Patent ID: 11890997
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 11:
12. An antimicrobial interior component for a vehicle comprising:
an interior component body having a contoured surface; and
an antimicrobial jacket assembly comprising a first piece defining a first edge and a second piece defining a second edge, the first piece and the second piece being coupled together and disposed over the contoured surface, wherein the antimicrobial jacket assembly defines at least one touch surface disposed over the contoured surface of the interior component body, wherein the first piece and the second piece each comprises an antimicrobial metal material configured to prevent or minimize microbes from accumulating on the at least one touch surface, wherein the first piece and the second piece are coupled together at a zero-gap interface between the first edge and the second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge abut each other without overlapping at the zero-gap interface, and wherein the first edge and the second edge each define a lip oriented orthogonal to the contoured surface that extends away from the at least one touch surface into the interior component body.