Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
  • E05B83/28—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like
  • E05B83/30—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
  • E05C3/00—Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively
  • E05C3/12—Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively with latching action
  • E05C3/16—Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively with latching action with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch
  • E05C3/162—Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively with latching action with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch the handle or member moving essentially towards or away of the plane of the wing or frame
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
  • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
  • E05C9/08—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with a rotary bar for actuating the fastening means

Definitions

• Locking system for an opening, in particular an opening leaf for closing a dwelling in the habitable
• the present invention relates to a controllable locking system of an opening, in particular for an opening of a dashboard of a motor vehicle, and an opening and a motor vehicle equipped with such a control system.
• Motor vehicles generally have different openings in the passenger compartment, especially on the dashboard to close a glove box, which form a lid mounted on a hinge that closes the access of this box.
• a type of controllable locking system known for these openings comprises a pivoting pallet along an axis fixed to the cover, comprising on each side of this axis a cylindrical housing receiving a fixed cylinder rotation , and a helical spring working in torsion to recall this pallet in its lowered position.
• the pallet On each side the pallet comprises a lug bearing on a cam profile formed on the outer contour of the barrel, so as to generate with the pivoting of the pallet axial sliding of the barrel towards the center between these barrels.
• Each barrel is connected to an outwardly oriented axial control rod, having at its end a latch which in the closed position of the opening leaf is fitted into a keeper fixed on the side of the box, to form locks blocking this opening.
• the lifting of the pallet applies a pull on each rod to release its latch of the striker, allowing simultaneously open locks on both sides.
• this type of controllable locking system has a single control point formed by the pallet, while in some cases it is desired to obtain two separate control points and if possible independently kinematically, operating in the same manner and for controlling each of them. opening independently, which can be spaced to give for example access to this command by two sides of the opening.
• Another type of known controllable locking system presented in particular by US-A1-20150123411, comprises two pallets arranged in the same plane and aligned longitudinally, comprising control ends which are opposite. Each pallet has behind its plane a pivot axis parallel to the other axis, which is disposed near the control end of the other pallet so as to obtain a crossing of these pallets.
• a control rod disposed behind the vanes, sliding in the longitudinal direction comprises two transverse drive arms each actuated by a rear finger formed on a pallet. This is done in this manner with a choice of traction on one of the pallets or a pressure on the other pallet, a same axial sliding of the control rod in a direction giving the opening of the lock.
• this type of control system also does not give two distinct control points, operationally independent operating in the same way, and which can be arranged spaced, preferentially in a variable manner and according to the wishes of the manufacturer / user.
• Document EP 0 494 496 discloses a dashboard housing with a lid mounted doubly hingedly pivoted, each pivot connection being releasable by action on a corresponding handle. This results in a sash locking system with two separate locking members each controlled by a member that is associated with its own. This results in a complex construction, and with control axes, pivoting and locking together, spatially linking the different functions at each link.
• the present invention is intended in particular to solve the problems of the prior art, to overcome the aforementioned limitations and to meet the above demand.
• a locking system for opening which can be controlled manually at the opening, and comprising, on the one hand, a locking member arranged movable in relation to a first axis and, on the other hand, at least a control member having an elongated and arranged structure pivoted about at least a second axis, said locking member having at least one attachment or engaging member adapted and intended to establish a locking connection and at least one element of movement training of said locking member and said at least one control member forming a lever arm or tilting pallet and having, on the one hand, a maneuvering end located opposite its pivotally articulated end and, on the other hand, an element of movement transmission adapted and intended to cooperate with the drive member of the locking member to move, by direct or indirect action of the user on the operating end, the element or each engagement element to a position preventing the establishment of the locking connection,
• the locking member is pivotally movable about the first axis, the displacement of said at least one fastening element or engagement being rotatory in nature, in that there is provided two control members kinematically independent of each other, in that each of the two control members comprises a own motion transmission element, which is located between its operating end and its articulated end and which is adapted and intended to cooperate with an element corresponding associated drive, and in that the locking member and the two control members are pivotally articulated with the opening.
