EP3169179A1 - Boucle de ceinture - Google Patents

Boucle de ceinture

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EP3169179A1
EP3169179A1 EP15744121.3A EP15744121A EP3169179A1 EP 3169179 A1 EP3169179 A1 EP 3169179A1 EP 15744121 A EP15744121 A EP 15744121A EP 3169179 A1 EP3169179 A1 EP 3169179A1
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buckle
housing
light guide
light
front panel
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Hans-Peter Betz
Peter Haas
Jörg Meyer
Ralf Knoedl
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ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
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TRW Automotive GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • A44B11/2503—Safety buckles
    • A44B11/2546—Details
    • A44B11/2565—Illuminated buckles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • A44B11/2503—Safety buckles
    • A44B11/2546—Details
    • A44B11/2561—Tongue elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/003—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array
    • F21V23/007—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array enclosed in a casing
    • F21V23/009—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array enclosed in a casing the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V3/00—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses
    • F21V3/04—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings
    • F21V3/06—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings characterised by the material
    • F21V3/062—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings characterised by the material the material being plastics
    • F21V3/0625—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings characterised by the material the material being plastics the material diffusing light, e.g. translucent plastics
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V7/00—Reflectors for light sources
    • F21V7/0091—Reflectors for light sources using total internal reflection

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a buckle of a safety belt.
  • a buckle is part of a safety device in a vehicle and is firmly connected to the body of the vehicle.
  • a tongue can be inserted, on which a webbing is provided, which partially surrounds a vehicle occupant with inserted tongue, in order to fix these in a strong deceleration of the vehicle to the vehicle seat.
  • Belt buckles with lighting devices are generally known from the prior art, wherein the illumination is used to identify a receiving area for a tongue, so that the vehicle occupant can find the buckle faster.
  • Quickly locating the buckle increases the amount of buckle-up, as the vehicle occupant does not have to search for the buckle, which may reduce the motivation to buckle up.
  • the lighting devices are intended to ensure reliable and permanent illumination of the receiving area.
  • the belt locks known from the prior art usually have a buckle housing which has generally been produced by a welding process in that two housing halves have been materially connected to one another. Due to this cohesive connection, the lighting device can be replaced only with considerable effort, which as
  • CONFIRMED U NCSKOPI E is felt to be disadvantageous. Furthermore, the space is limited within the buckle, which is why a very compact design of the lighting device is needed. In addition, the receiving area to be illuminated over a large area and with high light intensity, so that the vehicle occupant can find the receiving area even in unfavorable positions of the buckle. Previous belt buckles do not meet these requirements to the fullest satisfaction.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a buckle, which allows the best possible and permanent illumination of the receiving area of the tongue with minimal space requirements and provides a lit tongue insertion slot.
  • an object of the invention to provide a buckle, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and also allows individual adjustments of the buckle, for example, according to the customer requirements for different types of vehicles. According to the invention, this is achieved with a belt buckle having a housing and an illumination device present in the region of a tongue insertion opening, wherein the illumination device comprises a light source and a light guide with a light exit region and the light guide has an annular section which at least largely encloses the insertion tongue insertion opening surrounds.
  • annular portion on the light guide allows to illuminate the insertion tongue insertion selectively at any desired locations along its circumference and preferably over its entire circumference and so to effect a unique, valent acting marking of the insertion tongue insertion opening.
  • the lighting is carried out in an area that is well perceived by the vehicle occupant when inserting the tongue and the other is positioned so that the use of any design elements in the body of the housing is possible.
  • the housing hereinafter also referred to as Gurtschgebiruse, for example, may have a peripheral edge which surrounds a receiving area for a tongue, as well as a lighting device having a light guide and a light source, wherein the light guide has a light exit area in the form of a decoupling surface on the Edge of the buckle housing is provided, which forms the light exit area.
  • the edge of the belt Lock housing represents the section of the buckle housing, which is located directly in the field of vision of the vehicle occupant when the buckle assumes its typical position in the vehicle.
  • the decoupling surface of the light guide is provided at this edge, it is ensured that the receiving region, which forms the insertion tongue insertion opening, is so well illuminated that the vehicle occupant can find it even in unfavorable positions of the buckle.
