Light-emitting interior trim component for a motor vehicle
View Patent ↗The invention relates to an interior trim component for a motor vehicle, which comprises: a carrier component, which determines the contour of the interior trim component, a cover layer, which is applied to a front side of the carrier component, and a light-emitting layer, which is applied to a back side of the carrier component, wherein the carrier component and the cover layer are transparent.
1. An interior trim component for a motor vehicle, which comprises:
a carrier component, which determines an outer contour of the interior trim component,
a cover layer, which is applied to a front side of the carrier component,
a light-emitting layer, which is applied to a back side of the carrier component, said light emitting layer having at least one plug-in connector end portion configured to receive light from a light source of said vehicle,
wherein the carrier component and the cover layer allow light to pass through, and
wherein the interior trim component has a supporting structure and the carrier component is the supporting structure of the interior trim component.
2. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the cover layer is permanently attached to the carrier component and the light-emitting layer is detachably attached to the carrier component.
3. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is coupled to the carrier component via a latch-, snap- or screw connection.
4. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is applied to a base layer.
5. The interior trim component according to claim 4 , wherein the base layer includes connectors to connect to said plug-in connector of said light emitting layer.
6. The interior trim component according to claim 4 , wherein the base layer is opaque.
7. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer comprises at least one of a woven fabric containing light-conducting fibers, a light-conducting film, a light-conducting plate, an electroluminescent film, and a film or a foil with at least one integrated or printed LED wherein the foil is at least one of electrically conducting and light-conducting.
8. The interior trim component according to claim 7 , wherein the woven fabric containing light-conducting fibers comprises PMMA fibers.
9. The interior trim component according to claim 7 , wherein the woven fabric containing the light-conducting fibers has a woven structure and/or an opaque back side.
10. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is a woven fabric containing light-conducting fibers and the woven fabric is opened up in the region of an opening in the interior trim component such that the light-conducting fibers are routed around the opening without interrupting light conduction.
11. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier component is made of a colored or uncolored plastic, and serves as a diffuser for the light emitted by the light-emitting layer.
12. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , which is embodied as an insert for interior trim or as an entire interior trim component, said interior trim component comprising the panel for the inside of a door, an instrument panel, a center console, a column, a roof liner, a seat, an armrest, a storage compartment or a cover thereof.
13. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is optically coupled to said light source.
14. The interior trim component according to claim 13 , wherein the light source comprises at least one LED.
15. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier component is injection molded.
16. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier component is formed of a rigid plastic material.
17. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier component is formed of at least one of ABS, PC, PC-ABS, PMMA, PU, PET and PP.
18. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier component is self-supporting.
19. The interior trim component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one connector comprises at least one connector pin.
20. The interior trim panel component according to claim 1 wherein the cover layer comprises a decorative layer.
21. The interior trim panel component of according to claim 1 wherein the light-emitting layer comprises woven fabric containing regions having different light emitting intensity.
22. The interior trim panel component according to claim 1 wherein the carrier component is rigid.
23. The interior trim panel component according to claim 1 wherein the carrier component is semi-rigid.
24. The interior trim panel component according to claim 1 wherein the carrier component is formed by injection molding, vacuum molding, back molding, compression molding, casting or 3-D printing.
25. A method for producing an interior trim component for a vehicle which comprises:
producing a composite composed of a carrier component and a cover layer, wherein the cover layer is permanently applied to the front side of the carrier component,
attaching the light-emitting layer to the back side of the carrier component of the composite, wherein the attachment is detachable, said light emitting layer having at least one plug-in connector end portion configured to receive light from a light source of said vehicle,
wherein the carrier component and the cover layer allow light to pass through, and
wherein the interior trim component has a supporting structure and the carrier component is the supporting structure of the interior trim component.