Tilting Vehicle With a Carrier Device

Abstract

A tilting vehicle includes a rear section and a carrier device which is connected to the rear section. The carrier device includes a receiving section for the releasable fastening of a luggage container and is connected by at least one first support in the region of the receiving section to the rear section and by at least one second support, which is arranged spaced apart from the at least one first support, to the rear section. The at least one first support is designed in such a manner that it does not transmit any torque.

Claims

1-6. (canceled)

7. A tilting vehicle comprising: a rear portion, and a carrier device connected to the rear portion, wherein: the carrier device comprises a receiving portion for detachable fastening of a luggage container and is connected to the rear portion by at least one first support in a region of the receiving portion and is connected to the rear portion by at least one second support arranged spaced apart from the at least one support, and the at least one support is formed such that the at least one support does not transmit any torque.

8. The tilting vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the at least one first support is formed as a fixed bearing.

9. The tilting vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the at least one first support is formed as a ball joint or a cylinder joint.

10. The tilting vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the at least one first support comprises an elastic connection element for uncoupling a movement of the carrier device with respect to the rear portion.

11. The tilting vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the at least one second support is formed as a rigid connection.

12. The tilting vehicle according to claim 7, wherein a spacing of the at least one second support from the at least one first support has a value between 5 and 100 cm.

13. The titling vehicle of claim 12, wherein the value is between 5 and 40 cm.

14. The tilting vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the luggage container is a case or a bag.

15. The tilting vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the luggage container is a top case.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS prior art.

[0025] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a rear region of a tilting vehicle according to the

[0026] FIG. 2 shows a side view of a rear region of a tilting vehicle according to the description of an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a rear region 10 of a tilting vehicle 1 (not represented in greater detail) according to the prior art. The tilting vehicle 1 has a rear portion 11 and a carrier device 12 connected to the rear portion 11. The carrier device 12 comprises a receiving portion 13 for detachable attachment of a luggage container 14 and is connected to the rear portion 11 by way of two first supports 15 in the region of the receiving portion 13 and to the rear portion 11 by way of two second supports 16 arranged spaced apart from the first supports 15. The two first supports 15 are formed in each case as a rigid support 15.

[0028] The luggage container 14 is, for example, a so-called top case, wherein a center of gravity S of the luggage container 14 (in longitudinal direction L of the vehicle) is arranged far behind the two first supports 15. This has the result that loads and torques resulting from a weight force G must be absorbed by the two rigid first supports 15. This leads to a high load on the two first supports 15 so that these are correspondingly of solid dimensions, as a result of which a vehicle weight is negatively influenced.

[0029] As a result of the eccentrically acting weight force G of the luggage container 14, the two first supports 15 are not only acted upon in each case with a compressive force, rather the torque brought about by the weight force G must be absorbed at this point. In the event of a negative acceleration, in each case a tensile force correspondingly acts on the two first supports 15 and an oppositely oriented torque.

[0030] In contrast, the second supports 16 are ideally not acted upon. Since the carrier device 12 cannot, however, be assumed to be ideally stiff, it is lengthened by the tensile forces transmitted by it or shortened by propulsive forces. As a result of this movement, the support 16 can only partially also act during torque absorption so that a majority of the torque is absorbed in the support 15.

[0031] FIG. 2 shows a side view of a rear region 20 of a tilting vehicle 2, not represented in greater detail, such as, for example, a motor bike or a motor bike-like motor vehicle, according to the description. The tilting vehicle 2 correspondingly has in the rear region 20 a rear portion 21 and a carrier device 22 connected to the rear portion 21 (also referred to as a holding bridge), wherein the carrier device 22 comprises a receiving portion 23 for detachable fastening of a luggage container 24 and is connected to the rear portion 21 by way of two first supports 25 in the region of the receiving portion 23 and is connected to the rear portion 20 by way of two second supports 26 arranged spaced apart from the first supports 25. Moreover, the two first supports 25 are formed in such a manner that these do not transmit any torque.

[0032] The luggage container 24 is placed detachably from above onto the receiving portion 23 so that the luggage container 24 is supported on its underside by the receiving portion 23. A center of gravity S of the luggage container 24 is arranged behind the two first supports 25 (in the longitudinal direction L of the vehicle).

[0033] The carrier device 22 is connected to the rear portion 21 of the tilting vehicle 2 via the two first supports 25 and the two second supports 26. It will be obvious that in each case more or fewer than the two first 25 or the two second supports 26 can be provided.

[0034] The two first supports 25 are arranged in mirror-symmetry to the vehicle center oriented in the longitudinal direction L of the vehicle so that only the front, left-hand, first support 25 is visible in the represented side view, wherein the second first support is covered behind it. The same applies to the two second supports 26 which are likewise arranged in mirror-symmetry to the vehicle center, wherein in the side view only the left-hand, second support 26 is apparent and the right-hand, second support which lies behind it is covered.

[0035] The two first supports 25 are formed in such a manner that they do not transmit any torque. In the case of a vertical movement of the luggage container 24, therefore, as a result of the arrangement of its center of gravity S (in longitudinal direction L of the vehicle) behind the first supports 25, a torque M1 is brought about in the region of the two first supports 25 which leads to a rotational movement or tilting movement of the carrier device 22 in the same direction in the region of the first support 25 which is enabled by the described degree of rotational freedom of the two first supports 25.

[0036] As a result of the fixing of the carrier device 22 in the two second supports, the torque M1 leads to a corresponding elastic deformation of the carrier device along its length and the tensile force F2 acting upon the second supports 26. For this purpose, the second supports 26 are formed to be, for example, rigid. The great advantage of this embodiment lies in the fact that a high torque load of the two first supports 25 is effectively prevented and these can be formed to be correspondingly lightweight.

[0037] Therefore, instead of the normally very stiff and rigid configuration of the first supports 25 for compensation of the torque load, according to embodiments of the invention the torque M1 is compensated for via the two second supports 26 which are arranged at the spacing a from the two first supports 25. As a result of the active lever length of the carrier device 22 over the spacing a, a heavy, in particular (torque-)rigid configuration can also be dispensed with for these two supports 26.

[0038] In contrast, the carrier device 22 can have sufficient flexural rigidity which can also be achieved by a lightweight design.

[0039] According to the embodiment represented in FIG. 2, the two first supports 25 can be formed in each case as a so-called fixed bearing in the form of a ball joint (also referred to as a ball bearing). A displacement of the two first supports 25 is correspondingly not possible, but no torque is absorbed and instead the described rotational movement of the carrier device 22 is permitted. Of course, the fixed bearing can, however, also be formed in a different manner, for example, as a cylinder joint (including a rolling joint). Alternatively or additionally, the two first supports 25 can in each case also be embodied as elastic connection elements for uncoupling a movement of the carrier device 22 with respect to the rear portion 21.

[0040] For example, the spacing a of the second supports 16 from the first supports 25 can have a value between 5 and 100 cm, preferably between 5 and 40 cm.

[0041] The luggage container 24 can furthermore be a case, in particular a top case, or a bag.