Vehicle roof assembly comprising a patterned transparent panel and method of providing a pattern on a transparent element
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorStephan Paulus Jan Geurts
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Abstract
A roof assembly for covering an opening in a vehicle roof comprises a transparent panel and a lighting assembly. The lighting assembly comprises an illumination pattern arranged on the transparent panel. The illumination pattern comprises at least one low-density pattern element. Such low-density pattern element comprises a light-scattering area and transparent areas. The transparent areas are enclosed within the light-scattering area. A surface area of the light-scattering area of the low-density pattern element is smaller than a sum of a surface area of the enclosed transparent areas.
Claims10
A roof assembly for covering an opening in a vehicle roof, the roof assembly comprising:
- a transparent panel;
- and
- a lighting assembly comprising an illumination pattern arranged on the transparent panel,
- wherein the illumination pattern comprises at least one low-density pattern line element, the low-density pattern line element comprising a light-scattering area and enclosed transparent areas enclosed within the light-scattering area,
- wherein an edge of the low-density pattern line element is formed between the light-scattering area and a surrounding area, the surrounding area being adjacent to the low-density pattern line element,
- wherein the enclosed transparent areas each have a surface area with a representative diameter of 150 microns or less, and
- wherein a surface area of the light-scattering area of the low-density pattern line element is smaller than a sum of a surface area of the enclosed transparent areas.
A vehicle having a vehicle roof and comprising a roof assembly mounted in an opening of the vehicle roof, the roof assembly comprising:
- a transparent panel;
- and
- a lighting assembly comprising an illumination pattern arranged on the transparent panel,
- wherein the illumination pattern comprises at least one low-density pattern line element, the low-density pattern line element comprising a light-scattering area and enclosed transparent areas enclosed within the light-scattering area,
- wherein an edge of the low-density pattern line element is formed between the light-scattering area and a surrounding area, the surrounding area being adjacent to the low-density pattern line element,
- wherein the enclosed transparent areas each have a surface area with a representative diameter of 150 microns or less, and
- wherein a surface area of the light-scattering area of the low-density pattern line element is smaller than a sum of a surface area of the enclosed transparent areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.