GB2500438A - A lighting element for a vehicle which is placed within the cabin of the vehicle and covered by the windshield - Google Patents
A lighting element for a vehicle which is placed within the cabin of the vehicle and covered by the windshield Download PDFInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
- B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
- B60Q1/2661—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic mounted on parts having other functions
- B60Q1/268—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic mounted on parts having other functions on windscreens or windows
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q3/00—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors
- B60Q3/20—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments
- B60Q3/208—Sun roofs; Windows
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Abstract
The invention relates to a driver's cab 12 for a utility motor vehicle 10, comprising at least one window opening 14 covered by a windshield 16, by means of which a passenger compartment of the driver's cab 12 is bounded in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front, and comprising at least one lighting element 22, by means of which light beams are capable of being emitted, wherein the lighting element 22 is covered by the windshield 16 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front. The lighting element 22 may be covered by an interior lining element (38, figure 2) attached to the body shell (28, figure 2) of the vehicle 10. The lighting elements 22 may indicate the outer dimensions of vehicle 10, or may be used to indicate a change in driving direction. This arrangement prevents lights 22 from being damaged by stones or small objects during driving, and prevents water and humidity from entering the cab 12 via openings provided for the lights.
Description
Driver's Cab for a Utility Motor Vehicle The invention relates to a driver's cab for a utility motor vehicle according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
Such driver's cabs for utility motor vehicles are well-known from the general prior art and from the series production of utility motor vehicles. The driver's car has a passenger compartment, in which for instance the driver of the utility motor vehicle is accommodated. The driver's cab further has at least one window opening, which is covered by a windshield of the driver's cab. By the windshield the passenger's compartment of the driver's cab is bounded in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front.
The driver's cab also comprises at least one lighting element. The lighting element serves for emitting at least temporarily light beams in particular in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front. The lighting element is for instance a so-called outline marker light element. By means of the activated and light beam emitting lighting element other traffic participants can at least vaguely discern or estimate the outline or the outer contour and in particular the outer dimensions of the utility motor vehicle also in dark ambient conditions and/or in bad weather conditions.
The lighting element in this arrangement is positioned on an outer surface of the driver's > 25 cab, for instance on its roof. It has turned out that due to this arrangement water and 7. humidity can enter the driver's cab. This is due to through openings, via which the lighting element is fastened and/or connected with line elements supplying the lighting element with electric current. Further, the lighting element due to this arrangement can relatively easily be damaged by objects such as small stones stirred up whilst driving.
It is therefore the task of the present invention to provide a drivers cab for a utility motor vehicle of the afore-mentioned kind which has an enhanced arrangement of the lighting element.
This task is solved by a driver's cab for a utility motor vehicle having the features of patent claim 1. Advantageous designs with expedient and non-trivial further developments of the invention are indicated in the remaining claims.
According to the invention the lighting element is covered by the windshield in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front. In other words the front lighting element is arranged behind the windshield in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. By this arrangement the initially named through openings of the driver's cab and in particular of its roof can be avoided, so that no water and no humidity can enter the driver's cab via these through openings. Moreover, the lighting element, in particular its lighting element for the emission of light beams, is protected by the windshield, so that it cannot be damaged by outside objects, such as for instance flying small stones.
In an advantageous embodiment of the invention the lighting element is held to at least one interior lining element of the driver's cab. The interior lining element is arranged on a shell body of the driver's cab and serves for at least partial lining of the shell body. This provides a particularly simple accessibility or exchangeability of the lighting element, in case this requires maintenance or need to be exchanged. For this purpose the interior lining element and together with it the lighting element is at least partly removed from the shell body in a time and thus cost efficient way, The interior lining element may be a padded part, which is arranged in a roof portion of the driver's cab and serves for lining the roof.
The lighting element is mounted, in particular on the interior lining element, by means of at least one clamp and/or snap-on element. Thereby a simple and fast mounting and deniounting is realized. Alternatively or additionally, it is possible to mount the lighting element in a different way, for instance by means of at least one pin, by means of at least one adhesive bond and/or in a different way.
