TWI726833B - Holding mechanism and vehicle carrier including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A holding mechanism for a vehicle carrier is provided, including: a frame, including a holding surface configured to hold a vehicle and a receiving groove extending along a longitudinal direction of the frame, the receiving groove having an opening open to an end of the frame; a slide rail, slidably disposed within the receiving groove, the slide rail being movable along the longitudinal direction between a first position and a second direction; and a pivot mechanism, including a first pivoting portion disposed on the frame and a second pivoting portion disposed on the slide rail, the first pivoting portion being releasably connected with the second pivoting portion. A vehicle carrier is further provided, including the holding mechanism as described above, further including: a hanging member, connected with the holding mechanism; and at least one sub-frame, connected with the hanging member and configured to hold at least one of the vehicle, an end of each of the at least one sub-frame having a third pivoting portion which is releasably connected with the second pivoting portion.

Description

Carrying frame and its carrying mechanism

The invention relates to a carrying mechanism, and particularly relates to a carriage frame and its carrying mechanism.

Generally, the carrier frame can be used to load bicycles, electric bicycles, and electric scooters. When in use, the operator must directly move the vehicle body to load or unload. When the weight of the vehicle body is heavier, part of the carriage frame can be used with a supporting plate that bridges the ground and the carriage frame, and then the vehicle body can be pushed onto the carriage by the support plate Frame, to achieve the effect of saving effort.

However, the conventional support plate is directly supported on the carriage frame, so the assembly stability is not good, and the support plate is additionally provided, which is not conducive to storage, and the use convenience is not good.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a novel and progressive carrier frame and its carrying mechanism to solve the above-mentioned problems.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a carrier frame and its carrying mechanism, which is convenient for operation and storage.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a carrier frame bearing mechanism, which includes: a supporting frame, a sliding rail, and a pivoting mechanism. The supporting frame includes a bearing surface for supporting a vehicle body and a pocket extending along a length of the supporting frame. The pocket has an opening that is open to one end of the supporting frame; the slide rail is relatively slidable The sliding rail can be moved between a first position and a second position along the length direction. The pivoting mechanism includes a first pivoting portion provided on the support frame and a device At the second pivoting portion of the sliding rail, the first pivoting portion and the second pivoting portion are pivotally connected detachably. When the slide rail is located in the first position, the slide rail is sleeved with the support frame and cannot pivot relative to the support frame; when the slide rail is located at the second position, the slide rail is at least partially out of the housing The slot can pivot relative to the support frame.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention further provides a carrier frame, which includes a carrier frame carrying mechanism as described above, and further includes: a hooking member and at least one auxiliary frame. The hooking member is connected to the carrier frame bearing mechanism and is detachably connected to a hooking mechanism of a vehicle; the at least one sub-support is connected to the hooking member and is used to hold at least one vehicle body, each One end of the sub-support is provided with a third pivotal portion that is detachably pivotally connected to the second pivotal portion.

The following examples are only used to illustrate the possible implementation aspects of the present invention, but they are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention, and are described first.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 10, which show a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The carriage carrying mechanism 1 of the present invention includes a supporting frame 10, a sliding rail 20 and a pivoting mechanism 30.

The supporting frame 10 includes a bearing surface 11 for supporting a vehicle body and a receiving groove 12 extending along a length direction of the supporting frame 10, and the containing groove 12 has an opening 121 open to one end of the supporting frame 10 The sliding rail 20 can be relatively slidably arranged in the accommodating slot 12, the sliding rail 20 can move along the length direction between a first position and a second position; the pivot mechanism 30 includes a set in the The first pivot portion 31 of the support frame 10 and a second pivot portion 32 provided on the slide rail 20 are pivotally connected to the first pivot portion 31 and the second pivot portion 32 detachably. When the sliding rail 20 is in the first position, the sliding rail 20 is sleeved with the supporting frame 10 and cannot pivot relative to the supporting frame 10, which is convenient for storage and carrying, as shown in FIG. 1; when the sliding rail 20 When in the second position, the slide rail 20 is at least partially out of the accommodating slot 12 and can pivot relative to the support frame 10, as shown in FIG. 2, whereby the operator can move the vehicle body along the slide rail 20 Pushing on the supporting frame 10 is convenient for operation and can achieve the effect of labor saving.

