ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,753, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Lighting unit having a centering device for a light guide" was invented by Tobias Huth (Langenselbold, Germany), Sergej Wittmeier (Munster, Germany), Jorg Thomas (Dietzenbach, Germany) and Felix Herchenrother (Birstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display comprising a two-dimensional display element, which is planar or curved, and an illumination unit for the display element comprising a light source, a light guide and a receiving housing in which the light guide is arranged is disclosed. The light guide is preloaded in...