Load securing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10682945-B2
Application number	US-201515504630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Sep 11, 2014
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle is provided. The device having at least one securing element which by external power is adjustable at least from a loading position to a securing position, wherein in the loading position at least one object can be disposed on the load surface, and the at least one object in the securing position by way of the securing element is held in a location on the load surface in that the securing element in the securing position is in contact with the at least one object and a force that acts in the direction of the load surface is applied to the securing element in the securing position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle, said device comprising:
at least one securing element which is configured to be adjusted by an external power from a loading position to a securing position, wherein the at least one object can be disposed on the load surface in the loading position of the at least one securing element, and wherein the at least one securing element thereby being in contact with, the at least one object and holding the at least one object in the in a location on the load, wherein;
the device has a drive and at least one flexible adjusting part being deployable by the drive, which at least one flexible adjusting part is configured to adjust the at least one securing element from the loading position to the securing position, wherein the at least one flexible adjusting part is deployable into a deployed state in which the at least one flexible adjusting part, by virtue of interconnecting part-elements or by virtue of a shaping of said at least one flexible adjusting part, is rigid so as to hold the securing element in the loading position, and
wherein the device comprises a guide part in which at least a portion of the at least one flexible adjusting part in a retracted state is accommodated and along which at least a portion of the adjusting part, when deployed into the deployed state, is physically guided.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one tensioning element is coupled to the at least one securing element and is drivable independently of the at least one flexible adjusting part for applying a force to the at least one securing element in a direction of the load surface.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one flexible adjusting part comprises a chain or a belt.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein links of the chain in the deployed state of the at least one flexible adjusting part are fixed to one another in a self-acting manner by way of at least one of a form fit and a friction fit.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of a traction means or a spring element is provided for fixing the links to one another.

6. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the device has at least one additional tensioning element configured to apply the force that acts towards the load surface to the securing element when the securing element is in the securing position.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one light emitting light element is provided on or in the adjusting part.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one flexible adjusting part is deflected in the guide part.

9. A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle, said device comprising:
at least one securing element which is configured to be adjusted by an external power from a loading position to a securing position, wherein the at least one object can be disposed on the load surface in the loading position of the at least one securing element, and wherein a force acting towards the load surface is applied to the at least one securing element when the at least one securing element is adjusted into the securing position thereby being in contact with the at least one object and holding the at least one object in a location on the load surface,
wherein the device has a drive and at least one flexible adjusting part being deployable by the drive, which at least one flexible adjusting part is configured to adjust the at least one securing element from the loading position to the securing position, wherein the at least one flexible adjusting part is deployable into a deployed state in which the at least one flexible adjusting part, by virtue of interconnecting part-elements or by virtue of a shaping of said at least one flexible adjusting part, is rigid so as to hold the at least one securing element in the loading position,
wherein the device comprises at least one flexible drive traction means which is coupled to the drive and is configured to transmit to the at least one flexible adjusting part an adjusting force for adjusting the at least one securing element, and wherein the device comprises at least one of a deflection element for deflecting the at least one flexible drive traction means and a guide element for guiding the at least one flexible drive traction means.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device comprises at least two flexible adjusting parts.

11. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a plurality of deflection elements or guide elements are provided, and all deflection elements or guide elements of the plurality of deflection elements or guide elements along which the drive traction means is guided or by way of which the drive traction means is deflected are disposed below the load surface.

12. The device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the at least two flexible adjusting parts, for adjusting the at least one securing element, are simultaneously drivable by way of a common drive, or are drivable in a mutually independent manner.

13. A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle, said device comprising:
at least one planar and flexible securing element which is configured to be adjusted by an external power from a loading position to a securing position, wherein, in the loading position of the at least one planar and flexible securing element, the at least one object can be disposed on the load surface and, in the securing position of the at least one planar and flexible securing element, the at least one object is at least partially covered by the at least one planar and flexible securing element, and wherein a force acting towards the load surface is applied to the at least one planar and flexible securing element when the at least one planar and flexible securing element is adjusted into the securing position thereby being in contact with the at least one object and holding the at least one object in a location on the load surface, and
an adjusting mechanism having at least one drivable member in the form of an adjusting part or a drivable tensioning element, which at least one drivable member
is configured to apply to the at least one planar and flexible securing element in the securing position an additional force that acts so as to be substantially parallel to the load surface such that the at least one securing element on account thereof is contracted in the securing position about an object that is disposed on the load surface, and comprises a flexible traction means being configured to be deflected by way of at least one deflection element that is disposed above the load surface.

14. A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle, said device comprising:
at least one planar and flexible securing element which is configured to be adjusted by an external power from a loading position to a securing position, wherein, in the loading position of the at least one planar and flexible securing element, the at least one object can be disposed on the load surface and, in the securing position of the at least one planar and flexible securing element, the at least one object is at least partially covered by the at least one planar and flexible securing element, and wherein a force acting towards the load surface is applied to the at least one planar and flexible securing element when the at least one planar and flexible securing element is adjusted into the securing position thereby being in contact with the at least one object and

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile

Inventors

• Riedel Roland
• Merk Johannes
• Grosskopf Nick
• Schmidt Denis
• Le Thi-Thuy-Linh
• Getta Udo
• Blum Philipp Franz

Classifications

• B60R7/005

  Nets or elastic pockets tensioned against walls or backrests · CPC title

• B60P7/0876 Primary

  using restraining net or tarpaulin in contact with the load · CPC title

• B60R5/04

  arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)} · CPC title

• B60R7/00

  Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps (for radio sets, television sets, telephones or the like, mounting of cameras operative during drive, tools, or spare parts B60R11/00; for receptacles for refuse, food, beverages, cigarettes B60N) · CPC title

• B60P7/04

  by tarpaulins or like flexible members · CPC title