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US 12,179,662 B2Granted
Illuminable indication system and method for manufacturing illuminable indication system
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJeanette Puig-Pey, Louella Patterson, Mike Powell, Paul Severinski, Samuel Hanlon
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an illuminable indication system that includes a light emitting diode (LED) assembly including at least one LED, and a flexible member at least partially covering the LED assembly, the flexible member including a translucent portion, wherein when illuminated by the at least one LED, the translucent portion provides an illuminated indication to a user.
Claims17
An illuminable indication system, comprising:
- a light emitting diode (LED) assembly including at least one LED;
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- a flexible member partially covering the LED assembly and attached to a vehicle seat trim cover material, the flexible member including a translucent portion that is one of laser etched, scored, flattened, or thinned,
- wherein the vehicle seat trim cover material comprises a translucent area corresponding to the translucent portion of the flexible member, and
- wherein when illuminated by the at least one LED, the translucent portion provides an illuminated indication to a user.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a flexible member having a translucent portion permitting light to pass through;
- covering a portion of a light emitting diode (LED) assembly with the flexible member, the LED assembly including at least one LED;
- attaching a vehicle seat trim cover material to the flexible member, wherein the vehicle seat trim cover material comprises a translucent area corresponding to the translucent portion of the flexible member;
- wherein when illuminated by the at least one LED, the translucent portion that is one of laser etched, scored, flattened, or thinned, provides an illuminated indication to a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.