Decorative element, dashboard, and method for manufacturing a decorative element
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a decorative element, to a dashboard of a motor vehicle, and to a method for manufacturing said decorative element, wherein the decorative element includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the decorative element being made of a first non-transparent material, wherein said first material has a decoration layer, and the second portion of the decorative element being made of a second transparent material, the first portion and the second portion of the decorative member being unitary.
1. A motor vehicle dashboard comprising at least one decorative element for use with a display device, the at least one decorative element comprising a first part and a second part, the first part of the at least one decorative element comprising a first non-transparent material, the first material being at least partially covered by a decoration layer, wherein the decoration layer comprises chromium, the second part of the at least one decorative element comprises a second transparent material, the first part of the at least one decorative element and the second part of the at least one decorative element are a single piece, at least a portion of the decoration layer is disposed onto a surface of the first part facing away from the second part, the display device includes a display area, and the at least one decorative element at least partially surrounds the display area of the display device.
2. The motor vehicle dashboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first part of the at least one decorative element and the second part of the at least one decorative element are produced via a two-stage injection molding.
3. The motor vehicle dashboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first part of the at least one decorative element and the second part of the at least one decorative element are produced via a two-component injection molding.
4. The motor vehicle dashboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises polyamide (PA), and/or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and/or polycarbonate+acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC-ABS), and/or polycarbonate (PC), or a composition of these materials.
5. The motor vehicle dashboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second material comprises polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate (PC) as transparency or diffusing variant.
6. The motor vehicle dashboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first material is chosen to be easily covered by the decoration layer in a decoration layer application process, and the second material is chosen such that, in the decoration layer application process, the second material is not covered by the decoration layer.
7. A motor vehicle dashboard comprising at least one decorative element for use with a display device, the at least one decorative element comprising a first part and a second part, the first part of the at least one decorative element comprising a first non-transparent material, the first material being at least partially covered by a decoration layer, wherein the decoration layer comprises chromium, the second part of the at least one decorative element comprises a second transparent material, the first part of the at least one decorative element and the second part of the at least one decorative element are a single piece, at least a portion of the decoration layer is not disposed between the first part and the second part, the display device includes a display area, and the at least one decorative element at least partially surrounds the display area of the display device.
8. A motor vehicle dashboard comprising at least one decorative element for use with a display device, the at least one decorative element comprising a first part and a second part, the first part of the at least one decorative element comprising a first non-transparent material, the first material being at least partially covered by a decoration layer, wherein the decoration layer comprises chromium, the second part of the at least one decorative element comprises a second transparent material, the first part of the at least one decorative element and the second part of the at least one decorative element are a single piece, the second part is disposed against an inner surface of the first part, the decoration layer is disposed onto an outer surface of the first part, opposite the inner surface, the display device includes a display area, and the at least one decorative element at least partially surrounds the display area of the display device.