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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vyacheslav Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Enrique Chavez, Guadalajara, MX;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); F21V 3/06 (2018.01); F21V 3/10 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); F21V 3/062 (2018.02); F21V 3/10 (2018.02); B60K 2370/33 (2019.05); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
An illuminated pointer cap for an vehicle instrument panel outputs different colors from a white light source by directing the white light through different color filters. The white light is transmitted through a light-conductive substrate and reflected to the color filters by triangular-shaped undercuts formed in one side of the substrate that is opposite the color filters.