Vehicle mudguard lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247604-B1
Application number	US-202117221536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 2, 2021
Priority date	Dec 10, 2020
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle mudguard lighting device includes: a mudguard fixing unit attached to the vehicle wheel guard and having a motor therein; a mudguard rotating unit rotatably attached to the mudguard fixing unit and including a lighting device for irradiating light; an external connector for supplying power to the motor and the lighting device; and a controller, where the controller is configured to determine whether power is supplied to the motor and the lighting device, to control whether power is supplied to the external connector, and to adjust a rotation angle of the mudguard rotating unit through the motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle mudguard lighting device, comprising:
a mudguard fixing unit attached to the vehicle wheel guard and having a motor therein;
a mudguard rotating unit rotatably attached to the mudguard fixing unit and including a lighting device for irradiating light;
an external connector for supplying power to the motor and the lighting device; and
a controller configured to determine whether power is supplied to the motor and the lighting device, to control whether power is supplied to the external connector, and to adjust a rotation angle of the mudguard rotating unit through the motor.

2. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 1 , wherein:
at the mudguard fixing unit,
a first gear is connected to and rotated with a central axis of the motor, and
a power supply connector is configured to transfer the current supplied from the external connector to the mudguard rotating unit.

3. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 2 , wherein:
at the mudguard rotating unit,
a second gear is engaged with the first gear to rotate, and
a device connection unit is configured to receive current from the power supply connector and supplying power to the lighting device.

4. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 3 , wherein:
the mudguard fixing unit and the mudguard rotating unit are in surface contact with each other at an inclined angle, and
the first gear and the second gear are engaged with each other at an inclined angle.

5. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 4 , wherein:
the first gear and the second gear are rotatable hyperboloidal gears.

6. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 4 , wherein:
at the contact surface portion of the mudguard fixing unit and the mudguard rotating unit,
an opening is formed in a contact surface of the mudguard fixing unit in contact with the mudguard rotating unit, and
a second gear of the mudguard rotating unit is inserted into the opening to engage with the first gear of the mudguard fixing unit.

7. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 6 , wherein:
the power supply connector and the device connection unit are connected by electric wires that are in electrical contact with each other around an outside of the opening.

8. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 6 , wherein:
a bearing is mounted around an inner circumference of the opening.

9. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 6 , wherein:
a heating wire that is configured to receive current from the power supply connector and to generate heat is mounted around the outer circumference of the opening.

10. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 4 , wherein:
a brush protrusion is formed on a contact surface of the mudguard fixing unit in contact with the mudguard rotating unit.

11. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 1 , wherein:
at the mudguard rotating unit,
a transparent cover is installed in a direction perpendicular to the light irradiation direction of the lighting device.

12. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 11 , wherein:
a pattern is formed on the transparent cover so that a pictogram is projected when the lighting device irradiates light.

13. The vehicle mudguard lighting device of claim 1 , wherein:
the lighting device is or includes an LED device.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Taehyung
• Kim Jungho
• Kim Jinwoo
• Lee Jung Joong
• Kong Byungho

Classifications

• B62D25/16

  Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) · CPC title

• B60Q1/2661 Primary

  mounted on parts having other functions (on wheels B60Q1/326) · CPC title

• F21W2107/10

  for land vehicles · CPC title

• F21V3/04

  characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings · CPC title

• F16H1/12

  with non-parallel axes · CPC title