US3909028A - Knee twist sensing ski binding - Google Patents

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US3909028A
US3909028A US502728A US50272874A US3909028A US 3909028 A US3909028 A US 3909028A US 502728 A US502728 A US 502728A US 50272874 A US50272874 A US 50272874A US 3909028 A US3909028 A US 3909028A
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  • a ski binding for preventing twist-type fractures of the lower leg has an elongated sensor element extending between the knee region of the skier and the ski boot and responsive to angular displacement of the knee relative to the foot so as to release a locking mechanism interconnecting the boot to the ski when excessive twist between the foot and the knee is detected.
  • This sensor element can comprise a Bowden-type cable whose core projects more or less from the sheath as the leg is twisted.
  • a nontwistable but otherwise flexible element extending from the knee to the latch in the boot is provided which operates the locking mechanism securing the boot to the ski.
  • the present invention relates to a ski binding. More particularly, this invention concerns a safety ski binding of the type adapted to release the ski when subjected to a predetermined force.
  • Safety ski bindings which automatically uncouple the skier from the ski when his leg or foot is subjected to a predetermined stress relative to the ski. Such a binding is provided in order to prevent the relatively long lever arm constituted by the ski from breaking the users leg, a very common incident prior to usage of such safety ski bindings.
  • a ski boot is usually secured to a ski in sucha manner that it can be disengaged from the ski by forces acting in opposite directions.
  • a toe or heel of the skier pulls away from the ski with a force exceeding a predetermined limit it is usual for such bindings to release the ski boot.
  • the ski boot it is desirable for the ski boot to be released if it is twisted about an axis generally perpendicular to the upper surface of the ski so as to prevent so-called spiral fractures of the leg.
  • locking means securing the ski boot to the ski can be operated by a mechanism actuated through a cable connected to the hips of the skier, thus he wears a sensor at his hips which is connected via a cable to his ski boots so that when his hips assume a predetermined angle relative to the ski boot, the ski boot will be released.
  • Another object is the provision of such an apparatus which will rapidly respond to a torsional stress applied to a skiers leg and cause the corresponding ski boot to be released from the ski.
  • Yet another object is the provision of such a safety ski binding which is inexpensive to manufacture and simple to adjust.
  • a ski binding comprising releasable locking means for securing a ski boot to a ski, sensor means including a knee-position detector adapted to be secured approximately to the knee of the skier and a footposition detector adapted to be secured approximately at the foot or ankle of the skier and operating so as to generate an output when the knee and foot regions are twisted relative to each other beyond a predetermined limit, and means interconnecting the sensor means and the locking means for releasing the ski boot from the ski when the sensor produces the output indicating excessive twisting of the foot relative to the knee.
  • the sensor means includes a flexible and elongated element having one end attached approximately at the skiers knee and another end at the skiers foot or ankle to the ski boot. This latter lower end is connected to the locking mechanism which secures the boot to the ski so that when the foot and knee are twisted excessively relative to each other the boot is released and is freed from the ski.
  • the senor comprises a pair of like Bowden cables each having a sheath fixed to one side of the skiers knee and to the other side of the skiers foot so that these two sheaths cross over each other, preferably in front of the skiers ankle.
  • the core wires of these Bowden cables are secured at their upper ends to the knee region of the skier and are connected at their lower ends to the locking mechanism of the ski boot.
  • the elongated sensor elements have a pair of ends which are always at the same angular orientation relative to each other so that when one end is attached to the knee the other end located at the foot will have an orientation exactly corresponding to the angular position of the knee relative to the foot.
  • this lower end is connected to the lock-operating mechanism so as to trip it and open the latch, thereby freeing the ski boot from the ski.
  • the arrangement in accordance with the present invention is built into a conventional ski boot and a legging which surrounds the lower leg, that is the calf and ankle region of the skier. and encloses the knee of the skier.
  • the legging is provided with a pocket at the knee which is adapted to be filled with a hardening synthetic-resin foam so as to permit a custom fit of this knee portion to the individual skier.
