EP2853672B1 - Vehicle door with adjustable wedge device - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a door leaf with a locking device for locking the door leaf of a z. B. two-leaf vehicle door, in particular a vehicle exterior swing door, suitable for a bus.

In the case of a single-leaf omnibus door, the door leaves can be locked on the left and right with two pairs of locking wedges with the door portal in order to secure the omnibus door against being pressed open. In the case of a two-lobe omnibus exterior swing door, there is no possibility of locking between the two door leaves, so that one door leaf can be locked only on the right and the other door leaf only on the left by means of lateral closing wedges. As a result, the omnibus outer swing door would not be reliably secured against pressing. Therefore, door panels of conventional omnibus exterior swing doors additionally include a cam means for locking with the door portal.

US 4,308,691 A discloses a device for locking a swing door according to the preamble of claim 1, which is articulated with pivot arms on a rotary column and together with this via a drive in its closed position and slightly raised towards the end of the closing movement and thereby lockable by means of locking elements, wherein a attached to the door frame locking element cooperates with an attached to the door locking element, wherein the locking elements consist of wedge-shaped lugs and that the door frame mounted nose is provided with an extension which engages over the attached to the door nose and forms a stop for the door attached to the locking element. DE 31 48 035 A1 discloses a door system for vehicles, in particular bus vehicles, with at least one outer swing door leaf in front of an entrance opening with step, door frame pivot column and flutter protection locking means, wherein the outer swing door panel connected to an upper and a lower pivot arm to the rotary column, also provided with at least one handlebar and lifting and lowering the rotary column can be raised and lowered, wherein also the pivot arms are mounted on terminal blocks of the outer swing door leaf, which project on the inside and wherein further between the outer swing door leaf and door frame the flutter protection locking means are arranged, the interlocking with lifted Außenschwinningürblatt and unlocked by lowering the Außenschwinningürblattes are, wherein the flutter protection locking means are arranged projecting on the one hand on the upper end face of the outer swing door leaf and on the other hand in the region of the lower end face of the outer swing door leaf and play together in the locked state under elastic deformation of the outer swing door leaf play. The state of the art can also still the FR 572 369 A and the DE 12 06 739 B to be named.

FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of an upper portion of a door leaf 101 'of a two-lobular omnibus outer swing door according to the prior art, while FIG. 9 an associated perspective view shows. The door leaf 101 'includes, as usual, a lifting device for raising and lowering the door leaf 101', a pivoting device for pivoting the door leaf 101 'and a guide linkage for ensuring correct alignment of the door leaf 101' (in FIGS FIGS. 8 and 9 Not shown).

The FIGS. 8 and 9 show a locking device 1 'with a cam 2' and a catch plate 3 '. The cam 1 'is fixedly mounted on an upper door frame member, while the catch plate 3' is fixedly mounted on the door portal. In order to lock the door leaf 101 ', the door leaf 101' is raised by means of the lifting device, whereupon the in the FIGS. 8 and 9 not visible lateral locking wedges laterally lock and the locking device 1 'locked above. However, this can lead to stresses in the door leaf 101 'due to tolerances and / or static over-determination. As a result, the escape between the door 101 'and the vehicle outer skin can be disturbed, z. B. the door 101 'top or protrude from the vehicle outer skin.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved and / or alternative locking device for a door, useful for a two-winged vehicle door, can be reduced or avoided in particular by means of the particular tension or deformation due to static overdetermination and / or tolerances in the locked state.

This object will be achieved with the features of the main claim. Advantageous developments can be taken from the subclaims and the following description. The invention relates to an article having the features of claim 1.

The invention provides a door leaf with a locking device for locking the door leaf (for example a door leaf), preferably for a two-leaf vehicle door, in particular a vehicle outside swing gate.

The locking device comprises a cam device and a catching device. The catching device is preferably used for direct or indirect mounting on the door portal to be closed by the door leaf. The door portal is suitably firmly connected to the vehicle, in particular with a support frame of an omnibus. The cam device is expediently used for direct or indirect mounting on the door leaf.

