US 11,807,159 B2
Selectively illuminable metallic looking trims and their methods of manufacture
Sergio Piles Guillem, Liria Valencia (ES); and Juan Monleon, Liria Valencia (ES)
Assigned to SRG Global Liria, S.L., Liria Valencia (ES)
Filed by SRG Global Liria, S.L., Liria Valencia (ES)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,680.
Application 17/989,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/288,271, granted, now 11,618,374, previously published as PCT/EP2019/079206, filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201831040 (ES), filed on Oct. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082216 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/20 (2017.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); F21V 11/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 3/20 (2017.02) [B60R 13/02 (2013.01); F21V 11/14 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); C23C 14/042 (2013.01); C23C 14/5873 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trim for an object, the trim comprising:
a transparent or translucent substrate defining a top surface;
an opaque layer applied above the top surface of the substrate, the opaque layer defining an aperture through which light can pass; and
one or more continuous translucent metallic-looking layers applied above a top surface of the opaque layer,
wherein the one or more continuous translucent metallic-looking layers comprises a composition selected from the group consisting of: transition metals, post-transition metals, metalloids, and combinations thereof.