Decorative Element for a Motor Vehicle, and Production Method for a Decorative Element

Abstract

A decorative element for a motor vehicle comprising a transparent carrier element which can be fastened to the motor vehicle, a transparent surface layer which forms an external surface of the decorative element and is arranged on a visible side of the decorative element on the carrier element during intended use, a film printed with a predetermined pattern and arranged on a side opposite the visible side on the carrier element, and a transparent inner surface layer which forms an inner surface of the decorative element. The printed film comprises at least one transparent cut-out. A paint layer in a predetermined color is arranged between the printed film and the inner surface layer. A method for producing the decorative element is also disclosed.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A decorative element for a motor vehicle, comprising: a transparent carrier element fastenable on the motor vehicle, a transparent surface layer forming an outer surface of the decorative element and is, when used as intended, arranged on the carrier element on a visible side of the decorative element, a film printed with a predetermined pattern arranged on the carrier element on a side opposite to the visible side, and a transparent inner surface layer forming an inner surface of the decorative element, wherein the printed film has at least one transparent cutout, and wherein a paint layer in a predetermined color is arranged between the printed film and the inner surface layer.

17. The decorative element according to claim 16, wherein an edge element for fastening on the motor vehicle is formed on the carrier element.

18. The decorative element according to claim 17, wherein the edge element of the carrier element has at least one alignment means for determining an installation position of the decorative element.

19. The decorative element according to claim 16, wherein a surface of the carrier element on which the printed film is arranged is concave.

20. The decorative element according to claim 16, wherein at least the transparent surface layer on the visible side of the decorative element is planar.

21. The decorative element according to claim 16, wherein the transparent surface layer and the transparent inner surface layer are a protective layer.

22. The decorative element according to claim 17, wherein the carrier element or the edge element comprises a light source for illuminating the printed film.

23. The decorative element according to claim 16, wherein the decorative element is an emblem.

24. A panel part for a motor vehicle having a decorative element according to claim 16, wherein the decorative element is fastened on the panel part and wherein the panel part has the predetermined color of the paint layer.

25. The panel part according to claim 24, wherein the decorative element is fastened on the panel part via the inner surface layer.

26. The panel part according to claim 24, comprising a cutout into which the decorative element is inserted such that the visible side of the decorative element is visible from a visible side of the panel part, wherein the decorative element is fastened on a side opposite to the visible side of the panel part.

27. The panel part according to claim 26, wherein the decorative element is fastened via the edge element on the panel part.

28. The panel part according to claim 26, wherein the panel part has at least one positioning means, corresponding to the alignment means, for positioning the decorative part on the panel part on the side opposite to the visible side of the panel part.

29. A method for producing a decorative part according to claim 16, comprising: providing a printed film having at least one transparent cutout, inserting the printed film into an injection mold, back-injecting the printed film using a transparent plastic to produce the carrier element, in-mold flooding using polyurethane to produce the transparent surface layer, painting the printed film on a side opposite to the carrier element via the paint layer in a predetermined color, applying a transparent protective layer to produce the surface layer and the inner surface layer.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein after the in-mold flooding, stamping or laser cutting of the carrier element is carried out to produce the edge element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 shows a top view of a panel part for a motor vehicle having a decorative element;

[0023] FIG. 2 shows a view from below of the panel part for a motor vehicle having the decorative element;

[0024] FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of the panel part for a motor vehicle having the decorative element; and,

[0025] FIG. 4 shows a further sectional view of the panel part for a motor vehicle having the decorative element.

[0026] The figures are exemplary and schematic. Identical reference signs in the figures indicate identical functional and/or structural features.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a top view of a panel part 9 for a motor vehicle having a decorative element 1. The decorative element 1 comprises a transparent carrier element 2, a transparent surface layer 3, which forms an outer surface of the decorative element 1 and is, when used as intended, arranged on the carrier element 2 on a visible side S of the decorative element 1, a film 4 printed with a predetermined pattern, which is arranged on the carrier element 2 on a side opposite to the visible side S, and a transparent inner surface layer 5, which forms an inner surface of the decorative element 1. The printed film 4 has a transparent cutout 41 and a paint layer 6 in a predetermined color is arranged between the printed film 4 and the inner surface layer 5 such that the paint layer 6 is visible from the visible side through the transparent cutout 41. The decorative element 1 is an emblem.

[0028] Furthermore, a cutout 10 is provided on the panel part 9, into which the decorative element 1 is inserted such that the visible side S of the decorative element 1 is visible from a visible side of the panel part 9. Moreover, the panel part 9 has the predetermined color of the paint layer 6.

[0029] FIG. 2 shows a view from below of the panel part 9 for a motor vehicle having the decorative element 1 that was shown in FIG. 1. The decorative element 1 is fastened on the panel part 9 on a side opposite to the visible side of the panel part 9. For this purpose, an edge element 7 for fastening on the panel part 9 is formed on the carrier element 2, by which the decorative element 1 is fastened via the edge element 7 on the panel part 9. In addition, the edge element 7 of the carrier element 2 has two alignment means 8 for determining an installation position of the decorative element 1. Moreover, on the side opposite to the visible side of the panel part 9, two positioning means 91 corresponding to the respective alignment means 8 are formed for positioning the decorative element 1 on the panel part 9. In some embodiments, the alignment means 8 and the positioning means 91 may comprise structure having mating geometries. For example, the alignment means 8 may comprise a protrusion (e.g., a peg), and the positioning means 91 may comprise a notch (e.g., a detent) sized and shaped to receive the protrusion, or vice versa.

[0030] FIGS. 3 and 4 each show a sectional view of the panel part 9 for a motor vehicle having the decorative element 1 that was shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A surface of the carrier element 2 on which the printed film 4 is arranged is concave. In addition, the transparent surface layer 3 on the visible side S of the decorative element 1 is planar. The transparent surface layer 3 and the transparent inner surface layer 5 are a protective layer made of clear lacquer.

[0031] The disclosure is not restricted in its execution to the above-specified preferred exemplary embodiments. Rather, a number of variants which make use of the described achievement of the object even in the case of embodiments of a fundamentally different nature are conceivable.