Patent ID: 8033684

Claim:
A vehicle interior lighting panel, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of surface-mounting light sources mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate; a plurality of electrically conductive traces written directly onto the upper surface of the first substrate or a non-conductive layer disposed thereon and onto upper surfaces of leads of the light sources such that the writing of the traces simultaneously forms a direct electrical interconnection between selected ones of the traces and associated ones of the light sources; a clear filler material surrounding each light source; and, a flexible film laminated directly on the upper surface of the first substrate and light sources, the film containing a plurality of apertures therethrough, each aperture corresponding in location to a respective one of the light sources; and a power and control module insert for supplying electrical power and control signals to the light sources of the panel, wherein the light sources and the power and control module insert are potted within respective recesses in the upper surface of the first substrate.