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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Upton Beall Bowden, Canton, MI (US);
Martin Green, Essex, GB;
Inventors:
Upton Beall Bowden, Canton, MI (US);
Martin Green, Essex, GB;
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A display unit illuminated from in front of a display area, the display unit including a display area for presenting visual information to a user of the unit, a lens element spaced apart from and extending across the display area, and a source of illumination at a peripheral edge of the lens element for providing front illumination of the display area.