Spare wheel holding device
AssigneeORIS Fahrzeugteile Hans Riehle GmbH
InventorsJuergen Dunsch, Joerg Riehle, Hans Riehle
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Abstract
A swivelling spare wheel carrier for a vehicle is provided which improves rear access to the vehicle body and the tailgate opening. The spare wheel carrier is connected to the vehicle body by a swivel joint. A swivelling axis of the swivel joint is disposed such that, by means of the spare wheel carrier, the spare wheel is movable from a travel position, in which it is behind the tailgate, into a rear access position, in which the spare wheel held by the spare wheel carrier is disposed at least in part with a region overlapping a rear part of a longitudinal side of the vehicle body.
Claims18
A spare wheel holding device for a vehicle body having a tailgate, comprising:
- a spare wheel carrier adapted to hold a spare wheel and capable of swivelling about an axis relative to the vehicle body,
- the spare wheel carrier being mounted by means of a single swivel bearing so as to be capable of swivelling relative to the vehicle body;
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- the spare wheel in a rear access position being disposed at a greater distance from the road surface than in a travel position.
A spare wheel holding device for a vehicle body having a tailgate, comprising:
- a spare wheel carrier adapted to hold a spare wheel and capable of swivelling about an axis relative to the vehicle body,
- the spare wheel carrier being mounted by means of a single swivel bearing so as to be capable of swivelling relative to the vehicle body and the swivel bearing has a swivelling axis, which extends obliquely relative to the vertical longitudinal center plane of the vehicle.
A spare wheel holding device for a vehicle body having a tailgate, comprising:
- a spare wheel carrier adapted to hold a spare wheel and capable of swivelling about an axis relative to the vehicle body,
- the spare wheel carrier being mounted by means of a single swivel bearing so as to be capable of swivelling relative to the vehicle body and the swivelling axis is oriented at an acute angle (α) with respect to vertical.
A spare wheel holding device for a vehicle body having a tailgate, comprising:
- a spare wheel carrier adapted to hold a spare wheel and capable of swivelling about an axis relative to the vehicle body,
- the spare wheel carrier being mounted by means of a single swivel bearing so as to be capable of swivelling relative to the vehicle body and the swivelling axis is oriented at an acute angle (β) with respect to horizontal, which horizontal extends at right angles to a vehicle longitudinal center plane.
A spare wheel holding device for a vehicle body having a tailgate, comprising:
- a spare wheel carrier adapted to hold a spare wheel and capable of swivelling about an axis relative to the vehicle body,
- the spare wheel carrier being mounted by means of a single swivel bearing so as to be capable of swivelling relative to the vehicle body and the swivelling axis is oriented at an acute angle (γ) with respect to horizontal, which horizontal extends parallel to a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane.
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