Lock for a bag for cycle or motorcycle comprising an easily replaceable cylinder
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GIVI SPA
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-20
AI Technical Summary
Existing locks for cycle or motorcycle bags require disassembly and precise reassembly to replace the cylinder, making the process cumbersome and prone to errors when keys are lost or multiple bags need to share the same key.
A lock design featuring a rotatable cylinder with a pawl and radial protuberances that allows for easy replacement without dismounting the lock body from the bag, using a key to align the pawl with a complementary opening to extract and replace the cylinder, eliminating the need for intricate reassembly.
Enables straightforward and accurate replacement of the cylinder without disassembling the lock body, ensuring reliable operation and simplifying key management for multiple bags.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] LOCK FOR A BAG FOR CYCLE OR MOTORCYCLE COMPRIS ING AN
[0002] EAS ILY REPLACEABLE CYLINDER
[0003] The present invention relates to a lock for a bag for cycle or motorcycle comprising an easily replaceable cylinder .
[0004] Cases or soft bags for cycles or motorcycles , or more generally bags comprising a bottom, a lid which is hinged with the bottom so as to switch the lid from a configuration closed with the bottom to a configuration open to a compartment of the bottom and locks to keep the lid in the configuration closed with the bottom, are known in the state of the art .
[0005] A lock of the state of the art comprises a first body integral with the lid and a second body integral with the bottom, separable from each other .
[0006] One of the two bodies of the lock comprises a front housing . The lock comprises a bush, also referred to as a stator, which is housed inside the front housing and is adapted to switch from a configuration mounted with the front housing to a configuration extracted from the front housing . The lock comprises a cylinder, also referred to as a rotor, wherein the anti-rotation bush rotatably mounts said cylinder . The cylinder comprises a keyhole to insert a key of the lock . The lock comprises a cam rotatably mounted with the body . The lock comprises at least one nut and at least one washer which are fastener means , which are adapted to make the cylinder integral with the cam .
[0007] An extreme portion of the cylinder comprises at least one threaded portion which is prolonged outside the bush . The front housing of the body comprises a first through opening dug in the body of the lock and adapted to permit a through passage by said at least one threaded portion of the end of the cylinder .
[0008] The cam comprises a second through opening adapted to permit a through passage by said at least one threaded portion of the end of the cylinder .
[0009] The at least one threaded portion of the cylinder passes through the first through opening of the body and through the second through opening of the cam . The fastener means , such as for example the nut and the washer, are screwed with the at least one threaded portion of the cylinder making the cylinder integral with the cam and preventing the cylinder and accordingly the bush from switching from the configuration mounted with the front housing of the body to the configuration extracted from the front housing of the body of the lock .
[0010] The cam is moved by the key and provides at least one configuration adapted to open or close a lid and at least one configuration adapted to mount or dismount the bag from the frame of the cycle or motorcycle .
[0011] I f the keys are lost or i f the user wants to use the same key for a plurality of bags , then replacing the cylinder of the lock with another cylinder becomes necessary .
[0012] Disadvantageously, in order to replace the cylinder, there is a need to dismount at least the body of the lock which mounts the bush and the cylinder from the bag, remove the fastener means and switch the bush from the configuration mounted with the housing to the configuration extracted from the housing, replace the cylinder with another cylinder and remount the whole thing . Remounting the body of the lock with the bag needs to be made very accurately . Remounting is a very delicate operation, since missing the remounting af fects the good operation of the lock .
[0013] An obj ect of the present invention is to make a lock for a bag for cycle or motorcycle comprising a cylinder which is easily replaceable without needing to dismount a lock body which mounts the cylinder from the bag .
[0014] In accordance with the invention, such an obj ect is achieved by a lock according to claim 1 .
[0015] Another obj ect of the present invention is to make a bag for cycle or motorcycle comprising a lock comprising a cylinder which is easily replaceable without needing to dismount a lock body which mounts the cylinder from the bag .
