Fixing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10174538-B2
Application number	US-201715582185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Priority date	May 2, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A fixing device for fixing a second component part at a stationary first component part to be swivelable around a swiveling axis 2 having a cylinder that is displaceable transverse to the swiveling axis and filled with a fluid, a piston displaceably guided in the cylinder that divides the interior of the cylinder into a first working chamber and a second working chamber, with a first valve device that connects the first working chamber to the second working chamber when pressure in the first working chamber is higher than the pressure in the second working chamber, and a second valve device that connects the second working chamber to the first working chamber when pressure in the second working chamber is higher than the pressure in the first working chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fixing device configured to continuously fix a second component part that is articulated at a stationary first component part to be swivelable around a swiveling axis, comprising:
a cylinder closed at both of its ends and filled with a fluid that is guided at one of the first component part and the second component part to be displaceable transverse to the swiveling axis;
a piston configured to be displaceably guided in the cylinder that divides an interior of the cylinder into a first working chamber and a second working chamber;
a first valve device configured to couple the first working chamber to the second working chamber when a pressure in the first working chamber is higher than a pressure in the second working chamber;
a second valve device configured to couple the second working chamber to the first working chamber when the pressure in the second working chamber is higher than the pressure in the first working chamber;
a first piston rod arranged at the piston that is guided outward and sealed through one of the first working chamber and the second working chamber and is fastened to one of the first component part and the second component part by an outwardly projecting free end;
a push-pull rod having one of:
a first end articulated at the cylinder arranged at the first component part so as to extend transverse to the swiveling axis and a second end of the push-pull rod being articulated at the second component part at a distance from the swiveling axis; and
the second end of a push-pull rod is articulated at the cylinder arranged at the second component part to extend transverse to the swiveling axis and the first end of the push-pull rod being articulated at the first component part at the distance from the swiveling axis.

2. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder extends at right angles to the swiveling axis and the push-pull rod extends so as to be inclined to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder by an angle diverging from a right angle.

3. The fixing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of the first valve device and the second valve device are check valve devices acted upon by spring force,
wherein the spring force is provided by an elasticity of a material of the at least one of the first valve device and the second valve device.

4. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first piston rod is guided outward through the first working chamber and is fastened by its outwardly projecting free end to the first component part or the second component part is arranged at the piston, and a second piston rod arranged at the piston is guided outward and sealed through the second working chamber and is fastened by its outwardly projecting free end to one of the first component part and the second component part.

5. The fixing device according to claim 4 , wherein a respective end area of a stroke movement of one of the first piston rod and the second piston rod are damped in push-out direction by a damping device.

6. The fixing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein at least one of the respective end areas of the cylinder forming the damping device have a reduced cylindrical cross section,
wherein a coaxial piston shoulder arranged proximity to the piston is located opposite each end area of reduced cylindrical cross section and configured to penetrate into the end area of reduced cylindrical cross section associated with it, and
wherein an outer diameter of the coaxial piston shoulder is equal to or less than an inner diameter of the end area of reduced cross section associated with it.

7. The fixing device according to claim 6 , wherein the radially circumferentially extending lateral surfaces of the coaxial piston shoulders have radially circumferentially extending annular grooves in which are arranged elastic sealing rings which project radially out of the annular grooves and have outer diameters corresponding to the inner diameter of the end areas of reduced diameter.

8. The fixing device according to claim 4 , wherein the first piston rod and the second piston rod are guided outward from the interior of the cylinder in a sealed manner through respective guiding and sealing units.

9. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first component part is a door frame and the second component part is a door or a hatch.

10. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid is a hydraulic fluid.

11. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first piston rod is guided outward from the interior of the cylinder in a sealed manner through a guiding and sealing unit.

Assignees

• Stabilus Gmbh

Inventors

• Born Frank
• Mülhöfer Gerd

Classifications

• E05C17/28

  with braking, clamping or securing means at the connection to the guide member · CPC title

• F16F9/16

  involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts {(wing closers or openers with liquid piston brakes E05F3/04)} · CPC title

• F15B15/1461

  Piston rod sealings · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title

• Y10T16/61

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic