraîner donc en supplément des retouches sur d'autres véhicules en phase de montage que celui directement concerné par les coulures.In addition, it should be noted that the operation of retouching of the coulures is not insignificant, because it removes locally zinc and cataphoresis thereby weakening the anti-corrosion protection of the rear flap and diffuses dust in the air. workshop, this dust can be deposited on the crates of the surrounding vehicles. This may result in addition to retouching on other vehicles in the editing phase that directly affected by the coulures.

La présente invention a pour but de protéger un volet lors de sa fabrication lorsqu'il est placé sur son encadrement à l'arrière de la caisse d'un véhicule sur chaîne de montage ou lorsqu'il est manipulé sur cette chaîne contre, d'une part, les risques de déformation de sa géométrie en lui apportant un soutien plus efficace et, d'autre part, de le protéger contre les risques de détérioration de son aspect extérieur en diminuant, voire en annulant les possibilités de rétention de peinture entre la poignée et la doublure de volet sur laquelle cette poignée est fixée afin d'éviter des coulures cataphorèse ultérieures.The present invention aims to protect a flap during its manufacture when placed on its frame at the rear of the body of a vehicle on the assembly line or when it is handled on this chain against, on the one hand, the risk of deformation of its geometry by giving it more effective support and, on the other hand, to protect it against the risk of deterioration of its exterior appearance by decreasing or even canceling the possibilities of retention of paint between the handle and the shutter lining on which this handle is fixed to prevent cataphoresis subsequent drips.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de support et de manutention provisoires d'un volet arrière de véhicule automobile sur chaîne de montage, le volet étant placé sur son encadrement à la partie arrière de la caisse du véhicule, ce dispositif comprenant une poignée de manutention fixée temporairement sur la partie inférieure d'un volet arrière de véhicule automobile, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend, en un endroit de la partie supérieure de chaque côté latéral du volet, une butée de calage disposée entre l'encadrement du volet sur la caisse et ledit volet arrière.For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a device for temporarily supporting and handling a rear flap of a motor vehicle on an assembly line, the flap being placed on its frame at the rear part of the vehicle body, this device comprising a handling handle temporarily fixed to the lower part of a motor vehicle rear door, characterized in that it comprises, at a location in the upper part of each lateral side of the flap, a wedging stop disposed between the flap frame on the body and said rear flap.

Selon des caractéristiques de la présente invention :

  • la poignée comprend un organe de solidarisation permettant sa fixation avec la doublure du volet, un espacement étant maintenu entre au moins une partie de l'organe de solidarisation et la doublure,
  • avantageusement, l'organe de solidarisation comprend au moins une boutonnière intercalée entre le corps de poignée et la doublure avec un évidement recevant un moyen de fixation de la poignée avec la doublure, la partie inférieure de la boutonnière étant ouverte et créant un espacement entre organe et doublure,
  • avantageusement, l'organe de solidarisation est une plaque de contact s'appliquant partiellement contre la doublure, des soyages étant prévus sur la plaque pour créer un espacement entre la majeure partie de celle-ci et la doublure,
  • le corps de poignée est sensiblement en forme de U, au moins une branche du U étant intercalée entre la doublure de volet et l'organe de solidarisation,
  • avantageusement, l'organe de solidarisation est sensiblement en forme de U renversé et comprend une partie supérieure reliant deux parties latérales espacées, une de ces parties reposant contre le corps de la poignée,
  • avantageusement, l'organe de solidarisation comprend un moyen de fixation de la poignée avec la doublure de volet sous la forme d'au moins une vis avec un écrou serti contre la doublure sur la face de celle-ci opposée à celle faisant face au corps de poignée.
According to features of the present invention:
  • the handle comprises a securing member for fixing with the lining of the flap, a spacing being maintained between at least a portion of the fastener and the liner,
  • advantageously, the securing member comprises at least one buttonhole interposed between the handle body and the liner with a recess receiving a means for fixing the handle with the liner, the lower part of the buttonhole being open and creating a spacing between the organ and lining,
  • advantageously, the securing member is a contact plate partially applied against the liner, cakes being provided on the plate to create a spacing between the major part thereof and the lining,
  • the handle body is substantially U-shaped, at least one leg of the U being interposed between the lining of the flap and the securing member,
  • advantageously, the fastening member is substantially U-shaped and has an upper portion connecting two spaced side portions, one of these parts resting against the body of the handle,
  • advantageously, the securing member comprises a means for fixing the handle with the shutter lining in the form of at least one screw with a nut crimped against the lining on the face thereof opposite to that facing the body handle.

