"Vehicle including a loading cabin equipped with means of placing goods to optimize the space available in the loading cabin"

Description

DESCRIPTION of the industrial invention entitled: “Vehicle including a loading cabin provided with means of placing the goods to optimize the space available in the cargo cabin” by: CRF Consortium Company, Italian, Strada Torino 50 - 10043 Orbassano (TO); Polytechnic University of Turin, of Italian nationality, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin (TO) Designated Inventors: MASOERO Giorgio Luigi; PERBOLI Guido Filed on: July 29, 2024 **** DESCRIPTION TEXT Field of invention The present invention relates to a commercial vehicle comprising a loading cabin for carrying goods to be delivered, e.g. example parcels, or similar, to be delivered to respective delivery addresses, where the loading cabin includes means of placing the goods suitable for creating a desired arrangement of the parcels to be delivered inside the cabin load and optimize the space available in the cargo cabin. Known technique As is known, commercial vehicles of the type indicated above are largely employed to carry out home delivery services for the transported goods. Conventionally, the cargo cabin may have a free corridor that allows the operator to enter the cabin to search for a specific package to be delivered, and at least one side shelf, or similar, defining a plurality of support surfaces for storing the various packages deliver. However, the set of characteristics indicated above does not result fully satisfactory, as the shelves (which allow you to have the parcels to be delivered according to a desired orderly arrangement) occupy a part of the space available in the cargo cabin, precisely to place the goods in a desired arrangement. Furthermore, the solutions known to date do not allow you to easily customize the arrangement of the shelves inside of the cargo cabin, depending on specific delivery missions. In the context outlined above, the present invention takes its cue from desire to propose a commercial vehicle that can surpass the aforementioned inconveniences. Purpose and summary of the invention The purpose of the present invention is to propose a vehicle commercial that can satisfy the aforementioned needs. A further object of the present invention is to provide means of placing the goods which are overall simple to to make low-cost ECs. According to the forms of implementation described below, these purposes are achieved thanks to a commercial vehicle having the characteristics mentioned in the claims that follow. Claims form an integral part of the teachings here administered in relation to the forms of implementation of the solutions described here. Brief description of the attached figures One or more forms of implementation will now be described, purely by way of example. non-limiting example, with reference to the attached drawings, where: - Figure 1 is a partial view of a wall of a loading cabin of a commercial vehicle, on which there are means of placing the goods according to possible forms of implementation, - figures 2A-2C illustrate different embodiments relating to a plurality of coupling inserts designed to secure the goods inside of the loading cabin, - Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the means of placing the goods, according to possible forms of implementation, - figures 4A-4D illustrate different phases of anchoring of the inserts coupling on a support structure fixed to at least one wall of the loading cabin, according to a possible form of implementation, - Figures 5A-5D are enlarged scale views that further illustrate the phases of figures 4A-4D, and - Figures 6A-6B illustrate further features relating to the tightening of the coupling inserts on the relevant support structure, according to possible forms of implementation, and - Figures 7A, 7B illustrate a further embodiment relating to means of placing the goods present in a loading cabin of a vehicle commercial. Detailed description of different forms of implementation In the following description, various details specific to this purpose are illustrated to provide an in-depth understanding of various examples of embodiments according to the description. The embodiments can be obtained without one or more of the specific details, or with other processes, components, materials, etc. In other cases, known structures, materials or operations are not illustrated or described in detail so that the various aspects of the forms of implementation are not made unclear. A reference to “an implementation form” or “a solution” in the framework of this description is intended to indicate that a particular configuration, structure or feature described in relation to the embodiment is included in at least one form of implementation or solution. Phrases like “in one form of implementation” or “in a solution” which may be present at various points in the This description does not therefore necessarily refer exactly to to the same form of implementation or solutions. Furthermore, particular conformations, structures or characteristics can be combined in any suitable way in one or more embodiments or solutions. The references used here are provided simply for convenience and therefore they do not define the scope of protection or the extent of the forms of implementation. Again, in the various figures, similar references are used to indicate similar parts or elements, without repeating the relevant description for brevity's sake each figure. The present invention relates to a commercial vehicle comprising a loading cabin for the collection of goods M to be delivered, e.g. example for the collection of parcels, or similar, to be delivered to respective addresses delivery. In a manner known per se, the commercial vehicle may comprise a driver's cabin for vehicle control, separate from the loading cabin by means of at least one substantially vertical dividing bulkhead. In a manner known per se, the commercial vehicle may comprise a rear door and / or a side door to access the cargo cabin. The present invention can find application, although not in a limiting way, for a self-driving commercial vehicle, in which the operator sits inside of the cockpit is assigned only to the supervision of the route carried out by the vehicle and upon delivery of the goods once the vehicle has arrived at destination. In a way known per se, the loading cabin is defined by a portion of vehicle floor, a front wall, possibly defined by