Arrangement of a first component on a second component of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

Abstract

Arrangement of a first component (10) on a second component (12) of a motor vehicle, in which the components (10, 12) are arranged at a distance (h) offset in height from one another, characterized in that the components (10, 12) in their adjacent edge regions (16, 18) each have an edge provided with an outer radius (R1, R2), and that the outer radii (R1, R2) are equal and each correspond at least to or exactly to the distance (h).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to an arrangement of a first component on a second component of a motor vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle.

[0002] Such an arrangement of a first component on a second component of a motor vehicle is known from DE 10 2013 215 896 A1. In this arrangement, the components are arranged vertically offset from one another, particularly in at least one respective position of the components relative to one another, at a distance also referred to as a height offset.

[0003] Such arrangements usually result in a joint pattern which has at least one joint or at least one gap between the components. If the components are unfavorably aligned to one another, the joint pattern will be visually negative for people observing the respective arrangement. This can be due in particular to the fact that the joint or gap has an uneven width and / or the joints or gaps in the joint pattern have uneven widths from one another. In order to avoid such visually unfavorable joint patterns, very complex and therefore time-consuming and costly tolerance analyses and centering are generally necessary. This is particularly the case when the components are components which are in the field of vision of people outside the vehicle and are therefore visually perceptible, i.e. easy to see.In particular, the joint pattern can have a negative visual impact when the person changes position.

[0004] DE 10 2018 100 528 A1 discloses a motor vehicle door provided with a recess into which a door handle is inserted, projecting beyond the outside of the door. The door handle has an outer radius at its edge region facing the edge region of the recess, while the recess has a pronounced edge from which a curved stop surface for the door handle extends inward into the door.

[0005] Further arrangements of the type discussed here also emerge from DE 10 2015 209 852 A1, DE 10 2016 207 179 B3, EP 3 327 229 A1 and US 5 352 004 A.

[0006] The object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement and a motor vehicle so that a visually particularly advantageous joint pattern can be realized in a particularly simple manner.

[0007] This object is achieved according to the invention by an arrangement having the features of claim 1 and by a motor vehicle having the features of claim 10. Advantageous embodiments with expedient further developments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

[0008] In the arrangement according to the invention of a first component on a second component of a motor vehicle preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a passenger car, the components are arranged offset in height from one another at a distance also referred to as height offset.

[0009] In order to be able to realize a visually particularly advantageous joint pattern, which can be produced or is produced or formed, for example, by the components, in a particularly simple and therefore time- and / or cost-effective manner, it is provided according to the invention that the components each have an edge provided with an outer radius in their mutually, in particular directly adjacent, edge regions, wherein the two outer radii are identical and each correspond at least to or exactly to the distance, i.e. the height offset. The feature that the edge regions are mutually, in particular directly, adjacent to one another is to be understood in particular as meaning that the edge regions are arranged on sides of the components that directly face one another. This means that the radius of the first component is arranged on a first side of the first component, the first side of which faces directly or immediately the second component.The radius of the second component is arranged on a second side of the second component, the second side of which faces the first component directly. This means, in particular, that no other components or parts are arranged between the sides and thus between the radii.

[0010] It can be provided that the components, also referred to as components, are at least indirectly, in particular directly, secured to one another, so that the components are immobile relative to one another, in particular in the fully manufactured state of the assembly or the motor vehicle. Furthermore, it is conceivable that the components, in particular in the fully manufactured state of the motor vehicle, are movable relative to one another, in particular translationally and / or rotationally.Then, the feature that the components are arranged vertically offset from one another at the distance and that the edge regions each have the same radius, which corresponds at least to or exactly to the distance, can be understood to mean that the components (components) are arranged vertically offset from one another at the distance in at least one position of the components relative to one another, and the edge regions have the same radius, which corresponds at least to or exactly to the distance. This position is preferably an end position of the components, which, for example, assume the end position, in particular independently or automatically, when no external forces act on the components.

