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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:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
May. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masashi Kawamoto, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 26 ; 362 31 ; 362330 ; 362339 ; 359 49 ;
Abstract
A grille of a car stereo has a recess, an operation flap pivotally mounted in the recess, an opening for inserting a sound recording medium formed at a position behind the flap, and a liquid crystal display panel provided in the flap. The lighting device has a light source provided behind the grille and a light introducing plate, so that the liquid crystal display panel and the opening are lighted by light transmitted from the light source through the light introducing plate.