In this embodiment, the supporting frame 10 is a circumferentially closed pipe, which has good structural strength and can prevent foreign matter from entering the accommodating groove 12 to ensure smooth operation, and can also avoid the impact of internal components; the bearing surface 11 includes a concave Toward the arc concave surface 111 of the accommodating groove 12 and two inclined surfaces 112 located on opposite sides of the arc concave surface 111, each of the sloping surfaces 112 extends from the arc concave surface 111 toward a side away from the accommodating groove 12, which can stably receive the vehicle The wheels of the car body can effectively avoid the dislocation and separation of the car body during transportation.

2 and 3, the slide rail 20 includes a first end 21 provided with the second pivot portion 32 and a second end 22 away from the first end 21, the second end 22 is provided with a The abutment seat 23 includes an abutment surface 231 obliquely in the length direction; when the slide rail 20 is located in the second position, the abutment surface 231 can abut a setting surface (such as the ground) Therefore, the slide rail 20 can stably abut on the installation surface and is not easy to move under force, and the operation safety is good. With reference to Figures 4 and 5, preferably, the support frame 10 is provided with at least one stopper 13 adjacent to one end of the opening 121, and the abutment seat 23 further includes at least one opening that is open to the opening 121 and corresponds to the at least one end. When the slide rail 20 is located at the first position, the at least one stopper 13 is releasably locked in the at least one first snap groove 232, so that the slide rail 20 can be avoided Unexpectedly, the container 12 is ejected during the moving process. In this embodiment, each of the stoppers 13 is a screw threaded through the support frame 10, which is easy to process and configure; the at least one first slot 232 extends along the length direction, and each of the first slots 232 The peripheral wall is provided with at least one inwardly extending protrusion 233, each of the protrusions 233 can interfere in the length direction to block a stopper 13; each of the first grooves 232 is provided with at least one corresponding to The through groove 234 of the at least one engaging protrusion 233, whereby when the at least one stopper 13 moves along the at least one first engaging groove 232 and is forced against the at least one engaging protrusion 233, the through groove 234 allows the at least one engaging protrusion 233 The groove wall of the first groove 232 is elastically deformed, and the operation is smooth and the clamping stability is good. Preferably, the abutting seat 23 further includes a limiting surface 235 facing the supporting frame 10, and when the sliding rail 20 is located in the first position, the limiting surface 235 can be in contact with the supporting frame in the length direction. The 10-phase limit abutment prevents the slide rail 20 from retracting into the accommodating groove 12, which is convenient for operation and use.

The slide rail 20 includes a first rod body 24 and a second rod body 25 connected between the first rod body 24 and the support frame 10, and the first rod body 24 and the second rod body 25 are opposite to each other The sliding ground is sleeved, so that the length of the sliding rail 20 can be adjusted to be suitable for vehicles with different configuration heights. In detail, one of the first rod body 24 and the second rod body 25 is provided with at least one guide groove 241, and the other is provided with at least one guide protrusion 251 slidable in the at least one guide groove 241. Relatively sliding stably and smoothly, with simple structure and easy processing and manufacturing; the first rod body 24 and the second rod body 25 are respectively integrally bent and formed plate bodies, which have good structural strength and contribute to light weight. Of course, the first rod body and the second rod body can each be a pipe.

With reference to Figures 6 and 7, the pivoting mechanism 30 further includes a sliding seat 33 slidably disposed on the accommodating slot 12. The sliding seat 33 is provided with the first pivoting portion 31 and can slide along the length direction. Track 20 linkage. In detail, the sliding seat 33 includes a first part 331 provided with the first pivoting portion 31 and a second part 332. A cross-sectional profile of the second part 332 corresponds to a cross-sectional profile of the receiving groove 12, by The sliding seat 33 can move stably in the receiving groove 12 without being easily skewed; when the sliding rail 20 is in the second position, the first portion 331 protrudes from the opening 121, and the sliding rail 20 can be smoothly opposed to each other The first pivotal portion 31 pivots. A radial dimension of the first part 331 is smaller than a radial dimension of the second part 332, and an assembling space of the second pivotal portion 32 is reserved. In this embodiment, the first pivotal portion 31 includes two protruding posts 311 provided on two opposite sides of the first portion 331, and the second pivotal portion 32 includes two integrally formed from two opposite side walls of the slide rail 20, respectively. The extended buckle 321 is convenient for assembly and has good stability. Of course, the first pivoting portion can also be provided with only one pivot; the first pivoting portion can also include at least one locking recess, and the second pivoting portion can include at least one shaft that can be snapped to the at least one locking recess The column can also achieve the same effect.

