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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 10, 2005
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Werner Eckardt, Rochester, MI (US);
Christian Jean Tanguy, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Werner Eckardt, Rochester, MI (US);
Christian Jean Tanguy, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A light distributing assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light source that emits light in a first direction. A first surface that is transverse to the first direction receives the light and changes the direction of the light to a second direction. A vehicle instrument panel housing having a second surface receives the light from the first surface and reflects a portion of the reflected light toward a vehicle display surface to illuminate the vehicle display surface.