Illuminated trim fitting

US10532692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DURA Operating, LLC · US

Inventors

• Torsten Hundt · Neuenrade, DE
• Karl-Heinz Adis · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
• Ralf Giessler · Böblingen, DE
• Illdiko Gössl · Stuttgart, DE
• Joaquin Rodrigo Pastor · Tübingen, DE
• Björn Storz · Sindelfingen, DE
• Denis Tisljar · Stuttgart, DE
• Margit Veeh · Ulm, DE
• Michael Wirsing · Gechingen, DE
• Jan Stegemann · Neuenrade, DE
• Stephan Röhner · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/001
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An illuminated trim fitting for a motor vehicle, in particular a trim fitting as a cover fitting of a sealing strip for the window channel of a vehicle door, is intended to provide a high-quality illuminating effect accompanied at the same time by a simple structural design, low manufacturing costs and space-saving means of attachment. In addition, the trim fitting is to differ as little as possible externally from non-illuminated trim fittings. For this purpose there is provision that a light gap is formed between a profiled strip of the trim fitting and the adjacent vehicle outer skin, through which light gap the light emitted by an optical waveguide provided on the rear of the trim fitting can exit to the outside.