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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G01D 13/04 (2006.01); G01D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); G01D 7/00 (2013.01); G01D 13/04 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/154 (2019.05); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); B60K 2370/23 (2019.05); B60K 2370/336 (2019.05); B60K 2370/341 (2019.05);
Abstract
A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit; a light guide plate disposed on a viewing side of the display unit and having translucency; and a light source unit that causes a light source light to enter inside of the light guide plate through an outer peripheral portion of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a reflecting portion having a plurality of reflecting elements to reflect the light source light from the light source unit to the viewing side. The reflecting element has a reflective curved surface formed in a curved surface shape to face the outer peripheral portion where the light source light is incident.