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Alpha-numeric display array and method of manufacture

  • US 4,254,453 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1978
  • Issued: 03/03/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A display array comprising:

  • a lens array having lens areas arranged in a predetermined array;

    a reflector array having integrally formed reflector cavities arranged in said predetermined array in alignment with said lens areas;

    an illumination source disposed within each of said reflector cavities, each of said illumination sources including electrical connections for the selective energization of each of said illumination sources; and

    a positioning array comprising an integrally formed array of means for positioning said illumination sources in a predetermined relationship with respect to the corresponding reflector cavity in which said illumination source is disposed, said array of positioning means being arranged in said predetermined array, each of said illumination sources including a body portion and device leads extending from said body portion, each of said illumination source positioning means comprising means cooperating with said device leads of respective illumination sources for providing a predetermined resilient mounting characteristic to said corresponding body portion of each of said illumination sources to achieve said predetermined positioning relationship between said illumination sources and said corresponding reflector cavities.

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