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US 10,308,173 B2Granted
Illuminated plate for motor vehicle
AssigneeNozomu Hope SHIGAKI
InventorNozomu Hope Shigaki
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Abstract
An illuminated plate for motor vehicles includes: a base sheet; an electroluminescent sheet; a background sheet which is transparent, translucent, or reflective, and which has a cutout section constituted by openings shaped in characters for display; character inserts which are transparent or translucent and shaped in the characters, which character inserts are infixed in the corresponding openings of the characters in the cutout section; and a clear cover sheet.
Claims13
An illuminated plate for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a base sheet configured to be mounted to a motor vehicle;
- an electroluminescent sheet for providing illumination configured to be connected to an inverter, said electroluminescent sheet being overlaid on the base sheet;
- a background sheet which is transparent, translucent, or reflective, and which has a cutout section constituted by openings shaped in two or more figures for display, said background sheet being overlaid on the electroluminescent sheet;
- character insert sheets which are flat and transparent or translucent and shaped in the said two or more figures, said character insert sheets being infixed in the corresponding openings of the two or more figures in the cutout section, wherein the background sheet and the character insert sheets have different transparent colors and shades, wherein the background sheet and the character insert sheets have substantially the same thickness which is in a range of about 50 μm to about 1,000 μm, wherein the character insert sheets and the corresponding openings of the two or more figures have substantially same dimensional figures;
- a clear underlying sheet to which the background sheet and the character inserts adhere in a manner that the background sheet and the character inserts are overlaid on the electroluminescent sheet via the clear underlying sheet;
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- a clear cover sheet which is overlaid on the background sheet and the character insert sheets for protection so that the character insert sheets and the background sheet are visible through the clear cover sheet,
- wherein a backside of each of the electroluminescent sheet, the background sheet, the character insert sheets, the clear underlying sheet, and the clear cover sheet has a pressure-sensitive permanent adhesive layer for adhering to its corresponding underlying sheet, all the sheets being integrated together by pressing.
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An illuminated dealer plate temporarily installed to a motor vehicle in place of a license plate, comprising:
- a base sheet configured to be mounted to a motor vehicle;
- an electroluminescent sheet for providing illumination configured to be connected to an inverter, said electroluminescent sheet being overlaid on the base sheet;
- a dealer sheet which is transparent, translucent, or reflective, and which includes a print layer formed thereon, said dealer sheet being overlaid on the electroluminescent sheet, said dealer sheet having a cutout section constituted by openings shaped in two or more figures for display;
- character insert sheets which are flat and transparent or translucent and shaped in the said two or more figures, said character insert sheets being infixed in the corresponding openings of the two or more figures in the cutout section, wherein the dealer sheet and the character insert sheets have different transparent colors and shades, wherein the dealer sheet and the character insert sheets have substantially the same thickness which is in a range of about 50 μm to about 1,000 μm, wherein the character insert sheets and the corresponding openings of the two or more figures have substantially same dimensional figures;
- a clear underlying sheet to which the dealer sheet and the character inserts adhere in a manner that the dealer sheet and the character inserts are overlaid on the electroluminescent sheet via the clear underlying sheet;
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- a clear cover sheet which is overlaid on the dealer sheet for protection so that the dealer sheet with the print layer is visible through the clear cover sheet'
- wherein a backside of each of the electroluminescent sheet, the dealer sheet, the character insert sheets, the clear underlying sheet, and the clear cover sheet has a pressure-sensitive permanent adhesive layer for adhering to its corresponding underlying sheet, all the sheets being integrated together by pressing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.