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Apparatus for brightening cockpit instruments

US5140472A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1990
Grant dateAug 18, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D11/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The apparatus for brightening cockpit instruments contains a passive optical brightening device for directing daylight which shines through front windows of the cockpit, to impinge upon the viewer-oriented cockpit instrument surface.

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