EP4159000A1 - Attachment part for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle comprising an attachment part of this type, and production method - Google Patents
Attachment part for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle comprising an attachment part of this type, and production methodInfo
- Publication number
- EP4159000A1 EP4159000A1 EP21722172.0A EP21722172A EP4159000A1 EP 4159000 A1 EP4159000 A1 EP 4159000A1 EP 21722172 A EP21722172 A EP 21722172A EP 4159000 A1 EP4159000 A1 EP 4159000A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- fastening element
- main body
- attachment
- electrical
- vehicle
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
- B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
- B60R16/03—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/20—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
- H05B3/22—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible
- H05B3/26—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
- F24D13/00—Electric heating systems
- F24D13/02—Electric heating systems solely using resistance heating, e.g. underfloor heating
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
- H05B2203/013—Heaters using resistive films or coatings
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
- H05B2203/016—Heaters using particular connecting means
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
Definitions
- the invention relates to an add-on part for a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle with such an add-on part, and a method for production.
- Such a structure is expensive due to the many individual components required and requires a lot of installation space. In particular, there is no accessibility for contacting in certain installation spaces, so that no electrical function can be guaranteed there.
- An attachment for a motor vehicle is specified with a Schokör by and at least one fastening element for mechanical fastening of the attachment to the vehicle. Furthermore, an electrical consumer is integrated into the attachment.
- connecting conductor tracks for electrical connection of the consumer to a vehicle power supply are placed on the main body, which contact the electrical consumer and extend to the fastening element.
- a motor vehicle is specified with an attachment according to the invention.
- the attachment is fastened to the vehicle by means of the fastening element by engaging with a counter-fastening element arranged on the vehicle side.
- the counter-fastening element is also designed as an electrical counter-contact for the connection conductor tracks, so that the electrical load is connected to an electrical or electronic device on the vehicle through the engagement of the fastening element and the counter-fastening element.
- the procedure includes the steps:
- the fastening element By guiding the connecting conductor tracks down to the fastening element, this also has a function as an electrical contact for contacting the electrical consumer in addition to the function of mechanical fastening.
- the corresponding vehicle-side mating fastening element is also designed as an electrical contact and is connected to an electrical or electronic device on the vehicle by means of lines, e.g. connected to the vehicle battery. If the attachment is now fastened to the vehicle, for which purpose the fastening element and the counter fastening element come into engagement with one another, the electrical contact is made at the same time as the mechanical fastening. This configuration eliminates the need to connect a separate cable connector. This reduces the installation space requirement and the parts costs, and the assembly effort is also reduced.
- conductor tracks are used to create connection options for the electrical consumer on the attachment, almost no additional installation space is required, since the conductor tracks can be made very flat. In addition, the conductor tracks are fixed in place on the attachment, so they cannot slip during assembly, which reduces the risk of damage.
- the main body has a visible side and an inner side.
- the visible side is the side that is visible in the installed state, whereas the inside usually faces the vehicle body.
- the main body preferably defines the external dimensions, in particular especially the contour of the attachment.
- the main body can hold a plastic, a metal, a glass body or a composite body leg.
- the main body can in particular have further layers, such as decorative layers, lacquer layers or the like.
- the electrical consumer is integrated into the add-on part; for this purpose, the electrical consumer is arranged in a stationary manner in or on the main body, e.g. mechanically and / or firmly fixed to it.
- the connecting conductor tracks contact the consumer and thus provide a connection option for connecting the electrical consumer to an electrical or electronic device, such as a power source or a control device.
- the electrical consumer can be, for example, a light source such as an LED (light emitting diode).
- the electrical consumer is a surface heating system for heating or controlling the temperature of the attachment. This can be arranged and fixed on the main body as a heating film or heating textile.
- the surface heating has a conductor track structure that is applied to the main body.
- the conductor track structure is designed to heat up when electrical power is passed through it.
- the conductor track structure can have one or more interconnected conductor tracks.
- the conductor track structure allows almost unlimited freedom in the design of the resistance element and thus offers a wide range of options for setting the energy input into the heating zone in a targeted manner.