The cam device comprises at least two cams for locking with the catching device, in particular in an opening of the catching device. The cam device is characterized in particular by the fact that it comprises an adjusting, in particular adjusting device, by means of which the mooring position of the at least one cam can be variably adjusted. By means of the adjustment according to the invention and thus the variability of the cam-mooring position, the clamping or deformation of the door leaf described above can be reduced or avoided and / or a proper escape between the door leaf and the vehicle outer skin can be ensured.

The cam device comprises at least two cams between which the adjusting device extends. The two cams are designed in particular as a cam pair.

The adjustment is designed as a slot-screw construction.

The cam means may comprise a mounting member for direct or indirect mounting to the door leaf. The cams are expediently connected to the mounting element such that their mooring position can be variably adjusted relative to the mounting element. Preferably, the cams thus be moved relative to the mounting member to be fixed at a suitable mooring position. The cams are preferably connected to the mounting element by means of a guide-groove-guide projection construction. The guide groove-guide projection construction is useful to create a predefined path of movement of the cam retative to the mounting member and / or to prevent rotation of the cam. The cams are partially cut out in order to be able to dive into the catching device, in particular an opening of the catching device. The cams are thereby preferably partially narrower and partly wider than the opening of the catcher. The mooring position of the cams is adjustable transversely to the longitudinal extent of the mounting element and / or transversely to the door leaf level. The cam device and / or the mounting element is expediently used for indirect or direct mounting on an upper frame element of the door leaf. The upper frame element expediently extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and / or in the width direction of the vehicle door.

The door leaf comprises a lifting device for lifting the door leaf (and thus expediently locking the locking device) and lowering the door leaf (and thus expediently unlocking the locking device).

The door comprises a pivoting device, for. As a rotary column with swivel arms, for pivoting (and appropriate closing) of the door and swinging (and appropriately opening) of the door leaf.

The door can also be provided with a variable length guide rods. The guide linkage serves to ensure correct alignment between the door leaf and the vehicle outer skin, e.g. As a parallelism between the door in the open state and the vehicle skin and / or an escape between the door in the closed state and the vehicle outer skin to achieve.

The invention also includes a vehicle, in particular a bus, with at least one door leaf and / or a locking device as described herein.

It should be mentioned that the door leaf is preferably an omnibus door leaf and / or the vehicle door is preferably an omnibus door, preferably a omnibus outer swing door.

Figur 1

zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Verriegelungsvorrichtung gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung,

Figur 2

zeigt eine andere perspektivische Ansicht der Verriegelungsvorrichtung aus Figur 1,

Figur 3

zeigt eine perspektivische Schnittansicht der Verriegelungsvorrichtung der Figur 1 und 2,

Figur 4

zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht der Verriegelungsvorrichtung der Figuren 1 bis 3,

Figur 5

zeigt eine andere perspektivische Ansicht der Verriegelungsvorrichtung der Figuren 1 bis 4,

Figur 6

zeigt eine schematische Ansicht einer zweiflügeligen Fahrzeug-Außenschwenktüre gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung, unten in vollständig geschlossenem Zustand, mittig in teilweise geöffnetem Zustand und oben in vollständig geöffnetem Zustand,

Figur 7

zeigt eine Draufsicht einer zweiflügeligen Fahrzeug-Außenschwenktüre gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung,

Figur 8

zeigt eine Schnittansicht eines oberen Teils eines Türflügels einer zweiflügligen Fahrzeug-Außenschwenktüre gemäß Stand der Technik und

Figur 9

zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht des oberen Teils des Türflügels der Figur 8.

The preferred embodiments and features of the invention described above can be combined with one another as desired. Other advantageous developments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims or will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1

shows a perspective view of a locking device according to an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 2

shows another perspective view of the locking device FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3

shows a perspective sectional view of the locking device of FIG. 1 and 2 .

