Illuminated Casing Patents (Class 116/49)
  • Patent number: 11897393
    Abstract: A cross-view mirror for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly having a convex mirror lens providing a field of view for a driver of the vehicle and a support affixed to said mirror lens. The mirror lens includes a reflective portion reflecting light from outside of the mirror lens and a transparent portion configured to allow light to pass through the mirror lens to an area outside of the mirror lens. A light source is mounted to the mirror assembly to emit light through the transparent portion of the mirror lens. The light source is configured to illuminate the field of view provided by said mirror lens. In some embodiments, a sensor or camera detects/captures movement/images in front of the vehicle or to a side/rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rosco, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Englander
  • Patent number: 7887222
    Abstract: A vehicle display with a housing having a gauge port, an interior wall around the gauge port, and an appliqué port extending from an exterior side of the vehicle display and intersecting the gauge port. A light source provides light into the gauge port and directs the light outwardly from a front side of the housing. An appliqué has a first locking feature. The appliqué port at least partially receives the appliqué between the front side of the housing and the light source. The light from the light source illuminates a portion of the appliqué. The first locking features releasably engages a second locking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo R Fanfa, Dimitri Baudon
  • Patent number: 7374323
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention generally include a display device having a surface with indicia formed thereon. The indicia are indicative of at least one vehicle parameter. The display device includes a light guide connected to the surface and a light-reflecting portion formed in the light guide. The light-reflecting portion is disposed at least partially over one of the indicia. The light guide collects light, directs the light toward the light-reflecting portion and illuminates at least one of the indicia. The light guide and the light reflecting portion provide an enhanced or decorative effect for one or more of the indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinoviy Kelman, Yuriy Taborisskiy, Ching Fong
  • Patent number: 6959995
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illuminating apparatus capable of carrying out an illumination operation excellently by guiding the light from light sources to an illuminating member efficiently, and having a low price. The illuminating apparatus is provided with a pointer 2 adapted to be turned around a rotary shaft 1, a dial 3 positioned on a rear side of the pointer 2 and constituting a display member to be transmission illuminated, light-emitting diodes 6 positioned on a rear side of the dial 3 and in the vicinity of the rotary shaft 1 and constituting light sources for illuminating index portions 13 of the dial 3, a case 20 positioned on the rear side of the dial 3 and constituting a reflector provided with a reflecting portion 30, and a light guide member 19 positioned on the rear side of the dial 3 and adapted to guide the light from the light-emitting diodes 6 to the rear side of the dial 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ikarashi, Masato Obata
  • Patent number: 6600427
    Abstract: A combination instrument (1) for displaying measured values and/or other information, having a flexible printed circuit (2) on which electrical and/or electronic components (9, 10, 13) are arranged, and with parts of the flexible printed circuit (2) being clamped in between a rear face cover (4) and a front face cover (3), with the rear face cover (4) to be made of metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Ernst-Ulrich Simon, Hans Kolibius, Stephan Zech, Hartmut Kronenberg
  • Patent number: 4636036
    Abstract: The multi-color traffic signal for railways comprises for each one of the three colors a projector unit consisting of a lamp, an optical unit and a chromatic filter. The projector units are connected to an irradiating output optics by means of an optical channel system consisting of a main rectilinear channel presenting at one end the irradiating output optics and at the other end a first projector unit in axial alignment with the main channel. A second and third projector units are housed in transverse channels at 90.degree. with respect to the main channel and open thereinto. A first dichroic mirror is arranged in the main channel with an angle of 45.degree. in correspondence with the outlet of the transverse channel of the second projector unit and a second dichroic mirror is arranged in the main channel with an angle of 45.degree. in correspondence with the outlet of the transverse channel of the third projector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Sasib S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Pasquali