Steering Device for a Tilting Vehicle, and Tilting Vehicle Having Such a Steering Device

Abstract

A steering device for a tilting vehicle is provided having at least one handlebar which includes at least one gripping portion, with at least one receiving element which is fixed or fixable, releasably or non-releasably, on the gripping portion for fixing a gripping element, and with at least one gripping element which covers the receiving element from the outside and which is either directly fixed or fixable non-releasably, in particular adhered or molded, on the gripping portion or is directly fixed or fixable releasably, in particular clipped or screwed, on the receiving element.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A handlebar device for a tilting vehicle, comprising: at least one handlebar having at least one gripping portion; at least one receiving element which can be secured or is secured in a releasable or non-releasable manner to the gripping portion; and at least one gripping element which extends over the receiving element from an outer side and which either can be secured or is secured directly onto the gripping portion in a non-releasable manner or which can be secured or is secured directly onto the receiving element in a releasable manner.

12. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the receiving element is secured to the gripping portion in or on a region of the gripping portion which faces away from a free end of the gripping portion, and/or the receiving element is secured on a stop element of the handlebar which delimits the gripping portion indirectly or directly in abutment against the gripping portion and/or the stop element.

13. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the receiving element comprises at least one bush-shaped receiving element which comprises a recess, and the recess extends transversely or obliquely with respect to a longitudinal extent direction of the gripping portion.

14. The handlebar device according to claim 13, further comprising: a closure which can be releasably arranged in or on the bush-shaped receiving element and by which an accessibility of the recess from the outer side can be closed, and/or at least the recess comprises an inner threaded portion and a fastener comprises an outer threaded portion which corresponds to the inner threaded portion of the recess.

15. The handlebar device according to claim 13, wherein the gripping element is pushed in a joining direction onto the gripping portion, the gripping element, in a joined arrangement on the gripping portion, comprises at a side facing away from a free end of the gripping portion, at least one opening which is in alignment with the recess of the receiving element in the joined arrangement, wherein through the opening and recess, a fastener for forming a rear grip with respect to the joining direction of the gripping element can be arranged, and/or the gripping element comprises, in the joined arrangement on the gripping portion at the side facing away from the free end of the gripping portion, at least one projection which is pretensioned in the direction of the gripping portion and which, in the joined arrangement, can engage in the recess so as to form a rear grip with respect to the joining direction.

16. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the receiving element is constructed in an annular manner and completely or at least partially surrounds a circumference of the gripping portion.

17. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the receiving element comprises at least three receiving elements which have the same or in each case a different spacing with respect to each other.

18. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the receiving element comprises at least one positioning element on which the gripping element can be fitted during joining in the joining direction before reaching the joined arrangement with at least one recess which is constructed in a complementary manner and which extends in the joining direction.

19. The handlebar device according to claim 11, further comprising: at least one heating element which is arranged on the gripping portion and by which the gripping element is heated, and/or at least one protection device which is secured extensively on the circumference of the gripping portion and which, in the joined arrangement, is arranged between the gripping portion and the gripping element.

20. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the gripping element is secured non-releasably via adhesive bonding or injection molding.

21. The handlebar device according to claim 11, wherein the gripping element is secured releasably via a clip-fit or threaded connection.

22. A tilting vehicle, comprising: a handlebar having at least one gripping portion, at least one receiving element which is secured to the gripping portion in a releasable or non-releasable manner, a gripping element which extends over the receiving element from the outer side and which is secured directly to the gripping portion in a non-releasable manner or is secured directly onto the receiving element in a releasable manner.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the handlebar device having a gripping element which can be releasably replaced.

[0033] FIG. 2 is a sectioned detailed view of the embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a non-releasably secured gripping element.

[0034] FIG. 3 is a sectioned detailed view of the embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a releasably secured gripping element.

[0035] FIG. 4 is a perspective front view of the handlebar device according to FIG. 1 without a gripping element.

[0036] FIG. 5 is a perspective front view of the handlebar device according to FIG. 1 with a gripping element.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The figures show a handlebar device, which is generally designated 2, for a tilting vehicle (not explicitly illustrated in the Figures). The handlebar device 2 comprises a handlebar 4, which comprises at least one gripping portion 6. At least one receiving element 8 is secured to the gripping portion 6 in a releasable or non-releasable manner. Furthermore, the handlebar device 2 comprises a gripping element 10. The gripping element 10 extends over the receiving element 8 from the outer side. FIG. 2 shows a sectioned view in which the gripping element 10 is secured to the gripping portion 6 in a non-releasable manner, in particular in which the gripping element 10 is injected onto the gripping portion 6.

[0038] FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the gripping element 10 which is pushed in a releasable manner onto the gripping portion 6 and which is secured to the receiving element 8 in a releasable manner.

[0039] In the embodiment shown in the figures, the receiving element 8 is secured to a region of the gripping portion 6 which faces away from the free end of the gripping portion 6. In the embodiment which can be seen in the figures, the receiving element 8 comprises three bush-shaped receiving elements 12 which each comprise a recess 14 in which an inner threaded portion 16 is arranged.

[0040] The gripping element 10 is constructed in such a manner that it can be pushed in a joining direction 18 onto the gripping portion 6. The gripping element 10 comprises at the side facing away from the free end of the gripping portion 6 three openings 20 which are constructed in a corresponding, in particular complementary, manner to the recesses 14 of the bush-shaped receiving element 12. In order to secure the gripping element 10 to the gripping portion 6, fasteners 22 can be inserted through the opening 20 in the gripping element 10 and secured to an outer threaded portion 24 in the inner threaded portion 16 of the recess 14.

[0041] The figures show one embodiment of the handlebar device 2 in which the receiving element 8 is constructed in an annular manner and completely surrounds the gripping portion 6 at the circumference.

[0042] Furthermore, the handlebar device 2 comprises a heating element (not visible in the figures) which is arranged on the gripping portion 6. The heating element is completely surrounded by a protection layer 26 which is secured extensively to the circumference of the gripping portion 6 and which is arranged, in the joined arrangement, between the gripping portion 6 and the gripping element 10.

[0043] FIG. 2 shows the handlebar device 2 in which a gripping element 10 which is non-releasably secured to the gripping portion 6 is provided. This element can be arranged on the gripping portion 6 by means of injection-molding. In order to prevent material of the gripping element 10 from being introduced into the recess 14 of the bush-shaped receiving element 12 of the receiving element 8, there is provided a closure 30 by means of which an accessibility of the recess 14 from the outer side can be closed.

[0044] FIG. 3 shows a detailed sectioned view, in which the non-releasable gripping element 10 has been removed by destroying the gripping element 10 and a replaceable, releasably securable gripping element 10 has been pushed on.

[0045] In order to ensure a positioning of the gripping element 10 in a specific position, it can be seen in FIG. 4 that there may be provided a positioning element 32 on which the gripping element 10 during joining in the joining direction 18 before reaching the joined arrangement can be fitted with at least one recess which is constructed in a corresponding manner and which extends in a joining direction 18.

[0046] The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the drawings may be significant both individually and also in any combination in the implementation of the invention in its various embodiments.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0047] 2 Handlebar device [0048] 4 Handlebar [0049] 6 Gripping portion [0050] 8 Receiving element [0051] 10 Gripping element [0052] 12 Bush-shaped receiving element [0053] 14 Recess [0054] 16 Inner threaded portion [0055] 18 Joining direction [0056] 20 Opening [0057] 22 Fastener [0058] 24 Outer threaded portion [0059] 26 Protection device [0060] 28 Heating element [0061] 30 Closure [0062] 32 Positioning element