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US 11,958,406 B2Granted
Illuminated stitching that provides vehicle status
AssigneeInteva Products, LLC
InventorsAidano Nascimento, Tyler Bame, Pamela Sue Greenwald
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Abstract
An illuminated stitching assembly for a vehicle interior, including: a diffuser; a light source; an outer layer secured to the diffuser; and stitches located on the outer layer, the stitches being illuminated by the light source, the light source being operably coupled to a controller, the controller being configured to operate the light source, wherein the diffuser is configured to be inserted into a cavity of a substrate layer.
Claims12
An illuminated stitching assembly for a vehicle interior, comprising:
- a diffuser;
- a light source;
- an outer layer secured to the diffuser;
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- stitches located on the outer layer, the stitches being illuminated by the light source, the light source being operably coupled to a controller, the controller being configured to operate the light source, wherein the diffuser is configured to be inserted into a cavity of a substrate layer and the diffuser is spaced from the light source.
2 more elements
An illuminated stitching assembly for a vehicle interior, comprising:
- stitches located on an outer layer, a welt located in a gap of a seam of the outer layer, the stitches and the welt being capable of being illuminated by a light source, the light source being operably coupled to a controller, the controller being operably coupled to at least one sensor;
- a diffuser located between the light source and the stitches, the outer layer being secured to the diffuser, wherein the diffuser is configured to be inserted into a cavity of a substrate layer and the diffuser is spaced from the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.