- heating elements can be implemented for a wide variety of requirements. It can be complex geometries can also be implemented on three-dimensional surfaces. Since not only the connecting conductor tracks but also the surface heating are formed by conductor tracks, the construction height can be kept very low. Production is particularly simple, since the connection lines and the electrical consumer can be produced in a common production step by forming the conductor tracks. This also ensures electrical contact between the connecting conductor tracks and the electrical consumer in a simple and reliable manner.
- the at least one fastening element is used to mechanically fasten the attachment to the vehicle.
- the attachment can preferably have two or more fastening elements.
- the fastening element (s) are connected to the main body, for example welded, glued, screwed to it or preferably formed in one piece on the main body, e.g. in an injection molding process.
- the fastening element can be a clip or latching element or a clamping element.
- the fastening element acts together with a corresponding vehicle-side counter fastening element.
- the counter-fastening element can be part of a vehicle component or an independent component.
- clips, latching or clamping elements enables a particularly simple assembly by merging the fastening element and Ge counter-fastening element, with an electrical contact being generated at the same time between the connection traces on the fastening element and corresponding contact structures on the counter-fastening element.
- the fastening element is designed as an element protruding from the inside, and the connecting conductor tracks are arranged on opposite side surfaces of the fastener. This results in better tolerances and an even distribution of forces when making contact with the connecting conductor tracks when connecting by means of the counter-fastening element. The risk of short circuits can be reduced and leakage currents can be kept low.
- a capacitive sensor arrangement with a further conductor track structure can also be arranged on the main body.
- the sensor arrangement can be set up, for example, to generate signals by means of which the electrical consumer is switched on or off or various heating levels or heating functions are activated. In this way, an operating element for controlling the electrical consumer can be integrated into the attachment without requiring additional installation space.
- the sensor arrangement also has sensor connection conductor tracks which extend from the functional conductor track structure to the fastening element.
- the fastening element also functions as an electrical contact for the sensor arrangement, e.g. to forward the sensor signals to a control device in the vehicle.
- the vehicle-side Gegenbe fastening element has corresponding contact structures which, in the assembled state, establish an electrical connection to the sensor connection conductor tracks. The sensor signals are then passed on from the contact structures on the counter-fastening element, e.g. via cables, to a control device for the electrical consumer.
- the fastening element can have further printed conductor tracks in order to realize several or additional signal or supply lines. These can be printed on one side of the fastener be or be arranged distributed on two or more sides.
- the Schmidt fastening element is then designed with corresponding contact structures for contacting the other conductor tracks.
- connection conductor tracks which e.g. form the connection conductor tracks, the conductor track structures and / or the sensor connection conductor tracks, can be formed on the main body using conventional methods such as hot stamping or laser (direct) structuring.
- these conductor tracks are formed by means of printing processes such as, for example, screen printing, flexographic printing, pad printing, inkjet printing and the like, and are printed onto the main body.
- printing processes such as, for example, screen printing, flexographic printing, pad printing, inkjet printing and the like.
- Electrically conductive inks such as polymer thick-film inks, in particular silver, copper, aluminum, iron and graphite inks, are suitable for production using printing processes.
- the conductor tracks can also be tempered after the one-step or multi-step printing process. Such printing techniques can be used to achieve a high level of accuracy with regard to the dimensions and position of the conductor tracks.
- Figure 1 is a plan view of an exemplary attachment
- Figure 2 is a side view of the attachment from Figure 1,
- Figure 3 is a side view of the built-in part of a vehicle attachment from Figure 1 and
- FIG. 4 shows an exemplary counter-fastening element.
- An exemplary add-on part 1 includes a main body 10.
- FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an inner side 12 of the add-on part 10. A visible side opposite the inner side 12 is directed into the image plane.
- Fastening elements 20, 22, which serve to mechanically fasten the attachment to the vehicle, are arranged on the inside 12.
- two fastening elements 20, 22 are shown; more or fewer fastening elements can also be provided.
