Flap or cover arrangement for a motor vehicle body

Abstract

The present development relates to a flap or lid arrangement (10) of a motor vehicle body (2) with a closure body (11) which is arranged on the motor vehicle body (2) so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position and which, in the closed position, closes a loading or storage space (4) of the motor vehicle body (2) which is accessible from the outside, wherein the closure body (11) has an inner shell (12), an outer shell (14) and a cavity (15) delimited thereby, wherein a storage compartment (20) projecting into the cavity (15) is arranged or formed on the inner shell (12) and can be closed by means of a cover (22) arranged so as to be movable on the inner shell (12).

Description

Technical FieldThe present development relates to a flap or lid assembly of a motor vehicle body.BackgroundThe readily accessible and at the same time secure accommodation of accessory parts in or on a motor vehicle has proven to be entirely complex from the standpoint of the present invention. Thus, in particular for purely electrically operated motor vehicles, a charging cable is often carried along in order to connect the motor vehicle to a charging infrastructure as required. There are different charging cables and connections, so that a motor vehicle can sometimes also be provided or equipped with a plurality of charging cables which are to be used by the end user depending on the charging infrastructure present.The carrying of such charging cables in the motor vehicle is, as it were, indispensable. However, a charging cable, which is stored in a separate container or in a pocket, for example, sometimes does not assume an unacceptable storage space. An arrangement of the charging cable, for example, in the trunk, for example, below a charging floor, is entirely advantageous for space reasons and for maximizing the storage space of the motor vehicle. However, in such a type of accommodation, the charging cable is only accessible when no objects are located on the charging floor. Sometimes, as in a spare wheel stored below the loading floor, the entire loading area or loading floor of the motor vehicle would have to be initially freed of all the objects located thereon or emptied in order to allow access to the area closed by the loading floor.For example, FR 2 959 462 A2 discloses a tailgate of a motor vehicle having a receptacle for a charging cable at the end and at the bottom.In this respect, the present development is based on the object of providing improved and particularly simple accommodation possibilities for accessory parts of a motor vehicle, for example charging cables. These should be able to be integrated as easily as possible into existing components, contribute as little as possible to an increase in the weight of the motor vehicle and be accessible as unimpeded as possible in a wide variety of configurations of the motor vehicle, in particular also in a loaded state of the motor vehicle.Advantageous EmbodimentsThis object is achieved with a flap or cover arrangement and with a motor vehicle according to the features of the independent patent claims. Advantageous refinements are the subject matter of dependent patent claims in each case.In this respect and in a first aspect, a flap or cover arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided. The flap or cover arrangement has a closure body. This is arranged on the motor vehicle body so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position or is mounted thereon. In the closed position, the closure body closes a loading or storage space of the motor vehicle body that is accessible from the outside, for example a rear-side or front-side storage space of the motor vehicle body. The closure body itself has an inner shell, an outer shell and a cavity bounded thereby. The cavity is typically located between the inner shell and the outer shell.The outer shell may contribute to the outer skin of the motor vehicle body. The inner shell can face the motor vehicle interior or face away from the outer skin of the motor vehicle. The inner shell and the outer shell are arranged at least in regions at a predetermined distance from one another. They can form a cavity or have a hollow body. On the inner shell, a storage compartment protruding into the cavity is arranged or formed thereon. The storage compartment can be closed by means of a cover arranged movably on the inner shell.The integration of a storage compartment, in particular for accessory parts of a motor vehicle, such as a charging cable, into an existing cavity between an inner shell and an outer shell of a closure body of a flap or cover arrangement is advantageous insofar as the flap or cover arrangement, in particular its inner side, is accessible at all times by simply opening the flap or cover arrangement. Regardless of a state of charge of the motor vehicle, the flap or cover arrangement, in particular its closure body, can be transferred from a closed position into an open position.In the open position, the end user typically has free access to the inner shell of the closure body. In the open position of the closure body, it can transfer in particular the cover of the storage compartment from a closed position into an open position and thus gain access to the storage compartment. The storage compartment is typically located in the cavity between the outer shell and the inner shell and thus does not take up any additional installation space in the interior of the motor vehicle.In this way, a particularly simple and space-saving accommodation of accessory parts in the storage compartment can be provided, wherein the storage compartment is freely accessible, for example, by transferring the cover from a closed position into the open position, in particular when the closure body is open.According to a further embodiment, the cover is mounted on the inner shell pivotably with respect to a first axis between a closed position and an open position. By means of a pivotable mounting of the cover, the storage compartment can be situated, for example, in a closed position completely in the cavity between the inner shell and the outer shell. In the open position of the cover, the storage compartment can protrude from the inner shell at least with a radial outer end which is spaced apart from the first axis and thus provide direct accessibility to the storage compartment.According to a further embodiment, the storage compartment is accessible from the inner shell in