Housing module for a lighting element
The invention disclosed herein relates to a housing module for a lighting element for a vehicle. The housing module includes a base body, a fastening interface provided on the base body for fastening the housing module to a lighting element, and a receptacle provided on the base body for arranging a cable holder. The receptacle includes an opening and a plurality of sliding elements partially surrounding the opening, wherein the sliding elements are arranged on a first side of a surface of the base body comprising the opening. The sliding elements are configured to urge a plurality of flexible latching elements of the cable holder projecting from a second side opposite the first side through the surface onto the first side from a locking position to a release position when the cable holder rotates in the opening.
1 . A housing module for a lighting element for a vehicle, wherein the housing module comprises:
a base body;
a fastening interface provided on the base body for fastening the housing module to a lighting element;
a receptacle provided on the base body for arranging a cable holder, wherein the receptacle comprises an opening and a plurality of sliding elements partially surrounding the opening,
wherein the plurality of sliding elements are arranged on and protrude from a first side of a surface of the base body comprising the opening, wherein the plurality of sliding elements are configured to urge a plurality of flexible latching elements of the cable holder projecting from a second side opposite the first side through the surface onto the first side from a locking position to a release position when the cable holder rotates in the opening,
wherein the plurality of latching elements overlie the surface by an undercut and thereby conditionally secure the cable holder to the housing module in the locking position, and the plurality of latching elements are compressed so as to be movable through the opening to release the cable holder from the housing module in the release position,
wherein each of the plurality of sliding elements are spaced apart from each other about a periphery of the opening, and wherein the opening between respective ones of the plurality of sliding elements defines a plurality of contact surfaces on the first side of the surface of the base body, such that the plurality of latching elements engage the plurality of contact surfaces when the cable holder is in the locking position to prevent withdrawal of the cable holder from the opening, and wherein the plurality of sliding elements urge the plurality of latching elements radially inward during rotation of the cable holder into the release position.
2 . The housing module of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sliding elements continuously surround the opening with the exception of the contact surfaces formed between the respective sliding elements.
3 . The housing module of claim 1 , wherein respective sliding elements of the plurality of sliding elements are arranged opposite of the opening from each other in order to jointly and simultaneously urge respective latching elements of the plurality of latching elements into the release position when the cable holder is rotated in the opening.
4 . The housing module of claim 1 , wherein respective sliding elements of the plurality of sliding elements form an edge surface of portions of the opening.
5 . The housing module of claim 1 , wherein a space for movement is formed on the second side, in which the cable holder is rotatable between the locking position and the release position.
6 . A lighting element comprising a plurality of housing modules according to claim 1 and further comprising a plurality of cable holders arranged in the opening of the base body of a respective housing module.
7 . A vehicle comprising a plurality of lighting elements according to claim 6 .
8 . A housing module for a lighting element for a vehicle, wherein the housing module comprises:
a base body;
a fastening interface provided on the base body for fastening the housing module to a lighting element;
a receptacle provided on the base body for arranging a cable holder, wherein the receptacle comprises an opening and a plurality of sliding elements partially surrounding the opening,
wherein the plurality of sliding elements are arranged on a first side of a surface of the base body comprising the opening, wherein the plurality of sliding elements are configured to urge a plurality of flexible latching elements of the cable holder projecting from a second side opposite the first side through the surface onto the first side from a locking position to a release position when the cable holder rotates in the opening,
wherein the plurality of latching elements overlie the surface by an undercut and thereby conditionally secure the cable holder to the housing module in the locking position, and the plurality of latching elements are compressed so as to be movable through the opening to release the cable holder from the housing module in the release position, and
wherein respective sliding elements of the plurality of sliding elements are bent towards each other in order to urge respective latching elements of the plurality of latching elements on a trajectory predetermined by the plurality of sliding elements from the locking position to the release position when the cable holder is rotated.