IP Library Granted Patent US 9,335,581
Granted Patent B2
US 9,335,581 · App. 14/367,762 · Granted May 10, 2016

Display with an electro-optical display module

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Patent No.
US 9,335,581
App. No.
14/367,762
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display with an electro-optical display module has a display area, with a light-transmissive cover arranged between the display area and a possible observer of the display area. The light-transmissive cover is bonded onto the display area by an adhesive, and provision is made for the surface of the light-transmission cover to be configured in a three-dimensional fashion.

Claims (24)

1. A display with an electro-optical display module ( 1 ), comprising:

a display area (A);

a transparent cover ( 3 ) arranged between the display area (A) and a possible observer of the display area (A); and

an adhesive configured to bond the transparent cover ( 3 ) onto the display area (A),

wherein the surface of the transparent cover ( 3 ) has a planar inner region ( 2 a ) bonded by adhesive onto the display area (A) and a peripheral region ( 4 ), the peripheral region surrounding the planar inner region ( 2 a ) and having an arcuate cross-sectional profile that extends above the plane of the planar inner region ( 2 a ).

2. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transparent cover ( 3 ) is bonded onto the display area (A) only in the planar inner region ( 2 a ).

3. The display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the transparent cover ( 3 ) is bonded at the inner region ( 2 a ) in areas of the display area (A) that can be perceived by the possible observer.

4. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transparent cover ( 3 ) consists of a film.

5. The display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the film is deep-drawn.

6. The display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the film is printed.

7. The display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the film is printed on a side averted from the possible observer.

8. The display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising spacers ( 7 ) distributed in the adhesive ( 2 ).

9. The display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the spacers ( 7 ) are transparent and have the same refractive index as the adhesive ( 2 ).

10. The display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the spacers ( 7 ) are uniformly configured.

11. The display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein adjacent spacers ( 7 ) are uniformly spaced with respect to one another.

12. The display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the spacers ( 7 ) each have a diameter of 0.4 mm.

13. A display with an electro-optical display module ( 1 ), comprising:

a display area (A);

a transparent cover ( 3 ) arranged between the display area (A) and a possible observer of the display area (A);

an adhesive configured to bond the transparent cover ( 3 ) onto the display area (A); and

light guides ( 9 ) arranged between the display area (A) and the transparent cover ( 3 ),

wherein the surface of the transparent cover ( 3 ) is configured in a three-dimensional manner.

14. The display as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the light guides ( 9 ) are configured to decouple light via a light decoupling area ( 10 ) in the direction of the transparent cover ( 3 ).

15. The display as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a backlit symbol ( 5 a - 5 i ) arranged on the transparent cover ( 3 ) above the light decoupling area ( 10 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2014
From: MARQUARDT, HELMUT; PAWUSCH, WOLFGANG-PETER; WEDEL, HANS
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 033151/0609 →