Wall charging station
A wall charging station for charging electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, comprising a cover having a light-guide element which comprises a light coupling point and a light-emitting cover section having a front side and a rear side, where the rear side has a light-reflecting element which is formed and configured to emit light incident from the light coupling point via the front side of the light-emitting cover section to the surroundings.
1 . A wall charging station for charging electric and hybrid vehicles, comprising a cover having a light guiding element, which comprises a light coupling point and a light-emitting cover section having a front side ( 122 ) and a rear side,
wherein the rear side has a light-reflecting element, which is formed and configured to emit light incident from the light coupling point via the front side of the light-emitting cover section to the surroundings.
2 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting element is made at least one of: white and colored.
3 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the light guiding element and the reflecting element comprise plastic.
4 . The wall charging station according to claim 3 , wherein the light guiding element and the reflecting element are made by an injection molding method.
5 . The wall charging station according to claim 3 , wherein the light guiding element and the reflecting element are made from a two-component plastic part.
6 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the light coupling point is formed essentially parallel to a center plane of the light-emitting cover section.
7 . The wall charging station according to claim 6 , wherein the light guiding element comprises a curved light guide, which is formed and configured to conduct light from the light coupling point into the light-emitting cover section.
8 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the rear side of the light-emitting cover section is formed at least one of: convex and concave relative to the front side of the light-emitting cover section.
9 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the rear side of the light-emitting cover section has a lattice.
10 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit board having light sources, wherein the light sources are formed and configured to couple light into the light coupling point of the light guiding element.
11 . The wall charging station according to claim 10 , wherein the light guiding element further comprises a display section, which is formed and configured to be at least one of: entirely and partially illuminated by means of light sources arranged on the circuit board.
12 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is formed as a half shell and comprises fastening means for fastening the cover on a wall-side housing part.
13 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the light guiding element and the cover are formed and configured so that the light guiding element is detachably arranged in the cover.
14 . The wall charging station according to claim 1 , wherein the cover further comprises an opaque cover section.
15 . The wall charging station according to claim 14 , wherein the opaque cover section, the light guiding element, and the reflecting element are made from a three-component plastic part.
16 . The wall charging station according to claim 3 , wherein the plastic comprises polycarbonate.
17 . The wall charging station according to claim 9 , wherein the lattice is a diagonal lattice.