Abstract
An arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a first component and a second component where the first component and the second component are disposed at a spacing vertically offset with respect to one another. The first component has a first edge with a first outer radius in a first border region and the second component has a second edge with a second outer radius in a second border region. The first and second border regions are adjacent, the first outer radius equals the second outer radius, and the first outer radius and the second outer radius correspond to at least, or exactly, the spacing.
Claims
1.-10. (canceled)
11. An arrangement of a motor vehicle, comprising: a first component; and a second component, wherein the first component and the second component are disposed at a spacing vertically offset with respect to one another; wherein the first component has a first edge with a first outer radius in a first border region and the second component has a second edge with a second outer radius in a second border region, wherein the first and second border regions are adjacent, wherein the first outer radius equals the second outer radius, and wherein the first outer radius and the second outer radius correspond to at least, or exactly, the spacing.
12. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the first component has a sub-region that borders at least one of the first and second border regions and wherein the sub-region is convex such that the sub-region is raised compared to the first border region.
13. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the first and second components are disposed vertically offset with respect to one another in a first direction in the spacing.
14. The arrangement according to claim 13, wherein at least the first and second border regions in a second direction running perpendicularly to the first direction are spaced apart from one another and are adjacent to one another in the second direction.
15. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein each of the first outer radius and the second outer radius has a respective first end and a second end spaced apart from one another in the first direction and wherein each of the first outer radius and the second outer radius extends continuously from the respective first end to the second end.
16. The arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the spacing runs in the first direction between 1) the second end of the first outer radius of the first component which is spaced furthest apart from the second outer radius of the second component in the first direction and 2) the second end of the second outer radius of the second component which is disposed nearest to the first outer radius of the first component in the first direction.
17. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the second border region of the second component delimits at least a portion of a recess of the second component and wherein the first component is disposed partially in the recess and protrudes from the recess.
18. The arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the first border region of the first component is disposed outside the recess.
19. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the first component is a door handle of a door of the motor vehicle and the second component is a panelling element of the door of the motor vehicle.
20. A motor vehicle, comprising: the arrangement according to claim 11.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] FIG. 1 shows 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 spacing vertically offset with respect to one another and each have, in their adjacent border regions, the same radius which corresponds to at least or exactly the spacing;
[0022] FIG. 2 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to FIG. 1 along a sectional line X-X shown in FIG. 1;
[0023] FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of the arrangement according to a second embodiment;
[0024] FIG. 4 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to FIG. 3 along a sectional line B-B shown in FIG. 3;
[0025] FIG. 5 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a further schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to FIG. 4;
[0026] FIG. 6 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to FIG. 3 along a sectional line A-A shown in FIG. 3;
[0027] FIG. 7 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a further schematic sectional view through the arrangement according to FIG. 6; and
[0028] FIG. 8 shows, in the form of an excerpt, a schematic perspective view of the arrangement according to a third embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] FIG. 1 shows a schematic front view of an arrangement of a first component in the form of a door handle 10 on a second component in the form of a panelling element 12 of a motor vehicle. In the arrangement, the door handle 10 is arranged on the panelling element 12 or vice versa. The door handle 10 and the panelling element 12 are components of a door of the motor vehicle configured, for example, as a side door. The motor vehicle is preferably configured as a car, in particular as a passenger car, and comprises, in its fully produced state, a structure preferably configured as a self-supporting body. The abovementioned door is held movably, in particular pivotably, on the structure here and can be moved between a closed position and at least one open position relative to the structure. In the closed position, the door closes at least one sub-region of a door opening delimited by the structure, the door freeing the sub-region in the open position. For example, the door has a door lock here by means of which the door can be locked or secured relative to the structure in the closed position. The door handle 10 is preferably an external handle of the door here which, in the closed position of the door, is arranged outside the interior of the motor vehicle and, for example, is arranged on an outer side of the door or panelling element 12 facing away from the interior here, in particular outwardly in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The panelling element 12 is an external panelling element here which forms at least part of an outer skin 14 of the door. The outer skin 14 can be visually and haptically perceived by a person outside and therefore in an area around the motor vehicle. The person can, for example, take hold of the door handle 10 with their hand and at least partially grip it and then exert an external force, in particular a tensile force, on the door handle 10. The person can hereby move the door handle 10, in particular translationally and/or rotationally, for example, from a position shown in FIG. 1 and also referred to as an end position or final position, relative to the panelling element into at least one actuation position differing from the end position. The person can hereby unlock the door lock and then move the door from the closed position into the open position relative to the structure. If the person releases the door handle 10 so that, for example, no external forces are acting on the door handle 10 and on the panelling element 12, then, for example, the door handle 10 moves independently or automatically from the actuation position back into the end position. The door handle 10 therefore adopts the end position if no external forces are acting on the components, the door handle 10, for example, being at rest relative to the panelling element 12 in the end position. For example, the door handle 10 is moved from the actuation position into the end position relative to the panelling element 12 by means of a reset device. For this purpose, the reset device comprises, for example, at least one spring element and/or a motor, in particular an electric motor.
