US 12,030,576 B2
Integrated electronic component in vehicle body
David Salvaggio, Jr., Grafton, WI (US)
Filed by David Salvaggio, Jr., Grafton, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,782.
Application 18/206,782 is a division of application No. 17/552,207, filed on Dec. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,679,833.
Application 16/215,357 is a division of application No. 15/656,980, filed on Jul. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,150,527, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 17/552,207 is a continuation of application No. 16/215,357, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,230,338, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Application 15/656,980 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/841,041, filed on Aug. 31, 2015, granted, now 9,950,761, issued on Apr. 24, 2018.
Application 14/841,041 is a continuation of application No. 13/851,701, filed on Mar. 27, 2013, granted, now 9,120,517, issued on Sep. 1, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/415,423, filed on Oct. 31, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/616,992, filed on Mar. 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312038 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 23/00 (2006.01); B62J 35/00 (2006.01); F21K 9/64 (2016.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); B62J 6/00 (2020.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC B62J 23/00 (2013.01) [B62J 35/00 (2013.01); F21K 9/64 (2016.08); F21V 23/002 (2013.01); B62J 6/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a vehicle component, the method comprising:
providing a mold of a vehicle component, the mold including an interior side;
adding a first layer of pre-impregnated composite material to the interior side of the mold, wherein the first layer is adjacent to the interior side of the mold;
adding a lighting material having a first end, a second end, and a light guide extending between the first end and the second end of the lighting material, wherein the first layer of pre-impregnated composite material is arranged to form an aperture on a side of the light guide to permit light from the light guide to emanate through the aperture;
adding a second layer of pre-impregnated composite material, wherein the second layer is adjacent to the first layer, and wherein the mold, the first and second layers of pre-impregnated composite material, and the lighting material are arranged in a layered assembly; and
curing the layered assembly so that the first layer of pre-impregnated composite material takes the shape of the interior side of the mold and forming a body having an integrated lighting feature.