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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Vyacheslav Birman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard Sanders, Clarkston, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vyacheslav Birman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard Sanders, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light housing for an instrument panel includes an interior surface for reflecting and blending light from a plurality of light sources substantially uniformly from an opening. The light housing is mounted to a circuit board and surrounds a plurality of light sources. An interior surface of the light housing includes inwardly protruding ribs that reflect and direct light to blend the separate light sources and provide a substantially uniform light intensity for illuminating a rotating pointer.