FR2541640A1 - MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE FOR FASTENING A ROOF RACK - Google Patents

Abstract

A MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A ROOF RACK OF A CLASSIC TYPE, ON A PAVILION SPRING WITHOUT GUTTERS, HAS IN THE ROOF SPRING A HOUSING FOR PART OF AN ADAPTER WHICH IS FORMED BY A PIECE IN SHAPED SHEET SHEET, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS REALIZED SO AS TO RECEIVE A SUPPORT AND TIGHTENING DEVICE FOR A ROOF LUGGAGE RACK AND WHICH CAN BE FIXED TO THIS SIDE BY MEANS OF A SCREW. ADAPTER 1 IS MOUNTED BY ITS LOWER PART WHICH APPLIES AGAINST THE SIDING OF PAVILION 2 IN THE OPENING JOINT, BY MEANS OF A SCREW 3, SCREWED IN A THREADED SOCKET 4 MOUNTED TO REMAIN IN THE SIDING OF PAVILION 2. AT ITS UPPER PART WHICH EXCEEDS ABOVE THE OPENING JOINT, IT FORMS A SUPPORT GRADIN 8 BOMB AND HAVING A SMOOTH SURFACE, INTENDED FOR THE SUPPORT FOOT 9, AND A SLOT 10 FOR RECEIVING THE CLAMPING CLAW 11 A ROOF LUGGAGE RACK.

Description

The invention relates to a motor vehicle equipped with a device for

  fixing a roof rack of conventional type, on a girder spar gutter comprising a housing for part of an adapter, formed by a stamped sheet metal part, whose upper end is made to receive a support and clamping device for a roof rack and which

  can be mounted on the beam with a screw.

  By DE-PS 30 18 424, a vehicle is already known.

  l equipped with a luggage rack fixing device

kind mentioned above.

  The known device has the disadvantage that the adapter, which is a stamped sheet metal part, encloses

  on a large surface the frame of the pavilion of the vehicle

  and that its elements intended to receive the bag-

  are protruding from the outline of the pavilion, with sharp edges

  which constitutes a significant risk of injury when

  the luggage rack is removed but not the adapter

  especially in winter, it is very likely that the use of

  the vehicle dismounts and dismounts the ski carrier on the weekend but, for reasons of

  during the following work week, adapt them to the

it is fixed there.

  The object of the invention is to improve the

  position and the constitution of such an adapter, for a

  roof rack, so that it can be

  the roof frame and that, even when the luggage carrier is not in place, it can remain

  mounted on the vehicle without constituting a substantial risk

ble of injury.

  According to the invention, this object is achieved by the fact that a motor vehicle is provided with a device for fixing a roof rack as described above, the adapter of which can be mounted by its lower part. which is applied against the roof spar in the joint

  opening, by means of a screw placed in a

  raudée mounted permanently in the roof spar and is provided, at its upper part which protrudes above

  of the opening seal, a support step of the support foot

  curved and having a smooth surface as well as a

  the reception of the clamping claw of a luggage rack

roof.

  Because the adapter can be tight against the

  flag spar by its lower part which applies

  only against the latter in the opening seal, by means of a screw placed in a threaded socket permanently mounted in the spar of the roof, and is provided, at its upper part, which protrudes above the gasket. opening, a support step of the convex support foot, having a smooth surface and a receiving slot of the clamping claw of a roof rack, this adapter, which is a stamped sheet metal part, may remain mounted on the vehicle during the working week without constituting a

  risk of injury.

  wind have appropriate smooth surfaces and edges

rounded.

  The support step and the receiving slot can

  have a width and length as

  for just about every roof rack in the market.

  The presence of several fixing holes which can

  may be used to adjust the position of the adapter in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,

  to the corresponding extent of each luggage rack.

  The following description of an embodiment

  represented by the drawing and given as a non-limiting example will highlight the advantages and characteristics

of the invention.

  1 is a vertical section of the roof frame of a vehicle, at the location of a door, with an adapter according to the invention, consisting of

  a piece of stamped sheet metal, fixed by means of a screw.

  Fig 2 is a view in the direction of the arrow

I of Figure 1.

  FIG. 3 is a section along the line III-III of FIG. 2. In the figures, an adapter 1, made under the

  form of a stamped sheet metal part, the lower part of which

  the upper spar 2 of the roof, is

  xed by a screw 3 screwed into a threaded socket 4 mounted

  permanently in the spar 2 of the pavilion.

  The threaded bushing 4 is installed in advance.

  this in two lateral parts of the right and left spars

  flag, when the body is made If it is not used, it is closed with a simple plug

of plastic material.

  The adapter 1, which is a sheet metal part,

  in its lower part 3, holes 5,

  readable for the fixing screw 3

  holes 5, there are, on the lower edges of the

  bending support feet 6 thanks to which the

  eventual tipping times are neutralized by

  against the outer flange 7 of the roof spar-2.

  The top of the adapter 1 shaped

  of pressed sheet metal, which protrudes above the opening gasket

  re, is provided with a support step 8 curved and having a

  smooth surface for the support leg 9 of a carrier

  roof gages, and a receiving slot 10 for the

  Clamping claw It of this luggage rack.

  The width and length of the support step 8, and

  the length and width of the receiving slot 10 can

  They should be chosen in such a way that they are suitable for almost all standard roof racks.

  and the adapter edges of the invention which are parallel

  on the surface of the bodywork can have rays of the size that one wants, so that, if the

  The acaptators are placed on the vehicle while the

  te-bagaqesen is removed, the possibility of injury ar

  parts with sharp edges protruding is not increased.

  -REVENDI c ATI 0 NS 1 Motor vehicle equipped with a conventional roof rack device for attaching a roof girder without a gutter having a housing for a part of an adapter formed by a part made of pressed sheet metal, the upper end of which is designed to receive a device for supporting and clamping a roof rack and which can be mounted on the spar by means of a screw, characterized in that

  the adapter (1) can be mounted

  which is applied against the roof beam (2) in the opening gasket, by means of a screw (3) placed

  in a threaded bush (4) mounted permanently in the

  geron flag (2) and is provided, at its upper part which protrudes above the opening seal, a support step (8) of the support foot (9), curved and having a smooth surface thus than a slot (10) for receiving

  the claw (11) of a roof rack.

  Adapter according to claim 1, characterized

  in that its lower part has several holes (5) which can be used to

  screw (3), and a number of small support legs (6)

  located at a distance from each other, for a

  flange remaining hidden (7) of spar (2) flag.