Releasable linking unit and corresponding motor vehicle
AssigneeWagon Automotive GmbH
InventorBenoît Bon
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Abstract
A releasable linking unit has first and second support elements designed to be applied one against the other, said first support element having a catch loop; a hook joined to said second support element and displaceable relative to this second support element; control members having elements for guiding the hook between a locked position and an unlocked position. The guide elements are designed to bias the two support elements one against the other when the hook is fully displaced from its intermediate position into its locked position.
Claims16
Releasable unit for linking a first detachable structural element to a second structural element of a motor vehicle, the unit comprising:
- a first and a second support element designed to be fixed respectively to the first and the second structural elements and to be applied one against the other when the two structural elements are linked, said first support element having a catch element;
- a hook having a portion which co-operates with the catch element and being joined, to said second support element, this hook being displaceable relative to this second support element;
- means for controlling the hook, these control means having guide means for guiding the hook between a locked position, in which the hook is engaged in the catch element, and an unlocked position in which the book is released from the catch element, the guide means being designed to bias the two support elements one against the other when the hook is fully displaced into its locked position,
- the guide means of the hook having a link mounted so as to articulate relative to said second support element about a first axis (A2) and on which the hook is articulated about a second axis (A3), the two axes (A2, A3) being mutually parallel and perpendicular to a direction of displacement (D), wherein the second axis (A3) is located on either side of a dead centre point (PM) when the hook is in its locked position, respectively in its unlocked position, the dead centre being disposed substantially opposite said first axis (A2) relative to the catch element.
Motor vehicle having a frame as a first structural element and a roof arch as a second structural element, wherein the roof arch is joined to the frame by a releasable linking unit comprising:
- a first and a second support element designed to be fixed respectively to the first and the second structural elements and to be applied one against the other when the two structural elements are linked, said first support element having a catch element;
- a hook having a portion which co-operates with the catch element and being joined to said second support element, this hook being displaceable relative to this second support element;
- means for controlling the hook, these control means having guide means for guiding the hook between a locked position, in which the hook is engaged in the catch element, and an unlocked position in which the hook is released from the catch element, the guide means being designed to bias the two support elements one against the other when the hook is fully displaced into its locked position,
- the guide means of the hook having a link mounted so as to articulate relative to said second support element about a first axis (A2) and on which the hook is articulated about a second axis (A3) a the two axes (A2, A3) being mutually parallel and perpendicular to a direction of displacement CD), wherein the second axis (A3) is located on either side of a dead centre point (PM) when the hook is in its locked position, respectively in its unlocked position, the dead centre being disposed substantially opposite said first axis (A2) relative to the catch element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.