Device for stowing away a spare-wheel on an automobile vehicle
AssigneeAutomobiles Peugeot
InventorJean Croissant
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Abstract
The device ensures in the case of a shock on the rear of the vehicle the withdrawal of the spare-wheel under the fuel tank without this substantially affecting the capacity of the tank. The spare-wheel is carried by a basket mounted on a support to pivot about a first axis. The support is mounted under the floor of the vehicle to pivot about a second axis and is normally maintained in position by rivets or pins. The second axis is placed nearer the center of the vehicle than the first axis and at a higher level.
Claims10
A device for stowing away a spare-wheel adjacent an end of a vehicle and comprising, in combination with a floor of the vehicle and a fuel tank carried under the floor, support means mounted under the floor, a basket for carrying and locating the spare-wheel between the tank and said end of the vehicle and mounted on the support means to be pivotable about a first axis extending transversely of the vehicle, the support means being mounted under the floor to pivot about a second axis extending transversely of the vehicle and located with respect to the first axis toward the centre of the vehicle longitudinally of the vehicle and at a higher level than the first axis, and releasable connecting means between the floor and the support means for holding the support means stationary in normal operation of the device and capable of being released in the event of an accident producing an impact capable of displacing the spare-wheel in a direction from said end toward said centre of the vehicle, the support having such position relative to the tank and the first axis and second axis being spaced apart a distance which is such that, upon release of the connecting means, the support means are capable of swinging about the second axis downwardly and toward the centre of the vehicle longitudinally of the vehicle to constrain the basket to move the spare-wheel toward a position under the tank.
A device for stowing away a spare-wheel adjacent an end of a vehicle and comprising, in combination with a floor of the vehicle and a fuel tank which is partly defined by an inclined wall adjacent said end of the vehicle and is carried under the floor, support means mounted under the floor, a basket for carrying and locating the spare-wheel between the tank and said end of the vehicle and mounted on the support means to be pivotable about a first axis extending transversely of the vehicle, the support means being mounted under the floor to pivot about a second axis extending transversely of the vehicle and located with respect to the first axis toward the centre of the vehicle longitudinally of the vehicle and at a higher level than the first axis, and releasable connecting means between the floor and the support means for holding the support means stationary in normal operation of the device and capable of being released in the event of an accident producing an impact capable of displacing the spare-wheel in a direction from said end toward said centre of the vehicle, the support having such position relative to the tank and the first axis and second axis being spaced apart a distance which is such that, upon release of the connecting means, the support means are capable of swinging about the second axis downwardly and toward the centre of the vehicle longitudinally of the vehicle to constrain the basket to move the spare-wheel toward a position under the tank, a straight line through the pivot axes being substantially perpendicular to said inclined wall in the normal position of the support means.
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