Covering device, body part and motor vehicle

US11572009B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB

Inventors

• James Nicholson · Adelaide, AU
• Shane Randell Koehne · McLaren Vale, AU
• Scott Edwards · Clarendon, AU
• Simon Belcher · Clarendon, AU
• Jacob Heath Messenger · Stuttgart, DE
• Matthew Chapman-Winter · Clarendon, AU
• Abdon Edward SAENZ DE VITERI · Farmington Hills, US
• Sam Thoday · McLaren Vale, AU
• Ilka Rötzer · Köngen, DE
• Matthias Koller · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Gary Dekievit · Clarendon, AU
• Simon David Field · Loxton, AU
• Dean Caruso
• Bill Frank · Clarendon, AU
• Marla Johnston · Plymouth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21W2103/60
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A covering device for arrangement on at least one outer or one inner region of a motor vehicle includes at least one form element which is produced and/or can be produced by means of injection moulding and has an inner side oriented towards the motor vehicle and an outer side oriented away from the motor vehicle, one or more lighting devices for emitting light. The covering device also includes at least one covering element which, for covering the form element at least in regions, is arranged at least in regions on the outer side of the form element, at least part of the light emitted by the lighting device being able to pass through the form element and/or the covering element.