  • the boot is similarly provided with fillable pockets so as to allow to be custom-fitted to the skiers foot.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating the operation principles of the apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective diagrammatic view illustrating the apparatus in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical section through the arrangement according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating features of the apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a vertical section through another arrangement according to this invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a section taken along line VIVI of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 illustrating the apparatus in another operative position
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 6 illustrating a further arrangement in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a section taken along line lX-IX of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating the operation principle of yet another arrangement in accordance with this invention.
  • FIGS. 11a and 1112 are further schematic views illustrating the operation of the apparatus illustrated schematically in FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 12 is a vertical section through an apparatus embodying the principles shown in FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 13 is a large-scale perspective view of a detail of the apparatus of FIG. 12.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are views corresponding to FIGS. 12 and 13, respectively.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cylinder s serving schematically to illustrate the lower leg of a skier.
  • This cylinder s has an upper end b corresponding to the knee region of the leg and a lower end c corresponding to the foot and ankle region thereof.
  • a limitedly extensible and compressible tube g extends generally helically from one end of this cylinder s to the other, being attached at a pointp at the end c and at a point q at the end b.
  • a flexible but axially inextensible core wiref is received within the sleeve g and has an upper end attached at a point q to the upper end b of the cylinder and a lower end which extends from the tube g at p by distance equal to 1
  • Another tube g* is attached at the upper end b of the cylinder 5 at a point P, and has a core) extending below the lower end c of the cylinder 5.
  • the cores g and g* are of opposite helical hand and have their ends spaced angularly apart by an angle 7 equal to approximately 160, drawn to the central axis a of cylinder 3.
  • FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 show a ski boot 1 and a legging 2 which are interconnected in an accordion-pleated ankle region 3 by a hinged member 4 on boot 1.
  • the legging 2 is of flexible material and is provided in the back with a slit 2a which is closable by means of a slide fastener 7.
  • the boot 1 is formed with a plurality of pockets adapted to be filled with a synthetic-resin foam and the knee region of the legging 2 is adapted to be filled with a semi-rigid synthetic-resin body 6 similarly so as to custom fit the apparatus according to the present invention both to the foot and the knee of the user.
  • a pair of like Bowden-type cables 8 and 9 each extend from the respective side of the knee insert 6 across the shin and to the back of the boot 1.
  • the insert 6 is split in back at 6a so as to permit the shoe to be fitted around the calf and the knee of the skier.
  • Each of the sleeves 8 and 9 is provided with a respective inextensible core wire 13 connected via a bracket to the knee insert 6 and the core 13 is connected to a riveted plate 14 carried on this insert.
  • the lower ends of the tubes 8 and 9 are anchored at 11 on the boot 1.
  • Both of these cores 13 are connected to a common pin 14 slidable in a plate in boot I and pushed downwardly from this plate 15 by a compression spring 16.
  • the lower end of the pin 14 is engaged in one arm 17 of a two-arm lever L pivoted at 18 in boot 1 and having another arm 20 formed with a nose 20a engageable in a notch 21 of an actuating rod 22 of the locking mechanism for the boot 1.
  • the boot 1 is formed with a generally square recess 12 in which the upper end of the rod 14 and the ends of the cores 13 are received so as to permit the operation thereof.
  • One end of the rod 22 is provided with a flexible cable 25 threaded through an eye 33 carried on the ski 32 and having an end received in a lever 35 pivoted at 35* on the back of the boot :1 at 37.
  • This lever 35 allows the rod 22 to be pulled back so that the nose 20a can engage in the notch 21.
  • this cable 25 serves to secure the boot 1 to the ski 32, so as to eliminate the conventional lanyard that prevents the ski from escaping from the skier should he have a fall.
  • a lever 19 is provided on the lever arrangement L so as to permit manual actuation of this lever arrangement L and freeing of the rod 22.
  • the sole 24 of the boot 1 is formed with a parallelepipedal chamber 28 terminating near the toe region 29 of the boot 1.
  • the forward end 31 of the rod 22 carries a piston-like mechanism 30 received in a chamber 27a in a parallel epipedal body 27 in the chamber 28.
  • the chamber 270 is provided with a spring 31a to one side of the piston 30 and a spring 31 to the other side thereof.
  • the end 27b of the body 27 engages under the head 34a of a locking element 34 carried on a shaft 36 extending between two ears 37 on the ski 32. To the other side of this element 34 .there is provided another block 36 so that this element 34 may be captured and securely held between these two elements 26, 27 so as to secure the boot 1 to the ski 32.
  • FIGS. 5-7 The arrangement shown in FIGS. 5-7 is similar in principle to that of FIGS. 1-4, except that here a heel or toe clamp of conventional design is operated bya pair of Bowden-type cables 8* and 9* each having a core 13* connected at the knee much as shown in FIGS. 1-4.
  • the ski 41 is provided with a plate carrying a rod 42 having a spherical head' 42a with a center 0 and formed with a semispherical recess 42b.
  • a clamping body 44 is formed with a pair of circular-section boards 44a and 44b which meet at a common point and have a semispherical base whose center of curvature can correspond as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7'to the center 0 of head 42a.
  • This clamping body 44 is provided with a lower pedal jaw 45 and an upper latchingjaw 45b so that the skier need merely step on the lower jaw 45a so as to pivot the entire body 44 down and lock his heel or toe in place with the upper jaw 45b.
  • a piston 43 slidable in bore 440 has a head snugly receivable in the recess 42b and is urged by a spring 46 bearing against a cup 47 in bore 44a.
  • This piston 43 therefore defines a stable position of the body 44 relative to the ski 41 so as to lock it in place in this position.
  • the force of spring 46 can be overcome by an upward force against the jaw 45b so as to release the skiers boot, should his toe or heel exert excessive upward force on this jaw 45b.
  • the cup 47 is slidable piston-fashion in the bore 44a and is formed with a ridge 470 which can engage a lever 48 pivoted at 49 in a recess 50 formed in the body 44.
  • This lever 48 has another arm formed with a pair of bores 48a and 4811 which, as shown in IFG. 6, receive the cores 13*. Balls 13a on the end of core 13* assure that displacement of the core 13* in direction F, against the force of respective springs 51:: and 51b will tip the lever, thereby pulling it into the position shown in FIG. 17.
  • a loading lever 52 has a first arm 52a lying atop the body 44 and a second arm 52b provided with an end 520 that can engage against the upper end of the cup 47 as shown in dot-dash lines in FIG. 5 so as to displace cup 47 down into the illustrated position.
  • a tension spring 54 engaged between a pivot 544 on the body 44 and the end 520 of the lever 52 serves to pivot this lever about its axis 53 into the solid-line position of FIGS. 5 and 7.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 The arrangement of FIGS. 8 and 9 is similar in concept to that of FIGS. 5-7.
  • the ski 41 is again provided with a stem 42* having a head 42*:1 with a center 0" .and formed with a recess 42*b.
  • This head 42*a is rethrough which engages a lever 59 pivoted to one side of the piston at 60 and having a boss 59:: engageable with one side of bore 580 so as to displace the piston 58 on pivoting backwardly away from the ball head 52%: as shown by dot-dash line.
  • the two Bowdens 8* and 9* have their cores 13* passing through holes 59b and 59c in the lever 59,and provided at the opposite side thereof with lead balls 13*! so that displacement of these two coresl3* in the direction of arrows F will move the piston 58 and the ballhead 52*a out of contact with each other and thereby allow the ski boot to be lifted away from the ski 41.
  • FIGS. 10, 11a and 1 lb illustrate another arrangement according to the present invention using the same cylinder s employed in the description of FIG. 1.
  • an elongated sensor element d is provided which has an upper implantation, secured at the upper end b of the cylinder s and a lower end e secured at the lower end c of the cylinder s.
  • the element d is flexible. However its ends (1 and :1 cannot be twisted or deflected angularly relative to each other so that even when the element (1 is bent the 40 angular orientation of, for instance, an imaginary line on one end e bears the same relationship to a similar line on the other end e
  • the upper end e. is rigidly fixed to the upper end b of cylinder s. End e howeve r, can rotate about its own axis relative to cylinder s. In this manner, as will be described below, the orientation of the lower end e; to the lower end c of the cylinder s is the same as the orientationof the upper end b of the cylinder to the lower end 0 thereof.
