DE102022108312A1 - Vehicle light and assembly method - Google Patents

Abstract

Lamp for a vehicle, with a holder for mounting in a passage of a body panel of the vehicle and a lighting module intended for insertion into the holder, vehicle and method for mounting a lamp on a body panel of a vehicle.

Description

The invention relates to a light for a vehicle, with a holder for mounting in a passage in a body panel of the vehicle and a light module intended for insertion into the holder. The invention further relates to a vehicle and a method for mounting a light on a body panel of a vehicle.

Lights of the type mentioned at the beginning are part of the state of the art in various configurations and are used to illuminate the outside of vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, for example passenger cars (cars) or trucks (lorries). Such a lamp is usually designed in two parts with a holder and a lighting module and is intended to emit a light that is visually perceptible outside a vehicle in a particularly dark environment of the vehicle. As a result, the light is usually more accurately referred to as an exterior vehicle light.

The light may be mounted on the vehicle to ensure the vehicle conforms to a traffic regulation. However, every mandatory light also contributes to the appearance of the vehicle. The external appearance of the vehicle is further characterized by joint dimensions between body panels and/or exterior panels of the vehicle, which are arranged in particular adjacent to the lamp. Therefore, the lamp and the body panels should be independently adjustable to optimize the external appearance.

So revealed DE 10 2004 063 458 B4 a light for a vehicle. The light and a bumper cover of the vehicle are mounted on a support frame of the vehicle using a common bracket. The common bracket allows the light to be adjusted relative to the bumper trim without changing a position of the bumper trim relative to the support frame.

In addition to the prescribed lights, the vehicle can also include a light that serves an exclusively aesthetic purpose, i.e. H. improving the external appearance of the vehicle by means of a light emitted by the lamp. For example, the lamp can include a trademark of a manufacturer of the vehicle and be designed to illuminate the trademark. In this case, the light is often mounted on a tailgate of the vehicle. However, installing the light on the tailgate is often disproportionately time-consuming.

On the one hand, screwing the light to the tailgate requires the use of tools. On the other hand, the required use of tools is made more difficult due to poor accessibility to the inside of the tailgate. Besides, the need to allow mounting of the light at all may limit a tailgate design, which is undesirable.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a light for a vehicle which allows easy installation without tools and restricts the design of the body panel as little as possible. Further objects of the invention are to provide a vehicle and to propose a method for mounting a lamp on a body panel of a vehicle.

An object of the invention is a lamp for a vehicle, with a holder for mounting in a passage of a body panel of the vehicle and a light module intended for insertion into the holder. The lamp is designed in several parts and includes the holder and the lighting module.

The holder is designed to be mounted in the passage of the body panel and usually closes the passage when the holder is mounted as intended. The holder defines a receptacle for the light module. The lighting module is designed to be inserted into the receptacle and usually covers the holder completely or substantially completely when the lighting module is inserted as intended.

According to the invention, the holder for holding or locking the holder in the passage comprises a plurality of retaining bars which engage behind the body panel when the holder is held or locked in the passage, and the lamp comprises an actuation bar which is slidably held on the holder for simultaneously moving the holding bars . The actuation latch can be arranged on a side of the holder facing away from the light module used. The operating latch moves the retaining latches simultaneously when the operating latch is moved. Each holding latch is slidably held on the holder and is designed to be moved by the operating latch to engage behind the body part. Each holding bar can include a roller for rolling on the body part, which makes it easier to move the holding bar and prevents the body part from being scratched. Ideally the Hal Exactly four retaining bolts or more than four retaining bolts.

The lamp is designed to be mounted in the passage exclusively using the operating latch. The light is easy to install thanks to the operating latch and does not require any tools for installation. As a result, the lamp does not place great demands on accessibility of the passage and does not restrict a design of the body panel in favor of mountability.

Preferably, the holder and the operating latch together define an insertion position for inserting the holder into the passage, a holding position for holding the holder inserted into the passage in the passage and a locking position for locking the holder held in the passage in the passage. The operating latch in the insertion position allows the holder to be easily inserted into the passage. The actuation latch in the holding position allows the light module to be easily inserted into the holder. The actuation latch in the locking position causes the holder to lock in the passage. The holding position of the operating latch can be arranged between the insertion position and the locking position.

