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Motor vehicle component with lighting function

US11813980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Nicolas BEHRENS · Marzling, DE
Sandro CIFALDI · Munich, DE
Tobias Mueller-Kambeitz · Landau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2019
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB32B2605/003
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle component with a lighting function includes a laminate component having a first fiber-reinforced composite material and a second fiber-reinforced composite material, the first fiber-reinforced composite material being electrically insulating and the second fiber-reinforced composite material being electrically conductive. The motor vehicle component also includes a light source which is at least partially embedded in the first fiber-reinforced composite material. The light source is electrically conductively connected to the second fiber-reinforced composite material, and the second fiber-reinforced composite material has a light exit region from which light emitted by the light source can exit so that it can be seen from outside the motor vehicle component.

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