• control system in a simple way, by arranging the two control members (more particularly the maneuvering ends of these members, for example of the pallet type) opposite one with respect to the other in the direction of the first axis, one can obtain two control points more or less distant from each other longitudinally and allowing each to control, independently of one another and by a similar action of the user at each of them, the rotation of the locking member to move the fastening elements connected to this member and to unlock the opening (the two members acting independently and similarly on the same locking member).
• Figure 1 is a partial view of a dashboard board provided with an upper housing closed by an opening, of the pivoting lid type, comprising a locking system according to the invention
• Figures 2A and 2B are views respectively from above and from below of the opening of Figure 1;
• FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C are views respectively in perspective (in two different directions: 3A and 3B) and exploded (3C) of a locking system for an opening according to the invention
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the lid with its locking system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in a sectional plane perpendicular to the axis of pivoting of said lid, and
• FIGS. 5 to 8 are front elevation views of a dashboard with an opening leaf for closing a lower housing, illustrating various alternative embodiments of the locking system according to the invention (in particular different implantations of the order).
• the invention relates to a locking system for opening 1, which can be controlled manually at the opening, and comprising, on the one hand, a locking member 2 arranged movable in connection with a first axis Al and, on the other hand, at least one control member 3 with an elongated structure and arranged pivotally around at least a second axis A2,
• said locking member 2 comprising at least one fastening or engagement element 4 adapted and intended to establish a locking connection for the opening 1 and at least one driving element in displacement of said locking member 2, said minus a control member 3 forming a lever arm or tilting pallet and having, on the one hand, an operating end 6 located opposite its pivotally articulated end 6 'and, on the other hand, an element 7 of movement transmission adapted and intended to cooperate with the driving element 5 of the locking member 2 to move, by direct or indirect action of the user on the end 6 maneuver, the element or each element d 4 engagement to a position preventing the establishment of the locking link.
• the locking member 2 is pivotally movable about the first axis Al, the displacement of said at least one attachment or engagement element 4 being rotatory in nature
• each of the two control members 3 comprises a clean motion transmission element 7, which is located between its operating end 6 and its articulated end 6 'and which is adapted and intended to cooperate with a corresponding associated driving element 5 of the locking member 2, and
• said locking member 2 and the two control members 3 are pivotally articulated with the opening 1.
• a locking system which i) is of simple construction (only one locking member in particular), ii) is mounted directly and in its entirety on the opening 1 to be locked in the position of closure and iii) can be released by positive action on at least two control members 3 which are separate, spaced and without interaction, the action to be performed being identical in nature for the two organs 3 (comfort, simplicity and flexibility of use).
• the locking member 2 has a body 2 'elongate along the first axis A1, for example a tubular hollow body, and comprises at least two engagement elements 4, for example under form of hooks, spaced along said first axis A1, the two drive elements 5, for example in the form of lugs, also being arranged mutually spaced along this axis Al, and each engagement element 4 being advantageously associated with a drive element 5.
• a construction limits the size and the need of material, and provides temporary fastening means (by hooking) safe and effective, as well as easily engageable and releasable (radial hooks engaged and released by simple rotation in opposite directions of the organ 2).
• each control member 3 may have its own pivot axis A2 with the body of the opening 1, which allows any freedom of implantation except to allow the mutual cooperation of the elements 4 and 5 and to avoid any interference between the movements of the two control elements 3.
• the first axis A1 and the second axis A2 are arranged perpendicular to each other, the two control members 3 having a body 3 'elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis Al and arranged in opposite manner so that their hinged ends 6 'are mutually proximal and their operating ends 6 are mutually distal.
• this variant also makes it possible to move the two operating ends 6 away from one another and thus to separate the two locations from which the unlocking can be controlled (cf. Figures 5, 7 and 8).
