Interior trim part
View Patent ↗An interior trim part for a bodywork component has a lighting system with a first component that generates a light signal and a second component that outputs the light signal toward the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The bodywork component has a moveable region ( 200 ) that can be moved with respect to a non-moveable region ( 300 ), from a stationary normal position into an open position displaced with respect to the non-moveable region ( 300 ). The first component of the light system generates, in the normal position of the moveable region ( 200 ), a light signal that is input into the second component which passes on the light signal in the manner of a lightguide.
1. An interior trim part for a bodywork component of a motor vehicle having a non-moveable region and a moveable region that can be moved with respect to the non-moveable region from a stationary normal position into an open position displaced with respect to the non-moveable region and a lighting system comprising at least a first component that is mounted to the non-movable region and generates a light signal and a second component that is mounted to the movable region, the second component including a sleeve having an end mounted through an opening in the movable region, a flange at the end of the sleeve and mounted on an outer surface of the movable region, hooks formed on the sleeve and projecting toward the flange and a lightguide mounted in the sleeve and urging the hooks into engagement with an inner surface of the movable region, the lightguide being disposed to receive the light signal from the first component and to output the light signal toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle when the moveable region is in the stationary normal position.
2. The interior trim part of claim 1 , wherein the moveable region is connected hingedly to the non-moveable region.
3. The interior trim part of claim 1 , wherein the open position of the moveable region is brought about by unfolding an airbag arranged between the interior trim part and the bodywork component.
4. The interior trim part of claim 1 , wherein the hooks are cantilevered on the sleeve to project toward the flange.
5. The interior trim part of claim 4 , wherein areas of the sleeve adjacent the flange have an outer cross-section substantially conforming to an inner cross-section of the opening in the movable region.
6. The interior trim part of claim 5 , wherein the hooks substantially conform to the outer cross-section of the sleeve prior to full mounting of the lightguide into the sleeve, and wherein the lightguide urges the hooks to project out from the sleeve and into engagement with the inner surface of the movable region when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve.
7. The interior trim part of claim 6 , wherein the hooks have tips that face the flange when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve, a distance between the flange and the tips of the hooks being less than a thickness of the movable region adjacent the opening therein so that the hooks and the flange are clamped to the movable region.
8. The interior trim part of claim 1 , wherein the flange is at a first end of the sleeve, the sleeve further having a second end opposite the first end, latching hooks projecting inward on the sleeve adjacent the second end, the latching hooks being positively engaged in a groove of the lightguide when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve.
9. A motor vehicle having an airbag that can be expanded from a folded condition to an expanded condition in response to crash, an interior trim part having a non-moveable region and a moveable region covering the airbag, the moveable region being moveable with respect to the non-moveable region in response to expansion of the airbag, a lighting system comprising a first component that generates a light signal and a second component mounted to the moveable region, the second component including a sleeve having an end mounted through an opening in the movable region, a flange at the end of the sleeve and mounted on an outer surface of the movable region, hooks formed on the sleeve and projecting toward the flange and a lightguide mounted in the sleeve and urging the hooks into engagement with an inner surface of the movable region, the lightguide being disposed to receive light from the first component and to direct the light toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle when the airbag is in the folded condition.
10. The motor vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the hooks are cantilevered on the sleeve to project toward the flange.
11. The motor vehicle of claim 10 , wherein areas of the sleeve adjacent the flange have an outer cross-section substantially conforming to an inner cross-section of the opening in the movable region.
12. The motor vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the hooks substantially conform to the outer cross-section of the sleeve prior to full mounting of the lightguide into the sleeve, and wherein the lightguide urges the hooks to project out from the sleeve and into engagement with the inner surface of the movable region when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve.
13. The motor vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the hooks have tips that face the flange when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve, a distance between the flange and the tips of the hooks being less than a thickness of the movable region adjacent the opening therein so that the hooks and the flange are clamped to the movable region.
14. The motor vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the flange is at a first end of the sleeve, the sleeve further having a second end opposite the first end, latching hooks projecting inward on the sleeve adjacent the second end, the latching hooks being positively engaged in a groove of the lightguide when the lightguide is mounted fully in the sleeve.