Method of fabricating console with grounded trim ring
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, James J. Surman
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Abstract
A vehicle console includes a trim ring disposed over a periphery of a housing. The trim ring includes a polymeric material and is electrically conductive and grounded. A proximity switch assembly is retained in the housing. The proximity switch assembly includes a proximity sensor proximate a sensing pad for generating an activation field. The sensing pad is proximate the trim ring.
Claims12
A method of making a vehicular trim assembly comprising:
- forming a housing assembly of a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a higher electrical resistivity than the second substrate;
- electroplating the second substrate;
- placing a proximity switch assembly having a selectively generated activation field within the housing assembly;
- and
- conductively coupling the second substrate to a printed circuit board ground to prevent the second substrate from disrupting the selectively generated activation field.
A method of making a vehicular trim assembly comprising:
- forming a housing assembly of a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a higher electrical resistivity than the second substrate;
- and
- electroplating the second substrate, wherein electroplating the second substrate further comprises:
- etching a surface of the second substrate with chromic acid;
- rinsing the surface;
- coating the surface with copper;
- coating the copper with nickel;
- and
- coating the nickel with chrome.
A method of making a vehicular trim assembly comprising:
- forming a housing assembly of a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a higher electrical resistivity than the second substrate;
- and
- electroplating the second substrate,
- wherein forming the housing assembly of the first substrate and the second substrate further comprises:
- using a two shot molding process to form the housing assembly of the first substrate and the second substrate.
A method of making a vehicular trim assembly comprising:
- forming a housing assembly of a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a higher electrical resistivity than the second substrate, wherein the housing assembly comprises a trim ring disposed over a periphery of a housing, and wherein the trim ring comprises a polymeric material and is electrically conductive and grounded;
- and
- electroplating the second substrate.
A method of making a vehicular trim assembly comprising:
- forming a housing assembly of a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a higher electrical resistivity than the second substrate, wherein the housing assembly comprises a trim ring disposed over a periphery of a housing, wherein the trim ring comprises a polymeric material and is electrically conductive and grounded;
- electroplating the second substrate;
- and
- placing a proximity switch assembly in the housing, the proximity switch assembly comprising a proximity sensor proximate a sensing pad for generating an activation field, wherein the sensing pad is proximate to the trim ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.