[0030] Unless otherwise specified, the following statements relate, in particular, to the final position of the door handle 10 relative to the panelling element 12. Therefore, for example, the door handle 10 is in the final position in the figures. In other words, for example, the figures show the door handle 10 in the final position. FIGS. 1 and 2 also show a first embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention.
[0031] In the arrangement, the components, also referred to as parts, are arranged, at least in the final position, at a spacing vertically offset with respect to one another, also referred to as a height offset. In order to be able to guarantee a visually particularly advantageous joint pattern formed through the components, at least in the final position, in a particularly easy and therefore quick and inexpensive way here, provision is further made for the components (the door handle 10 and the panelling element 12) each to have the same radius R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 respectively in their border regions 16 and 18 which are directly or immediately adjacent to one another and which, for example, form respective, rounded edges or corners of the components. This means that the border region 16 of the door handle 10 has the radius R.sub.1, the border region 18 of the panelling element 12 having the radius R.sub.2, where:
R.sub.1=R.sub.2.
[0032] The radii R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 respectively also correspond at least or exactly to the spacing h, also referred to as the height offset. In other words:
R.sub.1=R.sub.2≤h.
[0033] Particularly preferably:
R.sub.1=R.sub.2=h.
[0034] It need merely be stated that the radii R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are therefore outer radii. These outer radii correspondingly round off the respective edge in the border region of the first and second components 10, 12. These edges or these outer radii are located exactly where two side surfaces of the first component 10 and of the second component 12 respectively butt against one another.
[0035] FIG. 2 shows a viewer of the arrangement in particularly schematic form and designated by the number 20. The viewer is, for example, outside the motor vehicle and therefore in an area surrounding it and is viewing the arrangement. The viewer 20 is, for example, the abovementioned person. In FIG. 2, respective arrows coming from the viewer 20, in particular from their eyes 22, illustrate lines of sight and therefore at least one viewing angle from which the viewer 20 is viewing the arrangement and, in particular, the joint pattern.
[0036] The feature that the border regions 16 and 18 are adjacent to one another, in particular immediately or directly adjacent to one another, is to be understood, in particular, as meaning that the border region 16 is arranged on a first side 24 of the door handle 10, the side 24 facing directly towards the panelling element 12. The border region 18 is arranged here on a side 26 of the panelling element 12, the side 26 thereof facing directly towards the side 24 or the door handle 10. This means, in particular, that no other parts or components are arranged between the sides 24 and 26.
[0037] In the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures, the sides 24, 26, at least in the region of the gap S or of the joint between the components 10, 12, each have a planar side surface—according to the sectional representation in FIG. 2—which—as can be seen in FIG. 2—run parallel to one another. To form an edge which is provided with the outer radius according to the invention, the first component 10 has a side surface which is configured to be planar in its region near the border edge, but can be configured to be arched according to another exemplary embodiment not shown in the figures. The second component 12 likewise has a side surface running into or adjoining the border edge region which is configured to be planar in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2 here and is formed by the outer skin 14.
[0038] In order to be able to produce a particularly advantageous visual impression of the arrangement, a further sub-region 28 of the door handle 10 borders the border region 16 of the door handle 10. The sub-region 28 is configured to be convex here and thereby raised compared to the border region 16, that is to say slightly arched. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the vertical direction of the vehicle, also designated by the letter z, is illustrated by a double arrow 30 and a double arrow 32 illustrates the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, also designated by the letter x. Provision is made here, in particular, for the door handle 10, in particular its handle upper part 34 respectively forming or having the border region 16 and the further sub-region 28 thereof, to be arched in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in the transverse direction of the vehicle, in particular forming the convex sub-region 28. Again in other words, the sub-region 28 is an arching, in particular a planar arching, which is vaulted or arched in the x and z directions. The arching, in particular the planar arching, is a multiple of the radius R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 respectively in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in the vertical direction of the vehicle here. The arching or the sub-region 28 forms an arched or vaulted surface 36, which is also designated as a visible surface or top surface, in particular of the door handle 10. The surface 36 can be visually and haptically perceived by the abovementioned viewer here.
