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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshiyasu Itoh, Tochigi, JP;
Akihiko Kuribayashi, Saitama, JP;
Michio Tamura, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/16 (2006.01); H01J 1/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sunroof panel apparatus for a vehicle includes a pair of sheets of transparent glass, a pair of transparent interlayers, and a plurality of electro-luminescent (EL) sheets. The transparent interlayers are enclosed between the sheets of transparent glass. The EL sheets are enclosed between the transparent interlayers and each EL sheet has electrode layers with terminals. The terminals are electrically connected through a variable resister and a power supply.