JPS6333476Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a battery carrier for storing and holding a battery installed in a vehicle as a power source for a starting motor or the like at a predetermined location in the vehicle.

As one of the conventional battery carriers of this type, as shown in FIG. Some devices are equipped with a clamp mechanism to hold the battery 16 on the storage stand 14.

This clamping mechanism
a clamp member 20 disposed along and in contact with the front ridge of the battery 16 exposed between the two;
A pair of bolts 22 are provided for connecting the clamp member to the side portion 12 of the storage base 14, and one end of the bolt is connected to the clamp member 20 via a nut 24. Further, the other end of the bolt 22 is provided with a projecting portion 26 perpendicular to the axial direction thereof, and the projecting portion is engaged with a hook portion 28 provided on the side portion 12 as shown in FIG. There is. Therefore, Natsuto 2
4, the battery 16 can be held on the accommodating base 14.

However, in the conventional battery carrier, as shown in FIG. A downwardly opening slit 30 is formed for receiving the slit, and the overhang 26 engages with the edge of the slit 30. Therefore, if the nut 24 becomes loose due to vibration or the like, the bolt 22 will slide downward in the axial direction due to its own weight as shown by the arrow in FIG. As a result, due to the loosening of the nut 24, the overhanging portion 26 of the bolt 22
may slip out of the hook portion 28, causing the bolt 22 and the clamp member 2 connected thereto to
There was a risk that the battery 16 would fall off from the storage stand 14 due to the battery 16 falling off from the storage stand 14.

Further, in the conventional battery carrier, when the bolt 22 and the clamp member 20 are connected by the nut 24 for assembling the battery 16,
The operator has to hold the bolt 22 so that the projecting part 26 of the bolt 22 does not fall off the hook part 28, which has the disadvantage that it takes time to attach and detach the battery 16.

As one of the other batsuteri carriers, Jikko 43
As described in Publication No. 536, the lower end of the bolt is provided with a bent portion extending from the lower end in a direction perpendicular to the bolt, and the locking portion is provided with a bent portion extending in the direction of extension of the bolt, that is, diagonally upward. A through hole is provided, the bolt is inserted into the through hole from the bottom to the top, the bent portion of the lower end of the bolt is locked to the lower end of the locking portion, and the upper end of the bolt is inserted into the upper end. There is a battery carrier connected to the clamp member by a nut threaded onto the clamp member.

However, in such a battery carrier, the bent portion extends from the lower end of the bolt in a direction perpendicular to the bolt, and the through hole extends in the direction of extension of the bolt, so that the bent portion extends in the direction perpendicular to the bolt. It is impossible to rotate the bolt forward in the plane, and if the bolt is not pressed when rotating the nut relative to the bolt, the bolt will rotate and the nut will not rotate relative to the bolt. , cannot be rotated.

Therefore, in such a battery carrier, when installing or removing the battery, the nut must be removed from the bolt and the clamp member must be removed from the bolt, and the nut and clamp member removed from the bolt must be removed. The operator must store the bolt and the clamp member so that when connecting and releasing the bolt, the bolt does not move downward due to its own weight, and the bolt does not move downward due to its axis as the nut rotates. It is necessary for the operator to hold the bolt so that it does not rotate around the bolt, and therefore the work of attaching and detaching the battery is troublesome.

In addition, as one of the other batter carriers,
As stated in Utility Model Publication No. 53-47531,
The bolt is a hook bolt having a bent portion at one end thereof, and a plate-shaped rising portion is provided that projects outward from the side of the accommodating table at a substantially right angle thereto and extends diagonally along the side, and the locking portion There is a battery carrier in which a through hole is provided that penetrates the rising portion in the thickness direction thereof, and the bent portion of the bolt is engaged with the through hole.

However, in this battery carrier, since the dimension from the through hole to the upper edge of the rising part is smaller than the radius of curvature of the bent part, the bolt rotates forward about the locking part due to its own weight. When this occurs, the bolt comes off from the locking portion, and as a result, the nut screwed onto the bolt loosens, causing the bolt and the clamp member connected thereto to fall off from the storage base, and the battery to fall off from the storage base. There is a fear.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a battery carrier for a vehicle that can reliably hold a battery and allow the battery to be easily and efficiently attached and removed.

