EP1766165A1

EP1766165A1 - Device for actuating a lock integrated in a door, hatch, or similar, especially in a vehicle

Info

Publication number: EP1766165A1
Application number: EP05770055A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Bernd Reifenberg; Raimund Hübner
Original assignee: Huf Huelsbeck and Fuerst GmbH and Co KG
Current assignee: Huf Huelsbeck and Fuerst GmbH and Co KG
Priority date: 2004-07-10
Filing date: 2005-06-22
Publication date: 2007-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2025-06-22
Also published as: KR101103476B1; CN1985060B; US20120153642A9; CN1985060A; KR20070031421A; WO2006005419A1; EP1766165B1; US20070200369A1; US8474889B2

Abstract

Disclosed is a device comprising a handle (20), one end of which can be mounted from the exterior face (34) of the door in a support (10) that is fastened in the interior (33) of the door by means of a bearing extension (21). A two-piece electrical controller is used for comfortably actuating the lock. One control piece (42) of said electrical controller is disposed in the handle (20) while the other control piece (41) thereof is located in the vehicle. An electric wire encompassing two sections (61, 62) that are interconnected by means of an electrical coupling part and an opposite coupling part (51, 52) extends between the two pieces (41, 42) of the controller. In order to simplify the design and render coupling secure, a seat (28) for the electrical coupling part (52) is provided on the bearing extension (21) of the handle (20). The opposite coupling part (51) located in the wire section (61) thereof protrudes from the opening (31) of an exterior door cladding (30) and is coupled to the coupling part (52) of the unmounted handle (20). A common structural unit comprising the handle (20), the coupling part (52), and the opposite coupling part (51) is provided when the handle is subsequently mounted. If the handle (20) is used in accordance with the requirements, the swivel pin of the handle (20) is simultaneously utilized as a rotating pin for the connected coupling part and opposite coupling part (51, 52).

Description

Device for actuating a lock installed in a door, a flap or the like, in particular in a vehicle

The invention is directed to a device specified in the preamble of claim 1. Art to be arranged on the outside of the door handle has at both ends of the handle each an approach for different tasks. One approach interacts with the lock, while the other approach has bearings and will hereafter be referred to as "bearing lug." Inside the door, a carrier is attached which has abutment points for the bearing lug the door outer panel has two openings through which the two approaches from the handle can be pushed in. The mounting of the handle is effected by a Einrenkbewegung, wherein the bearings retract from the handle in the abutment points of the wearer.

For a comfortable operation of the lock, an electrical control is used, which is formed in two parts. One control part is integrated in the handle, while the other control remainder part is located in the vehicle. The two control parts are connected to each other via an electrical line. The electrical line is divided into two sections, which are interconnected by a two-part electrical coupling. On the one hand, there is a coupling part connected to the control part in the grip on the two line sections, and on the other hand, a with the Steuererrestteil in the vehicle connected counter coupling part. When mounting the handle, as well as during its disassembly, the coupling and counter coupling parts must be coupled or decoupled. When the handle is mounted, the coupling parts lie in the area of the handle bearing and must follow its pivoting movement when the handle is actuated.

In the known device of this type, at least the mating coupling parts own Drehlagerstellen on the carrier. So it is known (DE 100 62 042 Al) on the carrier to mount a radial member pivotally, sitting at the free end of the counter-coupling part.

In a further device of this type (DE 196 33 894 C2) of the counter-coupling part is pivotally mounted in a bearing block of the carrier, said pivot bearing of the coupling with the engaged bearing and counter bearing points between the handle and the carrier is axially aligned.

Finally, it is known in a further variant of this device (DE 199 47 977 Cl) not only to mount the counter-coupling part on a separate bearing in the carrier, but also the coupling part on the bearing neck of the handle pivotally.

In these known devices additional components are required for the pivotal mounting of the mating coupling part on the carrier and optionally for the rotary mounting of the electrical coupling part on the handle. This requires a complex production and installation. These additional components take up precious space. Because the engaging of the coupling and mating coupling part takes place in connection with the bearing mounting of the handle, the contacting takes place invisibly behind the outer lining of the door and is therefore not controllable. Therefore, it can occasionally come to wrong contacts.

