IP Library Granted Patent US 11,912,236
Granted Patent B2
US 11,912,236 · App. 17/078,791 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Vehicle ramp device

Inventor: Eisuke Sato (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
B60R3/00A61G3/061A61G3/067
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Patent No.
US 11,912,236
App. No.
17/078,791
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle ramp device includes a ramp plate deployed at a lower end of a door opening, a moving body moving in a deploying or retracting direction of the ramp plate, a support arm rotatably connected to the ramp plate and the moving body to allow a rear end portion of the ramp plate to be lifted up when the ramp plate is deployed, a fall prevention member rotatably connected to the ramp plate, an urging member urging the fall prevention member to make it stand on a side end portion of the ramp plate, and a pressing member abutting against the fall prevention member that moves downward together with the ramp plate having been lifted up based on a rotation of the support arm and pressing the fall prevention member to bend it on a top surface of the ramp plate against an urging force of the urging member.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle ramp device comprising:

a ramp plate that is deployed at a lower end of a door opening;

a moving body that moves in a deploying or retracting direction of the ramp plate;

a support arm that is rotatably connected to the ramp plate and is rotatably connected to the moving body to allow a rear end portion of the ramp plate to be lifted up in a state where the ramp plate is deployed;

a fall prevention member that is rotatably connected to the ramp plate;

an urging member that urges the fall prevention member to make the fall prevention member stand on a side end portion of the ramp plate; and

a pressing member that abuts against and presses the fall prevention member to bend the fall prevention member on a top surface of the ramp plate against an urging force of the urging member when the ramp plate moves downward based on a rotation of the support arm.

2. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fall prevention member includes an abutment surface against the pressing member, the abutment surface facing a bottom of the ramp plate when the fall prevention member stands and facing a side of the ramp plate when the fall prevention member is bent.

3. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 2 , wherein

the fall prevention member includes

a first flat plate portion having the abutment surface, and

a second flat plate portion extending in a direction intersecting the first flat plate portion.

4. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 3 , wherein

the fall prevention member is bent with the first flat plate portion along a side end surface of the ramp plate and the second flat plate portion along the top surface of the ramp plate.

5. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 2 , wherein

the pressing member has a curved surface that wraps around a side surface from a distal end portion projecting upward, and abuts against the fall prevention member.

6. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 1 , wherein

the ramp plate includes a hole portion that penetrates the side end portion of the ramp plate in a thickness direction, and

the pressing member abuts against the fall prevention member through the hole portion.

7. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 6 , wherein

the top surface of the ramp plate includes a groove portion that houses the fall prevention member that is standing, and the hole portion is formed in a bottom surface of the groove portion.

8. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 7 , wherein

the fall prevention member that is standing is supported by an inner wall surface of the groove portion.

9. The vehicle ramp device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member is provided integrally with the moving body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2020
From: SATO, EISUKE
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054151/0660 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-193393 · Oct 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210122295A1 · Apr 29, 2021
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