the open position of the cover. In particular, the storage compartment can project with its end facing away from the first axis inward from the inner shell, i.e. facing away from the cavity, or protrude therefrom, so that, for example, an accessory held on the cover is moved out of the cavity by pivoting the cover from the closed position into the open position, quasi together with the cover, is moved out at least in regions, and thus becomes accessible particularly easily from the outside, i.e. from the inner shell, for example, of the opened closure body, and can accordingly be removed.According to a further embodiment, the cover has an outer side which, in the closed position of the cover, comes to lie flush with the inner shell of the closure body. In the closed position of the cover, a particularly shape-friendly arrangement can be achieved in this respect, so that the cover and thus also the storage compartment can hardly be perceived, for example when the closure body is open. The hidden or flush integration of the cover into the inner shell proves to be particularly attractive from aesthetic and functional points of view.According to a further embodiment, the flap or cover arrangement is mounted on the motor vehicle body such that it can be pivoted with respect to a second axis. The second axis may extend approximately parallel to the vehicle transverse direction. In this way, the closure body can be pivoted between the open position and the closed position with respect to the vehicle transverse axis.Thus, it can also be achieved in particular that the flap or cover arrangement with its storage compartment, when being transferred from the closed position into the open position, transfers the storage compartment into a raised position in which the storage compartment is or becomes particularly ergonomically or ergonomically favorably accessible to the end user.According to a further embodiment of the flap or cover arrangement, the first axis runs substantially parallel to the second axis. In this respect, the closure body can be mounted pivotably with respect to the motor vehicle body, for example with respect to the vehicle transverse axis. Likewise, the cover can be mounted on the closure body pivotably with respect to the vehicle transverse axis.The opening movements of the closure body and cover can be opposite in this case. While the closure body is to be pivoted from bottom to top for example for the transfer from the closed position into the open position, the cover can be pivoted downward for the transfer from the closed position into the open position, as viewed in the vehicle vertical direction. In particular and if the flap or cover arrangement is configured, for example, as a tailgate of a motor vehicle, the end user can pass ergonomically particularly favorably and easily into an area below an open tailgate. By pivoting the cover down relative to the opened closure body, particularly easy access to the storage compartment can be provided.According to a further embodiment of the flap or cover arrangement, a receptacle and / or a fastening element and / or a fastening structure for an accessory part of the motor vehicle is provided or formed on an inner side of the cover facing the cavity. In this way, the accessory part to be carried along in the cavity can be fastened directly to the inner side of the cover, in particular can be fastened in a releasable manner or can be fixed or fixed to the fastening structure provided there, such that loose slagging or rattling of the accessory part to be carried along in the cavity can be effectively prevented.According to a further embodiment of the flap or cover arrangement, an edge-side elevation is formed or arranged on an inner side of the cover facing the cavity. Such an edge elevation makes it possible that, for example, the accessory part to be carried along in the storage compartment does not automatically fall out of the storage compartment, for example when the cover is opened. The elevation can be implemented in particular as a stop, in particular as an edge-side stop, by means of which uncontrolled or unintentional dropping out of the accessory part carried along in the storage compartment can be avoided.According to a further embodiment, the flap or cover arrangement is designed as a tailgate or as a front-side or rear-side trunk cover of the motor vehicle body. In particular in the case of electric vehicles, the flap or cover arrangement can be realized in a front region, for example in the region of a front hood of the motor vehicle, and can close a charging or storage space provided there.According to a further aspect, the present development finally relates to a motor vehicle, for example an electric vehicle or a purely electrically operated vehicle, and also to a hybrid vehicle which is designed, for example, as a passenger car, as a small transporter or as a bus. The motor vehicle provided here has a motor vehicle body with a flap or cover arrangement described above.Brief Description of the FiguresFurther objects, features and advantageous embodiments of the present development are explained in the following description of an exemplary embodiment. The following are shown here: FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of an exemplary embodiment of a motor vehicle, FIG. 2 shows an isolated and somewhat enlarged cross-sectional illustration through a flap or cover arrangement implemented as a tailgate, FIG. 3 shows the flap or cover arrangement according to FIG. 2 with the closure body in the open position, FIG. 4 is an isolated cross-sectional view of the closure body in the open position with the storage compartment open, FIG. 5 shows the closure body according to FIG. 4 with the storage compartment or with the cover in the closed position, and FIG. 6 is a perspective and exemplary interior view of the cover.Detailed DescriptionThe motor vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a self-supporting motor vehicle body 2 with an interior 3 functioning as a passenger compartment. At the rear, the motor vehicle body 2 has a flap or cover arrangement 10. In the closed position shown in FIG. 2, a closure body 11 of the flap or cover arrangement 10 closes a storage space 4, in the present case a storage space on the rear side or a loading surface of the motor vehicle 1.Likewise, the flap or cover arrangement 10 can also be designed as a front flap or cover arrangement. In the present exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1, the flap or cover arrangement 10 is designed as a tailgate of a combination vehicle. However, it can also be implemented equally as a trunk lid of a sedan vehicle type.Below a transparent rear window 6, the closure body 11 can have a double-shell wall structure with an outer shell 14 and with an inner shell 12. A cavity 15 is located between the outer shell 14 and the inner shell 12, and the locking body 11 can be provided with a lock which can be releasably brought into engagement with a corresponding lock latch, for example on the loading edge 7 at the rear of the motor vehicle body 2.In the open position of the closure body 11 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and therefore in the open position of the tailgate, it is shown by way of example that a cover 22 which can be moved between an open position and a closed position is arranged for example on the inner shell 12. The cover 22 may include a lid body having an inner side 24 and an outer side 23. In the closed position of the cover 22 shown in FIG. 5, the cover 22 can effectively close a storage compartment 20 located in the cavity 15. The outer side 23 of the cover 22 can be integrated in a flush manner in the inner shell 12 and, in the closed state of the cover 22, can terminate in particular flush with the inner shell 12 enclosing it.The cover 22 further has an inner side 24 which faces the cavity 15 and which directly delimits the cavity 15. On the inner side 24, the storage compartment 20 can in particular be configured, or corresponding storage space can be provided, for example, for accessory parts 30, such as charging cables.As shown in FIG. 4 in particular, the closure body 11 can be pivoted with respect to a second axis 5 between the closed position shown in FIG. 2 and in the open position shown in FIGS. 3 to 5. The second axis 5 extends here approximately at the rear end of the roof of the motor vehicle body 2, and typically extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle, such that the closure body 11 can be transferred upwards from the approximately vertically oriented closed position shown in FIG. 2 into an approximately horizontal open position.In the open position of the closure body 11, the inner shell 12 of the double shell closure body 11 is particularly easily and easily accessible. To access the storage compartment 20, the end user may transfer the cover 22 from the closed position shown in FIG. 5 to the open position shown in FIG. 4. The cover 22 can be mounted pivotably on the inner shell 12 of the closure body 11 with respect to a first axis 21.The end of the cover 22 facing away from the first axis 21 can preferably be provided with a suitable closure which can be detachably connected to a counter closure on the inner shell 12 configured correspondingly thereto. In this way, the cover 22 can be fixed or held in the closed position shown in FIG. 5. By opening a closure, for example a push-pull closure, the cover 22 can be transferred from the closed position shown in FIG. 5 into the open position shown in FIG. 4.The transfer of the cover 22 into the open position shown in FIG. 4 is accompanied by a downward pivoting of the cover 22. In this way, the cover 22 can be moved downward, or further inward, into the interior space 3, i.e. away from the cavity 15, approximately along the surface normal of the inner shell 12, in order to thus enable access for pivoting out the storage compartment 20, as is shown by way of example in FIG. 4.In FIG. 6, an exemplary example of an inner view, i.e. the inner side 24 of the cover 22 facing the cavity 15, is shown. The cover 22 may include a mounting structure 27 for, for example, one or more accessories 30. In particular, the fastening structure 27 can have or provide a receptacle 25, and therefore a depression in the body of the cover 22.However, individual fastening structures, for example fastening elements 26, can also protrude from the inner side 24 of the cover 22, which fastening structures are designed in particular for receiving, for example for fixing an accessory part 30 on the inner side 24, and therefore on the cover 22. Such fastening elements 26 can be implemented, for example, as clips or clamping elements, which enable particularly good and durable fastening of the accessory part 30 in or on the storage compartment 20.Furthermore, one or more edge-side elevations 28 can be provided on the inner side 24 of the cover 22. An edge elevation can in particular prevent an uncontrolled slipping out or dropping out of an accessory part from the storage compartment 20 if, for example, the cover 22 is pivoted downward from the closed position shown in FIG. 5 and, for example, an accessory part 30 resting on or abutting the inner side 24 slides downward due to gravity as a result of an oblique position of the cover 22.Such sliding movement or the like, for example movements of the accessory part caused by gravity, can be at least partially absorbed by the elevation 28 in order to avoid uncontrolled slipping out or detachment of accessory parts 30 from the storage compartment 20 in the course of an opening of the storage compartment 20.The embodiments shown merely show possible configurations of the development, for which further numerous variants are conceivable within the scope of the development. The exemplary embodiments shown by way of example should in no way be interpreted as restrictive with regard to the scope, applicability or configuration possibilities of the development. The present description will only teach one or some possible implementation(s) of an embodiment to those skilled in the art. Thus, many modifications can be made to the function and arrangement of elements described without departing from the scope of protection defined by the following claims or the equivalents thereof.List of reference characters1 Motor vehicle 2 motor vehicle body 3 interior space 4 storage space 5 axle 6 rear window 7 charging edge 10 flap or cover arrangement 11 closure body 12 inner shell 14 outer shell 15 cavity 20 storage compartment 21 axle 22 cover 23 outer side 24 inner side 25 receptacle 26 fastening element 27 fastening structure 28 elevation 30 accessory partReferences included in the specificationThis list of documents cited by the applicant has been produced in an automated manner and is only included for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent application or utility model application. The DPMA does not take any adhesion for any faults or omissions.Patent Literature citedFR 2 959 462 A2