The invention has for its object to develop a simple, space-saving device of the aforementioned type, the coupling and mating coupling parts can be reliably coupled and after the coupling on actuation of the Handle the handle movement follow. This is inventively achieved by the measures listed in the characterizing part of claim 1, which have the following special significance.

After installation of the electrical control part in the handle of sitting on the associated line section coupling part is inserted into the receptacle of the bearing lug. Thus, first, the coupling part is an integral part of the handle. The recorded in the bearing neck coupling part is located in a unique end position to be able to manually engage the projecting at its line section from the opening of the door outer panel at its line section mating coupling part manually. The coupling process can be well observed and performed reliably. The result is a complex but contiguous assembly of handle, coupling part and mating coupling part. This assembly not only facilitates the bearing mounting of the handle in the carrier, but also remains in the later operation of the handle during normal use. The consequence of this is that the bearings for pivotal movement of the handle at later intended use at the same time the pivot bearing point around which engages the engaged clutch.

This own bearings and components for pivotal mounting of the mating coupling part on the carrier are also unnecessary, as is occasional bearings of the coupling part on the handle. A special production of the carrier according to the invention is not required. It can also be used in the invention, carriers that are otherwise used in devices without electrical control. When using the carrier in the device according to the invention, only the line section of the vehicle-side control remainder parts, at the end of which the counter-coupling part is located, needs to be laid on the carrier. Because of the multiple use of the carrier they can be produced in much larger quantities. This lowers the costs for the production of the carrier and thus also the total cost of the device according to the invention. Further measures and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims, the following description and the drawings. In the drawings, the invention is shown in one embodiment. Show it:

1, each in longitudinal section, a carrier mounted inside the door and a still separate handle, which is located in front of the dash-dotted line outer door panel, said belonging to a two-part electrical control clutch and mating coupling parts are still decoupled,

Fig. 2a in enlargement a side view of the coupling part before his

Arrangement under control,

Fig. 2b shows the top view of the coupling part of Fig. 2a in

Direction of arrow IIb,

Fig. 3a belonging to the coupling part of Fig. 2a, 2b

Counter coupling part with associated line section, which is part of the carrier,

Fig. 3b, in analogy to Fig. 2b, a plan view of the

Counter coupling part of Fig. 3a in the direction of the arrow UIb there,

4 shows the sectional view of the assemblies still shown in FIG. 1 along the section line IV - IV there, the carrier being omitted and only the associated line section being shown with the counter-coupling part, FIG. Fig. 5 is a of FIG. 4 corresponding plan view of the one end of the

Handle, before there is an electrical coupling part has been inserted, as he already shows Fig. 4,

6, in perspective view, the completed coupling of the carrier-side mating coupling part in the handle-side coupling part, wherein the carrier was not shown in this case,

Fig. 7a is a vertical section through the handle shown in Fig. 6 in

Area of its bearing points bearing bearing after the coupling of the electric coupling and counter coupling parts,

Fig. 7b in analogy to Fig. 7a is a horizontal section through the

Bearing neck of the handle,

Fig. 8, in analogy to Figure 1, the corresponding longitudinal sections after the handle has been mounted by a in Fig. 6 illustrated by arrows Einrenkbewegung in the carrier and is in its position of use on the door of the vehicle,

9, in perspective view, the rear view of the fully assembled device according to the invention, omitting the outer lining, whereby a view of the outside of the door arranged mounted handle is possible, and

Fig. 10 shows the front side view of the finished inventive

Device, wherein the outer lining has also been omitted. The device consists of a carrier 10 which is mounted in the door interior 33 behind a dash-dotted line in Figs. 1 and 8, indicated outer panel 30. The door outer panel 30 may be formed in several parts and have only one of the central region of the carrier 10 overlapping shell part.

The device also includes a handle 20, which is mountable from the outside of the door 34 in the carrier 10. For this purpose, the handle 20 has at its two ends depending on a lug 21, 22, which fulfill different functions to each other. One approach 21 is provided with bearings 23, which is why it should be referred to as "bearing approach." The other approach 22 is intended to cooperate with a lock (not shown in detail) inside the door 33 and has a hook end 24 or the like.

