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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Applicant:
Robert L. Drury, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Robert L. Drury, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01P 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1064 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1072 (2013.01); B60K 2350/203 (2013.01); B60K 2350/408 (2013.01); G01P 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary vehicle instrument panel includes gauges for communicating various vehicle operating parameters and conditions that include self-emitting displays. The exemplary vehicle gauge includes the display that is self-emitting. The exemplary display is a self-emitting programmable display that can be operated and programmed to electronically generate text, symbols and graphics. Moreover, all of the display area making up the gauge face can be programmed and actuated to display electronically generated images to provide desired information and data.