Front cab tilting stay apparatus of truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11208158-B1
Application number	US-202017015362-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2020
Priority date	Jun 15, 2020
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A front cab tilting stay apparatus of a truck may include a stay rod connecting a vehicle body and a front cab, a stay lever and a hook ring provided in the stay rod, and a locking mechanism provided in the stay lever, wherein the locking mechanism includes a rotation lever rotatably coupled to the stay lever via a lever shaft, wherein a tilting state of the front cab is configured to be maintained by an engagement between the locking mechanism and the hook ring in the tilting state of the front cab in which the stay rod is extended straight as the front cab is rotated in a predetermined direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A front cab tilting stay apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a stay rod connecting a vehicle body and a front cab;
a stay lever and a hook ring provided in the stay rod; and
a locking mechanism provided in the stay lever,
wherein the locking mechanism includes a rotation lever rotatably coupled to the stay lever to drive a lever shaft, and
wherein a tilting state of the front cab is configured to be maintained by an engagement between the locking mechanism and the hook ring in the tilting state of the front cab in which the stay rod is extended as the front cab is rotated in a predetermined direction.

2. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the stay rod includes an upper stay rod portion and a lower stay rod portion rotatably coupled to each other via a connection pin, the upper stay rod portion rotatably coupled to the front cab and the lower stay rod portion rotatably coupled to of the vehicle body, and
wherein the stay lever is fixedly mounted to the upper stay rod portion and the hook ring is fixedly mounted to the lower stay rod portion.

3. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the hook ring is an “L”-shaped bracket protruding from the lower stay rod portion and then bent in a longitudinal direction of the lower stay rod portion.

4. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 2 ,
wherein the upper stay rod portion includes a lever pin to which the stay lever is connected, and
wherein the lower stay rod portion includes a groove, to which the lever pin of the upper stay rod portion is selectively engaged according to rotations of the upper stay rod portion and the lower stay rod portion.

5. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism further includes:
a gear member and a rotation shaft connected each other, wherein the lever shaft is engaged to the gear member to sequentially transmit a rotational force of the lever shaft to the rotation shaft via the gear member, and wherein the rotation shaft and the lever shaft are rotatably mounted in the stay lever; and
a stopper fixed to a first end portion of the rotation shaft to rotate with the rotation shaft.

6. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein a second end portion of the rotation shaft is engaged to a first end portion of the lever shaft via the gear member, and
wherein a second end portion of the lever shaft is fixedly connected to the rotation lever.

7. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 6 ,
wherein the gear member includes a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear, and
wherein a second end portion of the rotation shaft includes the first bevel gear and the first end portion of the lever shaft includes the second bevel gear gear-engaged to the first bevel gear.

8. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 5 , wherein when the stopper is engaged with the hook ring, a locked state of the stay lever to the lower stay rod portion is maintained so that a rotation of the stay lever is disabled, and when the stopper is disengaged from the hook ring, the stopper switches to an unlocked state to enable the rotation of the stay lever with respect to the lower stay rod portion.

9. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rotation lever is rotatably coupled to the stay lever via the lever shaft to extend in a longitudinal direction of the stay lever at an end portion of the stay lever.

10. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein in an unlocked state, the stopper rotates at a predetermined angle in a first direction and the stopper is not engaged with the hook ring,
when the stopper is rotated and engaged with the hook ring, the stay lever moves to a locked state in which a rotation of the stay lever is disabled; and
wherein when the rotation lever rotates at the predetermined angle in a second direction opposite to the first direction to return to an original position thereof, the stopper is rotated and disengaged from the hook ring and the stay lever transitions to the unlocked state in which a rotation of the stay lever is possible.

11. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined angle is 90 degree.

12. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one of the stay lever and the rotation lever is provided with at least a hemispherical concave groove and another of the stay lever and the rotation lever is provided with at least a hemispherical protrusion, so that a rotation angle of the rotation lever with respect to the stay lever is determined by the hemispherical protrusion being engaged to the hemispherical concave groove when the rotation lever rotates.

13. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 12 ,
wherein the rotation lever includes a flange portion protruding from a surface of the rotation lever, and
wherein an end portion of the flange portion includes the hemispherical concave groove or hemispherical protrusion to be selectively engaged to the hemispherical concave groove or the hemispherical protrusion of the stay lever.

14. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the flange portion protrudes in a right angle direction from the surface of the rotation lever.

15. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a sign or text indicating locked and unlocked states of the stay lever is indicated at angular intervals of a predetermined angle on the rotation lever.

16. The front cab tilting stay apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined angle is a 90 degree.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Dae Su

Classifications

• B62D33/07 Primary

  characterised by the device for locking the cab in the tilted or in the driving position · CPC title

• B60Y2200/14

  Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses · CPC title

• B62D33/067 Primary

  tiltable · CPC title