Products with a patterned light-transmissive portion

摘要

A panel with an optically transmissive portion includes a group of holes drilled from one surface to another surface and filled with an optically transmissive material. The group of holes forms a pattern. The holes on a first surface form a smooth and continuous appearance to the naked eye. The holes on the other, second surface are sized so that a light source directed to the second surface illuminates the pattern to be visible to a viewer viewing the first surface. The panel may form a portion of a housing that houses the light source.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a panel having a first external surface and an opposite, second external surface, wherein a material of the panel is non-transmissive to light; a pattern of microscopic holes drilled through at least a portion of the panel, wherein openings of the microscopic holes are sized such that light applied to the second external surface illuminates the pattern on the first external surface and the first external surface forms a continuous panel surface to the naked eye when light is not applied to the second external surface; and a light transmissive material filling the microscopic holes.