Removable Windscreen Arrangement for a Tilting Vehicle

Abstract

A windscreen arrangement for fastening to a vehicle, in particular to a tilting vehicle, is provided, with a windscreen for at least partially deflecting a headwind during use of the vehicle, and with a securing device for fastening the windscreen to the vehicle, wherein the securing device has at least one connecting portion and at least one latching portion which are each designed for releasably connecting to the vehicle. In addition, a vehicle with a corresponding windscreen arrangement is provided.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A windscreen arrangement to be secured to a vehicle, comprising: a windscreen for at least partially deflecting a headwind when the vehicle is used; and a securing apparatus for securing the windscreen to the vehicle, wherein the securing apparatus comprises at least one connection portion and at least one locking portion which are constructed in each case for releasable connection to the vehicle.

12. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle is a tilting vehicle.

13. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the at least one connection portion is constructed in a cylindrical, tapered or conical manner, and is configured for coaxial engagement in at least one vehicle-side receiving member of the vehicle.

14. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 13, wherein a position of the connection portion is constructed to be able to be adjusted in a direction of a main axis of the connection portion with respect to the windscreen.

15. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the at least one locking portion comprises a recess for at least partially engaging around a vehicle-side retention portion.

16. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the at least one locking portion further comprises a closure element which is movable relative to the recess and which is movable between an open position and a closed position, and in the closed position, the closure element closes an opening of the recess such that the vehicle-side retention portion, in a state installed on the vehicle, is retained in the recess.

17. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the opening of the recess and the main axis of the connection portion face together in one direction.

18. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the one direction is an insertion direction of the connection portion.

19. A vehicle comprising a windscreen arrangement according to claim 11.

20. The vehicle according to claim 19, comprising: a front wheel fork, wherein at least one vehicle-side receiving member for coaxial engagement of the at least one connection portion is constructed at an upper end of the front wheel fork.

21. The vehicle according to claim 20, wherein the at least one vehicle-side receiving member is constructed at an upper end of a fork leg, a stand tube or an immersion tube of the front wheel fork.

22. The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein the at least one vehicle-side receiving member is formed so as to complement the respective connection portion.

23. The vehicle according to at least one of claim 19, wherein the at least one vehicle-side retention portion comprises at least one continuation portion which is orientated in a substantially horizontal manner and which is retained in the at least one locking portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a windscreen arrangement according to the description.

[0033] FIG. 2 is a view of a front wheel fork of a vehicle for receiving the windscreen arrangement according to FIG. 1.

[0034] FIG. 3 illustrates a vehicle having the windscreen arrangement according to FIG. 1.

[0035] FIG. 4 illustrates an alternative assembly sequence for the windscreen arrangement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] FIG. 1 shows a windscreen arrangement 10 for securing to a vehicle 30 which is in the form, for example, of a motorcycle and which is illustrated in FIG. 2 only partially and schematically. The windscreen arrangement 10 comprises a windscreen 11 which is constructed for at least partially deflecting a headwind when the motorcycle 30 is used. Purely by way of example, the windscreen 11 is illustrated as a transparent pane. Of course, the windscreen 11 may be constructed to be only partially transparent, but where necessary also completely non-transparent. At a rear side 11a of the windscreen 11 facing the driver there is provided a securing apparatus 20 which is constructed to secure the windscreen 11 to the vehicle 30. To this end, the securing apparatus 20 has two connection portions 21 and furthermore two locking portions 22 which are constructed in each case for releasable connection to the (remaining) vehicle 30.

[0037] In the embodiment illustrated, the securing apparatus 20 further comprises a planar windscreen receiving member 23 for directly connecting the securing apparatus 20 to the windscreen 11. For example, this indirect connection can be carried out using fasteners 12 (FIG. 3), such as screws or rivets, or by means of a materially engaging connection, such as adhesive bonding. At a side of the windscreen receiving member 23 facing away from the windscreen 11, there are fitted two carrier structures 24 which are connected in each case by means of three arm continuations 24a to the windscreen receiving member 23. Of course, in place of the three arm continuations 24a, any other number of continuations or another type of connection to the windscreen receiving member 23 can be provided.

[0038] Another carrier arm 24b faces in each case in the opposite direction, that is to say, away from the windscreen 11, and is connected at the outer (angled) end thereof to one of the two connection portions 21 of the securing apparatus 20.

[0039] The respective locking portion 22 is provided at a respective lower end 24c of the two carrier structures 24.

[0040] As can be seen in particular in FIG. 1, the two connection portions 21 in the illustrated embodiment are constructed in each case in a conical manner and consequently provided for coaxial engagement in a vehicle-side receiving member 31 of the vehicle 30 in each case (illustrated in FIG. 2). Alternatively, however, the connection portions 21 may also be constructed in a cylindrical or conical manner (not illustrated).

[0041] Each of the two connection portions 21 is constructed in such a manner that a position of the connection portion 21 is constructed so as to be able to be adjusted in the direction of a main axis H of the connection portion 21 with respect to the windscreen 11. The adjustability is, for example, achieved by means of a thread which is provided on or in the connection portion 21 so that an adjustment of the respective connection portion 21 in the longitudinal direction thereof, coaxially relative to the main axis H, is readily enabled by means of a rotational movement. A securing action against release of the connection portion 21 can preferably be achieved by means of knurled screws 21a or counter-nuts.

