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Granted Patent B2
US 10,328,871 · App. 15/718,854 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Panel for a vehicle interior

Inventors: Othmane Faik (La Wantzeanu, FR); Stephen Bellagamba (Strasbourg, FR); Guillaume Basquin (Wissembourg, FR); Jan Koerner (Kieselbronn, DE); Henning Bein (Tiefenbronn, DE)
Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
B60R13/0262B60K35/00B60Q3/54B60R13/02B60K2350/106B60K2350/925B60R2013/0287
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Patent No.
US 10,328,871
App. No.
15/718,854
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A panel for a vehicle interior including a cover layer and a mask layer, wherein the cover layer has a frontside and a backside, and the mask layer is disposed at the backside of the cover layer. The cover layer includes a semi-transparent layer. The cover layer has a light transmittance of at most 90 percent in a direction perpendicular to the frontside, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent display region and an opaque region, wherein the opaque region is located adjacent to the display region.

Claims (11)

1. A panel for a vehicle interior comprising a cover layer and a mask layer, wherein the cover layer has a frontside and a backside, and the mask layer is disposed at the backside of the cover layer, the cover layer comprises a semi-transparent layer, and the cover layer has a light transmittance of at most 90 percent in a direction perpendicular to the frontside, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent display region and an opaque region, wherein the opaque region is located adjacent to the display region, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent region and a transition region, wherein the transition region is disposed between the transparent region and the opaque region and the light transmittance increases in the transition region in a direction from the opaque region towards the transparent region.

2. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the semi-transparent layer is made of glass or covered by a glass layer.

3. The panel of claim 2 characterised in that at least one layer of the cover layer is bent by cold forming.

4. The panel of claim 2 , characterised in that at least one layer of the cover layer is bent by hot forming.

5. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the display region ( 3 ) is formed by an opening or a transparent material.

6. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the semi-transparent layer has a light transmittance of at least 20 percent in the direction perpendicular to the frontside.

7. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the transition region comprises a gradual transition.

8. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the panel comprises a carrier that supports the cover layer.

9. The panel of claim 8 , characterised in that the carrier is transparent.

10. The panel of claim 1 , characterised in that the panel comprises a display disposed underneath the display region.

11. A vehicle interior trim part, comprising the panel of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: FAIK, OTHMANE; BELLAGAMBA, STEPHEN; BASQUIN, GUILLAUME; KOERNER, JAN; BEIN, HENNING
To: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 044245/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 218 916 · Sep 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180111569A1 · Apr 26, 2018