Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Erwin Bodewits

Marinus Arnoldus Martinus Vugts

Hubert Petz

Michel Bleeker

Johannes Bernardus Valentinus Van Opzeeland

Geert Mulder

Johannes Bernardus Valentinus Opzeeland

A housing element of a product includes a foil having a decorated side, where this decorated side of the foil is covered by a grip layer for realizing a grip effect. The other side of the foil is covered by a supportive layer. The grip layer may have a rib structure. Each of the supportive layer and the grip layer is applied to the foil in an injection molding process. A processing temperature of the material of the grip layer is significantly lower than an activation temperature of printing ink of a decorative covering of the foil, so that washout of the printing ink is prevented. Further, material of an adhesive layer of the foil is configured to establish adhesion to the material of the grip layer at this relatively low temperature.

Method for manufacturing a housing element having a decorative covering and a grip layer

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Erwin Bodewits