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US 2015/0092390 A1Published application
Lighting assembly for display illuination
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsVyacheslav Borisovich Birman, Richard Daniel Sanders
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Abstract
A lighting assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light guide supported within a light housing proximate to a light source. The light guide includes a top surface with a plurality of prisms for efficiently transmitting light toward a display and operator. The light guide may be coupled to a diffuser with a plurality of serrations that include a light reflecting surface for directing light from the light guide in a direction toward an operator.
Claims17
A lighting assembly for an instrument display comprising:
- a light housing;
- a display supported over an opening in the light housing;
- a light source within the light housing;
- a light guide including a light receiving surface proximate the light source, a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface includes a plurality of prisms directing light toward the display.
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A lighting assembly for an instrument display comprising:
- a light housing;
- a display supported over an opening in the light housing;
- a light source within the light housing;
- a light guide including a light receiving surface proximate the light source, a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- a diffuser disposed above an opening in the light housing that receives light transmitted from the light guide, wherein the diffuser includes a bottom surface having serrations for directing light toward a direction normal to the diffuser top surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.