Illuminated push button display
AssigneeDelco Electronics Corporation
InventorsChris Ralph Snider, Kerwin Craig Osman
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AssigneeDelco Electronics Corporation
InventorsChris Ralph Snider, Kerwin Craig Osman
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A graphic display is provided which is suitable for use in an instrument panel of an automobile. The graphic display includes a display lens and a number of backlit buttons which are formed by a unitary optically-conductive member, wherein both the display lens and the backlit buttons are illuminated by a single illuminated display located behind the unitary member. As such, the unitary member eliminates the requirement for a separately formed lens and buttons. Furthermore, the illuminated display generates graphics for both the display lens and the buttons, eliminating the requirement for insignia formed in the surface of the buttons and lights or light pipes behind the buttons for backlighting the buttons.
An integral member for a backlit graphic display, the integral member being a unitary integrally-formed body of an optically conductive material, the integrally-formed body comprising an integrally-formed lens member and an integrally-formed button member cantilevered from the lens member by a hinge integrally formed with the lens member and button member, the button member being rotatably coupled to the lens member with the hinge so as to rotate relative to the lens member about an axis defined by the hinge.
A backlit graphic display comprising:
A backlit graphic display comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.