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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Seiki Sugisawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Nahoko Sakamoto, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Takayuki Hirano, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Takashi Sato, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A display device has a panel having a display, a plurality of light sources and light guiding bodies provided side by side below the rear surface of the panel, and a case having holding spaces provided side by side below the rear surface of the panel, one light source and one light guiding body being placed in each of the plurality of holding spaces. The plurality of light sources selectively emit light so as to selectively display a plurality of indicator patterns at the display. A cover film is integrally formed on the surface of the panel. The upper surface of the case, facing the rear surface of the panel, has a plurality of exposing portions from which the upper ends of the plurality of light guiding bodies are exposed. Each exposing portion has the shape of the indicator pattern in a plan view.
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