[0016] In accordance with the invention, such other obj ect is achieved by a bag for cycle or motorcycle according to claim 10 .
[0017] Other features are provided in the dependent claims .
[0018] The features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following exemplary and non-limiting description referred to the attached schematic drawings , in which : figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag for cycle or motorcycle comprising a lock comprising an easily replaceable cylinder according to the present invention; figure 2 is a perspective view of the lock comprising a first body adapted to be integral with a lid of the bag and a second body adapted to be integral with the bottom of the bag, the second body mounts a cylinder which is rotatably mounted with a bush, the cylinder comprising a keyhole for the key; figure 3 is a front plan view of the lock of figure 2 ; figure 4 is a sectional view along the line IV- IV of figure 3 ; figure 5 is a rear plan view of the lock of figure 2 , wherein a rear wall of the second body is partially eliminated to permit a view of elements of the lock and a hook; figure 6 shows a sectional view according to the line VI-VI of figure 3 . figure 7 shows an exploded perspective view of elements of the lock, particularly a bush which mounts the cylinder with the key, a pawl comprising two radial protuberances mounted with the cylinder and fastener means between pawl and cylinder, the key, a stopping element and a hook element ; figure 8 shows the key inserted in the cylinder mounted in turn with the bush, the pawl mounted with the cylinder by means of the fastener means ; figure 9 shows a perspective view from the front of the lock wherein the bush is in a configuration separated from the second body of the lock ; figure 10 is a perspective view from the rear of figure 9 without the cam, which results dismounted from the second body; figure 11 is a rear perspective view of the first body of the lock with the cam dismounted from the second body and with the bush in a configuration housed in the housing of the second body and the pawl in a position of passing through a through opening of the second body having a form complementary to the pawl ; figure 12 is a rear plan view of figure 11 .
[0019] With reference to the cited figures and particularly figure 1 , a bag 100 is shown, comprising a lid 101 , a bottom 102 hinged with the lid 101 so as to switch the lid 101 from a configuration closed with the bottom 102 to a configuration open for an access to a compartment of the bottom 102 .
[0020] In figures , the bag 100 is shown as a case , alternatively the bag 100 can be also a soft bag for cycle or motorcycle .
[0021] The bag 100 comprises a lock 10 comprising a first body 11 integral with the lid 101 and a second body 12 integral with the bottom 102 .
[0022] The first body 11 is separably mountable with the second body 12 of the lock 10 .
[0023] The first body 11 switches from a configuration in contact with the second body 12 which corresponds to a closed configuration of the lid 101 with the bottom 102 to a configuration separated from the second body 12 which corresponds to an open configuration of the lid 101 .
[0024] The bag 100 is separably mountable with a frame o f a cycle or motorcycle .
[0025] The first body 11 comprises at least one first hooking element 116 .
[0026] The second body 12 comprises at least one second hooking element 60 adapted to switch from a configuration hooked with said at least one first hooking element 116 to an unhooked configuration .
[0027] The bag 100 comprises a hooking system 110 adapted to switch from a configuration mounted with a supporting frame 120 which is in turn separably mounted with the frame of the cycle or motorcycle , to a configuration dismounted from the supporting frame 120 and then dismounted from the frame of the cycle or motorcycle .
[0028] As particularly shown in figures 2- 12 , the second body 12 of the lock 10 comprises a front housing 15 .
[0029] Front means the part of the lock 10 visible from the outside of the bag 100 , while rear means the part of the lock 10 mounted with a wall of the bag 100 .
[0030] The lock 10 comprises a bush 20 , also referred to as a stator, which is adapted to switch from a configuration housed inside the front housing 15 to a configuration extracted from the front housing 15 .
[0031] The lock 10 comprises a cylinder 22 , also referred to as a rotor .
[0032] The bush 20 rotatably mounts said cylinder 22 .
[0033] The cylinder 22 comprises a first end comprising a keyhole 25 to insert a key 21 of the lock 10 . The key 21 in the keyhole 25 allows to rotate the cylinder 22 integrally with the key 21 . The key 21 inserted in the cylinder 22 identi fies a rotation geometric axis K .
[0034] The cylinder 22 comprises a second end, on the opposite side with respect to the keyhole 25 , wherein the second end o f the cylinder 22 comprises an extreme portion 221 of smaller diameter with respect to the rest of the cylinder 22 .
[0035] Preferably, the extreme portion 221 of the cylinder 22 comprises at least one threaded portion .
[0036] The extreme portion 221 is prolonged along the rotation geometric axis K preferably outside the bush 20 which rotatably mounts the cylinder 22 .
[0037] The lock 10 comprises a pawl 27 preferably comprising two radial prolongations 28 arranged at 180 degrees to each other .
[0038] The pawl 27 comprises a through opening which is grafted on the extreme portion 221 of the cylinder 22 .
[0039] The lock 10 comprises fastener means 26 adapted to fasten the pawl 27 integrally with the cylinder 22 so that the pawl 27 rotates integrally with the cylinder 22 .
[0040] In figures , the fastener means 26 correspond to a nut , but alternatives known in the state of the art can be provided .
[0041] Preferably, the through opening of the pawl 27 comprises at least one threaded portion which screws on the threaded portion of the extreme portion 221 of the cylinder 22 .
[0042] Advantageously, the two radial protuberances 28 of the pawl 27 help to prevent the cylinder 22 from being dismounted from the bush 20 since the two radial protuberances 28 remain interfering with at least one wall of the bush 20 .
[0043] Preferably, the two radial protuberances 28 reach a diameter greater than the diameter of the cylinder 22 .
[0044] The lock 10 comprises a cam 30 rotatably mounted with the second body 12 .
[0045] Preferably, the cam 30 is rotatably mounted on a rear cylindrical wall 13 of the second body 12 .
[0046] Still more preferably, the cam 30 comprises a front housing 33 adapted to house at least one portion of the cylindrical wall 13 so that the cam 30 can rotate by sliding on an outer surface of the rear cylindrical wall 13 of the second body 12 .
[0047] Preferably, the rear cylindrical wall 13 comprises an inner wall which defines the front housing 15 .
[0048] As noted from the figures , the cam 30 rotates around the same rotation geometric axis K of the pawl 27 and the cylinder 22 .
[0049] The front housing 15 of the second body 12 comprises a bottom wall 137 and a first through opening 17 dug in the bottom wall 137 of the housing 15 of the second body 12 . The through opening 17 has a form complementary to the pawl 27 and is adapted to permit a through passage by said pawl 27 mounted with said extreme portion 221 of the cylinder 22 .
[0050] Preferably, the form of the through opening 17 comprises two radial openings 18 arranged at 180 ° to each other which permit the through passage of the two respective radial prolongations 28 of the pawl 27 .
[0051] As particularly shown in figure 6 , the cam 30 comprises a housing 37 having the same form of the pawl 27 and adapted to house the pawl 27 .
[0052] Preferably, the housing 37 comprises two radial housings 38 arranged at 180 ° to each other adapted to house the respective radial prolongations 28 of the pawl 27 .
[0053] The pawl 27 is adapted to switch from a configuration housed inside the housing 37 of the cam 30 which corresponds to the housed configuration of the bush 20 to a configuration extracted from the housing 37 of the cam 30 which corresponds to the extracted configuration of the bush 20 .
[0054] The housed configuration of the pawl 27 provides that the pawl 27 housed in the housing 37 of the cam 30 makes the rotation of the cam 30 integral with that of the cylinder 22 . It should be noted that the bush 20 can switch to an extracting configuration only when the form of the through opening 17 matches the housing 37 of the cam 30 , otherwise the two prolongations 28 of the pawl 27 prevent the bush 20 from being extracted because the radial prolongations 28 of the pawl 27 remain interfering with the bottom wall 137 of the housing 15 of the second body 12 .
