Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Display device
- Patent Title (中): 显示设备
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Application No.: US11977802Application Date: 2007-10-25
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Publication No.: US07731394B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Tsuneo Suzuki , Yasuya Mita , Noriyuki Besshi , Wataru Yokoyama , Minoru Toeda
- Applicant: Tsuneo Suzuki , Yasuya Mita , Noriyuki Besshi , Wataru Yokoyama , Minoru Toeda
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
- Priority: JP2006-335500 20061213
- Main IPC: F21V5/00
- IPC: F21V5/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a display device including: a transparent plate having at least one recessed portion formed on a rear surface side thereof, the recessed portion forming a pattern corresponding to a design to be displayed; a first reflecting member which is disposed on the rear surface side of the transparent plate and on a region except for the recessed portion of the transparent plate, and has light reflectivity at a surface facing the transparent plate; a second reflecting member which is disposed on the rear surface side of the transparent plate and on a region including the recessed portion of the transparent plate, and has light reflectivity at a surface facing the transparent plate; and a light emitting device for emitting light, when illuminated, to a front surface side of the transparent plate through the recessed portion of the transparent plate without exiting light from the region except for the recessed portion of the transparent plate to the front surface side of the transparent plate, the light source being disposed on the rear surface side of the transparent plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080106187A1 Display device Public/Granted day:2008-05-08
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