IP Library Granted Patent US 12,276,146
Granted Patent B2
US 12,276,146 · App. 18/143,055 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Profile rail for a door guide

Inventors: Stefan Prison (Remscheid, DE); Thorsten Weiss (Remscheid, DE)
Assignee: Edscha Engineering GmbH
E05D15/1047E05D2015/1055E05Y2201/684E05Y2600/51E05Y2600/528E05Y2600/61E05Y2600/62
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Patent No.
US 12,276,146
App. No.
18/143,055
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A profile rail for a door guide of a vehicle, comprises a first profile rail piece with a first end face and with a second end face, and a connecting piece. The connecting piece comprises a first end and a second end. The first end of the connecting piece comprises a first end-face connection region for connecting to the first profile rail piece. The connecting piece is designed as a separate profile rail piece. The connecting piece can be connected via the first end-face connection region to at least one end face of the first profile rail piece by means of a plug-in system. The first end-face connection region is arranged in a first connection plane which has a first angle to a first plane normal to an extension of the connecting piece.

Claims (51)

1. A profile rail for a door guide of a vehicle, comprising:

a first profile rail piece with a first end face and with a second end face; and

a connecting piece,

wherein the connecting piece comprises a first end and a second end,

wherein the first end of the connecting piece comprises a first end-face connection region for connecting to the first profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is designed as a separate profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is connectable via the first end-face connection region to at least one of the end faces of the first profile rail piece by means of a plug-in system, and

wherein the first end-face connection region is arranged in a first connection plane which has a first angle to a first plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece.

2. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the first angle between the first connection plane and the first normal plane extends between 20° and 70°.

3. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the first end-face connection region comprises protrusions formed as plug-in elements of the plug-in system and latching elements, and wherein the plug-in elements and the latching elements are arranged perpendicularly with respect to the first normal plane.

4. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece comprises an upper connecting piece part and a lower connecting piece part, and wherein the upper connecting piece part and the lower connecting piece part is connectable to one another along a connecting line extending, at least in sections, transversely with respect to the first end-face connection region.

5. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the first profile rail piece comprises, on a side adapted to face the vehicle, a hollow chamber which is continuous at least in sections, wherein a slot recess is formed in the hollow chamber, and wherein a threaded bolt is insertable with a head piece into the hollow chamber.

6. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece comprises at least one latching element with a resilient, elastic latching lug, and wherein the latching lug of the connecting piece is lockable and unlockable with a counter latching element formed as a recess in the first profile rail piece.

7. The profile rail according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the connecting piece comprises a second end-face connection region for connecting to a second profile rail piece,

wherein the second end-face connection region is arranged in a second connection plane which has a second angle to a second plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece, and

wherein the second connection plane extends at the second angle with respect to the second normal plane of the second end-face connection region of between 20° and 70°.

8. A profile rail for a door guide of a vehicle, comprising:

a first profile rail piece with a first end face and with a second end face; and a connecting piece,

wherein the connecting piece comprises a first end and a second end,

wherein the first end of the connecting piece comprises a first end-face connection region for connecting to the first profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is configured as a separate profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is connectable via the first end-face connection region to at least one of the end faces of the first profile rail piece by means of a plug-in system,

wherein the first profile rail piece comprises, on a side adapted to face the vehicle, a hollow chamber which is continuous at least in sections,

wherein a slot recess is formed in the hollow chamber, and

wherein a threaded bolt is insertable with a head piece into the hollow chamber.

9. The profile rail according to claim 8 , wherein the first end-face connection region is arranged in a first connection plane which has a first angle to a first plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece.

10. The profile rail according to claim 9 , wherein the first end-face connection region comprises protrusions formed as plug-in elements of the plug-in system and latching elements, and wherein the plug-in elements and the latching elements are arranged perpendicularly with respect to the first normal plane.

11. The profile rail according to claim 9 , wherein the first angle between the first connection plane and the first normal plane extends between 20° and 70°.

12. The profile rail according to claim 8 , wherein the connecting piece comprises an upper connecting piece part and a lower connecting piece part, and

wherein the upper connecting piece part and the lower connecting piece part are connectable to one another along a connecting line extending, at least in sections, transversely with respect to the first end-face connection region.

13. The profile rail according to claim 8 , wherein the connecting piece comprises at least one latching element with a resilient, elastic latching lug, and

wherein the latching lug of the connecting piece is lockable and unlockable with a counter latching element formed as a recess in the first profile rail piece.

14. The profile rail according to claim 8 , wherein the second end of the connecting piece comprises a second end-face connection region for connecting to a second profile rail piece,

wherein the second end-face connection region is arranged in a second connection plane which has a second angle to a second plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece, and

wherein the second connection plane extends at the second angle with respect to the second normal plane of the second end-face connection region of between 20° and 70°.

15. A profile rail for a door guide of a vehicle, comprising:

a first profile rail piece with a first end face and with a second end face; and

a connecting piece,

wherein the connecting piece comprises a first end and a second end,

wherein the first end of the connecting piece comprises a first end-face connection region for connecting to the first profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is configured as a separate profile rail piece,

wherein the connecting piece is connectable via the first end-face connection region to at least one of the end faces of the first profile rail piece by a plug-in system,

wherein the connecting piece comprises at least one latching element with a resilient, elastic latching lug, and

wherein the latching lug of the connecting piece lockable and unlockable with a counter latching element formed as a recess in the first profile rail piece.

16. The profile rail according to claim 15 , wherein the first profile rail piece comprises, on a side adapted to face the vehicle, a hollow chamber which is continuous at least in sections, wherein a slot recess is formed in the hollow chamber, and wherein a threaded bolt is insertable with a head piece into the hollow chamber.

17. The profile rail according to claim 15 , wherein the first end-face connection region is arranged in a first connection plane which has a first angle to a first plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece.

18. The profile rail according to claim 17 , wherein the first angle between the first connection plane and the first normal plane extends between 20° and 70°.

19. The profile rail according to claim 15 , wherein the connecting piece comprises an upper connecting piece part and a lower connecting piece part, and

wherein the upper connecting piece part and the lower connecting piece part are connectable to one another along a connecting line extending, at least in sections, transversely with respect to the first end-face connection region.

20. The profile rail according to claim 15 , wherein the second end of the connecting piece comprises a second end-face connection region for connecting to a second profile rail piece,

wherein the second end-face connection region is arranged in a second connection plane which has a second angle to a a second plane normal to an extension direction of the connecting piece, and wherein the second connection plane extends at the second angle with respect to the second normal plane of the second end-face connection region of between 20° and 70°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: PRISON, STEFAN; WEISS, THORSTEN
To: EDSCHA ENGINEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 064368/0369 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2021 128 914.9 · Nov 5, 2021 · national
DE 20 2023 101 053.9 · Mar 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTDE2022100815 · Nov 4, 2022
Related Publication 20230272652A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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