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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:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:
N.s. International, Ltd., Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sibing Xu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Anshuman Mittal, Troy, MI (US);
Arul Krishna, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
N.S. International, Ltd., Troy, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/26 (2006.01); G12B 11/04 (2006.01); G01P 1/08 (2006.01); G01D 11/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/265 (2013.01); G01D 11/28 (2013.01); G01P 1/08 (2013.01); G12B 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illuminable pointer assembly for an instrument panel includes a transparent or translucent base, a transparent or translucent pointer blade, and a hub mounted on the base and supporting the pointer blade. The assembly is miniaturized or capable of being miniaturized by integrating reflectors into a lower surface of the pointer blade to internally reflect light propagated upwardly through the base in a lateral direction to uniformly illuminate the pointer blade.