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Color messaging lens

  • US 7,880,635 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2007
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An instrument gauge assembly of a type having an instrument cluster comprising indicators and visible symbols and in communication with a controller, said instrument gauge assembly comprising:

  • a lens covering at least a portion of the instrument cluster and capable of carrying light longitudinally from its edge,a light source in communication with the controller,a light pickup formed on the lens and having an edge portion proximate to the light source, andan interruption on a surface of the lens which illuminates with light transmitted within the lens by the light source, wherein the interruption on the surface of the lens is in the perimeter region of the lens which is visible to an operator.

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