FIG. 4

shows a perspective view of the locking device of FIGS. 1 to 3 .

FIG. 5

shows another perspective view of the locking device of FIGS. 1 to 4 .

FIG. 6

shows a schematic view of a two-wing vehicle exterior swing door according to an embodiment of the invention, below in the fully closed state, in the middle in a partially open state and at the top in the fully open state,

FIG. 7

shows a plan view of a two-wing vehicle exterior swing door according to an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 8

shows a sectional view of an upper part of a door wing of a double-winged vehicle exterior swing door according to the prior art and

FIG. 9

shows a perspective view of the upper part of the door leaf of FIG. 8 ,

The embodiments shown in the figures are partly identical, with similar or identical parts being given the same reference numerals, and for the explanation of which reference is also made to the description of other embodiments in order to avoid repetition.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a locking device 10 according to an embodiment of the invention. The locking device 10 is for locking a, for example, in the FIGS. 6 and 7 shown door leaf 101 of a two-leaf vehicle door 100, preferably a bus-outside swing door.

The locking device 10 comprises a cam device 1 for direct or indirect mounting to the door leaf 101 and a catching device 3 for mounting on the door portal, which is opened and closed by the door leaf 101. The cam device 1 includes a cam pair 2. The cam pair 2 is locked in an opening of the catcher 3 when the door leaf 101 is in the closed state and raised. The cam pair 2 is unlocked by the catcher 3 when the door leaf 101 is lowered to be opened thereafter.

The cam device 1 is provided with an adjusting / adjusting device 4, by means of which the mooring position of the cam pair 2 can be variably adjusted. The adjustment 4, the cam pair 2, for example, an adjustment of max. +/- 15mm, max. +/- 10mm or max. Provide +/- 5mm.

FIG. 2 shows another perspective view of the locking device 10. The cam device 1 comprises a mounting member 5 for mounting to the door leaf 101. The cam pair 2 is connected to the mounting member 5, that its mooring position relative to the mounting member 5 can be variably adjusted. The cam pair 2 is connected to the mounting member 5 via a guide groove guide projection structure 6, whereby twisting or tilting of the cam pair 2 on the mounting member 5 can be prevented.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective sectional view through the locking device 10. Figure 3 shows sometimes that the cam pair 2 has a recess 7 in order to be able to dive into an opening of the catcher 3 can.

The FIGS. 4 and 5 show various perspective views of the locking device 10, but without catching device 3. With reference to the FIGS. 4 and 5 the adjusting device 4 is arranged between the cams 2 of the cam pair and designed as a slot-screw construction. The mooring position of the cam pair 2 is adjustable transversely to the longitudinal extension of the mounting member 5, which corresponds to a direction transverse to the plane of the door leaf 101. The reference character E indicates the setting direction in which the mooring position of the cam pair 2 can be adjusted.

The FIGS. 4 and 5 show the cam pair 2 in different mooring positions. In FIG. 4 the cam pair 2 is fixed in an inner mooring position (in FIG FIG. 4 Left). This causes the door 101 is pulled relatively far into the vehicle. In FIG. 5 the cam pair 2 is fixed in an outer mooring position (in FIG FIG. 5 right). As a result, the door panel 101 is relatively slightly drawn into the vehicle.

FIG. 6 shows a two-lobular omnibus Außenschwenktüre 100 with two door leaves 101 according to an embodiment of the invention, below in the closed state, in the middle in the partially opened state and at the top in the fully open state.

The right door leaf 101 is provided with locking wedges on the right and with a locking device 10 on the top. The left door leaf 101 is provided on the left with locking wedges and at the top with a locking device 10 (see reference numerals 10 and 20 in FIG FIG. 7 ). The locking wedges and the locking devices 10 are in FIG. 6 not shown.

The door leaves 101 further comprise a lifting device 102, by means of which they can be raised and lowered. The door leaves 101 further comprise a pivoting device 103, by means of which they can be swung out to open and pivoted to close. The door leaves 101 also include a variable length guide rod 104, which serves to ensure in particular a parallelism between the door leaves 101 in the open state on the one hand and the vehicle outer skin on the other.