The actuation latch comprises a positioning element held resiliently on the actuation latch and the holder comprises a recess corresponding to the positioning element for engagement of the positioning element, which hold the actuation latch in the insertion position, the holding position and/or the locking position when the positioning element engages with the recess is. In particular, the actuation bar and the holder each comprise a positioning element or a corresponding recess for each defined position of the actuation bar. In this way, installing the light is further simplified. Advantageously, the lighting module has an anchor-shaped locking projection protruding from the lighting module, the holder has a positioning passage corresponding to the locking projection and the actuation latch has a locking passage corresponding to the locking projection with a keyhole shape, through which the locking projection passes when the lighting module is inserted into the holder as intended, and In the locking position, the actuation bolt engages behind the locking projection. The actuation latch in the locking position causes the lighting module to lock in the holder. Ideally, the lighting module includes exactly two anchor-shaped locking projections or more than two anchor-shaped locking projections.

The keyhole shape of the locking passage includes a circle and an elongated oval adjoining the circle and extending radially outward. A diameter of the circle is smaller than a width of the elongated oval. The diameter of the circle is larger than a diameter of a head of the mushroom projection. The diameter of the head is larger than the width of the elongated oval.

In one embodiment, each holding latch has a mushroom-shaped actuation projection, and the actuation latch has actuation passages corresponding to the actuation projections with a keyhole shape, which are each penetrated by the actuation projections and provide positive guides for moving the actuation projections. The actuation passages are sized relative to the actuation projections as the locking passage is sized to the locking projection. The positive guidance is formed by the keyhole-shaped actuation passages. The main extension directions of the actuation passages are inclined relative to a direction of displacement of the actuation bar, i.e. H. form an acute angle with the direction of displacement, which is greater than 0° and less than 90°, preferably greater than 20° and less than 40°.

The holder preferably has a plurality of guide slots which extend perpendicular to a direction of displacement of the actuation bar, are arranged on a side of the holder facing away from the intended lighting module and are each penetrated by a holding bar. The guide slots allow the retaining bars to move perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the operating bar when the operating bar is displaced in the direction of displacement.

The lighting module advantageously has a locking hook protruding from the lighting module and the holder has a locking passage corresponding to the locking hook, through which the locking hook engages in a locking manner when the lighting module is inserted into the holder as intended. Thanks to the locking of the lighting module in the holder, the lighting module is held in the holding position of the operating latch in the holder. In other words, the lighting module cannot accidentally leave the holder after being inserted into the holder before the holder and the lighting module are locked. In this way, installing the light is further simplified.

Conveniently, the lamp comprises a first annular sealing element, which is attached to one of the lighting modules used as intended facing away from the holder is arranged in an edge section of the holder, and / or a second annular sealing element, which is arranged on a bottom of the holder on a side of the holder facing the light module used as intended. For example, the annular sealing elements can be applied to the holder as FIPFG (formed in-place foam gaskets) elements. The annular sealing elements are compressed when the operating latch is in the locking position and the lamp is mounted in the passage of the body panel.

The first sealing element and the second sealing element each seal a gap formed between the holder and the body panel and a gap formed between the lighting module and the holder. In this way, water is prevented from penetrating through the passage of the body panel.

Another object of the invention is a vehicle comprising a body panel with a passage and a light which is mounted in the passage. Vehicles with lights mounted in openings in body panels are widespread. Accordingly, there are many possible applications for the invention. The light can in particular include a trademark of a manufacturer of the vehicle and be designed to illuminate the trademark and be intended for mounting on a tailgate of the vehicle as the body part.

According to the invention, a lamp according to an embodiment of the invention is mounted in the passage. The light allows for easy installation without tools and restricts the design of the body panel as little as possible.

Another object of the invention is a method for mounting a lamp on a body panel of a vehicle, in which a lamp is mounted in a passage of a body panel of a vehicle. A variety of methods for mounting a vehicle include a method for mounting a light to a body panel of a vehicle. There are therefore numerous possible applications for the method according to the invention.