[0039] As can be seen from FIG. 2, the components are arranged vertically offset with respect to one another along or in a first direction illustrated by a double arrow 38 in FIG. 2 so that the spacing h (height offset) runs along the first direction or in the first direction. With respect to the final position of the door handle 10 relative to the panelling element 12 and with respect to the closed position of the door, for example, the first direction illustrated by the double arrow runs in the transverse direction of the vehicle which is also designated as the y direction. The components are at least partially spaced apart from one another in a second direction running perpendicularly to the first direction and illustrated by the double arrow 30 such that at least the border regions 16 and 18 are spaced apart from one another in the second direction. With respect to the final position and with respect to the closed position, the second direction runs, for example, in the vertical direction of the vehicle. The border regions 16 and 18 are adjacent to one another in the second direction here.
[0040] The radii R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 respectively each have exactly two ends E1 and E2, and E3 and E4, the radii R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 respectively extending continuously from a first of the ends E1 and E2 or E3 and E4 and therefore without interruption as far as the other end E2 or E4 respectively. This means that the radius R.sub.1 extends continuously from the end E1 to the end E2 or vice versa, and the radius R.sub.2 extends continuously from the end E3 to the end E4 or vice versa. The end E4 is arranged nearer to the radius R.sub.1 in the first direction than the end E3, and the end E2 is spaced apart further from the radius R.sub.2 in the first direction than the end E1. The spacing h is now the or a spacing running in the first direction between that end E2 of the radius R.sub.1 of the door handle 10 spaced furthest apart from the radius R.sub.2 of the panelling element 12 in the first direction and that end E4 of the radius R.sub.2 of the panelling element 12 arranged nearest to the radius R.sub.1 of the door handle 10 in the first direction.
[0041] It need merely be stated that the end E1 forms the transition point or transition area at which the radius R.sub.1 passes into the surface of the side 24, whilst the radius R.sub.1 passes into the outer surface of the component 10 at the end E2. The same is the case with the ends E3 and E4. The end E3 marks the transition point/area at which the radius R.sub.2 passes into the surface of the side 26 and the end E4 marks the transition point/area between the radius R.sub.2 and the outer skin 14 of the component 12.
[0042] As can be seen in FIG. 2, the components are spaced apart from one another both in the vertical direction of the vehicle and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so that a joint configured, in particular, as a gap S, is formed between the components. The gap S is delimited by the components on both sides here and extends, for example, in a circumferential direction of the door handle 10 entirely or without interruption around the door handle 10. The panelling element 12 also has a recess 40, also referred to as a slot, which is at least partially delimited by the border region 18. At least in the final position, the door handle 10 is arranged partially in the recess 40 here, the door handle 10 protruding from the recess 40 at least in the final position. The border region 16 and therefore the radius R.sub.1 are arranged entirely outside the recess 40 here.
[0043] FIGS. 3 to 7 show a second embodiment of the arrangement. The arching, that is to say the vaulted or arched sub-region 28, can be seen particularly clearly in FIGS. 3 and 4. The recess 40 can also be seen particularly clearly in FIG. 4. It is also particularly clear from FIGS. 3 to 7 that the previous and subsequent statements can be transferred both to a cross section of the arrangement and therefore of the components which extends in a plane stretched through the vertical direction of the vehicle in the transverse direction of the vehicle and which can be seen, for example, in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, and to a cross section of the arrangement and therefore of the components which extends in a plane stretched through the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the transverse direction of the vehicle and which can be seen, for example, in FIGS. 6 and 7.
[0044] Finally, in the form of an excerpt, FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the arrangement in a schematic perspective view. The door handle 10 can be configured as a single-shell door handle which, for example, has a single-shell handle body. Provision is therefore made, for example, for exactly one shell configured, in particular, in one piece which, for example, forms the border region 16 and the sub-region 28 and therefore the surface 36.
[0045] As an alternative thereto, it is also conceivable for the door handle 10 to have at least or exactly two shell elements 42 and 44 which are configured, for example, as half-shells. The shell elements 42 and 44 are configured, for example, separately from one another and are connected at least indirectly 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 shell elements 42 and 44 respectively are preferably configured in one piece.
[0046] For example, the shell elements 42 and 44 form respective parts of the border region 16 and of the sub-region 28 and therefore the surface 36 here. For example, the shell elements 42 and 44 differ in their upper surfaces and, in particular, in the colours of the surfaces which, for example, are or form respective parts of the surface 36. For example, the surface of the shell element 42 can be formed from chrome or be chrome coloured, whilst, for example, the colour of the shell element 44 or the colour of the surface of the shell element 44 corresponds to the colour of a surface 46 of the panelling element 12 configured as a visible side and therefore, for example, the colour of the car. Illustrated particularly schematically in FIG. 8 here is a joint 48, also referred to as a parting line, along which, for example, the shell elements 42 and 44 are arranged on one another or attached to one another and assembled.