To the door leaves 101 starting from the in FIG. 6 open bottom, the door leaves 101 are lowered by means of the lifting devices 102, whereupon the lateral closing wedges and the cam devices 10 are unlocked. Im unlocked lowered state of the door leaves 101, the door leaves 101 by means of the pivoting devices 103 outwardly in the in FIG. 6 pivoted open state shown above.

To the door leaves 101 starting from the in FIG. 6 Close open state shown above, the door leaves 101 are pivoted by means of the pivoting means 103 inwardly and raised in the closed state by means of the lifting devices 102, whereupon the side closing wedges and the cam devices 10 lock. By means of the adjusting function according to the invention, stresses and deformations which can be caused in particular by the lateral closing wedges and the cam devices 10 caused static overdetermination and / or tolerances can be avoided because the cam pairs 2 of the locking devices 10 are variably aligned.

FIG. 7 shows a vehicle exterior swing gate 100 with two door leaves 101 and thus a two-leaf vehicle exterior swing door 100. The reference numerals 20 designate side, conveniently conventional locking wedges, while the reference numerals 10 designate cam devices according to the invention. FIG. 7 It can be seen that the cam device 10 is designed for mounting on an upper frame member of the door leaf 101.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

cam means

2

cam

3

catcher

4

Setting / adjusting

5

mounting element

6

Guide projection guide groove construction

7

recess

10

locking device

100

car door

101

door

102

lifting device

103

Pivot means

104

guide linkage

Claims (9)

1. Door leaf (101) having a locking device (10) for locking the door leaf (101), advantageously for a double-leaf vehicle door (100), in particular an outwardly pivoting vehicle door, having a cam device (1) which comprises at least one cam (2) for locking with a catch device (3), wherein the cam device (1) comprises an adjustment device (4) in order to be able to adjust the securing position of the at least one cam (2) in a changeable manner, wherein the cam device (1) comprises two cams (2) between which the adjustment device (4) is arranged, wherein the adjustment device (4) is constructed as an elongate hole/screw construction and wherein the cams (2) can be locked with the catch device (3) by raising the door leaf (101) and can be unlocked from the catch device (3) by lowering the door leaf (101), wherein the door leaf (101) is provided with a lifting device (102) for raising and lowering the door leaf (101) and a pivot device (103) for pivoting the door leaf (101) inwards and outwards, characterised in that the securing position of the cams (2) can be adjusted transversely relative to the plane of the door leaf (101) and/or can be adjusted transversely relative to the longitudinal extent of an assembly element (5) of the cam device (1), wherein the cam device (1) and/or the assembly element (5) is/are constructed for assembly on an upper frame element of the door leaf (101).
2. Door leaf (101) according to Claim 1, characterised in that the cam device (1) has an assembly element (5) for assembly on the door leaf (101).
3. Door leaf (101) according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the cams (2) are connected to the assembly element (5) in such a manner that the securing position thereof relative to the assembly element (5) can be adjusted in a changeable manner.
4. Door leaf (101) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cams (2) are connected to the assembly element (5) by means of a guiding groove/guiding projection construction (6).
5. Door leaf (101) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cams (2) have a recess (7) in order to be able to be introduced into the catch device (3).
6. Door leaf (101) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cam device (1) and/or the assembly element (5) is/are constructed for assembly on the door leaf (101) and the catch device (3) is constructed for assembly on the door frame of the vehicle door (100).
7. Door leaf (101) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the door leaf (10) comprises an outwardly pivoting vehicle door.
8. Door leaf (101) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the door leaf (101) is provided with a longitudinally variable guiding rod assembly (104) for securing a correct orientation between the door leaf (101) and the vehicle outer skin.
9. Vehicle, in particular bus, having a vehicle door (100) having two door leaves (101) according to any one of the preceding claims.

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