IE64395B1

IE64395B1 - A bracket for a mudgard support

Info

Publication number: IE64395B1
Application number: IE321990A
Authority: IE
Inventors: Heinz-Henning Jurges
Original assignee: Kover Gmbh & Co Kg Metall U
Priority date: 1989-09-09
Filing date: 1990-09-04
Publication date: 1995-08-09
Also published as: DE59004113D1; EP0417426B1; EP0417426A1; ES2052113T3; ATE99615T1; DK0417426T3; DE8910775U1; IE903219A1

Abstract

A bracket for a mudguard support comprises a mounting plate (1), from which a support element protrudes, on which a receiving element (8) for a mounting tube of the mudguard support is provided. The mounting plate also has a receiving element (2) for a mounting element which serves to detachably mount the bracket on the vehicle chassis. The axis (A) of the receiving element (8) for the mounting tube of the mudguard support is arranged offset with respect to the axis (B) of the receiving element (2) for the mounting element. <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention relates to a bracket for a mudguard support, i.e. to a fastening part for fastening a retaining tube of a mudguard support to a vehicle chassis.

At the present time, the fastening of retaining tubes of mudguard supports to the chassis of the corresponding vehicles takes place by welding. In this case, the retaining tube is normally welded directly to the vehicle chassis by one of the end faces; if necessary a separate fastening part welded to the vehicle chassis serves for the indirect fastening of the retaining tube. Depending on the respective conditions (tyre size, nature in the known fastenings, the tube or of the vehicle chassis is determined and the retaining tube or the fastening part is welded in this position to the corresponding side sill or sub-frame. of the suspension, etc.) position of the retaining This type of fastening of retaining tubes of mudguard supports to vehicle chassis has considerable drawbacks. In the case where the retaining tube is welded to the vehicle frame early in the assembly process, this prevents the following assembly steps; otherwise, i.e. when the fastening of the retaining tube to the vehicle chassis takes place only late in the assembly process, the corrosion protection applied to the parts previously is damaged by the welding.

Accordingly it is the object of the present invention to provide a fastening part, which allows the mounting of a retaining tube of a mudguard support on a vehicle chassis, without a previously applied corrosion protection being damaged by the mounting. The fastening part should furthermore be constructed in such a way that it allows simple assembly of the mudguard support, at the same time the possibility of subsequent adjustment of the mudguard support and of the mudguard or of the vehicle chassis simultaneously existing. This object is achieved according to the invention by a bracket according to Claim 1. In the assembled state, the fastening plate of the bracket according to the invention lies on the corresponding part of the vehicle chassis, for example the surface of a side sill or a sub-frame. Since the fastening plate comprises a socket for a separate fastening member, which serves for the releasable fastening of the bracket to the vehicle chassis, the mounting of the mudguard support can take place without welding; thus no damage to the corrosion protection previously applied to the parts occurs. The mounting of the mudguard support may consequently take place at a time from which the already mounted mudguard support is no longer a hindrance at the time of the continuing assembly process. Since the axis of the socket for the retaining tube of the ;mudguard support is offset with respect to the socket for the fastening member, by rotating t the bracket or the fastening member, the position of the retaining tube can be varied and thus the mudguard or the vehicle chassis can be adjusted. Finally, the bracket according to the invention also allows rapid dismantling of the mudguard, for example for the fitting of snow chains.

It is preferably provided that the axis of the socket for the retaining tube of the mudguard support or the fastening plate is located substantially vertically. A bracket constructed in this way allows the mounting of a horizontally aligned retaining tube on vertical sections of parts of the vehicle chassis, for example on the central section of side sills constructed as I-girders. These sections are particularly easily accessible from the outside/ sideways, due to which the mounting of the mudguard is further simplified; in addition, due to such a design, the mounting of the mudguard support may take place in regions which are subject to relatively low mechanical stress. In a particularly preferred manner, in this case the support member projects substantially perpendicularly from the fastening plate and the socket for the retaining tube is arranged in such a way that its projection in the plane of the fastening ’plate lies outside the region covered by the fastening plate. A bending of the bracket resulting in this way allows an adjustment of the mudguard mounting within wider limits, in which case at the same time there is no impediment to the tilting capacity of the bracket or its fastening point to the vehicle chassis by projecting parts, such as for example the upper and/or lower truss of an I-girder.

Provided that the bracket according to the invention is intended to serve for fastening a mudguard support to those parts of the vehicle chassis which have no projecting edges (for example box girders) a bend is not necessary. In this case, the support member is able to project radially from the fastening plate.

The support member is preferably constructed as a profiled support arm. Further advantageous constructions of the support member are for example two parallel support plates or a U-support open on the under side.

On its outer edge, the fastening plate preferably comprises a substantially annular bearing surface. In this way the stress on the fastening member is reduced, the introduction of force into the bracket is made uniform and the security of the mudguard fastening is increased.

