DE2705849C2 - Front area of a vehicle with a bumper - Google Patents

Description

a schematically shown carrier 10 is behind the bumper are two in the closed position of the flap horizontal struts 11 can be seen, the direct support the bumper on a vertical support 12 are used. This carrier also serves to support a in Fig. 2 indicated footboard 13, which is horizontal in the open position of the flap, so that it is for Cleaning the window panes or the wipers can be climbed. From Fig. 2 is still closed recognize that the frame 8 in each case laterally with the help of shoulder strap 14 in its unfolded position on The frame of the vehicle is suspended

The F i g. 3 it can be seen that the integral foam part the flap is equipped with support ribs 15 on its rear side

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Claims (1)

1 2 fair training, easy and inexpensive to Claim: cash and the effort for attaching the step device is low Front area of a vehicle, in particular of a vehicle. This object is achieved according to the invention by the im Omnibusses, with a Merkragende indicated above a downward 5 characteristics of the patent claim The apron of the body paneling has been loosened arranged bumper, which is in its central area together with the apron underneath and behind it, made in one piece from integral foam Part of the apron as a tool around a horizontal axis towards the center area of the bumper with respect to the FaIw The front flap which can be swiveled down is formed, the io middle central shock pad, which, as the apron, is also made of enables access to a spare wheel and is formed with the integral foam, minor accidents a mountable step device in the area that can withstand damage. With smaller bumps gives way Bumper, characterized in that the integral foam returns elastically and assumes the bumper (4) returns to its original shape in the area of the flap (6). at with the part of the apron assigned to it (3) 15 g: is formed in one piece from integral foam and dismantle the Ie from the support frame, whereupon this Flap (6) a bearing of the axis (A) leg and go back to its original shape holding support frame (8), which are fully functional at the rear afterwards, see the flap with a step device bil- During manufacture there is the advantage that the The footboard (13) is fitted with 20 bumpers together with the apron in one operation can be foamed. Another advantage of the solution according to the invention can be seen in the fact that the support frame with a running board is provided that several functions at the same time The invention relates to the front area of a vehicle, especially a bus, according to the step of cleaning the front window of the vehicle. As the preamble of the claim. Flap relatively wide k% is now also a wide From practice, an omnibus of the aforementioned footboard is available, on which one is not only known as the type in which the metal bumper was previously made with the front part of the foot, but also with it and can stand on the body panel or on your feet. The running board has the body frame attached behind it, but it also has the function of backing the middle area of the body paneling made of sheet metal, lining the elegant bumper and making it torsion-proof and impact-resistant underneath the light and radiator grille strip. lumpy together with the Schüi ze is formed When the flap is swiveled in, the step for cleaning the windshield of the bus disappears behind the same, which means that the bumper has kick-offs on the front ice. of the vehicle no longer visually disturbs
which has the shape of a square, football-sized step- In the following an embodiment of the invented surface is described with reference to a drawing. It shows In the known omnibus, the one made of metal is best. 1 a front view of an Ormrbus,
The front bumper is sturdily built to cope with minor bumps and 40 F i g. 2 shows the front view of the in FIG. I shown omni-damaged to survive. The construction of the flap busses, but with the flap pivoted down, and
is expensive here, since the same the bumper F i g. 3 a vertical section through the bumper must be firmly attached to the apron. The attachment measured the line IH-III inF i g. 1. the start means an additional effort. In Fig. 1 of the drawing shows an omnibus 1 that is known from US Pat. No. 2,6 03,527, a vehicle 45 on its front side 2 above a downwardly projecting vehicle, in particular an omnibus, which has a bumper 4 in its apron 3 which extends over the front area a cover the spare wheel and extends the entire width of the vehicle In the middle area 5 at the same time serving as a bumper, the bumper is together with the assigned to it be pivoted down. Step 50 forms and forms a flap 6 which, as in possibilities for cleaning the windshields F i g. 2, arranged, horizontal axis A are not created as a result. ouch The closed position shown in Fig. 1 in the DE-OS 22 19 148 is also pivoted down in the open position shown in Fig.2. In a commercial vehicle, a front-link driver's cab in the swiveled-down position reveals the flap 6, the front area of which has a hinged access to a spare wheel 7 hood made of energy-absorbing plastic behind it. As can be seen from FIGS can be entered. In the bumper, which is only shown schematically in the drawing, shows a flap covering the spare wheel. The support frame is made of square tubes, the back of which serves as a step. After the foam part has been assembled and held, inter alia, after the door has been opened, the flap can be anchored into the position of use 9 from a Vcran readiness position cast into the foam. F i g. 3 can be seen that pivot. 65 two such fastenings in the area of the bumper The invention is based on the task of the front panels, one being provided at the lower edge of the apron area of a vehicle of the type mentioned at the beginning. The flap axis A is also to be further developed there, so that the flap is sturdy and accidental between the free edge of the apron and