Method for manufacturing a color-changing body component for a motor vehicle, body component for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
DE102025127280B3Undetermined Publication Date: 2026-07-23DR ING H C F PORSCHE AG
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102025127280
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-11
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2045-07-11
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a color-changing body component (10) for a motor vehicle (100), wherein the body component (10) comprises a color-changing film unit (20) which includes at least one color-changing active layer (21) by electrical control, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - providing a planar film unit (20) with a thermoplastically deformable carrier layer (22) and at least one color-changing active layer (21) arranged on the carrier layer (22), as well as an electrical connection (23) for controlling the active layer (21), - heating the film unit (20) to a predetermined forming temperature, - thermoforming the film unit (20) by inserting it into a mold with a counter contour of the body component, wherein the film unit (20) is adapted to the counter contour of the mold.- Cooling the film unit (20) in its shaped state and - Fixing the shaped film unit (20) onto a body component (10).
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