JP2021123294A - Spare tire holder - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a spare tire holder freely detachable by a method uninfluenced on the total length of an automobile, and installable by turning the surface side of a spare tire of incorporating an aluminum wheel backward in the advancing direction when a vehicle advances.SOLUTION: A spare tire holder 1 for detachably installing a spare tire 50 in a vehicle body rear part 100 has a base bracket 3 installed in the vehicle body rear part 100 and insertably-detachably inserting a spare tire bracket 2 for installing the spare tire 50 and the spare tire bracket 2 for fixing the spare tire 50. The base bracket 3 and the spare bracket 2 are fixed by a fixing member 4 threadably attachable without using a tool, and the base bracket 3 is composed of a base part 31 composed of a plate shape having a through-hole 5 for inserting a bolt 6 for installing in a vehicle and a bracket support part 32 fixed to the base part 31 and capable of inserting the projecting spare tire bracket 2, and a projected end part of the bracket support part 32 is formed in a prescribed height of not becoming the last end of the vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a spare tire holder that detachably attaches a spare tire to the outside of the rear door of the vehicle body. It is about a spare tire holder that can be.

Conventionally, some automobiles such as jeep type and recreational vehicles have spare tires mounted on the outside of the back door. In addition, in order to attach the spare tire to the outside of the back door, it is common to project a bracket for fixing the spare tire to the back door and fix it to the bracket using the bolt hole of the wheel of the spare tire. Met.

Here, it is considered that the total length of the automobile in the above configuration, that is, the length from the front end to the rear end of the vehicle body affects the protruding end of the bracket, and the total length of the automobile is due to legal reasons and the like. Since it is required to fit within a predetermined dimension, there is a problem that the protruding end of the bracket cannot be greatly projected to the rear of the vehicle body.

In response to such a problem, Patent Document 1 describes a spare tire carrier (spare tire) in which the back surface of a spare tire, particularly a wheel, that is, the back surface when a normal tire is attached to a vehicle is attached toward the rear in the traveling direction when the vehicle is moving forward. Holder) is disclosed.

Here, the reason for mounting in the above direction is that the center of the wheel width direction (so-called rim width direction) incorporated in the tire and the wheel mounting surface (so-called disc mounting surface) are deviated. This is because the amount of protrusion of the mounting bracket can be reduced by mounting in the direction of, but there is a problem that the back surface of the wheel can be seen from the rear and the appearance is not good when mounted in that direction.

In response to such a problem, Patent Document 2 uses a wheel cap that covers the back surface of the wheel by locking it to the rim portion of the wheel in a state where the back surface of the spare tire is attached toward the rear in the traveling direction when the vehicle is moving forward. A spare wheel mounting device (spare tire holder) for an automobile is disclosed.

Jikken 7-55190 Gazette Jikkenhei 6-13989

However, the spare tire holder described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the wheel cap cannot be locked and an aluminum wheel in the case of a wheel other than the genuinely adopted steel wheel, for example, a spare tire incorporating an aftermarket aluminum wheel. There was also a problem that the surface part was damaged when the surface of the tire was brought into contact with the spare tire holder and fixed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a specific object thereof is that the tire can be attached and detached in a manner that does not affect the total length of the automobile, and the surface side of the spare tire incorporating the aluminum wheel is used when the vehicle is moving forward. It is an object of the present invention to provide a spare tire holder that can be mounted rearward in the direction of travel.

The present invention has been devised to achieve the above object. More specifically, it is a spare tire holder that allows the spare tire to be detachably attached to the rear part of the vehicle body, and a base bracket that is attached to the rear part of the vehicle body and allows the spare tire bracket to be attached and detached. The base bracket and the spare tire bracket are fixed by a fixing member that can be screwed without using a tool, and the base bracket is for mounting on a vehicle. It consists of a plate-shaped base having a through hole for inserting a bolt and a bracket support for inserting the spare tire bracket that is fixed to the base and protrudes, and the protruding end of the bracket support is a vehicle. A configuration formed at a required height that does not become the rearmost end is included.

The spare tire holder of the present invention is a fixing member in which the protruding end of the bracket support is formed at a height that does not become the rearmost end of the vehicle, and the base bracket and the spare tire bracket can be screwed together without using a tool. Since it is fixed, the spare tire bracket portion has an effect of not affecting the total length of the automobile because it is a so-called simple mounting method.

