Wing folding mechanism for a device attached outside a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorNicolas Berne
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Abstract
Mechanism (1) to support at least one device (7) installed outside a vehicle (2), the mechanism (1) comprising: —a support base (3) fixed on the vehicle (2), —a wing (6) pivotally attached to the support base (3), the at least one device (7) being fixed to the wing, —a driving module (4) movably attached to the support base (3), —the support base (3) comprising a cam (8) enabling a linear displacement of the driving module (4) along the cam (8), —an arm (5) having one extremity (9) connected to the driving module (4) and an other extremity (10) connected to the wing (6) so that the arm (5) drives the folding and/or unfolding of the wing (6) according to the displacement of the driving module (4) along the cam (8).
Claims7
A mechanism to support at least one device installed outside a vehicle, the mechanism comprising:
- a support base fixed on the vehicle,
- a wing pivotally attached to the support base, the at least one device being fixed to the wing,
- a driving module movably attached to the support base,
- the support base comprising a cam enabling a linear displacement of the driving module along the cam,
- an arm having one extremity connected to the driving module and another extremity connected to the wing so that the arm drives the folding and/or unfolding of the wing according to the displacement of the driving module along the cam,
- wherein the driving module comprises a motor and a gear, the motor being configured to drive the gear, and the gear being configured to cooperate with the cam, so that when the motor drives the clear the driving module is displaced along the cam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.