the surface of the aforementioned dividing bulkhead, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and two opposite side walls. Note that the terms “anterior”, “frontal”, “posterior”, “lateral” are reference to the horizontal longitudinal and transverse directions X, Y of the vehicle, as well as the vertical Z direction, as widely known in the industry. The present invention relates more particularly to a vehicle commercial including means of placing goods suitable for realizing a desired arrangement of the parcels to be delivered inside the cabin load and optimize the space available in the cargo cabin. In this perspective, figure 1 illustrates, purely by way of example, a wall 10 of the cargo cabin, for example one of the two side walls, associated with the above means of placing the goods, according to possible forms of implementation. According to a first characteristic, the means of placing the goods comprise at least one support structure 1 fixed to at least one wall 10 of the loading cabin, comprising a plurality of reception seats 2 the whose function will be clarified below. According to possible forms of implementation, the support structure 1 presents a substantially beam-like conformation, for example extended along a vertical direction of the loading cabin. The support structure 1 can be oriented along a vertical direction (as illustrated in figure 1), or along a horizontal direction (as illustrated in figures 7A, 7B). The reception locations 2 can be located spaced apart and aligned along an axial direction of the support structure 1. According to possible forms of implementation, as illustrated in figure 1, at least one wall 10 of the cargo cabin, for example one of the two walls lateral, has a plurality of support structures 1 spaced along the available surface area of ​​the aforementioned wall 10. According to possible forms of implementation, the support structures 1 are applied along both side walls of the cargo cabin. According to further embodiments at least one support structure 1 is positioned along the front and / or rear wall of the cargo cabin. Whatever the general arrangement of the support structures 1, they can be fixed on at least one wall 10 after the vehicle construction, or be directly integrated into the structure of the vehicle being assembled, for example by integrating support structures 1 to the structural uprights of the cargo cabin. According to an essential feature of the present invention, the means of the placement of the goods include a plurality of inserts of coupling 3 predisposed to fix the goods M inside the cabin load. The 3 coupling inserts are configured to be selectively fixed to the reception seats 2 of the support structure 1. Some of the favorite features of the inserts are described below. of coupling 3. With reference to the attached drawings, each insert of coupling 3 comprises a coupling element 3' designed for the fixing to the respective receiving seat 2, and a 3'' interface body prepared for interfacing with a respective package, or similar, to be delivered. As shown in figures 2A-2C, the 3'' interface body can be configured to interface with the goods to be delivered, according to different mode. For example, as shown in Figure 2A, the 3'' interface body may include a 3''' terminal hook designed for connection to the goods M to be delivered. For example, as illustrated in figures 2B,2C, the body 3'' interface can support a modular C container prepared for receive the goods to be delivered inside it. The modular container C can comprise a substantially box-like conformation of dimensions variables, to allow the containment of bulky items, packages, or similar different. Furthermore, as illustrated in Figure 2C, the modular container C can be constrained to different mating inserts 3, to support in position a large container C, possibly equipped with wheels support to allow easy movement of the container inside of the loading cabin. According to a further feature, the means of placing the goods they also include anchoring means 4 associated with the support structure 1, furniture between an inoperative configuration that allows you to insert or remove the coupling inserts 3 with respect to the receiving seats 2, and a operating configuration for tightening the coupling inserts 3 to the seats reception 2. Before even going into the details of the characteristics of the anchoring means 4, note that the hooking elements 3' of the inserts of coupling can be shaped to achieve a configuration preliminary hooked to the support structure 1, without being fixed permanently to the latter, since the anchoring means 4 are still in the inoperative configuration. According to possible forms of implementation illustrated in the attached drawings, the means of anchoring 4 may comprise at least one associated clamping blade said at least one support structure 1, designed to be moved from an inoperative configuration - which allows you to insert or remove inserts coupling 3-, to an operating configuration -to tighten the inserts of coupling 3 to receiving locations 2. According to possible embodiments, the clamping blade may have overall dimensions which are compatible with those of the structure of support 1, to be able to achieve the aforementioned interaction with the inserts of coupling 3. According to possible forms of implementation, as illustrated in figures 4A- 4D and 7A,7B, the clamping blade is movable along its axial direction (corresponding to the axial direction of the support structure 1) in adjacent to the support structure 1, to create the aforementioned configurations inoperative / operational. Preferably, the clamping blade is located behind the support structure 1, so that the clamping blade is substantially hidden from view. The clamping blade comprises a plurality of 4' openings located spaced and aligned along the axial direction of the clamping blade, prepared to interface with the 2 reception locations and the inserts of coupling 3. More specifically each opening 4' is designed for interface with a respective reception location 2 where it can be inserted a mating insert 3. Preferably, the 4' openings are of size greater than the reception locations 2. Figures 4A-4D illustrate different stages of anchoring of the inserts of coupling 3 on a support structure 1 fixed to at least one wall of the loading cabin, in which a clamping blade is moved along its axial direction to fix the inserts in place 3. In Figure 4A, the inserts 3 are decoupled from the structure