Patent ID: 9193400
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. Device for lifting and lowering the spare wheel of a vehicle comprising: an actuator, comprising an activation portion; at least a flexible cable, operated through the actuator; a hooking element, fixed at an end of the flexible cable, for anchoring the wheel in a suitable room; said device comprising a safety device for signaling to the user the occurred anchoring, in a correct way, of the spare wheel in the suitable room, wherein said safety device comprises a slot or window, in correspondence to the actuator, in such a way to make the cable visible and a marking on the cable, for signaling the correct positioning of the wheel inside the suitable room, when the marking is in correspondence to the window, the activation portion comprises a protection cup or guard including an activation nut and the window of the safety device, and said cup comprises a clutch portion; in a first end of said clutch portion is inserted a guide tube, where the cable can slide, the tube comprising a second window which coincides with the window of the safety device when said tube is correctly inserted in the clutch portion through a fixing portion.