  • the light emitted by the light source is led to the outcoupling surface via the light guide, whereby a compact arrangement of the lighting device is possible. This is because the lamp itself can be placed at a position within the buckle, where more space is available than directly on the edge.
  • the lighting means may in particular be an LED, which is designed to be particularly compact.
  • the light exit region is circumferentially formed circumferentially on an axial end side of the annular portion of the light guide, which allows a circumferential around the insertion tab insertion lighting.
  • the light exit area can be, for example, about 1 mm in the radial direction (radially to the insertion direction) in the width, resulting in a discreet, yet clearly perceptible lighting in the region of the insertion tongue insertion without increasing the volume of the buckle.
  • the light guide preferably consists of a transparent plastic, in particular a polycarbonate (PC).
  • PC polycarbonate
  • the light guide can have a structured surface on an outer surface facing away from the light exit region.
  • This structured surface is then designed so that it does not run flat, but has a plurality of juxtaposed, small structures, which are designed and aligned so that they reflect the light back into the interior of the annular region of the light guide and thus a homogeneous distribution cause the light within the light guide.
  • the structured surface is preferably provided on an end face of the annular section of the light guide which is opposite the light exit region.
  • the structured surface has, for example, a multiplicity of prisms arranged side by side, which in particular each have a trapezoidal or triangular cross section and form a kind of sawtooth structure along the rear end face of the light guide. In this way, a very uniform illumination of the entire annular portion can be achieved even with a selective coupling of the light in the light guide.
  • the light guide can have an extension protruding axially from the annular section of the light guide or a coupling element.
  • the extension preferably extends to a region in which the illuminant of the illumination device is easy to place and conducts the light from the illuminant to the annular section and to the light exit region.
  • a recess can be provided in the annular section in the annular section in the region of the transition of the extension into the annular section, for example.
  • This recess is shaped so that the injected light is evenly distributed in the annular portion.
  • the coupled-in light is reflected in particular at obliquely to the axial direction edges of the recess in the annular portion in the circumferential direction and thus distributed evenly in the annular portion.
  • the recess is a breakthrough in the annular portion, which has approximately a triangular shape, wherein the tip is directed to the extension.
  • the annular portion of the light guide is arranged radially within an at least largely circumferentially closed front panel of the housing, which is to be regarded as a further housing part, wherein the front panel surrounds the insertion opening.
  • the front panel shields the optical fiber radially outward, extending over the entire axial length of the optical fiber and beyond.
  • the outer surface of the front panel can be designed as desired and can be used as a customized design element.
  • the front panel has an annular, at least partially transparent diffuser, the front side axially adjacent to the light exit region of the light guide.
  • This diffuser can also darken areas of the light exit area or can change the color of the exiting light.
  • an air gap is arranged to reduce total reflections and for reasons of high light emission through the diffuser.
  • the height of the air gap between diffuser and light guide is less than 0.5 mm, it is preferably in the range of 0.15 mm to 0.35 mm.
  • the side facing away from the light guide outside of the diffuser has a very fine-grained structure through which the homogeneity of the light emission is improved again.
  • the diffuser is roughened with a very low graininess.
  • Front panel is preferably opaque so that light exits only through the diffuser.
  • Front panel and diffuser can be made in one piece by two-component Spritzgu ssclar, for example, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC).
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
  • PC polycarbonate
  • front panel and optical fiber are preferably separate components, but also a one-piece production would be conceivable.
  • the front panel can be attached to the light guide during the manufacture of the buckle, and light guide and front panel can be welded together for final attachment, for example by ultrasonic or laser welding.
  • the housing of the buckle preferably has a first shell part, which has an annular circumferential projection which is arranged radially within the light guide.
  • This circumferential projection is arranged at a plug-in opening-side end of the first shell part, and the annular projection Section of the light guide is designed so that it can be plugged onto the projection of the first shell part.
  • the ring-shaped circumferential projection of the first shell part shields the light guide radially inwards from the insertion tab insertion opening, so that there is no unwanted light emerging.
  • the optical fiber may be welded to the annular peripheral projection of the first shell member or attached thereto in any other suitable manner.
  • the lighting device preferably comprises an electronic control module, in which the lighting means and an electronic system are arranged.
  • the electronic control module is attached to the inside of the first shell part of the housing.
