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Illumination unit having a centring device for a light guide

US12196999B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Tobias Huth · Stuttgart, DE
Sergej Wittmeier · Münster, DE
Jörg Thomas · Dietzenbach, DE
Felix Herchenröther · Birstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F1/133603
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display with a two-dimensional display element, which is planar or curved, and an illumination unit for the display element is disclosed. The display has a light source, a light guide and a receiving housing in which the light guide is arranged. The light guide is centered in the middle in its longitudinal direction by means of a centering element in the receiving housing.

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