Device for mounting a lighting unit on a vehicle part
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsKlaus Schmickl, Dietmar Schoenettin
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Abstract
A locking element (30) is arranged slidable between an unlocked position and locked position on the lighting unit (10). An operating element (58) is rotatably mounted on the lighting unit (10). The operating element (58) is coupled with the locking element (30) by means of an eccentrically mounted finger (69) on it, so that a rotational motion of the operating element (58) is converted into a sliding motion of the locking element (30). A pin (20) is arranged on the vehicle part (12) on which the locking element (30) is lockable for securing the lighting unit (10). The operating element (58) allows the locking element (30) to be locked on the pin (20) when it is not directly accessible.
Claims13
A device for mounting a lighting unit (10) on a vehicle part (12), said device for mounting comprising
- a holding element (20) adapted for arrangment on said vehicle part (12),
- a locking element (30) arranged on the lighting unit (10),
- means for mounting the locking element (30) between the lighting unit (10) and the vehicle part (12) so that said locking element (30) is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, whereby the lighting unit (10) can be put on the holding element (20) by moving said lighting unit (10) in a mounting direction (16) when the locking element (30) is in said unlocked position, and wherein said locking element (30) is movable transversely to the mounting direction (16) into said locked position for securing the lighting unit (10) on the vehicle part (12) and lock the lighting unit (10) on the holding element (20) of the vehicle part (12);
- an operating element (58) rotatably mounted on the lighting unit (10);
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- pivoting means (36,69) for rotatably coupling the operating element (58) with the locking element (3), whereby a rotational motion of the operating element (58) is converted into a translational motion of the locking element (30) between said unlocked position and said locked position.
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