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8172414 Instrument illuminating device with light guide body  
An illuminating device, for illuminating display designed parts on a display panel, includes at least one light source arranged at a rear side of the display panel, and a light guide body having a...
8142064 Image display apparatus  
An image display apparatus includes a display for outputting an image, a supporting device supporting the display, the supporting device contacting directly on an installing surface and extending...
8142036 Keypad device with light source and reflector  
A device is disclosed having a keypad and an adjacent light guide with at least one light source. At least one reflector is provided, having at least an area thereof adjacent to the light source....
8128248 Dial plate with diffuse lighting  
A system for providing diffuse light to a dial plate of a meter is disclosed. The system includes a light-guide and a light source. The light from the light source enters the light-guide and exits...
8123390 Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same  
A backlight assembly includes a plurality of lamps, a receiving container, a diffuser plate and a plurality of holding members. The lamps generate a light. The receiving container receives the...
8111968 Optical devices for guiding illumination  
Optical devices for guiding illumination are provided each having a body of optical material with staircase or acutely angled ramp structures on its top surface for distributing light inputted from...
8096692 Surface light-emitting device and automated transaction apparatus using the same  
A surface light-emitting device includes a transparent plate having two main surfaces and a light source. The light source is arranged adjacent to a side of the transparent plate so that the light...
8089351 Instrument cluster lens information, telltails, and lighting  
An instrument cluster for use in a passenger vehicle includes a translucent sheet. The sheet is located in front of at least one of an appliqué, a display face, and a pointer of the instrument ...
8070341 Light pipe with uniformly lit appearance  
A light pipe having substantially uniform brightness along a length thereof is disclosed. The light pipe includes a first end for receiving a plurality of light rays, a reflective portion for...
8068707 Illuminating devices including uniform light distribution, multiple light sources, and multiple types of light sources  
A lumenaire for mixing and emitting light from multiple light sources which has at least one first light source of a particular type and at least one second light source of a differing type. There...
8057089 Inverter cover shield for liquid crystal display module  
An inverter cover shield device includes a receiving portion for receiving an inverter; a wire guiding portion for guiding at least one internal wire extending from the inverter, the wire guiding...
8056216 Method of manufacturing non-backlighted illuminating keypad  
A method of manufacturing non-backlighted illuminating keypad includes preparing a transparent plastic thin plate; forming a plurality of keycaps on a surface the plastic thin plate; forming a...
8029166 Active enclosure for computing device  
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light...
8016441 One LED illuminated cluster  
An illuminated instrument cluster utilizes a single light emitting diode to backlight the entire dial surface. The LED is aligned with a light guide then directs light into a cavity of a light...
8016442 Illuminated indicating devices for instrument panels  
An illuminated indicating device includes a dial plate, a pointer, a first light source, a light guide and a light filter. The first light source emits a beam of light and the light guide diverts...
7997781 Energy efficient illumination for a light source in the form of a surface  
An apparatus and method for coupling light into a light source in the form of a surface are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a linear light source including a light...
7995037 Hidden touch pad structure  
A hidden touch pad structure adapted for an electronic product includes a touch pad and a plate covering the touch pad. The plate includes a pad-recognizing portion corresponding to the touch pad....
7988310 Sheet-shaped lightguide member, operation panel-lighting device and electronic device  
A sheet-shaped lightguide member has a first surface (11A), which is divided into at least two areas. The sheet-shaped lightguide member has the first surface (11A) and a second surface (11B) that...
7985016 Fiber optic display systems and related methods  
Fiber optic display systems and related methods are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a fiber optic display system can include a plurality of fiber optics. Output ends of the fiber optics can...
7980748 Lighting system including light guide with reflective micro structures on edge surfaces  
A light guide includes a light guide substrate having a top surface through which light is to be emitted, a bottom surface, an incident edge surface through which incident light is to be introduced...
7976208 Flat panel lens  
A light guide with input and output faces 2, 3a is polar-symmetric about the first face 2 and has optical properties such that the angle at which a ray is injected into the first face determines...
7972051 Double-sided backlight and assembly incorporating a double-sided light source coupling light guide  
Described are a backlight, a backlight assembly for use in an electronic device and an electronic device configured to activate the backlight's first light source and to activate the backlight's...
7956952 Liquid crystal module with lamp socket having slits that receive tabs of lamp reflector  
A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel and a back light unit. The back light unit has a rear frame, a light guide plate and a lamp reflector assembly. The lamp reflector assembly...
7948581 Liquid crystal display  
In a liquid crystal display equipped with a side edge backlight device, visualization of “a dot provided to a light guide plate” in the vicinity of the light source while keeping the luminance of ...
