EP0918126A2 - Système d'actionnement pour pièces mobiles sur des véhicules. - Google Patents

Système d'actionnement pour pièces mobiles sur des véhicules. Download PDF

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EP0918126A2
EP0918126A2 EP98890281A EP98890281A EP0918126A2 EP 0918126 A2 EP0918126 A2 EP 0918126A2 EP 98890281 A EP98890281 A EP 98890281A EP 98890281 A EP98890281 A EP 98890281A EP 0918126 A2 EP0918126 A2 EP 0918126A2
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Klaus Dipl.-Ing. Stolle
Bernhard Hollerbach
Gerhard Dipl.-Ing. Huber
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05FDEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/40Safety devices, e.g. detection of obstructions or end positions
    • E05F15/42Detection using safety edges
    • E05F15/47Detection using safety edges responsive to changes in fluid pressure
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/14Hinges with pins with two or more pins with four parallel pins and two arms
    • E05D3/145Hinges with pins with two or more pins with four parallel pins and two arms specially adapted for vehicles
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05FDEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/1091Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance with a gas spring
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05FDEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/50Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators
    • E05F15/53Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators for swinging wings
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/67Materials; Strength alteration thereof
    • E05Y2800/676Plastics
    • E05Y2800/678Elastomers
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/67Materials; Strength alteration thereof
    • E05Y2800/682Strength alteration by reinforcing, e.g. by applying ribs
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/548Trunk lids