  • lighting means e.g. one or more LEDs used.
  • One way to change the color of the bulb is therefore easy to provide.
  • the color choice can be stored in a memory of the electronic control module and adapted for different vehicle types.
  • the electrical lead can be integrated into an electrical lead of a seat occupancy recognition switch in the buckle to reduce the number of separate electrical cables. Excessive loading of the supply line can be prevented by a strain relief on the first shell of the housing. It is possible to pre-assemble the electronic control module on the first shell part, which reduces the number of individual components of the belt lock during final assembly. Of course, the electronic control module can also be placed on another housing part.
  • the electrical control module is preferably designed as a LIN module (Local Interconnect Network Bus) and can be connected to a general vehicle electronics.
  • LIN module Local Interconnect Network Bus
  • the housing of the buckle only consists of the first shell part, the front panel and a second shell part, so that a quick and easy installation of the buckle is possible.
  • the light guide is connected to the buckle housing, in particular latched or non-detachably attached thereto.
  • a particularly compact design of the buckle housing is possible, since the light guide does not have to be fastened by means of fasteners on Gurtschgephaseuse. This also simplifies the production of the buckle.
  • a latching connection a change of the light guide is also possible.
  • the light guide can in particular be injection-molded in a two-component injection molding process with the associated housing part, so that no assembly is necessary. The light guide can therefore be sprayed on the buckle housing.
  • the decoupling surface can be formed circumferentially.
  • the decoupling surface provided on the edge can accordingly enclose the insertion opening forming the receiving area in an annular manner, so that the vehicle occupant can quickly recognize where the receiving area is located, namely in the area enclosed by the decoupling area. This increases the wearing-on rate since the vehicle occupant does not have to search long for the receiving area.
  • the light guide has a coupling element, which is coupled to the lighting means and in particular is designed to taper in a wedge shape.
  • the coupling element of the light guide ensures that the light emitted by the light source is completely coupled into the light guide. This increases the luminosity in the area of the decoupling surface. Due to the wedge shape of the coupling element, a space-saving light guide is nevertheless provided which has a correspondingly large cross section only in the coupling region.
  • the buckle housing is composed of several parts shell parts, wherein the light guide is associated with a housing portion on which the edge is formed. Due to the multi-part design of the buckle housing a quick and easy opening of the buckle housing is possible, whereby the lighting device can be changed quickly and easily.
  • the decoupling surface is provided at the edge of the buckle housing, since the light guide is arranged on the housing portion of the multi-part buckle housing.
  • the light guide is embedded substantially in the housing section. This means that the light guide is substantially surrounded by housing material, whereby no additional light output surfaces arise, as would be the case if the light guide were arranged only on the inside of the buckle housing. The light guide is therefore substantially completely enclosed by the housing section. Only the decoupling and the coupling-in area are not enclosed by the housing material of the housing section in which the optical waveguide is embedded.
  • the buckle housing may be formed in two parts and comprise two shell parts or housing shells, wherein the housing portion is provided on a first housing shell.
  • the two-part design a quick and easy opening of the buckle housing is possible and a simple production, since a first housing shell has the essential parts of the buckle, for example, the lighting device, whereas against the second housing shell only serves to close the buckle housing.
  • the second housing shell thus represents a kind of cover element.
  • the second housing shell may be a standardized housing shell.
  • the buckle housing may be formed in three parts and comprise two shell parts and a, in particular insertable, housing part, corresponding to the front panel described above, on which the housing portion is provided.
  • the two shell parts may be conventional, standardized Gurtschschalen, which can be coupled together to form a kind of body of the housing lock.
  • the housing part which can be inserted or inserted into the base body, has the housing section on which the light guide is provided. The housing part is therefore annular and provides the edge of the buckle housing ready, which surrounds the receiving area for the tongue.
  • the light guide can have a connection structure with which the housing part forming the front panel can be connected to the other shell parts.
  • the housing part is firmly coupled to the two shell parts via the light guide, thereby providing a complete buckle housing.
  • a Gurtschioss described above can be prepared so that the light guide and at least one housing portion are injection-molded simultaneously, especially in a multi-component injection molding.
  • a particularly quick and easy production of the buckle is possible because the buckle housing is at least partially formed directly with the light guide.
