US 11,999,303 B2
Cladding part for a motor vehicle
Johannes Goetzelmann, Altertheim (DE); Klaus Muenker, Griesstaett (DE); Michael Wurster, Esslingen (DE); and Tobias Weyer, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Magna Exteriors GmbH, Sailauf (DE)
Filed by Magna Exteriors GmbH, Sailauf (DE)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,230.
Claims priority of application No. 102022209763.7 (DE), filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092281 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60R 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/005 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2619 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cladding part of a body shell of a vehicle, comprising:
a base body, which has a visible side facing towards the outer side and an inner side and which comprises a light window in the form of a light-transmitting transparent or translucent region at least in a sub-region, and an opaque region with a coloring coating at least in a sub-region;
an illumination function, which is arranged behind the visible side of the base body for shining through or illuminating the light window; and
a device which has a visible side that has a coloring coating, the device being connected adjustably to the base body in such a way that in a first position the device closes the light window and fully covers the illumination function as seen from the outer side and the visible side is orientated toward the outer side, and in a second position the device uncovers the light window and the illumination function as seen from the outer side, in such a way that the illumination function is visible through the light window as seen from the outer side, wherein the device has at least one slide element mounted longitudinally displaceably on the base body with a head region forming the visible side and a conical section formed on the rear side of the head region, the light window being configured as a through-recess formed in the base body, which is configured with a conically configured recess for flush reception of the head region of the slide element in the first position, and the slide element being held in the second position at least with the head region extended toward the outer side, so that a light-transmitting gap is created between the slide element and the light window, and in that the base body is free of a coloring coating in the region of the conically configured recess and forms a light exit face for the illumination function.