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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Werner Eckardt, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Arthur S. Brown, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jeremy Rooney, Waterford, MI (US);
Robert Drury, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Werner Eckardt, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Arthur S. Brown, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jeremy Rooney, Waterford, MI (US);
Robert Drury, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An instrument cluster assembly mounts within a vehicle dashboard. An opening is defined within the dashboard provides for mounting of an instrument cluster assembly. The example instrument cluster assembly includes a top surface that corresponds with the top surface of the dashboard to provide a completed top visible surface when in a completed assembled condition. The instrument cluster assembly includes a first gauge and a second gauge separated by an open space therebetween. A bi-vision display is mounted in the open space between the first and second gauges. The bi-vision display generates a virtual image that is viewed by the operator between the first and second gauges.