of support 1. The clamping blade is in its inoperative configuration, in which the openings 4' are respectively aligned with the reception seats 2, allowing then insert the inserts 3 into the receiving seats 2. In figure 4B, the inserts 3 are positioned within their respective seats reception 2, making a preliminary hooked configuration with the clamping blade still in the inoperative configuration. In other words, the coupling inserts 3 remain attached to the support structure 1, without having to hold them in position, even before moving the clamping blade. In figure 4C, the axial direction of displacement is highlighted. of the clamping blade to tighten the coupling inserts 3 to the seats reception 2. In Figure 4D, the clamping blade is in the operating configuration inserts 3 are tightened to the receiving seats 2. More specifically, each insert coupling 3 is finally closed in a vice between a part of the seat edge of reception defining the respective reception location 2, and a part of the edge of opening defining the respective opening 4'. Figures 5A-5D show the same stages described above, putting in I highlight a single coupling insert 3 which cooperates with a respective seat of reception 2 of the support structure 1 and a respective opening 4' of the clamping blade. Figures 7A-7B show the inoperative and operating of the clamping blade, in a possible embodiment in which the support structure 1 and the clamping blade have a main direction axial extended along a horizontal direction of the cargo cabin. According to a further feature, the vehicle's cargo cabin It also includes drive organs 5 to move the anchoring means 4 from the inoperative configuration to the operational configuration, and vice versa. drive members 5 may be configured to move the means of anchoring 4 following a manual, automatic, or semi-automatic. With reference to the embodiment in which anchoring means 4 are made substantially in the form of clamping blades, the control organ drive 5 can be configured to move the clamping blade in the two positions. In one or more embodiments, the commercial vehicle has a multitude of actuating organs 5, each arranged for interaction with a respective support structure 1 and the related anchoring means 4. In other embodiments, the commercial vehicle comprises for an entire wall of the loading cabin, a single drive unit 5 to act on all structures of support 1 fixed on the relevant wall. In one or more embodiments, as illustrated in Figures 6A,6B, the actuating organ 5 may comprise at least one control portion 5', for example a lever, operable (e.g. manually) to move axially the clamping blade. The control portion 5' may comprise a 5'' connecting portion directly or indirectly connected to a terminal end of the clamping blade. In the illustrated example of the figures 6A, 6B, the 5'' connecting portion is connected to the clamping blade by a mutual cooperation between a pin 6 carried by the connecting portion 5'' and a connecting slot 7 obtained on one end of the blade tightening. It will then be appreciated that the rotation of the lever causes a axial movement of the clamping blade. In one or more embodiments, each clamping blade comprises a respective actuating organ 5. With reference to figure 1, to improve efficiency, along the wall of the cabin on which a plurality of are fixed support structures 1 (with the related clamping means 4), can be advantageously including a transmission element 8 interposed between the means of clamping 4 and an actuating organ 5, so that the movement of the command portion 5' can be transmitted to substantially all media of clamping 4 of a given wall. The transmission element 8 can be a connecting bar oriented transversely to the direction main axial of the clamping blades, connected at different sections to their respective clamping blades. On at least one of the two ends the aforementioned control organ can be placed opposite the connecting bar drive 5 which causes axial displacement of the connecting rod 8, in turn generating the axial displacement of the clamping blades. In one or more embodiments, the actuating organs 5 may comprising a rack and pinion mechanism and an actuator device electric to move the clamping blades into the two positions. It will therefore be appreciated that in light of the characteristics described in previously, the cargo cabin of the commercial vehicle can be advantageously equipped with means of placing the goods which allow to exploit substantially all the space available in the cargo cabin for arrange packages, or similar, and easily customize the layout of the vehicles of placement according to specific delivery missions. Naturally, without prejudice to the principle of the invention, the details of construction and forms of implementation may vary widely from as described and illustrated purely by way of example, without thereby departing within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. Vehicle comprising a loading cabin for carrying goods (M) to be delivered, in particular parcels, or similar, in which the loading cabin includes means of placing goods suitable for achieving a desired arrangement of the packages to be delivered inside the loading cabin, in which said means of placement of goods include: - a plurality of coupling inserts (3) designed to fix the goods (M) inside the loading cabin, - at least one support structure (1) fixed to at least one wall (10) of the loading cabin, comprising a plurality of reception seats (2) arranged to selectively receive a mating insert (3), - anchoring means (4) associated with the support structure (1), movable between an inoperative configuration that allows for the insertion and removal of inserts coupling (3) with respect to the receiving seats (2), and a configuration operational to tighten the coupling inserts (3) to the receiving seats (2), - at least one actuating organ (5) to move the anchoring means (4) from the inoperative configuration to the operational configuration, and vice versa, - in such a way that the said means of placing the goods allow to exploit substantially all the space available in the cargo cabin for arrange packages, or similar, and customize the arrangement of the inserts coupling (3) according to specific delivery missions, characterized by the fact that said at least one support structure (1) is directly integrated into the vehicle structure during assembly, in particular integrating the support structure (1) to a structural upright of the loading cabin.

2. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterised in that the support structure (1) has a substantially beam-like shape, extended along a vertical or horizontal direction of the cargo cabin, in which the reception seats (2) are located spaced apart and aligned along one direction main axial of the support structure (1).

3. Vehicle according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each coupling insert (3) comprises a hooking element (3') designed to create a configuration preliminary hooked up tied to the support structure (1) when the means of anchor (4) are still in the inoperative configuration.

4. Vehicle according to claim 3, characterised in that each coupling insert (3) includes a prepared interface body (3'') for the interface with a respective package, or similar, to be delivered.

5. Vehicle according to claim 4, characterised in that the body interface (3'') includes a terminal hook (3''') designed for the connection with the goods (M) to be delivered.

6. Vehicle according to claim 4, characterised in that the body interface (3'') includes a modular container (C) designed for receive the goods (M) to be delivered inside.

7. Vehicle according to claim 3, characterised in that the means of anchoring (4) comprise at least one clamping blade associated with said at least one support structure (1), designed to be moved from one inoperative configuration that allows you to insert or remove inserts coupling (3), to an operating configuration for tightening the inserts of coupling (3) to the receiving seats (2).

8. Vehicle according to claim 7, characterised in that the blade of clamping is movable along its corresponding principal axial direction to the main axial direction of the support structure (1), adjacent to the support structure (1), to realize the inoperative / operational configurations.

9. Vehicle according to claim 7 or 8, characterised in that the clamping blade comprises a plurality of openings (4') arranged for interface with the receiving seats (2) and the coupling inserts (3), in in which in the inoperative configuration, the openings (4') are respectively aligned with the receiving seats (2), allowing the insertion of the inserts (3) in the reception locations (2), in the operational configuration, each insert of coupling (3) is closed like a vice between a part of the seat edge of reception defining the respective reception location (2), and a part of the edge of opening defining the respective opening (4').

10. Vehicle according to claim 7, characterised in that the actuating organ (5) comprises at least one control portion (5') operable to move the clamping blade axially.

11. Vehicle according to claim 10, characterised in that comprises a transmission element (8) placed between the clamping means (4) and the actuating organ (5), so that the movement of the portion of command (5') is transmitted substantially to all the clamping means (4) of a specific wall of the cargo cabin.

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