CN101559755A - Blocker and knapper of car door glass - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a blocker and a knapper of car door glass and provides a car door glass blocker assembly. The car door glass blocker assembly comprises a blocking bracket and a blocking edge, wherein the blocking bracket can be fixed on a car door frame panel, and the blocking edge is formed by being integrated with the blocking bracket and is basically orthogonal to the vertical edge of a car window. In a car collision accident, when the car window impacts the blocking edge, the car window can be partially broken at least; a blocking and extending part can be connected to the blocking bracket, is longitudinally arranged between the car window and a car door lock mechanism and can partially prevent the transverse displacement of the car window at least; a supporting bracket can be fixed on the blocking bracket, and a glass guide groove pressing strip can be fixed on the supporting bracket, is suitable for receiving the vertical edge of the car window and can reduce the vibration in the car window.

Description

Automobile door glass interceptor and destroyer

Related application

The application requires the preceence of No. 60/925,588, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application submitted on April 20th, 2007, all merges to this for your guidance.

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to safety device of vehicle, the in-to-in that relates more specifically to be installed to door lock striker plate is applicable to and prevents the bracket assembly that Door Lock contacts with vehicle window in the head-on crash incident.

Background technology

Passenger safety is extremely important for current automaker.Along with crumple zones (crumple zone), laminated safty glass, and the development of safety air bag, the automaker provides comparatively safe environment for the passenger who rides in the car cabin.Yet some collision accident presents the danger of the vehicle inside safety device of can trading off.Particularly, in head-on crash or front offset collision incident, the unspoiled side door window that is encapsulated in the car door cavity is moved in the distortion meeting of vehicle structure backward.When unspoiled vehicle window moves, can impact the Door Lock actuating unit, thereby trigger Door Lock and push car door open.

Though developed the various mechanisms of the glass of broken vehicular sideview vehicle window in collision accident, such mechanism does not provide the protection that may trigger that prevents the Door Lock actuating unit in frontal impact crash.For example, the US Patent that inspires confidence in Er Mo (Vollmer) discloses a kind of percussion device (5) 5,318, No. 145, and this percussion device (5) is actuated impacting by sensor in collision accident, thus broken side vehicle window.Yet, inspire confidence in your silent device and depend on complicated sensing system to detect the pyrotechnics flip flop equipment (pyrotechnictriggering device) that impacts and depend on same precision to actuate destroyer.The system price costliness of this complexity, be difficult to install and be easy to et out of order.The more important thing is, inspire confidence in your only impact triggering from the side of silent device, therefore in the incident of frontal impact, also push car door open thereby unspoiled side vehicle window still can trigger the Door Lock actuating unit.

Similarly, the French Patent (FRP) FR of Ao Lifu (Olivier) provides the mechanism of broken side vehicle window in collision accident for 2,874, No. 559.Ao Lifu discloses a kind of ram (30) and glass for vehicle window, and wherein ram (30) and glass for vehicle window both are installed in the door lock striker plate (10).Ram (30) is cylindrical and has the tip, and the most advanced and sophisticated position that is fixed near glass for vehicle window.If apply force to car door in the direction that is orthogonal to the vehicle window surface, as occur in the side impact collision, then this vehicle window will move in the direction of ram (30).If this power is relatively large, vehicle window is with the tip of shock device (30), and ram (30) will impact door lock (14) glass of broken vehicle window before at vehicle window, thereby prevents that door lock (14) from damaging.

Though the device of Ao Lifu has overcome those several, particularly relevant with the expensive and complicated execution shortcomings in the shortcoming that inspires confidence in the silent device of that, the device of Ao Lifu still has several tangible deficiencies.Particularly, be that as in the side impact collision incident, ram (30) just impacts and broken glass for vehicle window when being orthogonal to the vehicle window guiding only in impact force.Under the situation of head-on crash or front offset collision incident, when the displacement of vehicular sideview door and window was direction on the plane that is arranged essentially parallel to vehicle window, ram (30) did not contact automobile door glass, thus glass that can not broken vehicle window.Therefore, vehicle window still can impact the Door Lock actuating unit and open car door.

