Holding device of a lighting module of a lighting unit, lighting module, and lighting unit of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11566764-B2
Application number	US-202117474947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Mar 14, 2019
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A holding device of a lighting module of a lighting unit of a vehicle, comprising a securing section for securing the holding device to the rest of the lighting module and a bearing section for supporting the holding device on a bearing pin of the lighting unit, wherein the bearing section has at least one lock which forms a locking connection together with the bearing pin when the holding device is assembled, and wherein the lock is designed such that the locking connection simultaneously forms a joint which enables the lighting module to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the bearing pin. A lighting module and a lighting unit of a vehicle are also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A holding device of a lighting module of a lighting unit of a vehicle, the holding device comprising:
a securing section to secure the holding device to the lighting module; and
a bearing section to support the holding device on a bearing pin of the lighting unit,
wherein the bearing section has at least one lock that forms a locking connection together with the bearing pin when the holding device is assembled,
wherein, in an assembled state of the holding device to the lighting module, the at least one lock is designed such that the locking connection simultaneously forms a joint which enables the holding device and the lighting module to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise about a longitudinal axis of the bearing pin,
wherein the at least one lock has at least three spring tabs,
wherein the securing section has two positioning aids that are each formed as a through hole,
wherein a reference part of the lighting module has two positioners that are each formed as a positioning pin,
wherein each positioning pin of the lighting module is positioned so as to correspond to, and be inserted through, each through hole of the securing section, respectively, so that the holding device is positioned relative to the reference part of the lighting module, and
wherein each through hole of the securing section is provided between two opposing spring tabs of the at least three spring tabs of the bearing section.

2. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device is formed in one piece.

3. The holding device according to claim 2 , wherein the holding device is formed from a spring steel sheet.

4. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing section has a positioning aid to position the holding device along the longitudinal axis of the bearing pin.

5. The holding device according to claim 4 , wherein the positioning aid is designed such that the holding device bears resiliently against a positioner of the bearing pin via the positioning aid.

6. The holding device according to claim 4 , wherein the positioning aid of the bearing section is provided below the at least one lock.

7. The holding device according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning aid of the bearing section comprises laterally extending wings.

8. A lighting module of a lighting unit of a vehicle, comprising a holding device according to claim 1 to support the lighting module on a bearing pin of the lighting unit.

9. A lighting unit of a vehicle comprising:
a lighting module according to claim 8 ; and
a bearing pin to support the lighting module which, when the holding device is assembled, forms a locking connection together with the at least one lock of the bearing section of the holding device,
wherein the bearing pin is designed such that the locking connection simultaneously forms the joint which enables the lighting module to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the bearing pin.

10. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the two opposing spring tabs are convexly curved so as to conform to a contour of an outer cylindrical surface of the bearing pin, wherein a longitudinal extension of each of the at least two opposing spring tabs is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bearing pin, such that when the bearing pin is accommodated between the at least two opposing spring tabs, the holding device and the lighting module are rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the bearing pin.

Assignees

• Hella Gmbh & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Friesen Paul
• Sieme Joerg

Classifications

• B60Q1/0483

  mounted on a bracket, e.g. details concerning the mouting of the lamps on the vehicle body · CPC title

• B60Q1/0683

  Adjustable by rotation of a screw · CPC title

• B60Q1/072

  comprising a flexible element, e.g. chain · CPC title

• B60Q1/0441

  the housing being fastened onto the vehicle body using means other than screws · CPC title

• F21S41/198

  Snap-fit attachments · CPC title