Patent ID: 8398281
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B60Q,F21W

Abstract:
1. Interior trim panel with at least one lighting element, comprising: a light-conducting body, arranged in a receiving bore formed in the interior trim panel, wherein the light-conducting body includes a light entry face and a light exit face arranged in the area of a panel surface visible in the mounted state of the interior trim panel, wherein the light exit face of the light-conducting body is aligned flush with the visible panel surface and the visible panel surface and the light exit face of the light-conducting body are provided with a continuous layer of lacquer, the continuous layer of lacquer being adapted to conceal the light exit face of the light-conducting body when no light is emerging from the light exit face of the light-conducting body, and wherein the light-conducting body is accommodated in an insert, the insert having an outwardly projecting flange section being dimensioned larger than the diameter of the receiving bore such that the flange section rests against a panel surface opposite the visible panel surface, the flange section sitting proud of the panel surface and the receiving bore.