	US 12,071,080 B2
	Leather material and vehicle dashboard composite structure
Te-Chao Liao, Taipei (TW); Chun-Che Tsao, Taipei (TW); and Jhen-Rong Syu, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION, Taipei (TW)
Filed by NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/401,320.
Claims priority of application No. 110112282 (TW), filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314904 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); D06N 3/00 (2006.01); D06N 3/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 37/20 (2024.01)

CPC B60R 13/0256 (2013.01) [B32B 5/245 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); D06N 3/0013 (2013.01); D06N 3/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 37/20 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/688 (2024.01); D06N 2211/261 (2013.01); D06N 2211/28 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A leather material, which is suitable for being attached to a touch display panel, the leather material comprising:

a foam layer being foamed to provide a leather feel; and

a fabric layer being disposed on the foam layer, and the fabric layer being color-matched and embossed to present a leather pattern;

wherein base materials of the foam layer and the fabric layer are both at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), and polyolefin (PO), and the leather material in entirety has a visible light transmittance of between 40% and 70% and has a resistivity of not less than 10¹⁰Ωcm;

wherein a thickness of the foam layer is greater than a thickness of the fabric layer, a hardness of the foam layer is less than a hardness of the fabric layer, and a visible light transmittance of the foam layer is greater than a visible light transmittance of the fabric layer.