Patents by Inventor Taochuan Bruce Wang

Taochuan Bruce Wang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flood lit cluster
    Patent number: 7637623
    Abstract: An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a reflective surface between the light receiving portion and the light propagating portion. The light receiving portion extends along a first axis, and the light propagating portion extends along a second axis which is transverse to the first axis. The reflective surface includes a stepped surface transverse to the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Taochuan Bruce Wang, Vyacheslav B. Birman, Werner Eckardt
  • FLOOD LIT CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20080089051
    Abstract: An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a reflective surface between the light receiving portion and the light propagating portion. The light receiving portion extends along a first axis, and the light propagating portion extends along a second axis which is transverse to the first axis. The reflective surface includes a stepped surface transverse to the reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Taochuan Bruce Wang, Vyacheslav B. Birman, Werner Eckardt
  • Ultraviolet light instrument cluster
    Patent number: 7347576
    Abstract: An instrument cluster assembly includes a first instrument cluster graphic and a second instrument cluster graphic. The second instrument cluster graphic is superimposed on the first instrument cluster graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Continential Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Taochuan Bruce Wang, Vyacheslav B. Birman, Richard Sanders, Werner Eckardt, Christopher J. Volpe