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Claims

A flap or cover arrangement (10) of a motor vehicle body (2) having a closure body (11) which is arranged on the motor vehicle body (2) such that it can move between an open position and a closed position and which, in the closed position, closes a loading or storage space (4) of the motor vehicle body (2) which is accessible from the outside, wherein the closure body (11) has an inner shell (12), an outer shell (14) and a cavity (15) delimited thereby, wherein a storage compartment (20) which projects into the cavity (15) is arranged or formed on the inner shell (12) and can be closed by means of a cover (22) arranged movably on the inner shell (12).Flap or cover arrangement (10) according to claim 1, wherein the cover (22) is mounted on the inner shell (12) pivotably with respect to a first axis (21) between a closed position and an open position.Flap or cover arrangement (10) according to claim 2, wherein the storage compartment (20) is accessible from the inner shell (12) in the open position of the cover (22).Flap or cover arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims 2 or 3, wherein an outer side (23) of the cover (22) comes to lie flush with the inner shell (12) in the closed position of the cover (22).Flap or cover arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims, which is mounted on the motor vehicle body (2) such that it can be pivoted with respect to a second axis (5).A flap or lid assembly according to claims 2 and 5, wherein the first axis (21) is substantially parallel to the second axis (5).Flap or cover arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a receptacle (25) and / or a fastening element (26) or a fastening structure (27) for an accessory (30) of the motor vehicle (1) is provided or formed on an inner side (24) of the cover (22) facing the cavity (15).Flap or cover arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, a rim-side elevation (28) being arranged is formed on an inner side (24) of the cover (22) facing the cavity (15).Flap or cover arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims, which is designed as a tailgate (6) or as a front-side or rear-side trunk cover of the motor vehicle body (2).Motor vehicle (1) having a motor vehicle body (2) and having a flap or cover arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims.

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