Vehicle control panel and production method
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorAhamed El Sayed
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Abstract
A method of producing a control panel for a vehicle. The method includes the following operations: a) producing a touch-sensitive film, the touch-sensitive film including a film, a conductive layer, a main decorative layer, and a secondary decorative layer, the conductive layer being arranged on an inner face of the film, the main decorative layer being arranged on an outer face of the film, and the secondary decorative layer having at least one critical deformation portion arranged on the inner face of the film in at least one corresponding critical deformation zone; b) shaping said touch-sensitive film, the touch-sensitive film being shaped in a non-developable three-dimensional manner in each critical deformation zone; and c) molding a layer of plastic material onto the main decorative layer.
Claims14
Method of producing a control panel for a vehicle, comprising the following operations:
- a) producing a touch-sensitive film, the touch-sensitive film comprising a film, a conductive layer, a main decorative layer, and a secondary decorative layer, the film having an outer face and an inner face, the conductive layer being arranged on the inner face of the film, the main decorative layer being arranged on the outer face of the film, the secondary decorative layer comprising at least one critical deformation portion arranged on the inner face of the film in at least one critical deformation zone corresponding to the at least one critical deformation portion,
- b) shaping said touch-sensitive film, the touch-sensitive film being shaped in a non-developable three-dimensional manner in each critical deformation zone, and
- c) molding a layer of plastic material onto the main decorative layer, the plastic material allowing the passage of light.
Control panel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive film, the touch-sensitive film comprising a film, a conductive layer, and a main decorative layer, the film having an outer face and an inner face, the conductive layer being arranged on the inner face of the film, the main decorative layer being arranged on the outer face of the film, the touch-sensitive film having a non-developable three-dimensional shape in at least one critical deformation zone, and
- a plastic layer molded onto the main decorative layer, the plastic layer allowing the passage of light,
- wherein the touch-sensitive film further comprises a secondary decorative layer, the secondary decorative layer comprising at least one critical deformation portion arranged on the inner face of the film in each critical deformation zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.