- an electrical consumer 30 is also arranged in the form of a surface heating system.
- the surface heating has a conductor track structure 32 which is designed as a heating section and can be heated by introducing electrical power.
- the line Contact structure is contacted via connection interconnects 40, 42.
- the connecting conductor tracks run over the main body 10 and are continued up to the fastening element 20.
- FIG. 2 shows a side view of the attachment 1 from FIG. 1. It can be seen that the fastening elements 20, 22 each protrude from the inside of the attachment 1.
- the connection conductor tracks 40, 42 are led up to the fastening element 20 on opposite sides and extend into a fastening section of the fastening element 20. In the end area, the connection conductor tracks 40, 42 can be widened in order to enable better contact.
- the attachment 10 To mount the attachment 10 on the vehicle, it is attached to a further component 50, which can be part of the vehicle body, for example, see FIG A handle with corresponding counter-fastening elements 60, 62 on the vehicle can be reached.
- the fastening elements 40, 42 and the counter-fastening elements 60, 62 are a clamping and locking connection.
- FIG. 1 An exemplary counter-fastening element 60 is shown in FIG.
- the spring structure of the counter-fastening element 60 ensures that the inner legs 63, 64 come into contact with the fastening element 20.
- a mechanical fastening is achieved in this way.
- the Ge counter-fastening element 60 also has latching lugs 68 which press into the inserted fastening element 20 and make disassembly difficult or impossible.
- the counter-fastening element 60 is also formed as an electrical contact. For this purpose, it has a contact connection on each of the inner legs 63, 64 (only one contact connection 66 on the inner leg 61 can be seen in FIG.
- FIG. 5 shows a top view of another exemplary attachment 1 A.
- attachment 1 described in FIG except for the fastening element 20 are performed for electrical contacting of the sensor arrangement with a vehicle-side power supply and / or a control unit.
- the sensor arrangement 80 is set up, for example, in order to be able to set operating modes of the surface heating system or to be able to switch it on or off
- the electrical contacting of the sensor arrangement 80 can then take place analogously to the described contacting of the surface heating 30.
- additional electrical contacts would have to be provided on the counter-fastening element 60, which correspond to the sensor connection conductor tracks 90, 92 on the fastening element 20 and, for example, provide an electrical contact to a control device or the like.
- the conductor tracks 40, 42, the conductor track structure 32 of the surface heating 30, the conductor track structure of the sensor arrangement 80 and the sensor connection lines 90, 92 are preferably printed onto the main body 10 by means of printing technology.
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DE102020114135.1A DE102020114135A1 (en) | 2020-05-27 | 2020-05-27 | Attachment for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle with such an attachment and a method for production |
PCT/EP2021/060807 WO2021239359A1 (en) | 2020-05-27 | 2021-04-26 | Attachment part for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle comprising an attachment part of this type, and production method |
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EP4159000A1 true EP4159000A1 (en) | 2023-04-05 |
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EP21722172.0A Pending EP4159000A1 (en) | 2020-05-27 | 2021-04-26 | Attachment part for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle comprising an attachment part of this type, and production method |
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CN (1) | CN115299176A (en) |
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FR2618264B1 (en) | 1987-07-15 | 1989-12-01 | Saint Gobain Vitrage | ELECTRICAL SUPPLY TERMINAL FOR ENCAPSULATED GLAZING. |
US6834969B2 (en) | 2002-05-31 | 2004-12-28 | Schefenacker Vision Systems France S.A. | Heated mirror |
DE102008005908A1 (en) * | 2008-01-24 | 2009-07-30 | Audi Ag | Attached part for vehicle, has mechanical holding unit for fixing attached part at vehicle and antenna for receiving or transmitting radio signals, where mechanical holding unit is formed as device |
DE102009026216A1 (en) | 2009-07-21 | 2011-01-27 | Benecke-Kaliko Ag | Flexible sheet |
US9776569B2 (en) | 2015-01-30 | 2017-10-03 | Magna Mirrors Of America, Inc. | Exterior mirror with heater pad |
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