Apparatus for fixing a display device on a steering element

Abstract

An apparatus for fixing a device, in particular in the form of a display device, to an element, in particular to a handlebar of a single-lane vehicle, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding device, which is fixed to the element in a closed state. The apparatus further includes a fixing device, which is arranged on the holding device and which is configured to fix the device. And by way of a fixing element which is arranged jointly, in particular releasably, the holding device can be held in a closed state and the device is fixed to the fixing device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for fixing a display device on a handlebar, comprising: a holding device configured to be fixed to the handlebar in a closed state; a fixing device arranged on the holding device and configured to receive the display device; and a fixing element configured to (i) releasably retain the holding device in the closed state, and (ii) fix the display device to the fixing device, wherein the holding device comprises: a first opening defined through a portion of the holding device in a first direction and configured to receive the fixing element in an axial direction of the fixing element, and a second opening communicating with the first opening and arranged laterally relative to the first opening, the second opening configured to receive the fixing element in a lateral direction.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device is configured for positively locking reception of the display device.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixing element is configured to provide a threaded connection, a spread connection and/or a latch connection.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is made of a flexible material.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device is configured as an elongated recess defined in the holding device.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is configured in the form of a clamp.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the clamp is formed in at least two parts.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least two parts are pivotable with respect to one another about a hinge.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein two of the at least two parts each include a radial projection through which the first and second openings are defined.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second opening opens in a radial direction.

11. An apparatus for fixing a display device on a handlebar, comprising: a holding device configured to be fixed to the handlebar in a closed state; a fixing device arranged on the holding device and configured to receive the display device; and a fixing element configured to (i) releasably retain the holding device in the closed state, and (ii) fix the display device to the fixing device, wherein the holding device includes: a first opening configured to receive the fixing element in one direction, and a second opening along the one direction that communicates with the first opening, wherein the holding device is configured in the form of a clamp, and wherein the clamp includes a recess having an upper region configured to receive and engage a projection of the display device so as to positively lock with the display device.

12. A fixing system, comprising: a display device; a holding device configured to be fixed to a handlebar of a single-lane vehicle; a fixing device arranged on the holding device and configured to fix the display device; and a fixing element arranged jointly, wherein the fixing element is configured to fix the holding device to the handlebar, and the display device to the fixing device, wherein the holding device comprises: a first opening defined through a portion of the holding device in a first direction and configured to receive the fixing element in an axial direction of the fixing element, and a second opening communicating with the first opening and arranged laterally relative to the first opening, the second opening configured to receive the fixing element in a lateral direction.

13. A steering element system for a single-lane vehicle, comprising: a fixing system according to claim 12; and a steering element of the single-lane vehicle, wherein the holding device is configured to positively lock on the steering element.

14. The fixing system according to claim 12, wherein the fixing device is configured as an elongated recess defined in the holding device.

15. The fixing system according to claim 14, wherein the display device includes a projection that positively locks in the elongated recess when the display device is fixed to the holding device.

16. The fixing system according to claim 12, wherein the holding device is configured in the form of a clamp.

17. The fixing system according to claim 16, wherein the clamp is formed in at least two parts.

18. The fixing system according to claim 17, wherein two of the at least two parts each include a radial projection through which the first and second openings are defined.

19. The fixing system according to claim 18, wherein the second opening opens in a radial direction.

20. The fixing system according to claim 19, wherein the display device includes a straight projection that abuts on one of the radial projections when the display device is fixed to the holding device by the fixing element.

21. The fixing system according to claim 20, wherein, when the display device is fixed to the holding device, the fixing element extends through the first opening and into a threaded opening of the straight projection such that the fixing element clamps the two of the at least two parts together and fixes the display device to the holding device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In this respect, in schematic form,

(2) FIG. 1 shows a steering element system in perspective view in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

(3) FIG. 2 shows the steering element system of FIG. 1 in cross-section.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) In FIG. 1, a steering element system is shown in perspective view in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure and is shown in cross-section in FIG. 2.

(5) In FIG. 1, a steering element system 200 is shown, comprising a display 2, which can be fixed via an annular holding device 4 of a fixing system 100 to a steering rod (not shown in FIG. 1) of a cycle (not shown). The holding device 4 is configured in the form of an annular clamp made of plastic. Furthermore, a recess 5 is arranged on the clamp 4, which allows a positive locking in the upper region with the display 2, which is configured by means of a projection 2a for the corresponding engagement with the recess 5. The positive locking prevents in particular twisting of the display 2 in the holding device 4.

(6) In the lower part, the display 2 comprises a straight projection 2b for the flat abutment on a radial projection 21 of the clamp 4. In this region 22, the clamp 4 is interrupted in the circumferential direction. In the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, the clamp 4 is designed in two parts with two parts 4a, 4b, which can be pivoted with respect to one another by means of a hinge 20, for example to simplify an arrangement of the clamp 4 on a handlebar 3 (see FIG. 2). An internal thread (not shown) for providing a threaded connection 7, which serves to receive a screw 6, is also arranged in the region 2b.

(7) To fix the display 2, the clamp 4 in the radial projection 21 now comprises a through-hole 8 that extends substantially tangentially (direction 10) on both sides of the interruption in the region 22 of the interruption of the clamp 4. A parallel opening 9 is arranged laterally to the through-hole 8 so that a screw 6 for providing a threaded connection 7 can be inserted laterally into the through-hole 8 via the opening 9. The screw 6 now engages through the opening 8 on an internal thread in the region 2b of the display 2 and, when actuated accordingly, compresses both the display 2 and the two parts 4a, 4b of the clamp 4 such that the latter is fixed jointly on the handle 3 and the display 2 on the clamp 4.

(8) In one embodiment not shown here, the clamp 4 can be formed in one piece and made from flexible plastic so that it can be reversibly bent updue to the flexible plasticto arrange it around the handlebar 3.

(9) In summary, at least one of the embodiments of the disclosure provides at least one of the following advantages and/or has at least one of the following features: (i) positive integration of a display into a handlebar, (ii) flexibility in the arrangement of the display on different handlebars, (iii) simple, reliable mounting, (iv) single fixing element, and (v) reliable fixing of the display on a handlebar.

(10) Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, it is not limited thereto and can instead be modified in a variety of ways.