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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Paul Frederick Luther Weindorf, Novi, MI (US);
Mark James Arthur Baker, Grays, GB;
Daniel Gullick, Chelmsford, GB;
Carl Evans, Chelmsford, GB;
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A display unit for a motor vehicle, having a display area with a back-lit liquid crystal display device bounded by a border area is provided. The display unit includes a light source, and behind the display area a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer and a second polarizer, the light source being configured to provide back-light illumination to the cell and the polarizers forming a pair of polarizers on opposite sides of the cell such that, in use, the first polarizer polarizes the illumination and the second polarizer either passes or blocks this illumination when the polarization of the illumination is rotated by the cell. A first cover sheet extends over said cell, and a second cover sheet extends over the first cover sheet.