Soft upper trim for switch assembly of vehicle door and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneesSeoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd., Seoyon America Corporation
InventorsJi Hyun Cho, Dong Suk Kim, Jong Kyu Kim, Sung Won Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
Claims4
A soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, the soft upper trim comprising an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin, which are laminated, wherein:
- the upper substrate has a through-hole vertically formed therein, in which a switch module is inserted;
- an upper surface of the upper substrate is formed as an inclined surface which is gradually inclined upward toward the through-hole;
- the foam includes an inclined foam pressed on the inclined surface and a horizontal foam disposed in the through-hole and having a hole vertically formed therein;
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- a light guide plate is inserted into the through-hole such that a symbol is disposed at a position corresponding to the hole.
A soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, the soft upper trim comprising an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin, which are laminated, wherein:
- the upper substrate has a first through-hole vertically formed therein, in which a switch module is disposed;
- an upper surface of the upper substrate is formed as an inclined surface which is gradually inclined upward toward the through-hole;
- the foam includes an inclined foam pressed on the inclined surface and a horizontal foam disposed in the through-hole;
- a foam recessed groove at least further recessed upward compared to the foam on the inclined surface of the upper substrate formed in a lower surface of the horizontal foam;
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- a light guide plate having an upper surface engraved with a symbol inserted into the through-hole and the foam recessed groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.