Closure device for connecting two assemblies to one another

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12227255-B2
Application number	US-202017606077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2020
Priority date	Apr 26, 2019
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a closure device for connecting two assemblies to one another. The closure device includes a first closure part which has a locking piece with a first locking section and a first magnetic element, a second closure part which has a second locking section and a second magnetic element, and an arresting mechanism which is arranged on the second closure part and which has an arresting element and an actuating mechanism operatively connected to the arresting element. The arresting element can be brought into operative connection with the locking piece in the closed position, in order to lock the positively locked engagement between the first locking section and the second locking section. The actuating mechanism may be actuated in order to adjust the arresting element relative to the locking receptacle so that the first locking section and the second locking section are releasable from one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A closure device for connecting two assemblies to one another, comprising
a first closure part to be arranged on one of the assemblies and comprising a locking piece with a first locking section and a first magnetic element,
a second closure part to be fastened to the other of the assemblies and having a locking receptacle with a second locking section and a second magnetic element, wherein the first closure part and the second closure part are attachable to one another in a closing direction and are connected to one another in a closed position by positive locking counter to the closing direction, by the locking piece of the first closure part being received in the locking receptacle of the second closure part and the first locking section of the locking piece being in a positively locked engagement with the second locking section of the locking receptacle, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to assist magnetically the attachment of the first closure part and the second closure part to one another, and
an arresting mechanism arranged on the second closure part and having an arresting element and an actuating mechanism operatively connected to the arresting element, wherein the arresting element can be brought into operative connection with the locking piece in the closed position, in order to lock the positively locked engagement between the first locking section and the second locking section, wherein the actuating mechanism may be actuated in order to adjust the arresting element relative to the locking receptacle so that the first locking section and the second locking section are releasable from one another,
wherein the actuating mechanism has a lever element which is pivotable relative to the second closure part in order to adjust the arresting element relative to the locking receptacle.

2. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first locking section is rigidly formed on the locking piece and the second locking section is rigidly formed on the locking receptacle.

3. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arresting element is adjustable on the second closure part in a plane extending transversely to the closing direction.

4. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arresting element is guided in a linearly displaceable manner transversely to the closing direction on the second closure part or is rotatable relative to the second closure part about the closing direction.

5. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuating mechanism has a spring element which is configured to pretension the arresting element in the closed position in a resilient manner relative to the locking piece.

6. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lever element is pivotably mounted on a spring element connected to the second closure part.

7. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein by interaction with the first magnetic element and/or the second magnetic element the lever element is held magnetically in a lever position assigned to the closed position when the closure device is in the closed position.

8. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuating mechanism has a connecting lever which is connected at a first joint axis in an articulated manner to the lever element and at a second joint axis in an articulated manner to the arresting element.

9. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second closure part is releasably connectable to an assigned assembly, wherein in a position connected to the assembly the lever element is held by the interaction with the assembly in a lever position assigned to the closed position.

10. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arresting element has an undercut which may be brought into engagement with the locking section of the locking piece.

11. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first closure part has at least two locking pieces with in each case a first locking section and the second closure part has at least two locking receptacles with in each case a second locking section, wherein in the closed position the locking pieces of the first closure part are received in the locking receptacles of the second closure part and the first locking sections of the locking pieces are in a positively locked engagement with the second locking sections of the locking receptacles.

12. The closure device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the arresting mechanism comprises only one arresting element which is able to be brought into abutment with one of the locking pieces in the closed position but not with the other of the locking pieces.

13. A closure device for connecting two assemblies to one another, comprising
a first closure part which is to be arranged on one of the assemblies and which has at least two locking pieces with in each case a locking section and at least one first magnetic element,
a second closure part which is to be fastened to the other of the assemblies and which has at least two locking receptacles and at least one second magnetic element, wherein the first closure part and the second closure part are attachable to one another in a closing direction and are connected to one another in a closed position, by the locking pieces of the first closure part being received in the locking receptacles of the second closure part, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to assist magnetically the attachment of the first closure part and the second closure part to one another, and
an arresting mechanism which is arranged on the second closure part and which has at least two arresting elements and an actuating mechanism which is operatively connected to the arresting elements, wherein the arresting elements are able to be brought into operative connection with the locking sections of the locking pieces in the closed position, in order to produce a positively locked connection or a frictional connection between the first closure part and the second closure part, wherein the actuating mechanism is actuatable actuated in order to adjust the arresting elements relative to the locking receptacles so that the first closure part and the second closure part are releasable from one another,
wherein the actuating mechanism has a lever element which is pivotable relative to the second closure part in order to adjust the arresting elements relative to the locking receptacles.

14. The closure device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the actuating mechanism has a connecting lever which is connected at a first joint axis in an articulated manner to the lever element and at a second joint axis in an articulated manner to one of the arresting elements.

15. The closure device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the lever element is connected at a third joint axis in an articulated manner to another of the arresting elements.

16. A bicycle comprising a closure device, for fastening an assembly to a frame of the bicycle, the closure device comprising
a first closure part to be arranged on one of the assemblies and comprising a locking piece with a first locking section and a first magnetic element,
a second closure part to be fastened to the other of the assemblies and having a locking receptacle with a second locking section and a second magnetic element, wherein the first closure part and the second closure part are attachable to one another in a closing direction and are connected to one another in a closed position by positive locking counter to the clos

Assignees

• Fidlock Gmbh

Inventors

• Fiedler Joachim
• Botkus Breido
• Richter Friedemann
• Dierschke Dennis

Classifications

• F16B2200/83

  Use of a magnetic material · CPC title

• F16B21/073

  the socket having a resilient part on its inside · CPC title

• F16B2/185 Primary

  using levers · CPC title

• B62J9/22

  between the main frame tubes, e.g. suspended from the top tube · CPC title

• B62J9/27 Primary

  characterised by mounting arrangements, e.g. quick release arrangements · CPC title