The present invention uses a hook bolt having a hook-shaped bent portion at one end as a bolt connecting the clamp member and the side portion of the storage base, and a hook bolt having a hook-shaped bent portion at one end is used as a locking portion for the hook bolt from the side portion at approximately right angles thereto. A locking part is provided with a plate-shaped rising part that protrudes outward and extends obliquely upward toward the forward-inclined upper edge, and the rising part is attached to the rising part in order to receive the bent part. When the hook bolt rotates forward due to its own weight using the locking portion as a fulcrum, the tip of the bent portion abuts a portion of the rising portion above the through hole. a side portion of the storage base with the locking portion as a fulcrum in a state in which the bent portion of the bolt is engaged with the locking portion; The bolt is allowed to rotate angularly in a plane parallel to the bolt, and the angular rotation is restricted by contact between the tip of the bent portion of the bolt and the rising portion, and the bolt is released from the locking portion. The bolt is prevented from coming off, and rotation around the axis of the bolt when the nut is rotated is prevented by the engagement between the bent portion and the locking portion, and as a result, the battery can be held securely and the battery can be held securely. It is characterized by being able to perform attachment/detachment work easily and efficiently.

The features of the invention will become clearer from the following description of the illustrated embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the battery carrier 40 according to the present invention includes a battery accommodating base 46 having a bottom portion 42 and a pair of side portions 44 rising from both sides of the bottom portion, and a battery housing 46 that is housed in the battery accommodating base. 48 on the accommodating base 46.

The side portions 44 are provided with forward-slanted upper edges 52 similar to those in the conventional storage table 14, and a back portion 54 similar to the conventional one is provided between the side portions 44 rising from the bottom portion 42.

The clamp mechanism 50 includes a conventional clamp member 56 disposed along the front ridge of the battery 48 housed in the storage base 46 and exposed between the upper edges 52; and a pair of bolts 58 for connecting each end of the member to a corresponding side 44.

The clamp member 56 abuts the front ridge of the battery 48, and has holes (not shown) at both ends for receiving one end of a bolt 58, as in the conventional clamp member.

As clearly shown in FIG. 4, the bolt 58 is a so-called hook bolt, which has a linear male threaded portion 62 on one end into which a nut 60 is screwed, and a hook-shaped bent portion 64 on the other end. , and the hook bolts are arranged on both sides of the accommodating base 46.

A hook bolt 58 is attached to the side portion 44 of the storage stand 46.
A locking portion 66 is provided for receiving the bent portion 64 of. In the illustrated example, the locking portion 66 is made of a member having an L-shaped cross section as a whole, and includes a base portion 68 fixed to the side portion 44 and a plate-shaped rising portion 70 perpendicular to the base portion. Rising part 70
extends outwardly from side 44 at right angles thereto;
It also extends obliquely upward toward the forward-inclined upper edge 52 and forms an elevation angle when viewed from the front of the storage table 46 . A through hole 72 passing through the rising portion 70 in the thickness direction is formed in the lower portion of the rising portion 70, and a bent portion 62 is formed in the through hole 72 to lock the other end of the bolt 58. It is inserted.

When inserting this bent portion 62 into the through hole 72,
As shown by dashed line 58a in FIG.
8 substantially parallel to the side portion 44 and the rising portion 70
The tip of the bent portion 62 of the bolt 58 can be inserted into the through hole 72 of the rising portion 70 from the surface of the rising portion 70, that is, from the front, and then the bolt 58 is reversed toward the side portion 44. This allows the bolt 58 to be oriented in the assembly position shown in solid lines in FIG. When the operator releases the bolt 58 in the above-described assembly position, the bolt 58 rotates forward due to its own weight using the edge of the through hole 72 of the rising portion 70 as a branch, as shown in FIG. The tip of the bent portion 64 of the bolt 58 comes into contact with the upper portion of the rising portion 70, as shown by the imaginary line 58b.

As a result, the bolt 58 is shown in phantom line 58 in FIG.
It is temporarily fixed to the locking part 66 in the posture shown by b.

Therefore, there is no need for the worker to hold the bolt 58 as in the conventional case, and the clamp member 56 is inserted into the one end of the bolt 58 which is temporarily fixed in the locking part 66, and the nut 60 is inserted into the male thread part 62. After screwing them together, the battery 48 can be reliably fixed to the accommodating base 46 by tightening the nut 60 with the clamp member 56 in contact with the front ridge of the battery 48.

