JPS6313105Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an improvement of a spare tire holding device for an automobile.

Conventionally, as a spare tire holding device, the
As in the device shown in FIG. 1 disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 50-134854, a slidable sub-carrier 5 is provided with respect to a main carrier 4 whose one side is pivotally connected to a bracket 2 of a vehicle body 1 with a hinge 3. The sub carrier 5 is slid backward as shown by the two-dot chain line to hold the spare tire 6, and then slid forward to swing together with the main carrier 4, and the other end of the sub carrier 5 is hooked 7 to the vehicle body 1. It has been proposed to lock the

However, in the above conventional device, the carrier 4,
Since the swinging fulcrum (hinge 3) of the tire 5 is constant, a swinging operation force corresponding to the entire weight of the spare tire 6 is required, which poses a problem in that the task of attaching and removing the spare tire 6 cannot be easily performed.

This idea was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems.A guide member is swingably supported by a bracket attached to the vehicle body, and a carrier that can hold a spare tire is slid on the upper surface of the guide member. The carrier is movably supported, and the carrier is displaced in its longitudinal direction with respect to a sliding support point between the carrier and the guide member, and the pivot point of the guide member is a lock provided on one side of the carrier. The carrier is configured such that the carrier is located approximately in the longitudinal center of the vehicle in a stored state in which it is locked to the vehicle body,
By displacing the swinging fulcrum, the operating force is gradually reduced, making it easier to install and remove the spare tire.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a bracket 11 is fixed to the left and right positions on the lower surface of the vehicle body 10, and a guide pipe 13 is swingably supported at the lower part of the bracket 11 by a hinge pin 12.

On the other hand, a square frame-shaped carrier 15 that can hold the spare tire 14 on the upper surface is attached to the left and right carrier bars 1.
6 is slidably supported by a guide pipe 13.

The front end 16a of the carrier bar 16 is bent upward and serves as a stopper when sliding backward.
An upwardly curved portion 16b is formed at approximately the center in the longitudinal direction of the carrier bar 16, and serves as a stopper during forward sliding. A support member 17 that supports the side of the spare tire 14 is provided on the curved portion 16b.

Rear step bumper 18 on the lower surface of the vehicle body 10
A hook 19 for locking the rear side of the carrier 15 to the vehicle body 10 is provided near the carrier 15 .

Note that 20 is a spare tire holding stopper fixed to the lower surface of the vehicle body 10.

A fixed position of the bracket 11 to the vehicle body 10,
That is, the swinging fulcrum (hinge pin 12) of the guide pipe 13 is set so as to be located approximately at the longitudinal center of the carrier 15 in the stored state in which the rear side portion of the carrier 15 is locked to the vehicle body 10.

If the spare tire holding device is configured as described above, when removing the spare tire, remove the hook 19 and hold the carrier 1.
When the carrier 15 is slid backward by the guide pipe 13 and pivoted downward by the hinge pin 12, the carrier 15 is pulled out diagonally from the back of the vehicle body 10 to the vicinity of the bumper 18, as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the carrier 15 is pulled out diagonally from the back of the vehicle body 10 to near the bumper 18.
The spare tire 14 can be easily removed without crawling under zero.

Next, at the time of installation, the spare tire 14 is placed on the top surface of the pulled out carrier 15, the rear side of the carrier 15 is lifted, and the carrier 15 is slid forward by the guide pipe 13 and swung upward by the hinge pin 12. As the center of the spare tire 14 approaches the hinge pin 12 due to forward sliding, the operating force gradually decreases, and when the hook 19 is engaged, the spare tire 14 can be easily installed deep inside the vehicle body 10.

As described above, in this invention, the spare tire carrier is slidably supported on the guide member that is swingably supported by the bracket of the vehicle body, so when removing the spare tire, the carrier can be pulled out toward the front. The spare tire can be easily loaded and unloaded, and during installation, the swinging fulcrum is displaced and the operating force is gradually reduced, making the installation process easier.

In addition, the structure is extremely simple and can be manufactured at low cost, so it has great practical value.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a conventional spare tire holding device, FIG. 2 is a side view of a spare tire holding device according to this invention, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 2. 10...Vehicle body, 11...Bracket, 12...
Hinge pin, 13... Guide pipe, 14... Spare tire, 15... Carrier, 19... Hook.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A guide member is swingably supported by a bracket attached to the vehicle body, a carrier capable of holding a spare tire is slidably supported on the guide member, and the carrier and the guide member are slidably supported. The carrier is displaced in its longitudinal direction with respect to the point, and the pivot point of the guide member is in the longitudinal direction when the carrier is locked to the vehicle body by a locking portion provided on one side of the carrier. A spare tire holding device for an automobile, characterized in that the device is located approximately in the center of the vehicle.