Cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11325543-B2
Application number	US-201816980082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2018
Priority date	Mar 13, 2018
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle has a sill cover which includes first and second cover elements which are arranged in a length region of the side sill below a door opening and are coupled moveably to one another and a drive unit via which the cover elements are jointly displaceable between a first functional position and a second functional position. The first cover element is pivotable about a first axis and the second cover element is displaceable about a second axis. The second cover element is mounted so as to pivot about the second axis by a bearing device on the first cover element. The displacement movement of the second cover element relative to the first cover element is positively controlled by a slotted link.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle, comprising:
a sill cover which includes a first cover element and a second cover element which are disposable in a length region of the side sill below a door opening of the passenger vehicle and are coupled moveably to one another; and
a drive unit, wherein the first and second cover elements are jointly displaceable between a first functional position and a second functional position by the drive unit, wherein the first cover element is pivotable about a first axis and the second cover element is displaceable about a second axis;
wherein the second cover element is pivotable about the second axis via a bearing device on the first cover element;
and wherein a displacement movement of the second cover element relative to the first cover element is controlled by a slotted link.

2. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing device comprises a coupler which is pivotable about the second axis on the first cover element and is connected to the second cover element.

3. The cover device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupler is guided by the slotted link.

4. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein the slotted link has a guide portion Which as viewed in a longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle runs obliquely downward from an outside at a top toward a center of the passenger vehicle.

5. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein the slotted link is provided with a bearing web disposed positionally fixed relative to the side sill.

6. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein the second axis is provided in a static manner on the first cover element.

7. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover element is displaceable about the first axis along an arcuate path with a radius and wherein the arcuate path intersects the slotted link.

8. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first functional position the second axis is disposed below the slotted link.

9. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second functional position the second axis is disposed above a guide portion of the slotted link which runs obliquely downward.

10. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein upon a displacement from the first functional position into the second functional position and/or from the second functional position into the first functional position, the first and second cover elements respectively pivot in a same direction about the respective axis.

11. The cover device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second functional position, an upper longitudinal marginal edge of the first cover element as viewed in a vertical direction of the passenger vehicle is disposed above the second cover element.

12. A passenger vehicle comprising a side sill with the cover device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Daimler Ag

Inventors

• Hahn Samuel

Classifications

• B62D25/2072 Primary

  Floor protection, e.g. from corrosion or scratching (floor mats B60N3/04, armour F41H7/042, insulation B60R13/08, streamlining B62D35/02) · CPC title

• B60R2013/046

  Foot boards · CPC title

• B60R13/04 Primary

  External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12) · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B60R13/043

  Door edge guards · CPC title