Further, in the battery carrier 40, the nut 60 becomes loose due to vibrations while the vehicle is running, and the loosening of the nut 60 causes the clamp member 56 to come off from the front ridge of the battery 48, and as a result, the sixth
Even if the clamp member 56 and the bolt 58 are rotated forward as shown by the arrow in the figure, the bolt 58 will not move toward the bent portion 64 as shown by the imaginary line 58b in FIG.
By abutting the tip of the locking member against the locking portion 66, the rotation thereof is reliably regulated. As a result, the bolt 58 does not fall out from the locking portion 66, and the bolt and the clamp member 56 connected thereto are reliably held at the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Therefore, the clamp mechanism including the clamp member 56 and bolt 58 will not fall off from the accommodating base 46. Moreover, since the clamp member 56 is held at a position crossing the front open portion of the storage base 46,
It is possible to prevent the battery 48 from falling off from the opening.

Further, the battery 48 is attached to and removed from the storage table 46 by raising or lowering the battery 48 relative to the storage table 46, or by moving it laterally. At this time, according to the battery carrier 40, since the hook bolt 58 is angularly rotatable about the through hole 72 in a plane parallel to the side part 44,
After loosening the nut 60, rotate the bolt 58 to a position where the clamp member 56 does not interfere with the attachment and detachment of the battery 48, for example, the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 6, or rotate the bolt 58 clockwise in FIG. The battery 48 can be attached and detached while the clamp member 56 is held in a position above the battery 48 by rotating the clamp member 56 in the direction shown in FIG.
Clamp member 56 and nut 60 when attaching and detaching
There is no need to remove the bolt 58 from the bolt 58. moreover,
When the nut 60 is rotated relative to the hook bolt 58, the rotation of the bolt 58 accompanying the rotation of the nut 60 is prevented by the engagement between the bent portion 64 and the locking portion 66.

In the above description, an example was explained in which the locking part 66 was constructed of a member having an L-shaped cross section, but the base part 68 can be made unnecessary and the rising part 70 can be directly fixed to the side part 44 of the storage table 46. . Further, as long as the rising portion 70 has a surface tip large enough to come into contact with the tip of the bent portion 64 of the bolt 58, the through hole 70 may be provided in the center or upper portion of the rising portion 70. can.

According to the present invention, as described above, the bolt for connecting the clamp member to the side part of the battery storage table can be temporarily fixed to the side part, so that the bolt can be manually tightened by the operator as in the conventional case. The clamp member and the nut can be respectively fitted to the bolt without being held by the bolt,
Furthermore, there is no need for the operator to hold the bolts during disassembly. Therefore, the work of attaching and detaching the battery can be done quickly and efficiently.

Furthermore, even if the nut becomes loose and the bolt attempts to rotate forward about the through hole, the tip of the bent portion of the bolt will come into contact with the rising portion, causing the bolt to rotate. As a result, the clamp member and the bolt do not fall off the accommodating base unlike in the conventional case, and the battery can be reliably held on the accommodating base.

Furthermore, the hook bolt can be rotated angularly around the through hole in a plane parallel to the side of the storage base, so there is no need to remove the clamp member and nut from the hook bolt when attaching or removing the battery, and the nut can be rotated relative to the hook bolt. The rotation of the bolt when the bolt is rotated is prevented by the engagement between the bent portion and the locking portion, making it easier to attach and detach the battery.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional battery carrier, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the clamp mechanism shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a battery carrier according to the present invention. It is a perspective view showing
Fig. 4 is a drawing similar to Fig. 3 which shows a part of the battery carrier shown in Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale;
The figure is an enlarged side view of a part of the battery carrier shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the battery carrier shown in FIG. 3. 42: Bottom, 44: Side, 46: Battery holder, 48: Battery, 52: Forward-slanted edge, 56: Clamp member, 58: Hook bolt, 60: Nut, 62: Male thread, 64: Bending portion, 66 : Locking part, 72: Through hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A battery storage stand comprising a bottom part and a pair of side parts rising from both sides of the bottom part and each having a forward-slanted upper edge; a clamp member disposed along and in contact with the front ridge;
a pair of hook bolts disposed on both sides of the storage table, each having a linear male threaded portion connected to the end of the clamp member via a nut at one end, and having a hook-shaped bent portion at the other end; a locking portion provided on each of the side portions to lock the bent portion of the hook bolt, and having a through hole formed therein for allowing insertion of the bent portion; A plate-shaped rising part is provided that projects outward from the side part at a substantially right angle thereto and extends obliquely upward toward the forward-slanted upper edge, and the through hole extends the rising part in the thickness direction thereof. When the hook bolt rotates forward using the locking portion as a fulcrum due to its own weight, the tip of the bent portion comes into contact with a portion of the rising portion above the through hole, and the hook bolt A battery carrier for a vehicle is provided at a portion where rotation is restricted.