US 12,377,780 B2
Decorative composite material with three-dimensional structures arranged in recessed regions
Jens Humpenoeder, Ulm (DE); Harald Tattko, Gaertringen (DE); Peter Schmitz, Aidlingen (DE); and Bernd-Uwe Kettemann, Renningen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/725,856
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/083524
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/126113, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 000 034.2 (DE), filed on Jan. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074301 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/60 (2017.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); F21V 3/00 (2015.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 3/60 (2017.02) [B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); F21V 3/00 (2013.01); B32B 2255/06 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/00 (2013.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative composite material comprising:
a flat translucent decorative material with a visible side and a rear side opposite the visible side;
a light-impermeable layer having recessed regions and arranged on the rear side of the flat translucent decorative material;
three-dimensional structures arranged in the recessed regions on the rear side of the flat translucent decorative material; and
a chrome foil, spanning the recessed regions, arranged on the light-impermeable layer,
wherein the chrome foil has a translucent physical vapor deposition (PVD) layer and a diffuser layer facing away from the flat translucent decorative material.