The at least one stopper 13 can interfere in the length direction to stop the sliding seat 33. In detail, the sliding seat 33 is provided with at least one second slot that is open to the opening 121 and corresponds to the at least one stopper 13 333. When the sliding rail 20 is located at the second position, the at least one stopper 13 is releasably clamped in the at least one second slot 333 to prevent the sliding seat 33 from being separated from the supporting frame 10. In this embodiment, each of the second slot 333 includes a clamping portion 334 and a guiding portion 335 extending along the length direction. The clamping portion 334 is open to the guiding portion 335 and is connected to the guiding portion 335. 335 are arranged at intervals, so as to guide the at least one stopper 13 to move along the guide portion 335 to prevent the sliding seat 33 from being skewed and jammed during operation, and a peripheral wall of the clamping portion 334 can be elastically deformed to block Good connection stability. In other embodiments, the engaging portion can also be connected to the guiding portion.

The present invention also provides a carrier frame 2, which includes a carrier frame carrying mechanism 1 as described above, and further includes: a hooking member 200 and at least one auxiliary frame 210. The hooking member 200 is connected to the carrier mechanism 1 and is detachably connected to a hooking mechanism of a vehicle; the at least one sub-bearing 210 is connected to the hooking member 200 and is used for supporting at least one vehicle Body, one end of each sub-support 210 is provided with a third pivotal portion 220 detachably pivotally connected to the second pivotal portion 32. With reference to FIGS. 8 to 10, in this embodiment, one end of each sub-support 210 is provided with a set of connecting members 230, and the third pivotal portion 220 is provided on the assembling member 230 and includes two corresponding to the Two buckle ears 321 buckle recess 240. When in use, the slide rail 20 can be selectively pivoted to the support frame 10 or a sub-support 210, and then the vehicle body can be pushed onto the support frame 10 and the at least one sub-support frame by the slide rail 20 The supporting frame 210 has good assembly stability and easy operation; when not in use, the slide rail 20 can be accommodated in the container 12 for convenient storage and carrying. In other embodiments, each of the sub-supports may be directly connected to the sliding rail without the assembly member.

1: Carrying frame bearing mechanism 2: Carry the frame 10: Shelf 11: Bearing surface 111: arc concave 112: Slope 12: Tolerance 121: open 13: stop 20: Slide rail 21: first end 22: second end 23: abutment seat 231: Confession 232: first card slot 233: Card convex 234: piercing 235: limit surface 24: The first pole 241: Guide Groove 25: second pole 251: Guide convex 30: pivot mechanism 31: The first pivot 311: Convex Column 32: The second pivot 321: buckle 33: Slide 331: Part One 332: Part Two 333: second card slot 334: Card Connector 335: Guiding Department 200: Attaching component 210: Sub-frame 220: Third pivot 230: assembly 240: buckle recess

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention when a sliding rail is in a second position. Figure 3 is a partial exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention when the slide rail is located at a first position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an abutment seat of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention when the sliding rail is located at the second position. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a sliding seat of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 8 and 10 are schematic diagrams of the operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 9 is a perspective view of an assembly component of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1: Carrying frame bearing mechanism

10: Shelf

11: Bearing surface

20: Slide rail

30: pivot mechanism

Claims (10)

