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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Daniel K. Angell, Allen Park, MI (US);
Don A. Kees, Essex, GB;
Paul S. Ewers, Essex, GB;
Thomas L. Jones, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael J. Luettgen, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A thin panel lit cluster including a graphics appliqué with a first and second side and at least one opaque section and one translucent section. A light-carrying panel with a first and second side is positioned such that the first side is adjacent to the second side of the graphics appliqué. The light-carrying panel has at least one opening defined in it and at least one light source is positioned to align with the opening. Opposite the light source, the light-carrying panel has a first light-redirecting area nearest its first side. In another position on the light-carrying panel, there is a second light-redirecting area nearest the second side of the light-carrying panel and opposite a translucent section of the graphics appliqué.