Integrated Luminous Vehicle Garnish with Embedded Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle garnishes with illumination technologies require separate manufacturing and assembly of illumination units and garnish bodies, leading to a complex structure, unnecessary surface treatments, and difficulty in achieving a luxurious image with synchronized patterns and illuminations.
Innovation Solution
A luminous vehicle garnish with an integrated surface-emitting illumination unit and garnish body, where a light-transmitting film with patterns is used, and the illumination unit is embedded within the garnish body, allowing for unified surface treatment and material, enabling various patterns and illuminations at the same portion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate illumination unit and garnish body are manufactured and assembled, then manufacturing flexibility is improved, but device complexity and surface treatment processes increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the illumination unit and garnish body into a single integrated structure where the illumination unit is embedded within the garnish body. This integration eliminates the need for separate manufacturing and assembly processes, reducing structural complexity while maintaining manufacturing flexibility through modular design elements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate illumination unit and garnish body are used, then component independence is improved, but surface treatment uniformity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the illumination unit within the garnish body, the patent enables uniform surface treatment across the entire structure. The single-piece construction allows consistent application of surface treatments without the discontinuities that would arise from assembling separate components, thereby improving manufacturing precision while maintaining component functionality.
3Device complexity
If illumination unit is embedded in garnish body, then surface treatment processes are minimized, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination unit is pre-positioned and embedded within the garnish body during the initial manufacturing process. This preliminary action allows the garnish body to be formed as a single piece with the illumination unit already integrated, eliminating subsequent assembly steps and simplifying surface treatment processes while managing manufacturing complexity through planned integration.
4Manufacturing precision
If integral garnish structure is used, then surface treatment is unified, but pattern synchronization difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different surface treatments and patterns to specific local regions of the integrated garnish body corresponding to different functional zones. By tailoring the surface properties locally rather than uniformly, the patent achieves pattern synchronization with the illumination unit while maintaining unified surface treatment processes, resolving the contradiction between treatment unification and pattern coordination.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution minimizes surface treatment processes, unifies surface materials, and enhances the luxurious appearance by allowing synchronized pattern and illumination effects during day and night, improving the product value and quality of the interior material.
Implementation Method 1
the garnish body is formed of a light transmitting material
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a luminous garnish for a vehicle in which an illumination unit and a light emitting unit forms an integral part, wherein the garnish provides various patterns and illuminations at a same portion of an integral part, thereby realizing the luxury and high product value of the interior material.