  • the light guide therefore no longer has to be subsequently coupled with the buckle housing.
  • this ensures that the orientation of the light guide within the buckle housing is correct, whereby a homogeneous illumination of the decoupling surface is guaranteed.
  • the remaining parts of the buckle may be formed as a simple and inexpensive injection molded part, which has only one material component.
  • the optical waveguide and the at least one housing section are injection-molded such that the optical waveguide is substantially embedded in the housing section.
  • the light guide is thereby protected on the one hand by the housing material surrounding it, and on the other hand it is ensured that the light guide has only the decoupling surface provided on the edge.
  • the light intensity at the decoupling surface is correspondingly high, since no scattering losses or the like occur.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a buckle according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows the Gurtschioss of Figure 1 in a side view
  • - Figure 3 the Gurtschioss of Figure 1 in a plan view
  • Figure 4 shows a first shell part of the housing of the buckle of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 5 shows an electronic control module of the illumination device of the buckle of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 6 is an illustration of the electronic control module mounted in the first shell part;
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of a light guide of the buckle of the invention of Figure 1;
  • FIGs 8 and 9 details of the light guide of Figure 7;
  • FIG. 10 shows a variant of the optical waveguide from FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 11 shows a front panel of the belt buckle of FIG. 1,
  • Figure 12 shows a first shell part with mounted light guide and mounted front panel for the buckle of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 13 shows the inside of a second shell part of the housing of the buckle of Figure 1;
  • - Figure 14 is a schematic sectional view of the buckle of the invention of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 15 shows a perspective view of a belt buckle according to the invention according to a further embodiment
  • FIG. 16 shows a further perspective view of the buckle of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 17 shows a perspective view of a housing part of the buckle of FIGS. 15 and 16
  • FIG. 18 shows a further perspective view of the housing part from FIG. 17,
  • FIG. 19 shows a further perspective view of the housing part from FIG. 17,
  • FIG. 20 shows a further perspective view of the housing part from FIG. 17,
  • FIG. 21 shows a further perspective view of the housing part from FIG. 17,
  • FIG. 22 shows a perspective view of a housing shell of a buckle according to a further embodiment
  • FIG. 24 shows another perspective view of the housing shell from FIG. 22,
  • FIG. 25 shows a further perspective view of the housing shell from FIG. 22,
  • FIG. 26 shows a further perspective view of the housing shell from FIG. Figure 27 is a semi-transparent perspective view of the housing shell of Figures 22 to 26, and
  • Figure 28 is a plan view of the housing shell of Figures 22 to 27.
  • FIG 1 shows a buckle 10 with a housing 12 in which a tongue insertion opening 14 is provided for a not-shown tongue of a safety belt system in a vehicle.
  • the housing 12 encloses a support 16 to which an internal mechanism for fixing the tongue is mounted including a button 17 for releasing the tongue (see also Figure 14).
  • the carrier 16 has a section which extends out of the housing 12 in the axial direction A and which serves to fasten the belt buckle 10 to the vehicle.
  • the housing 12 consists in the embodiment shown here of several housing parts, namely a first shell part 18 (see also Figures 4 and 6) an opposite second shell part 20 (see also Figure 13) and a front panel 22 (shown in more detail in Figures 11 and 12 ), which is axially adjacent to both shell parts 18.
  • the buckle 10 has a lighting device 24 (see Figure 14), the light guide 26 (see Figures 7 to 10 in detail) and an electronic control module 28 (see in particular Figures 5 and 6) summarizes.
  • the electronic control module 28 of the illumination device 24 has a control board 30, on which one or more LEDs are provided as a light source 32 and a corresponding electronics 33, which can control the bulbs 32 in light duration, light intensity and possibly light color.
  • the lamps 32 may optionally be provided in only one color, or there may be a plurality of lamps 32 in different colors, which are controlled by the electronics 33 so that any color is generated. The color choice can be made depending on the situation, even color changes are possible.
  • the electronic control module 28 is designed, for example, as a LIN module for connection to a LIN bus in the vehicle.
  • An electrical supply line 34 allows the supply of the electronic control module 28 with electrical energy.
  • the electrical supply line 34 is, for example, combined with a supply line for a (not shown) switch for detecting the inserted tongue.
