US 12,103,469 B2
Vehicle interior components having flexible surface layers
Xinhua He, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Kenneth Gassman, Lake Orion, MI (US); and Jeffrey Macgregor, Goodrich, MI (US)
Assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed by Inteva Products, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,730.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,397, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213891 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B32B 7/023 (2019.01)
CPC B60R 13/02 (2013.01) [B32B 7/023 (2019.01); B32B 2307/41 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular trim component comprising a substrate and a continuous flexible surface layer that defines a show surface and wherein at least a portion of the continuous flexible surface layer defining the show surface has a visible light transmission greater than or equal to 80% as determined by ASTM D1003;
wherein the continuous flexible surface layer comprises a functional element embedded or behind the show surface and a graphic design embedded in the continuous flexible layer.