Cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle
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.
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 .