Therefore need provide cheaply and install simply can be the head-on crash incident after broken glass for vehicle window and prevent that vehicle window from impacting and the vehicle window interceptor and the destroyer of triggering Door Lock actuating unit.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is by providing a kind of automobile door glass interceptor assembly, overcome the shortcoming and defect of prior art vehicle glass safety device, this automobile door glass interceptor assembly comprise the prevention support that can be fixed on the door lock striker plate panel and with the prevention edge that stops the integrated formation of support, this prevention edge is substantially normal to the vertical edge of vehicle window when being fixed to the door lock striker plate panel, and in the vehicle collision incident when vehicle window impact to stop the edge, can broken at least in part vehicle window.Stop sponson (blocking protrusion) can be connected to the prevention support, end wise is arranged between vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism, and can prevent the cross travel of vehicle window at least in part.Supporting bracket can be fixed to and stop on the support, reaches glass run press strip (glass run extrusion) and can be fixed on the supporting bracket, is applicable to receive the vehicle window vertical edge, and can reduces the vibration in the vehicle window.

The present invention also provides a kind of automobile door glass interceptor assembly, this automobile door glass interceptor assembly comprise the prevention support that can be fixed on the door lock striker plate panel and with the prevention edge that stops the integrated formation of support, this prevention edge is substantially normal on being fixed to the door lock striker plate panel time or transverse to window edge, and in the vehicle collision incident when vehicle window impact to stop the edge, can broken at least in part vehicle window.

For above-mentioned assembly, this assembly can also comprise being connected to and stop on the support that end wise is arranged between vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism basically, and can prevent the prevention sponson of the cross travel of vehicle window at least in part.Supporting bracket can be fixed to and stop on the support.The glass run press strip can be fixed to supporting bracket, is applicable to the edge that receives vehicle window, and can reduce the vibration in vehicle window.One or more groove projections (channel tab) can with the integrated formation of the trench portions of supporting bracket, the groove projection is applicable to the trench portions that the glass run press strip is fixed to supporting bracket.

The present invention also provides a kind of vehicle, this vehicle comprise have the prevention support that is fixed on the door lock striker plate panel and with the automobile door glass interceptor assembly at the prevention edge that stops the integrated formation of support, this prevention edge is substantially normal to or transverse to the edge of vehicle window, and in the vehicle collision incident when vehicle window impact to stop the edge, can broken at least in part vehicle window.

For above-mentioned vehicle, this assembly comprises also and is connected to the prevention support that end wise is arranged between vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism basically, and can prevent the prevention sponson of the cross travel of vehicle window at least in part.Supporting bracket can be fixed to and stop on the support.The glass run press strip can be fixed on the supporting bracket, is applicable to the edge that receives vehicle window, and can reduce the vibration in the vehicle window.One or more groove projections can with the integrated formation of the trench portions of supporting bracket, the groove projection is applicable to the trench portions that the glass run press strip is fixed to supporting bracket.

Additional feature of the present invention, advantage, and embodiment can by with reference to hereinafter detailed description, accompanying drawing, and claim is set forth and be conspicuous.In addition, should to understand foregoing invention content of the present invention and detailed description hereinafter only be exemplary and be used to provide further explanation, and do not limit the scope of claims of the present invention.

Accompanying drawing is included in this so that further understanding of the invention to be provided, and is incorporated in the part that this also forms this specification sheets, and the preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown, and is used for explaining principle of the present invention with describing in detail.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A is the axonometric drawing such as grade of the embodiment that is fixed to the automobile door glass interceptor assembly on the door lock striker plate panel among the present invention;

Figure 1B be do not have relevant vehicle structure Figure 1A automobile door glass interceptor assembly wait axonometric drawing;

Fig. 2 is the left view of automobile door glass interceptor assembly that is fixed to Figure 1A of door lock striker plate panel;

Fig. 3 is another lateral plan of automobile door glass interceptor assembly that omits Figure 1A of some parts for clear explanation;

Fig. 4 is the cross sectional drawing of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of the intercepting of the line 4-4 in Fig. 3 basically;

Fig. 5 is the back view of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of seeing of the direction of the arrow 5-5 from Fig. 3 basically;

Fig. 6 is the cross sectional drawing that omits the automobile door glass interceptor assembly among Fig. 3 of the intercepting of the line 6-6 in Fig. 5 basically of some member for clear explanation;

Fig. 7 is the backplan of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of seeing of the direction of the arrow 7-7 from Fig. 5 basically;

Fig. 8 is the top view of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of seeing of the direction of the arrow 8-8 from Fig. 5 basically;

Fig. 9 is the right elevation of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly among Fig. 3;

Figure 10 is the front elevation of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of seeing of the direction of the arrow 10-10 from Fig. 9 basically;

Figure 11 is the cross sectional drawing of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3 of the intercepting of the line 11-11 in Fig. 9 basically; And

Figure 12 is another axonometric drawing such as grade of the automobile door glass interceptor assembly of Fig. 3.