  • the electronic control module 28 is fixed in this example on the inside of the first shell part 18, for example by a latching or welding connection.
  • a cable guide 36 is integrated into the inside of the first shell part 18 (see FIG. 6) and here also causes a strain relief for the supply line 34.
  • the light from the lighting means 32 is coupled into the light guide 26.
  • the light guide 26 has an extension 38 extending away from the insertion opening 14 in the axial direction A, which serves as a coupling element and which has an end-side coupling surface 40 at a free end into which the light emitted by the light sources 32 enters. At its other end, the extension 38 merges into an annular section 42, which is circumferentially closed here.
  • a recess 44 designed as an opening in the annular section 42 is provided, here in the form of a triangle whose tip points towards the coupling surface 40.
  • the obliquely directed to the axial direction A sides 46 of the recess 44 serve to reflect the light entering through the extension 38 in the annular portion 42 in the circumferential direction in the annular portion 42 into it.
  • the extension 38 facing away from the end face 48 of the annular portion 42 of the light guide 26 forms a light exit region 60.
  • the end face 48 is flat.
  • the end face 50 of the annular section 42 lying opposite the end face 48 here has a structured surface.
  • a plurality of uniform structures 52 are juxtaposed, in which case the structures 52 are formed by prisms, each having a trapezoidal cross-section and oriented longitudinally transversely to the circumferential direction. This is indicated in FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • the structures 52 serve to reflect the light in the annular portion 42 toward the front end 48 where it is to leave the light guide 26.
  • FIG. 10 shows a variant of a light guide 26 '.
  • the extension 38 ' is shorter, but the coupling surface 40' wider, so that, for example, the bulb 32 can have more easily adjacent LEDs.
  • a plurality of coupling surfaces 40 'to lie next to each other or to be present in an arcuate manner around the lighting means 32.
  • the rear end face can also here be structured or smoothly formed.
  • the first shell portion 18 of the housing 12 has an annular projection 54 (see FIGS. 6 and 12) that extends around the tongue insertion opening 14.
  • the projection 54 is formed integrally with the remaining first shell part 8.
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
  • PP polypropylene
  • the light guide 26, 26 ' consists for example of polycarbonate (PC).
  • the light guide 26 is attached with its annular portion 42 on the projection 54 on the first shell part 18 and can be connected to the projection 54, for example by welding (ultrasonic or laser welding) or gluing.
  • the projection 54 extends in the axial direction A in this example at least to the front side 48 of the light guide 26 or even slightly beyond, as can be seen in Figure 14.
  • the front panel 22 of the housing 12 is here also designed as circumferentially closed circumferential ring (see Figures 1 1 and 12) and is attached to the light guide 26 ( Figure 12 and Figure 14). Front panel 22 and light guide 26 are also suitably secured together, for example by a snap, glued or welded connection, for example via ultrasonic or laser welding, and are fixed and not releasably connected together.
  • the front panel 22 is made opaque along its peripheral surface and thus blocks radiation of light from the optical fiber 26 in the radial direction r to the outside.
  • the front panel 22 may be designed as a design element, for example with a chromed outer surface or in piano lacquer look.
  • the front panel 22 is manufactured separately from the other housing parts, so that the appearance of the buckle 10 by providing a differently shaped front panel 22 is variable.
  • the insertion tabs insertion opening 14 surrounding diffuser 58 is provided, through which the light emerging from the end face 48 of the light guide 26 penetrates to the outside.
  • the diffuser 58 connects in the axial direction A to the end face 48 of the light guide 26. In this case, an air gap is formed between the diffuser and the end face 48 of the light guide 26, which has a height of 0.25 mm in this embodiment.
  • the diffuser 58 may be designed such that it influences the color of the exiting light and / or changes the emission characteristic of the end face 48 of the light guide 26. However, it also ensures a gap-free termination of the housing 12 to the outside and prevents dirt from entering the housing 12. Diffuser 58 and front panel 22 are therefore produced in one piece in this example in a two-component injection molding process.
  • a material for the diffuser for example, polycarbonate (PC) is used.
  • PC polycarbonate
  • the plug side end of the diffuser is structured to improve the homogeneity of the light exit, i. fine grained with a low roughness roughened.
