| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 362230140 | Including reflector | 18 |
| 20120314397 | OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device is capable of illuminating a peripheral wall of an operation knob in a circumferential direction. The operation device includes an operation knob having a substantially cylindrical peripheral wall centering on an axis and rotating around the axis, the peripheral wall being provided with an illuminated portion in a circumferential direction; an illumination light source provided on the axis of the operation knob and emitting light frontward; and a reflector. A reflection surface is configured with a portion of a surface of the reflector provided inside the operation knob. The reflection surface has a shape extending in the circumferential direction centering on the axis of the operation knob and having a diameter increasing toward a front side such that the light emitted frontward from the illumination light source is reflected by the reflection surface toward the illuminated portion. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130027902 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND INDICATING INSTRUMENT WITH THE SAME - A light guide plate includes a light emitting section having an arc shape in plan view which is arranged to overlap a dial. On a rear surface of the light guide plate, a reflective section which reflects light traveling through the light emitting section toward a front surface is provided. In addition, in the reflective section, plural reflective bodies formed of plural ridges, which are arranged in a direction intersecting the traveling direction of light traveling through the light emitting section so as to be in contact with each other in a width direction thereof and are provided to be convex on the rear surface, are provided at intervals. The plural ridges are formed so as to cause incident light to pass therethrough while refracting the light toward the front surface and reflect the light in a direction perpendicular to the dial. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027903 | POINTER-TYPE METER - Disclosed is a pointer-type meter with good uniformity of illumination of a display section even when there are few light sources, and with little or no displacement of each member when positioning is performed. A circuit board provided in the pointer-type meter comprises a first light-emitting element ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130215593 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a display unit, an opening member, a light source, a light transmission member, and a buffer having a buffer main portion and a light block portion. The buffer main portion is held between the display unit and the light transmission member. The light block portion protrudes from the buffer main portion along an opposing surface of the light transmission member opposing the display unit, and covers a reached region of the opposing surface to which a direct light from the light source toward an opening of the opening member reaches. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130314891 | INDICATOR MEMBER, INDICATOR UNIT AND INDICATOR INSTRUMENT - [Problem to be solved] To provide an inexpensive indicator member which can prevent a dark area from being formed at a location above a reflection part, an indicator unit having the indicator member and an indicator instrument having the indicator unit. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140016298 | FLEXIBLE RIBBON LED MODULE - The invention described herein is directed to different embodiments of a low profile lighting unit that in some embodiments is adapted to conform to the shape of the mounting surface and/or adapted to be adjustable so as to be arranged in different configurations to accommodate various lighting applications. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140036472 | INDICATING INSTRUMENT DIAL PLATE - An indicating instrument dial plate includes a substrate that is formed in a plate shape, made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, has a front face including a hairline-treated surface and has a rear face which is irradiated with a dial plate illumination light from a light source inside an indicating instrument, and a half-mirror layer that is formed in a shape of a thin film covering the hairline-treated surface by sputtering and adapted to allow a portion of external light incident to the front face of the substrate from the outside of the indicating instrument to be transmitted into the substrate and to allow a portion of the external light to be reflected. The hairline-treated surface is made by forming fine line-shaped grooves on the front face of the substrate. The hairline-treated surface includes hairline-patterned unevenness which diffuses the external light. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140240953 | LIGHTING STRUCTURE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL IN GAUGE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting structure of a liquid crystal panel in a gauge for a vehicle includes a dial, a pointer member, a liquid crystal display panel, a pointer, and a pointer illuminating light source. The lighting structure further includes an illuminating light dividing and output part, and a luminance adjusting part. The luminance adjusting part includes a first luminance adjusting plate, and a second luminance adjusting plate. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150022996 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include an input device that receives an input for setting an operation requirement, a fan that blows air according to the set operation requirement, an illumination system that illuminates a closed curve region, a case having the fan provided therein and at least one air outlet formed therein for discharging air outward from the closed curve, and a lighting controller that controls the illumination system to generate an indicator of a flow direction of air being discharged through the at least one air outlet. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150036315 | INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH ILLUMINATED POINTER AND TRIM RING - A vehicle instrument panel assembly that includes a pointer, a light source, and a light pipe. The pointer is movable about an axis to point to indicia on a display surface of the assembly. The pointer defines a shaft portion of the pointer that rotates about the axis. The light source is configured to emit light into the shaft to illuminate the pointer. The light pipe is arranged on the display surface and proximate to a sweep path of a tip of the pointer. The pointer is further configured to project light from the light source into the light pipe. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150062867 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REFLECTION MEMBER - An electronic device includes a housing, a reflection member, a glass base board, a decoration pattern, a reflection membrane, a print circuit board, and a light emitting assembly. The reflection member is fixed with the housing and defines a through hole. The glass base board is positioned on the reflection member away from the housing. The decoration pattern is positioned on the glass base board. The reflection membrane is positioned on the glass base board around edges of the decoration pattern for shielding the glass base board and reflecting light. The print circuit board is received in the housing under the glass base board. The light emitting assembly includes a base board and a light source positioned on the base board. A first light emitting portion of the glass base board is positioned between the reflection membrane and the decoration pattern. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150092390 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY FOR DISPLAY ILLUINATION - 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. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150103509 | NEEDLE TYPE GAUGE - A needle type gauge includes: a needle that includes a main rotating portion that rotates around a rotation shaft, and an indicator which points out an index part; and an actuator. The main rotating portion includes a light emitting portion that emits strip-shaped light. The light emitting portion is located at the actuator side relative to the indicator, and emits the strip-shaped light to a nearby area to the indicator and located, relative the indicator, at one side in a rotation direction of the indicator. The needle includes a shield which extends in a direction of the actuator from the indicator, extends along the indicator, and blocks, among the strip-shaped light, light directed from the one side in the rotation direction of the indicator to the other side therein. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150116979 | ILLUMINATED KNOB FOR A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING ILLUMINATION METHOD - A knob for a shifter assembly of a vehicle includes a housing having an interior surface defining a cavity and an opening. A body is at least partially disposed within the cavity, has first and second surfaces, extends to a periphery, and is formed of an at least partially transparent material. An illumination device is disposed within the cavity for emitting light rays. At least one reflective surface is disposed along the periphery for receiving the light rays. A first portion of the light rays is internally reflected within the body off of the first surface. At least one indicium is disposed along the body. The body defines at least one indicium cavity having a bottom substantially parallel to the first surface with the indicium disposed within the indicium cavity along the bottom for reflecting the first portion of the light rays toward the opening for illuminating the indicium. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160091348 | GAUGE UTILIZING LIGHT LEAKAGE TO ILLUMINATE THE SCALE OF A DIAL AND INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH THE GAUGE - A gauge may be constructed in an instrument panel and includes a dial, a motor, and at least one light source for providing backlighting behind the rear side of the dial. The motor is located behind the rear side of the dial. A pointer cap is located in front of the front side of the dial and is connected to the shaft of the motor via the aperture of the dial such that there is a gap between the dial and the pointer cap. The pointer cap has a body portion completely covering the aperture. The pointer cap includes a light blocking element constructed to optically form a pointer by blocking the backlighting from the light source. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160178159 | LIGHT FOR KEYPAD BEZEL | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160200243 | APPLICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES | 07-14-2016 |
| 20180022215 | VEHICLE INSTRUMENT DEVICE | 01-25-2018 |