[0011] Because the radii of the edge regions are designed to be congruent with the components mentioned, an identical or the same appearance of the arrangement for the person can be guaranteed from every viewing angle from which, for example, a person located outside the motor vehicle and thus in the vicinity of the motor vehicle views the arrangement and thus the components. This can be understood in particular to mean that a visually particularly advantageous joint pattern can be realized from every viewing angle without the need for time-consuming and costly tolerance considerations and centering or alignment measures. In particular, the invention can realize optical joint indifference through parallax, i.e. through the so-called parallax effect. This means that the invention utilizes the so-called parallax, so that the same joint pattern results from at least almost every viewing angle.Thus, visually negative visual defects can be avoided. In particular, the invention makes it possible for a human visual ray, in particular of an observer visually perceiving the arrangement from outside the motor vehicle, to be unable to recognize a clear visual edge. This artificially simulates the recognizability of a joint pattern to the human brain. The arrangement according to the invention is thus insensitive with regard to the joint pattern and in particular with regard to visual defects or visually negative effects that could result from a viewer of the arrangement changing position relative to the components, so that the person receives the same, visually positive impression of the arrangement from every viewing angle.As a result, a higher perceived value can be achieved compared to conventional solutions, and excessively time-consuming and costly adjustment processes and / or tolerance compensation elements can be avoided or eliminated. Furthermore, the components can be easily manufactured in particularly high quantities, for example. Thus, the arrangement is not critical due to tool wear over the respective part's life cycle.

[0012] In order to be able to realize a particularly advantageous visual impression of the arrangement in a particularly simple manner, one embodiment of the invention provides that at least one of the edge regions is adjoined by a further partial region of the component having the at least one edge region, wherein the further partial region is convex and thus raised relative to the at least one edge region, i.e. is designed as a projection. The further partial region is thus a, in particular planar and / or slight, curvature of the component having the at least one edge region, in particular relative to the radius of the component having the at least one edge region. The curvature is provided, for example, in the vehicle's vertical direction and in the vehicle's transverse direction and is a multiple of the radius, in particular in the vehicle's vertical direction and in the vehicle's transverse direction.

[0013] It has also proven particularly advantageous if the components are arranged vertically offset from one another along a first direction. The first direction runs, for example, in the transverse direction of the vehicle.

[0014] It has proven particularly advantageous if at least the edge regions are spaced apart from one another along a second direction running perpendicular to the first direction and are adjacent to one another along the second direction. In particular, the components are at least partially, in particular at least predominantly or completely, spaced apart from one another along the second direction. This allows a visually particularly advantageous joint pattern to be created in a simple manner.

[0015] It has also proven particularly advantageous if the respective radius has two ends spaced apart from one another along the first direction and extends continuously from a first of the ends to the second end. This can ensure a particularly advantageous visual impression of the arrangement.

[0016] In order to be able to design the arrangement or its optical impression to be particularly robust with respect to changes in the position of a viewer of the arrangement relative to the arrangement, it is provided in a further embodiment of the invention that the distance is a distance running along the first direction between the end of the radius of the first component that is furthest away from the radius of the second component along the first direction and the end of the radius of the second component that is closest to the radius of the first component along the first direction.

[0017] In order to be able to arrange the components particularly advantageously relative to one another and consequently realize the arrangement in a particularly simple manner and with a particularly advantageous visual impression, a further embodiment of the invention provides that the edge region of the second component delimits at least part of a recess in the second component, wherein the first component is partially arranged in the recess and protrudes from the recess, in particular along the first direction. It is preferably provided that the first component is the component that has the at least one edge region and thus the further partial region.

[0018] A further embodiment is characterized in that the edge region of the first component and thus the radius of the edge region of the first component is arranged, in particular completely, outside the recess, also referred to as the receptacle, whereby a particularly advantageous optical impression can be presented.

[0019] Finally, it has proven particularly advantageous if the second component is a panel element of a door, in particular a side door, and the first component is a door handle of the motor vehicle door. This embodiment is based on the finding that, conventionally, a joint pattern formed by an exterior door handle and a panel element of a door, in particular a side door, of a motor vehicle, preferably designed as a passenger car, is extremely critical with regard to possible visual defects, so that exterior door handles in particular must be positioned relative to panel elements of doors, which is time-consuming and costly. This can now be avoided by the invention.

[0020] Preferably, the second component is an exterior door handle, and the paneling element is preferably an exterior paneling element and thus forms at least part of the outer skin of the motor vehicle. For example, the door handle can be used to unlock a door lock, subsequently opening the door.

