US Patent 9566905 Instrument cluster including telltale illumination

Patent 9566905 was granted and assigned to Continental Automotive Systems on February, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Continental Automotive Systems

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

95669050

Patent Inventor Names

Vyacheslav Birman0

Daniel Pasquale Tollis0

Date of Patent

February 14, 2017

Patent Application Number

149914090

Date Filed

January 8, 2016

Patent Primary Examiner

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Jeffery Hofsass

Patent 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.