IP Library Granted Patent US 12,460,966
Granted Patent B2
US 12,460,966 · App. 17/923,032 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Apparatus for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle

Inventors: Sebastian Knünz (Munich, DE); Gianfranco Visano (Seligenstadt, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
G01J1/0407B60K35/22B60K35/60B60K37/20B60K35/10
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Patent No.
US 12,460,966
App. No.
17/923,032
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle comprising a translucent front panel, an infrared component configured to receive and/or transmit radiation in the infrared range, a coating arranged on a main surface of the front panel, wherein the infrared component is arranged on the main surface of the front panel in a component region, the coating is arranged between the front panel and the infrared component and is arranged both in the component region and outside the component region, and the coating is transmissive to radiation in the infrared range and has a predefined color locus is disclosed. A motor vehicle comprising an apparatus is also disclosed.

Claims (19)

1 . An apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a translucent front panel;

an infrared component configured to receive and/or transmit radiation in the infrared range; and

a coating arranged on a main surface of the front panel,

wherein

the infrared component is arranged on the main surface of the front panel in a component region, wherein the coating is arranged between the front panel and the infrared component and is arranged both in the component region and outside the component region, and wherein the coating is transmissive to radiation in the infrared range and has a predefined color locus.

2 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a display apparatus for displaying visual information, wherein the display apparatus is arranged on the main surface of the front panel in a display region, wherein the coating at least partly surrounds the display region.

3 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the coating completely surrounds the display region in a frame-like manner.

4 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the display apparatus has a further color locus in a switched-off state, wherein the predefined color locus is predefined such that the predefined color locus and the further color locus are identical within predefined tolerances.

5 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coating is embodied as an imprint, a foil and/or a film.

6 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coating is constructed from a plurality of partial layers, wherein the partial layers each have mutually different optical properties.

7 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predefined color locus is predefined such that the predefined color locus is black to an external observer within predefined tolerances.

8 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of infrared components arranged in respectively assigned component regions, wherein the component regions are spaced apart from one another.

9 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a frame region is provided between the component regions, wherein the coating is embodied in an identical fashion in the component regions and in the frame regions.

10 . A motor vehicle, comprising an apparatus comprising:

a translucent front panel;

an infrared component configured to receive and/or transmit radiation in the infrared range; and

a coating arranged on a main surface of the front panel,

wherein the infrared component is arranged on the main surface of the front panel in a component region, wherein the coating is arranged between the front panel and the infrared component and is arranged both in the component region and outside the component region, wherein the coating is transmissive to radiation in the infrared range and has a predefined color locus, and wherein the apparatus is arranged in an interior of the motor vehicle and is part of an information system of the motor vehicle.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2023
From: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 064499/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: VISANO, GIANFRANCO
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 064483/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: KNÜNZ, SEBASTIAN
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG
Reel/Frame 064419/0099 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 112 221.7 · May 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230173918A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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