Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein the bearings include a top bearing which comprises a bearing bracket with boreholes for the vertical swivel axis formed by way of a hinge bolt, the bearing bracket being arranged in a side joint of the rear hatch in the vehicle body and connected to a post of the vehicle body by way of a holding angle;
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• wherein the boreholes run on a rear-sided exterior of the post.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein a holding angle is attached with its one attachment leg for the bearing bracket to an inside wall surface of a post of the vehicle body and with its other holding leg to an outside wall surface of the post.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein the bearing bracket comprises a projecting arm which corresponds to an attachment leg of a holding angle and to which is attached a bearing segment having a U-shaped cross section and which comprises vertically spaced bearing plates having bolt boreholes, said bearing segment having a rear side which rests true to shape against an outer wall surface of a post of the vehicle body.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein a body post exhibits an insertion opening for internal arrangement of an attachment leg of a holding angle.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein a bearing bracket is enveloped by a cover element which is slidable thereon and which comprises an opening for one of the support arms and whose rear sided face rests sealingly on a wall surface of a post of the vehicle body.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• wherein one of the bearings is a bottom bearing which is disposed in a cutout of the shock absorber, in which there is a cover and in which a hinge element which can be installed from the outside is embedded.

Holding device for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle, said holding device being disposed on the outside of a swivellable rear hatch and comprising a wheel carrier which is held by at least two support arms and which is supported by way of bearings on the vehicle body so as to swivel, the support arms being spaced apart and projecting from the wheel carrier and end sides thereof being connected to the bearings, the bearings being held on the vehicle body and forming a vertical swivel axis which is arranged independently of a swivel axis of the rear hatch, the wheel carrier being swivellable about the swivel axis of the bearings up to the rear hatch into a fixing position and being held on a shock absorber cross member by way of a support member in a holding element and being freely swivellable from the rear hatch into a release position,

• further comprising a box-shaped holding element into which the support member is insertable so as to hold the wheel carrier in the fixing position, wherein the box-shaped holding element is connected to the shock absorber cross member.