[0055] Preferably, the radial prolongations 28 of the pawl 27 remain interfering with a base of the rear cylindrical wall 13 of the second body 12 where the first through opening 17 of the second body 12 i s dug, since said base of the rear cylindrical wall 13 corresponds to the bottom wall 137 of the housing 15 of the second body 12 of the lock 10 .
[0056] When the pawl 27 is in a configuration housed with the housing 37 of the cam 30 , the cam 30 is rotationally moved by the key 21 and the cam 30 provides at least one configuration adapted to open or close the lid 101 and at least one configuration adapted to mount or dismount the bag 101 from the supporting frame 120 and then from the frame of the cycle or motorcycle .
[0057] Advantageously, in order to extract the cylinder 22 and the bush 20 from the second body 12 of the lock 10 , there is a need to rotate the key 21 so that the pawl 27 and the prolongations 28 can pass through the first through opening 17 of the second body 12 .
[0058] Advantageously, there is no need to dismount the second body 12 from the bag 100 , since there is only a need to turn the key until matching the form of the pawl 27 with that of the through opening 17 of the second body 12 in order to extract the cylinder 22 mounted with the bush 20 and with the pawl 27 .
[0059] Once extracted the bush 20 , it is suf ficient to unhook the fastener means 27 , remove the pawl 27 from the extreme portion 221 of the cylinder 22 , remove the cylinder from the bush 20 and replace the cylinder 22 with another cylinder 22 and another key 21 .
[0060] As particularly shown in figures 6 and 7 , the cam 30 comprises a first radial prolongation 31 . The second body 12 comprises a through hole 121 which is adapted to mount a stopping element 41 . The stopping element 41 mounted with the through hole 121 of the second body 12 is adapted to interfere with the rotation motion of the cam 30 abutting with the first radial prolongation 31 of the cam 30 .
[0061] As particularly shown in figure 6 , in order to prevent the key 21 from rotating the cylinder 22 and accordingly the pawl 27 and the cam 30 to an angular position in which the pawl 27 is in axis with the form of the through opening 17 of the second body 12 and then the pawl 27 can pass through the through opening 17 switching the bush 20 to an extracted configuration, the stopping element 41 is inserted in the through hole 121 of the second body 12 so that the stopping element 41 abuts with the f irst radial prolongation 31 of the cam 30 and prevents the cam 30 from rotating to the angular position of the pawl 27 escaping from the through opening 17 of the second body 12 .
[0062] Preferably, the stopping element 41 is a screw and the through hole 121 comprises at least one threaded portion to allow the screw to be screwed .
[0063] Advantageously, the lock 10 for the bag 100 for cycle or motorcycle comprising the cylinder 22 which is easily replaceable without needing to dismount the second body 12 of the lock 10 from the bag 100 .
[0064] Advantageously, the bag 100 comprises the lock 10 comprising the cylinder 22 which is easily replaceable without needing to dismount the second body 12 of the lock 10 from the bag 100 .
[0065] Alternatively, the hooking system 110 is adapted to switch from a configuration mounted with the frame of the cycle or motorcycle , to a configuration dismounted from the frame of the cycle or motorcycle , without necessarily comprising the supporting frame 120 .
[0066] Alternatively, the first body 11 can be provided to comprise the bush 20 and the cylinder 22 of the lock 10 , instead of the second body 12 .
[0067] Alternatively, the pawl 27 comprising a single radial prolongation 28 .
[0068] Alternatively, the pawl 27 comprises a plurality of radial prolongations 28 .
[0069] Alternatively, the radial prolongations 28 are not necessarily arranged at 180 ° to each other but can be arranged according to any angle .
[0070] Alternatively, said first through opening 17 comprises at least one radial opening 18 adapted to permit the through passage by said at least one prolongation 28 of said pawl 27 .
[0071] The invention thus conceived is susceptible of a number of modi fications and variants , all falling within the scope of the inventive concept . In practice , the used materials , as well as the si ze , can be any depending on the technical requirements .
