US 12,280,721 B2
Integrated front vision panel
Marc Cogswell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Robert M. Horner, Ferndale, MI (US); Daniel Vander Sluis, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Mark T. Pilette, Oxford, MI (US); and Larry R. Erickson, Birmingham, MI (US)
Assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS, INC., Aurora (CA)
Appl. No. 17/800,276
Filed by Marc Cogswell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Magna Exteriors Inc., Concord (CA)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/019029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/168406, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,943, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,487, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076313 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/50 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/005 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0041 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0458 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1886 (2013.01); B60R 2019/505 (2013.01); B60R 2019/527 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated front vision panel for a vehicle comprising:
a molded panel that encompasses all forward surfaces of the vehicle extending from a forward edge from a driver side front wheel opening, laterally across a front of the vehicle and terminating at a forward edge of a passenger side wheel opening, the molded panel extends vertically from a forward lower edge of a front valance up to a leading edge of one of a hood, a frunk, and a windshield of the vehicle;
connection flanges formed on a back side surface of the molded panel for connection to a vehicle frame;
one or more clear decorative zones of the molded panel, wherein the one or more clear decorative zones include one or more appearance items visible through the molded panel;
one or more clear functional zones of the back side surface of the molded panel, wherein the one or more clear functional zones allow light to project through the molded panel;
one or more sensor zones of the molded panel where one or more sensors are connected to the molded panel, and
an outermost layer of the molded panel overmolded onto the one or more clear decorative zones, the one or more clear functional zones and the one or more sensor, wherein the outermost layer covers an exterior surface facing an exterior of the vehicle and creates a seamless surface on the exterior surface.