Windscreen safety assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10272966-B2
Application number	US-201515326056-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2015
Priority date	Jul 15, 2014
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A windscreen safety assembly comprising a windscreen panel (11), a support arm comprising a first part (12A) of arm for being attached to a vehicle, and a second part (13) of arm attached to the windscreen panel (11), at least one coupling element to rotatably couple the first and second part of arms (12A, 13) so that the second part of arm (13) is suitable to rotate around a rotation axis from a first angular position to a second angular position in a first direction and vice versa in a second direction, at least one blocking element to block the second part of arm (13) in the first angular position in a releasable manner, stop elements positioned between the first and second part of arms (12A, 13) to prevent the second part (13) of arm from rotating in the second direction starting from the first angular position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A windscreen safety assembly comprising:
a windscreen panel;
a support arm to support the windscreen panel, the support arm comprising a first part of arm configured to be attached to a vehicle, and a second part of arm attached to the windscreen panel, the vehicle provided with a steering handlebar and a seat astride which a driver of the vehicle may sit;
at least one coupling element to rotatably couple the second part of arm to the first part of arm so that the second part of arm is suitable to rotate around a rotation axis from a first angular position to a second angular position in a first direction and from the second angular position toward the first angular position in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first and second angular positions being positions distinct from each other;
at least one blocking element provided to block the second part of arm in the first angular position in a releasable manner; and
stop elements operatively positioned between the first and the second part of arm to prevent the second part of arm from rotating in said second direction starting from the first angular position, the stop elements being distinct from the at least one coupling element and distanced from the at least one coupling element; and
wherein, considering the windscreen safety assembly mounted on the vehicle in a normal condition of use, in the first angular position, the second part of arm is substantially vertical, and in the second angular position, the second part of arm is substantially horizontal.

2. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 1 , wherein when the second part of arm is in the first angular position and is blocked by means of the at least one blocking element, the windscreen safety assembly is in an operative configuration, in which, when the second part of arm assumes the second angular position, the windscreen safety assembly is in a non-operative configuration, wherein the windscreen panel comprises a first face of the windscreen panel and an opposite second face of the windscreen panel that is intended to be facing the driver of the vehicle, wherein said rotations of the second part of arm in said first and said second direction respectively correspond to a rotation in a direction that goes from the second face of the windscreen panel to the first face of the windscreen panel and to a rotation in a direction that goes from the first face of the windscreen panel towards the second face of the windscreen panel.

3. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said stop elements comprise a stop pin that extends transversely to the first and second part of arm and that is rigidly connected to one of the first and the second part of arm, and an abutment portion, suitable to cooperate with the stop pin, which is defined in the other of the first and second parts of arm.

4. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one blocking element is suitable to release the second part of arm following an impact of the windscreen safety assembly with a predetermined force of impact so as to allow a rotation of the second part of arm towards the second angular position.

5. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 3 , wherein said at least one coupling element comprises a rotation pin, wherein the first and the second part of arm respectively comprise a first and a second connection portion, the first and second connection portion respectively comprise a flat or substantially flat first and a second connection side mutually facing and in contact with each other when the at least one blocking element blocks the second part of arm in the first angular position, wherein said rotation pin crosses the first and the second connection side and wherein said stop pin is rigidly connected to one out of the first and the second part of arm at one of said connection sides.

6. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one blocking element comprises a blocking bolt comprising a blocking screw and a blocking nut, the blocking screw including said stop pin, the blocking bolt crossing said connection portions in the first angular position of the second part of arm.

7. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said abutment portion is defined in one of said connection portions, the connection portion in which the abutment portion is defined also defining a recess delimited partially by said abutment portion and having an open side opposite said abutment portion, the stop pin being suitable to be received in the recess when the second part of arm is in the first angular position and to come out of the open side of the recess when the second part of arm rotates toward the second angular position.

8. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 7 , comprising an elastic safety element coupled to the connection portion in which said recess is defined, said elastic safety element being configured to act in conjunction with the stop pin so as to keep the stop pin in the recess in a releasable manner when the second part of arm assumes the first angular position.

9. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said connection portions are plate-shaped portions, each of said connection portions comprising a further flat or substantially flat side opposite the respective connection side.

10. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said connection portions are portions of reduced thickness.

11. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the first connection portion is shaped so as to define a limit stop shoulder against which the second part of the arm abuts in the second angular position.

12. The windscreen safety assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the connection portion defining said recess generally has a “6” or “9” shape.

13. A windscreen safety assembly comprising:
a windscreen panel;
a support arm to support the windscreen panel, the support arm comprising a first part of arm configured to be attached to a vehicle, and a second part of arm attached to the windscreen panel, the vehicle provided with a steering handlebar and a seat astride which a driver of the vehicle may sit;
at least one coupling element to rotatably couple the second part of arm to the first part of arm so that the second part of arm is suitable to rotate around a rotation axis from a first angular position to a second angular position in a first direction and from the second angular position toward the first angular position in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first and second angular positions being positions distinct from each other;
at least one blocking element provided to block the second part of arm in the first angular position in a releasable manner; and
stop elements operatively positioned between the first and the second part of arm to prevent the second part of arm from rotating in said second direction starting from the first angular position, the stop elements being distinct from the at least one coupling element and distanced from the at least one coupling element;
wherein the stop elements comprise a stop pin that extends transversely to the first and second part of arm and that is rigidly connected to one of the first and the second part of arm, and an abutment portion, suitable to cooperate with the stop pin, which is defined in the other of the first and second parts of arm;
wherein the at least one coupling element comprises a rotation pin, wherein the first and the second part of arm respectively comprise a first and a second connection portio

Assignees

• Piaggio & C Spa

Inventors

• Maffe′ Francesco

Classifications

• B62K2202/00

  Motorised scooters · CPC title

• B62J17/04 Primary

  Windscreens · CPC title

• B62J27/00 Primary

  Safety equipment · CPC title