Light conductor device for indicating light pointer and meter device including the same
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsJagadeesh Krishnamurthy, Marc Arceo, Gareth Webb
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Abstract
A light conductor device receives light from a light source. The light conductor includes a radial conductor. The radial conductor includes a conductor body and a projection conductor. The conductor body has an annular end surface. The projection conductor has a projection surface. The conductor body is configured to receive light from the light source though the annular end surface. The conductor body is further configured to conduct the light in a radial direction to illuminate the projection surface in the radial direction and to form a light pointer on the projection surface.
Claims14
A light conductor device configured to receive light from a light source, the light conductor device comprising:
- a radial conductor including a conductor body and a projection conductor, wherein
- the conductor body has an annular end surface,
- the projection conductor has a projection surface,
- the conductor body is configured to receive light from the light source though the annular end surface, and
- the conductor body is further configured to conduct the light in a radial direction to illuminate the projection surface in the radial direction and to form a light pointer on the projection surface.
A meter device comprising:
- a light source;
- and
- a radial conductor configured to receive light from the light source, wherein
- the radial conductor includes a conductor body and a projection conductor,
- the conductor body has an annular end surface,
- the projection conductor has a projection surface,
- the conductor body is configured to receive light from the light source though the annular end surface,
- the conductor body is further configured to conduct the light in a radial direction to illuminate the projection surface in the radial direction and to form a light pointer on the projection surface, and
- the light source is configured to move the light along the annular end surface to rotate the light pointer on the projection surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.