[0021] The invention also includes a motor vehicle, preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a passenger car, which comprises at least one arrangement according to the invention. Advantages and advantageous embodiments of the arrangement according to the invention are to be regarded as advantages and advantageous embodiments of the motor vehicle according to the invention, and vice versa.

[0022] Further advantages and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments and from the drawings. The features and combinations of features mentioned above in the description, as well as the features and combinations of features mentioned below in the description of the figures and / or shown alone in the figures, can be used not only in the respective specified combinations, but also in other combinations or on their own, without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0023] Showing: Fig. 1 a schematic front view of an arrangement according to the invention of a first component on a second component of a motor vehicle according to a first embodiment, wherein the components are arranged at a distance from one another in height and each have the same radius in their adjacent edge regions, which corresponds at least to or exactly to the distance; Fig. 2 shows a partial schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to Fig. 1 along a Fig. 1 shown section line XX; Fig. 3 a schematic plan view of the arrangement according to a second embodiment; Fig. 4 shows a partial schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to Fig. 3 along a Fig. 3 shown section line BB; Fig. 5 shows a further schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to Fig. 4; Fig. 6 shows a partial schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to Fig. 3 along a section line AA shown in Fig.; Fig. 7 shows a further schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 shows a partial schematic perspective view of the arrangement according to a third embodiment.

[0024] Fig. 1 shows, in a schematic front view, an arrangement of a first component in the form of a door handle 10 on a second component in the form of a paneling element 12 of a motor vehicle. In this arrangement, the door handle 10 is arranged on the paneling element 12 or vice versa. The door handle 10 and the paneling element 12 are components of a door of the motor vehicle, designed, for example, as a side door. The motor vehicle is preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a passenger car, and in its fully manufactured state comprises a body preferably designed as a self-supporting body. The aforementioned door is movably, in particular pivotably, held on the body and can be moved between a closed position and at least one open position relative to the body.In the closed position, the door closes at least a partial area of a door opening delimited by the body, with the door releasing this partial area in the open position. The door has, for example, a door lock, by means of which the door can be arrested or fixed in the closed position relative to the body. The door handle 10 is preferably an outside door handle which, in the closed position of the door, is arranged outside the interior of the motor vehicle and is arranged, for example, on an outer side of the door or of the paneling element 12 facing away from the interior, in particular outwards in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The paneling element 12 is an outer paneling element which forms at least part of an outer skin 14 of the door. The outer skin 14 can be perceived visually and haptically by a person standing outside and thus in the vicinity of the motor vehicle.The person can, for example, grasp the door handle 10 with their hand and at least partially grasp it and subsequently exert an external force, in particular a tensile force, on the door handle 10. As a result, the person can, for example, pull the door handle 10 from a position in . Fig. 1 and also referred to as the end position or end position, relative to the paneling element into at least one actuating position different from the end position, in particular translationally and / or rotationally. This allows the person to unlock the door lock, whereupon the person can move the door from the closed position to the open position relative to the structure. If the person releases the door handle 10 so that, for example, no external forces act on the door handle 10 and the paneling element 12, the door handle 10 moves independently or automatically from the actuating position back into the end position. The door handle 10 thus assumes the end position when no external forces act on the structural elements, wherein, for example, the door handle 10 is at rest relative to the paneling element 12 in the end position.For example, the door handle 10 is moved from the actuated position to the end position relative to the panel element 12 by means of a return device. For this purpose, the return device comprises, for example, at least one spring element and / or a motor, in particular an electric motor.

[0025] The following statements refer in particular to the end position of the door handle 10 relative to the paneling element 12, unless otherwise stated. Thus, for example, the door handle 10 in the figures is in the end position. In other words, the figures show, for example, the door handle 10 in the end position. In addition, the Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 a first embodiment of the arrangement.

[0026] In this arrangement, the components, also referred to as components, are arranged vertically offset from one another, at least in the end position, at a distance also referred to as the height offset. In order to ensure a particularly visually advantageous joint pattern formed by the components, at least in the end position, in a particularly simple and thus time- and cost-effective manner, it is further provided that the components (door handle 10 and paneling element 12) each have the same radius R1 or R2 in their directly adjacent edge regions 16 and 18, which, for example, form respective rounded edges or corners of the components. This means that the edge region 16 of the door handle 10 has the radius R1, while the edge region 18 of the paneling element 12 has the radius R2. The following applies: R1=R2.

