SILICONE LENSING FOR AESTHETIC AUTOMOTIVE TRIM LIGHTING

A decorative component for an automobile includes a carrier, a light source, a lens, and a cover. The lens is made of silicone material that is UV resistant, and does not include a UV resistant hardcoat. The silicone lens is flexible and covers the light source, and also seals against the carrier st...

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1. Verfasser:	Walters, Dave
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF HEATING LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATINGELEMENTS LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A decorative component for an automobile includes a carrier, a light source, a lens, and a cover. The lens is made of silicone material that is UV resistant, and does not include a UV resistant hardcoat. The silicone lens is flexible and covers the light source, and also seals against the carrier structure. The cover is sized to cover a portion of the lens, leaving an uncovered portion of the lens from which light from the light source will be transmitted and made visible. The lens may be formed by reactive injection molding, including a liquid silicone resin with low viscosity, such that the liquid silicone resin reaches small crevices within the mold cavity. A surface of the mold may include fine detail engraving, replicated in the formed solid of the lens, which may provide aesthetic features and/or light diffusion. The silicone resin may also include a diffusion agent.