L'invention concerne également un volet arrière de véhicule automobile caractérisé en ce qu'il présente un tel dispositif de support et de manutention.The invention also relates to a rear door of a motor vehicle characterized in that it has such a support device and handling.

Avantageusement, un jeu est créé entre l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée et la doublure de volet.Advantageously, a game is created between the fastening member of the handle and the lining of shutter.

Avantageusement, le volet arrière comprend un renfort de serrure appliqué partiellement sur une partie de la doublure de volet arrière, ce renfort de serrure étant aussi solidarisé avec la poignée.Advantageously, the rear flap comprises a lock reinforcement partially applied to a portion of the rear flap liner, this lock reinforcement being also secured to the handle.

L'invention va maintenant être décrite plus en détail mais de façon non limitative en regard des figures annexées, dans lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une représentation schématique d'une vue en perspective de l'arrière d'un véhicule automobile en cours de montage avec un volet arrière muni d'une poignée selon l'état de la technique,
  • la figure 2 est une représentation schématique d'une face de doublure de volet arrière présentant des coulées de peinture du fait de l'utilisation d'une poignée selon l'état de la technique,
  • la figure 3 est une représentation schématique d'une section longitudinale d'une poignée selon l'état de la technique et d'une doublure de volet arrière solidarisées ensemble, cette figure comportant en médaillon un agrandissement de l'organe de solidarisation et de la doublure à leur contact mutuel,
  • la figure 4 est une représentation schématique, longitudinalement par rapport au moyen de fixation en passant par celui-ci, d'une section de l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée, celui-ci étant fixé avec la doublure de volet arrière, selon l'état de la technique,
  • la figure 5 est une représentation schématique, transversalement par rapport au corps de poignée et en passant par le moyen de fixation, d'une section de la poignée et de son organe de solidarisation fixé avec la doublure de volet arrière, conformément à la présente invention,
  • la figure 6 est une représentation schématique d'une vue d'une face avant ou arrière d'une boutonnière représentant l'extrémité de l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée, celui-ci étant solidarisé avec la doublure de volet arrière en un point de fixation, conformément à l'invention,
  • la figure 7 est une représentation schématique, longitudinalement par rapport au moyen de fixation et en passant par celui-ci, d'une section d'une partie de l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée, celui-ci étant solidarisé avec la doublure de volet arrière en un point de fixation, conformément à l'invention,
  • la figure 8 est une représentation schématique d'une section longitudinale de la poignée avec son organe solidarisé avec la doublure de volet arrière, cet organe présentant une autre forme de réalisation, distincte de la présente invention,
  • la figure 9 est une vue agrandie de la figure 8 au niveau de la solidarisation de l'organe de la poignée avec la doublure de volet arrière,
  • la figure 10 est une vue latérale en perspective d'un volet arrière, conforme à la présente invention, placé provisoirement sur la partie arrière de la caisse d'un véhicule avec des moyens de rehaussement et/ou de calage en partie haute de ce volet,
  • la figure 11 est une vue agrandie de la figure 10 au niveau de la poignée, conforme à la présente invention, solidarisée avec la doublure de volet arrière à l'extrémité inférieure du volet arrière,
  • la figure 12 est une représentation schématique, longitudinalement par rapport au moyen de fixation et en passant par celui-ci, d'une section de l'organe de la poignée, celui-ci étant solidarisé avec la doublure de volet arrière en un point de fixation, conformément à l'invention, cette figure montrant, en outre un mode de fixation du corps de poignée avec l'organe.
The invention will now be described in more detail but in a nonlimiting manner with reference to the appended figures, in which:
  • the figure 1 is a schematic representation of a perspective view of the rear of a motor vehicle being assembled with a rear flap provided with a handle according to the state of the art,
  • the figure 2 is a schematic representation of a rear flap liner face having paint flows due to the use of a handle according to the state of the art,
  • the figure 3 is a schematic representation of a longitudinal section of a handle according to the state of the art and a rear flap liner secured together, this figure comprising in medallion an enlargement of the fastening member and the lining at their mutual contact,
  • the figure 4 is a schematic representation, longitudinally with respect to the fastening means passing therethrough, a section of the fastener of the handle, the latter being fixed with the lining of the rear flap, depending on the state of the technique,
  • the figure 5 is a schematic representation, transversely with respect to the handle body and passing through the fastening means, a section of the handle and its securing member fixed with the rear flap liner, according to the present invention,
  • the figure 6 is a schematic representation of a view of a front or rear face of a buttonhole representing the end of the fastening member of the handle, the latter being secured to the lining of the rear flap at a point of attachment, according to the invention,
  • the figure 7 is a schematic representation, longitudinally with respect to the fastening means and passing through it, a section of a portion of the fastening member of the handle, the latter being secured to the lining of the rear flap in an attachment point according to the invention,
  • the figure 8 is a schematic representation of a longitudinal section of the handle with its member secured to the back flap liner, this member having another embodiment, distinct from the present invention,
  • the figure 9 is an enlarged view of the figure 8 at the level of the fastening of the body of the handle with the lining of the rear flap,
  • the figure 10 is a perspective side view of a rear flap, according to the present invention, provisionally placed on the rear part of the body a vehicle with raising and / or stalling means in the upper part of this component,
  • the figure 11 is an enlarged view of the figure 10 at the level of the handle, according to the present invention, secured to the rear flap lining at the lower end of the rear flap,
  • the figure 12 is a schematic representation, longitudinally with respect to the fastening means and passing therethrough, a section of the member of the handle, the latter being secured to the lining of the rear flap at a point of attachment, in accordance with to the invention, this figure showing, in addition, a method of fixing the handle body with the body.

Les figures 1 à 4 ont déjà été décrites dans la partie introductive de la présente description.The Figures 1 to 4 have already been described in the introductory part of this description.

Le dispositif selon la présente invention est en deux parties : une partie de ce dispositif est disposée sous la partie haute du volet tandis que l'autre est sous la forme d'une poignée et de son organe de solidarisation avec la doublure du volet sur la partie inférieure de celui-ci.The device according to the present invention is in two parts: one part of this device is disposed under the upper part of the shutter while the other is in the form of a handle and its fastening member with the lining of the shutter on the lower part of it.

C'est cette partie haute du dispositif de support et de manutention, conformément à la présente invention, qui est montrée aux figures 10 et 11.It is this upper part of the support and handling device, according to the present invention, which is shown to the Figures 10 and 11 .

Cette partie haute du dispositif comprend des moyens de rehaussement et/ou de calage 16 du volet V par rapport à son encadrement 17 sur la caisse du véhicule automobile en cours de fabrication. Le volet V est placé, sans être fixé définitivement, sur cet encadrement 17.This upper part of the device comprises means for raising and / or setting 16 of the flap V relative to its frame 17 on the body of the motor vehicle during manufacture. The shutter V is placed, without being fixed permanently, on this frame 17.

Ces moyens de calage sont sous la forme de butées 16 disposées à la partie supérieure des cotés latéraux du volet V, de préférence entre celle-ci et l'encadrement 17 latéral du volet V à la partie arrière de la caisse du véhicule.These wedging means are in the form of abutments 16 disposed at the upper part of the lateral sides of the flap V, preferably between the latter and the side frame 17 of the flap V at the rear part of the vehicle body.

Ces butées 16 servent à supporter le volet V afin de garantir sa géométrie et qu'il ne soit pas déformé.These stops 16 serve to support the flap V to ensure its geometry and it is not deformed.

Accessoirement, la hauteur de ces butées 16 est avantageusement calculée pour que la poignée 1, fixée à la partie inférieure du volet V ne soit pas en contact sur la feuillure 15 et qu'il existe un espacement e entre elles et que la partie médiane de la poignée 1 ne touche la feuillure 15.Incidentally, the height of these stops 16 is advantageously calculated so that the handle 1, attached to the lower part of the flap V is not in contact on the rabbet 15 and that there is a spacing e between them and that the middle part of the handle 1 does not touch the rabbet 15.