According to the invention, a holder of the lamp with an actuation latch held on the lamp is inserted into the passage in an insertion position of the actuation latch, the actuation latch is moved from the insertion position to the holding position and if the holder is held in the passage, a lighting module of the lamp is inserted into the holder inserted and the actuation latch is moved from the holding position into a locking position, in which the actuation latch engages behind locking projections of the lighting module and retaining latch of the holder that are simultaneously displaced by the actuation latch engage behind the body panel. Mounting the light in the passage of the body panel is done in three steps.

First, the holder is inserted into the passage. Then the operating latch is moved in the direction of displacement into the holding position. The light module is inserted into the holder. Finally, the operating latch is moved in the direction of displacement into the locking position. Thanks to the operating latch, installing the light is simplified and requires no tools.

Of course, the lamp mounted on the body part can be easily dismantled by carrying out the above steps in a reverse order, with the operating latch being displaced in a direction opposite to the direction of displacement.

A significant advantage of the lamp according to the invention is that the lamp allows easy installation without tools and restricts the design of the body panel as little as possible.

• 1 eine perspektivische Vorderansicht einer in einem Durchlass eines Karosserieblechs montierten Leuchte nach einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung für ein Fahrzeug;
• 2 jeweils eine perspektivische Vorderansicht einer Halterung der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte vor einem Einsetzen in den Durchlass und eines Leuchtmoduls der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte vor einem Einsetzen in die Halterung;
• 3 eine perspektivische Rückansicht des Leuchtmoduls der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte;
• 4 eine Querschnittansicht der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte;
• 5 eine Rückansicht der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte mit einem Betätigungsriegel in einer Einsetzposition und in einer Halteposition;
• 6 eine Rückansicht der in 1 gezeigten Leuchte mit dem Betätigungsriegel in der Halteposition und in einer Arretierposition;
• 7 eine perspektivische Rückansicht eines Details der in 6 gezeigten Leuchte.

The invention is shown schematically in the drawings using an embodiment and is further described with reference to the drawings. It shows:

• 1 a perspective front view of a lamp mounted in a passage of a body panel according to an embodiment of the invention for a vehicle;
• 2 each a perspective front view of a holder in 1 luminaire shown before inserting it into the passage and a light module of the in 1 light shown before inserting it into the holder;
• 3 a perspective rear view of the lighting module in 1 lamp shown;
• 4 a cross-sectional view of the in 1 lamp shown;
• 5 a rear view of the in 1 light shown with an operating latch in an insertion position and in a holding position;
• 6 a rear view of the in 1 light shown with the operating latch in the holding position and in a locking position;
• 7 a perspective rear view of a detail of the in 6 light shown.

1 shows a perspective front view of one in a passage 20 (see Fig. 2 ) a body panel 2 mounted light 1 according to an embodiment of the invention for a vehicle. The lamp 1 can belong to a known vehicle (not shown) according to an embodiment of the invention, which has the body panel 2, for example a tailgate, with the passage 20 and the lamp 1 mounted in the passage 20, for example an illuminated trademark of a manufacturer of the vehicle.

The lamp 1 comprises a holder 10 for mounting in the passage 20 of the body panel 2 of the vehicle and a lighting module 11 which is intended to be inserted into the holder 10.

2 shows a perspective front view of the holder 10 in FIG 1 1 shown lamp before insertion into the passage 20 and a perspective front view of the lighting module 11 in 1 1 shown lamp before insertion into the holder 10. The holder 10 can comprise an annular second sealing element 104, which is arranged on a bottom of the holder 10 on a side of the holder 10 facing the light module 11 used as intended. The annular second sealing element 104 encloses each passage in the holder 10.

3 shows a perspective rear view of the lighting module 11 in 1 1 shown lamp. The lighting module 11 can have an anchor-shaped locking projection 110 projecting from the lighting module 11 and / or a locking hook 111 projecting from the lighting module 11.

4 shows a cross-sectional view of the in 1 1. The holder 10 of the lamp 1 comprises a plurality of holding bars 100 for holding or locking the holder 10 in the passage 20. Each holding bar 100 can have a mushroom-shaped actuation projection 1000. The retaining bars 100 engage behind the body panel 2 when the holder 10 is held or locked in the passage 20. Each retaining bar 100 ideally includes a roller 1001 for rolling on the body part 2.

