| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 362230030 |
Keyboard
| 54 |
| 362230070 |
Having light emitting diode
| 37 |
| 362230040 |
Switch
| 30 |
| 362230140 |
Including reflector
| 18 |
| 362230160 |
Edge illuminated modifier or light rod/pipe
| 18 |
| 362230190 |
Internal light source
| 12 |
| 362230210 |
Pointer type
| 8 |
| 362230020 |
Light sensor | 4 |
| 20130258635 | INDICATOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An indicator display device includes a light source and an indicator. The light source emits a light flux. The indicator is configured to rotate and includes an entrance portion to which the light flux emitted from the light source enters and a shielding portion that blocks transmission of the light flux entering from the entrance portion. The shielding portion has an exit slit from which the light flux entering from the entrance portion is output toward a user. A width b of the exit slit, an assumed distance L between the indicator and the user, and an assumed visual power VP of the user satisfy a relationship of: | 10-03-2013 |
| 20150029693 | VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH LIGHT SOURCE DIAGNOSTICS - A vehicle instrument panel assembly configured to verify that light sources of the assembly are operating properly is provided. The assembly includes a first light source, a second light source, a light detector, and a controller. The first light source is operable to emit light having a first modulation. The second light source is operable to emit light having a second modulation distinguishable from the first modulation. The light detector is configured to detect light emitted by the first light source and the second light source. The controller is configured to receive a detection signal from the light detector effective for the controller to determine if the first light source and the second light source are operating properly. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150049454 | VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL EQUIPPED WITH A LIGHT SENSOR FOR DETECTING AN ILLUMINATED POINTER POSITION - A vehicle instrument panel assembly configured to determine an orientation angle of an illuminated pointer of the assembly. The assembly includes a pointer, and a sensor. The pointer is configured to emit light and rotate about a display surface of the assembly to point to indicia on the display surface. The sensor is configured to detect light emitted by the pointer when the pointer is oriented at a predetermined orientation angle relative to the display surface. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150138748 | INTERCHANGEABLE DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - A lighted display assembly for an appliance includes interchangeable display screens. Multiple light sources flash, turn on and turn off to indicate a status of the appliance by illuminating a selected one of the display screens. A display grid extends continuously between the light sources and the selected display screen and defines light passages that are each uniquely associated with one or more corresponding light sources. Light emitted by each light source is confined to a discrete area of the display screen by the corresponding light passage. The discrete areas of the interchangeable display screens may include any of a variety of markings, for example, markings in a different language. The assemblies may be tailored to the needs of a particular customer by selecting an appropriate display screen. | 05-21-2015 |
| 362230220 |
Including rotary knob | 1 |
| 20130242531 | INPUT DEVICE HAVING ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - An operating knob including a first illumination portion with an annular shape and a second illumination portion, is provided around the operating knob. The operating knob is configured by a combination of an inner shaft body made of a resin and a grip ring body, allowing the inner shaft body to be fitted outward. A light shielding cap is attached to a front end portion of the inner shaft body. A cylindrical light guide portion having the first illumination portion in the front end face and a drive portion to be connected to a rotating shaft are integrally molded in the inner shaft body, and a rear end face of the cylindrical light guide portion opposes a first light emitting face. A light incident face opposes a light source and the first and second illumination portions and are illuminated by light of the light source via the light guide member. | 09-19-2013 |
| 362230180 |
Illuminated through meter case | 1 |
| 20130215594 | ILLUMINATING STRUCTURE OF METER APPARATUS - An illuminating structure of a meter apparatus illuminates an indicator | 08-22-2013 |
| 362230060 |
Manual telephone input device (i.e.,dial) | 1 |
| 20130335945 | SURFACE ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A surface illumination device has a light source, a light guide plate that has a light-emitting surface and an opposite surface opposite to the light-emitting, wherein the light guide plate emits light introduced from the light source from a display region of the light-emitting surface, and a plurality of deflection patterns that are formed in the display region in at least one of the light-emitting surface and the opposite surface. The display region has a certain drawing pattern expressed by a set of the deflection patterns. Some of the plurality of deflection patterns are arrayed along an edge of the certain drawing pattern so as to rim the certain drawing pattern. | 12-19-2013 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20120307479 | KEY BUTTON - Disclosed is key button ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130027901 | METHOD OF ILLUMINATING A MAGNETIC COMPASS OR OTHER TYPE OF INDICIA IN LOW LIGHT SITUATIONS USING PHOTOLUMINESCENT MATERIALS - A method for passively illuminating an instrument face and a passively illuminated instrument. The method provides adjacent the instrument face a photoluminescent material encased in a polymer, exposes the photoluminescent material encased in the polymer to an activation source, and illuminates the instrument face by light emitted from the photoluminescent material. A passively illuminated instrument includes a photoluminescent material encased in a polymer and disposed adjacent the instrument face. Upon exposure of the photoluminescent material encased in the polymer to the activation source, the photoluminescent material emits light to illuminate the instrument face. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130107493 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND BADGE PANEL FOR USE THEREIN | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140160721 | LIGHT-GUIDE DEVICE DESIGNED TO LIGHT A PLURALITY OF INDICATORS IN A VEHICLE CONTROL PANEL, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PANEL PROVIDED WITH SUCH A LIGHT-GUIDE DEVICE - A light-guide device has a plurality of light-guide elements belonging to a body made as a single piece. The body has at least one supporting element, which joins the light-guide elements to one another and has an outer surface, on which an opaque coating adheres so as to absorb the light entering, in use, into the supporting element from the light-guide elements. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168933 | DISPLAYING GRAPHICS ON A INSTRUMENT MASK - Systems, vehicles, and methods include an instrument mask that is configured to shield at least one instrument from external light and a graphic displayed on a surface of the instrument mask. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140185268 | INSTRUMENT WITH DIAL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An instrument is provided with dial for a motor vehicle and a method for producing the same. The dial includes, but is not limited to a support disc, a display area on the support disc and a transparent chromatographically colored ring element, which surrounds the display area. The support disc includes, but is not limited to a transparent light conductor plate, in which the chromatographically colored ring element is arranged. The light conductor plate comprises light-scattering nanoparticles in its volume. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140355236 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicular display apparatus is provided with an ambient-light luminous region that surrounds an outer periphery of a display region. An ambient light source emits light, which is then guided by an ambient-light guide body into an acrylic cylindrical body. The guided light is then outputted from a light output end face of the acrylic cylindrical body towards a light output direction. The light output end face forms the ambient-light luminous region. The vehicular display apparatus includes a light collection structure that collects an output light, which is outputted from the light output end face, towards the light output direction. Collecting the output light towards the light output direction enables the reduction of a light leakage to a direction different from the light output direction, improving an outputted luminance of the ambient-light luminous region. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150022994 | SELECTIVELY VISIBLE BATTERY CHARGE STATUS INDICATOR FOR EXTERIOR TRIM COMPONENTS - A vehicular exterior trim component for a vehicle of the type including at least one battery, the exterior trim component comprising an at least partially light-transmissive substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, and an illumination source adjacent the second surface of the substrate, the illumination source actuatable between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state. A variably light-transmissive layer on one of the first or second surfaces of the substrate includes a non-light-transmissive opaque portion and a light-transmissive portion, the light-transmissive portion defining visually perceptible indicia when backlit by the illumination source in its illuminated state. When the illumination source is in its non-illuminated state, the indicia are visually imperceptible to the naked eye. The exterior trim component is operative to receive information respecting at least a charge status of the at least one battery. When the illumination source is in its illuminated state, the visually perceptible indicia display at least a charge status of the at least one battery. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150109756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CLUSTER - An apparatus and a method for displaying a cluster are provided. The apparatus includes a driving sensor that senses a driving state of a mobile object and a display unit that converts a method of displaying a cluster indisposed within the mobile object. A controller is configured illuminate a scale and a pointer that indicates the scale based on the sensed driving state of the mobile object. In addition, the controller detects a current driving state of the mobile object in real time to generate a control signal with respect to the display method including a brightness degree, a brightness region, and a color of the scale. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160081881 | Time and Temperature Sensor Medication dispenser for hospitals and nursing homes/monthly personal time - A medication dispenser is described. A plurality of drawers capable of storing medications is arranged in an array. For personal use, each drawer has an illuminatable number thereon representing a date in a month. For institutional use, each drawer has an associated adjacent illuminatable patient identification section. Illuminatable numbers in a row above the drawers correspond to hours in a day wherein a current time is displayed by illuminating one of the numbers. Rechargeable batteries maintain a memory capable of storing information about when each of a plurality of medications is to be taken. When the current time matches a time when one of the medications is to be taken, a number on the drawer corresponding to a current date or the particular patient identification section is illuminated. A sensor senses when a particular drawer is opened and saves in memory the current time and drawer identification. | 03-24-2016 |
