Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
  • E05D15/1042—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage
  • E05D15/1047—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage specially adapted for vehicles
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
  • E05D2015/1026—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane accessories, e.g. sliding or rolling guides, latches
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
  • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
  • E05Y2600/12—Adjustable by manual operation
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
  • E05Y2800/26—Form or shape
  • E05Y2800/31—Form or shape eccentric
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
  • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
  • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
  • E05Y2900/531—Doors

Definitions

• the invention relates to a sliding vehicle door.
• the position of the sliding door on the body is directly dependent on the position of the guiding mechanisms.
• the position of these guiding mechanisms on the door is provided by screwing. If position correction is necessary, loosen the mechanism and risk losing the original setting. In this case, you must do everything again without ever being certain that the result will be better the next time. It is therefore necessary, on the one hand a means for freezing the position of the mechanism during the loosening phase, and on the other hand allowing a very precise modification of the new position.
• a sliding vehicle door according to the invention allows a precise adjustment of the guide means without having to modify the original setting.
• the invention relates to a sliding vehicle door comprising a box and a carriage on which are mounted means for guiding said door, the carriage having an outer surface intended to come into contact with a surface of the box before being attached to said box.
• the main characteristic of a sliding door according to the invention is that the carriage comprises an eccentric with a finger emerging from the outer surface and adapted to be inserted into a vertical buttonhole of the box, the adjustment of the position of the carriage on the box being made by rotating the eccentric relative to the carriage, causing a horizontal translation of said carriage along the box along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
• the position of the carriage on the box of the sliding door is adjusted with rigor and precision, by means of a simple rotation of the eccentric which, because of the insertion of the finger in a vertical buttonhole of the box, leads a linear and horizontal movement of small amplitude of the carriage along the box. In this way, it is no longer necessary to retouch the initial setting of the carriage on the door box.
• the eccentric Rotating the finger of the eccentric in a vertical buttonhole of the box, causes a movement in horizontal translation of the carriage along said box.
• the eccentric is made of plastic.
• the rotation of the eccentric can indifferently be carried out by means of a hand tool or a power tool screwdriver type. Assuming that the eccentric has an axis of rotation, the finger is placed on said eccentric offset from said axis.
• the carriage has an inner surface substantially parallel to the outer surface, the rotation of the eccentric being performed on the side of said inner surface. Supposing that the finger of the eccentric is placed at the front of the eccentric, the rotation of the eccentric is effected by the rear thereof.
• the eccentric has a recess for receiving a tool, the rotation of the eccentric being caused by a rotation of the tool placed in the cavity. It is advantageously assumed that the tool has a tip adapted to be inserted into the cavity of the eccentric, without the possibility of being able to move inside the cavity, so that a rotation of the tool causes a simultaneous rotation of the eccentric.
• the eccentric has a cylindrical body, one end of which terminates in an enlarged planar head from which the finger emerges along an axis parallel to the axis of revolution of said cylindrical body, said finger being implanted on said head eccentrically.
• the cylindrical body is bordered by a widened bead, the eccentric being inserted into the carriage so that the enlarged head and the bead are found on either side of the carriage. In this way, the eccentric can not get out of the cart in one direction or the other.
• the eccentric is fixed to the carriage by means of a holding piece at least partially capping said eccentric and now axially clipping thereof.
• the eccentric and the holding part are further mutually integral in rotation.
• This holding piece is intended to fix and maintain the eccentric on the carriage. The fact that this retaining piece can be clipped on the eccentric, simplifies the mounting of the eccentric on the carriage without the use of any tool and / or long and complicated manipulations.
• the holding member comprises a breakable arm ending in an indexing pin adapted to be inserted into a hole of the carriage.
• This indexing finger acts as a reference for mounting the eccentric always in the same position on the carriage.
• the breakable arm can include at least one weakening line to locally reduce its thickness, making it a breaking zone.