For mounting the handle, two openings 31, 32 are used, through which the two lugs 21, 22 are passed during the handle assembly. The assembly comprises a plurality of movement phases which can be described in the region of the bearing projection 21 as a "pivoting movement", which is illustrated in Fig. 6 by two movement arrows 25, 26. It consists of an illustrated by the arrow 25 Durchsteckphase where the bearing lug 21 of The handle 20 passes through the cladding opening 31 into a first recess 11 of the carrier in an analogous manner. The other handle attachment 22 likewise passes through the second cladding opening 32 into an analogous recess 12 in the carrier 10. After the passage-through phase 25, a transverse movement takes place directed displacement phase in the direction of the arrow 26 of Fig. 6, whereby the handle-side bearing 23 passes into a provided in the carrier 10 abutment point 13. This end position is shown in Fig. 8 and 10. Then determine the bearing and abutment points 23, 13 a in 7 and Figs. 9 and 10 shown pivot axis 40 for the handle 20. Upon actuation of the mounted handle 20 is the in the direction of arrow 27 of Fig. 8 pivoted.

However, the device not only allows a mechanical operation of the lock on the handle 20, to which, as I said, the other handle-neck 22 is involved, but also a particularly comfortable electrical control, the two-part 41, 42 is formed. There is one in Fig. 1 schematically indicated in the handle 20 In the case of use, as shown in FIG. 8, these two parts 41, 42 of the controller are connected to each other by an electrical line, which in turn recognizable from two in Fig. 8 Sections 61, 62. The one portion 61 is, as best seen in Fig. 9, laid in the carrier 10, for which there are various holding means 14 are provided. The other portion 62 extends in the handle 20, as shown in FIG. 1. The two line sections 61, 62 are connected in the case of use of Fig. 8 by a two-part electrical coupling 50, which is formed in the following special way.

As best seen in FIGS. 2 a and 2 b, a coupling part 52, which has electrical plug contacts 54 in the interior of a protective sleeve 56, is located on the line section 62. The protective sleeve 56 is extended with a tab 68 beyond its opening area. At the end of the flap there is a hole 35.

As best seen in Fig. 5 it can be seen, in the bearing neck 21 of the handle 20, a receptacle 28 is formed, which is formed in the present case as a pocket. The pocket 28 is open to the bearing 23 and forms there a pocket opening 29. The pocket is, as the plan view in Fig. 5 shows longitudinally slotted. When the coupling part 52 is inserted into the pocket 28, the coupling part 57, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7b, projects with its housing sleeve 56, although in some areas, but is firmly seated there. The recognizable in Fig. 5 pocket bottom 36 is, as shown in Fig. 7b, provided with an undercut 37, which engages behind the inner end 38 of the housing 56 in the insertion. As a result, the inserted coupling part 52 is captively positioned in the pocket 28. When the coupling part 52 is inserted, the associated line section is laid in an extension 39 of the pocket, the course of which can be seen particularly clearly from FIG. 5 and FIG. 7b. In the pocket extension, a cavity 19 is provided, in which when inserting and laying a best of Fig. 2a but also from Fig. 7b apparent profile piece 63 comes to rest.

The insertion position of the coupling part 52 in the pocket 28 is secured by a snap fastener 17, 18. For this purpose, as can be seen particularly well from Fig. 7a is, the housing 56, a pair of diametrically opposed clip lugs 17 which have a ramp in the insertion direction 43 of FIG. 5. When plugged in the direction of the arrow 43 of Fig. 5 and 7 a of the sleeve-shaped housing portion yields and the clip lugs 17 enter into recesses 18, which are provided in the side walls of the bearing part 21 of the handle 20. Then, when the counter-coupling part 51 is engaged in the direction of the arrow 15 of Fig. 1 and 4, the sleeve part of the housing 56 is stiffened and thereby the engagement 17 of the clip lugs 17 secured in the handle recess 18. The coupling part 52 is firmly in the handle captive.

As illustrated in FIG. 3 a, the counter-coupling part 51 extends substantially at right angles to an extended course of the associated line section 61. For contacting, the coupling part, as shown in FIG. 3 b, has male-shaped plug contacts 53. Its housing 55 has a pin-shaped configuration and corresponds to the longitudinal oval cross-section In a ring zone of the housing pin 55, a circumferential sealing ring 57 is arranged, which is supported on the inner wall of the housing sleeve 56 after the coupling 15. This contributes to the above-described stiffening of the housing sleeve and to secure their insertion in the handle.