7942539 Light-emitting diode module for instrument panel  
A light-emitting diode module is mounted on an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle for illuminating a scale plate of the instrument panel. The module is composed of a light-emitting diode and...
7926964 Dial control with LED light ring  
An illuminated control for a gas range or the like provides arcuate reflective chambers capped by diffusers to create a substantially continuous glowing circular sector indicating the status of a...
7927003 Light guide plate with micro-structured reflective film and light-emitting apparatus  
A light guide plate including a transparent light guide substrate and a micro-structural reflective film is provided. The transparent light guide substrate has a light-emitting surface, a bottom...
7926994 Uniform light production system and apparatus  
A light production system and apparatus for adjusting the uniformity of light is provided. The apparatus comprises a light reducing portion, having an area less than that of an exit of an...
7918573 Light guide device and light guide apparatus  
An aspect of the present invention provides a compact light guide device and a light guide apparatus having high productivity and an even light emission property. A light guide device is made of a...
7905613 LED backlight and liquid crystal display device using thereof  
An object of the present invention is to improve the color reproduction capability of a liquid crystal display backlight using white LEDs. A backlight of the present invention includes: a light...
7900366 Illuminated level  
A longitudinally-elongated, hand-held level includes a body having a reference surface, a longitudinally-extending corner adjacent the reference surface, and a plurality of bubble vials for...
7891828 Electronic device  
An electronic device includes a housing and a touch sensor mounted in the housing. The touch sensor further includes a translucent panel provided in a part of the housing, a printed circuit board...
7883255 Electronic device including optical guide provided with sequentially illuminated optical extractors  
There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a...
7883256 Electronic device including optical guide provided with at least two groups of interlaced optical extractors  
There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a...
7880635 Color messaging lens  
An enhanced color messaging instrument gauge assembly is disclosed having a lens with one or more surface interruptions. A lens covering an instrument cluster transmits colored light longitudinally...
7850315 Projection apparatus and light integration rod thereof  
A light integration rod having a light input end and a light output end opposite to each other is provided. The light integration rod includes a first reflective plate, a second reflective plate, a...
RE41995 Tapered light guide plate for surface light source device and method of making by injection molding via supplementary cavity  
There is provided a very thin light guide plate for a surface light source device and a method of manufacturing it without the use of high-precision molding machine. A surface light source device...
7837371 Light source  
A light source, such as for a projection system, having a plurality of semiconductor chips and at least two different, electromagnetic-radiation-emitting chip types with different emission spectra,...
7828448 Illumination unit and image projection apparatus employing the same  
An illumination unit and an image projection apparatus employing the same. The illumination unit includes: a first reflective surface reflecting light incident thereon; a light-emitting device...
7828471 Lamp assembly  
An exemplary lamp assembly includes a light guide member, a light reflective member and a light source. The light guide member includes a light-emitting surface, a concave surface opposite to the...
7810984 Liquid crystal display device having a container module with a novel structure  
A liquid crystal display has a mold frame divided into several parts. The liquid crystal display device includes a display unit for displaying an image, a back-light assembly having a light source...
7798091 Meter device and vehicle  
A meter device for a vehicle with enhanced visibility that is easily discriminated from other meter devices. A speedometer includes a meter panel having an indication surface that indicates a...
7800708 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with segmented light guide  
A backlight for a stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light guide formed from a plurality of segments. Each segment has a first side and a second side opposite the first...
7798700 Light guide plate with protrusion backlight module with same, and liquid crystal display with same  
A light guide plate includes: a light emitting surface; a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface; a light incident surface perpendicularly connected with the light emitting surface;...
7777955 Rippled mixers for uniformity and color mixing  
Various embodiments described herein comprise mixers comprising a light pipe having input and output ends and a central region therebetween. An optical path extends in a longitudinal direction from...
7771099 Electronic device with backlit display  
An electronic device comprises a housing having a half-mirror region molded into the housing, and a light source disposed within the electronic device and configured to transmit light through the...
7771069 Three-dimensional lighted gauge  
A gauge assembly that is illuminable by a light source is provided. The gauge assembly may include a dial face having a translucent portion forming at least a perimeter of the dial face and a cover...
7758195 Dial plate with diffuse lighting  
A system for providing diffuse light to a dial plate of a meter is disclosed. The system includes a light-guide and a light source. The light from the light source enters the light-guide and exits...
7744230 Backlighting device  
The present invention relates to illumination of an instrument for displaying information suitable for use in a vehicle. The invention provides an illumination device for an instrument of a vehicle...
7736042 Back light unit  
Provided is a back light unit. The back light unit includes a light guide plate having a light guide pattern part; at least one light emitting unit provided at a sidewall of the light guide plate,...