US 11,697,368 B2
Fixing device for fixing a swap body in or on a pickup area of a vehicle as well as a vehicle with this type of fixing device
Philipp Kahle, Berlin (DE); Tobias Scholtes, Wolfsburg (DE); Normann Loffler, Berlin (DE); and Tillmann Epp, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to ONOMOTION GMBH, Berlin (DE)
Filed by ONOMOTION GMBH, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/924,243.
Claims priority of application No. 102019119691.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016699 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B60P 1/64 (2006.01); B60P 7/13 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 1/6409 (2013.01) [B60P 1/649 (2013.01); B60P 7/0815 (2013.01); B60P 7/13 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing device for fixing a swap body in or on a pick-up area of a vehicle comprising:
at least one support structure positioned in the pick-up area,
at least one pick-up floor positioned in the pick-up area,
at least one rail-style guide element spaced from the at least one pick-up floor which is fixed to the at least one support structure or the swap body and which has a guide surface, and
at least one support aid positioned on the swap body or on the at least one support structure which is positioned between the at least one guide element and the at least one pick-up floor when transferring the swap body into the pick-up area or out of the pick-up area and can at least be partially slid onto or rolled off touching the guide surface of the at least one rail-style guide element and can be or is supported against transverse movement to a direction of transfer,
wherein at least the guide surface of the at least one guide element has an incline in relation to the pick-up floor,
wherein at least one retaining element is attachable to the support structure or the swap body, which fits into a pick-up device on the swap body or the support structure and fixes the swap body against movement in the direction of transfer, and is configured to be transferred into a release position in which the swap body is released for movement in the direction of transfer and wherein the at least one retaining element is positioned on the at least one pick-up floor of the pick-up area and is configured to be transferred between a locked position and the release position, wherein the at least one retaining element is transferable in a direction transverse to the direction of transfer.