  • the light guide 26 'shown in FIG. 10 can always be installed.
  • the second shell part 20 is connected to the first shell part 18, for example by a latching, gluing or welding connection.
  • the width of the end face 48 is for example about 1 mm.
  • the width of the diffuser 58 in the radial direction r is here in the same size. chosen. In this way, a light exit region 60 of the buckle 10, which is formed circumferentially around the insertion tongue insertion opening 14 and which is about 1 mm in width.
  • the projection 54 of the first shell part 18 and the front panel 22 prevent radiation of light from the light guide 26 in the radial direction r, so that light exits only from the light exit area 60 and the light exit area 60 forms the single illuminated portion of the buckle 10.
  • FIGS. 15 to 28 show further embodiments.
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 A buckle 100 according to another embodiment is shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, wherein the closing mechanism of the buckle 100, which interacts with a tongue, is not shown for reasons of clarity.
  • the buckle 100 has a buckle housing 112, which is formed in three parts in the embodiment shown.
  • the housing 112 has a first shell part 1 18, also see the first housing shell, a second shell part 120, also referred to as the second housing shell, and a housing part which forms a front panel 122 and which has an edge 121 which has a receiving area framed for a tongue with an insertion opening for the tongue.
  • the two shell parts 118, 120 together form a main body 123 of the housing 112, in which the front panel 122 is inserted. As a result, the two shell parts 118, 120 and the front panel 122 are coupled together so that they form the complete housing 1 12.
  • the buckle 100 has a lighting device 124 which comprises a lighting means 132 and a light guide 126.
  • the light-emitting means 132 may be an LED which, for example, emits red light.
  • a multi-colored LED can be provided so that the color of the emitted light can be adapted to the preferences of the vehicle occupant.
  • the light-emitting means 132 is provided inside the buckle 100, wherein it is arranged on the first shell part 1 18.
  • the light guide 126 is disposed in a housing portion 129 of the housing 1 12, which in the embodiment shown by the second shell portion 120 is formed. Therefore, the light emitting means 132 and the light guide 126 are arranged at different parts of the three-part housing 12.
  • the light guide 132 further has a coupling-in element 138, which in the assembled state of the buckle 100 is coupled to the illuminant 132 such that the light emanating from the illuminant 132 is coupled into the light guide 126 via the coupling element 138.
  • the coupling element 138 is formed wedge-shaped tapering, whereby the coupling element 138 has a large coupling surface 140.
  • the coupled via the coupling element 138 light passes through the light guide 126 to a decoupling surface 160, which is disposed at the edge 121 of the housing 1 12.
  • the decoupling surface 160 is formed as a circumferential band on the edge 121, so that it surrounds the insertion opening and the receiving area 122 in an annular manner.
  • the decoupling surface 160 in particular has a width of 0.5 mm to 1, 5 mm, preferably 1 mm, and is located directly on the surface of the housing 112, which is in the field of view of the buckle 100, if this is a typical position in a vehicle occupies.
  • FIGS. 17 to 21 the housing part corresponding to the front panel 122 of the first embodiment is shown separately.
  • FIGS. 17 to 21 show that, in addition to the outcoupling surface 160 and the coupling element 138, the light guide 126 has a connection structure 162, via which the front panel 122 can be coupled to the two shell parts 1 18, 120 or to the base body 123.
  • the connection structure 162 is formed on an end of the front panel 122 opposite the edge 121.
  • the light guide 126 is embedded in the front panel 122, since the light guide 126 is essentially surrounded by the housing material of the front panel 122. Only the decoupling surface 160 on the edge 121 and the coupling element 138 and the connecting structure 162 are not surrounded by the housing material. The light guiding structure of The light guide 126 therefore runs essentially in the interior of the front panel 122, so that only the outcoupling surface 160, the coupling-in element 138 and the connection structure 162 can be seen from the light guide 126.
  • the light guide 126 is therefore integrally formed with the housing portion 129 and the front panel 122 in the embodiment shown.
  • the front panel 122 can therefore preferably be produced in a multi-component injection molding process. This ensures that the inner and the outer housing surface of the front panel 122 is formed of a first, opaque material, whereas the light guide 126 embedded therein is made of a second, light-conducting material. As a result, the light guide 126 is surrounded by the housing material of the front panel 22 and the front panel 122 and has only a single outcoupling surface 160.
