Trim means for a motor vehicle having integrated lighting system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8506141
APP PUB NO 20120063154A1
SERIAL NO

13195713

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A trim means for a motor vehicle comprises a carrier having a B side and a C side. A recess is formed into the B side of the carrier, and the carrier has an aperture in the region at the edge of the recess. A planar lighting unit comes to lie flush in the recess on the B side of the carrier, so that on the B side of the carrier a substantially continuous planar surface of the carrier with the lighting unit is produced. The lighting unit has a connection cable which is guided through the aperture to the C side of the carrier, where it is connected with a plug connector, a further conductor or directly with a control unit. A cover layer is applied onto the B side of the carrier and covers the planar lighting unit and at least a portion of the surface of the carrier. The cover layer forms the visible side of the trim means and is permeable to the light emitted from the lighting unit.

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  • INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Behnke, Michael Vaterstetten, DE 16 258
Cannon, Carter Scott Munich, DE 22 595
Christochowitz, Daniel Leonberg, DE 1 30
Müller, Carsten Steinheim, DE 8 84
Mauritz, Christian Leinefelden, DE 3 47

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