Ventilation system for vehicle lighting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9618176-B2
Application number	US-201514707633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2015
Priority date	May 8, 2014
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a ventilation system for vehicle lighting systems having a housing opening with a protruding opening wall and a ventilation body, which is fixed to the housing opening by engagement with an inner part. The ventilation body and the housing opening have walls for forming a ventilation duct with a plurality of direction changes between an edge of the ventilation body and an aperture of the housing opening, wherein an inner part and an outer part which surround the opening wall of the housing opening have walls, which respectively sectionally lie circumferentially sealingly against the opening wall of the housing opening, and wherein the ventilation body and the housing opening are formed such that the ventilation body can be brought from an unlocked position into a locked position or vice versa by rotation according to a predetermined angle of rotation relative to the housing opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ventilation system for vehicle lighting systems, comprising
a housing opening with a protruding opening wall,
a ventilation body, which is fixed to the housing opening by engagement of an inner part of the ventilation body, wherein the ventilation body and the housing opening have walls for forming a ventilation duct with a plurality of direction changes between an edge of the ventilation body and an aperture of the housing opening,
wherein the ventilation body comprises the inner part ( 11 ) and an outer part ( 12 ), wherein the inner part ( 11 ) and the outer part ( 12 ) surround the opening wall ( 3 , 8 ) of the housing opening ( 1 ) and have walls ( 17 , 25 , 28 ), which respectively sectionally lie circumferentially sealingly against the opening wall ( 3 , 8 ) of the housing opening ( 1 ), and
wherein the ventilation body ( 2 ) and the housing opening ( 1 ) are formed such that the ventilation body ( 2 ) can be brought from an unlocked position into a locked position or vice versa by rotation according to a predetermined angle of rotation relative to the housing opening ( 1 ).

2. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the opening wall of the housing opening ( 1 ) is formed by an opening-bordering high opening wall ( 3 ) and a lower opening wall ( 8 ) arranged radially distanced from the high opening wall ( 3 ), wherein the high opening wall ( 3 ) has locking elements ( 7 , 7 ′, 7 ″) at a rear side for fixing the inner part ( 11 ) of the ventilation body ( 2 ) in the locking position, and wherein the lower opening wall ( 8 ) has a recess ( 10 ) for forming an aperture ( 20 ) at one end of the ventilation duct.

3. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the locking elements ( 7 , 7 ′, 7 ″) of the high opening wall ( 3 ) and/or the inner part ( 11 ) are formed such that the ventilation body ( 2 ) in the locking position is form-fitting and/or friction-fitting held on the housing opening ( 1 ).

4. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part ( 11 ) of the ventilation body ( 2 ) has a radially projecting locking element ( 15 , 15 ′) at the free end, which in the locking position engages behind a bottom are portion ( 7 ′) of the locking element ( 7 ) of the high housing opening ( 1 ) in a latching manner.

5. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom-side edge ( 6 ) of the high opening wall ( 3 ) is contoured in such a way that only one type of ventilation body ( 2 ) from a plurality of different types of ventilation bodies can be brought into the locking position.

6. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilation body ( 2 ) on the outer part ( 12 ) has a radial projection or bulge ( 19 ) which in the locked position is arranged on a side facing recess ( 10 ) of the lower opening wall ( 8 ).

7. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilation body ( 2 ) is designed such that on a half side facing of the outer end of the ventilation channel between the outer part ( 12 ) and the higher opening wall ( 3 ) two arc-shaped ventilation duct sections ( 22 ) form, which converge again on the side facing away from the radial collar ( 19 ) of the inner part ( 11 ).

8. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part ( 11 ) has a foot portion ( 13 ) on a side facing radial bulge ( 19 ), which has a radial surface ( 28 ), which bears sealingly on an inner side ( 29 ) of the high opening wall ( 3 ).

9. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part ( 11 ) on a side opposite the radial bulge ( 19 ) has a release ( 24 ) and/or a direction change wall ( 25 ) to form an axial ventilation channel section ( 26 ), which extends up to the bottom plane (B) of the housing opening ( 1 ).

10. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein the housing opening ( 1 ) comprises a projecting mounting frame ( 30 ) having an arcuate portion ( 32 ) and a bulge ( 31 ), wherein the bulge is designed such that the ventilation body ( 2 ) is rotatable only within a limited angle of rotation range between the unlocked and the locked position in the through-hole inserted position of the locking element ( 15 , 15 ′) of the inner part ( 11 ) in the opening of the high opening wall ( 13 ).

Assignees

• Hella Kgaa Hueck & Co
• Az Ausruestung Und Zubehoer Gmbh & Co Kg
• Az Ausruestung & Zubehoer Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Hansmann Frank
• Meyer Jens Oliver
• Wysok Michael

Classifications

• F21S48/328 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21S48/321

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21V29/83

  the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes · CPC title

• F21S48/337

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21S48/335

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic