IP Library Granted Patent US 12686321
Granted Patent B2
US 12686321 · App. 18/565,949 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Lowerable container lock

Inventor: Heinz-Ruediger Metternich (Eversen-Heide, DE)
Assignee: Hamburger Patent Schmiede GmbH
B60P7/132B60Y2400/408
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Patent No.
US 12686321
App. No.
18/565,949
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container locking device on a vehicle, for locking a container having a corner fitting to be transported on a loading surface of the vehicle, the device including a lock housing ( 1 ), a locking bolt ( 2 ) and a first drive ( 3 ). The locking bolt ( 2 ) has a shaft ( 20 ) and a locking head ( 21 ) which, in the unlocked state, can be introduced via an opening in the corner fitting of the container and, in the locked state, secures the container via projections engaging behind the opening in the corner fitting. The lock housing ( 1 ) with the locking bolt ( 2 ) can be lowered and raised again by means of a lever mechanism ( 7 ) from a locking position, in which the locking head ( 21 ) projects sufficiently above the loading surface for locking with the corner fitting of the container, into a rest position, in which the locking head ( 21 ) does not project above the loading surface. The first drive ( 3 ) is operatively connected solely to the locking bolt ( 2 ), and a second drive ( 6 ) is operatively connected to the lever mechanism ( 7 ).

Claims (9)

1 . A container locking device on a vehicle, for locking a container with a corner fitting to be transported on a loading surface of the vehicle, comprising a locking housing ( 1 ), a locking bolt ( 2 ), a first drive ( 3 ) and a second drive ( 6 ), wherein

the locking bolt ( 2 ) has a shaft ( 20 ) and a locking head ( 21 ), which in the unlocked state can be inserted via an opening in the corner fitting of the container and in the locked state secures the container via projections engaging behind the opening in the corner fitting,

the locking housing ( 1 ) with the locking bolt ( 2 ) can be lowered and raised again by means of a lever mechanism ( 7 ), from a locking position in which the locking head ( 21 ) protrudes sufficiently over the loading surface for locking with the corner fitting of the container, to a rest position in which the locking head ( 21 ) does not protrude above the loading surface,

the first drive ( 3 ) is operatively connected exclusively to the locking bolt ( 2 ),

the second drive ( 6 ) is operatively connected to the lever mechanism,

wherein the first drive ( 3 ) has a first double-acting pneumatic cylinder ( 30 ) with a first piston rod ( 31 ) movable in an actuation direction (X) and the second drive ( 6 ) has a second double-acting pneumatic cylinder ( 60 ) with a second piston rod ( 61 ) which can also be moved in the actuation direction (X), and wherein the second pneumatic cylinder ( 60 ) is provided in the actuation direction (X) behind the first pneumatic cylinder ( 30 ) and together with it is arranged on and/or in one elongated drive box ( 34 ) and is connected to the lever mechanism ( 7 ) via laterally guided push rods ( 62 ), and

wherein the lever mechanism ( 7 ) includes, on the locking housing which can be raised and lowered, a horizontal and perpendicular to the actuation direction (X) oriented crank pivot ( 71 ), a crank rod ( 72 ) which is articulated to the push rod ( 62 ), and a lever ( 73 ) which can be rotated about the crank pivot ( 71 ) by means of the crank rod ( 72 ).

2 . The container locking device according to claim 1 , wherein a wedge slide ( 4 ) is arranged in the locking housing ( 1 ) and is mounted so that it can be moved laterally back and forth and in the locking position of the locking housing ( 1 ) a drive claw ( 32 ) at the free end of the first piston rod ( 31 ) is in engagement with the wedge slide ( 4 ).

3 . The container locking device according to claim 2 , wherein a safety locking device is arranged on the elongated drive box ( 34 ), which has a spring-loaded lock ( 51 ) which is designed to intrude in the lateral movement path of the wedge slide ( 4 ), with an inclined support formed between the lock ( 51 ) and the wedge slide ( 4 ), which causes the lock ( 51 ) to be released when the locking housing ( 1 ) is lifted from the rest position into the locking position.