But also the clutch engagement between the coupling part 52 and the mating coupling part 51 is fixed. The purpose of a lock 35, 45, which consists of the above-described hole 35 in the housing lug 58 and a locking cam 45 on the housing pin 55 of the mating coupling part 51. The tab 58 springs until the locking cam 45 snaps into the hole 35 and then, as Fig. 7a illustrates, engages behind the upper edge of the hole. This causes the locking of the clutch 50 in its engaged position. To decouple the parts 51, 52, first the tab 58 must be bent away manually until the locking cam 45 is released from the hole 35. Then again pulling out in the opposite direction to the arrow 15 of Fig. 1 of the two parts 51, 52 is possible. The coupling part 52 initially remains secured in its pocket 29.

The recorded coupling part 52 is located in a unique, fixed end position in the handle 20 shown in FIG. 1. From the trim opening 3 1 protrudes End piece of the carrier-side other line section 62 out, at the outer end of an electrical counter-coupling part 51 of the already mentioned, shown in Fig. 8 two-piece clutch 50 is seated. Before the above-described assembly of the handle 20 begins, the counter-coupling part 51 is engaged in the direction of the arrow 15 shown in Fig. 1 through the pocket opening 29 into the sleeve opening of the coupling part 52 belonging to the housing 56. This is shown in FIG. The two line sections 61, 62 are thus contacted with each other via the electrical coupling 50, whereby the grip-side control part 52 is already electrically connected to the vehicle-side control remainder part 41 before the start of assembly of the handle 20. In the exemplary embodiment, the line section 61 is provided at the end of the carrier with an electrical connection piece 16, which leads via not shown in detail terminal counterparts and lines to the vehicle-mounted Steuerestestteil 41.

After the clutch form, as shown in FIG. 6 reveals the handle, the coupling part 52 received therein and there coupled counter-coupling part 51 a solid, jointly movable assembly 60. The assembly 60 is then in the manner described by the Einrenkbewegung 25, 26 in the recesses 1 1, 12 of the carrier mounted. The result is the operating position of the device already described in connection with FIG. 8. If then, as already described in FIG. 7, the pivotal movement 27 of the handle 20 takes place, then the entire assembly 60 is moved about the common pivot axis 40, which is the natural pivot axis of the handle 20. The two parts 51, 52 of the clutch 50 are taken when pressing 27 of the handle 20; the pivot axis 14 of the handle is at the same time the axis of rotation for the coupling 50.

S u b e c ia l e s:

10 (FIG. 1) first recess in FIG. 10 for 21 (FIG. 1) second recess in FIG. 10 for 22 (FIG. 1) abutment location for 23 in FIG. 10 (FIG. 1) holding means for 61 (FIG. 8) coupling arrow of 51 in FIG 52 (Figure 1) electrical connector to 61 (Figure 6) snap lock, clip nose (Figure 7a) snap lock, recess (Figure 7a) cavity in 20 (Figure 7b) handle (Figure 1) first tab on Figure 20, Bearing attachment (FIG. 1) Second attachment to 20 (FIG. 1) Bearing location at 21 (FIG. 1) Hooked end at 22 (FIG. 1) Retraction movement from 20 in FIG. 10, push-through phase (FIG. 5) Retraction movement from 20 to 10, shift phase (Fig. 5) pivoting arrow of Fig. 20 (Fig. 7) receiving in Fig. 21 pocket (Fig. 5) pocket opening of Fig. 28 for 51 (Fig. 1, 5) outer panel (Fig. 1) first opening in Fig. 30 for Fig. 21 (Fig. 1) Door inner (Fig. 1) Door outside (Fig. 1) Lock for 51, 52, hole in 58 (Fig. 2a) Pocket bottom of 28 (Fig. 5, 7b) Undercut at 36 (Fig. 7b) inner end of 52 (Fig. 7b) Pocket extension for 62 (FIGS. 5, 7b) Swivel axis (FIGS. 8, 9, 10) Control remainder part (FIG. 1) Control part in FIG. 20 (FIG. 1) Arrow of the insertion movement from 52 in FIG. 28 (FIGS. 5, 7a)

