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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Syed Mohammed Khalid, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Lev Abraham Fruitman, Southfield, MI (US);
Matthew Mark Mikolajczak, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An indicator (10) for providing a prominent and distinct indication of the selected operating mode among a plurality of selectable operating modes of an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle. The indicator (10) comprises a housing (70) with a plurality of indication compartments (82-92) which each communicate with an associated indicator window (152-162). An indicator light source (32-42) is disposed in each of the indication compartments (82-92). Light emitted by an illumination light source (56-60) disposed in an illumination compartment (104) passes through a light filter (106) to provide filtered light to the indication compartments (82-92).