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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Curt Ollila, Fenton, MI (US);
Vyacheslav Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/22 (2006.01); F21V 5/02 (2006.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); G01D 13/26 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 13/22 (2013.01); F21V 5/02 (2013.01); F21V 7/0091 (2013.01); G01D 13/265 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/33 (2019.05);
Abstract
An illuminated pointer for a vehicle instrument cluster provides a more uniform light by propagating light from a source, through an elongate, light-transmitting prism formed to have multiple, inclined light-reflecting surfaces. Each surface being at a different angle, reflects light at a slightly different angle producing a corresponding number of refracted light maxima along the length of the prism. A more uniform refracted light is produced.