Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B9/00—Lock casings or latch-mechanism casings ; Fastening locks or fasteners or parts thereof to the wing
  • E05B9/08—Fastening locks or fasteners or parts thereof, e.g. the casings of latch-bolt locks or cylinder locks to the wing
  • E05B9/084—Fastening of lock cylinders, plugs or cores
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
  • E05B17/20—Means independent of the locking mechanism for preventing unauthorised opening, e.g. for securing the bolt in the fastening position
  • E05B17/2084—Means to prevent forced opening by attack, tampering or jimmying
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
  • E05B77/44—Burglar prevention, e.g. protecting against opening by unauthorised tools
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
  • E05B85/06—Lock cylinder arrangements

Definitions

• This lock usually comprises a cylindrical body called a cylinder.
• the lock cylinder When mounting the lock in the door, the lock cylinder is inserted from the outside of the door through an opening arranged in an outer wall of this door.
• a front part of the lock bears against the outer face of this wall, while the lock cylinder is fixed inside the door, by a clamping ring disposed on the inner side of the door.
• This clamping ring has a cylindrical housing extending along a main axis, in which is arranged an assembly insert which cooperates with lugs arranged on the cylinder of the lock to lock it in translation along the main axis of the cylindrical housing of the clamping ring, the lock being locked in rotation about the main axis by teeth arranged in the opening of the outer wall.
• a device for clamping a lock for a door of a motor vehicle comprising a body with two opposite main faces, in which is formed a cylindrical housing for receiving the lock cylinder. , having a main axis and opening on either side of the body on each of the two opposite main faces, said body of the clamping device further comprising fixing means adapted to fix the body on a wall adjacent to the motor vehicle to prevent rotation of this body around the main axis of the cylindrical housing, which comprise an adapter member slidably mounted on said body, and means for receiving this adapter element formed on said body.
• the clamping device can not be rotated to be unlocked by breaking and remains compact so that it can be implemented in the reduced interior space of a box of a motor vehicle door .
• said reception means comprise a rectilinear rail and said adapter element has a groove whose section has a shape adapted to accommodate the rail;
• the rail has a T-shaped section and the groove of the slide has a complementary shape
• said adapter element comprises an orifice adapted to receive a fastening screw for fastening the body of the clamping device to said adjacent wall;
• the second main face of the body of the clamping device opposite the first main face, being perpendicular to the main axis of the cylindrical housing, and said adapter element comprising an interaction face intended to be applied against the adjacent wall, said adapter element and said rail are arranged such that this interaction face of the adapter element extends in a plane inclined at a non-zero inclination angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the second main face of the body the clamping device;
• the adapter element being slidably mounted on a first of said opposite main faces of said body, said means for receiving the adapter element being provided on said first main face, and the interaction face of the adapter element extending perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the rail,
• the first main face of the body of the clamping device comprises at least one inclined portion forming with the second main face an angle equal to said angle of inclination, and said rail rises from this portion inclined of said first main face of the body of the clamping device;
• Stop means are also provided adapted to limit the translation stroke of said adapter element.
• the invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising a door which comprises:
• a first wall comprising an opening for receiving the latch
• a device for clamping said latch as described above in which said lock cylinder passes through the opening of said first wall and is locked in rotation in the cylindrical housing of the clamping device, the clamping device is fixed to the neighboring wall; in order to prevent rotation of the clamping device around the main axis of the cylindrical housing accommodating the lock cylinder.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective exploded view of a first embodiment of the clamping device according to the invention, without its clamping insert;
• FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an assembled clamping device according to the invention.
• FIG. 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, wherein the clamping device is devoid of the adapter element;
• FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a clamping device according to the invention mounted on a door of a motor vehicle;
• FIGS. 1 to 6 show two embodiments of a clamping device 100; 200 of a lock 10 for a door 50 of a motor vehicle (not shown).
• lock 10 means a closure device comprising, for example, a mechanism which is maneuvered by hand with the aid of a removable accessory.
• the removable accessory is here a key.
• a latch 10 is inserted into an opening 52 of a first wall 51 of the door 50 of the motor vehicle, so that a front portion 1 1 of the latch 10 bears against one side outside 51 A of the first wall 51 of door 50, while a cylindrical main portion 12 of the lock 10, hereinafter called the cylinder 12 of the lock 10, is mounted on the inner side of the first wall 51 of the door 50 in the clamping device 100.
• the clamping device 100; 200 comprises a body 101; 201 in which is formed a cylindrical housing 102; 202 of axis of revolution X1; Y1 called in the following main axis X1; Y1.
• the body 101; 201 of the clamping device 100; 200 comprises two main faces 103, 104; 203, 204 opposite on which opens the cylindrical housing 102; 202.
• a side face 1 13; 213 connects these two main faces 103, 104; 203, 204 opposite.
• This form of the body 101; 201 of the clamping device 100; 201 has the advantage of limiting the dimensions of the clamping device 100; 200. It is thus compact.
• any other shape may be envisaged for the lateral contour of the body of the clamping device.
