A vehicle component includes a body having a plurality of layers where each of the plurality of layers is a composite material. The body includes a recess formed in one or more of the plurality of layers. A lighting material is disposed in the recess and includes a tube having a first end and a second end, and a light guide disposed within the tube and extending between the first end and the second end of the tube. A light source is adjacent to one or more of the first end and the second end of the tube. The light source is directed toward the light guide and configured to illuminate the lighting material. The recess is sized to receive the tube.
Integrated electronic component in vehicle body
2024-07-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62J Fahrrad- oder Motorradsättel oder -sitze , CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS / F21K Nicht-elektrische Lichtquellen unter Verwendung von Lumineszenz , NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE / F21V FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF , Funktionsmerkmale oder Einzelheiten von Leuchten oder Beleuchtungssystemen / F21Y Index-Schema in Verbindung mit den Unterklassen F21K, F21L, F21S und F21V, betreffend die Form oder die Art der Lichtquellen oder die Farbe des emittierten Lichts , INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED |