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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A luminous decorative vehicle trim insert having an opaque carrier structure. A reflective layer is disposed over the opaque carrier structure. A light pipe is adjacent the reflective layer and operably connected to a light source. An optic layer is disposed in the light pipe. A total internal reflection (TIR) protective layer is disposed over the light pipe. A diffusing layer is disposed over the TIR protective layer. A decorative transmitting layer is disposed over the diffusing layer. An optic layer creates a luminous effect in the trim insert visible only when the light source is activated. An environmental layer is disposed over the transmitting layer.