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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10742061 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2017

Smart functional leather for recharging a portable electronic device

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Zainab I. Ali, Marysville, OH (US);

Patricia A. Scott, Galloway, OH (US);

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

Primary Examiner:

Suchin Parihar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60Q 3/70 (2017.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B60K 37/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/233 (2017.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 13/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/58 (2013.01); B60Q 3/233 (2017.02); B60Q 3/283 (2017.02); B60Q 3/70 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); H02J 7/027 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); B60K 2370/47 (2019.05); B60R 2013/016 (2013.01);
Abstract

A smart functional vehicle component includes a vehicle component, a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component, a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a printed and cured conductive ink, and a pigmented coating arranged over the electronic circuit. The circuit includes a wireless transmitter, which is configured to generate an oscillating electromagnetic field when an associated portable electronic device is within a predetermined distance from the wireless transmitter. The circuit may also include an electronic element such as a light source, a sensor, or a switch. When the circuit includes a light source, the pigmented coating inhibits or prevents the circuit and the light source from being visible through the pigmented coating, but light emitted by the light source is visible through the pigmented coating.

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