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  • the invention relates to an actuating arrangement for movable Parts on vehicles, especially for boot lids, soft top covers or Like., With an articulation of the part to be moved on the vehicle by means of at least a hinge, a drive means and at least one Gas spring, wherein at least one hinge has an inner lever which in Interior of the vehicle ends and also in the interior of the Vehicle arranged drive means connected to initiate a torque is.
  • a drive unit for opening and closing the lid preferably by a hydraulic cylinder replace. This loads the lid on one side and also has the major disadvantage that the pressure medium lines through the gutter must be guided and the cylinder itself a surface protection requirement.
  • the hinge on the side of the drive device must be closed their integration will be changed.
  • the design of the drive device for example in the case of hydraulic cylinders their design, stroke, diameter, working pressure, etc., is no longer through geometric conditions in the outer area of the hinge, its kinematics does not have to be changed, restricted, but can freely and optimally the system can be tuned.
  • the Drive means also a purely manual actuation of the vehicle part to be moved occur. Since the drive device is not in the outer area of the hinge, gas springs can be provided on both sides, so that the weight of the vehicle part is absorbed on both sides and thus one-sided stress can be avoided.
  • the hinge as a multi-joint hinge, is designed in particular as a four-joint hinge, one the hinge joints near the vehicle, preferably that of the center of the vehicle closer hinge joint, connected to the inner lever via the pivot pin is.
  • This combination of features offers good kinematics of the hinge with optimal opening of the trunk lid or other vehicle part in connection with a structurally simple and stable connection of the drive means to the hinge.
  • the drive means is advantageously a preferably hydraulic one Working cylinder. This choice of drive means allows precise actuation of the trunk lid or the like by means of simple and proven systems.
  • the working cylinder with one end, preferably with the piston rod, on Inner lever of the hinge attacks and with its other end, preferably the floor, is articulated on a part of the hinge near the vehicle.
  • the hinge itself for connecting the second end of the working cylinder used and an additional attachment point with additional constructive effort for this can be avoided.
  • the necessary pivot point of a hinge joint near the vehicle can also be used as a pivot point for the working cylinder and so on to further reduce the design and manufacturing costs.
  • a tension and compression resistant, preferably also rigid connection is provided between the pivot pin and another point fixed to the vehicle, preferably between the pivot pin and the vehicle-specific articulation point of the drive means. This allows the rotary or swivel movements to be carried out without obstruction the hinge prevents mechanical stress on the pivot pins become.
  • the articulation point of the Drive means advantageously with the second hinge joint near the vehicle together, which is taking a very simple construction anyway existing articulation points enabled.
  • trunk lid and convertible top covers Specially for trunk lid and convertible top covers is to maintain the optimal kinematics and to achieve the best possible protection of the drive means an embodiment of the actuation arrangement according to the invention advantageous, in which the pivot pin of the hinge from the interior of the Vehicle in the rain gutter of the trunk lid or the convertible top cover is guided and the drive means and the inner lever in the trunk or Storage space of the convertible top are arranged.
  • Fig. 1 shows a section at the point of carrying out a Pivot pin through the body
  • Fig. 2 shows schematically a first embodiment an actuation arrangement according to the invention with a four-bar hinge
  • 3 is another embodiment, again with a four-bar hinge
  • Fig. 4 shows a top view, partly in section part of an actuating arrangement according to the invention with stabilizing Connection.
  • Fig. 2 is shown schematically such as a boot lid 1 of a vehicle on its body, preferably in the area of its Rain gutter 2, via a four-joint hinge 3 - 8, 12, as an example for a Multi-joint hinge, is tied.
  • the boot lid 1 is on the hinge upper part 3 attached with its remote pivot points.
  • the hinge lower part 6 and the pivot points 7, 12 near the vehicle are preferred (as can be seen better in FIG. 4) on a side flank of the gutter 2 placed.
  • the pivoting movement for opening and closing the boot lid 1 is due to the different length of the two hinge levers 4 and 5 at their Swiveling causes.
  • a pivot pin 15 (see Fig. 1) connected to the inner lever 8, on which inner lever 8 the piston rod 9 of a hydraulic cylinder 10 used as drive means.
  • the piston rod 9 is extended and the inner lever 8 pivoted counterclockwise.
  • the torque is over the pivot pin 15 transferred to the hinge lever 4, and via the hinge connections also on the hinge lever 5.
  • the hinge upper part 3 in Swiveled clockwise and slightly raised at the same time, so that the boot lid 1 is brought into the open position.
  • the closing movement is through retraction of the piston rod 9 in the working cylinder 10, the movements just described run in the opposite direction.
  • the driving means here the working cylinder 10, depressurized.
  • Fig. 2 is the bottom of the working cylinder 10 at the second pivot point 12 of the four-bar hinge nearer the vehicle 3 - 8, 12 hinged.
  • the bottom of the Cylinder 10 about a parallel to the axes of the four-bar hinge 3-8, 12 Axle swiveling on another part of the hinge that is closer to the vehicle or a point 13 fixed to the vehicle outside the area of the four-bar hinge 3 - 8, 12 hinged, as shown in the schematic representation 3 is shown.
  • the cylinder 10 can be protected against corrosive media, moisture and dirt inside the Vehicle, here in the trunk. Also, there are no wires for the pressure medium through the gutter 2, whereby this can also be made smaller.
  • a tensile and pressure resistant connection 14 preferably also rigid, provided as a stabilizer (see Fig. 4), which absorbs these bending moments.
  • This connection 14 is for example a rectangular profile between the pivot points 7 and 12 of the four-bar hinge is used, it being on the side of the axis of rotation Bolt 15, 16 attacks, the opposite side of which in the body, for example, the side flank of the gutter 2 is held.
  • connection 14 between the articulation point fixed to the body the working cylinder 9, 10 and the pivot point 7 used no matter where the said articulation point fixed to the body is at (pivot point 12) a part of the hinge near the vehicle, directly on the body outside of the hinge, etc.).
  • Fig. 1 is a section through the arrangement in the area of the implementation of the pivot pin 15 represented by the body.
  • the inside edge the gutter 2 is closed by a rubber seal 17 and the side flank 18 of the gutter 2, through which the bolt 15 is passed, then goes into the curvature 19 of the fender.
  • the inner lever 8 On the far left of the pivot pin 15 sits the inner lever 8 in a rotationally fixed manner - although still further out at most a spacer sleeve, the connection 14 and at least one holding element could be provided.
  • a Spacer and sealing element 20 is provided, on which the lower hinge part 6 is present. Then another spacer 21 follows between this lower hinge part 6 and fixed again in a rotationally fixed manner on the pivot pin 15 Hinge lever 4.
  • This transmission of torque from the inner lever 8 to the Hinge lever 4 over the pivot pin 15 is particularly effective and constructive easy to implement.
  • the non-rotatable connection of inner lever 8 and Hinge lever 4 with the pivot pin 15 can have a non-positive or positive Connection can be realized.

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EP98890281A 1997-11-20 1998-10-02 Système d'actionnement pour pièces mobiles sur des véhicules. Expired - Lifetime EP0918126B1 (fr)

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AT0196897A AT405748B (de) 1997-11-20 1997-11-20 Betätigungsanordnung für bewegliche teile an fahrzeugen
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