Device with handle shell and with lighting device for the handle shell and method for assembling such a device

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) assigned to an interior door moulding (2) of a motor vehicle, comprising a handle shell (3) fixed on an interior door moulding (2), and an illuminating means (5), and also a mounting method therefor. The illuminating means (5) here comprises, in addition to the light source (4), an optical waveguide (6) with a directed light outlet surface (7) for the light. The light coupled into the optical waveguide (6), before being decoupled, impinges against a reflection element (8) which is arranged on the end side at an inclination in relation to the cross-sectional plane of the optical waveguide (6) and serves at the same time for shaping the emerging light beam. In particular, an undesirable scattering of the light in the region of the free distance (9) between the light outlet surface (7) and the handle shell (3) is thereby substantially reduced. The concave handle shell (3) which is intended for receiving a pivotable actuating element (10) has, for the coupling-in of light, a transmissive region (11), the light outlet surface (13) of which is designed as a diffusion lens. According to the invention, a separation of functions is achieved, making it possible, for the first time, to mount the illumination means (5) and the handle shell (3) as separate functional units and independently of each other.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device associated with a door lining (Türinnenverkleidung) of a motor vehicle with: a recessed handle shell in the installed state, which has at least one transmissive region; and The lighting device of the device has a light source for coupling light into the transmissive region. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for mounting a device on a door lining of a motor vehicle. Background technique [0002] Such a device for illuminating the area of ​​the handle shell in the door lining including the door inner operating part and the assembly method suitable for the device are already frequently used in practice and therefore belong to the state of the art due to the obvious prior use. have technology. [0003] The inner door actuating element comprises an inner actuating element intended for unlocking the closing system of the door, which is generally embodied as a rocker lever. In order to avoid false actuation, t...

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