A carrying mechanism for a carriage frame, including: A supporting frame, including a bearing surface for supporting a vehicle body and a pocket extending along a length direction of the supporting frame, the pocket having an opening open to one end of the supporting frame; A slide rail is relatively slidably disposed in the accommodating slot, and the slide rail can move between a first position and a second position along the length direction; and A pivot mechanism includes a first pivot portion provided on the support frame and a second pivot portion provided on the slide rail, the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion pivot detachably Connect Wherein, when the slide rail is located in the first position, the slide rail is sleeved with the support frame and cannot pivot relative to the support frame; when the slide rail is located at the second position, the slide rail is at least partially out The receiving slot can pivot relative to the supporting frame. The carriage carrying mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the slide rail includes a first end provided with the second pivot portion and a second end far away from the first end, and the second end is provided with an abutment The abutment seat includes an abutment surface obliquely to the length direction; when the slide rail is in the second position, the abutment surface can be abutted against a setting surface. The carrying mechanism of claim 2, wherein the supporting frame is provided with at least one stopper adjacent to one end of the opening, and the abutting seat further includes at least one opening toward the opening and corresponding to the at least one stopper For the first slot, when the slide rail is located at the first position, the at least one stopper is releasably locked in the at least one first slot. The carriage carrying mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the slide rail includes a first rod body and a second rod body connected between the first rod body and the support frame, the first rod body and The second rod body can be sleeved relatively slidably. The carrier frame carrying mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pivoting mechanism further includes a sliding seat slidably disposed in the accommodating slot, and the sliding seat is provided with the first pivotal portion and can move along The length direction is linked with the slide rail. The carriage carrying mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the sliding seat includes a first part provided with the first pivot portion and a second part, and a cross-sectional profile of the second part corresponds to the accommodating groove A cross-sectional profile. When the sliding rail is located at the second position, the first part protrudes out of the opening. The carrier frame carrying mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the pivoting mechanism further includes a sliding seat slidably disposed in the accommodating slot, and the sliding seat is provided with the first pivoting portion and can be connected to the The sliding rail is linked, the support frame is provided with at least one stopper adjacent to one end of the opening, and the at least one stopper can interfere with the sliding seat in the length direction. The carriage carrying mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the sliding seat is provided with at least one second slot that is open to the opening and corresponds to the at least one stopper, and when the sliding rail is at the second position, The at least one stopper is releasably locked in the at least one second slot. The carrier frame bearing mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the bearing surface includes an arc concave surface that is concave toward the accommodating slot and two inclined surfaces located on opposite sides of the arc concave surface, and each of the inclined surfaces faces away from the arc concave surface from the arc concave surface. One side of the pocket extends obliquely; the slide rail includes a first rod body and a second rod body connected between the first rod body and the supporting frame, the first rod body and the second rod body can be Relatively slidingly sleeved; one of the first rod body and the second rod body is provided with at least one guide groove, and the other is provided with at least one guide protrusion that can slide in the at least one guide groove; the The first rod body and the second rod body are respectively integrally bent and formed plate bodies; each of the first latching slots extends along the length direction, and the inner peripheral wall of each of the first latching slots is provided with at least one inwardly extending latch Each of the locking projections can interfere with and block a stopper in the length direction; the opposite sides of each of the first locking slots are provided with at least one through slot corresponding to the at least one locking projection; the abutting seat is further It includes a limit surface facing the support frame. When the slide rail is in the first position, the limit surface can limit and abut the support frame in the length direction; the pivot mechanism further includes a sliding A sliding seat provided in the accommodating slot, the sliding seat is provided with the first pivot portion and can be linked with the sliding rail along the length direction; the at least one stopper interferes with the sliding seat in the length direction; the The sliding seat is provided with at least one second slot that is open to the opening and corresponds to the at least one stopper. When the slide rail is in the second position, the at least one stopper is releasably locked in the at least one second position. Two card slots; each of the second card slots includes a card connecting portion and a guide portion extending along the length direction, the card connecting portion is open to the guide portion and is spaced apart from the guide portion; the support frame is A circumferentially closed pipe; the sliding seat includes a first part provided with the first pivotal portion and a second part, a cross-sectional profile of the second part corresponds to a cross-sectional profile of the pocket, when the sliding rail When in the second position, the first part protrudes from the opening; and a radial dimension of the first part is smaller than a radial dimension of the second part. A car carrying frame, comprising the carrying mechanism of the carrying frame according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and further comprising: A hooking member connected to the carrying mechanism of the carrier frame for detachably connecting with a hooking mechanism of a vehicle; and At least one sub-bracket is connected to the hanging member for supporting at least one vehicle body, and one end of each sub-bracket is provided with a third pivot portion that is detachably pivoted to the second pivot portion .

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