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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
Taochuan Bruce Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Werner Eckardt, Rochester, MI (US);
Taochuan Bruce Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Vyacheslav B. Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Werner Eckardt, Rochester, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a reflective surface between the light receiving portion and the light propagating portion. The light receiving portion extends along a first axis, and the light propagating portion extends along a second axis which is transverse to the first axis. The reflective surface includes a stepped surface transverse to the reflective surface.