US 12,466,311 B2
Trim element with partially reflective top layer
Frank Huhnerbein, Sachsenheim (DE); Konstantin Schmidt, Stuttgart (DE); and Stefan Brommer, Tamm (DE)
Assigned to JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems GmbH, Rutesheim (DE)
Filed by JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems GmbH, Rutesheim (DE)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/637,531.
Claims priority of application No. 102023110228.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0351516 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/54 (2017.01); B60Q 3/64 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/54 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/64 (2017.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trim element with a multi-layer structure having a visible side and a carrier side, where said trim element comprises the following layers:
a first cover layer,
a first decorative layer which is arranged on the carrier side of said first cover layer and is light-transmissive at least in part,
an intermediate layer which is arranged on the carrier side of said first decorative layer and is light-transmissive,
a second decorative layer which is arranged on the carrier side of said first intermediate layer,
wherein said first decorative layer is reflective in part and light-transmissive in part, said trim element is adapted to be illuminated from inside of said trim element, and
wherein said first cover layer is configured such that said first cover layer appears either reflective or light-transmissive in dependence of an illumination in the inside of said trim element being switched on or off.