Le déroulement du procédé de traitement du volet arrière après sa solidarisation avec la poignée 1 de manutention peut être le suivant.The procedure of processing the rear flap after being secured to the handling handle 1 may be as follows.

Les butées 16 qui évitent les contacts du volet arrière avec la feuillure 15 formant l'encadrement inférieure du volet sur la partie arrière de la caisse, sont avantageusement posées au ferrage, ce qui permet à l'avant du volet d'avoir deux points d'appui rehaussés.The stops 16 which avoid the contacts of the rear flap with the rabbet 15 forming the lower frame of the flap on the rear part of the body, are advantageously put on the shoe, which allows the front of the flap to have two points d support enhanced.

Les butées 16 restent en place durant les opérations auxquelles est soumis l'ensemble volet arrière et partie arrière de la caisse du véhicule, par exemple durant les phases de tunnel de traitement des surfaces, de cataphorèse et d'étuve pour la cuisson de la peinture électro-déposée et/ou la polymérisation des cordons de colle dans les sertis d'ouvrants.The abutments 16 remain in place during the operations to which the rear flap and rear portion of the vehicle body are subjected, for example during the phases of surface treatment tunnel, cataphoresis and oven for painting firing. electro-deposited and / or the polymerization of the adhesive beads in the opening seals.

Après ces traitements, la caisse de véhicule arrive dans l'atelier des fonds où la première opération consiste à enlever les butées du volet arrière. Cette opération replace le volet arrière sur ses appuis normaux définitifs.After these treatments, the vehicle body arrives in the workshop funds where the first operation is to remove the stops of the rear door. This operation puts the rear flap back on its final normal supports.

La figure 4 va maintenant être reprise ci-après pour une comparaison de la solidarisation selon l'état de la technique avec celle de la présente invention.The figure 4 will now be repeated below for a comparison of the connection according to the state of the art with that of the present invention.

Ces caractéristiques concernent la partie inférieure du dispositif de support et de manutention selon la présente invention, formée principalement de la poignée et de son organe de solidarisation avec la doublure du volet.These characteristics relate to the lower part of the support and handling device according to the present invention, formed mainly of the handle and its member for securing with the lining of the flap.

Comme il a été vu à la figure 4, la poignée 1a de l'état de la technique présente un corps de poignée en forme de U avec les deux branches du U fixées par un organe de solidarisation 6 avec la doublure de volet 3.As he was seen at the figure 4 , the handle 1a of the state of the art has a handle body in U-shape with the two branches of the U fixed by a fastening member 6 with the flap lining 3.

A cette figure, l'organe de solidarisation 6 de la poignée 1a pouvant être fixé sur la doublure 3 de volet peut présenter au moins partiellement la forme d'une plaque 6 s'appliquant contre la doublure 3 de volet.In this figure, the fastening member 6 of the handle 1a can be fixed on the flap lining 3 may have at least partially the shape of a plate 6 applying against the lining 3 flap.

Cette plaque 6 peut, par exemple, comprendre un évidement 10 vers chacune de ses extrémités longitudinales pour laisser passer un moyen de fixation 8, cet évidement 10 formant boutonnière. C'est dans ces évidements 10 que peut se produire une rétention de résidu de peinture coulant ultérieurement par les interstices 7a et 7b.This plate 6 may, for example, comprise a recess 10 towards each of its longitudinal ends to pass a fastening means 8, this recess 10 forming a buttonhole. It is in these recesses 10 that a retention of paint residue subsequently flowing through the interstices 7a and 7b may occur.

La poignée selon l'invention conservera avantageusement cette forme en U pour son corps et pourra aussi présenter comme organe de solidarisation avec la doublure une plaque avec boutonnière. Cependant, des adaptations vont être apportées à ce dispositif de solidarisation, adaptations qui vont être décrites ci-après.The handle according to the invention will advantageously retain this U-shape for its body and may also have as a member for securing with the lining a plate with buttonhole. However, adaptations will be made to this fastening device, adaptations which will be described below.

L'idée à la base des modes de réalisation qui vont suivre, selon des caractéristiques avantageuses de la présente invention, consiste à modifier l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée de volet arrière afin de diminuer voire de supprimer les zones de contact avec la doublure et de permettre ainsi une diminution importante ou même la suppression totale des coulures et des retouches nécessaires pour remédier à ces coulures.The basic idea of the embodiments that follow, according to advantageous features of the present invention, is to modify the fastening member of the rear flap handle to reduce or eliminate the contact areas with the liner and thus to allow a significant reduction or even complete removal of the coulures and retouching necessary to remedy these runs.

Ainsi, conformément à la présente invention, en faisant référence aux figures 5 à 9, pour la poignée 1 un espacement est maintenu entre au moins une partie de l'organe 11, 14 de solidarisation et la doublure 3.Thus, in accordance with the present invention, with reference to Figures 5 to 9 for the handle 1, a spacing is maintained between at least a part of the fastening member 11, 14 and the lining 3.

Les différents modes de réalisation décrits ci-après peuvent être pris en combinaison ou unitairement selon les circonstances et les probabilités d'avoir des coulures cataphorèse plus ou moins importantes.The various embodiments described below can be taken in combination or unitarily according to the circumstances and the probabilities of having more or less significant cataphoresis flows.

La figure 5 montre, transversalement par rapport au corps de poignée et en passant par le moyen de fixation, une section d'un mode de réalisation de l'organe de solidarisation 11 de la poignée 1 avec la doublure 3 de volet arrière.The figure 5 shows, transversely with respect to the handle body and through the fastening means, a section of an embodiment of the fastening member 11 of the handle 1 with the lining 3 of the rear flap.

A cette figure, l'organe de solidarisation 11 de la poignée 1 avec la doublure 3 de volet arrière, cette dernière étant renforcée par un renfort serrure 13, est sous la forme d'une plaque 11 de contact.In this figure, the fastening member 11 of the handle 1 with the lining 3 of the rear flap, the latter being reinforced by a lock reinforcement 13, is in the form of a contact plate 11.

Selon l'état de la technique, cette plaque était plane.According to the state of the art, this plate was flat.

Conformément à une caractéristique préférentielle de l'invention, cette plaque 11 présente deux soyages 18 ers ses extrémités longitudinales afin d'espacer la majeure partie de la plaque 11, sur la figure la longueur a, de la doublure 3 de volet et de ne laisser que les extrémités de cette plaque 11 en contact avec la doublure 3.According to a preferred feature of the invention, this plate 11 has two cements 18 to its longitudinal ends in order to space most of the plate 11, in the figure the length a, of the lining 3 shutter and to leave that the ends of this plate 11 in contact with the lining 3.

En effet, ces soyages 18 en prenant comme référence le milieu de la plaque 11, se situent avant la solidarisation 11a de la plaque 11 avec la doublure 3, cette solidarisation s'effectuant de préférence vers chaque extrémité longitudinale de la plaque 11.Indeed, these cures 18 taking as reference the middle of the plate 11, are located before the fastening 11a of the plate 11 with the liner 3, this joining is preferably effected towards each longitudinal end of the plate 11.

Ceci permet la création d'un espace d'évacuation de résidu de peinture et d'éviter les coulures ultérieures précédemment mentionnées.This allows the creation of a paint residue evacuation space and to avoid the subsequent drips mentioned above.

Indépendamment des soyages 18 ou avec ceux-ci, comme montré à la figure 12, il est fait passer la branche 1b du U, formée par le corps de poignée 1, du côté de la plaque 11 tournée vers la doublure 3, ce qui éloigne la plaque 11 de cette dernière en intercalant la branche 1b entre elles.Independently of the cuisines 18 or with these, as shown in figure 12 , it is passed the branch 1b of the U, formed by the handle body 1, the side of the plate 11 facing the liner 3, which removes the plate 11 of the latter by interposing the branch 1b between them.

Il est aussi de possible de plier, au moins partiellement, l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée avec la doublure, celui-ci n'étant pas forcément sous la forme de la plaque montrée à la figure 5, de telle manière que la surface de contact de l'organe avec la doublure soit réduite à un minimum.It is also possible to fold, at least partially, the fastener of the handle with the liner, the latter not necessarily in the form of the plate shown in FIG. figure 5 , of such way that the contact area of the body with the lining is reduced to a minimum.

La figure 6 montre une partie d'extrémité d'une plaque 11 de contact selon l'invention avec une boutonnière 11a.The figure 6 shows an end portion of a contact plate 11 according to the invention with a buttonhole 11a.

