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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Robert V. Brown, Leo, IN (US);
Robert D. Dannenberg, Defiance, OH (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
An instrument panel of an automotive vehicle has an original circuit board ( ). An LED ( ) is disposed on a bridge ( ) in the board and faces a driver of the vehicle. Two terminals ( T T ) extend through the bridge to conductive continuity with respective conductive traces ( ) on the rear board face . Should the LED fail, it is replaced by severing the bridge from the board and removing it along with the LED on it. The severing creates a through-hole ( ) in the board. A socket ( ) that contains a replacement LED ( R) is installed in the through-hole and provides conductive continuity of the respective traces on the board with respective terminals of the replacement LED.