IP Library Granted Patent US 8,850,729
Granted Patent B2
US 8,850,729 · App. 12/638,479 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Instrument-display with a transparent appliqué over a display

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Patent No.
US 8,850,729
App. No.
12/638,479
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle-display with a carrier-layer.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle-display comprising:

a carrier-layer that comprises graphic-elements for the vehicle-display,

wherein the carrier-layer comprises an etched portion that constitutes at least one of the graphic-elements; and

an appliqué attached to the carrier-layer,

wherein the appliqué comprises a first etched portion that constitutes first graphic-elements for the vehicle-display,

wherein the at least one of the graphic-elements of the carrier-layer or the first graphic-elements of the appliqué is a scale,

wherein the first graphic-elements of the appliqué are a supplement to the graphic-elements of the carrier layer,

wherein the appliquéfurther comprises an opaque region,

wherein the appliqué is transparent and the opaque region is applied to the appliqué,

wherein the appliqué is congruent with the carrier-layer,

wherein the appliqué is a film, and

wherein the film has an adhesive-layer.

2. The vehicle-display according to claim 1 , wherein the appliqué further comprises a second etched portion that constitutes the opaque region.

3. The vehicle-display according to claim 1 , wherein the appliqué further comprises a printed portion that constitutes the opaque region.

4. The vehicle-display according to claim 1 , wherein the appliqué is transparent and further comprises a printed portion that constitutes second graphic-elements for the vehicle-display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2013
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 031691/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2010
From: SUSS, MANFRED; RINGENWALD, JOFFREY; HENRY, PIERRE; ALLIOT, PATRICK; DEUBZER, ANDREAS; SCHMITZ, INGO
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
Reel/Frame 024775/0211 →