• the carriage comprises two horizontally aligned pins and the box comprises two horizontal buttonholes in which are intended to be placed said two pins to prevent rotation of the carriage during the manipulation of the eccentric in rotation and allowing longitudinal guidance.
• the carriage is fixed to the door box by means of three screws equitably distributed on said carriage.
• the carriage may be necessary beforehand to loosen the screws to release the carriage.
• Another object of the invention is a method of adjusting a carriage on a casing of a sliding door according to the invention.
• the main characteristic of an adjustment method according to the invention is that it comprises the following steps,
• the eccentric can be rotated in both directions, allowing horizontal movement in both directions of the carriage along the door box.
• a sliding vehicle door according to the invention has the advantage of having guide means whose position is finely adjustable, without having to lose a previous setting of said guide means and without resorting to complicated manipulations. Because of the ease of adjustment of these guide means, this results in significant time savings along a production line of a vehicle, and therefore lower costs. In addition, the adjustment of the position of the door can be carried out in a fine and controlled manner, which all the more improves the quality perceived by games and outcrop greatly reduced.
• FIG. 1 is a front view of a carriage and a casing of a sliding door according to the invention
• FIG. 2A is a perspective view of a carriage of a sliding door according to the invention, showing the bearing face of the carriage intended to come against the door box,
• FIG. 2B is a perspective view from another angle of the carriage of FIG. 2A,
• FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a carriage and a casing of a sliding door according to the invention
• FIG. 3B is a perspective view at another angle of the carriage and the box of FIG. 3A,
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a carriage of a sliding door according to the invention
• - Figure 5 is a perspective view of a carriage and a box of a sliding door according to the invention, showing the interaction between guide means carried by said carriage and a guide rail.
• a motor vehicle which is provided with a sliding side door 1 implements means for guiding and sliding said door 1, allowing said door 1 to be translated along a longitudinal axis of said vehicle, between a closed position and a fully open position.
• These guiding and sliding means schematically comprise a horizontal rail 6 secured to the body 2 of the vehicle, and a carriage 3 fixed to a casing 4 of said sliding door 1, said carriage 3 supporting elements 5 adapted to be inserted in said guide rail 6.
• the carriage 3 is a part having a flat base 7, extended by two parallel and parallel lateral planar edges 8, 9 extending perpendicular to the plane of said base 7.
• An interface piece 10 is pivotally mounted on the carriage 3 about an axis 11 connecting the two side edges 8, 9 of the carriage 3, said axis extending perpendicular to the planes of said edges 8, 9.
• This interface piece 10 supports two guide rollers 12 and 13 and a carrier roller 43 intended to be inserted in the rail 6.
• the carriage 3 may comprise a spiral spring 14 which is inserted around the axis 11.
• the carriage 3 may also comprise an extension 16 of one of said lateral edges 8, 9 against which an end 15 spring 14 is able to bear. This spring 14 can then exert pressure on the interface piece 10 in order to place it by default, in a predefined position relative to the carriage 3.
• the base 7 of the carriage 3 has an outer surface 17 and an inner surface 18, said surfaces being parallel.
• the inner surface 18 corresponds to the surface of the base 7 on which are implanted the two lateral edges 8, 9.
• the outer surface 17 is in contact with a surface of said casing 4 so as to establish an extended contact between said carriage 3 and 4.
• the base 7 may be substantially rectangular in shape, and have holes 20, here three in number, the contour may be square or rectangular profile, said holes 20 being identical and each intended to receive a fastening screw 21 for securing the carriage 3 closely to the casing 4 of the sliding door 1.
• Two first holes 20 are positioned at the two corners of one end of the base 7, the third being placed at another end of the base 7 on an axis perpendicular to the axis connecting the first two holes 20 and intersecting said axis in the middle thereof.
• the base 7 of the carriage 3 has two lugs 22 projecting, aligned along a longitudinal axis of the base 7, and each intended to be inserted into a horizontal buttonhole 23 of the box 4 of the door.
• the base 7 comprises a circular hole in which an eccentric 24 is inserted.