The specific embodiment

Description, wherein same reference number is illustrated in the corresponding member in whole accompanying drawings, Figure 1A-Figure 12 illustrates the automobile door glass interceptor among the present invention and the various views of destroyer assembly, and this assembly is expressed as " automobile door glass interceptor assembly 20 " hereinafter basically

Refer now to Figure 1A-Figure 12, automobile door glass interceptor assembly 20 can comprise the prevention support 22 that is fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24 basically, and wherein panel 24 is one that defines in a plurality of door lock striker plate panels of door lock striker plate in-to-in.If vehicle window 26 is in the vertical, on this is defined as being arranged essentially parallel to the direction of horizontal shaft of the length by vehicle window 26, shift to and stop support 22, then stop support 22 to go for stoping or broken vehicle window 26.Prevention support 22 can also comprise the prevention sponson 28 that is oriented to vertically and is arranged on the elongation between vehicle window 26 and the Door Lock actr bar 30.If vehicle window 26 in the horizontal, be defined as substantially horizontal and be orthogonal on the direction of horizontal shaft of the length by vehicle window 26 moving at this, then stop sponson 28 to go for preventing vehicle window 26 contact Door Lock actr bars 30 (maybe can untie the member of any other car door lock mechanism of Door Lock) complete or partial crushing.Automobile door glass interceptor assembly 20 can also comprise the supporting bracket 32 that is connected to prevention support 22 and door lock striker plate side panel 34, and wherein panel 34 is one that defines in a plurality of door lock striker plate panels of door lock striker plate in-to-in.Supporting bracket 32 can comprise the vertically disposed trench portions that is applicable to the glass run press strip 36 of fixing the edge that can receive vehicle window 26, thereby stops or reduce the vibration of vehicle window 26.

As Figure 1A-shown in Figure 12, in example embodiment, stop support 22 to comprise and be applicable to the smooth basically door lock striker plate installation surface 38 (specifically seeing Fig. 6) that matches with the corresponding surface on door lock striker plate rear panel 24.Door lock striker plate installation surface 38 can also comprise and approaches the door lock striker plate mounting hole 40 (specifically seeing Fig. 8) that surface 38 top is provided with at the center.The size of determining door lock striker plate mounting hole 40 is to receive framework mounting screw 42, and this framework mounting screw 42 is applicable to prevention support 22 is fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24.

In order to stop support 22 to be fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24, framework mounting screw 42 can at first insert in the fixer 44.Fixer 44 is to have the injection moulding member with the shape of cross section that is essentially rectangle (injection molded plastic part) that its size can receive the hole of framework mounting screw 42.Fixer 44 is applicable on the wide relatively zone on the door lock striker plate installation surface 38 and disperses the pressure that produced by framework mounting screw 42, therefore prevents to stop the damage in the zone around the door lock striker plate mounting hole 40 of support 22.The framework mounting screw 42 that is connected with fixer 44 can be inserted in the door lock striker plate mounting hole 40 that stops support 22 then.Next framework mounting screw 42 is received by the hole (not shown) on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24, and is fastened to specific moment of torsion then, thereby will stop support 22 to be fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24.

Cause wearing and tearing for the surface that prevents door lock striker plate rear panel 24 contacts with prevention support 22, stop support 22 can also comprise corner protector device 46 (see figure 2)s.Corner protector device 46 can be to have the surface that is made of foam, felt or any other suitable material and have the liner that is essentially rectangle that corner protector device 46 is fixed to the lip-deep viscosity backing that stops support 22.Corner protector device 46 goes for being fixed to any part of the prevention support 22 that can contact with any part of door lock striker plate.In an example embodiment, corner protector device 46 can prevent to stop the stationkeeping of the direct contact between support 22 and the door lock striker plate rear panel 24 to the low rear surface of door lock striker plate installation surface 38.

Shown in Figure 1A, stop support 22 can also comprise the smooth basically supporting bracket installation surface 48 of the final edge that is oriented orthogonal to vehicle window 26 basically.Supporting bracket installation surface 48 can comprise and stop edge 50, the last vertical edge that this prevention edge 50 approaches vehicle window 26 along the transverse edge setting and the vertical orientation of supporting bracket installation surface 48.After the head-on crash incident, vehicle window 26 moves in the direction to door lock striker plate rear panel 24, and prevention edge 50 is applicable to the last vertical edge that impacts vehicle window 26 and prevents vehicle window 26 further displacements backward.Stop edge 50 if the power that vehicle window 26 usefulness are enough is impacted, 26 pairs of rigidity of vehicle window stop the impact at edge 50 with broken vehicle window 26.

As above summary stops sponson 28 to be applicable to prevent the cross travel of the vehicle window 26 on the direction of Door Lock actr bar 30 after vehicle window 26 and prevention edge 50 contact or stop the fragmentation of the vehicle window 26 that causes at edge 50.Because stop sponson 28 to prevent that vehicle window 26 from contacting with Door Lock actr bar 30, in the head-on crash incident, Door Lock actr bar 30 will can by mistake not trigger and car door keeps closing.In example embodiment, stop sponson 28 can with stop support 22 integrated formation, more specifically, with the 48 integrated formation of supporting bracket installation surface.

As shown in Figure 7, glass run press strip 36 can be fixed to supporting bracket 32 by a pair of groove projection 52, this to groove projection 52 from the partly integrated formation of the vertical trench of supporting bracket 32.Each groove projection 52 can be the body of elongation, and can comprise head in the body terminal of elongation, and head is wider than the body of elongation basically.Each groove projection 52 goes for being received by the hole that the vertical surface by glass run press strip 36 forms, maybe can pass glass run press strip 36 and crooked subsequently, and the width of the head of groove projection 52 is greater than the diameter in the hole on the glass run press strip 36 so that glass run press strip 36 is fixed on the supporting bracket 32.Because the elastic property of glass run press strip 36 materials, the head of groove projection 52 can push away the hole of glass run press strip 36.The undercutting (undercut) that forms on groove projection 52 can lock glass run press strips 36 against supporting bracket 32, thereby glass run press strip 36 is fixed on the supporting bracket 32.

Supporting bracket 32 can also comprise with supporting bracket 32 integrated formation and be applicable to supporting bracket 32 be fixed to the lateral support member 54 that vertically is provided with basically on the door lock striker plate side panel 34.Lateral support member 54 can comprise to be smooth basically and to be parallel to the mating surfaces of the corresponding mating surfaces on door lock striker plate side panel 34.In example embodiment, the hole on the mating surfaces of lateral support member 54 is applicable to and receives double-screw bolt 56, and this double-screw bolt 56 and then be applicable to by the corresponding hole on the mating surfaces of door lock striker plate side panel 34 receives.For supporting bracket 32 is fixed on the door lock striker plate side panel 34, double-screw bolt 56 can be inserted in the hole on the lateral support member 54, and is inserted into then in the hole of door lock striker plate side panel 34.Double-screw bolt 56 can be connected on the car door by any means known in the art, thereby supporting bracket 32 is fixed on the door lock striker plate side panel 34.

Refer now to the operation that Figure 1A-Fig. 2 describes automobile door glass interceptor assembly 20 in detail.

Particularly, in head-on crash incident or front offset collision incident, because the power that applies on door lock striker plate in the vertical, the door lock striker plate structure may be compressed.The fault of this structure, and the relevant minimizing meeting of car door total length is pushed vehicle window 26 to door lock striker plate rear panel 24.Yet when vehicle window 26 was mobile backward, the rigidity that vehicle window 26 can impact the prevention support 22 that is fixed to door lock striker plate rear panel 24 stoped edge 50.If impacting, the less relatively power of vehicle window 26 usefulness stops edge 50, then stop edge 50 to prevent further backward the displacement of vehicle window 26, and stop sponson 28 to stop vehicle window 26 to impact Door Lock actr bar 30, thereby prevent vehicle window 26 contacts and actuate Door Lock actr bar 30, thereby prevent car door opening.If push stop vehicle window 26 to support 22 with the power of q.s, vehicle window 26 will fragmentation when stoping edge 50 to contact with rigidity.In the case, stop sponson 28 still to keep laterally shifting to Door Lock actr bar 30 and impacting Door Lock actr bar 30 with the vehicle window 26 that prevents the fragmentation of any part ground in position, so that broken glass does not reconstruct the threat of actuating Door Lock.

Those skilled in the art are readily appreciated that with reference to the disclosure, can make various modifications to above-mentioned automobile door glass interceptor assembly 20, and not depart from the scope of the present invention.For example, can comprise bonding and welding, will stop support 22 to be fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24 by the means of any prior art.In addition, can use the mechanical fastening system of any number and configuration,, will stop support 22 to be fixed on the door lock striker plate rear panel 24 as bolt, screw or rivet.In addition, stop support can be fixed to one or more in a plurality of door lock striker plate panels.Should also be understood that can be by the means of any prior art, comprise bonding, welding or mechanical fixation, will stop sponson 28 to be connected to prevention support 22.

In addition, can use the means of any prior art that supporting bracket 32 is connected to prevention support 22.Particularly, use bonding or by using one or more mechanical fastening systems that supporting bracket 32 is fixed on the supporting bracket installation surface 48.Will also be understood that supporting bracket 32 can with stop the integrated formation of support.In addition, can use the means of any prior art, comprise by using bonding or by using one or more mechanical connecting devices that glass run press strip 36 is connected to supporting bracket 32.

Though with reference to the accompanying drawings, this paper describes specific embodiments of the invention in detail, the invention is not restricted to these specific embodiments but should understand, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification, and do not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention that claims are determined.

Claims (11)

1. automobile door glass interceptor assembly comprises:

Can be fixed to the prevention support on the door lock striker plate panel;

Stop the edge, described prevention edge and the integrated formation of described prevention support, when being fixed to described door lock striker plate panel, be substantially normal to the vertical edge of vehicle window, and in the vehicle collision incident when described vehicle window impacts described prevention edge, can broken at least in part described vehicle window;

Stop sponson, described prevention sponson is connected to described prevention support, vertically is arranged between described vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism, and can prevents the cross travel of described vehicle window at least in part; And

Be fixed to the supporting bracket of described prevention support.

2. automobile door glass interceptor assembly comprises:

Can be fixed to the prevention support on the door lock striker plate panel; And

Stop the edge, described prevention edge and the integrated formation of described prevention support, when being fixed to described door lock striker plate panel, be substantially normal to or transverse to the edge of vehicle window, and in the vehicle collision incident when described vehicle window impacts described prevention edge, can broken at least in part described vehicle window.

3. automobile door glass interceptor assembly as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, also comprise being connected to described prevention support, vertically be arranged between described vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism basically, and can prevent the prevention sponson of the cross travel of described vehicle window at least in part.

4. automobile door glass interceptor assembly as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises the supporting bracket that is fixed to described prevention support.

5. automobile door glass interceptor assembly as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises being fixed to described supporting bracket, is applicable to the edge that receives described vehicle window, and can reduce the glass run press strip of the vibration in the described vehicle window.

6. automobile door glass interceptor assembly as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, comprise also and at least one groove projection of the integrated formation of trench portions of described supporting bracket that described groove projection is applicable to the described trench portions that described glass run press strip is fixed to described supporting bracket.

7. vehicle that comprises automobile door glass interceptor assembly comprises:

Be fixed to the prevention support on the door lock striker plate panel; And

Stop the edge, described prevention edge and the integrated formation of described prevention support are substantially normal to or transverse to the edge of vehicle window, and in the vehicle collision incident when described vehicle window impacts described prevention edge, can broken at least in part described vehicle window.

8. vehicle as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, also comprises being connected to described prevention support, vertically is arranged between described vehicle window and the car door lock mechanism basically, and can prevents the prevention sponson of the cross travel of described vehicle window at least in part.

9. vehicle as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, also comprises the supporting bracket that is fixed to described prevention support.

10. vehicle as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, also comprises being fixed to described supporting bracket, is applicable to the edge that receives described vehicle window, and can reduce the glass run press strip of the vibration in the described vehicle window.

11. vehicle as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, comprise also and at least one groove projection of the integrated formation of trench portions of described supporting bracket that described groove projection is applicable to the described trench portions that described glass run press strip is fixed to described supporting bracket.

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