US 12,214,715 B2
Function module for at least one light function and/or at least one sensor function having a first frame that is movable relative to a second frame
Dominik Behnsen, Dasing (DE); Josef Gruebl, Neumarkt-St.Veit (DE); Andreas Lang, Groebenzell (DE); and Martin Riedner, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/558,807
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 31, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/064740
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/253823, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 114 257.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0227662 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21S 41/19 (2018.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21W 102/13 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 1/0408 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0491 (2013.01); F21S 41/192 (2018.01); F21S 41/28 (2018.01); B60Q 2400/30 (2013.01); F21W 2102/13 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A function module for at least one light function and/or at least one sensor function in a motor vehicle, the function module comprising:
at least one lighting unit for emitting light into surroundings of the motor vehicle and/or at least one sensor unit for detecting objects in a detection area in the surroundings of the motor vehicle;
a cover plate via which light of the at least one lighting unit exits from the function module and/or via which the detection area of a respective sensor unit extends out of the function module;
a first frame and a second frame, wherein the cover plate is provided on the first frame and the second frame is configured for rigid fastening on the motor vehicle, and the first frame is movable out of a nominal position relative to the second frame in an event of a force action directed on the first frame from outside toward the cover plate; and
a returning device that is configured to move the first frame back into the nominal position after ending of the force action,
wherein the force action acts directly on the first frame and indirectly on the cover plate via the first frame.