• the hole for receiving the eccentric 24 is cylindrical and defines an inner channel having a first section 25 of enlarged diameter and a second section 26 of reduced diameter, said sections 25, 26 being in continuity one of the other.
• the first section 25 opens out at the outer surface 17 of the base 7 and the second section 26 opens at the inner surface 18 of said base 7.
• the eccentric 24 is a cylindrical piece having an axis of revolution. More specifically, the eccentric 24 has a cylindrical central body 27, bordered on one side by a cylindrical disc 28 of enlarged diameter relative to that of said body 27, and bordered on the other side by a cylindrical bead 29 of enlarged diameter. relative to that of said body 27.
• the bead 29 is bevelled so as to have a variable diameter along its axis of revolution, the smallest diameter of said bead 29 remaining however greater than that of the central body 27.
• the widest part bead 29 is located on the side of the central body 27 and the narrowest part thereof is furthest from said central body 27.
• the bead 29 is extended by a secondary cylindrical body 30 whose diameter is equal to that of the central body 27.
• the eccentric 24 is thus delimited along its axis of revolution, by an outer circular surface 31 of the expanded disk 28 and by an outer circular surface 32 of the secondary body 30.
• a cylindrical finger 33 is implanted on the outer circular surface 31 of the expanded disk 28 of the eccentric 24, so that its axis of revolution is parallel to that of the eccentric 24 but offset with respect thereto.
• the eccentric 24 is an integral part, and has an internal channel 34 originating at the outer circular surface 32 of the secondary body 30 and extending through said secondary body 30 and the bead 29, and stopping in the central body 27.
• the bottom of this channel 34 located in said central body 27 has a pointed shape.
• the eccentric 24 is inserted into the hole of the base 7 by the outer surface 17 of said base 7, so that the expanded disk 28 comes to occupy the first enlarged section 25 of the hole, and that the central body 27 comes to occupy the second section 26 of reduced diameter of said hole.
• the widened bead 29 and the secondary body 30 of the eccentric 24 project from the inner surface 18 of the base 27 towards the inside of said base 7 delimited by the two lateral edges 8, 9.
• the cylindrical finger 33 protrudes from the outer surface 17 of the base 7 and is intended to be inserted into a vertical buttonhole 50 of the casing 4 of the sliding door 1.
• a holding member 35 having a cylindrical hollow body 37 extended by a radial arm 38 serves to maintain the eccentric 24 in the hole of the base 7 in a predetermined angular position.
• the radial arm 38 is preferably of breakable type and comprises for this purpose two opposite grooves for locally reducing its thickness.
• the radial arm 38 terminates in a pin 39 extending perpendicularly to said arm 38 and intended to be housed in an orifice 40 of the base 7.
• the cylindrical body 37 of the holding piece 35 capped the bead 29 and the secondary body 30 of the eccentric 24 projecting inside the base 7, while the pin 39 of said holding piece 35 is inserted into the hole 40 by the inner surface 18 of the base 7.
• An annular end of the cylindrical body 37 of the holding piece 35 is housed between the inner surface 18 of the base 7 and the bead 29 of the eccentric 24.
• the holding piece 35 is assembled to the base 7 via the eccentric 24 on which the holding member 35 is clipped and retained axially.
• the radial arm 38 provided with the pin 39 makes it possible to mount the eccentric 24 always in the same position in the base 7 of the carriage 3.
• the holding piece 35 and the eccentric 24 are integral in rotation via splines 44 Radial protruding from the bead 29. In the case of an adjustment, the rotation of the eccentric 24 causes the rupture of the radial arm
• a method of adjusting the position of the carriage 3 on the casing 4 of a sliding door 1 according to the invention comprises the following steps: - A step of loosening the three screws 21 for fixing the carriage
• eccentric 24 can be rotated by the tool, both clockwise and counterclockwise. As a result, the carriage 3 can be translated horizontally along the door casing 4 in both directions.

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