Furthermore, the lamp 1 includes an actuation bar 12 which is slidably held on the holder 10 (see Fig. 5 , 6 ) for simultaneously moving the retaining bars 100.

The holder 10 and the operating latch 12 preferably jointly define an insertion position 124 for inserting the holder 10 into the passage 20, a holding position 125 for holding the holder 10 inserted into the passage 20 in the passage 20 and a locking position 126 for locking it in the passage 20 held holder 10 in the passage 20.

The actuation latch 12 can comprise a positioning element 121 held resiliently on the actuation latch 12 and the holder 10 can include a recess corresponding to the positioning element 121 for engagement of the positioning element 121, which holds the actuation latch 12 in the insertion position 124, the holding position 125 and/or the Hold the locking position 126 when the positioning element 121 is engaged with the recess.

The holder 10 can also have a plurality of guide slots 101. The guide slots 101 extend perpendicular to a displacement direction 123 (see Fig. 5 and 6 ) of the actuation latch 12, are arranged on a side of the holder 10 facing away from the intended use of the lighting module 11 and are each penetrated by a retaining latch 100.

The lamp 1 can also include an annular first sealing element 105, which is arranged in an edge section of the holder 10 on a side of the holder 10 facing away from the light module 11 used as intended. The annular first sealing element 105 is arranged between the edge section of the holder 10 and a corresponding edge section of the body panel 2 when the lamp 1 is mounted on the body panel 2.

5 shows a rear view of the in 1 Lamp 1 shown with an operating latch 12 in the insertion position 124 and in the holding position 125.

6 shows a rear view of the in 1 Lamp 1 shown with the operating latch 12 in the holding position 125 and in a locking position 126.

The holder 10 can have a positioning passage 102 corresponding to the locking projection 110 and the actuation bar 12 can have a locking passage 120 corresponding to the locking projection 110 with a keyhole shape, which the locking projection 110 passes through when the lighting module 11 is inserted into the holder 10 as intended. The actuation latch 12 can engage behind the locking projection 110 in the locking position 126.

The actuation latch 12 can have corresponding actuation passages 122 with a keyhole shape to the actuation projections 1000, which are each penetrated by the actuation projections 1000 and provide positive guides for displacing the actuation projections 1000.

The holder 10 can have a latching passage 103 corresponding to the latching hook 111, through which the latching hook 111 engages in a latching manner when the lighting module 11 is inserted into the holder 10 as intended.

The lamp 1 is mounted in a method described below according to an embodiment of the invention for mounting the lamp 1 on the body panel 2 of the vehicle.

The lamp 1 is mounted in the passage 20 of the body panel 2 of the vehicle.

The holder 10 of the lamp 1 with the operating latch 12 held on the lamp 1 in the insertion position 124 of the operating latch 12 is inserted into the passage 20. The actuation latch 12 is moved from the insertion position 124 to the holding position 125. The actuation latch 12 moves the retaining latch 100 in such a way that the retaining latch 100 just engages behind the body panel 2. The spring can move the operating latch 12 into the holding position and hold the operating latch 12 in the holding position. As a result, the holder 10 is held in the passage 20. This assembly state is in 2 shown on the right.

The lighting module 11 of the lamp 1 is inserted into the holder 10. The latching hook 111 of the lighting module 11 locks with the latching passage 103 of the holder 10. This means that the lighting module 11 is held in the holder 10. The actuation latch 12 is moved from the holding position 125 into a locking position 126.

In the locking position 126, the actuation latch 12 engages behind the locking projections 110 of the lighting module 11. The retaining latch 100 of the holder 10, which is simultaneously displaced by the actuation latch 12, engages behind the body panel 2. This assembly state is in 1 shown.

7 shows a perspective rear view of a detail of the in 6 light 1 shown.