[0027] In addition, the respective radius R1 or R2 corresponds at least to or exactly to the distance h, also known as the height offset. In other words: R 1=R2≤h.

[0028] Particularly preferred are: R1=R2=h.

[0029] In Fig. 2, a viewer of the arrangement is illustrated particularly schematically and designated by 20. The viewer is located, for example, outside the motor vehicle and thus in its surroundings and observes the arrangement. The viewer 20 is, for example, the previously mentioned person. Fig. 2 respective arrows emanating from the viewer 20, in particular from his eyes 22, represent lines of sight and thus at least one viewing angle under which the viewer 20 views the arrangement and in particular the joint pattern.

[0030] The feature that the edge regions 16 and 18 are adjacent to one another, in particular immediately or directly, is to be understood in particular as meaning that the edge region 16 is arranged on a first side 24 of the door handle 10, wherein the side 24 directly faces the paneling element 12. The edge region 18 is arranged on a side 26 of the paneling element 12, the side 26 of which directly faces the side 24 or the door handle 10. This means in particular that no other components or components are arranged between the sides 24 and 26.

[0031] In order to achieve a particularly advantageous visual impression of the arrangement, a further partial area 28 of the door handle 10 adjoins the edge area 16 of the door handle 10. The partial area 28 is convex and thus raised, i.e. slightly arched, relative to the edge area 16. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the vertical direction of the vehicle, also designated z, is illustrated by a double arrow 30, and a double arrow 32 illustrates the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, also designated x. In particular, it is provided that the door handle 10, in particular its upper handle part 34 forming or comprising the edge region 16 and the further partial region 28, is arched in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in the transverse direction of the vehicle, in particular to form the convex partial region 28. Expressed in other words, the partial region 28 is a, in particular planar, arch which is arched or arched in the x- and z-directions. The in particular planar arch amounts to a multiple of the respective radius R1 or R2 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in the vertical direction of the vehicle.The arch or partial area 28 forms a curved or arched surface 36, which is also referred to as the visible surface or surface, in particular of the door handle 10. The surface 36 is visually and haptically perceptible to the aforementioned observer.

[0032] Out of Fig. 2 it can be seen that the components are arranged along or in a Fig. 2 are arranged at a height offset from one another in the first direction illustrated or illustrated by a double arrow 38, so that the distance h (height offset) runs along the first direction or in the first direction. In relation to the end position of the door handle 10 relative to the paneling element 12 and in relation to the closed position of the door, the first direction illustrated by the double arrow runs, for example, in the transverse direction of the vehicle, which is also referred to as the y-direction. The components are at least partially spaced from one another along a second direction running perpendicular to the first direction and illustrated by the double arrow 30, such that at least the edge regions 16 and 18 are spaced from one another along the second direction. In relation to the end position and in relation to the closed position, the second direction runs, for example, in the vertical direction of the vehicle.The edge regions 16 and 18 are adjacent to each other along the second direction.

[0033] The respective radius R1 or R2 each has exactly two ends E1 and E2 or E3 and E4, wherein the respective radius R1 or R2 extends continuously and thus without interruption from a first of the ends E1 and E2 or E3 and E4 to the other end E2 or E4. This means that the radius R1 extends continuously from the end E1 to the end E2 or vice versa, and the radius R2 extends continuously from the end E3 to the end E4 or vice versa. The end E4 is arranged closer to the radius R1 along the first direction than the end E3, and the end E2 is further spaced from the radius R2 along the first direction than the end E1.The distance h is now the distance or a distance extending along the first direction between the end E2 of the radius R1 of the door handle 10, which is spaced furthest from the radius R2 of the paneling element 12 along the first direction, and the end E4 of the radius R2 of the paneling element 12, which is arranged closest to the radius R1 of the door handle 10 along the first direction.

[0034] Out of Fig. 2 that the components are spaced apart from one another both in the vertical direction of the vehicle and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, such that a joint, in particular designed as a gap S, is formed between the components. The gap S is delimited on both sides by the components and extends, for example, in the circumferential direction of the door handle 10 completely or uninterruptedly around the door handle 10. In addition, the paneling element 12 has a recess 40, also referred to as a receptacle, which is at least partially delimited by the edge region 18. The door handle 10 is arranged partially in the recess 40, at least in the end position, and the door handle 10 protrudes from the recess 40, at least in the end position. The edge region 16 and thus the radius R1 are arranged completely outside the recess 40.

