Door stop device

• US 9,567,787 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2012
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andre Prieur
• Original Assignee: Andre Prieur
• Inventors: Prieur, Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, William
• Application Number:
  US14/350,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20150292251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,597 Days
• Field of Search: 16/83, 16/82, 16/85, 16/49, 163/34, 292/DIG.19, 292/275, 292/262, 296/146.9, 296/146.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/00 Doors B60J10/00 takes precedence; window aspects B60J1/00 ; side board or tailgate structures for open load compartments B62D33/023
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/203 concealed, e.g. for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/08 with springs

Abstract

A door stop device, includes a blocking mechanism (2) and a guiding arm (1), one of these being fastened to the opening part of the door, the other being fastened to the frame, the blocking mechanism (2) including a braking element (24) pressed against a braking roller (21) which is kept in contact with the guiding arm (1), the axle (22) of the braking roller (21) being allowed to move relatively to the body of blocking mechanism (2) within specified limits, the blocking mechanism (2) also including elastic elements (26) defined to bring braking roller (21) and braking element (24), back in compression against each other. A mobile interface unit (25), allows to modulate the load generated by the elastic elements (26), increasing the load when braking roller (21) is in locked position and decreasing the load when braking roller (21) rotates freely.

Claims

1. A door stop device, comprising:

a blocking mechanism (2); and

a guiding arm (1),

one of said blocking mechanism and guiding arm being fastened to the opening part of the door,

the other of said blocking mechanism and guiding arm being fastened to the frame of the door,

said blocking mechanism (2) comprising at least one braking element (24) pressed against at least one braking roller (21) which is kept in contact with said guiding arm (1),

an axle (22) of said braking roller (21) being allowed to move relatively to the body of said blocking mechanism (2) within specified limits, in a direction globally parallel to said guiding arm (1),

said blocking mechanism (2) also comprising elastic means (26) defined to bring said braking roller (21) and said braking element (24), back in compression against each other, wherein,

said braking element (24) is pressed against said braking roller (21), and is mounted on said blocking mechanism (2) and allowed to move in a direction globally perpendicular to said guiding arm (1);

a mobile interface unit (25) mounted on said blocking mechanism (2) and allowed to move in a direction globally perpendicular to said guiding arm (1), comprises bearing means constituted by inclined ramps having plural different slopes, which cooperate with said axle (22) of said braking roller (21) in order to transfer to said axle (22) the forces generated by the elastic means (26), when said axle (22) is moving along the said inclined ramps having the plural different slopes;

said braking element (24) is displaced by movement of said mobile interface unit (25) by means of a mechanical link allowing said braking element (24) to follow the movement of said mobile interface unit (25), during the displacement of said mobile interface unit (25);

said braking element (24) is also subjected to the load of elastic means, which are intended to bring said braking element (24) back in the locked position, in contact with said braking roller (21).

2. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said bearing means of said mobile interface unit (25), are constituted by notches and/or bosses, the shapes of said notches and/or bosses comprise ramps with variable slopes, which are directly or indirectly in contact with said axle (22) of said braking roller (21).

3. The door stop device as described in claim 2, wherein said elastic means (26), which cooperate with mobile interface unit (25), are constituted by elastic blades (253a), (253b), (253c) and (253d), linked to said mobile interface unit (25) and comprising bosses (2531a, 2531b, 2531c, 2531d) located at their free extremity, said bosses being located in front of further notches (28a), said further notches (28a) being located on faces of said blocking mechanism (2).

4. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said braking roller (21) is placed beside at least friction roller (211), which is mounted on the same axis as said braking roller (21), without any contact with said guiding arm (1), and said friction roller (211) comprises rough surfaces in contact with said braking roller (21).

5. The door stop device as described in claim 4, wherein during the linear displacement of said axle (22) of said braking roller (21), which said braking roller (21) rotates in unlocked mode, friction roller (211) is blocked by being in contact with a rough part of said blocking mechanism (2) or a rough part of said mobile interface unit (25).

6. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said elastic means (26) are realized by adding the loads generated by at least two distinct elastic means, the loads of which are cumulated in the same direction, by the means of a spherical ball (2552) which may roll in between two parts of said distinct elastic means, which parts are located in front of each other, this being due to an incline of blocking mechanism (2) exceeding a predefined threshold;

below said predefined inclination threshold, said spherical ball (2552) remains, by the effect of gravity, located in a cavity (2551) designed with inclined faces, and in this case, said spherical ball (2552) does not roll in between the two parts located in front of each other of said distinct elastic means, and the loads of said elastic means are not cumulated.

7. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said door stop device is mounted on the door of a motor vehicle.

8. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said door stop device is mounted on the door of a building.

9. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein said door stop device is mounted on the door of a household appliance.

10. The door stop device as described in claim 1, wherein,

said braking roller (21) is placed beside at least one friction roller (211), which comprises rough surfaces in contact with said braking roller (21),

said friction roller (211) is mounted on the same axis as said braking roller (21), without any contact with said guiding arm (1), and

said friction roller (211) is blocked in rotation by being in contact with a rough part of said blocking mechanism (2), or a rough part of said mobile interface unit (25), whenever a linear displacement of said axle (22) of said braking roller (21) appears, said braking roller (21) then being in rotation in unlocked mode.