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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Carter Scott Cannon, Munich, DE;
Michael Behnke, Vaterstetten, DE;
Daniel Christochowitz, Leonberg, DE;
Christian Mauritz, Leinefelden, DE;
Carsten Müller, Steinheim, DE;
Carter Scott Cannon, Munich, DE;
Michael Behnke, Vaterstetten, DE;
Daniel Christochowitz, Leonberg, DE;
Christian Mauritz, Leinefelden, DE;
Carsten Müller, Steinheim, DE;
International Automotive Components Group GmbH, Krefeld, DE;
Abstract
A trim means for a motor vehicle comprises a carrier having a B side and a C side. A recess is formed into the B side of the carrier, and the carrier has an aperture in the region at the edge of the recess. A planar lighting unit comes to lie flush in the recess on the B side of the carrier, so that on the B side of the carrier a substantially continuous planar surface of the carrier with the lighting unit is produced. The lighting unit has a connection cable which is guided through the aperture to the C side of the carrier, where it is connected with a plug connector, a further conductor or directly with a control unit. A cover layer is applied onto the B side of the carrier and covers the planar lighting unit and at least a portion of the surface of the carrier. The cover layer forms the visible side of the trim means and is permeable to the light emitted from the lighting unit.