US 12,214,722 B2
Interior trim article for a motor vehicle
Sung-uk Kim, Grafing (DE); Benno Berger, Ebersberg (DE); Florian Ross, Bad Aibling (DE); and Carter Cannon, Ebersberg (DE)
Assigned to International Automotive Components Group GmbH, Dusseldorf (DE)
Appl. No. 18/247,101
Filed by International Automotive Components Group GmbH, Düsseldorf (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076933
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069623, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,836, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373388 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/54 (2017.01); B60Q 3/64 (2017.01); B60Q 3/82 (2017.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 3/54 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/64 (2017.02); B60Q 3/82 (2017.02); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interior trim article for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a decorative outer skin;
an electronic apparatus comprising,
a touch-sensor or proximity sensor; and
a backlight lighting source disposed behind said touch sensor or proximity sensor to emit light through the touch-sensor and through the decorative outer skin;
a substrate having a transparent or translucent region; and
a rear closure, which covers the electronic apparatus and is removably fastenable to the substrate.