Patent · US Expired

Display apparatus

US6174063A · kind A · utility

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3References

18Claims

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Assignee

Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

Joseph F. Valenzona · La Mirada, US
Peter Miller · New London, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 1998
Grant date	Jan 16, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S362/80
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a solid state light-emitting element which is mounted on a base in an orientation so that light can be transmitted to a viewer from opposite major sides of the solid state light emitting element. To enable light to be transmitted to a viewer from opposite major sides of the solid state light-emitting element, the solid state light-emitting element is mounted in an on-edge orientation. To mount the solid state light emitting element in an on-edge orientation, support pins engage opposite minor side or edge surfaces of the solid state light emitting element and support it with the major side surfaces of the solid state light emitting element exposed and extending perpendicular to the mounting surface on the base.

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