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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Masaki Adachi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ching Fong, Canton, MI (US);
Zinoviy Kelman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Joseph a Pasek, Northville, MI (US);
Brian Dehmlow, Canton, MI (US);
Masaki Adachi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ching Fong, Canton, MI (US);
Zinoviy Kelman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Joseph A Pasek, Northville, MI (US);
Brian Dehmlow, Canton, MI (US);
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle display having an LCD display that is employed to communicate a first type of vehicle information and a second set of vehicle information in which the information that is to be communicated can include or consist of symbols. A display light guide is employed to distribute light from two light sources to selectively illuminate portions of the display screen of the LCD display. The LCD display can be employed to generate telltale warning indicators. The LCD display provides flexibility in the display of information so that a relatively large quantity of telltale warning indicators can be handled without specifically dedicating a light source, a light tunnel and space on the vehicle display for each telltale warning indicator that may be employed in a vehicle.