Illuminated Bezel of Charge Port for Electric Vehicle
AssigneeMagna Mirrors of America, Inc.
InventorsRichard R. HOOK, David A. Dingman
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Abstract
A pocket assembly is provided for mounting at a recess of a vehicle body where a charge port of the vehicle is located, the pocket assembly has a body mountable to a vehicle, wherein the body has a base portion and a bezel portion, at least one outer layer established at an outer surface of said bezel portion, wherein the at least one outer layer is viewable at the side of the vehicle when the charge port is being accessed by a user of the vehicle and an illumination source disposed at or behind said bezel portion, and an illumination source being operable to illuminate indicia established at or on the bezel portion.
Claims15
A pocket assembly for mounting at a recess of a vehicle body where a charge port of the vehicle is located, said pocket assembly comprising:
- a body mountable to a vehicle, wherein said body comprises a base portion and a bezel portion;
- at least one outer layer established at an outer surface of said bezel portion, wherein said at least one outer layer is viewable at the side of the vehicle when the charge port is being accessed by a user of the vehicle;
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- an illumination source disposed at or behind said bezel portion, said illumination source being operable to illuminate indicia established at or on said bezel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.