  • the lower end c When, as shown in FIG. 11b, the lower end c is twisted relative to the upper end through angle 'y or 'y is attached at its upper end near the knee of the skier by a plate 126 secured by rivets 127.
  • This element' comprises an upper part 125 formed with a polygonalsection core 124 in which a lower element 116 telescopes. Both of these parts 125 and 116 are flcxible but have ends which cannot be twisted readily angularly relative to one another so that a twist at the upper end of element 125 is transmitted directly to the lower end of element 116.
  • an operating rod 100 is connected via a cable to a lever 102 pivoted at 103 on a fulcrum 104 on the boot which serves to operate via spring 113 a clamping element 114 similar to that described in the abovd-mentioned embodiment.
  • the rod is formed with a notch 105 in which fits a tooth or nose 106 of a lever 109 pivoted in the booth at 110 and urged down to the notch 105 by means of a tension spring 111 secured in the boot at 1110 and received in a hole 112.
  • FIG. 13 shows in more detail the lower end of the element 116 shown to have a radially projecting collar 116a adapted to prevent the element 116 from being pushed up in the boot and from which extends a pair of like arms 123 and 12311 carrying respective rollers 122 and 122a.
  • These rollers normally lie on respective planar surfaces 117 and 117a of a semicircular cam provided on the upper side of lever 109.
  • the roller can ride from surfaces 117 and 117a up over inclines and 1210 onto surfaces 118 and 119a. This presses the end of lever 109 down so as to lift the nose 106 from the notch 105.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 The arrangement of FIGS. 14 and 15 is very similar except that here the lever 135 of the unlatching arrangement 133 has a nose 131 which engages in a notch of an actating rod 129.
  • this lever is formed at its rear end with an upper arm 137 having an eye 137a allowing the lever to have its front arm 132 lifted and the nose 131 disengaged from the notch 130 manually.
  • the sensor element here has an upper part 149 secured to a plate 150 held via rivets 151 to the knee region of the legging and is formed with a telescoping portion 148 and receives a lower section 144 having a collar 145 to prevent its upward or downward displacement in the boot.
  • the lever 133 has a cam arm 136 carrying a cam 138 normally urged downwardly by a compression spring 128 and formed as shown in FIG. 15 of semicircular shape.
  • the lower end 144 of the sensor rod has a hub 144a carrying a pair of arms 146 and 146:: carrying respective rollers 147 and 147a which normally rest on raised coplanar surfaces 139 and 139a, respectively. Between these surfaces are'provided coplanar camming surfaces 140, 140:: and 141. Inclined regions 142, 143, 143a and 142a interconnect the lower planar regions.
  • a safety ski binding comprising:
  • a ski boot adapted to receive the foot of a skier
  • latch means for releasably securing said boot to a ski; a sensor means having one portion carried at the knee region of said skier and another portion carried at the foot region of said skier adapted to sense relative movement of the two said portions; and
  • operating means connected between said sensor means and said latch means for operating same and releasing said boot from said ski when said knee and foot regions are angularly offset to each other about an axis passing through said regions to an extent exceeding a predetermined limit.
  • said sensor means including an elongated flexible element having one end constituting said one portion and another end constituting said other portion and connected to said operating means.
  • ski binding defined in claim 2, further comprising means for securing said one end to said knee region and for securing said other end to said foot region.
  • ski binding defined in claim 2, furthercomprising a second such sensor element having its one end secured to one side of said knee region and its other end passing over to the other side of said foot region, the first-mentioned sensor element having its one end secured to the other side of said knee region and its other end passing over to the one side of said foot region.
  • ski binding defined in claim 4 wherein said elements each include a tubular and flexible extensible sheath and an inextensible and flexible core received within said sheath, said cores being fixed at said one ends at said knee region and being secured at said other ends to said operating means.
  • said operating means includes a pivotal lever assembly having one lever arm formed with a cam engageable with said other end.
  • ski binding defined in claim 8 wherein said other end carries a radially projecting arm and a roller on said arm engaging said cam.
  • said latch means includes a slidable body formed with a notch and said operating means includes a pivotal lever assembly connected to said element and having a nose engageable in said notch for preventing sliding thereof.

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