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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Steven Selby, Madison, AL (US);
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Qiling Yu, Troy, MI (US);
Steven Selby, Madison, AL (US);
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Qiling Yu, Troy, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An example vehicle instrument panel includes a control panel having illuminated buttons formed with an illuminatable decorative surface. The disclosed decorative surface includes a translucent layer disposed between a background layer and a graphic layer. Material is removed from the background layer to reveal the underlying translucent and graphic layers. The depth within which material is removed is determined to fall within a thickness of the translucent layer such that any variation in depth is accommodated within the translucent layer.