Patent ID: 6220738
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B60Q,H01H

Abstract:
A motor vehicle device having a display area for directing actuation by a user, the device comprising:a hollow body having an inner space;a transparent component connected to the hollow body, the transparent component having a solid core, the solid core having cracks which form a three-dimensional pictograph, wherein the cracks forming the three-dimensional pictograph are produced in the solid core of the transparent component by subjecting the solid core of the transparent component to laser beams from a laser beam source;an illumination source for generating light beams, the illumination source contained within the inner space of the hollow body and oriented towards the transparent component; anda light coupling-in site recessed in the transparent component facing the illumination source, wherein the light coupling-in site couples the light beams from the illumination source into the transparent component to illuminate the three-dimensional pictograph.