US 11,701,968 B2
Vehicle interior component having a composite structure providing a user interface
Yanning Zhao, Beijing (CN); Hannes Rene Boehm, Reutlingen (DE); Steffen Proemmel, Dusseldorf (DE); Iris Wegner, Dusseldorf (DE); Amit Mukund Patankar, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Danny Brian Larsen, Holland, MI (US)
Assigned to Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Novi, MI (US)
Filed by Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Novi, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,128.
Application 17/559,128 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/041928, filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,185, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111731 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/54 (2017.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60Q 3/54 (2017.02); B60Q 3/745 (2017.02); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1434 (2019.05); B60K 2370/339 (2019.05); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle interior component configured to provide a user interface for a vehicle occupant in a vehicle comprising vehicle systems comprising:
a composite structure configured to provide the user interface comprising:
(a) a cover providing an exterior surface;
(b) an absorber panel; and
(c) a decorative material comprising a decorative layer;
wherein the decorative material is configured to provide a visual effect at least partially visible at the exterior surface of the cover;
wherein the absorber panel comprises an addressable display configured to present an image;
wherein the absorber panel is configured to provide a visual effect at least partially visible at the exterior surface of the cover;
wherein the composite structure is configured so that operation of the user interface for the vehicle occupant comprises a composite visual effect;
wherein the visual effect of the decorative material is presented at the exterior surface of the cover.