REFERENCE SYMBOL LIST:

1

lamp

10

bracket

100

Retaining latch

1000

Actuation projection

1001

role

101

Guide slot

102

Positioning passage

103

Rest passage

104

second sealing element

105

first sealing element

11

Light module

110

Locking projection

111

Latching hook

12

Operating latch

120

locking passage

121

Positioning element

122

Actuation passage

123

Shift direction

124

Insertion position

125

Holding position

126

Locking position

2

Body panel

20

passage

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Cited patent literature

• DE 102004063458 B4 [0004]

Claims (10)

Light (1) for a vehicle, with a holder (10) for mounting in a passage (20) of a body panel (2) of the vehicle, which has a plurality of retaining latches for holding or locking the holder (10) in the passage (20). (100), which engage behind the body panel (2) when the holder (10) is held or locked in the passage (20), with a light module (11) intended for insertion into the holder (10) and with a on the Bracket (10) slidably held actuation latch (12) for simultaneous displacement of the retaining latch (100). Shine on Claim 1 , in which the holder (10) and the operating latch (12) together have an insertion position (124) for inserting the holder (10) into the passage (20), a holding position (125) for holding the holder inserted into the passage (20). (10) in the passage (20) and define a locking position (126) for locking the holder (10) held in the passage (20) in the passage (20). Shine on Claim 2 , in which the operating latch (12) comprises a positioning element (121) held resiliently on the operating latch (12) and the holder (10) comprises a recess corresponding to the positioning element (121) for engagement of the positioning element (121), which holds the operating latch (12) in the insertion position (124), the holding position (125) and / or the locking position (126) when the positioning element (121) is engaged with the recess. Shine on Claim 2 or 3 , in which the lighting module (11) has an anchor-shaped locking projection (110) projecting from the lighting module (11), the holder (10) has a positioning passage (102) corresponding to the locking projection (110) and the actuating bolt (12) has a locking projection (110 ) have a corresponding locking passage (120) with a keyhole shape, which the locking projection (110) passes through when the lighting module (11) is inserted into the holder (10) as intended, and in which the actuation latch (12) is in the locking position (126). Locking projection (110) engages behind. Shine on Claim 3 or 4 , in which each retaining latch (100) has a mushroom-shaped actuation projection (1000), and the actuation latch (12) has corresponding actuation passages (122) with a keyhole shape to the actuation projections (1000), which are each penetrated by the actuation projections (1000) and Provide positive guides for moving the actuating projections (1000). Light according to one of the Claims 1 until 5 , in which the holder (10) has a plurality of guide slots (101) which extend perpendicular to a direction of displacement (123) of the actuation bar (12), on a side of the holder (10) facing away from the light module (11) used as intended. arranged and each penetrated by a retaining bar (100). Light according to one of the Claims 1 until 6 , in which the lighting module (11) has a locking hook (111) projecting from the lighting module (11) and the holder (10) has a locking passage (103) corresponding to the locking hook (111), through which the locking hook (111) engages in a locking manner when the light module (11) is inserted into the holder (10) as intended. Shine after one Claims 1 until 7 , comprising an annular first sealing element (105), which is arranged on a side of the holder (10) facing away from the intended lighting module (11) in an edge section of the holder (10), and / or an annular second sealing element (104), which is arranged on a base of the holder (10) on a side of the holder (10) facing the light module (11) used as intended. Vehicle, comprising a body panel (2) with a passage (20) and a light (1) according to one of Claims 1 until 8th , which is mounted in the passage (20). Method for mounting a light (1) on a body panel (2) of a vehicle, in which - a light (1) is mounted in a passage (20) of a body panel (2) of a vehicle; - a holder (10) of the lamp (1) with an operating latch (12) of the lamp (1) held on the lamp (1) is inserted into the passage (20) in an insertion position (124) of the actuating latch (12), which Operating latch (12) is moved from the insertion position (124) to the holding position (125) and the holder (10) is held in the passage (20); - a lighting module (11) of the lamp (1) is inserted into the holder (10); - the actuation bar (12) is moved from the holding position (125) into a locking position (126), in which the actuation bar (12) engages behind locking projections (110) of the lighting module (11) and retaining bars (100) that are simultaneously displaced by the actuation bar (12). ) of the holder (10) reach behind the body panel (2).

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