US 11,780,375 B2
Trim element having a receptacle for a warning triangle, tailgate having a trim element, and motor vehicle having such a tailgate
Richard Philipp Groh, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 16/973,532
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/007527, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 210 988.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253032 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 7/08 (2006.01); B60Q 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); G09F 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 7/08 (2013.01) [B60Q 7/00 (2013.01); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); G09F 13/16 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trim element for a tailgate of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a receptacle formed in the trim element, the receptacle being open towards an inside of the vehicle and configured to receive a warning triangle accommodated in a case,
wherein the receptacle comprises: a rear wall portion having at least one elastic clamping element; two front restraining portions; and a support portion,
wherein the clamping element, the front restraining portions and the support portion are configured to engage in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting connection with the case when the warning triangle is arranged in the receptacle,
wherein the rear wall portion has a guide portion above the clamping element which is curved concavely towards the inside of the vehicle and along which the case is guided into and/or out of the receptacle, and
wherein the receptacle has two lateral centering elements, each comprising an introduction portion inclined relative to a vertical direction and a receiving portion which adjoins the introduction portion and which extends essentially in the vertical direction.