Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wing folding mechanism for a device attached outside a vehicle
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Application No.: US17040184Application Date: 2018-03-23
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Publication No.: US11807168B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Nicolas Berne
- Applicant: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/057437 2018.03.23
- International Announcement: WO2019/179631A 2019.09.26
- Date entered country: 2020-09-22
- Main IPC: B60R1/074
- IPC: B60R1/074 ; B60R1/06 ; G03B17/56

Abstract:
Mechanism (1) to support at least one device (7) installed outside a vehicle (2), the mechanism (1) comprising: —a support base (3) fixed on the vehicle (2), —a wing (6) pivotally attached to the support base (3), the at least one device (7) being fixed to the wing, —a driving module (4) movably attached to the support base (3), —the support base (3) comprising a cam (8) enabling a linear displacement of the driving module (4) along the cam (8), —an arm (5) having one extremity (9) connected to the driving module (4) and an other extremity (10) connected to the wing (6) so that the arm (5) drives the folding and/or unfolding of the wing (6) according to the displacement of the driving module (4) along the cam (8).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210009039A1 WING FOLDING MECHANISM FOR A DEVICE ATTACHED OUTSIDE A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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