  • the material for the optical waveguide 126 can be, for example, high-tech-finished plastics which have particular light scattering properties, optical conduction properties or an additional metallic effect.
  • first and second shell members 118, 120 in this embodiment may have been manufactured in a one-component injection molding process as they may be standardized components.
  • the light guide 126 may also be produced as a separate component and locked to the housing section 129 or the front panel 122.
  • both the light guide 126 and the housing section 129 or the front panel 122 may have a latching structure.
  • FIGS. 22 to 28 show the first shell part 1 18 of a belt buckle 100 according to a further embodiment, which is formed in two parts only. The same or equivalent components are therefore provided with the already introduced reference numerals.
  • the only partially illustrated housing 1 12 is therefore formed in this embodiment by the two shell parts 118, 120, of which only the first shell part 1 18 is shown.
  • the first shell part 118 has a housing section 164 which essentially corresponds to the front cover 22 in the first embodiment according to FIGS. ren 15 to 21 corresponds.
  • the housing portion 164 has analogous to the front panel 122 from the first embodiment, the circumferential edge 121 and the light guide 126, which is embedded in the previous embodiment in the first shell part 1 18.
  • the decoupling surface 160 of the light guide 126 is provided analogously to the first embodiment on the edge 121, which is now arranged on the first shell part 1 18.
  • the first shell part 118 additionally has, in comparison to the first shell part 1 18 according to this embodiment, the front panel 122, which in this embodiment is formed integrally with the first shell part 118 and is referred to as the housing section 162.
  • the lighting means 132 which is shown in Figures 25 to 27, also on the inner surface of the first shell part 1 18 is arranged. Accordingly, in this embodiment, both the illuminant 132 and the light guide 126 are provided on the same housing portion or part of the housing 12. This also applies to the coupling element 138, which cooperates via its coupling surface 140 with the lamp 132.
  • the first shell part 118 since it has the light guide 126, has preferably been produced in a multi-component injection molding process.
  • the light guide 126 is therefore substantially completely surrounded by the housing material of the first shell part 118 or substantially embedded in the first shell part 118.
  • the second shell part 120 in this embodiment may be formed analogously to the second shell part 120 according to the previous embodiment and thereby produced in a one-component injection molding process, since it can be a standardized component.
  • the second shell part 120 is put on or pushed on and fixed with the first shell part 118, so that the complete buckle housing 112 is formed.
  • the parts forming the housing 112 ie the two shell parts 18, 120 and possibly the front panel 122, are placed on one another or pushed or pushed in to provide an easily detachable housing 112 , As a result, the lighting means 26, if necessary, can be replaced quickly and easily.
  • the components for the buckle mechanism are generally used prior to assembly of the buckle 100, which cooperate with the tongue. In general, it is ensured via the geometry of the light guide 126 and the optional insertion of lenses that the decoupling surface 160 is homogeneously illuminated, so that a uniformly circulating light band marks the receiving region 114, so that it can easily be found by the vehicle occupant.
  • a chrome element is provided on the edge 121 in order to make the appearance of the buckle housing 1 12 appear more high-quality.
  • the chrome element can be designed as a circumferential chromium ring and in particular be arranged adjacent to the decoupling surface 160 such that the decoupled light is reflected on the chromium surface.
  • the chrome element is preferably provided next to the decoupling surface 160 on the side of the decoupling surface 160 facing away from the insertion opening 114.
  • the lighting means 132 can generally be designed as a kind of pre-assembly unit, that is to say that electrical connections and optionally a pre-resistance are provided, which only have to be contacted during installation of the belt lock 100.

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L'invention concerne une boucle de ceinture qui comporte un boîtier (12) et un dispositif d'éclairage (24) présent dans la zone d'un orifice d'introduction de languette (14). Le dispositif d'éclairage (24) comprend un moyen d'éclairage (32) et un guide d'ondes optiques (26 ; 26ʹ) doté d'une zone de sortie de lumière. Le guide d'ondes optiques (26 ; 26 ʹ) comporte une partie annulaire (42 ; 42 ʹ) qui entoure au moins en grande partie l'orifice d'introduction de languette (14).
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