Transportation vehicle panel with display functionality

US10752185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE
• Andre Morgner · Zwingenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03K17/96
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transportation vehicle trim with display functionality having a light shade unit with at least one window section which is transparent at least area by area in the visible wavelength area for a transillumination, and a functional unit having at least one illuminant or at least one illuminant and one input unit, wherein the functional unit is formed as a basic module having a self-contained, water-tight housing, in the interior of which the at least one illuminant and the input unit are arranged, wherein the basic module is mechanically connected to the light shade unit. A front side of the housing of the basic module facing a viewing side of the light shade unit may be smaller than an area across which backlit information areas of the transportation vehicle trim extend. Individual light exit areas of the basic module are coupled via light guiding elements to the backlit information areas.