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Patent No.:

US 12449903 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2022

Vehicle interior trim element with haptic feedback function

Applicant:

Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh, Hagenbach, DE;

Inventors:

Maxime Musy, Karlsruhe, DE;

Bogdan Braicu, Strasbourg, FR;

Assignee:

Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach, DE;

Attorney:

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Primary Examiner:

Quan Zhen Wang

Assistant Examiner:

Rajsheed O Black-Childress

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 21/08 (2006.01); B32B 21/14 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 9/025 (2013.01); B32B 21/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); B32B 9/045 (2013.01); B32B 21/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 2307/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/202 (2013.01); B32B 2307/206 (2013.01); B32B 2307/41 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2307/536 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1446 (2024.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle interior trim element with haptic feedback function includes an elastic base layer that gives the vehicle interior trim element a soft feel, and a flexible cover layer. The flexible cover layer includes an electrically insulating top layer disposed on the visible side of the vehicle interior trim element, an electrically conductive sensor layer disposed between the upper layer and the base layer, and a piezoelectric actuator layer disposed between the sensor layer and the base layer. The sensor layer is configured to detect contact with the upper layer without deformation and to localize a corresponding contact area. The actuator layer is configured to provide haptic feedback.

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