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Granted Patent B2
US 11,904,763 · App. 18/137,118 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Lighting grill assembly for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Moon Sub Hwang (Yongin-si, KR); Soon Mo Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
B60Q1/2661B60R19/52
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Patent No.
US 11,904,763
App. No.
18/137,118
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a lighting grill assembly for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same, the lighting grill assembly for a vehicle a grill cover, a black paint portion painted using a black paint on a rear surface of the grill cover, and the black paint portion forming a light transmitting portion through which light passes by removing a part of the painted black paint, an inner lens spaced apart from the rear surface of the grill cover in a rearward direction, and a metal layer is deposited on a surface of the inner lens, and a light source configured to radiate light from a rear of the inner lens.

Claims (16)

1. A lighting grill assembly for a vehicle, the lighting grill assembly comprising:

a grill cover;

a black paint portion, painted using a black paint on at least a portion of one surface of the grill cover, forming a light transmitting portion through which light passes;

an inner lens spaced apart from the one surface of the grill cover, and having a metal layer deposited thereon; and

a light source configured to radiate light toward the inner lens.

2. The lighting grill assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a clear paint portion painted using a clear paint on the rear surface of the grill cover on which the black paint portion is formed.

3. The lighting grill assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a diffusion paint portion is painted, using a diffusion paint, on a rear surface of the inner lens.

4. The lighting grill assembly of claim 1 ,

wherein a fine pattern portion is formed on the metal layer, the fine pattern portion corresponding to a rear of the light transmitting portion.

5. The lighting grill assembly of claim 4 ,

wherein the light transmitting portion and the fine pattern portion are formed by removing the painted black paint and the deposited metal layer by laser etching.

6. The lighting grill assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a grill housing coupled to the rear surface of the grill cover, and a plurality of light sources being installed in the grill housing; and

a light source installation groove extending in a rearward direction is formed in the grill housing, and each of the of the plurality of light sources are installed in the light source installation groove.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0162911 · Nov 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17873554 · Jul 26, 2022
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