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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vyacheslav Borisovich Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Richard Daniel Sanders, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/10 (2017.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0046 (2013.01); G02B 6/002 (2013.01); G02B 6/0053 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light guide supported within a light housing proximate to a light source. The light guide includes a top surface with a plurality of prisms for efficiently transmitting light toward a display and operator. The light guide may be coupled to a diffuser with a plurality of serrations that include a light reflecting surface for directing light from the light guide in a direction toward an operator.