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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vyacheslav Birman, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Pasquale Tollis, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/005 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60K 2350/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instrumentation gauge for a vehicle includes a single piece light guide divided into multiple sections by an opaque light guide insert. The single piece light guide includes at least one telltale graphic printed on a surface of the light guide in each of the light guide sections. When light is communicated into a given section of the light guide, the light scatters on the telltale graphic causing the graphic to be illuminated and distinguishable from a same or similar colored background.