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US 10,859,414 B2Granted
Miniaturized illuminated pointer for instrument cluster
AssigneeN.S. International, Ltd.
InventorsSibing Xu, Anshuman Mittal, Arul Krishna
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Abstract
An illuminable pointer assembly for an instrument panel includes a transparent or translucent base, a transparent or translucent pointer blade, and a hub mounted on the base and supporting the pointer blade. The assembly is miniaturized or capable of being miniaturized by integrating reflectors into a lower surface of the pointer blade to internally reflect light propagated upwardly through the base in a lateral direction to uniformly illuminate the pointer blade.
Claims20
An illuminable pointer assembly for an instrument panel, comprising:
- a base having a transparent or translucent shaft portion and an integral transparent or translucent disc portion that is perpendicular to the shaft portion and located at an upper end of the shaft portion;
- a transparent or translucent pointer blade having a lower surface facing an upper surface of the disc portion of the base;
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- reflectors integrally defined at the lower surface of the pointer blade for internally reflecting light propagated upwardly through the base in a lateral direction through the pointer blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.