Claims
CLAIMS1. Lock (10) adapted to be mounted with a bag (100) for cycle or motorcycle comprising a lid (101) and a bottom (102) , wherein said lock (10) comprises a first body (11) and a second body (12) mountable separably from each other, wherein said first body (11) comprises at least one first hooking element (116) , wherein said second body (12) comprises at least one second hooking element (60) adapted to switch from a configuration hooked with said at least one first hooking element (116) to a configuration unhooked from said at least one first hooking element (116) , a front housing (15) comprising a bottom wall (137) , a first through opening (17) dug in said bottom wall (137) , wherein said lock (10) comprises a bush (20) which is adapted to switch from a configuration housed inside the front housing (15) to a configuration extracted from the front housing (15) , a cylinder (22) comprising a first end which comprises a keyhole (25) to insert a key (21) of the lock (10) and a second end which comprises an extreme portion (221) of smaller diameter with respect to the rest of the cylinder (22) , wherein said bush (20) rotatably mounts said cylinder ( 22 ) , fastener means (26) , a pawl (27) comprising at least one radial prolongation (28) , wherein said pawl (27) is mountedintegrally with said extreme portion (221) of the cylinder (22) through said fastener means (26) , a cam (30) rotatably mounted with said second body (12) around a same rotation geometric axis (K) of said cylinder ( 22 ) , wherein said through opening (17) of said housing (15) of said second body (12) has a form complementary to a form of said pawl (27) , wherein said through opening (17) is adapted to permit a through passage by said pawl (27) when said pawl (27) is rotated at a predefined angle with respect to said through opening (17) , wherein said cam (30) comprises a housing (37) adapted to house said pawl (27) , wherein said housing (37) has a form complementary to a form of said pawl (27) , wherein said pawl (27) is adapted to switch from a configuration housed inside the housing (37) of the cam (30) which corresponds to the configuration housed of the bush (20) to a configuration extracted from the housing (37) of the cam (30) which corresponds to the configuration extracted of the bush (20) , wherein said housed configuration of the pawl (27) provides that the pawl (27) housed in the housing (37) of the cam (30) makes the rotation of the cam (30) integral with that of the cylinder (22) .
2. Lock (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing (37) of said cam (30) comprises at least one radial housing (38) adapted to house said at least one radial prolongation (28) of said pawl (27) .
3. Lock (10) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said pawl (27) comprises two radialprolongations (28) arranged at 180° to each other.
4. Lock (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cam (30) is rotatably mounted on a rear cylindrical wall (13) of the second body ( 12 ) .
5. Lock (10) according to claim 4, characterized in that said cam (30) comprises a front housing (33) adapted to house at least one portion of said cylindrical wall (13) so that the cam (30) can rotate by sliding on an outer surface of the rear cylindrical wall (13) .
6. Lock (10) according to any one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the rear cylindrical wall (13) comprises an inner wall which defines the front housing (15) .
7. Lock (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said extreme portion (221) of the cylinder (22) comprises at least one threaded portion, the pawl (27) comprises a through opening comprising at least one threaded portion which screws with said at least one threaded portion of the extreme portion (221) of the cylinder (22) .
8. Lock (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said extreme portion (221) of said cylinder (22) is prolonged along said rotation geometric axis (K) of the cylinder (22) outside the bush (20) which rotatably mounts the cylinder (22) .
9. Lock (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cam (30) comprises a first radial prolongation (31) , said second body (12) comprises a through hole (121) which is adapted to mount a stopping element (41) ,wherein said stopping element (41) mounted with the through hole (121) of the second body (12) is adapted to interfere with said first radial prolongation (31) of the cam (30) so as to block a rotation of the cam (30) .
10. Bag (100) for cycle or motorcycle comprising a lid (101) and a bottom (102) , characterized by comprising a lock (10) according to any one of the claims 1-9.