• the two control members form functionally independent rocking pallets 3, are mounted articulated around a single second axis A2 and are arranged mutually aligned in the direction of extension of their bodies 3 elongated, the operating ends 6 of the two vanes 3 being disposed opposite each other in the direction of the first axis and the hinged ends 6 'of these two vanes 3 advantageously constituting a clevis assembly comprising a tenon 8 'of a pallet 3 fitted into a mortise 8 of the other pallet 3, both being traversed by a rod or pin 8 "forming the second axis A2.
• each pallet 3 the operating end 6 is located, towards the outside, just after its motion transmission element 7, which is provided with a support face 7 'on the driving element 5 of the locking member 2, the transmission of motion between each of the movement transmission elements 7 and the corresponding drive element being of unidirectional nature (no possible transmission of movement from the element 5 to the elements 7).
• the operating end 6 is disposed in a plane offset from the bearing face 7 'of the corresponding motion transmission element 7.
• the end 6 may for example be connected to the main part of the elongate body 3 'of the member 3 by a recess forming a second part.
• the system may comprise at least one return spring 9, biasing the pivoting locking member 2 in the locked position, possibly a spring 9 at each longitudinal end of said member 2, the or each return spring being advantageously formed by a helical spring working in torsion along its axis.
• at least one return spring can be provided for each control member 3, urging the latter towards a position of absence of cooperation between the driving element 5 and the end of concerned maneuver 6 (not shown).
• the elongate pivoting locking member 2 comprises, at a first end, an axial pin 10 for fixing on the opening 1 and on the side opposite said first end, an axle 10 'for fastening with pivoting on the opening, which is attached, said pivot axis 10' being advantageously mounted fitted in an axial housing 11 of cylindrical shape of the pivoting locking member 2 with an elongate structure, having an opening 11 'allowing its insertion into this housing 11.
• the locking members 2 and control 3 are made by molding a rigid plastic material, together with their respective elements 4, 5, 7, the engagement elements 4 and the drive elements 5 being preferentially associated and adjacent in pairs and formed as a part in one piece two by two.
• the opening 1 may comprise on its visible face, at the locations of the operating ends 6 of the control members 3, clearances allowing easy access and good handling of said ends by the user.
• These ends 6 can be provided with rubber studs 6 "forming abutment stops in the rest position.
• the subject of the invention is also, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 to 8, an opening 1 for closing a housing or a cavity in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises an opening controllable locking system as described above, comprising two control members 3 whose operating ends 6 are spaced apart from each other.
• the opening 1 is connected to the passenger compartment by a pivot connection 12, for example at one of its sides, and the two control members 3 are aligned in a direction parallel to the pivot axis A3 this link 12.
• the axes A1 and A3 may be parallel to each other (and perpendicular to the axis A2) and the link 12 may be located opposite the locking member 2 on the opening 1, the control members 3, and in particular their ends 6, being located for example between them (see Figure 2B), laterally or not.
• the two operating ends 6 of the pallets 3 are spaced apart from each other on the apparent face of the opening 1, and possibly arranged on two opposite sides of the opening 1. Conversely, the two operating ends 6 can also be arranged mutually adjacent ( Figure 6).
• the invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least one closing leaf 1, characterized in that the leaf 1 comprises at least one controllable locking system as described above.
• the opening 1 is a closing sash of a housing or storage space 14 formed in the board of the dashboard 13 of said vehicle.
• At least the opening displacement of the opening 1 may be of the assisted or automatic type, for example by providing an elastic means (spring, pneumatic cylinder), possibly associated with a braking means (to have a uniform controlled movement) or an electric actuator (cylinder, rotary electric motor), at or near the pivot connection 12 for example.
• the control of the eventual electric actuator can advantageously be coordinated with the unlocking, for example by means of a sensor or by delayed triggering after action of the user on one of the pallets 3.

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