IP Library Granted Patent US 11,167,521
Granted Patent B2
US 11,167,521 · App. 16/706,894 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Decorative molded part

Inventors: Martin Schmidt (Gerabronn, DE); Claudia Wengert (Pforzheim, DE)
Assignee: Joysonquin Automotive Systems GMBH
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Patent No.
US 11,167,521
App. No.
16/706,894
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Decorative molded part with a support, on the front side facing a visible side of the decorative molded part of which a first and a second decorative layer are arranged side by side, the first decorative layer being applied to the support as a continuous layer and the second decorative layer being applied to the first decorative layer. A decorative molded part of the type mentioned above with a special aesthetic appearance is provided by the fact that the second decorative layer is made of a wood veneer and the first decorative layer is made of a metal foil and that the second decorative layer is pressed into the first decorative layer.

Claims (20)

1. A decorative molded part comprising:

a support, on the front side facing a visible side of the decorative molded part of which a first and a second decorative layer are arranged side by side, the first decorative layer being applied to the support as a continuous layer and the second decorative layer being applied to the first decorative layer, wherein the second decorative layer is made of a wood veneer and the first decorative layer is made of a metal foil harder than the wood veneer, and in that the second decorative layer is pressed into the first decorative layer.

2. A decorative molded part according to claim 1 , wherein a visible surface of the decorative molded part is formed by surface portions of the first and second decorative layers.

3. A decorative molded part according to claim 2 , wherein the surface portions of the first decorative layer comprise between 45% and 55% of the visible surface, and remaining visible surface is formed by the surface portions of the second decorative layer.

4. A decorative molded part according to claim 3 , wherein the surface portions of the second decorative layer and the surface portions of the first decorative layer have approximately the same visible surface area.

5. A decorative molded part according to claim 2 , wherein the visible surface is configured in the manner of a ship deck with elongated parallel strips of the second decorative layer with intermediate spacer strips of the first decorative layer.

6. A decorative molded part according to claim 5 , wherein the surface portions of the elongated parallel strips are over 97% of the visible surface, and the spacer strips occupy the rest of the visible surface.

7. A decorative molded part according to claim 6 , wherein the spacer strips are formed oblong and run parallel to each other, and in that the elongated parallel strips are formed oblong and run parallel to each other.

8. A decorative molded part according to claim 1 , wherein the first decorative layer is formed as the metal foil with a thickness of between 0.05 and 0.3 mm and in that the second decorative layer has a thickness of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm.

9. A decorative molded part according to claim 2 , wherein the surface portions of the first decorative layer comprises between 15% and 35% of the visible surface, and a remaining visible surface is formed by the surface portions of the second decorative layer.

10. A decorative molded part according to claim 1 , wherein the metal foil comprises aluminum.

11. A decorative molded part according to claim 1 , wherein the first decorative layer has a thickness of between 0.05 mm and 0.11 mm and the second decorative layer has a thickness of between 0.1 mm and 0.28 mm.

12. A decorative molded part having a visible side comprising:

a support;

a continuous first decorative layer adjacent said support;

a second decorative layer adjacent said continuous first decorative layer, said second decorative layer comprising a plurality of decorative elements arranged side by side;

wherein said continuous first decorative layer is made of a first material harder than a second material from which the plurality of decorative elements are made of and each of the plurality of decorative elements are pressed into said continuous first decorative layer so that said continuous first decorative layer is circumferentially formed around at least three sides of each of the plurality of decorative elements and the visible side of the decorative molded part comprises a surface of said continuous first decorative layer and a surface of said second decorative layer; and

wherein said first material comprises a metal foil, and said second material comprises a wood veneer.

13. A decorative molded part having a visible side as in claim 12 wherein:

said continuous first decorative layer has a thickness of between 0.05 mm and 0.11 mm and said second decorative layer has a thickness of between 0.1 mm and 0.28 mm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: SCHMIDT, MARTIN; WENGERT, CLAUDIA
To: JOYSONQUIN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 055350/0565 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2020
From: QUIN GMBH
To: JOYSONQUIN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 051840/0457 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018221678.9 · Dec 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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