Patents

US 8033698 B2: Indicator display assembly for a vehicle rearview mirror

Granted
2011-10-11
Filed
2009-02-04 application 12322463
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

An integrated light-emitting diode (LED) indicator display assembly having a carrier plate including a plurality of LED mounting steps. Electrical contact leads for LEDs carried on the mounting steps extend through openings in the mounting steps and out the bottom side of the carrier plate for engaging a metal fret to power the LED array. Preferably, a vibration dampening member is positioned between the LED and the LED mounting step, and a protective covering is applied over the metal fret along the bottom side of the carrier plate to enclose the metal fret and secures the metal fret in place.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg111011.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Lang-Mekra North America, LLC 44 patentsUS company or organizationRidgeway, SCPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Joseph Ivan Rodolph BoivinColumbia, SC1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Phillip ReepColumbia, SC1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60RVehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided forB60R1/1207PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B60QArrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in generalB60Q1/2665PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
H05KPrinted circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical componentsH05K3/306PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2014-05-06Release of security interest
Release of security interest
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2014-04-28LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC RIDGEWAY, SC32835/871PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2013-12-05Security interest Security interest
Notice of grant of security interest in patents
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC signed 2012-07-18PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC31766/711PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2009-02-19Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BOIVIN, JOSEPH IVAN RODOLPH signed 2009-01-26
REEP, PHILLIP signed 2009-01-26
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA LLC RIDGEWAY, SC22284/166ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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