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Automobile ornament panel including an icon and a light-transmitting material

A technology for decorative panels and motor vehicles, which is applied in transportation and packaging, vehicle interior lighting devices, signal devices, etc., and can solve problems such as decreased display quality, existence of air bubbles or dust, and blurred icons.

Active Publication Date: 2011-09-14
FAURECIA INTERIEUR IND
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Icons become blurry and display quality degrades
Such defects as air bubbles or dust in the light path

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[0026] In this specification, "outside" means visible from the vehicle cab, and "inside" means invisible. The terms "up" and "down" are defined relative to the direction going from the cab wall to the interior of the cab.

[0027] see figure 1 A decorative panel 1 is described having a translucent, ie flexible, case 2 that allows the passage of light, and a support layer 4 under and against the translucent case 2 . The case 2 forms the outer surface 6 of the plate 1 , which is visible from the cabin of the motor vehicle. The supporting layer 4 is made, for example, of a foam material in order to give the decorative panel 1 a soft touch. The assembly can be shaped in a desired manner to fit the trim of the motor vehicle. The outer surface 6 formed by the watch case 2 is for example substantially flat, or has raised or recessed areas, for example to indicate the presence of motor vehicle function control buttons under the watch case 2 / support layer 4 assembly.

[0028] The ...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a panel that includes at least one icon area (8), said area (8) being illuminated by a light source (10) placed under the ornament panel, the ornament panel (1) including a translucent skin (2) forming the outer surface (6) of the ornament panel and a substrate layer (4) placed against the skin (2), said substrate layer (4) including an opening (14) placed at least between the light source (10) and the icon area (8). A light-transmitting material (18) is placed in at least part of said opening (14), said material (18) being placed in a translucent substrate element (20) placed in the opening (14) between said material (18) and said light source (10).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a trim panel for a motor vehicle having at least one icon-forming area illuminated by a light source arranged under the trim panel, the trim panel having a translucent case forming the outer surface of the trim panel and being arranged against the case A support layer having an opening disposed at least between the light source and the icon forming area. [0002] The invention also relates to a method for producing such a trim panel and to a motor vehicle having such a panel. Background technique [0003] It is known to provide decorative panels of the above-mentioned type which allow the display of icons indicating certain functions or certain states of the motor vehicle directly on the casing of these panels. The so-called icons refer to any figurative or symbolic graphics, including alphanumeric symbols, used for information transmission purposes. [0004] In this veneer, the icons are backlit, with the light passing throu...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60R13/02B60Q3/00B60Q3/02B60Q3/04B60K35/00
CPCB60Q2500/10B60R13/0256B60R13/02B60Q3/044B60Q3/14B60Q3/54
Inventor J-F·厄夫拉尔G·博
Owner FAURECIA INTERIEUR IND