US 11,752,927 B2
External cladding component of or for a vehicle and vehicle comprising such an external cladding component
Raphael Tischler, Ettenheim (DE); Markus Meier, March (DE); Benjamin Sepp, Gengenbach (DE); Richard Mohrmann, Gundelfingen (DE); and Jochen Walz, Eichstetten (DE)
Assigned to MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by MOTHERSON INNOVATONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,043.
Claims priority of application No. 20 207 639 (EP), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154909 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/2619 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0064 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/00 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/40 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external cladding component of or for a vehicle, comprising,
a base body having a first surface (C and a second surface, said second surface facing to an exterior of the cladding component,
an aperture extending through the base body, and
a light source providing a beam of light,
wherein the light source is at least partially arranged within the aperture and protruding from the second surface, or the beam of light is running through the aperture,
wherein the beam of light at least partially impinges on an illumination section provided by the second surface,
wherein the cladding component comprises protrusions arranged on the second surface within the illumination section on which the beam of light at least partially impinges, said protrusions generating a light pattern on the second surface.