US 12,187,237 B2
Snowboard carrier for automobile roof
Xiaoling Shen, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to Ningbo Pinchuan Auto Parts Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed by Xiaoling Shen, Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,585.
Claims priority of application No. 202211418492.7 (CN), filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157887 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 9/12 (2006.01); B60R 9/058 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 9/12 (2013.01) [B60R 9/058 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A snowboard carrier for an automobile roof, comprising a sleigh rack, wherein a fixing frame is mounted on the sleigh rack, and the fixing frame comprises a clamping jaw base and two clamping jaws;
the clamping jaw base is mounted on the sleigh rack;
the two clamping jaws are ranged oppositely and are rotatably mounted on the clamping jaw base through respective hinge pieces; and
a clamping jaw adjusting structure is arranged on the clamping jaw base, and the clamping jaw adjusting structure acts on the clamping jaws to make the clamping jaws rotate so as to adjust an opening distance between the two clamping jaws;
wherein the clamping jaw adjusting structure is a telescopic assembly, a telescopic direction of the telescopic assembly is perpendicular to a rotating center line of the clamping jaws, and a telescopic moving part of the telescopic assembly is linked with the clamping jaws so as to push the clamping jaws to rotate about the respective hinge pieces;
wherein the telescopic assembly comprises an adjusting bolt and an adjusting nut sleeved with the adjusting bolt in a threaded manner; and
a telescopic limiting piece is arranged on the clamping jaw base, the telescopic limiting piece acts on the adjusting nut to restrain the adjusting nut from advancing and retreating along an axial direction of the adjusting bolt, and the adjusting bolt is linked with the clamping jaws to drive the clamping jaws to rotate about the respective hinge pieces;
wherein the sleigh rack comprises an upper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate which cooperate with each other, and the upper clamping plate is assembled on the lower clamping plate in an opening and closing manner;
the fixing frame is mounted on the lower clamping plate, the adjusting bolt movably passes through the lower clamping plate and extends into the clamping jaw base, and a head part of the adjusting bolt is located between the upper clamping plate and the lower clamping plate;
after the upper clamping plate is opened relative to the lower clamping plate, the head part of the adjusting bolt is exposed; and
after the upper plate is closed relative to the lower clamping plate, the head part of the adjusting bolt is hidden in the sleigh rack;
wherein the tail ends of the two clamping jaws are located between the head part of the adjusting bolt and the adjusting nut, and the tail ends of the two clamping jaws respectively abut against the adjusting nut;
each hinge piece is a pin shaft, an expanding torsional spring is sleeved on the rotating pin shaft, and two ends of the expanding torsional spring are respectively fixed on the clamping jaws and the clamping jaw base; and
when the adjusting nut moves towards the head part of the adjusting bolt, the two clamping jaws are pushed to move, so that the head parts of the two clamping jaws are close to each other, and the expanding torsional spring is compressed to accumulate energy.