• a first face 104; 204 of the two main faces 103, 104; 203, 204 of the body 101; 201 of the clamping device 100; 200 is intended to be oriented towards the inside of the box forming the door 50, while a second main face 103; 203 is intended to be oriented towards the outer panel 51 of the door 50 (see more particularly Figure 4).
• the second main face 103; 203 is here perpendicular to the main axis X1; Y1 of the cylindrical housing 102; 202.
• the second main face 103; 203 of the clamping device 100; 200 is intended to be applied against the outer panel 51, near a neighboring wall 55 adjacent to this outer panel 51.
• This neighboring wall 55 is here a wall of the box of the door 50, distinct from the outer panel 51 (see more particularly Figures 4 and 5).
• This outer panel 51 and this adjacent wall 55 are here assembled by crimping. More particularly, at least a portion of the free end (not shown) of the outer panel 51 is folded over a free end (not shown) of this adjacent wall 55.
• the clamping device 100 comprises an assembly insert 30 arranged in the cylindrical housing 102 of the body 101.
• This assembly insert 30 is for example made of plastic or metal material, depending in particular on the degree of resistance to burglary desired for the device 100; 200.
• This assembly insert 30 cooperates with the cylinder 12 of the lock 10 to lock it in translation relative to the main axis X1; Y1 of the cylindrical housing 102; 202 of the clamping device 100; 200 in particular by lugs arranged on the cylinder 12 of the lock 10.
• the cooperation between the assembly insert 30 of the clamping device 100; 200 and the cylinder 12 of the lock 10 is established, in a conventional manner, by a rotation of one eighth of a turn of the clamping device 100; 200 on the cylinder 12 of the lock 10, around the main axis X1; Y1 of the cylindrical housing 102; 202 of the clamping device 100; 200.
• the outer wall 51 is subjected to compression: on the one hand, the front portion 1 1 of the lock 10 exerts pressure from the outside to the inside of the vehicle automobile, and, on the other hand, the clamping device 100; 200, in particular the insert 30, exerts a pressure from the inside to the outside of the motor vehicle so as to lock in rotation and in translation the lock 10 with respect to the main axis X1; Y1.
• the lock 10 is here a cardan lock, but one could consider a another type of lock known to those skilled in the art, for example, a lock by rod, a gear lock or cable lock.
• the fastening means 120; 220 here comprise an adapter element 130 attached to the body 101; 201 of the clamping device 100; 200 ( Figures 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6).
• the receiving means 160 here comprise a rail 161, rectilinear, extending along a longitudinal axis X2, which rises from the first main face 104 of the body 101 of the clamping device 100.
• the slide 131 here has an "L” shape.
• One of the branches 131A of this "L” comprises a mounting face 135 (FIG. 1) which is applied against the first main face 104 of the clamping device 100.
• the slider 131 of the adapter element 130 and the rail 161 of the receiving means 160 are here arranged in such a way that the interaction face 133 of the slider 131 extends in an inclined plane P1 making an angle of inclination. A2 nonzero relative to a plane P2 perpendicular to the second main face 103 of the body 101 of the clamping device 100 (see Figure 5).
• this angle of inclination A2 is therefore equal to 3 degrees.
• this angle of inclination forms a zero angle, thus, the outer panel and the adjacent wall would be perpendicular to each other.
• the first main face 104 of the body 101 of the clamping device 100 then comprises here at least one inclined portion 105 forming with the second main face 103 an angle equal to the angle inclination A2.
• these abutment means 162 are arranged at one end of the rail 161 of the receiving means 160, on the side of the rail 161 opposite the interaction face 133 of the slider 131.
• They include here a rectangular wall that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X2 of the rail 161.
• the slide 131 can here make a translation travel along the longitudinal axis X2 of the rail 161, whose length is between a few tenths of a millimeter and 20 millimeters, preferably equal to 5 millimeters.
• This rail 261 has similarly to the rail 161 of the first embodiment of Figures 1 to 5, a central branch 263 and two wings 264, the central branch 263 extending from the straight portion 213B of the body 201 of the device. clamping 200, substantially perpendicular to this straight portion 213B, along the median plane PM perpendicular to this straight portion 213B and containing the longitudinal axis Y2 of the rail 261.
• the mounting face 135 of the slide 131 is then intended to be applied against the straight portion 213B of the body 201 of the clamping device 100 for the sliding of the adapter element 130 on the body 201 of the clamping device 200.
• the interaction face 133 of the slider 131 is adapted to be applied against the adjacent wall 55 of the door 50 of the motor vehicle, which is here an angle A1 equal to 87 degrees with the outer panel 51 of the door 20 of the motor vehicle.
• the slider 131 of the adapter element 130 and the rail 261 are arranged to allow the application of the interaction face 133 of the slider 131 against this inclined neighboring wall 55.
• the slider 131 is moved in translation along the rail 161; 261 until the interaction face 133 comes into contact with the neighboring wall 55.
• the fixing screw 70 is inserted through the adjacent wall 55 into the reception opening 134 of the slide 131, so that the head 72 of the screw rests against an outer face of the neighboring wall 55 and that the body 71 of the fixing screw 70 passes through the reception opening 134.
• the clamping device 100; 200 is compact and its implementation is compatible with a reduced space available in the box of the door 50.
• the blocking device 100; 200 is furthermore advantageously compliant with the "Thatcham" regulations in force.
• an interaction face could be envisaged comprising snap-fastening means on the adjacent wall or the locking device to be fixed to the neighboring wall by one or more metal and / or plastic rivets.
• the body of the clamping device comprises means for retaining the slide on the rail, making this slide captive.
• the means for receiving the adapter element of the first main face of the body of the clamping device comprise a groove formed in this first face and that the adapter element comprises a rib adapted to slide in this groove.

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