Covering device, body part and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11572009-B2
Application number	US-202017420892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2019
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

A covering device for arrangement on at least one outer or one inner region of a motor vehicle includes at least one form element which is produced and/or can be produced by means of injection moulding and has an inner side oriented towards the motor vehicle and an outer side oriented away from the motor vehicle, one or more lighting devices for emitting light. The covering device also includes at least one covering element which, for covering the form element at least in regions, is arranged at least in regions on the outer side of the form element, at least part of the light emitted by the lighting device being able to pass through the form element and/or the covering element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A covering device for arranging on at least one outer or one inner portion of a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one form element which is produced by injection molding and has an inner side oriented towards the motor vehicle and an outer side oriented away from the motor vehicle to a space outside the vehicle;
at least one covering element which is arranged at least in regions on the outside of the form element for covering the form element at least in regions, the at least one covering element having a metal coating configured to generate a substantially uniform lighting of the covering element;
one or more lighting devices, the one or more lighting devices being arranged on the inner side of the form element or connected at least to the inner side and covered by the form element;
wherein at least part of the light emitted by the one or more lighting devices is able to pass through the form element and the covering element to the space outside the vehicle in at least a first region of the covering device, the form element being translucent at least in the first region and the covering element being translucent at least in the first region; and
an exterior display device including an emblem that is visible from the space outside the vehicle when the one or more lighting devices are activated and invisible from the space outside the vehicle when the one or more lighting devices are not activated.

2. The covering device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one covering element further comprises at least one light guide for distributing at least part of light emitted by the one or more lighting devices at least to the first region.

3. The covering device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the translucency of the at least one form element or of both the at least one form element and the at least one covering element is adjusted in an injection molding process; or
different translucencies are introduced in the injection molding process.

4. The covering device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal coating is produced using a thin-film technology.

5. The covering device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal coating comprises a chromium-containing layer, and the chromium-containing layer is a chromium alloy or a doped chromium layer.

6. The covering device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more lighting devices comprises at least one or more light emitting diodes (LED) or organic light emitting diodes (OLED), or flexible LEDs arranged on at least one flexible band or flexible OLEDs, the LEDs or OLEDs being arranged on the inside of the at least one form element or the at least one covering element.

7. A motor vehicle, comprising at least one covering device according to claim 1 .

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device is arranged on the motor vehicle as a one-piece covering device or as a multi-piece covering device comprising a plurality of separate parts, wherein in the case of the multipiece covering device the individual parts are arranged on regions of the motor vehicle which are movable relative to one another.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device covers a door region or from one pillar part to the other pillar part of the same door region, or covers at least one region of the roof of the motor vehicle above the door region as a roof trim strip or as a roof covering, or the roof covering or the roof trim strip extends continuously from a position in the region of an A-pillar of the motor vehicle to at least one position in the region of a C-pillar of the motor vehicle.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device is arranged as a spoiler in the roof region, in the region of a rear window or in the region of a vehicle rear end, or the spoiler extends from one side of the motor vehicle to the other side of the motor vehicle.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device extends laterally on the motor vehicle over different door regions or from a position in the region of the A-pillar to a position in the region of the C-pillar.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the covering device is arranged as a door shaft strip.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more lighting devices further comprise at least one projection device configured to project a display onto a surface on the space outside the vehicle.

Assignees

• Motherson Innovations Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nicholson James
• Koehne Shane Randell
• Edwards Scott
• Belcher Simon
• Messenger Jacob Heath
• Chapman-Winter Matthew
• Saenz De Viteri Abdon Edward
• Thoday Sam
• Rötzer Ilka
• Koller Matthias
• Herrmann Andreas
• Dekievit Gary
• Field Simon David
• Caruso Dean
• Frank Bill
• Johnston Marla

Classifications

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60Q3/54 Primary

  Lighting devices embedded in interior trim, e.g. in roof liners · CPC title

• B60Q1/0035 Primary

  relative to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60Q1/543

  for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle (indicating taxis' state of hire or fare G07B13/045) · CPC title