IP Library Granted Patent US 12,056,318
Granted Patent B2
US 12,056,318 · App. 17/113,673 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Black colored object having an electromagnetic or electric field function

Inventor: Klaus Seifert (Darmstadt, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
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Patent No.
US 12,056,318
App. No.
17/113,673
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the case of a black-colored object having an electromagnetic or electric field function, wherein the black-colored object is colored by means of pigments, is covered with a component colored by means of pigments, or is coated with a lacquer, wherein the lacquer includes pigments, provision is made for the pigments to be electrically non-conductive.

Claims (12)

1. A black-colored object having one of an electromagnetic and electric field function comprising:

a data transfer function,

wherein the black colored object is an operating apparatus with a capacitive input surface through which a user capacitive input is received,

wherein the capacitive input surface is one of colored by pigments, covered with a component colored by pigments, and coated with a lacquer that includes and is colored by pigments, and

wherein the capacitive input surface comprises:

a layer with conductive pigments,

a layer with non-conductive spinel pigments, the layers are arranged one of directly adjacent to one another and at a distance from one another, and

a capacitive input electrode for receiving said user capacitive input.

2. The black-colored object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the non-conductive pigments are one of copper-chromium-iron-spinel pigments and chromium-iron-nickel-manganese-spinel pigments.

3. The black-colored object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the capacitive input surface includes a transparent material.

4. The black-colored object as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transparent material is colored by pigments.

5. The black-colored object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operating apparatus has an electro-optical display that is one of arranged adjacent to and at a distance from the capacitive input surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: SEIFERT, KLAUS, DR.
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 054590/0418 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2018 209 085.8 · Jun 7, 2018 · national
DE 10 2018 216 897.0 · Oct 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2019064988 · Jun 7, 2019
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