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Load carrying feet and load carrying top frames including carrying feet for vehicles

A vehicle and top rack technology, applied in the field of load-carrying feet, can solve the problems of increasing the overall wind resistance of the vehicle and increasing fuel consumption, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-08-31
THULE SWEDEN AB
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Air turbulence creates noise and increases the overall windage of the vehicle and thus increases fuel consumption

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[0051] The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following example(s). figure 1 A portion of a vehicle 10 is shown having a roof 11 . A load-carrying roof frame 20 with a first load-carrying foot 21 and a second load-carrying foot 22 is arranged on the roof 11 . A load carrying bar 23 extends between the first load carrying foot 21 and the second load carrying foot 22 . exist figure 1 In the embodiment shown in , the distance between the first load bearing foot 21 and the second load bearing foot 22 can be changed (by figure 1 Indicated by the reference numeral D in ) to adjust the load carrying top frame 20 to fit vehicles of different sizes. The invention can be applied to different types of load carrying frames, but is advantageously applied to flush load carrying frames. A flush load-carrying top frame is generally defined as the following: the ends of the span bars do not extend beyond the legs of the top; each end of the span bar is instead...

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The present invention relates to a load carrier foot (21, 22), and a load carrying roof rack (20) for a vehicle having at least one such load carrier foot (21, 22). The load carrier foot has a lock arrangement (40) for locking a load carrying bar (23) to the load carrier foot, comprising a wedge member (43), a tensioning member (41), and a displaceable locking member (44, 45). The wedge member (43) and the displaceable locking member (44, 45) is adapted to cooperate with the tensioning member (41) so that upon operation of the tensioning member (41), the displaceable locking member (44, 45) is displaced in a direction towards the inner surface of the load carrying bar (23) in a direction along the width of the load carrying bar (23). The present invention provides for a load carrying foot (21, 22) having a lock arrangement (40) which requires little space inside of the load carrying bar (23) to lock the load carrying bar (23) to the load carrying foot (21, 22).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to load carrying feet for vehicles. The load carrying roof frame has a load carrying bar adapted to extend across the surface of the roof of the vehicle during use. The invention also relates to a load carrying roof frame having at least one load carrying foot. The load carrier foot includes a lock assembly that attaches or secures the load carrier bar in at least one position using a wedge member and at least one displaceable locking member. Background technique [0002] Vehicle top racks, also known as load top racks, are currently receiving special attention. While safety and ease of maneuverability are still key words, wind resistance and air turbulence have started to become more and more important. Load bars or lateral straddles provide wind turbulence as the vehicle moves. [0003] As the vehicle moves, and as the wind passes over the load bar, air turbulence is created; this is especially true when the load top...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60R9/045B60R9/052B60R9/058
CPCB60R9/052B60R9/058B60R9/04B60R9/045B60R9/048
Inventor A.伦德格伦
Owner THULE SWEDEN AB