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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Manrico Joseph, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Martin Jekel, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 37/00 (2024.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 37/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); B60K 2360/1523 (2024.01); B60K 2360/23 (2024.01); B60K 2360/332 (2024.01); B60K 2360/343 (2024.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight has a reflector with a plurality of regularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities which are arranged in a grid. The reflector also has irregularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities in at least one peripheral region. In addition, the backlight has a plurality of light sources arranged in the cavities.