COVERING DEVICE, SYSTEM, BODY COMPONENT, BODY COMPONENT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE

• US 20160236613A1
• Filed: 09/18/2014
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samvardhana Motherson Innovative Autosystems B.V. & Co. KG (Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kunststoff-Technik Scherer & Trier GmbH & Company KG (SUT GmbH)
• Inventors: Trier, Martin
• Application Number:
  US15/023,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20160236613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/0035 relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2661 mounted on parts having other functions on wheels B60Q1/326
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/482 for locating vehicle in parking lot
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/10 Electro- or photo- luminescent surfaces, e.g. signalling by way of electroluminescent strips or panels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/04 External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12

Abstract

The invention relates to a covering device for at least partially covering a recess, a flat section, a curved section, and/or a stepped section of at least one body component and/or one vehicle element of a vehicle, wherein the covering device comprises a lighting device or can be coupled to a lighting device and wherein the covering device is designed in such a way that at least a section of the covering device can be shone through by means of the lighting device. The invention further relates to a system, comprising a covering device and a lighting device, and to a body component, to a body component system, and to a vehicle.

Claims

1. Covering device for covering at least in part a recess, a flat portion, a curved portion and/or a stepped portion of at least one body component and/or a vehicle element of a vehicle, wherein the covering device has a lighting device or can be coupled to a lighting device and wherein the covering device is so designed that light from the lighting device can shine through at least a portion of the covering device.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein

the covering device has a strip element.

3. Device according to claim 2, wherein

the covering device has on at least one longitudinal side at least one lip element which is fixedly or detachably connected to the strip element.

4. Device according to claim 3, wherein

the at least one lip element is fixed to the strip element integrally or as a separate component and in particular by means of extrusion, adhesive bonding, interlocking and/or clamping.

5. Device according to claim 3, wherein

the strip element has at least one holder for receiving at least one fixing portion of the at least one lip element.

6. Device according to claim 5, wherein

the holder is in the form of a groove with an undercut.

7. Device according to claim 2, wherein

the strip element and/or the at least one lip element are made of a material which is at least partially transparent, translucent or opaque so that light from the lighting device (9) can shine through, wherein the strip element and/or the at least one lip element made of an opaque material has at least one opening for light from the lighting device to shine through.

8. Device according to claim 1, wherein

the lighting device has at least one light source and/or at least one afterglow pigment which is mixed with material of the covering device or is applied to the outside of the covering device as an afterglow ink, afterglow foil or afterglow paint.

9. Device according to claim 8, wherein

the light source is a light-emitting diode, an organic light-emitting diode, an electroluminescent foil, a filament lamp, a halogen lamp, a gas discharge lamp or a laser.

10. Device according to claim 1, wherein

the covering device has at least one light guide, which is integrated into the covering device.

11. Device according to claim 10, wherein

the at least one light guide is integrated into the covering device integrally or as a separate component.

12. Device according to claim 11, wherein

the at least one light guide is extruded or injection moulded into the covering device and/or is arranged in at least one cavity in the covering device.

13. Device according to claim 10, wherein

the light guide can be coupled to the at least one light source, wherein the light guide is in particular an elongate light guide, a light-guiding foil and/or a light-guiding fabric.

14. Device according to claim 1, wherein

the covering device is a decorative element, in particular a trim strip, and/or a functional element, in particular a protective roof strip, roof rail, handle strip or an impact protection strip.

15. System comprising a covering device according to claim 1 and a lighting device.

16. System according to claim 15, wherein

the lighting device has at least one light source and/or at least one afterglow pigment which is mixed with the material of the covering device or is applied to the outside of the covering device as an afterglow ink, afterglow foil or afterglow paint, and wherein the light source is in particular a light-emitting diode, an organic light-emitting diode, an electroluminescent foil, a filament lamp or a laser.

17. System according to claim 16, wherein

the lighting device has at least one light guide which can be coupled to the at least one light source, wherein the light guide is in particular an elongate light guide, a light-guiding foil or a light-guiding fabric.

18. Body component of a vehicle which comprises at least one flat portion, at least one curved portion, at least one stepped portion and/or a recess, wherein the flat portion, the curved portion, the stepped portion and/or the recess is covered at least in part by at least one covering device according to claim 1, and light from a lighting device shines through at least a portion of the covering device.

19. Body component according to claim 18, wherein

the lighting device is part of the body component and/or part of the covering device.

20. Body component according to claim 18, wherein

the body component is a roof panel, a door panel, a wing panel, a bonnet panel, a tailgate panel, a front apron panel, a front bumper panel, a rear bumper panel, a rear apron panel or a side panel of a vehicle.

21. Body component system comprising a first and a second body component,

wherein the first and the second body component together form a recess, in particular a gap or joint gap,

wherein the recess is covered at least in part by at least one covering device according to claim 1, and

wherein light from a lighting device shines through at least a portion of the covering device.

22. Body component system comprising a body component and a vehicle element,

wherein the body component and the vehicle element together form a recess, in particular a joint or joint gap,

wherein the recess is covered at least in part by at least one covering device according to claim 1, and

wherein light from a lighting device shines through at least a portion of the covering device.

23. Body component system comprising a body component and a vehicle element,

wherein the body component or the vehicle element has a recess, a flat portion, a curved portion and/or a stepped portion,

wherein the recess, the flat portion, the curved portion and/or the stepped portion is covered at least in part by at least one covering device according to claim 1, and

wherein light from a lighting device shines through at least a portion of the covering device.

24. System according to claim 22, wherein

the vehicle element is a side window, a sunroof, a glass roof, a windscreen, a rear window, a radiator grill, a vehicle lamp, a vehicle mirror or a vehicle mirror casing.

25. System according to claim 21, wherein

the lighting device is part of at least one of the body components, of at least one vehicle element and/or part of the covering device.

26. System according to claim 21, wherein

the first body component is a roof panel and the second body component is a side panel.

27. Vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, having a body component according to claim 18 and/or a body component system.

28. Vehicle according to claim 27, wherein

the covering device extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the transverse direction of the vehicle along a recess in the body component or in the body component system.

29. Vehicle according to claim 28, wherein

the covering device extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the transverse direction of the vehicle along a recess in the first or second body component of the body component system or along a common recess of the first and second body components of the body component system.

30. Vehicle according to claim 29, wherein

the covering device extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the transverse direction of the vehicle along a recess in the body component or in the vehicle element of the body component system or along a common recess of the body component and of the vehicle element.