Patent ID: 8502098
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H01H,H03K

Abstract:
1. A control panel assembly comprising: a generally planar metal panel defining a front face, an oppositely directed rear face, and at least one aperture; a generally transparent polymeric film layer, defining a frontwardly directed face and a rearwardly directed face, the frontwardly directed face being mated to the rear face of the panel; and a layer of an adhesive disposed between the rear face of the panel and the frontwardly directed face of the film layer for adhering the frontwardly directed face of the film layer to the rear face of the panel; wherein the polymeric film layer includes at least one component disposed thereon, the component selected from the group consisting of an actuator, circuit, indicator, light, switch, processor, and combinations thereof; wherein the aperture defined in the metal panel is aligned with the at least one component; wherein the polymeric film defines at least one circuit and component disposed on the rearwardly directed face; wherein the metal panel and the adhesive layer define first and second apertures, respectively, the first and second apertures aligned with one another, and the rearwardly directed face of the polymeric film having a decorative layer disposed thereon and visible from the front face of the metal panel through the first and second apertures.