Cette boutonnière 11a présente un évidement central 10 qui n'est pas entièrement fermé, la boutonnière 11a présentant une partie ouverte 12 à sa partie inférieure. Ceci permettra un écoulement de résidu de peinture retenu dans l'évidement 10 et ainsi d'éviter des coulures ultérieures.This buttonhole 11a has a central recess 10 which is not completely closed, the buttonhole 11a having an open portion 12 at its bottom. This will allow a flow of paint residue retained in the recess 10 and thus prevent further sagging.

Il est à noter qu'il est possible d'utiliser une ou des boutonnières 11a, de préférence deux, pouvant être reliées par une plaque ou pouvant être non reliées entre elles ou reliées entre elles par un autre élément qu'une plaque.It should be noted that it is possible to use one or buttonholes 11a, preferably two, which can be connected by a plate or can be unrelated to each other or interconnected by another element than a plate.

Dans le cas où la ou les boutonnières est indépendante ou sont indépendantes, en coopération avec le moyen de fixation adéquat, par exemple une vis avec écrou serti, cette ou ces boutonnières forment à elles seules l'organe de solidarisation.In the case where the buttonholes is independent or are independent, in cooperation with the appropriate fastening means, for example a screw with crimped nut, this or these buttonholes form alone the fastening member.

Ceci est aussi valable pour les caractéristiques de la figure 7 qui va être décrite ultérieurement.This is also true for the characteristics of the figure 7 which will be described later.

Il est aussi à noter que, quand les boutonnières 11a font partie d'une plaque 11, celle-ci ne présente pas forcément les soyages 18 montrés à la figure 5, mais comporte des éléments ou une configuration qui éloigne sa majeure partie de la doublure 3 de volet, par exemple par pliage ou par interposition de nervures entre cette plaque 11 et la doublure 3.It should also be noted that, when the buttonholes 11a are part of a plate 11, this plate does not necessarily have the linings 18 shown in FIG. figure 5 but has elements or a configuration that removes most of the lining 3 flap, for example by folding or by interposition of ribs between the plate 11 and the liner 3.

La figure 7 montre, longitudinalement par rapport au moyen de fixation 8 et en passant par celui-ci, une section de l'extrémité 11a de l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée conforme à l'invention, cette extrémité pouvant être sous la forme d'une boutonnière 11a solidarisée avec la doublure 3 de volet arrière.The figure 7 shows, longitudinally with respect to the fastening means 8 and passing therethrough, a section of the end 11a of the fastening member of the handle according to the invention, this end being able to be in the form of a buttonhole 11a secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap.

Le moyen de fixation peut rester le même que celui mentionné selon l'état de la technique, par exemple sous la forme d'une vis 8 avec un écrou serti 8a contre la doublure 3.The fixing means may remain the same as that mentioned according to the state of the art, for example in the form of a screw 8 with a crimped nut 8a against the lining 3.

En accord avec la figure 6, la partie ouverte 12 de la boutonnière 11a permet l'évacuation du résidu de peinture selon la flèche F.In accordance with the figure 6 , the open portion 12 of the buttonhole 11a allows the evacuation of the paint residue according to the arrow F.

La figure 8 est une représentation schématique d'une section longitudinale de la poignée 1 solidarisée par un organe de solidarisation 14 avec la doublure 3 de volet arrière, conformément à un autre mode de réalisation distinct de la présente invention.The figure 8 is a schematic representation of a longitudinal section of the handle 1 secured by a securing member 14 with the lining 3 of the rear flap, according to another separate embodiment of the present invention.

Le corps de la poignée 1 est solidarisé avec la doublure 3 de volet arrière, celle-ci pouvant être renforcée par un renfort serrure 13, par un organe de solidarisation 14.The body of the handle 1 is secured to the lining 3 of the rear flap, the latter being reinforced by a lock reinforcement 13, by a securing member 14.

Cet organe de solidarisation 14 peut être porté par une plaque avec ou sans les soyages 18 montrées à la figure 5, mais cela n'est pas obligatoire.This fastening member 14 may be carried by a plate with or without the cements 18 shown in FIG. figure 5 but this is not obligatory.

En se référant avec la figure 9 qui est une vue agrandie de l'organe de solidarisation montré à la figure 8, celui-ci est sensiblement le même que celui de l'état de la technique montré à la figure 3.Referring with the figure 9 which is an enlarged view of the fastener shown in FIG. figure 8 , it is substantially the same as that of the state of the art shown in the figure 3 .

Ainsi, Il est sensiblement en forme de U renversé et comprend une partie 14a faisant butée pour la doublure 3 sur l'autre face de cette dernière que celle faisant face à cette poignée 1. L'organe 14 coiffe la doublure 3 par une partie 14c, formant la base du U renversé et se terminant à son extrémité opposée à la poignée 1a par cette partie 14a, recourbée vers le bas par rapport à la partie 14c. Cette partie 14a forme une des branches du U renversé.Thus, it is substantially inverted U-shaped and comprises a portion 14a abutting for the liner 3 on the other side of the latter than that facing the handle 1. The member 14 caps the liner 3 by a portion 14c , forming the base of the inverted U and ending at its end opposite the handle 1a by this portion 14a, curved downwardly relative to the portion 14c. This portion 14a forms one of the branches of the U reversed.

L'organe 14 de solidarisation reçoit ainsi l'extrémité de la doublure 3 de volet arrière en l'intercalant entre sa partie 14b adjacent au corps de la poignée 1 et sa partie recourbée 14a, la partie 14b formant l'autre branche du U renversé.The fastening member 14 thus receives the end of the rear flap liner 3 by interposing it between its portion 14b adjacent to the body of the handle 1 and its curved portion 14a, the portion 14b forming the other branch of the inverted U .

Dans ce mode de réalisation, un jeu est créé dans l'organe de solidarisation 14 entre celui-ci et la doublure 3 de volet.In this embodiment, a game is created in the fastening member 14 between the latter and the shutter lining 3.

A la figure 9, la doublure 3 de volet n'est plus appliquée contre le côté adjacent 14b de l'organe 14 et il existe une possibilité de jeu J qui est compris dans l'intervalle entre la partie 14a et le côté 14b de l'organe 14.To the figure 9 , the flap liner 3 is no longer applied against the adjacent side 14b of the member 14 and there is a possibility of clearance J which is included in the gap between the portion 14a and the side 14b of the member 14.

A cette figure, la limitation du jeu est symbolisée par la partie recourbée 14a de l'organe de fixation 14 qui limite le déplacement de la doublure 3 d'un côté, l'autre côté étant limité par le côté adjacent 14b à la poignée de l'organe 14.In this figure, the limitation of the game is symbolized by the curved portion 14a of the fastener 14 which limits the displacement of the liner 3 on one side, the other side being limited by the adjacent side 14b to the handle of the organ 14.

Il n'est cependant pas obligatoire d'avoir une telle partie 14a pour créer un jeu et tout moyen créant un jeu limité entre l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée 1 et la doublure 3 peut être utilisé à la condition que celui-ci permette la manipulation du volet arrière par cette poignée 1 sans risque de détachement de celle-ci de la doublure 3.However, it is not mandatory to have such a portion 14a to create a game and any means creating a limited game between the fastening member of the handle 1 and the liner 3 may be used provided that it allows the handling of the rear door by this handle 1 without risk of detachment thereof from the liner 3.

Un jeu peut, par exemple, être créé par la vis 8 de fixation montrée à la figure 7 en laissant, après sertissage de l'écrou 8a, un jeu limité sur cette vis par rapport à la doublure 3.A game can, for example, be created by the fastening screw 8 shown in FIG. figure 7 leaving, after crimping the nut 8a, a limited play on this screw relative to the lining 3.

Avec ce jeu, la partie médiane de la poignée 1 se trouve légèrement abaissée par rapport à celle décrite à l'état de la technique et se rapproche, quand le volet arrière est monté sur la partie arrière de la caisse d'un véhicule en chaîne de montage, de la feuillure 15 de l'encadrement inférieur de ce volet sur cette caisse.With this game, the middle part of the handle 1 is slightly lowered compared to that described in the state of the art and is approaching when the rear door is mounted on the rear part of the body of a vehicle chain mounting, rebate 15 of the lower frame of this component on this body.

