The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Florian Miedl, Moosburg an der Isar, DE;
Thomas Tille, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an area light decorative element () comprising an optically activatable symbol body () at least partially formed of a transparent optically activatable first material () and configured to emit visible light in response to the optically activatable symbol body () being excited with electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined first frequency range, a light element () consisting of a transparent material, wherein the optically activatable symbol body () is arranged in the light element (), a touch-sensitive surface () disposed in a first area () of a surface of the light element () above the optically activatable symbol body () for detecting a touch of a user in the first area (), and an illumination unit () which is arranged to emit visible light in a predetermined visible frequency range () into the light element () and, together with the visible light, also to emit electromagnetic radiation in the predetermined first frequency range into the light element ().