Decorated switch for vehicles and interior panel for vehicles
AssigneesSeoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd., Seoyon America Corporation
InventorJong Hwan Jeon
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Abstract
There is provided a switch installed in a vehicle. The switch includes a cover made of a transparent material, a plate disposed below the cover in an inner side of the cover, and a film combined to the plate, the film having a printed pattern printed thereon. The pattern printed on the film is enlarged by refraction of a light from the pattern while the light passing through the cover, and then is visible enlarged to eyes of a user.
Claims12
A decorated switch for a vehicle, that is installed in a vehicle, the switch comprising:
- a cover made of a transparent material, the cover's inner surface being etched such that the cover's inner surface is formed as an inner uneven surface composed of continuous multiple polygonal flat surfaces;
- a flat plate disposed spaced apart from and below the cover in an inner side of the cover such that an air layer is located between the inner uneven surface composed of continuous multiple polygonal flat surfaces and the flat plate;
- and
- a film combined to the flat plate, the film having a printed pattern printed thereon,
- wherein the pattern printed on the film is enlarged by refraction of a light from the pattern while the light passing through the cover, and then is visible enlarged to eyes of a user,
- wherein the light from the pattern passes through the air layer and the cover consecutively while being refracted at least two times.
The decorated switch for a vehicle, that is installed in a vehicle, the switch comprising:
- a cover made of a transparent material;
- a flat plate disposed below the cover in an inner side of the cover;
- and
- a flat film combined to the flat plate, the flat film having a printed flat pattern printed thereon,
- wherein the flat pattern printed on the flat film is enlarged by refraction of a light from the pattern while the light passing through the cover, and then is visible enlarged to eyes of a user,
- wherein the cover and the plate are disposed to abut on each other, and
- at least a portion of an outer surface of the cover is produced with a surface having at least one continuous portion of polygonal flat surfaces,
- wherein the printed flat pattern on the flat film is a continuous polygonal pattern forming a single flat sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.