Locking of 51, 52, locking cams (Fig. 7b)

electric coupling (FIG. 8) counter-coupling part of 50 (FIG. 1, 2a) coupling part of 50 (FIG. 1, 3a) male-type plug-in contacts of 51 (FIG. 3b) patrizen-shaped plug-in contacts of 52 (FIG. 2b) pin-shaped housing, housing pin (FIG. Fig. 3a, 3b) sleeve-shaped housing, housing sleeve of 52 (Fig. 2a, 2b) sealing ring at 51 (Fig. 3a, 3b) tab at 56 (Fig. 2a, 7a)

Assembly from 20, 51, 52 (FIG. 8) electrical line section at 51 (FIG. 3 a) line s cut at 52 (FIG. 2 a) section section at 62 (FIGS. 2 a, 7 b)

Claims

Patent claim:

1.) Device for actuating a in a door, a flap od. Like. Built lock, especially in a vehicle,

with a manually operable handle (20) on the outside of the door (34), which has a shoulder (bearing projection 21) with bearing points (23) at its one end of the handle,

with a carrier (10) fixed inside the door (33) and having abutment points (13) for the bearing points (23) of the handle (20),

with a two-part electrical control (41, 42) for the lock, a control part (42) in the handle (20) is integrated and connected via an electrical line (61, 62) with the other, located in the vehicle Steuerestestteil (41) .

with a two-part electrical coupling (50) located between two sections of the electrical line (line sections 61, 62), consisting of a coupling part (52) connected to the handle-side control part (42) and a counter-coupling part (51) associated with the vehicle-side control remainder part (41) .

wherein the handle (20) with its bearing lug (21) from the outside of the door (34) through an opening (31) in the outer lining (30) of the door durchsteckbar and inside the door (33) with its bearing points (23) in the counter bearing ( 31) of the carrier (10) mountable (25, 26),

whereby the bearing and counter bearing points (23, 13) define a pivot axis (40) in the carrier (10) for actuating (27) the handle (20),

and the electrical coupling and counter coupling parts (52, 51) are coupled together, characterized ,

the bearing projection (21) of the handle (20) has a receptacle (28) for its electrical coupling part (52),

the counter-coupling part (51) protrudes with its line section (61) out of the opening (31) of the door outer panel (30) and manually (15) into the coupling part (52) in the support (10) before the handle assembly (25, 26) starts ) of the handle-side receptacle (28) can be coupled,

that during the handle assembly (25, 26) not only the handle (20) and the coupling part (52) received in the handle (20) but also the engaged (15) counter-coupling part (51) form a fixed, jointly movable assembly (60) .

and that upon actuation (27) of the handle (20) after the handle assembly (25, 26) the pivot axis (40) of the handle (20) is at the same time the axis of rotation for the two electrically coupled coupling and counter coupling parts (52, 51) ,

2.) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the receptacle is a molded-in pocket (28) into which the coupling part (52) of the handle (20) can be inserted (43),

and in that the line section (62) leading to the control part (42) of the handle (20) is arranged in an extension (39) of the pocket (28).

3.) Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the pocket (28) at its position of the bearing (23) facing the end is open and a pocket opening (29) for engaging (15) of the mating coupling part (51).

4.) Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the pocket (28) is longitudinally slotted and the inserted coupling part (52) protrudes from the longitudinal slot regions,

and that on the pocket opening (39) abgekehrten pocket bottom (36) has an undercut (37) is provided, which engages behind the inserted coupling part (52) with its inner end (38).

5.) Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the receptacle or the pocket (28) on the one hand and the coupling part (52) on the other hand, two mutually complementary elements (17, 18) of a snap closure,

which are latched together with plugged coupling part (52) and secure the inserted position of the coupling part (52) in the handle (20).

6.) Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the one closure element consists of at least one clip nose (17),

while the closure counter-element has at least one recess (18), in which the clip nose (17) engages in the inserted position.

7.) Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the coupling part (52) on the one hand and the counter-coupling part (51) on the other hand mutually complementary members (35, 45) have a lock,

which engage with each other in the clutch case and fix the engagement of the coupling part (52) in the counter-coupling part (51).