In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention the lighting element is covered the interior lining element towards the passenger compartment. This means that the lighting element cannot be visually perceived by passengers in the passenger compartment, which leads to a visually advantageous impression of the passenger compartment.
Advantageously, the interior lining element at least in a subportion contacts the windshield, in order to thus avoid the incidence of light beams emitted by lighting element into the passenger compartment The lighting element can be a front direction indicator element, by means of which a change in the driving direction of the utility motor vehicle is capable of being indicated under at least temporary emission of the light beanis, Preferably, the lighting element is a marker lighting element, which is also referred to as outline marker element The marker lighting element serves for indicating or suggesting the contour or the outline of the utility motor vehicle and in particular of the driver's cab, so that other traffic participants also in dark ambient conditions and/or in bad weather conditions can discern the outer dimensions and in particular the height of the utility motor vehicle or at least estimate them.
Further advantages, features, and details of the invention derive from the following description of a preferred embodiment and by referring to the drawing. The features and feature combinations afore-named in the description and the features and feature combinations shown in the following in the description of the figures and or in the figures alone can be used not only in the respective indicated combination, but also in any other combination or alone, without going beyond the scope of the present invention.
The drawing shows in: Fig. 1 sections of a schematic front view of a utility motor vehicle with a driver's cab, which has lighting elements arranged next to each other in the transverse direction of the vehicle that are arranged behind a windshield of the driver's cab in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and Fig. 2 sections of a schematic cross-sectional view of the driver's cab according to Fig. 1. S. S
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Fig. 1 shows a utility motor vehicle 10, which for example is designed as a traction engine for towing a semi-trailer. The utility motor vehicle 10 comprises a driver's cab 12, which has a passenger compartment, which is not shown in Fig. 1, for passengers of the utility motor vehicle 10. The driver's cab 12 has a window opening 14, which is covered by a windshield 16 of the utility motor vehicle 10. The passenger compartment in this arrangement is partly bounded by the windshield 16 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front.
S Towards the top the passenger compartment is bounded by a roof 18. In an upper marginal portion 20 of the windshield 16 in the vertical direction of the vehicle lighting elements 22 of the driver's cab 12 are arranged. The lighting elements 22 in the present case are marker lighting elements, which can also be referred to as outline lighting elements.
The lighting elements 22 in particular serve for pointing out to other traffic participants the contour or the outline of the utility motor vehicle 10 and in particular the driver's cab 12 in dark ambient conditions or in bad weather conditions. For this purpose light beams are emitted by means of the lighting elements 22 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front.
As can be gathered from a combined viewing of Fig. 1 with Fig. 2, the lighting elements 22 are covered by the windshield 16 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front. In other words the lighting elements 22 are arranged behind the windshield 16 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and upon corresponding activation of the lighting elements 22 emit their light beams outside through the windshield 16.
In the upper marginal portion 20 the windshield 16 optionally is equipped with a glare shield 24. By means of the glare shield 24 the windshield is shaded in the upper marginal portion 20. The glare shield 24 in thi5 arrangement can be completely Iightproof.
* Alternatively, the glare shield 24 is transparent, having a lower transparency than other portions of the windshield 16 extending from the glare shield 24. The glare shield 24 in particular serves for avoiding a glaring of the driver of the utility motor vehicle 10 by sunlight.
The glare shield 24 has respective through openings corresponding with the lighting elements 22, through which the light beams of the lighting elements 22 can radiate outside. This provides a very high visibility of the lighting elements 22.
The light beams which are emitted by the lighting elements 22 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front are indicated in Fig. 2 by a dotted arrow. As can be seen from Fig. 2, in this set-up the light beams radiate through the windshield 16.
In Fig. 2 also a shell body 26 of the drivers cab 12 can be discerned. The shell body 26 is also referred to as cabin structure. Fig. 2 shows a carrier element 28 arranged in the roof portion and extending at least essentially in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the carrier element 28 having an outer part 30 and an inner part 32. The outer part 30 and the inner part 32 in this arrangement are connected with each other via respective joining flanges 34. The outer part 30 and the inner part 32 are for instance designed as respective sheet and connected with each other, in particular welded together, via the joining flanges 34. In Fig. 2 also a sealing element 36 is discernible, by means of which the windshield 16 and the shell body 26 are sealed against each other.
For the at least partial lining of the shell body 26 an interior lining element 38 is provided.
As can be gathered from Fig. 2 the lighting elements 22 are mounted on the interior lining element 38. This allows for an easy mounting and demounting of the lighting elements 22.
The lighting elements 22 are for instance fastened on the interior lining element 38 prior to it being mounted on the shell body 26, so that the interior lining element 38 with the premounted lighting elements 22 can be mounted as module component on the shell body 26 in a time and cost efficient way.
The lighting elements 22 are fastened on the interior lining element 38 for instance by means of at least one respective clamp and/or by means of at least one other fastening means. The lighting element 22 in this arrangement are covered by means of the interior lining element 38 towards the passenger compartment in such a way that they are not visually perceivable by the passengers in the passenger compartment.
*". 25 In the upper marginal portion 20 the interior lining element 38 contacts an inner face 40 of the windshield 16 in such a way that the light beams emitted by the lighting elements 22 cannot enter the passenger compartment. *. .. * * * * *
Due to this arrangement of the lighting elements 22 behind the windshield 16 through openings of the driver's cab 12, via which the lighting elements 22 are capable of being r mounted and/or supplied with electric current and via which water and humidity can enter the driver's cab 12, are not provided and not required. Moreover, the lighting elements 22 are protected against outside flying objects and cannot be damaged by these objects.
Claims (7)
- Claims 1 A driver's cab (12) for a utility motor vehicle (10), comprising at least one window opening (14) covered by a windshield (16) of the driver's cab (12), by means of which a passenger compartment of the driver's cab (12) is bounded in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front, and comprising at least one lighting element (22), by means of which light beams are capable of being emitted1 characterized in that the lighting element (22) is covered by the windshield (16) in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towards the front.
- 2. The driver's cab (12) according to claim 1, characterized in that the lighting element (22) is attached to at least one interior lining element (38) of the driver's cab (12), which is arranged on a body shell (26) of the driver's cab (12).S
- 3. The driver's cab (12) according to claim 2, * * characterized in that the lighting element (22) is covered by the interior lining element (38) towards the passenger compartment.
- 4. The driver's cab (10) according to any one of claims 2 or 3, * . * characterized in that ** . the interior lining element (38) at least in one subportion contacts the windshield (16).
- 5, The driver's cab (12) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the windshield (26) in an upper marginal portion (20) is provided with an in particular transparent shield element (24), the transparency of which is lower than the transparency of an at least one subportion of the windshield (16) extending from the glare shield (24), wherein the glare shield (24) has through openings for the light beams of the lighting element (22), which correspond with the lighting element (22).
- 6, The driver's cab (12) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the light beams are capable of being emitted towards the front in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by the lighting element (22).
- 7. The driver's cab (12) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting element (22) is a marker lighting element or a front direction indicator element, by means of which a change in the driving direction of the utility motor vehicle (10) is capable of being indicated under at least temporary emission of the light beams. * . * * * * -. ** * * * * **-. .* * ** * * * * * *.
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| GB1205374.0A GB2500438A (en) | 2012-03-21 | 2012-03-21 | A lighting element for a vehicle which is placed within the cabin of the vehicle and covered by the windshield |
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| GB1205374.0A GB2500438A (en) | 2012-03-21 | 2012-03-21 | A lighting element for a vehicle which is placed within the cabin of the vehicle and covered by the windshield |
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| US20040075537A1 (en) * | 2002-10-02 | 2004-04-22 | Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. | Indication system for a vehicle |
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| US7106185B1 (en) * | 2002-04-25 | 2006-09-12 | Star Headlight And Lantern Co., Inc. | Interior light bar |
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| FR2777238A1 (en) * | 1998-04-14 | 1999-10-15 | Andre Angely Achille Albouy | Light signal on vehicle to warn oncoming traffic of impending danger, useful to improve road safety |
| US7106185B1 (en) * | 2002-04-25 | 2006-09-12 | Star Headlight And Lantern Co., Inc. | Interior light bar |
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| CN108357422A (en) * | 2017-01-26 | 2018-08-03 | 福特全球技术公司 | Lighting system |
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