Light permeable vehicle interior panel
AssigneeFaurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
InventorsHugo Piccin, Julien Mohy-Paci
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Abstract
A vehicle interior panel includes a decorative layer formed from a material that blocks transmission of a range of wireless communication frequencies. Perforations are formed through the material so that the decorative layer permits wireless communication through the panel. The perforations may be formed in a pattern so that an illuminated pattern is displayed at a decorative side of the panel when backlit. The perforations can be made non-visible and enable the use of carbon fiber and other conductive materials in the decorative layer without sacrificing wireless communication capability.
Claims20
A vehicle interior panel, comprising:
- a decorative layer formed from a material that blocks transmission of a range of wireless communication frequencies;
- and
- a wireless communicator mounted along a back side of the panel that operates in said range of frequencies,
- wherein the decorative layer includes discrete spaced apart perforations such that the wireless communicator can communicate through the panel.
A vehicle interior panel, comprising:
- a substrate comprising a plastic material;
- a decorative layer overlying the substrate formed from a material that blocks transmission of a range of wireless communication frequencies, wherein the material of the decorative layer comprises an electrically conductive material;
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- an adhesive layer attaching the decorative layer to the substrate,
- wherein the adhesive layer is elastomeric and can withstand a temperature-induced strain differential between the substrate and decorative layer without permanent deformation, and
- wherein the decorative layer includes perforations such that an underlying wireless communicator that operates in said range of frequencies can communicate through the panel.
A vehicle interior panel comprising a decorative layer formed from a material that blocks transmission of a range of wireless communication frequencies, wherein the decorative layer includes discrete spaced apart perforations such that an underlying wireless communicator that operates in said range of frequencies can communicate through the panel, and
- wherein the perforations are sized to be non-visible from a decorative side of the panel in the absence of backlighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.