[0035] Fig. 3 to 7 show a second embodiment of the arrangement. Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 the arching, i.e. the arched or arched portion 28 is visible. In addition, it is particularly clear from Fig. 4 the recess 40 is visible. In addition, it is particularly clear from Fig. 3 to 7 that the previous and following statements apply both to a plane extending in a plane spanned by the vehicle vertical direction in the vehicle transverse direction and, for example, in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 recognizable cross-section of the arrangement and thus of the components as well as on a plane extending through the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vehicle transverse direction and, for example, in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 recognizable cross-section of the arrangement and thus of the components can be transferred.

[0036] Finally, Fig. 8 shows a detail of a third embodiment of the arrangement in a schematic perspective view. The door handle 10 can be designed as a single-shell door handle, which, for example, has a single-shell handle body. Thus, for example, exactly one shell is provided, in particular a one-piece shell, which forms, for example, the edge region 16 and the partial region 28 and thus the surface 36.

[0037] Alternatively, it is conceivable for the door handle 10 to have at least or exactly two shell elements 42 and 44, which are designed, for example, as half-shells. The shell elements 42 and 44 are designed, for example, separately from one another and at least indirectly connected to one another. For example, the shell element 42 is arranged above the shell element 44 in the vertical direction of the vehicle, so that, for example, the shell element 42 is an upper shell and the shell element 44 is a lower shell. The respective shell element 42 or 44 is preferably formed in one piece.

[0038] In this case, for example, the shell elements 42 and 44 form respective parts of the edge region 16 and the partial region 28 and thus of the surface 36. For example, the shell elements 42 and 44 differ in their surfaces and in particular in the colors of the surfaces, which are or form respective parts of the surface 36. For example, the surface of the shell element 42 can be made of chrome or be chrome-colored, while for example the color of the shell element 44 or the color of the surface of the shell element 44 corresponds to the color of a surface 46 of the paneling element 12 formed as a visible side and thus, for example, to the vehicle color. Fig. 8 particularly schematically illustrates a joint 48, also referred to as a separating joint, along which, for example, the shell elements 42 and 44 are arranged on one another or attached to one another and assembled.

Claims

[1] Arrangement of a first component (10) on a second component (12) of a motor vehicle, in which the components (10, 12) are arranged at a distance (h) offset in height from one another, characterized by that the components (10, 12) in their adjacent edge regions (16, 18) each have an edge provided with an outer radius (R1, R2), and that the outer radii (R1, R2) are equal and each correspond at least to or exactly to the distance (h). [2] Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized by that a further partial region (28) of the component (10) having the at least one edge region (16) adjoins at least one of the edge regions (16, 18), wherein the further partial region (28) is convex and is therefore raised relative to the at least one edge region (16). [3] Arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized bythat the components (10, 12) are arranged vertically offset from one another along a first direction (38) at a distance (h). [4] Arrangement according to claim 3, characterized by that at least the edge regions (16, 18) are spaced apart from one another along a second direction (32) running perpendicular to the first direction (30) and are adjacent to one another along the second direction (32). [5] Arrangement according to claim 3 or 4, characterized by that the respective radius (R1, R2) has two ends (E1, E2, E3, E4) spaced apart from one another along the first direction (30) and extends continuously from a first of the ends (E1, E2, E3, E4) to the second end (E2, E4). [6] Arrangement according to claim 5, characterized bythat the distance (h) is a distance (h) extending along the first direction (30) between the end (E2) of the radius (R1) of the first component (10) which is furthest away from the radius (R2) of the second component (12) along the first direction (30) and the end (E4) of the radius (R2) of the second component (12) which is closest to the radius (R1) of the first component (10) along the first direction (30). [7] Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the edge region (18) of the second component (12) delimits at least part of a recess (40) of the second component, wherein the first component (10) is partially arranged in the recess (40) and protrudes from the recess (40). [8] Arrangement according to claim 7, characterized by that the edge region (16) of the first component (10) is arranged outside the recess (40). [9] Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the first component (10) is a door handle of a door and the second component (12) is a paneling element of the door of the motor vehicle. [10] Motor vehicle, with at least one arrangement according to one of the preceding claims.

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