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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:
Mar. 27, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1977
Roger H Appeldorn, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Mao J Chern, Woodbury, MN (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A display device having a plurality of information symbols for each light source such as an LED chip. The upper surface of each LED chip is divided into several light-emitting areas by a patterned array of electrically isolated, spaced electrodes. The LED chips are mounted to a substrate and can be selectively activated by a beam lead tape, which is also mounted to the substrate. A cover for the display forms thin, reflective light channels, each of which extends laterally from a light-emitting area to one or more optical openings in the cover. The optical openings form the information symbols. The lateral channels direct emissions from the LED chip to the openings via multiple reflection and optical dispersion to uniformly illuminate the openings.