Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle interior panel with shape-changing surface
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Application No.: US16263381Application Date: 2019-01-31
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Publication No.: US10795519B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Maxime Salandre , Eloise Mariotte
- Applicant: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/0488 ; B60K35/00

Abstract:
A vehicle interior panel includes a capacitive touch panel with a control surface that can assume different contours. The capacitive touch panel includes a conductive layer beneath the control surface that is sufficiently flexible to maintain electrical continuity when the touch panel changes shape. The conductive layer can be formed from carbon nanobuds or other fullerenes to enable such flexibility, while also providing optical transparency. Pushers situated behind the touch panel extend and retract to stretch the touch panel and allow it to morph from one shape to another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200249779A1 VEHICLE INTERIOR PANEL WITH SHAPE-CHANGING SURFACE Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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