In the present invention, the spare tire bracket is formed by bending a metal plate having a required thickness into a substantially U shape, and is projected to the outside of an upper surface in a state where the opening side of the substantially U shape is turned down. The first male threaded portion that is inserted into the wheel hole through which the hub bolt penetrates when the wheel incorporated in the spare tire is normally attached to the vehicle to fix the wheel, and the first male threaded portion are viewed downward from the front. A second male screw portion that is inserted into the bracket support portion to prevent the spare tire bracket from falling, and a second male screw portion that is further projected in the left-right direction with the first male screw portion viewed from the front. It has a third male screw portion that fits into the bracket support portion and regulates the movement of the vehicle in the front-rear direction, and the height of the spare tire bracket directs the surface side of the spare tire toward the rear in the traveling direction when the vehicle advances. Includes configurations that are formed at the required height for mounting.

The spare tire holder of the present invention has the effect of being able to fix spare tires of various sizes by adjusting the height of the spare tire bracket to the required height with the above-described configuration.

Further, in the present invention, the bracket support portion is formed by bending a metal plate having a required thickness into a substantially L-shape and a substantially inverted L-shape, and each of them is a base bolt projecting from the base portion. It has a fitting groove that is fixed with a fixing nut and has a width that allows the third male screw portion to be fitted and detached, and a support piece in a direction that supports the spare tire bracket while mounted on the vehicle. The second male screw portion is provided at a required position of the support piece with a support portion through hole through which the second male screw portion can be inserted and removed, and the respective fitting grooves are formed in a direction along the vertical direction while being mounted on the vehicle. A configuration is included in which the third male screw portion is engraved in a direction parallel to the surface of the base portion and includes an upper open portion that can be fitted and detached from above.

In the spare tire holder of the present invention, a plurality of second male screw portions and a plurality of third male screw portions are projected from the spare tire bracket, and the third male screw portion is a fitting groove that can be fitted and removed from the bracket support portion. , The movement of the vehicle in the front-rear direction can be regulated, and the spare tire bracket can be supported by the support part through hole that allows the second male screw part to be inserted and removed freely. Even if the fixing member that fixes each of the third screw portions loosens due to vibration during traveling or the like and falls off, there is an effect that the spare tire does not easily fall off.

Further, the upward opening portion of the present invention is formed by an inner end portion of the bracket support portion on the base side side and an outer end portion facing the fitting groove, and the outer end portion is formed on the inner end portion. The base bolt and the fixing nut are arranged at a required position in the vertical direction of the fitting groove, and the third male screw portion can pass through the gap between the outer end portion and the base bolt and the fixing nut. Includes configurations formed in the required gaps.

In the spare tire holder of the present invention, when the spare tire bracket is moved in the vertical direction, it comes into contact with the fixing nut and the base bolt and cannot be fitted and removed. Since it is possible to pass through the gap between the tire and the tire so that it can be fitted and removed, the fixing member that fixes each of the second screw portion and the third screw portion temporarily loosens due to vibration during running and falls off. However, it also has the effect of preventing the spare tire from falling off.

In the present invention, the fixing member is formed by a knob nut that is manually tightenable and has female threads that are screwed into the tips of the second male threaded portion and the third male threaded portion that protrude from the bracket support portion. This includes a configuration having a through hole in which the spare tire bracket and the base bracket can be locked with a padlock.

Since the spare tire holder of the present invention uses a knob nut engraved with a female screw, it can be attached and detached without using a tool, and can be locked, so that it has an effect of preventing theft.

The spare tire holder of the present invention is removable by a so-called simple mounting method, does not affect the total length of the automobile, and moves the surface side of the spare tire incorporating the aftermarket aluminum wheel to the rear in the traveling direction when the vehicle is moving forward. The effect that it can be mounted facing is obtained.

It is an exploded perspective view which shows the outline including the vehicle of the spare tire holder which concerns on this embodiment. It is a side view which shows the state which attached the spare tire holder which concerns on this embodiment to a vehicle. It is a front view which shows the spare tire holder which concerns on this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which the spare tire bracket is inserted into the base bracket of the spare tire holder shown in FIG. It is a partially enlarged view which shows the upper opening part of the fitting groove of the spare tire holder shown in FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the spare tire holder shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the drawings are schematically shown and do not necessarily match the actual dimensions and ratios. In addition, the drawings may include parts having different dimensional relationships and ratios from each other.
In the present embodiment, the vertical direction, the front-rear direction, and the left-right direction of the vehicle body are expressed as the up-down direction, the front-rear direction, and the left-right direction, respectively, based on the state in which the spare tire holder is mounted on the vehicle. ..

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a spare tire holder 1 for detachably attaching a spare tire to the rear 100 of the vehicle body, and a spare tire bracket 2 for attaching the spare tire 50 to the rear 100 of the vehicle body is inserted. A fixing member 4 having a detachably attachable base bracket 3 and a spare tire bracket 2 for fixing the spare tire 50, and the base bracket 3 and the spare tire bracket 2 can be screwed together without using a tool. For example, the base bracket 3 is fixed with a knob nut, and a plate-shaped base 31 having a through hole 5 for inserting a bolt 6 for mounting on a vehicle and a spare tire bracket 2 fixed to the base 31 and protruding are inserted. It is composed of possible bracket support portions 32, 32, and is formed at a required height so that the protruding end portion T1 of the bracket support portions 32, 32 fits in the front side of the vehicle from the rearmost end L of the vehicle.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the spare tire bracket 2 according to the present embodiment is formed by bending a substantially long strip-shaped metal plate having a required thickness into a substantially U shape in a plan view. A wheel hole on the outside of the rear side when the tire is attached to the vehicle, with the opening side of the shape facing down, through which the hub bolt of the wheel 51 incorporated in the spare tire 50 is normally attached to the vehicle. The first male screw portion 21 that is inserted into the 52 and fixes the wheel 51 is projected at three places.

Further, a second male screw portion 22 is projected downward to prevent the spare tire bracket from falling by penetrating into the left and right bracket support portions 32, 32 while the first male screw portion 21 is viewed from the front. A third male screw portion 23 that fits into the bracket support portions 32 and 32 to regulate the movement in the front-rear direction is projected in the left-right direction with the first male screw portion 21 viewed from the front, and the spare tire bracket height T2. Is attached so that the surface side of the spare tire is directed to the rear in the traveling direction when the vehicle is moving forward, and the sidewall surface 53 of the spare tire 50 is formed at a height that does not abut on the rear portion 100 of the vehicle body.

The spare tire bracket 2 has four triangular reinforcing gusset plate portions 25 inscribed inside a right-angled bent portion 24 in which a substantially long strip-shaped metal plate is bent in a substantially U shape in a plan view and fixed by welding. ing. Further, the spare tire bracket 2 has bottom pieces 26, 26 extending in a substantially rectangular shape on the long side portion near the intersection of both ends in the length direction of the substantially long strip-shaped metal plate before bending and one of the long sides. The bottom pieces 26, 26 are bent inward at a right angle, and have a triangular reinforcing plate portion 27 inscribed inside the bottom pieces 26, 26 and fixed by welding, and further, the bottom pieces 26, 26 A second male screw portion 22 is projected on the lower surface side.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the bracket support portion 32 bends the metal plate having the required thickness into a substantially L-shape and a substantially inverted L-shape, and further, the outer side of the long side of the L-shape. A base bolt hole 41 is formed at a required position of a mounting piece 34 extended to the base, and a base bolt portion 8 and a fixing nut 7 projecting from the base 31 at positions where a pair of left and right L-shapes face each other. It has a fitting groove 37 fixed to 31 and having a width required for the third male screw portion 23 to be fitted and detached, and a support piece 35 in a direction for supporting the spare tire bracket 2 when mounted on a vehicle, each of which has a support piece 35. The support piece 35 has a support portion through hole 36 into which the second male screw portion 22 can be inserted and removed at a required position, and the fitting groove 37 is attached to the vehicle and has a base portion 31 in a vertical direction. It is engraved in a direction parallel to the surface, and has an upper opening portion 38 in which the third male screw portion 23 can be fitted and detached from above.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper opening portion 38 is formed by the inner end portion 39 on the base side of the bracket support portion 32 and the outer end portion 40 facing the fitting groove 37, and the outer end portion 40. Is formed shorter than the inner end portion 39, and when the fixing nut 7 and the base bolt portion 8 are arranged at the required positions in the vertical direction of the fitting groove 37 and the spare tire bracket 2 is moved in the vertical direction, the fixing nut 7 and the base bolt are formed. The third male threaded portion 23 abuts on 8 and cannot be fitted and removed, and by inclining the spare tire bracket 2 rearward, the spare tire bracket 2 can pass through the gap between the outer end portion 40, the fixing nut 7, and the base bolt 8 and can be fitted and removed. It is formed in the required gap.

Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples, and can be appropriately modified and implemented within the scope of the gist of the invention.

In this embodiment, the base portion 31 and the bracket support portion 32 use an iron plate having a thickness of 6 mm, and the other spare tire bracket 2 uses an iron plate having a thickness of 3.2 mm, which are formed by pressing and cutting, respectively. bottom. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, reduction holes 28, 33, and 70 are formed in various shapes such as a circle, a rectangle, and a trapezoid for weight reduction. In addition, as a surface treatment, the coating was a cationic coating treatment.

Further, the first male screw portion 21 uses the same size as the hub bolt when the normal wheel 51 is attached to the vehicle, and the nut 60 used when attaching the spare tire 50 is the wheel nut when the normal wheel 51 is attached to the vehicle. I used the same size as.

Further, it is preferable to loosen the nut 60 only with a special tool, or to use a keyed anti-theft nut because it has an anti-theft effect. As a further anti-theft measure, the reduction hole 28 of the spare tire bracket 2 and the reduction hole 33 of the bracket support portion 32 are formed at positions where they communicate with each other when the spare tire bracket 2 is inserted into the bracket support portion 32. , A padlock or the like may be attached to the mitigation hole.

As described above, the best configuration, method, etc. for carrying out the present invention are disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, the present embodiment and the present embodiment. In the example, it is formed by processing an iron plate, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any material having a strength capable of holding a spare tire such as a stainless alloy or a carbon steel material may be used.
That is, those skilled in the art will have various shapes, materials, quantities, uses, positions, arrangements, etc. with respect to the embodiments and examples described above without departing from the scope of the technical idea and purpose of the present invention. Changes can be made.
Therefore, the description that limits the shapes and the like already disclosed is shown as an example for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member excluding some or all of the restrictions is included in the present invention.

1 Spare tire holder 2 Spare tire bracket 3 Base bracket 4 Fixing member 5 Through hole 6 Bolt 7 Fixing nut 8 Base bolt part 21 First male thread part 22 Second male thread part 23 Third male thread part 24 Right angle bending part 25 Reinforcement Gusset plate part 26 Bottom piece 28, 33, 70 Reduction hole 31 Base 32 Bracket support 34 Mounting piece 35 Support piece 36 Support through hole 37 Fitting groove 38 Upper opening 39 Inner end 40 Outer end 41 Base bolt hole 50 Spare Tire 51 Wheel 52 Wheel hole 53 Side wall surface 60 Nut 100 Rear part of car body

Claims (5)

A spare tire holder that allows the spare tire to be detachably attached to the rear of the vehicle body. It has a spare tire bracket, and the base bracket and the spare tire bracket are fixed by a fixing member that can be screwed without using a tool, and the base bracket has a through hole for inserting a bolt for mounting on a vehicle. It consists of a plate-shaped base having a A spare tire holder characterized by being formed by a sword. The spare tire bracket is inserted into the wheel hole of the wheel incorporated in the spare tire to fix the wheel, and is inserted into the bracket support portion to prevent the spare tire bracket from falling. Has a male screw portion and a third male screw portion that fits into the bracket support portion and regulates the movement of the vehicle in the front-rear direction, and the height of the spare tire bracket advances on the surface side of the spare tire when the vehicle advances. The spare tire holder according to claim 1, wherein the spare tire holder is formed at a required height so that it can be mounted toward the rear in the direction. The bracket support portion is fixed to the base portion by a base bolt and a fixing nut projecting from the base portion, and has a fitting groove having a required width so that the third male screw portion can be fitted and detached, and the second It has a support portion through hole that penetrates the male screw portion and supports the spare tire bracket, and the fitting groove is carved in a direction parallel to the surface of the base portion so that the third male screw portion can be fitted and removed from above. The spare tire holder according to claim 2, further comprising an upward opening portion. The upper opening portion is formed by an inner end portion of the bracket support portion on the base side side and an outer end portion facing the fitting groove so as to sandwich the fitting groove, and the outer end portion is formed shorter than the inner end portion. The spare tire holder according to claim 3, wherein a gap between the outer end portion and the base bolt and the fixing nut is formed in a required gap through which the third male screw portion can pass. The fixing member is formed of a knob nut engraved with female threads to be screwed into the tips of the second male threaded portion and the third male threaded portion protruding from the bracket support portion, and the spare tire bracket and the base bracket. The spare tire holder according to claim 1, further comprising a through hole that can be locked with and.

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