Vehicle trim element
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsGeoffroy Topart, Thierry Vourlat, Dany Desrus
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Abstract
A vehicle trim element has a panel that includes at least one colored mask having solid areas and at least one aperture delimiting a pattern, and a colored screen transmitting light and closing each aperture of the mask. The mask and the screen are substantially of the same color so that the pattern is visible when the panel is backlit and substantially invisible in the absence of backlighting.
Claims28
A vehicle trim element configured for installation in a vehicle, the trim element having a panel comprising at least one colored mask formed of a first material and having solid areas and at least one aperture delimiting a pattern, and a first colored screen formed of a second material, the colored screen transmitting light and closing said or each aperture of the mask, the first material of the mask and the second material of the screen being substantially of the same color, so that, when the trim element is installed in the vehicle, the pattern is visible at a front face of the panel in a passenger compartment of the vehicle when the panel is backlit at an opposite rear face of the panel and substantially invisible in the absence of backlighting,
- wherein the panel comprises a second colored screen formed from a material that transmits light and is substantially the same color as the first and second materials, the two colored screens sandwiching the mask therebetween.
A vehicle trim element, the trim element having a panel comprising:
- a colored mask having solid areas and at least one aperture delimiting a pattern, the mask being formed from a first material;
- a first colored screen closing said at least one aperture of the mask, the screen being formed from a second material that transmits light;
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- a supporting layer that transmits light, the supporting layer forming at least a portion of a visible front face of the panel,
- wherein the mask is located between the colored screen and the supporting layer, and
- wherein the first material and the second material are substantially the same color so that the pattern is visible at the front face of the panel when the panel is backlit at an opposite rear face of the panel and substantially invisible in the absence of backlighting,
- wherein the trim element is a multilayer trim element made a superposition of layers, the first colored screen and the colored mask being superposed layers of the multilayer trim element
- wherein the panel comprises a second colored screen formed from a material that transmits light and is substantially the same color as the first and second materials, the two colored screens sandwiching the mask therebetween.
A vehicle trim element, the trim element having a panel comprising:
- a colored mask having solid areas and at least one aperture delimiting a pattern, the mask being formed from a first material;
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- a first colored screen closing said at least one aperture of the mask, the screen being formed from a second material that transmits light,
- wherein the first material and the second material are substantially the same color so that the pattern is visible when the panel is backlit and substantially invisible in the absence of backlighting, and
- wherein the first material transmits light such that light passes through the solid areas of the mask, with more light passing through the apertures than through the solid areas,
- wherein the trim element is a multilayer trim element made a superposition of layers, the first colored screen and the colored mask being superposed layers of the multilayer trim element,
- wherein the panel comprises a second colored screen formed from a material that transmits light and is substantially the same color as the first and second materials, the two colored screens sandwiching the mask therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.