Closure device for a filling or connection opening on a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10052947-B2
Application number	US-201515116177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	Feb 3, 2014
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A closure device for closing a through opening on a vehicle is provided. An interior space with a filling or connection opening being accessible via the through opening, wherein the filling or connection opening is configured and provided for consumable filling on the vehicle, and it being possible for the through opening to be closed by way of a cover element which can be adjusted on the vehicle in a manner which is actuated by external force between at least one closure position for closing the through opening and an open position for opening the through opening. A control electronics system for triggering an adjustment of the cover element being provided with at least one first and second sensor device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A closure device for closing a through opening on a vehicle, an interior space with a filling or connection opening being accessible via the through opening, wherein the filling or connection opening is configured and provided for consumable filling on the vehicle, the closure device comprising a cover element such that is possible for the through opening to be closed by way of the cover element which can be adjusted on the vehicle in a manner which is actuated by external force between at least one closure position for closing the through opening and an open position for opening the through opening, and
a control electronics system for triggering an adjustment of the cover element being provided with at least one sensor device, wherein at least one first and second sensor device are provided,
it being possible for an operating event for opening the cover element to be detected via the first sensor device, and it being possible for an operating event for closing the cover element to be detected via a second sensor device which is spaced apart spatially from the first sensor device, and
the first sensor device being provided at least in parts on a covering section of the cover element, which covering section closes the through opening at least partially in the closure position, and the second sensor device being provided at least in parts on a section of the cover element, which section is different than said covering section and faces the through opening in the open position.

2. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both sensor devices are provided completely on the cover element.

3. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor device of the closure device comprises at least one proximity sensor, by means of which an adjustment of the cover element which is actuated by external force can be triggered by a user in a contactless manner.

4. The closure device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one sensor device of the closure device comprises at least one contact sensor, by means of which an adjustment of the cover element which is actuated by external force can be triggered by a user via a touching of a sensor surface.

5. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover element is configured in multiple pieces and has a screen which lies on the outside and is fastened to the covering section of the cover element.

6. A closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover element has a screen which lies on the outside and is fastened to a covering section of the cover element, which covering section closes the through opening at least partially in the closure position, and the sensor device is accommodated at least in parts
in an intermediate space which is formed between the covering section and the screen, and/or
in a cavity of the covering section and/or in a cavity of the screen.

7. The closure device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a cavity of the covering section, in which cavity the sensor device is accommodated at least in parts, is configured to be closed by the screen.

8. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a connecting channel is configured on the adjustable cover element, one end of said connecting channel being accessible at the through opening, and a connection to the filling or connection opening being established at the other end of said connecting channel when the cover element is situated in its open position.

9. The closure device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the closure device has a sensor device, via which it can be detected whether an object is situated in the connecting channel.

10. The closure device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the sensor device for detecting an object in the connecting channel has at least one sensor electrode on a circumferential face of the connecting channel.

11. The closure device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the control electronics system has an evaluation logic means which triggers closing of the cover element only when it has been detected that no object is situated in the connecting channel.

12. The closure device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the control electronics system has an evaluation logic means which triggers closing of the cover element only when it has been detected that an object has no longer been situated in the connecting channel for a predetermined time period.

13. The closure device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the control electronics system has an evaluation logic means which triggers closing of the cover element only when it has been detected that no object is situated in the connecting channel and an additional operating event has been detected.

14. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one electric line for a sensor device is embedded at least partially into the material of the cover element.

15. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover element is mounted rotatably via a bearing pin, and at least one electric line for a sensor device is routed at least partially in a hollow bearing pin section within the bearing pin.

16. The closure device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a line opening is provided on the bearing pin, via which line opening an electric line can be routed out of the interior of the hollow bearing pin section, and the line opening is dimensioned in such a way that a line plug which is provided on the electric line can be guided through the line opening.

17. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control electronics system is provided on the cover element.

18. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a liquid reservoir can be filled via a filling opening.

19. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a connection opening is provided for connection to a charging station.

20. The closure device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the control electronics system is integrated onto said cover element.

21. The closure device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the liquid reservoir is one of a wiper water reservoir, a cooling liquid reservoir, an oil reservoir and a fuel tank.

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile

Inventors

• Herrmann Christian
• Panejko Hubert
• Bauernfeind Markus
• Rienecker Maik

Classifications

• B60K2015/0448

  comprising spherical valve type closures · CPC title

• E05F2015/765

  using optical sensors · CPC title

• B60K2015/0454

  combined closing of the fuel inlet and bodywork inlet by one element which is visible from outside · CPC title

• E05Y2900/534

  Fuel lids, charger lids · CPC title

• E05F15/75

  responsive to the weight or other physical contact of a person or object · CPC title