Pour les opérations de manutention, la poignée peut être utilisée par des opérateurs et/ou des robots, le volet appuyant sur ses appuis normaux jusqu'au retrait définitif de la poignée.For handling operations, the handle can be used by operators and / or robots, the flap pressing on its normal supports until the final removal of the handle.

Conformément à la présente invention, le fait de ne plus avoir à exécuter de retouches pour la suppression de coulures sur la doublure volet arrière ne représente pas seulement un avantage de coût et de main d'oeuvre sur les volets traités mais entraîne aussi d'autres avantages qui sont:

  • la suppression d'une source de poussières dues aux retouches par ponçage réalisées à la sortie étuve des apprêts et à la sortie étuve des laques, ces poussières pouvant nécessiter elles-mêmes des retouches sur les véhicules environnants dans l'atelier,
  • le maintien de la garantie anti-perforation de douze ans qui pouvait être altérée par l'opération de ponçage lors de la retouche,
  • la suppression des manques couvrants de la peinture électro-déposée dus à la surface de contact entre la doublure et l'organe de solidarisation de la poignée, surface qui a été réduite à un strict minimum,
  • une facilité, au montage, d'enlèvement de la poignée étant donné qu'elle ne risque plus de rester collée sur la doublure par la peinture déposée entre ces deux éléments.
In accordance with the present invention, the fact of no longer having to perform retouching for the deletion of Drips on the back liner lining not only represent a cost and labor benefit on treated shutters but also brings other benefits that are:
  • the removal of a source of dust due to sanding retouching carried out at the oven exit of the finishes and at the exit of the oven, these dusts may themselves require retouching on the surrounding vehicles in the workshop,
  • the maintenance of the twelve-year anti-perforation guarantee, which could be altered by the sanding operation during retouching,
  • the elimination of the covering gaps of the electro-deposited paint due to the contact surface between the lining and the fastening member of the handle, which surface has been reduced to a bare minimum,
  • ease, mounting, removal of the handle since it is no longer likely to remain stuck on the liner by the paint deposited between these two elements.

L'invention n'est nullement limitée aux modes de réalisation décrits et illustrés qui n'ont été donnés qu'à titre d'exemples mais est définie par les revendications.The invention is in no way limited to the described and illustrated embodiments which have been given by way of example only but is defined by the claims.

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  1. A device for provisional support and handling of a tailgate (2) of a motor vehicle on an assembly line, the tailgate (2) being placed on its frame (17) at the rear part of the body of the vehicle, this device including an operating handle (1) fixed temporarily to the lower part of a tailgate (2) of a motor vehicle, a wedging stop (16) arranged at a site of the upper part of each lateral side of the tailgate (2), between the frame (17) of the tailgate on the body and the said tailgate (2), and an attachment member (11, 14), permitting its fixing with the lining (3) of the tailgate, a space being maintained between at least a portion of the attachment member (11) and the lining (3), characterized in that the handle body (1) is substantially U-shaped, at least one branch of the U being intercalated between the lining (3) of the tailgate and the attachment member (11).
  2. The device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the attachment member (11) includes at least one slot (11a) intercalated between the handle body (1) and the lining (3) with a recess (10) receiving a fixing means (8) of the handle (1) with the lining (3), the lower portion (12) of the slot (11a) being open and creating a space between the said member (11, 14) and the lining (3).
  3. The device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the attachment member (11) is a contact plate (11) partially applied against the lining (3), joggles (18) being provided on the plate (11) to create a spacing between the major portion thereof and the lining (3).
  4. The device according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the attachment member (11) includes a fixing means of the handle (1) with the lining (3) of the tailgate in the form of at least one screw (8) with a nut (8a) crimped against the lining (3) on the face thereof opposite that facing the handle body (1).
  5. A tailgate (2) of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it has a device for support and handling according to any one of the preceding claims.
  6. The tailgate (2) of a motor vehicle according to the preceding claim, characterized in that, when the handle includes an attachment member (11, 14) with the lining (3), a play is created between this member (11, 14) and the lining (3).
  7. The tailgate (2) according to Claim 5 or 6, characterized in that it includes a lock reinforcement (13) applied partially on a portion of the lining (3) of the tailgate, this lock reinforcement (13) being also attached to the handle (1).
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