Closure device for a compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9169675-B2
Application number	US-201313953912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	Sep 25, 2012
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

A closure device for a compartment, in particular a glove compartment, which is able to be closed by a flap, in motor vehicles, wherein the flap is designed to be displaceable by a force in a reversible manner between a released position and a blocked position in the direction of the action of a force, wherein the flap has a pivoting mechanism with a lock, wherein the lock is designed to be movable into the blocked position due to the action of a force and then comes into engagement with the locking element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A closure device for a vehicle glove compartment, said closure device comprising:
a flap that functions as a latch handle and configured to pivot to an open position and pivot to a closed position of the glove compartment, the flap displaceable to a blocked position by a first force acting on an outer surface of the flap in a first direction, wherein the flap comprises a pivoting mechanism with a lock, the flap movable by the first force to the blocked position where the lock is moved into engagement with a locking element to prevent pivoting of the flap and thereby lock the flap in the blocked position, wherein when the first force is removed from acting on the outer surface, said flap is displaceable to a released position by a second force acting in a second direction opposite to the first direction, in which when the flap is in the released position the flap may pivot from the released position to the open position or to the closed position, and wherein a spring provides the second force that biases the flap in the second direction.

2. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lock is configured to move into the blocked position when the first force acts perpendicular to a flap plane.

3. The closure device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the lock is designed to be displaceable relative to a fixed pivot axis of the pivoting mechanism.

4. The closure device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pivot axis is arranged in a slot.

5. The closure device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the flap is pretensioned by the spring in the second direction towards the released position in the slot.

6. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking element comprises a latching lug configured to penetrate a recess of the pivoting mechanism in the blocked position.

7. A closure device for a vehicle compartment, said closure device comprising:
a flap that functions as a latch handle and configured to pivot to open and to close the compartment, the flap comprising a pivoting mechanism with a lock movable into a blocked position and into engagement with a blocking element to prevent pivoting of the flap and thereby lock the flap, the flap moving into the blocked position due to a first force acting on an outer surface of the flap in a first direction, wherein when the first force is removed from acting on the outer surface, the flap is displaceable by a second force acting in a second opposite direction opposite to the first direction to a released position in which the flap may pivot to open or close the compartment, wherein the pivoting mechanism has a pivot axis arranged in a slot, and the pivot axis moves in the slot in the first direction when the flap moves to the blocked position and the pivot axis moves in the slot in the second direction when the flap moves to the released position.

8. The closure device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the lock is configured to move into the blocked position when the first force acts perpendicular to a flap plane.

9. The closure device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the lock is designed to be displaceable relative to a fixed pivot axis of the pivoting mechanism.

10. The closure device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the flap is pretensioned by a spring in the direction of the released position in the slot.

11. The closure device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the locking element comprises a latching lug configured to penetrate a recess of the pivoting mechanism in the blocked position.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Voigt Torsten
• Higgins Simon

Classifications

• Y10T292/1083

  Rigid · CPC title

• E05B83/30 Primary

  for glove compartments · CPC title

• E05B77/04

  Preventing unwanted lock actuation, e.g. unlatching, at the moment of collision · CPC title

• E05C21/00

  Arrangements or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by a single preceding main group; {Locking kits} · CPC title