[0042] The two locking portions 22 are constructed in such a manner that each locking portion 22 comprises a recess 22a for at least partially engaging around a vehicle-side retention portion 32 (illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3). The respective recess 22a is orientated in such a manner that the locking portion 22 can be placed therewith on the vehicle-side retention portion 32. In the embodiment illustrated, the locking portion 22 has to this end a region which carries the recess 22 and which is constructed in a substantially U-shaped manner.

[0043] In addition, each of the two locking portions 22 further comprises a closure element 22b which can be moved relative to the recess 22a and which can be moved between an open position and a closed position (the closed position is illustrated), and in the closed position closes an opening of the recess 22a in such a manner that the vehicle-side retention portion 32 in a state installed on the vehicle can be retained in the recess 22a.

[0044] The closure element 22b is to this end constructed as a blocking lever which is constructed in a hook-like manner and consequently can engage in a U-shaped manner around and retain the vehicle-side retention portion 32. The hook-like configuration of the respective closure element 22b enables the closure element 22b during fitting to the vehicle-side retention portion 32 to independently open and to release the recess 22a for introducing the vehicle-side retention portion 32. This is achieved by means of a substantially chamfered and/or rounded outer contour of the closure element 22b which, when in contact with the vehicle-side retention portion 32, brings about a lateral deviation about a rotation axis D and a resultant opening of the closure element 22b. By means of a restoring spring, the closure element 22b can subsequently be returned to the closed position again.

[0045] In order to prevent an undesirable disassembly, for example, to prevent a theft, the closure element 22b can be blocked. To this end, both the closure element 22b and the remaining locking portion 22 (that is to say, the region which carries the recess 22a) have a hole 25 in each case, wherein the two holes 25 of each locking portion 22 are in alignment with each other in the closed state of the closure element. It is thus possible, for example, to use a lock which engages in both holes 25 and secures the entre windscreen arrangement 10 to the vehicle 30.

[0046] It has been found to be advantageous in the illustrated embodiment for the opening of the recess 22a and the main axis H of the respective connection portion 21 to face together in the direction of an insertion direction E. The opening thus faces in the same direction as the main axis H and the insertion direction E.

[0047] This enables the described windscreen arrangement 10 to be fitted from above to the front wheel suspension 30a (illustrated in FIG. 2) of the motorcycle 30. Of course, the vehicle 30 may also be a different vehicle in the context of this description.

[0048] The front wheel suspension 30a of the motorcycle 30 is illustrated as a front wheel fork and comprises two fork legs 33 which generally each have an immersion tube and a stand tube which can be moved relative thereto. The two fork legs 33 are arranged spaced apart from each other by means of two fork bridges 34, 35. The fork bridges 34, 35 themselves are additionally connected by means of a control tube which is retained in a steering head 36 (depicted only schematically) so as to be able to be moved in rotation relative to a vehicle structure, in this instance the motorcycle frame.

[0049] In the embodiment illustrated, the two vehicle-side receiving members 31 are constructed for coaxial engagement of the respective connection portion 21 on an upper end of the front wheel suspension 30a, that is to say, at a respective upper end of the two fork legs 33. In this instance, receiving, for example, in the closure caps or fork plugs (if provided) is optionally possible. The corresponding upper end may, for example, be provided by the stand tube (as illustrated), but a transposed arrangement of the forks legs 33 is also possible, in which the stand tube provides the upper end of the respective fork leg 33.

[0050] Alternatively and therefore not illustrated, the respective vehicle-side receiving member 3 may, for example, be formed on the upper fork bridge 34 or lower fork bridge 35.

[0051] In any case, the two vehicle-side receiving members 31 are formed so as to complement the respective associated connection portion 21 and have a correspondingly conical shape.

[0052] In addition, the vehicle-side retention portion 32 which is connected by way of example to the lower fork bridge 35 is provided. Alternatively, however, a connection to the upper fork bridge 34 or one or both fork legs 33 would also be possible.

[0053] The vehicle-side retention portion 32 is constructed in a curved manner and comprises two substantially horizontally orientated continuations 32a, 32b which are formed by the two ends thereof. They are retained in the installed state according to FIG. 3 in one of the two locking portions 22.

[0054] FIG. 4 shows an alternative assembly sequence for the insertion movement E for the windscreen arrangement 10 from FIGS. 1 to 3. The windscreen arrangement 10 can thus in a first step I initially be connected by means of the two locking portions 22 (as a result of the lateral view only one locking portion 22 can be seen) to the vehicle-side retention portion 32 by the recesses 22a being fitted on the vehicle-side retention portion 32. In this instance, the windscreen arrangement 10 is orientated in a (temporary) position tilted forward in the travel direction. Subsequently, the respective closure element 22b is moved into the closure position (step II) in order to prevent a release of the locking portions 22 from the vehicle-side retention portion 32. In a subsequent step III, the entire windscreen arrangement 10 is rotated counter to the travel direction into the desired position, the installation position. In this instance, the vehicle-side retention portion 32 acts as a rotation axis. In the installation position, the two connection portions 21 are connected to the associated vehicle-side receiving member 31. The connection portions 21 are moved in the longitudinal direction thereof in the direction of the vehicle-side receiving member 31 (step IV) in order to produce the desired engagement. For example, the adjustment or movement of the respective connection portion 21 can be carried out by means of the described thread.

[0055] A securing action against a release of the engagement can be provided by means of the knurled screws 21 (step V). In addition, a mechanical securing system 40, for example, in the form of a stop 40 which is rigidly secured to the looking portion 22 or in the form of a stop 40 which can be rotated relative to the locking portion 22 may be provided and blocks the closure element 22b in the illustrated installation position and consequently secures it against unintentional opening.