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Granted Patent B2
US 9,335,457 · App. 14/411,751 · Granted May 10, 2016

Fabric with light emitting layer

Inventors: Tina Zimmermann (Balingen, DE); Hubert Bieder (Denkendorf, DE)
Assignee: Daimler AG
G02B6/001B60Q3/002D03D1/00D03D1/0088D03D11/00D03D15/00F21V13/08D10B2201/02D10B2211/04D10B2321/022D10B2331/02D10B2331/04D10B2401/13D10B2401/16D10B2401/20D10B2403/023D10B2505/12
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Patent No.
US 9,335,457
App. No.
14/411,751
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A textile fabric has at least one fabric layer with warp and weft threads and at least one light emission layer abutting onto the first fabric layer in a flat manner and is connected to this and is formed for the conduction and the emission of light. This arrangement provides a textile fabric that provides ambient illumination.

Claims (25)

1. A textile fabric, comprising:

a first fabric layer having warp and weft threads; and

a light emission layer abutting onto the first fabric layer in a flat manner, wherein the light emission layer is connected to the first fabric layer, and wherein the light emission layer is configured to conduct and emit light,

wherein

the light emission layer comprises a second fabric layer having warp and weft threads,

at least one of the warp or weft threads of the second fabric layer is an optical fiber configured to at least partially extract light transversely to a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber,

the optical fiber is undulated in the second fabric layer by weft or warp threads that are complementary to the optical fiber.

2. The textile fabric of claim 1 , wherein the optical fiber comprises a synthetic fiber made from polymethacrylic acid ester, polystyrene, or polycarbonate.

3. A textile fabric, comprising:

a first fabric layer having warp and weft threads; and

a light emission layer abutting onto the first fabric layer in a flat manner, wherein the light emission layer is connected to the first fabric layer, and wherein the light emission layer is configured to conduct and emit light,

wherein the light emission layer comprises an electroluminescent yarn that is arranged to be free of undulations between the first and a third fabric layer.

4. A textile fabric, comprising:

a first fabric layer having warp and weft threads;

a light emission layer abutting onto the first fabric layer in a flat manner, wherein the light emission layer is connected to the first fabric layer, and wherein the light emission layer is configured to conduct and emit light; and

a reflective layer on a surface of the light emission layer facing away from the first fabric layer, wherein the reflective layer is configured to reflect light emitted from the light emission layer in a direction of the first fabric layer,

wherein the reflective layer is a third fabric layer having warp and weft threads.

5. The textile fabric of claim 4 , wherein the third fabric layer comprises at least one synthetic fiber made from polymethacrylic acid ester.

6. The textile fabric of claim 4 , wherein the light emission layer is fixed to the first fabric layer or the reflective layer by a first or second adhesive layer.

7. The textile fabric of claim 4 , wherein

the light emission layer is fixed to the first fabric layer or the reflective layer by at least one connection warp thread or at least one connection weft thread, or

the reflective layer is fixed to the first fabric layer by at least one connection warp thread or at least one connection weft thread.

8. The textile fabric of claim 4 , wherein

the first fabric layer, second fabric layer, or third fabric layer comprises at least one elastane yarn, or

the first fabric layer comprises at least one transparent synthetic fiber made from polypropylene or polyester or polyamide, at least one transparent natural fiber made from silk or cotton, or the first, second, or third fabric layer comprises a heatable or electrically conductive or fluorescent or antibacterial thread.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2015
From: ZIMMERMANN, TINA; BIEDER, HUBERT
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 034733/0558 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 013 105 · Jun 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150177436A1 · Jun 25, 2015