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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Yun Shin Lee, Shelby Township, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly comprising a housing configured to operably couple to a trim panel and defining a cavity, a feedback device operably coupled to the housing and positioned within the cavity, a printed circuit board operably coupled to the feedback device, a proximity sensor operably coupled to a connector and configured to actuate the feedback device, and a light source operably coupled the printed circuit board and configured to luminesce in response to actuation of the proximity sensor. The trim panel comprises a panel substrate operably coupled to a backup layer, an icon layer positioned within the cavity and operably coupled to the backup layer, an outline positioned about a periphery of the backup layer, and a translucent panel skin bonded to a foam layer positioned over the panel substrate, wherein the panel skin stretches over the panel substrate and the backup layer.