Locking device, particularly for a spare wheel cradle
AssigneeRegie Nationale des Usines Renault
InventorCalin Philippe
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Abstract
A locking device, particularly for a spare wheel cradle 12 mounted to pivot under the floor 14 of an automobile, the cradle being able to be released from inside the automobile by a control mechanism 28-34 connected to a locking mechanism 16 including a housing 18 mounted under the floor, a retaining hook 36 for retaining the cradle 12 and a safety hook 38, the cradle causing being automatically locked by the retaining hook when the cradle is put in place under the floor. The locking mechanism 16 includes a mechanism for retaining the safety hook in a retracted position when the cradle is in the released position, release of the retaining mechanism 100 being controlled by the automatic locking of the cradle 42 by the retaining hook 36.
Claims6
A locking device, particularly for a cradle mounted to pivot under the floor of a vehicle, comprising:
- control means for releasing the cradle from inside the vehicle;
- and
- a locking device connected to said control means and which further comprises a housing mounted under said floor of the vehicle, a retaining hook for retaining said cradle, and a safety hook positioned in said housing, said cradle being automatically locked by said safety hook upon said cradle being placed under said floor, wherein said locking mechanism further comprises means for retaining said safety hook in a retracted position and wherein release of said means for retaining said safety hook is controlled by automatic locking of said cradle by said retaining hook wherein said means for retaining said safety hook further comprises retractable stop means operatively associated with said safety hook so as to be automatically retracted when said safety hook is positioned in said retracted position, retraction of said retractable stop means being controlled automatically by the locking of said cradle by said retaining hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.