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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Applicants:
Jean Luc Croy, Cergy, FR;
Sylvain Denise, Cergy, FR;
Yahia Hammiche, Argenteuil, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, INC., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/12 (2017.01); G01D 11/28 (2006.01); G01D 13/26 (2006.01); G02B 27/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/265 (2013.01); B60Q 3/12 (2017.02); G01D 11/28 (2013.01); G02B 27/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a mechanical instrument cluster with a lighted pointer. The light pointer is driven by either a shaft or shaft-less stepper motor, and includes applique layers that are viewable when lighted. The pointers disclosed herein are capable of illuminating with at least two colors, with a single light emitting diode (LED) with multiple colors.