The socket for the retaining tube preferably comprises a bush or bushes adapted to the cross-section of the retaining tube and completely surrounding the latter. In another preferred embodiment, the socket for the retaining tube comprises a shell partly surrounding the latter. In this case, the fastening of the retaining tube in the socket preferably takes place by welding. However, a releasable fastening of the retaining tube may also be provided, in that the socket for the retaining tube is provided with a mechanical clamping device, such as for example a clamping screw. bracket exist. In consists of serving as For the construction of the socket for the fastening member, which serves for the releasable fastening of the to the vehicle chassis, numerous possibilities a particularly preferred manner, the socket a through hole for receiving a screw bolt the fastening member. In a further preferred embodiment, the socket for the fastening member consists of a slot of substantially constant width, open on one side. Such a construction of the socket for the fastening member may contribute to the simplification of the mounting of the mudguard support due to the fact that the bracket is suspended in a pre-assembled fastening member. Finally, the socket for the fastening member may also consist of a bore provided with a threaded insert.

Further preferred embodiments will become apparent from the Sub-claims. Two embodiments of the bracket according to the invention will be described in detail hereafter with reference to the drawings. In this case it should be pointed out that in the presence of corresponding installation conditions, the illustrated brackets according to the invention are not mounted in the alignment reproduced in the drawing. On the contrary, the bracket is frequently mounted on the vehicle chassis with the bend directed substantially downwards, so that the socket for the retaining tube lies lower than the fastening point of the bracket to the chassis. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment.

Figure 2 is a side view of the bracket according to Figure 1, Figure 3 is a section through the bracket according to Figures 1 and 2, Figure 4 is a section on line IV-rlV of Figure 3, Figure 5 is a plan view cf asecond embodiment of the bracket according to the invention and Figure 6 is a side view of the bracket according to Figure .

The bracket according to Figures 1 to 4 has a fastening plate 1 with a centrally located through hole 2. On the side which serves for connection to the vehicle chassis, the fastening plate has an annular bearing surface 3 on its periphery.

A support, arm 4 projects from the fastening plate 1 eccentrically and perpendicularly thereto. The support arm 4 is in this case profiled in such a way that it comprises two laterally disposed reinforcing ribs 5 as well as an upper central reinforcing rib 6 and a lower central reinforcing rib 7. The end of the support arm 4 remote from the fastening plate 1 passes into a bush 8, whereof the inner diameter is adapted to the outer diameter of the retaining tube to be fastened. The edge 9 of the bush 8 is in this case swung in such a way that the welded seam, by which the retaining tube is fastened to the bracket, promotes the transmission of force between the retaining tube and bracket, without weakening the strength of the retaining tube.

The axis A of the bush 8 is offset with respect to the axis B of the through hole 2 by the distance h, due to which, when tilting the bracket about the axis B of the through hole 2, total variability of the height of the retaining tube or of the vehicle chassis by 2 x h results.

The embodiment according to Figures 5 and 6 corresponds substantially to the embodiment according to Figures 1 to 4 so that one can refer to the corresponding explanations. However, in the embodiment According to Figures 5 and 6, the socket for the retaining tube is constructed as a shell 10 surrounding the latter only partly. Furthermore, a slot 11 is provided in the fastening plate 1 as a socket for the fastening member, due to which the bracket can be moved by way of a screw bolt serving as a fastening 10 member and pre-assembled on the vehicle chassis.

Claims

1. Bracket for a mudguard support with the following features: a) the bracket comprises a fastening plate (1); b) a support member (4) projects from the fastening plate 5 (1); c) provided on the support member (4) is a socket (8; 10) for a retaining tube of the mudguard support; d) the fastening plate (1) comprises a socket (2; 11) for a fastening member, which serves for the releasable 10 fastening of the bracket to the vehicle chassis; e) the axis (A) of the socket (8; 10) for the retaining tube of the mudguard support is offset with respect to the socket (2; 11) for the fastening member.

2. Bracket according to Claim 1, characterised in that 15 the axis (A) of the socket (8; 10) for the retaining tube of the mudguard support or the fastening plate (1) is located substantially vertically.

3. Bracket according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterised in that the support member projects substantially perpen20 dicularly from the fastening plate (1).

4. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the socket (8; 10) for the retaining tube is arranged in such a way that its projection in the plane of the fastening plate (1) lies outside the region covered by the fastening plate.

5. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the support member is constructed as a profiled support arm. - 8

6. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the socket for the retaining tube comprises a bush (8).

7. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the socket for the retaining tube comprises a shell (10) partly surrounding the latter.

8. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the socket for the retaining tube is provided with a mechanical clamping device.

9. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterised in that on its periphery the fastening plate (1) comprises a substantially annular bearing surface (3).

10. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the socket for the fastening member consists of a through hole (2).

11. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the socket for the fastening member consists of a bore with a threaded insert.

12. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the socket for the fastening member consists of a slot (11) of substantially constant width, open on one side.

13. Bracket according to one of Claims 1 to 12, characterised in that it consists of malleable cast iron.

14. Mudguard support bracket substantially as herein described with reference to or as illustrated in Figs 1 to 4, or Figs 5 and 6, of the accompanying drawings.